You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love 'til it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other until it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
3.08 | Lover's Walk
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F•R•I•E•N•D•S (1994-2004)
Season 7 | Episode 21 “The One With The Vows”
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What is this? The late-night stakeout, the bogus suspects, the flask.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
5.14 | Crush
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I love the contrast and parallel between what is likely Jim's reason for using the kohl on their face (paralleling Vico Ortiz using filters on instagram for the same effect!) compared to Ed's. Because while all of Ed's crew is wearing the kohl on their face in some way, from what I can see it is only Jim who has it specifically and solely around the part of their face mimicking facial hair.
With Ed, covering/filling in his beard area is an attempt to return to this image of him that has never really been genuine as a hyper masculine and hyper violent figure. Conjuring power and imposing fear. A traumatized gay man being forced into a toxic masculine gender role that is harmful to himself and those around him in order to survive.
And then we have Jim. Who started out when we first met them wearing a disguise that included a fake beard but wasn't able to own any part of their identity. Now they are able to choose (to a certain degree while on Blackbeard's crew, at least) how they present. And they are using kohl physically the same way Ed is, but coming from a place of getting to validate their gender expression.
Because how a person dresses or cultivates their appearance can look the same on the surface. But it can be a tool or manifestation of oppression for one person, while it is an outlet and representation of euphoria and freedom for another!
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