Hi there,
there this tiny detail in Sluga Naroda that's been bothering me and I wondered if you could help me solve this (if you haven't already - I couldn't find anything on your blog, but if you have, just send me a link). I don't know if you've noticed, but in some scenes (like on the boat when Yuri wakes Vasya up) you can see that Vasya is wearing some kind of bracelet on his left arm. Do you have any idea what kind of bracelet this is? Like, is it a friendship-bracelet or does it have any cultural significance in Ukraine? Idk I just noticed it one time and whenever it pops up I wanna know why they felt the need to add it to his "outfit" haha
I never noticed this and I don't remember anyone talking about it before. Just quickly looked up the scene to see what you mean and it looks like a very thin thread with a knot? or metal bracelet?
I noticed he also wore it on the boat scenes that happened before the wake-up scene but I don't have time to go through the entire movie to see if it shows up elsewhere. Maybe it was part of the babushka costume and he didn't take it off?
Anyway, I'm gonna put this in the show and Ze tags and throw the question in the SOTP discord server. Maybe someone can help. I'll reblog again if I have any new information.
@you-only-live someone on Discord says they think Ze went through a phase of wearing Kabbalah bracelets, though those are usually red. there’s also Buddhist ones called Sai Sin which exists in white....? To quote that discord member: “I’d like to say it’s a meaningful prop but probably he’d just been to Thailand on holiday.” and I guess I agree. It’s more likely that it’s Ze’s private bracelet and he didn’t take it off for shooting, rather than it being an intentional costume choice for Vasya.
Ah yeah, that’s also a possibility - would definitely make sense. Thanks for looking into it! :)
