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asmilinghopefullromantic · 1 year ago

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#ah...i'm in pain now...ok cool#like...i am just Having Thoughts about how from that moment with the night terror was The Moment™️ for him#bc whenever we see other characters react to his night terrors in-person its either with fear (eve) or concern with a side of snark (jess)#and yet dani's first instincts upon him literally colliding with her is (1) to shield him from other officers who think he's attacking her#(2) to hold onto him and make sure he doesn't hurt himself or anyone else and (3) to wake him up and reassure him that it wasn't real#at which point he clings to her like a lil koala rather than pushing her away despite the fact that pushing ppl away is his usual response#then in the next scene he compares her to jackie which tbh i think would've been v relevant in s3 had we fucking gotten it#bc this show is so much about parents and how their children either become like them or don't#and at (just about) every turn we see that malcolm has grown up to become far more like gil than he ever was like martin#so it would track that he would end up with someone like jackie#i have so many more thoughts on this but it's literally 4am and there's no way any of it would be coherent so that's all for now ig

via @violetsandmagpies' tags say it all

Let him go, Malcolm. I’m begging you. You could have a life. (insp)

#brightwell #malcolm bright #dani powell #prodigal son #gil is malcolms dad #it was The Scene for me to start shipping them because ya girl is an Absolute Sucker for this dynamic #and to think dani is also a black woman cop who has probably had to work harder for the respect of her peers bc she is black and a woman #and malcolm with his night terrors and mental health struggles and his questionable mental state #both have had to prove themselves capable in their respective worlds #prove they are competent #both have gil as their adoptive no real dad bc we know martin and know dani lost her dad relatively young #we were robbed on so many levels #one that doesn't get talked about much is more backstory on jackie and the dynamics between jackie gill and malcom & jackie gil and dani #brightwell reminds me of a younger version of gil and jessica bc jessica is from the elite world which makes malcolm from that world #gil and dani are from the working class #yet jess wouldnt say what her mom said to her when she wanted to marry martin & date gil to malcolm when him & dani eventually got together #jess is on Team Brightwell #actually gil and jessica are captains of the Brightwell Fleet

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