the hour + tvd fic (bonus: twitlight)

[ladygawain]

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They remain emotionally crippling. I don't even want them to end up together any more; I just want them to pine after each other for all eternity.

Well, like. SPOILER: basically Freddie wanted Sey to do an interview about racism for The Hour and Sey declined until Camille had soot thrown in her face for living in the same building as Sey - then, having secured the interview with Sey, Freddie invited the white nationalist youth on to interview at the same time without telling Sey, who refused to participate until the very end of the interview when he gave this speech about how great Britain was that we have values like free speech, allowing even white nationalists to air their putrid opinions on public television. It was just a really weird message and far too much about identifying Freddie and Camille as anti-racists (but the kind of anti-racists who'll just steamroll all over the actual feelings of poc in their struggle against racism) and the fact that the emotional turning point of the story had to centre on Camille's trauma was really unforgivable to me. I just find it so disappointing that Abi Morgan seemed to feel like a storyline about racism wasn't interesting or morally compelling enough on its own merits and had to make it in a really ham-fisted way about the importance of giving even fascists a voice. MAYBE FUTURE EPISODES WILL BE BETTER. But, yes, I love the guy who plays Sey - he's super hot too, I hope we see more of him.

oic.