Team Zero Connoisseur

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okay so i’ve had a recent fixation on djo, and when i heard this song for the first time i was like “goddamn those drums are so cool, the buildup is fantastic, the vocals are done so well, overall it’s just super good” and then i thought nothing of it otherwise that it was a great song

but then i got this particular bit stuck in my head and suddenly the lyrics started clicking with the siblings a bit too well and i was like..ok so i have no choice but to spend entirely too much time assembling an edit to this particular bit right. like there’s no question i simply have to right

anyway i really did think it would be one of those projects so big that i would procrastinate it until i no longer had any motivation to actually make it and then lo and behold i was just too excited not to get going. so i did

anyway ok so i pictured this edit broken up into three main parts:

a) five’s experience with the apocalypse, since the events of the show basically wouldn’t exist without his knowledge and determination to stop it

b) viktor’s descent into the white violin

c) the four apocalypses and what caused them all building up to this climax before dropping off into the shot of the marigolds at the very end. because if i was a casual viewer that would’ve personally made me lose my marbles

here’s a lyric analysis in the context of tua + the specific visuals i had pictured:

first time through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

something is about to break — five is about to run right into the apocalypse and change his life in a devastating way / the meal directly before five leaves, cutting abruptly to him realizing his mistake while surrounded by destruction

the fault line has been fractured — nothing can change the inevitability of what is about to happen, five has always been stubborn and determined and he was always going to run right into his own downfall / five with his siblings, seemingly content to stay with them

maybe it’s not too late — exactly what it says, maybe it’s not too late for five to turn around and save himself / mere moments before his mistake, as he runs out of the academy to go prove himself

to learn how to love each other — five can still turn around and realize that what he has is all he needs and that venturing into the unknown may end badly for him / five opening the gates and saying goodbye to the life he could’ve held onto

what’s it gonna take to change it? — what could possibly change the outcome now that five’s messed up? (not a single thing) / five slowly realizing his mistake and trying to undo it contrasted directly to his siblings’ continued lives at the academy

don’t you wanna save this planet? — wouldn’t it have been better to have thought this through? what if he’d been able to prevent the apocalypse by sticking around? (he couldn’t have) / continued shots of five v. his siblings

blame it on manipulation — five could tell himself that it didn’t have to be this way and that it all happened because he just wanted to prove himself to his father / continues shots of five v. his siblings, except he’s come to terms with his situation and he’s now doing what it takes to survive + growing up in this terrible place

we’re human after all — exactly what it says, five was always going to make this mistake because he’s only human at the end of the day / five slowly turning to the handler after hearing her offer, taking in the thought of exactly what he’s going to have to do to survive and save his family

second time through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

something is about to break — viktor is about to cause the apocalypse and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it / viktor getting overwhelmed by the things he’s learned and his newly-discovered abilities and hurting allison

the fault line has been fractured — the damage has been done, viktor has been hurt and lied to and manipulated and it’s all going to topple over uncontrollably / viktor discovering leonard’s lie and killing him

maybe it’s not too late — maybe if things change, maybe if his siblings could listen and understand what’s going on, the apocalypse wouldn’t be inevitable (it always will be) / viktor going back to the academy to check on allison and ask for forgiveness, just to be locked away like he always has been

to learn how to love each other — luther and klaus and diego can still try talking to viktor before he descends to a point of no return (they won’t) / viktor trying to convince them to let him out and talking to a vision of his younger self

what’s it gonna take to change it? — what could possibly stop viktor now, as he destroys the academy and leaves for the concert at the end of the world? (nothing can) / viktor looking through the home he grew up in and seeing nothing but his family’s contempt for him, leaving nothing but destruction in his wake

don’t you wanna save this planet? — couldn’t this have been prevented? couldn’t his siblings have just talked to him and helped him work through his trauma? couldn’t that alone have saved so many lives? (of course not) /

blame it on manipulation — viktor spent his entire life thinking he was worthless at the manipulation of his father, causing the neglect to build up into mass devastation / viktor seeing allison as he plays and thinking she’s finally there for him, just to discover it was all a ploy to stop him

we’re human after all — viktor is only human, when driven to the point he’s at, he can only take so much before everything builds up and comes to an end / the last moments before everything explodes

anyway that’s about it. i cannot actually express with words how much i loved making this despite how tedious and painstaking it was (and how much i did NOT want to watch s4 to scavenge for clips and also edit them).

i genuinely don’t know if anyone is reading this because it’s more for me to just ramble about a bit of a passion project for me lol. but if you are, i love you thanks

anyway LISTEN TO DJO!!!! listen to djo, especially this song, because i fucking levitated the first time i just sat down and listened to this song, with headphones on and my eyes shut, and took it all in. it’s a song about doomscrolling for the love of god, but the lyrics are masterly crafted and the instrumentals are heavenly. djo is a warlock we charge at dawn

also here’s some more of me rambling about it because i truly never shut up