Really fucked up that, when they’re young, Patrick and Art are SO tactile with each other, so comfortable sharing the same space. Art lets Patrick touch him and move him and physically overwhelm him and easily acquiesces to it, if not outright enjoys it.
Then in the present, they’ve been so far out of each other’s orbit for so long, held such animosity that when they have their moment alone in the sauna, Art physically recoils from Patrick’s close proximity! It’s so painful to watch because even as Patrick’s goading him, it’s so obvious he wants to be able to get back into Art’s space. But Art has erected all these walls around himself, he refuses to give Patrick an inch or even admit to missing how close they used to be!
AND THEN we see Art and Tashi later and he wants her to hold him, to be gentle with him, and just TOUCH him. Like, he does miss that kind of close physical contact! He either doesn’t know how to ask for it or is uncomfortable being that openly vulnerable. Worth noting that he pretty much always defers to Tashi in regard to initiating physical intimacy (with their first kiss, though he does state his desire, SHE has to be the one to make the first move). And it seems pretty obvious that Tashi herself isn’t comfortable providing that intimacy, whereas Patrick actively seeks to provide it (the hug/forehead kiss after their win together in the early years, dragging the stool closer to him).
Art has tried very hard to act like he doesn’t need physical affection and even though his discipline and devotion to Tashi has made him a stronger tennis player, it’s made him a hollow person, which, in turn, has kept him from becoming a GREAT tennis player.
All of this, of course, is why the ending hits so damn hard.
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rewatching saving private ryan while in the height of a band of brothers fixation is exhausting. i have been squealing at every reference to the 101st and carentan and mutual military references surrounding d-day (which is, like, the entire plot) and just can't stop my brain from trying to work out where my easy boys are and what they're doing simultaneous to it all
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In my time honored tradition of “I like rise Leo but in a slightly to the left way of the general fanon interpretation” I propose: yes, Leo was being a bad leader and not communicating with his team during the movie because he didn’t want the responsibility of being leader HOWEVER he was not purposely self-sabotaging in an effort to get Raph to take leadership back. Instead, he was going solo and not working with anyone in order to avoid leadership altogether and not make calls and decisions that could potentially fail.
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wait is this referring to Captain America: The Wi ter Soldier because I absolutely LOVE that film to death
it IS indeed!!! my favorite marvel movie, by a long shot. score, pacing, character work, cinematography, and fight choreography combined to make an absolute banger of a film that the mcu never topped again (for me). i will never forgive the ooc retcon insanity they pulled with steve’s character in endgame and i have been known to rant for 10+ minutes straight on just that topic alone
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anyways this movie is so cool and weird. iirc Harry Smith made the whole thing in a room at the Chelsea using borrowed sound FX vinyls and magazine cut outs.
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