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[theoniprince]

Lover's Quarrel #1

Thoughts and short story part. 1 ->

(Celio geht mir derzeit einfach nicht aus dem Kopf. Und weil ich befürchte, wir werden keinen neuen content zu ihm bekommen (DIE HOFFNUNG STIRBT ZULETZT), nutze ich... was wir haben...)

In diesem Universum halten sie es eben doch miteinander aus. Celios Familie, seine Vergangenheit, stellt ebenfalls keine Bedrohung, Celio versucht ein ehrbarer Jungunternehmer zu werden da UND sie wohnen zusammen)

Als Moritz in die Wohnung kam, begrüßte ihn ein sichtlich verstimmter Celio. In der Ecke stand dessen Reisekoffer und die Laptoptasche, die immer mit auf Geschäftsreise nahm. Oh verdammt! Wie hatte er die Rückkehr seines Freundes vergessen können? Nein, einen Augenblick. Er hatte es nicht vergessen. Gestern Nachmittag wollte er alles für Celios Rückkehr vorbereiten. Dann aber klingelte sein Handy und Ina hatte ihn auf das Revier beordert, obwohl er frei genommen hatte. Leider war ihr aktueller Fall sehr einnehmend und um zeitnah allen Infos nachzugehen, wurde er eben gebraucht. Moritz erinnerte sich noch an Inas entschuldigende Worte und das er die verlorene Zeit nach Fallabschluss unverzüglich nachholen durfte. Allerdings brachte ihm dies gerade nichts. Anstelle von einer Umarmung oder einem liebevollen Kuss, trafen ihn diese vorwurfsvollen Rehaugen. „Hey…“, Moritz versuchte sich mit einem erfreuten Lächeln. Keine Antwort. Celio kam die Stufen herunter und griff direkt nach der Decke auf der Couch. Celio schwieg noch immer, legte die Decke zusammen und zog diese quälende Stille in die Länge. Der Italiener nahm Platz und zündete sich eine Zigarette an. Den Blick wendete er nur für einen Moment von Moritz ab. Aber noch immer kein Wort. Dabei stellte er sich schon vor, wie Celios warme Stimme seine Namen sagte. Nur dieser strafende Blick. Okay, genug geschwiegen. Moritz straffte die Schultern. Ihm fiel es doch sonst nicht so schwer mit Celio zu sprechen. „Wieso hast du nichts gesagt“, damit war der Moment vorbei und Celio konnte all seinen Unmut in diese kleine Frage stecken. „Celio… das ging gestern alles wahnsinnig schnell. Du weißt doch, wie das bei mir laufen kann“, natürlich wäre Moritz lieber hier gewesen und verschränkte die Arme. „Mich interessiert eigentlich weniger, dass du zu einem Fall gerufen wurdest“, dies wunderte Celio am wenigsten, „Mich interessiert viel eher, wieso ich in unserer Wohnung komme und zwei fremde Männer… halbnackt auf unserer Couch liegen.“

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[oakwookandink]

white lotus s2 finale rundown 

(spoilers ahead)

in case you're wondering, here are the characters that survived the second season: Daphne and Cameron (the supposed scammers, played by Meghann Fahy and Theo James) Harper and Ethan Spiller (the couple on the rocks, played by Aubrey Plaza and Will Sharpe) Albie, Dominic and Bert Di Grasso (all of the men who were on some sort of heritage trip, played by Adam DiMarco, Michael Imperioli and F. Murray Abraham) Portia (Tanya's assistant, who gets whisked away to Sicily, played by Haley Lu Richardson) Jack (the supposed nephew of the head gay, played by Leo Woodall) Valentina, and the rest of the hotel staff (she's the director of this location, who is played by Sabrina Impacciatore) Lucia and Mia, my problematic faves (both of whom use their bodies to get what they want, and the only non guests involved, played by Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannó) presumably Greg, Tanya's husband who we met last season in Hawai'i (played by Jon Gries) although we don't have any confirmation of this fact

that means the dead characters are: Tanya McQuoid, Quentin, Didier and Niccoló (played by Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Hollander, Bruno Gouery [from Emily in Paris] and Stefano Gianino), putting the death toll at 4. it is not told whether or not Hugo or the captain of the boat survived, but I would personally doubt it, because they did seem significantly far out from the shore. in the end, I'm sure only mike white knows for sure.

now, let's talk about that season finale.

first off, I'm wondering if greg actually was planning something, or if tanya blew it out of proportion in some way. I guess we'll never know, although there were definitely some red flags, especially with the way that jack was acting.

let's talk about jack for a second. I'm so happy that he redeemed himself in my eyes, and let portia go and even gave her advice that probably saved her life. who knows what might've happened if portia went back to the hotel? I'm a jack fan at the end of this season, because the guy was just doing what he could with the cards he was dealt, but didn't want to actively hurt someone (because if tanya had gotten hurt, he would've been peripherally involved, but wouldn't have played a direct part in her demise)

the digrassos. I feel like they could've used some comeuppance, apart from albie. it sucks that dominic will probably just go back to what he's been doing, and that albie vouched for his dad. I feel like the fact that none of these men have been affected by their experiences is shown in the airport scene, where a young woman walks by and they all turn their heads to ogle her. I think it shows that this gross misogyny kind of runs in their family (because they kind of perpetuate it) and that it would be hard for them to change without serious introspection.

super happy for valentina. did mia use her? sure. but it was definitely mutually beneficial, and mia does say that she wants to help valentina find a lesbian, and even take her out to bars, so I foresee a prosperous future for valentina. also gotta say, small win for the gays because valentina wasn't killed at the end of this season.

isabella and rocco seem fine. I'm happy that Isabella was always so polite to valentina, and I think she genuinely wanted to be friends with her, so a good future for these two and hopefully they have a good life.

ethan nearly chokes cameron, and I am so unhappy that cameron lives at the end of the season. I think it would be cool to have a cameo from daphne next season, where she is ending her stay at a white lotus with her trainer and her sons, and we just assume that she killed cameron or something. I am happy for ethan and harper, but it seems like a bandaid on their situation, so I'm not sure what the future looks like for these couples. I do think their stories could have been wrapped up better, and I wonder if mike white found himself burdened by the inclusion of so many characters this season, because the ending did not seem as closed as season one.

lucia and mia are doing well, lucia has loads of money that she got after scamming albie, and mia has a job at the white lotus as a singer, so good for them. I could care less about albie, and as he says, that amount is a drop in the bucket for his father anyway. I also think it is legitimate karmic payment, that dominic will inadvertently help the lives of these two women after destroying the lives of the women in his family. I'm also happy that lucia and mia live, because I think there is a trend in media where promiscuous women are killed because of their promiscuity, so seeing them live was super endearing. especially since lucia says earlier in the season that she's worried that she will die because she's a prostitute, and prostitutes always die.

I'm kind of happy for portia, but I can't help but compare her to belinda. it feels kind of significant that one of these characters was a guest and the other an employee, and that one was white and the other was black, in terms of where they ended up. I do think the show could've paralleled their arcs better in this finale, and driven home the point that portia was coming from a point of privilege, and that's why she survived and got off relatively easy.

what was the point of including the story of the woman from the moors? who was that supposed to represent after the finale? my guess was tanya, but I don't think we'll get a follow up on her storyline, so the symbolism here doesn't really work. also, if it was tanya, the story is backwards, because she dies and the cheating spouse doesn't. is the point of the statues that this was the path one of the main couples was heading down, and then the statue breaking is a subversion, and their story won't end in tragedy? honestly, I have no idea.

I'm happy that tanya died. I was getting tired of her character, and I was scared that if she survived this season mike white would bring her back for season three, and I think the series will work better without through lines or continuing stories, and instead focuses on the only point of contact being the white lotus resorts.

I'm happy that the piano guy is gone. he wasn't that interesting, and I'm happy for mia.

greg, will we ever see him again? will we get a conclusion to his story?

it's really ironic that tanya ends up killing herself, because if greg was after her money, he's got it now. I would like to see greg get comeuppance, because I think he sucks.

just like greg, I feel like cameron didn't get his comeuppance, but I guess we might have to wait for another season to see if anything bad comes to him.

I feel kind of bad for the group of gays, but I also don't. I have mixed feelings about their group, and my thoughts about their ending are still developing. I do think that it's possible tanya overreacted and killed a bunch of people who didn't have completely nefarious intentions. this is another storyline that could've used a defter hand, because it feels incomplete.

I do think that it's weird that there is a kind of bury your gays going on with the show, considering that armond is the only death in season one (and we're shown that he's gay) and then we have two of the gays dying in this season. I doubt these are white's intentions, but it is kind of weird to look at this together, and I think the next season will cement the trends of the show.

final thoughts:

I would rate this season maybe a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. it was not as good as the first, however it was possibly more entertaining than the first. I think involving so many characters made it harder to have satisfying story beats for all of them, and loads of people online have pointed out that there is not a lot of interaction between the guests, or even that a lot of important plot points aren't taking place at the hotel. the first season seemed a lot more focused in its scope. I do believe that the show was intended to be a limited series, and I think it should have stayed that way, because I think it will only get worse as it goes on, when it could've ended on a high note last season. I'm down to watch the third season and see if mike white can redeem himself, and because there are a lot of technical aspects of the show that I enjoy, but I'm not eagerly anticipating it like I am other good shows like succession.

I do hope that mike white finds a way to tie up all of the loose ends of this season somehow, but I think all of the loose ends and dropped story beats really cheapened this season. it also makes me think that season one was lightning in a bottle that he will never be able to replicate.

anyway, a pretty disappointing follow up.