#again in season two

[heyclickadee]

I actually really like this moment for Omega.

Because let’s put aside the fact that Crosshair has his own whole thing going on here for just a moment. Yes, he’s angry and hurting and lashing out and wants this kid to just leave him alone so he can get back to sulking and having suspicious headaches (tm), and if you’re only viewing this from a Crosshair-sympathetic, “what about the chip?” standpoint, Omega shooting back like this can seem kind of cold, uncharacteristically obtuse, or even like the writers are using Omega to tell us that Crosshair’s just a bad person end of story. But I never really took that this way.

Look at this from Omega’s perspective. She’s thought of the guys in the batch as her brothers for most of her life, and she may have heard stories about them time and again, but she never really met them until that day in the hallway in Aftermath. I have to imagine that she sort of built up her expectations for what they’d be like and what actually getting to meet them would be like in her head. And, for the most part, meeting them goes really well. Okay, yeah, Hunter does try to brush her aside at first, but he kind of makes it clear that it’s only because he doesn’t want her in any danger or getting into trouble. Once they get past that, though, Hunter, Echo, Tech, and Wrecker take to having a new baby sister like a duck takes to water. She’s one of them, and they make sure she knows that.

Aaaaaand then there’s Crosshair. He’s snide. He’s mean. He makes it clear in that scene in the brig (before she sits down to tell him that what he’s going to do isn’t his fault) that he’s not that happy about her being there. And then later on in that same episode, he tries to kill them. He shoots Wrecker. But hey! She knows order 66 has just happened, she’s assuming his chip has just activated, and that he’s not normally like this.

And then every time she sees him after that, he’s shooting at her and the rest of her brothers, or telling his men to aim for her specifically, or giving the orders to fry them all alive in an engine, or shooting at them again. He takes Hunter prisoner. He does his absolute best to make it sound like the chip never mattered in the first place. That he had it removed before order 66 even happened, because he’s vague enough about the timing that it’s plausible from the character’s perspectives. That he chose to leave the team for the empire, that he decided to try to kill them multiple times, that he willingly gave the order to burn them all alive inside that engine.

And then! Despite all of that, Omega is nothing but kind. She gives Crosshair, someone who from her perspective has willingly tried to kill her more than once, every benefit of the doubt. When Tipoca City drowns, she saves his life, and doesn’t get angry when he doesn’t thank her. He’s meaner than ever and Omega’s still able to see through it enough to understand that he’s extremely not okay. So when he goes over to be alone after arguing with Hunter about the empire, she goes over to try to talk to him. She even shared some really personal information with him:

She’s trying so hard to build up some camaraderie and make Crosshair feel like he’s not alone, or like he doesn’t have to be. And, again, from Omega’s perspective, this is a guy who’s tried to kill her and the rest of her brothers more than once, who never once thanked her for saving his life, who’s done nothing but snipe at everyone the whole time, and who’s not been shy about insinuating that he doesn’t really want Omega around. Omega would be well within her rights to just leave Crosshair to stew, but she doesn’t. She’s still being kind and still trying to get through to him. Crosshair’s response? To throw her kindness right back in her face. To cut right across a tender spot in her heart and say that she doesn’t belong with them, and that she never will.

To be completely clear, this isn’t an anti Crosshair post or anything like that. I love Crosshair, I’m looking forward to his inevitable redemption/recovery arc, and I’d also make the argument that pretty much everything Crosshair says to and about his siblings in “Kamino Lost” is projection and that he’s really saying it about himself, BUT. Still. Back to Omega’s point of view; what Crosshair says in response to her opening up about why she wanted to find them is a cruel thing to say. So. Good for her for immediately shutting it down and letting him know that she’s not just going to put up with him being an ass. Good for her for coming to realize that sometimes the people you love and the you want to look up to can let you down. Good on her for getting that he’s not who she expected him to be, that she doesn’t have to make excuses for him, and that she doesn’t deserve to be treated this way, whether he has an excuse or not. And maybe her response isn’t the best thing to say and maybe it is Omega losing her temper a bit, but good! Good on the writers for letting a little girl character lose her temper a bit. Let her be angry.

But anyway, that’s sort of how I always took that moment where Omega tells Crosshair that she was wrong for thinking it was the chip the whole time; that she’s hit the limit and she’s not going to put up with it anymore, that she’s sort of taking him at his word about the chip, and that she’s probably talking less about him sticking with the empire and more about him acting like a complete asshole, and I like that.

(And another thing I like? Crosshair seems to get the message. I might be remembering wrong, but he doesn’t actually get on her case about anything after this.)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Wrapping up the season with a redraw (Jan 2024)!

Thank you all for these last 6 months, I have loved making so many people laugh from my silly comics B*)

[spielzeugkaiser]

How it started-

How it's going!! They are a family and I am!!! also draw the hug you want to see in the show but they are forgiven because them meeting in brokilon was still soooo tender my HEART-

[willowshades-den]

My last post blew up huh... I guess you guys like the style, so I'll keep it for now <3

[demigods-posts]

they're filming season two, but i'm thinking about the potential adaption of the mount tam scene in season three. you know, the one where annabeth could apologize for pushing percy out of the way and falling off the cliff in his place, and how she knows that sounds terrible but they didn't have time for another plan and she didn't want to lose him that way. but percy just engulfs her in a hug because he's so relieved that she's safe now and everything else be damned. and annabeth doesn't understand why he's snickering to himself after that last statement, but she melts into the hug anyway because she missed him. and thalia and grover stand in the background happy for their friends on the outside but internally mortified, because their friends are definitely falling for each other but fate may not allow them to see it through.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Nick + Being The Best Boyfriend To Charlie (Season 3)

[jellytamalies]

An ode to mk’s many many parental figures (most of them suck lmao)

[lokiusly]

the sun can’t shine on Loki anymore so now they shine the sun on Mobius

[wylanslcve]

I'm not leaving 2023 without the knowledge that one day I'll see them fall through a ceiling together.

[icaruspendragon]

alright i need everyone’s nov 5th predictions

[rainbow-sunshine-unicorn]

Anyone else thinking about the delicious parallel between Anthony having Kate cradled in his arms at the end of season 2, and then right at the beginning of season 3

The juxtaposition between the pain, despair and urgency of the first moment against the warmth, playfulness and security of the second one

The first time Anthony had Kate cradled in his arms was amongst the very worse moments of his life and so he cradles her securely, in love and playfulness, again and again, throughout the rest of his life to rewrite that memory

[mobius-m-mobius]

#ep 2 but upgrade every parallel 😳

[sapp0w0]

Drops this and runs

[ender1821]

im a child of divorce

[demigods-posts]

something about percy nearly dying at luke's hand at the end of tlt ruffles my bones. because imagine feeling like a burden to anyone who dared to care for you. imagine blaming yourself for the death of your mother. imagine grieving in black and white amid a world of color. and then an older brother sees you for all of your sorrow and pain. your cries for help that go unanswered. your longing for a reason to breathe again. and becoming someone you look forward to confiding in when the dust settles. only to discover that their source of light was merely a flame. and the summer air was always meant to burn you alive. truly haunting.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

The Rookie 4x22 | 9-1-1 7x5