☆ Astrea ☆

media literacy is dead because only now are people realizing how toxic mizisua is. that’s the point. I’m so sick of seeing people glorifying the relationships in ALNST because it is so obvious they missed the point.

it’s about the exploitation of idols and not understanding what true love is. mizisua was codependent. ivantill was obsessive. hyuluka was also obsessive but in a different way.

BECAUSE THAT’S THE FUCKING POINT.

“We are creatures that can’t seem to love without exploiting.” was stated by hyuna so fucking clearly in Karma yet PEOPLE MISSED THE MARK. it’s not just doomed yuri, yaoi, or yahoo, it’s just doomed. a mirror that will never reflect clearly because it’s been cracked since manufacture.

zombie stage was just far more obvious and with slightly twisted dynamics. sua sexually assaulted mizi and has an unhealthy obsession, mizi was slipping away and being exploited leading to even more toxic behavior.

they are all unreliable narrators, all glorifying their emotions, while raw even the prettiest flower can be toxic. their mentalities are all fucked up.

Good ol' trope where the omega runs away from his alpha after getting pregnant.

I keep seeing people say how crazy Mizi is and how innocent Sua was in comparison, but that’s just not true. I adore both Mizi and Sua, by the way. This isn’t criticism of either of them. But you can’t ignore what Sua does here if you want an accurate portrayal of their relationship in this world.

When Mizi becomes an idol, she’s manufactured into a sex symbol, crafted into something that can appeal to the male gaze despite how we KNOW she’s a lesbian. Specifically, we can see how Mizi’s breasts are often framed promiscuously to further her objectification:

So this shot where Sua finds Mizi, tied up and helpless, incoherent, and the first thing she does is frame an unaware Mizi’s breasts as if in a photoshoot—bitterly, ironically, before relief takes over—it goes to show something major about Mizisua’s relationship in both the ALNST and ZOMST verse.

In ALNST, Sua enables Mizi’s infantilization (something often levied against women in a misogynistic context) of herself by keeping Mizi “in the dark” (although Mizi is more aware than either of them want to acknowledge). People rightfully criticize Till for his innocent vision of Mizi to comfort himself with, but Sua has a version of Mizi in her head that she uses to comfort herself, too. She and Till aren’t incredibly different in this regard.

In ZOMST, this translates not to infantilization, but to objectification. Sua is bitter over Mizi’s decision to let the industry use her in this way, she’s disgusted by it, but then she wields it herself when Mizi is finally helpless and incapable of pushing Sua away again by miming taking a photo of Mizi’s breasts.

R O U N D 1 || ZOMBIE STAGE GIFS

• First, it's even more horrible than alien stage, we see ground ass men in the audience and it's so disturbing, even more so than alien. It's more horrifying and scary i think, it really disturbed me (but i still watched till the end).

And the fact that people (MEN) watch them, watch their performance. Then the loser is deprived from one piece of her body, pieces that are auction next, this all dynamic is more than disturbing (i'm french i don't have the word guys)

Their relationship is so toxic omg (i'm here for it), it's so twisted and gross but at the same time it makes sense. It's just their dynamic but we get to see more of it than in alien stage. And well it's worst than what i throught

• Second, OMG THEY KISSED AND THEY ARE "ALIVE" BY THE END OF IT

• Honorable mention : SUA HAS LONG HAIR KILL ME PLEASE

• Second honorable mention : I LOVE THEM SO BAD

Love that they switched who says "My" in these lines.