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We NEED to talk about this scene because it shape-shifts when you watch the movie a second time???

On your first viewing, when Grace leaves the party to join Stratt on the deck, you’ve been following Grace's POV for the whole movie. You can feel how he's trying to break the ice and connect with Stratt via humor: "Permission to come aboard, captain?🫡"

And Stratt being Stratt kills the joke immediately: "You’re already aboard." And by killing that joke she also kills his attempt at connecting with her. That's her thing. You feel it in the knock-knock scene and you feel it here because Grace is feeling it. He stammers and he's nervous ("Talk too much, that's my problem, like right now"). His attempt at human connection is painfully unrequited (again).

When you finish the movie, you learn, however, that that is not true at all. You hear Stratt's voice crack when she has to do what she has to do, and you realize how her carefully constructed armor fractures because of him. He is not nothing to her.

And when you (inevitably) watch the movie again, and your POV is not limited to Grace's anymore but you can shift your view to Stratt ever so slightly, then suddenly the whole connecting-via-jokes business drops away to make room for the metaphorical meaning of "coming aboard".

"It is okay to be in your space? Am I allowed to be closer to you?"

And her answer?

He is already in her space, behind her defenses, and he doesn't even realize it (blissfully unaware about SO many things in fact). He is asking to be allowed inside the house while standing in the damn living room.

Of course watching a movie a second time will always deepen your understanding of the characters, but it's remarkable that Stratt's answer does not just gain a more differentiated level of meaning. Instead, it is transformed into it's opposite, from a very clear "I am not letting you in" to an equally clear "You've come in uninvited a long time ago", and both can be true at the same time!

God, the writing in this movie is KILLING ME

#⟡ citing the classics —

floating-space-jellyfish

A discovery at the temple

#⟡ citing the classics —

en-theos

sophocles fr. 941 (unattributed) incredibly interesting in regards to ovid Met. book 5:

ὦ παῖδες, ἥ τοι Κύπρις οὐ Κύπρις μόνον, ἀλλ’ ἐστὶ πολλῶν ὀνομάτων ἐπώνυμος. ἔστιν μὲν Ἅιδης, ἔστι δ’ ἄφθιτος βίος, ἔστιν δὲ λύσσα μανιάς, ἔστι δ’ ἵμερος ἄκρατος, ἔστ’ οἰμωγμός. ἐν κείνηι τὸ πᾶν5 σπουδαῖον, ἡσυχαῖον, ἐς βίαν ἄγον. ἐντήκεται γὰρ †πλευμόνων†17 ὅσοις ἔνι ψυχή· τίς οὐχὶ τῆσδε τῆς θεοῦ πόρος; εἰσέρχεται μὲν ἰχθύων πλωτῶι γένει, ἔνεστι δ’ ἐν χέρσου τετρασκελεῖ γονῆι,10 νωμᾶι δ’ ἐν οἰωνοῖσι †τοὐκείνης πτερόν.†18 < > ἐν θηρσίν, ἐν βροτοῖσιν, ἐν θεοῖς ἄνω. τίν’ οὐ παλαίουσ’ ἐς τρὶς ἐκβάλλει θεῶν; εἴ μοι θέμις – θέμις δὲ τἀληθῆ λέγειν – Διὸς τυραννεῖ πλευμόνων, ἄνευ δορός,15 ἄνευ σιδήρου· πάντα τοι συντέμνεται Κύπρις τὰ θνητῶν καὶ θεῶν βουλεύματα. Maidens, the Cyprian is not the Cyprian alone, but is called by many names. She is death, she is immortal life, she is raving madness, she is unmixed desire, she is lamentation; in her is all activity, all tranquillity, all that leads to violence. For she sinks into the vitals of all that have life; where is there not a pathway for this goddess? She enters into the swimming race of fishes, she resides within the four-legged brood upon dry land, and her wing ranges among birds. [Lacuna] . . . among beasts, among humans, among the gods above. Which of the gods does she not fight and vanquish?1 If it is proper for me – and it is – to tell the truth, she rules over the heart of Zeus, without spear, without iron. All the plans of mortals and gods are cut short by the Cyprian.

#⟡ citing the classics —

asteroidtroglodyte

You can’t Abstain your way to a Better World.

asteroidtroglodyte

The Burger still gets made, even if you go Vegan. If you don’t buy it, it just winds up in the trash. If you want to do something meaningful about waste, you need legislation: It must become a crime to waste food in those ways.

If you care about Animal Cruelty in Factory Farms, you need to get legislation passed. It must become a crime to mistreat animals in those ways, and when malfeasances occurs, the onus of responsibility for those crimes must fall upon wealthy shoulders. That, also, requires legislation. It requires regulations, and regulators.

The largest source of Microplastics is wear and tear on automobile tires. It doesn’t matter what brand of shampoo you buy. It doesn’t matter which company you support with your dollar. The issue of Public Transit is too large-scale to be handled at anything less than the municipal level.

It’s not enough to just not participate in society

If you want the world to Change, you must leverage the mechanisms of political power.

You need Government.

asteroidtroglodyte

STOP PROPOSING INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE PROBLEMS

lady-lazarus-13

Reminds me of this essay I just watched

It's not that we should stop trying as an individual and go oh well guess I'll just litter anyway. Instead it should be a "yes and" situation. Yes, you recycle and reuse, and now you've gotta advocate and push for legislation to stop the creation of more plastics.

We can't lose sight of the big picture when we are successful on an individual level. We can't just say well I'm doing my part so that's good enough. No, we need to hold these corporations accountable. We need to make our governments actually work for us and toward the betterment of this world.

It can and has to be "yes and" for us to see meaningful long lasting change.

let-sleeping-australians-lie

thank you david achu, one of my favorite video essayists ever

#⟡ citing the classics —#⟡ airing his grievances —

rotting-in-red

Rb game

Explain your favourite piece of media in the SHORTEST way possible

Eg: danganrompa

Highschool Killing game which homosexuals and (mostly) horrible representation

plague-crane

Magnus Archives

Queers experience The Horrors

@strawberryfairyflower @vanillabean5645 @blurringmysoull @guarddog-in-the-snow @aggggghhh @porceiaincat @spagetdomain +more <3

blurringmysoull

Muffins

Colourful horses kill other colourful horses

@getchacrayongetchacrayon @urchinbuttt @g1rlinterrrupts @110budd @dulcetfoxglove @sassy420princess @a-moth-cloaked-in-smoke @vita-min-bunniii @quiet-and-unknown2 @by-pr0xy @buggiesbasement

getchacrayongetchacrayon

iwtv and or hannibal

gay men who eat each other and also one has a job they're REALLY dedicated to

@dont-you-dare-forget-the-sun @cedar-slaughter @manicpanicpixiedreamgirl1 @sour-echinacea @k4rm4ftw

k4rm4ftw

teenage cannibalistic queers in the canadian wilderness OR !!!!!!! fhe worst adults Ever being gaslit into thinking theyde in heaven by an insecure demonguy

ANYWAYSANYWAYS @redwinesupanover @shattered-starry-pages < beanie boo bbg can U guess what it is😳😳

shattered-starry-pages

Is it that gay yellow jackets stuffffff

Okayyyy ummm

teenage girl realises her powers/sexuality, makes a friend and blows someone up

@catsandantiques !

catsandantiques

ianowt mention 😛

g&g

murderous teen mom marries mayor and teen daughter gets pregnant

@milzchaoticrambling @rambling-rosee @jamm3rz + free tags

rambling-rosee

A bunch of rich people get up to hijinks and a midwestern guy keeps murdering people

@keyboard-smashes @jerseyshoremassacre @queerbookbitch @dont-leafmealone @r0ckd0v3s @paracetamol-official @nblizzieforbes @biologynerd13 @wishgirl101 @nostalgicmermaaiid @carladuquette @ur-fav-shakespeare-nerd @theatrebookworm @the-heavenly-option @therealmaquaroonie @yorblair @pisghettio @pushingpesticides @gemwesper @gabeofcrows @hauntedrollercoaster @hmxoxomadferit @waywardstarz @liasummers @localrainbow725

Open tags!

paracetamol-official

a bunch of teenagers with powers have free will (and must save the word)

@ravengirl-luca @inthehousethatalwaysrains @wishgirl101

tired-shipper

gay people in hell

@definitely-ao3-offical @do-not-u-dare @erosdaughterwritingfiction @lavendertortoise12 @tabris-the-seventeenth-angel @the-one-and-only-piper-offical @taryn-everwood+ open tags

the-one-and-only-piper-offical

(@inthehousethatalwaysrains is it The Sun and the Star???)

Uhhhhhh

guy saves the solar system with the power of friendship + science

@fancysheepnacho @random-indian-girl @killer-offical @skyan-official @theonlyaardvark @ninahufflepuff + open tags

killer-offical

(i dont know which one to choose)

buncha kids in a zombie/monster apocalypse uhh save the world from... monster takeover.... (i haven't watched it in a while)

don't know who to tag😞

open tags!

nebulae-astros-official

Demigods save the world...again

@kingkit7734 @themanthemythelegendvesper @fire-girl-is-here-yo @roseisgoat @lwlfire + open tags

fire-girl-is-here-yo

Guilt-filled golden retriever man solves crime by clocking everyone and out-sassing them all so he can kill nemesis

And all the ships are rock hard bad bad

@1-key @ani-is-my-username @niks-does-art @moonlight-lunna and everyone else

moonlight-lunna

An angel and a demon (who have a lot of feelings for each other, but none of them want to talk about it) have to save the world from the Armageddon

Npt @nai-06 @adrianavance @mygodwhat-haveyoudone @agustinnisblog @lagatosvoladores

nai-06

Stickfigures with insane lore.

@just-klo @kamaii351 @bluemoon-catworld @going-crazy-together open tags

just-klo

lol thx for the tag nai <3

okay here’s mine

A piece of jewelry threatens to destroy a fantastical world so a group of people have to travel across said world and climb a mountain to destroy it

@the-sad-fish @thebrighteststar3 @cmaymanuel @haboptherizzler6226 @kamaii351 @dasillyhampter @/open tags

brain-outrunning-me

I have 2 that i cant decide between:

1: very very sad bugs and also the abyss is there

2: why am I crying over a rock and a school teacher

@jaithink @days-without-ai-ads-offical @spectroacha @echothevessel @blogofhornet @voidgivenformofficial @ajithink

jaithink

Rat on a subway track but the subway track is mostly vertical and the subway is actually water

@toxicrobotyaoi @the-cheese-man

toxicrobotyaoi

This all happened because of Daddy Issues™️

@adairctedgibbgirl @absintheaftershock @most-sane-classicist @secret-divinity @luciluck2046

most-sane-classicist

lovesick man has fever deam so writes homoerotic bible fanfiction

tags under cut

virgils-muse

Thank you for the tag!! Augh,, this is a hard one,,, have three instead

1.) Dude who is supposed to found Rome can NOT catch a break at all

2.) Amnesiac becomes manager to the twelve most rambunctious people in the entire city and they all go through therapy in the most physically painful way possible

3.) you are a massive bird creature being told by the narrator in your head to stop the end of the world by killing a pretty lady. You don’t really listen.

I ,, don’t know who to tag so open tags yay!

#⟡ citing the classics —#⟡ going to the café —#tag games #the aeneid #limbus company #slay the princess

gigimarvels

Through the Pink haze a Battle stricken Iron Valiant appears

#⟡ citing the classics —#⟡ placing artifacts on display —#pokemon #iron valiant

gauntletqueen

some fools be like “i play games to escape my responsibilities” then pick tank or healer

lesbianralzarek

in my greatest fantasies i am able to help people

gnomer-denois

In my fantasies I can prevent people from being hurt, even if it means I get hurt in their stead.

thewereshark-deactivated2025062

In my fantasies i dont have to know how to aim

#⟡ citing the classics —#real

justgaming365

feralpumpkincatgirl

some good tags on this one fellas

enron-intern-1998

Thank god I get to visit Pelican Town

#LIMBUS COMPANY???#THEY’EE PUTTING ME IN THE FUCKING MIRROR DUNGEON IM SO COOKED #⟡ citing the classics —

capitulism

The largest mass shooting in American history was a hate crime against gay people. Don’t ever forget that.

exmellivorinae

June 12, 2016. Putting a date on this for when it gets reblogged months from now by people who think the post is about something from 30, 40 years ago.

butch-reidentified

I am a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting, having grown up in Orlando and just turned 20 a month prior. If you didn’t know, there were several families who refused to claim the bodies of their relatives due to their sexuality. One family even had their relative’s name removed from the memorial. Murdered by the same hate with which their families reject them in both life and death.

Many, many people celebrated Pulse. We were told we deserved it. That it was God’s punishment for our sin of loving the same sex. We are sent messages like these I received in 2018:

We in the community often call the victim count 49+ to include the survivors who couldn’t live with the pain.

The event was never officially declared a hate crime or targeted homophobic attack and is rarely listed as one in databases.

At our vigils for those slaughtered, Extremist Christian groups showed up to protest, holding signs like this:

ID: Me kissing a woman I was casually seeing in front of an angry looking man with a “Sodomy is Sin” sign.

Please understand how much more than just a mass shooting this was. We are still to this day harassed and told we deserved it by some.

This year was the sixth anniversary. The first couple years I received dozens of messages checking in on me on 6/12. Year 5 got enough news coverage for people to think to reach out to me. This year it was my therapist, the woman I kissed in that photo, and a couple of other gun violence survivor friends. People are forgetting already.

butch-reidentified

With the 7 year anniversary <2 weeks away, I figured I’d reblog this