#Laura Kramer

[thidwickdoodles]

Okane, Laura, & Clae

A redraw from 2019, where I read the first book—fell in love with this trio—and then never picked up the last two books because I was afraid romance would be introduced (it was not, it’s amazing)

All to say, please go read this series

[66bins]

The Chronicles of Amicae would make for such a good movie adaptation. In theory anyways.

Like, I fully recognized that in practice the story would get butchered like every other book-to-movie adaptation because so much of Laura's inner dialogue would be missing, but I can fully picture the action scenes and the cinematography and it has the potential to be absolutely immaculate.

I feel like Laura would get a bit jankier because the viewer would be missing her side of things, and things like her interactions with Charlie would be missing a lot of context (assuming they wouldn't axe his character to save time).

I think her relationships with the other characters would have more potential for translating to film because there's a lot more physical events where the characters connect rather than so much of their initial interactions depending on backstory that is tough to fit into a movie's narrative.

In the Hunger Games for example, some people who have only watched the movies are skeeved out by Katniss and Peeta's relationship because the whole boy-and-girl-have-to-fight-to-the-death-but-wait-now-they're-in-love-maybe dynamic seems too abrupt, and a lot of that comes from the movies not being able to convey Katniss' thought process properly.

But in The Chronicles of Amicae, Clae and Laura have only known each other for less than a year, and they've only just met Okane, so we get to see their relationships grow and most of their interactions even if they're non-verbal can be easily understood from just visuals. Moments like when Laura steps in to help Clae fight an infestation even though he told her to stay back, or when Okane feels safe enough with Laura to show her his scars, are pretty straight forward with their message, and these scenes are visually oriented enough to translate well into film.

One of these days, this trilogy will gain more fans and will get the shitty adaptation it deserves and I will be getting front row seats where ever it's being shown!

[gordonsicedcoffee]

EMMANUELLE VAUGIER as ADDISON CORDAY SAW II (2005) dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

[mirroredmemoriez]

So we all know this scene with John in Saw 3 where he has a seizure. Amanda gets forced into action by Lynn to hold his head and provide oxygen.

It’s a horrible moment all around! Sheer panic and chaos… Physically John obviously has it the worst. But mentally? It’s up for debate between Amanda and Lynn, both women have their reasons to be heavily stressed with what is going on.

Lynn’s life is connected to John’s, the very man who is seizing on the bed right now- Whilst Amanda is watching her mentor slash father like figure throw up and cough blood…. But it wasn’t even that long ago Amanda saw a similar scene with someone else.

Could this Amanda in Saw 2 know where she’d end up some months later? Having to repeat the same actions… I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned the similarities in any depth before between these scenes. Both times Amanda is powerless to stop any of it.

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[crazylovebird]

So there this trend on TikTok that if you own a place you would play a song. This is what i think

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This is the song i would play if i own a saw Trap

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- too soon?? Am I wrong for doing this 😭😭

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

1) Amanda is excluded because (Hello Zepp starts to play)

[puppyuserboxes]

Saw character userboxes (part 2, Saw 2005)

please do not get into discourse about whether or not you like the characters in the tags or replies!

[wolftattoo]

never forget how amanda was the first and also suffered the most AND was the most dedicated to john

[hannahwatcheshorror]

JIGSAW (2017)

One of the most satisfying of the SAW movies. Cruel, ironic, puzzling, and intricate. I was concerned going in that this would be the beating of a dead horse but it was instead a song of triumph for the series. Heart Pounding, intoxicating, and sexy, this film is a worthy addition to an amazing series. The games and deaths felt deserved and purposeful but also fair and satisfying. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Jigsaw is back with five unsuspecting villains who need to work their way to confessing their crimes. Starting with chains leading them to saws, the first victim was unconscious and missed the rules thus "disqualifying" him. The rag tag team of misfits (brought together more by chance than common theme) meet a purse snatcher who is presented with an obvious solution to her poison problem but instead tries to leave the group hanging (ha). Acid in the blood frees the gang up but leaves them with three.

 An attempt to leave through a "no exit" door costs one hapless male his leg as he must choose not to let the other two people left drown in grain. The nephew killing conman is sent into a blender of sorts which leaves us with a daring duo who come face to face with John himself. The gun fires backwards, taking out our child killer while the drunken male is left for dead. Flash forward to the future where Logan, our doting protege of Jigsaw is getting jiggy with Halloran, the man who let criminals roam free, like the one that killed Logan’s wife. A stunning twist with a fake death reminiscent of the first film, what an amazing ode. "I speak for the dead."

JIGSAW REWATCH

I knew this movie had a version of grain suffocation in it but it made more sense to me because they were being buried in grains, I didn’t know until A QUIET PLACE that you can sink in from the top which is somehow more terrifying and stressful. And, I love that Logan stood up for Eleanor, but he totally almost got her shot by Halloran and that was also stressful.

This movie did a really fun version of the whole time jump thing without making a big show about it like in SAW II. It was very clever to have this be one of (if not the first) Jigsaw trap and yet also still be the 8th movie in line. Bringing back Tobin Bell as Jigsaw, not so much as flashbacks, but presently because we didn’t know how long ago the game was being played and the cult of Jigsaw was making it seem like John Kramer was still alive out there. Really a fun film that I am still impressed with. Wish it had a few more familiar faces but we got a bit spoiled by that from SAW 3D.

[jackienautism]

briefly talked abt this w/ my friend (hiii @kilowattsons) (dont read this if you dont want too many spoilers) after i FINALLY watched saw (2004) w/ them but i just. i jsut. ii..

throwing my SMG followers a bone rn. but hear me out hear me out. laura and travis + amanda and john parallels. esp in fanon context

I JUST. to preface this i KNOW that amanda canonically refers to john as her father, but that ddef doesnt make the relationship any better fdgkfng butOKAY OKAY. HEAR ME OUT

it pisses me OFF how (outside of that dumbass batch of ppl that ship them ...) fans REALLY tried to make travis out to be some sort of uncle figure for laura and thats just ..... not how things work? kdfgnf no matter HOW you spin it, their relationship will NEVER be healthy, unless you wanna have something so DEVOID of canon, which is just annoying. like. at that point just make up your own characters DSFKGNFDGK LIKE. travis and laura will not and can NEVER have a relationship where things arent icky or bad. and if you say otherwise youre just too indulged in fanon and i recommend playinmg the fucking game again

but the same goes for amanda and john yk... it jjust. their relationship is MEANT ot be one of toxicity and whatnot. its not MEANT to be healthy. but (and i see this a LOT) ppl love to paint a picture that shows them in this normal and loving relationship and to me its jsut ???? dont get me wrong i ENJOY seeing these characters in happy and normal contexts, but sometimes its just.. it becomes so far from canon that it becomes almost .... ignorant? like youre purposely avoiding the canon material and making things that only YOU wanna see? if that makes sense? which, once again, there is no problem with. i of course indulge in stuff like this from time to time as well but its just .... this is fucking saw we're talking abt. its not meant to be happy or w/e

the only reason WHY this relationship exists is bc of the saw world and the in world contexts. outside of it (if everyone and everything were cookie cutter and happy and not Bad) there wouldnt be a need for john to have amanda and for amanda to have john. bc in a "happy" case, john woudlnt have lost his child. and amanda woudlnt have a shitty relationship w/ her father. the NEED for them both wouldnt exist if everythign were ideal

i hjavent rly looked for it much but the whole "jigsquad" thing is just sooo ..... like. i dont want to be mean ! and i get ppl can do whatever they want w/ the media they consume ! but ! it annoys me kdfngfg bc realistically nothing in this world is healthy and its sort of annoying when ppl make it out to BE healthy. like. thats the whole appeal of these characters and their relationships. theyre MEANT to be bad for each other. theyre MEANT to be toxic. theyre NOT meant ot have a normal relationship! and writing it as such defeats its original purpose!

ok back to travis and laura . like. first things first travis being a cop and locking her and max up for 2 months already deters them from having a good and meaningful and normal relationship lmao . but at the end of chapter 9? he manipulates himself and his situation to get laura to help him in his family bullshit. aka . killing a person she knows absolutely nothing about. shes not a shitty person, so of COURSE shes goingn to say "sure" to the person tthats practically begging for her help. and in this line of events, she can even be killed! like! and travis should fucking know this! hes willing to use this girl hes traumatized for his own gain! to solve HIS problems! its fucked up

and do i even need to say how john used a girl hes traumatized for his own gain? its written all over the movies brother. and in canon, he DOES end up killing her! he leads her to her demise! yes i kn ow hoffman's note is essentially what lead amanda to her demise but. john is the one who put this all in motion and who wanted to test her again despite beating her test in the original movie. and for making it through the bullshit of saw ii

but yeah. long story short. ppl making it seem like that these 2 duos have good familial relationships is so just errrghhhh . in laura and travis' case, this is NOT the answer to being a normal person and not shipping them. they shouldnt have a relationship at all realistically lmao. and the same goes for john and amanda, even if amanda canonically relies on and sees john as a ffather figure. if it werent for their pasts, they wouldnt need each other

basically what im saying is that. travis and john traumatize these girls then eventually uses them to further their own agendas, which get them (or can get them) killed. and yet fandom LOOOVES to see them as this normal healthy familial dynamic and it pisses me off and and and

[thidwickdoodles]

That one Spiderman meme

[66bins]

Screaming crying throwing up because not nearly enough people have read The City of Broken Magic.

Do you enjoy fantasy? Action? Found family dynamics? Magic? And a hell of a lot more?

Are you sick and tired of the same old storylines?

Do you wanna get your heart ripped into a million pieces and be buzzing at the edge of your seat for an entire trilogy?

Do you want to feel the heartache of only getting three books when you would consume anything and everything the author puts out?

Read the Chronicles of Amicae by Mirah Bolender, starting with The City of Broken Magic.

You will not regret it.

[behindthescreamz]

laura vandervoort as anna alongside tobin bell as john kramer and paul braunstein as ryan filming scenes in the “tuck’s pig farm” on the set of “jigsaw” (2017)

[mirroredmemoriez]

GABRIELA SAW X THINKS AND FEELS

Got bored so it's time to yap about Saw characters, today on the chopping block is Gabriela! Mainly Gabriela is compared with either Adam or Amanda, for similar and also different reasons. When it comes to the comparisons, with Adam it's usually down to the fact she and him both ''won'' their traps but were both still killed at the end (Also their wet pathetic demeanour said with all the love)- Then with Amanda, it's how both were drug addicts... Amanda basically sees herself in Gabriela and seems to root for her to win.

She's likely most peoples fav new character coming out of Saw X. Gabriela has the most content produced out of all of the other introduced characters for example. However, I think one thing I don't always agree with from my own perception is how she's painted to be almost an angel (Within the fandom)? Gabriela is by no means an evil person, it's very easy to be sympathetic to her situation and I don't think that's a bad thing. But also.... SHE IS IN HER TRAP FOR A REASON? Just the same as Valentina or Mateo and or even like Adam/Amanda.... But the reception she gets to me at least seems different. First, I'll get it out of the way that this is slightly due to the fact she's shipped with Amanda. I do believe shipping generally sometimes changes fandom's perceptions of characters or tries to put them more so into labels? With that said, I also am aware of power imbalances between the characters (Such as Mateo being the one who supplies Gabriela oxycodone even if he states in the movie he will no longer be doing so going forward).

It's hard for me to exactly pinpoint and or explain why I think this is when I look at peoples portrayals slash discussions of her character... If I had to narrow it down, I believe it's because I feel as though people don't put the same effort into analysing characters and exploring the nuance of them when it isn't a VERY VERY beloved/popular one. The argument to that is screen time, which does make sense? We get more of a feel for characters such as Amanda, John, Mark, Lawrence and yada yada, due to them being recurring characters. Then with Adam, even though he dies in the first movie? That first movie is solely focused on his and Lawrence's story mainly and not multiple characters, so the audience forms more of an attachment to him and his personality… However! I personally love looking at all characters so here I am. To me and likely everyone, Gabriela is a young and lost woman. She's basically going through what we as the audience would assume as the roughest patch of her life. She seems to be pretty early 20s and is obviously stated to be a drug addict, joining Cecilia's scam to feed her addiction with any money she gets paid with. Outside of this, we have no backstory to any previous occupations and or her education. Nor do we have any insight to friends and or family. This probably comes down to screen time and also the fact exploring any of this wasn't central to the story and the portrayal of her character… But generally, this paints Gabriela to be a quite isolated person outside of the scam. Personality wise, it goes without saying Gabriela would have a manipulative streak from all the scamming and needing to be able to source drugs. Interacting with John she uses very basic speech to interact and lie to him, but in reality she seems to have no issue speaking fluently in English. It makes perfect sense with the knowledge she is a part of The Pederson Project, Cecilia wouldn't have chosen someone who's terrible at lying or putting on a façade at the end of the day. This doesn't make her an evil person as I've said stated before. Even though Gabriela is choosing to source her money by being a simple pawn in a big scam- She still holds noticeable humanity to a degree, seeing as she encourages those around her in traps and has a more considerable reaction to their deaths than compared to someone like Cecilia. I think when it comes down to the cancer patients before John, Gabriela had the thought process of out of sight out of mind and would probably not dwell too much on the ethics of what she was doing.

I think one thing for her character I'd have wished to see, is more interactions with people outside of a drug transaction and scamming an old man.... Oh and obviously outside of being in a death trap too- It isn't exactly an issue, but I think people spend too much time comparing or labelling Gabriela's character as a version of Adam or Amanda, more so than her being a separate person? Don't get me wrong, she very much so is a good comparison to make between the previously stated characters. However, I think I more so see her as a domino effect and even a symbol than being very alike to Amanda or Adam. Gabriela is one of the reasons Amanda starts losing belief in John's philosophy and this alongside Adam is then basically a catalyst to Amanda rigging her traps. Even with Adam's killing? Amanda somewhat becomes what Cecilia was to Gabriela in that moment within Saw X. Cecilia and Gabriela were also a minor foil for John and Amanda too.

There are so many what ifs with her character and how that would impact the story moving forwards. What would've happened if Gabriela had just died in her trap? What would've happened if she survived her trap? Or if she had never been tested in the first place... She as a character is one of the biggest stepping stones (whistles at myself) in the franchise when it comes to the outcomes of others, as her death is a catalyst to Amanda's future erratic behaviour and killings.

But enough about Adam and Amanda- I can't likely explain this well either, but Gabriela gives off Laura Hunter vibes so much and both of these women I just feel so bad for at the end of the day? Them and their fashionable coats... The wettest eyes and demeanour. Anyways! These are all just my opinions, you don't have to agree with them of course but I like yapping and discussing things like this, so feel free to reblog or comment if you've got your own opinion on what I've brought up here. If you've read this far down- Thanks? HAHAHAHHAH

[elishamanning]

5 November 2023