#faithful 2023

[dhyanshiva]

@zeesqueere has the best media recs hands down. Just wrapped up watching Faithful (2023) and it was incredible and deserves so much more traction. Crying and heart emojis are all that apply for our leading ladies in this show.

95% overall rating!

🪡🥰

[lindwurmkai]

i have watched 8 episodes of faithful by now and it's still really, really good. seriously, i don't always distinguish between "i like it" and "it's actually good" when i talk about some new thing i love but this is both.

i've seen it described as a "revenge drama" as if that were some kind of established genre and idk, maybe it is? but if it had been advertised to me as such, i would have thought it wasn't for me. who cares about revenge? doesn't sound interesting. however ... nie huaisang quickly became my favourite character from the untamed. hmm 🤔

the premise of this show is that a girl (in historical china) who tries to bring her rapist to justice fails to achieve her goal and dies. in response, her friend spends 7 years hatching an elaborate revenge plan. we don't immediately find out how the girl dies, how that man is able to get away with his crimes, who exactly is in league with whom among his various enablers or why, and of course what the revenge plan entails - everything is slowly revealed in segments alternating between past and present. i still don't know how she dies. love this story structure tbh

the protagonist (dead girl's friend) is absolutely delightful and also very easy to read as a lesbian or aroace. however, in the flashback segments we see that she starts out with some rather understandable flaws and her quest for revenge is likely motivated at least in part by regret for not having done more sooner. you see that in male characters so often, it's refreshing to see a female character get the same treatment!!

other than that, the ACAB vibes are off the charts for now. we'll see how that holds up throughout the story, but one of my favourite things is that there's this "good cop" guy who's honestly more of a Slightly Less Bad Cop because his heart is clearly in the right place but he's lazy about it and too much of a realist to do anything most of the time.

he ends up in prison for seven years with a broken leg that never healed right because he was overheard bragging about totally having helped that girl way more than he actually did. yep. that's all it takes

(hilariously, he is now also hell-bent on getting revenge, but mostly for his leg. like, he's got a concerning obsession with finding the main villain and breaking his leg in return, even though the people who did it were his former colleagues - he can see the big picture, he knows whose fault that really was. absolutely incredible)

recently an Actual Good Cop appeared (young and full of idealism), prevented various horrors from occurring, and was beaten up for his efforts. 7 years later, he seems ... hardened but true to his ideals? i'm curious to see how he managed to keep his job!

anyway, lots of good stuff here. it's a super heavy subject, but handled surprisingly well i think. hopefully most of that will stay true for the remaining 17 episodes...

[deadboyagency]

George, Kassius, Ruth and Steve Yockey via Instagram sharing the news that Dead Boy Detectives is the #2 highest viewed cancelled show by Netflix this year;

[tinybabyghost]

it's invisobang baby!!

this lil comic goes with the very cute fic faith, trust, and a little jazz by @greatbigolhampuckjustforme where you'll see the work of my partner in crime @kkachis too!

[eighthman-bound]

[dykealloy]

the catholic rejection of it all

[awkward-yet-kind]

I hate, LOATHE that Levi gets grouped in with characters that don't 'get' emotions. It's so wrong, so counter to what is easily observed about him as a character. He gets emotions, he has a mountain of empathy and is great at reading and understanding people. What he actually suffers from is not a lack of emotion, but trauma. Trauma that forced him to become rough around the edges to survive. Trauma that stunted his social skills and ability to fully express himself. Trauma that led him to build a near-impenetrable fortress around his heart and keeping his own emotions under tight lock and key. I could go on. But GOD is Levi criminally misinterpreted. He is a deeply emotional character, but the constant wave of harsh experiences in his life make outwardly showing it difficult, if not impossible at times.

Levi is a hardened character, not an emotionally lacking one.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Per Deadline and Vanity Fair:

Studio execs making millions publicly admit to their plan to simply wait out the writers’ strike.

[gaslightgirlsummer]

max is being interviewed on canal+, was just asked if his biggest rival now is alonso. he denied, saying his biggest rival is charles because he was p3 before his dnf

[fashionlouist]

Louis looked stunning in a Neil Barrett Mesh Jacket in Black from the Men’s Spring/Summer 2023 Season Collection at the Rolling Stones Uk Awards!

With an active-chic mood starring 90s revamps in contemporary fabrics, Louis topped the best-dressed list in this look.

[dhyanshiva]

Thinking about my girls RuWan again ❤️‍🩹🌸

@zeesqueere sigh ✨🧵

[lindwurmkai]

Omggg

I just started watching this new c-drama called Faithful and I'm on the edge of my seat holy shit

You don't understand

[sixteenthtry]

Corseted Gerard Way doesn't exist... Yet!!

Reblogs appreciated 🫂

Inspo/reference ⬇️

This thing felt like a whole mess considering that I had no recent reference pic for his face in that angle, but whatever Gerard Way in a 1951 Italian swimsuit, eat up.

Timelapse on my Instagram account as always.

[f1-birb]

12 points in the first 8 races. 193 since Austria.

205 points, most in his career

P6 in the championship, matches his best ever finish

7 podiums, 6xP2, 1xP3

2 sprint podiums, 1xP2, 1xP3

1 fastest lap

5 driver of the day awards

Lando Norris, my driver

[lulu2992]

Do I think it’s a shame that, even though the circumstances in which we obtain this weapon suggest it might be hers, we never see Faith use the Sin Eater?

Yes, a little bit.

[hldailyupdate]

Louis looking incredible while performing!

Faith In The Future World Tour: Dublin. (8 November 2023)

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