#Luke jennings

[wearevillaneve]

Luke Jennings spills the tea on why he decided to resurrect Villanelle after a talentless hack murdered his greatest character.

#killing eve #villanelle #eve polastri #eve x villanelle #luke jennings #the creator #taking her back #fuck laura neal #i blame sally woodward gentle #fuck her too #ke s4

[queerjesusthelord]

I've been thinking about her

You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about what happened: why did they do what they did, was there some logic in it, were we so furious because of the denial, as we were unable to accept the forlorn finale and why did it hurt that much so nobody could recover from it till now.

It’s been two years, guys. Two years of re-reading Luke Jennings books, writing songs and dedicating them to VillanEve, doom scrolling post about them, about all the anger fans still got for Laura Neal and the shitty ending (as Villanelle would say with a sexy Russian accent). 

I was listening to my beloved Unloved soundtrack of course, all this time. I’ve been on their concert in Paris recently and felt euphoric as I was sinking into Eve and Villanelle love story again and again through their divine music. Every word and sound reflected with my whole body and soul – it was ineffable. Every time I listen to “I’ve been thinking about her” it brings me to tears. I genuinely want this song to play at my funeral one day.

Well, I did my best to remain in this state of equanimity and kinda succeed. But a couple of months ago I decided to re-watch KE from season 1 and here is what happened. I happily binge-watched all three seasons and it felt like home – a perfect comfort zone, a way of my escapism. I even discovered a place where they shoot Villanelle’s apartment (here in Paris), I walked there, secretly got into the courtyard – it was AMAZING – visualizing what happened there in the 1st season, remembering their dialogue with Eve – “I think about you all the time” and stuff. It was comme la presence de Villanelle and I felt so happy and inspired there.

Lately I realised that I’ve been struggling, not wanting to re-watch the goddamn last season. Why the fuck it was so hard? I just can skip the last 5 minutes and et voilà – it would be just perfect. Plus dearest Luke Jennings has been writing and posting his new book about Villanelle and Eve (RESURRECTION) since November 2023, so we know that in his book they got their happy ending and their love story goes on, so it’s good news, right? We have something to rely on “more rock than sand” and it sounds so easy…

But frankly it’s not – I couldn’t pretend I did not see it – the ending they’ve made. I didn’t want to be in this denial any more. I was so angry, I didn’t want to go through it again. But I wanted to see the kiss, to feel their love, to embrace this fucking finale as well. The mixed up feelings were bothering me much so I decided to contemplate on them more, to write this down and here’s what I got.

For me this show, the VillanEve story, was very personal. And it started way long before the book. The book was a cure to find my peace AFTER I watched the ending, so I think it is what it is: the show is one thing and the book is another. I cannot pretend they are the same, like “Villanelle’s death was never meant to be in the book so fuck Laura Neal and her interpretation”. It’s fucking painful but I need to admit it – they ruined my favourite show, something I really loved and I feel so miserable I cannot simply rewatch it from time to time (like Twin Peaks for instance) to feel cheerful and happy KNOWING what awaits me in the end. It’s not a comfort zone anymore, it is a pure Hélène style torture. 

I’ve never felt so attached to the heroes before. I mean, I watch a lot of tv shows and movies, and I easily emphathysise to every story I love. But THIS was different. It was a mind-blowing love-journey, irrational, psychotic, driven, crazy, fun, epic, passionate, surreal, iridescent and QUEER. I NEVER felt so seen and understood on the deepest level by just WATCHING the show. VillanEve resonates with my personal life and fantasies and I was glad that I found it. I’m more of a visual person, so it was crucial for me to be able to WATCH it, to see the performance of Sandra and Jodie and their desperate game with unresolved sexual tension where should, no, MUST have been the glorious end game. The happy ending for them and for all of us. Not just us queers, but all the people.

This show was twisted, sexy and fun from the very beginning – thanks to ingenious Phoebe Waller-Bridge. And it should have stayed like that and ended like that. It shouldn’t have to be a torture. It’s not Game of Thrones for christ sake. Besides, the story of The Twelve was screwed up too, and I will explain why.

We have a lot of this political shit in life already. Right parties, fucked up capitalism, like Russian government and its dictature. It’s no fun guys, this is really frightful and disastrous. So I believe we people do need some kind of an inspiration, a hope in the shows we watch – so we can take this hope to our lives and keep it, lean on it. In dark times like this it would be really helpful and right – so they should have caught the The Twelve gang and crush it, end it for good. But they (producers) fucked it all up so it’s quite impossible to be unfucked. 

They ruined the VillanEve AND the fiction fantasy itself. It was the Author and the Twink death at once. Why not choosing an open ending if you had no idea how to end the show? The open final is always a good way, for me it’s all about respecting your audience. Think David Lynch way. Open endings give you a possibility to rewatch the show and come up with new ideas and interpretations. But they screw this one too.

So no, I think will never accept the finale. I will be grieving for a long long time. Until some director or a show runner who loves VillanEve as much as I do, makes a come-back to fix this shit.

#killing eve #eve x villanelle #killing eve thoughts #killing eve insights #killing eve theories #eve x oksana #eve x villanelle kiss #ke season 4 #ke spoilers #villaneve #villanelle #eve polastri #oksana astankova #Luke jennings #Unloved #KE ending #killing eve finale #fuck Laura neal #I've been thinking about her #killing eve anniversary

[sinsdaycorp]

NEW VILLANEVE CONTENT BABES.

#villaneve #killing Eve #luke jennings #villanelle #eve polastri #Jodie Comer #sandra oh

[nafeathers]

Some dedications I've seen recently

#booklr #this is how you lose the time war #this book is full of spiders #in the dream house #killing eve #amal el-mohtar #max gladstone #david wong #carmen maria machado #luke jennings

[darklinaforever]

I just learned that in the books Villanelle and Eve end up happy together ?! I'm going to buy the books now !

#villaneve #killing eve #villanelle and eve #eve and villanelle #villanelle x eve #eve x villanelle #eve polastri #villanelle #luke jennings #villanelle books #villanelle of luke jennings #killing eve books

[autistickhunsam]

Killing Eve: Die For Me, Luke Jennings // Killing Eve 2x07

#killing eve #killing eve: die for me #eve polastri #villanelle #villaneve #killing eve books #killingeveedit #villaneveedit #wlwedit #tvedit #mysc #book quotes #technically not web weaving or parallels but #luke jennings

[rellygc]

Happy Pride Month! ✨🌈

A compilation of my Killing Eve artworks throughout the years. Now I need a new show to watch. Any suggestions?

#killing eve #Luke jennings #villanelle #eve polastri #Jodie comer #Sandra oh #villaneve #artists on tumblr #relly coquia

[polishchuk]

Killer style: choose your outfit

Villanelle from Killing Eve (bbc) and Hannibal Lecter from Hannibal (nbc)

#codename villanelle #killing eve #jodie comer #villanelle #oksana astankova #luke jennings #murder wives #hannibal nbc #hannibal lecter #mads mikkelsen #hannibal #thomas harris #bryan fuller #murder husbands #fashion #outfit #style inspiration #style

[root-050313]

Eve: “They [psychopathy textbooks] get it wrong?”

Villanelle: “All the time.”

Eve: “Give me an example.”

Villanelle: [She yawns.] “Like, for a start, they say psychopaths aren’t capable of falling in love.”

Eve: “And are they?”

Villanelle: “Of course they are. I mean, I love you, baby bee.”

(Luke Jennings, Killing Eve: Die for me, 2020)

#killing eve #villanelle #eve polastri #killing eve season 3 #killing eve season 4 #ke rewatch #jodie comer #sandra oh #luke jennings #die for me #pride month

[the-final-sentence]

She waits for a gap in the traffic, the murmur builds to a snarl, and they’re gone.

Luke Jennings, from Killing Eve: No Tommorow

#lit #prose #submission #Killing Eve: No Tommorow #no tomorrow #Luke Jennings

[wearevillaneve]

You say I can subscribe to Killing Eve: Resurrection, the NEW story by creator Luke Jennings? You had my attention, but now you have my interest!

#killing eve #eve x villanelle #luke jennings #substack #new story #ke fix-it fic #resurrection #eve polastri #villanelle #you know what to do

[gaypengwing]

The way that I was so not okay with Killing Eve’s Season 4 ending, that we did a shoot to correct it 👀

📸 @cosplaywithfear

#killing eve #Luke Jennings #villanelle #villaneve #eve polastri #killing Eve season 4 #jodie comer #wlw #sapphic #books and reading #books #bbc iplayer #bbc america

[queerjesusthelord]

Just in case you’ve missed it, Luke Jennings has been writing a new book of Killing Eve and self publishing it in his blog. Now the final chapters are coming. This piece is incredible ❤️‍🔥

#killing eve #villaneve #eve x villanelle #villanelle #eve polastri #eve x oksana #killing eve book #killing eve canon #luke jennings #codename villanelle #killing eve ressurection

[iamslowlyloosingmysanity]

the fact that, in the books, Oksana and Eve had a happy ending, while the show butchered everything as if the book’s ending wasn’t great

#Still hung over on this #killing eve #villanelle #eve polastri #oksana astankova #Luke Jennings #code name villanelle

[strayfriend]

Villanelle and Eve are..... So much weirder in the books...

Still better than season 4

#codename villanelle #luke jennings #oxana vorontsova #villaneve #die for me

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

Killing Eve Season 4 Writers: You can't have them running off into the sunset together after all the damage they've done!

Luke Jennings: You can if you're not a fucking coward!

#luke jennings #killing eve #codename villanelle