My dad is literally reverend and the whole family helps with his church/community/it's-kinda-weird-but-bear-with-me, but I've never been so invested in the bible fandom like I am now that I found your work, bless you, you're officially my dad's favorite person <3
Also, fun little story: My parents are divorced, I went back to living with my dad when I was nine, and before that I lived with my mom in another state. We went to church (that is, I went to the church with the dad of my mom's boyfriend) and they were catholic I think ?? So yeah, I was at the church A LOT, I think I went to Sunday School once, it was pretty boring and I never went to it again (also I made too many questions so. UHM).
So, one of my hobbies back then was like. Reading the Bible... straight from genesis. But I read it like it was a storybook, so I would mark the page where I stopped and would keep reading the next time an adult left their Bible around (also, they were so reckless about their Bibles, like, for people who called it Holy Book).
Unfortunately I never finished reading it, but maybe I will, who knows. Also, this only made me realize how batshit insane I was as a child, like, I did just so many stuff that was weird but not really weird, you know ? Like, I want to do these things again. I pushed a bunch of kids to the other side of a room, made them fall, stood up in a plastic table and said “I'M THE QUEEN OF KINDERGARTEN” once and I was so real for that.
Anyways, au revoir ! Hope I managed to entertain you with some bits and pieces of my childhood shenanigans, stay safe and stuff
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ok. migi & dali opening. i am going to talk about it now.
throughout the opening we see so many Things. the entire series up until the second to last episode, i hadn't paid that close attention to it because god that song is a banger and honestly i was more focused on the music than the animation, despite being captivated by it every episode. but that episode for some reason. i paid more attention that time and had some Realizations.
one question i've had every single time the opening has played has been "why does one of them take the cherry pie and the other does not?" throughout the opening the two of them are seen doing the same things, effectively mirroring each other, which makes sense considering it was most of the plot for the first few episodes, so i really didn't think about it too much. but with that pattern established, it's extremely strange when, at the end, one of them strays from the shared course of action to take one of the slices of cherry pie that's sitting on the chairs.
another thing i noticed when i actually paid attention was that the one in the shadows in all their activities is always dali.
and if that's not enough, we have this shot of migi and dali as sun and moon respectively, and i think we all have enough media literacy to understand the implications of that.
then we have this shot of them, showing migi floating higher and dali sinking lower.
all of these screenshots to say that the opening animation tells us exactly what the series, or at least the part that the anime currently covers, is about at its core. we see it in the series time and time again as these two try to make their way through the world.
migi is portrayed in the series as somewhat childish, frequently to a fault - generally more hopeful in what he believes, which shows in his actions and the way he interacts with others in a genuine way. dali is severe and bitter, much more driven by the idea of getting revenge for their mother, seemingly just for the sake of it at this point, and being willing to do it at any cost because he doesn't value anything other than his brother.
migi sees the good in things and, while still helping dali with their shared goal, is genuinely enjoying his life with this family and in this town. dali, on the other hand, is dedicating everything he has to their goal, not caring or bothering to invest any part of himself into anything else. (this is portrayed also by migi being in the light, enjoying the activities he's doing, and dali being in the shadows, spending all his time trying to solve their mystery.)
this conflict of priority between them results in the fight they have in episode 9. a showdown between hope and despair, over a bike in a river, all as a result of migi's off-comment about wanting to eat cherry pie again.
and now the bike. they state this explicitly in the dialogue, but it's the first gift migi has ever gotten. so when dali throws it in, he does not hesitate even a little bit to jump in and get it. the bike is meaningless to dali - just another thing to toss and discard for the sake of moving forward. he gives up on everything so easily because he never bothered getting attached in the first place. he's so quickly ready to abandon anything and everything aside from migi. there's no way that he can be happy like that and migi knows that. migi is all he has and they both know that.
the jealousy he expresses is just jealousy that migi is able to find happiness and value in things other than him while he's unable to do the same, as a result of his bitterness and his fixation on finding their mother's killer. he's jealous that migi is growing closer to other people and making connections that are important enough to him that he's not willing to just throw them away with the toss of a bike.
so he takes his brother down. he forces his head underwater, and asks if he's still thinking about that cherry pie (THIS LINE IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!). he tries to drag migi down with him into his own despair, tries to convince migi that his beloved cherry pie isn't really all that important. that it's not worth as much as migi's acting like it is.
he tries to literally beat the hope out of migi. he is so desperate to be hopeless that he beats the shit out of his brother over and over about it.
but, of course, that would never be enough to stop him.
and we're back to the cherry pie. dali finally caves and agrees to go back and try to sort things out, not because it's what he thinks is best for their safety, but because it's what migi wants for his happiness. he realizes that he'll only continue to hurt migi if he pushes his own cynicism on him and forces him to leave everything behind, since he had the guts to get attached. even though dali doesn't really understand the value of the cherry pie, he sees how much it matters to his brother. he sees his resolve to experience those small moments of happiness again.
the cherry pie is taken from migi's side of the shot.
throughout the entire story, migi has been the one to see the value in the simple things, like taking walks with the dog, having friends to hang out with and do wacky bird shit with, riding a bike, and eating cherry pie together. he is not afraid to experience joy and is willing to fight for it, for both him and his brother, even if his brother doesn't see the value in it quite yet.
migi will see the good in things. he will have hope for the future. and he will take the cherry pie.
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the idea of a guy who thinks hes entitled to all my time even when he treats me like shit is so funny (has experienced this 3 times already)
ITS SO FUNNY i miss it actually but i ended up ghosting them all. come back guys........ please....
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Out of all post apocalypse scenarios (that I know of), I hate zombie the worst (Horror+disease? NO)
However… if you add Sans as your companion…
I’m imagining zombie apoc scenario where you’re separated from the people you know, you’re alone, escaped from a place that was attacked by a hoard, hiding in a shack or something. Most of the threat has gone by, and you’re having a quiet breakdown (so you don’t attract unwanted attention). Need a moment to collect yourself, try to Handle the overwhelming feeling of fear and danger, and just.. a moment to cry.
And then something is at the door, making rustling sounds. It’s trying to open the door. When that doesn’t work, an axe smashes in. You scream and throw yourself as far as you can from the door (which isn’t very far- it’s a shack). A bony hand reaches in and pulls the door apart.
… It’s ht!sans. His red eye gazing at you silently. He stares for so long while you look at him with wide, terrified eyes, not knowing how to react.
You don't know he's so, so relieved to have found you. For so long he's admired you from afar, never approaching, fantasizing being with you but never doing anything. When the outbreak happened, while the other monsters were fortifying/trying to help the humans out, he went out to look for you. He had to make sure you were ok, even if you might not even know who he is.
He's your companion, you barely need to do any heavy lifting- he's insistent too, wants to make sure you're as safe as possible. He'll carry you, build shelters for you, and absolutely bash in some undead skulls. Being with him makes you the safest in the apocolypse.
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