I really like that Dana and the animators decided to focus exclusively on how Krash takes off his gloves, because it's exactly how I remove mine. It's something unnecessary and could have been glossed over, and it's not as if sterile gloving is particularly special, but it's just a nice detail that they chose to show us before we even see Krash's face.

From this alone I know more about his character than I do from looking at his design, and I really really like that.

Can we appreciate background graffiti and positioning / perspective? Read the wall behind Gwen. Then read the wall behind Gwen in my comment.

E: grammar and punctuation

I noticed Sparky has a different ear shape than all others. I believe it is meant to be Califlower Ear, which is common in people who get punched in the face a lot. It occurs when there is blunt force trauma to the ear and is common with boxers for instance. Cool storytelling in design for someone who has a history of physical violence!

Neat detail I saw someone else post about on a different website

Rewatching the episode, i noticed this detail: when Gwen is fighting against Armend, she says "You are supposed to be dead. Be dead" as she hallucinates a flashback of a bloody Orville. This implies Gwen killed him, but i think that scene was purposely misleading. The reason? Look at Orville's eyes. He doesn't have the blue bags under it, his sickness wasn't that advanced yet. Which likely means this moment occurred before the fight with Olivia.

My theory is that this scene shows the very first time Gwen fight back against Orville's abuse. And when Olivia yells at him that all she's doing is fixing "his mess", she means that Gwen went rogue because Orville was misusing her (hence the flashback in which Orville's hand is ripping the skin from Gwen's eye).

I don't think Gwen killed Orville. I think he died for other reasons and this scene is supposed to throw us off so when the real cause is revealed, it catches us like a curve ball.

Something I found particularly interesting was how Gwen deals with the cop from Park Planet.

Throughout episode 2 there are clear references to Gwen’s sexualization (such at the remarks from the Cop about how this Gwen is not as “full” as the other ones), which seems to set her off.

Throughout the episode Gwen starts seeing this cop as Orville, and sort of enters this flashback state when attacking him. (The cop also has serious creeper vibes, especially when he states that he “likes a girl who puts up a fight”) While they’re fighting, she ends up killing him, but the way she does it is kind of symbolic.

While perceiving him still as Orville, Gwen kills him by penetrating him with her arm tentacles.

I think that was a pretty intentional choice, given that we’ve seen her attacking others in a much less invasive manner (lunging at Frankie and Andi, forcing the cop to shoot himself, etc.)

Source: https://x.com/homkamiro6291/status/2109287792857817508

Noticed this and wanted to share! (Apologies if it’s already been mentioned!!)

I’m curious if there’s a bigger reason,
Especially with Olivia since her hair has been white since she was young. The only evidence that she used to have dark hair is through the family portrait in episode 1( even then she looks similar in age to when she first appeared ). Orville’s case is odd, since it could be because he’s gotten older but even then he looks way more sick-looking in the flashbacks in episode 2.

but oh my GOSH when i saw Krash, it was like being introduced to idealized version of myself.

i’m in the very early beginnings of my transition, but down from the collection, to the demeanor, to the long lucious locs.

he is how imagine myself when i’m fully myself, and if felt so GOOD seeing a black representation of what i’ve been looking for on the inside.

i’m not saying he is trans but, i am lol, and man o man is he what i wanna look like.

his character design is so GOOD!

So, towards the beginning of the Pilot, we see this dude harassing Andi for being a crownie. His spit is blue, just like Gwen’s ”blood” and guts, and like the liquid (most likely the same substance) that Park Planet produces. He can hardly handle this and taking a few steps before collapsing into a fit of coughing, and Andi’s reaction (as someone who works in the Labs) implies some kinda sickness going around thanks to the Park’s fumes and pollution.

Andi is clearly shown and emphasized to have this same issue later in the episode, when she makes a spit deal with Sparky. When he spits on his hand, it’s clear. Only after Sparky shakes hands with Andi after she’s spit in her own hand does the liquid swirl blue.

We also know, like in many diseases, that rapid fits of coughing are symptoms, as shown by the guy from earlier. Guess what happens to Andi at the end of episode 2? A coughing fit. It’s not so terrible that she can’t function like the other guy, but that just basically implies she’s in early stages. While the coughing could be caused by Gwen’s attack, I don’t think the writers would go out of their way to make her cough like that.

Long story short, Andi has the plague, and this will most likely come up in a future episode.

Edit: I just remembered that the sickness is called Blue Lung

Its clearly red and white in the show, but for some reason her figurine has really different colours, does anyone know why?

it's kind of funny how their house is a Gwen head with a broken eye but mostly it reminded me of the Medusa sculpture from the Basilica cistern in Istanbul. Idk if it's related or anything, I thought it kind of looked the same but even so, story wise, If I had to guess it could make sense a bit if it was an inspiration.

A world-building element that episode 2 silently sets up is how organs, biological material and mechanic components are a key element in Park Planet society and economy.

If you think about it for a second, why would androids and machines have organs and biological interiors? Wouldn't be easier to just be completely mechanical?

Arthur is definetly the most prominent example in this episode: why would he need interiors in the first place? There has to be a specific purpose for that.

The same applies to Gwen. We see right from the get-go that she has organs (or at least something very similar) inside, combined with the blue substance (the only thing that separates her from Arthur, who bleeds red).

And finally, we get to the organ trafficking business ran by Sparky. In order for a business to be pursued and be profitable, there has to be demand, but who are the clients?

One option are rich people that are trying to survive blue lung and other diseases by purchasing the organs and implant them in their body.

Another option might simply be physical enhancements. If you are blind and have enough money, why not purchase a couple of functionig eyes and go back to see again? Why not purchasing a new arm, or leg?

And finally, the option that intrigues me the most: Park Planet itself.

Could it be that the Park secretly purchases organs (contributing to fund criminalty in the slums) and uses them to build androids and machines? What if are organs the key to create more "realistic" AI?

What is your opinion on the matter? I think it could be a very important topic in the future.

My eyes are up here, Francesca.

I've made my choice.

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Okay before this episode I did not care about Gwen that much but this episode had such a perfect combination of making her so baby and also the coolest character EVER she's now my favorite 🤩

Sparky x Iroh 😋 combining two obsessions into one

Gwen is often leaking blue fluids, seems like she is full of the stuff. Every time she is attacked and hit she bleeds, and there is a LOT of it with how violent the show gets. This raises many questions about how she works, how does the blue blood work.

Can she run out of blue blood and faint, or die? Does she need to top up on the stuff? Wonder if she generates more blue blood like a person does, with her synthetic(?) organs. She also stopped bleeding afterwards, so I'm guessing they patched up her leaks with the sci-fi bandages. Androids usually can't heal on their own, such as her damaged appearance.

Seeing episode 2 of the cop that bled out from the gunshot made me think about this more. I hope more will be revealed, like what it does and where it originates from. It would be neat if people can buy it in bottles like fuel. The blue is everywhere in the merch and chemicals, maybe that is an analogy to oil and plastic pollution in our world. It keeps the materialism and machinery alive it seems.

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She’s strong, smart, capable, dependable, and written in a way where she at first comes off as naive, but is actually taking advantage of the situation she’s in. Also…robust butch muscle mommy😛

I’m planning to do more when I’m done with my coms :3