My Hot Take Is That I Actually Believe This Is True. Not Necessarily In The Sense That Jack Loves Her

my hot take is that i actually believe this is true. not necessarily in the sense that jack loves her less -- he's obviously unhinged about it -- but in the sense that belle just has so much more access to love than he does. she can admit her own feelings to herself, she can say what she wants much more easily than he can. and this certainly comes in part from her bravery and emotional vulnerability, but like so many other things, it also comes from her privilege -- the privilege of having been loved without ever having been abandoned. even in the power of their love, they are unequal, even in this she benefits. their honest, true, and mutual love saves her life; it ruins his. nothing about them can ever be neutral.

i really admire thomas brodie sangster's commitment to making jack dawkins look like he's on the verge of tears like 99% of the time

I know we talk a lot about him asking for consent before treating her in the alley, but let’s talk about him asking for consent silently before they slept together. 

The poetic cinema of Jack saving Belle’s life with a noose knot.

i am in fact NOT being very brave about it and will whine and complain until i die. As is my right