#5ive x lila

[k-kipper]

happier in the middle

[doktorfreud]

Fivela didn't come out of the blue

Just one interesting tidbit for film enthusiasts / TUA lovers / Five x Lila shippers out there: a while ago, this particular frame caught my attention. It bore echoes of something I had already seen in the past, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

Then it came to me: of course, the poster for the movie The Graduate!

Notice how both Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock and Five are sporting the same tan shade of clothes, how both are positioned in the door frame, with the leg of their seductress / love interest / nemesis hovering starkly in the foreground.

Both female protagonists are caught as they are performing a gesture of an intimate nature: Mrs Robinson is rolling on her stockings in The Graduate, post encounter with Benjamin, while Lila is shaving her legs, pre run-in with Five.

And, of course, there’s the much debated “age-gap relationship” in common, hanging in the air – explicitly stated, in the case of Benjamin / Mrs Robinson, and subtly hinted at as far as Five / Lila are concerned (and yes, time travel factors in all this and is - as Lila so aptly put it - "a massive head trip").

I find this homage to be such an interesting, cheeky, apt visual foreshadowing of what is to come between the killer duo (pun intended) in the following season.

This is one of the many reasons why I respectfully disagree with TUA fans saying that the relationship was "unexpected" or "sprung upon" the viewers. Was it rushed and wanting proper development? Yes. Were there signs of where things were heading, well before the subway storyline, even prior to season 4? Hell yeah.

[doktorfreud]

It's the subtle micro expressions crossing his face, his restless, fidgety demeanor, and yes, the pain, ache and complete hopelessness in his eyes that really sell Five's heartbreak. Mesmerizing, beautiful acting.

The pain in his eyes 😔