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✈️ Without text:

To me, this is the thesis of Alien Stage. For each duo and in more ways than one.

For Ivantill, Till might never have loved Ivan romantically, though we do have indications he may have. Either way, he didn’t love Ivan the same way Ivan loved Till. He didn’t obsess over Ivan the way Ivan did Till. He didn’t want to accept Ivan’s sacrifice the way Mizi accepted Sua’s sacrifice, but Ivan forced it on him. Till’s love was different from Ivan’s, but does that really matter? It was love, too.

Interestingly enough, Luka has both Hyuna and Hyunwoo’s hearts. Despite everything, Luka lived. Hyunwoo initiated the fight between them, and Luka reacted violently, which led to Hyunwoo’s death. Luka was shot at, and Hyuna took the bullet, killing her. Luka has lived in spite of everything because of their deaths. Hyuna loved Luka, but her sacrifice was one made partially out of revenge. Luka may have loved Hyunwoo when they were friends as kids, but he still killed him. He may have loved Hyuna, but he still hurt her. But it was love. Nonetheless, it was love.

And, of course, Mizisua. Mizi didn’t love Sua in a way that propelled her to sacrifice herself for Sua. Sua’s love was the kind that made it impossible for Sua to live without Mizi. If you recall their mental strengths, Sua’s is extremely low while Mizi’s is strong. Mizi knew Sua couldn’t handle if Mizi died. Mizi underestimated just how much Sua’s death would ruin her, but she was willing to bear it so Sua didn’t have to bear losing her. She might not have been willing to die for Sua, but she gave Sua a gift, too. She let Sua give Mizi her sacrifice. And that’s love. That was love.

Even Mizi’s monologue about Hyuna is riddled with the weight of this theme.

Mizi is bitter because Hyuna fought for so long for humanity—a wider concept than Mizi can perhaps even comprehend, having lived isolated and then in ANAKT her whole life. She fought for something that seemed to mean so much, and then she threw it all away for Luka, a man who Mizi seems to loathe and whom she thought Hyuna loathed too.

Mizi is angry because Hyuna’s love, Hyuna’s sense of justice, required sacrifice. For humans, and for Luka. Mizi’s lingering bitterness over Sua’s decision transfers to Hyuna, because why? Why does your love demand you to die for it for nothing?

But it wasn’t for nothing.

Because even though Sua sacrificed herself for Mizi, and Hyuna risked her life to save her and then died for Luka only ended in Mizi’s death by her own hand—Luka either dying and being replaced or continuing to be imprisoned by the aliens for entertainment—

Even if Hyuna’s love for humanity and belief in their freedom only led to children in museum displays rather than stages—

It mattered.

Mizi still destroyed the competition that ruined her and Sua. She still cemented Ivan’s sacrifice by saving Till.

Hyuna still got her justice. She stopped running. Even if Luka remains trapped, his life still means something.

Zombie Stage may not be in the same setting (though the Kpop industry obviously dehumanized and sexualized Mizi like an object and pulled her apart from Sua in similar ways to the og alnst universe) and Sua's actions aren't justifiable but thats the point. Obsession has always been a part of Sua's character, her whole universe revolves around Mizi. Hell, obsession has always been the main component of Mizisua, or have you people forgotten "My God, My Universe" already?? Obsession is such a huge theme in all of the alnst relationships, from Hyuluka to Ivantill to just Mizi and her suitors in anakt garden. The actions of the character: they're not justifiable things that someone can just do, of course not. But thats the whole point of Alien Stage and people just treat it like its a flaw of the show and not the core of it?? its like with greek mythology: the gods embody the flaws and the very nature of humans, thats why they're such horrible, greedy, disgusting, lustful beings. Its the whole point of it! Its not meant to be a digestible, non-problematic, happy and healthy fucking show. Its a deep and complicated exploration of many facets of human nature, and the reason why i get so mad when people just dismiss it/some of its characters due to the explorations of the disgusting horrible things they do as "oh Ivan is nothing more than an obsessed SA'er" and "Sua kisses Mizi while she can do nothing about it" is because yes those are things they do but there is so much more going on, and i need you to not reduce them to this one singular action and look, rather, at the wider themes those actions explore/accuse/emulate. And I'm not defending the non-con, because it's non-con, and if they were real people and not fictional characters, I wouldn't be sitting here going "Okay, but what does the SA tell us about their environment, what does it tell us about the nature of their characters and the way they interpret love and obsession as one in the same?" like a literature teacher, because rapists deserve nothing less than torture. But they are fictional characters, and none of their actions are real, so we can ask ourselves those questions. Because they're not just doing that with no reason (which btw, I hate that in shows/movies/media, when there's just an SA scene to make us feel bad and then its not?? explored?? at all? and just dismissed as if it was nothing/doesn't show us anything about any character and is just a 'thing that happened to character once' for shock value) there is character exploration to be done here, theres philosophical thinking to happen, it tells us something (about their environment, about them, about humanity and its downsides and good sides). And people are just DISMISSING all of it! And it pisses me off so much, because they're not treating the show like the show that it is. Its just so crazy to me that people actively criticize the show… For executing the whole point of the show extremely well?? People's allergies to complex and highly flawed character is always mind boggling to me because they associate understanding with forgiving when NO these are undeniably terrible actions. But is it interesting to see how and why someone might be driven to that point? YES! Its not glorifying it, its dissecting it in a fandom made lab.

its really fucking clever because you get to feel that mix of horrifying disgust at what is hinted and also the genuine adoration. like thats what it feels like to be attracted to your friend. it feels like theres genuinely something fucking rotten in you. vivinos never fucking misses with the queer horror 10/10