#overanalysis

[sspookyspoonss]

So, a point of Oppenheimer is the moral stance Oppenheimer has on the bomb and how it shifts. It centres around the debate of if scientists should stop to consider the practical consequences of potential discoveries. Oppenheimer’s opinion shifts throughout the film.

Importantly, we are told early on in the film that in physics, theory is all well and good, but practically proving it is more important/impressive. This idea mirrors the moral debate of science’s place in the world. Oppenheimer’s relationship with the theoretical and practical elements of physics developed almost alongside his moral stance.

He begins with the stance of ‘we should pursue science for science-sake, the moral impacts of discoveries are not ours but the people who abuse it.’ This is seen by him, although still having his issues, still wanting the bomb dropped and not signing the petition. This aligns with his whole thing he has at the start of the film, in his younger years, unable to grasp the practical elements of physics, deeply invested, perhaps even intrenched, in the theoretical.

Then the bomb (both metaphorically and literally) drops.

He realises the consequences of the bomb dropping. He has visions of it and feels like the blood is on his hands as creator of the bomb. It mirrors his movement into the more practical element of the creation of the nuclear bomb. He now sees the practical consequences of his actions. He begins to consider his moral stance.

He then gets involved in the politics of nuclear energy. I think this is the big moment he realises what he is told at the start of the film, it’s all well and good in theory, but practicality is more important.

He now sees firsthand the practical consequences, via politics, science has on people lives and on the world at large. In physics, theory is all well and good, but what trumps it is practically proving it. Oppenheimer realises it applies to science’s place in the world, it’s all well and good the theory of scientific discovery being in a vacuum so should be developed no matter what, but in reality, like anything, other factors look in on science, we must consider its practical consequences, so caution must be exercised. Thus he opposes the hydrogen bomb.

TLDR: The theoretical-practical debate in physics as presented in the film directly mirrors Oppenheimer’s changing relationship with science and his shifting morals on nuclear weapons.

#oppenheimer #oppenheimer 2023 #cristopher nolan #cillian murphy #robert downey jr #emily blunt #matt damon #cinema #films #film #film analysis #analysis #overanalysis #barbenheimer #oppenbarbie

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

Titles of the Grishaverse essays that I’ll never write (or maybe that I will write one day if I get super bored)

Djel and Drüskelle: An assessment of the line between religion and cult as shown through the presentation of Fjerda and Matthias Helvar

She’s treating us like marks: an analysis of Leigh Bardugo’s use of red herrings through Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

Cultural appropriation in Ketterdam as a representation of implicit and conscious prejudices/bias within society

A comparison between the experiences of Inej and Wylan based on parallels between Tante Heleen and Jan Van Eck. (Also, if we choose to include the show as well, then particularly in season two these parallels can be seen in the Darkling so Inej and Wylan’s experiences could be compared to Zoya, Genya, Alina, and others)

The main canonic relationships in Soc and Ck show a beautiful reminder of different kinds of love and the importance of different kinds of love, because no-one in the world experiences the exact same love story as anyone else

This list has been in my drafts for a long time, but it’s considerably shorter than it used to be because I actually did get bored enough to write and post some of them. But you guys seemed to like those ones, so hey, lemme know if you’d like any of these ones too and maybe I’ll post them. I get bored a lot, so…

#grishaverse #leigh bardugo #six of crows #crooked kingdom #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #nina zenik #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #kanej #wesper #helnik #overanalysis

[diariodeunrincondemi]

So I can't get over AOT finale and after reading son many opinions, one thing that catches my attention is that it is said that Isayama is a genius for referencing Schindler's List. But the thing is: since the beginning he has been referencing different works of art.

When Eren in his titan form carries the rock on his back in Shiganshina, it is a reference (in design) to Atlas (a titan) carrying the world ball on his back.

When Historia and Eren are in the Reiss chapel, there is a reference to the representations of Jesus crucified and also to the representations of La Pieta (which at the time led me to think of Eren as the redeemer of the Eldians, but in a more twisted way. If the Eldians are the devil, he would sacrifice himself for them to free them from sin).

There are also references to Goya, like Dina devouring Eren's mom is a clear reference to Saturn devouring his son (Goya's most famous paint); but also, if you know Goya's work, you'll probably know his famous aquatint The sleep/dream of reason produces monsters (in spanish we use the word "sueño" for both "sleep" and "dream") which talks about how when humans abandon the reason and only have fantasies, monsters are created. And tbh, there was a moment, I don't know if during the 3rd or 4th season, when I wondered if AOT captured that idea: Eren has dreams, fantasies, but not reason.

And finally, don't forget Plato's Cave myth. What happens in Paradis (the Cave) is the shadow of what's happening in the continent (the outside world). As in this myth, people of Paradis lives in the cave and they only knows that reality, but Paradis reality (it is the shadows) is not the real reality (the outside world).

#attack on titan #media analysis #hajime isayama #thank you isayama #i dont know i love aot so much #ten years journy #eren yeager #eren jaeger #armin arlert #mikasa ackerman #levi ackerman #levi aot #anime and manga #character analysis #overanalyzing #overanalysis #armin my boy

[dreamsy990]

random thing i noticed in aa4

so you know how in the detention center if you look at the camera and the guard you normally get some flavor text about how (usually the defendant) is acting?

well i tried to do that in aa4 and. thats not how it is there. in fact most of the flavor text seems kinda... paranoid? idk if thats the right word. heres the text for case 2 (the first time you can see it) to show you what i mean

-"That security camera is looking at me. I wonder if they tape all of this."

-"A security guard. He stands here, watching this room. I have no idea if he's listening to us talk."

i thought that was kind of weird at first, like isn't apollos whole thing noticing how people are acting? why isnt it like nick's?

but i think i prefer these bits of dialogue because they show his personality more. he's an anxious guy. but over the course of the game these bits of dialogue get slightly less paranoid. here's them in case 3:

-"That security camera is looking at me. Why do I feel this sudden urge to make a silly face?"

-"His eyes when he looks at Machi are gentle. Maybe he has a kid the same age"

He's started to calm down a bit, and now is actually looking at what the guard is doing. He still thinks the camera is looking at him, but instead of wondering if he's being filmed, he wants to make a silly face. proof trucy is a good influence.

and here's case 4:

-"The security camera stares down from the ceiling, all-seeing, unblinking. Not that I'm nervous or anything."

-"The same old security guard is glaring at us. ...He winked. Maybe he's not such a bad guy after all."

At first apollo thinks the guard is glaring at him. And then he realized the guard's not upset with him. he's being nice, if anything. he winks. The security camera dialogue shows how even though he's right, the camera is looking at him, it's also looking at everyone else. He's still nervous, because of course he is, he's apollo. But his outlook's changed a little. not everything is against him.

idk if i said all that right, i just thought that was interesting.

#apollo justice #aa4 #ace attorney #my random thoughts strike again #overanalysis #idk how much of this was intended #and how much is me reading into thigs #i just think it's interesting #i love apollo #hes just like me fr #random thoughts

[kinsey3furry300]

No One, not a soul, not a single person: My neurodivergent arse: “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Death in Puss in Boots the last Wish is a wolf, nor do I think it’s just because a wolf is a cool and menacing creature, nor as furry-bait, but that it’s a deliberate reference on the part of the writers to The Interlopers by Saki, where death appears as a wolves with no actual stakes in the main conflicts between characters, in order to drive home the theme of the inevitability and randomness of death and the importance of living genuinely before it’s too late. I fact, a think the choice to make the wolf also a Spanish speaker with strong Western visual and audio motifs (spaghetti western whistling, being seen as a bounty hunter, the “Pick it up” duels) layers this symbolism with another work that heavily draws of The Interlopers, namely No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy¸ where Anton Chigurh is also obliquely referred to as lobo. In this essay I will…”

#Puss in Boots the last Wish #the interlopers #Saki #No Country for old Men #Anton Chigurh #Puss in boots is just No Country for kids fight me #Joke #humor #Humour #My ADHD #overanalysis #post western #neo western

[mercutio-the-velaryon]

*gen v spoilers*

I talk so much about Jordan on here for someone whose favourite character is actually Marie, so let me sing her praises.

Let me just say, it is so nice to have not only a woman but a black woman protagonist with vile violent powers. I know we've had a ton of strong female superheros with superstrength and what not. But Marie's power is viewed as "putrid" and "disgusting" (not to me I think they're cunty), its powerful but not marketable (hence Brink's rejection). There's something about that, it just feels cathartic to see someone so strong and powerful have their foil be that their powers aren't beautiful, flowery or socially acceptable. Like Marie as a person/supe innately rages against the system. It also kind of speaks to the way black women are conditioned to define their worth by the standards of white femininity through white supremacy and then are constantly denied it. Within the patriarchy, women are defined by their fragility, their delicateness, their innocence, their need for protection but when it comes to woc (Black women especially) they are considered to exist outside of those bounds, outside of those needs.

I just think a lot of care and consideration went into crafting such a dynamic layered character like more of this, actually, please, and thanks.

Diverging from the Marie praise:

Another interesting note, is that when the board is deciding what narrative they should use to cover up the Golden Boy incident, its specifically mentioned that Marie is being favoured by the public, for her beauty, mind you she was just standing there in the video, she didn't use her abilities at all. The reason she ended up in the top 10 is in spite of her powers, I wonder if the result would still be the same if she did use them (I honestly don't think so).

Diving into the top ten a little more, I don't think there's a single person on there who placed purely because of merit. I think there's a series of criteria that needs to be met regarding power, status, and popularity. We saw how quickly Andre got bodied by Sam. He's definitely top 10 because of nepotism as well as the fact that he's just attractive. Jordan Li is there because of their close relationship with Brink (albeit probably formed because of how strong Jordan is, but I digress). But their also the acceptable inoffensive kind of queer that can give God U points for diversity without offending its more conservative sponsors or benefactors. Jordan's also attractive, in both forms, so that helps as well. Golden Boy's an all-rounder, an all-American attractive white boy with an ability that's not only strong but makes for entertaining spectacle.

Andre, Golden Boy, and Jordan's powers are all powerful, but just as importantly, they're aesthetically pleasing and aspirational that, among other reasons, is why they're top 10.

Let me get into Cate and Emma another day.

#gen v #jordan li #marie moreau #gen v amazon #gen v spoilers #andre anderson #golden boy #luke riordan #gen v theories #overanalysis #sorry yall I have to put my media and comms degree that i haven't finished to work #i could go into heavy detail #and i did #I'm not reading this back #representation matters #black women in media

[holly-fixation]

The meteor from FFVII and the moon from LoZ: Majora's Mask are usually compared for three things:

They are big and scary.

They land on the major city/town of their game.

They move too slow to actually destroy the world.

GameTheory made a nice video explaining the damage of the Moon, how it moves so slowly that the only real damage done to the land of Termina would be straight on Clock Town. The game itself shows the world in flames during the collision, but the math behind it doesn't add up. It's moving too slow.

But in Final Fantasy VII, that's the point.

Sephiroth's goal in the original was to become a god. He needs to absorb the entire Lifestream to do so. Many times throughout the game, the Lifestream is called The Blood of the Planet. And like blood, when there's a wound large enough to "bleed", the Lifestream gathers to clot it. Destroying the planet entirely would probably throw that glowing green planet juice into orbit, which would be much harder to get to in the long run (And the whole goal of using the planet as a vessel to sail the cosmos, but that doesn't come up until the sequel movie).

So Sephiroth, instead of destroying the planet with Meteor, just needs to severely wound it. He could have aimed for the random plains throughout the world, but even the flat landscape would probably result in less Lifestream concentration. Why? Because Midgar is already a wound on the planet. It has eight (8) mako reactors. EIGHT. Mako is literally the Lifestream being converted to electricity. Each reactor is it's own cut, its own stab. It's just not severe on its own. Sephiroth's strategy is simple: put salt in the wound and make it bigger. In this case the salt needed is a little larger than tablesalt and the wound is a literal city.

Meteor's massive size but slow descent wasn't just an aesthetic choice to strike constant fear into the hearts of the players. It 100% aligns with Sephiroth's plans.

#sephiroth #ffvii #final fantasy vii #ff7 #final fantasy 7 #overanalyzing #overanalysis #i'd tag Zelda but this isn't about her

[jasaginae0]

I'm watching the Craig of The Creek movie rn, and oh my God, MY SCOUT BABIES IT'S THEM.

Spoilers for Craig Before The Creek below:

WHOSE THAT GURL WITH THEM IS SHE LIKE LIKE AN OLDER SISTER/MENTOR TO THEM. OKAY, SO SHE'S CLEARLY A FELLOW SCOUT AND WOULD BE LIKE A MENTOR TOWARDS THEM.

Based on how Boris held her hand and the way Jason smiled at her comment towards getting the friend group name correct, that could be to imply they were rather close to her. Especially Boris. I doubt they're related by blood or law. However, I do think they had a big sister bond with her when they became scouts. According to Google, you can be a scout as young as kindergarten to 5th grade, and the oldest you can be a scout is 18.

My headcanon is that she is the reason why the scouts started going to the creek, and she would show them around it and guide them, I get a very strong older sister vibe from her. Much like Mari from Omori, let's hope she didn't play the piano...

I don't know how many years the movie takes place before the movie (at least not yet). However, I stirred up some guesses. Jason seems to be 10-11 in the show like Craig, so based on how young the scouts look, my guess will have to be that they are 6-7 years old (possibly 8 years old for Boris). So, 3-4 years before the show.

Imo, Jason seems to be happier in that scene, and in my opinion, Jason in the show isn't a very happy child if we exclude certain scenes. So, assuming the theory that Jason's mother is dead is true, we can assume the movie takes place before the tragedy.

In conclusion, this is what I stirred up for Jason (after the movie and before the show): I still have my headcanon that Jason's mother cheated on Jason's father, rooting their divorce. Jason's clearly upset by this as he begins seeing his mother a less, and his father is growing distant. However, he still had the girl we see in the movie for guidance and comfort. I do think that Jason was still pretty lonely in his childhood, so when his parents weren't around, he had her to act as an older sister for him.

But then, tragedy strikes, and Jason's mother is dead. Life begins to suck more for Jason, he now lives with just his dad and now he's straight up ignoring him and only remembers he exists in order to brag about Jason's achievements as a Forest Scout and to top it off he drags in Jason's step mother. And she clearly doesn't like him as much.

But at least he still has-

Oh, she's leaving too.

Jason's sister figure ages out of being a scout and leaves, leaving him to handle his new home situation.

I still think that Boris and the girl were the closest to each other and meant the most to each other. I think she loved them like little brothers and she loved showing around the new Forest Scouts and showing them the ropes. But Jason, Boris, and Tony stuck out to her THE MOST. She acted as an older sister to the younger scouts and maybe even stood up for them when the fellow older scouts were teasing them. She loved the scouts like little brothers, but time caught up with her, and she could no longer be a scout.

I love overanalyzing so much, you have no idea. I missed my scouts so much but now that they're back I can do SO MUCH WITH THEM NOW AHH

Also, do not think I didn't see the girl and (present) Tony having similar hats. Imma just go crazy with that and make the headcanon that she gave Tony that hat when she left. (I know her hat is a little different, but let me have fun).

And another thing, maybe she's the camp counselor we see in Camper On The Run. They have a lot of physical similarities, I need to see the episode again after watching the movie.

Edit:Just got done watching the movie, and the credits confirm that girl is the woman we see looking for Roxy in Camper On The Run and that she was indeed a fellow scout. Shannon is credited as Shannon the Scout rather than just Shannon. So, this could be a lead for my theory/headcanon being true. Someone on the COTC subreddit said that in the movie, Kelsey says she is in the second grade, and she is 9 in the show, so that would mean that the movie takes place 2 years before the show.

Now, let's get back to Shannon with this new information. The youngest to become a camp counselor is 16 and when I googled the age you can no longer be a scout I got multiple answers, but the most common one is 18. So we are safe to assume that Shannon left at 17-18 aka the estimate for when a Junior Forest Scout can no longer be a scout. I assume Shannon is 15-16 at the time of the movie and left at 17-18. So we can assume Shannon is probably 18-20 at the time of Camper On The Run.

Since she went to the creek, I wonder if she got to see Boris, Tony, and Jason again briefly. I NEED SOMEONE TO WRITE A FIC WITH ALL THEM PLEASE.

#craig of the creek #character analysis #jason cotc #cotc #cotc tony #boris cotc #cotc boris #tony cotc #craig before the creek #theories #headcanons #overanalyzing #overanalysis #overthinking #long post #cotc shannon #cotc spoilers

[notmasonpines]

Calendars of the Boiling Isles

(In-Universe excerpt first, analysis on BI calendars and notes on this excerpt further down)

Tl;dr: Dana said the BI has a 666 day calendar, the show says it has a 365 day calendar, I say that concluding this is a simple contradiction is boring, and that both calendars existing is more fun to discuss (just that Belos hated the old calendar and forced the Gregorian one onto the BI after he established the empire).

Prior to the founding of the empire, the witches and demons of the Boiling Isles measured the passage of time with the Celestial Calendar, which was based on the periodic and reliable cyclic trajectory of the Wandering Star through the thirteen segments of the Intestina Tract wrapped around the celestial sphere. A full cycle in this calendar consisted of 666 days, with 74 weeks of nine days divided over 13 months, each defined by the period the Wandering Star spent in one of the constellations, which could become quite disproportionate in some cases. However, soon after the founding of the empire, emperor Belos implemented and began to enforce the Imperial calendar. The Imperial calendar employs years that consist of 365 days, divided into 52 weeks of seven days. These weeks are further divided into nine months, with four months of five whole weeks, three of six, and two of seven. These months can further be associated with one of the main covens, as per the Titan’s Will, providing a deeper symbolic connection to our lands and magic rather than a reliance on an extra-terrestrial phenomenon. The remaining day, separating the years, belongs to no weekday or month, instead being associated with the Emperor’s Coven, and is called a day of unity —Not to be confused with The Day of Unity, which is a promised, singular event, the date whereof may fall on any day, and could be significant enough to serve as the new transition point between years in a post-Unity calendar. Every four years there is a pair of days of duality instead, where the celebrations for the past year and the upcoming year are expanded upon and split between the two. The switching of calendars brought many difficulties to the Isles. Mainly the need to convert between a person’s Celestial and Imperial age, though the former is now firmly out of use, beyond elderly people attempting to sound younger through letters or Penstagram messages, as well as the switch to shorter five-day work weeks from the prior seven days. This last change was considered a positive by many, and the more regular, even spread of the weeks over the months compared to the old system helped with the smooth, willing adoption of the Imperial calendar. The only remnant of the old calendar can be seen in the practice of assigning people birth constellations based on the Wandering Star’s position in the Intestina Tract, which can bring quite some confusion to the younger generations, as this cycle does not line up with our coven-based one, with several constellations inconsistently overlapping and shifting over time if one only has the written attempts to match Imperial times with Celestial months to rely on.

Before the rest of this post comes along, quick shoutout to the Calendar put together by Marztheincredible for Titan's Blessing, not that it's needed. But that calendar is pretty cool too.

I've always found the references to what calendar the Boiling Isles uses interesting…but also very confusing/conflicting. The first time it really came to my attention was during the Q&A panel the crew held for Gallery Nucleus. One of the questions was about star signs, to which Dana (indirectly through a pre-prepared text) answered that the BI has a calendar that consists of 666 day years with 13 months, each represented as a worm or tube-like demon (I at first almost didn't catch the joke of just how easy it is to make constellations for those animals, just connect any sequence of stars with a single line and you're done).

So, funny hahah Beast's Number and unlucky number for Demon and Witching Realm calendar, very fitting.

Except then come the complications.

First of all, ages would be all out of whack. Since BI years in this calendar would be 1.8 times as long as Earth years, that would mean that the age of someone according to this calendar (which I'll call the Edgy Calendar for short) is about half what you expect compared to their biological age based on our own calendar. And we do get actual age drops by BI residents, like Hunter being called 16 by Darius, or Skara having her 15th birthday.

Either that means the Hexside crew except Luz are actually all in their mid 20s to 30s based on Earth years, and physically age about half as fast as humans (which they don't. It's confirmed witches have similar natural lifespans to that of humans), the days on the BI are only 13 hours long (which I can't imagine Luz's biological clock vibing with while having her remain as upbeat and awake as we see her in the show), or the fun Calendar fact from the Q&A doesn't fit with canon and is just straight-up false, with canon trumping anything contradictory said by the creators outside of the show (something Dana subscribes to) and the BI use a Calendar with years that are about as long as our own.

And it makes sense that the Edgy Calendar is more a joke than a serious fact. It wasn't even part of the main response to the actual question that was anticipated, since that was about star signs and birth constellations. The Calendar was just made to completely mismatch ours so there'd be no easy or meaningful way to determine birth signs for BI characters. It could definitely also be an early concept thing that wasn't implemented because of the previously mentioned age stuff, or something that was thought up far too late to implement and match with in-canon stuff (like the mentioned ages).

But that's also a very boring answer, especially since the 666-13 stuff is very fitting. So, how to reconcile the complications while having our cake and eating it too?

Well, see the excerpt back at the top: Just have the Edgy Calendar be the old one and the Earth-like Calendar the new one, implemented by Belos when he rose to power.

It would certainly be in-character for him to do so. We know he was losing track of time after he'd spent a while in the Demon Realm, and the mismatched Calendars at the time would definitely contribute to that. Add to that the fact both the Beast's Number and the unlucky number are involved, and someone like Philip would absolutely despise it. Obviously one of his first acts as Emperor would be to abolish it and implement a calendar that matches the Gregorian one in length. The man completely upended an entire culture with the Coven system, surely he can implement a new calendar.

This does bring along the interesting implication that the Boiling Isles doesn't really have any event or cycle that could determine a year, as otherwise such a switch would've never been possible, let alone accepted (like seasons, which we don't really see. Though we're only there in the summer period from Earth's perspective). Which further implies that the BI planet has very little to no axial tilt.

The Moonlight Conjuring does put a bit of a wrench in this idea, however, since it's said that 'the celestial powers only align once a year'. Which would be a great way to define a calendar, and brings questions as to why it wasn't used like that before.

Then again, though this is a common expression for 'each instance happens exactly one year apart', it technically only says it happens once a year, not that the time between consecutive events is regular or predictable (you can have the Oracle Coven predict when the next one comes). Perhaps it's more like a lunar eclipse that just so happens to occur often enough to be almost always once a year.

As for how I put together my own 'Imperial Calendar', one of the few things we do know about the calendar that's currently in use (besides the years being as long as Earth years), is that at least one month has 40 or more days (Eda talks about 40th of Scabuary in Them's the Breaks, Kid, and in Wing it Like Witches we see a calendar month that's six weeks of seven days each long).

To be honest, I certainly like the idea of having months that are made up of whole weeks, making each date have the same weekday no matter what year it is.

And then came the task of dividing 52 weeks of seven days (plus the unaffiliated day) into neat months. After some struggling, the best, most pleasing combination I could come up with was 4 months of 5 weeks, three of 6, and two of 7. That it amounts to 9 months to match the main covens was also very convenient.

Some last notes: Since, with these conclusions, the BI didn't have any significant annual cycle they used to keep track of the years, they could've used any regular cycle to keep track of the years. So, rather than something lame and normal like the actual orbit of the Demon Realm planet (tracked through observing the sun move through some constellations near its ecliptic), or by observing the phases of its moon for the months, I made up something more wacky.

Since we already had the Wailing Star, I thought a star that makes a meandering trip across the night sky over the span of 666 days would be fun (And it could be one of the Archivists, idk. I like the headcanon that the Wailing Star is one of the Archivisists, crying out over the loss of their sibling, so why not have another that continues its normal duty of observing from a distance, slowly making their way along a route that passes along all the planets in the sky that they check in on?) And since the star doesn't move along the tract at an equal speed (the actual layout of star systems it floats past will be at different distances, despite looking projected on a sphere from the perspective of a BI resident) it brings some extra funkiness of some months being widely longer than others.

Plus, since all the constellations are worms or worm-like, I can use the name for an old, outdated taxonomy system where most typical worms were classed under 'Intestina', and since this version of the 'zodiac belt' is less a belt and more a random track, the 'Intestina Tract' matches perfectly with the pun names based on body parts that all locations on the BI have. I also imagine the Intestina Tract as being illustrated as a bunch of worms and tube-like demons one after the other, each eating the next's tail like some messed up, multi-stage ouroboros.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

#the owl house #owl house #owl house theory #toh #toh analysis #boiling isles #overanalysis #worldbuilding #boiling isles calendar

[sepublic]

Wittebane Knife Overanalysis

I’m obsessed with the duality of the knife between the Wittebane brothers, their own versions of the same item that they wield in literal conflict with one another… Wittebro uses his to carve a wooden mask for his little brother, cementing their bond; And likely to carve Flapjack, symbolizing a new choice of destiny away from being a witch hunter, his acceptance of the Boiling Isles. Wittebro’s knife is meant to create, it’s an artist’s tool;

But Philip’s. It’s jagged like a kris; This is a knife meant to kill. An assassin’s murder weapon, hidden away and not out in the open, unlike Wittebro’s openly-welcoming earnestness. But like Belos’ hidden identity and true murderous motives… It’s to cut into others and hurt; Destroy not create. And it’s used by Philip to reject his brother and the isles, to sever their bond via murder.

Wittebro’s knife cultivates and creates, while Philip’s kills and mutilates himself to gain power, carving glyphs into his flesh and his ears into a witch’s. Wittebro’s knife meanwhile aided in his Palisman carving, contributing to a Clawthorne tradition meant to empower others and help them choose their own identities, not have them decided by Belos as the Palismen are slain, not made.

Wittebro’s knife is straight-edged while Philip’s crooked; Perhaps reflecting their morals. His is smooth and efficient, to the point; It cuts as much as it needs to as a tool that even a kid can use. But Philip’s, the crooked edges are for fighting; Causing vibrations upon parrying that pain an opponent’s hand. Serrated edges meant to cut and tear through flesh, to cause maximum pain and suffering and drag it out, literally.

Both brothers are a knife in a sense, but in two opposite functions. A constructive tool VS a destruction weapon. Straight to the point, yet agonizing and hidden. One forged and reflected a bond, was used to empower others; The other broke a bond and reflected a murderer’s eyes, used to empower himself. An artist appreciates, while a killer hates and tears down. Wittebro’s gave, Philip’s took.

Two sides of the same coin; The same object, yet different and opposite purposes. Made to hurt, but Wittebro chose to go against that ‘nature’ and intention of his creators, and created his own meaning. While Philip stayed with the purpose of harming, as both went down separate paths. A knife brought them together when used by Wittebro. But in Philip’s hands, it tore them apart; Tore one apart, literally. Philip chose the knife instead of love and acceptance… And he’d reject his brother again if offered by Hunter, because!

And then he’s out of them and has nothing, as he’s cut everyone and everything away from himself.

It’s also interesting that Wittebro’s knife is manmade, a relic from home; While Philip’s is a model used by Bump, as well as Eda, implying it came from the isles (or worst-case scenario, Belos popularized it as part of his marring influence). Wittebro brought the best of his world over to create magical things, while Philip appropriated to pervert and corrupt the isles, as he did its magic. Fittingly, both knives clashed, a conflict of ideology and especially purpose, either intended by one’s ‘creator’ or chosen for oneself; And sadly, it seems Philip’s won out as he continued to remake his brother for the purpose of being a witch hunter, time and time again…

…But time and time again, his brother chose a different purpose for himself, and was killed for it; The Hunter ‘died’ in two meanings of the phrase.

With how Belos has kept and continued to use the knife… I swear to Titan, if it comes back in the present-day and he attempts to use it to kill Hunter, as he had his brother, all over again! Conversely, it’d be neat if Hunter inherited Wittebro’s knife; Maybe passed down through generations before ending with Dell, who gives it to his daughters, who grant it to Hunter. So in a way this tool that went through such a long journey of hands finally loops around and ends up back where it started, in the hands of Wittebro’s clone.

What goes around comes around, you reap what you sow Wittebro. And soon you will too, Philip… It’d be symbolic if that knife of his was destroyed, lost, or even turned against its user by the end of the series, finally ending what it began, that etneral cycle of violence and the same brother being murdered over and over; Only for the other one to be slain with the knife at the end. Wittebro’s spirit endured several deaths because of its loving influence that others remembered, but it takes just the one demise to put down Philip for good, as people remember him as a monster who must never return…

It makes sense that Philip used his knife to kill; It was an upgrade from the make-believe wooden sword he wielded as a child, playing out his embraced fantasies of murdering witches. He’s still a child playing pretend, just actually dangerous this time, and playing the role of humble messenger for the Titan as well.

#the owl house #philip wittebane #emperor belos #the owl house hunter #knives #symbolism #meta #overanalysis

[lonelydncers]

i can’t sleep. i’m thinking about maisie starting her album talking about everything she’s still feeling and doing even after some time has passed and her closing the album talking about everything that’s new in her life and moving on and closing that chapter. i’m okay. i’m feeling normal about this.

#i think about this album a normal amount #i have normal thoughts about this album #i’m so normal #the normalest even #maisie peters #the good witch #tgw #overanalysis #song analysis

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

i adore reading your analytical posts abt soc so much jts not even funny; stumbling upon your account was like a coming across a goldmine 🙏 ALSO I RLLY WANT TO ONOW ABT THE SHE TREATS US LJKE MARKS ESSAY IVE NEVER THOIGHT ABT THAT RLLY also i loved the mr crimson post anw im sorry i’ll shut up now

Thank you so much, I’m so glad you like them!!

This is the first time someone’s submitted a question so bare with me because if there’s any way to do this wrong I’ll probably manage it, but here are my thoughts on the red herrings :)

She’s treating us like marks - an analysis of Leigh Bardugo’s use of red herrings in Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom

*warning: CONSTANT SPOILERS AHEAD!*

I happen to be an absolute sucker for a good bit of foreshadowing, I think if it’s done well it’s one of the best literary techniques out there, so it’s something I always like to try and be on the look out for when I read. With books that I go back and reread, in this case many many times (seriously I’ve never specifically counted but I’m pretty sure I’m at over ten times each for the duology, it’s ridiculous), I like to find the things I didn’t realise were foreshadowing the first time round. When rereading six of crows and crooked kingdom, I realised that a lot of the things I expected to be foreshadowing didn’t actually come to fruition whilst other, seemingly less important, details were the actual foreshadowing. I LOVE IT! It’s genius, because it leaves the reader worrying about one thing so they’re too distracted to realise the groundwork is being laid for something else. But you know what that makes me think of? Kaz’s ideology of “What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet? […] Tell him you’re going to steal his watch,” and “you have to let the mark feel like he’s won”. Leigh Bardugo literally cons us, and she tells us that she’s doing it in Crooked Kingdom when the group are certain that they know where Inej is being kept, but Kaz says “Too obvious. He’s treating us like marks”. GENIUS

So I compiled a few of my favourite examples (in no particular order), if you know of any I’ve missed please add more I would love to see them!!

The cannon at the Ice Court. When the Crows first arrive in Djerholm they see a cannon built into the the cliff face, a defence mechanism for the Court, and Kaz says what might be one of my favourite underrated lines of his: “I’ve broken into banks, warehouses, mansions, museums, vaults, a rare book library, and once the bedchamber of a visiting Kaelish diplomat whose wife had a passion for emeralds. But I’ve never had a cannon shot at me”. Jesper jokes that “there’s something to be said for novelty” but then continues to say that a cannon would be useless against a ship as small as theirs and that it’s designed for “invading armadas”. They don’t mention the cannon again, but it stuck in my mind when I first read it as a looming threat, a reminder that the danger wouldn’t end when they left the court. So when they arrived in the harbour was I expecting soldiers, or a heartrender, or for Nina to take parem? Nope, I was too busy worrying about the schooner being blown to pieces - especially when the Crows all have such specific painful and/or traumatic experiences linking to water, with 4 out of 6 of them being drowning related. But that isn’t to say that the waiting soldiers at the dock weren’t foreshadowed. All the way through Leigh Bardugo constantly reminds us that Matthias had never seen black protocol in action, and that his time in the prison sector had been brief, but she lulls us into a false sense of security by letting us believe that the secret bridge onto the White Island was all Matthias was hiding. We trust him by this point, so we don’t expect anything to be different to what he’s told us, even though this is an aspect he couldn’t possibly have predicted. Bonus points for the fact that Nina’s poor well-being in the aftermath of the drug is foreshadowed by a joke at the awful Inn they go to before the job; the food is disgusting and she says “when I don’t want to eat, you know there’s a problem”, and in Crooked Kingdom it’s many times emphasised that she’s unhealthily losing weight and her appetite has vastly decreased, with Matthias buying her chocolate biscuits “in the hopes she’d eat something”.

The poison pill. Leigh Bardugo worked very hard in Crooked Kingdom to make us think that Nina might die. We went into that book knowing there was a strong possibility that she wouldn’t come out the other side; we knew very little about how she was coping with parem withdrawal at the end of soc, but we had seen around a minimum of five grisha being destroyed by the drug so far. (That’s a guess I haven’t actually counted). So we went in with the idea that she was already in a precarious situation, and even though we begin to see her regain herself she struggles throughout the novel both physically and mentally in the aftermath of the drug. Matthias begins to dream of being lost on the ice in the worst storms known to Fjerda, knowing that she was out there somewhere and that he could not reach her. This sounds like it’s foreshadowing her death. Then when the pair go to the Ravkan embassy, Tamar gives Nina a small yellow pill that Genya made; she explains that it kills instantly and painlessly, saying “we all have them” to make sure they cannot be drugged and enslaved by the Shu government, who are hunting for grisha with the Khergud at the time. Matthias is terrified by this, but Nina just slips it into her pocket without a second thought. At that moment I thought that Nina would almost take the pill only to be stopped by someone else, because it felt too obvious that it would kill her, but I did wonder if the Khergud would be the ones to stop her and so she would still be lost. But the pill never gets mentioned again, except when the Dime Lions come for Nina at Sweet Reef and she briefly remembers that it’s still in her pocket. Then never again. And Matthias’ dreams were, of course, actually foreshadowing the FESTIVAL OF PAIN AND TORTURE that is chapter 40.

Mr Crimson. I’m so glad you like my Mr Crimson idea! Basically I posted saying I think that he represents death in the novels and I’ve also talked before about how I think the Komedie Brute costumes that the characters usually adopt are representative of their character; Kaz the Madman, Nina the Lost Bride, Inej and Wylan the Grey Imp, and Jesper and Matthias Mr Crimson. I won’t go into detail about all of them but if you’re interested the post is on my page, but with the idea that Mr Crimson represents death it’s very important to me that, although all of them wear his cloak at least once, he is the only Komedie Brute character taken on by Jesper and Matthias (at least to my recollection, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong). So of course I would argue that Matthias taking on the image in Crooked Kingdom foreshadows his death, but in that case what does Jesper’s represent? I came up with two options but I actually think you could combine them into one: it’s a red herring to make us align him with the literal death of Matthias, whilst actually foreshadowing the metaphorical death that his addiction and mental well-being are driving him towards as he tries desperately to stop them - in his own words to Colm “I’m dying anyway, Da, I’m just doing it slow”

Oh god sorry that this is yet another long post I hope y’all enjoyed this enough for it to be worth the time it takes for you to read all my ramblings 😭

Tagging people who asked for this one in the replies to my essay titles post - @the-magnificunt @flerkenkiddingme @luridorangeandviolentviolet @snowblack-charcoalwhite

#grishaverse #leigh bardugo #six of crows #crooked kingdom #inej ghafa #kaz brekker #nina zenik #jesper fahey #matthias helvar #wylan van eck #kanej #wesper #helnik #overanalysis #books #book #essay

[iloveyouemanuelmarco]

Nobody:

No one at all of any importance:

Like I mean atleast no one on any normal and somewhat comprehensible side of Tumblr Dot Com at the very least to my knowledge:

My "somewhat spent one too many hours indulging in fandom and other strange but harmless internet overanalysis" and former-weird kid autistic overly-attached ass attempting to connect I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Five Night's At Freddy's and the literal Bible to eachother(All three are super different in the sense that they're all unrelated works of media that were made in drastically different time periods and logically have no connection what's so ever but I'm sorta deranged so it makes sense to me...also William Afton is just super AM-coded to me in a way sorry not sorry but maybe thats just my platonic objectum-relationship type senses towards the concept of AI being tingly again. Curse you Wendigoon for popping up in my recommendations with a summary video of it one day that cuaght my curiosity because for some reason I thought it sounded like an overly-edgy CreepyPasta!!!You will pay for thisss!!!):

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL2pRsqJ/

#Fnaf #The Bible #Christianity #Catholism #IHNMAIMS #I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream #Autistic Rambling #Overanalyzing #Overanalysis #Potential Idea #Five Nights At Freddy's #Do You See My Vision #Please Tell Me I Am Not The Only One #I Am Being Dead Serious #Religion CW #CW Religion #CW: Religion #CW: Religious Themes #CW Religious Themes #AU Idea #Religious Themes #TW: Religion #TW Religion #Religion TW #TW: Religious Themes #TW Religious Themes #Fnaf AU #Fnaf Alternate Universe #I Sound Crazy #But Hear Me Out

[disappear-into-the-role]

My all-time favorite House expression.

For context this is the scene where Wilson brags about living a less meaningful life, shows off his fancy new car, and then accidentally sets off his car alarm like the giant dork he is. And then House looks at him like this.

It's such a complicated look. There's amusement, fondness, pity, a tinge of sadness. It's patronizing. It's reverent. It's unique to this moment. It's just...beautiful.

#hilson #he loves that pathetic dork so much #some good acting sir #overanalysis #probably #house md

[qotru-pro]

In a world that celebrates being in love with life, for good reason too, Hozier is out here turning the narrative. Sure, there lies an almost disparaging ease with which the poetic voice in the song talks about themself. However, they are also not trying to change just because it is expected.

And I love that.

Sometimes life is everything you ever wanted. While during others, it hurts to even breathe.

People will forever applaud the light. Perhaps be envious of it as well, but still...

The way Hozier treats the narrator, to me it feels like he is saying that it is perfectly fine to be jaded. To not have hope. To just get through the day without much preamble or effort than the bare minimum required.

And that is beautiful to me. Appreciating the art of just getting by... Being so unbiased in one's empathy.

Fuck. I just- I have a lot of feelings in general. And then comes Hozier and they go ka-boom!

#Hozier #Too Sweet #Being drunk on life is overrated sometimes. #And that's okie. #Random #I don't even know anymore #Overanalysis #I over am because I overthink. #LoL! #LmFAo even! #Heh #Take care!!!!

[pegasisterdoesherbest]

So, like... Am I the only one picking up on the pegasi potentially having Chinese parallels?

So me and my boyfriend were watching MLP TYT, and me being Chinese, for whatever reason, I kept thinking Zip was Chinese, and on occasion I felt it a bit in Pip and SOMETIMES Queen Haven, as if they gave off that kind of "Aura". Like a strange feeling in my stomach telling me to keep it at the back of my mind, and the next thing I knew? Episode 59 of tell your tale is a Lunar New Year special episode which takes place in Zephyr Heights. Queen Haven explains to us in the start of the episode that every ten years, "When the moon reaches its closest point to Equestria", they celebrate with a big festival called the "Moon Festival". And immediately, I'm laughing at my boyfriend for telling me that Zip and Pip were totally not Chinese, because this entire episode screamed it. From the music to the decorations laid out within Zephyr Heights, it was very clearly drawing parallels to the Lunar New Year and Chinese culture. Anyways, I headcanon that Pegasi in Gen 5 are Chinese coded or something, and I will permanently point towards this episode. You can't stop me.

#mlp g5 #my little pony #mlp #mlp mym #mlp tyt #mlp tell your tale #mlp make your mark #lunar new year #headcanon #overanalysis #overanalyzing