I can't stop thinking about Travis' face when Lottie mentioned Javi, because of course that would work.
It's not even just because Javi's in the Wilderness and he wants to stay with him, but the thought of going home without him? Out of everyone, Travis is the only one whose return would be painful to his remaining family. He returns home not proud that he survived, but ashamed that he didn't bring his little brother with him. He's probably already ashamed that Javi died instead of him, if Travis died then at least their mother would feel comforted knowing he died protecting his little brother. Now? If he comes home instead of Javi, it's because he failed to protect him. Every time he protected himself he must have felt selfish, like he was choosing himself over his baby brother.
Imagining his life after rescue, I can see why Travis ended up where he did. I can see why anything he does to keep himself safe or make himself happy felt like a moral failing after he couldn't do any of it for Javi. I can see why, as much as he desperately wants to live, the thought of going home and telling his mom what happened made him want to stay in the Wilderness with his brother.
im so glad nobody's going for this steve/nancy last-second shit - eddie saying it's true love was the most uncomfortable thing that it should have been played as a joke lmao. i get that eddie and robin don't really know about their whole history but they're really acting like jonathan and nancy broke up like wtf they haven't spoken all season
i'm actually really enjoying this season but they are not seriously pushing steve and nancy, are they? steve didn't spend two seasons getting over her just to get back with her now. i didn't watch all the nancy and jonathan storyline for this. no.
does anyone remember who in the bad kids told the others about what they saw in the nightmare forest? i think fabian did and i'm almost certain riz didn't but they keep (accidentally?) triggering each others' forest traumas and it seems like A Thing.
fabian flirted with a mirror right next to riz and everyone teased him about kalina being his girlfriend, riz suggested gorgug answer the riddle for all of them under threat of being killed and eaten by a big animal, fig created a sexy rat for when fabian was talking to spot. is this anything.
If you get scared, you can always hide behind me. I’ll be hiding behind Luke.
you ever just stop to think about taissa turner before the crash. so coldly logical. everything about her was so controlled, such perfectly calculated compartmentalisation that she could get the team to nations, she could get into law school, she could keep her parents happy and do it all with just enough time in between to let herself be happy with van. how she carved out a space for them to live freely and kept it carefully contained to protect it.
and then she loses control bit by bit. she has more freedom, more time with van, more space to be herself. but she gets greedy. she gorges herself on it. she loses the safety, the certainty, the confidence. she can't protect herself anymore, can't protect van. and she can barely even enjoy it anymore because she's so desperately trying not to lose it. part of losing control is losing yourself, and suddenly she's looking at someone living her life who's not her, who invaded their safe space.
think about tai on the other side of the hospital door, screaming to see her. just to see her, spend as much time with her as she can. to bask in five more minutes of van. and the other person dismisses her with a promise of later. they could have another day, another year with van. if she just hands over those five minutes. if she gives up her joy, her freedom, then maybe she can go crawling back to control.
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i didn't find this argumentative at all, this is exactly the kind of thought-out, articulate response i wanted! i'm not super good at expressing myself effectively when i have personal biases (idk if that's the right word, but i'm influenced by my own experiences) so i really genuinely appreciate you putting it all into words so well !
personally i know i get attached to disabled characters and if they're cured i almost always prefer the disabled version. recovery can be done really well if given the proper attention and care, but i'm always more of a sucker for the arc of accommodations than the arc of recovery just because i can't relate to the latter - i just really want to make it clear that i'm not against recovery or think able-bodied characters are worse, i just relate more to the world when there are characters i relate to in it.
am i a total asshole for being kind of upset that they totally healed lydia? i know disabilities in fantasy are tough because there are spells that can fix everything but i get a bit sad imagining the new art of her without the gem standing up.
That little look Sting and Rogue give each other in the Break Out opening reblog if you agree
am i a total asshole for being kind of upset that they totally healed lydia? i know disabilities in fantasy are tough because there are spells that can fix everything but i get a bit sad imagining the new art of her without the gem standing up.
Willie: *kicks "G" off Graveyard sign*
Willie, to Alex: Let's get this party started.
something about scar breaking the rules rerolling for hard on episode one, and almost hitting reroll instead of succeed later. the reroll sealed his fate on the first episode - he was at the mercy of the watchers, and his friends tried to help him solve their puzzle not realising that for once the fates had mercy. and when he is revealed to be the gods' favourite they turn on him, their pity turning to envy. the watchers isolate him through their perceived favour, and when he is isolated he fights to complete his task instead of rerolling his fate. he simply does what they ask because they're the only alliance he has, but even then he feels the call to reroll again. to get something different, something with friends, something where he doesn't have to hurt anyone. but he knows what rerolling got him, and in the end he settles for success.
[ FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION ]
I blame Martyn Inthelittlewood
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