How long am I gonna be explaining to people, I wonder:
Villanelle is a compelling and relatable character—and so similar to Catra—& her relationship with Eve heart wrenching to watch because she turned herself into a weapon at a young age so no one could hurt her anymore? (And Catra and Villanelle are both power bottoms, and no, that’s not a joke—it’s character info.)
It’s why her backstory episode with her mom in S3, and the final shot of her crying on the train, are so perfect, for all people’s complaints about S3. And then she grew and changed. And Eve came back. And she let someone hurt her. She let someone in.
Because no, most people don’t have mental health scarring to the degree that Villanelle has. (A lot of that—the spy stuff, the Twelve—can be read as a way to personify a general sense of governmental repression anyway.) But there’s something very real about being a soft-hearted person who forced yourself to become a survivor, scrapping from day to day to find any reason to live, and then finally finding someone who understands you and doesn’t want to hurt you.
And for Eve, it was compelling because she was closeted. All the trappings of her old life—from Nico and their flat full of chickens, to her desk job—were symbolic of repressive, misogynistic, comp-het culture as a whole. Villanelle represented burning all of it down: rebellion, anarchy, honesty, freedom.
And it is absolute crap—not to mention WILDLY homophobic—that it would be anything RESEMBLING a “relief” for her to lose that freedom; to say her queerness and desire for more were a phase, and she’d be happier going back into repression.
It’s crap. And it’s one of the many reasons I have to be a writer.
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Best ship tournament
MASTERPOST
First round will last a week then its gonna be daily
Some polls will have 3 ships in the first round
The polls will be decided randomly
Everything will be linked under this masterpost and updated accordingly!
36 ICONIC SHIPS WILL FIGHT FOR GLORY, FIND HE WHOLE LIST IN THE LINK
ROUND ONE (part one)
Edwin Edward Elric/Winry Rockbell (Fullmetal Alchemist) VS Puccaru Pucca/Garu (Pucca) VS Ineffable Husbands Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) WINNER: INEFFABLE HUSBANDS
Destiel Dean Winchester/Castiel (Supernatural) VS Peraltiago Jake Peralta/Amy Santiago (Brooklyn 99) WINNER: DESTIEL
Sebasciel Sebastian Michaelis/Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler) VS Lumity Luz Noceda/Amity Blight (The Owl House) WINNER: LUMITY
Cecilos Cecil G. Palmer/Carlos (Welcome to Nightvale) VS Catradora Catra/Adora (She-ra Princess of Power) WINNER: CECILOS
Zutara Zuko/Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Laszlo Cravensworth/Nadja of Antipaxos (What we do in the shadow) WINNER: NADJA/LASZLO
Narusasu Naruto Uzumaki/Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) VS Symbrock Eddie Brock/Venom (Marvel Comics) WINNER: NARUSASU
Merthur Merlin/King Arthur (Merlin) VS Reylo Rey Skywalker/Kylo Ren (Star Wars) WINNER: MERTHUR
Sterek Stiles Stilinki/Derek Hale (Teen Wolf) VS Katya Goncharov/Sophia (Goncharov) VS Dekubowl Izuku Midoriya/anyone(My hero academia) WINNER: STEREK
ROUND ONE (part two)
Sam Gamgee/Frodo Baggins (Lord of The Rings) VS Steddie Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) VS Ladynoir (and all the other combo) Marinette Dupein-Cheng/Adrien Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug) WINNER:SAMFRO
Geraskier Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier (The Witcher) VS Caitvi Caitlyn/Vi (Arcane) WINNER:GERASKIER
Alphyne Alphys/Undyne (Undertale) VS Johnlock John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) WINNER: JOHNLOCK
Villaneve Villanelle/Eve Polastri (Killing Eve) VS Klance Keith/Lance (Voltron) WINNER: VILLANEVE
Spirk Spock/James T. Kirk (Star Trek) VS Rupphire Ruby/Sapphire (Steven Universe) WINNER: SPIRK
Tenrose Tenth Doctor/Rose (Dr. Who) VS Korrasami Korra/Asami (The legend of Korra) WINNER: KORRASAMI
Harlivy Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy (DC Comics) VS Hannigram Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham (Hannibal) WINNER: HARLIVY
Blackbonnet Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet (Our Flag means Death) VS Neil Gaiman/Tumblr (tumblr) VS Mablifica Mabel Pines/Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls) WINNER: BLACKBONNET
ROUND TWO (part one)
Ineffable Husbands Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens) VS Destiel Dean Winchester/Castiel (Supernatural) WINNER: INEFFABLE HUSBANDS???
Lumity Luz Noceda/Amity Blight (The Owl House) VS Cecilos Cecil G. Palmer/Carlos (Welcome to Nightvale) WINNER: CECILOS
Laszlo Cravensworth/Nadjia of Antipaxos (What we do in the shadow) VS Narusasu Naruto Uzumaki/Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) WINNER: NDJA/LASZLO
Merthur Merlin/King Arthur (Merlin) VS Sterek Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale (Teen Wolf) WINNER:
ROUND TWO (part two)
Samfro Sam Gamgee/Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings) VS Geraskier Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier (The Witcher) WINNER: SAMFRO
Johnlock John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock) VS Villaneve Villanelle/Eve Polastri (Killing Eve) WINNER: VILLANEVE
Spirk Spock/James T. Kirk (Star Trek) VS Korrasami Korra/Asami (The legend of Korra) WINNER: SPIRK
Harlivy Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy (DC Comics) VS Blackbonnet Edward Teach/Stade Bonnet (Our flag means Death) WINNER: HARLIVY
QUARTER FINALS (part one)
Ineffable Husbands Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens) VS Cecilos Cecil G Palmer/Carlos (Welcome to Nightvale) WINNER: INEFFABLE HUSBANDS
Laszlo Cravensworth/Nadja of Antipaxos (What we do in the Shadows) VS Merthur Merlin/king Arthur (Merlin) WINNER: MERTHUR
QUARTER FINALS (part two)
Samfro Sam Gamgee/Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings) VS Villaneve Villanelle/Eve Polastri (Killing Eve) WINNER: VILLANEVE
Spirk Spock/James T. Kirk (Star Trek) VS Harlivy Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy (DC Comics) WINNER: HARLIVY
SEMIFINALS (part one)
Ineffable Husbands Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens) VS Merthur Merlin/king Arthur (Merlin) WINNER: INEFFABLE HUSBANDS
SEMIFINALS (part two)
Villaneve Villanelle/Eve Polastri (Killing Eve) Harlivy Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy (DC Comics) WINNER: VILLANEVE
FINALS
Ineffable Husbands Crowley/Aziraphale (Good Omens) VS Villaneve Villanelle/Eve Polastri (killing Eve) WINNER:VILLANEVE
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Sorted caps, Killing Eve S 1-4, assorted cast.
Anjana Vasan - Pam
Camille Cottin - Helene
Darren Boyd - Frank Haleton
Eugenia Dodina - Tatiana
Fiona Shaw - Carolyn Martens
Gemma Whelan - Geraldine
Harriet Walker - Dasha
Henry Lloyd-Hughes - Aaron Peel
Kim Bodnia - Konstantin
Nina Sosanya - Jess
Owen McDonnell - Niko Polastri
Robert Gilbert - Yusuf
Sean Delaney - kenny Stowton
Suan Lynch - Anna
Turlough Convery - Bear
Yuli Ladoninsky - Irina
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