#he is the devilllllll

[shiv--roy]

oh i hate men soooooo much

[lilacerull0]

"how do you know all this" "i don't know. i open the pail and pull out the words" lila i love your bob dylan ways <- person who is always saying this

[iswmperson]

Ahh, tumblr, a site where one can be like 'OMG THIS MOVIE IS ANTI MEDICINE AND SCOTT IS AN ANTI-VAXXER ASSHOLE WHO HATES EVERYONE, DESPITE LOLBIT AND MANGLE EXISTING HE'S THE DEVILLLLLLl' and someone else can have this actually rational take

"Simply allow the sick person to continue harming themselves while you search for the root of the behavior to help them heal so the behavior stops but in the meantime they WILL CONTINUE HARMING THEMSELVES FOR HOWEVER LONG THAT TAKES" is not a take I was expecting on Tungle.hell but maybe I should have.

Like, you and your friend's extremely rational breakdown of that scene aside.

People need to calm tf down I think.

Also...

Vanessa throwing away their pills is like........

VERY IMPORTANT???

To her character arc???

Because people are taking this scene TOO literally and literally miss the symbolic meaning in the gesture and the connection that Vanessa forms with Mike here, and you only really get this information on a rewatch.

Which, I assume, people HAVE rewatched the film

Mike TOLD her why he takes the pills, and I think she was piecing it together and feeling sympathy for him. Like, that's when she offically decides to help him! It's important for her character arc!!!!!!!!! Cause then she was piecing together who Garret was!

SHE FIGURED OUT WHAT HER FATHER DID TO MIKE.

As she was nearly teary eyed when he was talking about HIS STORY.

Vanessa didn't want him sleeping on the job cus… "You're going to die so fast, wtf you doing man?"

She knew her Dad was out to kill Mike. The process was just halted because of the break-in.

This is when she decides she wants to help Mike.

Not stand up to her father... She feels too weak to do that. She "Wants to help in her own way" << HER LITERAL WORDS.

She wants to Aide in just keeping Mike alive and try her best to not pull the wool over his eyes as much. (she changes her mind on this a few times, but it's evident Afton has a grip on her she can't let go... She's dealing with her own form of Nostalgia poisoning her mind just like Mike is in a different way.)

And another thing if you do want to take the scene too seriously....

In real life, I had a landlord who took heavy narcotics that were prescription and didn't need them. You know what happened? He overdosed, His heart stopped beating and I had to call 911 on him a few times. This is a true story, as people who know me can back up this claim.

AND WHAT DID MIKE DO IN THE MOVIE???

LIKE IN NIGHT FIVE HE OVERDOSED BECAUSE HE HAD A RELAPSE.

THATS WHEN THE KIDS ALMOST KILLED HIM

He didn't really get that far hobbling away from Foxy before he passed out again cus Vanessa is patching him up with no memory on how he got there

And if you got a pharmacist recommending Warm Milk, then he really doesn't need them. I know it's 2002. But even back then, I don't think Pharmacists were like THAT naive.

Well, Gee, it's almost as if the pills are not supposed ta be the focal point but a device used ta further the plot and a metaphor for "escaping reality into nostalgia" or something to match the themes and tone of the overall film? I'm honestly sure if it was soo important to the movie I'm pretty sure the movie would have pointed it out.

Like...

An object in a movie representing an IDEA OR THEME and not being used as a literal physical object?!? What madness is this?

But what do I know?

Like Rosebud is just a sled dude. don't worry about it

[theirgetawaycar]

He looooooks up g r i n n i n g like a devilllllll walked, so he’s always wiiide awaaaaaake could run

[isnt-it-delicate]

taylor : “he looks uP GRINNING LIKE A deVILLLLLLL”

us :

CRUEL SUMMER IS OUR FAVORITE THIS IS ME AND MY BEST FRIEND ON RELEASE NIGHT AKAJHSJSKS

[jcstello]

he loves me. fuck yea he does cause whew the devilllllll thought like SHIT boi.