#and this would sort of box kim in as only being a symbol for saul rather than all she is and i don't think they'd want to leave her as that

[septembersghost]

Do you think Kim will be coming back? Rhea even emphasized they shot things out of order - they all seem to be trying to make it seem like she isn't and I can't believe we won't see what happens to her.

without question, i think she will, and there are a few reasons! on a practical level, they're playing the coy entertainment game of, "will she be back? you'll have to tune in to find out! *wink wink*" and if that were actually her last episode, i feel like they'd be giving her a lot more fanfare and send-off, especially given how effusive the writers all are in their love for kim's character and for rhea's performance (as they should be!). they've championed kim's importance in the writers' room for years. narratively, i'm a firm believer that this has now become as much kim's story as it is jimmy's, to the point where she's the defining element! everything he's done is connected to her. while the breakup was an inevitable moment in the story, it's not a fulfilling ending. (it would be a terribly anticlimactic ending for her imo.) even putting their love story aside, it's not satisfying to spend years building this character, constantly giving her more layers and agency, filling her in as a real, active person in the story, and then just write her out the door, never to be seen again. leaving her in this crushed, self-punishing place would be too cruel and too open-ended, there has to be a moment, even if it's small or fleeting, where we get to see her again.

#if we don't see her again i'd never forgive peter and vince like i will be hunting gilligould down and parading them through the streets #so everyone can throw tomatoes at them #a big thing too is they learned a LOT from brba and kim being a fully fledged character all her own is an aspect of that #(i'm on the skyler defense team always but brba did have an issue with its ladies at times and the most upsetting example is andrea) #and this would sort of box kim in as only being a symbol for saul rather than all she is and i don't think they'd want to leave her as that #there are very few things these writers could do that would be egregious and unforgivable to me bc i respect and trust them #but leaving us with the sound of kim taping up boxes never to be seen again would be on that list ;___; she's coming back. somehow. #*honks clown nose* #kim wexler #better call saul #bcs spoilers #anonymous #letterbox

[paramar]

ever since i first read jennifer bryan's quote saying: "in breaking bad, the colors showed the character journey, on saul it shows your category in life", i've been thinking how even if the color palette in both shows play by similar rules (blue as a sign of "good", for example), maybe they should be considered their own kind of beast. the wording of "character journey" showcases the drastic transformation that walter white and the rest of the cast go by, while in bcs even at the end, the dramatic and traumatizing character moments always remain at some level more interpersonal, at least compared to the original series. 

like, "green as a bad omen" in breaking bad reminisces of decay, like rotten food, a house covered in mold, stuff that no matter what, can't go back to the "purity" that it once had. while the use of "categories" in better call saul, from the very first episode shows that, even if they have their own roles and fit certain boxes, the characters can move around them depending on the situation. nacho wears blue in the desert because there he saves jimmy's life, then next scene wears red because at that moment he brings danger to his little nail saloon office. 

even the initial motif of "blue=lawful, red=unlawful" becomes broader as the series goes by where blue also comes to symbolize safety, good intentions, innocence, or warm colors as a whole become danger and negativity: the contrast of jimmy's blue shirt surrounded by chuck's warm brown house in his last visit, and howard's blue suit all alone in kim and jimmy's barely illuminated but warm apartment, coupled only with the little fish tank that maybe symbolizes the last thing kim and jimmy can healthily nurture together. 

all in all, the color symbology in both series is not neatly sorted in unmovable boxes because otherwise, it would make them kind of visually repetitive. but the palette symbolism in breaking bad being 'decay' maybe imply that there are things you can't go back from, and in better call saul being 'categories' shown that maybe there are things you can go back from if you are willing to do it, instead of doubling down. it seems kim managed to do it, so now we need to see if 'viktor' is willing to do the same.

#better call saul #bcs #bcs spoilers