So, this originally began with me focused on the statue at hand and had developed this
theory for me that I’ll be sure to go over at the end.
But I realized that that this statue alone notes for a video.
Information of the statue itself and an interpretation I’m going to mention goes to my friend Tales
and you should follow her at TalesofColor.
The statue itself is not David like many believe, but instead an amalgamation of the Michelangelo’s
slaves and the cover of Ronnie James Dio’s album, Holy Diver.
When I had came to this conclusion, I’m to be honest I was relatively late because
both Tales and Meti had figured this out earlier, so now it’s just about the meaning of the
statues and my take on what this amalgamation stands for.
For now, I’ll be referring to the statue here in the opening, later I’ll be approaching
what it should be in the end of it all.
Starting this off at the legs here which will be connecting to the Young Slave and the Dying
Slave.
The Young Slave was one of emergence, freeing itself from the stone that it’s bound to.
It’s the reason we see the knee further out and extremely defined while still bound.
Pushing itself forward while still being held by the back.
Then there’s the Dying Slave, but don’t take that definition too literal.
The statue itself doesn’t portray a person that’s dying, but instead someone of a deep
sleep.
Which would make it not a dying Slave, but a Sleeping Slave.
Contrasting the many other statues because this is slave isn’t one bound by the stone
itself, but the body.
The need to wake up from the prison it’s kept in because this soul is one that wants
to be free.
Now at the chest, I believe that this is the Awakening Slave.
A powerful sculpture that looks like it’s trying to rip itself right out of the marble.
You can life and pain from it, and in this case, it’s more so on the energy given because
of how it emerges.
On the face and arms around it, I feel that this is a take on the Dying Slave and Rebellious
Slave.
The Dying Slave being the Sleeping Slave, and the Rebellious Slave being one nearing
out, but is still strongly bound to the stone.
The statue in question looks like it’s nearing awaken, but it’s still fighting against
the chains of fate, so it can’t escape.
Because it’s known for a fact that you can’t escape from crossing fate.
Now on what this statue in specific represents.
Since we had seen the foot becoming human and how this pose is nearly identical as the
Volume 62, most likely this statue will be Giorno in the end of it all or in the end
of when we last see this opening if it’s ever subject to change.
I think the statue represents a slave fighting to be awake but is bound by the chains of
fate and weight of the sleep the keeps it in it’s body.
The chains themselves aren’t being the ones manipulated, but instead being the ones manipulating
the statue at hand.
You see this and how it connects over to the stand arrow right after the statue.
I feel that this statue is not only a representation of Giorno through Part 5, but a representation
of the group.
And once Giorno emerges from this statue, it’s because he’s the one Sleeping Slave
to wake up from being bound to this body.
I believe that once the statue fully turns into Giorno, the chains won’t wrap the same
way exactly, but instead in the way that it’s done in the Holy Diver album cover to where
now he’s the one wielding the chains of fate instead of being bound to them.
And instead of a face that looks like it’s fighting to stay awaken and straining itself
from trying to pull itself away from fate, we’re going to see Giorno in a confident
smile taking control of his life like on the Volume 62 cover.
There’s also the factor of Atlas and I believe that lays in the Sleeping Slaves interpretation
because fighting to wake up is nearing bearing the weight of the world because it’s a body
bound to earth when it’s your soul trying to escape.
If we see Giorno holding earth like in Volume 62, it’s because he’s now strong enough
to break past the sleep of the Dying Slave which leaves his soul as strong as Atlas.
Though that’s just my take on it.
There’re many ways to interpret it, and I don’t think we’re going to hear about
what it directly means because art is usually left up to the beholder, so everyone is free
to think on what they want to believe for it.
You can leave your thoughts on what you think of it, I’d love to see.
Thank you all for watching!
I know you all expect me to talk Black Sabbath since I mentioned doing a video on a previous
video, twitter, insta and all that, but I’ll be talking about it and Polpo when Episode
4 comes out.
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Hopefully, I’ll see you all in the next one.
Until then, peace out and God Speed.