Parallels - Blog Posts
*basically these are the same Hannigram and Johnlock scenes* Moffat: so yeah, the friendship between Sherlock and John is the most important and beautiful relationship on this show. AND IT’S A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF MaLE FrIenDsHiP, so don’t freak out. They are not a couple. Nop. Bryan Fuller: *while sitting on a chair with a cup of tea in one hand* my babies are canonically horny and gay af Moffat: DuDe YoU ArE NoT HeLPiNg! Bryan Fuller: sorry bro, but that’s the tea.
BEFORE SUNSET (2004)
fleabag by phoebe waller-bridge // white nights by fyodor dostoevsky
Who is Red X?
So first off, I loved Teen Titans (2003). I can openly admit that I am very biased to it, and incorporate it into my personal complicated au. In Teen Titans, Dick leads them as Robin. So lets talk about Jason, and how Dick becomes Nightwing. (In my au)
"Red X is Jason Todd!!" No. Red X is clearly Grant Wilson. It makes the most sense. He calls Robin "kid" implying that he is older, has a similar fighting style to Slade (because we know he and Robin are similar), and most importantly, Jason would not die and come back to find Dick in the Robin costume. (Unless it's a reverse au).
So since Robin leads the Teen Titans, still Robin despite not being in Gotham or with Batman, why would he become Nightwing? Here is my answer.
Dick finds a newspaper article about Batman and Robin in Gotham. Recently. He hasn't been in Gotham recently. There are speculations on why there are two Robins.
He goes home to confront Bruce, and finds a child that looks just like him, in a previous version of his costume. He argues with Bruce, he visits Clark, hears the story about Nightwing and Flamebird, remembers that one episode where Starfire went to the future, and returns to Jump City as Nightwing, unable to take Robin away from the kid, officially giving up Robin to Jason.
Jason doesn't any of know that and believes he has always lead the Titans as Nightwing.
(The newspaper is also a parallel to how Dick found out about Jason's death :D)
Do with this what you will.
Parallels: Medraut/Turunesh from The Winter Prince and Claude/Diana from Who Made Me A Princess
It’s almost like El (deep down)doesn’t actually want romantic love from Mike but familial love from him . Because all the men in her formative years could never give her that. I mean I’m “delusional”. it’s not like there’s any parallels to mike and El’s (lab) family. Oh wait-
El to mike (s1) : “Will you be like my brother? Why not?”
Cough it’s almost like all the times m*leven was paralleled to hopper/El or kali/el, or “siblings” , luke/leia , and “cousins” throughout s1-3 was on purpose. (hopper/el and other family parallels vs m*leven in s1-3) here . And (kali/el and m*leven parallels) here.
Honestly , there’s so much to unpack in s4 as far as El’s characterization (without any ship stuff). When I get the time that will be a long long analysis.
July <3
Lola Ridge // Zhukovsky Stanislav // Charlotte Eriksson // my photo // Rick Bass // @burningmine // Allie Ray // @geopsych // @thepoetryofascension
Charlotte Eriksson
Marti Healy
Hal Borland, Sundial of the Seasons
Terri Guillemets
Roald Dahl
Hal Borland / M. Cumulus Life, Illuminations / Mary Quant / Unknown / Take a Load Off, Joanna Franklin Bell / Unknown / The Wild Marsh Four Seasons at Home in Montana, Rick Bass / July Moon, Louise Townsend Nicholl / VSCO: vxdb / The Months, Linda Pastan / Instagram: KJP / Lot, Bryan Washington / Tumblr: nobodysflower
stop it hurts :((((((
jumping into the abyss goodbyeeeeeeeee
Gifs from @namchyoon & @petevegas post
I can't help but wonder if these similarities were intentional.
Let's look at the couples. Both are facing a shared problem. Pat Pran are sick of their controlling parents. Puen Talay are trying to cope with the untimely demise of Joob.
Pran & Talay have a fear of patterns. Pran is afraid of his mother forcefully transferring him again. His high school heartbreak is unhealed. He's afraid that every time he gets close to Pat, fate will split them apart.
Talay has a fear of abandonment. Just a week ago Up & Aou went their separate ways. Puen disappeared entirely. Top it all Fuse & Kita graduated before him. Hardly had Friend Credits re-united when Joob passed away. His fear of abandonment resurfaced.
Pat & Puen themselves didn't have it better. Pat had gotten scolded by his father for prioritising the play over rugby. He also had to cope with his father's betrayal which caused him & Parn to be star crossed lovers.
Puen too was mourning the loss of Joob. The one in whom he saw a maternal figure. Even his own fears were likely to be triggered watching Dol regret holding back from confessing until it was too late.
Puen & Pat exhibited immense strength by not only standing tall, but also by holding their partners from collapsing.
Pat could have simply asked for a break or ended it altogether. Because from the looks of it, they both were financially dependent on their families. Instead of being practical or reckless, Pat asked Pran to run away with him until they could come up with a solution. A solution that would let them continue holding each other's hand.
Puen too, could have done anything. Confessed impulsively, cried or remained silent. He himself was shook & unsure of his fate. Moreover watching Dol regret must have added to his own insecurities. But he mustered up his last ounce of courage & confidence to reassure Talay.
"Can I hug you to sleep all night?" In this case was not "I'm in love with you" or "I will protect you" but rather a reassurance that "I'll still be holding you after you sleep & wake up. I will never disappear on you ever again. I won't abandon you."
"when death// takes my hand// i will hold you with the other// and promise to find you// in every lifetime ~ commitment, rupi kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers”
PS it's funny is that Talay technically looks like Pat & Puen like Pran in this alternate universe given the casting....like you know what I'm saying right 😂😂
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Soulmates. Better half. Portkeys. The love of your life. CMBYN & Vice Versa's plot at their core are essentially these aforementioned concepts.
Call me by your name is inspired from Plato's Symposium. In Greek mythology, humans were originally four-limbed, two-faced creatures; split apart by Zeus and condemned to spend their lives looking for their other half.
According to Symposium, one's quest for a female or male half depends on the nature of their original being. The relationship between the halves is subjective, but is ultimately companionship.
However, when one meets their other half, be it a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy, and would not be out of the other’s sight, as I may say, even for a moment.” This is the highest form of love — “the people who pass their whole lives together; yet they could not explain what they desire of one another.”
"Call me by your name and I will call you by mine" implies that "you and I" are one being that was separated. Now Talay & Puen share parallels to Oliver & Elio.
Puen and Talay are going through something similar (as of ep 6) The duo find themselves naturally drawn to each other, but they do know what they desire from each other. They briefly even feign ignorance.
As for the concept of portkeys, it once again refers to the idea of 2 people who are destined for each other. Like a match made in heaven.
Puen is carefree like Oliver. It is very evident from his confidence when he says things like "I kissed you because I wanted to" or "I should simply marry my colorist then"
For a non believer of love, Talay treats love sacredly. He's quick to draw boundaries & teach Puen that love cannot & should not be faked. He's cautious, sensitive to language & doesn't take things for granted, just like Elio. Puen revealed himself to Pang in the first meeting but not to Talay who was practically joined to him by the hip on most days. Talay tries to hide his envy by telling Puen to get close to Pang by calling her his prospective portkey. This is parallel to Elio's jealousy over Chiara. And his attempt to objectify her to strike up a conversation with Oliver.
Although most Call Me By Your Name ends with Elio getting a little more cynical, here's to manifesting that Vice Versa will end with Puen feeling a lot less lonely & Talay losing his cynicism about love.
PS Call Me By Your Name is set in a town by the coast & a lot of scenes are on the beach. Talay happened to drown while playing at the beach. Not to forget his name itself means "Sea" (And the actor's nickname IRL is Sea lmao 😂)
(Some of the above information was sourced from Vox)
Shauna Shipman and Andrew Neiman
Yellowjackets (2021) & Whiplash (2014)
Clem & Lee - Ellie & Joel
Aristotle and Dante-Benjamin Alire Sáenz/Unknown/Two Poems-Elaine Kahn/Through the Valley- Shawn James/Anne Sexton
"lose yourself"
Andrew Neiman and Nina Sayers
Whiplash & Black Swan
“and if I’m on fire you’ll be made of ashes too” is the sad version of “and if I get burned at least we were electrified”
Y'ALL. HEAR ME OUT ON THIS PARALLEL.
alr two brothers (blood or not); one with glasses and the other one kinda rebel and with mommy/daddy issues, falls to the blonde smart tall boy!!!!! (YES FIDDLESTAN AND WOLFSTAR)
I JUST Realized Something…
Ya Know The Secret Dialogue On Rhae Island That Implies Memory Loss In “Sonic Frontiers”?
It’s Kinda Like Shadow’s Amnesia In “Sonic Adventure2” And “Shadow The Hedgehog”
Think About It; They Both Lost Their Memory, They Both Were Controlled/Manipulated By Someone, And They Both Went Through Emotional Turmoil!
So, What I’m Trying To Say Is; Sonic Is Now MUCH MORE Like Shadow Than We All Thought.
Sonic & Shadow The Memory Loss Duo!
AHHHHHHH
Tell me you guys see it too
I love foils. So, here's a collection of similarities between Vox and Alastor!
The classic angry table clawing - everyone knows that one:
Smiling for heightened control and influence (and smiling through annoyance):
The [demonic shock] [slow head turn] [extra filtered voice] "haha, what did you [just] say?" scenes:
These scenes, at the beginning and end of Stayed Gone:
Depicting themselves as a member of a religious institution to vie for the audience's trust:
