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Mercy is The Witch or at least A Witch

posted 2 years ago by blinkingbat (5)
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This whole movie is about the making of "the witch" and you can see it from a mile away . . . at that was the bate and switch.

Mercy and possibly her brother Jonas are witches . . . or witch and warlock.

Consider:

Mercy admits to talking with Black Phillip when she is in kid jail with Thomasin.

She straight up says it! In the scene by the brook she strait up says, "I am the witch of the wood". This iss supposed to be a foreshadowing scene for Thomasin (and it is) but it was for Mercy as well as both are witches.

If you listen to the annoying song that Jonas and Mercy sing it states that "we are your servants" and that Black Phillip was the Lion that was in the den with Daniel in the biblical story a.k.a. Satan. Mercy knew Black Phillip was Satan but chose to serve him anyway.

Even though the movie is entitled "The Witch" there are multiple witches at the end. There is no reason why Mercy cannot be a witch too.

[–] pazuzu9 (384) 2 years ago

You're right. Also, Thomasin doesn't seem to have been a Witch until the end.

[–] Druff (1796) 22 days ago

1. It wasn't for nothing that the movie went out of its way to point out that Thomasin had recently hit puberty and was biologically a young woman. Witches are traditionally very tied to sexuality. They're literally supposed to "fuck the Devil" as part of their rites. Mercy and Jonas are obviously under BP's influence, but they're too young to be witches.

2. Mercy was genuinely terrified of Thomasin being a witch. It's not like she was putting on an act to fool the rest of the family, she was terrified of Thomasin when it was just the two of them in private. That would make absolutely zero sense if Mercy was also a witch.

3. Their song says Black Phillip EATS "the lions of the lions den." Not ~is~ the lion. The lions in the book of Daniel symbolize the nations of earth that will become the enemies of Israel and the Messiah (e.g. Jesus Christ) will defeat them all. The song obviously contains hints to the movie's story, but the lyric about the lion specifically is a red herring.

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