First off, wasn’t that a delightful episode of Revenge? It’s been a while since Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke last destroyed a foe, of this magnitude. You knew she was going to exact revenge that way, what with the outward references to lighters, matches, and fire throughout the episode. Tsk tsk, you don’t mess with this girl.
And for our weekly screencaps, I found this dialogue between Jack and (fake) Amanda to be quite relatable:
Okay, I know I haven’t updated ze blog in the longest time but I plan to take advantage of what’s left of the holidays and post the entries and photos I failed to in the past weeks — no, months. Let’s begin with my new favorite series — Revenge. It is DELICIOUS. What can I say, every episode is served up cold.
I was in the throes of writing a chapter for my thesis when I found out about the show. I only knew it was based on The Count of Monte Cristo, but any story toying with the vengeance theme (think Kill Bill or even Valentine) is my kind of story, so I gave it a go. The initial scenes of a pilot episode are crucial, and I have to say, I was hooked within the first few seconds of Revenge, mainly because of the lead character’s introductory narration:
When I was a little girl my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like, “do unto others” and “two wrongs don’t make a right.” But two wrongs can never make a right because two wrongs can never equal each other. For the truly wronged real satisfaction can only be found in one of two places — absolute forgiveness or mortal vindication.
This is not a story about forgiveness.
Wanderlusting, academic woes, trivial pursuits, ruminations, creative forays, absurdity, feast & famine, acquisitive tendencies, Kodak moments, complexes & disorders, whatever it fakes.
Welcome to my beautiful dumpsite!
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Aldo teaches and studies at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
