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"Then she was standing before me, and suddenly the atmosphere underwent a peculiar change -- almost as though the two of us had been suddenly thrust on to some other plane of being altogether. I am afraid it is not easy to describe clearly what I mean here. All I can say is that everything around us suddenly became very still; it was my impression that Miss Kenton's manner also underwent a sudden change; there was a strange seriousness in her expression, and it struck me she seemed almost frightened." The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Here's the thing about Jareth from Labyrinth right?

He's made up.

That's not necessarily the same thing as not REAL. But he, just like all her friends who show up in her room before her adventure as toys and figurines, exist in relation to her, in response to what she wanted and needed. She told the story and there he was, there he always had been. But she's a teenage girl who doesn't know what she wants yet, and Jareth kind of pays the price.

"but the king of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl, and had given her certain powers." He's an archetypal oxymoron. He's both the dastardly baby stealing villain and the royal love interest trying to relieve the heroine's suffering, Cinderella style. He's fucked either way by being both. She doesn't know if SHE wants to be the villain or the heroine until he shows up and then she decides on the heroine, so he has to sneer and menace and challenge but it's too late for him!! it's too late, The King Of The Goblins Had Fallen In Love With the Girl, he's Cinderella's prince too and he has to try, he gives her a poofy dress and takes her to fucking goblin prom, sweeps her around the room like a music box with perfect posture and room for Jesus.

But it doesn't work buddy, it can't work. You're just a story for a teen girl to grow up in, and as the villain you have to be defeated. He's so complex because his tropes contradict themselves, and he doesn't understand why he has to lose when he was only doing the job he was given. In his last scene he is pale as death with shadows under his eyes, backing away and begging for his happy ending with nonsense mishmash promises that belong to both halves of him.

"I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me." I'm sure you are, Jareth. No wonder.

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The tears in Anna's eyes when he asks her to stay. The change of expression on Robert's face when he asks "Do you wish this hadn't happened?" The fierceness of "No. God, no." - and everything in between.

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- So why are all the people I love so angry with me? - I'm not angry with you.

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I'm SCREAMING! Because I was in the middle of writing a long post about what I want from season 3 and what is possible from narrative point of view and character development and everything, and... I guess 'It doesn't matter now' (c)

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I hope they will remember to mention explosion and Anna's almost death in some tense and heartwrenching moment between them.

Bobby in the Cobra: Rebellion trailer

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It doesn't matter now.

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I bet he didn’t hear half of what she was saying. =)

LAURA DERN and SAM NEILL as Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Alan Grant Jurassic World Dominion Extended Cut (2022) dir. Colin Trevorrow

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Thanks god someone else also noticed this! I mean she directly recites Hannibal Lecter lines from Silence of the Lambs. I don’t think this is coincidence. And knowing del Toro’s love for Monsters.. well..

I am disappointed that Cate Blanchett won’t get the opportunity to have her Hannibal Lecter moment* for Nightmare Alley.

*get nominated for an Academy Award for playing a morally ambiguous doctor for about 15 minutes of screentime in a really REALLY well made psychological thriller film, yet despite the limited screentime, this performance is what most people immediately think of when they talk about the film… :D 

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Philinda-nalysis 7x06 - Adapt or Die

What did I just watch?! Once again, AOS giveth, and AOS taketh away. Man, being a Philinda shipper hurts.

My broken shipper heart aside, this was another outstanding episode, I am really loving this season! Another great ensemble-feel, even though the characters weren’t all together. Enough attention was paid to everyone and the story was compelling throughout. Loving it!

Also, apologies for no 7x05 Philinda-nalysis – RL and all that.

Philinda-nalysis under the cut.

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Sir David Suchet shares an amusing fan encounter story from the set of Agatha Christie’s Poirot in Hastings, East Sussex - BFI Q&A, November 12 2013

“‘Oh!’ she said, apparently satisfied, and set off on her away again, only to stop once again moments later. ‘Thank you for choosing Hastings,’ she said, with a gentle wave, and she set off up the street away from me. Even as I remember that day now, it brings a tear to my eye. It was so touching, and seemed to reflect exactly how much ordinary people really seemed to care about the little Belgian, even if he was entirely the product of Dame Agatha’s imagination.” - David Suchet, Poirot and Me

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youth is a social contruct

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So, here is final version for today’s finale. Stay strong! Edit: I'm an idiot. The grid is 4*5. *facepalm *two days in making and I just spot it Let's say wins any 4 in any direction.

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Alpha version of finale bingo (or drinking game as I call it )) for Agents of SHIELD. Still have some slots to fill. Do you have anything to add? ;)