Symbolism of wings in ED2

[rebmastu.livejournal.com]

I'll bet my ass this has been posted about before (and if somebody points the post out to me I'll delete this one), but there's an interesting kind of symbolic motif going on in this most recent ending. LJ cut because, duh, it's spoilery.

Everyone who has died so far in this season has wings in the ending. Nunnally (Let's face it guys, that was a NUKE), Shirley (;_;), and.... granted, that's it. It's still interesting to note, though. I guess we'll see how it pans out in the end, right?

Other wings of note:
-Ougi, for instance, is holding feathers falling from the air. I take this to mean that either someone close to him will die or has already died, and it'll impact him later/or is impacting him currently. (Kallen's brother? HEY, WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH THAT GUY!?) Or he could die, but we'll see.
-Lelouche is either holding a wing or grasping his own, I can't tell. Either way, there are feathers.
-There's a feather in Ninja!Maid's shadow.
-Schniezel holds a feather with stone wings in the background. Are these his wings, or are they the wings of crumbled statues? Iiiinteresting.
-Le-douche and Suzaku share a wing at the end. Could by symbolic of Nunnally (Or even Shirley or Euphie, way back when) or a mutual death, but we'll see how that ends up.

It's interesting to note that not everyone has a feather. If they did, I wouldn't bother making this post. =P

Comments

[melfra.livejournal.com]

Even so, what about the stuff from the first series? One of the endings depicted a bloody CC in the church, and the exact same thing showed up in R2. I'm not saying Sunrise couldn't have been influenced in some way by the picture, but the way the scene was animated so specifically and featured as a major point would, I think, account for something.

Also, even if CLAMP was given "chains and wings" as themes, it's up to them how they utilize it, and I seriously doubt a group that does not only character design but ending animation as well would be filled in on at least the basics, and not let to roam wild. I mean, think about it, they'd have to have some sort of familiarization with the characters, plot points, and relationships so they wouldn't cause some sort of faux pas with the stuff depicted.

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

The first series' illustrations were by Takahiro Kimura, the character designer and head animation director. He does know the plot. He's in charge of animating it. And for the record, CLAMP didn't even know that Clovis was going to die and he died in the third episode! Mokona of CLAMP was completely heartbroken at the development ~_~;; Personally, I want to analyze the drawings, too, but the most we can draw from them is what's taken at face value. The most Taniguchi gave them was probably "I would like to see an angelic Shirley" or "I would like to a dark Schneizel," but nothing deeper than that.

[gatekeepers-21.livejournal.com]

Weeeellll said!

[klingon-jedi.livejournal.com]

Well, that just nullified my post. Thanks though!

[lulu-quality.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot to add, since I was writing this on a cell phone I have the best phone ever!, but your icon rocks my soul :D

[darksage29.livejournal.com]

iphone hax XD