Knives Out

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Name: Knives Out
Abbreviation(s):
Creator: Rian Johnson
Date(s):
Knives Out
September 7, 2019 (TIFF)
November 27, 2019 (United States)
Glass Onion
September 10, 2022 (TIFF)
November 23, 2022 (United States)
Medium: Film
Country of Origin: USA
External Links:
Knives Out
at IMDb
at Wikipedia
Official Website
Glass Onion
at IMDb
at Wikipedia
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Knives Out is a 2019 American murder mystery film which follows a family gathering gone awry. The movie features an ensemble cast, including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Toni Collette.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a standalone sequel released in 2022 in which Daniel Craig resumes his role as detective Benoit Blanc. The sequel requires little or no knowledge from the first movie.

Fandom

Initially the Knives Out fandom focused a lot on Chris Evans' character, Hugh Ransom Drysdale and the fact that even though he's rich he doesn't take any care with his clothes including principally a white sweater that accompanies him in most scenes. The large number of crossover among other fandoms that the actor appears in was also strong, as well as self-insert fics like "Ransom/y/n" or "Ransom/Reader". Fans also focused of course on Ana de Armas' character, nurse Marta Cabrera and Daniel Craig's character, the sleuth detective Benoit Blanc, but in smaller numbers. The hyperfocus on the problematic white villain instead of the main character (a Latino woman) brings some controversy to the fandom, namely comments on the Tumblr tag about supporting "garbage characters" more than the other main characters.

[robotclownindulgence]
Everyone babygirl posting about benoit blanc in the glass onion tag is definetly an upgrade from when knives out came out and you had to wade through dozens of chris evans ugly sweater gifsets before you could find a decent post to reblog. Nature is healing[1]

In Glass Onion some fans debated the characters' backgrounds such as Birdie Jay's stupidity and that she still respects Benoit's guidance and stops flirting with him when she realizes that he is gay:

[my-life-though-tvshows]
Did anyone else notice that the second when blanc turns around and goes "I am going to embarrass myself here, I adore sweetie pants...I live in mine..." Birdie Jay never attempts to flirt with him again ? Until that point it's clear she found him attractive but the second those words are spoken she stops.

Girl really knew how to take the hint. But also, WAS THAT THE POINT WHEN SHE WENT "OHHH HES GAY." ???

That is peak writing. Everyone else on that Island seems to look at him once and go "yep. Fruity." Case closed. It took her HOURS to figure that out which makes sense for her character. It also makes sense that this statement was enough for her to draw the conclusion that he was gay but not literally everything else. But at the same time it also makes sense that despite this she respects blanc and backs off the second she realises which is an excellent way to indicate that despite not being the brightest of the bunch she doesn't necessarily want to be a dick or that despite being an awful person even she won't cross that line, both of which are equally hilarious.[2]
[atwaterism]
i need exactly one person to tell me to write a masterpost of the moment every glass onion character realized benoit is gay before i do it[3]

Until December 2022 the fandom tag at AO3 had only 1,188 works, 373 of these crossover of same-actor crossover focused on Chris Evans characters.[4] Most fanfics are posted on this site or on Tumblr, as well as a large number of gifsets and meta.

Shipping

Although the focus of the film is not the romantic involvement of any of the characters, there were of course a large number of ships adored by fans. As Ransom -- even though he is the villain -- is one of the most cited characters in the early fandom, even after the release of the second film, the relationships involving him are still in force. In the fandom tag, ships like "Ransom Drysdale/Reader", "Ransom Drysdale/You", "Ransom Drysdale & You", "Ransom Drysdale & Reader" has respectively 431, 196, 103 and 77 markings on works in the AO3. While other relationships like "Benoit Blanc/Marta Cabrera" and "Marta Cabrera/Ransom Drysdale" have only 175 and 125 works on AO3. Gen friendship and relationship tags received less attention as "Benoit Blanc & Marta Cabrera" and "Marta Cabrera & Harlan Thrombey" with 31 works the two respectively.[4]

Again the focus on Ransom was widely criticized by many fans, especially when focused on the ship between him and Marta. Ransom is canonically a problematic character, from a racist and xenophobic family that killed his own grandfather and did not hesitate to kill Marta, some fans view the submission of both characters as wrong.

Fans also claim that even with Benoit's canonization as gay, ships involving him and Marta are clearly more acceptable due to the nature of their involvement in the film.

The only canon pairings of Linda/Richard and Walt/Donna which was introduced in the film often appear in fanworks as background pairings.

However with the release on December 23, 2022 of the "Glass Onion" sequels, Blanc's homosexuality was confirmed and some fans came to see his relationship with Marta as purely fraternal. There are also those who criticize the sending of Benoit with Ransom, since Blanc has Phillip as his domestic partner, and that the relationship between the two, he knows, lasted very little time in the plot, since both are in a relationship. rival sides already investigation.[citation needed]

Common Tropes & Fanon

Knives Out

Glass Onion

  • Birdie Jay Not That Dumb
  • Phillip is a lawyer
  • Benoit and Phillip are married, but call each other by their first or last name in front of others because they like their privacy
  • Phillip is a lawyer or a tailor who loves to cook

Fanworks

Fanart

Fanfiction

  • make you dirty, make me clean by neonheartbeat, Marta/Ransom, Hugh Ransom Drysdale has been in prison, serving a twenty year sentence. Marta Cabrera has been adjusting to her family's new life as millionaires, living in Harlan Thrombey's mansion. Unfortunately, Ransom is out on parole after only two years, and has no place else to go...
  • Kill and Run by unicornpoe Marta/Ransom, “I think I’m going to try to apologize to you," he said. "I just thought you should be prepared.” Or: Marta can't tell Ransom to go.
  • If I'm Haunting You, You Must Be Haunting Me by mardia, Marta/Ransom, It seems horribly fitting that when Marta’s soulbond arrives, it’s in the most absurdly ridiculous, horrible way imaginable. It involves the Thrombeys, so of course something that should be wonderful just ends up being terrible in the end.

Archives & Fannish Links

References

  1. ^ robotclownindulgence (2022-12-26). "Everyone babygirl posting about benoit blanc in the glass onion tag is definetly an upgrade..." Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2022-12-27.
  2. ^ my-life-though-tvshows (2022-12-25). "Did anyone else notice that the second when blanc turns around and goes..." Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2022-12-26.
  3. ^ atwaterism (2022-12-25). "i need exactly one person to tell me to write a masterpost of the moment..." Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2022-12-26.
  4. ^ a b "Knives Out (2019) - Works". Archive of Our Own. 2022-12-28. Archived from the original on 2022-12-28.
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