She’s also a romantic whose fantasies, as revealed to us, might as well be reality for how much she believes in their ability to come true. The girl is nearly all bluster and bark hiding an aching fragility and vulnerability that makes her anxious and scared of the indifferent and often cruel world around her. Part of her off-kilter characterization stems from how young she is despite life, loss, and addiction aging her more than some of her peers. Rue is a walking contradiction, as most people are, but especially those who are lost. The slow pace of the episode allows for a peeling back of Rue’s layers, grounding her in the uneven footing of a young girl who has simultaneously written herself out of life and cast herself as the villain or victim in other people’s stories. The next hour enfolds much like a play as Rue and Ali work through conversations on loss, hopelessness, relapses, revolutions, family, suicidal ideation, and love. The cute and loving moment Rue imagines is abruptly dashed by her immediate drug use once Jules leaves for her interview, crash landing us into reality and a diner bathroom where Rue is getting high right before Christmas Eve pancakes with her sponsor Ali. Or at least Rue would be making Jules happy and curiously be devoid of anything that brought her joy other than the girl she loves. In her mind, they’d have a tiny, cramped apartment–their knick-knacks, trinkets, clothes, and art supplies scattered across various surfaces–and they’d be happy. The scene is an idealized glimpse into the life Rue believed she and Jules would have together. Part one of the Euphoria special, entitled “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” opens with Rue waking Jules with good luck kisses for her upcoming interview. Hunter Schafer, Zendaya in Euphoria - Courtesy of Eddy Chen/HBO Euphoria: Rue’s reality vs. It’s also one that’s heavily implied to not be as clear cut as the season one finale led us to believe. It’s a tragic beat in their relationship laden with miscommunication, fear, and a misunderstanding of the other’s feelings. In making disparate decisions, the girls’ relationship fractured and Rue broke her sobriety. Jules stuck to the plan Rue devised and ran away to the city. One only needs to look to Euphoria‘s two-part Christmas/winter special to see the truth of this if the entirety of season one wasn’t clue enough on its own.īut when we last left them, the two had been separated by a choice to either stay or go. Their relationship is as integral to the show’s storytelling as its themes of addiction, abuse, survival, sexuality, coming of age, and trauma. That’s a fact on HBO’s Euphoria.Ī fact so palpable and irrefutable, it’s rooted in the very core of the series. Rue is in love with Jules, and Jules is in love with Rue. By Sabrina Reed 2 years ago Rue’s unreliability as a narrator on Euphoria could affect our perception of her relationship with Jules
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