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Do we think this is a lesbian assassin coincidence or a very clever nod?

Am I crazy or is the song playing at the end of Love Lies Bleeding a synth 80s version of "Tell Me"? Totally fucked with my head

#killing eve #love lies bleeding

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Am I crazy or is the song playing at the end of Love Lies Bleeding a synth 80s version of "Tell Me"? Totally fucked with my head

#love lies bleeding #killing eve #tell me #some bridge scene fuckery

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Normal Couple meet Villaneve (and live)

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Villanelle by Desirée López de la Torre

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This is really well written. It's sad and I'm sorry to say that I feel the same way.

Endgame.

Q: When is a good time to leave a fandom? A: When there's no future to look forward to and a past too painful to look back at. Welcome to the 2023 Killing Eve fandom and here's the latest news. There is no news. There is nothing in development. The stars of the show have parted ways and moved on to new projects and so have many in the fandom. But don't take my word for it.

Good question. What else is there to talk about Killing Eve? How long can you be bummed the fuck out by that ending? How many times can you watch that sweet kiss between Eve and Villanelle and wonder what kind of life they could have had together if only a better writer than Laura Neal was in command of their destiny? How many times will you think about a Season Four rewatch only to wonder why bother? Wine improves over the passage of time, but nothing's going to make that shitty ending better. Anger and resentment can only take you so far. After it fades into disgust and depression, it's just a grey cloud hanging over your head while it eats you up inside.

KE fanfics have helped me get through the depression and disgust I felt after the finale, but the seething rage at Neal and Sally Woodward Gentle though---that has not gone away.

I keep thinking there's something more to say about Killing Eve and how it went from being born for greatness before sliding into mediocrity before the bitter disappointment of the finale. I keep thinking that, but really what more needs to be said about it?

In the immediate aftermath of "Hello, Losers" the KE fandom went hunting for bastards to blame. The obvious targets were head writer Laura Neal and chief producer Sally Gentle and coupled with some truly awful interviews by the pair in Collider, Decider, and the Hollywood Reporter, they went out of their way to justify being cast as the villains. Afterward, more witches needed to be set alight, and some fans, including some I personally respect, settled on Sandra Oh as next to dragged face down over concrete for not openly denouncing the finale (Jodie Comer escaped the scorn by swiftly pivoting to her one-woman play, Prima Facie, and shutting up about Killing Eve entirely). I've never thought the scorn for Sandra was merited or justified. Most of it hinged on a vaguely worded "quote" from a Gay Times interview in 2018 that has been hung around the actress's neck as evidence she never believed in a same-sex relationship between Eve and Villanelle. I read it differently, but I admit to perhaps being biased on the behalf of a mature Asian woman cast in a role written for a much younger White woman. But mostly I don't think it's entirely fair to blame any actor for the failure or even give them too much credit for the success of any given show. Even in Prima Facie, there's still a playwright who provided the dialogue and a director making sure everything comes together to put Comer in the best light. In film, television, or plays, collaborating successfully with other talented people is the secret sauce that separates success from failure. This is a hard, fast rule and something any KE fan who watched the plunge from a Phoebe Waller-Bridge to Laura Neal can attest to. New Yorker film critic Richard Brody wrote in response to the 2022 Academy Award nominations, "It’s rare for actors to give performances better than the film they’re in. Actors, whatever power they may have as stars, are still, in effect, employees, working under the command of directors."

I agree with Brody, and add when there is constant churn and turnover in the writer's room the actors can't act their way out of it. Indeed, the saving grace of Season Four is the consistency of Comer and Oh who often created the best moments out of the table scraps of Neal's uninspired and clumsy scripts. They succeeded in spite of Neal, not because of her. Very little blame has been directed toward Oh and Comer for the work they did as actors in Killing Eve's fatally flawed final season. They did their best with the little they were given to work with, but even these two accomplish award-winners could not redeem the damnable, disgusting mess of a last go-round that was Season Four. But it's not enough to sustain my enthusiasm or direct participation. It seems unlikely I will ever not be a fan of Oh and Comer, but what I'm not particularly interested in is turning a Killing Eve blog into a Sandra Oh or Jodie Comer blog. No disrespect to Big Swiss, The End We Start From, The Sympathizer, or the second season of Invincible, but none of those things have anything to do with Killing Eve. This is why this blog began years ago and why it will end days from now. Stepping away simply makes more sense than hanging on. There is nothing else to say about Killing Eve, but even if there is, I'm not the one to say it.

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I play for a [redacted sport] semi-professional team, and last year after S4 I had a replica jersey for my team made with "Astankova" on the back. It was my tribute to Villanelle. It's a beautiful jersey and I wear it all the time, but without fail every time I wear it, someone asks me whose jersey it is. I didn't think people would notice, thought it would be my comfort thing, but they did.

Sometimes I want to explain the grief and the pride that motivated me to have this jersey made, but it doesn't make sense to talk about this TV show to a random stranger. Usually I just say, "Oh, it's a friend", or "Nobody".

That makes me sad. What would you say?

#villanelle #astankova #killing eve #28

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i really liked you.

#yall this scene fucked so hard #nothing ever will touch this

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killing eve (2018-2022) - 1x08 - god, i’m tired - exquisite cinematography (some of my favorite shots)

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Did you mean...KILLING EVE?

Or just this talentless, homophobic HACK?

#ouch

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eve & villanelle 💄🔪

#holy #art #villaneve #ugh #swoon

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Say what you like about KE 3&4 but they never included a dream sequence.

#they woke up later nbd #why does this hit me in the feels

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she's a 10 but she wants to stab me so that makes her an 11

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P sure this is just Killing Eve

Goncharov Lore Thus Far, based on the top tumblr post results

Main cast are Goncharov himself, his wife Katya (née Michailov), and Andrey 

One side character is named Mario Ambrosini. He is described as a “sad boi” and is involved in gambling. 

Set in Naples and involving a drug ring/mafia. The plot seems to involve Russian organized crime attempting to get a foothold in Italy. 

There is a Boat Scene. Katya survives via resourcefulness. 

Andrey and Goncharov have a substantial amount of homoeroticism. Andrey also has an internet in Katya. This forms a true love triangle. 

At some point, Katya threatens to shoot Goncharov. This is framed as a Girlboss Moment. 

There is also a Beer Bottle Scene. 

Katya fakes her death. 

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Wait S4 wasn't a dream sequence...???

Say what you like about KE 3&4 but they never included a dream sequence.

#it was a nightmare #actually #they woke up later nbd

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A work of art ✨