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"This is horror:"

Me, wise:

"This is horror:"

If you were to ask me what the SCARIEST thing in the Knights of Guinevere is, it would be the tragedy of Olivia Park and the cruelty and malice she's endured at the hands of her father

I find it very interesting that when she talks to her father about Princess Guinvere's escape, she speaks in a way that feels cold and detached, without any of the energy or liveliness you would expect from a child of her age. Now contrast that with how she reacted to her going missing as an adult, as she completely breaks down if a very dear family member of hers has gone missing.

What this tells me is that her father's fanatical and toxic obsession with making everything perfect, comforting, unchallenging, and aesthetically pleasing wasn't just suffered by the people in his corporation, but also by his own daughter, as I don't doubt that the behaviour she displays as a child was something he forced her to do. On top of that, the way she reacts as an adult to the android going missing also implies that her father isolated her and stopped her from forming any close connections to anyone besides him and his company, which made that android the only source of warmth and comfort in her life.

I am utterly obsessed with this scene and what it reveals to us about Olivia's mental state.

From what we see here, there is nothing wrong with Gwen here. Though we later see her with her guts spilling out of her ribcage, it's all but stated that this was a result of Olivia fiddling with her- Olivia caused this. And why? Why perform unnecessary surgery on an android that doesn't need it? Why needlessly rip open her favorite toy?

Maybe because it's familiar.

We don't yet know what's become of Olivia's mother by the time of the opening scene, all we know is that she's not around and Olivia seems rather shaken by something that happened in the past, suggesting that something terrible happened to her. And if that's the case, chances are good that Olivia at some point saw her mother on her sick bed or an operating table, doctors digging around in her insides to "fix" her in vain. And so, when left alone with her favorite toy, she does what children often do when faced with traumatic events and makes it into a game, one where she's the doctor digging around in her mother to fix her...only she's going to do it right.

Flight: If your body believes you cannot overcome the danger but can avoid it by running away, you’ll respond in flight mode. A surge of hormones, like adrenaline, give your body the stamina to run from danger longer than you typically could.

Freeze: This stress response causes you to feel stuck in place. This response happens when your body doesn’t think you can fight or flight.

Fawn: This response is used after an unsuccessful fight, flight, or freeze attempt. The fawn response occurs primarily in people who grew up in abusive families or situations.

I love you gender-fuckery dreamer who wants to be a part of this profession connected to her fantasy, and has/is set up for an arc about her fiction not quite fitting her reality, but that it still matters and means a lot to her!!!

I love you disillusioned, graying, chronically ill reject of the system who is bitter about the reality but not quite willing to break the dreamer’s heart early and ultimately finds herself inspired for and humoring her exploration for it!!!

Wow! I’m so excited to watch the new Glitch show made by the people who made The Owl House! I can’t wait to see what they have to say about the modern state of Disney!

Sharing my end credit illustrations for Knights of Guinevere to celebrate the premiere! 🥳🥳🥳 The pilot is up now on YouTube, please go check it out. Everyone brought their A game for this and it really shows. ;_;