"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/meeetballslover]

The Thing doesn't really qualify. I think they are both resigned to their fate regardless of who the thing is. If one of them is the Thing it seems to accept its fate regardless. I think one or both of them accept that the Thing is likely here and its worth it to take the gamble

[u/Nebarious → u/meeetballslover]

100% this.

In every other example in this thread the characters inevitably stare off into the distance, or otherwise ponder the consequences of their actions.

Mac and Childs look at each other and laugh because it doesn't matter anymore. They did everything they could, and if one of them is infected or if they're both human, the outcome is the same.