#victoria pendretti

[amerie-wadia]

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020)

[gay-art-vibes]

Sarah Pidgeon & Victoria Pendretti via emiliomadrid on Instagram.

[thatgirlthousandmilesaway]

she was misunderstood.

[fallout-lou-begas]

That victoria pendretti photo set turns me into something that is not human

i first saw it because even my husband, the gayest man-loving fruit by the foot alive, sent me the photoset in awe of her

[1-ep-review]

YOU.S2.E2.”JUST THE TIP”

You is a Netflix original starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, a short-tempered, murderous, stalking, obsessive book seller who has a knack for falling in love at first sight. Season 2 begins as Joe must find himself a new life in Los Angeles after, presumably, all of last season’s criminal antics. For Joe, LA is a hellscape filled of people with heads inflated with the carnal need to be the center of attention, vegan gluten-free keto organic green juice, and loads of marijuana. 

Joe’s judgement of the Valley, the people, and their seemingly moronic lifestyles is marred by one thing, the girl he has fallen for. And by fallen for, I mean started following, watching, and obsessing over. However this time, his approach seems to be a bit more successful. The girl named Love, played by Victoria Pendretti, has not only caught Joe’s eye, but has already gone out on a date or two with him, kissed him, and invited him to meet her friends. Assuming this relationship has not gone on long based on the fact that it is only episode 2, Joe is startled by the quickness she has taken with everything. It doesn’t quite help that he is being haunted by the ghost of a past lover (victim?) everytime he’s with Love, either. 

While grappling with his complicated relationship with Love and his past, he is simultaneously caught up in some trouble after stealing the identity of the wrong man. Living in LA, Joe now goes by Will Bettelheim, the name of the man who promised to help Joe start a new life out of the country. Joe turns on him and kidnaps him in his criminal manner, but has to start jumping through hoops to keep his stolen identity when it turns out that Will owes thousands of dollars to a dangerous man who may or may not have connections with the mafia.

Throughout the episode, we hear Joe’s internal monolgogue. His thoughts on love (the emotion), Love (the girl), Los Angeles, and all the people he interacts with. I find it interesting how this show gives us the aspect of the unreliable narrator, something that you don’t often see in film. It is not hard to understand that Joe is an unstable and ultimately hateful person with many, many problems. However, the audience can’t help but feel for him at times when all we can see is his point of view. 

As for cinematography, I feel like this show is on a whole, relatively average. We do get plenty of glimpses from Joe’s point of view, especially of Love and her surroundings, as he takes his place as the unreliable narrator. Otherwise, there were not a lot of cinematic elements in this episode that stood out to me, with the exception of a montage scene near the end of the episode. We see the parallel between Love’s normal life and Joe’s criminal one as the scene cuts back and forth between Love cooking dinner and Joe dismembering a dead body. It was gruesome in gory while also showing a very interesting contrast between what Joe wants and what he has. A theme throughout the episode is that Joe wants a normal relationship with Love, but he is afraid he will hurt her. This scene really highlights that theme with the stark contrast between elements while using the parallel of knives, meat, and cutting boards.

Would I watch the rest of the show? This show definitely seems binge worthy, and something interesting to watch with friends. I don’t think I would find myself watching this out of interest by myself, but I can definitely see myself watching with a group of friends and snacks, sharing judgements on Joe’s questionable personality and methods in the pursuit of love. I can understand why the show became such a hit with viewers, especially those seeking entertainment during the era of quarantine. 

[belle-epochalypse]

yeah sure I wouldn’t fix my fav fictional murderess but I sure as hell wouldn’t annoy her

[shakedownsource]

Victoria Pentretti as Love Quinn - You (2018- )

[ordinarysociopath]

[orangemonster33]

Just saw that this is happening today and thought of Dani and Jamie!

[amerie-wadia]

THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020)

[invisiblevoyager]

All I want for Christmas is You (season 3)

[attheresturant]

i'm gonna be honest i haven't seen a single episode of any of 'the haunting of' shows i just think victoria pendretti is BEAUTIFUL

[duchessofostergotlands]

Oliver, Victoria, and Kate coming back for Season 2 of The Haunting 

[thesecrimsonstrings-if]

im just a lil curious, do you have voice claims for the ROs or are they have the same voice as the person you portrayed them to be?

hmm i had to think about this for a bit but i think i have the hang of it

ronan bennett: chiwetel ejiofor.

célia dupont: victoria pendretti.

s bakkoush: lauren jauregui and dylan minette.

i tachibana: hayley kiyoko and harry shum jr.

[faedawayyy]

ALL GENERATIONS OF CARMICHAELS aesthetics here. 

GRANDPARENTS.

hank carmichael (- grandfather of the family, grew up in a wealthy family in london & gained control of his family’s multimillion dollar film company by killing his older brother, who was supposed to take it over.    sylvia carmichael - the daughter of a widowed russian man. she moved to london at 16 to model and was cast in several films from hank’s studio before they met and married.  

PARENTS/AUNTS/UNCLES. 

edwin carmichael - (eldest son) a very successful real estate agent, he came out as gay when he was 14 and was bullied a lot but has refused to not be proud. theatre enthusiast and married jonah when he was 45 & adopted ruby from italy as a baby. 

james carmichael - (second eldest son) an ambitious visionary, a creative and worked with hank from the age of 15 on the film studio. it’s always been his passion but he also got greedy later in life and dabbled in a lot of crime which got out of hand.  jonathan carmichael - (youngest son - written by synn) so how I imagine Jonathan is that he is very strict with Theo, and has held him to the standard of “why can’t you be more like Anastasia and Leo?”  I always imagined he was a bit jealous James was head of the company, and really wanted to be it too. However, I feel like he’s doing what he can to keep a “my life is going exactly how I imagined it” façade, and won’t really voice his frustrations other than with Theo and his wife behind closed doors (important to note this doesn’t mean any form of physical abuse. Only verbal). I feel like he’s kinda excited that Theo is coming around to more acting because it’s closer to what he wanted for him, but he won’t admit to it ofc  hes a bit salty with Theo for not wanting to marry Margaret even though that’s what HE wanted, like with brody and Disney and Kendall and mason. elizabeth carmichael - (oldest daughter) she got married incredibly young to the man hank pushed her towards and it was toxic from the get-go. when she fell pregnant, he left her and she spent all of her twenties as a single parent raising marcus. she’s now the cool rich aunt. 

cynthia billings - (youngest child) also married the man she was pushed towards - an owner of a successful restaurant chain - and it worked out like a fairytale. they live in lilac heights. cynthia is a complete disney adult and proud, basically a big kid. 

SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

patricia carmichael - (wife of james) she never wanted to marry james in the beginning but her dad, who was the governor of new hampshire at the time, knew hank and thought it was a brilliant idea. she’s artistic, passive, quiet, idealistic and the calm to james’ bold and abrupt nature. she grew to love him and lived most of her life in his shadow. 

jonah carmichael >> edwin’s husband  agatha carmichael >> jonathan’s husband laurence billings >> cynthia’s huband 

THE GRANDCHILDREN - age order/the characters in the same block are around the same age (oldest/middles/youngest) 

theodore carmichael (?) - (jonathan’s son, played by synn)  denver billings (29) - (oldest son of cynthia) - went through college and trained to be a doctor before deciding against it & travelling the world, a backpacker, owns a camper van, homosexaul, responsible. (sam claflin)  anastasia carmichael (28) - (oldest of james, played by zoë) - driven and intelligent, business-minded and has a great eye for fashion. never wants to disappoint her parent or grandparents but has recently divorced her husband, ryden banks. (elsa hosk) iris billings (27) - (second oldest of cynthia) - worked as a fashion journalist in los angeles for the longest time & was constantly made to feel less than because of her body and size. at 26, she threw in the towel and ditched city life for the east coast. she now lives in her grandparents hamptons holiday home and is starting a fresh. (nicola coughlan)  leonardo carmichael (27) - (second oldest of james, played by katie) - leo’s the oldest son of james and often put on a pedestal because of it. he was raised to be an all-rounder and has the typical mindset of a carmichael man. however, unlike his younger brother, he often fails to meet the extra expectations on his love life and avoids settling with the girl his parents want for him. (chad michael murray)  marcus carmichael (27) - (son of elizabeth) - elizabeth’s child. despite their money, he grew up seeing the heartache and crap his dad put her through and became hardened through that. he also did a lot of underhand and shady jobs for james, landing him in jai once or twice. (bill skarsgaard)  hayley billings (26) - (third oldest of cynthia) - hayley started living with a boyfriend none of her family approved of when she was 16. he was 42. she dropped out of school and worked at his bar in london, cutting of the rest of the family when they objected. her boyfriend - shocker - turned out to be a piece of shit and majorly abusive. 10 years later, she’s escaped him and has plucked up the courage to move back home and is reconnecting with the family. (victoria pendretti)  mason carmichael (26)  - (third oldest of james) - mason’s artistic and on the more introverted side of the family. even though he’s praised in his own way, he’s always felt like he needs to be more like brody and leo. his love life is definitely in the spotlight just as much as his projects. (austin butler)  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- brody carmichael (25) - (fourth oldest of james) - the product of being raised on “masculinity”. in high school, he was a sports star, he’s always been a charmer and never learned how to lose. people would call him a mini-leo but it quickly became clear who the real favourite was when he made his relationship with disney official. despite the aggressive drinking problem, it’s been hard for any of his siblings to impress their parents quite as much. (zac efron)  marie billings (24) - (fourth oldest of cynthia) - her mothers daughter, a lover of fantasy, magic and romance and never wants to grow up. she works as a primary school teacher & adores it. yet, she struggles to actually date/branch out like most do. her expectations and daydreams of romance are more fulfilling than the real thing to her. (sophie turner/saorise ronan)  ruby rosini (23) - (edwin’s daughter, played by nadine)   miles carmichael (22) - (second youngest of james) - cynical, sarcastic and the self-proclaimed black sheep of the family. miles is massively introverted and the least enthusiastic about any family gathering. last year he found out he isn’t james’ biological son and has felt disconnected ever since. (hero finneas-tifin) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------betty billings (21) - (fifth oldest of cynthia) - betty simply hates the idea of having to work. she’s dramatic and extroverted and the family’s kim kardashian. she has star quality, for sure and a ton of charisma. she’s a shop-a-holic and people struggle to get her to do anything else. (olivia holt)  bella carmichael (19) - (youngest of james, played by nadine) - bella is the youngest child of james and has burnt out. after being thrown into ballet, sports, tutoring and every other class you can imagine from the age of 4, she’s done with teachers and being an over-achiever. bella hasn’t been herself since her dad’s “death” but is very good at hiding it to the point where everyone thinks she’s doing amazing. (anna bruevla/katherine newton/elle fanning)  hadley billings (18) (twin, youngest of cynthia) - hadley is the oldest of the billings twins by five minutes. he’s vegan and an animal lover and very interested in politics. he is an anti-carmichael man in the sense that he shows more than anger, saddness and horniness in his emotional range. very gentle and arguably the nicest cousin. (ross lynch)  freddy billings (18) (twin, youngest of cynthia) - freddy is the youngest and also the brightest of the bunch by far, to the point where an IQ test dubbed him a genius at just 7. he was put into all sorts of competitions and given all kinds of scholarships. but because teachers and adults love him so much, he’s also a little shit, the definition of a class clown. he doesn’t work hard to achieve, he just does and that’s what annoys people the most. (romeo beckham)