this spiderverse type idea has been floating in my head since the start of the zine and we've officially reached full AUception so i'm subjecting everyone here to it too. i love hotgal & cutegal :]
taco iāll save you from the mischaracterizations on tumblrā¦.
its funny how the episodes point is literally to show that she isnāt a heartless monster and actually feels remorse for her actions but people are like NO!!!! SHES MANIPULATING EVERYONE. EVERY SINGLE ACTION SHE COMMITS HAS MALICIOUS ULTERIOR MOTIVES BEHIND THEM! likeā¦ noā¦. did we watch the same episodeā¦ you guys are blinded by hatred of a fictional character so badly you cannot consume the media as intended. iām not excusing her actions or saying she DIDNāT fuck up badly but oh my god. you lot are missing the point of how the her entire arc is headed (in point of giving taco redemption) SHE LITERALLY DIEEEDDDD BECAUSE OF THE SHEER INTENSITY OF HER EMOTIONS AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING SHE DIDNT CAAAREEEE
ALSO also THERES LITERALLY SYMBOLISM WITH THE CRACK SHE HAD!!!!! -hand gesture- you know. avoiding all of her problems and deflecting them. in terms of the events of leading up to the manner it got inflicted. her outer facade beginning to collapse. she kept on suffering from it which literally caused her to shatter. but after she got regenerated she doesnāt have it anymore. literally a metaphor for growth and healing!!! hear me out on this one
not gonna say anything drastic but it is funny how people love male characters for the same exact negative traits taco exhibits.. yet.. hm
Iām over analyzing this scene to spread mkulia propaganda
But also I would like to show everyone that believes that MK and Julia donāt actually care for each other and would coldly betray each other The Scene from Episode 8.
The premise for this conversation is that in the last challenge, Chris broke the campers down into teams of three, two of which had a sabotage option and MK had an ultimately unhelpful advantage that a teammate chose. After being set back by the third team, Julia opted to use her sabotage on MK, who had a huge lead. Julia and her team ultimately won the challenge and immunity in part because of the sabotage.
The editing here is strange because Julia had an unrelated confessional, followed by a scene from Zee and confessional from him but the scene opens presumingly right after her confessional. Itās early morning and MK is right outside the confessional, claiming to have been looking for Julia all morning. From what we know of MK, she would not care to expend the energy looking for anything unless she thought it would give her an advantage. But no, she says she was looking for Julia specifically because she was anxious that Julia was avoiding her. Look at her face, sheās genuinely concerned when she says this; MK usually has some kind of sarcastic/snide remark when sheās not being serious.
Julia tries at first to laugh off the notion as if itās no big deal, but sheās doing an unusually bad job at doing it. This is unusual for Julia because we know she knows how to act and play people, thatās all she did for the first half of the last season. But consider thematically that MK is the *reason* Julia got to be her authentic self after being ousted as a fraud and how Julia said it felt right to just be herself. It has to feel particularly wrong to lie to MK when the premise of their relationship is appreciating each other for their real selves.
Look at how quick Juliaās facade drops and MKās face knowing itās a lie:
MK, who again, has a tendency to make sarcastic remarks, just says āSo, yes,ā when Julia tries to deny avoiding her. Then she glances away like this before trying to reassure Julia that sheās not mad:
She actually looks uncomfortable, like sheās not used to having to reassure people like this and sheās generally awkward trying to get the words out. If MK didnāt care, if she was lying about actively looking for Julia, she easily couldāve scripted this out and throw in her signature snarking humor. We know from her audition tape that sheās also good at being sneaky and we know from past episodes that she enjoys seeing people squirm, but thereās no indication sheās enjoying this conversation.
What her assurance essentially breaks down to is saying sheās not mad at Julia for using her sabotage on her. After she says this she pauses because she spots Zee shenanigans behind Julia but tries to refocus but we see Julia give MK this look:
Itās a very subtle detail but Julia slightly lifts her head and raises her eyebrows. She looks like she canāt believe someone is actually forgiving her despite doing what any other person on the island would perceive as a backstabbing. Considering the ruthless way she played last season and her strategy to just keep winning immediately, it could be argued that she was just worried she burned a bridge and would have to do it again. But if that was the case, she wouldnāt just be silently listening to what MK had to say, sheād just go back to being The Mean Girl.
But she doesnāt and MK begins to elaborate that she thinks they make a great team and she begins to say āAll I want is forāā before total drama does what it does and undercuts the moment with Zeeās shenanigans. It being these two though, I canāt imagine MK saying something too sentimental though and itās clearly water under the bridge as they immediately agree to mess with Zee and are back to doing confessionals together.
I could go on and on about different scenes that reinforced this one. I just totally refute the idea that they arenāt genuine with each other because they have what feels like the most planned out dynamic of the new generation. Itās not out of character for these two to have gotten along so quickly or for them to care about each other like this.
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