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Love At First Sight (2023)

Okay, we’re going to talk about the new Netflix romance directed by Vanessa Caswill, Love At First Sight, because I’m seeing almost no chatter about it and that cannot stand. Full disclosure, I’ve never read the book on which this movie is based, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, so I’m reacting only to the film (which I’ve now seen 4.5 times in 2 days).

The Surface Reading

It’s a perfect, tight, adorable little RomCom that’s heavy on the Rom and light on the Com, with a wrenching dash of angst and the most hair-twirling chemistry between two leads that has graced our screens in years. Truly, if all you want is 90 minutes of two actors being saccharine precious cinnamon rolls, look no further!

There are simple takeaways here, like that chance can only take you so far, but in the end you have to choose to love. Or that change and loss are part of life and you can’t run from them. Or that London is a massive labyrinth of eccentric people that probably looks 400% cooler onscreen than it is in reality (I wouldn’t know, I’ve never visited, so this and the 90s Parent Trap are the extent of my knowledge about the city, sorry).

Anyway, I adored how straightforward the story was - that the narrator (played brilliantly by Jameela Jamil) tells you directly in the first two minutes that it’s a story about love, fate, and statistics. She then repeatedly describes every development as it is happening, the characters’ histories and internal monologues, and all the context you need to follow the thin but fast-paced plot. The writing, performances, and production design are all solid, allowing the audience to get lost in the romance as it unfolds.

BUT if you’re slightly unhinged like I am and you’re always looking for more layers in your media, HAVE NO FEAR! There is in fact more going on in this little movie than you might expect.

Color Theory

For starters, the use of red and green in the film is fascinating. Yes, I realize the action of the story takes place a few days before Christmas, so you might assume it was just a seasonal aesthetic choice, but if you look closer, you can see very carefully selected shades of red and green repeating throughout the film. The red is a cool, deep rose color, sometimes pink, while the green is cool and dark, like oxidized bronze rather than emerald. Further, while they appear over and over, these hues are rarely used in a purely decorative or festive way. Instead, they play a role in the separation and coming together of the couple. On a color wheel, red and green are complements, perfect opposites that are never adjacent but always joined in the middle.

The title card during Hadley’s introduction is literally a green stripe over a red stripe, then the hallways of the airport are green, and of course Hadley’s ever-important backpack is a rosy red. As the couple grow closer on their flight, the light turns pink. Once in London, a green van takes Oliver one way while a red taxi takes Hadley the other. At her father’s wedding, Hadley is dressed in red (“the color of a bruise” she calls it), contrasting beautifully against her green jacket. Upon realizing Oliver’s true purpose, she chases after him on an iconic red double-decker bus. Meanwhile at the living memorial, Oliver’s father is dressed in red while his mother wears a faded green, as if to say she is already beginning to fade away. The event is decorated with green drapery and streamers, and there are even stacks of red and green chairs in the stairwell where Oliver begs his mother to receive treatment.

Hadley gifts her red and green bouquet to Tessa, and when she is driven away, a green-clad narrator returns the red backpack to Oliver. Wandering London alone, Hadley exchanges her painful red heels for a pair of green trainers (“sneakers!” she insists), and tries to call her dad first in a red phone booth and then on a phone from a stranger sitting in a cluster of red chairs. Finally, Oliver chooses to pursue Hadley to the wedding reception which is lit in pink, and where they finally share the long-awaited kiss.

There are many more examples, but in general we see that green indicates separation and loss, while red symbolizes joining, intimacy, and (what else?) love! It lends the film a gorgeous, subtle aesthetic without being garishly festive, and shows the lovers’ emotional journey from lonely childhood to vulnerable, loving adulthood.

Death and Rebirth

Speaking of which, there’s plenty of rebirth imagery too! When Hadley and Oliver meet, they are both still children, struggling with the impending loss of parental security through divorce and death. Thus, when they board the plane, it is as if they enter an underworld or womb, separated from their families and remade as new adults. They emerge on the other side into a hallway (read: birth canal), as each must still confront their own dying childhood before they can join as full and equal partners. Hadley journeys to a bright, red-strewn celebration of life, while Oliver must enter a dark green commemoration of death, his fear driving him deeper to hide in another hallway. Here his mother comes to find him, begging him to emerge into life, but Ollie still can’t confront her death alone.

Thankfully, Hadley travels to this underworld to find him, bursting into the memorial like a bright red flower. Even the bruise metaphor works, acknowledging the pain they are both experiencing at the changes in their lives. But Oliver still refuses to face his fears, trying to take a shortcut around death to life with Hadley. Still, she knows he’s not ready (likely because she’s not yet, either), and gently pushes back. And so, Oliver returns to the underworld, and Hadley walks off alone until she descends barefoot through a soggy riverside tunnel (birth canal again!). Finally, she calls her father and admits she is “lost.” When he arrives, Hadley at last gathers the courage to ask why he ended their old life, and to tell him how much it hurt her. But as Oliver predicted, she forgives her dad and even begins to accept his new bride.

Back at the memorial, Oliver is reminded by Hadley’s red backpack - his unaddressed emotional baggage - to be honest about his pain. In at last openly mourning his mother and his own childhood, Ollie takes a step into adulthood, just enough for his family to nudge him that extra bit to go after Hadley. And so, the family delivers him to his bride, who has meanwhile learned to dance again, even through her heartbreak. With one last confession, the two consummate their love with a kiss, bathed in pink light before an open door.

Happily Ever After

There’s so much more, with the hand-holding, numbers, Shakespeare, Dickens, the music, and beyond, but the point is that this cute, charming little romance is actually very deliberately constructed. It follows timeless patterns and motifs which we instinctively understand through visual and auditory language. And the narration plays a huge role in this as well, not unlike the prologues and epilogues of the Bard’s plays in that they state the story’s lessons plainly: that we cannot always be prepared for unwelcome surprises, but that we can make the choice to love every day.

Anyway, Vanessa Caswill deserves all the flowers and if you haven’t seen her gorgeous adaptation of Little Women (with all due respect to the marvelous Greta Gerwig and Gillian Armstrong), please do yourself a favor and watch that after you finish this!

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Ronald Greer, past and present "Lost"

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Small Au idea

Honestly this could go with any of the ships that have a lot of tension or emotionss

JamiKali , JamiRuggie or FloJami Mr. & Mrs. Smith Au this idea could also work for a lot of other TWST ships including ones like kali ruggie or flokali (idk what their ship name is) florid, Leovil, rookvil Azurido and I just realized that this Au could go well with any of scarabia X octavinelle ships.

personally I really like this idea for KaliRuggie , Jade and Jamil JamiRuggie, jade and azul or Rookvil

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The Ahmad Jamal Trio - I Love Music

Music Video

Artist

The Ahmad Jamal Trio

Composer

Emil Boyd Hale Smith

Produced

Ed Michel

Credit

Ahmad Jamal – Piano Jamil Nasser – Bass Frank Gant – Drums

Released

January 1 1970

Streaming

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the grind ! ( closed for — @jamilscorner​ )

"i bet you hate it in here," piped jasper, although none of that truly mattered as he gazed over the vanilla whip of his hot chocolate. "all the coffee. the smell makes you sick, right, having to work with it all day? and i bet you're judging all the baristas, too." a glance over his shoulder, a giggle stifled against the bone. "having to watch them burn the beans or slosh milk everywhere." he was the same. although his day-to-day wasn't as saturated with his profession as jamil's was. he was taunted whenever he found himself in an opposing bookstore, passing judgement on yellowed pages, on the covers in the window, on the colour coordination of displays.

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closed starter for :: @rufficns (jasper) !! location :: linus and jasper's flat !!

"okay, show me it again!" jamil says with a grin, grabbing jasper's hand (which seems to be okay now when he wants a closer look at the ring there) and looks at the gorgeous engagement ring for about the thousandth time. "dude, it's so absolutely perfect. it's like, you in ring form. tell me again how he proposed?" of course, he had heard it all. many times. but he knew jasper loved to tell the story and jamil wanted to see that smile on his best friends face. he could be told it a hundred times more, if it brought jasper this much joy.

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Love at First Sight (2023) Review

When Hadley Sullivan misses her flight from New York to London, for her father’s wedding she meets Oliver Jones and the pair really do have a spark between them. As they begin to fall for one another, but the chances of finding each other again are rather slim! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Continue reading Untitled

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'La Probabilidad Estadística del Amor a Primera Vista' | Tráiler oficial

Mira el tráiler oficial de 'La Probabilidad Estadística del Amor a Primera Vista', protagonizada por Haley Lu Richardson y Ben Hardy.

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Love at First Sight | Trailer

The first trailer for #LoveAtFirstSight is out and it looks interesting, but I thought it was Zoey Deutch in the lead, I did not recognize Haley Lu Richardson #NetflixFilms #HaleyLuRichardson #BenHardy #JenniferESmith #bookadaptation #movietrailer

Writer: Katie Lovejoy (Screenplay), Jennifer E. Smith Director: Vanessa Caswill Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Jameela Jamil, Dexter Fletcher Premires September 15 on Netflix If you want to support this site, help by getting me coffee from the link below:

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Jamil Walker-Smith in Stargate Universe's "Lost"

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TWISTED CHARACTERS AND THE MUSIC I THINK THEY'D LIKE! (octavinelle vers.)

i really liked in book 3 when azul azuled all over the place and it was really just azul i fear -isa<3

AZUL ASHENGROTTO

i'm sorry guys you know he's obviously changed and over the course of the story he's gotten more likeable to me but for SOME REASON when we met azul in book 3 and he kept talking with his corny villain dialogue + using that dumb ass creepy smile sprite it just always UGHHHHH IDK!! when they explained his backstory at the end of the book and said he was bullied and all i started headcanoning that the way he coped through allat was by falling down the alt-right pipeline of male manipulator/incelcore music.. my bad yall.. he looks like a stereotypical weezer/the smiths/pixies/radiohead/deftones fan who goes on reddit or 4chan and quizzes women about the bands and calls them a fake fan if they say they like one of their popular songs. AGAIN like i said he got character development he changed and DEF would not do that at this point in the story, but erm....... -a radiohead stan

FLOYD LEECH

Now ngl trying to think of what music Floyd would like was kind of hard for me. he (as a character) is kind of all over the place but then I realized.. his music taste is probably all over the place too. i think if he were to describe what he liked to anyone he'd probably say sum shit along the lines of "whatever sounds good." though, he spends a lot of time at the basketball club with ace (and jamil too BUT WE NOT SPOILING MY SCARABIA HCS YET) so like what I said for ace, you'd probably see a whole lot of carti, eminem, etc on his spotify wrapped. I will say though, I headcanon that when Floyd likes a song, he will run it to the ground until it is dead, decomposing, and fertilizing another plant. sometimes he'll not even like a song like that anymore but he's been annoying his brother and Azul with it for so long that he'll continue to play it because he likes irritating them.

JADE LEECH

I think jade would have the more defined music taste out of everyone in Octavinelle. he'd probably enjoy listening to genres such as post-punk, alternative rock, and borderline gothic rock in his airpods while he's cleaning the tables of the Mostro Lounge when work's over. him and azul would probably bond over both liking The Smiths and the Pixies, but I really think Jade's favorites would be bands like Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Cure, and I also think he'd be another Radiohead fan. (we got a lot of male manipulators in this house /hj) He's the type to carefully curate his playlists, add fitting cover photos and make a list of all the albums he's listened to, and scoff at his brother's 300+ unorganized liked songs list on spotify.

excited to talk about scarabia next -isa<3

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Twst Characters as D&D Classes and Subclasses

Riddle -> Redemption Paladin

Ace -> Champion Fighter

Deuce -> Battle Master Fighter

Cater -> Eloquence Bard

Trey -> Peace Cleric

Leona -> Drunken Master Monk

Ruggie -> Thief Rogue

Jack -> Beast Barbarian

Azul -> Fathomless Warlock

Jade -> Spores Druid

Floyd -> Wild Magic Sorcerer

Kalim -> Creation Bard

Jamil -> Genie Warlock

Vil -> Glamour Bard

Rook -> Fey Wanderer Ranger

Epel -> Berserker Barbarian

Idia -> Battle Smith Artificer

Ortho -> Grave Cleric (Or Idia’s Steel Defender)

Sebek -> Crown Paladin

Silver -> Ancients Paladin

Lilia -> Spirits Bard

Malleus -> Draconic Sorcerer

Grim -> Shadow Sorcerer

Chenya -> Illusion Wizard

Niege -> Shepherd Druid

Rollo -> Vengeance Paladin

Fellow -> Fiend Warlock

Gidel -> Trickery Cleric

Crowley -> Arcane Trickster Rogue

Crewel -> Alchemist Artificer

Trein -> Knowledge Cleric

Vargas -> Glory Paladin

Sam -> Undying Warlock

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Stargate Character Birthdays

Ever wondered what Stargate characters' birthdays were? Or their zodiac signs? I offer you this:

SG-1

Daniel Jackson - July 8th, 1965 (Cancer)

Major Paul Davis - July 8th, 1969 (Cancer)

Sam Carter - December 29th, 1968 (Capricorn)

Jack O'Neill - October 20th, 1952 (Libra)

Teal'c - no date, 1899, though Chris Judge's birthday is October 13th (Libra)

Jonas Quinn - no date, but Corin Nemec's birthday is November 5th, 1971 (Scorpio)

General Hammond - no date, but Don S. Davis' is August 4th, 1942 (Leo)

Cam Mitchell - no date, but I was told that it was May/June, 1970 (Taurus or Gemini, depending)

Vala Mal Doran - no date, but Claudia Black's is October 11th, 1972 (Libra)

General Landry - October 6, 1945 (Libra)

SGA

John Sheppard - June 14th, 1970 (Gemini)

Rodney McKay - April 18th, 1968 (Aries)

Teyla Emmagan - no date, but Rachel Luttrell's is January 19th, 1971 (Capricorn)

Ronon Dex - no date, but Jason Momoa's is August 1st, 1979 (Leo)

Elizabeth Weir - October 14th, 1974 (Libra)

Evan Lorne - July 22nd, 1970 (Cancer)

Radek Zelenka - February 7th, 1967 (Aquarius)

Aiden Ford - no date, 1979, though Rainbow Sun Francks' is December 3rd (Sagittarius)

Richard Woolsey - no date, but Robert Picardo's is October 27th, 1953 (Scorpio)

Carson Beckett - January 5th, 1967 (Capricorn)

Jennifer Keller - no date, but Jewel Staite's is June 2, 1982 (Gemini)

SGU

Nicholas Rush - no date, but Robert Carlyle's is April 14, 1961 (Aries)

Everett Young - no date, 1968/1969, but Louis Ferreira's is February 20 (Pisces)

Matthew Scott - no date, 1983, but Brian J. Smith's is October 12 (Libra)

Tamara Johansen - no date, 1983, but Alaina Huffman's is April 17th (Aries)

Eli Wallace - no date, 1984, but David Blue's is January 17th (Capricorn)

Ronald Greer - no date, but Jamil Walker Smith's is August 20th, 1982 (Leo)

Chloe Armstrong - no date, 1986, but Elyse Levesque's is September 10th (Virgo)

Camille Wray - no date, but Ming-Na Wen's is November 20, 1963 (Scorpio)

David Telford - no date, between 1969-1974, but Lou Diamond Phillips is February 17th (Aquarius)

All dates were taken from the SGCommand Wiki!