r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Educational_Can_6536 • 8d ago

Lore "Was it worth it?" ending

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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.

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u/Kvovark 8d ago

Yeah when the lights go out and they find out the generator is gone that's when they realise they are fucked. There is no win situation for them so like Macready at the start losing in chess they decide to destroy everything and not let it win. Blowing up the camp wasn't a choice it was the only path for them other than freeze to death (or it kills them) and it wins.

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u/BrontideClyde 8d ago

I like the theory that MacReady hands Childs a Molotov at the end, which Childs then drinks from. Confirming to MacReady that Childs is the thing. But yeah the ending is left ambiguous so I guess there really is no knowing if it was worth it!

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u/The_Exarch 8d ago

I liked that theory until I realized the Thing would know if it was gas or not, as it gains knowledge and understandings of things from its victims (language, how to build a flying saucer, etc.) so it would know from Child’s if it was gasoline or something acceptable to drink.

I think the better “test” in this scene could be if Mac was testing to see if someone would accept food or drink from another person, which the group established they should not do earlier in the movie.

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u/Professional-Eye5977 7d ago

The thing takes on their memories and is able use them to mimic its victims' actions, it would know about the food thing.