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Perez make it clear to everyone
Perez: Mbappe is the best player in the world and Real Madrid currently
Vinícius is (one of) the greatest players Real Madrid has
Did the message get through people head ?
this is to vini his fans and his entourage nothing cam more be said
Florentino: "Mbappé is the best player in the world and logically our best player, he scores too many goals, maybe the problem is with those who are scoring few goals"
its sad to see causes like Palestine or Sudan or Congo turn into sensations
What feels dystopian today is how human suffering has been turned into something people consume like entertainment or team sports. Supporting Palestine, Congo, or any other cause often starts to look less like solidarity and more like supporting a football club people pick sides, defend them emotionally, and attack anyone who doesn’t perform support in the “correct” way.
At the same time, influencers spend hours on livestreams and Twitter Spaces debating tragedies as if the audience is watching a historic spectacle, like the moon landing. People constantly ask whether their favorite musician, actor, or influencer has spoken about a conflict, as if moral legitimacy now depends on public statements from celebrities. “Why didn’t he say anything?” becomes more important than asking whether anything meaningful is actually changing.
The problem is that this feeds the wrong human instincts. It creates outrage, tribalism, and emotional exhaustion more than real action. Instead of empowering people getting them more aware of there own ability to change the current statue, it often leaves them feeling even more hopeless . We are living in a stage of capitalism where attention itself has become a product, and even activism gets absorbed into performance, branding, and algorithms.
Meanwhile, people are increasingly trapped in cycles of depression, distraction, and passivity in life. We know the systems causing exploitation, war, and suffering, yet we continue feeding them every day because modern life is built around consumption and desire.
The uncomfortable truth is that stopping many of these systems sounds simple in theory. If nobody worked for weapons manufacturers, fewer weapons would be produced. If people stopped buying every new iPhone, the demand for exploitative mineral extraction would decrease. If society stopped feeding endless fast-fashion consumption, child labor and sweatshop exploitation in places like Bangladesh would lose their economic engine.
But it’s easier said than done. Human beings are driven by comfort, desire, status, survival, and habit. Most people are trapped inside systems they did not create and can barely escape and the 1% enjoy. That’s what makes it feel dystopian: we recognize the machine, criticize the machine, even many profit from criticizing the machine yet we continue feeding the beast every day.
real madrid after they try to take mbappe on the place to play El Classico
vini renewal dillema
Imagine you want to repaint your house. Your neighbor is a blue-collar worker who can do the job. He is good at it too. But when it comes to your own house you did buy very expensive paint and you decide to hire someone with a bigger reputation.
The problem is your neighbor is not just some random worker. He is your friend . You been to his apartment to watch real madrid games , met his wife and kids, your children go to school together, and there mutual empathy. You don’t want him feeling rejected just because you chose somebody else to paint your house.
And this happens all the time in real life. People mix friendship with business, then regret it later. Sometimes the work is not good people fight relationship end with it.
Now imagine your neighbor smells fresh paint while walking to his door and realizes somebody else got the job.
That’s basically what happen between Perez and vini. Perez want Mbappe he is simply bigger.Not just as a footballer, but as a global brand, highly marketable , an icon. Mbappe is already the face of football before wearing a Real Madrid shirt. His image was global at PSG and with France. He built superstar status without needing Madrid brand. and wining champions league with us will eclipse vini status here that the harsh truth.
That’s the difference. Vini became a superstar inside the Real Madrid football club. The club spotlight amplified his image, like it does for almost every star that play for the club. Real Madrid has that aura.
Mbappe arrived already carrying his own weight by himself that why he got 120M bonus.
He didn’t need the Real Madrid badge to become the biggest name in football conversations worldwide. Madrid wanted him because players like that are a rare commodity and no club in there right mind would said no.
And that creates problems for perez
because How do you tell Vini that he is important to the team while also making it clear that he is not the face of the club and was never capable of pulling it off, or deserve that type of money mbappe got.
Because mbappe arrival the hierarchy automatically. shifted now mbappe took penalties, That’s how Real Madrid has always act. The club always leans toward the player with the biggest global gravity and make him the face of the club . that how all of you become madrid fans its didn't happen because of passion you gravitate toward the club because of the names, and the bigger the name the bigger crowd you can attract.
So Pérez is trying to handle the football version of hiring another painter for his house without offending vini.
The characters in From aren’t chosen randomly, and it’s not just about reincarnation. They’re all connected by lineage they are literally "from" this town, just like the title suggests. nobody trapped in this town randomly they all being called to the town, At some point in the past, people leave the town and move to other places in the USA, but the curse didn’t end there. It followed them. Now, their descendants Boyd, Miranda, Tabitha, Jade, and even their children are being drawn back.
there is one rule in horror mystery stories curses can continue through time and decedent can stay bounded and binded and carries memories and the weight of whatever happen but also carry the power to end it, its scary concept but its what make horror stories attractive for many
even if families leave the town forever at certain point, maybe they seek new job whatever the reason force them to leave, The curse is carried by the decedent no matter where they are no matter which time they live it the curse is inherited, the curse could have different origins, depending on how the story unfolds. One possibility is that the original townspeople committed something terrible, like attempting to sacrifice children's in a ritual. and now there lineage is cursed forever, Another scenario is that they were trying to fight or contain an evil force but failed, and in doing so, they ended up corrupting or dooming their own bloodlines.
As for the Man in Yellow, he could be a direct result of whatever happened back then. Maybe he was once a child from the town who became corrupted or possessed by an evil entity at a young age. It’s possible he killed his own parents and transformed into something immortal. Now, he’s no longer human he’s an entity that can take different forms, fully aware of the people trapped in the town and their lineage. He seems to find jot in their suffering.
the keys to get out of the town is to solve the origin curse something is maybe down in the tunnel system, and maybe why the man in yellow said your wife shouldn't dig that hole Jim.
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and I want to throw out a theory that flips one of the most common horror ideas that children are always innocent victims. What if in From, the children are actually at the center of everything? Not because they’re evil by nature, but because they’re the ones being targeted and manipulated.
This idea really came together for me after watching Sinister, where the kids are the ones influenced by the entity to kill their parents. It’s a darker twist on the usual trope, and I think From might be doing something similar, just in a more subtle and psychological way.
There’s a moment in the show where one of the monsters says, “Sorry, I didn’t choose to be like this,” and that line feels like a huge clue. It suggests the monsters weren’t always what they are now, which raises a big question: what if the story about parents sacrificing their children isn’t true at all? What if it’s just a manipulation created by the entity?
If that’s the case, then the children aren’t the victims of the town they’re the focus of it.
Kids like Ethan stand out because they don’t react like adults do. Instead, they seem almost in sync with the place:
- He adapts quickly
- He understands things instinctively
- He feels unusually comfortable in a place that terrifies everyone else
- he got the lake of tears which granted by the entity
- he still can see his dad despite being dead
That doesn’t feel random. It feels like the entity is making the environment feel safe for him, possibly to gain his trust over time.
And when you really look at the town, it doesn’t feel like a normal place at all. It feels constructed almost like something out of a child’s imagination. Think about it:
- Electricity works without wires
- Food appears without a clear source
- The atmosphere feels dreamlike, almost like a lullaby
- Objects and spaces feel symbolic rather than realistic
All of this points to the idea that the world itself might be shaped through a child’s mind.
So here’s my full theory: the entity originally targeted children because they’re easier to influence. It built trust by granting small wishes or creating a world that feels familiar and safe. Over time, the children were drawn deeper into its control and may have even helped free or strengthen it without realizing what they were doing.
Meanwhile, the parents likely saw what was happening and tried to stop it but failed. And instead of sacrificing their children, they may have lost them… and paid the price for it.
That could mean:
- The monsters were once the parents
- the picture of the 7 kids could literally show the ritual for some reasons parent aren't there
- They were transformed against their will
- That line about “not choosing this” is literal, not metaphorical
Which makes the whole situation a lot more tragic than it first appears.
Victor adds another layer to this. His drawings might not just be memories, but attempts to rebuild a normal world from fragments. The roles he draws a sheriff, a priest, a doctor etc, is a functioning town feel like a child trying to recreate structure and meaning because he is alone in this place. If the entity uses children to shape reality, then Victor might have unknowingly influenced what the town became, and draw new victims in .
And if all of this is true, then the scariest part is that it’s not over. The cycle could still be happening, with new children being influenced the same way.
- The entity is still active
- It may still be targeting kids
- Someone like Ethan could be the next piece
Which means the real danger in From isn’t just the monsters outside at night it’s the slow, hidden manipulation happening underneath everything.
I might be completely off, but the more I think about it, the more it feels like the show is quietly building toward something like this. Curious if anyone else sees the same pattern or has a different take.