Killing Eve

25 years old from Portugal! (Killing Eve fans) I used to be a Orphan Black Tumblr blog.

[loving-villanelle]

Please sit down with your hot takes about how Killing Eve is not an example of BYG because we all should have expected a tragic ending due to the nature of the show. Literally everyone was prepared for and expecting the fact that one or both of these characters might die. While it’s obviously difficult to deal with the death of any character that you’ve connected with, this isn’t about Villanelle dying, it’s about the way they did it. To spend 35 minutes of this episode showing these characters finally finding their happiness, only to have it ripped away by a bullet in the span of less than 24 hours. Sound familiar? For the death to do nothing to move along the plot or further the story or serve any real purpose other than shock value. Sound familiar? I am exhausted seeing people bend over backwards trying to defend this show for killing Villanelle in the most vile and sadistic of ways and then say that we should’ve have expected it and that it doesn’t play into any pre-established tropes. Nothing about Villanelle’s death played into the the natural premise of the show. She didn’t die taking down the Twelve, she didn’t die in a high stakes situation, she didn’t die with any sort of purpose. Instead, she was shot in the arms of the woman that she loves right as she had gained her freedom and her happiness. There was no victory in her death, only victimization. There was no meaning, only shock value. If you want to argue that this isn’t BYG, fine maybe you’re right, because this is actually so much worse than BYG. This was a well established character that we spent 4 years investing in, that they spent 4 years growing and developing and while death was certainly a very real possibility for this character, not in this way. The Haunting of Bly Manor is a perfect example of a sapphic story that ended in tragedy, but is so beautiful because it actually had meaning. It served a purpose, it wasn’t wrapped up in hurried happiness, followed by unspeakable tragedy. It was a natural part of the story. This was not that. And every detail of this ending was downright cruel. Ignorance of a character’s queerness or a story’s queerness and the intricacies involved in that is not an excuse. This 2022 and I AM TIRED. Do fucking better. 

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[vlilanelle]

…and watched the spark drain from his eyes.

[nezoid]

♥️

[lmillers]

Thanks for the good time!

[buffylives]

“There’s a completeness when they’re with the other. They know that they recognize each other in a way that no one else ever has before.”

EVE and VILLANELLE in Killing Eve 3.08 - “Are You Leading or Am I?”

[softavasilva]

are you leading or am i

[dailycomer]

Jodie Comer during exclusive Variety Q&A for Killing Eve Season 3.

[dailyvillanelle]

#a journey of villaneve being face to face with each other

[wicannys]

whisper that you love me that you’ll never leave me be mine for always i’ll be yours forever

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[bittersweet-ritual]

Perception of love

So I know we are all losing it because of the fact that V went from her skewed understanding of love as possesion in 2x08

To understanding that loving someone is about what both of you want and about letting them go if that’s what they ask for in 3x08

BUT I also think it’s very interesting how in episode 3x06 it was already hinted at that Villanelle’s perception of what love is, was already changing

She wanted to go with Konstantin even if it meant leaving Eve behind. This was however under the guise of her wanting to stop working for the 12 so she wouldn’t have to kill anymore and for her to be free (which is also actually what she did and does want). That is why it wasn’t entirely about Eve (apart from the fact that Eve made V able to connect to her feelings and realise this isn’t what she wants to do anymore). This however makes it less obvious that V was changing in regards to her understanding of love, because she also just really did want to leave.

Now I believe V would’ve left with Konstantin if the whole plan hadn’t gone sideways. This makes what happens in the finale even more powerful. She gets all these signals from Eve that she can see a future with V. Eve keeps talking about US instead of I, while V only asks Eve about her and not about them together AND of course the moment in which she tells V she sees her face over and over again when thinking about her future. 

Until the moment on the bridge where Eve admits she wishes she didn’t have that monster inside of her and that she wants V to ‘help her make it stop’. And then V lets her go, because her ‘monster encourages Eve’s’ and so the only way for it to maybe go away is letting Eve try to hide the monster inside of her again (this isn’t possible with V around). 

So yeah leaving her life including Eve is something she’d already prepared to do in 3x06. But for someone as narcissistic as Villanelle to actually go through with this? Even after all their honest moments in 3x08, even after Eve shows her she REALLY cares for her, V still lets her go. She lets the only person that sees her for all that she is leave. Which is even more beautiful as V probably knows she’ll never find someone who will fully accept her again. So anyway, walking away and leaving it up to Eve was the most selfless and loveable thing she could’ve done and KE owns my entire ass. THIS SHOW.

[orphanblack-cloneclub]

Ah Portugal, where I had the best salad of my life 🤤

Ahahaha where? And Where are you from? 

[commanderlexas]

Could you please explain the symbolism of the ending scene of KE? I’d like to hear it from your perspective if that’s okay

Sure! You’re giving me an opportunity to ramble about it, so thanks for the ask! The fact that it took place on a bridge is the whole symbolism and I love it so much! A bridge symbolizes so many things but usually it symbolizes connection, understanding, hope, stability. It reflects how Eve and Villanelle are feeling in that moment. I just love when the show uses the place that surrounds the characters to reflect where the characters stand, how they feel or what’s to come between the two of them. Like for example, the final scene in 2x08 took place in the ancient ruins of Rome, which symbolized the conflict between Eve and V, that it wouldn’t end well, and well we know what happened then. But this time, it’s all about finding a common ground, uniting two pieces of land that were separated before, crafting a human connection that is as strong as a bridge. 

There was always a connection and an understanding between V and Eve, but in that final scene, it’s the most honest moment they’ve ever shared with each other. Villanelle is able to take into account Eve’s perspective by asking Eve if she ruined her life, which is an acknowledgement about how her actions might have affected Eve, and later by offering Eve the choice to walk away. I think that’s something V hasn’t done before. Most of the time in the past, V was focusing about what her actions have for consequences for herself, not thinking or caring about how other people might get affected. She was lacking of “Theory of mind” (= the ability to understand the desires, feelings and beliefs of other people) but she has become better at it, at least when it comes to Eve. And Eve is also honest with her, even though she tried to fight it a little bit “no, I had a husband and a house and a chicken”, yeah Eve as if having a chicken would make you normal haha. She admits the darkness in her at the end and that she wanted it to happen (V: I think my monster encourages your montster, right? E: I think I wanted it to.). And then Eve feels comfortable sharing with V that she’s scared “help me make it stop.” and V is now capable of accepting and understanding that Eve is scared, in comparison to 2x08 where she was confused by Eve freaking out about killing someone and wasn’t being able to accept that Eve didn’t want to run away with her.

They’ve come a long way. And, yes, maybe they haven’t figured out everything yet. Maybe there’s still things that separate them, hence why they were standing right in the middle of the bridge where there was literally a line between them, but...

the point of the symbolism is that they’ve built a bridge between them, and even if they turn around and walk away from each other, that bridge is now there connecting them. There’s always gonna be a way to come back to each other, no matter what happens in the future.

[reputation2017]

so y'all realize villanelle had no idea if eve would turn back around after she told her they should be apart. so when she said “look at me” before telling her to turn her back to her and walk away, she was thinking that was her last chance to look eve in the eye. please tell me y’all realize this. i can’t sleep because of it.

[merelybeing]

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