Villanelle's arc, the way her understanding of love molds, goes from the confused possessive tone of "you're MINE" at the s2 finale; to the overarching growth thru s3 to reach the finale and understand there is love in letting go, "turn around. keep walking and don't look back.."
like her initial understanding of love as something to hold and keep for herself in that selfish sense..,, and in the time she spends away from eve realizing, getting closure from all these parental figures who molded her idea that being loved by them was being possessed by them.
vs how it molds into smth abt her wanting to keep eve safe even if she isnt ready to face eve yet, her sharing a dance w eve thinkin it would be the last, her letting herself realize that love is more in what u can give regardless of what u can get.
MAN IT MAKES ME FEEL THINGS
MAN IT MAKES ME FEEL THINGS
like, i loved their s1 dynamic dont get me wrong it was twisted obsessive unhealthy but also extremely tight knit.. and the way it's slowly grown into something that expresses care and regard-- in absence, a journey that was necessary for both of them to have made
before they got to the point where they did in s3. it just had the whole vibe of. understanding, a tethering acknowledged. bc they both start walking away. they both try.
and then, without even knowing or expecting the other person to, they look back.
BOTH of them do.
and then, without even knowing or expecting the other person to, they look back.
BOTH of them do.
ok thats it im done i just. I have a lot of feelings abt Villaneve. I cant help it. I have so many scenes i could contrast and compare in how perfectly its crafted.... I have an whole essay in my head but this is. the gist of it,,, for now.