cauldron cake

So I know we are all losing it because of the fact that V went from her skewed understanding of love as possesion in 2x08

To understanding that loving someone is about what both of you want and about letting them go if that’s what they ask for in 3x08

BUT I also think it’s very interesting how in episode 3x06 it was already hinted at that Villanelle’s perception of what love is, was already changing

She wanted to go with Konstantin even if it meant leaving Eve behind. This was however under the guise of her wanting to stop working for the 12 so she wouldn’t have to kill anymore and for her to be free (which is also actually what she did and does want). That is why it wasn’t entirely about Eve (apart from the fact that Eve made V able to connect to her feelings and realise this isn’t what she wants to do anymore). This however makes it less obvious that V was changing in regards to her understanding of love, because she also just really did want to leave.

Now I believe V would’ve left with Konstantin if the whole plan hadn’t gone sideways. This makes what happens in the finale even more powerful. She gets all these signals from Eve that she can see a future with V. Eve keeps talking about US instead of I, while V only asks Eve about her and not about them together AND of course the moment in which she tells V she sees her face over and over again when thinking about her future. 

Until the moment on the bridge where Eve admits she wishes she didn’t have that monster inside of her and that she wants V to ‘help her make it stop’. And then V lets her go, because her 'monster encourages Eve’s’ and so the only way for it to maybe go away is letting Eve try to hide the monster inside of her again (this isn’t possible with V around).