I don’t know if this has been pointed out yet (probably) but I was just rewatching the last scene from DE and ALSHDNSISJ
I saw our lovely boi Gavin
and I was like huh,,, he looks,,, strangely stripped back,,,
AND THEN I F R E A K I N G REALIZED
HE’S WEARING THE ZEN GARDEN SHIRT
The shirt does appear to be more grayish in the final scene, but idk it looks pretty similar to me. The cut is the same and everything. However, real Gavin comes with problems, of course, he’s not a perfect program simulation like Zen!Gavin. So maybe the last shirt being light gray was on purpose to symbolize that.
And then I looked at Nines and
YOU GUYS THEY ARE BOTH WEARING THEIR ZEN GARDEN OUTFITS
This particularly struck me because at one point Zen!Gavin/Zevin was like “when is it gonna be time to have THIS (relationship) out there?”
And Nines was sad because he felt like he’d never truly get what he simulated in his brain out in the real world.
And then we get this beautiful final scene, a scene of closure and understanding of what their relationship means for the two of them, and they’re wearing their Zen Garden clothes because Nines is finally getting what he’d always hoped for, for Zen Garden Gavin to be real, or rather for real Gavin to fill that hole in his heart (er,,, thirium pump...)
Fantastic job, @octopunkmedia
Your genius is not overlooked, this was a fantastic choice and a fantastic movie.