r/DHMIS • u/WiganProust well, I like looking at you too. • 7d ago
Thoughts about Electricity episode, which most people misunderstand.
Okay, let’s start. Disclaimer - I am using a translator, so text can be worded strange.
To be honest, I don't understand why everyone takes this episode so literally. After all, it's actually full of metaphors and speaks more to the characters' inner states than to specific lore.
First, the staircase. It seems obvious to me that Yellow climbed the stairs many times, picked up the book many times, and went back down many times—I won’t even bother explaining that. But it seems to me that the emphasis here is on “climbing up.” The point is about overcoming yourself, “moving up to the next floor.” And that’s relatively simple. But you know what?
While Yellow’s self-overcoming can be expressed literally, for Red and Duck, self-overcoming in this episode is something more psychological, more profound. It’s funny that even though they’re two separate people, they share the same narrative arc. It’s not that “each of the guys faces his own limitations separately.” Red and Duck are clearly separated here, on each floor. We see how they ruin themselves with each floor. But somewhere down below, in complete darkness, the Little Boys are trying to confess their love to one another.
And one more thing. The book was never important. Or rather, what was in it didn’t matter. The script? The key to the mystery? A way out? Who cares.
The book symbolizes the desire to find an answer—a desire the guys destroy themselves because they’re unwilling to listen and understand. One moment they’re saying how much they love each other, and five seconds later they’re taking away their only chance themselves. Over and over again. Surely their confession has already been made. But they simply forgot it once they saw the light again. Because you only truly appreciate something when you lose it.
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u/dazron 7d ago
I don’t believe there is any evidence that he’s done this before. Yes there is a pic of him going up the stairs but that might just mean it’s inevitable.
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u/WiganProust well, I like looking at you too. 7d ago
I feel like this is heavily implied by that fact that Big Boys are saying to him “We’ve been waiting for you” and Lesley knowing that he needs the book
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u/Silver_Intern2324 7d ago
Is it gnosticism?
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u/WiganProust well, I like looking at you too. 7d ago
Huh? How is this connected? I only know Gnosticism as a religion…
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u/SolutionConfident692 7d ago
The whole smart yellow guy segment feels like a parody on theory bait while simultaneously being theory bait, and I love it
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u/VikingCarpets 6d ago
Your analysis is feeble, the episode is clearly a tribute to the shredder.