It's been a tiddle and I have a current theme and a half.
First, current theme. An ongoing character trait of Ibrahim is that even in a given moment he can be loftily dismissive, mean spirited, sarcastic, cruel, and even downright not an all around good guy (and he's not) but he is, at his core (for now, at any rate) fully enthused by his immortality, freedom, and wealth. Basically, he has the carefree nature of someone, well, free of care. Further, he is confused (but not surprised) that so many of his fellow Empyreans do not share this constant feeling of ultimate fortune (and this might be [probably is] a symptom of his lack of global (but not situational) empathy, sympathy, or guilt (arguably in the manner that Westerners ignore the plight of the countless millions and billions that make our comparatively serene lifestyle possible and affordable [I am not making this political; I just got to this point in the paragraph and realized it's a good analogy plus I am paid by the comma, parenthesis, and bracket] hundreds and thousands and millions of deaths stack up for the typical Capsuleer and most of us treat it on a scale between Inconsequential and Necessary; very few wrestle with it, nobody I can think of is actually paralyzed with horror at what we all do almost daily [a standard mission is a Holocaust; a capital fight an extinction event, a nullwar is Exterminatus).
Back to the song and Ibrahim just chilling through it all like an iced Irish Coffee! This song actually mirrors more or less the previous song (also
Panic! At the Disco, sue me, I know what I like) except now he's of the opinion that he's not looking for a change ("New Perspective") but thinks he's settling into the Gold Standard of what he wants his Now to be. (Semi) Big Guy to quiet employee free of responsibility (unless Makoto cracks a whip and changes the WiFi password). He feels like he's starting to really, really understand what having it all means.
Holy Maker, did that get away from me.
"(Fuck A)Silver Lining"P.S.
This following song isn't a theme but has struck me for two reasons. Reason one, clearly some Ibrahim trademarks are being infringed upon. Bald villain with a gold nose covering? Just put the monocle on and be done with it. Reason the second, among many themes that the song explores one seems to be the potential incompatibility with love and and absolutists political opinion/ambition of domination/ability to press death rays when push comes to shove, what have you.
Ibrahim is a real multi-culturalist/multi-nationalist. This probably comes from a lack of conviction and a flexible morality plus I like to think he can set aside nation, faith (insofar as he has it), rank, culture, even the need to be shown respect if it means getting along with someone and having a drink or a nice chat. I think that's evident in the interactions of the character across traditional no-go lines. I suppose peace isn't made with friends and arms deals are made with anybody.
"Genghis Khan"This concludes the essay.
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