Find Me In Paris: Things Iām still wondering...
So, I really love Find me in Paris, is really funny and original.
I appreciate the way they handle all the time travel stuff... Iāve watched it like a hundred of times, but Iām still wondering:
1-Why no one ever told Lena about the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917?
Really, not even Ines, whoās like the ballerina version of Hermione Granger.
For the ones who donāt know what Iām talking about, or just wants a reminder, Iām going to make a short resume:
From 1904 to 1905 Russia and Japan were fighting a war; Russia lose it, so people werenāt very happy (they also realize some social classes needed some changes);
The Russian army repressed a manifestation in St. Petersburg (some people want to present a petition to zar Nikolai II);
It started a revolution that lasted two years (1905-1907). After it, the zar was forced to create the Duma (a sort of Parliament). Some historicals think that this was the first step of the 1917 Russian Revolution;
During WWI, the social situation in Russia wasnāt all this good, especially for the factory worker. They all unite under the ideals of Lenin, and it started the October Revolution, which led to the abdication of zar Nikolai II;
Due to some political issue (it started a civil war between the new communist government and people that still wanted the zar) Nikolai Romanov and his family (his wife Alexandra, his four daughter Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia, and his son Alexei) were took in Siberia and then killed.
So, Lena is a Russian princess: some people think is Nikolai daughter, but since itās not specificated, letās say sheās his niece.Ā
She obviously doesnāt know about Russian nobility fate; so, she still thinks that in Russia there would be a zar, who would be one of Nikolaiās descendants.
She says on more than one occasion that she is a princess, who lives in a palace in Russia.
But the thing is this: I donāt think the old Russian nobility still lives in Russia and has all their old proprieties such as palaces.
So no one (not even the teachers) find strange that Lena goes around saying sheās a princess?
This leads me to the next point: why doesnāt Ines tell Lena about Russia 20th century history?
She knows Lena is from 1905, so she knows why she doesnāt know about it.
If I know that one of my dearest friends is a time traveler from 1900ās Russia (and part of the nobility), one of the first thing I would say to them it would be: āIf you ever go back in your century, stay away from Russia! Move to the US and donāt go anywhere else!ā.
I understand Ines wouldnāt say that for all the ādonāt change the past because you donāt know how it could affect the futureā thing, but seriouslyā¦ Lena always said she wanted to go back! You donāt want to even warn her?
And later, in season 2, Lena said to Max all the truth; and she also said she wanted to go back so she could save Ines.
All Max has to say on it was: āOh, ok. Iām really sad that youāre leaving, but thatās ok. Letās create the most transgressive choreography that Paris Opera has ever seen.ā.
And I was likeā¦ Ehmā¦hello?? The girl you claim to love just said she wanted to go back at the beginning of a disastrous century!! Sheās leading herself into two revolutions and probably her death, but ok, letās dance through it.
No one there knows anything about 1900ās Russian history?
And besides that, what about the history lessons or the history teacher?
What do they teach students in that school?
2- Max's family: What happened between Max and Ruben Ā Ā (Reuben?)? What happened between Armando and his wife? And, more importantly, where is she?
I know that since Lena is the main character, we should be worried about her background story, but reallyā¦ you canāt throw us some hints about Max's dysfunctional family and then just walk away.
I mean, maybe itās just me, but Iām still confused about something.
If I get it right (feel free to correct me if Iām wrong):
Ruben is not Armando biological son: he was adopted in Spain;
He was a street boy, who was an extraordinarily talented dancer;
He and Max were inseparable;
At some point, their mum took them to London, where she wanted them to attend a boarding school (Arrow? Harrow?);
Max was accepted, but Ruben wasnāt;
So, Armando took the boy with him to New York (where he presumably worked for the Imperial Ballet) since their mum ācanāt take care of himā;
Then something bad happened between the two brothers;
The result was that Max was expelled from his school and his relationship with Ruben was ruined;
Max said that Ruben came to visit him at school and started āacting like himselfā: he made something bad, but we donāt know what;
After ābreaking his motherās heartā for being expelled (words from Armando), Max won a sort of scholarship for a European ballet school and chose to go to Paris;
Then, it happens all Lenaās stuff;
At a certain point Ruben comes back in Max life, āstealingā is brother baroque choreography and going at his school (and dancing with his chica);
In a dialogue, we discover that he and Max made a promise, but one of them broke it;
I think it was about not āentering in the other's territoryā? Like, Ruben couldnāt go to Max boarding school and Max couldnāt go to a ballet school/found a hip-hop crew?Ā
I donāt know if I missed something or I just misunderstood things, if you can explain it to me, Iāll be happy to listen.Ā
Anyway, I have some main question about Max family:Ā
I mean, I assumed she lives in London, her son lives in Paris, itās like an hour's flightā¦ why she never shows up?Ā
Not even for his shows at Garnier? Not even when her son injured himself so bad that he ends up in the hospital and had surgery?
Is she dead? Is she ill? Like does she have cancer or something so bad that she couldnāt take a plane to go to visit her hurt son? In that case, Iām sorry for my cruel judgment.
But otherwiseā¦I know that the others character parents never go to visit their children (the only exception were Dash and Theaās mums), but I think that every parent would have shown up in case their child end up in a hospital.
Is she totally unaffectionate?
Because the quote from Armando: āI took Ruben to NY because he wasnāt admitted at Harrow and your mother couldnāt take care of himā sound pretty bad.
What happened between Max's parents?
I know that married couple living in different city/country due to work isnāt uncommon, so it wouldnāt have bothered me if some word in Max and Armandoās dialogue in season 1 hadnāt been said:
Armando said that his wife decided to take the boys back to London, and it sounded to me like he didnāt totally agree with that decision.
Max said something like ādonāt speak about mumā as it hurts listening to his dad talking about his mum.
So, maybe Iām seeing drama everywhere, but it seems to me that something happened with Max's mum and/or between the parents.
My interpretation of that, after seeing that scene, is that Armando and his wife were divorcing, so Mum took her sons and moved to London (without Dad's consent, maybe, itās sadly common in some difficult divorces). Both the boys were obviously traumatized by that, so Ruben started acting badly (so he wasnāt admitted at school) making his mum desperate and unwilling to take care of him? And maybe Max was angry with his father for leaving mum and them (and after, for taking Ruben to NY and leaving him in a boarding school)?Ā
Why are Ruben and Max hating each other?
Okay, theyāre brothers, but weāre going a little too far, donāt we?
Maybe Maxās a little jealous of Ruben's talent and (again) because he was taken to New York with their father while he was in a British all-male boarding school and blah, blah, blahā¦ okay, we get it.
Maybe he is jealous because heās not Armando's biological son? Because he thinks Armando would always choose his ārealā son instead of him?
It could be, but Iām totally plotting things on this point
We know that probably Ruben was the reason for Max's expulsion from his old school, and I presume that their parents thought it was Maxās fault, but I donāt think thatās all the story.
I mean, I personally want to know more about this.
In conclusion, dear producers: you canāt just toss at us two brothers that literally want to punch one another without a real explanation and expecting us to just walk away with that.
Soā¦tell me what you think.Ā
Sorry for the long post, and thanks for reading it!Ā
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