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ackermom · 4 years ago

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An Unhinged Analysis of Armin’s Martyr Complex

Author’s Note

I haven’t written a paper since I was in college, but writing this gave me the urge to bust out Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (8th edition). Be warned, I did not, so the academic integrity herein is about as secure as a slip’n’slide. I wrote this manically from memory in four hours without fact checking, except to confirm chapter numbers and source manga panels. It’s also worth saying that I don’t read much meta, so if someone has written something like this before, I apologize for cramping your style. The nature of humanity is just that every so often someone reinvents Armin’s victim complex.

Introduction

So I’ve been thinking a lot about Armin’s character and his— frankly bland— development post-time skip. I think a lot of that can be pinned to the same inconsistent writing that plagues the last thirty-odd chapters of the manga. Isayama wanted to get to his onsen as fast as possible.

But I’ve begun to form this interpretation about Armin’s post-time skip character, because I’ve struggled with some of these questions, as I think others have too: 1) why does he allow Eren to move forward without strong opposition? 2) why can’t he quite grapple with the consequences of his actions and inactions? 3) why does it take so long for him to finally do something? 4) and why does he do it… like that?

So, 5000 words of insane ramblings later...

I want to emphasize that this analysis is an exercise in interpretation. You don’t have to agree with me on any or all points. In fact, that’s the beauty of literary analysis— forming your own opinion using textual evidence is the name of the game. You can say anything as long as you can back it up. And this is not necessarily an interpretation that I believe, at least not all the time; it’s just a way of looking at things that I find interesting.

But I do think this interpretation provides the basis for a canonical explanation of Armin’s character from beginning to end of the manga. I’m one of those people who believe that chapter 139 (and the mess of an arc leading up to it) was well-intentioned, but poorly executed due to pacing issues, lack of planning, loss of motivation, and outside influences. It’s not the ending I would have written *hair flip*, but I can see what it was supposed to be, and I think— with a few generous grains of salt— that it can… work. More or less.

With that being said, this analysis is more about Armin’s character around the serumbowl and immediately afterwards leading into the time skip, as well as looking back into Armin’s progression since the beginning of the story. I will delve into the ending, but this is not a meta on that, because really what else can be said at this point.

There are also a plethora of endnotes that stem from other thoughts in this essay marked by superscript. It’s not necessary to read them when they are marked, or even at all. Just things I thought were interesting.

So let’s get into it.

Thesis

Throughout the story, Armin is portrayed as a victim of his circumstances: the target of bullies turned into a soldier, fighting a losing battle where there are more questions than answers. Despite his efforts, and in spite of his occasional successes, Armin fails to take control of his circumstances time and time again, often choosing to wait to see how events will unfold, rather than taking preemptive action to prevent the continued cycle of violent circumstances in which he finds himself trapped.

In this essay, I will demonstrate how Armin internalizes a permanent victim mindset after his sacrifice at Shiganshina and how he extrapolates this idea into a personal ideology that absolves him of fault for his actions, leading to the development of a false sense of self and the compulsive desire to be seen as a hero.

On the Serumbowl (do people still call it that?)

Who doesn’t love a good thesis? That’s about as academic as this is going to get, so let’s dial it down and go back a bit. We have to agree on some things first.

There are two points at the center of this interpretation that I know not everyone will agree with fully. You don’t have to agree; but please know if you’re going to disagree, I’m only interested in spirited debate if we can do it over a bottle of wine in the evening as the candlelight falls low over the intimate room where we find ourselves looking into each other’s eyes as we speak.

The first point— Armin is not to blame for Bertholdt’s death. The phrasing of that is important. I’m not saying that Armin did not physically cause Bertholdt’s death (because he literally ate him) or that Armin should not feel some level of guilt or responsibility (he was planning on killing Bertholdt anyways). I am saying that the actual choice made in the serumbowl to inject Armin, turn him into a titan, and consume Bertholdt to gain the colossal titan was not Armin’s fault.

There is an argument to be made that Bertholdt’s death was unnecessarily cruel, and I’m not disagreeing with that. But again, this is explicitly not Armin’s fault:

He had already prepared to die when he sacrificed himself to cause a diversion and so was unconscious/on the brink of death when that decision was made.

He expressed shock and remorse upon learning of the exact situation that had unfolded to cause Bertholdt’s death.

Some will contend that he had no remorse so here’s my response: we’re not in a court of law and I don’t actually have to prove anything to you, but if we want to go there, then take this:

Armin had an emotional and physical reaction after waking up that I constitute counts as an act of remorse, because he was incapacitated during the act and therefore did not consent to what was done to Bertholdt OR what was done to him.

And furthermore, your Honor, the defendant displayed a similar physical reaction on a previous occasion after his first alleged attempt on someone’s life. Nausea and vomiting is clearly an instinctive coping mechanism that my client experiences when he is feeling guilt and/or remorse. Case closed.

The second point— Armin was a victim of the serumbowl as much as Bertholdt or Erwin. Again, I know this is contentious, but actually it turns out that willingly sacrificing your life by enduring excruciating pain to further your cause, and then being injected with a serum will bring you back to life and being induced into a catatonic state of cannibalism that causes you to eat a living person and ends with your inheritance of one of the titans, an enormous responsibility that you did not ask for, and most of that being done to you against your will and without your knowledge… that, uh, is probably not anyone's first choice of how to spend their day.¹

A False Victimhood

So we agree— Armin was a victim of circumstance in the serumbowl and was set up to kill Bertholdt in a much crueler and more personal way than he and Eren had originally planned.² I think whatever Armin was feeling atop the wall in Shiganshina when he woke up (shock, horror, sadness, regret, disgust) was perfectly valid and understandable at that time. Without even mentioning the general horror of that entire battle, the serumbowl was a terrible thing to happen— to all those who were involved, to all who were witnesses, even to those who were complicit in the decision-making, it was still a terrible thing to be a part of. And to be made to participate in that against your will— that would be tremendously difficult to deal with emotionally. How much guilt should you feel for something you did that was done without your consent?³

But I think this is where things take a turn. It seems like Armin begins to falsely extend that victimhood to other aspects of his life. He internalizes what he felt in the aftermath of the serumbowl— something bad happened at my hands, but it wasn’t really my fault— and he extrapolates it to other situations in his life, even ones where it does not make sense. This is why he can justify following Eren, or at least not intervening when he realizes the destructive path Eren is on. In his mind, he is still at the mercy of his circumstances. He has been wronged, put upon, taken advantage of, and instead of fashioning his feelings of helplessness and guilt into useful actions to correct the course of events into a future he desires, he’s only capable of grieving for himself and rationalizing his worldview to others.

He expresses this directly to Annie:

Which is… fine, I mean, there’s a lot to discuss there and their situations aren’t quite the same.⁴

There is a truth at the center of this martyr complex Armin has created for himself, because he willingly sacrificed his life in Shiganshina to further his cause. He was literally a martyr. But still, that doesn’t absolve him of fault for any future actions. Being a victim in one situation does not make you a victim for the rest of your life. He definitely did have a choice when it came to following Eren’s lead to attack Liberio, and he went so far as to draw the battle plans himself. He has created this narrative in his head that he is somehow not responsible for his own actions. He has no other choice.

Self-centered and Hollow

Let’s talk about how this manifests in his connection with Bertholdt.

Has someone ever given you a really hollow apology? I’m sorry you feel that way… reflecting the blame back onto you… I’m sorry I fucked up, I always do, I’m such a bad person… shifting the attention away from your feelings to theirs… I’m sorry, I was just… justifying their actions to recenter the conversation on themselves?

Because when you have wronged someone, you apologize to them and for them. Apologizing might make you feel better or take some weight off your shoulders, but that’s not what it’s about. You’re letting the other person know that you understand what you did, you are sorry, and you will not do it again. This is a lesson Armin desperately needs to learn.⁵

I think it’s worth saying that Armin does feel guilty for Bertholdt’s death, or at least he acknowledges his participation in the act. We see this in Liberio when he pauses to reflect on Bertholdt after destroying the harbor, and then again when he meets redead Bertholdt in paths.

But interestingly— in both of these instances, while I think it’s clear that Armin is understanding of his part in Bertholdt’s death (willful or not, if you eat someone alive, you kinda gotta own that), he still neglects to act on any remorse or sorrow that he might still feel. He displays other emotions, but not in ways that extend past himself to Bertholdt. He seems guilt-ridden, but he doesn’t apologize. He seems sad, but he doesn’t grieve for Bertholdt.

These moments are centered around himself and his own victimhood. When he thinks of Bertholdt in Liberio, he is comparing their actions to alleviate his own guilt at the destruction he’s caused. We’re the same after all, we’re both victims of circumstance who have been made to kill people. The difference is that Armin is complicit in this attack on Liberio. He says that Eren would’ve done it without their help anyways (objection, your Honor, that’s speculation), and sure, maybe, but you didn’t have to do it with him. Armin (and the others) still chose to work with Eren at that point. On the other hand, while I wouldn’t say that Bertholdt is free of blame for his actions either, his situation is a little more sympathetic— he was a child soldier manipulated into a mission of mass destruction. Armin is an adult with a new haircut to match.

Similarly, when Armin meets Bertholdt in paths, he’s not reaching out to Bertholdt to connect with him. He’s focused on himself and his problems. He centers the conversation on him and how guilty it makes him feel. He kinda apologizes, but not for Bertholdt’s cruel death, not even on behalf of the others who forced it to happen. He apologizes for what he’s about to ask Bertholdt to do.

Now— if we want to get into the weeds on this one, I’d argue this is an indirect apology on Armin’s part for his involvement in Bertholdt’s death. He’s apologizing for keeping him in the limbo of paths and not allowing him to rest— just do one more thing for us and then you can go. I think it’s an expression of apology. It’s just not very direct and it’s not good enough if he’s trying to make genuine amends.

This is a Pattern

Let’s take a step back in time for a moment to look at Armin’s arc through the manga. I think it’s worth pointing out the times that Armin does try to take control of his circumstances and act assertively. In each of these instances, he’s successful in the sense that he reaches his immediate goal. But it rarely unfolds quite the way he wants and it always comes at a cost, whether that is known to him at the time or not.

In Trost, Armin defends Eren against the Garrison. He takes a decisive stand to convince the soldiers not to shoot at them. The captain is too scared to be persuaded and they are nearly killed anyway, only saved by Pixis’ arrival.

On the 57th expedition, when Armin realized the Female Titan was looking for Eren, he successfully helped his team evade death and narrow down her motives. Behind the scenes, Reiner was working with Annie, and she ended up capturing Eren anyway (at least for a brief period of time).

In the Uprising arc, Armin is the one who shoots and kills Kenny’s soldier to defend Jean. But he is overwhelmed by the violence done by his own hand, and he struggles to accept this new path.

In Shiganshina, he comes up with the plan to take down Bertholdt at the expense of his own life. What Happens Next Will Shock You

Each of these moments build on each other, showing a progression in his agency and decision-making, especially when it comes to violence. But it also shows that even when Armin is successful in his initial goals, he fails to escape the set of circumstances which led him to take action in the first place. In Trost, he gives a big speech— they’re going to kill him anyway. In the FT arc, he saves his teammates’ lives and gains intel— lots of people die anyways. In Uprising, he saves Jean’s life— but afterwards, he is told that this is something he’ll have to get used to. The killing won’t stop.

It’s important too that each of these actions is done in defense, and only after a clear threat has been established. Armin is not proactive in fighting Kenny’s soldiers; he avoids direct confrontation with the soldiers until one of his comrades is about to die, and only then does he necessitate direct action. Even in his moments of assertiveness, he is still only reactive. Even as he progresses, he is still only a victim of his circumstances.

Armin introduces this motto in the Female Titan arc, the idea that he must sacrifice his humanity in order to achieve his goals. He tries to follow through on this, giving up more and more each time to further his goals. He manipulates Bertholdt using Annie’s memory to distract him. He kills someone to save Jean’s life. He tries again to outsmart Bertholdt in Shiganshina, but he fails that time due to Bertholdt’s offscreen character development. This pattern builds and culminates in his sacrifice at Shiganshina. He has already given his mind, his heart, and his hands. All that’s left for him to do is give his own life for the cause. Literally, leaving behind his humanity.

Except— he’s brought back to life.

That wasn’t part of the plan. He was supposed to be a sacrifice. He had made some sort of peace with that, knowing that he was doing it for a reason he believed in. And now— what else does he have to give?

The answer is fuck-all apparently, because he begins to see himself as a permanent victim. All of those unfortunate circumstances have built on top of each other and have now voltroned into one big martyr complex. To be clear, Armin has rightfully been a victim many times, as discussed above. But his answer to that is not to rise above and find a way to change his circumstances. His answer is not to be more decisive and proactive. It’s like he just sinks further into himself, wallowing in his own grief as he stews in his victimhood state.

So Close

I think the closest Armin comes to having a revelation about this is in Chapter 112 when he is confronted by Eren. This is interesting, because Eren has been at the crux of his life and his development for the entire story. He’s continued to work with Eren in the hopes that things will turn out alright in the end.

But Eren’s accusations aren’t what give him the opportunity for a realization. In fact, Eren feeds right into Armin’s victim complex. You’re being controlled by Bertholdt. That’s an absolute goldmine of an excuse for someone who wants to blame all of their problems on someone else. He’s already allowing himself to believe that things aren’t his fault, and now Eren is providing a clear out. It’s all Bertholdt, he’s inside my mind. I don’t think Armin walks away believing this. But I do think there’s a moment where he at least considers the possibility. Is he genuinely horrified at the thought of being controlled by someone else, or is it terrifying because it validates everything he wants to believe about himself? Look at that man, he’s like damn it, why didn’t I think of that first??

But this doesn’t last. Eren turns to Mikasa. And it’s so interesting because he says the same thing about her– you don’t have a free will. You’re being controlled. He’s gaslighting both of them to get out of his way and make them feel crazy for everything they’ve done, because, duh, you’re just being controlled, silly!

But this time, Armin doesn’t stand for it. Whether it’s because he understands Mikasa’s agency as independent in a way that he cannot do for himself (maybe he’s projecting and defending her in the way that he wishes he could defend himself, haha… unless?), or simply because he cares about Mikasa and doesn’t want to see her in pain, he doesn’t take it. He goes so far as to attack Eren. It’s mostly reactive in response to the things Eren is saying, but this time, he is the first to throw hands.

And Yet So Far

So— everything up until this point, I’m like, okay. Armin is a self-centered sad boi who can’t escape his victimizing circumstances and he is using that to his selfish advantage in order to avoid taking responsibility for his actions. Love that for him.

But this is where Isayama starts to lose me, at least as far as Armin’s character is concerned. I always love a circular arc where a character can’t help but succumb to something that they once broke free from, which is… I guess how I would describe what happens with Armin next? Except not really at all. He goes back to rationalizing Eren’s actions after Jean provides the convenient excuse of Eren wouldn’t do that intentionally, he must be up to something. Armin is like holy shit thank you for providing yet another out, now I don’t have to do any character development.

But to me, it seems like this would have been the right place for Armin’s break from his self-pitying trajectory. This would have been the time for him to stand up and side against Eren, thereby putting Mikasa in the crossfire to make her own decision. But I guess… Isayama needed the volunteers to come in and reveal their plan, and he needed everyone to go along with it so he could set up the Eren vs. Reiner fight, etc. So Armin kinda gets lost in the mix for a while after this.

The next closest we get is when he lashes out at Mikasa, which I love unironically because they are both absolute messes and need to get their shit together PLEASE girl he won’t change just move on. But this moment also falls flat because it doesn’t really go anywhere (should be the title of this entire arc). Because as much as I love a manic breakdown (how else do you think I wrote this??), even after Armin begins to crack under the pressure, he still continues to justify Eren’s actions and wants to wait to see what happens. “He’s just breaking the walls in Shiganshina as a threat! Everything will be fine!” NO KING HE’S ENDING THE WORLD PLEASE GET A GRIP

Armin does finally come out of this cloud a bit after the rumbling begins, but he’s still focusing on the wrong things, chasing Connie all the way to Ragako (to do what? save Falco to manipulate Gabi into siding with them BYE KING) and again, when he snaps at Mikasa, she’s the one who apologizes and Armin’s all like:

That’s not an apology bestie it’s emotional abuse

Anyway, my thoughts on this portion of the manga are clearly not coherent, complementary to the source material. I think it’s clear by this point that Isayama was laying the pieces for Armin to eventually be the one to oppose Eren in the final battle, but I needed a little more from him in that regard. I needed to see a little more doubt. Armin spent a lot of time in this arc repeating platitudes about talking to Eren, and I think those moments were supposed to show the gradual decline of his trust in Eren as he came out of denial. But it’s just not quite enough for me, because he’s saying all of that as he continues to go with the flow. Like being caught in the tides of the ocean, unable to break free from the same repeating pattern. Oh no is it all just a metaphor for the sea

But this isn’t an Isayama smackdown, so let’s move on.

Chapter 139

Speaking of Isayama smackdowns,

Somewhere in the haze of the 120s, Armin manages to piece together what’s left of his character and take a stand against Eren, eventually fighting him in colossal form. I think when you take a step back, it’s clear that Armin was meant to be coming to this place. For instance, why else would Hange have to die? It’s to make room for Armin as the commander leading the final charge. I’m not opposed to this idea if done well,⁶ but again, the execution failed to come off as meaningful or gratifying after all that Hange has been through. And as a side note to this Commander Armin tangent, I could’ve done with much more Hange-Armin interaction. It would’ve been nice to see them at odds over Eren earlier, so that when they’re working together again, there’s a lot more weight to Hange’s faith in him.

There’s a lot more to unpack in these chapters that might benefit my argument if I cared to take the time for it. But I don’t, so let’s jump straight to the end. Although I would like to highlight how absolutely wide open Yelena’s third eye is—

But what’s really interesting about the final chapter is that in the end, who is it who claims to have killed Eren? Who takes ownership of saving the world? Who gets to be the hero who defeated the big bad?

It’s a bird—

It’s a plane—

No, it’s Armin with his martyr complex in his pocket!

Look at his fucking hairline pls...

So, I was playing with this idea of a victim complex only in regards to the direct aftermath of the serumbowl for a long time, so it’s really interesting (read: hysterical) that it actually extends all the way into the final chapter. In a way, it comes full circle in a more satisfying way that many other aspects of the story do. I mean, once again, Armin fails to take responsibility for his own faults. But by accepting responsibility for Mikasa killing Eren when he finds out she doesn’t want it (and boy, does he jump at the chance!), he is really sealing the deal on his self-pity and blindness. It’s confirmation that he is not going to change. And it means he’s reached a new extreme of martyrdom— not only did he sacrifice his life back in Shiganshina, how he is the Survey Corps Commander who saved the world from the rumbling. He is MegaMartyr, defender of the Universe, airing Thursdays at 8/7 Central.

It must be so fucking gratifying for Armin to seize this opportunity. He gets all the attention and glory while getting to shove his own faults and actions under the rug. What started as a little self-pity because of his real and tragic circumstances has now ballooned past martyrdom and exploded into a hero complex. He needs that recognition to keep going. He is feeding on this attention, and he’s willing to do everything but take responsibility for his own actions to get it, which is especially wild considering part of what he is responsible for is the very apocalypse that he’s taking credit for ending. Oh my god, Armin is the firefighter who commits arson and then gets called a hero for putting it out. Oh god⁷

Well,

The conclusion I expected to reach at the end of this analysis was not that Armin is the character in every police serial who thinks he’s smart enough to report a crime that he committed and get away with it, but here we are.

In closing, I would like to apologize for how unhinged this analysis became towards the end and clarify that this is not a hateful diatribe against Armin, despite appearances. I’m not laughing at him. I’m laughing with him 🥰✨

Endnotes

1. Sorry for sounding so much like an asshole in this section, but some of you read RTS and said "time for Armin slander forever sweaty :)" try critical thinking, thots

2. To be fair, we don’t know what the survey corps planned to do with Reiner and Bertholdt if they captured them. based on Hange’s interaction with Reiner, they probably intended to interrogate and kill them/take their powers. It’s worth thinking about, but we don’t know for sure.

3. Interesting point of debate— if both sides were to be tried for war crimes committed in Shiganshina, who would be convicted? I’m asking this as a discussion question, not a who’s who of your favorite characters. Unlock those unbiased critical thinking skills and make me a legal argument. Who would you prosecute and who would you defend? On what basis? Using what evidence? What sentence would you seek?

4. Short essay on Bertholdt— I think I'm a lot less blindly forgiving of the warriors than others, but I do want to point out why. I don't think they're quite as brainwashed as we often talk about. At the campfire before Marcel confesses that he rigged the rankings, we see Reiner going on and on about evil island devils and honorary Marleyans. I think he believes this, but the other three just sit there quietly. I think they'd probably outgrown that mindset by that point, especially having been through military training. They were exposed to a different world than most Eldians and they were given the powers of the titans that they knew were be used for Marley's advantage. They knew they were being used. They saw the power imbalance from an angle that most Eldians never got to see. They had to understand at least to some extent what that meant for all the propaganda they'd heard growing up. We see this again from Annie after Marcel dies; she's breaking down as she attacks Reiner, because she's pissed that she's been lied to and manipulated by all the adults in her life.

So it's not a question of understanding. I think they knew what they were doing. The true scale of destruction would have been hard to fathom at that age, but I think they knew that they were really just pawns in a violent war being made against their own people. It's more a question of agency— even knowing all of that, what choice did they have? They could've refused to go through with it and been killed, gotten their families killed, but that's the kind of principled stand you would expect from an adult restorationist like Grisha, not a twelve-year-old who's mostly concerned about protecting their family.

All of this to say— of course, I understand that Bertholdt was very young at the time of the attack of Wall Maria. They'd all been traumatized and manipulated and made to fight in a war beyond their years. They were child soldiers who should've been allowed to just be children. I wouldn't punish or blame them for their actions at that age. But they're not real kids, this is all fake, so I think when we're talking about this, it's important to get into the details, and it seems disingenuous to act as if the warriors were totally oblivious to their actions or that they literally believed killing thousands of people was the right thing to do. That kind of blind righteousness would have been easy to portray, but it's not the portrayal we got, not even from Reiner, who was the most extreme.

5. Y'all watched season 2 of Never Have I Ever yet???

6. By the way, people love to yell about things they don't like in the story being a plot device. I have some unfortunate news for everyone: almost every element of the plot is a plot device. That's why it's called a plot device. It's just more obvious to you when it's something you don't like. Or in this case, when it's painfully thin.

7. You might be thinking: oh, like the guy who planted a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and then got off on the hero worship when he saved everyone? Which, yes, that's the general idea, but if you believe that's a true story, you've been misled by the media. Richard Jewell was cleared by the FBI, and the real bomber was later caught and sentenced to four consecutive life sentences. The more you know ⭐️

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hyena-frog · 5 years ago

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I have a notebook full of random thoughts I jotted down while reading Iron Gold and Dark Age. Most of these notes get used in meta posts but there are some that don't have enough substance for a whole separate post.

So. Have some random thoughts, theories, and trivia, in no particular order.

• Lyria says there are no Helldivers left. Regardless, I would like to see Darrow in control of a clawDrill one last time. That would bookend the beginning of the first book. And maybe Darrow can teach Pax some Red dances. It's depressing how disconnected Darrow is from his culture.

• In DA, Volga says she met Atalantia as a child (since she grew up in a Grimmus-owned slave kennel). In IG, she ordered Ephraim a drink called a "Venusian Fury" named after Atalantia.

• Lorn taught Diomedes, Alexandar, and Drusilla how to fish. It was only a brief mention but I got the impression this was a happy memory. I wonder how Diomedes will feel about how Alex died?

• The Raa family discusses the Polyphemus story from the Odyssey before dinner. Seraphina concludes it's a lesson on how not to be a bad host while Dido was definitely being a bad host by deceiving Cassius and Lysander the whole time but that's none of my business. In DA, Virginia notes that many fighter pilots have gone "Polyphemus" by diving straight into Society warship bridges, to the point the Society now puts the bridges in the center of the ship.

• Cedric cu Platuu, Virginia's elderly Copper steward at Silene Manor, disappeared from the plot after his initial appearance in IG. Will he come back? He formerly served the Lune family. Will he switch his allegiance back to Lysander?

• An incredibly specific simile from Darrow: "Our starShells gave us the edge, but the Golds are more maneuverable in their pulseArmor, and have the numbers. They're overwhelming the powerful mechs like jackals taking down lions."

• During the mission to take the kids back from the Syndicate, Ephraim overhears a couple of Syndicate goons discussing the Queen coming personally for the kids:

"—they say she's coming tomorrow." "Not just sending the Collector?" "Thank Jove, no. I hate that pervert. Something wrong with him down to the bone [...]"

Who the hell is the Collector? Sounds like someone I don't want to meet.

• Lyria, Holiday, and Virginia are an underrated trio and I hope they get to interact again. Lyria deserves a billion girlfriends.

• Virginia taking a knee before Lyria to ask for her forgiveness is an underrated moment of badass tbh. It takes a lot of strength to humble yourself. Lyria says, "Before this, she was a freedom fighter. A soldier. It's easy to forget that." @ the haters next time, Pierce.

• Lyria made Virginia promise to fix Liam's eyesight in exchange for Lyria's testimony before the Senate. By kidnapping Lyria, Victra prevented her from testifying. But in DA, it turns out Virginia helped Liam anyway because she's amazing.

• Apollonius poisoned the Ash Lord, who guessed it was him but Atalantia didn't believe it. The poison's effects are a lot like the DNA poison Atalantia designed for Sefi, so Apple likely chose this style of revenge to echo his former lover's preferred murder method, to get back at her for betraying him.

• Virginia says the blacksite where she interrogated the Duke of Hands is a "dilapidated propaganda factory" filled with Aja figures and toy Vanguards. Little details like this really add texture to this universe. Does the Republic sell Reaper figures? Goblin figures? Please say yes.

• Is the Bellona razor Lysander hid in a nook in Atlas' room in the torture caves still there? Or did he go back for it?

• Did anyone end up burying Ephraim? Volga and Lyria were originally going to fly to Earth to bury him in South Pacifica, but then Volga left with Volsung and Lyria went on whatever Pax's mission for her is. Plus, Earth has now fallen to the Society. Is his body just... chilling on Mars??

• If we aren't shown exactly, in precise detail, how Diomedes saved Cassius, how Cassius escaped the Rim, and how the hell Cassius even found Kavax with a busted Archimedes, I will die.

• I think it would be neat if Diomedes took over the Annihilo. This is based on zero textual evidence. But there's this interesting exchange in chapter 2 of DA between Diomedes and Lysander that sparked my imagination:

He leans forward gamely. "It would be interesting to board her." "How would you do it?" His eyes trace her instruments of death. "Quickly."

I just think it would be incredibly sexy of Diomedes to steal the ship that destroyed Rhea out from under Atalantia. 🤷‍♀️

• Sefi had a DNA-specific poison ravaging her body. She couldn't have children of her own because the poison would pass on to them. Volsung, allegedly Sefi's father, ate her heart. So will he start to deteriorate or not? Talk about a paternity test...

• Old Tokyo is mentioned many times in both IG and DA. It's where the Syndicate was headquartered. I hope we get to see it. We've seen so little of Earth in this series.

• Tharsus and Apollonius were both Boneriders in the past. I highly doubt Apple will join the clone because of how original Adrius tried to Blow Up The Moon, but what about Tharsus? The brothers don't exactly have a healthy relationship. Maybe Tharsus will join the clone to get out from under Apple's thumb.

• Gorgo, the Obsidian Syndicate thorn working with the Duke of Hands, is who the clone ordered to bring in the Iron Wolf full of Howlers. So Gorgo knew exactly who he was really working for the whole time, unlike the Duke. He's higher up the food chain than the Duke, as Ephraim suspected.

• Because of the clone, the Duke unwittingly helped Atalantia, one of the patrons who regularly tortured and killed Pinks in the Hysperia Rose Garden he grew up in. I almost feel bad for him. The Hysperia Rose Garden is also where Lilath's ship crashed during the Battle of Luna. These things are connected in some way, probably.

• During Darrow's conversation with Atalantia, she says that after Luna fell, the Ash Lord implemented a breeding protocol to produce triplets in order to boost their army numbers. In four years, there will be half a million fresh soldiers-to-be coming of age for training. Yikes. Surely this will be brought up again?

• After Virginia escapes the clone, Niobe mentions there are four operatives still inside. Who are they and will they rescue Sevro, Clown, and Pebble?

• The Blue pilot who shuttled Lysander, Diomedes, and Seraphina to the Core is named Vega and is about 12 years old. According to Lysander, "On the Rim, they believe the best pilots start at age ten and end at twenty." But why tho? This is literally child labor. What happens to the pilots after twenty? Lysander also says Pytha, a Core Blue, is superstitious of Rim Blues. But why tho?? This is Vega's only appearance and I have so many questions.

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Mine Have Naked People

Midway through Act II of La Cage aux Folles we get the number "Cocktail Counterpoint." It doesn't really feel like the other songs in the show. I used to think it was just filler because they felt like they needed a song there. I was really wrong. This is a deceptively complex piece that delivers so much information. On the surface, it feels like just an Irving Berlin style stunt, introducing several independent melodies, then combining them into counterpoint. But it's more than that. Berlin did it for the stunt; Jerry Herman does it to further the storytelling. In terms of structure, what does this music tell us? These people all may be singing at the same time, but they're not singing together. No one is singing the same thing as anyone else. For the most part, they're not even singing to each other. Everyone is at odds with everyone, even in terms of musical styles. And yet the fact that this chaos actually makes harmonic sense represents the civilized facades they each present, despite the deep contradictions underneath. The fact that they all sing different things at once, no one listening to each other, stands as a great metaphor for the story's central conflict. Form becomes content!! It's also worth noting that the song builds, in its second counterpoint section, to a climax that gets interrupted by Albin's entrance ("Here's Mother!"). The music finishes, but the vocals never do. Nothing has been resolved yet. All these tensions remain. Significantly, in the scene after this one, at Jacqueline's, they will finally all sing together in "The Best of Times," not just the same words at the same time, but in harmony, and with choreography! Excepting M. Dindon, these people will be literally in harmony with each other. The magic of musicals. But the lyric for "Cocktail Counterpoint" is even more interesting than its music. There's so much important information here. Each lyric tells us so much about the point-of-view of that character, and why that point-of-view is a problem. Notably, each family thinks the other is weird. Eye of the beholder, and all... Geroges is the first one to sing. There's a double joke in his lyric. First, he's so nervous meeting these people and trying to maintain the lie, that he's mixed up Jean-Michel's lie (that Georges is with the French Foreign Service, i.e., a diplomat), with the symbols of hyper-masculinity he earlier tortured Albin with, at the cafe, so the original lie weirdly morphs into the French Foreign Legion (i.,e., the army). And not just the French Foreign Legion, but a particularly gay point-of-view of the Legion...

I joined the Foreign Legion With a sabre in my hand, And crawled across the desert With my belly in the sand; With men who loved their camels, And their brandy, and I swear, Nobody dished, nobody swished, When I was a Foreign Legionnaire.

Wait, what? The first four lines tick off the Beau Geste movie cliches, and then... WTF? Georges gets lost again in his outsiders' view of conventional masculinity. Read it close -- he's saying the Legionnaires may have been drunks and camel fuckers, but nobody was gay! And by comic extension, Georges is offering up camel fucking and drunkenness as obvious markers of masculinity -- even more than that, as proof of his masculinity, because he himself was a Legionnaire. Except he wasn't. What does this tell us about Georges? He's a terrible, though admittedly enthusiastic, liar. He's terrible at being someone he's not. Exactly. And then Jean-Michel passes out hors d'oeuvre plates, not stopping to think about what's on these plates he's been using for years. Madame Dindon sees two Greek boys having anal sex, but she's so sheltered, so brainwashed, she's can't even conceive that this might be exactly what it looks like. She does her best to find an alternate explanation...

Oh, what lovely dishes; They're so delicate and frail. Mine have naked people, I believe they're only male. Oops, I think they're playing Some exotic little game...

And Jean-Michel snatches the plate away and finishes her rhyme for her: "Oops, I think that leapfrog is its name." A lie she is eager to accept. But look at her lyric closely. She takes in all the details. First, she sees the overall beauty of the plate, then she notices there are naked people in the middle of the plate, then she notices they're both boys, and just as she's working out what they're doing in that position, Jean-Michel rescues her, poor thing. She is not equipped to handle the complexities of the real world, which she's been sheltered from, for so long. Then we hear from her oppressor, M. Dindon, and notice that, like most conservatives, everything comes down to fear.

This is even worse than I feared; The son is strange, the father is weird. To meet the wife, I’m actually afraid. I prefer that Anne remain an old maid!

He came into this situation in fear, fear of the Other, fear of freedom, fear of difference, fear of loss of control, fear of what he perceives to be chaos. But also notice that his only complaints are really vague. He has no actual issues with them; he just doesn't like them viscerally. And his conditioned reaction is to withdraw from the world, to turn his daughter into Miss Havisham, rather than be tainted -- or worse, seduced -- by the Chaos. How many home-schooling Evangelicals today feel the same way? In a delicious bit of narrative subversion, the cross-dressing, norm-busting, gender-fluid Jacob returns to get the last verse himself, to pass the final judgment.

It's appalling to confess Our new in-laws are a mess! She's a prude! He's a prig! She's a pill! He's a pig! So zis ... zis ... zis for you papa!

Jacob is the truth-teller. The Dindons are acting like Albin, Georges, and Jean-Michel are the Others, but here in this world, the Dindon are the Others. Here's it's their behavior which is inappropriate. When Albin takes them all to Jacqueline's for dinner, this process will be finished, and the Dindons will be the ultimate Others -- that is, until Marie and Anne cross over... This song "Cocktail Counterpoint," this moment in the story, is what a writing teacher of mine called The Obligatory Moment, the moment without which the story doesn't exist. Everything before it leads to it, and everything after it leads from it. The whole first act is about the impending collision of these two very different families. This is that collision. And this writing is so good, it's a musical collision as well as a textual and thematic collision. And the rest of the show is the fallout from that collision.

What's cool is how this collision begins entirely inside their minds -- these are all "internal monologues" -- and Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein create wonderful tension by not letting the inevitable bomb go off quite yet. We know what's coming, even if we don't know exactly how it will play out, and throughout the scene at Jacqueline's, we keep waiting for the explosion... And then Herman totally distracts us with one of the greatest of all earworms, "The Best of Times," and we forget for a minute about that explosion we were waiting for... And then... Well, I wouldn't want to spoil it if you haven't seen the show yet... It has been such a joy working on this amazing show, and the overwhelmingly positive response from audiences and critics has been so wonderful. But really, all we've done is take the material seriously. I still don't get why everybody doesn't do that. We run through March 23! Come see us! Long Live the Musical! Scott from The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre http://newlinetheatre.blogspot.com/2019/03/mine-have-naked-people.html

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Tami Roman Walked Out of “Basketball Wives” Season 7 Reunion After Apologizing to Evelyn Lozada: Did Tami Quit the Show?

Did Tami Roman give up Basketball Wives? That’s the query followers of the present are asking following stories of her strolling off the set whereas taping the Season 7 reunion final month. In accordance to The Jasmine Model, Roman—who spent the previous couple of episodes of Season 7 at odds with Jennifer Williams and Evelyn Lozada over a rumor about Lozada sleeping with Shaunie O’Neal’s ex—��abruptly left” whereas cameras have been rolling. TJB’s supply revealed that earlier than Tami chucked the deuces, she apologized to Evelyn for claiming she lied about her home violence incident with Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson of their ensuing argument over the drama about Shaunie’s ex. “She instructed Evelyn that she was sorry, thanked everybody for a terrific season, then walked off the stage,” the supply mentioned. The present’s producers have been reportedly shocked at Roman’s abrupt exit. “They have been upset and completely blind-sided, however that’s the nature of these reveals,” the insider added. Lest we neglect, Tami wasn’t actually thrilled about returning to BBW for Season 7. In truth, the solely motive she got here again to the present was as a result of she was reportedly promised a spin-off together with her longtime boyfriend Reggie Youngblood. If you happen to’ve been watching the newest season of Basketball Wives, you recognize that it has been full of drama and Tami has been at the heart of most of it. [embedded content] Concerning the rumor of Evelyn allegedly sleeping with Shaunie’s ex (which Evelyn adamantly denies BTW), Tami mentioned that Jennifer Williams made up the year-old rumor in an try to harm Evelyn whereas they have been on the outs. (FYI: So much of folks imagine the “ex” in query is Shaunie’s ex-husband Shaquille O’Neal, but it surely’s not. They have been referring to Shaunie’s ex-boyfriend Marlon Yates Jr.) Jennifer, nonetheless, mentioned that Tami was the one who got here to her about the rumor. However Tami then got here with receipts (i.e. textual content messages) to show to Shaunie that Jennifer was certainly solely accountable or spreading the rumor. Talking of Jennifer Williams, it has extensively been reported that she didn’t attend the BBW Season 7 Reunion taping as a result of everybody on the present has issues together with her. On the Season Finale, Malaysia threatened to “beat her a**” and threw a desk at her for denying that she talked trash about Evelyn’s daughter Shaunice—one thing Malaysia says Jennifer did whereas Jenn and Ev weren’t buddies. [embedded content] Tami’s future with the present is unsure, and on prime of that, she might have jeopardized her future spin-off by strolling out of the reunion taping with out warning, the Jasmine Model stories. Referred to as The Beverly Trill Billies, a play on the 1960’s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillys, the Mona Scott Younger produced collection was supposed to begin taking pictures this summer time. The present would observe Tami and Reggie entertaining his household that lives down south. Roman instructed Life & Model lately that she was excited to be filming a spin-off as a result of she didn’t like the manner she was portrayed on Basketball Wives. “I feel it was time. I’ve been an element of the Basketball Wives franchise since 2010 — and it hasn’t been for lack of attempting to have my very own state of affairs, as a result of we tried a number of instances,” she mentioned. “However I do additionally assume it’s only a matter of timing. They are saying, ‘If you’d like to make God chuckle, inform him your plans,’ and I feel you’ve got to do issues when it’s ordered by Him — not to get too non secular. However I really feel prefer it’s the proper time for this second to occur, as a result of folks have seen me a technique on Basketball Wives for thus lengthy and finally that takes its toll on public notion of you.” She added, “I’m grateful that the spin-off is coming now as a result of I get to present the many various aspects and dimensions that aren’t really seen on Basketball Wives. I’ve this nice man, I’ve nice kids, I’ve a terrific profession, I do lots of philanthropy work, I’m concerned socially in my neighborhood and outreach applications and I’ve an incredible blended household, and so it felt like the proper time to do one thing like this.” Tami fueled rumors that she give up Basketball Wives altogether by posting this on Instagram: When requested by Human Nature Journal about what was in retailer for the BBW Season 7 reunion, Tami threw shade on the present, asking the interviewer, “Okay, you’ve been watching? ‘Trigger I haven’t” earlier than busting out in amusing. She didn’t care to speak about the reunion, however she did say that folks might look ahead to seeing her look trendy. “The one factor I need to interject about the reunion is styled by Udi in a Sergio Hudson swimsuit. And it was superb!” she mentioned. “You’ve acquired to look ahead to the relaxation!” [embedded content] The Basketball Wives Season 7 reunion airs on VH1 on Sunday, September 16th at 10/9c. Try a brief preview under: http://feeds.gossiponthis.com/~r/gossiponthis/~3/RrhJH-yobZU/ The post Tami Roman Walked Out of “Basketball Wives” Season 7 Reunion After Apologizing to Evelyn Lozada: Did Tami Quit the Show? appeared first on My style by Kartia. https://www.kartiavelino.com/2018/09/tami-roman-walked-out-of-basketball-wives-season-7-reunion-after-apologizing-to-evelyn-lozada-did-tami-quit-the-show.html

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Best part about watching Utena is you spend the rest of your life watching Utena because you realize everything that came after is aping Utena in some way shape or form. Which is good, because Utena fucking rocks

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German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher was worshipped by the Hockenheim trustworthy, profitable 4 occasions in entrance of his house crowd (1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006)

Guten tag, Germany… and welcome again.

Hockenheim returns to the Formulation 1 calendar after a two-year hiatus this weekend, and what higher option to get the German followers by the gates than having certainly one of their compatriots sitting atop the drivers’ championship.

Come Sunday, Sebastian Vettel will probably be aiming to do what Lewis Hamilton couldn’t at Silverstone – win on house soil.

The headlines have been already written for the Mercedes man to assert a document sixth British Grand Prix victory however the prancing horse had different concepts. As a substitute it was Vettel who held aloft the winner’s trophy to prolonged his lead this intriguing title race to eight factors.

Hockenheim recollections

Ferrari’s workforce radio to race chief Felipe Massa in 2010 was a basic: “Fernando… is quicker… than you.” Alonso went previous to take the race win

So what does the two.842-mile Hockenheim circuit deliver to the desk?

Bust-ups, crashes and emotional drama, it will appear.

Located within the Rhine Valley, the unique circuit at Hockenheim took drivers on a flat-out thrill trip by lush, inexperienced forests. Throw in some ewoks and a few speeder bikes as an alternative of F1 automobiles, and it might simply have doubled-up as Endor from Return of the Jedi.

In 1982, Nelson Piquet was main the race for Brabham and regarded sure for a podium end; enter Eliseo Salazar. As Piquet tried to lap the inexperienced backmarker, a conflict of wheels despatched the Brabham and ATS right into a spin and into retirement. The incident had a glimmer of the Hamilton v Raikkonen, first-lap Silverstone drama about it. The aftermath, nonetheless, took a punchier flip.

Brazilian Piquet leapt out of his automobile like a raging bull, launching himself on the Chilean, fists flying, and with a relatively ungentlemanly kick in direction of a fragile space. If solely Instagram had been accessible again then for these two to kind out their variations.

If go all the way down to the woods at present… you would possibly discover David Coulthard’s 2001 McLaren with a blown engine

The daybreak of a brand new millennium noticed one other Brazilian make the Hockenheim headlines, this time for the appropriate causes. Step ahead Rubens Barrichello, 122 grands prix into his profession and nonetheless no victory parade. Beginning 18th on the grid and having German legend Michael Schumacher as a team-mate, it did not look very promising.

However someway all of it fell into place.

Schumacher went out in a first-corner crash, a monitor invader triggered a security automobile and the heavens opened. All of the whereas Barrichello drove faultlessly by the sphere earlier than the tears of pleasure got here as he crossed the road for a stirring maiden win.

Two years after that historic second, the lengthy straights by the forests got the outdated heave-ho, with a shorter structure constructed across the present stadium part.

It is honest to say the alterations haven’t been universally embraced. Certainly, in the event you take a look at fan boards the post-2002 Hockenheimring doesn’t get the identical love that was bestowed on the outdated monitor.

However a victory for Vettel would certainly put aside a few of these misgiving among the many house trustworthy.

Sebastian… are you prepared?

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Seven German drivers in whole have claimed high spot on the rostrum at numerous circuits for the reason that 1960s.

There are solely two minutes on the clock to guess all of them.

What number of German winners are you able to title?

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Beforehand in F1: Spherical 10, Britain

Better of British qualifying: The group solely needed one particular person on pole for Sunday’s race and so they received it. Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel in an exhilarating last-lap tussle to take his place on the entrance row at Silverstone

Championship sunny delight: Within the warmth of the Silverstone solar, it was the blazing crimson of Vettel’s Ferrari that took the chequered flag. A gap nudge from the wheel of Kimi Raikkonen left Hamilton with all the things to do, with the Mercedes man recovering beautifully from the again to complete second

The monitor

Again pocket info

When kids begin their first day of faculty in Germany, they obtain a schultute, which is a big cardboard cone stuffed with toys, chocolate and sweets.

Based on German legislation, an individual’s gender have to be apparent by first title, so the civil registration workplace, or Standesamt, can refuse names that do not comply.

In 2013, Germany dumped the mammoth, 63-letter phrase Rindfleischetikettierungsuberwachungsaufgabenubertragungsgesetz. It interprets as “legislation delegating beef label monitoring” and regardless of the German’s love for prolonged compound nouns, was deemed a tad extreme for the trendy language.

There is not any middle-lane hogging in Germany. When utilizing the well-known Autobahn, motorists stick religiously to the foundations of the highway: hold as far to the appropriate as doable and use left lanes for passing solely.

Drivers’ social

Vive la France! Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly joined within the celebrations for France’s 4-2 win over Croatia within the World Cup closing…

… so did fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean…

… Lewis Hamilton spoke for a lot of after England’s semi-final defeat by Croatia…

…and in the course of all of the soccer drama, Valtteri Bottas went to see Eminem at Twickenham

Find out how to observe on BBC Sport

BBC Sport has reside protection of all of the season’s races on BBC Radio 5 reside and BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further, plus reside on-line commentary on the BBC Sport web site and cell app – together with viewers interplay, professional evaluation, debate, voting, options, interviews and video content material.

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German Grand Prix protection particulars Date Session Time Radio protection On-line textual content commentary Thursday, 19 July Preview 21:30-22:00 BBC Radio 5 reside Friday, 20 July First follow 09:55-12:35 BBC Sport on-line From 09:30 Second follow 13:55-15:35 BBC Sport on-line From 13:30 Saturday, 21 July Third follow 10:55-12:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 10:30 Qualifying 13:55-15:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further Sunday, 22 July Race 13:45-16:30 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 12:30 Monday, 23 July Evaluation 04:30-05:00 BBC Radio 5 reside

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