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MASTERLIST
Let's talk series and movies
Series:
1. Afro beats: The Backstory
2. Alchemy of Souls
3. A Teacher
4. Black Bird
5. Blacklist
Raymond Reddington
The Inner Voice
6. Blood & Water S2
7. Bridgerton
Quick Thoughts on S2
Additional Thoughts
8. Chernobyl
9. Cowboy Bebop
Scars To Your Beautiful
We're all hypocrites.
I'm a hypocrite.
You're a hypocrite.
We're all hypocrites.
Finding The Meaning Of Life Through Chaos
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The desperate need to not be alone, to find that missing piece that will make life make sense, give meaning to these routines, and validate you, you've done something right. That will say it was all worth it. That will make you feel seen...
If you want messiness, chaos cos when I say shit goes from a zero to a 100 real quick and with so much depth.... And how these feelings are no respecter of persons or status.
Killing Eve
The Perfect Yin Yang
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" I think about you all the time. I think about what you're wearing and what you're doing and who you're doing it with. I think about what friends you have. I think about what you eat before you work and what shampoo you use and what happened in your family. I think about your eyes and your mouth and what you feel when you kill someone. I think about what you have for breakfast. I just...want to know everything."
From season 1, it was clear Eve was so interested in Villanelle as a person, not just as an assassin. Her monologue at the end sounded like someone that wanted to know intimate things about her like breakfast, her friends, what she feels. I think their relationship was still cat and mouse until the moment the knife went in and it evolved into cat and cat.
One thing about Villanelle I find fascinating is how she tries to learn what a person wants whether facsimile or misunderstanding, she does try for example, she has learnt Eve's husband is untouchable without being told. The season 2 ending, I feel Villanelle in her heart really did believe that she was in love and that was how to express but I I don't blame Eve too for rejecting her even though somehow it felt like this is what you asked for going back to her monologue in S1, 'I want to know what you feel when you kill someone ', and Villanelle take people literally, she is definitely not that person you want to say one thing to and mean another thing. I honestly see why Eve rejected her, she had just been manipulated by Carolyn but in a way I believe Eve trusted Villanelle and she was in a daze, almost like hypnosis after killing Raymond until the wake up call, the finger click was that Villanelle too had manipulated her. In that moment I understood her rejection coupled with the expression like she was a thing to be owned or belong to someone. Season 3 really helped to do the work of bringing them to the perfect yin yang. Villanelle had now learnt and understood, if you love someone, you let them go which may have been squeezed out of her individual journey finding out no one really wanted her, not her mother and her handlers and the 12 only wanted a killing machine, not her. Eve had come to a place of acceptance, acceptance of who she is now which may have been squeezed out of all the dominos finally falling to the last bit and acceptance of Villanelle too
Under the Banner of Heaven
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Religious fanaticism at its finest.
Brutal violence and oppression of women. A cautionary tale to be careful of the family you choose to marry into. Generational abuse. You reap what you sow. The way the scenes are juxtaposed between past and present showing history repeating itself on a loop. And they are done so well that builds up the ...and it's not so much a cliffhanger but an overwhelming feeling of what's to come. The way human beings use religion to justify and as a weapon to mete out unspeakable and despicable acts against their fellow human being is jarring. When you find out and begin to question everything you've ever believed. Was it all a fallacy? The longer you believed and were committed to the fallacy, the more it hurts. Dangerous family traditions.The notion of not questioning leaders when even Apostle Paul said to check the Scriptures for ourselves and not follow blindly. Don't be lazy. Read the Word of God and know Him for yourself. Brainwashing. Using religion as banner and masks to cover misdeeds and have an air of superiority. This is not faith, it's pure fantacism.
Stories I would Rewatch In The Next 10, 20, 50 Years
Scenes From A Marriage
I just found it so relatable, so much so that I ranted to a friend about it for hours, and she thought it was a real-life story, haha. Discovering the answer to the question. Who am I, and not what family or society or friends or people feel we should be can be really hard. And coming to the realisation and acceptance of one's part in the fizzling out of a relationship is a lot of work.
Interview With The Vampire
The themes of grief, identity, abuse, cycles of abuse, dysfunctional family that bleeds throughout the show is how I know Ill be coming back to this from time to time. Basically a show about flawed people trying to love and be loved and the show demands you have empathy for them, and even goes beyond to ask that you forgive them. I have accepted the fact that no matter how many times I rewatch this show, there will always be something I missed. With every new season, you go back and you see certain things in a new light. The core theme, "Memory is a monster" makes it so that you'll never know the full story.
Fleishman Is In Trouble
This is one of the shows that had me asking what rock I had been under??? If you haven't seen it, you've been living under a rock too! From time to time, my mind keeps bringing me back to the ending monologue.
"It has to do with how you feel about yourself, and the person closest to you gets mistaken for the circumstance and you think, Maybe if I excised this thing, Id be me again. But you're not you anymore. That hasn't been you in a long time. It's not his fault. It just happened. It was always going to just happen."
Feud: Bette and Joan
I would quote the Finale Title for this one.
"You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?"
Saying this title has me tearing up already. I mourned the women. I mourned the friendship these two women could have had and loathed all the things that stood in the way of that.
Fosse Verdon
The final one in the 3Fs.
This World Can't Tear Me Down & Tear Along The Dotted Line
In a time when I had pushed many friends away and felt like they couldn't understand what I had been through, and was searching for purpose, to feel needed and to have some meaning to this thing called life. This made me feel seen and told me I was not alone. A friend recommended this to me, he may not know it, but he saved my life.
Stories
What are those shows you would rewatch in the next 10, 20, 50 years?
Becoming
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Yes the adrenaline rush, the thrill is there, the moment everything goes silent and you're waiting with bated breath to see what will come next. But, beyond all this is how the show invites you to sit with them and reflect. Without outright saying it, you find yourself putting yourself in their shoes and thinking What will I do in this situation? How will I behave and react in this situation? There's almost no room for judgement, because sometimes, even the betrayals, you find yourself nodding in understanding.
It is the becoming of people. Who they become through these games. It is the fact that the games "encourage" them to move as a team, and they see these people they care about die, and they have to keep going in real-time. There is no time to grieve the loss, there is no time to feel or do anything. There is nothing people wouldn't do for the future they desire or to avert a repeat/escalation of their past. There is nothing as soul-crushing as hearing your future will amount to nothing. When the guilt and regret swallow one whole and all the hope drains from our souls, what else is there to live or fight for? What will you do, what will you sacrifice for your dream future? Or will you sacrifice your dream future and who or what will you do it for?
What makes you feel like life is worth living?
Free Guy
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Why am I laughing and crying at the same time? I don't know! This was a form of romantic action comedy I didn't even know I needed. Falling in love through a video game? I was really invested in the story!
It was so much fun to watch with really relatable heartfelt moments. We meet strangers we share similar interests with and sometimes those strangers become friends and even family. Video games, movies, anime, series and so on mean so much to different people and affect them in different ways. Some of us live vicariously, express ourselves, learn and grow through them. It is not just a video game or just an anime!
I enjoyed the chemistry between Jodie Comer's character (Molotov) and Ryan Reynold's character (Guy) and the chemistry among the characters. The actors gave astounding performances. Even in the delivery of their lines, they were having way too much fun and oh it is contagious!
There is just something about Ryan Reynolds, everything that beautiful man says is hilarious!
I enjoyed the references to the MCU and DC universe, it was hilarious!
I loved the Ankara bomber jacket and head wrap on one of the art nerds. It was a really nice touch!
I also loved the musical selections for the soundtrack especially, "Make Your Own Kind Of Music by Cass Elliot" and "Mariah Carey's Fantasy by Jodie Comer."
The first song with that fight choreography and Guy just watching Molotov in awe was just so beautiful to watch. I was in awe too screaming, just watching the badassery of Molotov girl. I couldn't help but remember the powerful scene in Sex Education in season 2 with the same song. I'm always smiling with a wide grin everytime I hear that song.
Live in the moment and if you want something more, go for it and in all, be you and the best version of you.
And the second one playing as the world was literally crashing all around them. Buddy literally crashing into oblivion while admitting that was the day he really got to live and not just exist. It added a level of depth to the emotions of the scene. We matter...we all matter!!!
There was something pure and immaculately beautiful about the way Molotov girl's face lit up, the moment she bonded with Guy over the buble gum ice cream. I felt the love, joy, astonishment and everything.
"I'm just a love letter to you. Somewhere out there is the author"
I hope we all get to write love letters that express love, care and understanding of who other people are and we read love letters that express the same about us in the form we love, appreciate and understand because we deserve it.
And no words needed to be said between Millie and Keys, just two nods in acknowledgement of their feelings, because in that moment, everything was clear and understood...sigh...love really is a beautiful thing.
Stories
Storytelling is important. Stories are not just entertainment, they carry weight. They are how histories are learnt, perceptions about people and situations are built and they carry the blueprint of the very essence of what it means to be human. They echo our beating hearts.
Kanej
Certainty
"There is one sin I have come to fear above all others. Certainty. Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance. Even Christ was not certain at the end. Dios mío, Dios mío, ¿por qué me has abandonado? He cried out in His agony at the ninth hour on the cross. Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt. If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery and therefore no need for faith" - Conclave
They say there's light at the end of the tunnel, a path out of the maze we call life, but when you're in the thick of it, you simply cannot see this light or this path they talk about. How can you tell me there's a light or a path when all I can see around me is darkness, an empty void that dares to suck you in whole, all encompassing, overwhelming and there isn't even a torchlight to see. The darkness envelopes me, invades my senses, pierces deep into every part of my body and soul, so again, where's this light?? We search for clarity, for answers, and everywhere is just silent.
So which makes me think, maybe we will not fully understand or be able to see the big picture because we are right in it. Think about it like a maze, when you're in the maze or tunnel, it's really hard to see your way out or what's at the end, but when you're looking at it from the top-down view of a drone, it's so easy to see the path and see the end of the tunnel. But we don't get to see that. So I think faith is for our benefit, because it's what gives us hope to keep going. When we finally make it to the top of the mountain, the view is worth it, and then, we will have a better understanding of why we had to go through certain things. But then, I ask, did we really have to go through everything we went through??? Hmmm.
In the end, all we can do is hold on to faith and hope and keep going.
Cognitive Vs Affective Empathy
Expectations
Parallels
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This is by no means a comparison. Just parallels of two of my favorite characters that I love and am absolutely obsessed with portrayed by phenomenal and brilliant actresses, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer and Jodie Comer as Villanelle. These two phenomenally powerful, complex characters make me feel like I can do absolutely anything.
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So feral and animalistic
Yennefer: She circles Geralt like a predator waiting for the right moment to pounce on its prey.
Are all witchers similarly blessed?
Villanelle: Leans in close to sniff her own perfume on Eve's neck with the tip of a knife firmly aimed at the edge of Eve's sternum.
You have a very nice body.
Haha! Funny coincidence, they both met their love interests under very mysterious and interesting circumstances in episode 5 of the first season of the shows.
Dominant and in control
Yennefer: I believe I sized you up quite right.
Which was after one meeting and dressed Geralt because she can. Tells him, scratch that, orders him to bathe and wear the clothes. Draws a bath for him while looking at the fine specimen in front of her but doesn't extend the same courtesy to him, again, because she can.
Villanelle: Sorry baby
Knows exactly the belt Eve needed to complete her look just watching her from a glance in the boutique, sneaks in the belt to her dressing room, and is gone without Eve seeing her. Steals her suitcase throws out her not so fashionably good clothes and replaces them with some really gorgeous, expensive clothes and a gown in particular that is exactly Eve's perfect size hugging her body in all the right places.
Unapologetically powerful
Yennefer: I want to be powerful. It's what I'm owed.
When you have power like this, never apologise
Villanelle: I know, I'm amazing.
I'm expensive. Will you give me everything?
Scent
Yennefer: Lilac and gooseberries. Tough to get in your head. You have a strong will but you can't contend with me. Sorry I couldn't be direct. I knew you'll fight it. But I do love a good old-fashioned trap.
Villanelle: I want to smell powerful. I want to make people gag with it. I want to smell like a Roman centurion who is coming across an old foe that once hurt him greatly. Oh since then that Roman centurion has become an emperor and is now powerful beyond measure.
Know what they want and go for it
Confident
Masks, facade, underneath it all, vulnerable
Yennefer: You're born helpless so you find strength. Then that's all they want you for, to use you. And you find love, but it isn't real. It's... it's a wish someone made once, before they even knew who you were. And you... you find power, and it turns to ash in your hands!
I dreamed of becoming important to someone. Someday.
Villanelle: Most of the time, most days, I feel nothing. I don’t feel anything. It’s so boring. I wake up and I think, “Again? Really? I have to do this again?” And what I really don’t understand is, how come everybody else isn’t screaming with boredom too? I try to find ways of making myself feel something, more and more and more but it doesn’t make any difference. No matter what I do, I don’t feel anything. I hurt myself, it doesn’t hurt. I buy what I want, I don’t want it. I do what I like, I don’t like it. I’m just so bored.
I feel things when I'm with you.
They don't have to carry weapons. They are the weapons!!!
They are feminine in all their glory, wearing gorgeous clothes and killing in them literally.
Fierce
Above all, they are survivors
Villanelle