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idk what they did to simbu in this movie but he was lwky so fine sorry

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That Matt Murdock sexy cocky devilish smirk™ has been a paid actor this season 😍

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GIVE DOM THE IC TITLE PLEASE!

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Didn't think it was possible but my god...DILFy Matt's beauty was so distracting

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A Reason I Consider Kevin The GOAT: The man sells like rent is due he is so good at it.

One Of My Struggles As A Kevin Fan: "Oh no is he really seriously hurt or is he just flexing his acting skills again?"

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the two ends of the Fashion Icon Spectrum

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doms FACE i'm screaming

RR: Because I will be the new women's world champion and all you'll be left with...

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Kevin should be allowed to run people over with a golf cart at least once a month

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Something that HBO's The Penguin is absolutely nailing is showing how that entire world is completely steeped in misogyny.

A lot of media (books, movies, etc.) these days try to shove it down your throat, proving that women are so oppressed and they're suffering so much. And it's really annoying because that's just not how it works. Women that have been raised in patriarchal societies/institutions don't sit around thinking "being a woman sucks and I wish I was a man and could do man things". Also, explicitly telling us (usually screaming in our faces tbh) that the world is horrible to women rather than showing us assumes that the audience is too stupid to understand the subtext.

The Penguin, on the other hand, is constantly showing us how misogyny functions in this setting. It's basically never explicitly brought up though. We just see how Sofia is talked over and disregarded and not taken seriously by the men in her life, Oz included. We see Carmine shut her away and we see his family endorsing that. We see Alberto assumed to be heir despite being totally inept. We see Oz failing to take Sofia seriously time and time again. The "you're a woman; know your place" is never spoken aloud but it's always there.

And the way that the sexism intersects with class dynamics is so beautifully done. People listen to Sofia because she's a Falcone and an "insane" one at that but only with half an ear because she's just a psychotic, mentally unstable woman.

(This is ofc all as of episode 5. I never doubt HBO’s ability to make me eat my words).

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i was on sofia’s side even before episode 4 but holy shit. from now on my queen should be allowed to do whatever she wants and i’ll gladly stan

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That Maxxine magic.

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Pretty Deadly getting the high paying musical gigs now.

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So... Dom's reasons for betraying Rhea are bullshit

This is coming from someone who doesn't have a particular alliance to RheaDom or LivDom btw, I just like a good story

I think it would've been even better if he adopted the whole 'you guys were acting different after becoming champions' thing that Finn is talking about (which doesn't even make that much sense considering Rhea had been champ for so long)

He absolutely shouldn't have denounced all his Mami stuff from before with Rhea because it puts everything he's done in the past 2 years into question and makes it look like a waste. And why was he so passionately defending Rhea in his match against Jey Uso if he was just gonna betray her anyway?

He should've talked about how with Rhea being gone, he wasn't distracted anymore and he could see the flaws in the Judgement Day more and more. Maybe Finn and Liv convinced him that the terror twins were going to start controlling him the way his dad used to. Maybe he felt like Rhea and Damien were starting to pander to the audience more (because they were slowly becoming babyfaces) which he thinks goes against everything the judgement day stands for and Damien actually found enjoyment in Dom being in the doghouse with Rhea when she returned, idk. Literally anything is better than 'Liv gives me chicken tenders' for gods sake.

Rhea's vibe has been weird too. Why is she going on about 'wanting Dom to win on his own' when the Judgement Day's entire thing was being meddling heels. I get that she's transitioning to being a good guy but all she had to do was go 'I just never thought you would do it to me.' Getting mad at Dom for the concept of meddling in matches is a bit OOC for her I think.

And on that note, why didn't we have at least one week where Rhea is actually hurt by the betrayal? Actually embarrassed for letting her guard down and trusting Dom. That could've added more complexity to the breakup, Dom and Liv could get even more heat by rubbing it in while Rhea gets more sympathy and adoration from the crowd. Now her image is back to being this indestructible being that can't be stopped by anything. She really could've benefitted from that internal conflict because her overcoming it would've been that much more badass.

I'm still gonna let the storyline cook and for what its worth I think all the performers are doing an incredible job, I just see the potential for more

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Thinking about the Judgement Day feud…

how do you guys see the Finn and Damien rivalry playing out?

Clearly they’re presenting Damien as a babyface that the crowd adore and root for. They still have to set up Finn’s motivations and ruthlessness more in my opinion which i’m sure we’ll get in the coming weeks.

I just don’t see who loses this feud. They both need this and with the assumption that the heel loses the rivalry, I don’t know if Finn’s character can handle another loss

I also don’t like that Finn leaned into the street trash thing… it feels shallow considering we have years of history between these two. He could easily take the jealousy route or the ‘there can only be one’ rivalry route or something