#overanalyzing sfth

gonna write bullet points because im tired (its like 1 am)

-standing at the window looking out -> the concept of freedom is visible to her, sure, but not something she could actively take part in. the walls are like madame romanoff

-"I love fast birds" -> "i love the concept of freedom but im contained"

-"i wish i was a fast bird" -> "i wish i was free"

-"byirds.. i wish i knew how to say words" -> "i wish i could grapple with this concept of freedom but it's so foreign to me"

-escapes through the window -> the trip to germany was her glimpse at freedom and her ability to make her own choices/stand on her own (literally becoming taller) and it leads to her total escape through this literal window of opportunity

- the poem is what lets them express their thoughts out loud, not thinking of the consequences as they don't dig too deep into these words.

- franklin is afraid to show his poems to percy because he sees it as a vulnerable and sacred act. Percy is not afraid to read his own poems out loud because they don't truly come from his heart

- venetia and lanessas father restricts them to read and write. venetia is even more restricted as her arm is broken from an accident, yet that doesn't stop her father for putting this weight on her.

- venetia is told not to read the music but to hear it and copy. she's not allowed to understand and train, but to mimic the sound and the action

- franklin makes sure that he does not see himself equal to percy, making sure to bring himself down. though percy doesn't care about status, he cares deeply about franklin

- love is something that runs deep in poems as Franklin has said. it's a drive that helps people change, for it can run from inside yourself or from others. percy tries to take franklin's poems because he never found love in his own creations, not even from within him.

- how venetia and lanessa lean on each other for support, they have escaped from their home and went to the reading because they had each other.

- venetia calling percy and franklin's love as art because it is moving and encouraging and it comes from deep within the heart.

they both experienced full lifetimes stuck in a dream logic world, but they were both transported back to children's bodies and that must feel so disorienting

"You're gonna be okay now, I promise. I know some people may think that humans are a plague on this earth, and maybe we are, but we can be more than that. If we give ourselves the chance– if we give each other a chance! If we use our brains, our delicious– no! And more importantly, if we use our hearts... God bless this beautiful green and blue planet"

- Agent Julius Johnson

I love his monologue.

In this longform, Lionel calls us as plagues because of all the chaos and strife that happens in the world, he believes that humans are a disease, and the only way to get rid of it is by killing most of the species.

Julius doesn't believe so, he doesn't reject the thought of humans being a plague, but he accepts and adds more to it. He sees humanity as a chance to be better if we just change our ways.

The world could be so much better if we give ourselves a chance to grow, learn and change, while also giving others the chance to do the same. If people just use their minds and hearts, realize what the world is and all the things we could do, then the world could be easier, kinder and lovelier.

Julius sacrifices for the world because he wants to see it become a better version of itself, and he believes that humans are the reason for the disasters, but we can also be the answer.

so Roland's phrases that he repeats in most situations are either "BRING IT ON!" or "Test me, Lord"

SO i think its absolutely wonderful that the last thing that kevin says to it is "fucking shut up" because like. Roland had always listened to it without a second thought. he punched his brother in the throat. it told him to punish the sinners and gave him a shit ton of religious trauma. so yes, fucking shut up and leave roland alone and allow him more free will

We buried the wrong guy

-im personally a big fan of birds representing freedom, and i think the shooting of the bird in the beginning symbolizes how theyve gotten tangled up in this situation and they cant just go back to their old lives

The game of truth and tea

-"this dead swan statue used to be my husband" or something

-swans are usually depicted as graceful birds so i think its about how fucked up the logic is of the maze that a person?? i assume became an elegant bird before becoming a statue (i dont know what happened and i assume thats the point)

-THE POINT IS. PERSON GOT THE LABYRINTH'S CURSE. BECAME GRACEFUL BIRD. MAZE TURNED IT TO STONE BC GRACE HAS NO PLACE THERE

Moist and Magical

- that speckled pigeon?? represents danger, kinda like an alarm that the witch-finder general is around

-maybeee like. either nature trying to warn Maureen or her familiar that scouts idk

the off-season