the sheer number of gay people in ofmd makes me so happy. like yes my little pride parade of a tv show!!! i will love it forever!!!!!!
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In this scene, when they���re about to throw spears, together they say Down Eros, Up Mars
which at first glance could simply mean love is nothing, and war everything, indicative of how their friendship is likely to fall apart.
As far as it goes in the book, Messala is quite upfront about his intentions, leaving Judah to choose between a future for their love, or a potential free one for his people
Here in the following scene, things are pretty much the same, on the surface at least. Yet if you pay close attention to the positioning of certain elements, the spears high up there on that cross/crucifix, and the two of them holding hands beneath it, you’ll begin to see the clever choice made to suggest this is a lover’s quarrel, for up there reigns Mars, and Eros is down where they are
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i find it rlly funny they arent comforting eachother about life or anything. mike hesitated to hold her hands here and if anything el was comforting mike through his bagillionth failed confession
buuttt… guess who does have a hand holding scene where one is actually comforting the other about life
byler would have been a much better much more fitting pair to put in that post like completely unbiased they just fit the prompt so much better
may i also point out that mike holding wills hand here calms will down (he stops shaking immediately) but el holding mikes hand doesnt calm mike down (even tho i dont really interpret the milkvan handhold as comfort? i cant decide but it doesnt blatantly scream im comforting you to me)
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the idea that they’re writing the season as they go so they’re seeing the reaction the audience has and that it (even in the smallest way possible) could have an impact on what happens this season (and in future seasons) is so wild to me. not saying that they’re seeing our response and saying “oh that sounds good, totally writing that in,” but it’s not impossible to say that they will see what the people want, realize the best way to generate buzz and excitement and increased viewership is to keep your fans happy, and then actually do something about it instead of killing characters/storylines just for kicks
911 has the opportunity to be that bitch even more than it already is and they shouldn’t squander it while they’re on top
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i love how they added onto Bill’s story because he still served his purpose which was to get Ellie and Joel gear and a car. But now it’s Bill AND Franks story of love, commitment, and purpose to each other.
i’m totally normal about them, i swear
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18 + swaymark!!
oooo thank you!!
#18 - pleaser, wallows + swaymark
okay i know they are canonically obsessed with each other but. the song is in some ways about feeling like you’re failing in your relationship and being not quite as obsessed with them as they maybe are with you, and in this video of them talking about being a tandem, there is the slightest pause before swayman answers “do you miss him?” that makes me want to probe a wound. we’re not talking irl reasons of how that’s an absurd question (how do you miss him. you’re coworkers you’re seeing each other all the time) we’re talking that maybe this whole goalies-in-love thing got blown out of proportion and now swayman’s having to buy into the bit too hard. linus loves it & everyone’s asking about their bromance & how they love each other so much and the thing is—linus is safe. he’s got a wife and plausible deniability and jeremy? jeremy is gay. sure, he can crack jokes and people-please but the more people ask the more they're going to find out until maybe they find out something jeremy doesn't want them to know. and the longer this goes on, the more jeremy has to sit at linus' dinner table with linus and his beautiful wife and pretend like he isn't a little bit in love with him. and you know what? the longer it goes on and linus doesn't dial it down jeremy does stop being in love with him, because it just feels cruel, until he finally is done enough that he stops biting his tongue and ruins the moment.
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