Multiverse Traveler

I know this might be a rare take but I didn't see incest vibes from isaac and francoise.

Let's start with the first scene between them. Now no one has a problem that I've seen with the length of the hug bc I believe anyone who had a relative that was dead for 30 years come back to life would hug them for that long. What people found weird was the fact that she smelled him.

My explanation for that is her Hyde side. She just turned into it not too long ago and so she has more of its animal instincts at the forefront of her mind. This is proven when she smacks Tyler bc her Hyde temperament has come through, before this she's a lot more demure and fragile. With this in mind like any animal, sense of smell is one of the first ways they familiarize themselves with things, so she smells him as a way to refamiliarize herself with his scent.

Also she went to nevermore around the time in which a shapeshifter was there, just because Isaac gave her a memory they both share doesn't 100% mean its him. She was probably also making sure that his scent matched bc I doubt Ms.Weems smelled like anyone she was shifting into. (On a more somber note it could as well be a way for her to know he's really there and she's not just imagining him)

Second people found the walk they did together bit odd and creepy. My explanation for that is lets keep in mind its been 30 years for her so naturally she wouldn't want to let him out of her sight right after she 100% confirmed its him back from the dead. For Issac he just confirmed his sister didn't die in the explosion that was caused by the machine that was meant to save her. Of course he wouldn't want to let her go after finding out she's alive and not dead because of him. Tyler is looking at them weird bc he's never seen a healthy version of familia love and now he's seeing a more extreme case of it so he naturally doesn't know how to process it positively.

Third the car scene, I see it like this. I don't think it's been confirmed but she seems like the younger sibling between the two of them. With this in mind she's grown up watching her brother draw and then make these drawing come to life. She was there during his process of making that power source for the teacher and shared in his feelings of success and awe of that life giving sphere. It is his second miracle Of course they are both are going to look at it and sit in the feeling of how close they are to finally releasing her from her Hyde. Tyler found it odd because he didn't know what it was yet and probably felt awkward in the silence.

Which then bleeds into the next scene right before she's strapped to the table. He's happy about being given a second shot to recover from his failure as a scientist and an older brother. In his mind at that moment he's finally able to do something great in science and keep his promise to her. Francoise is looking at him like that because she also knows what this means to him to them. She probably also knows how guilty he feels for in his eyes letting her down. I think her holding his face was a way for her to silently tell him she doesn't blame him for what happened. That he didn't break her trust or make her see him as lesser. That what happened 30 years ago doesn't matter anymore what matters is that it's finally happening and it's because of him. She still sees him as a worth something.

Next the aftermath scene first this look.

Right now he's failed. He feels like shit. His sister is actively dying in front of his eyes and their best shot just exploded in his face. AGAIN. He is 100% blaming himself for this. Which is why I think his sister reassures him in her own way that she still trust his judgement and intellect despite whats happened. Which would make him feel even worse. Right now nothing good will get through to him bc whats all this extra time for from the heart he made himself and the second chance he got at life if he can't even save the most important person in his life.

This feeling of inadequacy and shame comes to a point when Tyler decides to address it. Naturally he is going to lash out at him because a person who will mostly likely measure his worth through his mind will not take kindly to someone pointing out their shortcomings. Especailly in this special case.

Now let's keep in mind he has little regard for anyone beside his sister and Tyler is a stranger to him. He is thinking like a scientist at this point is going over every detail of what just happened and has gotten to the conclusion that everything went to shit the moment Tyler noticed someone else was there. He started the course of events that lead to the failure bc at that moment he is trying to find someone to blame and Tyler is an anomaly by scientific standards so disposable in his plan to save his sister.

There is nothing incestly about it just a teenager who likes to play god and doesn't like to take accountability. (Not to say it was his fault anyway for what happened but he is blaming himself before that so this works) so why wouldn't he blame this kid that he meet a couple hours ago.

Now the two main scenes that sparked this idea of them being too close. First the cabin scene

All I see here is a brother who is happy to be with his little sister again. I see a look of love and happiness to see her in good sprits.

Moving on let's look at what happened before this scene. His sister just went critical before his eyes and he was in a reverse set up to when they were younger and he was in the hospital weak in bed. They were both most likely reminded of that time so now they want to be close again to reassure each other that they are okay. That they are alive and well again.

Once again if my brother was in a near death situation right after I would want to hug him and be near him to. To remind myself that he is really okay. Now in my case I would hold his hand but in their case they have a more codependent dynamic due to their bad childhood. Once again they haven't seen eachother in 30 years so they are going to throw away any social norm because screw society my sister just nearly died again if I want to hold her close after. I damn well will do so because she's all I have left.

For Francoise she is comforting him because I like to think outside of her Hyde personality she is empathetic. He was there with her the whole night checking on her medical state and making sure she was okay like he's always done so she knows he needs to hug her right now.

Now this path of emotions is very important. At this point she has discussed with him the new plan. So she is also hugging him back knowing that he doesn't like this plan and needs her close to come to terms with this. Like a safety blanket. He smiles at her like this because he trying to cover up the fact that he never said he would do it at that point. He doesn't want to save Tyler over her, he only cares about her but he's conflicted bc he doesn't want to go against her wishes. Shes already faced enough bad things in her life who is he to deny her this one request.

Thats also why he starts to lean into her more. I think he was going to squeeze her tight in a big 'final' hug before saying that he would do it. As a way to let go of her and start grieving her. To start letting go of his goal, his promise to save her.

When they pull apart I believe it's because of the subject matter they are talking about not the position they are in. Remember they both know Tyler holds opposite views on having a Hyde and that he not going to help them or be very happy if he finds out the new plan. So for me this is more of a vibe act normal so he doesn't find out we are talking about him not an ashamed pull apart.

Now the infamous graveyard scene. Side note before I explain this one, when I first saw it I genuinely thought "that's it" bc Tik Tok was making this scene seem like the final piece to the puzzle, the big AHA moment when really it wasn't much.

To set up some context, they have most likely talked about his plan to get his hand off screen because she doesn't ask about it or seem confused as to why he's showing her his hand. Which implies she knows it's gone. I don't know about you guys but if someone I knew got there hand back I would be overjoyed for them.

Let's add the fact that Isaac di Vinci powers are completely tied to that hand and it is his only connection to his outcast abilities. It makes sense that's she's super happy that he got it back. Then ON TOP of that with his hand back he can rebuild his machine and her son can be saved. As a sister and a mother her initial reaction is completely justified. Now her talking to the hand and touching it. As I said before she had to have been debriefed on thing through Tyler. So in her mind the hand is a pet too, she talking to it like you would a puppy. Even though WE know once it reattached to her brother its no longer a pet in her not so sane anymore head those two ideas aren't separated but meshed together so to her thing is both her brothers hand and a pet.

Then she immediately walks away, nothing else happens.

Now his side the look he gives her while she's holding his hand and talking to it. At first he is just reveling and feeding off her exstatic energy of him getting his hand and his powers back. Kind of like a group of girls jumping up and down while happily screaming.

In the next moment that calms down and turns more sombr but he still feels happy from a second ago so his expression hasn't settled. Plus she doing an agrubly adorable voice when saying hello to his hand. So I can see him finding that adorable like an older brother would find anything their little sister does cute, like them laughing.

(side note the way his face falls after she says their family will be fixed now knowing what we know about the new plan just rips my heart strings to shreds. He truly doesn't want to do this and being reminded of it just pops the bubble they are in bc just for a moment its okay They are just together again and he forgets what he has to do. like look at this face)

The corner of his lips dip down alittle I swear they do.

Now the final bit of evidence. After his sister dies which we are assuming he doesnt see francoise kill herself. He just believes tyler killed her and its wednesdays fault bc she freed him.

He says "Because of you I lost the only person I ever truly loved" the key word of this phrase is person not women. I personally feel like that takes the romantic conitations out of it.

This line works bc she was probably the only good thing in his life before his heart got taken out. His dad was abusive which I believe points to him being the hyde in the family. The mother is not spoken off so either shes dead or was no help. So here is his little sister probably by his bed side while he sick. Her trying to brighten his day as much as she can. She is probably a big reason why he wanted to prolong his life. To not leave her alone with their dad.

Then after the heart swap he ended up getting unhealthy attached to the only good genuine feeling he had outside of his feelings towards his inventions. Makes complete sense to me why he would say something like this without putting incest into the equation. With the bad homelife and him being unable to feel as deeply as he used to of course he has an obessive attachment to his sister.

All in all he was just an older brother who made a promise to slay the monster inside his little sister but decided to put her happiness above his own. Look at his face he truly didn't want to loose her twice.