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Expressions of Gratitude in FK
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 10:14 pmRecently, I decided to make myself a "thank you" userpic icon. You see the result with this post -- Magda thanking Nick at the end of "For I Have Sinned" -- but I was surprised how few choices I could call to mind. Is "I will repay you (by not killing you while you're impaled on a meat rack)," double-entendre and all, really so expressive of the series's overall approach? I'm satisfied with my icon, but it got me thinking about gratitude as a story element and in character development in FK.
The most powerful and straightforward "thank you" scene that I could call to mind is the tag of "1966," when Lily expresses her undying gratitude for Nick's rescue of her family, mentioning so many of the lives that are better for Nick's intervention, and hinting at the ever-expanding waves of good from his action, such as her son. (Unfortunately for icon-making, there's nothing visual there to grab. It's Nick listening to his answering machine. Either you know what you're seeing in the still, or you don't. It doesn't suggest anything to a stranger.)
In second place, I think, is Magda thanking Nick, the scene I picked for my icon. He's just saved her life, and her gesture of gratitude includes almost forcing on him the memento of her cross necklace. She doesn't know what it means that he can hold it, but we do. (For icon-making, her action and stance seem to me to be visually suggestive of their emotional content.)
But beyond those? ( Read more... )
The most powerful and straightforward "thank you" scene that I could call to mind is the tag of "1966," when Lily expresses her undying gratitude for Nick's rescue of her family, mentioning so many of the lives that are better for Nick's intervention, and hinting at the ever-expanding waves of good from his action, such as her son. (Unfortunately for icon-making, there's nothing visual there to grab. It's Nick listening to his answering machine. Either you know what you're seeing in the still, or you don't. It doesn't suggest anything to a stranger.)
In second place, I think, is Magda thanking Nick, the scene I picked for my icon. He's just saved her life, and her gesture of gratitude includes almost forcing on him the memento of her cross necklace. She doesn't know what it means that he can hold it, but we do. (For icon-making, her action and stance seem to me to be visually suggestive of their emotional content.)
But beyond those? ( Read more... )
