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f0rtunes-fool · 2 months

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Why Kotoko Yuzuriha is very Flip coded - a mini analysis of the song + her character

(And yes, this is what I spend my time on.)

So, first of all, the song's meaning itself. The song (to me at least) seems to be about someone acting vengance out on another, and slowly losing their sanity in the process. This can be interpreted from the lyrics, and way the music gets more intense as the song goes on.

So, the reason why I think Kotoko fits this song should be pretty obvious just from that - a good portion of her character revolves around her seeking out vengance (justice) on people who deserved it, and we can tell from the way she slowly started to become the wolf at the end of HARROW, and then the final few scenes of Deep Cover where she turns into the werewolf, that this was slowly destroying her as well.

Now, could I leave the analysis like this? Yes, I could. But am I going to? Not at all, because this is me we're talking about.

With that being said, let's look at the lyrics of Flip itself and how they fit Kotoko in turn.

Verse 1

"Here's to the one with the smoking stare

Running through my head with a bolo knife

Chopping up the threads made up from looms

Of love and blood and hate and some empty tunes"

From HARROW, it's implied from the pinboard in Kotoko's... room(?) that she dedicated a lot of time and thought to seeking out her victim. The "smoking stare" and the "bolo knife chopping up the threads" are all references to how the mc (who I'm just going to refer to as Jane for convinience) constantly had their mind filled with their victim, to the point where their mind was slowly breaking because of it (the threads = Jane's sanity/thoughts, probably.)

Verse 2

"Eyes killer cold and black and bare

Freaky little tooth hanging solo

Sucking at the walls like a rolo now

Making a cocoon when my brain fits"

Tbh, I don't really see how this could fit Kotoko from what we know, as this verse seems more about "Jane" demonising their victim internally, twisting them and making them seem more freakish and disgusting in their mind as their desire to go after them twists their own mind even more. From what we've seen with Kotoko, this might have potentially been a thing that she did, but again, it's not really clear so.

Chorus 1

"I wanna go back, I wanna go back

I wanna go back with a club and attack

I wanna take to my guns and break you

I gotta make my little foe take his own"

In terms of Kotoko, this is fairly straight forward - she wanted to hurt her victim, she wanted to attack him (though she did it with her hands and feet, not any kind of weapon.) The only line that doesn't really fit is the last one (which annoys me) but we can just skip over that, lol. In terms of "Jane," this is also straight forward and backs up my interpretation of the song. The thoughts of getting revenge on this person and harming them consumed them, and they were either going to attack them themselves, or make them commit suicide.

Verse 3

"I've overgrown with a yellow mold

Just fizzing drones in a hollow dome

My funny nose dripping little groans

I'm so so cold in the marrow of my bones"

Now, in Flip, this is the point where the music starts to get more intense, which, as I mentioned, is representative of how "Jane" was starting to lose their mind because of their fixation of getting vengance on their victim. In Kotoko terms, we see how her mind/tunnel vision was initially a pale yellowish colour in HARROW, but in Deep Cover, it was a dark, more toxic-looking yellow/green colour - it had become even worse - hence, "overgrown." This is also a good indication of how Kotoko's mentality was hurting her and destroying her - but yet, she kept at it.

Verse 4

"I look at you as you take a snooze

Your skinny lips dripping rabid goo

I lift your chin and I grin at you

As you come to, man

I'm running 'round your head with a bolo knife"

By this point in Flip, "Jane" has found their victim (and is still demonising them, hence the "rabid goo") and gets to kill them, and is super happy about it (hence why they're grinning as they do so.) We can also see plainly how Kotoko was reeealllyyyy happy at getting to kill her victim, a fact that is obvious both in HARROW (the shots of her smiling before and after her murder) and in her t1 VD, where we can hear her laughing and basically saying that she enjoyed the murder and has no regrets for what she's done.

Chorus 2/The ending (since this repeats 3 times)

"I'm gonna go back, I'm gonna go back

I'm gonna go back to a face, no more mask

I was in full bloom until I met you

I'm gonna shake my fetters I'm breaking loose"

The overall gist of this final chorus refers to how "Jane" no longer has to hide who they are after killing their victim - though it's unclear whether this "mask" was just their sanity that has finally slipped, or just them finally going back to normalcy afterwards (I'm sticking with the first option, based off of the other lines.) Fetters is another term used for shackles used to restrain prisoners, which can again be linked back to the whole "sanity" part of this - breaking free from the fetters = breaking free of their own godamn mind. Again, this links back to how Kotoko was slowly twisted more and more after she killed her victim, which is, again, evident in the ending of Deep Cover, with the shot of the werewolf coming out and looming over her, representing how distorted and monstrous Kotoko's become.

"Fox is this really what you spend your time on" YES YES IT IS.

#perry the fucking platyplus godammit #drywallisedible #milgram #milgram project #kotoko yuzuriha #milgram analysis #glass animals #zaba #flip #Spotify

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feymaid · 6 years

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“Moth” Bastian Flanchette

Backstory under the cut!

(Warning: sensitive content)

Galen and Celeste (Pocus and Moth’s parents) left Rikard’s mansion after she became pregnant with Pocus. So, Rikard never knew about Bastian’s existence making him two years younger than Pocus. Celeste’s sister Zola took Bastian away when he was just a baby because Galen and Celeste were struggling to support themselves and Celeste called for her help. Zola’s anger towards Galen and Celeste’s marriage had no end when it came to her niece and nephew. So she dropped him at the local orphanage with no family name or identity. So the name Bastian was lost to him. Growing up in the orphanage was difficult for Bastian. He struggled with his anger and identity. Due to his small, skinny figure and bright fluffy hair as a young boy, the other children named him Moth. What started out as a cruel joke stuck.

Celeste and Galen would frequently ask to see him again, but Zola would lie and say he was off gaining his education and encouraged them to give her Pocus as well. Which they refused for the fear of never seeing her again. Pocus has very faint memories of her brother but has no idea where he is or how to find him. They never saw him again.

Moth was severely bullied in the orphanage for his growing anger and outbursts at the children and caretakers. He began to get into physical fights. Eventually it got so bad that he ran away and took to the streets when he was a young teenager. To earn money, he competed in wrestling and became very good at it. Eventually he caught the attention of some nobels and was hired by a local lord to be his bodyguard. Moth and the lord hit it off and for the first time, Moth started to feel less angry. The lord spoiled him with riches and tokens of affection and the two of them became lovers. Moth developed a huge interest in the arts and would often indulge in that when not fulfilling the role of a lover.

It wasn’t long before people noticed and Moth gained the reputation of being the lord’s pet. Moth had developed a narcissistic attitude about his life. Believing he “deserved this” type of treatment since the world had screwed him over so many times. The lord would only praise his beauty and that became a fixation of Moth’s becoming almost self-obsessed. Still searching for an identity, he often did the lord’s bidding without questioning it and hurt the lives of innocents because of this. The lord started taking other lovers which Moth hated but was forced to accept. After all, for the first time in his life he was safe and seemingly happy. Jealousy overtook him and Moth one day confronted the lord about his other lovers and the lord laughed reminding Moth of his reputation. Moth swallowed his pride and accepted this. He submitted himself to be the lord’s plaything.

Affection was bittersweet. Sex was a way of validation but also came with an emptiness to it. His attitude started to change. To get back at the lord, he sought other lovers and quickly became known as “the courts whore.” The lord sought vengeance on him and had him arrested for conspiracy. The lord had him branded across the back as his property and if anyone touched him they would be punished.

Moth didn’t even feel like a person anymore. He contemplated suicide several times but would break down in tears at the thought of carrying it out. He instead resorted to self-harm on his legs and stomach. If he could get back at his new master it would be to destroy the body the lord had worked so hard to claim as his own. He began to stop eating and wither away.

One day, while in public with the lord, he fainted. He was taken to a local doctor who realized what had been happening to him. He offered his help and Moth was overwhelmed. He broke down and confessed to the abuse he had be suffering. The doctor told the lord that Moth had died. Moth regained some of his strength, thanked the man and went on his way, ending up in Vesuvia. Still searching for an identity, he developed an interest in acting. He worked backstage for a while before eventually making his way to the stage and capturing the hearts of the people. He tattooed over his brand and self-harm scars and decided to start over.

Moth still has a tendency to resort to his narcissistic tendencies but is determined to find himself and become a better man. He is very outgoing and energized but can seem closed off. He has a very boastful sense of humor and loves to make other people laugh. He can sometimes still come across as self-conscious or even obsessed with his appearance out of paranoia and habit.

He wants to prove to himself that he doesn’t need to rely on someone to be happy and to find some sense of belonging. Somewhere.

#my tragic beautiful siblings #moth #fan apprentice #tw: abuse #tw: sucide mention #tw: self-injury #my art #my writing

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