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Things I Loved About Fleabag (2016):
The careful balance of spiralling and sincerity that keeps you rooting for resolution and relief, despite the show intentionally framing itself around grief
The way that it is clear based on the way that they talk about her that Fleabag is a great deal like her mother (her off-colour jokes, her charisma, even hints of difficult friendships through the Godmother) but they don't have anyone make that comparison until the last episode of S2, with, "You are the way you are because of [your mother]" and the look of surprise on Fleabag's face when she hears it
"Don't make me an optimist; you will ruin my life," being such a telling line, because as you fall in love with the Priest, and Fleabag, you want to believe that things will work themselves out
The love in Claire's line to Fleabag, "The only person I'd run through an airport for is you," and the delightful contrary optimism of her deciding to go to the airport anyway
The revelation that Boo had offered to take Fleabag's love for her mother, intertwining both losses
The way that the Priest not only breaks through the carefully constructed narrative relationship that Fleabag has with the viewer, but also himself directly looks toward the audience on a separate beat as he tries to understand her more ("You don't like answering questions, do you?")
The entire sequence of the last few scenes, "Being a romantic takes a hell of a lot of hope," to "I love you." "It'll pass," to Fleabag walking around with a statue that is, in some ways now, a physical representation of the love she is carrying around. Because while the show is about grief, and love, it doesn't feel like it is asking you to overcome those things, but to learn to live with them while moving forward
#ayesha says things#fleabag#hot priest#priestbag#claire fleabag#fleabag series#television#more thoughts in tags#i'm glad i stuck it out bc the first few eps i was like 'i don't know if this is for me' and then as it continued i was like 'OH.'#i love how s1 feels like a complete story. and then s1-s2 feels like a more complete story#and i adore how you can see the love in its writing. it's like watching tgp. it feels intentional and sincere and a bit clever#also not to undercut the sincerity of my feelings for this show#but i wasn't expecting to find andrew scott's hot priest SO HOT. they really did something there. every time he was on screen i was like#I Am Looking 👁👄👁#alright 2010 sherIock fans. u win this round
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no one answered my last post so i guess i have to do everything myself, buckle up for some fleabag analysis.
when fleabag says “this is a love story” in season 2 episode 1, the love story is between her and claire. listen i love the hot priest as much as anyone else, but to me the most compelling arc of s2 is the sisters rebuilding, redefining, and strengthening their relationship instead of leaning into growing apart the way we’ve seen them default to doing.
when we meet them in season 1, they’re civil and clearly see each other fairly often, but they aren’t close. we only see a few conversations that don’t end in a fight. they both clearly care, but they seem incapable of interacting without accidentally pushing each other’s worst buttons. there are several pivotal points where we see them turn away from each other, whether because of other people or their own conflicting needs, insecurities, and personalities
-after their mother’s death, claire had martin and fleabag had boo. these separate support systems combined with the family dynamic their father described, wherein fleabag very much takes after and was closer to their mother, meant they almost certainly grieved separately. as we see at the funeral, grief clearly looked very different on each of them, and they did not react well to each other’s coping styles
-their father’s new relationship clearly drove a wedge between him and the girls, and while the godmother needles at both of them, she clearly targets fleabag more often (almost certainly reacting to her resemblance to her mother), only occasionally sniping at claire. as a result of this and her determination to view her own family (and marriage) in a positive light, claire maintains a level of denial about their godmother, leaving fleabag to deal with it alone
-after boo’s death claire almost certainly reached out, but the distance between them and their clashing coping styles would’ve mixed VERY badly with fleabag’s guilt over her role in the tragedy. if claire’s after what you did to boo jab at the sexhibition (almost certainly fueled by martin referencing it while telling “his side of the story” re his infidelity to claire) is anything to go by, definitely martin and possibly claire were judgemental about it, and even if it wasn’t to fleabag’s face, she would have felt it, real or imagined.
-after the incident with martin, claire again retreats to her denial and determination to be a successful person (happy marriage included), and leans into judging fleabag alongside the rest of the family, deliberately choosing to ignore the signs of crisis she has demonstrated she can see in fleabag, probably in no small part because all of her attempts to do anything or help in any way or even reach out have somehow been exactly the wrong thing to say to her “broken sister”
because it’s not that we never see them reach out to one another. there are frequent moments where one or the other tries to bridge the gap. but there’s always a defense mechanism or insecurity (or husband) in the way of the other’s ability to accept that olive branch. they both feel they’ve repeatedly tried only to be rebuffed by the other.
but in the second season, they’ve spent some time in total radio silence from one another. it has explicitly canonically been over a year since they’ve seen each other or spoken. given the space to not constantly be rubbing against each other’s raw insecurities and grief, as well as the extenuating (WILD) circumstances of the s2e1 dinner in particular, they’re finally in a position to reconnect.
by the end of season 2 they still aren’t perfect. but they’re able to have a vulnerable conversation and accept help and advice from one another and feel like they’re on the same team, quite possibly for the first time since their mother got sick.
we’ve gone from claire sniping at fleabag to keep her nose out of other people’s marriages to refusing to let fleabag leave the room while she confronts her husband. we go from fleabag flinching away from a clearly rare hug in s1e1 to
“is it a running through the airport kind of love?”
“....the only person i’d run through an airport for is you”
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the scene where fleabag gets in claire’s bed, and claire takes her hand
literal, actual perfection. best scene of anything, ever, forever
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The only person I’d run through an airport for is you
#fleabag bbc#fleabag#Claire fleabag#roadsidedrawings#illustration#fanart#this show made me SOB 11/10
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when they're polar opposite sisters but you somehow relate to both>>>>>>>>
#euphoria#lexi howard#cassie howard#fleabag#claire fleabag#daria#daria morgendorffer#quinn daria#quinn morgendorffer#elsa#elsa frozen#anna frozen#sisterhood#sisters
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“i’m straight”, “i’m gay”, yeah ? well i have my OWN jokes. i am FUNNY. i am INTERESTING. i KNEW i shouldn’t have brought you here. “what do you mean ‘interesting’ ?” you just think you can do WHATEVER you like. say whatever you like, steal whatever you like, KISS whoever you like- “HE kissed me !” oh i KNOW. “you KNOW ? then WHY have we been spending-“ because you’re FINE. you’ll ALWAYS be fine, you’ll ALWAYS be interesting, with your quirky cafe and your dead best friend. you just make me feel like i’ve FAILED.
#me when i relate to both claire and fleabag#phoebe waller bridge#sian clifford#fleabag#claire fleabag
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“What’s your relationship with your sibling like?”
“We get along okay I guess.”
#euphoria#lexi howard#cassie howard#cassie euphoria#lexi euphoria#amy march#jo march#amy little women#jo little women#little women#fleabag#claire fleabag#pheobe waller bridge#florence pugh#saorise ronan#sydney sweeney#lexi howard kin#claire kin#amy march kin#you know when you love them but also kind of want to kill them?#where one sibling is the life of the party but is also the family disappointment and believes they’re unlovable#and the other sibling is put together but feels invisible and will forever be hidden in their sibling’s shadow
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Fleabag portrays so perfectly what it’s like to have a sister.
Someone who knows you perfectly but you don’t understand a thing about them.
You read the little things about them that everyone else oversees but you know which buttons to press so it hurts.
They are your biggest enemy but you would choose them every time.
They are your only ally but the only one you will ever need.
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i don't love anyone // belle and sebastian
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this is a love story
[gently]
it’ll pass
#my moodboards#fleabag#fleabag aesthetic#fleabag moodboard#fleabag aesthetics#boo fleabag#claire fleabag#fleabag tv#tv show: fleabag#pheobe waller bridge
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brainrot
(art by : vic nuckowska)
#fleabag#claire fleabag#jessica jones#trish walker#sansa stark#arya stark#sisters#IDKKKK THEY'RE ROTTING IN MY MIND#i only have brothers I just I just don't get it but I want to
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claire fleabag you will always be famous
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in my “it’ll pass” era, nobody hmu seriously
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this one baker on collection 7 looks almost exactly like claire from fleabag
#it is uncanny#i hope someone tells her#sian clifford#fleabag#claire fleabag#gbbs#gbbo#great british bake off#great british baking show
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Claire from Fleabag || 2019
My personal tribute continues to the series I love 😍
This time it's up to Fleabag of the brilliant Phoebe Waller-Bridge with the best written character ever: Claire, a career woman who is constantly on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
I love this series !!! 💓
Tools: Illustrator and Photoshop ||
©Jolie Le Déni
#fleabag#fanart#claire fleabag#fan art#my fanart#embarassing#awkyard#art#original art#artwork#digital art#vector art#pink#artists on tumblr#jolie le deni#jolie le deni art
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Claire’s lame ass husband is the crap magician in s08e20 of the office
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