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eureka moment but disclaimer: i might be reaching.
i think the question "don't you know by now?" is supposed to confuse us. on purpose.
(short thread ahead.)
i think the question "don't you know by now?" is supposed to confuse us. on purpose.
(short thread ahead.)
i've been reading threads and discussions regarding what it could possibly mean because i don't have a solid theory i believe in yet, and other than it being a song lyric (in which gege replied to with an '
') i encountered this particular one. https://twitter.com/___somepeople/status/1330179122421764101
') i encountered this particular one. https://twitter.com/___somepeople/status/1330179122421764101
i agree with it, but in the very sense, "don't you know by now?" still holds no answer. what is it that karl is supposed to know? is this line another way of vlad saying i love you (because i've seen this theory)? is it the song? is it another personal reference to gege's story?
the process of racking my brain made me think that maybe *this* was gege's intent all along.
karl is still in the process of figuring himself out. in order to better translate his confusion to the audience, the answer to "don't you know by now?" is kept vague.
karl is still in the process of figuring himself out. in order to better translate his confusion to the audience, the answer to "don't you know by now?" is kept vague.
we're left to wonder, since vlad thinks and understands so far ahead, and karl's the one that's supposed to catch up. to do this, we're put in the same shoes as karl, who, luckily, has always been guided by vlad when he's trying to understand his feelings.
(read this thread!) https://twitter.com/pankeykyang/status/1326493310794428417
(read this thread!) https://twitter.com/pankeykyang/status/1326493310794428417
now that i think about it, this solidifies that tweet that says the karlvlad film analysis dynamic (seen at every cbb) is a direct representation of karl's progression is in the process of understanding his identity.
finally, he's not just watching, but he's thinking *out loud*. https://twitter.com/vladnikarl/status/1330002506353557505
finally, he's not just watching, but he's thinking *out loud*. https://twitter.com/vladnikarl/status/1330002506353557505
[emphasis on out loud because, though silent, he might already be thinking of it in the previous episodes, but the fact that he's comfortable to share his thoughts with vlad in order to navigate everything better and get feedback is SUCH a huge step forward.]
![[emphasis on out loud because, though silent, he might already be thinking of it in the previous episodes, but the fact that he's comfortable to share his thoughts with vlad in order to navigate everything better and get feedback is SUCH a huge step forward.]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnX7CcaXEAIYo9X.jpg "[emphasis on out loud because, though silent, he might already be thinking of it in the previous episodes, but the fact that he's comfortable to share his thoughts with vlad in order to navigate everything better and get feedback is SUCH a huge step forward.]")
so yea, bottomline: like karl, we're not supposed to really truly know what "don't you know by now?" should mean, with absolute certainty.
at least, not yet.
at least, not yet.
