y’all i’m in both david and mark motherbaugh’s walls for this one.
i was going through bits of footage for gifs as i do, and realized that the little note progression in the alma+stede scene sounded very familiar. sure enough...
it’s the same little progression as the pre-kiss confession, just in another key. it’s the lead-in to the love theme.
something something the handling of stede’s heart in both scenes. something something love but in different ways, hence the same song but in different keys. something something love towards stede finally progressing to the intended point.
...tldr, this show is insane for its symbolism and motifs and it’s wild that we keep discovering things over a year after the first season dropped.
I love the fact that Tyler Hoechlin has played a daddy of 15 year olds twice now while not actually being old enough to have teenagers and yet is able to perfectly embody the daddy energy.
Neil Gaiman: Then there are Majors Saucepan, Tin, Milkbottle, deceased, and Cupboard, because Shadwell's limited imagination had been beginning to struggle at this point.
my mom: "I've never felt like an adult. I feel like I'm permanently twelve years old."
my mom: *needs to be sewing, sketching, or doing something with her hands to pay attention to a podcast or TV show*
my mom: *easily distracted, will quickly obsess over a new idea or project type*
my mom: "if you would've gone to public school your whole life, you probably would've been diagnosed with ADHD or something"
my mom: *has dozens of stories of both myself and her being the exact opposite of a Pleasure to Have in Class, blissfully ignoring instructions, doing our own thing, and being very impulsive*
also my mom: "everyone in this family is Normal™ :)"
My class responded to our rainbow flag being banned for including a "sensitive issue that shouldn't be touched on in school" by changing to a pan flag and I think that's beautiful