Flint’s physicality is so interesting to me, because even as a viewer he truly seems larger than life?

In that he’s actually not very tall at all, but I never notice until he stands next to Billy or even one of the other characters or even Madi.

Or that he’s not got that deep of a voice, that especially John has a much *much* deeper voice than him, but I always forget until they actually talk to each other.

It’s like Flint’s *presence* is so overwhelming, even on film, even as someone who knows this to be fiction, his narrative is so all-encompassing that i always conceptualize him as someone more physically imposing than he is and that’s just so damn good.

I think about this particularly in relation to this gif here:

[gif: Flint saying “Everyone’s wrong but you”]

Billy is miles taller than Flint, but Flint OWNS this moment. Instead of being disadvantaged by the necessity of looking up at a taller person, he manages to make it appear that Billy is wasting Flint’s time by being so tall. Look at how long it takes him to bother getting his eyes all the way up to Billy’s face! I am undone.

The paradox of Flint who is neither tall, nor burly, nor does he have a booming voice, but somehow still gives that impression.