her using travis being there to convince akilah to come and then strong-arming travis into continuing to encourage her… and once akilah’s all in and travis continues to object she stops taking him along… travlotkilah there will never be another you
the jackie stans in the quotes complaining about this are lowkey dumb, the point of this thread is to show the reoccurring theme of how shauna’s boundaries are constantly pushed, no matter how big or small. op isn’t saying jackie’s evil, they’re just pointing out a small moment
LIKE… how do niggas in the 70s out do you in effects and lighting and setting the tone and literally everything else. WE SUPPOSE TO HAVE THE BETTER SHIT RIGHT NOW
the reason de palma’s version works so well is that he understands it is meant to be horrifying instead of framing the scene as a watered down feminist “good for her” revenge scene. he lets the tension throughout the film build into an explosive terror.
ppl have spoken at length about nat being able to put down the gun/step away from her role as hunter but it's notable that misty *also* steps away from being their nurse/medic during shauna's birth. literally everyone else is allowed to put down their roles except shauna
it’s also so interesting that everyone blames shauna for mari’s death when she was legitimately like the least involved. the juniors killed their animals so they’d have to have a hunt, mari and lottie suggested a hunt, travis built the spike pit, taivan stacked the deck instead +