Nashville Tennessee Comic

Ditch, the famed author and illustrator

## Analysis

Wilson and Ditch are inside of the Grand Ole Opry, as depicted in the eponymous episode, Nashville, Tennessee. This confirms that they traveled North from their prior destination of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Ditch and Wilson are both dressed in Western attire, which oddly enough, was not present inside of the episode. Ditch is holding a three stringed domra, contrary to what some may assert is a banjo. This may seem benign, but it all but confirms that the two are Russian, as the domra is a Russian and Ukrainian instrument, but the three stringed variant is almost exclusive to Russia.

Wilson is preparing for his concert, and begins to excite himself, hearing loud cheering, presumably for him and his singing stardom.

Ditch, the artist and author, informs his Go-Bro that they are in fact not in the Grand Ole Opry Theater, but rather the Grand Ole Opry Costume Shop, and Wilson is hearing cheering from a tape recorder.

Due to the unlikely scenario that a tape recorder is

1: Playing a track of cheering alone

2: Playing anything other than country music inside of the self titled "Home of Country Music"

as well as the question of how the Go-Bros ended up inside of a *costume room*, with Wilson believing he is inside an enormous theater.

Some have speculated that these, along with the strange addition of Western attire, give credence to the Wilson and Ditch schizophrenia theory. Wilson believes he is inside of the Opry theater, which is not mistakable for a humble costume room as pictured. This would be an extreme case of visual hallucinations, bordering on delirium.

Coupled with the hearing things that are likely not there, Ditch is either hiding from Wilson his auditory hallucinations, or Ditch is somehow sharing the hallucinations of cheering. This is compounded by the fact that there is no tape recorder pictured. This could be Ditch attempting to tell us what is truly happening, or he could *believe* that he saw/drew the recorder, when it truly never existed. However his schizophrenia would likely be less severe than Wilson, as he is the first to realize that neither the room, nor the cheering are as they seem.

In any case, Wilson is unfazed by the lack of real cheering, as well as the realization that they are not inside of the Grand Ole Opry Theater, saying,

"Oh well.. At least we look good."

This can be interpreted as they are simply wearing costumes found from the costume room, which would still beg the question of why Wilson was confused about the place he was located. The alternative that some have posited, is that they are not truly dressed in Western attire, and, similar to much of the content in this comic, is just in his/their imaginations.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fretexpert.com/the-domra-instrument-what-it-is-how-it-sounds/
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo
3. ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi9jPvAwoeBAxXPGTQIHX45ATwQFnoECBAQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.clevelandclinic.org%2Fhealth%2Fsymptoms%2F23350-hallucinations%23%3A~%3Atext%3DVisual%2520(sight)%2520hallucinations%253A%2520These%2Cyour%2520body%2520that%27s%2520not%2520real.&usg=AOvVaw3pCwUlFyy9JCo7i8o7M3G0&opi=89978449
4. ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217166/
5. ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjCrJS2wYeBAxVTMn0KHakMAAoQFnoECBUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.clevelandclinic.org%2Fhealth%2Fsymptoms%2F23233-auditory-hallucinations&usg=AOvVaw1rGAL3S31pkJyBvXFTg0YB&opi=89978449