DTB Review Crew: Episode 14
So excited for this moment! I LOVE episode 14; it is my personal favorite. And I'm also excited to toy around with what I'm now calling my Atonement Theory - at least as much as it applies to Yin
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Mao - I think he asked what he did, because he already noticed that Hei doesn't always act the way he's instructed to, despite the fact that he's a contractor. As for him able to do so, I'm not sure. But I think this is where we project our human emotions onto "others" who really, are suggested do not have them. They are rational creatures above all else. You say kill, give them a valid reason to, and they do.
I know the whole series seems to contradict itself in some sense, because as we meet new contractors and experience more with the old ones, you see that it really isn't the case.
As for Huang's fear of the Syndicate... I can see that, even though it does sound like propaganda. As we find out later, he already went through a scenario with them where he did try to escape and paid his "ultimate price". I don't see it as being less human, but that he's the weak-willed type who has already been beaten into submission. There are many types of humans with different motive, and deal with the need for survival in different ways.
Bertha's bit is the most we've ever seen into a contractor's life prior to the transition, and I get that she's speaking about a very personal experience, but I don't see it as a vulnerability issue. He asked a question regarding her payment and she answered truthfully. Despite the morbidity of the event, I find that she talks about it as something that happened; something that leads to where she is now. There is no weakness in telling him what already passed when it's nothing he could use against her. If they saw each other as true partners, we don't get the chance to find out, but they were a team. And maybe there was a bit of sharing when she read his poem? Like an opening into his soul that she had a glimpse of?
I think Yin's experience of her mother's death was something more profound having no vision. Because of the lack of sight, her other senses would be heightened and she can sense more than we ever could, probably by something like the way someone is breathing. Just like she sensed something different going on between her mom and Eelis prior to running out. She was barely in the room and she just knew.
So whereas a person who could see would probably have that image burned into their mind; the sight of her mother flying towards her to push her out of the way. Instead, it would recalling the sounds of screeching tires, the screams of Eelis who rushed out behind her, the wind in her ears as she flies backwards. The touch of her mother's hands that shoved her, probably a little chilly from the fear she felt at seeing her daughter in danger, etc. I think there's a vividness to what the mind conjures up that just isn't the same as something seen. Like how our imaginations get the best of us, building up our emotions...
And, I babbled a lot, so I'll stop there. I need to re-watch the episode again since I didn't take notes and it's been a while.
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