#the white lotus s2

[belittlejuiced]

The White Lotus season 2 (2022)

[100hearteyes]

Albie being duped by the "wounded bird" type he's attracted to (and reiterating that he wants to respect women but then ogling that woman at the airport, just like his dad and granddad) and Portia being fucked over and increasingly disenchanted by the "caveman" who's "totally ignorant of the discourse" that she craved, and that adventure she so wanted to go on, and then the two of them coming back together in the end and regretting the real-life enactment of their warped, deluded fantasies is one of the many great things about The White Lotus.

A very unpleasant TV show about very unpleasant people. It's so fascinating though. And so good. Definitely binge worthy.

[tamras-shieldmaiden]

When the last show you've watched calls you out on your bisexuality 👀

Yes, The White Lotus S2, that means you. I wasn't ready for Ethan and Harper (Will Sharpe and Aubrey Plaza). Those of you who have watched the series know what I'm talking about 😳

[tvshowcloset]

Who: Simona Tabasco as Lucia What: Clio PeppiattI Lucina at Dusk Dress - $1,787.00 Where: The White Lotus 2x03 “Bull Elephants”

[tf2sandwish]

A White Lotus edit of the TF2 Mercs. Based off of this scene from The White Lotus season 2 (spoilers, you’ve been warned): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYUEiNw8DRk Programs used: Clip Studio Paint Braincells used: none

[megafavna]

soooooo important

[saynomorefic]

Marcus, Albie, and Nice Guy Syndrome

*SPOILERS Young Royals / White Lotus S2*

I rewatched white lotus season 2 and got major Marcus energy from this guy here.

Albie Di Grasso is the ultimate 'nice guy', attempting to reform his lineage of toxic masculinity by subtle manipulation tactics. His strategy is to be so attentive and accommodating that the person he's pursuing becomes the bad guy for saying no to him.

Some fun Albie (Marcus adjacent) quotes:

"I refuse to have a bad relationship with women." While gendered, this attitude gives off that in his head, he's in full control of the relationship dynamic. Reminds me of how anytime Simon was trying to express his true feelings, Marcus would throw pseudo psychology at the problem until the result was that Marcus came out the hero and therefore Simon must owe him his affection.

"I seem to be attracted to pretty wounded birds." Albie says this to his love interest early on, and at least he is self aware and transparent (unlike someone else.) This line stuck out to me the most related to Marcus. He projects this image onto Simon, assuming things about Simon's past and life based on a) the video and b) knowledge shared with his mother in confidence about Linda and Micke's relationship. This is way before Simon was shown opening up to him about any of it. And so what if Simon is both very pretty and wounded? The problem here is that both Albie and Marcus view themselves as the solution to all their love interests problems if only they were given a chance, which again takes away their partners' autonomy over their life and the relationship. Again, it's I'm going to be the perfect guy, unlike who or what has hurt you, so therefore you have no choice but to love me.

The worst part? In the end, they both get to feel like they're the good guy who got played by someone unwilling to see how great they were, or who was manipulative and non-disclosing, because they wrote the narrative so they could never come out the bad guy. We go back to Albie saying "I refuse to have a bad relationship with women." AKA, if something goes wrong, it's impossible that it was his fault. Same with Marcus. He gaslit and projected onto Simon at every turn, when he tried to slow things down or end them twice, and then had the nerve to tear him down with his shitty pseudo psychoanalysis.

Moral of the story? Don't trust nice guys.

Shout out to @darktwistedgenderplural and our rambling convos about Marcus, Simon, and nice guy syndrome. Idk if y'all have seen white lotus but it's very good!!

[no1frankyfan]

In an interview, Sabrina Impacciatore, revealed that calling Jennifer Coolidge's character Tanya "Peppa Pig" was not only improvisation, but she wasn't even sure if the moment had made it to the show at all. [The Peppa Pig line] Oh! You know about that?! [Yes, I know!] Oh, 'cause it's in the show?! [Yes, it is!] Oh, I'm so happy about that! That's really - sorry, I'm so surprised. Oh, really?! [How was it playing off of her [Jennifer Coolidge?] You know what happened? I'm so glad it's on the show. Allora - because Mike [White] said, "Hey guys, you can improvise if you want in this scene." It was like my third day of shooting and I was so intimidated by Jennifer like, so - because to me she is a goddess. She's a genius. And me I was just, I just wanted to lay down and worship her, you know? So I improvised. And I said "Peppa Pig." And you know what happened? She could not stop laughing. Like, she exploded in this laughter. And me, I thought, "Oh my God, what's going to happen?" And me too - and then John [Gries] was laughing like, everybody was laughing and then they had to cut. I mean, we went on with the scene but then I was wondering, "Are they going to put this in the scene, because she didn't know this Peppa Pig."

[belittlejuiced]

The White Lotus season 2 (2022)

[100hearteyes]

The one thing that The White Lotus does wrong is pretend that Aubrey Plaza has more chemistry with Theo James than with Meghann Fahy.

[kaiowut99]

oh my god it's good to get to see these in-context finally

Vector's quality long-game plan, you kinda see it as a bit too good to be true that this new "transfer student" cozying up to Yuma is natural but you roll with it, then notice those quick nuanced looks the past 10-15 episodes as a little detail gets mentioned about the Barians and you start to see him look a little fishy, then "Vector" kidnaps him and has Yuma think he's dead to get him to lose his shit by also making this big reveal

And he set Yuma up with Limited Barian Force to use his fitting Vain - Sneer of Betrayal Trap on his "V" Monsters--his Hope Ray "V"

Seeing Yuma distraught at what he thought he knew crumbling, the trust he put into "Rei" all that time (and sticking up for him against Gilag ofc) working against him and even causing a slight rift between him and Astral... also, the BGM playing as this all goes down... He's being an absolute troll about it all, right down to using his Shingetsu voice to really rub salt into the wound, and yeah, it's good stuff

I did have some inkling at the twist eventually coming being in the fandom as long as I have and Vector being such a meme (but being so because he's seen as a great villain), but did my best to avoid/scroll past spoilers going into watching ZeXal for the first time the past while, and even then it was done pretty well to still make the twist land nicely.

[also, checked the dub on a whim, and it's nice the dialogue is mostly intact, but oof dub!Yuma really could not do distraught... though it was interesting that Liscio Jr. sounds like he played R[ei/ay]? Apparently Vector too, but they put a voice filter on him so even if he's supposed to be mockingly using Ray's voice it doesn't hit the same as JP!Vector mockingly going "I lured you here and you thought it was all for the beeest to involve people that didn't need to be"

Also, Durbe I think at some point in Vector's reveal originally says he's pulling "a clever move," his tone implying he's a bit annoyed at the lengths Vector's going here and that there's some history there, but that line's removed in the dub

also how dare they cut the close-up shot that got the entire episode's art budget spent on it]

bonus: me on five hours of sleep:

[tvshowcloset]

Who: Simona Tabasco as Lucia What: Sugar Thrillz On Cloud Nine Bell Sleeve Dress - Sold Out Where: The White Lotus 2x05 "That's Amore"

Note: Altered by the costume department

[lsfication]

my white lotus s3 agenda guys its happening......

[steinbecks]

I liked glass onion but i thought knives out was a little more subtle and realistic with its characters while most of the cast in glass onion just seemed cartoonish. Which is fine but i did appreciate how the original thrombey family feels like people you might know or meet somewhere while the disruptors feel only like parodies

[adria-draca]

Armond - he's beauty, he's grace, he'll take a shit in your suitcase

Most wondrous hotel manag'r to be

until he wast not to be

wasn't the arch nemesis of little b1tch shane

until he did start doing coc@1ne

- Spit It Like Shakespeare (Adria Draca)