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ciderjacks · 8 months

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Weird observation but I just noticed that when Dulcie is talking to Cath (especially in episode 4) her body language changes, sort of subtly, but you can see the way her movements become more awkward (shifting on her feet and clearly not being sure where to look, etc) and how she tries to make herself smaller (sticking her hands into her pockets, hunching down, lowering her head), contrast with how she is around Eddie, where she’s clearly comfortable in taking up the space.

In her fight with Cath, she is very deliberate to stay on her side of the desk, she keeps her voice quiet and controlled for most of it, and even when she has her big “are you kidding me?!” moment, discovering how much Cath lied to her / kept from her about the case, she stays out of Cath’s bubble entirely. after that outburst, despite being angry, she doesn’t confront Cath physically, she instead sits in the corner, hunched over with her arms crossed.

It’s only in the makeup scene, when Cath is apologizing for everything and they’re reconciling, that you see her body language open. When they kiss she reaches for Cath’s face and not her waist, she isn’t hunching, she’s also more firm with Cath too and in that scene Cath actually listens to her.

Also Kate Box should receive a million billion awards and one hundred thousand dollars

#deadloch #Usually you see this body dynamic shown when it’s an abusive relationship #And while at the point we see them Cath is definitely not being a great partner to Dulcie #Shes not abusive or controlling #In fact she clearly wants Dulcie to come out of her shell and enjoy life more too #In their case Dulcie’s body language is probably more the manifestation of her feeling real soul eating shame for the Sydney incident #She clearly feels like she’s lost the right to Cath’s love and is trying to make up for it by letting Cath lead in every single way #No matter how miserable it makes her #She doesn’t feel like she has the right to be an equal in their relationship anymore so she hunches down and stays quiet #And this isn’t helped by Cath constantly affirming this feeling by holding what happened over her head and using it to guilt her #Into doing things #thats why in the fight while she is definitely still closed off her outburst is probably the most open we see her with Cath at that point #And why in the scene when Cath apologizes she opens up bc it’s at that point she realizes that they’re back to being equals #And Cath doesn’t want her to be unhappy or have to fold herself for her #character analysis #i guess #i like body language

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