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the way i can talk about happy birthday vera (HBV) for HOURS, because it is a literal masterpiece...
and especially about how joan'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'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'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's arse"
"do you have to trim her vagitation too? polish the pearl while you're at it"
"wiping greta garbo's arse"
"do you have to trim her vagitation too? polish the pearl while you're at it"
joan's punishment is always tailored to the crime and emphasises *suffering*
by cutting out lucy'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'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've licked your last pussy" is *the* most iconic revenge line for a female character
"you've licked your last pussy" is *the* most iconic revenge line for a female character
joan took lucy'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
