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toothpaste-for-the-skin Ā· 1 year ago
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Another shitpost sorry
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(This is my actual callout when enemy superchumps are on the field)
Afterwards:
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This is the original btw (I actually remembered to add it this time)
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outofcontexturi Ā· 2 years ago
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Mon 23rd jan 2023 journal (con 2:47am)
I need to actually do things. I need to actually try things. Try new things. I think the only thing I like to do is edibles and thatā€™s because I want to do things and have more fun doing them but like I only sit and think a lot so thatā€™s all i know. I need to start doing. This is why people are having fun with life because theyā€™re doers. i see the person I should be in my head and I want to be him cause I feel like heā€™s a better version of the person breathing right now. Itā€™s like I want to evolve but in imagination only idk. Somethings not marry the action to fulfill my dreams. I really like putting clothes together. I like styling myself. Itā€™s something I take great pride in actually. Idk if Iā€™ve abandoned the idea of fashion too quickly for my liking but itā€™s something that I want to pick up now. I like how pieces come together. I know fuck all about designers though or anything like that but I go by eye for all of my fits. Eyes and feelings. If it feels wrong even if it looks right I wonā€™t wear it because I donā€™t have the confidence to stand behind the choice all day. So I make sure that everything is right. I put a lot of thought into what I wear because itā€™s one of the strongest versions of myself that I know currently. I donā€™t really struggle with style I donā€™t think. I like how itā€™s completely my own . Idk people who dress like me. I should be reading more about fashion. I think my tiredness is ruining my life: itā€™s getting in the way of me processing things because I get headaches when Iā€™m tired and donā€™t want to/ canā€™t focus on things properly so I end up doing minimal or not doing it at all and then worrying about whether Iā€™m good enough. But Iā€™ve clocked that when Iā€™m not tired Iā€™m more responsive to things and people and can think quicker and better and Iā€™m overall a better person to be around. A lot of people get the very tired version of me. Itā€™s like a perpetually tired version of me has been seen by everyone for the past 3 years that thatā€™s kinda what they expect. I also notice I donā€™t move my face a lot when I meet people so I think they think I have an issue with them when really I just donā€™t know what I look like when I smile so I just donā€™t. Wow wait is it because I donā€™t have braces that I feel like this. Iā€™m heavily tied to the aesthetical value of myself. sometimes to my detriment. and my pride is high. very taurus of me. my moon sign is Taurus. I think Iā€™m lying to myself about the acting industry. I have to be honest and say that I donā€™t like it. I donā€™t like how things are. The sending emails to agents, picking showcase material, finding commercial audio scripts idk man itā€™s very business heavy rather than artist heavy. I feel like very little of this business is about my art compared to how I market my art. I donā€™t know if I love being on camera. I think I like stage better. Iā€™m still trying to figure out if I can have a career in audio. I still think Iā€™m chasing the wrong thing. I think Iā€™m chasing status/fame and fortune and can you really blame me? Itā€™s whatā€™s been pumped into my brain ever since I was a child. All my inspirations had that way of life. Iā€™m thinking of gym class heroes x viva la white girl. Iā€™m trying to hard to get things right and I think people read that as anxiety and I do it so naturally that I come across as shy to people. I think Iā€™ve built my life around having close friends or at least building very close connections with multiple people. Itā€™s a problem now. Cause Iā€™ll think every person is meant for me cause Iā€™m trying to build a really close connection with them when in reality itā€™s not that and it shouldnā€™t be that. Iā€™m easily offended but I donā€™t react to things. Very Taurus of me. And by Taurus I get mean archetypal energy being presented to the world. Itā€™s 3:17am. Still awake. Iā€™ve never given myself the chance to be myself in my own house. I feel like a fraud. Maybe thatā€™s why I donā€™t like being in my body sometimes. I donā€™t know myself enough to know whether I want to be in it or not. It can be reflected in how I act professionally as well. Con.. 3:19am
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hargrove-mayfields Ā· 3 years ago
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Harringrove tag game! by @lovebillyhargrove
I was tagged by @mrsblackruby! tysm!! <3
1. Do they get together BEFORE MF possessing Billy or AFTER shit goes down? (Or maybe DURINGšŸ˜²)
Typically I say before, like at around Christmas time in ā€˜84. I think anybody in a small town puts aside character prejudices around the holidays and tries to make those connections with everyone, so Iā€™ve always felt, especially since the fight was literally only a month before, that Steve would reach out to Billy the night of the Snowball and things would, well, snowball from there.
2. Who kisses who first?
Definitely Steve. I firmly stand by the hc that Billyā€™s never kissed a boy before Steve, and maybe Steve hasnā€™t either, but heā€™s the romantic, no way is he going to let Billy kiss him first.
3. Where do they have their first sex? (Location) (HJs and BJs count)
I donā€™t really have a solid answer for this? But definitely somewhere very spur of the moment, maybe somebodyā€™s couch or the locker rooms?
4. Who says šŸ’– I LOVE YOU šŸ’– first?
Imma say Billy. Opposite of my last answer, I donā€™t feel like either of them would say they love each other on accident or like, in the moment. I think their first I love youā€™d would be very very controlled. I also think Billy has less experience with actually being in love, so when the time comes that heā€™s actually mustered up the courage to say it to Steve, I think heā€™s super nervous and practices the perfect scenario in his head a dozen times. Itā€™s definitely not blurted out.
5. I believe this fandom is way past having hard feelings about it, so
BottomSteve! or BottomBilly?
I donā€™t have a strong opinion either way, but typically, I prefer bottom!Steve. No particular reason, thatā€™s just the way I tend to read things!
6. Do they give gifts to each other?
Absolutely! Billy doesnā€™t have the disposable income to run out and buy Steve new things every time he wants to give him something, so I think he does a really cheesy like, giving him a kiss as a present and making a big deal out of it.
Steve is sort of the same way, in that he doesnā€™t like to give Billy material things, because he doesnā€™t want him to think heā€™s being pretentious or trying to hold his wealth over Billyā€™s head like heā€™s his mom or something, so he only gives Billy personal things. Old pilled t-shirts to wear to bed and a blanket to keep on the couch in his room that smells like him. Things like that.
They also try to make eachother things as presents, like food or little knick knacks in art class, but they always fail miserably and think itā€™s really funny when all they have to show is a smoking mess.
7. Where do they end up living? California, Chicago, Hawkins... Idk .. Alaska??)))) Any other location?
I honestly think they stay in Hawkins. I donā€™t think after everything Billy would be able to leave Max behind, and I also think that Steve would like having a connection to where he grew up, even if bad things happened there. If they did leave though, I see them going down south, maybe tourist trap Tennessee?
8. What are their future jobs?
In my mind that very much depends on if weā€™re following canon and this is post Starcourt or like, if itā€™s a whole new AU. Because after that I donā€™t think Billy would actually ever be physically well enough to work again. I know itā€™s a pretty unpopular opinion, bc the general hc is that he bounces back within a year or so with some scars (which is cool! Iā€™m not knocking that Iā€™m just sayin) but I think he'd be permanently disabled, on oxygen support 24/7, and just with all sorts of health complications from, you know, literally having a gaping hole in his chest, that would make it impossible for him to work. In that sort of scenario I usually think of Steve as a being teacher or an artist, something that he doesnā€™t have very long work hours or can do from home so he can be there to take care of Billy.
If weā€™re going with like, a no upside down or a Billy is never hurt au, I think he stays in Hawkins and just works in some sort of a mom and pop until heā€™s the new manager, like at an antique store maybe?
(p.s. stay tuned for an upcoming fic about Billy working in a fix-it shop!!)
As for Steve, I feel like he wouldnā€™t ever be able to settle on one career when he didnā€™t have limitations. I donā€™t really know what heā€™d eventually decide is his calling, maybe design of some sort? Jewelry making?
This is a hard question, I donā€™t really see them as being tied down to one career indefinitely, but I do know I donā€™t see either of them ever working desk jobs.
9. Who's a better cook?
Neither of them. Billy wasnā€™t allowed in the kitchen growing up because Neil said itā€™s a woman's place, and Steve is just god awful at following directions, like, canā€™t tell the difference between a teaspoon and a tablespoon or preheat the oven awful. They just eat takeout and like, cold sandwiches literally all the time until someone (Joyce) notices and teaches them how to cook on the weekends.
10. Steve Hargrove or Billy Harrington?
Billy Harrington. I donā€™t see him wanting to be a Hargrove anymore. He has no positive ties to the name with his mom leaving and his dad being his dad, so I think heā€™d want to take Steveā€™s last name. Also this is kinda weird but I am VERY particular about my middle name hcs (I think itā€™s an ocd thing? idk) and I have an alliterative name for Steve that wouldnā€™t work if he was a Hargrove instead of a Harrington, so thatā€™s also part of the reason.
11. What's Max's reaction when she hears they're together?
I think probably just like, confusion. Not over Billy being with a boy, but over that boy being Steve. Like, she doesnā€™t know Steve well, but she knows heā€™s the responsible big brother to Dustin, and thatā€™s the exact opposite of what her brother is like, so it catches her off guard. Sheā€™s definitely a little gossip though, wanting all the not-gross details about Steve from her brother. Sheā€™s basically just a little sister about it, I guess.
12. Describe in ONE SENTENCE Hopper's reaction when he hears the names Hargrove and Harrington mentioned together?
Not again.
13. Does Robin like Billy OR does Robin hate Billy?
I think she likes him. I have a little hc that she and him were together in an underground pre-gsa kinda thing in high school. She pretends she canā€™t stand him, but the two of them are quick best friends. (this might just be me but I think the two of them together would give statler and waldorf vibes)
14. What about Dustin?
Dustin I think actually thinks Billy is really cool. Like, heā€™s like a little double agent, hearing from Max all the annoying things about Billy, and from Steve the good things. Heā€™ll gag if Steve gets too mushy over him and heā€™ll definitely join in with Max in calling Billy gross, and he also absolutely gives Billy a (very non-intimidating. heā€™s too soft) shovel talk, but I think he really likes and looks up to Billy as like, his other big brother.
15. Fav Harringrove AU?
Oh gosh, I canā€™t even pick. I think I like childhood friends aus best? Theyā€™re really fun to play with and it always ends up being super sweet. Iā€™m a big fan of soulmates too for kind of the same reasons. I like mushy stuff.
16. Billy+Camaro=...??? (Not strictly Harringrove, but I can't not to ..)
I honestly donā€™t think Billy cares about the camaro that much. Heā€™d be sad when it gets totaled because that was his only way of getting around and also his first car, but I donā€™t think the car itself has that much value to him. I mean, he treats it with absolutely zero respect, jumping curbs and driving too fast and slamming on those breaks. The camaro is just a car. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø
Iā€™ll tag: @lifegaurd-hargrove85! @deardmvz! and @strangebrainrot! no pressure! and as usual, if anybody else sees this and wants to participate, feel free!
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thatdamnokie Ā· 4 years ago
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so, as everybody knows, our man, the lovely mark strong, turned 57 this past august 5th
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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 iā€™ve been thinking about since getting my medical card earlier this year: getting high as a kite and watching them back-to-back.
to celebrate markā€™s birthday, i decided to do another running commentary post like the one i did for rocknrolla ages ago, under the cut. itā€™s a pretty similar style, which is to say not necessarily super coherent and might be hard to understand if youā€™ve 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 iā€™ll 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
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how many times have i watched these movies at this point? i donā€™t even know. Ā 
i always liked the nifty likeā€”retro 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 donā€™t talk about trauma and shit, donā€™tcha know
donā€™t look at how merlin tears up and tell me he doesnā€™t drink about it *HEAVILY* later
itā€™s such a stark contrast to see the 1990s interior vs. what itā€™s like when eggsyā€™s grown :(
michelle baby iā€™m 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, goinā€™ 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 iā€™d 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 wouldā€™ve added more valentine x gazelle scenes)
i would LOVE to be this chill about justā€”draping blankies over bodies
blankies over bodies sounds like a cool band name
DIBS you guys canā€™t 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 doesnā€™t take itself super serious, itā€™s 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 wouldnā€™t have been room for realistically lmao
michael caine, you are lovely
MARK STRONG, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN
WITH LEGS THAT DONā€™T QUIT AND AN ACCENT THAT Iā€™D DIE FOR
iā€™m an embarrassment
like letā€™s all stop and thank god that mark didnā€™t have time to learn the welsh accent
not that i wouldā€™ve been disappointed, because all accents are good accents on this blog
but at this point i canā€™t imagine merlin asā€”not scottish
ā€œtry picking a more suitable candidate this timeā€
arthur you DICK
like were you this cold-blooded when lee died, you fuckinā€™ reptilian-ass son of a bitch
no wonder you were charlieā€™s 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 wouldā€™ve never happened
;-; and eggsyā€™s so sweet with his sister! i know there probably wasnā€™t ā€œroomā€ for it but i AM glad that there are scenes showing that family is one of eggsyā€™s kinda ā€œcore valuesā€or 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. heā€™s sly, heā€™s smart, he couldā€™ve made life v e r y difficult for lots of people if he really wanted to
but look at him with the squad!
eggsyā€™s just like the british version of a good olā€™ boy
this car scene is some dukes of hazzard bullshit (ramp-jumping and fun car horn aside)
if butterflies are harryā€™s main symbolic critter, would foxes be eggsyā€™s? or would it be a pug instead? i guess thatā€™s like asking if harry would be either a butterfly or a cairn terrier, like mr. pickle. letā€™s 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 theyā€™re actually in the canon or not! donā€™t have any? donā€™t worry, weā€™ll assign you at least one!
the guy playing the interviewing officer is ALSO the patriarch in the witch which i didnā€™t realize untilā€”like, a while after
and it was while @circlesofboneā€‹ was visiting, and we were just ā€œoh, okay, guess we canā€™t escape this cast at all, this is fineā€
ā€œyour father saved my life.ā€
harry youā€™re such a fucking peacock, waiting all posted up and posing so youā€™ll look cool
you big doofus
iā€™d 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 heā€™s talking to his son, in his mannerisms, how he carries himself, how he speaks?
or is eggsy the opposite? whichā€”i donā€™t know if that would somehow be sadder?
thereā€™s just a lot going on in the background of this bit thatā€™s left up to interpretation
ā€œalthough iā€™m sure itā€™s well-foundedā€”ā€œ
harryā€™s just so casual about this entire thing, nobodyā€™s that casual without practice
harry you rabble-rouser, what kind of life have you led
ā€œmanners. maketh. man.ā€
our timeless motto, my flowers
kingsman STILL to this DAY has some of the most well-choreographed fight scenes iā€™ve ever seen??
like yeah the church scene but even just this initial bar fight
harry couldā€™ve 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! iā€™m so proud!
the way eggsyā€™s just O.O
whether or not you ship hartwin, like, you gotta admit, that was hot
and his BODY LANGUAGE, heā€™s sitting like RAMROD straight, this poor dude lmao
nobody prepares you for a situation like that in public school is all iā€™m saying
harry, exiting stage left like a suave, smooth motherfucker
remember when iggy azalea was relevant
ugghhhh i hate this part
ā€œI WASNā€™T WITH NO ONEā€
can you imagine being harry hart listening to your dead friendā€™s 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, heā€™s pissed, and dean is lucky
PARKOUR
ugh, i want to go to london ;-; i want to walk in front of the shop and visit harryā€™s house and kiss cute english boys
iā€™d like to think harryā€™s super excited to show eggsy everything but heā€™s gotta keep it dialed back because ā€œdecorumā€
the way eggsy pauses though
ā€œcome on.ā€
and he says it so softly.
if i was eggsy, iā€™d be nervous, too.
but i didnā€™t realize how quickly harry tries to give off signals like ā€œhey thereā€™s no reason to be scared.ā€
ā€œlike my fair lady?ā€ ā€œwell, youā€™re full of surprises.ā€ <3 one of my favorite sceneeesss.
harryā€™s voice is so soothing but eggsy is so freaked out by the elevator that heā€™s justā€”thereā€™s no room for anything else beyond processing the elevator lmao
ā€œhow deep does this fucking thing go?ā€ asking the real questions
aannnddd KINGSMAN BULLET TRAIN
iā€™d 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 justā€”never hear about? i just assume theyā€™re all like technical officers or maybe other agents
ā€œyour father had the same look on his face. ā€¦ as did i.ā€
harry is already rooting for him.
ā€œlate again, sir.ā€
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 doesnā€™t 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
ā€œclassic army technique.ā€
ROXY
ROXY I WANT TO JUST HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS TT.TT
aannnnddd charlie, also
who we mightā€™ve 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 wouldā€™ve drowned in the first trial
i would absolutely have panicked and bit it
but then again, iā€™m not kingsman material, iā€™m 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 thatā€™s just ANOTHER thing weā€™re not gonna talk about?
(yes the correct answer is yes)
god thatā€™s such an american response to the problem though
glass canā€™t cause problems if itā€™s in a million pieces!
ā€œyeah you can wipe those smirks off your facesā€¦ā€
i wonder if there was ever a situation where a trainee actually drowned
and i donā€™t 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 theyā€™re 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, yā€™all
ā€œjust get it done.ā€ 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!
ā€œitā€™s a bulldog innit?ā€
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 ā€œwatchā€ charlie be himself in tss but the charlie i ā€œseeā€ is likeā€”ā€ourā€ charlie.
ā€œbollocks!ā€ and then he just runs with jb in his vest, makes me smile
aannddd we see valentineā€™s super cool factory
harry your hair gets so long <3
ā€œwater!ā€ wow, who wants to bet that the fact he was instantly screaming means that maybe heā€™s gonna have some stuff to talk about in therapy later
roxy baby iā€™m 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 valentineā€™s house
itā€™s gorgeous
set design is always such a cool way for filmmakers to include details about a character using pure aesthetics and iā€™m 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 tildeā€™s character and then it justā€”gets 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 harryā€™s so proud!
that finger point ā€œyeah, see, be more like your uncleā€
merlin is SO TALL
ā€œa bit much innit?ā€
heā€™s justā€”tapping a normal clipboard
ā€¦ nobody wanna talk about how thatā€™s 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 leeā€™s 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 weā€™re NOT gonna talk about it
ā€œyouā€™re gonna be all right. youā€™re top of the class!ā€ 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 ā€œlemme just throw my arms up and dip outta this plane like itā€™s not a big dealā€
roxy you can do it!
ugh, there goes my baby, off to have a near-death experience under merlinā€™s immediate supervision lmao
ā€œgood girl, rox, glad you made it!ā€
guys, theyā€™re just kids.
i love this big group scene because it reminds us that these are just young folks, still
ā€œmy, my, youā€™re all very cheerful...ā€
ā€œrufus, come on!ā€ dude eggsyā€”and 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, theyā€™re about to beef it in a very permanent way, iā€™d be freaking out too
merlin getting caught up in the drama
because again, heā€™s supposed to know that eggsy has a parachute
i think he wasnā€™t prepared for these two to get that close to not making it and thatā€™s why we see him break face and drop his mug
*WHAM*
i HATE the sound of them landing
itā€™s not like you can hear bones breaking but it hurts me, guys
and then there were three
plus one daddy long legs quartermaster
ā€œif you have a complaint you come here and you whisper it in my ear.ā€
yes SIR
ā€œyou need to take that chip off your shoulder.ā€
merlin comingā€™ in with the tough love portion of the kingsman core squad
thereā€™s no reason for me to think harryā€™s persona was inspired by cruella de ville somehow but i do anyway
she reveals the mcdonaldā€™s 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, itā€™s all supposed to be fun
one of the reasons i love kingsman is that itā€™s 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
ā€œand thank you for such aā€”happy, meal.ā€
harry got a puppy smile
but see, then, here at his house heā€™s 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
ā€œand i am never, EVER GOING TO AGREE!ā€
tilde, you deserved better, and i think all the weird hate you get from our ohana is unfair
you donā€™t twist a runnerā€™s ankle before the race starts and then get mad when they donā€™t 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 ā€œbiblical senseā€ 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
ā€œitā€™s an acquired taste, mate.ā€
whatā€”what 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 iā€™d be doing it because iā€™m ugly and if three hot people are all talking me up at a bar something is Bad and Wrong
whichā€”the CAHONES on both eggsy and roxy
they both literally said ā€œyeah iā€™m willing to die for this organization that hasnā€™t even given me a permanent place yet, what of itā€
look at harryā€™s dimples in this scene, he is fighting a huge grin, heā€™s SO PROUD
i know that charlieā€™s response is supposed to be just more fodder into the ā€œcharlie hesketh is a toolā€ fire
but given that iā€™m not unconvinced that his home life wasnā€™t super shitty, likeā€”
idk, this makes this scene a lot less fun to me. it makes it sad.
like, maybe charlie didnā€™t 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 heā€™s kinda grimacing? iā€™m wondering if heā€™s along the same kind of feeling. heā€™d know more about charlieā€™s history
have i also mentioned how much i love harryā€™s war room?
ā€œYES harry!ā€
an evil plan is being born!
ā€œtrue nobility is being superior to your former self.ā€
eggsy is still in his club clothes, so likeā€”has he slept? yā€™all let those kids sleep after fucking drugging them, right? ā€¦ guys?
ā€œā€”when one is popping ones cherry.ā€
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?
heā€™s like the one person around whoā€™s legit just there to run the shop
has no idea about any of the spy stuff happening
his name is donald, heā€™s married with three children and has two spaniels he loves
ā€œTHAT is sick.ā€
i would KILL for this room.
i donā€™t need anything in here for any reason but still
foreshadowing, foreshadowing, foreshadowing, more foreshadowingā€”
harry is such a NERD
ā€œput it back, eggsy.ā€
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
ā€œi guarantee it.ā€ ha, get it, itā€™s a reference to that one commercial
ā€œyā€™allā€”talk so funny.ā€
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
ā€œjack bauer?ā€
it says a lot about eggsy that out of all the jbā€™s it couldā€™ve been, it was jack
uggghhhhhh of course they HAD to do this scene with eggsy with arthur
obviously harry couldnā€™t do it
i just think most of us would NOT be fans of arthur at this point in the movie, weā€™re all rooting for eggsy, like, he needs this moment with this other character because we gotta drive home that heā€™s an asshole
alsoā€”would have absolutely failed that test
and iā€™m not sorry at all
ā€œwelcome to kingsman--lancelot.ā€
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 wasnā€™t 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 ā€œnope, no, weā€™re not doing this, cā€™monā€
this entire conversation at harryā€™s house isā€”tense
and you donā€™t pick up on it the first time, i donā€™t think, but uh
iā€™m seeing it now
harryā€™s not just mad, heā€™s hurt, and eggsyā€™s furious but heā€™s also maybe regretting his actions.
itā€™s 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 yā€™alllll
weā€™re at the churrrccchhhh
weā€™re gettinā€™ closer to the coolest part of the movieeeee
itā€™s telling that gazelle was trying to make sure that theyā€™d be safe
ā€œā€¦ so hail satan, and have a lovely afternoon madame.ā€
the most metal lines colin firth has ever uttered on camera
the siren noise after itā€™s switched on bothers me in a way i canā€™t 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 itā€™sā€”a lot less fun
because you realize that theyā€™re watching their bro mercilessly slaughter innocent people and not stopping
and still not stopping
and still not stopping
but plot twist, iā€™m really glad they kept the track going, because if theyā€™d suddenly picked *this* part of the scene to get serious, that wouldā€™ve brought the mood down so low that i donā€™t think there wouldā€™ve been any bouncing back
i just
how do people exist who arenā€™t 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 donā€™t know how they managed to somber it up just the right amount, either? maybe because they waited for the ā€œfun action sequenceā€ to be over so there wouldnā€™t need to be noise that had to be masked by a fun rock track?
ā€œā€¦ what did you do to me.ā€
i cannot imagine what harry was feeling in that moment.
the way he spoke it was like he didnā€™t even have time to be afraid to die
ā€œthat tends to happen when you shoot somebody in the head. feels good, right?ā€
ā€œno, it does not feel good!ā€
i love that exchange because we normally hear the opposite.
alsoā€”whiplash.
mark has this way of expressing grief without showing anyā€”blatant signs.
like merlinā€™s 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, weā€™ve all had it come on us really quick and suddenly itā€™s 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 egssyā€™s shoulders sag when he realizes that arthur isnā€™t on his team
and in a way, this is eggsyā€™s 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?
ā€œyou are all alone. it is all up to you. remember all you have learned. good luck.ā€
itā€™s a veryā€”almost 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, thatā€™s his visual cue of graduating, if that makes sense
thatā€™s the knight putting on his armor.
ā€œiā€™d rather be with harry. thanks.ā€
ā€œso be it.ā€
*click*
me: *laughing at arthurā€™s big dumb stupid head*
ā€¦ man iā€™d love a replica of that decanter and glasses set though
not to mention that eggsy recognized the flaws in arthurā€™s character and weaponized them, which is a whole other level of shit that isnā€™t 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-ā€˜em sock-ā€˜em robot but in pieces though
more grandpa sweaters <3
man. you can see roxy swallow, you know sheā€™s scared, but then she just sets her jaw andā€”
roxy baby you are the best i love you
i like the vintage vibe of the mountain lair
i think thatā€™s 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. thatā€™s love right there.
ā€œa bespoke suit always fits.ā€
which can be good spiritual life advice too but thatā€™s a separate conversation
ā€œwhat the fuck is WRONG with you people?ā€
and his fuckinā€™ disco ball
uuggggghhhhh his speech reminds me of so manyā€¦ ā€œpublic figuresā€ that i dislike
even though itā€™s 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
ā€œhowā€™s the view?ā€
ā€œhideous.ā€
youā€™re allowed to be crabby baby, you just let it out.
ā€œlookinā€™ good, eggsy.ā€
ā€œfeelinā€™ good, merlin.ā€
merlin is so calm heading into the fortress and i donā€™t know if itā€™s because heā€™s very, very good at compartmentalizing and thatā€™s genuinely how he is at the moment or if heā€™s that way through extreme self-control and effort
he can rock a pilotā€™s uniform though
just like eggsy can rock a suit
theyā€™re both so handsome, help
i also wonder how eggsyā€™s feeling right then
like, iā€™d 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
thatā€™sā€”probably enough to distract everyone, tbh
i a hundred percent believe there are breakdowns we donā€™t see
i wonder if eggsy told tilde heā€™d spoken to lindstrum(sp?) after everything was said and done
like, thatā€™d 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 iā€™d totally watch sophie in a role like that, like, let her be in a movie like pacific rim, sheā€™d 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 doesnā€™t exist in spy movies: hearing damage
because like his voice is right in eggsyā€™s ear and without it heā€™d 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 itā€™s 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
ā€œthis is mine. iā€™ll show you yours.ā€
i wonder who e man was supposed to be that valentine called.
like is that a reference to a real person that i just didā€™t catch?
ā€¦ elon musk? maybe? idk
eggsy slides like a gd anime character
when he uses the rainmaker, itā€™s just like harryā€™s protecting him from somewhere else
(ohā€”wait, technically kentucky, i guess)
ā€œmerlin, iā€™m fucked.ā€ you can hear the anger there. not only did he fail, but heā€”and everyone elseā€”is 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 likeā€”DISGUSTING
viscera everywhere
no fun rainbow mushroom clouds
ā€œiā€™ve always wanted to kiss a princess.ā€
ANOTHER knight reference, very clever matthew
mmmmm Do Not Like that noise
aaaannndddd *that* line
whichā€”maybe thatā€™s mr. vaughnā€™s 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
thatā€™s 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 tildeā€™s guards, but now we get this epic showdown seeing her at her full potential against someone whoā€™s actually a challenge
and the way valentine is shouting for her to kick his ass from upstairs and yelling encouragement lmao thatā€™s how real friends act when thereā€™s a fight
daisy ;-; ugh, thatā€™s the visual gutpunch that makes it juuuuuust serious enough by reminding us of the stakes
which is why itā€™s 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 gazelleā€™s feetā€”footā€”whatever
man, impalement deaths are always fun.
coulda done without the vomiting but thatā€™s also one of valentineā€™s 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
ā€œis this where you say some really bad pun?ā€
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 besidesā€”this, for this eggsy/tilde ending scene
iā€™m not saying iā€™m mad it ended with them fucking, iā€™m 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 eggsyā€”he hasnā€™t changed into a different person, he has grown more into himself than ever before! THIS! THIS is eggsy unwin!
ā€¦ 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 weā€™re 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 iā€™m not just saying that because it made it super easy to blend him into our canon, either, this is likeā€”charlieā€™s evil twin in terms of his new aesthetic, the contrast is really cool
YYAASSSS THIS SCENE
WITH PRINCE PLAYING??
*CHEFā€™S 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 wouldā€™ve hurt charlie worseā€”being thrown onto his organic side, or having all his weight land on his metal arm if it hadnā€™t disattached
but then heā€™s up and standing so i guess weā€™re 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, everythingā€™s on the opposite side to me, itā€™s stressful to watch a little bit
ā€œi seem to remember in your training you were rather good at holding your breath.ā€
man, thatā€™s uhā€”kind of a macabre thing to say, merlin
just a little bit
iā€™m not even gonna attempt to hold my breath to see if iā€™d survive this scene just assume iā€™m dead in that universe
we all live in a kingsman subarmine, a kingsman submarine, a kingsman submarine~~
ā€œnot boasting, but i trained him well enough that even he wouldn't mess that up.ā€
merlin are you okay??
gah, i love that chest-deep laugh though.
is it real love if they wonā€™t crawl through the sewer to get to your house in time
i love that harryā€™s house looks basically the same
i know they talk about eggsy not wanting to change anything in the novelization but i havenā€™t read it yet so Iā€™m 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
ā€œwwwwOOOOO!ā€
i love this group so much omg
for as much as heā€™s galahad, heā€™s still eggsy
the transition in the weed bag looks super cool
ā€¦ 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 doesnā€™t give a shit about anyoneā€™s opinion about how she makes her space
like, ā€œi want a big 50s-style diner with a gourmet kitchen that i can cook people in, soooooo iā€™m getting oneā€
itā€™s also refreshing to see julianne moore in a bad guy role!
not that iā€™m super familiar with her filmography but i feel like iā€™ve mostly seen her cast as like a good guy?
i could be wrong
awwwww jet and bennie!
thereā€™s 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
itā€™s so bittersweet, for obvious reasons
and itā€™s more evidence that heā€™s not super ready to move on into new territory yet, like making new memories with tilde that ring close to home
ā€œi wish i could have met him.ā€
and the way he has to turn away, ugh.
eggsy. iā€™m sorry.
tilde, iā€™m sorry, too. you had good intentions, but they lost against his pain.
michael gambdon! the new arthur we didnā€™t know we wanted until we got him.
charlie had a moral glo-down, itā€™s fine, happens to everybody
FFFFFF his imitation of merlin lmfao
man, poor charlie, like
you wake up, you canā€™t make a sound, your arm has been blown off and your familyā€™s dead
like his reaction to that entire scenario isnā€™t entirely unrealistic, iā€™m just saying
also LOOK AT ROX
omg everyone in this movie can wear the FUCK out of suit, yā€™all
man, iā€™ve gotten a few tattoos that were exquisitely painfulā€”i canā€™t 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 kindaā€”riffs off of hannibal, a teeny-tiny bit
like weā€™re so overloaded with the aesthetics and behavior of a certain character so itā€™s like, we forget about the much darker parts untillllll thereā€™s a mood change and weā€™re looking at that dudeā€™s legs, to the burger this other dude puts in his mouth, and thinking ā€œoh, oh dear, ewā€
i love eggsy in the orange jacket <3 snaps for the wardrobe crew across this series.
tildeā€™s 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 tonightā€™s MVP
uggghhhhh i hate this part
because again, itā€™s just--a bunch of bad shit colliding outside of anyoneā€™s control
(it was also really jarring seeing the war room with blank walls the first time i watched this)
likeā€”granted, you should maybe not touch stuff thatā€™s not yours, butā€¦
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 couldnā€™t look away
idk what other story i wouldā€™ve 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 wouldā€™ve drawn a gun on him too
ā€œyou think *i* would?ā€
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 harryā€™s death, and heā€™s following the protocol like itā€™s an art form
i hope that we see some reference to this safe in the next movie, thatā€™d be a cool way to tie the narratives all together
ā€œi suppose that must be upper class humor. ā€¦ i donā€™t get it.ā€
reminder, merlin is working class.
if youā€™re 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
ā€œcountry rooaaddsssā€¦ take me hoooooomeā€¦ā€
another reminder: kentucky is a beautiful state!
i would love to tour a whiskey distillery, thatā€™d be super cool
ā€œshame itā€™s not scotchā€
again, with his weird night vale clipboard.
who would win: two highly-trained kingsman agents vs. one (1) cowboy
channing tatum, ladies and gentlemen!
ā€œyā€™all look damn sharp!ā€
i am forever gonna be mad we didnā€™t get more of tequila in this movie, and not just because of roanoke either, but like, ā€œthat dog donā€™t hunt,ā€ 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??
iā€™m glad weā€™ll get to see more of him in the another movie.
ā€œyou know why the measurement of alcohol is called proof?ā€
just dumping it on their laps, so disrespectful
ā€œā€”and you can go fuck yourself.ā€
eggsy fucking just giggling.
these two doofuses
also itā€™s hot to see merlin be sassy ngl
ā€œHARRY!ā€
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 donā€™t know how colin manages to be two completely different people at once
like thereā€™s a huge difference between former agent galahad and harry hart the lepidopterist and i canā€™t explain it
i really, really hope we see at least one little hint at kinsmanā€™s relationship with statesman in the new movie, i just think itā€™d be really cool
in roanoke canon, thereā€™s 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 itā€™s 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 poppyā€™s 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
ā€œcan you imagine us in the tailor business?ā€
and heā€™s 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, thatā€™ll probably come up in this later
imagine being harry hart, not remember all of yourself, and suddenly your entire room justā€”fills 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 ā€œyeah we thought if you came close to drowning it would helpā€
which, is that what merlin meant, no, but is that what harry heard, probably
enter jb the second ;-; <3 sweet baby
tildeā€™s 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, itā€™s not like she was asking for any of this D:
hmmmmmmm donā€™t 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 johnā€™s sunglasses is the surprising bit of gore we need to remember that oh, yeah, the villain isnā€™t fun, sheā€™s a murderer
uuggghhhh the TENT SCENE
and, look, iā€™ll defend tilde forever, but i did NOT like the weird marriage ultimatum. i still think itā€™s 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 donā€™t need any of whatā€™s happening on screen right now so iā€™ll just sit patiently and wait for it to be over
and like, thereā€™s nothing funny about merlin and ginger being able to hear everything thatā€™s going on, itā€™s 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
ā€œmaggots turn into flies, perhaps you mean larvae!ā€ :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, iā€™d need a drink too
*and* a joint
iā€™m seeing my coping mechanisms on screen here folks
the way he comes up with the idea is kinda ingenious though
like, heā€™s looking at stuff to make himself bummed on purpose, but therein he finds the thing he needs to fix the issue
harryā€™s smile when eggsy hands him the puppy TT.TT
and then eggsy just becomes a stone cold motherfucker with no emotions
ā€œno oneā€™s sick enough to shoot a puppy!ā€
hi, flashback!harry
and as SOON as he remembers himself, itā€™s like his eyes are different, something about him looks like it did before kentucky
ā€œā€¦ eggsy.ā€
one of my favorite movie hugs
and eggsy has to stand on his tiptoes because harryā€™s so tall
like yeah merlin and harryā€™s reunion isnā€™t as overtly emotional, but thereā€™s 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)
ā€œnow is that any way to welcome a visit from outta town, moonshine?ā€
he! tried! to! defend! harry!
i hate that jack got a villain story line!
we couldā€™ve had something so much better and infinitely more compelling!
ā€œhurrrr durrrr morgan you just like redemption arcs because you donā€™t want anybody being a villain permanentlyā€ i also like them because sometimes thatā€™s better writing, yā€™all sit down
ā€œthat is NOT what i call a kentucky welcome.ā€
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 ā€œdude weā€™re still celebrating the fact that youā€™re alive tbh itā€™s fine if youā€™re not back up to speed right this secondā€
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 ā€œi feel like a tornado in a trailer parkā€ lmao
and poppyā€™s fun little death threat infomercial, so great
ā€œwhat have you done to me you FUCKING BITCHā€ oof, thatā€™s a mood
!!!!! gonna be honest i kinda forgot that bruce greenwood plays the president
okay but save lives, legalize isnā€™t 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
ā€¦ yā€™all iā€™m 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 wasnā€™t so fucked up
ā€œthe fact is, this presidency has won the war on drugs!ā€
THIS SCENE!
look, yā€™all can come into my inbox and call me a pothead, or a lazy stoner, or some third insult, but this dudeā€™s 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 iā€™m 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 donā€™t 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 eggsyā€™s 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 heā€™s 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
ā€œso sorry about thisā€”ā€œ WHAM
and now that guy can say colin firth busted his face with a fire extinguisher, which is very cool
ā€œ*youā€™re* wu ting feng?ā€ ā€œā€¦ yes?ā€
ā€œyou motherFUCKERā€ 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 youā€™re one of the top people in your field and you just keep seeing imaginary butterflies everywhere
like, yeah, iā€™d be pissed at not being able to do what i knew i was capable of, too
if it wasnā€™t 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
ā€œyouā€™ve got to be fucking kidding meā€”ā€œ
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
ā€thatā€™s the first decent shit iā€™ve had in three weeks.ā€ <- as does that line, that old dudeā€™s just telling it like it is
eggsyā€™s comment about the antidote just reminds me of when boromir looks a the ring and says something like ā€œall this for such a tiny thingā€
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
ā€œiā€™ll fix their wagons.ā€ 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 (weā€™re coming up on the most metal thing)
like please please PLEASE show us more lasso tricks in the statesman movie
ā€œwell thank fuckinā€™ christ i didnā€™t need any backup.ā€ i wonder if whiskeyā€™s acting angrier than he actually is to throw off the fact that he mightā€™ve caught harryā€™s 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 heā€™s still ultimately on harryā€™s team
damn, charlie, literally blowing up your girlfriend seems kinda extreme
ā€œTHIS is vital!ā€
and here we get to see the biggest difference between merlin and ginger
now, i know thereā€™s extra stuff in the novelization about their relationship and i canā€™t talk about it because i have no idea whatā€™s in the book
but!
i DO still headcanon as merlin quitting fieldwork after leeā€™s 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
itā€™s like seeing the same character but in two points in time, and itā€™s really cool
that balance wouldā€™ve also been a fun aspect of their romantic relationship to explore but alas! ā€™twas 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
ā€œiā€™m leaving with, or without you.ā€
and of course theyā€™re both gonna go because thatā€™s NOT characteristic eggsy behavior based off of how we know he views family/squad
thatā€™s how they know heā€™s 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, itā€™s a bummer your gf dumped you, but this relationship wasnā€™t very well-developed or written so iā€™m not as bummed as i could be
ā€œā€¦ and in that moment, all i felt was loneliness and regret.ā€
harry shut the FUCK UP
you felt NOTHING??
you werenā€™t 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 canā€™t 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 heā€™s on board with saving tilde! because he recognizes (apparently just right that second) that ā€œhaving something to lose is what makes life worth livingā€
and i donā€™t 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
iā€™m forever pissed about this characterization and i donā€™t even know if iā€™m expressing my anger in a way that makes it easy to understand lmao this is fine, iā€™m fine, literally not a single person in this fandom ever believed those lines anyway, itā€™s 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 ā€œprocessā€ that they use to wake people up or whatever isā€”interesting
because all it is, is trauma turned into a tool which is kind of a weird concept to see in a ā€œfun spy movieā€ imo
and this is one of what i feel were like only what, two? glimpses we get into whiskeyā€™s Tragic Backstory
and the other scene isnā€™t a glimpse itā€™s just straight up exposition in his dialogue :/
jack, iā€™m sorry, you deserved better than this as a character
iā€™m sure the name ā€œsilver ponyā€ is a reference to something but i donā€™t know what
ā€œlookinā€™ GOOD merlin!ā€ ā€œfeelinā€™ good, eggsy.ā€
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 itā€™s 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 iā€™m having while this is happening
*beep-beep*
ā€œyou move, we die.ā€
i HATE IT
but like, i donā€™t 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 itā€™s been literally multiple years and i still have no fucking idea
theyā€™re both horrible in their own terrible, awful ways
damn, matthew, itā€™s not often someone manages to come up with multiple versions of a thing and have every version be so gut-wrenchingly horrific, iā€™m truly impressed and completely disgusted
ā€œdo as your told!ā€
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 itā€™s likeā€”their eyes go dead? like, there was a light here, itā€™s gone now
it SUCKS
oh
oh no
ALMOST HEAVEN
WEST VIRGINIA
ā€¦ fuck
LIFE IS OLD THERE
OLDER THAN THE TREES
ā€œā€¦ singing?ā€
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
ā€¦ okay i had to get up and go for a lilā€™ walk
anyway
(and again, roanoke canon, fucking fixingā€™ shit left and right, because weā€™re 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 everybodyā€™s 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 eggsyā€™s using his gun and shield vaguely reminds me of the specialist, @bloodofthepenā€‹)
and harry and eggsy justā€”theyā€™re drift compatible! thatā€™s 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 charlieā€™s 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 isnā€™t 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 canā€™t exactly quickly remove from yourself, that would be TERRIFYING
harry + elton = dream teaaaammmm
ā€œdarling if you save the world, you can have a backstage pass.ā€
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
ā€œletā€™s make this fair.ā€ eggsy youā€™re fuckinā€™ cheeky
and poor harry, all that lank just getting tossed like noodles
i thought the robot puppers were very cool
ā€œfor the record charlie iā€™m more of a gentleman than youā€™ll ever be.ā€
mmmmmm do NOT like this death for charlie
SUPER glad we fixed it
and another scene where i canā€™t stand the sound mixing T.T it makes me cringe every time
ā€œi donā€™t consider genocide especially lady-like.ā€
and are we gonna talk about how merlin knew how to make heroin?
ā€¦ 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
ā€œour agencies were founded to uphold peace, to protect the innocentā€”ā€œ
thereā€™s that nobility again
is what happened to whiskey fucked up, yes
iā€™m 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 itā€™s one of my favorite shots in the movie with the whip where harryā€™s just chucking it away from his face like a bamf, YES
how great is this cover, letā€™s be honest
like, iā€™d be lying if i said i didnā€™t enjoy this scene visually
plus
HARRY GETTING PEGGED RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH A FRYING PAN
gracious
itā€™s one fluid tracking shot, so kinda in alignmentment with what weā€™re 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
ā€œthis is for you, merlin.ā€
/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
ā€œā€¦ now weā€™re brothers, working side by side.ā€
spoiler alert i actually love champā€™s toast
ā€œyā€™all shittinā€™ in high cotton nowā€ 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 ā€œnot a doubt in my mind,ā€ 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
ā€œbut it is perhaps the end of the beginning.ā€
thereā€™s ***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, iā€™ll stick around to see what happens in this universe but iā€™m gonna complain the whole time
GO JACK RABBIT
RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS
and again, i almost didnā€™t see this movie.
ā€¦ i think about that morgan sometimes.
hope sheā€™s doinā€™ okay.
ā€¦
sheā€™s probably not. D:
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so i got tagged by @hear1acheĀ šŸ’œ and @jhopiĀ šŸ’› to do the ten facts about yourself thing so here we are... it was kinda hard lmao cause i never know what to tell about myself
1. iā€™m a third year architecture student so im dying from exhaustion almost every dayĀ āœŒļø
2. i was born and raised in belarus but for the past five years iā€™ve been living in the netherlands and i think moving to a different country has impacted me heavily both in good and bad ways. it really was a huge experience and im still not completely past it
3. i really love art and drawing!!!!! i used to go to an art school and im trying to draw regularly but i almost never post my art cause im shy........
4. before getting into bts iā€™ve actually mostly been into indie(-rock) artists and i have a pretty dark indie past that even involved hanging out w musicians after their concerts lmao
5. i donā€™t have any piercings and i never even had my hair dyed..... im so boring
6. one time i listened to give up the d or shut the hell up on repeat for an hour
7. bts have really gotten me through a lot and like. not to soundĀ šŸŒ½y but without them i wouldve probably still been depressed so. thank you bts for helping me get my motivation back and offering the support i couldnt get from anyone at that time
8. i think im a good friend? im bad at initiating friendships dfhhgf but iā€™ve known my two best friends for ten years now and weā€™ve been through A LOT so im pretty good at maintaining relationships i guess
9. idk if i really wanna be an architect rip like yeah it seems nice in theory but in practice im really not sure if itā€™s the right profession for me................ iā€™ve seriously been considering switching majors to something film or visual design related lately. and as a child i wanted to be a secret agent or an egyptologist lmao
10. i was born on friday the 13th heheheheheĀ šŸ˜¼
ok thanks for reading this lol i tag @wariosgf @blushign @donutjin @honeyfred @rnyfh @1popsicle @seokjinstae
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