Chapter 546: Traps and Pendulums
In the strange space of Xiao Meiyan's home, a shadow that looked like two crossed scythes were falling into the air, like a pendulum, and the sharp blades of the shadow swayed above Xiao Meiyan's head.
Not long ago, Xiao Meiyan and Kyoko were discussing countermeasures to deal with the witch's night, but now, she is the only one left in the huge space.
QB appears in front of Xiao Mei Yan again, and Xiao Mei Yan coldly asks it if it is possible for Kyoko to save Saya.
QB chuckled and replied that this kind of thing was clearly impossible.
"So, why didn't you stop her?" Xiao Meiyan asked again.
What QB does is the "resources" released when the "magical girl" is transformed into a "witch", and Kyoko's doing so is a meaningless sacrifice, that is, a "waste of resources", according to QB's position, such a waste of resources should be prevented - after all, obtaining "resources" is its ultimate goal.
"If it's a senseless sacrifice, of course I'll stop it. QB replied as a matter of course, as if it were not a human life, but a prop - the magical girl was just a QB prop, and it was a consumable one-time item.
However, her exit is significant. QB looked at Xiao Mei Yan and continued, "In this way, you are the only magical girl facing the 'Witch Night'. ”
QB paused, and then said lightly: "Of course, one person has no chance of winning, and in order to protect this city, Madoka can only become a magical girl." ”
That's what QB really thinks, and it hasn't changed from beginning to end - its only purpose is to make Madoka a magical girl. In contrast. The small round face is the delicacies of the mountains and the sea. And everyone else is just steamed buns. It's a shame to be wasteful, but if you can eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, it doesn't matter.
It's all scheming, it's all calculating.
This is both a plot by QB - to make Round Face a magical girl and gain access to her terrifying and massive "resources".
It is also QB's yang conspiracy - even if it is to give out a qiē and a plate, and tell you openly, you can't do anything.
Because it was convinced that Xiao Meiyan alone would not be able to fight the "Witch Night", QB did not stop Kyoko from dying - and even possibly. Even if Apricot doesn't do this, QB will also find a way to make Apricot "leave" to ensure that Xiao Meiyan is the only one in the end.
And the little round face is a very ordinary person, with no strengths and characteristics, and even often thinks of himself as someone who has no merits and does not help anyone. But she also has her own trait - that is, kindness.
Roundface is too kind, and it is this kindness that makes QB sure that when Akamiyan can't fight the "Witch Night" and the city is in crisis, Roundface is destined to become a magical girl - even if she already understands the dark origin of magical girls. She will also voluntarily sacrifice herself for the sake of everyone.
QB understands the little round face, and so does Xiao Meiyan.
Although, until now. Xiao Yuan's face has always been a bystander, and it seems that nothing has anything to do with her. But this war of magical girls, the competition between Xiao Meiyan and QB, is all about the little round face.
Whether the little round face can sacrifice herself and become a magical girl depends on whether Xiao Meiyan can fight the "Witch Night" on her own.
The shadow of the pendulum with the two scythes hanging together swayed above Xiao Meiyan's head, obviously just a shadow, but it made people feel a bone-piercing coldness, as if it would fall down at any time and fall on Xiao Meiyan's body.
Originally, people didn't pay much attention to this background, but after learning about QB's conspiracy, this shadow that has been ignored by people has become more conspicuous than ever.
Isn't the pendulum, in general, the same time?
And Xiao Meiyan's magic is "time magic".
But the pendulum was composed of a hanging cross-scythe, and although it was only a shadow, it also made people feel the sharp edge.
This edge represents danger.
The pendulum, a symbol of danger, swayed above her head like a trap set for her that she could never escape.
What is reflected here is that the shadow is not the real thing, and it seems to reflect this trap - it is a trap that you can see, but you can't get rid of and shake.
And the shadow of the scythe seems to be able to be interpreted as a magical girl, because the magical girl is a combat weapon after QB signs a contract, which is full of danger in itself, and has always been fighting in unknown places, and will never see the light.
The shadow of the crossed scythe also seems to correspond to the fate of Xiao Meiyan and Xiao Yuanmi's intertwined - not only Xiao Meiyan fought for Xiao Yuanyan, but this trap was also set for the two of them.
On the other hand, it represents the pendulum of time and the two scythes that are always intertwined, as if to say that no matter how time changes, the fates of the two are always entangled.
It's just a background that I didn't think I had noticed before, and I thought it was just for the sake of "cool and fashionable", but when I looked back at it, I suddenly realized that there was so much content in it.
From this point of view, it is only interpreted from the story itself, which is still a bit one-sided. ”
As He Chen's most loyal brain-dead fan, and he thinks that he is the closest person to He Chen's thoughts, Yaohua has always been hesitant to release his endless brain holes, and has infinite associations with He Chen's stories.
From the very beginning of the broadcast of "Magical Girl's Little Round Face", he saw the difference - the power of the picture, the use of the camera, and the contrast between the bright everyday and the oppressive abstract battle images, as well as the details hidden in it that few people can notice.
These contents all tell him that this seemingly simple and ordinary story is definitely not as simple as the name and synopsis.
From the third episode onwards, there was a heavy dà twist. However, in his opinion, such a turn is superficial, just a visual expression to shock the audience's eyeballs. What is really important is still hidden, and it is not revealed.
However, his expectations were not in vain, and when Yiqiē gradually revealed, "Magical Girl Little Round Face" brought him a magnificent world that far exceeded his expectations.
"It's possible to look at Magical Girl Round Face from a higher perspective. ”
"There's nothing wrong with the pendulum's shadow being interpreted as a trap, but I think there's another metaphor for it -- The Trap and the Pendulum. ”
This is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American poet, novelist, and literary critic of the 19th century. He was an important member of the American Romantic period, and worked as a newspaper editor for a long time during his lifetime, and his works are 'unique' in any era with exquisite form, beautiful language, and diverse content. Edgar Allan Poe is known for his mystery stories and horror novels, he is one of the earliest pioneers of the American short story, and is revered as the originator of mystery fiction, and is also known as the ancestor of later science fiction. ”
"Edgar Allan Poe's literary proposition, the aesthetics of death and the aesthetics of terror. His Gothic novels not only blend the popular elements of traditional Gothic novels such as suspense, romance, murder, and horror, but also express a unique creative concept, caring for the early American native culture and the irrational emotions of people in the materialistic capitalist society, so that his Gothic novels break the boundaries between strict novels and popular novels in a certain way, and realize the spiritual communication with readers in a broader aesthetic space. ”
"Most of the themes of his stories 'reveal the dark side of human consciousness and subconscious', and use a special literary form such as horror fiction to deeply portray and present the mental state and psychological characteristics of people in an unrealistic state, trying to 'reveal the spiritual Hindon of modern people in an unrealistic and irrational way'. He uses the imagination of strange and terrifying storylines, and uses rhetorical devices such as exaggeration, metaphor and symbolism to express the crisis of human nature, arousing readers' strong interest in reading, shocking the soul and thought-provoking. ”
"The story of "Magical Girl Little Round Face" is an animated interpretation of this style. The story of "The Trap and the Pendulum" is about a man who wakes up from a coma and finds himself trapped in a dark cell in the Inquisition, he moves around in order to understand the size of the cell, he trips over a small stone and falls unconscious, and when he wakes up, he finds a hole in front of him, and is glad that he escaped. Later, he was tied to the ground while he was in a coma, and a large scythe was slowly falling from his head, and he used a rat to bite off the rope on his body when he was in danger. The Inquisition finally couldn't hold back and decided to crush the protagonist by tightening the walls on all four sides. At the end of their lives, the French invade the Inquisition and liberate the protagonist. ”
"The Trap and the Pendulum" was created against the backdrop of the persecution of the Spanish Holy See in the Middle Ages in Europe. ”
"In contrast, isn't the magical girl, QB, witch, etc. in "Magical Girl's Little Round Face" represent religion?And Xiao Meiyan represents the people who want to resist after discovering the darkness hidden under the glossy appearance, and QB's trap on Xiao Meiyan is the persecution of people by the Holy See. ”
However, this is just a connection between "Magical Girl Round Face" and "Trap and Pendulum", and Mr. Koga is not religious, and he is not Edgar Allan Poe. And today's times are different, and the interpretation from the story itself is one-sided, and the interpretation from "The Trap and the Pendulum" and religion is still one-sided. ”
"If you look at it from the perspective of the world and society, you will see farther, deeper, and broader. (To be continued......)