» I totally don’t think there are enough roles for women. When I first started talking about Kingsman, I was like, ‘I’m the only girl, and in the [film] I did before I was the only girl. What a weird coincidence.’ It frustrates me when I see that women are only shown in the light of men.
Let’s talk about body positivity.
And for once not women’s body positivity.
I know what yall are going to say. Why do men make everything about themselves blah blah blah.
I want to bring to your attention that I am a teenage girl and I really don’t care about any negativity you care to put on my post. Get your head out of your ass really.
But in seriousness I honestly think that there is a lot more social pressure on men to have the ‘ideal’ body-type than we tend to think there is.
Because I remember being as young as 2nd or 3rd grade and all of my friends that were boys were already comparing (nonexistent) muscle-size and and weight to see who was bigger than the other. Before I even knew what insecurity meant.
And it’s not a case of boys being how boys are or whatever you want to call it. There were boys who would physically get upset over another boy telling him he was too short or too thin, or telling him that he wasn’t flexing his muscles, that it was just fat.
And it’s really sad honestly that as a girl, my insecurities didn’t hit until puberty. And I think that is the case for a lot of girls.
But for a lot of boys it’s a childhood issue that they have been dealing with their entire lives, to be bigger, to be stronger than one another.
And they are not even allowed to speak about it because society expects them to be strong, and associates feelings with weakness and femininity.
Let’s talk about body positivity.
And for once not women’s body positivity.
I know what yall are going to say. Why do men make everything about themselves blah blah blah.
I want to bring to your attention that I am a teenage girl and I really don’t care about any negativity you care to put on my post. Get your head out of your ass really.
But in seriousness I honestly think that there is a lot more social pressure on men to have the ‘ideal’ body-type than we tend to think there is.
Because I remember being as young as 2nd or 3rd grade and all of my friends that were boys were already comparing (nonexistent) muscle-size and and weight to see who was bigger than the other. Before I even knew what insecurity meant.
And it’s not a case of boys being how boys are or whatever you want to call it. There were boys who would physically get upset over another boy telling him he was too short or too thin, or telling him that he wasn’t flexing his muscles, that it was just fat.
And it’s really sad honestly that as a girl, my insecurities didn’t hit until puberty. And I think that is the case for a lot of girls.
But for a lot of boys it’s a childhood issue that they have been dealing with their entire lives, to be bigger, to be stronger than one another.
And they are not even allowed to speak about it because society expects them to be strong, and associates feelings with weakness and femininity.
What’s important about the “my” in “My Milah” and “My Emma” is that Killian isn’t indicating these women belong to him when he says that.
He’s indicating that he belongs to them.
BINGO!
(i’m kinda iffy on the whole ‘belonging’ to people in relationships but I agree that it wasn’t in a way of saying “she belongs to me”)
I think people are so jaded on this site they see it as a possession or as an ownership rather than a giving of yourself/heart/love whatever to another person for safe keeping.
Which is very much what both of them have done.
(Not saying you are, people in general)So I don’t usually hop into discussing stuff like this, but I will say that your mileage may vary due to your own cultural upbringing.
I’m Jewish, and while my opinions are not “the Jewish opinion,” it does color my own interpretation (for example, while I’m thoroughly irritated with the baby names on the show, growing up in a culture where you tend to name kids after dead relatives does mean it bothers me less than it otherwise would).
And in this case, I think my background absolutely comes into play. When my husband and I got married, we said, in front of everyone (in Hebrew), “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” It’s such a meaningful phrase to us that our ketubah’s artwork is a design that’s made up of the Hebrew letters that spell the phrase.
There’s a sense of mutual belonging that’s very often (not always, but often) emphasized in Jewish marriages, and so when I hear this sort of thing, absent abusive dynamics, I think it’s sweet
I agree with Phira. I think it’s indicative of where this couple is at and where they’re going. They’re in love, and many couples in love enjoy endearments, like “my darling,” “my love,” and “my boyfriend/girlfriend”. When Zeus sent Hook back to mortality, his exact words were, “Where you belong,” and he sent him to his grave and Emma was right in front of him. That was no coincidence in the show. Once isn’t subtle. Basically, TPTB were telling the audience that Hook’s place was 1) living and 2) with Emma. Not because of fate, but because he chose her, and in doing so, was destined to return to her in that moment. So, now, yes, his endearment, “My Emma,” is indicative of him belonging to her. I can only imagine the little heart-flip they both had when he said that.
LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE I OWN. *evil laughter*
“Madame Vastra in Doctor Who could be considered a female equivalent of Sherlock.” - Mark Gatiss, Women of Sherlock at the Radio Times Festival (x).
This scene from The Snowmen (Dec. 2012) written by Steven Moffat - thank you moriartys-minion (x) for suggesting! See also scenes from Sherlock and Deep Breath.
