Can we please talk about the relationship between Fink and Roz?? š„¹š„¹š„¹
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Thinking about how naturally and instantly Roz and Fink took to one another. They meet under the most tense circumstances, but soon after, they become an ordered pair. I love how dedicated they both become to raising baby Brightbill. Thereās nothing in it for Fink except for being part of a family, and you can tell he really enjoys it even if he never outright says it. Heās deeply sensitive and loving and maybe he hates it about himself, thinks heās weak for it, but itās true. Roz sees right through his nonchalant exterior. She understands him better than anyone else.
They raised a kid together and they will always be bonded for it. Only they know how much work it takes to raise a runt. They know the rejection inflicted on them by society, and they constantly fight nature that tries to kill their son like it does with any unfit creature. Iām so warm for the soft moments of concern shared between two parents; āHeās never gonna learn if he doesnāt get out there, Roz,ā and, āYou canāt be up there with him / then weāll find someone who canā and they go together, in search of a flight instructor for their boy. :,) And how they both actively involve themselves in his flight training. Carving his ābaby picturesā into wood and displaying them by his nest. Quiet conversations like āThings still weird between you two? / Yep, still weird.ā Telling him stories about the ābeautiful robotā that fell from space. I justā¦ maybe itās the mommy AND daddy issues in me, but seeing two parents fight for their disabled coded kid makes me feel so tender.
I was so soft during the āhow do you know if you love someone?ā scene because you see it in his eyes that he does know, because after all this time he realizes heās come to love her. He wants her to say it. He wants to say it but he has internalized that when he loves something, it never stays. Despite this, we can see at the end of the movie when heās telling the animals a story just how much he admired her for not only bailing him out of his chronic loneliness, but for everything she did for the island. Heās the main one that keeps Rozās memory alive after she leaves.
Hopefully in the sequel, we get an āI love youā scene between these two. Itās wholly deserved. I want to be upset that we didnāt get it in the film, but Iāve come to feel that the absence of it is somehow even more poignant. Some things are just obvious and donāt need to be outright said, however, I think hearing it would heal some of Finkās negative internalized beliefs that came from his childhood.
actually I will elaborate on why didier and gilles are such a tragedy: when you think about it, they're the only iconic duo in which both are dead.
Jackie Stewart lost FranƧois Cevert and retired immediately after that, devastated by the pain of his loss, but he's still alive even if he was born in 1939!
Nigel Mansell lost Elio de Angelis and dedicated his next victory to him, he's still alive and still remembers him dearly.
Ayrton is dead, but Alain is still there.
But Didier, Didier is not here. He is not walking around paddocks with a cane, old and grey-haired, remembering Gilles at official events. In virtue of him being still alive the weight of the guilt on his shoulders would have settled off, and maybe not many people would still call him a traitor to his face. He would deserve the same pride, the same spark in his eyes Alain has when talking about his unique relationship with Ayrton, but talking about Gilles instead. About how their souls were made of the same material, how deep their friendship was and how sad it was they never had time to talk. But he would have his unique memories, and his sons, and his name would be cleared.
But he's not there. His name is still dragged in mud to this day.
Be grateful that your favourite drivers (retired or not) are still alive, that they can talk, they can spend time together. Because Didier and Gilles cannot do that anymore.
