https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/ You're afraid to be corny, but I was born on the cob - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:53:37 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios bedes personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/17596023/4028034 https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32744.html Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:53:37 GMT https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32744.html <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://file.garden/ZkEY3dxjtja0xEri/dreamwidth/blig1.jpg" width="150" alt="The screenshot of Round 7 of Alien Stage, just before Till sees Mizi. He is sweating and distressed." /> <img src="https://file.garden/ZkEY3dxjtja0xEri/dreamwidth/blig2.jpg" width="150" alt="The screenshot that shows Mizi from Till&#39;s point of view." /> <img src="https://file.garden/ZkEY3dxjtja0xEri/dreamwidth/blig3.jpg" width="150" alt="A screenshot of Till blushing and walking forward." /> <img src="https://file.garden/ZkEY3dxjtja0xEri/dreamwidth/blig4.jpg" width="150" alt="A screenshot of Till reaching out for Mizi&#39;s hand." /></div><br />I'm seeing people taking this scene as Till &quot;choosing Mizi&quot; over Ivan, symbolically, but frankly, they need to stop looking at it through a lens of shipping, and Till &quot;choosing&quot; someone.<br /><br />Till has <em>always</em> idolized Mizi. During hardships, she was his beacon of light; she is, quite literally, a savior figure.<br /><br />Vivinos describes Till's relationship with Ivan as love and hatred; difficult, complicated, messy. <em>And</em> he's being continuously reminded of the trauma of Ivan's death while it's still fresh on his mind. So, when he sees Mizi, he's of course going to be excited and reach out to her; she's someone he views as <em>perfect</em>. His comfort. And he, in this moment, is so, so hurt.<br /><br />And we see what the narrative does in response to his attempted escapism.<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://file.garden/ZkEY3dxjtja0xEri/dreamwidth/blig5.jpg" width="300" alt="A screenshot of Mizi looking horrified as Till is shot." /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p><br />Till isn't &quot;choosing&quot; anyone. He loves Ivan <em>and</em> Mizi. But they are very different <em>types</em> of love, and he reacts accordingly to both.</p></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bedes&ditemid=32744" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32744.html fandom:alien stage topic:fandom blog:microblog topic:meta blog BLINK GONE - STUDIO LICO thoughtful public 3 https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32325.html Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:08:20 GMT https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32325.html <div class="reblog-content"><p>The way that Ivan sacrificed his life for Till, thinking it wouldn't matter, because he means nothing to him&hellip; but it was Ivan's sacrifice that ultimately damned Till, giving him a weakness for Luka to exploit&hellip;</p><p>It was Ivan's inability to look past his <i>own</i> low self-image to see that Till cared for him that ultimately doomed them both to death&hellip;<br /><br />Oh, Ivantill... Just when I thought you couldn't be more doomed... And Vivimeng when I <strong>CATCH YOU</strong></p></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bedes&ditemid=32325" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://bedes.dreamwidth.org/32325.html blog topic:meta blog:microblog topic:fandom fandom:alien stage BLINK GONE - STUDIO LICO contemplative public 0