A red and green sweater.

[dontcallmejesus]

I was wondering, what does the red and green sweater have anything to do with aliens? Does it represent the alien containing humanistic characteristics? Do the colors red and green specifically represent anything? And why is it an alien? Why couldn't it be a donkey or something

Comments

[zims_nocturne]

XD "Does being connected keep him warm"

I'm glad I'm not the only person here who isn't very philisophical.

[dontcallmejesus]

Hey, I'm still trying!

[ex_karldorn917]

I am fairly certain that there are several "themes" within Lain (and that one of the reasons it has achieved its popularity is that people then argue about which one is the true theme... as if there were only one!!!)... but... I am fairly certain that not EVERYTHING in the series is a part of the main themes. I have watched Lain from start to end about 19 or so times, and I have to say that a lot of the things in it are just cannon fodder.

[a_grilled_fish]

I think the red and green sweaters represent a clash between blood and nature. The true nature of nature is bloody. Animals fight to survive. Therefore, when the blood reds and natural greens mix in Lain, the sweaters represent it.

^^; Actually, I just made that up on the spot...

[shiro_no_wired]

Alien: alienation, singularity. Lain's singularity, the "singularity" of the Wired (the point of infinite wherewhen).
Sweater: comforting, protection from the elements, when oversized on a child innocensce. Though she is a singularity, Lain is comforted by both her place and the Wired. Also, as the series progresses, Lain slowly loses her naivete.
Red and Green: life, intertwining of humans and nature. Most importantly, Saturnalia, also protection. Saturnalia, the Roman celebration of Yule, includes the hope that Saturn would return from his exile in the North and usher in the second Golden Age. Lain enters the Wired from her social exile (arguably, she is returning to the Wired. This raises the question of whenwhere Lain existed...), and ushers in a new age of peace and stability.

Ok, that was just a whole load of random interpretation. I just un-zipped a .cab file in my mind and copied it here ^^;

[dontcallmejesus]

True, many things in Lain are fairly insignificant. I just find it interesting that some people can actually find legitimate reasons to prove their intended existance. shiro_no_wired, sometimes I think you're a computer. You never fail to amaze me.

The true nature of nature? (lol) I don't recall Lain ever being about animals. Well to think about it, the opening scenes of Lain feature birds (which look like crows to me)...but that's probably the only scene in which I've seen an animal. The series is probably meant to focus on human society and psychology.

Hmm. I just realized that none of the opening scenes in Lain are in the series itself. Well I'm not quite sure about that, but maybe someone can check.

Glad to know that there are intuitive minds out there. May your brains be with you. (My math teacher keeps repeating that.)

[dontcallmejesus]

X.X She wears a bear suit a BEAR is a animal>>

*twitch twitch*

+.T Lain's Tears