I just realized that Beatrice is one of the first few people Ava has ever hugged since her childhood.
After Diego, Beatrice was the second person Ava hugged since she was paralyzed, since being dead, since being resurrected.
Ava has been bed-ridden and paralyzed for majority of her life. And she didn’t have any feeling in her body as well. I doubt any of the nuns that took care of her gave her a hug. So I think this is a big thing that Ava would reach out to Beatrice for physical comfort in this moment. At that time, Ava had like one conversation with Bea and she trusts her enough to hug her (and even touch her face) .
Ava is quite literally touch-starved. So it makes sense that she would reach out and hug or touch Beatrice when she can. Especially after getting even closer to her.
I think this makes all of Ava’s physical interactions even more special. I also noticed that she’s the one who usually makes the first move in these interactions.
Not only was Ava deprived from hugs, but also kisses. Or generally any physical form of affection. I’d assume that Ava only saw these kinds of things on TV and imagined if she could do it for herself someday.
And she did.
Kissing on the cheek, to kissing on the lips, to kissing on the forehead.
Bea may not be Ava’s first kiss or her first hug but she was the one that really mattered.
Can we just take a second to appreciate the growth of Ava’s protective instinct towards Beatrice over these past 2 seasons because it’s suPERb. In season 1 we see the first time Ava reacted, completely subconsciously, to Beatrice in danger
at this point she’s not aware of her emotional connection to the halo’s power, and has way less control of what happens - so even though she does shatter the bullet and save Bea’s life, she also blows everything in the room backwards including herself. Even Beatrice gets pushed back (although super softly) as you can see her recover briefly to run over to Ava after
THEN we start to get spicier protection in season 2 when Ava does react with more understanding of the halo’s power and her feelings towards Beatrice, and not only does she accomplish a much harder goal (poofing away a demon???)
but this time Ava able to handle the blast AND it doesn’t get anywhere close to Beatrice. She does clearly have a blowing back effect on people next to her (cue Miguel/Michael folding like a lawn chair part 1) but Ava is learning to control the power of the halo and how to use it to protect specific people… or in her case specifically Beatrice
and then of COURSE because third times the charm, the last one is my favorite. This time it’s intentional, Beatrice knows Ava can control the power and she tells Ava to let go, and Ava nods AND pulls Beatrice in telling her to hold on
WHICH if we look at past experience showing Ava having a forceful blast that surrounds her after using her power, her instinct should initially be to tell Beatrice (and Michael I guess) to run so that they don’t get hurt, but she knows at this point that whatever power she releases won’t hurt Beatrice because Ava would never let it. I mean look at Michael ! ! !
Dude folds like a lawn chair (PART 2) as if he were one of the possessed enemies Ava is releasing a blast towards. Even though Ava thinks logically she’ll be able to protect both of them, her internal instincts are only thinking of protecting Beatrice in the moment and the halo’s blast reflects that.
Bonus is watching them walk away without a second glance at anyone because to them, as long as they’re both safe, it’s mission accomplished:
Thanks I’ll be here till 2049 talking about this show and couple