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i hate how the fandom for the black phone (1 and 2) is dying out. like why can’t this fandom stay alive, even after the movies were done? there are a lot of fandoms not dead yet tbp fandom isn’t? 😭

creepythingsfrom

because the sequel sucked tbh

#the black phone #tbp fandom #the black phone 2

unmooredonasundayevening

My kingdom for a Black Phone sequel that actually focuses on Finney's trauma and recovery

hallowseve1031

it’s been a year since two years too late was posted!! i’m so proud of its growth and all the love me and my bestie ( @creepythingsfrom ) have received on it! thank yall so so much!! 🫶🏻

creepythingsfrom

🫶❤️‍🔥

hallowseve1031

posting this on here bc idk if it’ll blow up on tik tok :((

go show some love to this edit on my tik tok page @ lexiedits1031

#the black phone #finney blake #tbp

fucktionalother

brr

fisticuffy

folkdevilism

While I liked the way this scene was shot, it also bothered me because it just felt like another half-baked way to force a targeted connection between two characters (by revealing that the Grabber killed Hope) that didn't need to be there in a way that seemed far too convenient while feeling forced and inorganic.

Likewise, I feel like if they were going to have a one-on-one flashback scene in the Grabber's van at all, it should have been with Finney for obvious reasons.

I'm also not sure why the Grabber would give a shit about doing Gwen "a kindness" after everything else's he's demonstrated in terms of vengeance and violence in both films.

A potential flashback scene in the van could have been used for something substantial, but overall, it came across like another attempt at forced let's-spell-it-out-for-you exposition for another hamfisted plot twist.

creepythingsfrom

That scene gave me the biggest dose of cringe.

#the black phone #the black phone 2 #gwen blake #the grabber

theogdeadpoet

I just saw someone say that thinking gwen shouldn't have been the focal point of tbp2 is misogynistic, AND IM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.

FORGIVE ME IF I WOULD RATHER FOCUS ON THE KID WHO GOT LOCKED IN A BASEMENT, WHO HAD TO KILL HIS KIDNAPPER, WHO HAD TO WATCH SOMEONE TAKE AN AXE TO THE HEAD, WHO WAS MOST DEFINITELY SA'D, WHO LOST HIS ONLY FRIEND, WHO ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH TRAUMA OF ALL OF THAT, AND ON TOP OF IT ALL WHO HAD TO WATCH HIS SISTER BE ALL LOVEY DOVEY WITH HIS DEAD BEST FRIENDS BROTHER.

but NOOOOO it's DEFINITELY 100% misogyny. Nothing else 🫩

creepythingsfrom

I didn’t like the fact that the sequel focuses so much on Gwen either, and when I saw people posting stuff like “if you don’t like it, you’re just a misogynist,” I honestly laughed out loud. Like, come on. I’m literally a feminist, and Gwen has been one of my favorite characters since the first movie.

The thing is, it’s not about hating her; it’s about how the shift of focus onto her feels so forced and unnatural. It doesn’t really fit the story or the tone that made the original so powerful. Some people seem unwilling, or maybe just unable – to look deeper and see that giving Gwen the spotlight wasn’t necessarily the best direction for the sequel, especially when you consider the world-building and the lore the first film established.

#the black phone #the black phone 2 #black phone 2 #finney blake #gwen blake

fisticuffy

#the black phone

hallowseve1031

idk if it’ll blow up on tik tok so i’m sharing it here! 🫶🏻

creepythingsfrom

Bestie, your edits never miss!! 🔥

#the black phone #finney blake #the black phone 2 #tbp fandom #black phone 2

creepythingsfrom

HELPPPP🚨

flower-of-mai

My favourite hero vs villain dynamic in horror! Still a crime there wasn't more scenes between these two phenomenal actors in the sequel!

creepythingsfrom

Totally!! Their dynamic was so dark and intense – perfect for a horror movie.

#the black phone #black phone 2

HELPPPP🚨

#im not okay #the black phone #black phone 2 #the black phone 2 #finney blake #the grabber #mason thames #ethan hawke

theforestbunch

It doesn’t bother me that Gwen’s psychic powers are the driving force of the plot and what gets them to Alpine Lake rather than Finney’s, it does bother me a lot she got the call at the end. Getting calls is Finney’s thing, dreams are hers - and more importantly he’s the one with Survivor’s Guilt who needed the reassurance that he did help the other victims. Gwen getting that message is so much less impactful. We could’ve had a scene or moment of closure about Gwen’s mom and dreams, but the final scene is the emotional end-note of the film and Finney should’ve gotten that. He already didn’t get enough scenes in the movie and had his trauma sidelined by Gwen, the ending should’ve at least been his closure. Gwen has her own trauma and that could’ve gotten some attention, I don’t agree with people who are acting like she has no trauma or right to be upset. But Finney was the one in the basement, he is the victim, and at points the movie almost seems to treat The Grabber as Gwen’s abuser instead of Finney’s. She gets all these big moments but even Finney’s scene of crying and telling his family how traumatized he is has little payoff. It feels disappointing how the movie didn’t seem willing to actually dive into Finney’s trauma and went for a “safer”, more generic Freddy Kruger-type horror movie.

#the black phone 2 #the black phone #black phone 2

tangledbeast

Ok last bit of Black Phone 2 disappointment posting

Having Finn and Gwen's mom killed by Shaw? Cheap and borderline disrespectful.

See guys? It's okay! She wasn't actually crazy or suicidal.

I doubt that was the intended message but...

creepythingsfrom

They were trying so hard to establish that ‘shocking’ link between the Grabber and the Blake family that they got carried away and didn’t realize how lame it looked.

#the black phone #black phone 2 #the black phone 2

folkdevilism

"𝓨ou say one fucking word and I will gut you like a pig right here in the street."

#the black phone #the black phone 2021 #finney blake #the grabber

folkdevilism

“𝓦e are taught as actors to always hunt for the dark side of a hero or the good side of a villain. But here, there was no ‘good’ side. It’s a broken mind. A diseased animal.” -Ethan Hawke on playing The Grabber (X)

#the black phone #the black phone 2021 #the grabber #albert shaw #ethan hawke #black phone 2 #the black phone 2

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