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I’m confused… who’s Rem?

Rewatching Re:Zero again, for various reasons, and I really want to take a closer look at it because it's been stuck in my head for such a long time. (It's actually the first scene I ever watched!)

Going back to the Rem Infodump, well- this is part of the reason I think Rem's definitely not stopping her character development. From the beginning, we get the message from this story that self sacrifice without any reward is not something someone should be satisfied with.

And this is extremely interesting because of what we learn later on- that despite all the physical pain, Ram was relieved that her horn broke. She didn't regret it, and only Rem was hurt by it emotionally.

I wonder if she ever properly talked to Rem about it? I wonder if she knew how to do that. I wonder if Rem ever knew how it felt to hold the pressure the clan was putting on her sister...

Ram's only guilt here comes from how it hurt Rem.

And then Ram asks Subaru who he'd prefer to be friends with, and I realized something pretty interesting.

These describe each of the twins, but they also describe Subaru himself. Both, together. Those two things add up to a large part of his internal conflict, and are made difficult by the fact that they contrast each other so much.

Because Subaru cannot just save everyone easily, because he's just a normal kid who was thrown into situations far beyond his abilities, he has to learn to love himself while dealing with both of these issues simultaneously. Letting go of one of these flaws (as he sees it) means completely and shamelessly embracing the other. If he refuses help, the only way he can be strong is to sacrifice himself. If he prioritizes himself, then he'll only ever be able to take from those he cares about.

I love how the story doesn't give him the option to become stronger, either. Like- he has Guiltywhip, he has Beatrice, he has Witch Authorities, but he's not the Isekai Protagonist he'd hoped he could be. He can't be Reinhardt (though... I don't know if he would want to be. That comes with its own rabbit hole, doesn't it?).

Rem and Ram each are like two mirrors of different parts of him, and they each have dynamics with each other that play on these connections.

Rem and Ram each embody different parts of the message of Re:Zero and I think that is so cool. All of them do, but the way this is presented just. I love it.

I don't mean to always talk about Subaru, I swear... I'm just in love with his character... Subaru's got such good dynamics with the whole cast,,,

I wish this conversation was in the final timeline, or that Subaru recreated it somehow... got the message across... man

Dear Diary, today I thought about Re:Zero again

also can we talk about how there's little trinkets and items that represent the main cast's personalities? Like, the spoon and the quill represent Rem and Ram in this story, the flower pin that Emilia gets from the little girl is like... the proof of her kindness, and the 10 yen coin represents subaru's brand of kindness- from the very beginning of the story. as well as the key from the elior forest being another one of emilia's, which has a similar diamond shaped gem to the quill and spoon. The only one of the main cast I can't pin down is beatrice... her book? her crown? I'm not sure. I hope we see Subaru's Beatrice diary in the next season!!

The parallels in the ending for s3 and the s1 first op..... Subaru was alone before, but now there are people ready to catch him when he falls

Also, even if only mimi (and ricardo's shoulder?) appears in the group shot, anastasia and julius' hands are there supporting subaru too (ana's on his shoulder blade next to otto's and julius on his waist)

Also reinhard holding subaru by the scruff of his neck like subaru's some kind of a cat lol

But I can't find joshua......

What do you think Subaru being the final villain entails? Is he still with the camps but just refusing to listen, or is he off by himself, ala that feral/homeless Subaru au I've seen? Sorry if this prys too much, I'm just very curious.

How many people do you think are going to be involved in the RBD reveal

Ideally? Everyone. And that’s…that’s kind of my guess anyway.

Because okay: RBD is great as a dramatic reveal for those who love Subaru anyway. But it’s ALSO a REALLY BIG DEAL for anyone who gives half a shit about the integrity of the Royal Selection — or geopolitics in general (Vollachia), because the knight of one of Lugunica’s factions aiming to lead the kingdom is a FUCKING TIME TRAVELER. AND NOBODY NOTICED.

This also leads into my theory that Subaru is gonna be the final villain of the story lol: I have a feeling that final arc is gonna be about everyone banning together to free him of his curse once and for all.

Building off of the idea of Subaru transforming into the people who killed him, maybe he gets the move that killed him; he turns into Julius and he's suddenly really good at slashing people's throats, or he turns into Puck and he is now great at freezing people.

Hey who wants to bet that we’re gonna run into some Subaru Zombies at some point during Arc 8

It's pretty funny in a morbid way.

You know, all this talk about "the most fucked up way subaru has died" but actually let's talk about the stupidest way he's died. I think it's that time in arc 1 where he just walked into chin's knife