So I just spent my lovely train ride listening to the revenged love podcast and its just making me want to rewatch the whole thing.
I just really enjoy you two talking and gushing about the shows you love and when it's a show I love as well its like birthday and Christmas combined so thanks!!!!! You basically have to imagine me nodding along to everything you say and get mind blown by the details you see that just fly under my radar. The music for example so Z if you haven't already and I missed it this is my reminder that you wanted to make a post about the music cause I want it and you should do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would also like to see a directors cut but I am a little cautious about the 'drama'/rumors about the editing/cutting of scenes. I know too little about the process of making a show like that under these specific circumstances to have a solid opinion but i find it strange that an editing team would just cut necessary scenes without talking to the director. Editing is such an important part of movie making and does a lot of the heavy lifting and I just can't imagine a director being walked over just for scenes to be cut. If they actually cut these scenes there might be more to it. A lot of different factors weighing in that made them do it which you guys basically said as well ANYWAY
I'm just here for my boys and your correct opinions about them 💖🥺
Z I basically screamed when you mentioned the green/red light in ep1 being the red/green flag cause I only saw the villain lighting but you are of course correct. Amazing.
Also your talk about the earlier moments of their characters made me remember so much fucked up shit I already forgot. This rewatch really is a must at this point what am I even doing
You also made me think about why cc would fall head over heels for wsw if he's basically made a home in his own misery and broken heart for 6 years and why it had to be wsw who shook him out of it and I think it's not just the 'loser aura' (omg cc I just urgh so romantic) wsw is in a way... maybe who cc wants to be. He's carefree he's loved he has a home he is optimistic not just about his own future but about humanity he got hurt romantically and picked himself up by his bootstraps and did not succumb to loneliness and despair and hatred he did not get turned into this shell of himself. He stayed absolutely 100% true to himself - which is funny cause wsw tries to be someone else entirely but cc sees through that instantly - and I forgot where I wanted to go with this but the whole 'I am mesmerized by your loser aura' for me means I am mesmerized by how you are unapologetically yourself.
So..... yeah big rant I am sorry but this is your fault as well so bear with me 😌🔪
The snakes!!!! Yes about the snakes. I missed them in the end as well but it does make sense that they're gone (they just should've talked about it but I'm nitpicking a great show) If the snakes represent cc past and basically all his red flag behavior and giving them away ridding himself of said past then I feel like you could open up a conversation about how cc's dad kidnapping his snakes and his parents in general trying to make him stop taking little jealousy everything, was their attempt of breaking cc out of that downward spiral. I mean yeah the much more literal interpretation is 'these snakes are weird please get rid of them and be a good heterosexual son' but I do like to give them more credit especially since they seem to come around in the end.
Anyway. Thank you for entertaining me this afternoon and making me emotional about revenged love again ❤️
Just as a visual aid I decided to include this artist interpretation of my journey today:
Have a great night/day!!!
First of all — this message is EVERYTHING??
We both grinned so hard reading it, and honestly, it means so much that you took the time to share all of this.
You captured exactly the kind of conversations we hope the podcast sparks, and hearing that it made your train ride feel like birthday and Christmas rolled into one?? Literal serotonin boost. Thank you. Also the included visual aid had me cackling like a crazy fool.
Now let's get into the meat of this glorious rant (and NO apologies necessary — this is the energy we live for):
The music post… TBH I want to do it but well… I am queen of procrastination, so we'll see. I do really love that song so much.
Re: the director’s cut and the drama — you put that so well.
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the outrage or disappointment (especially when we feel protective over something we love), but you're right that editing is a layered process with a lot of moving parts and people. It’s rarely as simple as “this scene was cut = someone was wronged.” I think we have the stigma of censorship which after so many years is hard to shake our fear of it, as viewers. I think for me it came down to being sad that the actors took the time to create these scenes for us and we will probably never see them.
Still, a director’s cut would be fascinating — even just to see what the full vision looked like before all the necessary compromises were made. Ahhh a girl can dream. Although all the behind clips they are dumping are helping a little. It's nice to see how much joy they had doing this show.
I love how you put CC's love for WSW - "I am mesmerized by how you are unapologetically yourself." Yes. This. Totally. No Noted Needed.
But because I am me, you inspired the ramble in me: it made me think about the snakes as a metaphor for CC's personality. The idea of not feeling safe or comfortable in his own skin. A lack of trust and security, his love for and even the act of keeping snakes as pets made me think of the way they shed their skin. A process used for growth and to remove parasites. His snakes were a bit like WSW if we look at it from the idea that CC saw a freedom and personality that he wanted for himself in WSW, in his snakes he saw an ability to shed the world he lived in and the pressure and expectations of his family and the pain of his past. - end ramble - No wait there is more. LOL. Maybe, that is why I wanted more snakes, even if it was so he could vocalise that he didn't need them anymore, because he finally felt comfortable in his own skin with WSW by his side.
Your whole message felt like a giant warm hug and a deep brain conversation at the same time, which is our favourite combo. Thank you for ranting, for screaming at the green/red light bit (with me), and for being on this journey with us. You're 100% right — a rewatch is absolutely necessary.
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