This Might Be The Dumbest Thing Ive Ever Made

this might be the dumbest thing i’ve ever made

andre 10000% talks in his sleep. in between soft snores, he’ll mutter random words. no one really pointed it out until he had his first sleepover with cal who wouldn’t let him forget about it after. slowly, cal becomes used to the boy beside him saying random things, some even unintelligible. on certain nights, cal will try to have a conversation with him only to receive whispered words and small grunts. a couple of the tapes include these late night conversations, but cal decides that andre doesn’t need to know that.

i think you’re really really cool and you are one of the founding members keeping the zero day fandom alive and not dying of thirst. ALSO MORE MANIPULATIVE CAL HES THE BEST BEST HEADCANON EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

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ill always keep y’all hydrated don’t worry 🙏🙏🙏 i have so many ideas ready to post! and i already know you’re cool as hell milk anon!!

ALSO! MORE MANIPULATIVE CAL COMING!

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Cal and Andre: Twin Flames.

A look into the use of fire in Zero Day.

Fire is a very important symbol within Zero Day, especially towards the end. Two major points that involve fire are the burning of Cal and Andre’s belongings and the burning of their crosses. While these scenes utilize the same symbol, they are exponentially different.

The scene in which Cal and Andre burn their belongings a couple days before Zero Day represents a melting of two souls into one, a merging of two people who are about to secure their places in history together. The boys stand next to each other, acknowledging that they will no longer be known as Cal or Andre but instead as Cal and Andre. This fire is a symbol of birth, of the creation of a new idea and being.

The scene in which Cal and Andre’s crosses are burned are represents a separation, a divorce of sorts. The monuments that constitute the boys’ lives are yards apart from one another. Instead of dying together on the floor of the school, blood and brains mixing together, someone else has taken their deaths, even if figuratively, into their own hands. This fire is a symbol of death, of the destruction of something great and dangerous.

has anyone else noticed a parallel between the home videos at the start of zero day and the security footage at the end of the movie?

cal is shown sitting at a table on his birthday. he’s being sung to, cheered on, and supported, but he stays still and stoic as if he doesn’t feel anything. he has everyone’s eyes on him, yet he doesn’t seem to care.

on the other hand, andre is playing around with who i would guess is his older brother and some of his friends before being shown dancing on an exercise bike. he is enjoying life. he is experiencing emotion.

this is repeated in the security footage. cal has no feelings, and andre has too many. cal yells at his peers with his gun in their faces while andre stays silent, thinking about what he is doing and second guessing the plan at the very end.

zero day is almost nothing to cal, just a way to end his life memorably and take out as many people as he can with him. zero day is everything to andre. it is a way for him to get back at people, to express his emotions even if they are anger and frustration.