THE WIRE – 2x04 “Hard Cases” | 4x03 “Home Rooms”

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THE WIRE – 2x04 “Hard Cases” | 4x03 “Home Rooms”
after being in this fandom for so long i have to say it's incredibly interesting to see the "main character" of the marauders era change from James to Remus to Regulus (and honestly it may be changing to Evan and Barty now too)
Beginning of ROTJ undoes two major things from Empire Strikes Back: Han is back, which scales down some of the tension, our trio is back together and things are good again. The other, Luke’s mechanical hand is ruined, which was in place for audiences to think Luke was himself again with an identical hand but this actually reinforces that Luke actually is disabled and not all the same. Curious contrast.
When it comes to Carol & (Zosia's body) the Hive's relationship, I think the discussion around consent gets really really complicated.
Zosia's body can't consent because she can't say no. Every body used by the Hive can't consent because they simply can't *not* consent. One could even say the Hive itself can't consent, but what weirds me out the most is the thought of Zosia as a former individual, and how violated she could feel if her individuality were to come back. It's the main reason why I hate Koumba, the fact that he was willing to overlook this matter since day one 100% makes him a rapist, at least in my eyes, so I can't completely ignore that Zosia ('s body) can't actually consent to anything they've (she's ?)done with Carol.
However, I also can't entirely blame Carol for giving in and having sex/emulating a relationship with "Zosia" (because it's not actually her, per se, it's the Hive). She's at the lowest point of her life, her addiction is getting worse, the Hive is the only way she can even pretend to have a human connection at the moment, especially because her wife has just died. Not to mention, the Hive weaponizes loneliness against her and initiates the kiss in the hopes of manipulating her and getting her to accept the joining. In a way, Carol's own consent is tampered with because of all these factors. Depriving someone of human connection and dangling it in front of them is torture. Coercing, torturing or manipulating someone in order to get their consent is also rape. Her consent is being violated in multiple ways too, given the situation with the stem cells. (And wasn't she drunk when they first had sex? I can't remember)
Like I said, it's VERY complicated. It makes me feel awful for both of them. They couldn't consent, they didn't stand a chance :(
I hear great things are happening on AEW Dynamite.
I am plotting again using the books.
Besides the fact that in the Phoenix of Destiny there is a fucking MAGIC TRAIN that I competely forgot about (not that it has many use to me for the fic but like, it's kinda a big deal?) (Maybe it can be useful in the future)
I am once again looking at the content of the Fairy Safe and like... I think the English edition doesn't have the in-depth analysis of what IS in the Fairy Safe. Like, in the Italian Edition there are about 30 extra pages that explain what the Fairy Safe contains.
I am very sorry for when this will be translated. You readers won't probably know what I am talking about.
i SHOULD be more intrigued with the idea of Batman and Harley bonding over how Joker has personally ruined their lives, his attempts to impose his own world view on them, and repeating so many times he's the only one who will love and understand them because of how secretly dark and twisted and messed up they are that they start to believe it, but i'm just so tired of Joker that i can't write about it the way i only sort of want to