vause-chapman

beauty fish... forever.

[aimeegbbs]

Sometimes you hit a wall, and you say “Okay, that’s all I can handle.” And you back off and try not to get near the wall again. Okay, but what if you you really don’t wanna give up on something? Even though, I mean, you know that it just might be too much for you to handle, like, even if you’ve just slammed into that wall? There’s strength in admitting what you can’t do.

[ohbeauregard]

[alxvse]

What conflict would you prefer they have / storyline you prefer for them?

I never felt like a conflict between them needed to be their sole or even primary storyline, but a strain of navigating their relationship in these circumstances would understandably be a thread of it.  I just rewatched the scenes in 7x12 and 7x13, and it struck me that they really could have come to the same conclusion without the cheating.  It’s similar in that way to season three: when Alex broke up with Piper, it was because of the general way she was acting and treating people.  It wasn’t about the cheating, which was never 100% confirmed and didn’t need to be there.  You could lift it out without changing things.  But cheating let’s them save a sex scene (although not in season three’s case, because the chemistry was literally too awful), and is in general a big externalization of conflict that writers throw in when they don’t trust subtlety, or their own ability to write complex internal/emotional conflicts.  

It’s completely bonkers to me that Alex basically only interacted with two characters for the majority of the season, despite being in the main setting of the show.  Even just going on the material that was already there, I would have rather seen her getting forced into various prison risks and illegalities and deal with wanting to hide that from Piper, but eventually telling her, and them worrying about what that risk means but also Alex doesn’t really have a choice etc.  Couple that with Piper trying to get used to the post-prison life, which is hard enough to do when you have a good reason to actually miss an aspect of prison life.  They could get to that point of Alex worrying she’s holding Piper back and it’s not fair (especially if they actually put some emphasis on the fact that she’s having to take risks that could end up expanding her sentence), and to the point that when she gets transferred it feels like it’s making things even more impossible.  We could easily get there without focusing so hard on the cheating and the teasing threat of cheating.  It’s cliche and it’s uninteresting and they even seemed to know the cheating was just a symptom rather than the main problem….it was so underdiscussed it really shouldn’t have been there at all.   

[ohbeauregard]

7.12 | 7.13

[damnvauseman]

OH WORM

IT’S ENDGAME, BABY!

[fvcksgiving]

Sweetie… you’re guilty and you’re emotional, and you haven’t had closure and someone else just died in front of you. I get it, but I can’t let you do this. It’s too dangerous. Okay? I’m sorry.

[damnvauseman]

this is the end and I don’t know what to do with this piece of information...

[odairannies]

I want us to be there for each other, so that maybe it hurts a little less.

[damnvauseman]

Is it true that piper left the show?

Not that I know of! Potential spoiler alert but Piper did leave the prison by the end of the season. However, I haven’t seen anything indicating that Taylor has left OITNB before the conclusion of the show.

[shnookumsandlovemuffin]

“Alex is going to die ”

-literally every prediction every season.

[damnvauseman]

I’M SORRY IT’S JUST THAT WE DON’T TRUST ANYTHING ANYMORE EVER

[ohbeauregard]

[damnvauseman]

Then it’s showdown, I guess. Colour me surprised.

[damnvauseman]

PRANK’D

[damnvauseman]

Then it’s showdown, I guess. Colour me surprised.

[damnvauseman]

Far from me to be a entitled, demanding jackass but I can’t be the only one feeling like so far there has been no true rewards this season. I’m on episode 9 and I find it a tad bit annoying that 6 seasons in they’re choosing to focus on new, superficial people instead of developing the established ones.

And another thing: why the hell would you sideline one of your strongest actors? I obviously understand why we don’t have so much Alex but where’s Suzanne? Damn.

[damnvauseman]

Blessed be us gays in this blessed gay day

[damnvauseman]

PSA

In case anyone cares (no one actually does, lol), I’ll be shitposting and everything will be tagged OITNB spoilers so be aware

[damnvauseman]

Miss Ruiz? Miss Ruiz? Oh my fuckin god she fuckin ded