The fourth episode of "what if...?" can be said to be a very high-quality episode. Marvel has tried a different DC dark style, and has a stunning dark ending. Aside from the plot, the fighting in this episode The picture is also unique in artistic style.
But this episode is really consecrated, I think it is about the thinking of "letting go" and the shaping of the characters.
What would have happened if Dr. Strange didn't lose his hands, but lost a loved one?
Doctor Strange still embarked on the path of cultivation, received the enlightenment of the ancient master, mastered the time gem, defeated Dormammu, and became the supreme mage. On the night of the second anniversary of his girlfriend's death, Doctor Strange uses the Time Stone to travel back to the night of the car accident.
Doctor Strange tried every means, not going to the party, not meeting her, and even letting himself sit in the co-pilot, so that he was the one who died, but he still couldn't save his girlfriend's death.
Gu Yi eventually tells Dr. Christine's death an absolute point that cannot be changed. The doctor still couldn't let go of the obsession in his heart and became a blackened doctor, annihilating with the whole world.
Is Doctor Strange really a simple blackening? It is not difficult to see that what Dr. Heihua has always had in his heart is kindness, otherwise he would not have said "Dormammu, I've come to bargain." over and over again, and he suffered a lot just to protect the earth. He spent years absorbing dark powers just to bring back his girlfriend. The goodwill in the doctor's heart has not been extinguished, but the obsession has gradually broken his heart, allowing the goodwill to devour himself.
It can be seen that it is not a good thing to always adhere to the obsession in our hearts. Even those people and things that make us cherish our memory, the more important thing is to learn to let go. Cheng Xin in "Three-Body Problem" has great love, but twice pushed mankind into crisis. Like Dr. Heihua, Cheng Xin had no understanding of "letting go". We also thought that good things should be persisted, but we never thought about letting go.
Letting go does not mean giving up, nor does it mean selfishness and numbness. Letting go allows us to put aside our concerns and pursue a new self. There are too many beautiful and meaningful things, and human life is too short. In the face of those regrettable but incomparably important things, no one asks us to live in guilt. Letting go of the inner torment is not to escape, but to face the depths of the world. The comprehension of this is a relief that can still smile despite the hardships, rain and snow. Sometimes, learning to let go, rather than holding on blindly, is the sign of a wise man.
The philosophical movie "When the Monster Knocks on the Door" also narrates this theme, although I don't fully understand the movie, I think the tree demon in the movie is all about the obsession in the heart, it may mean a lot to us, but we still Need to let go, the little boy in the movie is facing the death of his mother, he chose to let go on the cliff, maybe this is what his mother wants him to do, because in his mother's drawing book, he also saw the tree demon, which It shows that the mother also encountered the tree demon, and she also learned to let go. In the end, the tree demon is no longer a monster in her eyes, and they live in harmony with each other.
Dr. Blackening is not malicious, but the good thoughts that he can't put down in his heart have turned into evil. On the contrary, with a rational attitude, do not let memories become a burden, but become a beautiful moment in the past, and learning to let go is the highest consciousness.
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