Cotag actually breaks my fucking heart knowing the reality of their relationship and the fact that they could never be able to truly love each other.
1. Their workplace literally steals their fucking mind, body, and soul so they can just become machines that don’t think of or take interest in anything else.
2. It’s the 1970s and they’re both guys; being gay wasn’t allowed anywhere back then.
[Full analysis under the cut + Spoilers]
[Keep in mind some of this is my own interpretations, but it still goes off canon)
Normal Guy literally tells Protag this when he tells him that Coworker was a great help and they got along well.
He gets frustrated by this fact and worries that Coworker is a distraction for Protag. He doesn’t want them to form a relationship of any kind because it would distract them from their work. Immediately after Normal Guy tells him that, he goes on to ask this:
Maybe I’m reaching right now because this question comes up no matter what, but for this it’s important. There’s multiple reasons and aspects as to why he asked this question, but one of them could be the fact that if Protag did feel anything around Coworker, then Normal Guy would know. It’s hard to explain, but think about a racing heart for example. People’s heart rate increases when they’ve infatuated by somebody, and when they see that person do even the tiniest things it makes them flustered. If they become nervous around that person, their breathing may become weird; which is why it brings us to this question. If Normal Guy finds an abnormality in Protag’s body that would prevent him from working, he would wanna know the reason, and if that reason is Coworker, then it pushes him to think their relationship is even more of a distraction to the both of them.
Normal Guy wants all his employees to dedicate their entire lives to the company. He doesn’t want them forming any sort of relationship that’s not entirely business related. If Protag’s heart is in something else, then that would create a multitude of problems. Not even his organs belong to him anymore, so neither of them even get the option to be together fully.
I think it’s also important to note that if you do choose the option to tell Normal Guy that Protag and Coworker did get along, this can lead you to get the bad ending where he literally erases Protag’s entire identity and makes him a different person. It’s wrong for them to be together no matter the circumstance, and their entire lives would be erased, along with their original relationship.
However, if the company did allow them to have a full on relationship, it wouldn’t have worked anyways. They’d be a gay couple in the 1970s, and homophobia was not only rampant back then but it was illegal. People would get arrested, sent to conversion therapy, or even lobotomized for being homosexual.
I’ve been wanting to talk about this for a LONG time, and this is also what pushed me to write “I wish you were born a girl” (yes hi I’m destroymeiloveyou on ao3 I’m exposing my identity for a moment here and if you don’t know wtf I’m talking about then ignore this).
They could be together in private theoretically, but with them being gay and also working at a company that doesn’t even want their employees to have a life outside of work, it’d be near impossible. Both of them would be at a constant risk of losing everything. Although, they already have given up so much for their work, would it even be worth it?
Coworker is already a closeted person with his feelings and such. He puts up a narcissistic front because of how insecure he is. His title means everything to him because he doesn’t have much else. It gives him a sense of security, and he wants somebody else to recognize that because he wants to feel loved. That’s a whole other analysis for later, but taking this into account with everything else, would he be willing to give up the little that he has to give him security for a relationship that was doomed from the beginning?
With how desperate he tries to impress others (especially Protag), and how attached he is to his title as well as his nepotism, his life being turned upside down just like that would be a nightmare. Everybody would turn against him, and no longer would he be the star employee at the company. In reality, he would be just as in denial about his feelings as Protag would be.
Also. ALSO!!! Speaking of Protag, it is heavily implied and agreed upon that Protag has religious trauma because of floor 4. If he did grow up in a strict, christian household, he would definitely have internalized homophobia.
The sight of a cross makes him nervous, meaning he’s probably no longer christian, but it has left a longterm effect on him.
This means that despite how he left his christian past behind, the things he was taught as a kid has never left him.
If his parents wanted him to be a “good kid” and follow God, I think they would’ve taught him that homosexuality is a sin. That’s one of the lessons that have also never left him, and he still stands by it even if hiding his identity makes him miserable.
Although, no matter how hard he tries, it’ll be obvious his heart will never be in the company or christian values. He’s gonna end up hurt and hurting whether he hides his feelings or not, which is just as tragic. He’d feel terrible once he recognizes how he feels about Coworker and I don’t think he’d ever confess. Protag would just suppress his feelings and they would both suffer silently.
If either of them did end up confessing, they still wouldn’t ever be able to truly get together anyways.
So, cotag could be in love, but they would never actually be able to be romantically together or express their feelings at all. They can do the littlest acts, like spending time with each other on breaks, but it’ll never be enough.
It’s not even right person, wrong time; it’s wrong person, wrong time.
I would write WAY more and I’ll probably yap about this later too because I’ve been keeping this to myself for so long, but I have to cut this short for now.
I probably sound like matpat right now with how im reaching with some of this stuff but I don’t care I need everybody to suffer along with me LMFAOO
I hope you enjoyed this and expect way more soon once I have the time because I also wanna write a notag analysis (although it will be just as tragic) and also write analyses on the songs in my cotag playlist
I would add a funny image here but I’ve reached the limit. Anyways if you have any questions PLEASE let me know I love yapping about my cotag interpretations and theories
shazam but everytime billy says his magical word his transformation scene plays out like a magical girl transformation with the background music and everything its usually really quick too but everyone in the vicinity can hear a very sped up toon of billy transforming and they think " oh! captain marvels here! " like its the ice cream truck but they never seem to notice the quick jingle that plays when billy detransforms
(but you’ll make the same old mistakes)
New person, same old mistakes — Tame Impala (my goat)
Billy can see who the descendants of past Champions are. This opened up a new world for him.
Past Champion: Billy! My great-great(×10)-granddaughter is there!
Billy turns his head and sees a little old lady crossing the street.
Past Champion: Go help her!
Billy helps her home while listening to stories about her grandchildren. Past Champion chirps happily while the others grumble.
Then Billy joins the League. He holds back a surprised yelp when he sees the aura around Barry, Victor, and freaking Bruce Wayne!! The Champions scream like little girls when they see their descendant defeat a villain.
Bruce's Grandfather: Look at my grandson! He took them all!!
Barry's Grandfather: No, look at my grandson! He's faster than anyone!
Victor's Grandfather: I know my grandson is better than all of you idiots.
Bruce's Grandfather: Now I know who he takes after.
And it's constant. Day and night, the Champions in Billy's head tell him about their grandchildren. Billy is honestly tired of it. Moreover, the Champions' memories have slowly penetrated his memory, so he sometimes begins to confuse the past with the present.
Marvel: *looks very closely at the puzzle that will open a portal to the world of chocolate bunnies*
Batman: Are you going to look at this for long?
Marvel: *waves it off* Borkut, daddy's busy, go play with your brothers.
Batman: *blinks in shock and looks at Captain* But...
Marvel: Dad's working, I promise to take you to Aunt Hestia tomorrow. Let me work, son.
Batman: *steps aside*
Marvel: *nods in satisfaction*
Also, the memories bring up emotions that Billy can't hide.
Marvel: *looks out the window at Earth with a sad expression*
Superman: Marvel? Is everything okay?
Marvel: *has a memory in his head of when one of the past Champions was married to a very powerful sorceress. They often flew around the Earth. The wife looked very beautiful in the rays of the sun*
Marvel: I think I miss my wife.
Clark doesn't know how to react to this statement. Did Marvel have a wife? Was he married? Clark didn't know what to say to Marvel at that moment, so he just stood there in silent support.
Billy ended up becoming more of a parental figure to some of the heroes.
One day, Zatanna walks into the Watchtower and sees Marvel.
Zatanna: G-g-grandpa?!
Marvel: Zatanna! *hugs her and starts spinning her* Grandpa missed you! Oh my god! You have your grandma's eyes!
The League was on the sidelines, picking up their jaws.
do you think if billy were to babysit babies/watch over them for overworked parents, probably to get some money and they were to watch movies. do you think they would watch some sort of movie that was/is matilda the musical and like.
you know that part of the movie where theres a line called "my mommy says im a miracle!" what if billy would giggle at that line and call the babies hes babysitting a little miracle if the baby were to babble (like,, billy: "Yeah! That's you!! A little miracle :DD") as they both watch it on the tv. and like what if this becomes a habit. because 'a little miracle' is a kinda phrase that sticks to you
and this carries over to captain marvel. and when, for whatever reason, one of the jl or yj members ask what they are to captain marvel he's like
"a little miracle, why? :D"
and that the person whose asking is like. "oh!" because wow thats. wow they have never heard someone say that with such genuineness before. especially one they see as a sorta. father figure thing
and like. they mightve ended up tearing up a little tiny bit afterwards maybe
NEED there to be like, a party or something after an alien invasion and like someone brought alcohol to the watchtower and like usually captain marvel doesn't drink because ??? billy's like 10 alcohol tastes like absolute chicken butt to him but Zeus is like " drink drink drink " and the other gods(minus Solomon,, someone has to be the rational one there) join in and go " DRINK DRINK DRINK !!! " like they cheering for the Olympus world cup
and captain is like " eh ok sure " and decides to see how much alcohol he could drink in the span of 2 minutes or less. and so that spirals into almost every member of the Justice League witnessing THE Boy Scout™️—that no one has EVER saw drink a drop of wine—chugging down each glass like it's no tomorrow,,, and it's kinda impressive..
of course. captain stops (only because he didn't want to finish it all,,, plus the alcohol he just drank doesn't even taste like the rum from the 1950s,, so, even if it doesn't taste like chicken butt it still doesn't taste great either) but like hey at least the gods were having a blast!!! (they were a bit bummed captain had to stop though) (solomon felt like he could actually breath again after that)
and the jl??? respect the ever living shit out of him because god fucking damn captain marvel just walked off and continued whatever he was doing afterwards like he didn't just chug down fifty glasses of booze,, (he just doesn't have a liver or kidney to damage nor mind to get drunk off LMAOO)
and then they were like . huh. How much liquor can cap hold??? so they all get a bit curious .. and try to see how many more shots could he take ,,, and then it somehow just spirals into a long, nasty competition, one person just straight up bringing a barrel of rum for captain to try
and marvel?? he finds it kinda funny. the alcohol doesn't really affect him anyways and if he just turns off his taste buds he can pretend it's water most of the time. plus a good past time if there's nothing to do. but he does like giving out his thanks and reviews on the taste of it most times
,, and maybe the utmost eagerness that shows in Captain Marvel's face whenever a member wants him to try a very VERY strong concoction full of alcohol that'd probably kill a horse if a sip was taken by a normal civilian and how sincere he is on the way he pats their heads and gives out actual advice on how to improve it (thank you Solomon) was KINDA nice. just a tad bit nice.
oh who's pretending at this point, the competition at the end of the day just waters down into how many drinks??gifts??? the line blurs to a certain point ,, they could give to marvel and to see how many compliments they could get from marvel. they all know at this point that the drinks can't really affect him anyways. plus plus!!! captain would give the extra rum leftover into a tiny-ish water bottle made of magic and brings it with him everywhere, strapped to his waist like fanny pack. no one questions this. we love you capdad
(most of the gods living rent free in cm's head fucking cheer when one day billy gets gifted booze that could affect the gods)
gekkan shoujo uriel-chan doing what she does best!!!
(based on the tomoda!!! scene from gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun)
Based on this post
been having horrible coughs lately so I hereby think that if billy was sick and it carried over to captain marvel and he REALLY needed to cough but he can't because he's doing something important/doesn't want to bother anyone maybe. but the moment he's out of there he tumbles onto the nearest solid ground and lays on his side letting out the most gut-throat scrapping, tears jerking ass coughs ever and it wouldn't really hurt in his cm form but he still feels the pain so deep in bros heart. the gods pats him on the back and give them their condolences (which consist of "damn bro", "just get better", and "honey lemon is good for the throat .. you also need more medicine, and a—")
tawky tawny taking care of sick billy though ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ freddy and mary sitting next to billy whose bedridden and talking about whatever foes were causing issues because they were filling in for cm and honestly talking about everything and nothing at all☹️☹️☹️ it's. either billy goes through this sickness alone or theu ALL getting it. and you know what they're gonna pick heart emoji
but like. Theres also like a 53% chance that everyone will probably catch that magical ass disease. and if this caused captain marvel to sigh and whip up a hella good soup. oh welll
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