i believe in re-reading and re-watching your favourite books & movies at different stages of your life. the plot never changes, but your perspective does.
Sam Reid recalls his first impression of Jacob Anderson:
“I thought, What a gracious person. I’d never had anybody call me before and ask me how I want to work. I mean, I started sending him selfies of myself, which is a kind of unprecedented thing for me to do.”
(Source: https://t.co/UpeXcK90Of)
Omfg why is Assad being “too soft” on Armand for everyone’s liking but when Sam and Jacob do the same things for THEIR characters they are called the understanders of all time. The double standard is insane!
the realism argument for rue’s death is bugging me out forreal. sobriety is realistic too. there are so many people who put their vices down and get help. where’s the realistic portrayal of that??
ANYWAY an underrated part of 2x05 for me is how it shows the impact of armand's "nonviolent" abuse. louis was distraught at having his memories taken from him and horrified at the false sense of self that had been constructed in their absence.
I resonate with Rue’s experience with addiction and I really hate people discussing the topic of addiction and drugs like its a simply a fictional topic and she should’ve just done this or that like, once reality of addiction is never ever simple or easy.
Seeing people talk about Rue’s death and saying how she either deserved it for “relapsing” or knew what she was doing/taking, or that it was her fault because xyz is so triggering and painful for recovering addicts/ people seeking sobriety. She tried to change and had 0 support.
Addiction is a vicious cycle. She tried. Thats all she could do and she did. Recovery is not linear. To have her character die that way, no one she loved knowing the truth of her fight or efforts and having them think she just OD because she was never clean is heartbreaking.