I could just sit here and let your turns of phrase and the wonderful way you've captured Natasha's voice drown me, but I need to say:
There's something about hurt/comfort with these two that seems different somehow, and I think you showed that here, that there's an element of danger to comforting Natasha and for Clint to remain calm and steady in the face of that is kind of more, if that makes sense? And then we have Natasha in turn comforting Clint and we get to see that he too is dangerous, and how Natasha is giving something more because comforting with her hands is a new thing and <3
And I also need to say that whilst I LOVE the themes, like I said earlier, and how it plays out with her hair, I really, really love what you've done here with Natasha's hair. I remember watching a film - I think it was called the Magdalene Sisters, or something like that - in which young women's hair was cut as a punishment and the scene where they do that to one character is heart rending, even though you know that it's just hair, that she isn't
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That particularity might just be me *shrugs*. I just read other characters in hurt/comfort and i'm all 'aww, go make it better' but with these two it's '...but do it carefully/watch out' only of course whilst they're aware of how dangerous each other is that never stops them. And I like that :)
It was a painful film to watch. I get so frustrated and feel so impotent, especially when faced with things based on reality or true stories, because you're invested thanks to it being a book/film pulling you in and then it's also real. If that makes sense. I watched a film a while back with Rachel Weisz called The Whistleblower, which is a great film, but it's a true story one and the ending...I wanted to rage against the injustice.
Anything with hair cutting - V for Vendetta springs to mind. YES, the red thread not just leading Clint to her, but leading her to her, to that part of her that is self. Also a story about (red) lipstick in a concentration camp came to mind and I went looking -here's the original account and I randomly
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Yeah, they do have that "I know you're dangerous, but that doesn't scare me/won't stop me from helping you". And there are so many reasons for both of them to be careful with the other.
I have the same reaction over similar movies. Also, documentaries about Inquisition and witch hunts in Europe or Salem give me a similar feeling of impotent rage against injustice. I can't even describe how those make me feel, but just think - you could have been accused, tortured and burned to death for the crime of being a woman. It's .... my blood boils, that's what happens.
Oh God, this -
To show how fundamental this is, I draw your attention to the Belsen concentration camp, where, when it was liberated from the Germans, someone put red lipstick in the supplies, either by mistake or through a stroke of genius. The witnesses were amazed when the women began to put on the lipstick. Imagine it, gaunt, hollow eyed, near hosts wearing nothing but scraps of clothes and red lipstick. That inconsequential stick of scarletty paint gave them back
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There's something about hurt/comfort with these two that seems different somehow, and I think you showed that here, that there's an element of danger to comforting Natasha and for Clint to remain calm and steady in the face of that is kind of more, if that makes sense? And then we have Natasha in turn comforting Clint and we get to see that he too is dangerous, and how Natasha is giving something more because comforting with her hands is a new thing and <3
And I also need to say that whilst I LOVE the themes, like I said earlier, and how it plays out with her hair, I really, really love what you've done here with Natasha's hair. I remember watching a film - I think it was called the Magdalene Sisters, or something like that - in which young women's hair was cut as a punishment and the scene where they do that to one character is heart rending, even though you know that it's just hair, that she isn't ( ... )
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It was a painful film to watch. I get so frustrated and feel so impotent, especially when faced with things based on reality or true stories, because you're invested thanks to it being a book/film pulling you in and then it's also real. If that makes sense. I watched a film a while back with Rachel Weisz called The Whistleblower, which is a great film, but it's a true story one and the ending...I wanted to rage against the injustice.
Anything with hair cutting - V for Vendetta springs to mind. YES, the red thread not just leading Clint to her, but leading her to her, to that part of her that is self. Also a story about (red) lipstick in a concentration camp came to mind and I went looking -here's the original account and I randomly ( ... )
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I have the same reaction over similar movies. Also, documentaries about Inquisition and witch hunts in Europe or Salem give me a similar feeling of impotent rage against injustice. I can't even describe how those make me feel, but just think - you could have been accused, tortured and burned to death for the crime of being a woman. It's .... my blood boils, that's what happens.
Oh God, this -
To show how fundamental this is, I draw your attention to the Belsen concentration camp, where, when it was liberated from the Germans, someone put red lipstick in the supplies, either by mistake or through a stroke of genius. The witnesses were amazed when the women began to put on the lipstick. Imagine it, gaunt, hollow eyed, near hosts wearing nothing but scraps of clothes and red lipstick. That inconsequential stick of scarletty paint gave them back ( ... )
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