I'm so hooked like for all the MC's professed love for plants, it's based off of the fact that they are not a threat to her. She doesn't hesitate to use nature as a tool to satisfy her desires and in that context I love Daun being the representative of the manner in which nature exists as is- outside of human imagination and cultural associations. The terror that Arum suffers because of her guilt and her fright towards Daun - who is otherwise still following her will - has nice existential undertones I feel where her value systems are falling apart and the way in which she perceives the world around her itself is undergoing a massive shift. (Raskolnikov who? lmao). Also love the fact that the Arum is a girl, lowkey a v v cool subversion of the whole woman-nature association where both are equated to being beautiful and under patriarchal control. In this sense, Daun appearing as a man is also interesting. The gender performance of a man who is being implemented as a tool, as opposed to the guiding reason behind the action of the story is aaaaaah I love love LOVE this comic so so much, I can't wait to see how this unfolds.
I'm so hooked like for all the MC's professed love for plants, it's based off of the fact that they are not a threat to her. She doesn't hesitate to use nature as a tool to satisfy her desires and in that context I love Daun being the representative of the manner in which nature exists as is- outside of human imagination and cultural associations. The terror that Arum suffers because of her guilt and her fright towards Daun - who is otherwise still following her will - has nice existential undertones I feel where her value systems are falling apart and the way in which she perceives the world around her itself is undergoing a massive shift. (Raskolnikov who? lmao).
Also love the fact that the Arum is a girl, lowkey a v v cool subversion of the whole woman-nature association where both are equated to being beautiful and under patriarchal control. In this sense, Daun appearing as a man is also interesting. The gender performance of a man who is being implemented as a tool, as opposed to the guiding reason behind the action of the story is aaaaaah I love love LOVE this comic so so much, I can't wait to see how this unfolds.