#for a less advanced civilization that these msgs may never reach

[foxfoe]

im absolutely LIVING for the fourth wall breaking fleabag does and the priest somewhat picking up on it.

the priest seems omniscient to some degree. or is at least able to detect/be aware of omniscience around him, even if he, himself, cant penetrate it or understand it.

which makes sense, since he’s a man of god. trying to listen to a voice (god) that may or may not be there watching/listening to him. with that, it’s easy to make a parallel of god and the fourth wall audience that fleabag is talking to. the parallel of fourth wall/god makes for such an interesting struggle for the priest and blends in well w/ his confusion about whether his love is for fleabag or for god. (and also, perhaps more down the line, if he becomes more aware, what purpose he is meant to serve! if he’s a character, is he meant to serve the show or serve god or serve fleabag, the main character? what would he make of this?)

since in this show format, fleabag is nearly god-like in her voice/power, the allure of her and her voice is quite powerful.

her being like god makes me think that’s partially why he’s able to see through her fourth wall. that, and, like bobby said, theyre similar ppl.

i think, b/c he’s a priest, b/c he’s there for ppl, as a father, to help and guide, he’s gained some omniscience b/c of that. which we can see by him 1) seeing fleabag’s fourth wall and 2) his wedding speech!!

in his wedding speech, there are a fair amount of words and themes that occurred throughout the season. things done/said/mentioned that he was not privy to but is still aware of on some level. like: love being painful (dad mentioning how love/life is most painful for fleabag), creepy (everyone calls the kiddo creepy oboe kid), obsessed w/ hair (a whole scene where fleabag goes on a monologue about how important hair is), love isnt something weak ppl do (fleabag calls her sister’s husband “weakie” by mistake; he is too weak to love and be a good person), and more.

obv this speech was a way to wrap up the show and hit some moral messages of the show, but with a show that makes a pt to break the fourth wall, details like this can hold purpose!

ive always always ALWAYS loved the concept of the fourth wall and breaking it and i really love fleabag’s dynamic with the fourth wall and im super super interested in the priest’s (possibly growing) awareness of it and understanding of it and how thatll affect him and how he will affect it.