#annoyed Diego

[ladymisteria]

Diego Hopelessly In Love + Annoyed Diego + Cute childish Diego

*Diego enter in the secret cave - carrying a tray down the steps and walking toward Victoria, who's sleeping on a chair. Felipe runs up behind him and grabs his arm.*

Diego, whispering annoyed: What are you doing here?!

*Felipe indicates his shirt to Diego, who looks down and gasps.*

Diego: Oh!

*Victoria starts to stir, and Diego and Felipe childishly run out of the cave.*

Season 4, Episode 5 - An Affair to Remember.

I like to think that every time Diego sees Victoria, his brain goes straight from normal to this:

[beanarie]

after seeing diego and lila fight for their relationship for two seasons and explicitly choose each other, it's really weird to see the showrunner go "lila totally would've chosen five. her marriage was broken" bestie you- you decided that. you broke it

[imnotyetfound]

My take on Five/Lila - and why they were endgame

I’ve seen so many people say that Five and Lila didn’t make any sense, and I just disagree. I've tried to really motivate why, and also why I see them as endgame. Feel free to agree or disagree.

First of all, Five and Lila share a common background of being raised plus trained as survivors and weapons. Five was molded by his time in the apocalypse, the Commission and his ruthless upbringing within the Hargreeves family, while Lila was similarly trained and manipulated by the Handler. Both of them were forced into brutal, high-stakes environments from a young age, developing a sense of independence, ruthlessness, and survival instincts that the rest of the family can’t fully relate to. We see this especially in Five and Lila’s difficulties in showing emotional vulnerability and trusting others. This shared experience means they both understand the cost of their traumatic upbringings and can relate to each other’s emotional scars in ways others just won’t be able to. So already by this, they’re somewhat bonded from the start.

In other similarities both Five and Lila possess extraordinary intelligence and tactical thinking. They challenge each other in a way no one else does. This has been an ongoing thing between them, bouncing off each other and sometimes teaming up. It’s also what drew them to work on another mission together in S4, there has always been some kind of pull/push there. Personality-wise both Five and Lila have a dark sense of humor and a cynical outlook on the world. But despite the cynicism, they still manage to eventually relax and find humor in each other’s company. The lighter moments we’ve seen between them at times have been an interesting contrast to their otherwise serious and violent lifestyles. 

I do believe their shared backgrounds and personalities created a bond that was then further strengthened during the years they spent lost in the subway together. Isolated from the rest of the world, they literally only had each other for company. The intimacy and trust that grew between them was inevitable. When you have no one else to rely on, you’re going to develop a relationship stronger than under normal circumstances. So over those years, they must have grown close in ways that no one else could fully understand. Even though we didn't get to see every detail of how it unfolded (because the season was way too short), it’s not difficult to imagine.

I’d also say they naturally grew a bond stronger than with any other character at that time, except for the one between mother and child which is why Lila’s need to be with her children would always make her go home if given the chance. Five knew this and it’s the reason he kept the solution from her for months. 

Now, to my thoughts about their actions in regards to Diego as this is often brought up. The argument that Lila cheated on her husband with Five is understandable from a moral perspective, if we see it as just that without any context. But when you consider the circumstances it is way more nuanced. You have to look at not only the environment they found themselves in, but also the emotional and psychological journey they went through together. Their relationship was ultimately forged over a shared background and then several years of isolation. Then you add to the fact that Diego seems to have treated Lila like crap in the years leading up to the isolation, she said it herself he was always moping around and complaining while she sacrificed her life to stay at home and take care of the kids. She even told him she needed a break to reassess their relationship. I do believe her and Five had somewhat already begun an emotional affair before the isolation, the way they were sneaking off together and clearly wanted to keep their thing separate from Diego and the others. Yet they still didn’t get physical until they settled down, believing they weren’t gonna find a way back.

Also, it’s important to here consider the strength of the bond, as I mentioned earlier, that Five and Lila must have developed over those years. They knew each other better than anyone else by the end. Spending every day together in a survival situation with nothing else around would likely create an unparalleled level of intimacy and emotional closeness. This bond would probably transcend Lila’s previous relationship with Diego, and maybe even Five’s bond with his siblings. It’s been years since he returned to them and they had all grown in separate directions. Lila and Five however had recently experienced something life-changing together, and it is unfair to dismiss the strength of their connection as something unethical or out of character when their reality had shifted so drastically from when the show started.

Another important point here is how the relationship with Lila allowed Five to finally be "human" and emotionally open in a way he hadn’t allowed himself to be before. Five was obviously emotionally detached as a result of both his past trauma and the burden of being a hyper-intelligent man in the body of a boy. With Lila, he had the chance to just feel love and trust without worrying about anything else. So I do think this outweighs his “betrayal” against his brother as people claim.

Now on to how and why Five and Lila were endgame. I’m convinced that Lila did love Five despite her choice to leave their isolation. To me this was cemented as she didn’t deny her feelings when Diego asked her straight out. If she wanted to make Diego feel better she could have easily denied her feelings for Five to reassure him. Yet even when asked twice she couldn’t do it. There was also Lila’s look of relief when Five returned to them at the end. It was Five who Lila allowed to comfort her after she said goodbye to her family, trusting him in her most vulnerable moment instead of blipping back to Diego and the others. These events showed the deep trust and emotional intimacy that still existed between them after returning to “the real world”. Despite her saying it was over. I also want to add here that Lila took Five’s hand as they were dying, the look between them was for me at least silently saying they loved each other. 

So all in all I do believe that the connection and love between Five and Lila was authentic. It also made sense. They’re able to understand each other’s emotional complexities, including their darker tendencies, without needing to change who they are. Still their time together seemed to actually have softened them both when they finally had the chance to settle down, almost as if they were healing from past trauma together. This would forge a relationship that no one else could replicate without going through the same experience. Making Five and Lila a reasonable endgame, which they also were in my eyes considering they died holding hands.

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Summary:  Five and Lila's shared background of trauma, matched intelligence, and similar personalities means they make sense. They shared a bond that was only further strengthened during their years of isolation. For 7 years they only had each other to rely on. This inevitably created an intimacy and relationship that couldn’t be compared to what they had had with anyone else. Outweighing what they did to Diego when you consider all context. Lila and Five ended up being human and vulnerable with each other on a level they hadn’t been with anyone else. Ultimately Lila’s refusal to deny her feelings for Five, her relief when he returned, him comforting her as she sent her family away and then finally them dying hand-in-hand, showed that they were endgame.

[laurrelise]

Hi! This is random but I'm looking for other TUA blogs or people who post about that. Do you know of any? It's just really quiet over at my sideblog snarkyfivehargreeves.

omg so sorry i will absolutely check out your blog!!

ok so i am a fan of tons of tua accounts, im dropping my favs off the top of my head but i might have to come back and add more if they slipped my mind. also if you’re reading this and you post about tua and i missed you pleeeeease reblog or comment !! :)

@c0ffeeb1ack

@ashes-and-starlight

@v1trum

@fix-tua-s4-resources

@voteforevilthoughts

@giant-ball-of-twine

@matuk-art

@lookingforhappy

@circumstellars

@st4rshipr4nger

@big-ball-o-twine

@brellafaun

@its-raining-brellies

@umbrellalavender

@tinned-beef

@d3sp4ir-c0d3

@clementineofmine

@itty-bitty-rampaging-committee

@pancakeswithbutterandsyrup

@five-hxrgreeves

@too-many-umbrellas

@cheese-grater-terminator

@nosolaceofastraightanswer

@flavoredmagpie

@5five5five5five5five5five

(again, they’re in no particular order, just the order i remember them in!!)

thank you to all of these blogs for being so awesome and providing us with such good tua fancontent!! <3

[deadlydelicious]

Who the fuck were Lila's family? Her backstory in season 2 was that her parents are brits, but in this timeline she just has like 3 or 4 random american aunties and uncles and it's never explained? We're just expected to accept that she has this gaggle of family who are ready to babysit her plot device children.

And why are her and Allison the only one's who get other family members? it doesn't make sense and it feels like we were so cheated out of seeing the Hargreeves sruggle to fit in with whatever nuclear family dynamic this new timeline dumped them in

[handsomelyerin]

diego calva + black & white

[ghostwriterforeternity]

Does it bother anyone else that Five just gives up on the Bennifer thing to have a fistfight with Diego? Besides the whole thing about his main goal being keeping his family safe, he’s always been above all else: logical. Is he the most logical person or the best at it? No. Does he think he is? Yes. Is he better at it than his siblings? Definitely. Point being, any other Five would have teleported away and tried to find a solution to the actual problem at hand. But no, in love Five has to have a good old fashioned fistfight for a woman who didn’t choose him that is also going to die anyway, because he’s learned to show his emotions finally……okay…rant is officially over….sorry…

[coulson-is-an-avenger]

godddd something fucking Excellent about Andor was how much it showed the diversity of experiences and customs among Humans!!! Star Wars is usually so allergic to showing us any meaningful cultural context, to the point where all humans feel very monolithic (with exceptions to the rule like Mandalorians), and Andor said fuck that!!!!

The people of Andor are individuals, yes, but they come from communities with customs and cultures and distinct ways of living that grant them full inner lives, and diverse, wonderful viewpoints that affect their choices at every turn.

Chandrillans have marriage ceremonies that are very culture specific and are not understood or practiced by people outside of the planet! Ferrix has intricate percussive rites and funerary rituals that mix ashes with brick to build the foundations of the city on those who lived in it and loved it!!!! Kenari has its own language, its own colorful clothing and weapons!!! The Aldhani people have a plot-relevant ceremony of celebrating the celestial marvel of Mak-ani bray Dhani!!!!

There's nuances to every group of people! Every heritage has MEANING, it has weight and it colors the lives of the people who it belongs to, and that's so, so beautiful and important to the language of the story!!! It stands apart from the Empire, which forces unnatural order and conformity upon the land and people at every turn.

It's a breath of fresh air that the characters of Andor are given the space to have these rites, these ties of belonging, these beautiful, organic things about them. It creates a backdrop of realistic, diverse experiences across planets, and it emphasizes the cruelty and horror of the Empire's fascism, its spite towards people's homes and clothes and beliefs. It makes a point of rounding out the Star Wars universe in ways that we rarely get to see this much of, and it interweaves that lore into the wider narrative gorgeously!!! I am so so grateful that this show exists

[dykefive]

everyone was feeling some kinda way this season, and none of it was good

[sharkneto]

maybe a weird question, but have you ever thought about how lila might slot into the JT/HIT universe? she might be an awkward fit into the SM universe proper but seems like she'd have fun being a complete menace with number!

Have I? Have I!? Yes lol

The main version I rotate is Lila is with our Hargreeves and thus lands with them for the events of HIT. It's fun for everyone! Rob gets the brief joy of "Five has a friend!" before being hit with their fucked up history between Five killing her parents and his weird relationship with her abusive adoptive mother (@non-plutonian-druid has made art of this HERE). Lila has fun meeting Number, I think they hit it off, too, to Number's bemusement. Number has a personal crisis about the fact Diego is going to be a father. Good times all around.

For a larger picture of how Lila fits in the JT-HIT multiverse, @non-plutonian-druid had a great line of logic, that I will now share here like it is my own: Lila only exists in Five's timeline, because she was pulled out of it before it branched into Number's (and Shifting Mirror's) timeline. Because she grew up outside of time, with the Commission, she wasn't there to be "duplicated" by the branch point. She can jump between them fine, and if she jumps to the branch point (arguments can be made for if that's November 2002 or January 2013), she'd become duplicated and have to watch out for Paradox Psychosis and whatnot, but as long as she stays away from that exact point, there's only one of her (in these timelines).

[oatberrytea]

[ladymisteria]

Annoyed Diego

Zorro, wrapping Victoria's ankle: Those bandits nearly discovered us, so I may have to deter their pursuit. In the meantime… Victoria, disgruntled: In the meantime, they'll find my money… Zorro: The important thing is to doctor this ankle properly. Victoria: Well, I didn't need any doctoring until you came along! Zorro: You should have warned me. Victoria, even more disgruntled: I tried! But you didn't listen. And they would have never caught up with me if you hadn't jumped on my horses like some kind of… *She waves her hands in the air, searching the right word. Victoria: …Raging bull! And… Zorro, now annoyed himself: And if they had caught up to you, a damaged ankle would be the least of your problems!

Season 4, Episode 5 - An Affair to Remember.

[nami-moittli]

Drew smth for my combined universe of JoJo’s

Have Diego’s PB design. At least, for now, who knows if I’ll end up changing it eventually

[princessmisery666]

I’ve cleaned my apartment and now going to reward myself with 12 hours of sitting on my ass because I finally got into The Umbrella Academy

[idk-i-just-really-like-tsc]

also Cassandra finally confirmed Diego is inquisitor yayyyyyyyyyyy

[ivystitches]

why do writers think it’s a good idea for the superpowered characters to lose their powers in the superpower show what part of that is fun