it's been a while since i want to talk about why the forearms' scene is so important in deep. first i must clarify that tobs is a femgaze show; one made by women to women and where every character/scene resonates with us. where we dont see (women) sexualized or used just as plot devices that have no other meaning to the story that be a reason to the hero to show how great he is.
many things have been said about the forearms' scene (or just about donal's forearms) and there's one that deeply bothered me: no, tom is NOT being sexualized on that scene.
to sexualize a character is to strip them of their humanity and transform them into a piece of meat whose only use is being the viewers' sexual fantasy. there isnt a deep meaning to those type of scenes and, most of the time, are extremely stupid.
in tobs what we see is how mary face desire for the first time in a long time. the importance of this scene is that we're seeing tom throught mary's eyes. we perceive his forearms as sexy bc she does. it's her lust's awakening and in mary is something so important that the scene is not only a break point to her, but to the viewers too.
mary has surpressed her feelings for years (or at least she tried) bc she didnt want to hurt others and herself. she's hidden them in the deepest part of herself, but when she sees tom casually rolling his sleeves everything shattered. those seconds is not her brain which is in control of her actions, but desire.
for the first time on the show, she met a man she sees attractive and feels attraction for. and she doesnt know how to handle it. but the best thing about this scene is that everything happens in the most natural way. tom isnt put into a situation that shame him, but it's just him being himself what awakened mary's desires.
and thats the most beautiful thing to watch.
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