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The Man From U.N..C.L.E

The Final Cut vs Behind the Scenes

#I REALLY #WANT TO TALK #ABOUT THAT TOP LEFT MOMENT #because victoria doesn’t kiss napoleon in the context of the finished film #(she apparently does there in a version that didn’t make the final cut but that’s besides the point) #there we get to see napoleon in a sexual situation that he is a) not in control of and b) has not consented to #he’s fucking terrified #he already knows what kind of human being victoria vinciguerra is and he already bedded her in a last ditch effort to salvage their covers #which was likely victoria just playing along with him to lure him into a false sense of security until she sprang her trap #having all of this turned against him and weaponized is absolutely terrifying for him#his agency as an individual has been questionable for a decade thanks to what the cia keeps holding over his head #and his grip on that remaining autonomy is likely pretty tenuous considering how often he’s thrown around as the team honeypot #so he shields himself from intimacy by turning it into game after game #tryst after tryst #mark after mark#because the second he lets his guard down is the second he loses everything or dies #and there was probably a pretty big part of him that figured victoria and her nazi “doctor” were about to go for broke on both options #HI SORRY I’M REALLY EMO ABOUT THIS SAD BARGAIN BIN 007 I’LL SHUT UP (via brodinsons)

#ALL OF THIIIIIIS #him bedding victoria was such a dubcon moment #and the next morning he looked exhausted #and so resigned #‘trust me i gave her everything i got’ #napoleon tries so hard to cling to his last shreds of agency #truffles #clothes #giving illya the watch instead of shooting him like a good dog #and in this he and illya have a lot in common? #illya also never chose his life it was chosen for him #him imprinting on gaby like a puppy seemed just that #how many opportunities do you think he has for touch and intimacy? #because this may be the first time he’s had a chance to have something like a connection #and the same goes for napoleon #‘i work better alone’ #as admissions go are actually a little heartbreaking (x)

Re-blogging for the various tags, which I found rather thought provoking. The above did not occur to me at all, those three times I watched the film. However, on hindsight, this definitely seems plausible. (New headcanon?)

(via jhholtzmann)