If only cinderella would be honest, peterpan would be braver, or camellia would be stronger (to let go of her). It probably won't be as painful and pitiful like this. Now each of them living in lies for a moment. Peterpan see his loved one married to someone else (he seems to never tried to confess anyway, he probably looks like a stoic who doesnt even have "love" in his vocabulary at his daily basis). Cinderella get married to someone she doesnt truly love (pretty sure she actually just want to be told love by peterpan, hence he never did. Now her act goes too far, it couldn't be undone). Camellia get married to someone he loved but actually doesn't love him back (being an escape route for someone would be painful and unfair. It's like you're exist but not actually exist. You'd be left behind anyway when all is done, either physically or emotionally.) Though i believe love will grow as the time flows. Might peterpan encounter a love he ready to fight for, and for the couple to become a fully loving couple in the end without barrier and lies anymore. Or cinderella and peterpan would reunite, but it will sacrifice camellia (either by circumstance or death). Dang, now I just realized that the girl would still be in most advantage by not being sacrificed to 'alone without partner'. Lmao. What am I talking about. Okay, that's all from my absurd mind. Cheers everyone! Remember, honesty is better than telling lies no matter how painful it is.
I'm back 3-4 years later, around 5-6 years since I fell in love with Luz and the world of Utaite, and I think I now have a decent understanding/theory/analysis about the symbolisms of each character in this whole heartbreaking drama. Ngl, I will have to put it out there that the one I truly feel _really_ bad for, up to this day and probably until forever, is definitely Camellia. Idk. I never hated him, even during Peter Pan Syndrome. I guess it was the Second Lead Syndrome radar kicking in? In a way, he was the biggest victim out of all of them and I will kind of get into that later on. But as someone else (@Ynedra) mentioned, if all of them had been stronger, more honest, and definitely braver, the damage could have been less than it is now. -And Cinderella always had the upper hand- This will be the shortest one since this was pretty direct and it was the clearest of the three. Peter Pan Syndrome laments the loss of his childhood innocence, happiness, and first (maybe true) love. He wasn't able to confess his feelings for her, forever wishing to be in the bliss of their happy childhood selves because he couldn't bear to be rejected or maybe he realized too late _and then_ was *definitely* too late when Camellia and Cinderella got engaged and then married. The stuff he had to let go of were symbolized by the balloons. The song implied he resigned and truly gave up on pursuing Cinderella, even if he never did anything in the first place. He would have to stay in Neverland and only hope for the best for her just as Peter Pan had to let go of Wendy. Cinderella Paradox grieved her dishonesty and lack of courage to fight for the person she actually loved. She settled for Camellia who she knew loved her, but couldn't bring herself to be honest with Peter Pan because she was uncertain of how he truly felt for her. She didn't have the courage to face him and his probable rejection, so she settled for the sure choice, Camellia, without even truly loving him back. She lacked courage and honesty here for obvious reasons, too. Maybe she thought she could bring herself to love Camellia one day, too, but she also implied in the song that she wouldn't be able to get over Peter Pan. Still, she could have been honest but she let her selfishness (which btw is also mentioned in PPS) and her bluffing become too much, to the point where it couldn't be turned back anymore. I think Cinderella Paradox is actually connected to "Cinderella complex" which is defined as "an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others" or "a woman is [...] not capable of changing her situations with her own actions and must be helped by an outside force, usually a male." She turned to another male, Camellia, to settle her issues with Peter Pan instead of facing and solving it on her own. If I remember right, her glass slipper was broken. So she knew what she was doing was wrong. It takes a tremendous amount of courage, though, to actually expose one's rawness and feelings, so while both of them are to blame, at the same time, you couldn't really totally blame them, either. There were also factors like timing. From then on, Peter Pan and Cinderella assumed their love for each other was unrequited even though all that time, it was reciprocal and all it would have taken was some courage and honesty. And boy, our poor Camellia. Imagine your partner regretting your marriage. Crying the night before the ceremony? That hit me like a truck about to isekai me. That just *hurt* . I'm not saying she shouldn't have said yes if she didn't love him, but that's pretty much it. I think in this song, Camellia realizes that flowers wilt. He's symbolized by a camellia not just because of its various meanings, but also because flowers are only pretty for a while and don't last forever because they _die_ and become _ugly and tainted_ . This whole thing was a clusterfuck of wounds and flowers that festered and wilted into an ugly mess. "Love stories, happy endings / They're all diminished by the magic of time, leaving no trace behind" I think after seeing her cry, his rose-colored glasses finally broke. He finally realized how much more painful his situation is, but he kept going anyway because he _just loves her so freaking much_ . He decided to bear with it all. Camellias can symbolize unions between lovers, adoration, love, passion, and a deep desire. In _To Kill a Mockingbird_ , it symbolizes patience and understanding, Interestingly, a pink camellia (I assume the flowers on 1:59) can symbolize a longing for someone. Who tf would endure so much, THIS MUCH for someone they love? Someone hella patient and understanding but also someone who is afraid of letting the other person go. The theme, the event that catalyzed this whole thing? The union or marriage between Camellia and Cinderella, heavy with Camellia's love and longing for Cinderella. The yellow/orange balloons constantly fluttering on the screen? Yellow is the color of happiness, optimism, and enlightenment, but also *cowardice* , betrayal, egoism, caution, (physical) sickness, and madness. Orange is vibrancy, joy, and creativity, but also self-centeredness, pride, and arrogance. Betrayal is a pretty big theme here, too, because everyone has betrayed everyone else in a way and everyone has hurt every other person *including* their own _freaking_ selves. Self-centeredness? Camellia and Cinderella, definitely obviously. Lowkey Peter Pan; not really as much as the other two, but still there. What should be a joyous occasion just seems like a farce. Camellia Complex ties the whole trilogy so beautifully idk man. The feels are just too real. Camellia forced himself between them because, again, he loved her too much. He wanted a place in "those eyes that never looked back." Maybe he thought it could be real one day. He'd be okay enduring it because he believed *one day* , she'd love him the way he did. He longed for her to stay, just as the prince in the story did, so that the camellias that meant love could bloom between them. But for her, they were already wilting and were for someone else and for him, they started wilting the moment he realized she probably wouldn't love him back, but as long as she could smile and he was beside her, that was enough for him. WHAT AN IDIOT (note that again, the one I feel the need to protect the most is this idiot). Now they're stuck in a merry-go-round carousel of pain and pretenses, lies and masks. Each one of them always chasing after the wrong person. Why am I partial to Camellia's side? Is it my internalized misogyny? Maybe, but also, I definitely think not. If the genders were reversed, if Cinderella was a man, what she did would still be *so wrong* . Am I a simp for ravenettes? Maybe. Judging by his character, though, unless Cinderella outright denied, him, he would keep going with the bluff, thinking it was a chance, a sliver of hope. And because they actually got married, now he lives with a woman who may never love him back and he would always love unrequitedly. He could have had a way out. That stuff just hurts, man. Cinderella kind of made this happen by being so difficult. Camellia made this happen by being too foolish. Idk. I'll get back to why I feel for Camellia so much in a few months lmao. I need to self-reflect on this. For now, I think it's because both men got hurt by Cinderella's rashness, especially the one who got tied down to her. The one she can't even love right and he has to see and feel that everyday. Damn. It's 12 am and I have a couple essays I should be working on, but instead, I made this. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
@t3r1r1n2 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for Camellia I agree Cinderella didn’t have to accept his proposal if her heart wasn’t fully in it…
@はとりお花な7 жыл бұрын
This is connected to Cinderella Paradox and Peter Pan Syndrome RIGHT?! SO BEAUTIFUL!I love you Luz!