Why The Midsommar Discourse Misses The Point

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  @xMatthewStar · 1 year ago

  One of my favorite details is the flowers that Dani wears becoming more and more heavy as the film goes on. A small flower, then the entire crown, and then finally the dress that completely weighs her down and consumes her. It’s like a metaphor for the cult entering her thoughts and body until she’s consumed by it and can’t live without it.

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  @satyrboy117 · 2 years ago

  What gets me is that for some people, they think the only options are "The boyfriend sucked and deserved it and good for her" and "The boyfriend didn't deserve it and he didn't do anything wrong and she's purely insane and bad". Like the opinion that "He sucked AND he didn't deserve that, and she's found an insane joy in it that has indeed freed her from her torment but it's also horrifying due to how it got there" is too nuanced for some people. Even the final line of the script, the very last one, is "It is horrible and it is beautiful."

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  @Dis4ia · 1 year ago

  Dani's story didn't end in community and happiness though, her story ended in psychosis and detachment from reality.

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• BL

  @blackosprey2219 · 2 years ago

  Put together, this is a warning that lack of loving community will push those desperate for love and acceptance right into the arms of crazy cults.

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  @blutroyale8072 · 2 years ago

  Dani went from <i>a</i> toxic relationship to <i>the</i> toxic relationship par excellence that is a destructive cult.

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  @kyab2815 · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s important to remember they didn&apos;t rescue dani from Christians betrayal. &nbsp;They incited it, and then led her to fall upon that knife so they could appear like saviors. Massive difference

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  @kronis00 · 2 years ago

  Something I dont see talked about enough is that the boyfriend was basically sexually assaulted. He was drugged beyond the point someone could possibly consent. And that always makes the &quot;yas queen&quot; takes really screwed up. like his punishment for being assaulted was to be set on fire.

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  @Jurgan6 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The visual symbolism of the cult being awash in light suggests she’s happier there, but also that the happiness is temporary. &nbsp;If this movie were set in midwinter, it would be dark all the time. &nbsp;She’s bought into a short-term fix, and then a few months later she will be living in freezing misery, having to do backbreaking manual labor to keep the community running. &nbsp;And that’s how many people react to depression- bouncing between quick fixes that ultimately fail to satisfy.

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  @CorbCorbin · 2 years ago

  Can’t believe people act like the cult was good for her, and she was happy seeing the boyfriend and friends burn. <br>Aster wrote right into the script, that she’s gone at the end. She’s a vegetable. They’ve traumatized her so thoroughly, that she’s a brainwashed husk. <br>Real healthy ending.

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  @scarymonsterzz · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG_X3IfYED0&amp;t=1126">18:46</a> Dani&apos;s dead parents appear in the crowd of Harga. Her dad winks at her and her mom stares at her as she walks by. That moment punched me in the gut. It&apos;s both so emotional and chilling.

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  @Fyrsiel · 2 years ago (edited)

  I think Pelle was born into the cult. He mentions that one of his &quot;sisters&quot; there was born on the same day as him. I don&apos;t think there&apos;s a way he could know that unless he and she were both born in the village together. A cult member also tells Dani that they basically raise the children as a collective commune. Which would mean that Pelle is &quot;technically&quot; an orphan because his biological parents died, but he was never an actual orphan because the whole cult took care of him as a baby. He probably never even knew his parents. So when he&apos;s &quot;relating&quot; to Dani about being an orphan, it&apos;s extremely hollow and manipulative.

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  @flibber123 · 2 years ago

  The cult didn&apos;t just happen to find Dani. The cult sends people out on missions to bring back victims. She, and the rest of them, were hunted down. They even congratulate Pelle at the end for the especially good job he did. He brought back a new May queen, AND new blood, AND sacrifices. Pelle is excited to hear Dani is going on the trip because he knows she is exactly the kind of person they need The movie even provides the motive. The cult is not sustainable with reproduction by members only. They require new blood. They HAVE to bring in outsiders, and they have to kill them because they can&apos;t allow their cult activities to be discovered. In light of all that, I don&apos;t see how the events portrayed are in any way positive for Dani.

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