I thought a lot about how to analyze this first season finale.
At first, I wanted to make two separate posts, then one, then two again. In the end I decided to put part 1 & 2 together in one single post, otherwise I would’ve ended up talking about the same themes twice.
As you can guess, these themes are all centered around Anxiety and they are as juicy as you can imagine. So let’s not waste any more time and let’s talk about the first season finale.
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Mr. Sanders is messing with me
First of all, let’s take a moment to analyze the two titles given to the two parts of the season finale: Excepting Anxiety and Can Anxiety Be Good?
Speaking of the first title, I love the assonance/contrast it gives, when we read it in full. “ACCEPTING ANXIETY, Part ½: Excepting Anxiety!”: it sounds like a pun (accepting him, except accepting him ahaha), but we can also consider it a perfect recap of how Anxiety has been considered until that moment.
In Taking on Anxiety, Thomas said:
[Thomas]: I have anxiety. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s something I can control.
That means Thomas acknowledged Anxiety’s presence and accepted this Side as part of him.
However there is a difference between accepting a Side and accepting the presence of a Side. Think about Remus’ case: Thomas knows he is a natural part of himself and tolerates his presence, but that doesn’t mean Remus has been accepted (yet).
Same happened with Anxiety in season 1: Thomas accepted his presence and he’s okay if Anxiety sticks around. But he still refuses to acknowledge that this Side might be important for his well being. He’s still refusing Anxiety’s role. Paradoxically, Anxiety has been accepted… except for his anxiety.
While the second title not only reconnects to this idea of accepting Anxiety for his role, but it questions said role. For the first time, Thomas is tackling it from a different perspective: he’s not thinking about how to deal with anxiety, but about the nature of the role itself. Maybe this role isn’t intrinsically bad and he doesn’t just have to “control” it. Maybe Anxiety isn’t just a bad guy. Maybe there’s more to him. Maybe he can be good.
And, since Mr. Sanders is a bad person, he will definitely NOT use the same title for a future episode called Can LYING Be Good in which, guess what, we will see a character who doesn’t have ANY connections with Anxiety, nope nope, they definitely didn’t show any similarities until now.
See? See? It’s not me who sees them as father and son, everything is screaming at me that they are father and son! I can’t wait for the fucking episode in which they will say “hey, we actually know each other”, so I can throw my best “WOW WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT, WHAT A SURPRISE”.
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Are Centhomas and the Misnake friends? I think they should be :)
Also, get cursed, mutual's and followers alike
This actually is true. My mom is a dog breeder and I help with the puppies once they’re born. Another risk is the mother accidentally suffocating them.
Name one (1) fun fact that you think would curse us all
dogs will eat their babies if left unattended
He’s rapidly approaching at all times
Why do I hear megalovania?
Okay, big hear me out: Punk Roman. He might’ve had his casual emo days, but his mindset was most likely “Shit sucks, and I will scream and shout until it gets better!” And, like, that's punk behavior
Not be casually remembering that Thomas went through an emo phase meaning that ALL the sides were emo at once and Virgil just stayed like that for shits and giggles💀
(Side note: someone draw an emo Roman I need to see this now)
Your brain is so big, I love this
{{Hey, since Mark made the comment about Dark "Not being evil, just misunderstood" after saying a few years back that Dark "Did not push us out to save us"
Don't think about both being true and the potential character development angst that could possibly arise from it.
Don't think about Damien losing his bitter shell and struggling to come to terms with betraying the one person who trusted him most.
And don't think about Celine coming to realize all of the vile shit Actor has continually put the district attorney / Y/N through and realizing that when it comes to him. Her and the DA are in the same boat and out of fear of losing her brother she tossed someone who was at the time helpless under the bus.
Dark has made zero progress in Actors regard for what we know. Don't think about how that would worsen the impact of all this-
Don't think about the guilt.
DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
DON'T THINK ABOUT DARK QUESTIONING IF HE ACTUALLY IS THE VILLAIN IN THIS SCENARIO (he's not). AND DON'T THINK ABOUT ACTOR USING THAT AGAINST HIM.
IM NOT GOING TO USE THIS AS A FANFIC PLOT POINT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. }}
-We were hacking into IRIS
-Inspired by Overnightwatch and the zoom commands
-was supposed to last 7 days, was lowered to 3 but then 2 hours went and passed so he sped it up.
-lots of technical difficulties with automod and stuff
-the crashes were unintentional but they were meant to look like they happened in universe
-THE LORRREEEEE
-Jack runs the IRIS twt account
-13 on trending on YouTube heck yeah!!!!!
-$120,000 on working on the game and hiring people for the live action and things
-IRIS is supposed to be a cold sterile environment and is supposed to feel uncomfortable
-Mark was Assistant Director
-Character playing Arin was supposed to be someone else but the person wasn’t available so they got Arin
-Mark And Jack friendship wholesome times we love to see it
-HyperRPG did most of the legwork and ran the stream and made the game
-turtle easter egg was by Soph and is named Gerald :D
-This isn’t the big huge one
-He has plans for a HUGE thing with lore, and at least 4 more are on the way and will trickle out as time goes on. He has plans for years of content
-Movie, TV show, Comics, everything. ANIMATION?
-No current plans for Choose your own adventure type content. Everythings on the table though.
-Jacks Chase impression is so impressive it’s like he plays the character :)
-Takes place immediately after CHASE
-More and More make-up was added to make him look tired.
-Deja vu? No answers to how Chase knows this place. In this world there’s a scientific explanation as to why Deja Vu happens but Jack won’t tell us.
-ALTR is an acronym and stands for something.
-Arins character is supposed to be cold first to show how closed off IRIS is
-IRIS patch kept falling off
-IRIS can detect he’s lying with the WTCHR
-‘Very Big Brother is Watching’ from Magpie
-the test is based on many actual psychological tests from various sources
-NO ANSWERS ON WHO CHASE IS TALKIN ABOUT WITH THE TWO PEOPLE DAMN HIM
-Chase projecting his divorce issues into a camera man v sad
-The ball hitting his face was totally intentional.
-Weird flex that apparently Jack can throw balls hard lmao
-CHASE SWORREEEEEEE NOT ON MY CHRISTIAN DUDE PERFECT CHANNEL
-The shadows were moving and encroaching on him
-have you ever experienced a terrible occurrence that has impacted you significantly?
-He curious about what whispers and sounds we’ve picked up on
-Robin and Trey did the editing we love them :D
-CHONK BROGEY SWOLE
-Jack did a weird chuckle at the shadowy glitchy form
-shoutout! To Echo. Like he did for Anti. He’s not going to tell us who or what it is.
-IRIS trying to be nice :) :) but it isn’t working, they’re playing good cop
-He smiled at the very subtle Anti giggle how dare
-EVAN HEYYYY (marks assistant)
-EVERYONE SHUT UP ABOUT THE FEET
-Anti took control and did a snowball effect. Consequences happened. We just watched as it happened.
-Anti pulls us through the camera and goes :)))) lemme show ya what I can do.
-Cool shots yay
-Anti tootsies
-First time two egos have been on the same screen together!
-Sound design Inspired by Dune
-Antis voice is supposed to fill your head like he’s everywhere, he used the binaural microphone to layer his voice with the whispers and Anti’s voice.
-sequel to Overnightwatch
-Antis neck has healed
Puppets:
For Thomas it's a happy learning moment
For Mark it's angst time with a possibility of death
For Jack it's just a scary, scary death
2.Dark sides:
For Thomas, it's Virgil, Remus, and Janus
For Mark, it's Dark (The original dark side)
For Jack, it's Anti (The original glitch bitch)
3.Actors/Acting
For Thomas, it's Roman and an opportunity
For Mark, it's ‘Actor Mark’ and Manipulation
For Jack, it's what he has to do to fake cry during his projects, have you seen that?! I was stunned! Speechless!
4.Loops
Thomas’s most severe problem with loops is fruit
Mark is trapped in literal time loops and space tears in the fabric of the universe
Jack is stuck in ‘Fucking circles’ doing things ‘over and over’
5.Choices
Thomas, very calmly, goes through his choices in every episode with each of his sides
Mark doesn’t really get a choice, but you do! You get many choices
Jack really has no choice and is stuck in the middle of whatever the fuck Anti and IRIS are doing
6.Interview
Thomas’s 5 year anniversary babey!
Mark’s universe just has Wilford asking some questions
Jack, please, give Chase a break! He’s just a boy!
If I may: The Christmas Bitch (or gremlin)
Anti taking on a more red theme now means I can start making red themed insults on top of the green ones
I christen him with the first one:
What if in space with Markiplier and Sanders Sides combined??
Chaos would ensue. This almost feels like a fanfiction prompt. I’m also going to interpret this as Thomas is apart of the crew and his sides are the different universes, but if this isn’t what you meant you can ask again and I’ll redo it. (Also, thanks to Markiplier lore, this is Canon adjacent!):
Patton would be in Stan’s universe. You, as the player, may never meet him, but to him you’ve known him for all your life. He’s downstairs cleaning up after dinner while stan puts you to bed with a story. Patton and Stan aren’t dating (At least not on paper) they just live together while they sort out marriage issues and this was the best solution they could come up with.
This is my first “hear me out” one, but I feel like Logan would be in camp counselor Mark’s universe. Not as someone that works there, but as someone who monitors the field trips for other students. Bro’s just doing his job.
There's only one place I feel like Roman would fit, and that's with The Sexbang crew? But like, that very specific rendition where they’re all midlevel boys from, like, Skyrim or something? That's the only place that makes sense to me. Jammin and living like royalty.
Another big ‘hear me out,’ but... Janus would be in the noir universe 100% That boy would fit in completely. A universe that's centered around those black-and-white mystery tv shows from the fifties where everything is shrouded in uncertainty? My boy would fit right in.
Virgil is in that emo-boy universe. I’ve completely forgotten what its called. It's the one where mark is crying on the bed listening to his Markiplier tribute video? It's that one. They’re friends.
I’m gonna be 100%, I have no idea where the fuck Remus would go. But hopefully, these ideas will be satisfying (or funny) enough for you: Remus is in the Heehoo universe, they are not friends and both are very territorial. Remus is the bomb in the bomb universe. Remus is in the same universe as Roman. Remus works under chef in that old man Mark universe. Most of what he makes is poisonous for human consumption, luckily most of his customers are aliens.
And that's all I got! Hope you like it, and I’m sorry it took so long to get to ❤️
I'm sorry, but Marvin’s face FUCKING KILLS ME HERE
LOOK AT THAT FACE! YOU KNOW WHO’S FACE THAT IS??? DO YOU KNOW WHO’S FACE THAT BELONGS TO???