behold. my muse
You keep saying you came here because Art needed matches… I think you came for something else. You think I came here for you? You think I came here to throw it all away for you? Maybe you just wanted to see me. I have seen you, you look like shit.
ZENDAYA & JOSH O'CONNOR as TASHI DUNCAN & PATRICK ZWEIG in CHALLENGERS (2024) dir. Luca Guadagnino
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thinking abt the color choices in challengers... luca guadagnino ur such a genius and i love u forever...
using art as a main example because i see it most in him but the scenes of him in 2019, pre patrick reunion, the colors are bland and neutral, as if reflecting his life back to him. even when he does wear colors (his blue and white uniqlo) its only ever small accents. the colors are never bright or happy or super in your face, they're just sort of.. there. like art is in his marriage and in the tennis world. hes nothing really special when hes doing this.
the scenes above- his match with patrick, the motel scene, and atlanta are the ones i find the most interesting color-wise.
in the tennis match, he's still only wearing small accents of color, but his surroundings are much brighter and contrast against him, making him stand out- playing with patrick brought that small spark back to his playing.
the motel scene is so obvious, the constant need and longing that all three characters feel for each other seems to make the room ebb and glow with the warm lighting, the contrasting colors of tashi's neon pink, patrick's mint green, and art's baby blue making an unbalanced mosh pit of colors that shouldnt mean anything but do.
atlanta scene, arts fiancee is LITERALLY cheating on him and his ass knows this- but to just know patrick is nearby, that their sick fucked up triad has a hope for returning brings some color back.
its like the mere idea of having both patrick and tashi around brings this sort of energy back into art that can be seen through the coloring. it cant only be one- it has to be both pat and tash, all three of them connected once again for the color to return to art's eyes
this is me planning an edit in my head when a song comes on
i love listening to MUSIC!!!!!! and imagining things happening
on the edge of my seat
MOJO PIN — art decided he didn’t need you anymore after your breakup but boy was he wrong..text after text, drug after drug after drug. If he just had you, he wouldn’t need no drugs or..his mojo pin to keep him satisfied but he didn’t wanna weep for you and he didn’t wanna know what you were up too until you showed up at his trashy apartments front steps after receiving a bit too many harsh messages from him after a harsh night.
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tashi duncan as dayanara vega
if you're bad, she'll say so. better form, point your toes, arch your back. she's strict, but she's good. there's a grace behind her movement quality, an easiness that looks natural to her. she also had a knee injury (a few years back) and now has taken up a teaching position. if you're good, she'll tell you, and she'll be unbelievably proud of you for making it a few more steps.
patrick as gavin morales
he's sharp and fierce, confident in himself and his abilities- and as he should be. he's overflowing with talent, all hips and chest, spotting on point. his moves stick, never flowing unless they need to be. he's good at being himself- after all, everyone wants to be him.
art as kurtis sprung
he's mastered the classics and foundation, starting in ballet and creating a whole new interpretation of fusion. his movements are fluid and slick, he knows how to control his body, his muscles and his strength. he dances for himself and his own comfort, turning different genres into a style that's completely his own.
ITS FINALLY HERE OMG
this bot drop is based one of my favorite albums ever, GRACE by Jeff Buckley bot drop does include sensitive topics so I do warn you before going into this! this is my second bot drop and I hope you enjoy!
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dodge mason
last goodbye - your boyfriend that you had met through the challenge, panic. Wanted to travel the world but you wanted a different path, resulting you both in having to split. Before he leaves, you need to tell him your last goodbye.
dream brother — after being cheated and left by natalie, he decided enough was enough. It was hard enough trusting someone new, now when meeting you. His barriers were harder to crack. He didn’t want you to be like the one who made him feel old and used, pushing you away when he realized he was falling for you.
Patrick zweig
so real — when your ex needs a place to stay, he confesses his continuing love while you confess your fear of it, he’s willing to prove why you don’t have to be.
lover, you should’ve come over — after losing tashi, art and then you. He realized his wrong doings, his struggle of committing because he was ‘too young’ and too deaf dumb and blind to see the damage he’d done, he was always wondering where you were because, damn he needed you. he tried to be better especially for you when he meets your eyes at a bar, after meeting eyes, he gets a chance to follow you, when you offer help. He has to decline until he watches you walk away.
Art Donaldson
forget her — you, tashi’ bestfriend knew that she was cheating on art with his bestfriend, now you knew it was wrong and you never admitted it but you had feelings for art, here was your chance to slip in and convince him to finally forget her after he’d found out.
mojo pin — after your breakup with your ex, art. He turned to drugs and that had impacted him and his choices. He was constantly calling you, cursing you out through text, crying through voicemails for you. What other choice did you have but to visit him and help him?
Connor Murphy
grace — he had to admit, he wasn’t afraid to die and leave the pain he had, though..he met you. Someone with the same tendencies as him, a complete stoner, depressed. Everything that he had and what he did. maybe life wasn’t so bad when you both were ready to die together but stayed for each other. Now, someone had loved him for real.
finnick o’dair
lilac wine — you had lost your the love of your life, the one who you had married not too long ago and the one you were going to have children with, you turned to alcohol. You knew it wasn’t traditional and it wasn’t healthy but did you care? No but only for one reason, you saw your lover all over again. You weren’t exactly what it was. His ghost? A demon? Not sure but it made you happy. It made you excited to start the day but one thing you knew was that it had to stop, you had to put an end to this.
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wait guys hear me out… death of a party girl is SO patrick after he lost both art and tashi in one day. i like to think that he turned to partying and that scene to take his mind off of it, definitely spiralling downward sometime before we see him again in 2019
DO WE SEE MY VISION.
To be loved is to be seen