the way i can talk about happy birthday vera (HBV) for HOURS, because it is a literal masterpiece...
and especially about how joan& #39;s revenge on juice was JUST, *artful*, iconic and among the very, very best scenes of the show
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and especially about how joan& #39;s revenge on juice was JUST, *artful*, iconic and among the very, very best scenes of the show
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joan could have done *anything* to her in that dentist chair, so the choice of cutting out the tongue is very meaningful
she took something juice was deathly afraid of already - the dentist, and made it into *such* a traumatic experience that she effectively branded her for life
she took something juice was deathly afraid of already - the dentist, and made it into *such* a traumatic experience that she effectively branded her for life
lucy& #39;s whole personality was centred around being cheeky & crass - they emphasised this on purpose in HBV with her comments about boomer helping a wheelchair-bound sonia:
"wiping greta garbo& #39;s arse"
"do you have to trim her vagitation too? polish the pearl while you& #39;re at it"
"wiping greta garbo& #39;s arse"
"do you have to trim her vagitation too? polish the pearl while you& #39;re at it"
joan& #39;s punishment is always tailored to the crime and emphasises *suffering*
by cutting out lucy& #39;s tongue, joan prevented her from spewing her vile "rape-thoric", condemned her to a lifetime of silence when being (unnecessarily) loud was *all* she had ever been before...
by cutting out lucy& #39;s tongue, joan prevented her from spewing her vile "rape-thoric", condemned her to a lifetime of silence when being (unnecessarily) loud was *all* she had ever been before...
AND, most importantly, *forever* denied her the most pleasurable and intimate sexual act, whose vile antithesis juice had previously committed against joan. an eye for an eye.
"you& #39;ve licked your last pussy" is *the* most iconic revenge line for a female character
"you& #39;ve licked your last pussy" is *the* most iconic revenge line for a female character
joan took lucy& #39;s phobia & twisted it into a traumatic experience of monstrous proportions, stole her entire personality AND denied her *forever* the sexual act she found most pleasurable, thus also effectively taking away her *power* as the leader of a rapist gang
ARTFUL
ICONIC
ARTFUL
ICONIC