Why Villanelle Loves Eve on Killing Eve

It's easy to see why Eve loves Villanelle-who wouldn't adore a charismatic psychopathic assassin? But understanding why Villanelle loves Eve is a bit trickier. In this video we explain the evolution of Eve and Villanelle's relationship, and how Villanelle's past plays a big role in her attraction to Eve.
This video uses clips from season one of BBC America's Killing Eve (2018), season two of BBC America's Killing Eve (2019) and season three of BBC America's Killing Eve (2020). I do not own any of the clips.
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[@Ramy-ql3tr]

Because Eve is that Asian woman with amazing hair.

[@screentime4500]

you know it!

[@muneebaqureshi2372]

You crack it

[@DirkDP65]

It's what got it all started, in that hospital toilet, after all...

[@killingeveedits8228]

Lol

[@sircatibus8971]

Honestly, same

[@jtzimm233]

Eve had to embrace her darker impulses and V had to embrace her human ones before they could meet each other in the middle...of the bridge. I’m not one of those people who look for symbolism in everything, but the bridge setting was no coincidence.

[@screentime4500]

Oh I had never thought of that before! That's definitely symbolic, you're right

[@oneuniqueusername]

NAILED IT

[@DamnAdriane]

They’re true love

[@SaintGabriel894]

thats why this series is special

[@gracekimathi2492]

Yes, especially how there was the line in the bridge between them that if you watch really close they never cross

[@bpepp5604]

I dont think her mother rejected her because shes a killer. Her mother and her are "the same" because they are both manipulative psychopaths. But where Villanelle is intrigued by people she cant manipulate, her mother is repulsed. Villanelles mother controls both the family and also I think the community (the brother talks about how respected she is at one point). Villanelle is the one person she cant manipulate because she is her equal, they are the same. I dont think her mother likes this which is normal in a sycopath because they have a need to control everything. So the mother got rid of Villanelle soon after she realised she couldnt manipulate her sending her to the orphanege. And then sending her away again when she returned.

[@gretas950]

Great observations here!

[@chloereed454]

Her mum was a narc parent then

[@kpaxian6044]

@@chloereed454 Yes...her mum was very narcisstic. I feel like Villanelle never bonded with anyone and then was groomed for the world of violence when she was incarcerated as a juvenile. The combination of no real strong bonds in early childhood and then brutal treatment and then being groomed and rewarded...it's not so astounding that she became who she became.

[@jeane312]

When eve says “I know” it literally makes me cry😔😪 such a beautiful scene

[@screentime4500]

It makes me cry too😂

[@katiafernandes3699]

She loves Eve because of her amazing hair obviously. But in all seriousness, really good video.

[@screentime4500]

U right lol it's just the hair

[@nightingalebard]

😃 Exactly. Though to be fair, the hair she loves (on Anna, on Eve) are all curly just like her mother's.

[@Sofia-be7ee]

and her 'nice body'

[@lollylolly743]

I agree on the whole "mommy issues" thing, and indeed i would hazard a guess: her mommy issues is reflected in her tend to love people who give her attention. I mean, she fell in love with Anna because at the time she was the only one who didn't take a step back, she actually showed her "extra love" as she said. V never loves first, she just loves the ones who already (somehow) love her. And honestly I think that V was at first amazed by the similarity between Eve and Anna when she first sees Eve in that bathroom, and that only at a second time she kinda fell in love with her: when Eve got out of her car choosing to trust V and to not be scared. In these women she finds the love she never had from her mother. Not saying Eve is a mother figure, just saying that the lack of love in her childhood effects her way of relating with others. Btw I'm not English so sorry for any mistakes

[@screentime4500]

Your English is perfect! And you made a really good point that Villanelle doesn't love first, she just loves the people who are already giving her attention. I never noticed that before! You are totally right! Thanks for watching and commenting❤️

[@geomon22]

I get the same vibes from her relationship with Konstantin

[@gardeniaw3301]

wow, this is a perfect explanation!

[@OnlyYourDee]

I actually feel that Villanelle had started that wheel in the bathroom. She initiated the whole thing back there. If only she paid no attention to the mirror reflection who knows how the plot could go. At least she definitely wouldn't kill anyone beside the exact target. But she got over emotional. As we know she feels things mostly when she’s with Eve. We can assume she couldn’t handle those sudden emotions & got totally mad. I think that if she paid to attention to the mirror, firstly, it could take much more time for Eve to find V, and, secondly, V definitely won’t be triggered by Eve that much.

[@LemonSte]

Your English is completely perfect, didn't even cross my mind when reading! And very insightful points too.

[@Senate300]

A few notes. It was Villanelle's manipulation of Eve into killing that earned the rejection in the 1st place. She learned the hard way what loves not. Possession with the demand of unconditional surrender. She wanted her mother, Tatiana to admit to her own psychopathy. What happened to her father is a mystery. In her narcissism, Tatiana viewed her own daughter as competition. Even from the 1st season Eve knew on some level Villanelle wanted out of that life and that normalcy was what she coveted. And still viewed her as someone to be saved. Then on Tower Bridge, Villanelle demonstrated her understanding of love at it's most selfless by giving Eve the choice to walk away and Eve still chose her. It also showed how much Villanelle/Oksana has grown up.

[@screentime4500]

I agree, Villanelle had a lot of growing up to do between S1 and S3. But I think Eve would have rejected Villanelle at the end of S2 even if she hadn't manipulated her into killing Raymond. Eve was still chasing after Niko in Poland in S3. I would be interested to know what happened to Villanelle's father-is it possible that he also rejected Villanelle, hence why Villanelle looks to Constantin as a father-figure?

[@Senate300]

@@screentime4500 Abandonment, murder or suicide is the question where her fathers concerned. Oksana worshipped the ground he walked on. Eve was too invested in Villanelle to dump her until she saw the gun which rendered the investment as worthless. Eve was chasing the last link to her facade of normalcy with Dasha sending her Texts from Niko's phone before the Pitchfork stabbing. Eve was also chasing after Villanelle like a mad woman with nothing to lose. After killing Tatiana, Villanelle died to make way for Oksana's emotional rebirth.

[@gorgeous6737]

Totally!!!

[@Kadasberry11]

You said put it perfectly 👏🏾

[@Senate300]

@@screentime4500 I also believe Eve to be the modern day Madame De Tourvel to Villanelle's female equivalent of Vicomte De Valmont of Dangerous Liaisons(the basis of Cruel Intentions). Only Eve's made of sterner stuff in the hard to get stakes and is the greatest challenge for Villanelle who's bored of the lovers(of both genders) she's so easily seduced in the past. In her quest to conquer Eve it's Villanelle who ends being conquered in more ways than she bargained for.

[@marsadams3886]

Dang I’m gonna have to get a psychology degree just to operate at this level of theorisation

[@screentime4500]

Aw thanks hahaha

[@NICOLETANYINGLI]

I love how you caught Villanelle's reaction when Eve says "I know". I now see that it is reaction of relief from Eve's acceptance, like how she had been rejected at every end and then to be accepted. I'd like to imagine that Villanelle had been alone for so long as an assassin. Not only was MI6 unable to identify her kills, no one was able to catch her. So we see in series 1 when Eve manages not only to identify her kills but was also able to have such a chanced encounter with her, it showed that finally someone was able to seek her out through her work unlike anyone has ever been. Villanelle is also incredibly proud of her assassinations/work, so for someone to be obsessed and "a fan" of her work stroked her ego.Therefore, she is both intrigued and elated that someone was up to her level. Finally she was seen. Because of that she reciprocates and sought Eve out as well. When she said her name was "Eve Polastri" during the fetish kill, she signals to Eve, "game on." This starts the chain of cat and mice, where Villanelle attempts to test and manipulate Eve only to be bested and for Eve to consistently overcome expectations. Hence, Villanelle sees Eve as an equal and "the same".

[@screentime4500]

Yes, you hit the nail on the head! Villanelle really just wanted to be noticed by someone and obsessed over. I considered having a section of this video talking about V and E's shared loneliness: E doesn't have anyone but Niko and V doesn't have anyone but Constantin. E even says "I basically married my dad" to Carolyn😂

[@MrAdryan1603]

Villanelle absolutely does not see Eve as any kind of equal to herself whatsoever, nor any other human being, because that isn't possible. People with this condition are self-obsessed egomaniacs and see everyone else as inferior, or at the very worst end of the spectrum they have no regard for life at all. She heavily implies on more than one occasion and finally even states to Eve that she is nothing without her and that literally the only thing that makes Eve interesting is Villanelle. Not trying to be rude, but V could (and did) think she killed Eve and just simply move on to the next thing in life and the next person without looking back and it showed us that if Eve had actually died V wouldn't have really cared past that interest that was barely there in the first place, she only had that reaction and got back into her life after Konstantin told her she was alive and he saw her. Otherwise, maybe she would have thought about her every once in a while but she practically forgot already. The idea of someone she is *physically* attracted to (I believe she is incapable of empathy or actual love, or they went the complete psycho direction with her character and then they decided to backtrack across the paint anyway and give a psychopath sudden, miraculous new feelings they make it pretty clear she's never truly felt before. These things are not possible with this level of psychopathy, just fleeting fascination or interest, and if they were staying true to the character they built up she wouldn't be able to truly love anyone. Seems like it's merely Eve's kind of twisted love towards and fascination with her that fuels any interest V has with her... And let's not forget that Eve is on the sociopathy spectrum as well, they have clearly shown that throughout all three seasons.

[@patriot7897]

@@MrAdryan1603 you said it all! I was going to say the same thing. "Here today, gone tomorrow" is how V lives her life. It's going to be interesting to see where they take this relationship. I would hate to see them totally reverse roles

[@MrAdryan1603]

@@patriot7897 Oh definitely, I agree. It could go anywhere at this point.. and I'm just hoping they don't do what a lot of programs do and think they have to up the craziness and drama a few dozen notches and pull some crazy shet on us that screws up everything. They're at a point where they could still do such great and clever things without ruining it.... I guess we'll see. Hahah, cheers!

[@srabantidasgupta7389]

@@MrAdryan1603 this was the last season

[@poeticbrutalism]

I've always believe and keep believing Villanelle's love for Eve is beyond her mummy issues. Their deep connection, understanding & acceptance is so much more than some freudian issue.

[@zee6844]

I agree

[@JinhuiYu]

They've been flirting with each other for three yrs now... Maybe that's so typical for lesbians love.

[@ravenmoon3451]

I think they just are really infatuated with each other, leading to love. I don’t think labels are needed. It’s so much more than lesbian love, extremely complex.

[@kimwang2787]

Typically we flirt for an hour fall in love in the next move in a day later. 3yrs of flirting is unheard of

[@alexisramos904]

@@kimwang2787 that's how me and my gf ended up being bc we were too shy to confront our feelings. not uncalled for, maybe they just need to warm up completely and get to truly dig into each other's complexities.

[@arkmanevr2073]

i don t think eve love s her

[@laradavenport903]

@@arkmanevr2073 Then why Eve kiss💋 Villanelle then??

[@TheSoni30]

V : I've killed so many people Eve! E: I Know (soft) For V means that Eve accepts her just as the way she is, that's why she has a little smile after that response.

[@tundravarg3525]

That's not even a smile... That's pure a internal struggle and a broken soul.

[@m900l4]

If you find someone you are initially attracted to who is fascinated by you , accepts you for who you are , has great chemistry with you and loves and respects you chances are you might fall in love with them. That's what's happened here. Lol .

[@Manyfests]

Perfect comment

[@sunmoon539]

Is that Bette Porter in your profile picture?

[@alishaghayas8232]

I need more shows/movie recs with this kinda plot line

[@ACBmonkey]

Unfortunately that love can't always be romantic. Or maybe fortunately... we can find many soulmates. Idk.

[@burrahobbithalf]

why is half of this blurry? Is it just me?

[@roxgut]

I don't think her love for Eve is because she wants her to be like her mother. if anything it is the total opposite. VIllanelle loves Eve because she's very different. And I believe her love for her goes beyond the mommy issues. If that were the case she would have just get bored very easily.

[@curtis3524]

Yeah, more like she is looking for someone to fill the hole left by her mother who didn't love her. I think that's how she became an assassin too. I think Dasha pretended to care for her at a young age because she knew that was what Villanelle craved and then used that to manipulate her into becoming a violent sociopath. I think the darkness in Eve is important too though, because to Villanelle it means that she is capable of accepting her darkness too. She's just looking for that balance of darkness and true love, and she's been let down by everyone.

[@maddyg282]

Mommy issues!!

[@Joan-ot9nf]

This comment section is just GOLD. I think I've read half of it at least xD so many new perspectives to look at from. Made me think of how cool it would be for all of us to be in one room and discuss this series due to our mutual interests 🙃

[@hannalind7581]

And see season 4 together.

[@sammiechanning1489]

@@hannalind7581 For a kiss yes. But for the whole season? Fuck no!

[@adelinadulce]

But after the third season I don't think V wants that acceptance from her mother anymore thus she's no longer looking at Eve as an extension of her maternal figure. She's beyond that and in that dance scene she's just seeking acceptance from the woman she realizes she loves just for who she is. It's the same with Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling who end up together in the books. At first Hannibal tries to manipulate Clarice to become a replacement of his sister, Mischa, but he soon stops doing that and starts seeing and loving Clarice as an equal partner. The same with V and Eve. Villanelle is no longer seeing Eve as an extension of her mother and is no longer trying to manipulate or force her darkness out. Instead she's letting Eve do and be whoever she wants (bridge scene) because she no longer feels the need to make her fit that maternal pattern after killing her mother and understanding she doesn't want her acceptance anymore. She loves Eve for being Eve and that's freeing.

[@Senate300]

With Hannibal & Clarice it cut both ways because while Hannibal initially viewed her as a replacement for his long lost sister, she saw him as a twisted, father figure she fell in love with. In Eve, Villanelle had the friend, the mother and star-crossed lover who takes a genuine interest in her as a human being rather than just a gifted killer with no soul. In turn Hannibal & Villanelle saw their perspective lovers as humans in their own right instead of objects to be possessed.

[@silverkitty2503]

true but also .....she loves her because she is different in the ways she wants ...and tries to turn her to the same as her mother in the ways she wants

[@ADifferentVibe]

Great video. I'm not truly buying that Villanelle wants Eve only because Eve fulfills what her own mother could not (acceptance, not manipulative, etc). There's also a romantic obsession between them both. And Eve isn't middle-aged in the story...she's in her mid to late thirties (helps that Sandra Oh doesn't age! 😃)

[@sallycinammon1478]

She’s described as being 40 in s1

[@ADifferentVibe]

Sally Cinammon that's not middle-aged and late 30s is around 40 anyway.

[@swilliams23]

@Forever Hermosa 40 is not middle aged

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

Good old Jamie Moriarty-y vibes. "I can't figure you out so I will stalk you".

[@screentime4500]

I was literally going to talk about that

[@elfodelputoinfierno]

@@screentime4500 I see. You are a person of culture as well.

[@screentime4500]

@@elfodelputoinfierno honey you should see me in a crown

[@dec23]

Villanelle and Eve are literally the Ying and Yang symbol. They each have a part of each other, ultimately different but flow with each other.

[@djacy5015]

YES

[@lkf8799]

Christina Yang!

[@sorrybabyx]

Sandra Oh's favourite analysis.

[@screentime4500]

Lol I would die

[@vairagya108]

If someone found you endlessly fascinating, the way Eve thinks of Villanelle, your interest would definitely be piqued. Lol. Eve also sees Villanelle with a certain lack of judgment, something which Villanelle might be craving. Eve knows her truth but understands, that can be very liberating, Villanelle doesn't have to lie, pretend or hide anything. The worst of the worst is already known to Eve. There's any number of reasons Villanelle would find being around Eve intoxicating. But it's mainly because she's the centre of the relationship. As she herself told Eve - 'Don't talk to me like that. Don't forget, the only thing that's interesting about you, is me.'

[@Kadasberry11]

There was also the convo with her short-lived trainee at the bus stop (beginning of S3). He talked about how his bf rejected him once he knew who he Really was (he killed several people). In that moment, Villanelle clearly related. They both talked about it being the worst feeling so it makes her relief during the tea dance even more impactful. Awesome video✌🏾

[@martensjd]

Very interesting--thanks! A couple things: I think Villanelle's mom asked her to leave before V said she was a killer, and I don't think we have evidence that Villanelle's mom was a killer, though she did kill the childhoods of at least a couple of her kids. Regardless, good insight here.

[@screentime4500]

That's true-V's mom did ask her to leave before Villanelle said she was a killer-but I think V's mom knew about Villanelle's history of killing before V came to visit. I think V's mom being the killer during the game at the dinner table, combined with V saying "you're like me" and then immediately after saying "I've killed a lot of people" are huge hints towards V's mom being a killer too. Hopefully in S4 they will dive more deeply into V's past so we can see what happened!

[@Littlestraincloud]

But when Sandra Oh says there's a mother-daughter element to their relationship, the fans get up in arms.

[@hijaabivlogger1088]

Littlestraincloud what ,.. ...... this can not be mother daughter element😂 no daughter touches crave for her mom... it’s more of. A romantic relationship

[@Littlestraincloud]

@@hijaabivlogger1088 It's a romantic relationship but Villanelle still has a desire for the approval and love for another woman denied to her by her mother

[@TheJcg14]

I’ve read that when Sandra first signed on it was gonna be more Thelma and Louise vibes but producers/fans wanted more romantic pairing after season 1🤷🏾🤷🏾

[@godsavethefiction6942]

I agree with most of the video, but not with the part it says Villanelle encouraged Eve to kill Raymond in order to turn Eve in a copy of her mother. V did that because Eve, told her at the end of season 1, that she wanted to know how V felt when she killed, so in Villanelle's mind, she trully was giving Eve what she wanted.

[@elizabethwhite1068]

I agree

[@milanradulovic3915]

what the fuck is with this video? every 5 seconds gets completely blurry... wtf

[@zieteniere7500]

Villanelle says she wants a normal life plenty of times. She wants stability. She wants someone who will accept her for what she is and gets her (someone to watch movies with, a normal life). If you want to play that back - her dad seemed to love her, and he died. Why no mention of that, and such fixation on the mom? What the mom represents in lacking, results in something everyone everyone wants - understanding and acceptance. These are basically uninteresting, baseline expectations in a relationship. So I dont get the level of fixation on that here, and no mention of dads role if you're going to fixate on parental relationships. I also feel you ignored her general upbringing in favor of fixating on the relationship w the mom. Unfortunate because that also plays into the lack of Villanelle feeling known and stable in who is there for her (Eve provides both and it is Eves job to know V). The thing that is unique about v and eve is that acceptance is about murder. That is where the sparkles in their relationship come from - Eve knows what Villanelle does and still treats her like a person and better. It's not a mom gap she's trying to fill. It'd a stability and acceptance gap for who she is now. But especially now, and that goes beyonddd what any mom would accept, and where it moves into the mom portion falling apart (most mom's would not approve their child being a murderer correct me if I'm wrong). She grew up adopted, groomed to be an assassin, and didn't get a stable, normal life. My stomach didn't like this video. Made me very uncomfortable and hope that no straights see this.

[@Terik17]

you made some really valid points and gave me an idea for my fic, thanks friend

[@raphaele863]

This reminds me of the relationship between Hannibal and will graham. Cause will graham admires Hannibal work and Hannibal is really infatuated with will graham

[@__as7asd616]

Then theyll jump the cliff together

[@cheeryberrie]

YAS

[@RK-ep8qy]

Ooohh never thought of that

[@AlexisCariddi]

YES oh my god i thought i was the only one

[@LittleSkyful]

Ohhhh 09:31 I forgot, that she said the same sentence to her mother. Excellent video :) well done ^^ !

[@sdkingz84]

I notice the video is blurred, is it due to copyright issues?

[@hudsonsilva6154]

DAMN the writer of that series is a lover for psychology.

[@mono9578]

Everything about this show makes me wanna keep living

[@EMVelez]

Just not the ending 😢

[@tundravarg3525]

Villanelle threatened to shot Anna because she emotionally abandoned her like everybody else. This is also why Villanelle shot Eve at season 2 finale. Basically she never had anybody who truly ever loved her, this is part why she does what she does. She's been forcibly emotionally sterile because she keeps finding herself in the same abandonment complex loop her whole life. Basically, yes, "mommy issues" to sum it up.

[@Senate300]

Only Villanelle didn't shoot Anna. She shot herself.

[@tundravarg3525]

@@Senate300 Yeah you're right, she only threatened it. But still.

[@Senate300]

@@tundravarg3525 Anna did it cause she knew she'd been replaced. I would've love for Anna to ask "Is it Eve?" Or having to listen to Oksana Villanelle gush over her new crush at gunpoint would've been a work of art. Eve's emotional abandonment of Villanelle wasn't without reason. And those reasons were swept under the rug never to be addressed again.

[@rialimpe]

She just wants someone to watch movies with. And Eve is the only person that interests her. Because deep down Eve understands and accepts her.

[@PascalsWager5]

Solid first offering Screen Time... I think a “Why Eve Loves Villanelle” may be a good follow up...

[@screentime4500]

I'm working on a different video right now, but I might do Why Eve Loves Villanelle after that one!

[@cherylfoo3699]

This is one of the best analysis I have ever came across!! This amazing! Loved every minute of it.

[@screentime4500]

Thank you!! That's so kind

[@DaleNovella]

I love this show and never thought about the characters relationship this way. Brilliant analysis!

[@codyseelye8352]

Villanelle wants the love she lacked from her mom but she sees Eve like a parter a relationship partner not a mother figure.

[@leslieeeee4593]

Your analysis is literally so enlightening and spot on I love it!!! Also, that “third times a charm” thing had me laughing so hard

[@screentime4500]

Thank you and omg yes I knew I had to use Mario kart music there

[@AlyssaSaldana1]

This video was done beautifully. Great job! 👍🏻

[@screentime4500]

Tysm❤️

[@brianna9448]

This was such a good character analysis, I'm sorry I missed this video 5 months ago.

[@naomi8785]

This was a great video and opened my eyes to analysis I wouldn't have thought of. Good work!

[@JosephLeeEun]

Cant really enjoy the video anymore when most of it is just blurred.

[@hijaabivlogger1088]

Oh god i miss them both so much .. jodie is such a wonderful lover that she made me question my sexuality😜😜 i never knew having gf is far far better thn having a bf 😂😂😂

[@Cattser]

Loved this video. Explained things i hadn’t even thought about!

[@screentime4500]

Thanks! When I was preparing for this video I discovered a lot of stuff I didn't even think of either lol I got lots of help

[@kimk7323]

Wow that's really digging deep into her personality 😍 Thank you so much!! I rly loved the video 💜

[@screentime4500]

Oh you're so kind thank you so much 😊

[@edibethcapeles3269]

Villanelle meant that her mother was just as twisted as her because Villanelle is her daughter, hence "I am my mothers daughter". I believe Villanelle has "Mommy issues" to an extent, but i think she just had that spark with Eve and that spark told her that this is the person that would really love her. Villanelle has never truly ever felt loved by any one, everyone she's ever cared for or has shared a moment of her life has betrayed her. 1. Her mother abandoned her (There's a subtle subtext that i picked up re-watching the show in which i believe Villanelle's mother had told the orphanage to tell young Villanelle that they had died in the car crash and she then told their family that Villanelle had died in the fire so she didn't have to bring her back). 2. Dasha was the one who made her in to a killer, she was rough on her and somewhere in season 3 it is mentioned that Dasha tried to kill Villanelle. Which explains Villanelle's Hostility towards Dasha when she see's her at her wedding. 3.Anna wouldn't choose Villanelle over her husband and out of jealousy Villanelle killed him. 4. Konstantin set her up to obtain the whereabouts of his family.

[@ggbb9591]

this is true

[@brentmclaren6748]

What an insightful well thought out video and explanation ! It’s deep and full of truths that I have been trying to find the right words to describe. Villanelle is just looking for a person that knowing what she is will accept her . I’m so impressed with Jodies acting and the shows writing and Sandra . I know that there might not be a happy ending to this show but in my mind I have created one for Villanelle . She deserves a reset button and a much better matriarchal influence in her life , not one that abandoned her early on . I got to admit your explanation of this dynamic of eve/vill is scary spot on . Makes me want to start from the beginning and watch again . Got to get that Hulu subscription back on lol . Well done on helping me appreciate Villanelle/Jodie on a deeper level and keep up the good work !!!

[@jeffwinbush5039]

Thanks for putting together the video. I wish you had dug a little deeper into the bus kiss and how that also illustrated Eve removing yet another barrier between them and a concluding summation would have tied up things in a nice little bow, but that aside, you did a fine job of explaining Villanelle's motivations.

[@RachelT.773]

OMG I loved when Eve did that it was quite clever. I'm pretty sure Eve was trying to lower Villanelles guard so she could escape and it worked perfectly.

[@Frey12]

You summed up one season 1-3 are soooo goood!

[@cookiebun12]

I love your analysis. Thanks for making this video

[@olengenohana]

I had not understood this. Thank you very much for this video it was very interesting!

[@nathanfoster5423]

In doing this for my english coursework and its great you've been doing these essays

[@atlasshrugd]

Because of Villanelle's mummy issues, she always has an attraction to women who resemble her mother. But going off of her relationships with Anna and Eve, they both have another thing in common: they accepted her the way she was. Because Villanelle's own mother could not accept her for who she was, she has a particular connection to those who do, which is why her relationships with Anna and Eve went on for longer than any others. Villanelle wants people to choose her, because she is abandoned all the time. She made Anna choose between her and her husband; Anna chose her husband. She made Eve choose between her and her life; Eve chose life as she knew it. There is always an ultimatum with Villanelle. So, Villanelle still has this tether to her mother, until she visits her in Russia. On that trip, Villanelle is freed from the hold her mother had on her, and finally releases the emotional guilt she always carried. That is why after her trip, she changed. She herself became more accepting. She no longer pushed Eve to choose her. Instead, she gave Eve the freedom and space to choose what she wanted. She gave her the option to leave and never look back; it was all in Eve's hands. Because Eve didn't just symbolise the lost connection with her mother anymore; it was no longer infatuation. Eve was the woman Villanelle loved. And Eve chose her, when no one else has ever chose her. This symbolises the changes in both characters in comparison to the earlier seasons - they both had to accept the parts of themselves they weren't willing to accept in order to be free.

[@EMVelez]

And yet…the beginning of season 4 doesn’t reflect these positive changes at all.

[@pao1496]

Woow this is an amazing video! Thank you so much!!!

[@CMC-cx2fw]

Great video and dissection of the character 👌!

[@RandomProductions106]

Loved this video essay, thank you ❤️

[@SpookyQueen.]

Wow that was so interesting and accurate thing !! Really good analys about V’s psychology

[@jubed]

Fantastic well thought out video 👍🏻

[@respectthepouch]

wow, i mean at some level i understood the attraction but now it makes so much sense. THANK YOU!

[@Nina-pz7ge]

5:09 „I kno” always gets me

[@testtest-wx8zy]

Great analysis , loved it ♥️

[@Amulyachoudhary-si1wt]

This video literally cleared my head . Thanks 💜

[@screentime4500]

You're so welcome!

[@BootyBot]

thing about Villanelle is that she's not psychopathic. The show got that totally wrong. Psychopaths are incapable of feeling emotion, and her emotional and impulsive reaction to her mother's spurning demonstrates that she reacts emotionally to external stimuli. The fact that she reacts with emotion, accompanied by an extreme act of violence demonstrates that she's not actually a psychopath because doing something like that would not benifit her in anyway, therefore it could be considered an emotional reaction due to its irrationality. She also experiences regret, which is counter to psychopaths, who are unapologetic in their behavior and have lack of remorse. The show got this part about Villanelle wrong. Should have said she's a sociopath (they can feel selective emotions, and are "made, not born" which is what the show seems to imply happened to her) and not a psychopath.

[@liv-uu1fi]

Sociopaths are the ones who can't love, Psychopaths can, usually with family.

[@thatskyhalo]

@@liv-uu1fi both terms are outdated and actually considered kinda offensive but that aside you actually have them backwards! it’s said that sociopaths can from bonds but psychopaths are physically unable to (makes sense because sociopaths are built from trauma and psychopaths are born that way)

[@liv-uu1fi]

@@thatskyhalo idk man every source say something different 🤷‍♀im sorry if I said something offensive though

[@thatskyhalo]

@@liv-uu1fi no worries, youre all good!! and yeahhh there’s a lotta misleading information but an easy way to remember is PSYCHopath (born with aspd) vs SOCIOpath (aspd formed due to social factors and/or trauma),,, which then makes sense why the later can appear more impulsive/emotional edit: i’m realizing i’m just repeating a bunch of things ignore me💀💀

[@entitree.]

I love this analysis. Amazing job

[@screentime4500]

Thanks!

[@murphysun4087]

Great explanation. I love it 💜

[@relics7326]

Thank you so much for this! Excellent work. Your video and some of the comments here have given me more think about and love about the show and the writers. For me, I’m not convinced Villanelle can love as true psychopaths are incapable of love and empathy. When V says “I love you” at the end of S2, E points out that she doesn’t know what that is and V confirms it by equating it to possessiveness (“you’re mine”). This is why the end of S3 confuses me because V seems to feel and show selfless love - so are the writers saying that V is no longer a psychopath? Psychopathy is not really curable from what I understand (though I am no expert).

[@kimitellez]

Great video! 👏🏻☺️

[@Theebeejeebies]

This was AWESOME. Thank you. I feel justified in watching the show now.

[@screentime4500]

Thanks for watching!😀

[@cassiusfelix2805]

Villanelle needs someone that makes her feeling something and that's what Eve is to Villanelle. She wants someone to care for her because she never got that from her mother

[@hauk-martingrostedt4058]

A very accurate, observant and intelligent description of the Killing Eve serie!

[@Afrikaislife]

Excellent analysis.

[@TheLunablackheart]

Wow this was such a good analysis and makes their relationship make so much more sense to me than it did before. It's not just a simple spy vs spy or cat and mouse situation, it's so much deeper than that. While Eve is a bit of a hybristophiliac- besides Villanelle Eve makes multiple comments and insinuations to being further than just fascinated by crime and actually attracted to the criminals that commit them, only trying to act the opposite when she begins to feel she's gotten herself too deep into the situation. Villanelle on the other hand is so enamored with Eve, as she has a shitload of deeply engraved issues that stem from her mother as you laid out in this video. Once again, great analysis and greatly put together.

[@lighthero1197]

Great analysis!!

[@vlogsvlog531]

Excellent analysis 👍

[@miranandi9404]

Thanks for this.

[@P294C]

Pls upload more videos, you make amazing content 💛💛

[@fennyc8073]

great analysis!

[@Mohanimusica]

Amazing video!

[@darkbeauty2411]

Great video it was very helpful.

[@screentime4500]

thank u darling!

[@darkbeauty2411]

Screen Time your wel-come

[@andreaev5806]

This is just right a good journey to V’s mind

[@shenaelegrand1413]

1:14 her expression! Priceless✨💫

[@user-xd7xj6jp3f]

Hope see the season 4 soon,this drama is so amazing

[@MissTabletop-Tinkerer]

Cool video very insightful 😎👍

[@screentime4500]

Thank you, I put a lot of time into it! :D

[@donahisoto]

Great video 👌🏽

[@cristinagomez5277]

Really good point of view ❤️

[@raquelandrea]

WOWWY WOW WOWWWW! I absolutely enjoyed this.

[@vm9553]

Nicely done...

[@dymanroye2919]

Thanks for this, the psychology of it.

[@Luvluna19]

Just watched season 4 and i want to haunt down the writer's one by one 💀

[@geethakarthikeyan1601]

Excellent video

[@sandyfisher4200]

I LOVE THIS, it's amazing your analysis, but I would like if you can analyze the whole season 3 based on the villaneve relationship, because it shows that villanelle is really in love with eve not just an obsession or something like that, even she let her go just for love, the opposite she did in season 2. It would be amazing if you make a point of view "what makes a Psychopath to fall in love", like a more deeply analysis focus on season 3, anyway, I hope you understand me lol You're amazing, love your work, love this video 💜

[@screentime4500]

I will do a part 2 and hopefully that will address everything you mentioned!😊Thanks for watching+sharing your thoughts

[@TackyHarmonica]

Wow, what an amazing video. I was wondering why Villanelle was so attracted and infatuated with Eve and this explained it perfectly. So interesting

[@samtorres6387]

awesome analysis

[@screentime4500]

thank you! :)

[@anotheronebitesthedust2877]

I love this video ❤️🙌🏼

[@leslieramos4043]

A very good analysis

[@shaunnaries3485]

I love this series soo much 😭😭😭

[@frederickvictor2038]

brilliant analysis

[@saraalkaabi3632]

this.is. AMAZING!!!