We need to talk about Christina Braithwhite. @LovecraftHBO #LovecraftCountry

Before anyone yells at me, yes I realize I am hyper-fixated on a character complicit to white supremacy.

But the writers built a character too complex to discard the discussion, Christina is awkwardly, unfortunately, one of the best written characters in #LovecraftCountry

If all Christina was meant to be was a white supremacist, she would have remained Caleb Braithwhite, as she is in the books. Instead, she walks the line #LovecraftCountry

And the show sets us up to marvel at her. It gives her not one, not two, but three remarkable introductions (SPOILERS IN THIS WHOLE THREAD) #LovecraftCountry

1. Simmonsville, where she rides in w/ her much-foreshadowed silver Bentley as a modern-day white knight. Wordless, and with an expression so perfectly neutral she manages to reinvent: femme fatales can be blondes in broad daylight with acres of cornfields as their backdrop

(she also just flipped a car seemingly by existing) (and this show wastes no time in informing: Abbey Lee Kershaw was a supermodel) #LovecraftCountry

The resolve which speaks to familiarity (who is this woman? what is she capable of? how does she know them?) followed by a sigh of RELIEF was such a goddamn choice #LovecraftCountry

2. Ardham, with the most Aryan looking man I have ever seen (when texting a friend about this show I didn't even use his name for a solid three episodes, he was literally just "the Aryan," and "blond Jared Kushner"), we meet Christina again #LovecraftCountry

Notably, William (who, along with Christina, has yet to be named) wears the same colors as Christina in her entrance. They are color-coded from the beginning in traditionally villain-associated colors, all while offering sanctuary #LovecraftCountry

This actor, Jordan Patrick Smith, delivers an incredible pastiche in the image of Abbey Lee's Christina Braithwhite. I checked, this is far from anything close to his resting face. The way he opens his expression without creating any tension in his forehead amazes me

And then we hear the first piece of dialogue from Christina and the first acknowledgment she considers Atticus family: "We've been expecting you, Mr. Freeman. Welcome home." #LovecraftCountry

3. You thought Christina was a white knight in the pilot? Bitch rides in with a riding cape on a white fucking horse. This is the first time we see her with confirmation of her identity #LovecraftCountry

(In case anyone finds this thread who is not familiar with my tweet history: I will announce when this thread is DONE. I have only touched upon the introductory aesthetics of Christina Braithwhite, there is so much that will be covered)