#'one of my favorite eiffel lines' as if i'm not unwell over every word that comes out of his mouth. whatever.

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one of my favorite eiffel lines is at the end of constructive criticism, where he apologizes by saying: “i know i’ve said sorry a bunch, but i want to make sure i apologize for the things that matter. for shutting you out and getting tunnel-visioned, instead of being here. and thinking about how i can, you know, keep de-bugging my code.” 

it’s just very... deferential? towards hera in particular, without being self-deprecating on eiffel’s part. i wish i knew how to articulate what i like about it so much, but it’s kind of just a feeling. it’s the unspoken acknowledgement that he knows he’s been using language that makes the people around him feel othered, and the application of that same type of language to himself in a non-judgmental context kind of... equalizes it, a little bit. it’s not much, but he’s trying, and it’s sweet. 

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #'one of my favorite eiffel lines' as if i'm not unwell over every word that comes out of his mouth. whatever. #you know what i mean. #the thing about eiffel is that he will say some absolutely boneheaded carelessly hurtful things sometimes #but he also. knows exactly the right thing to say to make someone feel better. it's complicated. #and i have a lot of thoughts about how the show. generally. in a bunch of little ways. works to equalize hera's experience #to her friends to the audience even to herself #to prove to her that she isn't fundamentally different despite having been treated that way #how much she's internalized from that treatment vs. the reality that her perspective and desires are truthfully #very much like the people around her. i'm getting off topic a bit but i do think that's such an important part of her character arc.