#bisous.

RIGHT? but the question is, well, who would be the ratter.

My mind went to Corky first, because she - a tattoed crook who got caught - is the most obvious Kant analogue while Violet - the more fem (not that bison is fem exactly but you know what i mean, if we must ascribe gender roles to same gender couples then he is The Woman) and lethal of the two, trapped in a parody of familial/domestic bliss - could be put in the Bison role. So let's say Corky was offered a lighter sentence in exchange for working as a spy/informant, and initially the idea was "i've been hired to renovate the flat next door" but now there's this woman who's been Looking at her, and Corky could use that, it would be an easier in, not too mention Corky's been Looking too and she likes what she sees, and it has been a while... and then of course she catches feeling and she wants Violet safe and there's all this money they could both use for a fresh start and everything kinda snowballs in the same way it does in the movie. It works, I think, and would make a nice twist on Corky's initial insistence that Violet is untrustworthy, especially if we make Corky being an informant a (early) reveal rather than letting it be known from the start. In this version, either Violet would learn of Corky's real job very late in the game or she would learn early on but only let on that she knows near the end. No matter what, Corky's goal is to execute The Plan without ever having to come clean to her lover, and we get to see her sweat a lot at the idea of being found out. Violet, for her part, is mostly cool with the whole informant thing. A gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do, and she's not one to judge.

So that was my first idea. But Corky's trust issues kept nagging at me, because THK does have a few characters with a chip on their shoulders regarding trust, and Kant isn't one of them. Bison however... it got me thinking of Corky in Bison's role (the rube) and Violet in Kant's role (the player). It lines up quite nicely with their courtship dynamic, too: while Bound, doesn't have as clear chaser/chased roles as THK, Violet is very forward while Corky, as mentioned, is afraid to trust, and that's pretty similar to the early KantBison's tango. (Corky plays it gruff while Bison plays it coy, but the rythm isn't that different... and actually that makes me think: they're both the somewhat non gender comforming one, so there's that angle to maybe explore too) Another point in favor of the "Violet in Kant's role" angle is the femme fatale archetype. In THK we see both Bison and Kant (all four leads, actually, this show is so fun) use their looks as a lure, and Bison is the actually fatal one - but Kant is the character the closest to the classic archetype, and of course Violet is an ode to femme fatales, so it's one of those things that just makes sense to me. (now, you could construct it as a point against, because Violet, though she has all the strappings of one, actually isn't a femme fatale. Not from Corky's, and therefore the movie's, point of view. One of the things Bound does is forcing you to see things from the so-called femme fatale side, and demystifying the archetype of the cold, ruthless, manipulative seductress, turning it into a woman trying to make the best of what she's got - it's the you know the difference between you and me? of it all - and we can argue wether it's a deconstruction or a reconstruction or what but!!! I'm getting away from myself and what I was trying to get at is that Kant is also just doing his best with what he's got, so there. Point still in favor.)

So yeah. Violet who was strong armed by the cops into getting sexually close to dangerous, powerful men to get intel on them. No one thought to wonder how she feels about that - getting sexually close to people, dangerous or not, is after all what a whore does - but she's more than tired of this life. She finally sees an out (2 millions dollars is more than enough for her to make a new life) but she'll never pull it off alone. The prickly ex-con next-door, however, could make an adequate partner in crime, and is lonely enough to be manipulated. She's sweet, too: this might just work out. In this version, Corky learns the truth at the worst possible moment and it almost get them both killed, especially since Violet is not apologetic at all. But of course lesbian love wins, and they drive toward the sunset with a fuckton of money.

I shed a tear.

Still cant get over the fact that Leon signs his letter with "Kisses"