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THE BUCCANEERS | 2.08 She Knows

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Also, is Nan supposed to be like a feminist icon? While she just desperately clings to the power of the title she got through a fortunate marriage?

Conchita lost her family money and started a business. Jinny went through hell and came out alive. Lizzy is trying to find her own agenda and make her own choice. Mabel came out and mended thing with her mum. Honoria is going to France and being brave. I can see some sparkle of feminism there.

But Nan? She is just inconsistent and writing is off.

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THE BUCCANEERS (2023 –present) 2X08 « She Knows »

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The Beguiled (2017) dir. Sofia Coppola

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS (2011) dir. Andrea Arnold (requested by anonymous)

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I’ve seen so much criticism on Theo & Lizzy claiming that she’s second choice or that they are giving “girl is more into guy” but I want to talk about why this set up is so important.

When Theo calls Lizzy sensational and points out that she deserves more than just settling for a comfortable life, he’s not doing that to win Lizzy the over or really to get anything out of it. In that moment he’s speaking from personal experience because in season one he said point blank that he did not want to fight for anyone who didn’t want him. He did not want to settle for a perfectly respectable match. He wants love. And now his relationship with Nan has blown up in his face and he sees that he is going to be stuck in a perfectly acceptable match that is loveless.

Meanwhile you have Lizzy who is doing what she was sent there to do which is find a perfectly acceptable match. Hector is nice but there is no attraction there. Yes she is happy in that moment until Theo awakens something in her. I know a lot of people aren’t fans of when the girl falls first, but I think in this situation it’s really important that Lizzy is falling for Theo in a space where he’s not trying to be anything to her. She just sees him for who he is and what he makes her feel not what his title or power can get her.

I do think Theo is going to fall harder I think we just need to give him the space to do that considering in this episode he found out that he was literally conspired against by his mother and his wife. I get people not liking that he wanted to go after Nan but Theo would not be the character he is if he didn’t try work things out with Nan after finding out his mother’s part in his marriage

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LIZZY AND THEO 2.03, Get Her Out

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LIZZY AND THEO 2.03, Get Her Out

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Damn, so the crimes Theo committed in the midst of his crashout were

1. spinning Nan around

2. yelling two (2) words

Truly an irredeemable villain.

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THE BUCCANEERS 2.02, Holy Grail

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AUBRI IBRAG as LIZZY ELMSWORTH THE BUCCANEERS | 1.01, American Poison

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sharing older art as my Procreate is currently crashing every other brushstroke 💔

Referenced from a J.C. Leyendecker painting

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004)

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Guy Remmers as Theo in The Buccaneers (2023) s02e01

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Hard to imagine how that must be, isn't it? Married to someone, but in love with another.

Lizzy Elmsworth & Theo, Duke of Tintagel The Buccaneers (2023–)│Season 2

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

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The Buccaneers (2023) S02E02