royalarmyofoz

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why is texting anyone embarrassing?

#unless it's my wife its so embarrassing for some reason #i just turn my phone over and set it to silent and eventually check on it later

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public service announcement that cam breathes out "fuck" when rebecca unloosens the belt

#what???? #are you fucking kidding

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RB with your favourite disabled characters.

I'm starting @disabledcharacters and need a starting point.

Also, looking for members to create edits (one gifset a month) and help with the queue.

Please message me if you are interested.

#im blanking on any character ive ever known suddenly but i would love to be apart of another sideblog with you<3 #signal boost

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UNDER THE BRIDGE 1.02|1.03

#under the bridge #underthebridgeedit #* #rebecca x cam #it's how long cam glares at becca after she says 'dont' for me

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idk what i'm collecting here.

#prev exactly #rebecca 'i was a fuck up and my sweet perfect brother died while i continued to spiral and drag the only good thing going for me(cam) so i

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Oh my God. Please tell me more about whether or not you think Cam let Rebecca reciprocate. I am not sure myself if she was emotionally ready for that, which is kinda why we saw her taking control but then DOES THAT MEAN MY GIRL HAD TO GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF HERSELF BECAUSE SHE CANT LET HERSELF TRUST REBECCA WITH HER BROKEN HEART AGAIN YET?!!!

FINE.

look, at the end of the day, i could be talked into the idea they both got each other off. cam was really really really turned on and it's been ten years and would she really have stopped her? if rebecca's hand had found its way past that damn belt? i'm also a fan of things not being so cut and dry and yes cam obviously has a lot of feelings that would have led her to decline reciprocation, but sometimes shit is just complicated okay, sex is not always logical

on the other hand, cam has so much anger. one of the things that struck me rewatching their scenes for giffing purposes, is how personally she's taking rebecca's return. there's almost a paranoia element to it, like clearly rebecca must have reappeared specifically to mess with her life. so, with that in mind, i can see how allowing rebecca to fuck her back would be too much. almost like LOSING really. at least in that moment which was already a loss of control for cam, it would have been. in a setting where SHE set the terms, like their upcoming not-a-date? that's another story

and yes, it absolutely does mean that cam got home and took care of herself and honestly it probably didn't take much at all and was frustratingly unsatisfying

#!!!!! #and now we can say it! #rebecca x cam

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sorry for being weird online. i'm even worse if you see me in person

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anyway

#cool cool coolcoolcool #rebecca x cam

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this is a bit of a serious post about under the bridge in a wider context than rebecca and cam (but also, well, still has to do with rebecca and cam), because other people have made some good points about the nature of the show already but i have some thoughts on it too that i'm trying to organize.

we're all wondering about the choice to fictionalize the true events to the extent that the show has by creating cam and pairing her with rebecca, and i think this speaks to a very fundamental choice the show has made in how they approach the story, and what their aim with telling this story even is. these are questions you ask yourself as a writer regarding every story you approach, and they take a different turn when you are writing true events. because stories demand a narrative, and a narrative demands the making of subjective decisions about objective events. what the show has done by fictionalizing the story to the extent they have was make these subjective decisions crystal clear. and i think that, combined with their close work with the virks, is what enables the show to respectfully and thoughtfully handle writing about a real case that holds immense personal, societal, and political weight.

i often find that the failures of the true crime genre are even larger than the sensationalization of atrocities for the benefit of entertainment. true crime rarely admits its own subjectivity, even more so than other 'real life' genres such as biopics. more than that, true crimes often holds a claim to absolute objectivity and its ability to illuminate real events by telling them 'as they were'. but subjective decisions regarding narrative were made. the refusal to illuminate those decisions contributes to the genre's failure in telling these stories in ways that don't feel empty at best, and irresponsible and disrespectful at worst. because by denying subjectivity you deny the meaning your story carries, you deny that you as its writer imbued it with meaning.

i think from the onset, under the bridge was interested in meaning -- in the personal meaning of this story to the virks, and in the meaning behind the larger societal and political forces at play within this story. in the meaning behind telling this story. so instead of claiming to tell 'events as they were', they involved all the necessary parties to be able to understand this story on a deeper level than the facts of it, and be able to reflect this understanding in how they tell the story, and what they intentionally choose to direct people to take from this story. so, yes, it might feel weird to have rebecca and cam's story intertwined with a traumatizing event that affected real people in the real world but the thing is, that's a lot of the fiction we consume. and the way i see it with under the bridge is that, so far, the choices made with rebecca and cam were made in service of the story. 1. to be able to reveal subjectivity and narrative choices, 2. to be able to give the different forces at play within the story faces and names and objectives and conflicts, so that we can see them and recognize them for what they are, because that's how television works, and 3. to be able to do with the story something that is more than "telling it", but -- with the help of the people affected by this story -- tell it with a purpose.

so i think more than saying 'it is what it is' about the fictionalization of events, we can maybe even recognize the benefits of it for the show's ability to treat such a harrowing story with the care it deserves.

#so well said #under the bridge

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“Tell me again” for Cam and Becca :)

7. "Tell me again.”

Before the tape recorder -- her most persistent companion ever since she'd moved to New York -- there was Cam.

They would lie on the floor in Rebecca's room, Rebecca's head on Cam's stomach, Cam's arm on her chest, and Rebecca would drawl out whatever fragments were in her head, trying to make something worthy of attention out of them. Cam would hum, draw lazy circles on her chest bone, say "tell me again" when she would find something that Rebecca had said to be beautiful.

"Victoria's night air feels like water when we sneak out into it, cool and soothing and unpredictable," Rebecca would say.

"Tell me again."

"After 11, we try to drive in his car all the way to the moon, but the moon is persistently unattainable, so we keep driving," Rebecca would say.

"Tell me again."

"There's a girl in Victoria whose smile makes me shake with wanting," Rebecca would say.

"Tell me again."

"There's a girl in Victoria whose hands are as solid and as gentle as her her heart," Rebecca would say.

"Tell me again."

"I'm in love with a girl in Victoria whose eyes are as deep as an endless drive towards the moon," Rebecca said when they were 19, and Cam had kissed her.

"Tell me again."

"I'm in love with a girl in Victoria."

"Tell me again."

"I'm in love with a girl -- "

"Tell me again."

"I'm in love -- "

And there was no more talking.

Then there was the tape recorder, and too much talking.

And now there is Cam again, in her room, and Rebecca wants to tell her again.

But there are too many years of silence between them, and too much shit to say, and there is no longer a girl in Victoria to be in love with, just a woman she's missed like an endless drive towards the moon.

#whose hands are strong as they are gentle😭 #this is so romantic and beautiful #rebecca x cam

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ngl now that I’ve got you all here on my blog……have you heard about american auto do you know my friend american auto

#🤡🤡<- michael and i

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ngl now that I’ve got you all here on my blog……have you heard about american auto do you know my friend american auto

#*with the tenacity of a mormon knocking on your door* excuse me do you have the time to talk about american auto today?

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Riley Keough and Lily Gladstone as Rebecca and Cam Under the Bridge (2024)— "Blood Oath"

#op teach me how to color this scene😭 #rebecca x cam #under the bridge

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I'm On Fire (The Staves) // Rebecca & Cam

#wow #your vid making skills tho!!! #im a sucker for the staves too #rebecca x cam

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MY KINK IS KARMA LIVE BRIDGE

#now this is sex

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#I’ve been thinking about this so much#she feels so#small in that moment like all her brash recklessness has been squeezed out of her#and i think this is what she means by ‘I didn’t want you to have to take care of me’ via @harrietdyker

when becca has that mild panic attack at that kids party and her first instinct is to call cam🥺

#i want you to know that this wrecked me #rebecca x cam

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You know this is an active homicide, right? Yes, I know. And I'm trying to help you.

#coloring this show is a nightmare but these look amazing<3 #and also prev tags exactly #her 'helping' with this case is her grand gesture 'sorry' #under the bridge