Midsommar: And ANOTHER Thing

I'm sure that you have all heard the obvious ~hidden~ details of Midsommar. A lot of things have been said about this movie because Ari Aster and the crew worked so hard to make everything have a purpose. For example, this tapestry showing more or less what happens in the movie. Or even that you can see Dani's sister's face in the trees sometimes. But it goes a lot deeper, tbh. Like, Dani's parents having a picture of Dani near the bed, and above the frame, there are flowers. Kind of like a flower crown!
Here are a few more things I noticed after a few more views.

Dani always belonged in Sweden.
When I first wrote about Midsommar on this blog, I said that I thought that Dani looked like she was related to the cult people. I even said that she might have been a reincarnated person. Ugh, my mind. In the movie, after the two old people pass away, one of the villagers remarked that they believed that the pregnant lady would give birth to one of the people that just died. So, ugh, The Emo Oracle  strikes again! While they do believe in some sort of reincarnation, that's not what I think was going on with Dani. Of course this is purely speculative, but I do think Dani's family is descended from the cult. Like it's possible someone did the unprotected woohoo then returned home. When Pelle saw Dani he knew. Odd greeted Dani (AND ONLY DANI) with a "Welcome Home". Kind of makes you think....Also let's assume that Odd recognized Dani's features from someone...Who's to say he's not greeting his daughter? Or his granddaughter? But, this is just my opinion, it doesn't have to be a fact to you! Cuz you know...Vikings "took the best babes from other countries and dragged them here" as Pelle said/plotted. lmao. Speaking of plotting, I really don't think Pelle had anything to do with the deaths of her family members. But I do think one of the reasons Terri (the sister) felt the way she did was because she also belonged in Sweden. In her message to Dani she says everything is black. So it's presumed she wants to go somewhere not black (dark), some where white (light) that never gets dark. During Midsommar, the sun doesn't go down...Kind of makes you think...

 Ingmar is petty AF!
I didn't notice this the first time I watched this movie but Ingmar invited Connie and Simon because Connie chose Simon over him. I wonder if the cult would accept a non white May Queen.That would be an interesting story. Something I thought was pretty interesting was that Ingmar sat next to Connie's body in the end.
I really don't want this movie to have a sequel, but what if there was a short film where a man from the cult went on his lil pilgrimage and fell in love with an American and couldn't be with her. And then, decades later, a girl that looks like the American he fell in love with shows up...And, her name is Dani obviously lmao.

Christian Represents America
Gaslighting, a lack of self awareness, lazy, stealing (black) people's work, being selfish AND stupid, a horn dog white man. Very American of him. That's obviously not everyone in America. I live in America! But if you were to ask a non American what they thought made someone an American, at least one of those things would pop up.

Even the name Christian could mean something. I mean, the cult obviously does not stan Jesus. I know Christianity isn't solely an American thing, but I do think Christianity and Americanism are intertwined. Look at our President. He's supposedly a Christian. Actually most US Presidents have been some form of Christian. A lot of our culture is because of Christianity. I'm a Christian too, but in my opinon I don't think a country being so influenced by religion is a good thing. For example, Sweden is not a very religious country and while Midsommar is not a good example about how things are better there.....Things are better there. People are statically happier in Sweden. I do think the non religious politics there has a lot to do with that. Bootstraps? Vi kanner henne inte!!

If you look at Dani when she is sitting she is always (or almost always, I'm not screenshotting this whole movie lmao) in between Christian and Pelle. I think Christian represents her old life in America, where she is lonely, forgotten, and frankly mistreated. And Pelle represents what Dani wants out of life, a family (cult), a new start (Sweden), and being treated well in a relationship (Pelle remembering her birthday). However, I think like Christian, this is not good for Dani. It's all surface level empathy that requires no real effort. For example, when the girls are crying with Dani because Christian cheated on her...It's all acting. They don't actually care. They were the ones that drugged him to begin with! Which is like, how Christian treated Dani. When she was crying because her family died. He hugged her and stuff, but we all got the vibe he didn't actually care. Speaking of, if Christian didn't talk Dani out of going to her parent's home to see what's up, things would have been very different.

The Four Sacrifices. 
The sacrifices of the "outsiders" all corresponded to a different element.
Connie was drowned. It's not clear in the theatrical cut, but there is a deleted scene where they said they had to  ritualistically sacrifice someone by throwing them in the water. They begin to prepare a little boy named Bror by weighing him down with chains; but they stop at the last second. The thing is, the next time we see Connie, it's her bloated body covered in the same chains. If you listen to that random scream towards the middle of the movie that is implied to be Connie, you can hear a splash right after. She was the water tribute. 

Josh who, was surprising not the first person to die was the earth tribute. After being hit in the head, he is dismembered and buried. Like, these people were totally racist, but I think the reason he was buried like that was because it was to "honor" the earth. Not because he was black. I don't feel like he was overly mistreated. If I had to chose to die by any of these ways, I think a boink on the head is the easiest. And even if he was mistreated, he was taking pictures of their sacred book with out permission. That crosses a huge ethics line as an anthropologist! Not okay at all. Like, I don't want to get into how these people are clearly racist, because not only is it boring for you guys to read. As a black person, it's emotionally exhausting to explain this. Josh was the earth tribute.

Simon was exposed to the air while being the victim of the fabled "blood eagle".  And, if we're being real here...Josh or Mark deserved this fate much more than Simon ever did. In Norse Mythology (it's debated if Blood Eagle/Owl executions really happened) this grisly end was for people who did something that "revoked their honor". So, going through sacred texts like it's a world book encyclopedia at the damn library, or pissing on someone's grave is like, very bad. Also, I high key think Josh KNEW those older people were going to die by suicide and didn't say anything to Dani even though he KNEW what she had just experienced. The worst thing Simon did was freak out about seeing two people jump off a cliff and die. I don't think that's very fair. I feel like this was Ingmar's idea lol. I really couldn't think of another logical way to give someone's body to the air, so I just wish this happened to someone that actually did something.

And ole bear boy Christian was the fire tribute, obviously.

I think they REALLY hated Mark and literally didn't think of something cool for him and left it at "skin the fool". If you don't remember, that's also a game the kids were playing. I think he sacrifice was to appease their ancestral tree.