I hate that I knew both what this was poking fun at, and what it was using to do so. I marvel at the fact that I have the specific knowledge required to understand this joke/art reference. Only slightly more astounding is the certainty that thousands of other people will too.
what is this collective sorcery under which we’ve fallen
Okay, I was watching Free! again and I realized about the way that in ep 1×09 Haru stares at Makoto and then Haru smiles and after that he looks at the sky like thinking “Oh God, how much I love him”.