He's the kind of guy I've always wanted to be, but can never be

Krystel 2022-10-25 09:31:12

I remember when I first started watching True Detective, the first episode set me on fire. I said to my colleague, "Have you seen the conversation between those two in the car? I'm so excited because I found someone who has the exact same cosmology as mine!" My colleague said, "You're too deep into the drama." But actually I didn't get into the drama at all at that time, because the plot hadn't unfolded yet.

Many people have complained about the loose structure and slow pace of this drama, but I really like it, and the older I get, the more I feel that even if it is a drama like solving a case, in fact, it is just like life itself, it is trying to advance, and the core very boring. Just like a real agent should look like Matt Damon or Uncle Dan in a cotton waistcoat, not a cool Brosnan.

a day later.

Ah, Detective Rust is so handsome, I love him so much! He has long legs!

As the recipient of this part of the fan girl's emotion - a friend of mine said, "Che, you superficial face control, ah no, you superficial leg control.

When I saw the fifth episode, it was basically the following state.

Dear diary, in October the sky is high and people are impetuous. The only thing I want to continue today is to watch True Detective. Every day is deepening and impetuous, just like a fever, one degree a day, more and more nervous, such as today , I've reached "Ah I'm obsessed with this show! Please don't save me when I'm dead! I'm dead. The only true love in the past five years! I'm the one who has true love again! I'm dead."

Someone said, really People who like to watch this drama are "people over 30 years old, married, highly educated, who like to use their brains, but don't believe in the world so much". I'm thinking, are any of these conditions indispensable? Do I really meet all? Can someone with such a low EQ like me be able to afford the characterizations of "highly educated" and "brain-loving" that are obviously positive?

I watched the last episode in two days, and then I instantly felt empty. I don't know when I'll be able to see such a favorite drama again.

Rust detective's self-positioning is "a realistic pessimist" and "a person who is not suitable for partying". The theory of "giant gutter in outer space" in the first episode that I watched high also looks very "middle two" at first glance. , but it took him 8 episodes, 17 years, to expand his semantics, basically, I think it's "Yeah, I'm a pessimist, I've been through vicissitudes, but I don't want to say anything about it unless you have to Ask me. Well, my work ability is good, handsome, resourceful, and active, but I don't care about these things at all" rhythm.

From the Dora Lange case in 1995 to the Charles Lake case in 2012, for even just a little bit of justice and light, Rust has nothing to lose and never regrets. I don't know if there is anyone purer than him in the world. .

He is a "real" detective.

True Detective.

At first, I just thought that I loved him very much. At the end, I felt that I respected him. It seemed that all my subconscious minds had been mobilized, and I was scrambling to be him. But am I ready to suffer just for the sake of one "true" word in the world? No, and I doubt I'll ever be prepared for that. Because I am a too ordinary person who is always swinging, craving for tenderness, longing for approval, and increasingly lacking the tenacity and determination to persist and decide something.

I think the same is true of Rust's partner Marty. When they meet again after many years, he still has a gun and is full of precautions, but when the case is solved, we can watch the stars and the moon together and talk about the philosophy of life, or, Marty and Rust both You know, the case will never be solved. The iceberg is so huge that all the detectives can do is to break through the tip of it. No one else would bang their heads and bleed for this corner, only them.

So I'm almost certain that my love for Rust has grown. Beyond the scope of face control and leg control, after 30+, in this world of "not so trusting", I chose to believe in him and his persistence.

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True Detective quotes

  • Detective Marty Hart: Do you wonder ever if you're a bad man?

    Detective Rust Cohle: No. I don't wonder, Marty. World needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door.

  • Detective Rust Cohle: If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then, brother, that person is a piece of shit - and I'd like to get as many of them out in the open as possible.