#ALTENA IS A PARALLEL TO MIREILLE

[aparticularbandit]

meta i want to write but probably won't:

chloe is very clearly meant to be the dark parallel to kirika (most evident when we see kirika in true noir mode), but altena is meant to be the dark parallel to mireille.

(and altena's relationship with chloe is meant as a warped sort of parallel to mireille's relationship with kirika. altena pretends to love chloe, but if her hate can save quote is correct, she never truly loved her and only used her as a means to an end. mireille, from the beginning, intentionally said she was using kirika as a means to an end and pretended to hate her, but ended up truly loving her.)

...i could be so much more specific in meta but idk if i actually want to. write that essay.

#musings #noir 2001 #noir anime #noir #noir anime 2001 #mireille bouquet #kirika yuumura #yuumura kirika #LOOK I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY #LIKE I WAS SEEING IT AGAIN WITH MY DAD #because he hadn't seen it and it's my actual favorite anime and we were looking for something new to see don't judge me #AND WAS LIKE AH #I SEE #ALTENA IS A PARALLEL TO MIREILLE #THEY ARE BOTH OBSESSED WITH REVENGE #AFTER THEIR VERY TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD #AND WILL DO A LOT OF THINGS TO GET IT #so like #it's only now that i'm like 'oh wait actually the altena-chloe relationship is just a parallel to the mireille-kirika relationship' #like i have a lot of thoughts now i'm sorry

[musical-chick-13]

If Starz won’t resurrect live-action Noir, so I can be the showrunner seriously I’ll do it for literal corn chips you don’t understand I might just have to write it as a 200k fic myself.

#I'm sorry like this entire show lives in my head rent-free I am thinking about all these women at all times I am thinking about the Themes #and Parallels™ at all times it's starting to get BAD #you'd best BELIEVE I have extensive altena backstory and small moments of peace for chloe and reflections on silvana's bizarre personal code #you'd best BELIEVE I have even more ways to put kirika and mireille through the ringer #mc13 is a WEEB

[aparticularbandit]

the hatred of the feud that survived cannot be erased so easily

how did i miss the mireille parallels before

and also the altena ones

if altena is the russian, then who is the kitten

#musings #bandit liveblogs #noir #noir anime #noir 2001 #and why is it still probably kirika