#media analysis

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Rumi is such an amazing character. It’s rare that I connect with a character so deeply, but the way she’s written — raw, flawed, and painfully real — hits hard. Her insecurities and weaknesses don’t just weigh her down; they completely shatter her self-confidence, to the point where she literally loses her voice. It’s heartbreaking. Céline’s “education” didn’t make her stronger — it destroyed her self-esteem.

She cant accept her demonic heritage because it’s ugly, dangerous, a mistake. But it’s also part of her and her journey to accept that part of her that she hates so much comes with Jinu. He gives her a new perspective on her marks on who she is. That those marks don’t define her as a person but are still part of her identity.

But it also comes with Zoey and Mira. They both suffer from different issues but are also the victims of Céline lessons. They learned to be strong but at the cost of their mental health, their self esteem and even their relationship with each other.

And when you really look at it, Céline is just continuing a cycle of psychological abuse. One that probably started with the 1st Huntress. A legacy where self-sacrifice is everything. Where saving the world comes before your feelings, your mind, your life. But what makes this story so powerful is watching them finally push back. Watching them choose healing over duty. Watching them say, “We deserve more.”

It’s beautiful, it’s heartbreaking, it’s real.

Next time you’re watching any news show or political coverage see how many of these you can spot:

Quick rundown of each propaganda technique:

• Glittering Generalities: Using vague, emotionally appealing words (like “freedom” or “justice”) that sound good but lack specific meaning.

• Transfer: Associating a person, idea, or product with something already respected or disliked (like using a flag, religion, or celebrity image) to carry over those feelings.

• Name-Calling: Attaching negative labels to an opponent or idea to create fear or distrust without real evidence.

• Card-Stacking: Presenting only positive information for one side and leaving out or distorting the negatives.

• Testimonial: Having a famous or respected person endorse an idea, product, or cause.

• Plain Folks: Presenting the speaker as an “ordinary” person to seem relatable and trustworthy.

If you were to ask me what the SCARIEST thing in the Knights of Guinevere is, it would be the tragedy of Olivia Park and the cruelty and malice she's endured at the hands of her father

I find it very interesting that when she talks to her father about Princess Guinvere's escape, she speaks in a way that feels cold and detached, without any of the energy or liveliness you would expect from a child of her age. Now contrast that with how she reacted to her going missing as an adult, as she completely breaks down if a very dear family member of hers has gone missing.

What this tells me is that her father's fanatical and toxic obsession with making everything perfect, comforting, unchallenging, and aesthetically pleasing wasn't just suffered by the people in his corporation, but also by his own daughter, as I don't doubt that the behaviour she displays as a child was something he forced her to do. On top of that, the way she reacts as an adult to the android going missing also implies that her father isolated her and stopped her from forming any close connections to anyone besides him and his company, which made that android the only source of warmth and comfort in her life.

something something Eva Stratt being named after the first woman, the first scapegoat, the reason the garden died (paving the Sahara, nuking Antarctica) while simultaneously being the reason any of them are alive