i think when it comes to the F+C finale it's important to see where the writers were coming from. And it's easy to do that, the lesson/moral they gave simon is fairly clear: Simon needs to appreciate his life because Betty sacrificed so much to get him here. alright, cool, that's good on paper.
I do Also think that the execution was poor.
up until this point, the crown has represented/could be viewed as many things. Alzheimer's, substance abuse, and anything else people have called it. In this series, a newer interpretation has arose: Suicide. And I'm certain the writers were aware of this. Depression and suicidal ideation are such strong themes in this series that they can't NOT be purposeful.
So their attempt at teaching Simon to appreciate Betty's sacrifice can ALSO be read as: Simon, the suicidal, on the verge of a relapse-man, gets put into a body of a child, (and that is very powerful imagery that does not help, actually) and is told nearly expressly that he fucked up in his relationship with the love of his life. He is told he should have sacrificed more for betty. And he says to himself: "Maybe i wouldn't have even found the crown". Basically it's simon pinning the blame on himself for his 1000 year curse on his mistakes with Betty. Which of course can be read as Simon's self loathing but the show does nothing to refute his statement, which i also have issue with. Simon putting on the crown was stated to be a Mistake. it was an accident. No matter what, the crown cursing him Was Not His Fault. Ever. It's not Betty's fault, it's not Simon's, it. was. a. Mistake.
regardless on if they should or should not have introduced these new flaws into simon's character, having simon learn his mistakes like This feels. icky. to me.
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Tabitha simply demoting the miner that told his child that an abandoned, now freshly collapsed, mine was safe is both very generous and very reckless, I wonder if it's pity or it's not the money she's after, but the PEOPLE. You can't leave scarlet hollow, after all.
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she still has that diary??!?! she didnt burn it?? it has so much incriminating evidence--financial fraud, i'm in love with my boss, my boss is trying to date me??, affair with my boyfriend boss, i trust my boyfriend boss with all my heart and he will never hurt me, as it turns out boyfriend boss is my symbolic executioner and he in fact did hurt me, gaslighting my boyfriend boss, im running away fm everything including my ex boyfriend boss, made to clean up financial fraud with ex boyfriend and now I'm his boss, still in love with ex boyfriend ex boss. reader, i married him.
and on top of that amazon prime props department wants me to believe betty was writing on graph paper??? no she was freestyling on blank pages.
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Not to be so serious on Tumblr but
Damn, Gravy, you so vicious, you so clean, so delicious
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he knew what he was doin'
aight, im minding my own business, and i get curious about how tall Yung Gravy is, aight? the man is 6'8, scary, imma run. the man looks nothing like his voice, but at this point, he knows what his doing with his music lmao. "Betty (Get Money) is a rick roll, "Mr. Clean" is just goofy as hell (the man be playing patty cake with one of the girls) Welcome to Chilis (got me laughing bruh) this man knows what he doing. W in the chat for Yung Gravy yall @yung-gravy-official we love ur music man, best shit I've ever seen, makes my day :D
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DAYUM GRAVY U SO VICIOUS U SO CLEAN SO DELICIOUS HOW COME U AINT GOT NO MISSUS COUNT THAT PAPER COUNT THEM RICHES
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Valicer Not-Incorrect Quotes, Musical Edition
Victor: So why did you decide to pick up the guitar?
Smiler: [tuning said guitar] Oh, you know -- wanted a creative outlet, like a lot of guitar songs, wanted to impress people at parties -- that sort of thing.
Alice: Those all do sound like you.
Smiler: Mmm. [finishes tuning and looks up with a grin] Anyway, here’s “Wonderwall.”
Victor: [patiently waiting]
Alice: [patiently waiting]
Smiler: . . .right, this is one of those jokes you don’t get. . .
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Victor: [as Doja Cat’s “Get Into It (Yuh)” comes on the radio, making a face] Oh, this again? This song is absolutely terrible!
Smiler: [dancing to it] Totally agree. It’s completely awful. Shouldn’t be played nearly as much as it is.
Victor: [watching them twerk] . . .I suspect the sincerity of those statements.
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Smiler: [over text] Hey, Alice, check this out. [sends her a rickroll link]
Alice: [over text] Har har. How about you check this out? [sends her own link back]
Smiler: [opens it, bopping their head to what they expect is a rickroll back]
Song: [proves to be Yung Gravy’s “Betty (Get Money)”]
Smiler:
Alice: [over text] What do you think?
Smiler: [over text] WHO HAS SO DISRESPECTED RICK ASTLEY
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Smiler: [over text] Hey, Victor, check this out. [sends him a rickroll link]
Victor: [over text] Oh, very funny, you troll.
Smiler: [over text] :D
[few days later]
Victor: [at the piano] Hey, Smiler, want to hear something I’m working on?
Smiler: Sure!
Victor: [starts to play]
Smiler: [listening -- then going O.O] Wait, did you -- is this a classical piano version of “Never Gonna Give You Up?!”
Victor: [beaming]
Smiler: You people are ruining my rickrolls!
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Alice: [after Smiler just played “Wonderwall” for her and Victor] All right, perhaps it’s because we haven’t heard it a million times, but -- that’s a nice song!
Victor: It is! I mean, is it really that bad to bust that out at a party?
Smiler: [worldview upended] Actually, I think I’ve heard the joke more than the song. . . Next time we have anybody over, I’m playing this.
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I have been listening to Betty (Get Money) by Yung Gravy for like an hour just... On loop because that's the only way I listen to music and no matter how many times I hear it it's just...
"Never take an Elmo mo"
Instead of "Never take an L no mo"
And every time I am forced to wonder why Yung Gravy is singing about Elmo
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