Eve and Villanelle are SO deeply connected…
One of the things that I find so alluring about Eve and Villanelle’s relationship is that their connection is so intricately interwoven within each others very being that it almost enters into the realm of magic realism.
Throughout the seasons there have been scenes in which we’ve seen the paralleling of Eve and Villanelle. Where what one is experiencing the other is going through the same thing, or (in some cases) the exact opposite. There has always been a theme of reflection and them mirroring one another. But sometimes it also feels as if those mirrors are windows, where instead of being each others reflection they instead are almost peering in to the others reality. It just brushes the shoulder of it almost feeling mystical. Take for example the scene of Eve kissing Helene.
What I loved about this scene is how even though Eve was kissing Helene, the force that was truly controlling that entire moment was that of Eve and her connection to Villanelle. In the beginning it starts off with Eve and Helene playing their chess game of power, where when one makes a move the other is quick to respond. The constant shifting of control is very fun to watch as both are worthy adversaries to the other. However, what was a private moment between these two then shifts when Helene mentions Villanelle.
It’s here where we then see Eve become once again effected by the thought of her. The look of being stunned, her shaky breath… It was a move Eve was not expecting and Helene revels in the power she has taken. But it isn’t long before Eve rises to the challenge and initiates a kiss. However, what was once an interaction between Eve and Helene has now been invaded by Eve’s connection with Villanelle.
It’s here where we then get a split in the scene of Eve kissing Helene and shots of Villanelle, thus connecting these two in this moment and changing the entire focus of what this scene meant. Now, there are many ways to interpret this scene. I do think that the most obvious is that it’s clearly showcasing how Eve is thinking of Villanelle in this moment. However, I want to take this a step deeper and play with the actual mysticism of their connection.
As Eve is kissing Helene we get a shot of Villanelle alone, seeming quite somber. It’s evident that she is deep in thought about her feelings of Eve. But what I found interesting is that if you take it a step deeper, due to their connection, it’s almost as if Villanelle can sense what is going on, like she can see what Eve see’s. Again, going back to the idea of them almost having a “window” into each other’s lives at times which usually happens when they both are having strong feelings, either about the other or something effecting them personally. It’s as if their connection is so deeply bonded with the other that when they both succumb to that place of intense emotion, it opens themselves up completely to allow the other in.
The same thing happens with Eve when it quickly cuts back to her having pulled away from the kiss and looks at Helene. But it’s not the eyes of Helene in which she is seeing, but instead, that of Villanelle’s.
Now, I’m not actually saying that Eve and Villanelle are magical. But what I am saying is that their connection is on such a different plane of existence that sometimes it definitely feels as if they are tapping into something at such a molecular level that it transcends what we view as being capable of being able to do with another human being. It’s almost on the same wavelength as when someone can sense when a loved one has passed and sometimes can even physically feel sad or angry without even knowing why. That’s what I feel Eve and Villanelle have tapped into, only their senses are more deeply heightened and tuned due to them having explored the most darkest and deepest forms of ones own psyche and nature with each other that their wavelengths are able to go to more extremes.
That is what I feel was happening in this scene. Where they weren’t together physically, and yet they still were together in that moment - seeing and feeling the other. Villanelle may not have known what Eve was doing, but something unconsciously deep within her core felt it, knew it, as if she was right there witnessing it. Eve may not have physically been with Villanelle but in that moment she could see her plain as day right in front of her, feel her warmth, almost like it was her that she was holding the face of.
It’s not something to define, or even to have addressed. It’s simply something that is. I think even Eve and Villanelle don’t know how to explain it and may not even be aware of it in the active parts of their brain. But in the stillness of their minds when all goes quiet and the entirety of their being is left open for the other to connect with, it just…happens.
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