Really fucked up that, when they’re young, Patrick and Art are SO tactile with each other, so comfortable sharing the same space. Art lets Patrick touch him and move him and physically overwhelm him and easily acquiesces to it, if not outright enjoys it.
Then in the present, they’ve been so far out of each other’s orbit for so long, held such animosity that when they have their moment alone in the sauna, Art physically recoils from Patrick’s close proximity! It’s so painful to watch because even as Patrick’s goading him, it’s so obvious he wants to be able to get back into Art’s space. But Art has erected all these walls around himself, he refuses to give Patrick an inch or even admit to missing how close they used to be!
AND THEN we see Art and Tashi later and he wants her to hold him, to be gentle with him, and just TOUCH him. Like, he does miss that kind of close physical contact! He either doesn’t know how to ask for it or is uncomfortable being that openly vulnerable. Worth noting that he pretty much always defers to Tashi in regard to initiating physical intimacy (with their first kiss, though he does state his desire, SHE has to be the one to make the first move). And it seems pretty obvious that Tashi herself isn’t comfortable providing that intimacy, whereas Patrick actively seeks to provide it (the hug/forehead kiss after their win together in the early years, dragging the stool closer to him).
Art has tried very hard to act like he doesn’t need physical affection and even though his discipline and devotion to Tashi has made him a stronger tennis player, it’s made him a hollow person, which, in turn, has kept him from becoming a GREAT tennis player.
All of this, of course, is why the ending hits so damn hard.
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So are we going to agree that Vanessa is the "Michael Afton" in the movie?? I mean. IT'S ALL THERE
And I can't believe I didn't think about this, but when Vanessa confronts William, he also says "Help me clean up the mess that YOU created"
HM?????
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I was re watching Spider-Man : Into the Spiderverse and I recognized a logo.
This penguin with the QQ. Miles has the app on his phone.
And Eddie, in Venom (2018), uses the same app to message Dora,
It’s called QQ Chats! I wonder who developed the app for both universes. It’s also an interesting little link between the movies. I wonder if it means anything…
Whoa…it’s an actual app! 😗
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I don't think I've ever seen a sex scene as tender and emotionally intimate as the one in Paris. First moment in the movie that genuinely made me tear up.
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Saw multiple posts encouraging artists to lean into the bowser-luigi size difference, so here i go ! (This is loosely based on a pic of them from Mario Odyssey) Bowser is showing him around the castle :)
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Day 52: I can't believe it's been a year already...
Btw i got the texture and references from here
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