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i had a thought. alenoah precure au.
Alejandro and Noah are academic rivals most of the time, both attending the same school (Wawanakwa High.. So creative trust), itâs pretty much decided upon by everyone attending that the two HATE each otherâs guts. but sometimes, they work together without even knowing it..
thatâs right! the two are legendary warriors called Pretty Cure, both in different groups of them who work together like half of the time during fights. Noah is Cure Clue, Alejandro is Cure Rose. unlike the two in their civilian forms, Cure Clue and Cure Rose actually manage to get along (mainly because they donât know who the other is)
thatâs all. thank you for listening to my ted talk
#bonus thoughts: noahâs group of pretty cures are more old-timey in aesthetic#he in specific plays the role of a detective in cure form#meanwhile alejandroâs group is obviously based on flowers#gotta incorporate flower language somehow#okay bonus thoughts over#tdi#total drama#td noah#td alejandro#alejandro burromuerto#alenoah#precure#pretty cure#au#I WISH I COULD MAKE THIS INTO A FIC#BUT IâD PROBABLY FORGET ABOUT THE FIC IN ENTIRETY..#if someone writes this iâll love you forever#and give my soul to you
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so, as everybody knows, our man, the lovely mark strong, turned 57 this past august 5th
since the kingsman films have had a huge influence on several aspects of my day-to-day life (gee, wonder what group of people i could be referring to...), i decided to sit down and do something iâve been thinking about since getting my medical card earlier this year: getting high as a kite and watching them back-to-back.
to celebrate markâs birthday, i decided to do another running commentary post like the one i did for rocknrolla ages ago, under the cut. itâs a pretty similar style, which is to say not necessarily super coherent and might be hard to understand if youâve never seen the movies. D:
there are some mentions of the roanoke society, but not many.
if even just one person finds this mildly entertaining for four seconds, then iâll have done my job. there is a lot of cursing and this is NOT spoiler-free.
enjoy~
edited 9.1.20 to correct typos and such, please remember that i was Not Sober while i wrote this lmao
how many times have i watched these movies at this point? i donât even know. Â
i always liked the nifty likeâretro arcade marv opening animation
and the thing with the tapes! we love book-ending devices!
kingsman: badass motherfuckers worldwide incorporated
like why was merlin even with them? i understand why lee and james would be there, but merlin, was he not acting quartermaster then?
i have SO MANY FEELINGS about lee unwin
i think it haunts harry and merlin more than anyone thinks, but these are fun spy movies so we just donât talk about trauma and shit, donâtcha know
donât look at how merlin tears up and tell me he doesnât drink about it *HEAVILY* later
itâs such a stark contrast to see the 1990s interior vs. what itâs like when eggsyâs grown :(
michelle baby iâm so sorry. you deserved better than this.
and BABY EGGSY
omg. like this scene is both heartbreaking but is also adorable.
colin firth has gd anime legs, that dude had to straight up unfold himself as he stood up lmao
aaannnnd swooping logo, whooooo, goinâ over some mountains~
and mark hamill, ladies and gentlemen!
this whole thing with james deciding to kinda go rogue makes me wish that we knew more about his backstory as well. like, is this james being james, or was this a weird one-off situation and he was just unlucky?
YES unlucky. nobody could plan for the hurricane of sleek destruction that is gazelle
who has one of my favorite aesthetic designs as a villain (although i guess iâd put her more on maybe henchman level? but idk, it seems like valentine looked at her more as a partner, less like an assistant? and they had a very interesting chemistry together too, like i wouldâve added more valentine x gazelle scenes)
i would LOVE to be this chill about justâdraping blankies over bodies
blankies over bodies sounds like a cool band name
DIBS you guys canât have it
i am SO GLAD samuel l. jackson gave valentine a lisp!
valentine, to me, does fit a lot of the usual spy movie villain tropes
but since this movie doesnât take itself super serious, itâs more fun than annoying
and we never hear about any of the other knights?? like
half of this is just gonna be me whining for additional footage that there just wouldnât have been room for realistically lmao
michael caine, you are lovely
MARK STRONG, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN
WITH LEGS THAT DONâT QUIT AND AN ACCENT THAT IâD DIE FOR
iâm an embarrassment
like letâs all stop and thank god that mark didnât have time to learn the welsh accent
not that i wouldâve been disappointed, because all accents are good accents on this blog
but at this point i canât imagine merlin asânot scottish
âtry picking a more suitable candidate this timeâ
arthur you DICK
like were you this cold-blooded when lee died, you fuckinâ reptilian-ass son of a bitch
no wonder you were charlieâs pledge person thing
and enter the fabulous taron egerton, stage left!
DEAN you are DISGUSTING
god, michelle, you need better friends, if you were my bro this entire relationship wouldâve never happened
;-; and eggsyâs so sweet with his sister! i know there probably wasnât âroomâ for it but i AM glad that there are scenes showing that family is one of eggsyâs kinda âcore valuesâor whatever you want to call it
dude is a hufflepuff through and through imo
can you imagine eggsy as a villain? we would be so fucked. heâs sly, heâs smart, he couldâve made life v e r y difficult for lots of people if he really wanted to
but look at him with the squad!
eggsyâs just like the british version of a good olâ boy
this car scene is some dukes of hazzard bullshit (ramp-jumping and fun car horn aside)
if butterflies are harryâs main symbolic critter, would foxes be eggsyâs? or would it be a pug instead? i guess thatâs like asking if harry would be either a butterfly or a cairn terrier, like mr. pickle. letâs say both.
this fandom is pretty on top of character associations like that
you get symbolic associations! YOU get symbolic associations! EVERYONE gets symbolic associations whether theyâre actually in the canon or not! donât have any? donât worry, weâll assign you at least one!
the guy playing the interviewing officer is ALSO the patriarch in the witch which i didnât realize untilâlike, a while after
and it was while @circlesofboneâ was visiting, and we were just âoh, okay, guess we canât escape this cast at all, this is fineâ
âyour father saved my life.â
harry youâre such a fucking peacock, waiting all posted up and posing so youâll look cool
you big doofus
iâd kill to be inside his head during this first conversation with eggsy though
like is eggsy like lee? is harry seeing lee the entire time heâs talking to his son, in his mannerisms, how he carries himself, how he speaks?
or is eggsy the opposite? whichâi donât know if that would somehow be sadder?
thereâs just a lot going on in the background of this bit thatâs left up to interpretation
âalthough iâm sure itâs well-foundedââ
harryâs just so casual about this entire thing, nobodyâs that casual without practice
harry you rabble-rouser, what kind of life have you led
âmanners. maketh. man.â
our timeless motto, my flowers
kingsman STILL to this DAY has some of the most well-choreographed fight scenes iâve ever seen??
like yeah the church scene but even just this initial bar fight
harry couldâve been a dancer
in a way i guess he already is
like he moves so fluidly and gracefully, it is BONKERS
colin you did so good! iâm so proud!
the way eggsyâs just O.O
whether or not you ship hartwin, like, you gotta admit, that was hot
and his BODY LANGUAGE, heâs sitting like RAMROD straight, this poor dude lmao
nobody prepares you for a situation like that in public school is all iâm saying
harry, exiting stage left like a suave, smooth motherfucker
remember when iggy azalea was relevant
ugghhhh i hate this part
âI WASNâT WITH NO ONEâ
can you imagine being harry hart listening to your dead friendâs son getting the shit beat out of him
like, surely he heard the cleaver, he knows dean was going to fucking gut eggsy right?
listen to how cold and icy his voice gets, oof
yeah, heâs pissed, and dean is lucky
PARKOUR
ugh, i want to go to london ;-; i want to walk in front of the shop and visit harryâs house and kiss cute english boys
iâd like to think harryâs super excited to show eggsy everything but heâs gotta keep it dialed back because âdecorumâ
the way eggsy pauses though
âcome on.â
and he says it so softly.
if i was eggsy, iâd be nervous, too.
but i didnât realize how quickly harry tries to give off signals like âhey thereâs no reason to be scared.â
âlike my fair lady?â âwell, youâre full of surprises.â <3 one of my favorite sceneeesss.
harryâs voice is so soothing but eggsy is so freaked out by the elevator that heâs justâthereâs no room for anything else beyond processing the elevator lmao
âhow deep does this fucking thing go?â asking the real questions
aannnddd KINGSMAN BULLET TRAIN
iâd like to think they have like soft jazz or something playing in there
and then they get to the hangar and there are obviously a buuuuunch of people out on the tarmac that we justânever hear about? i just assume theyâre all like technical officers or maybe other agents
âyour father had the same look on his face. ⌠as did i.â
harry is already rooting for him.
âlate again, sir.â
that. brogue.
fuck, i could listen to him talk for hours, scottish accents are my favorite thing
#squadgoals
not a very diverse cast :/
the body bag speeeeech
and of course nobody was in any actual danger, but merlin doesnât want them to know that so he becomes mr. hard as steel, i am emotionally stoic at all times, do not test me you bunch of rugrats
âclassic army technique.â
ROXY
ROXY I WANT TO JUST HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS TT.TT
aannnnddd charlie, also
who we mightâve found sympathy for if we knew aaannyytthiinnggg else about his backstory
like, could he just be Like That, yeah
but most people i know who are assholes like that are that way because their parents were first /shrug/
can hardly fault the dude for turning out like that when poison was all he was given to drink
anyone else a hundred percent positive they wouldâve drowned in the first trial
i would absolutely have panicked and bit it
but then again, iâm not kingsman material, iâm roanoke
and if this is the exact same test that merlin and harry went through, does that mean there might be some weird drowning trauma hidden back in there thatâs just ANOTHER thing weâre not gonna talk about?
(yes the correct answer is yes)
god thatâs such an american response to the problem though
glass canât cause problems if itâs in a million pieces!
âyeah you can wipe those smirks off your facesâŚâ
i wonder if there was ever a situation where a trainee actually drowned
and i donât mean like amelia, i mean some poor kid who just failed the test
merlin knows how to put the fear of god in people though!
and mark strong, very handsome, yes, very scary, also yes
he and colin both look like theyâre 80 percent leg in every single scene
harry literally had brain matter smatter ALL OVER HIS FACE and still somehow had the mental facilities to be aware of those dudes, leave a bomb and dive out of a window (and then escape said dudes)
billy badass, yâall
âjust get it done.â okay, i took back what i said earlier, maybe he does see her as more of an assistant, less than a partner. their relationship is weird.
the puppy scene!
âitâs a bulldog innit?â
YASSSS the golden trio
because of what happened with our other canon charlie has become a weird character for me to watch, like, yeah, i âwatchâ charlie be himself in tss but the charlie i âseeâ is likeââourâ charlie.
âbollocks!â and then he just runs with jb in his vest, makes me smile
aannddd we see valentineâs super cool factory
harry your hair gets so long <3
âwater!â wow, who wants to bet that the fact he was instantly screaming means that maybe heâs gonna have some stuff to talk about in therapy later
roxy baby iâm sorry they made you hold the balloon and have to trust these dumbasses to not shoot you on accident
i would trust roxy to not shoot me
i love, love love valentineâs house
itâs gorgeous
set design is always such a cool way for filmmakers to include details about a character using pure aesthetics and iâm such a slut for it
tilde!
see also: one of the characters done the WORST by these movies imo!
the fact that she not only says no, she says no with enthusiasm and gets blatantly pissed, is one of the best insights we get into tildeâs character and then it justâgets wasted
like it takes three steps and then gets mowed down in the hallway like her guards
i would never be given the opportunity to be asked if i wanted an implant but i draw the line at having stuff put into my neck
awwww harryâs so proud!
that finger point âyeah, see, be more like your uncleâ
merlin is SO TALL
âa bit much innit?â
heâs justâtapping a normal clipboard
⌠nobody wanna talk about how thatâs a normal clipboard
anyway
i also love how they show him in professor sweaters for the beginning acts of the movie
definitely a softer aesthetic than one would guess for a dude who apparently did field missions sometime within the past decade or so, but i also have a theory that leeâs death directly contributed to merlin maybe being the man behind the screen as opposed to afield
because trauma is a thing but this is a FUN movie so weâre NOT gonna talk about it
âyouâre gonna be all right. youâre top of the class!â this was the scene that made my mom a reggsy shipper
regardless of how you feel about them as a couple, their friendship is one of the best things about this movie, along with their dynamic with charlie, asjdnaskdjna WHY could we not have had a trio movie instead
eggsy you show-off âlemme just throw my arms up and dip outta this plane like itâs not a big dealâ
roxy you can do it!
ugh, there goes my baby, off to have a near-death experience under merlinâs immediate supervision lmao
âgood girl, rox, glad you made it!â
guys, theyâre just kids.
i love this big group scene because it reminds us that these are just young folks, still
âmy, my, youâre all very cheerful...â
ârufus, come on!â dude eggsyâand not even just eggsy, charlie and rox too--at least made an attempt at teamwork. you get points for that bro
but man, for all they know, theyâre about to beef it in a very permanent way, iâd be freaking out too
merlin getting caught up in the drama
because again, heâs supposed to know that eggsy has a parachute
i think he wasnât prepared for these two to get that close to not making it and thatâs why we see him break face and drop his mug
*WHAM*
i HATE the sound of them landing
itâs not like you can hear bones breaking but it hurts me, guys
and then there were three
plus one daddy long legs quartermaster
âif you have a complaint you come here and you whisper it in my ear.â
yes SIR
âyou need to take that chip off your shoulder.â
merlin comingâ in with the tough love portion of the kingsman core squad
thereâs no reason for me to think harryâs persona was inspired by cruella de ville somehow but i do anyway
she reveals the mcdonaldâs and valentine is just :D
idk if he was expecting a specific reaction or was just excited to see a reaction period
valentine is definitely a fun villain, which, given the tone of the movie, makes sense, itâs all supposed to be fun
one of the reasons i love kingsman is that itâs like, this golden ray of goofy cinematic fuckery in a world of grim!dark remakes and other superhero/spy films who are presented as more serious stories
âand thank you for such aâhappy, meal.â
harry got a puppy smile
but see, then, here at his house heâs a lot more relaxed with gazelle! like, patting her butt, etc.
maybe what we see of their relationship is dependent on setting, because valentine himself has it compartmentalized?
perrrrrrhaps
âand i am never, EVER GOING TO AGREE!â
tilde, you deserved better, and i think all the weird hate you get from our ohana is unfair
you donât twist a runnerâs ankle before the race starts and then get mad when they donât win
your story was mishandled from the beginning
asmr: hanging out with the golden trio watching worrying news in the kingsman trainee bunker room
the way he says âbiblical senseâ lmao
i have never been able to figure out if the way he says that line is supposed to infer spiritual respect, or lack of it, but i might be looking too into it
âitâs an acquired taste, mate.â
whatâwhat would you even do if you were at a club and three people as hot as taron, ed and sophie all came up and start talking to you at the same time
like i know the target got up and left pretty quick because of the training exercise
but iâd be doing it because iâm ugly and if three hot people are all talking me up at a bar something is Bad and Wrong
whichâthe CAHONES on both eggsy and roxy
they both literally said âyeah iâm willing to die for this organization that hasnât even given me a permanent place yet, what of itâ
look at harryâs dimples in this scene, he is fighting a huge grin, heâs SO PROUD
i know that charlieâs response is supposed to be just more fodder into the âcharlie hesketh is a toolâ fire
but given that iâm not unconvinced that his home life wasnât super shitty, likeâ
idk, this makes this scene a lot less fun to me. it makes it sad.
like, maybe charlie didnât even want to be there deep down, maybe this was all for like, arthur, or his dad, or some other person he looked up to
and the way merlin looks when he tells charlie to go home, the way that heâs kinda grimacing? iâm wondering if heâs along the same kind of feeling. heâd know more about charlieâs history
have i also mentioned how much i love harryâs war room?
âYES harry!â
an evil plan is being born!
âtrue nobility is being superior to your former self.â
eggsy is still in his club clothes, so likeâhas he slept? yâall let those kids sleep after fucking drugging them, right? ⌠guys?
ââwhen one is popping ones cherry.â
and eggsy is just CHEESING he is SO EXCITED
am i the only one who wants to learn more about the store clerk guy though?
heâs like the one person around whoâs legit just there to run the shop
has no idea about any of the spy stuff happening
his name is donald, heâs married with three children and has two spaniels he loves
âTHAT is sick.â
i would KILL for this room.
i donât need anything in here for any reason but still
foreshadowing, foreshadowing, foreshadowing, more foreshadowingâ
harry is such a NERD
âput it back, eggsy.â
the amount of self-control it would take to not have a sudden change in expression in that moment, omg
i wonder how THAT gets trained up in kingsman
âi guarantee it.â ha, get it, itâs a reference to that one commercial
âyâallâtalk so funny.â
and this all means that they had a contact at that hat shop and got all that info to them before valentine got there, and somehow made sure he did end up buying a hat that they could also successfully put a bug on, how deep does this goooooo
âjack bauer?â
it says a lot about eggsy that out of all the jbâs it couldâve been, it was jack
uggghhhhhh of course they HAD to do this scene with eggsy with arthur
obviously harry couldnât do it
i just think most of us would NOT be fans of arthur at this point in the movie, weâre all rooting for eggsy, like, he needs this moment with this other character because we gotta drive home that heâs an asshole
alsoâwould have absolutely failed that test
and iâm not sorry at all
âwelcome to kingsman--lancelot.â
i was really happy that it was a female agent who ended up getting the handle
aannddd more echoes of past scenes, man, nobody can say that this crew wasnât intentional with their cinematography
when eggsy rolls the window down you can see his chest moving up and down, like, he is MAD
dean you asshole
so no wonder he gets so pissed that the car suddenly decides ânope, no, weâre not doing this, câmonâ
this entire conversation at harryâs house isâtense
and you donât pick up on it the first time, i donât think, but uh
iâm seeing it now
harryâs not just mad, heâs hurt, and eggsyâs furious but heâs also maybe regretting his actions.
itâs these two men who are rapidly trying to figure out their headspaces and trying to figure out how to navigate this situation with each other
and the way eggsy tries to apologize ;-;
kentucky is a beautiful state, actually
ohhhhhh yâalllll
weâre at the churrrccchhhh
weâre gettinâ closer to the coolest part of the movieeeee
itâs telling that gazelle was trying to make sure that theyâd be safe
â⌠so hail satan, and have a lovely afternoon madame.â
the most metal lines colin firth has ever uttered on camera
the siren noise after itâs switched on bothers me in a way i canât quite articulate
it might be because i have silent hill-colored trauma, who knows
FREEEEEE
BIIIRRRDDDDDDD
THE GREATEST ACTION TRACKING SHOT IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA
but then eggsy and merlin are reacting aaaanndddd itâsâa lot less fun
because you realize that theyâre watching their bro mercilessly slaughter innocent people and not stopping
and still not stopping
and still not stopping
but plot twist, iâm really glad they kept the track going, because if theyâd suddenly picked *this* part of the scene to get serious, that wouldâve brought the mood down so low that i donât think there wouldâve been any bouncing back
i just
how do people exist who arenât attracted to harry hart
that man is a machine
and colin worked so hard to be able to do the scene himself, and that work SHOWS, that man cuts a FIGURE
i donât know how they managed to somber it up just the right amount, either? maybe because they waited for the âfun action sequenceâ to be over so there wouldnât need to be noise that had to be masked by a fun rock track?
â⌠what did you do to me.â
i cannot imagine what harry was feeling in that moment.
the way he spoke it was like he didnât even have time to be afraid to die
âthat tends to happen when you shoot somebody in the head. feels good, right?â
âno, it does not feel good!â
i love that exchange because we normally hear the opposite.
alsoâwhiplash.
mark has this way of expressing grief without showing anyâblatant signs.
like merlinâs not especially tearful, or crying, but his eyes look MASSIVE. and SAD. and he has just the tiiiiiniest tremor in his voice.
and eggsy, dude, like, weâve all had it come on us really quick and suddenly itâs like your chest is pumping like a piston and when did it get so hard to breathe?
ARTHUR you REPULSE me
like look at how egssyâs shoulders sag when he realizes that arthur isnât on his team
and in a way, this is eggsyâs final test as a kingsman trainee, imo
do you realize how quickly he had to assess what was happening and figure out what to do, all without arthur noticing?
âyou are all alone. it is all up to you. remember all you have learned. good luck.â
itâs a veryâalmost horror-esque situation from that pov
and he passed with flying colors to go on his first true mission, because after he puts on the suit, thatâs his visual cue of graduating, if that makes sense
thatâs the knight putting on his armor.
âiâd rather be with harry. thanks.â
âso be it.â
*click*
me: *laughing at arthurâs big dumb stupid head*
⌠man iâd love a replica of that decanter and glasses set though
not to mention that eggsy recognized the flaws in arthurâs character and weaponized them, which is a whole other level of shit that isnât necessarily easy; he knew that arthur carried the kind of pride that would leave him open
god, he looks so exhausted though when rox has him at gunpoint.
i think he was being pretty serious, about harry
sick helipaaaaaaad
that thing looks vaguely like a rock-âem sock-âem robot but in pieces though
more grandpa sweaters <3
man. you can see roxy swallow, you know sheâs scared, but then she just sets her jaw andâ
roxy baby you are the best i love you
i like the vintage vibe of the mountain lair
i think thatâs another visual poke at the aesthetic themes of some of the older, og spy flicks out there
merlin looks SO LANKY walking back to the plane for some reason??
he stays until the last second for roxy. thatâs love right there.
âa bespoke suit always fits.â
which can be good spiritual life advice too but thatâs a separate conversation
âwhat the fuck is WRONG with you people?â
and his fuckinâ disco ball
uuggggghhhhh his speech reminds me of so many⌠âpublic figuresâ that i dislike
even though itâs obviously a bad thing that the chips are everywhere, i appreciate that phones and such are being shown in a positive manner (like, michelle talking to someone in the park, people at a ball game taking selfies, people at the beach, etc.) because i get so sick of that anti-tech boomer humor tbh
and the big reveal of eggsy in his suitttt
A KNIGHT IS BORN
âhowâs the view?â
âhideous.â
youâre allowed to be crabby baby, you just let it out.
âlookinâ good, eggsy.â
âfeelinâ good, merlin.â
merlin is so calm heading into the fortress and i donât know if itâs because heâs very, very good at compartmentalizing and thatâs genuinely how he is at the moment or if heâs that way through extreme self-control and effort
he can rock a pilotâs uniform though
just like eggsy can rock a suit
theyâre both so handsome, help
i also wonder how eggsyâs feeling right then
like, iâd imagine that the pressure of having to perform a role to literally save the world would be enough to distract him from the bite of grief
thatâsâprobably enough to distract everyone, tbh
i a hundred percent believe there are breakdowns we donât see
i wonder if eggsy told tilde heâd spoken to lindstrum(sp?) after everything was said and done
like, thatâd be some kind of weird foreshadowing in hindsight
this scene is anxiety-inducing in a big way so to distract myself i imagine roxy as a mech pilot
dude iâd totally watch sophie in a role like that, like, let her be in a movie like pacific rim, sheâd kick ass
and now we have The Chaos
otherwise known as that point when Everything Is Happening All At Once All The Time
also a thing that doesnât exist in spy movies: hearing damage
because like his voice is right in eggsyâs ear and without it heâd have a LOT harder time surviving
imagine being an agent, merlin trying to talk to you, but something either hits your ear or goes off right next to it and suddenly itâs just silent
SYSTEM FAILURE
YAAASSSSS
WE WIN
GGOOOAAAAALLLLLL
THE AUDIENCE IS DOING THE WAVE
except JUST KIDDING
The Chaos 2 Electric Boogaloo!
merlin with a huge gun: hot, also, very scary
eggsy is just 10000% done
âthis is mine. iâll show you yours.â
i wonder who e man was supposed to be that valentine called.
like is that a reference to a real person that i just didât catch?
⌠elon musk? maybe? idk
eggsy slides like a gd anime character
when he uses the rainmaker, itâs just like harryâs protecting him from somewhere else
(ohâwait, technically kentucky, i guess)
âmerlin, iâm fucked.â you can hear the anger there. not only did he fail, but heâand everyone elseâis about to die
but this? this is the pinnacle of eggsy showing himself as a kingman agent
he was staring death straight in the mouth and STILL
SOMEHOW
REMEMBERED THE IMPLANTS
so i guess if i say that the moment when he puts on the suit is when he becomes a true agent, then maybe this is the moment when he becomes galahad.
*bobs head to pomp & circumstance*
i remember getting a huge kick out of how colorful they made this
because in real life you know a bunch of people literally blowing up would be likeâDISGUSTING
viscera everywhere
no fun rainbow mushroom clouds
âiâve always wanted to kiss a princess.â
ANOTHER knight reference, very clever matthew
mmmmm Do Not Like that noise
aaaannndddd *that* line
whichâmaybe thatâs mr. vaughnâs sense of humor, or what he thinks the sense of humor his core demographic has, idk
but it always kinda rubbed me the wrong way
the mass brawl scenes are edited so like--jarringly compared to the other fight scenes in the movie
thatâs probably for a reason
also, a showdown to the tune of something disco: kind of another trope homage
this shot of gazelle is so sick, i love everything about it, she is so cool
this entire fight with eggsy is awesome tbh
we got a little bit of what gazelle can look like in combat earlier with tildeâs guards, but now we get this epic showdown seeing her at her full potential against someone whoâs actually a challenge
and the way valentine is shouting for her to kick his ass from upstairs and yelling encouragement lmao thatâs how real friends act when thereâs a fight
daisy ;-; ugh, thatâs the visual gutpunch that makes it juuuuuust serious enough by reminding us of the stakes
which is why itâs fitting that then we see the Slo-Mo K.O.
and that smile with the fun little chimes in the back, lmao
and eggsy, quick on his feet again byyyy being quick on gazelleâs feetâfootâwhatever
man, impalement deaths are always fun.
coulda done without the vomiting but thatâs also one of valentineâs quirks that makes him different from a cookie cutter villain
aaannddd have a heavy sigh from merlin
that dude needs a full-body massage and a drink
âis this where you say some really bad pun?â
reminder: i love that this movie is self-aware! i could not picture a super serious kingsman movie! i just picture something depressing!
there had to have been a better option besidesâthis, for this eggsy/tilde ending scene
iâm not saying iâm mad it ended with them fucking, iâm mad that the extent of the joke was anal and that was it.
also the idea of my boss possibly seeing me having sex would have me a little more concerned about the hardware on my face, but okay??
aannddd the tapes.
gah, we love visual throwbacks!
we love being able to see that despite all this growth and change, family remains very important to eggsyâhe hasnât changed into a different person, he has grown more into himself than ever before! THIS! THIS is eggsy unwin!
⌠GET READY FOR IT
time for tgc! (and to get into my roanoke feels, maybe, this is the nexus where our canons connect)
the BAGPIPES
okay
i did not stop to consider how unpleasant this was going to be to watch stoned but weâre gonna power through it and get through it together
if i cry i cry
the way the music swells into the main theme <3
and the perfect reveal for our boy eggsy!
reflected in gold, looking sharper than broken glass
and SUDDENLY CHARLIE
the pacing in tgc leads me to believe that matthew had huge plans for this movie, and a lot of cool stuff probably ended up on the cutting room floor for time
i also love that they brought charlie back
i love his voice box and his cool robot arm
and iâm not just saying that because it made it super easy to blend him into our canon, either, this is likeâcharlieâs evil twin in terms of his new aesthetic, the contrast is really cool
YYAASSSS THIS SCENE
WITH PRINCE PLAYING??
*CHEFâS KISS*
like we are IMMEDIATELY thrown back into the gold parts of it all, like how physics is a little broken so we can do cool shit like have a knockdown drag-out fight all within the space of a small cab
i wonder what wouldâve hurt charlie worseâbeing thrown onto his organic side, or having all his weight land on his metal arm if it hadnât disattached
but then heâs up and standing so i guess weâre fine?
MERLIN! <3
otherwise known as the character entrance that literally changed my life
i try not to think about it too much or i get weirded out
ANYWAY
(and to think i almost never even saw the movie)
Sick Car Chase, Bro
and as an american, like, everythingâs on the opposite side to me, itâs stressful to watch a little bit
âi seem to remember in your training you were rather good at holding your breath.â
man, thatâs uhâkind of a macabre thing to say, merlin
just a little bit
iâm not even gonna attempt to hold my breath to see if iâd survive this scene just assume iâm dead in that universe
we all live in a kingsman subarmine, a kingsman submarine, a kingsman submarine~~
ânot boasting, but i trained him well enough that even he wouldn't mess that up.â
merlin are you okay??
gah, i love that chest-deep laugh though.
is it real love if they wonât crawl through the sewer to get to your house in time
i love that harryâs house looks basically the same
i know they talk about eggsy not wanting to change anything in the novelization but i havenât read it yet so Iâm not a hundred percent sure what all is in there
and we still get to see him hanging with his friends, and his girlfriend, like, this dude is still all about the family
âwwwwOOOOO!â
i love this group so much omg
for as much as heâs galahad, heâs still eggsy
the transition in the weed bag looks super cool
⌠oh, i guess watching this while high makes the main storyline hit a bit different
welp
i love that poppy is an aesthetic slut and really doesnât give a shit about anyoneâs opinion about how she makes her space
like, âi want a big 50s-style diner with a gourmet kitchen that i can cook people in, soooooo iâm getting oneâ
itâs also refreshing to see julianne moore in a bad guy role!
not that iâm super familiar with her filmography but i feel like iâve mostly seen her cast as like a good guy?
i could be wrong
awwwww jet and bennie!
thereâs so much to love about this set
cannibalism and the fact that she bulldozed jungle to build all this aside (suspend that belief!)
the breakfast sceeeeeene
itâs so bittersweet, for obvious reasons
and itâs more evidence that heâs not super ready to move on into new territory yet, like making new memories with tilde that ring close to home
âi wish i could have met him.â
and the way he has to turn away, ugh.
eggsy. iâm sorry.
tilde, iâm sorry, too. you had good intentions, but they lost against his pain.
michael gambdon! the new arthur we didnât know we wanted until we got him.
charlie had a moral glo-down, itâs fine, happens to everybody
FFFFFF his imitation of merlin lmfao
man, poor charlie, like
you wake up, you canât make a sound, your arm has been blown off and your familyâs dead
like his reaction to that entire scenario isnât entirely unrealistic, iâm just saying
also LOOK AT ROX
omg everyone in this movie can wear the FUCK out of suit, yâall
man, iâve gotten a few tattoos that were exquisitely painfulâi canât imagine how much it would suck to do it with literal molten metal
dude this means clara laid on her stomach and probably screamed at the floor as she got hers D:
this kindaâriffs off of hannibal, a teeny-tiny bit
like weâre so overloaded with the aesthetics and behavior of a certain character so itâs like, we forget about the much darker parts untillllll thereâs a mood change and weâre looking at that dudeâs legs, to the burger this other dude puts in his mouth, and thinking âoh, oh dear, ewâ
i love eggsy in the orange jacket <3 snaps for the wardrobe crew across this series.
tildeâs face, omg, she was heart-eyeing so bad. and like, that little proud nod at her dad (who was of course being Like That on purpose)
and roxy, coming in in the clutch, you are tonightâs MVP
uggghhhhh i hate this part
because again, itâs just--a bunch of bad shit colliding outside of anyoneâs control
(it was also really jarring seeing the war room with blank walls the first time i watched this)
likeâgranted, you should maybe not touch stuff thatâs not yours, butâŚ
like we *just* saw eggsy and brandon in a very casual, intimate scene with each other, how can anyone get angry with brandon?
this is all stress-inducing
i remember being in the theater watching this and feeling like i was watching some awful slow motion car wreck and i couldnât look away
idk what other story i wouldâve wanted to see but i was NOT a fan of Sudden Death For Christmas, especially concerning roxy!
and poppy is such a *bright* villain, not just because of taste but because of her personality, which is another weird thing to have next to the cannibalism
gaaahhhh charlieeee your arm is so cooooool
this shot is gorgeous and incredibly depressing.
what do you do?
gah, and the way merlin comes out of the dark, like
i probably wouldâve drawn a gun on him too
âyou think *i* would?â
this scene shows 1. how much he trusts eggsy to not shoot him, and/or 2. how good merlin is at compartmentalizing, because this is an even bigger blow than harryâs death, and heâs following the protocol like itâs an art form
i hope that we see some reference to this safe in the next movie, thatâd be a cool way to tie the narratives all together
âi suppose that must be upper class humor. ⌠i donât get it.â
reminder, merlin is working class.
if youâre a ho for this fandom and went and bought this whiskey specifically because of this movie clap your hands *clap clap*
and they proceed to just get HAMMERED
âcountry rooaaddsss⌠take me hoooooomeâŚâ
another reminder: kentucky is a beautiful state!
i would love to tour a whiskey distillery, thatâd be super cool
âshame itâs not scotchâ
again, with his weird night vale clipboard.
who would win: two highly-trained kingsman agents vs. one (1) cowboy
channing tatum, ladies and gentlemen!
âyâall look damn sharp!â
i am forever gonna be mad we didnât get more of tequila in this movie, and not just because of roanoke either, but like, âthat dog donât hunt,â whatever he has in his mouth sealed a leak in a barrel, and it took him all of two minutes to incapacitate both eggsy AND merlin? hello??
iâm glad weâll get to see more of him in the another movie.
âyou know why the measurement of alcohol is called proof?â
just dumping it on their laps, so disrespectful
ââand you can go fuck yourself.â
eggsy fucking just giggling.
these two doofuses
also itâs hot to see merlin be sassy ngl
âHARRY!â
these guys have been fast thinkers in stressful situations but as it turns out, people being unexpectedly not dead can kinda fuck with your day
aaannddd halle berry, everybody! i love ginger ale omg
(and so does merlin, he is instantly enchanted)
;-; this reunion scene
i donât know how colin manages to be two completely different people at once
like thereâs a huge difference between former agent galahad and harry hart the lepidopterist and i canât explain it
i really, really hope we see at least one little hint at kinsmanâs relationship with statesman in the new movie, i just think itâd be really cool
in roanoke canon, thereâs an office rumor that the nanobot tech used by statesman was influenced directly by the same technology developed by dr. wernicke in the outlast games. i still think itâs one of my better crossover ideas.
also
god bless whoever decided to get elton john involved with all this?? because i was DELIGHTED
i love poppyâs wardrobe as much as i love her weird 50s-land in the jungle
i also really love the main statesman theme? it reminds me of all those fun epic westerns
jeff bridges! :D
champ vaguely reminds me of my dad
âcan you imagine us in the tailor business?â
and heâs super quick with the questions. my headcanons for champ are all over the place but one that i really like is that he was maybe a sheriff or in law enforcement before being recruited by statesman.
aaanndddd pedro pascal, everybody!
otherwise known as *another* character that this movie did dirty, thatâll probably come up in this later
imagine being harry hart, not remember all of yourself, and suddenly your entire room justâfills with water
that had to have been so terrifying, and it was just as hard for merlin to watch (and possibly remember something unpleasant)
and like
that sounds like SUCH bullshit, too, like âyeah we thought if you came close to drowning it would helpâ
which, is that what merlin meant, no, but is that what harry heard, probably
enter jb the second ;-; <3 sweet baby
tildeâs trying so hard. i see you!
aha, penis jokes.
and all of the unnecessary weird festival stuff, uuggghh
there are so many different things they could have done, like, all of this is just weird from the get-go
first of all, whiskey striking out? hello?? saying no to a man like mr. pascal???
not realistic
the way whiskey takes a shot as he walks away lmao, relatable
and poor clara, like, itâs not like she was asking for any of this D:
hmmmmmmm donât know how i feel being a stoner watching other stoners get this blue rash thing when i know it kills some of themmmmmmm
i love charlie in his newsboys cap!
poppy has a little bit of a point. like, booze is way more dangerous than pot, as is tobacco. like i would never advocate anyone try meth or heroin, but i think weed and some hallucinogenics get bad wraps.
seeing a dude get torn in half in the reflection of elton johnâs sunglasses is the surprising bit of gore we need to remember that oh, yeah, the villain isnât fun, sheâs a murderer
uuggghhhh the TENT SCENE
and, look, iâll defend tilde forever, but i did NOT like the weird marriage ultimatum. i still think itâs a dick move, like, in that situation either decide to trust your boyfriend or break up with him
the tent interior is super cool-looking
and like, man, he tried, he tried to bounce D:
/sigh/ work hazards, i guess
mmmmmm we donât need any of whatâs happening on screen right now so iâll just sit patiently and wait for it to be over
and like, thereâs nothing funny about merlin and ginger being able to hear everything thatâs going on, itâs so grosssss, poor ginger has to have heard some shit before to be so nonchalant about it
everything about this sucks
and then he tries going to the one person who he needs the most and having to deal with him still existing in some state between alive and dead
his body is here
but harry is not
âmaggots turn into flies, perhaps you mean larvae!â :D he is SO CUTE
but this entire conversation, with harry still not remembering and eggsy trying so hard to reach him through the fog, is so depressing
like, iâd need a drink too
*and* a joint
iâm seeing my coping mechanisms on screen here folks
the way he comes up with the idea is kinda ingenious though
like, heâs looking at stuff to make himself bummed on purpose, but therein he finds the thing he needs to fix the issue
harryâs smile when eggsy hands him the puppy TT.TT
and then eggsy just becomes a stone cold motherfucker with no emotions
âno oneâs sick enough to shoot a puppy!â
hi, flashback!harry
and as SOON as he remembers himself, itâs like his eyes are different, something about him looks like it did before kentucky
â⌠eggsy.â
one of my favorite movie hugs
and eggsy has to stand on his tiptoes because harryâs so tall
like yeah merlin and harryâs reunion isnât as overtly emotional, but thereâs definitely a sense of joy and relief there.
harry my baby ;-; much better with the sunglasses (and merlin was so close to telling him he looked spectacular)
ânow is that any way to welcome a visit from outta town, moonshine?â
he! tried! to! defend! harry!
i hate that jack got a villain story line!
we couldâve had something so much better and infinitely more compelling!
âhurrrr durrrr morgan you just like redemption arcs because you donât want anybody being a villain permanentlyâ i also like them because sometimes thatâs better writing, yâall sit down
âthat is NOT what i call a kentucky welcome.â
i love so many things happening in this scene, like
we get to see whiskey kick ass, like yassss gimme those sweet action sequences and give us some character development by showcasing his fighting style
and also NOBODY shits on harry for not being able to handle the situation. both eggsy and merlin were like âdude weâre still celebrating the fact that youâre alive tbh itâs fine if youâre not back up to speed right this secondâ
you can really tell that this was penned by british people writing american slang because having grown up in the southern half of the u.s. i have never ONCE heard ANYONE say shit like âi feel like a tornado in a trailer parkâ lmao
and poppyâs fun little death threat infomercial, so great
âwhat have you done to me you FUCKING BITCHâ oof, thatâs a mood
!!!!! gonna be honest i kinda forgot that bruce greenwood plays the president
okay but save lives, legalize isnât an entirely bad idea tbh
hnnnnnnng the scenes about people not being able to get into the hospital hits different in the year of our lord 2020 huh
⌠yâall iâm being weirded out by all this hospital scenes, this is unpleasant
i, too, wish i could pull a tequila and just be slipped into a chilly coma until shit wasnât so fucked up
âthe fact is, this presidency has won the war on drugs!â
THIS SCENE!
look, yâall can come into my inbox and call me a pothead, or a lazy stoner, or some third insult, but this dudeâs VP is bringing up some very, VERY important points when it comes to any kind of discussion about drug use in the u.s.
am i drug-friendly, sure, but iâm more friendly to the notion that we stop demonizing addicts/users
harry looks fucking SCANDALIZED when he sees champ spit into his spittoon thing
i donât think whiskey even brought up harry not being ready to return to the field in an insulting manner, he literally just saw him get his ass beat in a bar, but eggsyâs faith and loyalty are up there in the category of unstoppable force/immovable object, so here we are
am i the only one curious about the whole charlie x clara thing? because heâs definitely grown up a bit by tgc, and i wanna know how much of that might be because of clara
and he MISSES, e for effort harry
âso sorry about thisââ WHAM
and now that guy can say colin firth busted his face with a fire extinguisher, which is very cool
â*youâre* wu ting feng?â â⌠yes?â
âyou motherFUCKERâ ohhhhhh charlie maaaaaad
ginger and merlin though, #couplegoals
the only person more pissed off about the hallucinations than everyone else is harry
imagine remembering that youâre one of the top people in your field and you just keep seeing imaginary butterflies everywhere
like, yeah, iâd be pissed at not being able to do what i knew i was capable of, too
if it wasnât careening towards a random retirement center, getting stuck in a wildly rotating gondola thing could be fun
nice tuesday afternoon activity
i would loved to have seen more galahad/whiskey field stuff
âyouâve got to be fucking kidding meââ
meanwhile, in the continuing adventures of eggsy and jack: shit goes from bad to worse like a formal spiral only going downward
their expressions as their both just SCREAMING always make me laugh
âthatâs the first decent shit iâve had in three weeks.â <- as does that line, that old dudeâs just telling it like it is
eggsyâs comment about the antidote just reminds me of when boromir looks a the ring and says something like âall this for such a tiny thingâ
dun dun DUN what are THOSE? hints that whiskey may not be who we think he is??
great. so excited about that. i say, rolling my eyes into the sun
âiâll fix their wagons.â no one says that matthew!
i. love. this. scene. because now we get cool gun tricks AND the second most metal thing that happens with a lasso in this movie (weâre coming up on the most metal thing)
like please please PLEASE show us more lasso tricks in the statesman movie
âwell thank fuckinâ christ i didnât need any backup.â i wonder if whiskeyâs acting angrier than he actually is to throw off the fact that he mightâve caught harryâs glance at him betraying suspicion
RIP jack
imagine the timeline where whiskey was never a bad guy and harry hart just blew a dude away for NO REASON
now THAT would be an interesting movie
because harry and eggsy, for all they went through in the first film, never had a conflict where it was harry in the position of mangling the ropes up
but of course eggsy would never, never tell merlin what happened because heâs still ultimately on harryâs team
damn, charlie, literally blowing up your girlfriend seems kinda extreme
âTHIS is vital!â
and here we get to see the biggest difference between merlin and ginger
now, i know thereâs extra stuff in the novelization about their relationship and i canât talk about it because i have no idea whatâs in the book
but!
i DO still headcanon as merlin quitting fieldwork after leeâs death
his comment is either what he genuinely believes, or maybe what he fashioned his beliefs into after stepping down from his field role, and ginger is just as sincere in her desire to break into that aspect of working for statesman
itâs like seeing the same character but in two points in time, and itâs really cool
that balance wouldâve also been a fun aspect of their romantic relationship to explore but alas! âtwas not to be
colin and mark could both play slenderman
look at those limbs.
gracious.
also this facetime scene with eggsy and tilde T.T
that has to be so terrifying to watch when you know the steps of death and what they look like as they get closer
but it also puts a fire under eggsy though
âiâm leaving with, or without you.â
and of course theyâre both gonna go because thatâs NOT characteristic eggsy behavior based off of how we know he views family/squad
thatâs how they know heâs being for cereal
uugggggGGHHHH and THAT FORESHADOING
stacey pruitt, attorney at lawwwww
hmmmmmmmmm
what does this conversation between poppy and the president remind me of
gonna just sigh into the void
and now we have harry and eggsy on the jet along with the BIGGEST LIE harry hart has ever told in his LIFE
kingsman and statesman aesthetics at least tend to be the same color schemes. lotta golds, yellows. browns.
eggsy, yeah, itâs a bummer your gf dumped you, but this relationship wasnât very well-developed or written so iâm not as bummed as i could be
â⌠and in that moment, all i felt was loneliness and regret.â
harry shut the FUCK UP
you felt NOTHING??
you werenât thinking of, gee, i dunno, EGGSY? or MERLIN?? your MOM???
like these lines from him just seem to come out of left field and i canât even halfway suspend my belief long enough to come close to believing him
like mr. hart you just gonna be like that in front of jesus and everybody????
so, yeah, of course heâs on board with saving tilde! because he recognizes (apparently just right that second) that âhaving something to lose is what makes life worth livingâ
and i donât know if they felt like there need to be some weird, deeply contrasting reason for harry to swing around to being in support? or something?
like
iâm forever pissed about this characterization and i donât even know if iâm expressing my anger in a way that makes it easy to understand lmao this is fine, iâm fine, literally not a single person in this fandom ever believed those lines anyway, itâs fine
moving on
... and even if they WERE true then honestly that just makes me more excited about butterfly knife, because that means that harry acknowledged both the bad side of the coin, and also the side with rae on it (which would mean seeing her for who she was and also recognizing his feelings for what THEY were) and drew the ultimately correct conclucision that love! is! always! worth! it! let that shit in like a welcome guest in the home of your heart, and they will stay as long as you let them!
as SOON as he wakes up ginger looks a thousand percent done lmao
and the âprocessâ that they use to wake people up or whatever isâinteresting
because all it is, is trauma turned into a tool which is kind of a weird concept to see in a âfun spy movieâ imo
and this is one of what i feel were like only what, two? glimpses we get into whiskeyâs Tragic Backstory
and the other scene isnât a glimpse itâs just straight up exposition in his dialogue :/
jack, iâm sorry, you deserved better than this as a character
iâm sure the name âsilver ponyâ is a reference to something but i donât know what
âlookinâ GOOD merlin!â âfeelinâ good, eggsy.â
ladies and gentlemen when i tell you that i lost my pool-noodle mind seeing him put on that suit watching this in a theater, i--
ANYWAY
because now that i have the horrible burden of having seen these movies a million times
i know itâs more symbolic
he stays in sweaters so long, as an agent of the background, because he walked a man to his death
so it figures when he puts the armor back on for the first time in ages
he walks to his own
uuuggghhhh the minesweeper
i hate this
i hate it
i hate everything about the feelings iâm having while this is happening
*beep-beep*
âyou move, we die.â
i HATE IT
but like, i donât know, how preferable is this to the end scene we almost got, which was merlin dragging his newly-legless corpse through a doggy door?
because itâs been literally multiple years and i still have no fucking idea
theyâre both horrible in their own terrible, awful ways
damn, matthew, itâs not often someone manages to come up with multiple versions of a thing and have every version be so gut-wrenchingly horrific, iâm truly impressed and completely disgusted
âdo as your told!â
god
everyone just going through twenty shades of Bad Feelings in the space of fifteen seconds here in the jungle
and colin and taron do this thing where itâs likeâtheir eyes go dead? like, there was a light here, itâs gone now
it SUCKS
oh
oh no
ALMOST HEAVEN
WEST VIRGINIA
⌠fuck
LIFE IS OLD THERE
OLDER THAN THE TREES
â⌠singing?â
this sucks.
this sucks this sucks this sucks
MOUNTAIN MAMAAAAA
TAKE ME HOOOOME
COUNTRY ROOOADDSSSSS
*THUNK*
and he even took off his glasses before he hit him, he had his end coming towards him and he was still a gentleman
TAKE ME HOOOME
COUNTRY RROOOOAAAADDDSSSSS
his EYES AT THE END
FUCK
⌠okay i had to get up and go for a lilâ walk
anyway
(and again, roanoke canon, fucking fixingâ shit left and right, because weâre the goat)
harry and eggsy look MURDEREROUS
MERLIN SAID KNOCK YOU OUT
it DID make the grand ending fun action scene a lot more satisfying
because like, without merlin there, that means harry and eggsy get to go full feral
poppy you big idiot you just robbed them of all their motivation to show any kind of restraint and now everybodyâs gonna get blown up
except for those dudes who get kicked by elton john
which would be an HONOR first of all
(the part where eggsyâs using his gun and shield vaguely reminds me of the specialist, @bloodofthepenâ)
and harry and eggsy justâtheyâre drift compatible! thatâs it! the teamwork! the grace! the flow! my god!
eggsy vs. charlie: round like 4 if you count the first movie
it was also satisfying to see charlieâs new arm in action
we love fun robotics and gadgetry in this house
colin firth is really just not afraid to throw himself full force down a bowling lane huh
ugh, seeing charlie slam eggsy over and over again makes my chest hurt
the sound mixing on all these films is top notch which isnât always a good thing T.T
ROCKETMAN~~~
that shit will never NOT be funny
a wild elton john appeared!
eggsy is indestructible, he can walk off anything
but charlie, charlie i feel really sorry for, imagine being attacked by a superior version of your own limb, i.e. something that you canât exactly quickly remove from yourself, that would be TERRIFYING
harry + elton = dream teaaaammmm
âdarling if you save the world, you can have a backstage pass.â
i love you elton john :(
i would have been the most OBNOXIOUS hype man in the background of the entire kingsman vs. poppy land face-off
âletâs make this fair.â eggsy youâre fuckinâ cheeky
and poor harry, all that lank just getting tossed like noodles
i thought the robot puppers were very cool
âfor the record charlie iâm more of a gentleman than youâll ever be.â
mmmmmm do NOT like this death for charlie
SUPER glad we fixed it
and another scene where i canât stand the sound mixing T.T it makes me cringe every time
âi donât consider genocide especially lady-like.â
and are we gonna talk about how merlin knew how to make heroin?
⌠no?
nobody wanna talk about that?
ugh that houndstooth dress is so PRETTY though
high!poppy is weirdly comedic for all of two seconds and then it stops being funny real fast
whiskey D:<
this is so dumb
this is all so, so dumb
âour agencies were founded to uphold peace, to protect the innocentââ
thereâs that nobility again
is what happened to whiskey fucked up, yes
iâm not saying we have to completely remove that from his story
i just
literally anything but this would have been preferable
and then HOT DOG itâs one of my favorite shots in the movie with the whip where harryâs just chucking it away from his face like a bamf, YES
how great is this cover, letâs be honest
like, iâd be lying if i said i didnât enjoy this scene visually
plus
HARRY GETTING PEGGED RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH A FRYING PAN
gracious
itâs one fluid tracking shot, so kinda in alignmentment with what weâre used to
some people get annoyed with repeated junk but when you can do it THIS WELL you can get away with anything
D:
but then jack
you did NOT desert that
yes, you were in dire need of an attitude adjustment but jesus
âthis is for you, merlin.â
/ugly sobbing/
and tilde is all betterrrrrr ;-;
you guys did itttttt
COUNTRY ROOOAAADDSS
TAKE ME HOOOOOOMMEEEE
TO THE PLAAAAAACCCEEEEE
I BELOOOOONNGGGG
and the scene with jamal and liam T.T #wholesomecontent
poor tequila, after i knew that you would have a bigger role in another movie, i was less annoyed by the fact that they iced you so quick into the story
#FOX2020
â⌠now weâre brothers, working side by side.â
spoiler alert i actually love champâs toast
âyâall shittinâ in high cotton nowâ WHAT DOES THAT MEAN???
and ginger becomes the new whiskey like she always wanted T.T
merlin is proud from heaven (or london, depending on which canon)
iiiiiii have mixed feelings about the whole wedding scene, which is probably because i take HUGE issue with the weird proposal ultimatum thing that happened earlier
but the way eggsy says ânot a doubt in my mind,â he says it so seriously and i remember that tilde almost died
there was such good intention packed into this couple that was so badly written that i just
augh
âbut it is perhaps the end of the beginning.â
thereâs ***merlin! lmao i see you dude, they did you dirty
look
i was pissed off about a lot of things that happened in this thing but i was honestly hype seeing tequila at the very end walking into the tailor shop
like, yeah, iâll stick around to see what happens in this universe but iâm gonna complain the whole time
GO JACK RABBIT
RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS
and again, i almost didnât see this movie.
⌠i think about that morgan sometimes.
hope sheâs doinâ okay.
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sheâs probably not. D:
#kingsman#kingsman: the secret service#kingsman: the golden circle#kingsman tss#kingsman tgc#the roanoke society#kingsman: tss#kingsman: tgc#taron egerton#mark strong#colin firth#edward holcroft#sophie cookson#mark hamill#samuel l. jackson#bruce greenwood#pedro pascal#jeff bridges#halle berry#juliann moore#sofia boutella#hanna alstrĂśm#statesman#weed mention#kingsman the secret service#kingsman the golden circle
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A horrible VIXX LR Whisper analysis - canât help it I gotta
This longwinded and self-indulgent analysis will focus mostly on the visual motifs presented in the MV, although I will also try and incorporate some elements of the lyrics (possibly) as well - if they happen to fit well into my wild notions.Â
To begin with some basic observations:
The MV opens with Ravi and Leo arriving at a dreamy trailer park of sorts? - they seem to be fellow passengers/travel companions/roommates - familiar but also distant.
Ravi is dressed blue; thereâs a flash of a frayed blue sweater hanging off the back of his chair; items on table: iPad with iTunes music app and a book with a blue cover with an image of a blue room & the letter L on the cover.
Leo arrives dressed in red; carrying a bag filled with red flowers and a suitcase painted with the same red flowers + a beige car. The suitcase turns out to be a record player and he pulls out a red (blue centered) record and begins listening - with his headphones helpfully labeled with a red R.
When the music starts, they are each transported to a different space. The fact that they both look a little disoriented and curious - seems to indicate that they have somehow switched places with each other and are now inhabiting each otherâs outer skin (clothing) as well as interior space (environments previous depicted on their personal items at the onset and filled with these same motifs).
  - Ravi - now in red - finds himself with the beige car painted on Leo's suitcase/record player and even finds the same record player set up in the trunk of the vehicle as well as the same red flowers filling the interior of the car and trunk - except the color of the record is now inverted.
  - On the other hand - we have Leo - now in blue - exploring the blue interior world of Ravi - contained to a single enclosed room - the same room we saw on the cover of Raviâs âLâ book in the beginning. He picks up the collection of books, flips through the pages of Whisper. We see Beautiful Liar and My Light in their midst as well. He runs his fingers along the lines of texts with words highlighted in blue. Instead of reading the words it almost seems like heâs trying to breathe them in or sense them in all the other ways other than sight - in fact we see him closing his eyes as he caresses the pages and brings the book closer to his face⌠the scene then switches to Ravi who matches this action by covering his own face with his hands.
  - This play on sensory information and processing again appears with the poem thatâs plastered behind Ravi (Sensation) as he leaves the car behind and finds time to lounge and rap. He ends up following the lines of red paint which leads him into a dimly lit spaceâŚ
  - Back to Leo, we see the unraveling blue yarn of Raviâs sweater from the beginning - a whole stream of yarn now - serving as the counterpart to Leo world's red paint strokes. They tangle across the piano and books scattered across the floor - all originating from that unraveling blue sweater. We see Leo also caressing these lines, following along their path, mirroring Raviâs actions.
The rest is pretty self-explanatory what with the coming together of the 2 halves - by following the fateful lines of paint and yarn, that eventually become electrical wires leading to a pair of earbuds - (and yes, yarn stick figures that are holding hands but wait they are actually constellations as in shout-out to Starlights!) You know at this point itâs pretty much open season for metaphor bingo - so thereâs really no wrong way to read this.
My own current theory is the left ear/right ear - left brain/right brain one - we sometimes simplify the function of our mind as this simple duality: left brain being the home of logic, rationality, order, and language while the right brain is the seat of imagination, passion, emotions, instinct, and expansiveness/connectedness. (Some people who have had left-hemisphere strokes - where essentially your left brain goes offline - have described the experience as being not quite able to distinguish where the edges of themselves end and the external world begin - you become indistinguishable from the air molecules floating around you - you are one continuous being.) Of course Iâm painting with broad strokes and this is not a neuroanatomy and physiology class, but... Left brain seeks to categorize and delineate, while right brain seeks to blur out those distinctions and become one with the universe.
Yet without the aid - the very existence - of their other half they cannot survive in this world. Ravi (left brain) would be sequestered in isolation with his books - knowing everything in theory but unable to experience their true nature. Leo (right brain) would be in danger of disintegration - becoming atoms scattered across the universe (again - STARLIGHT - shout-out!) - with passions too intense, and freedoms too reckless.
Even the whole sequence of the MV with the initial encounter, then becoming each other/inhabiting and exploring each otherâs worlds, re-encountering and connecting again in another new shared space loosely follows the actual way our brain processes sensory information. For instance: the sounds you hear through your LEFT ear is actually processed in the RIGHT side of your brain and vice versa - which could explain why in the "outside" world Ravi is blue and Leo is red but it's the opposite in the interior world. For the sake of sanity I wonât go on and on about the brain.
Of course - this is all just a framework for further metaphorizing LOL bc: also:
dramatic hand grabs, lingering ear bud placement, modern interpretative couple dance and soul searching gazing of eyeballs - and FATE - and YOU CoMPLETE me - and SOULMATEs but better bc itâs actually brainmates - (mind mates) - WHAT - but of course - L and R love and need each other to survive and thrive and create and travel along this road of life and exploration and thank god for VIXX and N! and Ken! and 93bro Hongbin! and baby Hyuk! and how else can they survive this Kpop industry and also shoutout to all the Starlights! - yâall are seriously sweet and hilarious. Also - N: you def know what that emoji entails - U KNOW you know! Those are not LEFT N RIGHT BRAINS HOLDING HANDS!! - IN any case - I LOVE EVERYONE at this bar. Please send buckets and mops for my tears - thanks.
Also - I could go on about how whisper lyrically could still work with this interpretation - u know - how being in love can be experienced by both sides - u want to temper that overwhelming need to just be one with the other person with rational behavior LOL but you also want them to whisper to you?
Also - who am I kidding - itâs all just about weird sex stuff isnât it Ravi? Thatâs all it ever is. Black hole, i mean - excuse me?
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