#luuuuuuna

The more I think about it, the more I think that the bird pendant was kind of a fucked up gift for Luna on the part of whoever gave it to her.  I’m sure that wasn’t the intention, but when you consider the pendant as a sort of symbol of Luna herself, it’s pretty messed up.

First, the blue bird itself is a caged songbird.  Not really subtle, there.  The bird is kept locked away, for the enjoyment and amusement only of the person who owns it.  It leads a limited, sad life, where its own happiness is irrelevant.

Then, the fact that it’s also a music box, or a machine.   Not only is it a caged songbird, but it only ever had that purpose to begin with.  It was built only to be trapped, only to serve others with its song.  And it doesn’t have a choice, either.  Someone winds it up, and it has no choice but to sing.

Luna is a lot like that mechanical, caged songbird.  She was probably built in Rhizome-9.  She probably has never left the facility, let alone seen anything other than the barren moonscape.   She was built for just two purposes:  1) to participate in the AB Game in R-9, and 2) to act as a mother figure for Kyle.  Note that both of these purposes involve serving other people, acting as a tool in someone else’s agenda.  Her happiness really isn’t a factor, and she has little choice but to “sing” for other people while in her “cage”.