#anyway this commentary just made that scene punch me in the gut for the nth time

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Simon Barry on Beatrice’s “Be free” line

Commenting on Be More Super's podcast interview (around the 48:55 mark):

“I was trying to make the line mean more than just one thing. I think it was designed to kind of encapsulate the whole journey of Ava’s life, which had been a series of cells, a series of traps, a series of obligations, a series of expectations. So on the one hand, Beatrice, who knew that, wanted Ava to be free of all those cages and obligations and expectations, because that was ultimately something that Ava had never asked for in her life. She’d never asked to be injured, she’d never asked to be kept in that orphanage, she’d never asked to get the halo, she’d never asked to be part of the OCS, she’d never asked to be the Warrior Nun. And so she was in essence a servant of a greater plan that she was not a part of. I think Beatrice wanted her to be free of that as well. And that’s what love is, you know – love is knowing that someone needs something and you can give it to them. And Beatrice probably also knew that the one thing holding Ava back from being free would be Beatrice! So she was giving her permission to say goodbye, in a way.” (Ah, my heart - again.)