thinking about when lawyer Barbie said, "I can hold emotion and logic in my argument at the same time and no that doesn't make me weaker, that makes me stronger.” thinking about being a woman of colour in the legal field, about people constantly doubting my abilities, making me feel like everything I achieved is a fluke. but compassion, emotion - it’s a strength, not a weakness, and it makes us better at what we do
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season 1 tao's "once you get into a relationship, friendships don't matter anymore" vs season 2 charlie writing "charlie ♡ tao" on the heart locket + "wait, isn't that for you and nick?" "no."
sorry yeah I'm just lil emotional over the portrayal of platonic love as something that can be just as worthy as romantic love. i'm okay.
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They are BROTHERS your honor :)
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I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.
NORMAL PEOPLE ➙ 106
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Something something Crowley being the one to introduce food to Aziraphale in the way he gives the apple to Adam & Eve, thereby introducing WANT & DESIRE & CHOICE to an angel who didn't even realize he was starving for them. Something about how food would eventually become such a huge part of Aziraphale's personhood - on how eventually he would develop his own taste palette, his own likes and dislikes, and in the process was able to craft his OWN sense of self away from Heaven's stifling imposition, so much so that it becomes a reason why he stays. Why he thinks Earth is worth fighting for. Something about free will contained in a rack of ox ribs.
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“the desert” is katara’s most quietly admirable episode; she manages to guide and protect the rest of the gaang while they are in precarious states under unimaginable pressure and with very few resources. katara’s tireless endurance this episode culminates in her bravery as she risks her own safety to comfort aang in the avatar state.
for an audience upon first viewing, her ability to thrive under pressure here may seem like a surprising departure from the impulsive, reactive, sensitive girl we’ve been accustomed to over the past 1.5 seasons. but sokka’s admission in “the runaway” reframes katara’s behavior in this episode.
we know that while the rest of her family was a mess, katara stepped up and gave them hope. she refused to sink into her grief—to abandon the site of her trauma like hakoda did, to give up like kanna did, or to repress and depersonalize like sokka did. she may have a temper and she may not always think things through, but she is able to communicate her emotions and refuses to cut herself off from feeling and processing her grief and rage, which is more than can be said for her brother.
and upon learning this piece of her history, you realize that her indefatigable, relentless hope and care that she displays in “the desert” is actually a pattern of behavior for her that is being repeated. when all hope seems lost and everyone in her life has abandoned faith, katara finds purpose and meaning in being the glue that holds everyone together, even when she is as grief-stricken and exhausted as the rest of them.
in moments of abject despair, katara guides her loved ones and herself out of there desert, both literally and metaphorically. and that is why she is the narrator and the catalyst and the hero of this story of a revolution that successfully destabilizes an oppressive paradigm in the eleventh hour, because she represents the power and importance of organized resistance when all hope is lost, of refusing to give into despair, of continuing to believe in love even in the bleakest, most desperate circumstances, and envisioning a brighter future even (especially) when no one else can.
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figayda confession scene still goes hard to this day. i have information that might be actionable and of interest to you. if at any waking moment outside of combat when you and i were together you had tried to kiss me it would have been received favorably. legally this doesn’t have the structure of a contract it’s really more of a threat. i think you’re perfect the way you are. i kiss her and i skateboard away. live lou and ally reaction in the background. what more could you ever want
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also. i could scream at how real it was when beard said other people in the room might be gay and every. single person. immediately clocked jamie. no hesitation. even ted looks at him. which means that every single one of them at least once has looked at jamie and had some variation of the thought “huh jamie’s kinda gay. okay then” and moved on with no further thought. also jamie was flattered but didn’t deny it so imo confirmed bisexual jamie tartt
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