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Snapback SpiderVenom AU

she believes that she can change the system once shes reached the highest rung in the ladder, not realising that she is already becoming like everyone else in a position of power

the aberrant corps trains people to be ruthless and heartless, because if they aren’t, and don’t prioritise their own survival above everything else, they will die. That is what the corps is designed to do.

I’m sorry for neglecting you tumblr, here are some drawings I made after ep 125

the way she phrases it as "AND Ryujin." the "and" being italicised. like that's the part that ESPECIALLY gets to her. the fact that he disrespects the lads is one thing, but him DARING to be rude to RYUJIN too? as if that crosses some sort of line in her mind? okay Sayeon. i see you

the term “anti-Semitism” was created specifically to name this new racial hatred of Jews. it was coined in 1879- 4 years before Kafka was born. 

in “the metamorphosis”, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". in kafka’s real world, jews woke up one morning, in their country that they were told was now enlightened and accepting of all people, and found out that they were now considered “monstrous vermin”. and then 6 million jews of his generation were exterminated. 

What inspired this theory was seeing people theorize about the symbolism of the ants in episodes 103 and 118. In both panels, the ants are in a death spiral. From Wikipedia: "Army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. [...] The ants might eventually die of exhaustion."

This is the second time in recent episodes ants have been used, which seems to specific to be a coincidence. I think the ants symbolize the inevitability of certain events, which ties into the recurring theme of fate in Hand Jumper. The ants don't choose to enter into the death spiral; they're forced to by their very nature. I think the ants shown represent aberrants and how all the aberrant groups are constantly fighting each other, yet none of them are making any headway.

In ep 104, Minguk Gyeon thinks: "They'll use Captain Han, wear him down to the bone, and then dispose of him. Such is the fate, I suppose, of the Aberrant Corps at large."

The reason death spirals are called death spirals is because the ants trapped in them can die of exhaustion, unable to break out of the cycle. When Sara Lee put her hand in the spiral, her interference was unable to stop or change the cycle at all. The ants simply continued along moving over her hand. Despite Sara Lee's actions regarding other aberrants, she was still unable to make any meaningful changes to the status quo.

The ants on the cat's eye I think symbolize the inevitability of that event. Throughout episode 118, the concept of people being born with a specific fate or a certain amount of luck is explored. The cult woman was always going to end up where she is, and no amount of interference could've changed that. Everything played out to a predetermined outcome.