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I'm probably the slowest of pokes, having just heard about this strange series, but I just watched the whole thing and found it very interesting.
I'm one of those people who likes to have a discussion about every book/movie/whatever he sees, so I started looking up different people's analysis's and interpretations. Needless to say, I found everything from "mutants from a nuclear war" to "all in the head of a disturbed man" to "it's supposed to be creepy and surreal, don't over-think it."
So, what do you think, my fellow escapists? Reactions? Interpretations? Favorite episodes? Things you'd like to point out?
Here's some from me...
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Speaking of insanity...
I'm probably the slowest of pokes, having just heard about this strange series, but I just watched the whole thing and found it very interesting.
I'm one of those people who likes to have a discussion about every book/movie/whatever he sees, so I started looking up different people's analysis's and interpretations. Needless to say, I found everything from "mutants from a nuclear war" to "all in the head of a disturbed man" to "it's supposed to be creepy and surreal, don't over-think it."
So, what do you think, my fellow escapists? Reactions? Interpretations? Favorite episodes? Things you'd like to point out?
Here's some from me...
First, I'd like to point out I subscribe to the 'The Great War was real' theory. Though I'm very confused about when this could have happened. A lot of the things Salad Fingers says seem to indicate that he was, at least relativity, 'normal' before the war. He mentions family and friends who went off to fight, especially in episode 7 (which I'd also like to point out, confirms there were normal humans at some point, seeing as the corpse isn't mutated at all.) A good bit of speculation I read elsewhere stated that SF wanted to fight in the war himself, but probably couldn't because of his mental state. He was probably institutionalized, which is why he is well-mannered, can play flute well, and speaks different languages, but cannot read or write. The institution would probably have different classes and activities he could take, but he never received a traditional education.
Anyway, if he did live before the war, how was he mutated? Assuming the war was nuclear, any mutations wouldn't effect him, they would effect his children. One single being cannot evolve on their own. Plus, there is the armless man in the BBQ apron. He appears very human, albeit feral. Strangely, he has no arms and lacks any sense of self-preservation, but has lived long enough to forget how to speak.
Another big source of diverging theories stem from Yvone. Specifically, what exactly Yvone is. Some say it's a tumor, some that it's the charred husk of the boy from episode 2, and some say it's simply a sandwich wrapped in ink-covered newspapers. At the end of the episode, we see that SF has forgotten what Yvone is, uses it to 'clean' the yellow child's windows, and is later shown eating a sandwich. Some say the sandwich is Yvone and SF is hallucinating, thinking the black mass is a sandwich. Some say that, as previously stated, Yvone was a sandwich all along, and SF simply unwrapped it.
Anyway, there you go. Sorry it's pretty poorly written, it's 2:30 in the morning.
Anyway, if he did live before the war, how was he mutated? Assuming the war was nuclear, any mutations wouldn't effect him, they would effect his children. One single being cannot evolve on their own. Plus, there is the armless man in the BBQ apron. He appears very human, albeit feral. Strangely, he has no arms and lacks any sense of self-preservation, but has lived long enough to forget how to speak.
Another big source of diverging theories stem from Yvone. Specifically, what exactly Yvone is. Some say it's a tumor, some that it's the charred husk of the boy from episode 2, and some say it's simply a sandwich wrapped in ink-covered newspapers. At the end of the episode, we see that SF has forgotten what Yvone is, uses it to 'clean' the yellow child's windows, and is later shown eating a sandwich. Some say the sandwich is Yvone and SF is hallucinating, thinking the black mass is a sandwich. Some say that, as previously stated, Yvone was a sandwich all along, and SF simply unwrapped it.
Anyway, there you go. Sorry it's pretty poorly written, it's 2:30 in the morning.
Captcha: fava beans
Speaking of insanity...
