wings

!! This will be a spoiler-heavy entry !! wings are present in many ways throughout the series but i think every time they show up theyre connected to gilbert somehow. However there are three types of wings (or ig winged creatures) that show up throughout kazeki: birds, angels, and butterflies

Birds i feel are present all throughout kazeki from beginning to end.. the central idea with birds is that gilbert wishes to be one so he can get away from situations where he feels stuck and trapped. mostly in the manga this is at lacombrode being represented as a cage Like that one scene in the ova where he looks longingly out the window bc hes thinking of auguste ok yea and then again when he runs to the gates bc auguste left and He didnt even know... i think this idea connects again to why he brings up to serge in vol 17 on why he wants to be a bird bc now dealing with forced prostitution and relying on drugs + as much as i love him Serge was kinda a dick atp but he didnt rlly know what was going on with gil ig now paris felt like his new cage Which is kinda interesting too bc paris had until gilserge became poor after running away served as a freeing place to him since he could connect to the arts and rlly the outside world, smth he couldnt do with auguste. 

theres also this one illust of auguste with bird wings as well and i think that connects to abuse In terms of like continuing the cycle and how deep down.... As a boy he was kinda maybe sorta like gilbert. Maybe. like that sounds stupid but LISTEN. Like auguste was also just a kid when his brother (right?? im like 99% it was his brother if not it was his father) raped him and. Well i dont rlly like to speak on it bc im not a victim of sexual abuse myself but my understanding is that auguste more or less took this as something normal. Um my last reread was a bit ago so i need to pay more attention for that scene. i think this spread onto gilbert a little bit too Maybe which Could? explain the moment like SUPER early on i think like vol 2 or 3 where he assaults karl or way later in paris arc with camille aka Worst moment in kazeki like i get it but if im reading bl i only wanna see boys suffering and in pain like 🙄🙄 also maybe interesting is that auguste's wings here are black which is like a crow, and crows are scavengers which prey on the weakest alive, literally dead animals. they dont rlly have to fight for food in the same way that maybe like. A bear would idk. unless theres a severe lack of dying animals lol. So the prey is like young gilbert when they met when he was 5. Wait what was i even trying to say help bro just typing shit

BUTTERFLIES!! ft One of my fav kazeki illustrations... gil's wings here look very intricate and the wings being translucent reminds of butterflies. ALso the fact gilserge being in a flower and butterflies being pollinators. i dont have a whole lot to say abt this one but there was a moment in the summer arc where he compares gil to a butterfly. i reference moments in the manga a lot but i never have the screenshots to back it up sorry ill get them on my next reread. My thoughts a butterfly's wings r much more delicate than a bird's and by this point serge i think understands gilbert a lot more that he was Basically never truly loved and isolated and mistreated his whole life bc by this point to is when i think serge took up much more on the 'protector' role Yea ok??

tbh for the angel one i can never rlly tell if theyre supposed to be bird or angel wings in the manga bc of the lack of color i always just kinda assume angel based on size and like Vibe... Ok bai im going to bed this will be finished at a later date