is the cause of enormous consternation.
I don’t like her much, in spite of, or perhaps because of, how much I love her.
She completes me even as she leaves a gigantic hole in my heart. She makes me contented and happy as she drives me insane with worry.
I just saw the new trailer for Colonia, and as a hardcore celebriphiliac, I am excited as hell. Moments like these are why I live. The movie looks fun, cool, and sexy; and beyond that, this trailer promises great things for Watson herself. Today, she’s finally moved beyond Hermione Grainger and established herself as a power in her own right in the celebrisphere- she’s Emma Watson, a talented actor.
Yeah, she’s finally done it, and I couldn’t be more happy for her.
Well… to be more accurate, we did it, and I couldn’t be more happy for us.
Watson’s been one of my big projects. She’s been project #3, behind Swift and Elle Fanning. I never told her this, but for the past eight years, I’ve purposely avoided watching or having anything at all to do with Harry Potter specifically because I wanted this transition to go smoothly. So I never finished watching the movies, in spite of how I wanted to. And so I never read the books, even though I wanted to. And I never fantasized- not even once- about Hermione, in spite of the massive crush I had on her character back in the day.
That’ll all change, believe me, now that the Emma Watson project is done. That’ll DEFINITELY change. I mean, I’m a real wizard that loves cinema, for God’s sake- and one who is actually in love with the real Emma Watson! And I haven’t even seen half the Harry Potter movies!!!
I need to watch them. I have to. I’m just so damn curious about them. I want to see how the story ends and also if maybe there is a reference or two to me in there, somewhere (I’ll bet there is!).
But back to Watson… what I wanted most for her was longevity. I wanted her to feel comfortable exploring things outside the Potterverse, and so I did what I could to open new vistas in her subconsciousness to separate her from it.
Things started to click internally years ago, and publicly with the UN speech and #HeForShe, but now with Colonia it looks like the rocket is finally taking off. Wonderful! It was worth it, then. All of the effort, all of the energy, all of the hard work… it was worth it.
I did it!
Great. Now… I need to deal with the consequences.
Oy!
So, I love Emma. Obviously. But in that trailer, she kissed another guy. A guy who, although he is not more handsome or famous or appealing than me, is nevertheless someone who is well-known and successful in his own right. Which is good, I guess, I mean, seeing sexy celebrities do that stuff is fun, but… she’s my fucking girlfriend.
AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH
It’s OK. I mean, I made this happen. Yes, it was… intentional. So it’s OK.
Breathe, Tom, breathe!
Oy.
It’s OK, I guess. So, it’s done.
Good job, Tom! Good job, Emma!
We did it!
Now, we just need to live with it.