Point 4: Simon/MaryrailiseNovember 18 2009, 16:16:05 UTC
That relationship just felt... not really like a relationship. Maybe if it hadn't had some creepy overtones, but I just want to scream at Simon, "RUN! RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK!" pretty much from the get-go. And he's not exactly a pristinely-innocent character, to be fully identifying with
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Re: Point 4: Simon/MaryqueerlyobscureNovember 18 2009, 17:22:18 UTC
That was meant to be them falling in love? Movie people are weird.
I cannot possibly express how creepy it was to me. And I cannot pinpoint why, because I can't say I have a problem with the teacher/student thing in principle. At least, not at university level. I think it was the fact that Mary struck me as a nutjob. The worst part is it was oddly kinda hot, too, which made it even worse.
And I know what you mean about the solutions to insomnia. I am constantly surprised by the number of people who suggest warm milk.
Re: Point 4: Simon/MaryrailiseNovember 19 2009, 21:15:49 UTC
Yeah, I was taken aback when, in the making-of, I heard them talking about Mary falling in love with Simon. She seemed obsessed, imo, not in love; it felt very unhealthy from the start. And I never picked up on Simon being in love with her-- first he was conning her, and then when he was actually interested in her, I still didn't get love from their interaction. And, it was kinda hot, and yerp-- that didn't improve matters at all!
Apparently, even she realized that warm milk wasn't the best solution. But why tf she was thinking of that in the first place is something that boggles my mind... ;)
Re: Point 4: Simon/MaryqueerlyobscureNovember 20 2009, 00:13:53 UTC
But why tf she was thinking of that in the first place is something that boggles my mind... ;) Exactly. You fantasise about molesting your student and the first thing that you try is to offer motherly/grandmotherly advice? Weird.
Although part of me now wonders if that is what I have been doing wrong all these years.
And now I have just realised the euphemistic properties of the term "warm milk". Perfect sense is made now.
Re: Point 4: Simon/MaryrailiseNovember 20 2009, 13:31:20 UTC
I thought of the euphemistic properties, but with the reply she assigns him... still a weird way to start a fantasy! And yeah, it was because of the motherliness of the statement. I mean, I guess it could be seen as her trying to justify fantasizing about him-- she acts motherly, he makes a brazen statement and initiates the action,-- but it's still kind of cracked.
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I cannot possibly express how creepy it was to me. And I cannot pinpoint why, because I can't say I have a problem with the teacher/student thing in principle. At least, not at university level. I think it was the fact that Mary struck me as a nutjob. The worst part is it was oddly kinda hot, too, which made it even worse.
And I know what you mean about the solutions to insomnia. I am constantly surprised by the number of people who suggest warm milk.
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Apparently, even she realized that warm milk wasn't the best solution. But why tf she was thinking of that in the first place is something that boggles my mind... ;)
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Exactly. You fantasise about molesting your student and the first thing that you try is to offer motherly/grandmotherly advice? Weird.
Although part of me now wonders if that is what I have been doing wrong all these years.
And now I have just realised the euphemistic properties of the term "warm milk". Perfect sense is made now.
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