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lilacerull0 · 2 days ago

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can't stop thinking about lila and nino's time in the shoe shop for no particular reason (lie), but she brought books to that shop... the whole affair started by the sea... the books, the shoes, the sea... all symbols of lila's childhood that have been morphed into something else, something eerie and adult, and she attached their original shape and meaning to nino, just like she has always done with elena, because he was supposed to be her way back to these things, if only indirectly, if only the small way she could possess them again existed in watching him have them. and i've mentioned this to mal the other day, but the heart of this relationship is based on a cruel contradiction: on one hand it is an attempt to reestablish childhood innocence (the books, the shoes, the sea in their original fairytale, dream-like form), but on the other hand it's overwhelmingly defined by adult themes like adultery and sex (melina and donato's relationship) it's a warped perspective on both childhood and adulthood ultimately. it's got the spirit of each right, but the motifs are all wrong, like they've crossed to the wrong side of the timeline. so, in many ways, nino, to lila, exists as both the essence of elena and rino, the gods of her childhood, and as the essence of marcello and stefano, figures tied to her brutal push into adulthood. and lila is already an extreme example of adult motifs crossing into childhood's territory so when nino appears, her understanding of sex and adultery hasn't been sugarcoated, but is rather present in, not the only possible form sex and adultery can exist in, but certainly in one of their truest forms, vulgar and dangerous in their banality. (thanks to stefano and melina and donato respectively) thanks to that, lila's relationship with nino can't be a new beginning because it's only a response to preexisting experiences and everything good about it is only good because it's better than something that happened before, but ultimately it stays within the circle it appears to be rebelling against.

#i think with elena and lila they do create a separate metaphysical space for their relationship #and lila and enzo are as elena puts it built on something good that comes from the neighbourhood #so in my mind they aren't breaking any cycles not in a widely understood way od the term anyways #but are rather nurturing something deeply rooted in both of them hoping it evolves into something beautiful instead #like lila lovessss what enzo accomplishes with his studies PRECISELY because of his background #essentially she loves nino for the same thing but the crucial difference is that nino can only be halfway successful in this #because he committed the crime of moving away as a child and because he refuses to accept anything associated with a part of that child tha #stayed in the ugliest parts of naples. the child that was there before he was born really #idk it's so big... the fact that nino ALMOST dies as he's leaving the neighbourhood #metaphor for his whole character. he almost isn't who he is he is almost born as someone else someone rich and privileged #and it's important how MELINA almost kills him. it manifests in his feelings for lila. the main reason #why he can't stand her is because she reminds him of where he comes from #l'amica geniale #dylanlila.mp3 #ferranteposting #lila cerullo 🫀

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