villanelle + the hanged man (killing eve 3x06)
I thought the deliberate shot of Villanelle in the bathroom looked familiar…
THE HANGED MAN TAROT CARD
UPRIGHT: Pause, surrender, letting go, new perspectives
REVERSED: Delays, resistance, stalling, indecision
The Hanged Man is the card of ultimate surrender, of being suspended in time and of martyrdom and sacrifice to the greater good.
Honestly, it’s perfect. We know that Villanelle isn’t getting what she expected, and that she’s tired of surrendering her agency to be a “perfect killing machine”. She’s realising she wants to quit, even if it means giving up her material pleasures and letting go of Eve. She finally wants to take a pause from the cat and mouse game they’ve been playing to reassess how the hell she’s going to leave, therefore seeking new perspectives on her situation.
The stalling/indecision is apparent in the way she goes on to carry out the assassination anyway, despite hating it all. The botched outcome of that hit finally pushes her over the edge to give in to her emotions, and to fully admit just how much she wants out. What else will Villanelle sacrifice in order to achieve her goals, though? How much further can she martyr herself for them?
Unfortunately, she tells it directly to Dasha, and this is where the resistance against what she wants to do comes in, because the Twelve won’t toss out their best tool — their ‘Beautiful Monster’ — so easily, will they?
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