#tracy really said the themes out loud with this whole sequence
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mitzi's pearl necklace as a microcosm for this whole mess....
it's a symbol of her life with Atlas and her relationship with him -- she sees it as a way that Atlas made her a 'a lady', made her feel like she wasn't 'tawdry' (note how easily she slips into reminiscing about the memories linked to it, even to Zib, who knows the story). Atlas probably purchased it with blood money. Once the necklace snaps, it's basically impossible to put it back together without covering yourself in gutter dirt, but she can't bring herself to let go. She eventually gets the physical symbol of the memories back(rethreading the necklace), but it's a hollow victory. It won't bring back Atlas, and it comes at the cost of collateral damage (rip virgil) and alienating Zib.
Mitzi, you can't go back! you can fight and scratch and claw but you can never go back! What you are searching for is not something that can be put back together. girl, you are looking back, and you are getting lost.
#lackadaisy#lackadaisy cats#mitzi may#atlas may#lackadaisy meta#Lackadaisy spoilers#'i can put it back together'. i get the feeling you aren't just talking about the necklace.#tracy really said the themes out loud with this whole sequence#sometimes the sidepiece isn't a guy. sometimes it's the idealized image of a past you can never return to & yr husband's metaphorical ghost#sometimes i think too much about mitzi and i disintegrate. i think she has good odds of surviving- but the journey. the journey wont be fun#absolutely steeped in tragedy she is.#posting#lackadaisy posting
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