[ID: The Onceler is standing with his body facing the viewer and his head facing the Lorax with a kiss face with a text bubble next to him saying in OwO speak “I love you Lorax senpai” while surrounded by hearts. Next to him the Lorax is standing on a tree trunk with one of the yaranaika meme faces saying “Onceler Chan, we can’t… It’s forbidden” as he rests one hand on the Onceler’s arm. To the right of the Lorax is a singular broken heart. In the background the words “Dame da ne dame yo” are covered by the Onceler and the Lorax. End ID]
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Ok I need to talk about this or else I'll go insane.
So as an individual who loves to find parallels in different media that I consume, I came across a realization.
Think about this: obikin has a very similar relationship that lorax has with the once-Leer.
Now I had this epiphany when I was re-watching "how bad can I be" (bcs it's a banger) and I stared too much at lorax's mustache. And it reminded me of obi wan.
And now I'll proceed to my arguments:
Two old guys with very well groomed facial hair that act as a mentor/voice of reason to a young confident and ambitious young man who's destined for great things ✅
The old man is a bit mother hen and nags all the time. ✅
But deep down has the young man's best interests at heart, and is there to support him through thick and thin.✅
Both young men have mommy issues. Enough said
Said young men get carried away by their ambition because they can't accept their insecurities and it causes them to destroy the things around them. Including the people that have supported them and gave them advice (in this case it is the mustache guy who acts as a father hen figure.)
When they realised what they've done they're left to wallow in the misery and regret of their mistakes
mistakes happened to impact a whole generation who rebels against the oppressive system inadvertently (or purposely ig) put forth by them.
Bickering and sass based relationship.
And yeah that's about it. I finally feel free since I shared my knowledge with you all.