And... ngngnfnds it's something about Lucy not being herself // Lockwood being TOO much of himself...
The words are coming from Lucy's mouth, but they aren't hers; those are Lucy's hands, but she isn't the one using them... an otherworldly force chose Lockwood to be her scene partner here, and once again it's about external voices seeing Lucy's feelings for him before she knows it herself...
And then there's something about how it's in direct contrast to Lockwood, who is PARTICULARLY aware of himself in that moment... this is one of the few times we get a full scene of Lockwood stripped down to a tshirt+hoodie instead of his usual suit+tie number (my brain is buzzing over this, since I presume the suit is sort of a costume for him, with the purpose of masking his inner self/vulnerability)... AND ALSO because this is arguably the first physical romantic scene they share, and while he is clearly concerned and confused about her behavior, the fact that he is having to reckon with Feeling Something Else Too is written all over his face...
I know this take isn't super book-accurate, but it feels almost allegorical to this idea that Lockwood is the one who is being caught off guard and having to realize his feelings early on... versus Lucy, who is there, and she's participating in the dance, but she's also being stopped from experiencing her feelings to the fullest by something within her...
Anyway, I'm sorry this is an absolute rambling MESS because my brain doesn't quite have its thoughts together, but I needed to post this right now immediately, hope you all understand 👋
Okay but fr, as soon as I saw the C my heartbroke. ISADW genuinely deserved that award (its been nominated on the streamys 4 times, 3 times straight!!) But it hasnt won. Maybe next year.
And hey who knows, maybe smosh will get nominated next year 👀 a lot of things are happening after all
You’re telling me there’s a BBC period drama television series with Cillian Murphy and Matthew Macfadyen that I’ve never heard of??
I know that the novel this is based on was written by a man, but the screenplay was written by the man who gave us the Colin Firth 1995 Pride and Prejudice, and these characters are being played by men who are literally written for women, so my question is - how did people survive this???
I want to say ‘it’s the sideburns for me’ but I genuinely just am so floored that this exists. There is no time for jokes.
TODAY I FOUND OUT THAT DUNGEONS AND DADDIES IS THE SEVENTH MOST SUBSCRIBED TO ON PATREON????? I KNEW MY SILLY LITTLE POD WAS WELL KNOWN BUT NOT THIS WELL KNOWN
Jack being like "YES GIRL GO GIRL" to Simone and then saying "she contributes intelligently, she is very sophisticated, and the dynamic of her and jonny, is really...I mean it's just there."
I think there's something to be said for the fact that Lockwood is the one most able to resist the Call of the Void on the Other Side despite -- or maybe because of -- his loose ties to the Living World
best thing about watching an awards show is waiting in anticipation as the camera pans across the audience so you can catch a glimpse of your favorite celebrities. it's like going to see your kid in a school play ❤️
my favorite part about the new(ish) popular narrative about the suffragists is that we are supposed to pretend like the suffrage movement was entirely run by like 5 women so that people who know absolutely nothing about the suffrage movement can act shocked when people push back against blanket characterization of the movement as racist. you have the systematic erasure of working class and racialized suffragists from popular memory to serve a deliberately anti-feminist narrative. and then i also feel the need to say that no, it is not accurate either to state that well white suffragists were racist because, no, they were all not.