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lately when im awake for too long i get super emotional abt the concept of "furniture" in umineko
UMINEKO SPOILERS// i was thinking that beatrice& #39;s furniture was really misleading bc it was a different use of the term but. no! furniture... created for its master, used at its masters pleasure, incapable of finding fulfillment or taking action on their own.....
UMINEKO SPOILERS// MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// thinking abt how genji took yasu and molded her entire life so she could be kinzo& #39;s twisted redemption... and then after she fulfills her purpose and learns everything she learns she feels trapped in rokkenjima--
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// --unable to see a way forward, unable to break away because of her place in her "master"& #39;s narrative and what that& #39;s done to her body, her relationships, and her sense of self
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// I think "furniture" means "a prop in someone else& #39;s narrative"... someone whose identity is so subordinate to somebody else& #39;s that they can& #39;t live normally-- can only live at all when their "master" is there
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// yasu was kinzo& #39;s furniture... genji was also kinzo& #39;s furniture (I 100% believe genji was in love with kinzo, and even if he wasn& #39;t he devoted his whole life to him)
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// genji says his definition of "furniture" is different from shannon and kanon& #39;s... I think thats bc genji is content to be kinzo& #39;s prop. shannon and kanon are not
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// and... isn& #39;t shannon george& #39;s furniture, to an extent? to a somewhat lesser extent, isn& #39;t kanon jessica& #39;s? not that shannon/kanon is unhappy in those roles-- but those roles are limiting and they can& #39;t carry them out fully or live much beyond them
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// now that i think about it, of the cousin relationships only beato and battler don& #39;t have a furniture dynamic (except for end of ep2 huhu)... ofc beato identity is tightly linked to battler, but she& #39;s not his prop, she& #39;s screaming at him
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// I think what im saying is that beato is taking a more active role-- she& #39;s not being molded and defined by her love interest (outside of appearance), she& #39;s the one trying to change him
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// you were never really furniture yasu... but of your identities you were the least furniture as beato. k*ll whoever you want
its 2:30 am, goodnight
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// ok one more thing. thinking abt ppl saying that furniture has no right to love... bc furniture relationships are fated to be unfulfilled? my argument is breaking. "furniture" is less than a "human," could we say that "furniture" is a "persona?"
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// im caught between focusing on yasu saying she& #39;s furniture bc her physical body isn& #39;t "capable of love" and the ways that genji is furniture. furniture is a prop to another person who cannot truly "love" them how they want? inchresting. it& #39;s 2:37am
MAJOR UMINEKO SPOILERS// im assuming genji is "furniture" bc of homophobia/kinzo& #39;s duty to the ushiromiya family/the class difference once genji became a servant. sad... but genji is content... but should he be? he seems happy being furniture, but look where that led...
