A random fan stuff

Give me Jonathan and Teddy every day of the week.

So...last night, I was thinking about rewatching Buffy or Angel....and then a weird thought got stuck in my head. I was so amazed how all characters on those shows developed into more than what they were in the beginning, mostly into better versions of themselves.

And then I realized the only character, who more or less stayed the same, was Buffy. She developed emotionally, into an adult person, yes but then I thought...woah, Willow went from this geeky, grey mouse into a bad-ass Goddess in the end, with a stumble in the middle. And I thought, that it is actually a typical trope about how a hero in the beginning has a very limited space to grow. She had to be a hero right from the start, every mistake or misstep was caused more by circumstances and the only thing a hero can do is either go bad or do some questionable stuff but without losing the hero mantle and explain why she or he did what they did so it is not "that bad".

"The other one"...not so much. Take Willow, again. She got so good in the powers and grew so much as a personality, even took a "villain" turn at one point after a death of a loved one, then went back and saved everyone at the end. She had a full arc. Even with a growing ego and turning into a bit unbearable until she changed again.

Sure, this parallel could be done with ANY hero and side-kick, friend, partner, whoever....

But this is actually so colliding my two favourite fandoms. Thor was set up as a hero from the beginning. Yes, he was this reckless prince full of himself and Loki seemed the one more sensible. He was supportive, loved his family but to the point his world fell apart when he found out Odin lied to him. And then? He went through Avengers, The Dark World up to Infinity War where he sacrificed for his brother and then the development on the show, where he, again, got this awesome story arc going from a guy full of rage and revenge into a selfless hero.

Again, these comparisosn could be done with any similar characters.

I love this movie. I think it is not for everybody - or better - for every mood. You just have to be IN the mood for it. I remember watching it first time back in 2013 and I did not get it.

I rewatched then later, about in 2020 and bang....LOVED IT. It is so moody, atmospheric, slow burn...it has a wonderful soundtrack and it just flows.

Tom and Tilda are a great match, where Eve is the older, wiser, but also more appraciating life. Adam is the artist, musician, who tends to get depressed. But they love each other, spend time separate, then together, they just...exist.

And they happen to be vampires.

That is the brilliant twist about it. And it is SO funny in places. Adam trying to "blend in" while wearing doctor´s gown, scaring his source for blood to death, or him and Eve getting rid of the body, fully proving they have done this before.

Ava appearing in their life, causing mayhem and then disappear again was just so random but you get an idea how their centuries long lives look like.

John Hurt and Anton Yelchin not being with us anymore is wild, especially Anton, gone too soon, taken away by a car accident that was not even his fault

If you haven´t seen the movie, I highly recommend it. But make sure you are seated and ready to just go with the flow....

What I loved about The Night Manager S2 was the way they totally flipped the trope of "lead male spy character getting a trophy lead female character", even doing it in trailers. They made us believe, from the trailers, that while there will be some tension between Jonathan and Teddy (heavily hinted in interviews already), that Roxy will be the primary love interest.

Well, she wasn´t. It was pretty refreshing to see her going just for herself, a survivor, who is not cold or ruthless but who has a strong survival instinct. So she helps Jonathan because she knows what they are doing is wrong, but when she finds out theere is *nothing* in it for her (or is lied to, Jonathan still has a team in Basil and Sally back then), she flips. Was it the final straw to get Teddy killed? Probably not. Roper would have found out anyway and would do the same thing.

What is so fascinating about Jonathan and Teddy that it is actually very slow, despite all of that happening during a couple of days. Jonathan first marks Teddy but at the airport, he has no reason to lie anymore. His cover will be blown, that much he knows, Teddy is leaving and he still does what he does. So doing whatever he was doing there was real.

In their final scene, you can see Teddy giving up, but still happy he has this guy he fell in love with.

Jonathan, still very much confused about those feelings (he avoids them, doesn t want them but cannot help them), keeps saying to Teddy to have faith because he believes in the plan. And believes he has time. I think it will haunt him forever.

I think S3 will be an interesting place for Jonathan Pine. He lost everybody, except Sally, who may be or may not be able to help him because she is probably compromised herself. The guilt trip over Teddy´s death will be enormous.

Teddy being "Jed of S2" was a masterful twist and I love them for it.

While I am still recovering from The Night Manager S2 finale, Tom delivers this. God, I love this man. He can shatter our hearts by the most tragic endings and stories (does he have something against happy characters with happy endings?) and then become a bundle of joy, dancing through life.

His last three projects made me cry at the end, Loki S2 with this epic sacrifice, The Life of Chuck where he celebrates life in a very bittersweet way and then this.

Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager is saving me this January.

Life has been a bit hard lately, work related stuff incredibly sucked but things are turning for better and tom being everywhere almost DAILY helps,