One of my online friend goes by they/them and I was like talking about them to someone else but really didn't know how to refer to them.
It was like "oh haa vo bohot talented hai" which makes it sound formal and like they are way older than me. I'm fine with this but was wondering if there's any other way?
I am planning to draw the unforgiven poster and hang it on the wall. Yk, the one above? I tried searching for it on pinterest but couldn't find it. Technically, I could use this but I want something more high quality since I'm gonna draw it :) so would be grateful if someone helped me out
Edit: btw does anyone have like any idea on how to colour it? I don't really have much colours lying around since I mostly draw digitally (plus, my colouring skills suck) and yeah, I might end up drawing it decently but I'm not sure about the colours
While I ABSOLUTELY understand that Till's crush on mizi is an important part of his character. In fact, I preach about but it but I just really wanna see more of what ivan was to till without Mizi's stake in it like in 'scars' (the song)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
(No hate to mizi gang)
ZOMSTG and the school au aren't separate aus, but rather ZOMSTG is an extension of the school AU.
THE PLOT
Before zombie stage:
In the first scene, mizi seems to have killed a rat. Which i believe is scene depicting the start of the apocalypse.
Mizi and Sua graduate and as soon as they do, they start giving auditions together. However, Sua was rejected and mizi was accepted alone.
Sua didn't hold mizi back, but instead encouraged her to go ahead without. Thus, mizi starts her career alone.
The hit comes when the industry starts exploiting mizi, forcefully making her as a sex icon and all the toxicity entailed by tge industry.
This changes mizi. She becomes cold, starts smoking, doesn't really focus on Sua and their relationship. Taking Sua's love for granted, in a way.
Sua doesn't leave tho. She still clings to mizi, refusing to let go even when mizi hits her and pushes her away. As Sua clings to her, mizi seems to get a flashback of (which i assume) is her mother's death. Guilt catches upto her, and she leaves.
Mizi then gets infected. And Sua, instead of letting her go, purposely infects herself by kissing Mizi. That's how they both become zombies.
Now about Zombie stage:
The infected are made to put on a sensual and violent performance for humans. But instead of turning off the one that lost, they cut off some body part of the infected (limbs, face, or eyes like in case of mizi) and auction them off to the "fans". Who are basically humans. Basically an even more f up world than alien stage. A world that created this stage despite having moral values.
What is ironic is vivimeng really gave us an ending that we wanted. Y'k a "happy ending" where no one dies and everyone is together and happy.
THE CHARACTERS
Specifically, Sua. We get to see a completely different side of Sua here.
It's not that Mizi is tying sua down in this relationship but rather, Sua stays out of her own will. She seems to have this strong obsession with Mizi, refusing to let her go no matter what. Even if they become mindless creatures whose limbs are cut off and sold for auction. Even if they lose their humanity.
One detail that i really like is tgat befor sua is dragged away by those weird guys, she and mizi are holding hands. Mizi doesn't hold tight, her hand remains loose but sua squeezes her hand tightly. Symbolising Sua's obsession.
PARALLELS BETWEEN ALNST AND ZMSTG
The scene where sua encourages mizi before she gets on the stage and the scene in alnst where mizi and sua fight before r1 in karma
Hyuna not being part of the stage.
"You are my God, you are my universe"
MY FAV DETAILS/PART
i really love how this episode opened up more of Sua's character. Karma showed us a new side of mizi and ZMSTG did the same for sua.
Mizi's eyes were auctioned off. Don't get me wrong, it's disgusting. But i like that vivimeng took her eyes into consideration since they were highlighted so much in karma and the recent twitter post.
How this episode more clearly showcases the toxicity of K-pop industry.
The sneak peek of ivan. (I love him so much and I'm not gonna lie, I'm baised. I'm really excited for ivantill round)
Hyuna's disgust from watching her friends in such a state.
Assuming that the character with white slippers is Sua, it looks like she's gonna be turned off again by looking at the blood dripping down her legs😭
For me, it's unforgiven!
This post might be long but pls bear with me (and of you dont wanna read it, then please upvote it, i just want it to reach more people🥲)
Actually, i got the idea to make this post when i saw another one (the link of which im not able to copy, god knows why) that said that mi vida loca is only (except for afew lines) mizi centric. But i don't agree. And here's why
As i said, the song about both ivan and mizi but also about neither of them. It's about Till's internal conflict, his feelings (ABOUT his relationship with both mizi and ivan) and how he processes/acts according to them.
First, let's talk about the cover-
The bright colours, the big hearts, Till's bright blushing face, they all symbolise Till's innocent but deep love.
A love that's very different from that of the other characters; that is, a love that comes with no sharp edges. An innocent, simple love that fostered despite the cruelty of their world– unyielding and untamable– ripping through Till's chest, just like him.
Look at his t-shirt now– which has "M", "I" and "S" pronted on it. Most likely referring to Mizi, Ivan, and Sua.
Mizi's intial comes first, just like how we assume the song is about her on the first listen. But when we look closely, the "M" has an eye, a red eye– that is Ivan's eye. A signal to us, to listen once again, to dig deeper and this time, take ivan as context.
Now about the lyrics, which i will run parallel to Ivantill's relationship (and don't come at me saying that I'm biased. There's not much to say about mizi since it's pretty straightforward and obvious, the whole point of this post is to dig deeper)
Ok, so what is till and Ivan's relationship like, thats important to understand first.
Their theme isn't unrequited love (as opposed to how it seems on the surface) but rather a love that wasn't able to bloom fully, a love that headed in the wrong direction because of both the characters' shortcomings. The words "if only they had done this" is what makes them doomed (besides Ivan's death)
Ivan's love had a really sharp edge. He loved Till dearly. To him, till was an temperature unlike anything in his colourless compliant life. Undeniable , obvious feelings that didn't require any explanations.
Whereas Till's love was 'innocent', that is, one without an edge. Feelings that are large to such an extent that they were incomprehensible and confusing to till who only had the word "love" to describe it.
Till was a free spirit, who singed because he loved it, who was untamable, who hated to be placed under any burden. And Ivan considered his love for till to be a burden on him.
Ivan, who had a hard time fitting in society, didn't know how to express his love in "normal" ways. His love came out cruelly, something he himself called "fangs" (in paratise) and considered a shallow knife that burdened till.
That is the reason why ivan pushed till away despite his desire to get closer. But he was not able to distance himself completely and that is why he refers to himself as a parasite, a sick creature that torments it's victim.
Now where does till stand in between all of ivan's conflicts?
That is what mi vida loca is about. It's about how till feels regarding this. (And once again, i am only gonna talk about Ivan here and not mizi. Why? Cause ivantill are a pair. A CONNON PAIR. I think Mizi's stake is considered too much in IVANTILL's relationship, not Till's character but in Ivantill's relationship. Now that i might explain in a post i might make in a few days, if anyone would like it, i will link it)
The lyrics itself are pretty simple. The first verse is very obviously about mizi that i won't argue but are also about how till experiences love (i will put it on the second image for anyone that doesn't wanna search)
But the main verse (im sorry idk what it is called😭) is
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...
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...
Can be related to both mizi and ivan. In case of mizi, it's pretty straightforward, nothing to explain. But in case of ivan– its about how till tries to approach him. How till tries the comphrehend what exactly is his and ivan's relationship as well as ivan's actions in order to close the distance.
But he fails. Because it's not just about comprehending ivan's actions but also Till's feelings regarding it all. And it's important to realise that that the song is not only about what their time in anakt garden. After all, this was released after round 6 so it can be related to bot times.
The confusion is not limited to ivan's actions before alnst but is also related to what he did in round 6 and how till processes it all.
Now remember how i said the first verse is about mizi? I believe the last verse is about ivan. Of course, it's not explicit. I picked this up prom another fan's analysis of MVL when it first came out. And it does make sense.
In paratise, a part of the lyrics is-
The rest between the notes you sing
Could that be my place?
In MVL, you will notice that at the end, there is a camera roll sound, like the past is being revisited and that till takes a breath, a rest.
Anyway, i hope the post was able to convey what i wanted it to. My point is not too deny Mizi's stake in this song but to limit it to just that is too shallow.
I dont believe I'm digging "too deep" and analysing "too much". I believe everything I've mentioned is pretty much obvious if you just sit and think about it.
And one thing i wanted to clear out is that i said that the song is not entirely about mizi nor ivan but about Till's internal conflict. But it must have looked like i didn't talk much about mizi and made it too ivan-centric
My justification is that
And 2. The constant stake of ivan is because the internal conflict arrised because of Ivan's actions. (And yeah, till's desire to get closer to mizi bit inability to do as well)
Anyway, that was all. I know it is really long, but i am just really passionate about ALNST and Till specially, he's jmy fav after all🫶
I've been scrolling through the sub and I've seen many people talk about LX being portrayed as lust and the other guy as chastity; where did they find this information??? (And who is that other guy?? I think he was in the s3 trailer, right? What is his name?)
Every time i scroll through the sub, i feel as though I'm missing some sort of info😭
The main media is-
S1
S2
And bridon arc
Right? Then there are also chibi episodes and the other stuff posted on bilibilli yt channel. And if im not wrong, dreamout is a project to celebrate lc's 5th anniversary, right?
And how many MV's are there (if anyone knows and what are their names?) Are they relevant to the plot? And where is the official art posted?
Ik i sound clueless but i am. I finished the show just a few days ago 😭 I'm thinking of rewatching the series since there's so much symbolism i lost on my first watch and I've not viewed the translation of the intros and outros so im gonna do that as well🥲
Anyway, besides what i mentioned, is there any other official stuff posted?
Currently in class 12th and my parents have been telling me search dufferent careers, degrees and colleges but like, idk how to?
Everyone around me says that commerce has large scope but whenever i search around, i keep seeing tge same things– CA, HR, BBA, B.Com.......i tbh dont even what they teach in BBA and B.Com and overall feel really lost.
I have tried asking around my friends, classmates, and family members but still, i can't seem to find anything that resonates with me.
I'm good at studying so there's no problem related to it but i feel really lost about what to do after 12th. Tbh i just hate the idea of working but yk...i can't avoid it.
To be fair, i want to do smth in the field of digital arts (like an animator, character designing sort of) i even have an art account (yk to "start things up") but it has been months and it's not performing well at all. My parents are not against it but they want me to it as a side hustle and at least get a master's degree; which i don't oppose because this field is really rough and uncertain and it's better to have backup.
So once again, the same question– how do i search about degrees, careers and colleges? Anything else i can do beside googling?
I would click a photo the moment i dived into a new timeline so that in case i didn't succeed in this timeline, i could use the photos i clicked to go back once again and so there would be no such thing as last chance
I completed link click the day before yesterday but also saw some people talk about the chibi series; where can i watch it and in which order?
And are 'link click shorts' and this chibi series tge same thing? Tbh, i wasn't able to watch the shorts since the website didn't 'have' it.
Considering how cxs's body was still lying in that room when LG dived into the current timeline, how long would it have been before someone discovered his as well as QL'S bodies and buried them? The same question also arises for the previous timelines
Let me tell you ts took me more than a month to make so i really want more people to see it (ignore the inconsistent artstyle) but now that i look at it, i think i mischaracterised ivan and ivantill a lot
Ivantill highschool i did a while ago. Totally normal about these two.
I re-read 'scars' and 'remember everything' and noticed smth. Till has this inclination to avoid confronting his trauma as a coping mechanism.
For example in blink gone, the lyrics suggest forgetting the past and focusing on the present (taking aside Luka's part of him relishing his power on stage) the past mainly refers to Ivan's death and the effects it will have.
Till has to discard it, he entirely avoids thinking about Ivan because if he does, he will break. (Which actually happened when luka imitated ivan)
But Till's denial of the past extends beyond r7. Throughout the comics, Till avoids confronting Ivan's death. He refers to him as "that guy" and even "that dead body". Never referring to him as Ivan. Doesn't confront Ivan's sacrifice or the kiss. He didn't internalise that Ivan, his childhood friend, a person he deeply cared about is dead.
Even in cure, his lyrics are-
"Please, leave me scars
Please, hurt me so that
Not a single drop of me remains
Let me drown in you"
And
"Until these falling stars
Are buried in the blur of time"
I believe these lyrics aren't directed towards ivan or mizi in particular but maybe imply how hurt and tired he is (not the best choice of words i know, i just cant find words for what im trying to convey)
And in the second one; while "falling stars" heavily imply the meteor shower in r3 and Till's guilt, i would like to keep them aside since his guilt isn't realised until he escapes alien stage.
Maybe the falling stars also imply his pain– of Mizi's disappearance, having to compete against ivan, the years of abuse inflicted by the segyeins; and it being "buried in the blur of time" probably refers to the numbness caused by the passage of time.
While the context of the remaining lyrics cannot be discarded, i still believe my point holds some relevance.
But coping mechanisms only work to an extent. Till is not able to entirely "forget" his trauma. He is still haunted by everything, all the pain and trauma that somehow formed itself into the face of ivan.
And as opposed to forgetting everything, till starts to remember it. Retraces what happened in r6 and in anakt, tries to understand ivan and from then on, starts to "heal".
That is why i love scars (the song), it portrays Till's character development so well and how much he really cares about ivan and no longer mischaracterizes him as the creepy lil sus guy he hallucinated.
I just finished bridon arc yesterday night but i feel like im missing smth?
A lot fanart and discussion suggest that lg has gone back in time a lot of time but i thought this was his first time?
Bridon arc is a prequel so if I'm not wrong, the timeline in s1 and s2 is the one lg came to after diving back in time, right? And considering how lg talks about how he thought before that a ripple in the past will drastically change the future and how he was wrong, isn't this probably his first time diving back? And why would he keep his password 091305, not like cxs dies at that exact date and time every timeline.
I'm not really able to express my point properly, tbh im not even making a point. What I'm trying to ask is that whether this is lu guang's first time going back or has he done this already a lot of times? Is the latter actually canon or is it just a popular theory or smth? Cause throughout the bridon arc i assumed that this was his first time.