Sunflower (movie)

Sunflower was a movie released in 1910 AT in Bujan.

It was released two years after the main character, Herellia Minvori, was legalised to be shown in mass media. Because of her notoriety as a "bloka", she was reviled in early modern Bujan as representative of the Terrans and their habit of bullying and cheating the locals.

## Background

Herellia was a fan of Broken Plates who had many emotional problems, causing her to block online accounts of her friends. Because of that abusive habit of hers, she was the first person to be killed for blocking people online, by an angry mob. She was later banned from being depicted in any form, except in rebel propaganda where she was depicted as a demonic version of her favourite character.

The ban was revoked in 1908 AT, as more people requested for an emergency law about her depiction to be removed. By that time, less people were bitter about online offences, having m\*ved \*n to other hobbies.

## Summary

### Act 1: Alone

The movie was about what if Herellia lived and survived the revolution. Instead of hacking her to pieces, the mob just arrested her and brought her to the people she cheated. They scolded and cursed her, her character, and her favourite show to never find peace, and she was sent to prison with a mocking smile back at her former friends.

### Act 2: Sapling

Herellia would grow to adulthood as a prisoner, shamed and isolated over her online blocks. At first, she insisted that her friends were to blame for the wars, so they deserved to suffer. With nothing to draw with except the walls of her cell and some sticks, Herellia went insane from her isolation. She laughed at first when visitors told her that her name became a curse word, but in June, she began to miss her old life. It drove her further into sadness and fear, because there was no way to escape her cell.

Sometimes, visitors would ask her about her life, her motives, and what did she want from her prior habit of blocking. Her visitors helped her regain her sanity, as she began to think about the better things in her life. She may not be able to do them now, but she could bring her memories forward with her.

When Bujan became independent, that woman was brought out of her cell to meet the people she blocked. Herellia apologised to them, and was sentenced to a blocktown cell. This time, some of the same people who visited her earlier used holograms to keep in touch. They included people whom she formerly blocked and sought forgiveness from; they pitied her as they learned more about her life.

The people who scolded her apologised back, horrified that Bujan had nearly descended into murderous chaos over punishing bloky like her. They thought that she would laugh and rejoice, but this time, Herellia weeped. She felt that she wanted to stop this chaos, to do whatever she can to make people start seeing her as a normal person instead of a war criminal.

She felt so much shame, constantly begging that she did not enjoy watching so much death done for her.

### Act 3: Bloom

Becoming a social outcast, and often bombarded with claims that she would become a terrorist, drove her to prove that she was not what society accused her to be. Herellia knew that most of society would see her as if she was responsible for so much death, so she had to be more careful when in public. No longer the proud snob she was in her youth, she was aware that even young people avoided her.

The movie ends with Herellia surrounding herself with dozens of sketches about her hopes and dreams, looking at a sunflower surrounded by little bricks. Many of her drawings were stained with teardrops, which she used to improvise her art.

## See also

* Canvas
* Mending and folding
* Sophie Goodwill, who found that movie to relate to her life.
* Bujanski pop culture