so i know it was literally just a bg set piece but i cant stop thinking about sophia, katya and this fucking painting godbless

Mario whenever he sees Sophia and Katya lighting each other’s cigarettes:

The appeal of Goncharov x Andrey and Katya x Sophia

The bedroom scene 😭

it was kinda of lesbian of Sophia to say "Push the knife clean through, if it's going to break my heart- I want to feel every crack" but idk?

lil katya + sophia/sofia in aggie.io :))

Is anyone else obsessed with how subtly important eye contact is in Goncharov?

Have you noticed how many times he says some form of “look at me” to katya? How, whenever andrey is in a scene his eyes seems to slowly maneuver from object to person to object, as if he’s scanning meaningless information, UNTIL goncharov is in the scene and suddenly his eyes follow him like he’s something worth studying? And what gets me most, how katya, the person who refuses to look at goncharov in the eye unless he all but begs, the woman who has never had the opportunity to yearn for a man because the men do all the yearning for her, looks at sofia like she’s hung the stars and moon, to the point sofia even says something!!! THE DIRECT PARALLELS BETWEEN GONCHAROV’S “look at me, why can’t you ever look at me” AND SOFIA’S “you can’t look at me like that, why do you insist on stopping my heart,” like yeah it was probably meant as a throwaway gag, the way it was said after sofia found katya drunk (don’t even get me STARTED on how katya hid the fact that she was prescribed medication for a preexisting condition from goncharov because she refused to be seen as weak but as soon as she sees sofia’s face in her weakest moment she collapses into her arms and sobs, like???) but that aside it paints such a lovely picture i can hardly stand it.

Heteronormative speculation in the film critic industry has always painted that scene as proof that katya really does care for goncharov because of the flashbacks to him in the middle of her talking to sofia and moments before The Kiss™️, i’ve seen the same take so many times “she was hallucinating that it was goncharov in front of her, not sofia,” but that makes literally no sense considering the way she acts around him for the rest of the film.

The flashbacks were all times that we’d already SEEN in the movie, except the beginning few which were of a younger goncharov, before the beginning of the movie, perhaps before they’d fled russia even. It showed a story, each change in memory was one of him mentioning her always being in her own head, or not paying attention, or even the one scene everyone knows and loves where he asks her what she’s thinking about. The way the first few were grouped together, then became broken up by glimpses of sofia, because the answer to the question “what are you thinking about,” changed as soon as sofia stepped into the picture. She used to dream of freedom from familial pressure, from her husbands line of work, from her countries political agenda, but recently freedom feels less like a pair of wings and more like long brown hair and warm eyes that she can’t help but stare into.

Katya’s character being so underdeveloped in favor of goncharov and andrey mentally fucking for a few more minutes is absolutely deplorable, all i want is for her to find gay peace!

(Btw if you remember any scenes that have to do with the importance of eye contact in the movie that i forgot to mention here, feel free to add on!)

“draw the cat eye sharp enough to kill a man”

ROUND ONE

Goncharov stars Al Pacino (Mario Ambrosini) and Robert DeNiro (Goncharov) reunite after Martin Scorsese and Matteo JWHJ0175’s 1973 classic comes back to light thanks to Tumblr.

“It’s still the work I’m most proud of” -Al Pacino

“That was the best movie Al and I ever made together, and that includes The Godfather Part II. Hell, it’s the best movie I’ve ever been in, and I starred in Taxi Driver.” -Robert DeNiro

This scene got me proper ugly crying. Sofia not only grieving Katya, but the future they could have had together....

More Goncharov incorrect quotes. Just because.

• Goncharov has a problem with pent-up violence thanks to a life full of crime and it translates to peacefull moments.

• Goncharov does tax evasion. This one is cannon and you know it.

• Another obviasly cannon one. Andrey is my disaster son and he totaly does it.

• The Poker Confrotation summarized:

• Katya deciding to cut ties with Sophia after their first meeting because it wasn't propper and immediately backtracking:

• it's cannon it's sad it's Katya social anxiety being a fun little paradox to her badass nature.

• Sophia's "fuck you" energy summarized. I love my problematic lesbian representation:

• Their marriage means they understand each other perfectly

• We needed soo much more interations of this two. How even being in opposite sides and fighting to death they still respected each other and how Joe actually bonded with Katya during their first meeting at the amuzement park and the starell conversation. They are my brotop and no one can convince me that if the circunstances were different they wouldn't be besties (same with Sophia and Andrey).

• change videogames to planning an attack on Mario's secret guns traffic base on the basement of the cassino and we have a real scene.

Just thinking about Katya calling Sophia “Sonya” and at first Sophia is confused cause she’s not Russian, but eventually becomes the only person allowed to call Katya “Yekaterina”.

You Could Have Been My Sun

Sophia and Katya have my heart. And yes, the sun quote is basic but listen I literally teared up during that scene—

Goncharov (1973) x reader

final moments

Andrey: He doesn’t get any time to just enjoy your love. Honestly with each passing day he believes in love a little less. But while hiding from the mob in that dark theater, he looks at you and for the first time since he can’t remember when, he feels love again. He reaches for your hand while crouching behind the empty seat. The door bursts open. At least, he thinks, he is loved in this last moment. He shoves you out the back door. The gun fires.

Goncharov: (Listen, I know the whole point was he died alone, but romance is more important.) That alley. The blood. He slouched down, fading fast. You crouched down to him. You put your hand on his cheek. You both knew. “Hey, get out of here, they aren’t looking for you yet, you can get out.”

“I won’t leave you alone.”

“Then uh. I’ll meet you at that restaurant.. with the lighting you like. Thursday. 7:00? You just go and I’ll meet you there. ”

You nodded. Knowing. You left. As you ran, you hear gunshots.

Sophia: remember that drive she took with Katya? Yeah :)

You don’t quite understand why she dragged you out of bed telling you to pack a bag. She hid that life from you for ages. You were driving and it was finally sunrise. She looked over at you, wondering how she got something so good in her life. She’s in too deep now and she knows it. You were trying to nap, she did wake up at 4 in the morning after all. You opened your eyes when you heard the sirens. She turned up the music, using the back of her hand to caress your face. She sped up.

Katya: She knew exactly what was coming for her. Her connections to Goncharov would be the death of her. She knew that. Instead of running like the others, she stood behind. At her little farm house. She let you sleep in, made you breakfast in bed. It was around 11:00. She felt you hug her from behind. You asked who’s car was coming down the driveway. “It’s nothing darling. Hold me a little longer.” Two gunshots were heard that morning, but not by the two of you.

goncharov poster spotted in san francisco!