#these writers rly went out and said we’re gonna create the greatest love story of all time and give you 6 episodes

[billfarrah]

For me it’s the way Varian cannot and will not verbally express his feelings for Thomas but never makes Thomas feel wrong or ashamed for expressing his own. Varian does not believe their relationship could ever work in the real world but he never puts Thomas down for believing it could and responds to Thomas’ words and feelings with physical affection, kissing Thomas in front of the fire when Thomas says he’s proud of him and kissing him at the Chagalls’ farm when Thomas tells him happiness doesn’t feel complicated when they’re together. Varian sees Thomas’ love as his strength; his rebuff of Thomas’ advances in episode 2 was not to put Thomas down but rather his, at the time, inability to allow himself to maintain personal connections while remaining committed to his work. He just doesn’t believe he can have it all, or that he deserves it.

It’s also the way the way Thomas never forces Varian to say what he’s feeling and allows him to deal with and process his thoughts and emotions at his own pace, in his own way, and is always there to support him but call him out when he needs to.

It’s about the respect, the trust, the understanding, the love.

#transatlantic #lovefry #varian fry #thomas lovegrove #these writers rly went out and said we’re gonna create the greatest love story of all time and give you 6 episodes