#they make me So Ill i'm gonna Throw Something Goddddddd

[0509-brainrot]

POST THE DOUBKE PARALLELS PLSPLSPLS

HNGH OKAY SO,

First of all just some General Visual Parallels (ones that while I don't have any particular Thoughts or Deep Analysis on they're Neat :) (also they fit more into the overarching smoking trio parallels since Kazui has a matching one too) I'm sorry Kazui my blog is so biased orz)

Mfs when they hold the left side of their face while forcing out a pained smile (Although with Mikoto it's just his general lying/trying to brush off his own suffering while with Shidou we're looking at him at his most painfully honest) ((Also they both have phone calls in their songs which I think is Great))

Cool eye shots :) (Am I the only one who thinks Mikoto's eyes are very pretty :sob: ((Also now the entire smoking trio has one of these close up eye shots, I also love that Mikoto and Orekoto both get individual shots nobody gets left out (Ignoring the fact that they Disbanded)))

Okay but time for. My Actual Shitty Parallels Analysis bear with me guys here this is gonna get Messy,

Idk if I talked about this Before but Shidou and John (I'm sorry guys I Need to adjust to it I'm gonna call him John here) are both obviously extremely tied to their "purpose" of protecting people, specifically their loved ones (Shidou's Family/Mikoto). However they obviously go at it very Differently, John's method Is harmful (violence/killing) while Shidou's is supposed to be the complete Opposite (treating/healing).

There's also something interesting about their victims. I can't say for sure from Double if Multiple people were Actually murdered, but it seems to be portrayed that way by John at least; he and Shidou both portray themselves as having multiple victims, and they're also portrayed completely differently than their loved ones (Flowers/Tags, Mannequins, they're not entirely portrayed as people and have little to no identity, their lives were set aside to protect/save the ones they cared about)

(The environment in Shidou's MV is also very sterile and clean looking while John's is covered in blood. They're both surrounded by their representations of the lives they took)

From what we've seen this purpose is currently what basically makes or breaks their will/reason to live, these people are their entire worlds, if they can't even save the ones they care about they may as well have nothing, and what happened with that purpose of protecting?

Well. They failed.

Shidou's fails to protect/save his family and John fails to protect/save Mikoto, and their arcs with how they go Forward with this failure completely Kills Me

I fucking. Hrmghsdflbds these shots at the ends of their respective mvs are the shots that pretty much prompted this post. Shidou reaches out and, despite his failures, tries to push past his self-hatred and resolves to continue living and protecting others. Meanwhile, John closes in on himself with renewed self-hatred, and decides that it would be better off if he disappeared/went dormant.

Just. Aheem aheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeem

GOD, GOD (while the shots themselves don't exactly parallel, the lyrics. Oh The Lyrics)

"So hey, prolong my life" / "If only I were never born, if only"

"I'm Dispensable" / "I'm So Sorry"

Minus the "Why, why" in Double, these are the Last Two Lines for both of their songs and,

I'M GONNA HIT SOMETHING,

We see John with the most Openly Distressed expression we've seen on him meanwhile Shidou has almost Cold Resolve

Shidou and John's arcs are going in completely opposite directions and that Breaks my Fucking Heart Man oh my God get me Out of here Get Me Out (I hope these shots also helps articulate that parallel I tried to make earlier about the different ways they go at protecting people? Shidou puts on new white, clean gloves meanwhile John's hands are completely coated in blood and just. Man,).

Just. Yeah. Yeah,

Pain

God I hope this makes sense to Someone I'm going Insane

Most miserable guys ever I love them so much </333

#milgram #milgram project #mikoto kayano #shidou kirisaki #0509 #0905 #0509 ramblings #admittedly i'm very apprehensive about posting this to the main tags #while all the Real theories are rolling in and stuff #i'm kinda worried about people looking at me like i'm Insane and like Yeah I Am but also orz orz #praying this stays with my audience you guys see the Vision Right #they make me So Ill i'm gonna Throw Something Goddddddd #guys pleaseplaspelape if you have thoughts or a response to this Let Me Know we Need to feed each other Thoughts me thinks

[sw4tch]

Dear lord the 2021 run of moon knight is SO good

Like. How to explain. Allow me TO RANT ABOUT MOON KNIGHT ONCE MORE

The writer takes in account past runs, even those with bad writing, and makes Marc live through those consequences. Marc becomes a character dealing with his past. He is alone. He is deeply sad. And my god he's a brilliant vigilante.

But also this writer is good because he builds up the moon knight mythos respectfully? Like someone who actually likes what moon knight is? Which is a kinda obscure vigilante that deals with the supernatural, has DID and also doesn't ignore that he's jewish???? Like. This is PEAK comic moon knight.

The marc from the comics is a deeply lonely and hypercompetent vigilante. He really is a sad, sad man. That has nothing. Has no friends.

(But of course they give him allies bcus otherwise any run would feel emptier character wise).

I like the overarching storyline, BUT I ADORE that each issue has it's own little story. Monster of the week but slowly builds up to something!!! Like YES YES YES moon knight is the perfect hero for that formula!!

Not to mention the art is so gooooooooood, my god, i adore how Mr. Knight and Moon Knight look here.

Mr Knight looks whorish af and i adore it.

Anyway

This also makes me think about the series and how the vibe is fundamentally different (so far).

Because comics!Marc?

As i said, each run makes you feel this: he is deeply alone and he has NO ONE.

No friends, no family, sometimes he has 2 or less allies.

Marc Spector is a deeply lonely and broken man.

Series!Marc Spector?????

Fuck.

Series!Marc has Steven now. At least as a friend. As his support.

You see, in most comic runs I've read so far for moon knight, his alters aren't really their own individual people. They're like costumes, even when they're formal alters and not fake identities. Which is why they get grouped with Moon Knight and Mr. Knight.

They're just different faces for Marc Spector.

You don't really get the sense that the Steven Grant and Jake Lockley from the comics are people. With their own life and feelings.

But the series.

Man. Mannnnnnnn.

Steven is his own person. With feelings, with opinions, with a LIFE. (Presumably Jake will too? S2 come home). And that changes everything.

Marc Spector will never have to be alone anymore. Marc Spector has someone to rely on, even during his darkest moments.

He has Steven.

Steven Grant, who's brave and kind and extremely loveable to a fault. Steven who is there to comfort Marc. Steven, who Marc is protective of and is willing to throw paradise away for.

Marc has a friend.

A forever friend.

And that is SO different from the comics. It's fascinating. Moon Knight's main comics angst is that he considers his mental illness something that makes him BROKEN. Deserving of his loneliness.

The series takes that and goes "actually, his DID doesn't make him broken. his DID is what saved him. His alters are there to help him. and he is loved. He is loved. He is loved."

and idk it makes me cry Happy tears. The Marc from the series gets to exist in a gentler world, contrasted with his comic version.

And god. God. I love that. I just. I love that.

I'm not saying the (modern) comic version of moon knight is Bad. Or Worse than the series somehow.

The 2016 and 2021 runs are so deeply enjoyable. They paint a sad and grim picture of Marc and his life, but they're EXCELLENT explorations of the established character.

AND AAAAA THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE 2021 RUN ACTUALLY??? IS GOING TO BRING BACK HIS ALTERS??? And Steven seemed REALLY opposed to Marc killing?? so LIKE??? 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 We goNNA GET SYSTEM BONDING??????? SOON??? MAYBE???? Moon System Hype! (At least we get to see Marc, Steven AND JAKE on that last page, and goddddddd I CANT WAIT)

Anyway all that to say, the comic version of mk and the series version of mk are Different but i have come to love both of them. Amazing.

in conclusion, the best moon knight story is "A Hard Day's Knight" by David Depose, Leonardo Romero & Chris Sotomayor, from Moon Knight Black White & Blood, issue #2

She has it all, MAGNIFICENT ART STYLE, LIMITED COLOR PALETTE THAT MAKES THE ART POP, the supernatural, Khonshu, the violence, the moon knight system bonding, mentions of them being jewish, Jake teasing Steven, and MARC ANGST!!!! MARC ANGST!!!!! and my god it's so good IN ONLY A FEW PAGES??? SHE REALLY SAID "IM GONNA GIVE SNAILY EVERYTHING THEY WANT"

#snaily blabber #THANK U FOR COMING TO MY T ED TALK