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Me: Do you think when Truman escaped The Truman Show and he saw the real moon for the first time, he was like "Huh it's a lot smaller than the one I grew up with," but then he noticed it changing after a few days so he brought it up like "Honey, the moon is getting skinnier. Is that normal?" and his girlfriend was like, "Yeah it does that. Don't worry about it," so Truman ignored it because he had bigger fish to fry (assimilating to the real world) until one day, it was just gone and he positively flipped his shit "GUYS SOMEONE STOLE THE MOON IT IS MISSING WE NEED TO ALERT THE MOON PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THIS HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE AT NIGHT WITHOUT MY MASSIVE NIGHT LIGHT" and then Lauren had to sit him down and explain the phases of the moon for an hour? Do you think he got really obsessed with the moon after that? Did he get a library card and check out all of the books he could find about the moon and the moon landing and moon rovers and space travel? Do you think he kept up with it after that by maybe following NASA's subscription newsletter to see if there are any updates on the moon? Could he tell the difference between a waxing and a waning crescent? Did it make him excited to see it during the day too sometimes? Does he miss it when it's too cloudy to see? Does looking at the moon at night help him cope with his newfound freedom because it proves he's not trapped on Seahaven Island anymore? Because not every day is the same like it was before? Because the world changes around him now instead of stopping when he leaves the room? Just like the moon will keep changing even if he can't see it? What's his opinion on werewolves?
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the truman show is one of the only movies that i can never stop thinking and theorizing about years after watching them.
like, truman didn’t have a real choice at the end. everything he knew was a lie. there was no way he could go back to his life. the illusion would‘ve ended, it wouldn’t be a 'real' reality show anymore.
and i always wonder how he started living in the real world. the world he knew was the 'american dream' with no conflict, how did he react to seeing what goes on in the real world? it would be a completely different reality for him. bro didn’t even know the moon existed. i‘m curious what he learned at school. did he even learn about the solar system? what kind of history was he taught? i‘m so curious about his beliefs about the world, whether he was taught about a god etc.. seeing the moon and the stars for the first time at 30 must be an experience
his life after escaping the set must’ve been exhausting. pretty much everyone around the world knew him, he was probably getting harassed by reporters or those ultra fans we saw in the movie daily. how did he find an apartment? did he find a new job?
i am kinda convinced he would’ve fallen into depression or drugs after escaping to cope with everything. it‘s like his life was doomed from the start, from the moment christof decided to exploit his life for his own profit.
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I need to talk about Truman! The script for the Truman show is way more unhinged than the fucking movie, like the guy does thee most bonkers shit during his breaking points imo. Like the waterbed scene ... The young mother and her baby! Thank goodness they changed the script for the movie bc omg who would be okay filming that!? Ironic of me to ask since the movie features an out of touch creator willing to film horrendous/tormenting shit for the sake of it being real(ly profitable). Being a fan of the psychological thrillers genre, I appreciate watching super neat characters finally crack (think Donnie Darko, Barbie) but like holy shit the script took such unsuspecting, unpredictable turns that when I was reading I was like WHAT?!?!!! THAT'S WAY OUT OF CHARACTER. I thought Truman to be mostly compliant like he would never resist TO THE DEGREE THE SCRIPTED VERSION OF THE STORY LETS HIM. I enjoyed that he was determined to liberate himself by almost any means. I enjoyed reading what he did after leaving since we don't get that in the movie
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🧭Truman Burbank Agere Moodboard and Headcanons Pt. 1📺
🧭-When he first started regressing, he cried a lot. Sometimes if he got really overwhelmed or upset, especially after nightmares, he’d feel this dropping feeling in his chest and his head would feel fuzzy. This happened a few times during the show, resulting in him being infantilised a lot, even when he wasn't small. It was strange and confusing, but whenever he had the fuzziness, it felt somewhat comforting.
📺-After escaping Seahaven, the fuzziness in his head got a lot worse and happened more frequently. It was scary, and even though both him and Sylvia had no clue what was going on, she always managed to help him feel better.
🧭-Truman was told that he was age regressing after he started seeing a therapist, he was relieved that he finally had a name for what was happening to him
📺-He explained it to Sylvia and she was very understanding. They had a big talk about what this meant for Truman and what he was comfortable with.
🧭-He doesn't really know what his age is, all he knows is that he never goes above 10, around the time his father died. Something in him can't bear to regress to the ages after losing his dad.
📺-It was very hard for him to let himself fully regress at the start for a few reasons. He'd always worry that there were still cameras all around him, and the thought of people watching him in this headspace scared him (and the thought of people watching him in general, this was an issue for Truman no matter what headspace he was in). It was also very scary because he didn't want Sylvia to get annoyed about it, he thought he was being too much already, and the regression seemed like it was too much. but Sylvia was incredibly accepting and accomodating.
🧭-Sylvia is his caregiver and he calls her “mama” (her heart melts every time he says it). And if him and Marlon/Louis ever reconciled, he'd be a babysitter/uncle type of caregiver for Truman (someone Truman will accidentally call him 'Marlon', but Louis doesn't have the heart to correct him).
📺-He's extremely dependent and always needs someone to watch over him or look after him because he spirals very quickly and very easily. This happens when he's big, but it's a lot worse and harder to deal with when he's small.
🧭-He left everything from Seahaven behind except his plushies, he felt bad about leaving them behind (both little and big Truman, he's a very sentimental person).
📺-Loves to explore and go on adventures. Sylvia will “bury some treasure” somewhere in the house for Truman to discover while he’s on his adventure.
🧭-Sylvia ended up crocheting a red blanket in the same yarn as her sweater, which became Truman's comfort item. He likes being wrapped up in it while cuddling up to Sylvia.
📺-Extremely clingy and very physical. Loves to hold peoples hands and hold onto the edges of their clothes. Literally refuses to let go of Sylvia unless he absolutely has to, and when he does, he'll cry the whole time until he can be in her arms again.
🧭-He does go non-verbal sometimes and uses gestures to communicate (sometimes they're not the most coherent but he tries his best).
📺-He's also a lamb regressor. He loves wearing his white wooly jumper that Sylvia made, it makes him feel like a fluffy sheep and it's very comforting for him.
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I hate having to act like my favorite psychological horror movie is Midsommar or Silence of the Lambs.
The most provocative psychological horror movies are The Truman Show and Coraline.
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"We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented."
a tribute to The Truman Show.
thanks Jim Carrey, you slayed in this role and all others.
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