Case Study #2 - The Expanse 1x6-2x3 FULL LENGTH Analysis
Added 2024-04-04 19:37:00 +0000 UTCTree limbs are cracking everywhere, as I share some truly ridiculous theories.
Case in point...I give Miller a D&D class...warlock :)
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Hi there, I´m still catching up here and as I already commented on your case study #1: This type of format between reactions (at least for me) is really unique and a suberp addition: Your breakdown of the story told so far, using the informations, facts, character actions and character development to to formulate theories. Furthermore and AGAIN: This presentation of your organized thoughts and theories is so very well done and simply EXELLENT! Thank you for that!! PS: Of course, your reaction videos are also hella entertaining, including the paranoid tendencies ...^^ Greetings from Germany!
SupaManion
2024-05-23 10:55:31 +0000 UTCWell you will not cringe at all of them! LOL
Etta Eskridge
2024-04-07 21:05:15 +0000 UTCThanks. You are in for a wild ride with this show, and the best is still in front of you. For story the second half of Season 3 starting with "Delta-V" is probably, arguably, the series high water mark. For character development, especially your boy Amos as well as a couple of others who either haven't been introduced or gotten fully spotlighted yet, i'd go with season 5.
E.P.B.F.
2024-04-07 16:58:43 +0000 UTCI shall look back and cringe at these 'theories' :D So much fun to do though! Thank you for watching, my friend!
Fury Roll
2024-04-07 15:41:45 +0000 UTCThanks, G :D Can't wait to cringe when I look back on them!
Fury Roll
2024-04-07 15:40:49 +0000 UTCGreat stuff, my friend!
Fury Roll
2024-04-07 15:39:55 +0000 UTC“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - A. C. Clarke, 'Profiles of the Future' (1973)
E.P.B.F.
2024-04-07 11:43:42 +0000 UTCThe thing about Miller seeing Julie isn't necessarily related to the proto-molecule. The simplest explanation for his visions of her is that they are hallucinations brought on by a combination of emotional and physiological trauma. Vision Julie is a manifestation of Miller's guilt and regrets. You can also interpret her as a psychopomp [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopomp ] of sorts (*). Miller is not a healthy man, in body or mind. He starts the show as a borderline burnout, and gets progressively worse as the blows keep coming: losing his job as a detective, losing his oldest friend Semi, and even the one thing he did still cared about, finding and rescuing his chosen redeemer/spirit animal Julie Mao, ultimately ends in failure. On top of all that he also is hit by a massive dose of hard radiation. Medical science in the Expanse universe has advanced sufficiently to keep Holden and him from dying outright, but not enough to prevent permanent damage (like their becoming sterile). With that kind of full body exposure there will almost certainly be neurological damage that, even with the impressive regenerative technologies shown, will leave behind some scarring of the brain tissue. Post Eros you can see Miller is not just tired, he's _done_. Every word he says, every action he takes, are those of a man who, while perhaps not actively suicidal, has become so emotionally divested from his personal survival you can practically hear 'Deguello' faintly playing at his back whenever he walks into a room. Anyways, just my 0.02 EUR of course. YMMV. (c: ____________________________________________ * = The show is loaded with the proverbial f#ck ton of symbolism and mythological references (Avasarala even goes so far as to lampshade this with her commentary about Earth's destruction of Deimos). It is no coincidence that Miller's savings from the payoffs he has accumulated are stored in the form of casino chips. When he leaves Ceres to look for Julie on Eros (the god of love and desire). He _literally_ 'cashes out', paying coins (in a chashless society) for a ferry man (Charon). Or that Miller only starts seeing Vision Julie, his underworld guide, after he's been 'killed' by the radiation blast in Leviathan Wakes. Or that locations related to Julie are all named for deities of the afterlife like Anubis (the Guide of Souls and Weigher of Hearts) and Thoth (the Scribe of Judgement), both members of the Egyptian tribunal of the underworld who sit in judgement of the souls of the dead.
E.P.B.F.
2024-04-07 06:03:29 +0000 UTCGreat theories!
LightningInvoker
2024-04-06 18:12:46 +0000 UTCJust going to say "WOW".
Etta Eskridge
2024-04-06 01:06:12 +0000 UTCHowever long you spend going through the show it will never be enough. Then you can join us in living vicariously through others, if you have the time.
Daxeah
2024-04-05 01:35:21 +0000 UTCThank you for the support, my friend!
Fury Roll
2024-04-05 00:34:25 +0000 UTCThank you, my friend! Going to try and spend as much time as possibly in the Expanse. Have to make it last :)
Fury Roll
2024-04-05 00:33:49 +0000 UTCThank you, my friend!
Fury Roll
2024-04-05 00:32:32 +0000 UTCHaHa Thank you, my friend :D
Fury Roll
2024-04-05 00:32:19 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see where this amazing story is going!
Fury Roll
2024-04-05 00:32:07 +0000 UTCLove your views and theories. They’re really interesting! Are they right? Well, they’re really interesting.
T. Arnold Ferguson
2024-04-04 21:00:25 +0000 UTCI love your theories. I'm not going to say if you are right or wrong. I can tell you it will blow your mind.
Daxeah
2024-04-04 20:53:36 +0000 UTCThis is why I tapped in to the pay to play. It is awesome to watch a person dive into this for real. This show is a deep well and it rarely disappoints. While the story is not complete (books 7-9), they nail it on adaptation. This series is about the gray lines.
Matt Drahos
2024-04-04 20:26:41 +0000 UTCReally appreciate you for making these! The flowcharts are an awesome touch.
Roger Kingsland
2024-04-04 20:22:53 +0000 UTCThese case studies are great because we can gauge where you are in your head, what's your thought process on things you know, before jumping to the mind-bending next episodes ;)
Blackd0nuts
2024-04-04 20:06:22 +0000 UTC
