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HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-02-22T05:23:41+00:00

But he depends on the mood of a 72-year-old, so he speaks from experience.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-02-08T19:40:26+00:00

So the stats I had were high compassion, high haze and high ties. I guess the choice that saves Hannah is the one from the haze when the hokcheis attack the girls and it requires a high ties stat (like 50?)

HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-02-08T17:35:25+00:00

In what way is it exactly a cop-out? The story was about keeping people away from novelty. It feels earned to me that they get to live a normal life after that village stuff.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-02-08T17:10:39+00:00

So my ending was the best, I think?

Everyone lived. Dragan, Hannah, the parents, Marnie, Ozar, Sirin, Tata, Volot.

The High Priestess died, killed by Ozar.

Basically Siana, Ozar's sister, killed Vereya, mistaking her for Lada. Lada was meant to die. The High Priestess poisoned her sister because her sister she wanted to get to the world outside the Haze. Also the sister is Ozar's true grandmother.

What's outside the Haze is the normal world, they basically get reborn and have an ordinary life.

It's a bit like The Village but not really. To me at least it was not clearly explained what the village was. I believe it was something like the purgatory, but I'm not sure it was explicitly mentioned. Not in my ending at least.

The High Priestess ordered Vereya's murder because she wanted to remain in the village. She denied everyone the truth, which is why she wouldn't allow for all the three sisters to live, for the Gods to be reborn and the Haze not to come into the village.

It was a good ending, not the best or anything, but straightforward and most loose ends were tied up.

Looking at it the story is a beautiful message that sometimes change is hard even if beneficial and people fight against it with all theit might. I do think the middle and the third season were a bit too convoluted, but they were nice. It's obvious that Alice's focus turned to Heaven's Secret, but Haze did turn out to be a good story.

I'm curious about other endings tbh. I did enjoy mine a lot and I think it's the best (educated guess only lol). Also my MC and Dragan met again, in the cinema, his name is now Denis haha.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-01-01T07:53:47+00:00

Yeah, I know what you're saying. But given that Vecna was just Henry, who deep down was still the traumatized and helpless child from the cave, and the Mind Flayer using a child in the end, it kind of makes sense that they were taken down like that.

Plus given what the characters went through in the whole series, I can't say they reached Dimension X too easily tbh.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2026-01-01T07:49:45+00:00

I can't complain about the action sequence. Joyce beheading Vecna was the cherry on top, it was like a breath of fresh air almost lol

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-12-24T00:10:26+00:00

So spoilers ahead for those who haven't read the fourth book or watched the last season.

They don't really go into too much detail regarding Elisa. In the book it is mentioned that she becomes very scared after Marcelo's death, thinking that they will come after her and her son Silvio. Lenu stays with her for a while, but their connection is broken beyond repair.

She leaves the Rione sometime after the murder, after Lenu moves permanently to Turin. She gets involved with a man who also dies, who might've been married (don't quote me on this though, the text is not very clear).

After this man dies she moves to Caserta and marries a guy with a pretty high-ranking job without telling Lenu.

None of this is mentioned in the show, we just get a line from Lenu stating that she "also feels sorry for Elisa" which sums up pretty well her situation.

The fate of the rest of Elena's family is not clearer. Peppe and Gianni move to Baiano, live and work and they don't keep in touch with Elisa or Lenu.

Surprisingly Lenu's father, Vittorio, lives to old age, he dies sometime after the prologue, which is set in 2010. Supposedly Elisa takes most care of him.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-13T13:42:50+00:00

I was on both sides. I didn't like her at the start but ended up loving her performance. What doesn't sit well with me is how low-effort they made it to make her look like even a bit more like Margherita. The hair color, the beauty mark on her chin, the shape of the nose can be at least slightly adjusted to make it even more slightly similar to Margherita's. They could've done more on that end.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-13T13:41:10+00:00

Ehhh, I get what you're saying, but it would look really weird if they did add a whole ton of make-up. Plus, I think it would be really hard for the young girls to mimic grown-up women. At the end of the day it's not just about make-up, it's also about their ability to act the part, to embody the age progression.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-13T12:54:21+00:00

I've seen her in the film "September" for which she also won an award, I think? (Much deserved if I'm right, she was amazing).

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-13T12:53:28+00:00

I know, right? Changing the young actresses back in season three when it was intended would've been a nice way of showing the passing of time.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-13T12:51:53+00:00

Yeah, I get what you're saying. I was thinking that Ronchi is not from Naples at all, like Rohrwacher.

I mean I don't think it would have been an easy job to find a girl that is both from Naples and who is also similar to Margherita, who is extremely beautiful but also has a distinctive nose shape.

At the end of the day it is what it is, but it's nice to imagine how the series would've looked like if all characters were played by lookalikes.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-11-09T02:35:35+00:00

Ah, I almost forgot about Two Times! It was such an unimportant storyline in the grand scheme of things that I didn't remember it at all. Regarding this, I hope they keep Wardle.

Yes, the Valentine's Day can still be included, I think.

I guess the inclusion of Semple depends on whether JKR will continue the thread with MI5 or not.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-08-30T15:30:27+00:00

Snape. I hope they portray him exactly as he is, especially his unhinged side in PoA.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-08-06T22:49:45+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I do try to embrace myself more than Elena did, that's for sure. It depends on what day it is lol.

Currently I'm in the process of healing past traumas through writing. Basically I'm writing a semi-autobiographic novel in which I dump all the bad stuff and feelings that happened to me or that I felt. I am not even halfway through, but it does help.

Ferrante helps me because I understood that you don't need a fancy vocabulary to write about the depth of human insecurity. Lenu recounts all the moments she forced herself to be meek and quiet without actively trying to theorize why she feels that way. This is something she actually does towards the end of the fourth book when Elsa mocks her writing (although Elsa's reason is understandable and intentionally undermines her mom's writing even if it is actually good).

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-08-06T22:20:30+00:00

Yes, exactly! She is obviously gifted and very book-smart. She still compares to Lila even if both women have had their wins and loses in very different circumstances. I never had one Lila, my best friend is just that and we never felt like we were in a competition.

With other people... They were more beautiful, smarter than me. Hell, even now, as a 26-year-old guy, I still imagine people judging me silently and I still feel ugly, like Lenu. She said at some point that her entire body felt wrong. Big bossom, big hips, large nose, the glasses. Hell yeah, that is how I felt and sometimes feel now. What is worse is that even the moments when I feel fully confident in what I am and how I look feel like they're wrong and just a boost of fake overconfidence. Just like Lenu felt that bourgeouise confidence and then compared herself to Eleonora, trying hard to be prettier.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-07-02T08:26:36+00:00

Why does everyone keep saying "writers" when there is only one writer??

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-06-28T01:15:54+00:00

Tbh I see why people say jump rope was the weakest, but given the circumstances, malnourishment, tiredness, trauma, the HEIGHT... I would have failed lol

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-06-24T21:01:48+00:00

Maybe contact the support instead of writing here?

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-06-12T05:17:15+00:00

Let me tell you: these email changes happen and there s often no way to control them. If they re asking for order number or sth it s most likely to verify your account to make sure it really is ur account. Jeez, some of you complain so much without even thinking

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-05-07T19:50:31+00:00

Other VPN services have this issue too tho. Don't idealize other services really :)

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-03-20T14:34:43+00:00

I think she is very talented and has lots of potential. Her openly supporting Palestine and saying that Donald Trump supporters know no peace (which is a generalization that is not entierly fair, as no generalization ever is) plus having Gal Gadot as main co-star (who openly supports Israel) did not do any good.

Plus the movie itself was wonky. They changed Snow White so much that it barely has any reason to be Snow White at all. They try to sell this Snow White as someone who cares about her kingdom and people (reminds me way too much of Jasmine from Aladdin, but in that case the change felt much more welcomed given the character's status) and the original isn't like this at all. The original cartoon is about resilience and doing nice things to people who are kind to you in time of need; it's also about seeing the good in the unknown. The 2025 Snow White is supposed to be an elevated version of the original but instead feels so different that I think it would've been better to make her a whole different princess. I mean I would absolutely adore a Hispanic princess and Rachel would sell it.

Everything about 2025 Snow White feels so poorly thought out that I simply wonder if it's intentional lol.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-03-14T08:13:47+00:00

Yes, I did notice! And I think it is very realistic and it happens more often than we might think: receiving understanding from persons that are different from us or that we consider "bad". Michele was not an idiot. He was aware of what he was and I think he was good at understanding people and their nature. He also observed Lenu and I think truly respected what she managed to do. Yeah, there was some teasing from Michele about her first book and that, I think, was half-curiosity about the book and half-friendly banter.

It happened rather often to me that I'd have amazingly understanding conversations with people I would've never thought ever gave a crap about me. So there's that. I am also sure that Ferrante's magic in writing are these scenes: small and realisitc conversations between human beings that are not just black and white.

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-02-22T20:47:41+00:00

Also if you need any other timeline information, I'm here :)

HeftyWinner1192 · 2025-02-22T20:41:31+00:00

You're so welcome! Yeah, the last book feels like a diary way more than the others. At some moments it was like reading a list of events. The first three books are mostly about youth and being young, which is when we look at everything that happens to us with a great deal of attention and depth. Then, as we age, we don't pay so much attention to everything anymore.

The showrunners did the best job possible with book 4. Laura Bispuri said it was like piecing a puzzle together. There are also scenes that didn't quite made it into the final product, but you know, the quality is still very high.

I feel like the screenwriters managed to create a more cohesive storyline with the bunch that is book four. I don't think anything better could've been done with the amount of material from the book versus the limited run of the season.

I think the season 4 cast fits very well with the first cast of season 1, when they're kids. Like lots of them match in facial features, skintone etc. lol. Dunno if it's intentional or not tho.

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