#brba theme

[kylejsugarman]

it is actually fucking deranged that characters can just look at jesse and immediately tell that he was hurt by walter white. not just hurt, but like fucking wrecked. what an insane inversion of "show, don't tell". we've been shown for five seasons and now the show itself is telling us that yeah, Everyone can see it, it is a canon and in universe truth that one can look at jesse pinkman and see that he has been horribly fucking harmed.

[likethe-month]

Greetings BrBa/BCS fandom I have some thoughts

Whenever my friend and I finished season 4 of Breaking Bad I really started to think... wouldn't Gustavo Fring make a terrifying and effective yandere? (was I even paying attention to seasons 2 and 3 smh...)

He has eyes everywhere and basically unlimited manpower. We saw just how ruthless and powerful he was throughout the show, so reader would basically be screwed.

Once involved in such a dangerous game, the only way out would probably be death.

You could try to disappear, but the moment before getting into the car to escape, you'd hear the cock of a handgun. You'd turn to see one of Gus's men with a hard look on his face. He wouldn't shoot, but if faced with no other choice, he might aim for a leg.

The guard would bring you to wherever Gus wanted through a silent and tense car ride. You would be sat down only to be face-to-face with the dangerous man who had been the object of your deepest fears as of recent. Forced to stare into his endlessly cold eyes, you would try your best not to tremble.

He would lay out his conditions and expect you to fully accept them. Say yes and you're treated like royalty, say no and you might be subjected to "further persuasion."

Trust me, you might want to consider saying yes.

[lttleghost]

while watching El Camino with @strawberry-crocodile couple days ago I finally put words to another thing that makes it hard for me to swallow its praise as a story of Jesse finding freedom

and that is - if this movie is supposed to finally be about Jesse having freedom, WHY DOES JESSE END UP GOING TO A PLACE THAT WAS MIKES SUGGESTION AND NOT JESSE'S OWN IDEA? MIKE EVEN SAYS THAT HE IS NOT JESSE WHEN THIS QUESTION IS BROUGHT UP!!! like this piled on top of going out of the way to make sure the audience hears the perspective that Jesse is to blame for the outcome of his life without much attention given to the structural problems that led to the choices he made just means everything falls flat in such a sour way

[nonbinarygamzee]

finally sitting down and making the decision to watch nge so might be really normal about that on here for the forseeable future.

[karinyosa]

i love gus in both shows but i think his story “matches” a lot better with the others in bcs than in brba because although both shows are about people who justify increasingly harmful things to themselves, in brba the fatal flaw is more like ego, specifically with our main character (ego as in a projection of the self rather than just vanity, ego as an inflated idea of oneself in terms of an investment in the self as father/husband/provider/archetypical good man, an investment in legacy, in pride), whereas bcs is for the most part, about a bunch of people that do bad things for someone they love in some way, however twisted the logic. and i guess the ego thing applies to walter more than anyone else in brba, he is kind of contrasted with most people in the show, and while you could argue much of the cartel is also driven by some form of ego, that’s not really explored and they are kind of just a conglomerate of baddies in brba, and i guess you could also argue that gus’ ego is in his ambition, that his pride is apparent in his massive fast food empire and his immaculate reputation. HOWEVER. i think that the core, the soft underbelly of gus’ story being firmly rooted in max pairs a LOT better with bcs’ way of writing about relationships and changes the meaning of some of those things. the meth lab was THEIR plan, not just his. doing it successfully means the success of max’s ambitions in ADDITION to his. he remains in search of a cook for YEARS, because that was max’s job. the cook has to be a chemist and totally up to par because MAX was a chemist. los pollos HERMANOS. dedicado a MAX. and of course the revenge itself. more than his own ego, everything he does is a monument to max. he dedicates himself to this entirely, revoking his own emotions and needs, just kind of coldly functioning for this one purpose. and of course you could say that that is also still ego-serving because it’s still holding yourself up this false ideal. but at the very least it’s a very different show of ego than walter’s. compare that with jimmy and ice station zebra, jimmy and the time machine, jimmy getting into law AT ALL, jimmy confessing. the transformation from the name of the child gus once was to gustavo fring, and the transformation from jimmy mcgill to saul goodman. guys. guys. i know it’s been said but guys

[uncanny-tranny]

hello there!! I know I'm being a bit bold with this ask even if I'm hiding to an extent on anon but- I was wondering if you might be interested in watching/sharing this video essay I recently finished on a trans reading of Jesse Pinkman

https://youtu.be/sVh0of5kAQ4

feel free to ignore me and either way I hope you have a good day!

I'm a few minutes into this video (it's close to the forty-minute mark), but so far, I appreciate her insight! Obligatory warning for spoilers about Breaking Bad and a little for Better Call Saul.

I think so many people are attracted to the idea of trans Jesse because Breaking Bad cannot be separated from the analysis of masculinity and toxic masculinity specifically. In these discussions, I think trans people often have unique insights into their experiences with toxic masculinity, and though that isn't always true, I myself certainly know that I and many trans people have a complex relationship with masculinity (and femininity, but I digress).

I think I most related to the idea of a trans reading of Jesse in the scene where Jane observes that not only did Jesse draw himself as superheros, but his kangaroo superhero had a pouch. It was relatable, and almost this sort of realization that Jesse presents himself a certain way, yet other people interpret him differently than he does.

I highly doubt Vince Gilligan intended Jesse to be trans. I highly doubt that Aaron Paul played Jesse in a way that was meant to be read as trans. However, I do still appreciate the trans reading of Jesse, and I think that if it were canon, it would fit neatly into the overall themes of the show (that being masculinity, gender, gender roles, and how people contend with these elements)

[kingoftieland]

Created exclusively for the Better Call Saul: Season One Limited Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray, this postcard vinyl of Junior Brown’s theme song for the show looks great in a frame and is a unique and interesting addition to my record collection! 🎵

Postcard vinyls were invented in 1903 and were typically one-sided. They consisted of a small phonograph record, played at 78 rpm, which was glued onto a postcard. A hole was then inserted through the middle of the record postcard to enable playback on the device of the time, the gramophone. While they may not be as popular or common today, postcard vinyls were all the rage back in the '60s and '70s, when they used to be sold with magazines.

[neonjstr]

the most "innocent" person in better call saul isn't howard actually its chuck *mic drop*

[mikumutual]

finished breaking bad. consensus: holy fucking shit

[corgoship]

tumblr users stop saying walt was always evil or draw 25

[chaotictomtom]

gaaasps....i could rewatch weeds... and actually finish it cos i just learned there was more seasons since i've stopped watching it in middle school

[otogariado]

i'm now actually quite sad that hector salamanca "wins" against gus fring.

[chooey]

just finished breaking bad

[mummer]

hey remember the scene in barry where fuches fully is shot and dies in the cold open and then later in the episode wakes up on a cowboy ranch being taken care of by a kindly mexican family who offer to let him stay there forever and wed their daughter and escape the narrative etc and for like 5 seconds he appears to gain a new lease on life only for him to just immediately steal their car and leave because he hates barry so fucking much anyway do you think it’s a winky parodic reference to this bcs plot point or nah

[naughtydogg]

ok but The Ghoul theme from the show is so…..

[mihotose]

the thing is the "jesse was kept in a cage by nazis as a meth cooking slave" card is so easy to pull specifically so he can win a poll on tumblr dot com