#Conversations with Lucas

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Bustin' Makes Me Feel Good

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#Conversations with Lucas #Ghostbusters #Life with Lucas #Lucas I am your father #Lucas Not Luke

[lucascsinclairs]

Lucas Sinclair in Stranger Things 4 | Chapter Six: The Dive

“I didn’t really know Patrick, so it was easy to just look the other way, I guess. But I did know you. And I’m sorry I wasn’t there.”

#st edit #stedit #stranger things #strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #strangerthingscentral #tvstrangerthings #mine #my gifs #g:s4 #lucas sinclair #lucas sinclair edit #caleb mclaughlin #just look at him go! #that first gif? #he is an up-and-coming promising student at the kate sharma eyebrow scrunch academy #love that for him #also a special shout out to him and his little pine cone he's randomly holding throughout the emotional forest conversation

[siriuslydeadfr]

The thing about Luca is that. And I say this as a writer, I suppose, but also as a queer person, that he exudes a certain feeling of safety, and comfort. Like, to have him play something will mean he's going to give you his everything. No matter the character, you'll see a sincerity that isn't just the product of the script, or the demand of it, but also the mind of the actor.

To know that a person of his calibre is out there playing queer characters so effortlessly, and without a doubt in their mind, without any prejudice blinding his artistic choices and who he is as a person, it's obviously a ray of hope, but it is also, then, a kind of trust, even if it is just parasocial in many ways.

I know if it's Luca playing a certain queer character - regardless of what happens to them in the script, that is if the script is stupid and insincere to the queer perspective in certain ways - I'd still easily trust him to do justice to the queer experience, for how sincerely he plays everything.

The whole every-character-of-his having a underlying homoerotic quality to them is all fun and cool and great and beautiful, but also, it's so fucking refreshing

It's been decades of asking for the correct representation in media, it's been years and years of queerbaiting and, if not that, just general lack of care

I've been accustomed to just wanting some of my favourite characters to be gay. Just thinking and wishing and hoping that someone someday will let them reach the full scope of their personality, let them have the right sort of ending, see first the fabric of their person, and not just the thread of their sexuality, and maybe then write the script. There have been all sorts of emotions, and so to find now a person who is doing just that? It's pure beauty.

For a while now it's been changing, more and more shows and films are becoming inclusive and accepting and understanding of the queer gaze, and it's so beautiful that Luca contributes to it with his whole heart, and has been for a long while.

Many must remember how it used to get with artists and makers always denying or trying to tip toe around the obvious queerbait, or shying away from the conversations that involved that queer perspective, or outright rejecting the very idea- it happens still - but then you see the likes of Luca and Marwan being comfortable in each other's company and also about the love they shared on screen (especially, i think, it begs to say, with them being men), talking happily about their characters, making playlists for them, recommending poems for them

A lot many actors now are open to these conversations, a lot of them now talk about it with nuance and care, with just the right words, and though it's in no way any less a contribution to the conversation, or any less genuine, but again, there is something to be said about the ease Luca shows.

Again, as I said before.. it feels safe, with him.

In a lot of his interviews, he doesn't bat an eye before saying things like - I was lucky to have him as my husband. And he means it, you can tell that by the smile on his face. When people are focusing on the movies' objective and the friendships in it, he easily goes and says it's not only the friendship, but also the love.

In another of his interviews, there was once this question about Roberta, about if he knew what was demanded from him and how he prepared for a transsexual character. I remember it because I was almost sure I'll be hearing some generic answer like I studied trans people for this role and this that blah blah, something ignorant, basically. I was braced for it. But he just said. (And he was talking in english, and all that he was trying to say was conveyed more through his face and gestures, it was super cute actually) - I read the script, and I just felt something. I didn't think about playing a transsexual, but a woman, with a friend. It was important for me to show the love she had for him. So. I just played a woman helping out a friend :)

And I was like ?? wait that's? That's all? You're not going to go deep into the character's psyche and the great moral upstanding you must be feeling for doing a role like this? You're not going to talk about how you "prepared" for this role or how it was "different" for you?

I was so used to people doing that, his simple answer took me by surprise.

and that's what's so refreshing, so comforting.

There's no hesitation in him, no prejudice or preconceived notions or activism, even, compelling his choices and words.

It's just him, plain and simple.

He's committed to his art in a way that people rarely are. Especially in media, where even big companies and huge hollywood stars often fail you.

I wish more people in this world were like him. So gently open in his ways, so effortless in his understanding and acceptance that it becomes intrinsic to him.

He's one of the few people, I would say, who are an artist not just by work, but also by nature.

#luca marinelli #the old guard #le otto montagne #l'ultimo terrestre #writing #he's so?? sweet and beautiful #he's someone I want to sit and have a conversation with. the other person who i want to do this with is #andrew garfield

[gingerbaci]

"Living Room" by Lucas Barbuzzi

#living room #lucas barbuzzi #vintage architecture #art deco architecture #architecture #retro interior #mid century house #mid century modern #mid century #mid centruy modern #mid century architecture #surrealart #surreal #dream space #conversation pit #surrealistic #surrealist art #render #midcentury #aesthetic #cozy #dream spaces

[willel]

"I'm too busy to discuss this with you right now and I'm totally not repressing my feelings."

#stranger things #willel #will byers #el hopper #lucas sinclair #mike wheeler #my content #I was going to add text but El and Mike's conversation didn't flow quite the same #basically I just now noticed that both Will and El blow of Lucas and Mike when they were trying to apologize or explain themselves #I feel like Lucas's apology came across a little more genuine #his face at the end breaks my heart #Will is SO obviously trying to play it off but #I think Lucas can see that he's hurting so he's like #'Damn... we really hurt him.' #'What should I do?' #I LOVE LUCAS SO MUCH #OENELNWETW #Seriously he is one of the best friends a kid could ask for #He makes mistakes but you can rest assured he'll do anything to make things right #I don't think Will is really upset at Lucas which is the root of why he didn't want/accept Lucas's apology #but still it's clear Lucas wanted to fix whatever was going on and he got walled out #i need lucas and Will scenes next season pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee #anyway #back to the willel parallels #I just find it interesting that when offered apologies #they blew them off #Will did it easily because Lucas could read the room and didn't want to push Will on the subject #El tried to blow Mike off multiple times because she didn't want to talk about it but he wouldn't let her leave #so she kinda unloaded on him a bit #though I'm sure if given the opportunity

[hollyoaksmusings]

“But then, I met Dillon, and I’d never felt anything like it before. I just loved everything about him - the way he looked, the way he walked, the way he talked. And he had this smile. So, I couldn’t believe it when I found out that he liked me. I just wanted to hold him, and kiss him, and more, so much more—” 😢

#—(gets lunged at by a creepy predatory conversion therapist abuser). #what a freaking beautiful reflection on his love and he’s saying it to these monsters #oscar’s acting awwwwwww #hollyoaks #lucas hay

[tygerland]

Call Me By Your Name (2017)

#timothee chalamet #armie hammer #luca guadagnino #james ivory #andre aciman #movie #filmedit #movies #lgbtq #cinephile #bi #cinematography #filmmaking #call me by your name #converse #dancing #2010s #cinema #film #director #🍑

[hawkyon-days]

""Billy wasn't racist/just wanted to protect his step sister when he found her in some weird house in the middle of nowhere in the company of four boys, which is an incredibly suspicious situation.""

While I actually do think that this is a valid argument, here are some in character things Billy could have done in that situation:

yelling, demanding what's going on/an explanation

threatening max and the others as a way to make her leave

attacking steve, since he's the oldest there

attacking max

trying to drag max out of the house

Here's what he did instead:

telling his stepsister that when she lies, he breaks things, then attacking a 13 y/o boy he's never interacted with before (and oh would you look at that, he's also the only black person there)

#anti billy hargrove #max mayfield #lucas sinclair #legitimately wanted to put 'attempt a conversation' as an option but #i don't think billy had a single normal human interaction in s2 #my post

[strangerwheelerthings]

Just saw an ask about Nancy’s lack of social behaviors that inspired some thoughts. I didn't want to intrude on them with my disagreements. They make a couple of reasonable points, but I believe they're missing some aspects of Nancy’s personality to interpret them. Obviously, some of this comes down to personal interpretation, but this is my understanding of Nancy Wheeler.

Addressing their points: Canonically, Nancy isn't a social person. She didn't reach out to Robin at all in the year after Starcourt Mall. The only people we see her regularly hanging out with, after Barb's death, is whoever her current boyfriend is. These are all facts. I personally feel her questioning Robin's presence in season 3 was less a 'I have absolutely zero idea who you are' reaction, and more of a 'why the heck is this new person helping us fight a monster and making comments, since when?' type reaction. This is up for interpretation though, so I won't argue that point.

However, Nancy’s lack of social life is not an indicator of a lack of desire for friendship. Nancy struggles with opening up to people. She finds emotional vulnerability and genuine connection both difficult and terrifying. We see this aversion present itself in her relationship with Mike, as well as signs of it presenting in her dysfunctional family. 

Barb was her only real friend in the beginning of the show. We see her change herself, to try to conform to Steve's group, but even then she is very distant from everyone but Steve and Barb. She relied on previous bonds in a social situation, and made no attempts to create new ones. Granted, Tommy and Carol weren’t people she cared to be friends with. However, this seems to be a pattern of behavior, as indicated by her social situations throughout the show. Another example is the party in season two, when she got drunk and only actually talked to Steve.

Nancy stays inside a social comfort zone. She is not outgoing without a purpose. She’s good at listening, but she doesn’t talk to people without an external reason, such as a story. What some people may forget, is that once Nancy is comfortable with someone, many of those barriers go away. She actually stays quite close to people she likes and feels comfortable with, especially in a distressing situation. She made Barb come to the party for this exact reason. 

The Upside Down dangers created the perfect situations to create deep bonds with Steve and Jonathan. They were forced into situations that lowered guards and allowed them to be genuine with each other. There’s a reason she ended up dating both of them, and essentially relying on them for connection over the years. It wasn’t just trauma bonding, but also that barrier free connection. 

Jonathan was the one to distance himself from Nancy in between season one and two. We see Nancy still reaching out at the beginning of season two. He had been placed in the comfortable zone, and as such, she was quite social with him, despite not dating yet. She ends up distanced from Steve because ex status took him out of that zone, alongside lack of communication in their relationship and the inability to be emotionally vulnerable with him. 

Then we go into post-season three territory. Nancy and Robin don’t talk after Starcourt. Why would they? The two saw each other in a dangerous situation, but they never actually connected. There was no bond, and I highly doubt that Robin took the initiative to attempt to develop one afterwards. Steve started dating Nancy because he put persistent effort into showing his interest. She’s not exactly the type to reach out first. Once within the trust and comfort zone, then yeah, she will initiate contact with a person, but she struggles before then. 

As for people outside of the Hawkins Gang, alongside her natural social aversion, there’s also the barrier of being unable to be completely honest with them. This is a major thing for Nancy, who likely values genuine friendships, and has little respect for superficial ones. This, alongside the trauma surrounding Barb, hinders her quite a lot.

After Jonathan moves away, Nancy is left relatively alone. She has working relationships with people in the newspaper, but not much beyond that. Perhaps there was the possibility of a friendship developing over time with Fred, but that was cut short. Even then, once again, the person she’s closest to got there because they were placed in a situation where she had an external reason to initiate contact.

Does that mean she doesn’t really care to make any more friends aside from Jonathan? Turn now to the famous line: "Does that make us friends? As in, officially?"  

Look at that smile, and try to tell me that she isn't ecstatic to have Robin confirm their new relationship.

This girl desperately wants a friend. She just doesn’t know how to make one. Looking just at that scene, Nancy is visibly nervous. She doesn’t say anything until Robin drops the friend-word, and then she feels the need to confirm it with her. She wanted it so badly, and was so relieved when Robin revealed that she felt the same way. This wasn’t a little thing to her.

How do they even get to that point in season four? First, Robin puts herself in Nancy’s orbit, despite Nancy’s discomfort. People have a tendency to discount her ideas and not listen to her. She was an unknown variable in a stressful situation. However, the situation allowed them to really talk and the start of a connection was created. Robin had listened to her, and had validated her theory. 

Nancy was starting to like her.

What did she do next? Take advantage of the situation they were in, to sneakily attempt to grow closer. It wasn’t just the fact that Robin was competent and Nancy respected her after the library, but because she wanted to spend time with her. There were plenty of options within the group of competent people, yet Nancy repeatedly singled Robin out. Nancy was trying to become friends.

I say take advantage of it though, because it is a lot less stressful to initiate conversations with someone if you have an excuse. ('They were in a dangerous situation, it wasn't about wanting to be her friend, whaaatt.' Lies.) Suddenly a lot of the normal social pressure and anxiety around initiating contact is decreased. And look at what Nancy does in that scenario, she immediately reaches out. 

Give her a reason, or a purpose, and she can go up and talk to anyone about anything. Take that away, and she gets too stressed or anxious to be the first. 

Anyway, to sum up, Nancy sticks to people she’s comfortable with. Robin, and maybe Steve depending on how the romance is handled, have managed to maneuver themselves into her comfort zone by the end of season four. She has confirmed friendship with Robin, and as previously established, once Nancy likes you, she is social. She will reach out to you, and spend time with you. 

Outside of danger, she likely takes a while to trust people, so anyone who wants to join in the hangouts would need to be willing to put in some effort and be patient with her, but it isn't impossible. She wouldn’t avoid them, just stick close to comfort people.

She's not completely anti-social. Nancy is an introvert who struggles to trust, but once you have that trust, she is a reliable friend.

#max's immediate attempt to turn to Nancy for help after lucas says there's more connection there than shown on screen #so we cant completely discount her relationships with everyone else in the show #i also wonder about her elementary school years #we know nothing about friendships outside of Barb and her brother #Barb was relatively recent too #she was a nerd #but she can hold her own in a conversation #she's introverted but not particularly socially awkward #however she seems to have slight trust issues #so there's likely some past social trauma #nancy wheeler #robin buckley #ronance #jonathan byers #stranger things #she's the kind of introvert that is very observant and good at listening

[junksterrr]

#this conversation #it's a beauty #sleeping monster #king gizzard and the lizard wizard #kgatlw #cavs #lucas

[buck-yyyy]

max is the vans bisexual, lucas is the converse bisexual

#the fact that this is literally canon makes my heart happy #lucas wears the green converse for basketball #max has red (?) vans during the vecna fight #i love them your honor #stranger things #lumax #lucas sinclair #max mayfield

[onealtr]

Do kids still play in the dirt? This one does!

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#Conversations with Lucas #dirt

[lucascsinclairs]

“I broke the rule of law. So I mean, if you want your girlfriend to take over my spot in the party, I understand.”

Stranger Things | 2.08 The Mind Flayer

#stedit #strangerthingsedit #stranger things #dailystrangerthings #strangerthingscentral #tvstrangerthings #stranger things edit #my gifs #mine #g:s2 #lucas sinclair #dustin henderson #i know i've sent a lot of requests in for parallels in s4 #but if i can just send in one more #please could we have a conversation between these two #about relationship troubles #since dustin is over his crush on max #maybe lucas could be coming to him for advice #and he could refer back to this #and how it's clear to see that max and him belong together #i can't word it in a non-cheesy way but you know what i mean #just want these two to interact in general #really missed it in s3 #also taking this as practice with coloring dark scenes #cause i know we'll be getting plenty of those again in s4!

[moghedien]

I do love Jo and Greta being weird together in the first episode tho

like when the walk in on Carson writing her letter and are just sarcastically apologizing and then like "Hey Greta's gonna cut your hair now. Yes we've been drinking"

#I wanna know what their conversation was between Carson leaving them in the bathroom #and them walking into Carson's room unannounced #like was it just bets on how quickly Greta would be able to get confirmation that she's a little fruity #a league of their own #greta gill #jo de luca

[theoriginalsapphic]

Why I Believe That Byler Is Endgame (based only on what we have seen on the show). Part 1

And by that, I mean: no color-coding analysis, no set props analysis, no actor interviews interpretation, no script analysis, no movies parallels analysis; nada. Only what we’ve seen on the show and nothing else.

This will use a lot of comparisons with m/leven because, despite the fact that some of you refuse to admit it, this is a love triangle.

the relationship between Mike and Will vs the relationship between Mike and El

Only in images.

determination vs passiveness

reliance vs independence

understanding vs lack of understanding

connection vs disconnection

responsibility vs shifting blame

will's art vs el's letters

choice vs 'dumb luck'

truth vs lies

I wonder if this is foreshadowing of how Mike might react when he finds out that Will lied about the painting or if he will react differently. Either way, that lie will be revealed in season 5. You can't have a show in which the characters keep repeating the phrase "friends don't lie", only for this lie to never be brought back again.

#byler #will byers #mike wheeler #i love analyzing things like wardrobe choices and prop sets and all #but the truth is that majority of the audience watches tv shows and movies only at face value #meaning they never bother looking deeper beyond what's presented #which is why i decided to make a post with byler proof that is in the show #you don't have to overthink or analyze anything #'you're overanalyzing text'; no dude i'm just watching the text #also #i had forgotten the weird borderline misogynist rant that lucas and mike had after el dumped his ass #will really digged his own grave with that confession in the van #did he really expect mike to never find out about it? one conversation with el and the truth is out #i've been wanting to post this for days but there's always something going on in this tag

[ichthyorelationships]

ideas: i didn't really think of him being underwater but they deserve to have drama by crying there too so i just think you could say something about the composition being denser than water or w/e. proteins

i'm always like good thing he didn't try to exit asap via swimming in ciao alberto But What If He Did lol. just swim Somewhere else along the coast, maybe panic about [money??] & whether somehow this ruins school for luca, whether he can get in touch w/o it being On Sight b/w him & all marcovaldos, consider just kind of trying out other places, traveling after all...fascinating considering the other povs on the issue like: now there's the paguros to sympathize w/a kid vanishing, luca however in a somewhat more novel position there, giulia's throwback to alberto being a bit perplexing lmao, kind of thinking the best massimo could do is have a prewritten letter for luca to give to alberto If Possible, conveying something like i know you didn't set my livelihood on fire on purpose but even if you did i'd want you to stay. and luca in a position to do all of "maybe give the island fun facts so someone can check if he's there" & "wait & hope alberto can/does get in touch" & "have a lot of feelings"....not even the context of what this drawing is about necessarily, just tacking it on here anyways. ahead of time i went "heh now i Know they're gonna have it get little Real here b/c it's really about alberto wanting the security of feeling he can 'earn' a sustained relationship" then the short cleared & i was lying completely dead on the pavement

#luca 2021 #pixar luca #alberto scorfano #love when like ''yeah ofc you Could guess approx what would happen; b/c of The Themes & things following them'' #but then like of course it still manages to Surprise. feels apt when like ppl doing some savvy media analysis can Guess along w/the film #like oh we're gonna fight here we might have our secret revealed here yep. then get caught off guard by alberto but 110% surprised by luca #even as ofc it all makes sense & is cohesive w/those Themes that have been unfolding; not just breaking w/the material to Surprise us #but still unpredictable. the whole movie being so vignettey (god bless. i live) allowing for a lot of that too like just Stuff Can Happen #someone can guess alberto's dad is not in the picture really but you could think oh he's been killed by humans. No lol... #or massimo lost an arm to sea monsters. but no. oh my god & this is how i realize i didn't draw alberto's arm scar hang on lol #okay there it is. here we go gays (me turning in for some rest at 8:15 am) #oh i read this picture book in the internet archive abt like A Parent Expressing Unconditional Love via conversation w/a child. hang on #''even if i did something awful'' by barbara shook hazen; i did think of it here. let me obtain a quote for effect... #[but what if i did something really truly awful?] [like what?] [like playing ball in the living room after you told me not to & breaking #the vase daddy gave you for your birthday even if i didn't mean to & it was an accident? would you still love me then?] #[i love you so much i'd love you if you Did mean to & it wasn't an accident. / but i might also be mad & yell things like 'i've told you a #thousand times!' & 'this is the last straw!' & 'i've had it with your disobeying!' & send you to your room with no dessert... / ...& cry a #little & pick up the pieces.] [i'll help.] [but i still love you no matter what; no matter how mad; no matter how awful. & i always will.] #so long as it's commitment to Actual support which; massimo already On That even before realizing like oh bereft And you're of the sea.....