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Le calme avant

Hi, it’s me again— the cultural history, art and literature nerd. I have seen more fun and clever stuff.

There are interesting books strewn all over the sets all the time, but I like this one in particular — The Savage Garden — not only because of the obvious, recurring references made to the concept in the show, but because it’s also very relevant to Daniel and Armand.

The book is about an art history student who goes to Italy to study a renaissance garden — which’s nine tiers correspond to the nine circles of hell in Dante’s The Divine Comedy — owned by an old aristocratic family. While he wanders round the garden, full of statues placed there to tell stories of love and grief (and other, less obvious, things) he uncovers secrets and clues that lead to the solving of one murder that was committed sometime shortly after WWII, and one that happened sometime during the renaissance.

So it’s basically full of parallels to Armand’s past in renaissance Venice, his religious journeys and relationship with god and the devil (which are, admittedly, more prominent in the books, but still absolutely there in the show), and references that feel very Marius.

And then there’s the parallels to Daniel, the man who travels to ask relatively straightforward questions but instead ends up solving murders committed in post WWII Paris. He also gets physical with the renaissance affiliated character, just like the protagonist in the book.

I now, once again, feel like I need to rewatch both seasons frame by frame.

Lovro goes on the roof and sits down with himself, hes looking at his life. He's outside of himself and this is what he sees.

Lovro's heart (ivan is his heart) is blossoming alone on the roof, looking at everyone from above. his heart, and he are looking at all the happy couples, and a single lonely grandpa (the grandpa was in the end, dressed in black).

that means 1 man is in control, he sees that. it's lovro. lovro is the last man, without anyone. he sees himself.

the flimsy white chair he's sitting on his representing that he's sitting on the change he needs in his life, seeing the grandpa in all black he sees he is the one in control as well

eva, nora,

and then that's lovro. he sees the couples, he sees himself. he is alone.

he stings himself on his blunt, there's a fire in him that wants to be loved, he's smoking something to relax himself, but since he is queer that will burn him, he can't be relaxed.

he looks back at his heart.......it's all alone as well , meaning ivan is all alone as well. he looks back twice.

why the roof? ivan feels so much joy, euphoria,(and it grows into mania due to being unmedicated) to be together with lovro he feels above everything, they're blossoming because and for each other.

they're above all the noise, the city, they're above everyone, together.

"you're safe here" you're safe to blossom with me, to grow on top of me. sexually, emotionally, etc. i will nourish you, and protect your/our fragility and beauty.

ivan is a beautiful flower , he as a person represents lovro's heart, they're one thing, they're growing above everyone and blossoming. (symbolizing their relationship will be op guys we've all seen the show. they're stronger and gorgeous than any obstacle any other couple.