Lazybird

he's been made very aware of what a shit hand he's been dealt and no matter what he does nothing ever seems to work out for him and so it became easier to just resign himself to the idea that it's an unchangeable aspect of his existence as a defense mechanism

this mindset is also such an important part of his relationship with till because ivan tries to temper his feeling toward him by enforcing the same pessimistic mindset that avoids grasping for things he believes are fundamentally out of his reach and convincing himself he doesn't expect anything from till while not actually being able to keep himself from desiring and wanting things from him.

in round 2 we get this sequence when he sings "my feelings are Error: no better options" which, i don't think you say that about someone you have a hopeless crush on. what do you mean "no better options," that sounds like you're settling or something. also error??? so you were focused on the wrong person, till??? hmm i wonder what this could be about...

and this one is when he sings "(you'll never know) i don't wanna stop" which... idk! maybe that ivan was never able to know how much he meant to till in his lifetime

anyways this is him fantasizing about mizi, right?? or at least it seems that way. however if you actually look closer, there are some… rather obvious issues…

EXHIBIT A:

her hair is wrong. mizi doesn’t have bangs like that. her bangs are more off to the side and not as straight cut across her forehead. also she just has more hair in general?? screenshots from r1

you know who DOES have bangs cut straight across his forehead? ivan. (r3 but also literally every single art of him)

EXHIBIT B:

this one is subtler, and also what got me thinking about this in the first place, but her eyelashes are also wrong. mizi doesn't have thick lashes like that.

r1 vs r2

as you can see, till draws mizi/visualizes mizi with really thick lashes, and all in a clump. in reality, though, her lashes are thinner, and spikier towards the edges. especially her bottom eyelashes.

do i even need to say who has eyelashes like that? it's one of his distinguishing features! (screenshot from wiege)

EXHIBIT C:

i feel like i'm beating a dead horse at this point, but anyways. the hands behind the back pose. mizi does not do that. IVAN DOES THAT. (more screenshots from wiege)

also, like, her general pose and body language in the “pass” frame are so so SO reminiscient of ivan. like if you remove the ponytail and glasses that is basically just ivan but with pink hair. till you are NOT subtle at all buddy…

Ivantill's karma

The Witch looking for love

Rating: T

Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairing: Ivan/Till

Additional Tags: Jock Ivan/ Emo Till, Alternate Universe: College/University

Status: 6/? chapters (ongoing)

Summary:

“You need to help me get over him,” Till shook his head, “erase those feelings, whatever.” Mizi and Sua exchanged a look only they understood —call it the power of love. “I don't think that's what you need, Till,” Sua stated matter-of-factly. “Then what?” “You need to flirt with Ivan, test the waters and see if he feels the same about you!” Mizi clapped as if to emphasize the genius idea she'd just had. “Flirt?” Till choked out. He was already in unknown territory. He’d seen what flirting looked like in rom-coms or whatever, but there was no fucking way it could be applied to real-life practice.

source: @/Official_ALNST on X