I Try To Find A Deeper Meaning And Metaphor In Everything

I try to find a deeper meaning and metaphor in everything…

To me, in the Carry On trilogy, Magic represents the true self.

MISSIO’s Villian album appreciation post.

This album is absolutely amazing: I think there is a random villain in any book/show/anime/manga for any of the songs. I’m not entirely sure on the intent of the album but to me it’s what any villain can be feeling during their run in the franchise. Give it a listen to, especially if you like to assign things to random fictional characters.

I finished Carry On today and it left me with some thoughts about putting ourselves in boxes.

Simon was never supposed to be that powerful. His magic was, frankly, an abomination that the world couldn’t support. It was not his fault however, his father was a psychopath.

He was the Chosen One. A term that has been rehashed over and over again. He was supposed to save the Magickal world, but he wasn’t made for it. He didn’t have the pieces and parts needed. The Mage says he was cracked and flawed. But he was only cracked and flawed because he was going against his true nature, and being shoved into a box that he couldn’t fit in.

This is where I apply this. If Simon hadn’t been shoved into this box by the Magickal world, maybe things would have turned out better. Ebb wouldn’t have died in his steed, he would have probably broken up with Agatha sooner, and would maybe be able to plan a future. But he was shoved into a box that prevented him from seeing that.

We can’t try to fit into things that simply weren’t made for us. It doesn’t work, even in our normal lives without magic. We have to be our authentic selves, the person that we try our best to hide from this world, so we and the people around us can be exactly as our nature says.

People seem to care a lot about what Simon identifies as. He never outright says he is gay or straight or bisexual. This always struck me as weird, because as soon as I realized I liked women and men, I immediately labeled myself as bisexual. It felt right and comforting to me.

But Simon has been labeled since he was 11. By other, outside sources that he couldn’t control, about things he couldn’t control. ‘The Chosen One’. ‘The Mages Heir’. ‘The Greatest Mage’.

After the Mage dies, and Simon loses his magic, these labels that he had identified with for most of his life were stripped away, and now he is just a boy.

I think the reason Simon doesn’t outright label himself as gay or bi or anything else is because he subconsciously hates labels. They remind him of what he lost, and what he used to be and can never be again. So, he settles for ‘I like Baz, but women are cool too’ mentality.

So what are we all thinking about the newest Camp Camp episode? I have pros and cons:

Cons:

Obviously the voices are weird, Max sounds like he is trying to hard and Gwen sounded… not like Gwen.

The line “because somebody fucking has too” didn’t work as well because of the random whistles. Maybe there’s an uncensored version out there, it isn’t a kids series so don’t make it one.

Pros:

I loved the Max and David hike, as they were realizing that they had to embrace the good and bad, and just wish for more good.

Nostalgia from old episodes was great.

Gwen got a new (possibly worthwhile) job! But I really really hope it doesn’t work out. She’s my favorite character. Like, good for her, but what about me?

The scene with the photos Max took that mirrored the intro had me sobbing. It was so sweet and a great way to show how his perspective changed on the camp.

Anyways, pure nostalgia bait episode but it was good enough that I loved it. A lot of people on YouTube didn’t seem to like it, so I decided to put my thoughts here.