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What do you think the chances are of Aaliyah surviving this season? I’m going to be absolutely gutted if she dies, this ship has so much potential
And another anon:
I wish Lioness wasn't just 8 eps, I want to see Cruz and Aaliyah's relationship grow more naturally. Their chemistry is insane, imagine what we could do with like a 13 ep season or heck 20+ eps like back in the day but I guess that's too much to ask in these times. We can get to know Aaliyah more as a person, and see Cruz get to know her more too and have the attraction and respect grow deeper and in turn watch how that conflict of interest affects more subtle choices in her mission. And Aaliyah, I wanna know her, what life is like without Cruz to shield her from her loneliness and how the violent misogyny in her culture affects her daily life and the way her fiancé and father behave. Less of that military propaganda bs and more getting to know the other characters. Anyway, I can't wait for the finale, but I don't have a good feeling about those two.... Wish I'm wrong though.
I am also anxiously waiting for the finale tonight but I'm so sure it'll end in her death.
Some of it's my own natural pessimism but it's also how much they've foreshadowed it and there not being any other character to kill in a big set piece finale that would show the high stakes but ultimately be expendable to the plot. Because really, what else will Aaliyah's role be after this? Well, lol, I mean, I can see a lot, especially if this season ends with her dad not killed but it doesn't feel like those are the directions in which this show cares about or wants to go.
And that's the thing, right, that as much as we can see that this ship has so much potential, that there's so much more we could have seen, I just don't think that's what the focus has ever been. Like we had the time even in these 8 eps, but we got SO much of Joe's daughter and the mission on the border. It's not about getting to know Aaliyah as a person, it's always been what she serves to show the issues with her culture.
Maybe I'm wrong and I'll absolutely acknowledge it if I am and she survives, but for right now, the person who wrote that torture story in ep 2, who's thrown in little mentions of how fun it is to kill Iraqis, I'm not expecting anything different from him. And it'll retroactively destroy a lot of what I've been loving about Cruz and Aaliyah because it was all in service of this death. They'll have written this charming, complex Arab lesbian who has been so scared to die essentially for BEING one as this sacrificial lamb. If she does die, what does that say?? "See what she could have had with American freedom, but sadly, she's an Arab." Is her story continuing not worth the lesson it'll teach of how destructive that culture is?
Other people don't have to see it that way, I know I'm particularly sensitive to deaths (and obviously the treatment of Muslim lesbians) in a way not everyone is, so I'm not dictating how others should feel, I will just feel this way.
#replies#femslash related stuff#Anonymous#sent on 20230902#5#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah x cruz#muslim lgbt#special ops 1x08#not a spoiler just speculation
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SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS - Recensione 1x08 "Gone is the Illusion of Order" (SEASON FINALE)
Special Ops: Lioness conclude la sua prima stagione con un epilogo abbastanza decente, che chiude la trama principale, ma porta con se' contraddizioni e dubbi sul futuro della serie...
RECENSIONE 1x08
#special ops lioness#1x08#gone is the illusion of order#serie tv#drama#action#zoe saldana#laysla de oliveira#nicole kidman#dave annable#michael kelly#morgan freeman#taylor sheridan#recensione#LIAFF: WEEKLY REVIEW
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Aaliyah & Cruz | Special Ops: Lioness 1x107/ 1x08
The 2 times Aaliyah tells Cruz she loves her. The only time Cruz admits her feelings for her… to Joe. It's tragic that these 2 are so deeply mutually in love, yet circumstances keep them apart.
#special ops: lioness#wlwgif#aaliyah x cruz#wlwsource#cruz x aaliyah#aaliyah amrohi#dailyflicks#stephanie nur#dailytvwomen#laysla de oliveira#dailylgbtq#cruz manuelos#dailywlw#usergay#femalegifsource#filmtvtoday#my graphics#usergif#fybadassladies#femaledaily#tvarchive#ladiesofcinema#dailytvfilmgifs#userladiesblr#usergiu#lgbtqsource
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Special Ops: Lioness - Behind The Story | 1x08
Laysla: “Cruz really doesn’t wanna do this. This is somebody she is completely in love with and someone’s heart she’s about to break, and I think Cruz just feels like absolute trash.”
Stephanie: “They kind of have to end their relationship and go back into their real worlds. But they have this juxtaposition between betrayal & loyalty and who are you loyal to, your own heart or the obligations that you have to fulfill?”
#😢😢😢#Aaliyah x Cruz#Special Ops: Lioness#Stephanie Nur#Laysla de Oliveira#SOL video#SOL BTS#SOL edit#My edit
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Most Likely To Thoughts
because i am an angry theater kid
spoilers below
First of holy shit. That was one of the best episodes of the season. My second favorite (episode 5 has a special place in my heart okay?)
big red is awesome
i missed ABF this episode hes awesome
miss jenn you literally did the exact same thing
“would you like to be the first” “im good”
ashlyn youre a cutie
oh my god guys they’re actually rehearsing
FRICKING GO BIG RED
EJ YOU KILLED IT
Gaston was ICONIC.
the callback to 1x08
“monkies”
im sorry you guys haven’t blocked the 2nd act?!?!?!?! its MARCH the show was cast in January you’ve had TWO months i have been in shows blocked in less time
*angry theater kid screeching*
“It’s an expression, Sebastian”
Seb is going to snap one day. This is like the fourth time this has happened this season.
Like he lowkey looked pretty sad and angry after that comment. Maybe the episode 10 Seblos fight isn’t going to be so private.
ANYWAYS back to the episode (i will gladly talk about seblos all day)
KOURT AND NINI KOURT AND NINI
they lookin good
kourt and nini have started a “relationships are hard” club and the members include big red, gina, and seb. ricky and ej pop in from time to time
kourtney that is a great lie well done
communication saves lives and obviously ricky and nini never got the memo
ricky no
did you learn nothing from nini and ej?
i do like how he immediately regretted it. like he knows he effed up
oooo ej, gina, carlos, and seb thats intersting
do not try to tell me carlos and seb dont hold hands in class bc they do
#giveusmoreoftheseforupleaseineedagroupchat
AIHFDAKFHGAL GINAS SNORT I LOVE IT
ej honey i think you like her
ngl i might have jumped on the portwell train
GINA LEFT BAHAHA
cash caswell
i hate him already
ej just sinking in his chair
carlos’ somewhat impressed face i cant
cash you son of a gun why
cash this is career day not show off your son day
ej noooo
“seize the day” theatre kids share a knowing glance
im shocked carlos didnt stand up and do the choreo
miss jenn has a new man every episode omfg
mazzara is my fav
STOP
HOLD THE PHONE
THEY ARE DOING TECH WORK
I REPEAT, TECH WORK
IM A TECHIE IM FREAKING OUT OMFG
those are the nicest high school aprons like where are the ratty tshirts?!?!
how is sebs so messy
bitter seb
i smell tension
ope seb is mad
he is going to snap one day i swear
you can tell carlos regretted it or just doesnt understand what happened
im glad the seblos fight is building instead of something out of the blue
seb has been kinda pushed around this season im happy he is finally saying something
and no more seblos the rest of the episode rip
carlos go after your boyfriend come on
you know what would have been fun? they have their bantar while cleaning brushes and rollers in a clogged sink
ricky have you ever asked how big red is doing?
ASHLYN WITH A DRILL
OMFG GUYS I LOVE DRILLS YESSSSSS
why is there no drill piece in the drill what is she doing? is she bolting stuff or predrilling?
ash trying to be supportive
i love ashlyn guys
omfg two parents this episode what is this?
kourt’s mom being on her side love to see it
“i live to serve”
“i cleaned your desk a little” yep she’ll take you back after that
the shade kourtney is throwing im living for it
ricky just disappears and reappears
oof-okay richard
the pizza place fight. they were both in the wrong, im glad kourt shut them down
REDLYN NOOOO
i love them
ash is trying so hard and red is trying to get her to understand
mazzara you sneaky
i thought it was a date lol
miss jenn take the hint
PORTWELL HOME SCENE
that was really sweet, like go ej and gina, they have one of the healthiest relationships on the show because they learned what not to do.
thats a nice treehouse
lesbians build nice things
i should know
bc im one- ill stop
the treehouse scene-holy shiz. its amazing. props to josh and olivia, i was on the verge of tears. best rini scene of the season, hands down. it was beautiful
nini is sobbing i cant
ricky you can cry its okay
im so happy the breakup happened, major rini shipper in season 1 but they have fallen flat this season. it was handled so well and just gahhh
nini sobbing by herself
NINA IM CRYING NOW STOPPP
roman sounds so good holy.
like so good
this does damper my theory on ricky leaving halfway through the show and seb taking over as beast and singing this
MONTAGE TIME
“you’re gorgeous”
mazzara fell hard
“To Miss Jenn” why am i laughing
GABFILFBIWE PORTWELL
OH MY GOD GINA IS ASLEEP
EJ AND THE HOODIE
GUYS I CANT ANYMORE IM LOSING IT
THE LITTLE SMILE WHEN EJ TURNS THE LIGHTS OFF
REDLYN IS BACK IM SO GLAD
you guys are adorable
howie fell hard
omfg ej
ej noo we love you pls be okay
redlyn you cuties
RICKY NO
IM SOBBING NOW
OMFG LOOK AT HIM
HE HELD IT TOGETHER FOR NINI
GUYS IM CRYING I CANT
AHHHHHH
we stan big red in this house
ricky and the pillow no
glad ashlyn sticked around
i am dead. ricky thank you thats it.
like that broke me
i should not be crying over this i have already cried to much this season
you know what would have made this scene better? seb just sitting on his bed then carlos texts him and he pushes his phone aside. something to show them drifting bc its happening and i need content
like where were they the second half?
ITS OVER
WTF
LIKE WHAT THE ACTUALLY HECK YOU CANNOT END IT THERE
WHAT IS HAPPENING
As you can probably tell, I lost my mind this episode. I have no words, nothing at all. All I have is my tears. The past two episodes have been the best of the season. Episode 8 was another level.
#disney+#im crying#hsmtmts#hsmtmts season 2#hsm the series#hsm series#ricky bowen#ricky#nini salazar roberts#nini#rini#nina#big red#ashlyn#ashlyn moon#ashlyn moon caswell#redlyn#ej#ej caswell#gina#gina porter#portwell#seb#seb matthew smith#carlos#carlos rodriguez#seblos#kourtney#kourtney greene#miss jenn
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do you think alder’s pride would get in the way of forming an alliance w the spree to fight the camarilla
Oh absolutely. It will... She was denying the return of the Camarilla up until they were literally right in front of her screaming “we are the Camarilla!!” Like... how thick could she get? Alder couldn’t let go of her pride long enough to admit that she hadn’t fully eliminated the Camarilla after all.
1x06 Thinks it’s “A disturbing new strategy” for the Spree
1x07 Interrogating Scylla, “How did the Spree find and target the Bellweather Matriline?”
1x08 The entire operation involving the cadets because she thought the Spree had escalated to attacking witches
1x09 “How did the Spree find them before we did?”... “I rooted out the last remaining Camarilla over 200 years ago”
1x10 “The Spree are taunting us... taunting me.”
vs. 1x10 “Our ancient enemy has returned... the Spree were trying to warn us” *facepalm*
So yeah, when she is confronted with the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” next season... It’s not going to happen overnight. She’s probably going to make some ridiculous requests in order to form any sort of allegiance. It’s going to be really interesting to see who “folds” to whom - The Spree are ruthless and Alder will do anything to maintain control. So I doubt any sort of Pardons would be on the table... but I would guess the Spree wouldn’t agree to anything less. Alder is going to be a stubborn brick for a while for sure.
Maybe... there will be initial refusal of an allegiance but then one side gets attacked so badly they have to turn to the other for prosperity? I’ll just let the writers do their thing and see where it goes.
I definitely need some Scylla as Spree forced to work with the Unit during special ops though. I will pay to see this.
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The 100 aesthetics/preference tag game
I wasn't tagged, but I did steal this from @supernovablake: thanks OP, loved reading your answers! 😊👍✨
Rank the seasons from favorite to least favorite:
6-5-1-4-2-3
I'm always pretty torn between S2/3: my position on those kinda changes with the wind. But love S5, S4... and everything about S6 was epic, badass & beautiful.
Rank Clarke’s hair through the season from best to worst:
6-5-3-2-1-4
I loved the S5 matching berry streaked hair, the half-up nighttime hair we got from j!Clarke and THE RED GROUNDER HAIR WAS A FAVE.
I said it, Phew! I feel better now. Nobody likes that wanheda hair though, eh? 😆
Rank Bellamy’s hair/beard through the seasons from best to worst:
5-6-4-1-3-2
I really like the older Bellamy look from S5/6. I think he rocks TF out of it! It's nice to see a more rugged Bellamy for a change. That said: his S4 look was both disheveled and adorable.
The real debate: the blue shirt or the tan?
B L U E. it seemed to fit him better than the tan one. (<- I second what you said! Blue shirt!)
Clarke’s blue dress or pink dress?
I'm choosing Blue again because she looked breath taking & it provided that bit of comedy in some of Josephine's first scenes.
Favorite raven season:
6. I think she's an actual angel?
Ravens ark vest or red jacket and ponytail or her s6 look
Okay, well I can't dis Raven's RED JACKET 🤷♀️
Octavia’s hair in s2 (the braids) or s4 (the ponytail)?
As much as I love Grounder Braids on everyone, her S4 hair was probably my fave overall even.
Murphy with long hair or short hair?
SHORT. Thank goodness that hair died with Praimfaya y'all, it was terrible 😂
Favorite Monty season:
S5, grown up space!farmer Monty. 💛
Favorite overall episode:
1x08. 3x02. 4x13. 5x01. 5x13. 6x05. 6x07. 6x08. 6x10. 6x11. I think narrowing down to only ten is an accomplishment? It's a GREAT SHOW!
Favorite scene of all time:
I have to give this to the "6 years later" reveal in 4x13. They dropped SO many bombs in such a small scene: Clarke's new (badass!) look, the fact that she was still alone after 6 years, and still calling Bellamy every damn day, and that she wasn't actually alone she also has a child that looks suspiciously like a bellarke!baby but wait did she say only 6 years...?
And aesthetically speaking: the framing and shot was absolutely beautiful. Even the details of her tears when she thinks she sees the dropship... It's such a special scene.
Biggest wish for s7: More scenes between the OG Delinquients & new earthkru group: I want that 'S1 found family vibe' all season long. And I want our faves to get a chance to be happy.
And I want new outfits, again, for everybody. Aesthetically speaking 😉
tagging: you know I've probably tagged 25 people in, like 24 hours? So I'm going to call this an open invitation tag, for anybody reading out there! 🙂 It's fun to look back on the 6 years!
#the 100#clarke griffin#bellamy blake#octavia blake#john murphy#raven reyes#the delinquients#tag game#hiatus game#aesthetics quiz#tumblrkt#final season#loved this one!! 😂💛
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Special Ops: Lioness - First and last kisses
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x06#special ops lioness 1x08#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#for now!#for now for now for now#there had better be another one in the future#possibly NOT initiated by aaliyah?#she's had to lead so much because cruz can't take advantage of someone so in the dark#and unfortunately if anything the power's even more flowed to her#the undercover agent who killed aaliyah's dad??#but I think if there is any kind of initially tentative intimacy it has to now come from cruz#she has to show it was real#which like...that's why they HAVE to appear again#even putting aside any kind of romantic resolution how can they resist showing these two in the aftermath#it's just such juicy drama
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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x08
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x08#special ops lioness spoilers#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#and then the show ended#:/#the thing that gets me the most is that it's literally just outside circumstances against them#both of them feel the same way (at least right now lol)#this'll be THEIR honeymoon one day#IA!
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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x08
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x08#special ops lioness spoilers#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#lol#it's almost funny if you remove context#they're both so hot for each other#and it's such a problem#but these are almost their literal last words#so I hope aaliyah remembers them well#she wanted to but that's a problem#willing her to put together all the pieces#I mean she should have cruz's name at this point too#google her and reach out :x
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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x08
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x08#special ops lioness spoilers#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#ahhh their final scene#the last time they ever meet??#oprah I will not accept that.gif#aaliyah is right though that nobody else cares#and now she'll think nobody at all does#but cruz does! she doesn't know how much cruz does#I really wonder if aaliyah will realize from just how many times cruz says to not get married#that she was actually genuine about it
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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x08
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x08#special ops lioness spoilers#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#muslim lgbt#the second time aaliyah's just telling her she loves her#testing how cruz feels#this is as much as cruz can respond#man the tragedy of these two being fully mutually in love but all these freaking isms getting in the way#cruz is probably gonna remember this moment for the rest of her life :x
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Special Ops: Lioness - 1x08
#specialopslionessedit#special ops lioness#special ops: lioness#aaliyah amrohi#cruz manuelos#stephanie nur#laysla de oliveira#special ops lioness 1x08#special ops lioness spoilers#aaliyah x cruz#femslash related stuff#muslim lgbt#and then she literally cries gayly against the door#I actually really adored this scene#for showing their dynamic outside of the lust#like they're genuinely laughing and getting along#how many people in her life has aaliyah been at ease in front of?#not her parents#siblings or friends#she has a bodyguard around at most events#and then that smoldering look down at cruz's lips before leaning in to kiss her#and being so hurt and understanding at the rejection!#and that smile as she leaves#aaliyah...loml#so many times I've said ''they're in love'' about subtext couples#it still feels wild when I say it and it's literally canon#these two are genuinely in love here!
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