I would suggest reviewing my 14.06 tag for related discussions tagged #meta. There’s a wealth of foils, design choices and episodical intertext going on that are too interlaced to answer a straight “yes” or “no” fairly and I try not to make posts that will broad-brush be misunderstood. I would air on the side of “yes.”
Here’s a few links to connect major, huge points I’ve taken as part-1 takeaways before a rewatch:
But I’ve also reblogged a good deal of similar content from people with very similar and borderline identical take-aways.
I just know this fandom tends to think in black-and-white and, as if on point with some of our set design to that, there’s a whole assed image that needs color filled in, with hopefully more than blindly seeing red.
i love how your response is so smart and dignified and i’m over, giggling like a 12 year old over roosters