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In Knives Out, a compassionate, ethical young woman treats everyone around her with generosity, and the people around her repeatedly try to take advantage of her kindness to force her into losing the fortune that was gifted to her by a dear friend. There, justice means that she keeps the fortune and decides that actually, she doesn't have to be kind and giving to people who've proven themselves assholes.

In Glass Onion, a woman loses her sister to a gang of wealthy, successful people who've sacrificed their principles for the sake of ambition and ego. There, justice means that everyone involved will be made notorious: whatever their other accomplishments, they will forever be known for being complicit in the burning of the most famous painting in history.

In Wake Up Dead Man, the church takes advantage of a young girl's loyalty and faith to place her under a lifelong burden and fill her with guilt, shame, and hatred. Justice means helping her understand what was done to her and the women around her, and giving her compassion so she can find peace.

This is cool because it means the movies contradict each other! The compassionate justice of Wake Up Dead Man would be totally misplaced in Knives Out, and so would the toppling-monuments justice of Glass Onion. And because each movie has something different to say, they all stand on their own and feel fresh.

TV Appreciation Week 2024  : Day 7 : Free choice → Favourite show nobody watched (Galavant)

it takes a good chunk of courage to say it, so when eddie doesn't say anything buck asks: "sorry-- is that...weird?"

that startles eddie back from BUCK AND TOMMY?? land and he goes "no, no!" without much thought. and buck tells himself he's not expecting anything from eddie, but it still hurts when eddie goes: "you know that this doesn't change a thing between us, right?"

buck swallows the rejection, because what else did he expect? and goes "yeah, yeah, of course! that's fine. that's, uh, that's a relief, actually." pretending to smile.

and afterwards everything continues except bt are occasional fwb instead and also buck is operating under the assumption that eddie knows about his feelings for him and is being kind by not mentioning it and allowing him to slowly get over him (not gonna happen, but buck is doing his best). meanwhile eddie is slowly spiraling because not only does he think bt might be dating but ALSO buck is pulling away from him and he doesn't know WHY.