#daisy and trevor would have been friends in this essay i will

[gregorygerwitz]

under the stars

for Hauntober 2020. day nine: “stars” 

A night of stargazing doesn’t quite go as planned.

The sun was low on the horizon while they spread out a blanket in the grass, a few small rocks holding the corners down against a gentle breeze coming off the water. Between the cooler air and the already somewhat damp grass, they'd made the decision to grab a few extra blankets and pick out only the coziest sweaters for the evening's plans. For the first time in months, there was no alien invasion to worry about, no world ending crisis, no missions in space or time that demanded their full attention, and the sky outside the Lighthouse was clear, and spending a few hours with friends was what they all needed.

That, and there were some things that needed to be remedied about their out-of-time boyfriends.

With a sigh, Daisy laid down across the blanket on the ground as soon as it was flat enough, her gaze already aimed toward the slowly darkening sky. Before everything went to hell, she was the one who recruited him into SHIELD's whole mess, and they'd almost had the chance to be friends - and then she was off in space, and he was assigned to all but babysit her best friends' grandson. So, the situation had gotten a little complicated. "I don't get it. The stars have been around and they will be around, so why is it only our era of people who stargaze?"

Trevor smiled and sat down on the soft blanket next to her, shaking his head while he lifted his chin to look up. Some of the stars were already twinkling through the fading sunlight, and the sense of calm that came with the sight made it easy to relax his shoulders. "I mean, maybe they're not as cool to look at when you actually live in space, you know? That doesn't explain your boyfriend's weird stuff, but it does explain mine."

"Yeah, but you've had like two years to figure out all of Deke's weird shit, right? I've known Daniel for... six months? Almost seven?" She shook her head, her eyes moving from the sky to the man next to her. "We're still in the early stages. There's still so much we don't know about each other, and tonight is about getting to know each other a little more. All of us - I expect you to take this seriously, too."

"Leading a team is definitely going to your head. You're so much bossier, now."

They managed to keep straight faces for about ten seconds before descending into easy laughter.

-

It took a little over an hour for them to realize how the night was actually going to go.

"They're not coming, are they?" Daisy asked no one in particular, not that there were many options for who could respond.

"I doubt it. Sousa probably went to bed, and Deke is... do you think he's coerced Fitz into playing Remorath Rumble yet?"

"That's even less likely than them coming out here."

"Yeah, you're probably right. So... it's just gonna be us, then?"

A sigh was the only thing that broke the silence between them for the next few minutes, the twinkling stars far above them more than enough of a distraction while they sad with their thoughts. Over the course of the night so far, they had gotten closer, they'd been able to make jokes and tease each other in ways that hadn't been easy and comfortable when they first met. If the night was for bonding, they'd accomplished their goal, even if it wasn't exactly how they expected.

( "Hey, Kahn, you know what would be even funnier than Fitz playing a Framework video game?"

"What?"

"Kora playing a Framework video game."

"That sounds dangerous." )

[dathen]

TMA 153 liveblog dump

I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING INTERNALLY ABOUT THIS EP FOR A WHOLE DAY END MY SUFFERING

"Intelligence doesn't make you more resistant to bad ideas, it just makes you better at defending them; to other people, and to yourself"  GOD i love these profound lines tucked away in the statements

a cult as a manifestation of the Corruption...that's fucking brilliant

OH MYGODDDDDD THEY'RE AFTER HIM FOR FREEING GERRY I'M...HOW DID I NOT GUESS THIS FROM THE CAST LIST??

"Gerry wasn't yours" [[scREAMS INTO HANDS]]

them making fun of him for calling Gerry his preferred name I'm >>>>>>:((((((

"thought you'd be different--but you're just another monster" about the most defiant and human act he's done in the entire series my heART IS HURTING

"and you always do what the evil books tell you?" oh god how many times do you think Gerry asked Julia and Trevor to set him free? How many times was he brushed off with a "do you think we're just gonna do what an evil book tells us to"? how hard must it have been to try to adjust to this hellish, painful half-existence with only their exploitation for company?

DAISY TO THE RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HUNT VS HUNT

"I'm not her father" "Not by blood, maybe" Jonathan has a knife in his throat and he's still here promoting the found family feelings sfdlkjfhf

"This place is full of monsters.  She can't guard them all."   I'M SO TERRIFIED FOR EVERYONE my brain immediately jumped to basira and melanie but then I realized the most likely one is Martin oh god oh god

Daisy is starving oh nO ;;;A;;;

oh god this means we were right about our suspicions, that Basira using Daisy as an example of a Good Former Monster Doing Fine is just because daisy's good at hiding it from her :(((((

Jon trying to encourage her to stay on course!! their exchange of "don't listen to the blood--" "--listen to the quiet" like they've said it a hundred times before!! MY SAD STARVING MONSTER FRIENDS I LOVE THEM AND AM SO WORRIED ;A;

And then him fretting over how much danger she's in by holding back like this, wavering between encouraging her ot take care of herself and to not hurt people, the exact sort of conflict he's been having in himself D:  He doesn't know what side to encourage her to because he doesn't know for -himself- so just decides to support her and be there for her [curls into fetal position]

This is the opposite side to Helen's argument that I've been dying for, but it's also SO HORRIBLE because I LOVE JON AND I LOVE DAISY

“Do you have any idea how much damage you can do if you're a police officer who wants to hurt people? How much the system will protect you? “  god damn TRUTH BOMBS

jon is so gentle with his friends my heart ;;--;;

drowns in jon and gerry feelings drowns in jon and daisy feelings just fukin drowns

oh god oh god trevor and julia are gonna be stalking the institute looking for a weakness and no one there can really defend themselves I'm TERRIFIED

man though the contrasts with the s3 scene of daisy about to cut jon's throat?? her trying to kill him vs. her saving him aside, his anguished begging for his life in s3, insistent he's not  a monster, vs. here where he's resigned and defiant and isn't going to argue he's not a monster, just that he did the right thing by gerry and doesn't regret it. GOD i could write ESSAYS UPON ESSAYS of hte levels going on here

This has heighted the stakes of the threshold looming from the last episode--let go of guilt or hold onto it forever to no purpose--Jon said he needs to be able to defend his friends, and Helen laughed at him that they don't need him.  But now with Daisy slowly dying and Melanie freed from the slaughter it just leaves Basira, who as far as we know MIGHT just have the tiniest fledgling Eye powers + police training

WHAT IF MARTIN HAS TO SAVE EVERYONE BY THROWING JULIA AND TREVOR INTO THE LONELY. WHAT IF THEY'RE HIS FIRST VICTIMS TO SAVE HIS ALLIES AND THE MAN HE LOVES

“Don't listen to the blood.  Listen to the quiet.”  I'M STILL SOBBING THIS FRIENDSHIP POETRY...

I DON'T WANT DAISY TO DIE I DON'T WANT HER TO GO BACK I'M CRYINGGG  

I just realized Jon absolutely saved the day by promoting found family feelings, what kind of steven universe is he

I decided after this ep that Jon and Daisy hugged because it's an audio format and you can't tell me they didn't

BUT what if the Buried left them panicked at too much pressure so they just. hold hands like it's a hug, an echo of when they were trapped together and would strain and stretch so hard just for a brush of fingers, a point of human contact they're both starving for and the reassurance that they're not alone, someone else understands

[[sobs in jon & daisy friendship]]

also jon being so defensive of his choice to free gerry despite it being the most anti-Beholding thing he's ever done, GOD i love him so much i love them i love him!!!!!

jon loves his friends!!! even if they've only been friends for two minutes!!!