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Godzilla Minus One (2023) dir. Takashi Yamazaki

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Merry Christmas, Alfred. Good will toward men… and women.

Batman Returns (1992) dir. Tim Burton

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Sebastian Stan for Los Angeles Times

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Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

OLIVIA HUSSEY in ROMEO AND JULIET (1968), dir. Franco Zeffirelli

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TREMORS 1990・dir. Ron Underwood

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Directed by Robert Eggers

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CHRIS EVANS as STEVE ROGERS / CAPTAIN AMERICA Avengers: Infinity War (2018) | dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

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Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman American Psycho (2000) dir. Mary Harron

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2024 + HORROR

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10 years of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Dir. Anthony & Joe Russo

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

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SEBASTIAN STAN as JAMES BUCHANAN 'BUCKY' BARNES Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) | dir. Joe Johnston

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Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia – Black Panther (2018)

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It's interesting to see the takes that the sex scene felt unearned. I respect that view, but I don't see it that way.

Tharn has been repressing himself hard, because of his past trauma around loss (not just from this life, but lives before). And of course, Chalothon has been in his head since childhood, exacerbating all of these fears.

Tharn is a subtle character. His surface reaction to things is often ambiguous. This is intentional. He is water. He may have massive turbulence under the surface, but he's not going to show it.

The show has been extremely consistent in showing that when Phaya is impulsive, when Phaya shows too much fire, it scares Tharn away and gives him an excuse for distance. He's not actually angry at Phaya, he's desperately trying to maintain distance because he is terrified of losing him, and Phaya's fire nature gives him the perfect excuse. It reminds that subconscious reincarnated part of himself of all the reasons they cannot be together.

But - when Phaya is sincere, when Phaya attempts to calm his flames and bridge their worlds, Tharn softens. He comes closer. He can't help himself. Because he loves him. He has loved him, for eons already.

And Phaya is figuring things out. That talk at work is incredibly important. When he's being sincere and showing Tharn how scared he is of their distance, of losing him, he gets that immediate softening. Immediate physical contact, and a promise.

And Phaya learns from this!

He keeps probing Tharn, but gently. He brings Tharn to his home, a place of warmth and comfort. He makes him feel safe.

He brings Tharn to a pool, and lets him sit in water. He makes gentle physical contact. And he gives him all the sincerity he has to bear.

And Tharn can't hold out anymore. Phaya deliberately removes, piece by piece, anything Tharn can hide behind to keep his defenses up.

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great now im thought stuck on skinamarink.....being a kid means being horrifically, inconceivably vulnerable and in danger at all times and no other movie understands that like skinamarink. its not Just being scared of the dark or not Understanding higher concepts. at any given moment, u can just be. hurt. injured, taken, moved, manipulated, trapped. u have No agency. at any given moment, the things that are Supposed to be reliable and safe and good (parents, toys) can suddenly hurt u or become strange and frightening. and there is truly nothing u can do. the life of a child is so mind-bogglingly unpredictable and unsafe in so many ways, especially in an environment where their wellbeing is not prioritized. literally anything can be done to u as a child and even if u Can understand it (which u rarely can), u can't do anything about it but incorporate it into ur worldview. u can't break holes thru the walls when the windows and doors disappear. u just have to keep walking thru the same hallways and wait to see what the world will do to u next.

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Doraemon according to my friend.

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I've got to save you. You already have, Luke.