Stuff I'm Watching

Believe it or not, but I am trying to work on some fiction. I've been saying that for many months, but it's true! Yes, I've been detoured by laziness and life, but I do intend to finish the work I started. I don't know when it'll be finished, but it will be finished eventually!

In between writing and not writing, I've been watching a lot of stuff. I recently saw the film Pillion and found it interesting. I'm not a fan of dom/sub relationships; it's just not my bag. However, I'd read a lot about this film and I like Alexander Skarsgard, so I wanted to see it. I found his relationship with Harry Melling to be both crazy and entertaining. Harry's character was basically willing to serve at the pleasure of Alex's character (although I suspect he got some pleasure from it also). The first time he went to Alex's house, Alex told him to cook dinner for him and made him stand while he (Alex) ate that dinner. Harry would sleep on the floor beside Alex's bed. Harry shaved his head and wore a large padlock and chain around his neck (that Alex held the key for) to show that he "belonged" to Alex. But, as soon as Harry wanted to take a break from the whole dom/sub roles, Alex noped out. (Well, Alex tried it for one day, but that was it.) I kept thinking of the song "I Want to Be Your Dog" while I watched this film. 

I've also started watching the series Half Man on HBO Max. I watched Richard Gadd's other series, Baby Reindeer, back when I had Netflix and found it disturbing, but entertaining. Half Man is disturbing and less entertaining. I'm only two episodes in and I plan to finish the series, but all I can think about while watching it is that Gadd is a little disturbed (maybe more than a little) to come up with this whole storyline. Maybe more than a little. The co-dependency between his character and Jamie Bell's character is just crazy and so destructive (mainly to Jamie's character).

I'm also giving Heated Rivalry another run. I watched the first episode and didn't think I'd go back to the series, but I did and I've found that it gets better as it goes on. Now I'm kind of into it. I still don't find either of the actors playing the lead roles to be particularly sexy, but I am enjoying seeing them together. Maybe I should read the book!