#paralleles

[horrq]

Jules Houplain as Victor Deslandes in Parallels (2022)

[darkacademiaarchivist]

something about Aziraphale hyping himself up to ask Crowley to dance after watching Maggie and Nina dance and Nick kissing Charlie after seeing Tara and Darcy kiss. Emotional support lesbians. Who also need emotional support but that's not the point

[hyperfixation-or-death]

Favorite Parallels episode, GO!

ooh, okay, so i was going to say episode 6 out of instinct, because i love episode 6.

the intensity. the emotions. the catharsis. romane freezing time. the romane & victor friendship flashbacks!! the group hug.... <3 the time travel! the way everything that follows just feels so light, because the kids don't know! sam intervening in the boarding school conversation... (the implications of that scene for the deslandes family dynamic are Not Great, but i love thinking about complex dysfunctional families. also i have a soft spot for protective siblings.)

it was just such a good finale, and i absolutely love it.

however. i thought about it for another second. and, y'know what?

i'm actually going with episode 4 as my favorite. parallels episode 4 my absolute beloved. <3

romane and victor finding out their families are all alive in this timeline! honestly, their friendship in the first few scenes of this episode alone is just the softest thing ever. look at them!

they're so happy..... <3

then we get the contrast between alice's interaction with sam versus her interaction with victor, and that hurts. it does a really good job at building the tension and emotional conflict, and then the flashback explaining the pre-canon fire......it's all really good.

but. the reunion scene???? yeah. highlight of the episode, makes me want to sob on the ground for a thousand years. i'm so obsessed with that scene. i love it so much. do you want gifs? i have gifs. here:

they all love each other so much and now they all have each other again!! ohhhh all of the emotion in the scene is so good. sam immediately moving to hug victor? the way both of their expressions are so soft and relieved? sam tightening the hug before he lets go of victor? romane looking at sam with all that affection? before her face falls, because she knows it won't be like before? victor and bilal doing their handshake? bilal absolutely beaming as he hugs victor?

yeah.............i have a lot of emotions about that scene. <3

also victor and romane discovering their powers! i really like their powers. :)

but yeah, this episode's the most fun for me to rewatch. episode 6 is a close second, but i have to be more emotionally prepared for all the tension and emotions in that one, y'know?

thank you so much for the ask!! i'm very glad i got to talk about parallels today. <3

[aka-ar]

Maybe Victor could deage himself when they did the Group Hug because he was happy, since he can age stuff when unhappy, and his power works both ways?

that means that ever since he got his powers he was never truly happy and was always sad or angry or scared, just good at hiding it

[bossaura]

Malcolm X (1964) / Haftbefehl - Unzensiert (2015)

[jay-wasstuff]

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

[mejkosmos]

whichever madman pointed out that the new rift on bill's body in the theraprism is meant to parallel ford's cracked glasses after he emerges out of the portal,,,, MY SOUL IS YOURS TO TAKE ANYDAY MY GOSH

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bonus !!

ford about bill:

bill about ford:

[jemmalynette]

Maybe all the things you thought made you you aren’t really…you. Barbie (2023) / Fight Club (1999)

[mioakem]

the imagery in this part of the ep was actually insane like this is genuinely beautiful

[brightdeadthing]

love as recognition

anna gavalda / friedrich nietzsche / clarice lispector / jandy nelson / rebecca perry / mhairi mcfarlane

[metamorphesque]

art parallels jeremy lipking, federico zandomeneghi, serge marshennikov, allan douglas davidson, svetlana tartakovska

[archi-pelago]

maybe never forgive. but things are different now. so we'll use maybe.

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

[hyperfixation-or-death]

i have. a normal amount of thoughts about Sam Deslandes & Victor Deslandes.

(sam being the only one to react with actual anxiety when victor announced he was repeating the grade) (sam knowing exactly how their parents will react) (victor only showing a similar anxiety once their parents pull into the driveway)

(victor being genuinely encouraging about sam's crush on romane)

(sam staring at the ground the entire time their parents were lecturing victor about his grades) (sam freezing up without giving an actual answer on whether or not victor had been working hard) (sam glancing at victor after being told to leave the room) (victor only looking back at sam after sam glances away again)

(victor putting emphasis on the age gap between them when he says it isn't easy being sam's brother) (it's a one year age gap) (victor wishing sam would act like an older brother to him) (sam calling victor back when he leaves the room) (victor ignoring him)

(victor telling romane that it would have been better for everyone if he disappeared instead of sam)

(victor sarcastically questioning if sam is perfect) (alice immediately correcting that sam is responsible) (victor arguing that he'll be far away from his brother and his friends if he goes to boarding school)

(victor's flashback of him and sam talking in sam's room) (judging from the off-screen voices alone, it sounds like victor is waking sam up)

(the flashback of sam jumping over the couch in the bunker while chasing victor)

(victor's tone immediately going from lighthearted to resentful when romane fondly compares him to sam)

(victor immediately hugging romane when he realizes that sam is alive) (victor quietly saying that he missed him) (victor becoming hurt and furious about ten seconds later when he sees just how differently their parents treated the two of them)

(victor being in sam's room during the flashback) (sam letting victor stay in his room while he was asleep) (victor staring after the ambulance as it left)

(sam and victor being the first of the kids to hug each other during the reunion scene)

(victor immediately going back to teasing sam about his crush on romane) (sam has been presumed dead for the past four years of victor's life) (it's so easy to act like nothing's changed)

(victor sounding almost hurt when he asks if sam's leaving) (victor's tone instantly turning bitter when sam mentions their parents) (victor's completely unconvincing tone when he denies that he has a problem with sam) (victor hugging sam less than three seconds later)

(victor snapping that he's told sam a thousand times that the fire was an accident) (sam snapping back that he gets that it wasn't his fault) (sam angrily adding on that it still had consequences) (sam telling victor to take responsiblity) (victor accusing him of being just like their dad) (sam doesn't have a response for that)

(sam telling romane his problem is that he waits to say things until it's too late)

(sam protesting to sofia that he wanted to help look for victor)

(sam following victor out of the jail cell) (maybe he trusted victor enough to believe him about a random change in plan) (or maybe he knew full well that victor was lying and went with him anyways) (he lost victor once) (he has to keep things from falling apart any more than they already have) (sam was always the responsible one)

(sam unknowingly walking towards the site of a tragedy that's already happened in another reality) (victor shoving him to get him to walk faster) (victor doesn't know either)

(sam admitting that he never stood up for victor) (sam telling victor that he was right about him being a bad brother) (victor doesn't calm down after hearing this)

(victor freezing when bilal tells him what happened to sam in his timeline)

(victor slowly putting his head on sam's shoulder during the group hug)

(sam telling their parents that if they send victor away, he's going too) (victor staring at him as he says this)

(victor smiling at sam when alice agrees to rethink boarding school) (sam cautiously half-smiling back)

(sam briefly putting a hand on victor's back as they go upstairs)

(siblings. siblings. siblings.)

[aka-ar]

Okay but doesn't Older Victor constantly look like that one meme about the camera angle when an anime character goes insane?

Like. His character is great, but. yeah-