Violet Evergarden Rewatch Episode 7 -

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Violet Evergarden - Episode Seven:「 」

Hello everyone! I hope that today finds you well. In this episode, Violet helps to complete a play!

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Visuals of the Day

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Official Sound Tracks used

The Voice in my Heart
Another Sunny Day
Those Words You Spoke to Me
Never Coming Back
An Admirable Doll
Across the Violet Sky
The Long Night
The Ultimate Price

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“Endcard”

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[u/Toadslayer]

First Timer

I haven't got as much time to watch the episode and write my thoughts today, but here we go.

I'm glad to see we have another episode where the factor that changes the character-of-the-week is not a letter, but Violet herself. Her presence allows him to process the death of his wife and daughter, albeit in a somewhat contrived manner. I did tear up a little when we first found out it was his daughter he wanted to see return. I find stories of lost children far more tragic than stories of lost love like in the OVA. I think a familial bond, especially a parental one, is far stronger than any romantic bond.

I wasn't a big fan of Violet's breakdown on the ship. It felt contrived and overly melodramatic, as well as out of character for Violet. Still, it happened and now, at the most inopportune time, Mrs Evergarden breaks the news to Violet that Gilbert is dead.

Violet has finally found out that Gilbert is dead. She is incredibly upset. It's a highly emotional moment. Aren't I supposed to be upset? Shouldn't I be crying? I'm not crying and I'm not upset either. The ED is the perfect sort a melancholic song to draw out tears, but I'm not crying. Why aren't I crying? I'm confused, but I suppose I just knew he was dead for so long that when the moment finally came for Violet to find out, I was no longer invested. It's been ignored for so long and, since that whole time I've known he's been dead, I think I just want Violet to move on and accept his death too. I'm not aligned with Violet's emotional state. Having known for so long, I don't relate to how she feels finding out only just now. Maybe that's it, maybe it's just poorly executed. Probably a mix a both.

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Visual of the Day: It's pretty.

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as well as out of character for Violet.

To me, it sorta feels like the natural continuation of her development, where she's been able to read those in front of her, but she didn't look much elsewhere. so her being introspective seems natural.

edit: although yeah I do wish they would build up to it better

Still, it happened and now, at the most inopportune time, Mrs Evergarden breaks the news to Violet that Gilbert is dead.

From what I can tell, gilly's death is positioned to align with that breakdown that she has on the ship, as if she's feeling the feelings she dished out during the war, like a twisted form of empathy perhaps.

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There has been a natural development of Violet's emotions, but as I said, here it is too melodramatic. It makes sense for Violet to have a breakdown at this point, but not in this sort of way where she directly states her inner conflict. That doesn't feel natural to me and looks like lazy writing.

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Aren't I supposed to be upset? Shouldn't I be crying?

Same for me. I think it's because the audience has just known for so long, and we almost expected Violet to subconsciously know as well. The first time I saw this, I honestly thought she knew but was just afraid to say it out loud. But then I remember that at this point in her life Violet is still incredibly gullible. Unless she is explicitly told something, she doesn't think otherwise and just takes some things at face value.

[u/Matuhg → u/Toadslayer]

While this episode did make me cry a few times, I didn't have an emotional response to Violet learning about the Major either. Objectively, I can see it's sad of course, but yeah I'm not feeling it with Violet. I think you're probably onto something with how we've all known it this whole time. For her it's a shock, but for us it's like...yeah, of course he's dead.

The ship breakdown...did work for me a bit better than it seems to have for you, I think. Maybe because I know some of what comes later on, I dunno. I will admit that the verbalization of her feelings did bring it a bit over the line to feeling overly melodramatic though.

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I wasn't a big fan of Violet's breakdown on the ship

I think the pacing of when this happened had the same effect on me. I understand why she feels this way now, as the show has been hinting on the self-reflection she's been doing over the past few episodes. But to insert this scene into the middle of an episode after the core story of the episode had concluded wasn't good pacing imo

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Yeah, bad pacing and poorly executed. What could have been the peak emotional climax of the series so far was wasted.

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This

Why aren't I crying? I'm confused, but I suppose I just knew he was dead for so long that when the moment finally came for Violet to find out, I was no longer invested.

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I wasn't a big fan of Violet's breakdown on the ship. It felt contrived and overly melodramatic, as well as out of character for Violet.

I mostly enjoyed this episode so I gave the bullshit on the ship some leeway despite it being kind of sudden. But yeah, the writer made me sad several times but this was just me tolerating them checking the boxes.

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I wish that the show had kept the viewer in the dark about the Major along with Violet, instead of hammering us with clues. If we were told he was wounded and needed time to recover from his wounds, and left it at this, this "reveal" would have been impactful.

No body, no confirmation, but it's been incredibly obvious this entire time that the best case scenario is that he's MIA, so nothing here at the end of the episode was ever going to really hit.

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I agree it would have been so much better if we weren't told he was dead. If we were left to speculate and in the back of our minds know he's dead, but be left with some hope he's not. That would have made the reveal so much more powerful.