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rewatching matilda (1996) and god miss honey's whole dynamic with trunchbull in the first half is so subtle and so good. such a great buildup to the trunchbull & miss honey history. the way trunchbull calls her "jen"! the little flinch when trunchbull throws a dart at her face! when she's trying to stand up for matilda and every time she pushes back against trunchbull it's not just against her boss but also her abuser!

summersofsalt

when trunchbull goes "miss honey... this could be the most interesting thing you've ever done," when honey rescues matilda from the chokey... sooo much weight to that line when you know the trunchbull & honey history!

quasi-normalcy

I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.

quasi-normalcy

Funny that the stereotypical cynic is an idealist who aged out of it. In my experience, the reverse is true. I was an extreme cynic as a teenager and then I noticed how profoundly limiting it was, and also that "cynics are cool and smart" was a message that was being constantly reinforced by corporate media for some reason.

quasi-normalcy

#yes! cynicism reads as very juvenile to me#and yes prev often stemming from teen pain

Yeah, like I see black-pilled people on here and my default reaction isn't "oh, these must be world-weary old warriors who've lost their faith in humanity", it's "these people are in their 20s and need a hobby"

quasi-normalcy

I also think that the present era has proven that authoritarian leaders don't actually want a population of wide-eyed idealists, they want a population of jaded assholes who are convinced that everyone is lying, any resistance is either a scam or doomed to failure, and nothing can ever get better.