#like “gotta leave warner his pride” implies that she would be taking something away from him by expressing the smallest amount of agency in

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just realized the connection between "gotta leave warner his pride" and elle being the one to propose to emmett

like elle's worried about hurting warner's pride by just... wearing a dress and expecting to be proposed to, but then she publicly proposes to emmett, an act that would likely be infinitely more embarrassing and emasculating to warner and the people whose opinions he cares about

but elle never expresses concern for emmett's pride, which i think just shows how much more assured emmett is in himself and his masculinity and also how their relationship is rooted in mutual respect and a balanced power dynamic

#like “gotta leave warner his pride” implies that she would be taking something away from him by expressing the smallest amount of agency in #his proposal/their engagement #but with emmett the traditional power dynamic is completely flipped but there's no sense of elle taking emmett's power from him #or taking away this opportunity from him #bc it's grounded in love and respect and joy for this being something they get to share and experience together #vs one person being in control and one person being nothing but a receiver #anywayyyyys it's reading too deep into legally blonde lyrics time again #legally blonde the musical #elle and emmett #elle woods #emmett forrest