Talk:Lightbulb/@comment-31748071-20180313125743/@comment-36116492-20180824120242

Super late, but prepare for a long analysis about one sentence!

First of all, we need to understand the episode (I’m basing this off of an analysis I read a while back on Tumblr about Alternate Reality Show.).

S2 E12 mainly focused on Lightbulb’s mindset. Throughout the series, she’s believed that everyone should be like minded to avoid conflicts. That’s why she got so hurt in the beginning. That’s why she accepted the Infinity Timeline. It was because it was exactly what she envisioned. No conflicts. Just everyone getting together and having fun.

Of course by the end, she realised that’s not how relationships work and was able to truly understand what it’s like to be friends.

Why is this important? Well, let’s talk about Baxter for a bit.

Baxter was introduced as a random crab Lightbulb found. Kinda like a lovable little buddy.

But if you look closely, Baxter is like her happy place. Her comfort. He brought her joy and can be seen when she’s sad. Think of Baxter as something like Knife’s Dora doll. Baxter has the ability to transport Lightbulb away from reality to her happy place.

At the very end, Lightbulb says the quote to Paintbrush and gives Baxter to them. ‘If you’re ever feeling like you’re at the bottom of the ocean,’ basically means ‘If you ever feel sad,’. ‘just look at this crab, because that’s where he lived’ really says something about her whole experience.

It’s been shown that Lightbulb runs away from her problems instead of solving them. She’d bring out Baxter and use him to escape to her happy place. In the end, she realises that she should learn to deal with her problems herself instead of running away.

Talking with Paintbrush also made her realise Paintbrush also has problems but different ones. Since Lightbulb can’t be there for them, she decided to give Baxter away because he always cheered her up. It’s her chance to help someone else and to help herself.

Woah, I brought out my inner Fan while typing this. Sorry to anyone scrolling D: