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The first thing it does is indicate the mood of the scene; it's not a funeral, it's a memorial.

"A memorial is an object, place, event, or structure designed to preserve the memory of a person or a historical event"

Is not a memorial For Gazerbeam,all the contrary its for all the fallen superheros by Syndrome Hand and yet they decided to start and talk about - not Gazerbeam - Simon Paladino, this first scene its about Simon Paladino

[00:00:01] - [00:00:36]

" Being a superhero was never easy for Simon Paladino. He was a serious, eccentric guy who wasn't naturally attractive. He didn't understand jokes or how to comfort people, and of course, there were his eyes. Crazy light blue eyes that could see with astonishing detail through many surfaces, and if he focused them properly, could burn through solid metal. These unsettling eyes, plus an unsociable personality, made for an outcast. "

With this brief dialogue, we already understand quite a bit about Simon's character. He's not particularly social, much less someone who enjoys eye contact , and yet you understand him immediately. His power and his problem are established right away, as he tries to fit in society, other people tend to exclude him, not out of spite much less is out of social interactions — he's eccentric,he didn't understand jokes,didn't knew how to comfort people, He is a outcast — i like to read that he was part of a minority (undiagnosed autism/closeted Homosexual) even if it not pointed with a red circle in my face non the less that is just a interpretation–

[00:00:38] - [00:00:55]

" We had heard about them and approached him. We had to convince him to become a superhero. "Look, Laser Eyes, you'll only fit in if you do the same thing we do: turn your weirdness into an advantage." "Announce it with a cool name and a costume, and wear them with pride."

Here they establish something with the supes; I feel that although the public sees them as heroes, I'm pretty sure the government and even they themselves saw themselves as 'outsiders'. They immediately tried to recruit Simon as soon as they heard about him, and I find that even endearing. In a way, Simon doesn't have the 'need' to join, but I'll talk about that a little later. The point is that this scene marks were Simon ends and were Gazerbeam borns

[00:01:12] - [00:01:36]

" But he liked that we took an interest in him, giving him names and discussing them. We had a club. The first club that wanted him as a member, and he accepted. Everything. Us, the suit, and the name " Gazerbeam. " He even came to say it with a certain pride... Eventually, he became a first-rate crime fighter, and for a while, he fit in. We all did. "

This is the point I wanted to get. Simon never exactly needed to fit in, but he did need to belong somewhere. The first club that wanted him as a member. Simon could have easily said no, but why wouldn't he? For the first time in forever, he had found a place to belong outside of his civilian life. he loved being a Super. His life as a lawyer before the ban might have become monotonous and lonely, but when he was introduced to a community, his first real community were he got to be Himself, he never rejected it. Simon never rejects the idea of it, non did Mr.Incredible, or Frozone, or Gamma Jack, or any other super

That was their community, their responsibility, one that the choose to be part of, all of them needed to be super one way or the other

...

[00:01:37] - [00:02:05]

" When it all ended and we had to go underground, he used his alter ego to fight for superhero rights. But he had trouble adjusting to civilian life. His problem is common among superheroes. "

" He had got up for to being useful. He needed to be useful. "

" A bad man exploited that desire, that weakness, to lure Gazerbeam and other superheroes individually and secretly, only to kill them one by one. "

Oh boy this one is heavy

This part finally connects with the hole memorial with the other Superheroes, because no matter how different they were in life, most of them sadly suffered from two factors: the difficulty of returning/adapting to civilian life, and the fact that most of them ended up with the same fate.

Im sure that non super was happy with the ban, I belive that most of then didn't even got a say on the hole thing considering that even if they were like gods on earth they were still just human beings and somehow a minority

"He had got up for to being useful. He needed to be useful"

This is my fav part - Aqui me voy a proyectar

I'm going to talk a little about my experience in this part, but the need to be helpful/useful is something that makes me relate to Gazerbeam so much. I feel like the idea of ​​someone helping just for the sake of helping looks ridiculous to most people, even selfish at best

The need of being helpful can come from various reasons, trauma, unsolved problems,people pleaser, abandoning issues and a lot more, but there's a difference between being and needing to be

Some people have the spirit to help other no matter what (a good example is Superma) because of their beliefs, their need to help comes solid from a Societal/religious/philosophical Beliefs

But being useful its another word, being useful is the necessity of giving yourself some sort of value but most people need to be useful, they need to have a value to feel that their existence is validated, that need of feeling of needing to give some sort of value base on what you give to other its a Personal/Core Beliefs

Returning to the main quote,

" A bad man exploited that desire, that weakness, to lure Gazerbeam and other superheroes individually and secretly, only to kill them one by one. "

that dialogue just comes to show the real reason most heroes went to Nomanisan Island. I doubt it wasn't just to return to their glory days; most likely, deep down, they felt they weren't doing or contributing anything to society by staying in the shadows, and getting the chance to return to their superhero lives was something they couldn't deny (although most likely each superhero was sold a different lie to get them to go to the island, even so, the feeling doesn't change). And not only that it show you the real treat and villain Syndrom was, its actually really mess up when you think more of it

[00:02:10] - [00:02:22]

" I too was drawn in and almost became another victim were it not for a clue Gazerbeam heroically left in his final moments. This nightmare was far worse because all of us Supers were, and still are, in hiding. "

MY HUSBAND 💔 MI ESPOSO NOOOOO 😭

before endings – This is where they finish talking about Gazerbeam in essence. There are still the last few minutes of Mr. Incredible giving a talk that I find very interesting, although I don't see myself breaking down that part properly because it's midnight and I have to go and grab my graduation gown at 8 am cuz my HS hates me. But if this post does well, I'll go deeper into more of the deleted scenes of The Incredibles (I found deleted scenes of Violet and I love them; I want to talk about her and other NSA audios that catch my attention). for now here is my last part of this post

This part reflects Gazerbeam so well; the idea of ​​dying alone is downright horrible, but something I wanted to point out is that even though Gazerbeam was badly injured, he could have use his last breaths and try to save himself. On one hand, it could be that he knew it was his end, but on the other, I interpret that he decided to use his last breaths to write the password.

In one way it's a heroic act of selflessness, but in another it's Gazerbeam accepting his end and even in his last moments thinking about how he could help even in his last moments, demonstrating between the lines the kind of person he was.

He died alone, in a cave, wounded, lured by promises of being able to help and punished for being different in the eyes of society—the same society that loved Gazerbeam and despised Simon, the man who, like his compatriots, only wanted to belong. Something that reflects this is the comparison between the first and last scenes of the Memorial.

We start getting to know Simon and then we see Gazerbeam die. We are at the Gazerbeam Memorial, not at Simon's funeral. Like all the heroes, we are at their memorial, not their funeral. We don't know the other identities because, in a way, they were all like Simon; their secret identities die with them.

The scene shows you that even though they are burying the suit, they are also burying the person who wore it, forever anonymous but forever love enough to warrant a memorial.

It's raw, but I really like the last part where Mr. Incredible speaks, too much to leave it out of this post. (look i even make a terrible quality Gif)

" This nightmare was made much worse by the fact that we supers were all, and are all still, in hiding. "

" Being separate, being hidden, weakens us. Every one of us are engines with energy to burn. "

" Engines don't like to idle. They want to be used. If you block energy from driving us forward, the same energy will gladly drive us backward. "

" As a society, we must always support what is best in us. If someone wants to help, we should embrace that desire, encourage it, fan it into a flame, and look to the young to be inspired enough to take up the fight.We look to the day when supers are invited to rejoin society. "

" Until then, we'll hide and wait for our next chance to do good. "

" Now let's take a moment to remember Gazerbeam, Stormicide, Psychwave, Vectress, Everseer, Macroburst, Flange, Blazestone, Downburst, Hypershock, Apogee, Blitzerman, Tradewind, Gamma Jack, and all of the other heroes we lost in this tragedy. All of the supers who died wanting only to help "

I recommend you do your own analysis of this section. I want to hear more people talk about it and give their opinions. Until then, I'm going to sleep before this post doesn't save and I have to rewrite everything again.

P.S.: This is my first post, so please bear with me 😭 If there were parts where I didn't explain myself well, please let me know. This post was more of an excuse to talk about Gazerbeam.

Here are some headcanons I have for her, most aren't based on anything, but I still like them! I had fun thinking about her and working on shaping out her character!

My headcanon for her civilian name is Janet Astrid (no last name yet). Janet is a reference to the School House Rock Interplanet Janet song, haha.

Besides Dynaguy and Phylange, who have been dubbed "her boys" affectionately, she hangs out the most with Meta Man, Elasti-Girl, and Blazestone. She's fairly friendly with everyone, just watch out for her talking behind your back with The Phylange

Meta Man was the closest thing to the Thrilling Three's mentor, so they are all very close with him. Apogee is the closest, however, due to her getting her powers at a fairly young age (like... 7, maybe 10 at the oldest) and them having the most time to bond

She has a brotherly relationship with both her boys and can get whatever she wants out of both fairly easily

On the note of her boys, I picture Apogee in blue! Specifically because it makes The original Thrilling Three the RYB colors set- which I really love. It also makes it even more noticeable when Gazerbeam replaces Dynaguy- he's this dark color-clad outsider against her and The Phylange's bright colors

... I'll stop with the colors now lol

Jumping to the Thrilling Three's break-up, when it eventually happens I think it would be fun to give Apogee the chopper. Yes, I know she can fly and yes, I previously stated that I think the chopper was originally given as a gift to The Phylange from Downburst, I want Apogee to have it

It's useful to her on off days when she has powers charged from the sun, but she has to conserve her energy for fighting and not use it on flight

She's on TOP of fashion and actually goes to Edna the most out of all the other supers to make sure she's keeping up with looks, however she always keeps her helmet and color scheme to make herself easily recognizable

Apogee also has to always be doing SOMETHING! Talking, reading, sewing, it doesn't matter. As long as she's moving she won't go crazy