— Personal (and late) analysis of LIMBO by Christian Yu : a thread ❤️‍🔥 #DPRIAN

Starting off strong with a quotation form Edgar Allan Poe the father of the horror genre, very well known to convey a strong sense of terror and despair in his works: “I was NEVER insane except upon occasions my heart was touched”

In one single quotation he was able to convey the complexity of both bipolar and dissociative personality disorders. Accompanying this all by the visual representation of a partial lunar eclipse, resembling one of the lunar phases, called Waxing Crescent Moon.

The so called Waxing Crescent Moon succeeds the New Moon and, as far as we know, moons have always been a useful indicator for Ian’s moods swings. — The New moon 🌑 is MITO. — The Full Moon 🌕 is Insanity. — The Waxing Crescent moon 🌘 is Hybrid.

So, from what Ian said and from what we now know, Hybrid is the climatic point of MITO and the beginning of Insanity. But he also underlines the differences of these worlds through colour palettes.

Black and white tones describe MITO and his scenes give out such sense of perdition, disinhibition, emptiness, despair, mixed with deep fear and terrors, palpable even through the screen.

MITO represents fear, meanwhile Insanity looks deranged and lost, he’s confused but completely fearless. Insanity appears when colourful tones make their comeback, along with dizzy backgrounds and blatant dissociation as if he’s looking at himself from afar.

Insanity is fearless, he feels at the top of the world and that can be seen also from the way he places himself in the crowd, at the very top. He stands out, in confusion, but still manages to make the most out of it.

The point of collision of both MITO and Insanity is here not only described by change in colours but also in lyrics: MITO asks if they’re still asleep, probably seeking comfort and reassurance. Insanity, on the other hand, embodies confusion, he doesn’t know how he got there.

But what creates Hybrid is exactly the meeting point of the two worlds. Hybrid is fascinating but also incredibly dangerous: he is the peak of MITO, with all his fears and traumas BUT also the start of Insanity, with all his carelessness and chaos.

He is holding onto himself almost as if he’s scared to let go, to let it all out, so all he can do is shout at the top of his lungs. His eyes are different, sure they are steeped in terror but this time they intimidate the beholder to take a step back, like a warning.

No matter how intense, no matter how almost awe-inspiring his haze may be, it is a way of protecting himself while also keeping others safe. His eyes are fixated right in front of him, he doesn’t feel safe: the scream is the vocal transcript of what is happening in his mind.

He is scared, scared of how loud his mind has gotten, the loudness of two opposite worlds colliding and becoming one is unbearable. Hybrid is indeed dangerous, he’s the rawest and most exposed part of Ian’s mind, undressed of all inhibitions.

The chaos of Insanity and the rage of MITO all combined into one. He seems to be writhing in pain, he wants to escape himself but can’t, his surroundings are just as scary and loud as his mind is. He tugs at his hair, he hugs himself, he screams, he NEEDS to feel real.

I’d say we focus on his clothes as well, because it genuinely is so interesting the way Ian made the two worlds collide into one. Hybrid is wearing Insanity’s pants and makeup and his hair looks like MITO’s.

But if we look even more closely, Hybrid is wearing a very bizzarre belt: it has keys. Hybrid is the gateway to both worlds, he definitely is in a LIMBO, as if he’s hanging on a wire suspended between two doors.

And lastly, we have another quotation. “I was ALWAYS insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched”

It’s hybrid speaking, he is INDEED always insane since he lays in the LIMBO between the two worlds. He has to drink in both the frightened and the fearless but once the heart is touched hybrid either goes left or right, and that’s when MITO and Insanity resurface. #DPRIAN ❤️‍🔥

the way i will never stop thanking GQ for allowing us to have a tour of ian’s tattoos 🥹🫵🏻 his body is a literal temple, he basically speaks through his tats and that’s so beautiful ❤️‍🔥 #DPRIAN

the only video i have of ian yesterday, i was too excited to even record 😭 he was so nice and sweet, stopped to have a chat with all the dreamers he could reach. + i swear he is even prettier up close and his voice is so soothing, so soft spoken ❤️‍🩹😭 #DPRIAN #DPRIANxDGFW24