An analysis of Ivan's life
Part 1
I've thought about doing this since I finished alnst. Reasons? I wanted to try to better understand what was going on in this man's head trying to base myself solely on official things. Also, this is all written under the assumption that events are shown to us chronologically, even tho I know that may not be correct. I'm just trying to see a different point of view. Without much ado:
From the beginning, when Ivan is adopted by an alien, he is taken to places without a collar, offering his absolute submission (because of his apparent apathy towards the situation) in exchange for not being abused. Compared to Till's life, his life was monotonous and not very eventful—after all, how could there be turmoil if the aliens seemed to adore him?
Truly like a tamed pet, he followed his owner wherever the latter wanted. Not only that, but he has a certain kind of affinity with the alien that Mizi and Till previously encountered. In short, even before performing on stage, Ivan already had everything he needed to be one of the most loved by the public, not to mention that his owner was a businessman, as Ivan himself admits in the interview.
However, Ivan was an unexpressive child who did not know how to show emotions, or, perhaps, because he lived in a world so different from how it should be, few things impressed him to the point of showing reactions. A tamed, loved dog that didn't cause any problems: perfect.
Despite the fact that Mizi, Sua and Till were his only colleagues, in the interview he states that he had many "friends", that is, people also liked him. However, the feeling didn't seem to be exactly reciprocal: they all seemed trivial to Ivan. Unlike them, these three friends he had, each one meant a different thing.
Starting with Sua, it has already been made clear to us that he identified with her to the point of thinking that they were the same. There could be several reasons for this, the same background, similar stories, but I will highlight what I think is most likely: apathy. Ivan comments on Sua's eyes as she looks at Mizi with such resentment that I can't help but think that's one of the biggest similarities between them. Dead, empty and hopeless eyes. That world is all they know, all they will ever know. Her succinct, reserved, and quiet personality reminded him of his own. That is, until he sees the way her eyes light up when she sees her goddess, her universe — her clematis. Suddenly, he once again became the only different child in that place and, as if that wasn't enough, Sua's goddess returned all that sparkle in her eyes in a way that the person he chose never did, would never do. Anger, frustration, confusion—envy. Something bitter, ugly and painful.
As for Sua's beloved, Ivan doesn't seem to have bad strong feelings for Mizi. No jealousy, no hate. All we see between them are friendly and kind interactions (in particular, Ivan reminds me of an older brother when it comes to MiziSua). Nothing as expected. He likely understands that it's not her fault that Till doesn't love him back. A curious fact in their relationship is that Mizi's blinding light doesn't seem to affect Ivan. While others cling to her like a beacon amid the darkness and water in the desert, Ivan is not affected.
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he saw this recent tweet and liked it and then went back and found another and liked that one too 😭
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not a day goes by where i don't think about this
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every time i watch a new episode of game changer it results in me wanting to put sam reich under a microscope so i can study him
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I don't think we talk enough what Rhode Island was doing in the Weird Laws: Rhode Island video. Like, why did he randomly start speaking in alliterations?? And why is this not being acknowledged it yet (/j bc I'm not really sure if anyone else has before)?? Why are we treating "punishing people with prison for pilfer and poultry" and "sentence someone for sneakily stealing or swiping some swine" as completely normal things to be able to come up with randomly in the middle of a meeting???
And why'd he do that anyway though, I'm curious - is he just very overprotective about his poultry? Does he simply start using alliteration in his speech when he gets angry? Or does it perhaps happen out of the blue and he feel the need to make every sentence mostly have words with the same letter? Also how often does this even happen?? He confuses me so much I love him <3
This was the craziest part of the video for me tbh, second only to the scene where he threatened to bite Gov's arm off and closely tied with when he replied "Who's asking" upon being asked if the mafia ran his state. That whole video was a wild ride really
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