Quote Originally Posted by Bunyon View Post
I also see so many people that talk about how the story is about "letting go", but I feel like that was only introduced in the last zone?? The rest of the story was about war and peace and memory?? Erenville gets lied about his mom being dead and then finds it out at the last minute and then gets dragged along the last zone before being told to get over it and have one last good memory before having to fucking turn her off. And everyone is just like yeah okay. Jesus, I feel like Erenville got fucked over so bad. I don't even know how people found this emotional. Having to essentially kill what is left of your mom after she lies to you and you basically don't even have a moment to yourselves to talk about it, and mom just being like "Why can't you be happy for me, I want to die already".
It's not about "letting go". It's about Legacy.
All the themes were about different approaches over the theme "legacy". The expectation to uphold it, the dismissal of it, the ignorance that comes from it, the status quo of preserving it, the burden of carrying it.

Erenville was indeed a sad moment, it was basically plugging his mom from life support. It was the right thing to do, but devastating for him for sure.