rue dying in her dad’s hoodie and reaching her hands out for him was so heartbreaking i’m bawling my eyes out such a perfect scene give zendaya every award immediately
> be Rue Bennett
> open the entire series in 2019 with your first breath
> the very first shot of the show is you being born
> lose your father young, find drugs to fill the hole
> become the heart of Euphoria for three seasons
> the character an entire generation saw themselves in
> fight addiction, relapse, get clean, relapse again
> narrate it all with a calm that never matched the chaos inside
> in season 3, turn informant for the DEA
> almost make it out
> then your boss finds out you're a rat and laces your pills with fentanyl
> as you fade on Ali's couch, you dream of a sunlit field
> Fezco is there. you reach for your dead father and he holds you one last time
> the actor who played Fezco, Angus Cloud, died of an overdose in real life in 2023
> so the show gave Rue's final moments a reunion with the friend the world already lost
> Ali finds you gone, and spends the finale avenging you
the show opened with her first breath and closed with her last.
a show about addiction lost one of its own to it - then gave its lead the same ending. Rue's last dream wasn't just goodbye to a character. it was goodbye to Angus too.
rue murió peleada con su mejor amiga de la infancia y el único amor de su vida, no volvió a ver a su mamá, o a su mejor amigo o a su hermana y al final nadie le tuvo respeto a su muerte o a ella como persona