Adding a point to @bbythurs post on the "blue scenes' at the beginning of 2x09
Ya'll, the song that was playing in the background of their love scene? The Day the World went away by nine inch nails. I think it was a piano version.
That's a song about death/grief. YIKES. Any thoughts?
Well- I've been reading some Codywan fanfics lately and I couldn't help myself. In my defense they're cute together and I can use this as an excuse to practice drawing them ✨
One of my favourite hcs in DabiHawks fandom is that Hawks doesn't give a fuck about Dabi's scars, he's not scared of them and even cherishes them.
This is much more powerful than mere romance, this is a conventionally attractive man looking over what people consider scary and gross because he doesn't care. He accepts Dabi as a whole and loves him especially because of this, because those scars are the proof of how strong and brave he is.
What makes it even better is Dabi finding himself changing his opinion on Hawks' because of this, 'cause he thought Hawks would be a self-aborbed hero like everybody else, and instead Hawks doesn't even realize how handsome he is, he doesn't care about his looks at all, he's just there to save people. Despite everything the HPSC made him do, despite what happened to him, he really, deeply is good at heart, the first true hero Dabi has ever met.
And people say DabiHawks is toxic.
Them being toxic to each other is an AU for this fandom.
With her invitation to meet at her father's establishment, I'm closer to getting everything I want, because what's more important than coin. If there's no profit, there's no point in pursuing it. It can guarantee to get me anything.
She’s stunned, startled obviously, but also like... I think her mindset is like, why is SHE here, again, after I kicked her out AGAIN??
Nat’s been going through a lot of processing of herself as feeling unlovable, undeserving of love, with Lisa telling her that it doesn’t really work like that. And here’s Misty showing up, once again, when Nat needs her. The expected expression is frustration or outright hostility, but instead we get just... shock.
Then she sits with Misty, and she’s a bit guarded, with one of her little smirks and she asks why she’s here. But Misty answers with genuine concern, and Nat just can’t keep her armor up, and instead of the expected glare we get this:
Real vulnerability. Nat’s softened noticeably since last episode, she’s really starting to grow more self aware and it’s showing through. For all of Lott’s flaws, for all the difficulties that Lott’s weird cult has and causes, Lisa’s been able to get through to her and Nat’s always been someone who struggles to turn away from the truth when it’s staring in her face - hence why she’s needed external assistance from substances and sex.
Misty doesn’t really Get what’s changed, and doesn’t seem to Get that Nat’s having a rough time, and it sparks her to raise her shield just a little bit. She asks about Walter in kind of a snide sort of way, but then when Misty responds, she tries to brush it off as no big deal, but Misty’s a TERRIBLE liar and Nat sees right through her and at the pain clearly sitting underneath. And then we get this beautiful moment:
“We’re all like this, aren’t we?”
The moment really goes over Misty’s head because of course it does, but here, right here, is genuine 100% empathy. And the thing is that NOBODY shows Misty actual empathy. Sympathy, sure. Pity, absolutely. Anger, disgust, frustration, confusion, etc etc. But ... empathy? Actual honest-to-god “I see you, I understand you, I feel what you’re feeling” empathy??
This is a first. And it’s from Nat. And it’s on her own terms, for ONCE Misty isn’t manipulating her, or asking for it, or anything. She doesn’t even realise she gets it. But here’s that connection that she so DESPERATELY needs, for free, from the one person she most wants it.
I think it’s going to take a long time, I think there’s going to be a lot of roadblocks and potholes. I think that in the short term if there’s a confrontation between team lottie and team nottie, Nat’ll be on Lott’s side because of Lisa. But in the long term, I think this is a sign that Nat really CAN see Misty as a whole functional human being, not just an object of chaos, and that one day ... one day... if we’re very lucky and very patient canon mistynat may well be our reality. That’s my prediction anyway.