#No wonder they were able to beat Pryce and Cutter after the two of them had been such a successful team for so long

[nobodysdaydreams]

Thinking again about the parallels between Cutter and Pryce and Eiffel and Hera as characters and in terms of the dynamics of their relationships

Because Cutter is the Director of Communications and Eiffel is a communications officer.

Because Pryce is the AI Specialist and Hera is the AI modeled after her and they have the exact same voice.

Because Cutter and Eiffel both help Pryce and Hera communicate when they have communication difficulties (Cutter by handling the "people" aspects of their partnership, and Eiffel by helping Hera when she was dealing with everything Pryce and Hilbert did to her).

Because Pryce and Hera both struggle with disabilities (Pryce with the ones she was born with and Hera with the ones Pryce built into her design), and Cutter and Eiffel still view them as incredibly smart and capable even when others do not or did not because of these issues.

Because Cutter and Eiffel both drink and smoke and struggle to let go of have similar "bad habits" (though Cutter found a way to dodge the negative side effects and make his vices look "classy" so he doesn't have to try to fight the temptation like Eiffel does🙄)

Because Cutter and Eiffel both do ridiculous silly things despite the intensity of their situations that Pryce and Hera, as "serious" as they are, find endearing and occasionally indulge in, like Eiffel's fake radio show that he did with Hera and Cutter's silly tips in his manual that he wrote with Pryce. (Also the fact that Cutter dragged A GRAND PIANO onto the space station just to play it dramatically that one time for vibes, I'm sorry that was too extra).

Because Pryce and Hera both hold grudges against people they feel have wronged or humiliated them (although arguably Pryce has no ground to stand on, she still feels the need to show up those who have defied her. She insists on calling Hera, who went against her programming, an "it" and tries going against Cutter's orders to attempt revenge, telling Hera "she'll never be rid of her", and after Maxwell betrays Hera, Hera is reluctant to forgive her and coldly tells Eiffel that they "shouldn't throw funerals for animals").

Because Pryce and Hera use similar phrases in different contexts, though the most notable one I can think of is Pryce calling Doug "boy" (derogatory) and Hera calling Doug "good boy" (affectionate).

Because Cutter was scared when Pryce was in danger and Eiffel freaked out whenever Hera was hurt or in pain.

Because when Pryce was in danger, Cutter considered jeopardizing the mission goals for her, and Eiffel gave up his memories for Hera.

Because despite these similarities, there are differences between their relationships and aside from the obvious differences of "yeah they're similar, but Pryce and Cutter are really evil and really old", the other big difference between these sets of characters is Cutter telling Pryce that her one job is to "back his plays" and that the one thing that terrifies him isn't aliens, enemies, or the laws of physics, but her improvising in the moment vs. Eiffel telling Hera that he trusts her "with his life" with no questions asked.

Going insane over these parallels. Scratching at the walls. My favorite space friendship built on mutual love and trust vs. the grossest most immoral "partnership" of all time.