#that was a lot to come from me finding dome clips for my tomlex fanvid yikes

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I think Tom and Kyra's responses to the explosion then Alex being with Scorpia are very interesting and a great insight into their characters.

Tom acts all chill but you can tell he's very worried about Alex. Before Alex goes on the boat Tom is worried and doesn't quite know how to say it, isn't comfortable with outright saying it probably, but he tells Alex to take care 'I need you unmelted'. I think, probably after s1 at the school and everything that's happened before that Tom worries a lot about Alex. He is the most visibly worried before anything happens. Yet afterwards, he's the most calm of the two. Maybe he's already run through this exact situation in his head, more likely he's just less surprised because he feared it would happen. He is in shock still though, in complete and utter denial that it actually is the worst and in survival mode. Just because you fear something constantly, it doesn't make you any better at accepting it or dealing with it when it happens. He keeps saying it's fine everything's fine, lying to himself until the point where he lies there and says 'theyre going to kill him' and then again in the airport when he decides he cannot leave. At the end of the day, when the worst of his fears are realised, for all his preparation: he cannot believe it. And he is broken when he accepts it.

Kyra is relatively chill about Alex before the boat considering. She's probably worried but used to hiding her feelings and also in denial that everything will be fine, after all Alex is very skilled. (She's lost so much that she has to tell herself this). She's still worried though. She absolutely loses it with the explosion. I think she thinks that Tom is undereacting but I think maybe that Kyra had dealt with Alex's dealings with danger by denying that this would ever happen vs Tom who spent too much time worrying that it would. Kyra is also in shock but she can't hold it in, she freezes in this situation. She is freaking out and assumes the worst - after her parents, she probably is very used to assuming the worst. Except it's Alex and she can't lose him.

Before the worst Kyra has denial and Tom fears the worst, afterwards they swap.

Then with Scorpia stuff - Tom's been Alex's friend forever, he's been with him through thick and thin. He's concerned, terrified for Alex and what he might have done but ultimately, it's Alex and he can't have done these things, it's just not him. Tom hopes for the best, he can't believe anything different. At the end of the day, there is nothing to forgive when Alex returns. They are friends over anything, potential attempted murder can't touch it, Tom is just glad he's back.

Kyra however doesn't trust easily and I think is prone to depression and defeatism. When it seems that Alex has defected to the people who killed her parents, she is too hurt to do anything but assume the worst. And her way of dealing with things is running away. She decides it is best to cut her feelings off clean. I think it's actually very impressive that Kyra is how she is in s3, very close with Alex and opening up, happy. She's persuaded to stay in the end because she loves him and despite her immense feeling of betrayal, she cares enough to help him. Yet when he's back she cannot hide her hurt, cannot sweep what he's done under a rug. Hence the confrontation. But once everything is explained she is okay...so okay that she's mad he didn't actually kill Mrs Jones because at the end of the day she's ironically a lot more morally ambiguous than Alex 😂 Her frustration switches to that he is just too damn nice

I love how their relationships are so different and they show their love in such different ways yet they both love him to bits 🥺