Beaver Universe
"Broken Kids Paradise," also known by its Chinese title "稀巴烂" ("Smashed to Pieces"), constructs a chilling allegory of survival through surreal imagery. The story follows a broken pepper who establishes a government-collaborative project to house the broken children, those abandoned and neglected by society. Within this "paradise," the children become tools for the pepper's selfish survival as it begins to rot. To sustain itself, the pepper cuts off the limbs of the "broken kids" and uses them to fill in the gaps of its deteriorating body. The severed limbs of the children float as disjointed puzzle pieces, while the rotting cuts of the pepper ooze fluorescent-colored juice. The candy-colored tones of the imagery clash with the brutal narrative, creating a sharp intertextual tension that explores the violent cycle of complicity within power structures, the predatory survival dilemma of marginalized groups, and the philosophical paradox of destruction as an alternative form of salvation. In the end, the pepper's decay is unstoppable, and it is violently crushed by a giant footprint, completing the ultimate interrogation of existence through violent aesthetics, revealing the isolation and struggle in a cold, indifferent world.
The title "稀巴烂" ("Smashed to Pieces") reflects the final, destructive fate of the pepper, emphasizing its literal and metaphorical breakdown. It encapsulates the raw violence of the narrative and the inevitable collapse of both the pepper's physical form and the fragile, broken world it represents.