#flec

various arts from this month

infinity train oc, became a flec to avoid death but realized they hate having to harm other reflections that just want to be somebody, went rogue

yeah

thinking about flo

bear jake bear jake

the garbage man is back in town and he’s taking no prisoners

Alright everyone, I finally managed to locate a website that let me watch season 2 of Infinity Train for free and I literally just binged all ten episodes today. This review is probably going to be different from the first one in the sense that there will absolutely be spoilers and I’ll kind of summarize what happened from beginning to end. Also, you shouldn’t read this if you haven’t watched season 1 yet; it just won’t make too much sense. So let's begin!

So, it’s pretty clear that Tulip from season 1 is out of the picture, or at least kind of since MT (Mirror Tulip) is one of the main characters. Also, you would think that each season/book would be heavily focused on the new passenger, and I thought that too, but I think I was wrong. I’ll get into that later though.  Book 2 starts off with MT breaking away from “mirror law” norms as in, she’s just living her own life and trying to find a purpose to just be her own person. However, the mirror police are the biggest obstacles for her to overcome. Their duty is to make sure that she returns to the Mirror World, and if she continues to resist, they’ll shave her down into dust. Of course, she doesn’t want that and on her journey of escape, she meets our new passenger, Jesse Cosay. Jesse’s your average high school nice/cool/sporty kid (or so you would think). He gives off the impression that he doesn’t really have many problems to begin with based on the number on his hand started “31″. Also, let me remind everyone that the goal for passengers is to get off the train and to get off the train your number needs to hit “0”. 

Anyways, they go out and about their journey, they go through some adversities, but always find ways to apologize and reconcile with each other. Oh yeah, there’s also a magical deer that tags along too. His name is Alan Dracula. I tried really hard to understand the symbolism behind that, but I’m pretty sure it’s not that deep. It’s clear that they get incredibly attached to each other and Jesse promised that he wouldn’t leave without MT. On the contrary though, when Jesse’s number finally hit “0”, his door opened and he walked through it as he was holding MT’s hand, but she couldn’t go through it because...she doesn’t have a number. She doesn’t have a goal. The train doesn’t see her as a passenger. Now, Jesse’s gone. 

MT is understandably freaking out because her closest friend left. Her goal now: was to get off this train. She ran into some trouble along the way, but she bumped into One-One, the original train conductor, and she begged them to give her a number on her palm so that she could have the potential to actually leave. They couldn’t find it in themselves to do it though because MT isn’t human and she isn’t a passenger. Plus, with the machine that they used to “light ray engrave” a number on people’s hand - it wasn’t going to work on MT because she’s made of chrome - it just goes through her. As this was going on though, One-One realized that Jesse left the train, but came back? 

Jesse is officially back on the train! But why? To emphasize, the train wants passengers to get off the train after they’ve solved their problems. But what is Jesse’s problem? It’s that he can’t leave with MT! So when the machine gave him his new number, it wasn’t actually a number (it was like symbols like pie - 3.14, etc). One-One and the train itself were malfunctioning because he has an impossible lesson to complete. Or is it impossible? Jesse happens to flash his palm into a reflection and a light bulb moment goes off for MT - Jesse can just flash his palm to her palm and it would reflect the number. They did that and asked One-One if this worked and they literally said: “yeah why not”. Both their doors morphed into one and they left. Now, Jesse is back home and MT is in a world of different realities, a world of Jesse’s and Tulip’s reality! Jesse’s little brother, Nate, walks over to where they transported and ask’s MT what her name is. She stares into her reflection in a lake of water and says “Lake”. That’s where it ended, but I’m so curious to learn more about what MT’s experience is going to be like in the “real” world and if she’ll make a reappearance in season/book 3. 

Alright, I’m awake and the episodes are still fresh in my head! So let’s get into this actual analysis/review.  This season really resonated with me because of how many of the themes fell under “doing what you want to do”. I don’t fully believe in new years resolutions, but I made one for myself to keep in the back of my head. It was to do what I want and not have to always be the people pleaser that I am. I'm grateful that people think I should do this or that because they think I’d be a good fit, but I want to make my own decisions and do things that first and foremost, make me happy.

MT (Lake) just wanted to do her own thing and be her own person. Jesse, as shown later in the episodes, demonstrated that he didn’t really like to use the butterfly technique when swimming, but he did it anyway because his coach said it would be easier for him to quality - even though he wasn’t able to end up going after qualifying for the first time. There’s also a video that Jesse watches on his phone, which honestly broke my heart. It shows his brother, Nate, being bullied by Jesse’s friends while Jesse is filming and, after watching it while he is on the train, he feels so much regret. MT consoles him and at the end of the season, Jesse’s relationship with Nate seems to be fine.

Something I brought up in my previous post, Infinity Train: Book 2 Summary, was that Jesse definitely wasn’t the main protagonist in this season. It was MT! It was more obviously clear when Jesse had reached the number 0 by episode 7, but I realized that many of the lessons that MT was trying to force onto Jesse were also lessons that she eventually learned. She had the most trials and tribulations, and with the help of friends, she was able to achieve her escape.

The dynamic between Jesse and MT is also quite cliché, but it was still really heartwarming to watch. They butt heads a lot, but deep down they’re both softies and they obviously have big hearts to care for each other and others. When MT realized that Jesse wanted to leave the train with her, she was so touched and you could feel how their relationship had grown stronger. The theme of just overcoming obstacles to achieve something was inspiring.

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