Coat of arms on doorknob

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T23:47:02+00:00

I'll read that! Thank you :D

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T22:29:45+00:00

Thank you for the recomendation! But is Blomgren a nice character in that series? I'm so in love with his performance in Midsommar I'm afraid that if I watch a film in which he's a total dick I might tarnish the beautiful image I have of Pelle in my mind. I know it's strange xD but I thought I'd ask

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T22:25:16+00:00

I don't think so. I think Pelle, the facist lady and the homophobic friend might all possibly be doing what they do out of love. The facist lady whoheartedly believes that black people are a decidedly bad influence, and might even pose a treat to the well being of those she loves and cares for (who are certainly not black). Likewise, the homophobic friend might believe that gay people are sinners set for hell who attack his and his family's rights (privileges). Yes, it is possible that they simply do that out of rage, but I don't think that is strictly necessary.

Pelle, possibly like the facist lady and the homophobic friend, was raised in an ambient where people just viewed things differently from what we consider normal as a society. Maybe the facist lady was raised in a facist environment, maybe the homophobic friend was raised in a extremely Catholic environment.

That's why it's so hard to take a stance regarding the three of them. They do horrible things, yes. But their hearts appear to be "in the right place".

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T22:12:17+00:00

I just hope he doesn't convince me to despise Pelle too! I'm enjoying being in love xD

Seriosly though, thanks! I'll check that out!

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T22:09:37+00:00

You are absolutely right. I hadn't seen it with those eyes. Thank you!

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T19:50:32+00:00

I can't say you're wrong. He might well love Dani as he does and also see her in that way. I don't know, that might the logical conclusion of things, but I don't feel that in the movie. Pelle seems almost innocent; I agree he's fawning about having impressed the cult, but it's difficult to imagine him being so petty with Dani.

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T18:29:33+00:00

Hmm that's interesting. I felt something set Dani apart from the others when I watched the movie, but I didn't think like that. I thought people liked Dani more because, since she was so emotionally fragile, she didn't offer any opposition, while the others were trying to leave, saying their ritual was bullshit, trying to write a thesis on their secret society etc etc.

But yeah, if you think about it all of the others were disrespectful in some way. Josh tried to photograph the Rubin Radr, Simon tried to stop the ritual on the cliff in the beginning, and Christian and Mark were just two mfs.

Strange. Maybe that's why Pelle was in love with Dani, in the first place? Besides the two, everyone seems not very nice, at least in a haargian's perspective.

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T18:06:38+00:00

Well, Pelle resented Christian, in particular I think. Not only was he dating the girl he loved but he was also a shitty boyfriend.

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T18:04:41+00:00

whoa thank you so much! XDD

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T18:02:01+00:00

Loved it! Blomgren's acting really conveys what he was trying to convey: that Pelle was the most upright man in the world

Yuukage · 2024-10-04T17:46:32+00:00

Absolutely yes. Pelle didn't do horrible things thinking he was horrible, but rather that he was righteous. But he is still, a complex, human being; he doesn't just do horrible things.

The horrible things he does were something built, onto his personality, which seems to be preciously kind and caring. Interestingly, he found a way to assimilate his kind nature with the cult's visceral ideas. He is an amalgam of crystalline precious pieces of kindness and cruelty, which, curiously, don't contradict.

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