I wanna analyze the scene from Uzi’s pov, mostly because I saw someone misinterpret it greatly on Twitter a while ago and it still bothers me
(this is all just my opinion, plus I’m autistic, so sometimes I don’t catch onto things like others would and I might possibly miss something or misunderstand it, I’m sorry if I do!)
To start things off, Uzi is scared.
They just lost V — literally watched her ‘die’ — fell down an elevator shaft — which was no doubt terrifying — and her body is changing in ways she not only can’t control but also can’t explain. She’s terrified, hurting, and vulnerable, not to mention feels awful when N desperately tries to reach V and asks Uzi for help but she can’t give it.
Once N realized the added stress he caused Uzi and tried to apologize and comfort her, he was immediately cut off by Tessa, who hazardously threw a weapon in front of Uzi’s face— separating her from the only thing that could’ve possibly made her feel safe.
Right after that, Tessa looks down at Uzi and speaks to her condescendingly, telling her she should to stay behind and get a fucking BOX. (Like, asking Uzi to stay behind is one thing, but telling her to get inside of a box too?? Dude.)
Uzi, rightfully, is confused and disturbed by this, and she tries to argue against Tessa but Tessa cuts her off and instead turns to N.
Seeing as N is a weak point for Uzi, she shuts up immediately and turns to him as well, probably trusting and hoping he’d be on her side— he’s her friend, after all, and currently the only person she can trust and rely on
When N not only doesn’t defend her but basically AGREES with Tessa, Uzi’s demeanor starts to crumble.
Then, as if to rub salt in the wound, N says “We’re not gonna HURT you” firmly to Tessa, implying that Tessa wanted to hurt Uzi and N knew about it.
This scares Uzi, for obvious reasons.
The person she trusted basically betrayed her right before her eyes— how can she feel safe when N is siding with someone he knows wants to cause her harm? How can she trust he won’t turn on her too?
It’s all these overwhelming emotions that caused her solver to flare up and created that massive shockwave when Uzi tried to stop/contain it.
Uzi was scared, but the last look she gave N was a look that — in my opinion — screams ‘how could you?’ showing the betrayal, and possibly even slight anger, she felt
Also, fun fact as if to cause us more pain, in this scene you can hear notes that sound very similar to the notes that play during ‘Falling… For You?’ and ‘Huggie Wuggies.’ What if I cried.
Now, a little thing I would like to add just because:
Tessa (the solver) was definitely using N here. It knew he caused Uzi to be vulnerable and by turning to him and making him be the one to tell her she should stay behind it made Uzi’s emotional response much stronger than it would have been if the solver tried to talk to her itself
Anyways, thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. I’m sorry if there are any mistakes or typos I might’ve missed
