more horrorslash-y screencaps
This is mostly for my benefit, but since I was making screencaps anyway I figured there might be a few people out there who haven't seen the movie and would like some visual aids of the characters in my Harlan/Marcus series.
( Further to the screencaps, cut for the disinterested. There's also some meta I wasn't really planning for in here. Meta about Brotherhood II. Man, I need to get a life. )
( Further to the screencaps, cut for the disinterested. There's also some meta I wasn't really planning for in here. Meta about Brotherhood II. Man, I need to get a life. )
Poor, neglected Marcus. And then when he gets to his new school he goes and falls for the big man on campus only to get tortured by him. And I definitely think Harlan's got a mean streak -- or maybe just an 'I don't give a fuck' streak -- but whenever I watch that locker room scene it always plays to me as Harlan sort of pushing Marcus to see how much he'll take.
This is totally my shipper's vision coming out, but to me it seems like there is some genuine interest there, and he's sizing Marcus up to see if he's worthy of Harlan's interest. Like if he isn't a complete pussy about it Harlan won't be taking a major step down to let Marcus hang out with him, and that's why their relationship works post-movie, because thanks to Luc, Marcus and his friends are suddenly a lot cooler than they were before Luc showed up.
And Marcus is definitely the one who's looking to move up on the social ladder -- Jon only wants to move up to be worthy of Mary, and Matt just doesn't give a damn period. He's oblivious to social status, at least if we can take him at his word. Marcus, on the other hand, practically salivates at the prospect of Harlan treating him like he's cool, and he'd dump his friends in a second to be part of that.
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