#S3E8

[kirjavas]

i really hate when people dismiss the ending of his dark materials because it leans into the trope "love saves the world". truly, that is what the story is about, but reducing it to a cliché is doing a disservice to the point the story is making. when it says that love says the world, it's rewriting the meaning of sin by saying that giving into desire is not shameful. it's telling us to be brave enough to experience. it's saying that dying for love can have powerful impact, but living for it is much more romantic. it's saying that storytelling saves the world, because telling stories is a language of love. it's saying that the bonds we create with other people will outlast death as long as we share our memories. it's showing how a simple childhood friendship is extraordinary enough to change the course of a war between heaven and earth. is there a better way to end a trilogy that intertwines so many paths of love than with a kiss that shifts the fabric of multiple universes?

[somedayillbepeterpan]

in another version of "i-need-these-scenes-side-by-side"

S1E1 Vauxhall ball dance and S3E8 Dankworth-Finch (Butterfly) ball dance

[jessescoldbrew]

Shoutout to Ax Woves’ two brain cells bumping together and getting him out of that cruiser before it crashed. I swear half of these mfs sacrificing themselves like that could’ve got out.

He’s just built different.

[mametupa]

[ariadne-mouse]

Former Prime Consector Costigan: prunes a plant (derogatory) (no truly, derogatory to you specifically Jonas Spahr) (you are the plant) (she would prune you if she could) (your growth is aberrant) (if you are destroyed it is your own fault) (step back into line, Jonas) (you're a disappointment)

[klainegifs]

[dusty-daydreams]

I love the parallel- even though it is unintentional- between John as a person just married into the Bridgerton family and Penelope as a person that has just married into the Bridgerton family.

Where John is full of personalised praise that shows even though he has had the acquaintance of the family for only a short time he already is well on his way to intimacy and deep connection and affection to his wife’s family. Penelope has never been full of anything to the Bridgerton’s except for jealous and petty in a way that makes it clear that she doesn’t see them as individuals. Even Eloise has been generalised through the lens of jealousy as a “pretty Bridgerton” who cannot possibly have true problems

[codywaan]

healing

[everylevishot]

Anime Levi #1003

Episode 45 - オルブド区外壁 (Outside the Walls of Orvud District)

[rickandmortyscreenshots]

[every-tome]

[kirjavas]

If you start behaving like a grown up, the spectres will get you. I'm just trying to imagine what you'll look like when you're older.

[somedayillbepeterpan]

I made a post about a side by side of Pen and Colin's first and last dance (so far) from S1 and S3 and now I'm drowning in the feels of it.

LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO LAST SHOTS

S1E1 - Vauxhall ball dance

Them being such babies. Them jumping around, utterly caught by the energy of the dance. This is the first dance that Pen ever has after she's come out in society and I want to say that this is the first time that she's actually seen Colin as a man after he "rescued her". This is when the rose-coloured tinted glasses are shining brightly on her face as she looks at this boy she grew up with dancing with her in public, laughing and holding her in his arms. This is the first time she was held by another man in her life (I don't think her dad was ever affectionate towards her). Her first physical encounter with a man and it's with Colin no less (Colin really is first in everything where Penelope is concerned).

Even though there is a closeness between her and Colin already at this time, there is always Eloise in the middle. We think that Eloise being away in S3 gave them a chance to be alone together but Pen's 1st season out in society actually also gave the first chance of being alone with Colin (and then Marina came and ruined it all).

I also want to note that Pen is utterly cute in this scene. Ladies aren't supposed to wear their hair out the way Pen has it here. This alone should have told us that she is a rebel but also of how invisible she is.

Last thing to note (and this maybe just because of editing or this very beautiful but challenging height difference these two have blocking wise) is that we don't really see their faces clearly (I checked the actual video and it really is shot like that). We're only meant to feel the amusement these two have over this brief dance and I'm sure Pen went home on Cloud 9, thinking about this dance over and over.

It was her first romantic core memory.

Now we go to this scene:

S3E8 - Dankworth - Finch ball dance (Butterfly dance)

I have so many feelings about this dance. Firstly, their hand size difference!

Their smiles! Them overcoming such a huge obstacle! Colin just blasting every other love confession I've seen on this show! Them accepting each other fully, finally seeing each other for who they are. Them now ready to fully embrace their married life. I could go on and on and I will.

Both looking so ridiculously happy in this slow, intimate dance. Both looking so sexy and powerful, showing their acceptance of their maturity. It took them a while and a whole angsty journey but watching them take each step towards each other spoke to my heart and soul deeply. Their smiles in this dance was such a treat after being subjected to heartbreak.

In comparison with the shot in S1E1, we see both from their heads to their body (heart) but behind other dancers. I'm just thinking that this is the director saying this now will be your POV of Pen and Colin-- at the start of living their lives openly.

(I'm feeling sleepy now but I want to finish this)

It is so rewarding to see the journey that Pen and Colin goes through. I've been rewatching all 3 seasons and catching the growth between these two is so fascinating. The parallels, the clues, the subtle performances that Nic and Luke have been presenting on the table since S1. All so overwhelming at times at how privileged I feel to see their story laid out so beautifully.

What a gift Pen and Colin's love story is. I love their love and I'll stay here just for a little bit.

[jessescoldbrew]

when we got “Your song is not yet written, I will serve you until it is” last episode but not a single scene of them talking or even saying goodbye in the finale

[witha-boxofscraps]

HOW DID THEY MANAGE TO MAKE THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL SADDER THAN A NORMAL EPISODE-

[ariadne-mouse]

meeting Former Prime Consector Costigan in 3x8 shines such a floodlight on a big part of Why Jonas Is Like That. The perfectionism, the full commitment to his role. He was pruned as with as much precision as she does her plants, which likely happened to her in her turn. He just figured out how to fill that mold successfully, where Phineas failed. To be honest I think Jonas hand-picking Phineas - ultimately a very poor fit for Company leadership - and being unable to cannily sculpt him is the first indication that Jonas has diverged from his predecessors. He couldn't successfully carry on the brand, wasn't as capable as Costigan with the selection or the pruning. He was a mediocre boss (in the eyes of the trust and just like. in general) in a way that speaks to his cognitive dissonance: he spends most of his life believing the Trust is good and helping people, but not examining what its actual effects are, keeping him disconnected from Phineas's spiraling and what that means. Being checked out also takes him off balance when the system comes for him, and why Imelda can easily roll him when they clash too - she knows the ugly underbelly quite intimately and can outmaneuver him, while early Jonas is still mostly expecting it to fulfill its surface-level altruistic principles.

I think it's interesting as well that when Jonas's cognitive dissonance is challenged by the various wrongs he commits and witnesses, ultimately he holds onto the "we should actually be helping people" part and begins rejecting the system as flawed, not doubling down to keep himself in a position of moral superiority within the system as written, which is what Costigan did (surviving in her own way). That he walked away from his conversation with Costigan not taking her advice to heart is a further indicator of his arc away from the Trust. Good job buddy! Keep it up!