#stranger jonas

Oh. My. Heart. Two Jonases reuniting at Berlinale. Dark cast reunions are the very best🥹🥹

got so obsessed with “The Stranger” Jonas from Dark that the only logical thing to do next is watch 1899

i miss DARK, so let's talk about it:

and why?

I'll start: Season 2. It was so well made. All the episodes bore this dreadful calm before the storm atmosphere. We got to see more worldbuilding, but not too fast (like in s3), and the twist at the end was unexpected.

“the Effect becomes a Cause… of course. our memory grants us insight into the past, and with hindsight comes foresight… a microcosmic ascension to a higher plane … a single line of divinity knitted into the fabric of ordinary matter.”

Based on The Principle of Cause and Effect by @dragneto [ ~10k words - a truly wonderful read ] Bonus under cut

First up, you've got Jonas appearing out of nowhere, middle-aged, after being missing for half a year, and he's all like 'leave your damn families, *I'm* gonna save you xx', before plonking them all off in said 1888, which I can only imagine going down with a 'Where are we, Jonas?' '.... fuuuuuuck....'

Then the previously discussed 'how do you do, fellow kids?' energy because he is *50 years old* and they are *not*, paired with the fact that he is likely awkward as FUCK since they don't have much to talk about anymore (and this man is socially deprived, he only gets to chat to someone about the loop every once in a while).

And the building resentment. Oooooooooo do we like some yummy tension within the group, because they can't really trust him, he feels he's failed them but is still determined to save them whist STILL resisting Adam-ification. Juicy, I tell you.