I’m just gonna go cry myself to sleep thanks
I keep rewatching that epilogue scene and, the way Hunter and Omega talk about her joining the Rebellion... You can tell this is not the first time they're having this conversation. And I just can't help but wonder what the previous one(s) must have looked like.
Because something tells me it wasn't peaceful.
I just can't imagine Hunter having any other reaction than an immediate, definitive "absolutely not" the first time he hears about Omega wanting to join the Rebellion. Just like I can't imagine Omega being okay with that reaction.
Were they arguing about it? Were they butting heads and not backing down from their respective points? Because they would. Absolutely, they would.
Did their brothers have conversations with both of them separately? Did Wrecker tell Omega to give Hunter a break because he's old and worried? Did Crosshair convince Hunter that he can't keep a grown woman grounded just because he's scared about her? Did Echo tell him that if this is Omega's calling, he has to let her do her thing?
She tried to sneak off. As if she didn't want to go through this again. As if she thought leaving without a goodbye would be easier on everyone and this way no one can stop her. After all, she made up her mind. She's going. But when she turns the light on and spots Hunter sitting there, she's not even surprised. She nods to herself like of course. Of course he's here.
This literally sounds like they've been over this before. But this time the conversation is surely more peaceful. They both have the other's perspective in their minds now.
This is my choice and I know it scares you but I need you to understand.
I know I won't change your mind but I don't want you to go, I want you to be safe.
This must have been said before as well. Maybe in anger. Maybe in pleading. Or desperation. I wouldn't be surprised if Omega got very frustrated with Hunter for treating her like she's still a kid. Nor would I be shocked if Hunter had trouble articulating his point of view in all his worry and panic. But here, it's a confession. It's very vulnerable. It's the truth Hunter doesn't want to hear and gives a reason why.
Omega is a grown woman now. Skilled, capable, brave. Hunter doesn't doubt that. But to him, she's always going to be his little girl no matter how old she is and I am still speechless at the fact that we actually see him not only struggling with it but also admitting to it.
Back on Pabu, after they escaped Tantiss, Hunter told her: "We've all fought enough battles for one lifetime." And now, years later, Omega echoes this back to him. "You've all fought enough." Almost like she's reading Hunter's mind and knows that if he can't stop her, he's going to want to join her.
The way he wants to reach after her here when she gets up. Like he wants to say wait, no, don't go yet!
But this is her fight, just like she says. She's never been able to sit still, we know that, we've seen that. Just like Echo back in season 2, she can't stand the thought of staying down and doing nothing when there are people out there fighting for freedom. People she can help. She's a skilled pilot now (I can bet she'll become most famous in the Rebellion for her flawless Tech-Turn), she has absorbed everything her brothers have taught her over the years like a sponge and now she wants to use that. After years of living away from the fight, she's finally ready to get back out there and make a difference in the galaxy. Fight for peace because that is her calling.
She's ready, but Hunter is not.
You can tell it's literally tearing him apart to watch her go. That's his baby, the whole reason he's living the life he has now. He gave his blood, sweat and tears so she could grow up safe and happy and away from the Empire's clutches. And now she's going back right into them, willingly.
But she's all grown up. And he has no choice but to let her go do her thing. So he holds her close and I don't doubt sends out a prayer that she comes back to him safe and in one piece. He closes his eyes and commits the feeling to memory because who knows when will be the next time he gets to do this?
And it might be destroying him inside but he's so damn proud. And he knows she's got this. She doesn't need her old man to watch her back anymore.
And yet still this old man, with gray in his hair and beard, this old man whose posture is hunched and who is moving slowly and having difficulty standing up because of his accelerated age, is telling his very grown up and very capable daughter that if she needs him, he's going to pick up his blaster, don the armor and join her in the fight.
Because that's what fathers do.
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First Chapter: Pay Your Child Support
Can't wait to see zeus go from "make sure i never see this one again" to offering percy immortality and then getting hit in the face with A Guide To Parenting And Other Family Issues By Perseus Jackson™
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During D&D last week I made a doodle of some of my very favorite characters, from some of my very favorite books. It’s Nita and Kit, young wizards extraordinaire! Someday I’m gonna do a whole series of them. .
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just a couple things i loved about shadow and bone *SPOILERS*
milo the goat
kaz immediately calling inej an investment and then saying she’s one of a kind
jesper’s reactions to inej just disappearing
jesper trusting inej with his life!
milo the goat!
kaz and inej stealing jesper’s shots at the bar
that scene at the end of episode 2 where mal and alina are reaching for each other even though they’re in different places
THE KEFTAS
kaz’s hair just getting more messy as the show goes on
kaz holding milo the goat!!
mal! (i really didn’t expect to love him as much as i did)
the darkling revealing his name is aleksander way earlier than he did in the books
milo the goat saving mal with the bullet jesper tied to him!
MAKE ME YOUR VILLAIN
zoya’s growth over the season!
honestly not a darklina shipper but when he got her the blue irises and said she looked lovely i died
leigh’s cameo as the first grisha to hug alina after the demonstration was so amazing!
ALINA GETTING IN THE TRUNK OF THE CARRIAGE AND JESPER JUST BEING IN SHOCK I SWEAR I DIED LAUGHING
kaz and the darkling faceoff and instead of kaz hitting him with the cane, he gets away by doing a freaking magic trick with an explosion!
nina and matthias’ dialogue being basically copy and pasted from the book was so amazing!
also nina and matthias’ chemistry!!!!!
david raising his hand to talk to the darkling was hilarious
kaz saying he needs inej
alina being the one who gave inej her “sankta alina” knife (pretty sure i saw that as a fan theory before the show came out and i love that it came true!)
kaz putting up the crow club as collateral for inej
kaz saving inej by HITTING A VOLCRA WITH HIS CANE
mal being basically an honorary crow!!!
kaz admitting at the end that alina is a saint and the look on inej’s face!!!
honestly anything jesper said at any point in the show was perfect
NO MOURNERS NO FUNERALS
prob forgetting some but i just finished the show so these are just initial reactions. can guarantee i will be rewatching this show many many more times
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I am the Mom Friend.
it is a Scientifically Proven Fact that once a group of people become friends, the tendency to make really foolish decisions skyrockets…. and from this chaos…. the Mom Friend™ rises, ready to keep everyone alive, armed with exasperation and common sense in spades
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Sharing the RIGHT version. Layers, duh, Charlie.
Cassian & Nesta for @blackbeak!
Available in my shop.
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