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You know what makes me weak for these posters?
Nick’s smile.
Compared to Alex, Henry barely gets to smile big and wide, with teeth and everything. He only does it a handful of times, and only some of those moments are in scenes where we get to fully appreciate them. Henry’s go-to smile is a more reserved, close-lipped smile.
It makes these posters where Henry is grinning so brightly feel magical, and the fact that it’s always Alex that causes it is even better 🩵
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“I wasn’t raised by a loving supportive family like you were”
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Things I noticed RED & ROYAL BLUE about the RWRB Movie:
Alex sitting on a blue stool and henry on a red one
Alex’s red tank top and Henry’s blue shirt
Alex’s blue suit and Henry’s red shirt
Alex’s red patterned shirt and Henry’s blue flannel
Pink-ish and baby blue-ish shades (still red and blue lol)
Their pink and baby blue shorts (again, still shades of red and blue)
And also, kinda related, tzp and nick’s shirt red and blue irl they’re so cute!!! and hello to matthew’s crotch 😂
That’s it so far!! is there anything I missed?
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This is all so well-said. And perfectly illustrates why RWRB is such a successful book adaptation.
All the t-shirts and other products out there proclaiming “the book was better” (about literally any property) make me seethe with rage. I think it stems from the amount of terrible adaptations there have been that people like to make fun of, but I think there are just as many fantastic adaptations to watch. This sentiment is cynical and pessimistic, and I don’t like it.
Saying the book was better (this isn’t directed at anyone in the rwrb fandom, just at people in life in general) is like saying apples are better than applesauce. You cannot compare the two! They are both food to consume, but one is in solid form and one is in sauce form. One may be more flavorful than the other, but sweetness is a subjective taste. The only requirement for successful applesauce is, can you tell it was made from apples?
My metaphor is getting out of hand, but I get very upset when people compare the two. @tsukinoakume is doing it in a very good, productive way that I like very much. More of this kind of analysis, please!
RW&RB MovieAlex vrs BookAlex: A Rant
I'm late to the party on Red, White, and Royal Blue for a dumb reason and now I'm obsessed with it. OMG I WAS SO WRONG.
I love the book. I love the movie. I also love the difference between them that I find myself obsessing over: the lack of June.
I love June. I'm also not mad that they removed her from the movie, because I honestly don't think they had the time to do her justice. The important thing is that when they removed her, they split her personality and scenes between Nora and Alex. And the result is fascinating.
Combining June with Alex gives us a calmer, more emotionally mature, competent version of Alex. He is definitely not the hot mess that BookAlex is. (Don't get me wrong here: BookAlex is my favorite character.) But now it's implied that MovieAlex is better at keeping his temper, handles his shit without being micromanaged, advocates for himself more, and I'm pretty sure the speech he gives is his own. Probably with help, but still. Also not having divorced parents means MovieAlex doesn't have BookAlex's abandonment issues. It's never said that his parents' relationship is perfect, but it's implied that he's had a stable family background. MovieAlex still has flaws and he's not Nora Levels of Competency, but he's definitely a lot more balanced. And this actually changes his relationship with Henry, just a little.
Namely in reference to my two favorite scenes:
1) Storming the Castle.
BookAlex is a ball of rage in this scene, and it's GLORIOUS. Yelling at the windows, aggressively dripping everywhere trying to ruin the rugs, making rude comments about Henry's ancestors. He is defiant. He yells, Henry yells back. It ends in tears, but there's a lot of anger.
MovieAlex by contrast is quieter, more hurt. He hardly yells at all. (I rewatched this scene like 20 times for Repeat to be sure.) He's determined, and he doesn't back down, but you get to see that split second of fear in his eyes that Henry is asking him to leave. There's a lot more emotion and tears in this version. It's ... sweeter isn't the right word. Bittersweet, maybe.
Downside: The lack of transition in the morning from the book. I miss Alex expecting to be dumped, and Henry realizing he doesn't want Phillip's life before deliberately making the choice to be with Alex. Also the comment on Alex's hair, which made me giggle.
2) The Museum Scene
I know a lot of people are disappointed with this scene, and I feel the need to argue about why it's brilliant the way it is.
In the book, they go to the museum because Henry has made his choice, and now he's showing one of his favorite places to Alex. He's the one who brings up the music. He chooses to fulfill his fantasy with Alex there, and he choses to play a song that embodies the romanticism of their situation, about being in love and not being able to let anyone else know. Your Song.
In the movie, they go to the museum when Henry's still trying to decide if this is something he can have, and he's sharing a part of himself with Alex when he talks about his fantasy. Alex is the one who chooses to fufill it, so of course he chooses a different song. For him, it's a song about how easy it is to love Henry. I Can't Help Falling In Love With You.
I also love that they changed Henry giving the ring to Alex to Alex giving Henry his key in return. I love the symbolism of Alex keeping Henry's ring safe for him, of their two homes side by side. But I also love the idea of exchanging parts of themselves. I love that they have those pieces of each other when they're separated and the emails are exposed.
The book tells the story better overall because it has the time to, and the bickering and friendship between the boys is everything. The movie makes me melt over the flirting and affection between them. I can't pick one over the other because both versions of this story are wonderful.
But emotionally mature MovieAlex and how soft he is with Henry, making sure Henry's taken care of? I am WEAK for that.
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when you can't tell if it's nick and taylor or alex and henry 🩵
#red white and royal blue#rwrb#taylor zakhar perez#nicholas galitzine#rwrb movie#firstprince#behind the scenes#bts
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Ah yes, these too!
deleted/full red white and royal blue scenes we know exist somewhere and that have yet to be released
cornetto scene (promo images)
campfire scene (speech montage/promo images)
kensington breakfast (trailer)
kiss against the tree (speech montage)
paris morning after (bloopers)
extended paris lovemaking scene [if i had to guess, we’ll never see the whole thing, but it does exist] (test screenings)
thanksgiving/alternate ending (set pics/test screenings)
extended polo scene with bea and pez (promo images, ml confirmation)
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Something I love about this hug is how small Alex feels despite being taller than Henry. I think it’s because of how tightly he tucks himself against him, and sort of lowers his head into his shoulder. It’s like their embrace when they reunite after the leaks, but Alex is the one that needs the comfort/support this time.
Also this GIF made me notice more how Henry clings to Alex desperately, and how Alex completely engulfs Henry in such a protective way.
Why do they have to be so cute? 🥺
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I think this is THE list! ✔️✔️
deleted/full red white and royal blue scenes we know exist somewhere and that have yet to be released
cornetto scene (promo images)
campfire scene (speech montage/promo images)
kensington breakfast (trailer)
kiss against the tree (speech montage)
paris morning after (bloopers)
extended paris lovemaking scene [if i had to guess, we’ll never see the whole thing, but it does exist] (test screenings)
thanksgiving/alternate ending (set pics/test screenings)
extended polo scene with bea and pez (promo images, ml confirmation)
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The story of the prince being told by Henry to Alex at the lake house and not by email means that no one was able to steal it. It will always be their story, a moment just for them. I'm so normal about this.
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🥹🥹🥹
GUYS.
Henry: His grandfather, the king, sent the prince a suit of amor, and told him that if he always wore it, nothing would ever happen to him.
Alex at Kensington Palace:
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I might be in the minority, but I feel like now that we know Alex took this from Henry’s words, it cheapens his declaration. I like that in the movie we got, Alex comes up with that incredibly sweet line all on his own, not stealing it from Henry. 🤷🏻♀️ Yet another reason cutting the scene was the right call, in my opinion. (Of course, I’m still very excited we got it and I want to see people analyze it. I just don’t mind when scenes are cut, because there are multiple legit reasons why.)
Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez as Henry and Alex
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023)
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It’s here!!
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Thoughts, before I read anyone else’s:
-It’s a gorgeous scene. I wasn’t thrilled with the wide shot at first, but it gives off such a romantic and peaceful vibe.
-We get definitive proof it’s at the Austin lake house. Probably before the bar, or maybe after but before the lake? Anyone have theories?
-It’s wonderful, and I’m glad we have it, especially because it’s directly from the book. But it doesn’t belong in the movie. It slows the Austin section to a standstill and doesn’t tell us anything new. Nick gave us this story through his eyes throughout the movie, and we got Alex thinking about declaring his love and being nervous about it in the transition from the bar to the lake, all through his expressions as well.
-It’s *basically* a declaration of love from Henry without saying the words. Maybe it emboldens Alex to start to say it later. But to me it feels like too much for Henry to say in this moment—another reason I’m glad it’s deleted. He doesn’t truly bare his entire soul to Alex until the V&A, so this might have felt like too much, too soon. Just a theory for why it was cut! I think the biggest reason is pacing though.
-It gives extra weight to “nothing will ever happen to you” from Alex later. We don’t *need* Henry to have referenced that for Alex’s version of it to be devastating, but I do like that Alex throws it back at him and now we know where it came from.
-Props to Nick, memorizing that story and making it feel so organic!
-Why is there no reaction shot of Taylor when Nick finishes the monologue? The only missing bit, imo.
-The way Henry sighs when Alex asks if he really meant he couldn’t have anyone fall in love with him. 🫠
-The way they clasp hands!! 🥹
#firstprince#rwrb movie#alexander claremont diaz#henry fox mountchristen windsor#henry x alex#rwrb#rwrb deleted scene#Youtube
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Touching Tuesday
This post isn't supposed to be me talking about the significance of Henry seeing those family photos, or baby pictures of Alex, or talk about what Alex is doing and how he's looking at Henry.
It's all about that touch right there at the end of this scene. I love this touch because its intention is pure connection. It's a simple hand on the shoulder, a familiar and grounding touch. We don't get to see too many moments of touching between Henry and Alex that don't have a complicated or deep significance behind them. This is one of those, 'every day' touch moments. The kind you do without thinking much about it, because it's so natural to reach out and connect yourself to the person you love.
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i will never, ever get over the way henry talks about his “daft pubescent fantasy” of taking the man he loves to the one place in the world that is his, and dancing together, amidst the statues, and alex, immediately after hearing this, pulls his phone out to play a song like he’s saying “it’s going to be me. it’s going to be us.”
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Zahra who?! I love how lost they both were in their own world.
They have just been caught literally with their pants down and they are trading family tidbits?!
Oh! I also love how they are sharing a single outfit here.. Alex with the pants and Henry with the shirt.
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I really love Henry's face journey and the ebb and flow of the mood in the love making scene.
When Henry suggests they make love he looks expectant, like a kid presenting you with a new drawing or introducing their pet rabbit. And then when Alex agrees he looks quietly pleased.
And when Alex starts teasing him about his (very legit) word choice, he looks like he is thinking I keep forgeting the man I love can be a proper wanker sometimes.
Alex's vulnerability about the technicalities and Henry's reassurance is adorable. It turns the mood more serious.
Then we get teasing again, with Alex helping Henry unbutton his shirt.
But the mood changes with the shot of Alex sliding his hands under Henry's shirt. I don't know how they managed it but talk about sensual.
And then we get probably my favourite shot of the whole movie and Alex looks serious, bordering on overwhelmed, Henry content.
In the next shot Henry finds his footing again. He knows what he is doing. And Alex looking shy yet excited just ramps up the feeling of anticipation.
And then we get to the actual love making and the way Henry is looking at Alex, he very much wasn't prepared for feeling the way he is. He thought he knew exactly what he was getting into but I think they both understood in those moments what love making actually means.
And special shout out to this shot for truly bringing the importance and newness of the experience for them both home.
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love this analysis!
RWRB Movie Analysis: The Kensington Confrontation, on life, love and patience
Some things happened in my personal life and I had an epiphany on certain stuff, and subsequently, I started to see this scene in a different, clearer light.
“My life is the crown, and yours is politics, and I will not trade one prison for another.”
From Henry’s point of view, there is no changing, no escaping the life he’s in. He has his family, and the country’s adoration (considering he’s called the prince of England’s hearts, he might be the most popular royal in universe), and that’s all he knows, that’s all his has. He can’t straight up come out, the country will reject him, the king will berate him, he’ll be left with everything he had and knows taken away from him, he’ll be left with nothing, and he knows love can’t solve everything. If he comes out, gets more or less banished by his country and stay with Alex, with Alex’s ambitions of becoming a politician who has to be frequently judged and scrutinized by the public, as his partner he will be subjected to that too, which he doesn’t want, especially in such a case that he’s not even trained for.
To him, at that moment, there is literally, no possibility of him being true and happy. There is no way out.
“We can figure out a way to love each other on our own terms, no one else’s.”
Alex doesn’t see this as a binary choice. Henry doesn’t have to come out now. They can wait, and love each other while waiting. They can find a balance. Henry can push for smaller changes, like choosing to do charity projects on LGBT+ communities to test the water on how the public might react to a royal getting involved in the community as well as make the crown’s image more LGBT friendly so if he comes out later, there’s at least a portion of the public that will be supportive. (I am completely confused about how the royal family in RWRB works, but for the irl primary royal family members, besides some mandatory monarchy stuff, they can choose which topics to focus on, like Kate Middleton with early childhood development and Prince William with environmental conservation) Alex can find his footing in the political scene in the US and gain his own relatively stable standing before coming out, and with already established political work that hopefully will gain him a supporter base, later revealing his relationship won’t be as big as a hit.
Either way, in Alex’s perspective, and honestly, in reality, they don’t need to make a decision between two definitive choices. If the pre-set road doesn’t work, they’ll carve their own way out.
It’s just, that will be hard, and scary because that means breaking out of the space Henry’s in now. That space doesn’t suit him, and he’s fairly miserable stuck in that space, but it’s also all he knows. In that space, he knows what to do, he can predict outcomes, because that’s all he’s ever known.
Breaking out, carving a new path, means doing something no one’s done before. He’ll be alone in navigating the new life, he can’t predict outcomes, and there will be no one to guide him. (Alex will of course, still love and support him, but support and guidance are two very different things.) He might risk everything and only end in a big mistake.
“That is simply not possible, and you know it.”
That sentence isn’t true. But Henry is so fully-encompassed by the life he has now that he doesn’t dare to even think about a potential alternative.
“Fine. I’ll leave. And you can live in your tower and protect your heart for the rest of your life and nothing will ever happen to you.”
“But Henry.”
“Nothing will ever happen to you.”
I, without fail, always tear up at this line, and just sob through the rest of the scene.
Here’s the line in the book:
“Tell me you’re done with me. I’ll get back on the plane. That’s it. And you can live here in your tower and be miserable forever, write a whole book of sad fucking poems about it. Whatever. Just say it.”
Honestly, I kind of like the movie line better for two main reasons: 1, using the same line with distinctly, painfully different meanings is such clever dialogue writing, 2, just like the book line, it’s insinuating what Henry would be losing, but the first time Alex says it, it also insinuates what Henry thinks he’ll be saving, and the contrast between the two makes the lost more evident and painful.
The first “Nothing will ever happen to you” is about what Henry’s keeping by giving up his relationship and Alex. You can live in your tower like Rapunzel, stay in your cage like a trapped bird, you can maintain the status quo, the royal life you’ve been living for so long. You can protect your heart for the rest of your life because if you never allow yourself to fall in love, if you never give your heart away, no one will lose it, and no one will break it. Nothing will change from the life you’re living, for better or for worse. Nothing will change. Nothing bad, nothing dangerous, nothing new will ever happen to you.
The second “Nothing will ever happen to you”, is all the things Henry will be giving up by staying where he is, staying in the same space that the crown drew for him. Never changing, never breaking out, living day by day on orders and demands, never taking initiative. You don’t have the burdens and pressures of making choices, but you don’t get the freedom to make the choices you want either.
Most devastatingly, never getting to be honest about your sexuality, about your personality and thoughts. Never getting to date, laugh, kiss, have sex, fall in love with a man who truly loves and cherishes you, the man standing right behind you, who flew across an ocean and stormed a fucking castle to tell you he loves you.
All the unbridled joy you felt when you were with Alex, you will never get that again.
Yes, you might never get your heart broken again afterwards.
But you’ll also never get your heart to beat as wildly, as happily and as loudly as it did when you were with him, ever again.
Nothing will change.
Nothing new will ever happen to you.
But by refusing to change, nothing good will ever happen to you either, darling.
Nothing truly good, truly happy will ever happen to you either.
You will never, be truly happy again.
And hearing Alex’s ultimatum, makes Henry actually think.
Alex leaves, and he keeps this life. Never truly getting his heart broken after tonight, no soul-deep agony, but a constant heartache and discomfort he will carry for the rest of his life.
This exchange isn’t worth it.
There are a bunch of details that Henry hasn’t worked out, and is still scared to work out, but first and foremost, giving up the love of his life in exchange for a life that doesn’t suit him, it doesn’t feel like it’s worth it.
I originally thought the transition from the Kensington confrontation to going to the V&A was a bit too sharp and sudden, but I have another understanding of it now.
Henry needs to think. He also needs reassurance that if he chooses to do something, Alex will stay. He needs to be sure that Alex is it for him. That Alex is worth him taking risks, worth him upturning and changing his whole life.
Henry said it himself; he’s been dreaming about dancing with his love in V&A since he was young, this is what he imagined the peak of his own brand of romance would be. When he allows himself to dream of love, this is what he dreams of.
If he takes Alex to the V&A, and whatever happens there is everything he’s ever dreamt of, then this is it for him. Alex is it for him. He can’t let Alex go anymore.
And Alex, sweet, loving Alex, does fulfil his dreams of dancing with him, and it’s everything he’s ever dreamt of and more, and Henry has his primary answer.
I want him.
I want to keep being with him.
I love him.
He’s worth it.
They need to figure out what it means to keep being together and committed with the life they have. Henry is still scared about carving his own path in life for the first time. He needs time. He needs patience. He needs to be brave.
So he says:
“Please be patient with me, and I promise I will try and be brave for us.”
And of course, Alex, says yes.
“I love you.”
“I’ll be as patient as you need.”
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