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okay lets do this

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Here's the thing: I don't think Tashi and Patrick would have worked in the long run, even if Art hadn't meddled, because neither of them was willing to be a 'fan in each other's club,' which is why in a lot of ways their both drawn to each other – neither of them are gonna coddle each other, their going to call each other out on their bullshit, to criticise each other, to be each other's biggest critic and I think both Tash and Patrick are attracted to that, as well as attracted to the raw talent they both have. However, that doesn't mean they have the makings of a long term relationsip.

But don't get it twisted. Art did meddle.

I see a lot of people here wanting to make Art a passive participant in this, but he's not. Whether it's because he doesn't want to be left out or jealous (he wants Tashi, but he also wants Patrick), he deliberately planted the seeds of doubt in both Tashi's and Patrick's minds. Yes, they both clock it right away; Tashi says, "your a bad fucking friend", as well as what Patrick says in the churro scene.

He still ends up being the catalyst for the fight, putting doubt in both their minds that the other just isn't really into the thing they have together. As Zendaya herself says: Art is a snake. And here's the thing: they're all bad people at certain points in the film. That's literally the point; people don't have to write analyses as to why Art isn't. He's just as messy and ruthless as Patrick and Tashi are. The only difference is that Art is a sheep in wolf's clothing. He's not outwardly those things, but deep down inside he is.

For me, that's why the throuple works; they've all done shitty things and been shitty people to each other. But they need each other to survive; all three of them, they all need something the other brings to survive, that's why it's codependency the movie. We don't have to 1) make anyone the centre; they are all equally important to the throuple, and I need people to stop pushing out the POC women in favour of two white guys alone and 2) make anyone the victim or doormat.

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obsessed

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I wonder what he knows, if anything. 🤔

For context, he posted (and deleted) this earlier, BEFORE that People article came out.

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i don’t see enough people talking about the fact that tashi lost EVERYTHING. tennis was her only skill. tennis was her oxygen. tennis woke her up in the morning. she finds safety and control in art. she finds challenge in and lusts after patrick. but tashi is in LOVE with tennis and the dynamic of every aspect of it. to have your entire future painfully die before your eyes is enough to make anyone toxic. obviously i’m not excusing anything but it’s so important to discuss why tashi acts the way she does because there is SO MUCH history and layers there. she is as much as a person as art and patrick.

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Tom at the Tottenham's game today.

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CHALLENGERS (2024, dir. Luca Guadagnino) is a film that doesn't root for any of its three main characters and isn't concerned about who gets to win in the end. it's written and shot like a long tennis rally that doesn't let up; nobody is willing to drop the ball, but everybody's anticipating the moment it finally happens. it's obsessed with the back-and-forth while simultaneously desperate for a release, and good god does every character get to have theirs in the end.

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ZENDAYA as TASHI DUNCAN (2023). in challengers (2023).

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went in the theater Team Tashi and left Team Tashi 😁

watching challengers today!

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Zendaya on the US leg of the Challengers (2024) press tour

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Her hype man, always and forever. <3

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The support. <3

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watching challengers today!

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One last look ✨

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She's also showing up to screenings in LA 🤏