Just thinking ab this and how this here is the foundation of their ENTIRE relationship bc Alex is just 100% genuinely being himself and saying whatever he wants bc he doesn’t care how he’s perceived by Henry and bc of that Henry is actually getting the real Alex which is wild bc Alex never really shows his real self but bc he has it in his head that he doesn’t care what Henry thinks of him he just has this freedom to be himself that he doesn’t normally give himself. And then that just becomes how they communicate bc their relationship was built on this unfiltered communication so that’s just the standard and both of them just say whatever they’re thinking bc that’s how it is and I feel like that’s why their relationship feels so genuine bc it’s just unabashed honesty and I think that’s so important bc they both spend so much of their time having to hide who they are or what they think but with each other they just get to be themselves and it plays right into the “I love him on purpose” bc everything started with them just putting their genuine messy selves forward for the other to look at and their relationship formed because of that messiness and it’s just both of them being like yes I see this messy imperfect person and I choose to love them because of that and it started from the beginning when they built a friendship on all those unfiltered texts back when Alex didn’t care and his not caring opened the door to a completely genuine relationship where he was never anything other that who he is and he never stopped himself from being that person and there’s just something so special about that
people actually went on about how game of thrones made it socially acceptable to be a fantasy nerd, as though the lord of the rings movies hadn't been released less than a decade earlier and left far greater cultural ripples and i am just
got may have made the adults feel better about liking fantasy, but lotr got into the kids' heads when they (we) were just young and impressionable enough to be absolutely transported and emotionally rewritten by don't you leave him, samwise gamgee and my brother, my captain, my king and and rohan will answer
lotr was rewriting entire generations' brain chemistry long before asoiaf and so obviously it's not fair to compare any post-lotr fantasy novel to it, and each book series was trying to do different things within their own spheres and so that also is not a fair comparison, but in terms of the cultural impact of the adaptations that came out within a decade of each other, saying that it was game of thrones that made fantasy mainstream is baffling
game of thrones could only run because the lord of the rings movies laid the path, and i will die on this hill
As someone who is VERY fascinated with adaptation in film (who spent quuuuuuite some time back in college obsessing over it for assignments) and who adores the graphic novel, my biggest takeaway from Nimona is that it is an EXCELLENT adaptation. Especially considering how much that production went through! Like, all of the changes and things they expanded on made sense for the transition from book to movie. My second takeaway is that I love it <3 Please go watch it I beg of you 🙏
Normal Answer: My favorite shows canonically crossed over when I was younger and it made me realize the potential and fun crossovers can bring!
My Answer: I saw 2 low res drawings of Merida/Rapunzel and Hiccup/Jack Frost making out Sloppy Style and being besties on my shitass ipod and it forever changed my brain chemistry. For better or for worse I can’t tell you, but I am having fun here.
this part has always hit me like a freight train and a lot of it has to do with alex having no outlet for his emotions and the sheer volume of feeling that he experiences that’s making him need to destroy something bc it’s all just bottled up and the insanely powerful way that casey writes that so that you really feel it but I noticed something else that makes this scene just like a punch in the gut and it’s all there in the “the screen is replaced by the end of the day” and I didn’t know why that line always stuck out to me and gave me just this feeling of absolute despair but I think I figured it out on this reread. something about the inevitable repair and reset of alex’s feelings/emotions. something about the not being allowed to be broken or hurt. something about you’re not allowed to have feelings. something about it’ll get reset and fixed no matter what no matter if you like it or not or if you want it or not. something about not having control. something about you can do whatever and make whatever changes but they’ll always be set back to normal. something about your actions always being righted to fit an image. something about how the white house will always keep you in line, keep you clean and perfect and how you’re supposed to be. something about your cracks never being allowed to show. something about imperfection not being allowed. something about your actions don’t matter. something about alex is trapped in a world of images and presentation and perfection and the people around will uphold that for him always and without exception.
sorry not sorry to become ill about YET ANOTHER shakespeare play but—how come love’s labour’s lost doesn’t get done more often??? it’s beautiful and brilliant and messy and REAL!!!!!!