Tree of knowledge, bitter fruit
Sour on the tongue, but oh so sweet,
We feast, but find it leaves us hollow,
As though we've lost something, our hearts so hollow
For the secrets of the tree bring emptiness and pain,
Leaving us desperate to escape the stain.
RAAAAHHHHGGG IM SO HAPPY WITH HOW THIS TURNED OUT
KOREY MY TRAUMATIZED GAL YOU HAVE BEEN MY GREATEST INSPIRATION YET
The poem was helped by my dear yet extreme nerd of a brother ^^!
Will be drawing Korey as Eve again because how can I not after this.
I put a lil explanation for this metaphor in this post!
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This whole video (and Saiki K in general) have me thinking about the similarity between my experience as someone with selective mutism and Saiki's whole... thing.
I think people assume that he's been talking telepathically most of the times we as an audience hear him, but because the show actively contradicts that in a lot of places, (where people talk to him and seem to not hear the things he says telepathically, assume his intentions/feelings when he is thinking exactly opposite, etc,) I've always wondered if it was just that most people don't know anyone with selective mutism, and can't conceive of how we communicate outside of speech or sign.
Saiki, for all intents and purposes, is selectively mute. He doesn't talk verbally, and while he could communicate telepathically with people, and frequently does so with his parents and other psychic friends, as we see them having proper conversations instead of the usual one-sided ones he has with his friends most of the time, he doesn't. Maybe this is to conceal his psychic powers, maybe it is because he isn't very social, but he still spends most of his time not talking verbally OR psychically. And yet! He has a bunch of friends who care about him a LOT, and this is because... honestly, it's not that difficult to still have fun with people who aren't talking?
The way Saiki's friends socialize with him in the show is pretty typical and... honestly, if you have a friend who sometimes goes nonverbal and is totally fine, not in distress or anything, it's a really good guide on how to hang out with them! I think it's a little sad that there's a lot of simplification of Saiki's relationships when you assume that he regularly talks telepathically to his friends, when most of the time he doesn't!
I don't know. The first time I watched Saiki K, it made me so goddamn happy to see a character like me on screen, and it was such a dream come true that nobody ever really questioned him on it, that here was a nonverbal character who didn't get socially isolated or asked a bunch of probing questions or have to use sign or notes or something to form these connections with his friends.
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…y’all weren’t fucking kidding about this huh. Like I know why they (not all of them, most of them are chill) hate Will (because he’s gay) but still. They’re pretty bold over there huh.
“Some b tier side character” weird way to refer to the character that has the first episode of season one named after them because they’re that important to the literal start of the entire story (The Vanishing of Will Byers),
one of the main focuses of season's one and two,
and a character who definitely has had more than eight lines in the last two seasons.
Yeah, sorry. This isn't how you put a B-list side character in a shot. Center frame, close up shots, focusing on them speaking- and you definitely don't do close up shots of their emotional reactions to add depth to their character so you can tell the story you want to tell the best you can.
"I didn't know she was lying to you, Mike!" "Is it early, Michael?" "So you can swap spit with some stupid girl?" "Yeah. I guess I really did." "I'm not gonna fall in love." "A day free of girls!" "Funny how a lot of Will's lines in both season three and four have to do with Mike. How his character arc has to do with Mike.
"It's nothing. It-it's just this painting I've been working on."
"Why do you keep lying to Mike?" "You're not- you're friends with Angela and Stacy and you come to parties here?" "For mom's work- that's not what you implied. I just, I don't think Mike's gonna like that you're lying to him, and he doesn't deserve that, and when he finds out he's gonna be mad."
"No, listen to me. She's having problems here."
"She was lying to you, Mike! Straight to your face, ever since you got here and... I've been a total third wheel all day. It's been miserable. So, sorry if I wasn't... wasn't smiling." "What about us?" "You're mad that I didn't talk to you? Seems like you made it super clear that you're not interested in anything I have to say." "You called maybe a couple of times. It's been a year, Mike. Meanwhile, El has, like, a book of letters from you." "And us?"
"Sometimes, I think it's just scary to open up like that. To day how you really feel, especially to people you care about the most because what if- what if they don't like the truth?"
"Well, once we save her, El, we should stop on the way back. El could make us super rich and we'd never have to work. We could just play D&D and Nintendo for the rest of our lives."
Will hasn't been involved in the supernatural plot for the past two seasons. That doesn't mean he hasn't been involved in an equally important part of this story. Side characters don't get relationship conflict that spans over multiple seasons that ties into the larger themes of the story.
"It's not my fault you don't like girls!" "I mean, what did you think, really? That we were never gonna get girlfriends? We were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?"
As for how Mike views Will Byers, that has always been very clear.
And that's just season two and season four (I don't have season one and three on hand).
Yep. This is him. Will Byers. The B-tier side character who Mike Wheeler has never looked at once in his life, nevermind cared about, and who is barely even going to be in season five!
Definitely not important at all! To the plot OR to Mike! Funny how Mike has more scenes with Will than with El, "Who he actually loves," though. Weird. And definitely not significant at all. Guess the writers just didn't know what to do with Mike while El was away growing as a character so they just stuck him with Will. And really, they didn't know what to do with him in the last shot either! Just stuck him in the middle for some reason. And next to Will!
It's definitely not because Mike and Will are important characters, to both each other, the core themes of the show (forced conformity, abuse, love), and to the plot! Nope!
It was just a mistake. Damn. They really fucked up that last shot bad then. Putting Mike AND Will together in the center of the shot which, well, normally would be intentional in order to emphasis their importance to the story and their relationship but this is Stranger Things! We all know that no ones putting any thought into any detail of this show. Really, it was just a simple mistake. The blocking, the multiple angles emphasizing it, having this as the final shot of the season. None of it matters.
Least of all, Mike and Will.
Just another string of errors attached to these two.
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tagged by: @voidstation & @fifteenth-entity (two people in one go for the first time I've gotten tagged in one of these?? damn-)
rules: tag 9 people and answer the questions (bold of u to assume im comfortable with tagging 9 ppl but we'll see)
favourite color: purple at the moment (or green)
last song listened to: waiting for love by avicii (hey it's one of those super nostalgic songs that sometimes fit the vibes okay- no judging me)
currently reading: idk man like 5 different fanfics, but if we're counting books then ig priory of the orange tree and apothecary diaries LN 5 (and i haven't even touched either of these in months lmao) oh wait, ig manga also counts, so let's add moriarty the patriot vol2 (im rereading)
currenlty watching: rewatching apothecary diaries maybe,,,, uh,,, started run with the wind super recently, but also windbreaker, kaiju no8 and if noel counts sk8 then I'll count it to so sk8 the infinity (even tho the rewatching is complete) [this is final's season true, but like i need all of this stuff to counter the Studying™]
currently craving: the beach mostly,,, some time to rot on ao3, a month-long break (i really want to sit down and write and i need a lot of free time for that) but lucky me after monday, i'll get two whole months (or maybe three if I've passed all my classes 🤞🤞)
coffee or tea: sorry not sorry, it's coffee. i downed like a jar (my to-go glasses are pretty much huge jars of 1lt) of lattefied frappe a few hours ago and it did nothing... maybe i should add more coffee? i know i keep adding a lot of milk but i like milk okay? so maybe the true answer is same amount of everything but extra coffee,,, tea is still cool though! not iced tea just yknow normal warm tea in the winter, it's a vibe
tagging: moment of truth ig,,,, well here goes nothing. @athenov, @biopanik, @stealthetrees, @maudlin-scribbler, @liveandletrain, @fairysthnprospatheia (idk how active u are on tumblr but eh), @freakurodani (no pressure to any of you, btw!! hell some of yall im not even moots with so really feel free to ignore this lmao) (except athenov and biopanik, you guys are contractually obligated to not leave me hanging)
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