another thing I don’t think people talk about enough is how drained and outright messed up sua looks when she finally finds mizi ,, we don’t know how much time has passed in-between but being away from mizi genuinely fucked her up
Vivimeng went out of their way to depict how much personality Mizi had as a teenager with ambition. She wears a random shirt under her grad uni instead of a collared one and keeps her glasses on. It captures her authenticity and how she once navigated life and her dream of +
listening to candy scar on repeat long enough to notice that by the end of this sequence the bg giggles turn to sobs . oh my god . like listen again from 0:02 onwards
If you just watch Alien Stage without reading the comics or looking too deep into it, it’s hard to find specific characteristics of Sua. In my opinion, Zombie Stage helps fleshing her out and how she acts.
as much as I ADORE ZOMST and can definitely agree that vivimeng & the team have improved so so much, I can’t help but be a littleee sad when people start dissing alnst TOO much in comparison like GUYS WAITTTT NOT TOO MUCH ON MY GIRL ALNST.. LOLOL
// SA mention (?)
I am so sad because Mizi's reaction is simply accurate to what real life sexual trauma survivors go through with their personal relationships.
After being reduced to an object of desire, you start suspecting even your partner/lover only cares about that +