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There are no words to express how much I love seeing them together

I want to hug them all

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bro gangle's tiny smile when ragatha apologizes for what she said to her last episode 😭

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That face you make when you realise the digital equivilent of a chaos god lied and actually CAN influence/control your thoughts-

Thinking about that is actually scary as hell. Not only is there no structure, sense, or certainty to the world around you, but there's none to you, either, which is so much worse.

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and here we just thought gooseworx was insane, ughhh I loved the new episode so much imma sob

ooohhhh

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This scene killed every living cell in my body. But to be fair this was not as bad as I expected this convo to go, could’ve been SOOO much worse

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WHERE THE HELL DO I START???? RIHNO GANGLE THE BAR SCENE THE ANIME BIT MAID JAX/THE CORN BIT "DADDY BUBBLE" THE EVIL CLONES THE NPC AT THE END AND WHO WAS JAX FRIENDS WITH???? WHAT HAPPENED???? AAAAAAHHH SO MUCH LORE

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Just watched the new TADC episode

Wowowow!! So good!!

I love how the show keeps reducing the pace and the speed of a bajillion different things happening at once

And such a good episode! More character development and more and more questions about the characters

What happened between Ragatha and Jax? Did Jax's friend abstract? Cuz even in the intermission it seems as if this friend is another person, not any of the ones we know. Is Ragatha jealous of Pomni getting closer to Jax? So many questions

Anyway, a really good episode!! Might wanna see people talking about it

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the fact this and my last repost were BACK TO BACK 😭

the face you make when the girl you latched onto in order to cope with your severe trauma shows up after going missing, so you forget that there's a gun pointed at you and run to her like a dog (someone's about to get shot)

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"Look at this idiot lmao doesn't he know he's still on stage? Why is he going to her, does he want to die? lololol"

"PFFFT- Couldn't be me LMAO"

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"MY WIFE!! MY WIFE!!! HYUNA MY WIFEY I'VE MISSED YOU-"

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Mi Vida Loca rant!!!

I think they did a wonderful job with this song. When reading an English translation of the lyrics, I had a difficult time figuring out who Till might be directing the song towards.

But then I realized... wait, it's supposed to be like that. The vagueness is intentional. Some lyrics could apply to Mizi and others to Ivan.

For example, "I feel so pathetic whenever I stand in front of you," could obviously be referring to how flustered Till gets when interacting with Mizi.

"Don't you hate me", however, does not make much sense when referring to Mizi. Till has not seen anything from Mizi that would indicate hatred. It would be hard to interpret Mizi's constantly cheery attitude as something malicious. Ivan, on the other hand, frequently and purposefully makes Till mad. Given their history of misunderstanding, I would not be surprised if Till took Ivan's behavior as something spiteful. This lyric makes more sense when it's applied to Ivan.

I think writing a song this way was a very smart and fun move.

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MI VIDA LOCA

I saw someone on Reddit say it starts as being for Mizi before becoming about Ivan! Which I firmly believe, (I'M NOT A MIZITILL PERSON I PROMISE) but Till does have feelings for her, even if it's more of a puppy love situation.

Do you luv me? I do Don't you leave me I'll probably get it across to you for sure Close the distance between us To be inside your heart...

(About Mizi and how he feels about her, not wanting her to leave, and in this instance it's her asking Till if he loves her in a sense, maybe like we see in the first Mizi comic? )

Do you luv me? I do Don't you hate me I get scared again like an idiot Widen the distance between us Mi Vida Loca... 

(About Ivan, Till is asking if Ivan loves him in this part, while Ivan is asking if Till hates him. But Till doesn't hate him, as he said in this song, he got scared again like an idiot. Till does want to be closer to Ivan :3 )

god I love the new song so much, it's so fun to listen to and dance to!!

Song analysis is not my strong suit, but I figured I'd try my hand at it! Translation might not be the best :)

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Mizi says and thinks a lot, but her actions speak louder than her words-- We know that she handles Sua tenderly because she's not the cruel person she thinks she is, but her view of herself is so distorted because of the grief and guilt she feels. She can't properly decide who she is anymore. Is she as bad as her mother? Is she truly the manipulative person everyone thought she was, or is she a naive and helpless pretty girl? She can't stand this confession-- She can't stand feeling no different than the aliens who hurt her, because to herself, she willingly acted like an idiot and caused everyone around her to suffer. She regrets looking down on Sua like this, she regrets feeling like she deceived and used Sua, just that eye contact alone, she misses Sua and adores her so much. She regrets not having understood and being ignorant in the past; if she had known, she could've changed something, so she could've done something before Sua died (Oh disc: MiziSua I love you so), Mizi villainizes herself; she needs to believe she's the villain because this, the death of all she cares about, being brought back to point one, alone and miserable, is all her "Karma" for being such a selfish, terrible person

(I really love this sequence, bro, it's so gentle, it's so regretful)

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See the fun thing is..

...Luka and Mizi are on the surface level at the moment, easily misinterpreted as manipulators. But the fact is, neither of them were capable of those things.

Luka was far too childish and blunt with his actions to be able to manipulate people in that way. The most he did was aggravate people, but even those were in such childish and stupid ways. The consequences his actions had were severe but he was not aware of this consciously at all.

In the same way, Mizi pretends to be oblivious but she is also just as blunt when it comes to who she loves most. She never manipulated people into loving her, it was just a consequence for her being the kindest in Anakt Garden. She might have been aware of it all, but she did nothing to consciously influence this. If anything, she tried to shut down the feelings of others.

Luka unconsciously and by instinct makes people hate him because of his naivety.

Mizi unconsciously and by instinct makes people love her because of her 'naivety'.

But neither of them actually manipulated other people. They were just in a situation where they were the easiest to latch those emotions onto, whether it be by circumstance or their personality.

Which is why it is a little funny to see people argue over who the greater manipulator is. Because they are both easily the characters who lack any control over anything.

Mizi pretends to be oblivious, and Luka pretends to be in control. Neither of them are those things. They were kids in a shit situation that backfired on them horribly.

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shoot me in the heart why don't ya ಥ_ಥ

PLEASE TELL ME YOU SEE WHAT I SEE. WHERE SHE GOT SLAPPED. LOOK.

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More Mizi talk cus I love her and no one can stop me

I saw someone online say that Mizi did go to the Garden originally to win Alien Stage and "crush" others, but then when she actually met other humans formed real connections with them and didn't want them to die, and did genuinely want to tie with Sua and was crushed by their deaths and obv no longer wanted to win once she saw the reality of it and realized she would have to face off against her friends, people she holds dear to her.

I think this would make a lot of sense and would serve as a great foil to Luka, who's only now just starting to learn the consequences of death. Mizi has always "lived with love." She was smothered by it, crushed by it; she could have won had she not let her "love" get in the way. Luka still needs to learn how to do that. I think this really makes them excellent foils to each other, and it will be so interesting to see how the story progresses and how these two interact more

(They're my fav characters ever)

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I LOVE U MIZI

"We need more complex female characters!!" Okay, then the minute a character whos genuinely complex and takes some analyzing and understanding comes along, she's an evil manipulator??

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My fragile god, fading fast. - ( english translation free on Patreon🫩)

Rather than sheltered, Mizi's life was surrounded by death and gore; she never got a break from it. When Shine adopted her, it was like a reprieve from all of the horror she's been through because she was loved, she may not have understood them, but she knew how much they cherished her, and it made her happy that she at least didn't feel like she was in immediate danger around them because she was such a beloved pet, as long as this alien loved her, she would be safe and survive.

Still, I think she was haunted by the implication that she was still always in danger, even in Shine's care, she was getting hurt, she was weak (While she was relieved to be with Shine because it didn't feel like she felt safe and cared for in the first place) . The differences and the inherent misunderstanding between Aliens and their "pets" are so key in this one. While Shine did care and genuinely believed they were doing the best for Mizi, they didn't understand her. It doesn't look cruel on the outside, but it's intentionally hidden in the subtlety. Shine is careless, insensitive, and makes mistakes because they don't understand humans; they are treated much like puppies. It's the quiet calmness and detachment and carefreeness, even as Mizi is in pain or crying in front of them, they lack the care of a human, despite trying to take the place of one. She was a pet for them to ogle and coo at until she would be too much to handle- "Raising a child isn't easy, huh. How about you buy her a TV?"

I think, then, Mizi wanted an escape from that place somehow. I think this is how she realized how weak and destructible other humans are on that stage, just like she felt about herself. Aliens are too different and too powerful to empathize and understand her, so she wanted to go to Alien stage to seek out what she was missing, to find some sort of solidarity, or she would die there and be freed

I'm glad this question was somewhat answered, because I've always wondered why it was Mizi's choice to go to Anakt Garden, but I think Mizi wanted to go to Alien stage so badly because she wanted to feel in control of something; she couldn't control losing her "provider", she couldn't control how the aliens perceived her. But she could control this. Because she hated feeling like the fragile one, like she could be "crushed", she wanted to feel like more than a pet; she wanted to be liked, to be understood when she couldn't find it in the aliens, it made her so lonely. So she wanted to be around humans who were also like her, weak, fragile. That explains why she was so drawn to Sua in the first place

Mizi's fascination and adoration of the way Sua is so perfect, so human, like herself, and weak, is fascinating... I especially love this sequence where Mizi is adoring her from bottom to top, not just because it's so tender, but because Mizi truly adores Sua like a god, because Sua is her god, it encapsulates how Mizi is obsessed, how in love with all that Sua is to her, and all the freedom and peace she feels in Sua's love and presence, the escape and guidance Sua was made her godlike to Mizi

In many ways, right now, when she speaks, she's projecting her own feelings of weakness and insecurity onto Sua, who is comparatively weaker and smaller than Mizi.

It comes from a place of wanting control; Sua is so perfect to her because she could be crushed, Mizi could hurt her, and Sua allows her that kind of control. She feeds into Mizi's insecurities and need for autonomy through control. Mizi doesn't mean to hurt Sua, but she is a traumatized person who takes it out on Sua because she knows no better than this; still, they try to understand and console each other despite all of it. (It's so.. ironic. In a way, they end up inevitably perpetuating their own pain and abuse by repeating the behavior and habits that hurt themselves and each other because this environment fosters these interactions; they can't do anything else about it, can't worry about 'healthy love' like this.) --Their love is more profound and unconditional than anything Mizi has ever had before, even with her owner, Shine, who would love her until she was difficult to manage, but not Sua. And Sua loved and trusted her completely, let Mizi have her completely. In many ways, Mizi found someone who wouldn't abandon her, accepted her completely and unconditionally, as flawed as she was, and no matter how many times she did things she wasn't proud of, even hurt Sua, Sua would always accept her, and in turn, Mizi would be a comfort and an escape for Sua too, such unconditional acceptance and love made them soothingly equal and reliant on each other to feed into each others delusions for a safe place just for them in the world (To Mizi, who hated feeling inadequate or weak, this must've been freeing even if Sua couldn't be completely understanding, they had each other in a world where it was one for oneself or you were under a constant threat otherwise)

-- Sua offers herself and never faults Mizi for what she does, or her feelings, no matter how ashamed Mizi is of it, or how her insecurities can manifest in the ugliest of ways because Mizi didn't know how to express herself in the first place. This is how Sua thinks she's fulfilling her desire to protect Mizi's innocence and to keep her safe by reassuring each other that their lives aren't up to the segyein, that they have each other. Mizi felt a sense of control and stability in Sua that she had never had in her life. Mizi's escapism and coping mechanism is finding security in repression, ignorance, or a facade. She couldn't feel at peace even in the safety of her Guardian no matter how "safe" she was, she wasn't understood, but she could feel at peace in the illusion of control and safety, of having someone that she perceived as weak and unable to "crush" and hurt her like so many others in her life could and did.

The psychology behind it is also super fascinating, from somebody so human, Mizi thinks of Sua like how the segyein think of all of them, as aforementioned, she's projecting what she's heard before, Shine calls her adorable even when she's in pain because her clumsiness and the defenselessness she exhibits as a human is funny and endearing to them, the aliens look down on them because humans are fragile. To Mizi, Sua is all (adorable, small, weak, unthreatening). In a situation where they are both two abused children under a similar threat by aliens who control them, Mizi finds security and comfort in the fact that they are both vulnerable, lacking power, and the idea that she has upper hand over Sua in this circumstance is like Mizi is trying to substitute a feeling of powerlessness with taking back a sense of control that she's never had before.