#white lotus s3

[pretendingtobestraight]

White man releasing Cobra snakes in the middle of a city in Thailand. I was fuming. Like this is such a white people shit. The fact that he ruined the livelihood of those show runners. Putting aside the exploitation of it, you are still a tourist, keep ur hands to yourself!!!

[milliondollarhoe]

Oh god the one prediction I fucking HOPED should not happen, happened. Except, it's worse.

Okay so I maybe being delulu here but so is everyone with the theories. So here are my predictions for what's gonna happen in the last ep since I read somewhere (I don't remember where) that the ep is gonna be 1 and half hours. Spoilers ahead I guess.

1. Kate will be one of the bodies. I feel that Jaclyn and Laurie's friendship has been strained for a very long time however it is Kate's presence that makes them stick together. Kate dying would typically mean the trio would end in itself and J and L would go their separate ways.

2. Police are definitely involved, so are the Russian thieves (V, V, A), Sritala's Guards and Rick, and so is greg in the shooting. However, I don't see Belinda or Greg dying. So far, Mook is barely there on the show yet she is a part of posters and promo and it wouldn't make sense for them to cast someone as famous as Lisa for the role to be nothing. So my bet is that Mook is the second body and Gaitok will be the one to shoot her. (Although I honestly don't think she is with the robbers and I feel her scenes with Gaitok actually represent the differences between her and Gaitok, the yin and yang situation similar to Rick and Chelsea).

3. Saxon and Lochlan are fucking dawg, idk I feel like this would be the final act for Lochlan to please his brother and an awakening situation for Saxon. You cannot tell me after Frank's monologue and Greg's fantasy, they ain't fucking like come onnnn. While this is happening Tim acquires the fruit and blends it, Right now Tim is only thinking about killing Saxon and Victoria. So I feel he is probably trying to kill Saxon with the shake, however after their sweet time when Saxon and Lochlan come out on the den Saxon hands the shake to Lochlan and he drinks it. Now here is the thing, I honestly don't think any Ratliffs are dying. It would be too obvious and on the face for any of them to actually die. So my guess is that Saxon takes Lochy to the hospital (parallel to the scene when the snake bites Chelsea and the poison is dangerous but she is taken to the hospital with rick rushing behind anxiously)

4. Rick dies (I SO HOPE I AM FUCKING WRONG I SWEAR TO GODDDD 😭😭😭😭😭). The only good reason I can think of is "death happens in 3s". (Edit: Also Chelsea's line in the first episode "Victim of your own decisions") Rick and Chelsea so far seem parallel to what other characters dynamics are. So it makes sense for Rick to die because he is not letting Chelsea die.

Anyways I lowkey hope Rick doesn't die and Fabian does cus I lowk don't give a fuck about fabian if I am being real.

[rcsitastark]

SAM NIVOLA as Lochlan Ratliff The White Lotus - S03E05

[sophia-becketts]

White Lotus | S03E08

[burningfudge]

lol not the american recognizing the gunshots faster than the non-american 😭

[williamaltman]

Saxon's feelings for Lochy

Ok, so, I've noticed that a lot of people don't seem to think Saxon has a thing for his brother, only for Piper and Lochy for him and I wanted to show the evidence otherwise because it was literally the first thing I noticed.

After he asks how many bedrooms there are and is told it's three, he immediately says "Ok, so Lochy, you're with me."

Piper doesn't seem to like that and offers for him to sleep with her instead (knowing there was some kind incest vibe, it really came across like they're fighting over him). He then objects by pointing out brothers and sisters shouldn't sleep together. Which seems like a classic way to set up for possible gay stuff, "oh it's just guys/girls, don't worry, we can be naked around each other, no big deal".

When Piper invites Lochy to the temple, he immediately goes. "No, we were gonna go to the pool".

He asks him again like he's genuinely upset at Lochy possibly not going with him, and maybe even by being with his sisters instead. Once again, like they're fighting over him, it's even framed with Lochy looking indecisive at the two of them, not knowing which option to pick (parallel with the college thing? Possibly a common theme for his character).

After he says he'll go to temple first and then the pool after, he's still upset.

When Lochy does get to the pool, he notices it and calls him immediately.

After a quick question about the monks, what does he do? Grab his dick and talk about how he gets so horny traveling.

When they're in bed, he immediately starts to talk shit about Piper's buddishm and her overall attitude in life, saying Buddism is for people who "want to supress in life", and most notably. "Don't have desires, don't even try."

And then he tells him that it's good to want things, at least if you can have them. If we're to assume he knows about Lochy possibly being attracted to him, this feels like a subtle way of encouraging that. Of telling it's ok to have these desires, that it's worth a try...

And there's where it comes the theory that Piper isn't actually into Lochy but just trying to "protect" him from Saxon, possibly because he tried something with her in the past and she didn't like it. So no wonder he's bitter about her and thinks she wants to "supress things".

In this case, by telling Lochy to do the opposite, the implication would be that he should "give it a try" with him, unlike her.

He comments on how good-looking he is.

And then tells him he "Doen't need to shrink away from life like her". Again, if we're going with the theory that he tried something with her in the past, he's trying to push him in the other direction. Don't reject it.

And then, you know. Asking him what kind of porn does he like. Going back, he does that right after saying he should "get laid, get everything" and that he's "going to help him" with that.

It's also just, like, the most classic and obvious set-up, to bring in sex/porn into the conversation, the idea of watching it together or what not...

"How the fuck am I going to jerk off with you in here all week."

Already kinda suggestive considering the vibes, but... Remember that he asked to room with him, and even objected when Piper suggested otherwise, when that would've left him with his own room.

I guess the confusing part is when he closes the door after he noticed Lochy still watching him. But honestly it would probably be too far to just jerk off in front of him like he's not even trying to not be weird.

He might just be playing the long game, and walking up naked to watch porn with him still awake in the room still feels like quite a tease. He might also just be getting cold feet, or, perhaps, the whole thing is subconscious rather than on purpose and at that moment he has the realization of how weird this situation is.

There's actually a moment where you can notice him thinking about whether Lochy is looking before he looks back at him, and it seems like he's a little nervous about it (before this shot he was just looking at the screen, but then he raises his head to question it).

So, cold feet? Checking to see if the teasing is working or if he looked away? A bit freaked out with the realization of how weird this is? Idk, but it's definetely not one-sided, and I was actually more surprised at the implication that Lochy felt the same.

Edit: I feel the need to point out that after the latest episodes, I'm not really abiding by the theory that something happened with Saxon and Piper anymore. I think she really just finds him creepy and annoying for no special reason.

I'm also not really feeling the idea that Saxon is grooming Lochy on purpose. He honestly seems way too innocent for that lol, so I'm fully on the camp that his behaviour is subconscious, but I still firmly believe he has unresolved feelings that he doesn't understand.

If anything, his insistence on turning Lochy "into a man" by buffing him up and making him get with women might be due to him being unable to deal with his attraction towards his cute twink brother...

[wortsandall]

while i agree with chelsea that there isnt a drug in the world that'd make me get with my brother-i do think reddit's assertion that lochlan is a purposeful creeper predator isn't accurate either.

that 18 year old was full of drugs and booze at the time which does cloud judgement. and i think that matters bc we've seen what saxon and lochlan are like sober. and its not lochlan that's crossing boundaries but saxon. i'm not saying i think saxon is a creeper either. tbh i don't think either of them meant for it to turn out like that.

but their parents lack boundaries. saxon is the oldest and continues that. talking abt piper's virginity and his masturbation habits with lochlan, walking around lochlan naked. and in general constantly talking about sex and how much it matters to being a man or whatever. lochlan is stuck in the middle between his sister and his brother, represented by him not knowing which college to pick. he wants to make them both happy. going to this boat party and having sex with chloe was saxon's idea, not lochlan. the actor said lochlan did it to make his brother happy and people think he means the brojob. i think the actor meant going to the boat party and having fun. which is essentially what saxon has been encouraging all season.

and then he's in over his head. encouraged by chloe as it was her that told him and saxon to kiss. saxon is obviously troubled by his memory of the brojob, and lochlan seemed to only remember what happened at the end of the episode when he's looking around like "oh, fuck." i wouldn't call this karma or reaping what you sow, but saxon was behaving inappropriately beforehand. and this was the consequence of that. i don't think there's one person to be putting sole blame on here or acting like it's a purposeful assault. it's an unintended consequence of the way that they were raised and the values instilled in them by their parents. saxon's only like that because he wants to emulate his dad, be just like him, and thinks this is the way to do it. an inflated sense of ego to hide insecurities. and he was trying to teach lochlan to do the same.

and the end result was a high schooler potentially losing his virginity while giving a drunken, drugged handjob to his brother.

[deanofsam]

lochlan finally said fuck it imma do something for me and me alone!! i’m gonna make myself a smoothie all by myself and maybe it’ll have a little leftover alcohol in it so it’ll be even better! i’m doing it dude i’m being my own man #lochlandoinglochlanthings ❤️ and then immediately he almost dies. wouldn’t blame him if he threw in the towel after waking back up from his little coma and never made an independent decision again.

[dumboy]

soo into white lotus this season i need belinda and pornchai to BONE !!! also please don't let there be incest!!! prayer circle right now !!!

[interjace]

Gaitok, you have literally one job

[samsayswhatever]

If you don't - you should! They're called Saxlock 🌈 😏

[milliondollarhoe]

I love how Rick still tried his best not to be judgemental and actually sat through and listened to the entire monologue.

[rcsitastark]

SAM NIVOLA as Lochlan Ratliff The White Lotus - S03E04

[sophia-becketts]

White Lotus | S03E08

[boardchairman-blog]

**Shots of the Episode**

The White Lotus (2021)

Season 3, Episode 3: “The Meaning of Dreams” (2025) Director: Mike White Cinematographer: Ben Kutchins

[patheticjayce]

Made some little Victorias