a quick analysis! 

the theme that immediately resonated with me was pain, which shows in the red lights + matt’s cut finger (his gay awakening) + his struggle with his sexuality. when shen gives him the knife and tells him to take control of his own skin, followed by matt carving his chest in the void realm, i interpreted this as matt releasing his pain in a way that mirrors and perhaps replaces the act of sex: blood drips onto…

booty shorts with “this is a very weird situation. i don’t know if you remember, but back in ‘86 there was a major fucking drought. nobody had anything. people were living on resin, smoking the wood in their pipes for months. and this chick had a bunch, and she’s begging me to sell it. so i told her i wasn’t gonna be joe the pot man anymore, but i would take a little bit and sell it to my close,…