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Trick question. This isn't twitter. I am not bound by the word limit here.

In the literal sense, Ahab is telling Queequeg to sever the Knot. But what is the Knot to Queequeg? It's the bond between her and Ishmael.

On a visual sense, I think the ropes on Queequeg's body could correspond to the chains on the Middle's.

And, what does the Middle's chains represent?

We have this voiceline from Meursault's Middle ID.

We can infer that the ropes on Queequeg serve a similar purpose, but they aren't chain anymore. They are the ropes she purposefully tied on herself and Ishmael:

Not only in the scene where Queequeg took Ishmael out of the Whale oil, but also in the fact that Ishmael held onto Queequeg's rope to live and return to land.

The rope, the Knot, represents their connection to each other, but this is what Queequeg had to say in Canto V:

While Ishmael is desperately (puns intended) to hold onto their relationship, Queequeg already knew one of them is doomed. The rope is already cut. And she cut it on Ahab's order.

So yes. Ahab kind of widowed Queequeg, and when it turned out that her wife was alive, she ordered her to divorce. It is also reminisced of the Little Mermaid's sisters telling her to use the Sea Witch's dagger to kill the Prince to save herself.

By the way, her iconic: Rope. Grab tight. Or sink. is not about Ishmael most likely. It's about herself. It's about herself. She was the one who didn't grab tight onto the rope and sank. You can analyse it further by saying her not grabbing tight to the rope is akin to her letting go of their relationship and her own affection in Ahab's order.

Also, Queequeg has 2 main interactions with the rope: tying it or cutting it. Tying it is associated with Ishmael, loving her, having a future with her, rescuing her (twice). The act of cutting it is associated with loyalty(?) for Ahab, separation from Ishmael, and even the act of hurting herself, using the same dagger.

Oh right. Queecliff's third skill is called "Sever Knot", which is an envy skill and has more buffs with envy resonance :]

Even though he can’t ever verbally express it in front of his other Kindred, he still finds ways to support Sancho during his fight. The first example I noticed was during the Windmill phase, where his gondola attack won’t deal damage if you give even the inkling of not wanting to be hit (defense skill).

my friend's disconnect from poor wifi timed perfectly with this text LOL