there’s honestly very little that i could talk for hours about. i have quite a few interests and things that i enjoy, but i’ve never been much of a talkative person, and figuring out things to say and how i want to say them (even about my interests) is hard for me. however, there
are currently three topics that i could talk at length about:
1. the hunger games trilogy, specifically the relationship between katniss everdeen and peeta mellark. i’ve read the books, watched the movies, and consumed so much content about them in the last three years that i have enough knowledge and thoughts to annoy an entire room of people.
the hunger games and everlark is no longer my current hyper-fixation, so my thoughts and consumption of content about them have gone on the back burner, but i assure you i still have many thoughts! they’re just in the vault
2. the last of us (either the show or the game), specifically the relationship between ellie and joel. as you might be able to tell, relationships between characters are a huge interest of mine in media, and father daughter relationships are just… wonderfully ouch. the progression of the relationship between ellie and joel and their interactions are so, so special to me, and i will forever be haunting neil druckmann for not giving them their happy ending. there was
no reason to finally give ellie the closest thing to a father figure she’s ever had, someone who loved her unconditionally and would do —
did do— anything for her, just to kill him off in a horrifyingly brutal way… right in front of her!! i am literally not prepared for the show adaption of that, no thank you
3. barbie, my beloved
i’ve admittedly never been much of a barbie girl beyond enjoying playing with the dolls and loving the movies when i was younger (fun fact: i owned all of the DVDs!), but the
barbie movie might genuinely be one of my favourite movies of all time. i won’t talk about it much since it’s been out for less than a month and i don’t want to spoil anyone who’s planning on watching it, but i could happily talk for hours about all the references to playing with dolls as a child and actual barbie dolls in the movie for hours! i unfortunately don’t have the brain cells to contribute much to the more serious conversations about gender inequality, patriarchy, the pains and beauties of womanhood and being a girl etc, but i can easily talk about my own experiences as a woman and the experiences of women in my family, and how much the movie meant to me as someone who has been struggling so much with change and growing up. the conversations and insights that i’ve witnessed in the past few weeks after seeing
barbie have all been incredible, and i am so grateful to those who have heard me as well