I read the article this is from and it’s really nice!
[Image IDs: A series of 3 screenshots from an Esquire interview about Keanu Reeves. These are from Sandra Bullock’s perspective.
First image: A year or so after ‘Speed’ came out, Bullock and Keanu were hanging out, talking about whatever, and somehow the subject of Champagne and truffles came up, which is not really a subject at all, but Bullock said, offhand, that she had never had Champagne and truffles. A nothing comment, “Really?” Keanu said. “Nope, never had ’em,” Bullock said. The conversation wandered to other topics.
Second image: A few days later, Bullock was sitting in the living room of the little house she had bought – her first house- with a girlfriend. they were painting their nails. She heard and engine outside, which turned out to be Keanu’s motorcycle. He rang the doorbell, and Bullock opened the door to find him there with flowers, Champagne and truffles. He said, “I just thought you might want to try Champagne and truffles, to see what it’s like.” He sat on the couch. Bullock poured some Champagne, and they opened the truffles. Keanu put his hands out without a word, and Bullock painted his nails black, same as hers.
Third image: He didn’t stay long. He had a date, in fact. He called his date, said he would be there soon, an left.
“That’s what I mean that it drives you crazy,” Bullock says. “When I first met him, I would spend as much time as I could filling a silence, just to feel comfortable. And the more I jibber-jabbered on, the quieter he would get. And I thought, ‘I don’t understand what’s happening! He’s looking at me with eyes of confusion. He’s quiet. Did I say something to offend him?’ And then a day or two later, he would arrive with a note of a little package, saying ‘I thought about what you said.’ And he would have his response.” end image ID]
rose lalonde hides behind eloquent speech just as much as dave hides behind irony to appear as if she isn’t just as if not more silly and awkward and weird than anyone else because she’s terrified of emotional vulnerability and she’d be thrilled to know thousands of homestuck fans fell for it
