Talk:Uta/@comment-10733658-20180429205723/@comment-10733658-20180430222144

^ The Clowns are still people, in spite of being presented as All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

I've seen a couple of interesting metas discussing the relationship between the 4th Ward trio, and how things are currently playing out. The biggest thing I took away from each one was how Itori and Uta have kind of.....put Yomo on this pedestal, in many ways. They both describe him as "warm", in comparison to the "lonely" and "cold" existence they have been living. They describe his honesty as the only thing they can trust/believe in. He's the one out of the three of them that managed to leave that empty life behind, and find a true purpose in life.

He's always kind of held Uta and Itori at arms' length, as well. Admitting that they've known each other forever, but never acknowledging them as his friends and kind of being constantly-embarrassed by them both.

And here Yomo acknowledged Uta, calling him his friend and making it clear he doesn't want to fight him. We've never actually seen him acknowledge Uta that way before, in the series. It was always kind of "eh these two won't go away/leave me alone" or being the long-suffering Straight Man in their group.

At the root of the Clowns' pathos is them all discussing their loneliness and their emptiness, their feeling that nothing matters. That they have to laugh at everything, to avoid going insane.

I mean, Uta has a visible reaction to Yomo's words. Then we have him laughing hysterically and going wild, trying to eat him.

I think those three have kind of been dancing around each other all these years, with the whole "I don't understand you" going on. They've been avoiding really saying the things that needed saying, and now is the perfect opportunity.