Okay disclaimer benthan only clicked for me 7 days ago after I saw dead reckoning so pardon me if this idea is not NEW but it has been rotting my brain and I need to say it.
(very light Dead Reckoning spoilers below)
I feel like we've only really seen Ethan Hunt in the field, the larger than life super spy who is on top of everything. And all the way from the start, Benji has only seen this version of Ethan. Even during the quieter moments between missions, Ethan is the leader, the rock that brings confidence to the team. And even when the team hit rock bottom, when he is the most vulnerable, Ethan still kept up this persona (because that's just the way he is fundamentally and he is in no way pretending to be someone he's not).
So what I CRAVE is, when Ethan and Benji are in an established relationship, during the most mundane of situations (maybe when Ethan wakes up early to prepare breakfast, humming a quiet tune to himself). Benji sees only his silhouette in the dim sunlight, Ethan's back towards him.
And there he is, stripped away of everything that is spy Ethan, the leader who everybody looks up to, the man that has saved the world multiple times. And now he is just Ethan at his very core. Where he is only human.
And for the first time, Benji thought to himself: "has Ethan always looked this small?" (despite the fact that Ethan is absolutely wider in frame than Benji). All because he is sharing the same roof as Benji, he can be truly vulnerable and free. (although Benji has no doubt that Ethan can switch to spy mode at a second's notice).
So of course, Benji fights with the lump in his throat and hugs Ethan from the back and says good morning (in which he meant "I love you").
Anyways I'm bad with words so I might draw this one day dhdjdjodkdd
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idk if this has any merit to it so correct me if i’ve got the wrong idea but a thing i’ve been thinking lately is that the biblical dichotomy between jew and gentile (which new testament scripture teaches is no more) is sort of reborn in the modern dichotomy between like.,,, cradle catholic and random atheist/agnostic
point being, God will reach out to everyone. even those who aren’t doing all the little traditional rituals right, even those who don’t know what they’re doing, even those who just walked in out of nowhere. so the former need to remember to have humility and compassion for others who are trying their best to seek truth.
this is not to say the former are doing anything wrong by going through all those motions- of course not! and of course those motions aren’t insignificant; they’ve got so much history and tradition behind them. but ultimately they aren’t what save us. the foreign gentile who just showed up one day is baptized and saved. the deathbed convert is baptized and saved. funny how that is
the devout jewish people of the scriptures and the modern day hardcore tradcaths are neither better nor worse than other people- they are the people fortunate enough to be born in the ‘right’ environment, so encountering Christ and being saved will be much easier for them. but this also means they have a responsibility to do more.
and if they go haywire in the way they behave the consequences will be so much worse because of what they’re supposed to be representing (and i’m sure we all know that biblically the jewish people have caused lots of their own problems and presently. well. a lot of catholics Suck™️. we are all that person sometimes. often. usually)
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bro my autosave didn’t work and i lost 500 words and ik it’s only 500 words but i was COOKING with it man im gonna fucking cry
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was listening to a dannyrusty playlist on spotify (i say "a" playlist but i'm pretty sure it's the only one on there) and it had brad pitt by coin and i was like haha yeah brad pitt of course that's gotta go on there. and then i was actually paying attention to the lyrics like wait these are actually very fitting
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