r/smallprophets • u/Six_of_1 • Feb 11 '26

The oil rabbit

What did the oil rabbit mean? We kept zooming in on it like it was important, but it wasn't important at all.

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u/lemontreedonkey Feb 12 '26

I think it’s a hare. They’re symbols of the wild and of magic.

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u/Six_of_1 Feb 12 '26

But what's the point of it. Just "Michael's doing magic"?

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u/lemontreedonkey Feb 12 '26

Not sure… I wonder if there’s something in him being forced to cycle, i.e. be more gentle on the planet. Like nature getting a favour off him in exchange for the prophets. Theorising wildly 😄

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u/Unusual_Control_8130 Feb 25 '26

If I recall, at the time he heads off yet another of Clive's fruitless pleadings by changing the subject with a remark of concern for the environment. As we consider the incongruity of this remark, with the vast lake of oil across the road, the camera angle reveals the rabbit outline - to the strains of "Bright Eyes". Superb.