MAG 15 - Lost Johns' Cave

doodle 15/200; days left 95/110

once again posting late because my joints hurt as hell yesterday and even the thought of holding a pencil was making me cry. But! i watched OFMD in one sitting >:))

132 Entombed is such a perfect mirror/reversal of 15 Lost Johns' Cave?

(Yes, I'm relistening and just got to Lost Johns' Cave)

First of all, there's the parallel of both episodes having to do with the Buried.

But then, but then, in Lost Johns' Cave, two sisters, Laura Popham and Alena Sanderson, went in, and only one returned; what's more, it's a near certainty that Laura basically sacrificed her sister in order for herself to escape unscathed. Meanwhile, in Entombed, we have Jon going in alone and returning with Daisy, and, AND, as we all know, he was ready to sacrifice himself in the attempt (Jon appreciation hour again T~T.

Then there's this contrast. Laura saw being 'lost beneath the earth' to be 'an intensely private thing' and was 'appalled' at the thought of being entombed together with her sister. While in Entombed we have this gem (im gonna start crying again):

DAISY: N-Not alone, though.

ARCHIVIST: (barely a whisper) No. No, not alone.

It's clear that they saw the companionship (despite their history up to this point) as a source of solace (🥺🥺🥺). And there's also Laura's dishonesty (in this bit, with her smiling and nodding, and also in the entire statement) contrasting with how Entombed is the first time Daisy and Jon could be completely frank with each other, that scene was so raw and I just- kdsjsjsjsjjssk

This is also a nice mirror to the original story of Lost Johns' Cave, where both were lost and did not emerge again, whereas Jon and Daisy returned, and it was such a moment of hope, despite the general suffering in s4 and all that came after (*sobs*). And something something ep15 is titled 'Lost Johns' Cave', and something something we have Jon, and Daisy who is a mirror of Jon in the sense that they were both afraid they were/would become monsters, and were resisting the call to give in to their eldritch fear gods.

Just something along that line. And now I'm emotional about Jon and Daisy friendship again, great.

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