Saw someone say they liked Tomie as a character but hated the fact that she killed people who didn't "deserve" it, as they believed it to be lazy writing. To this I have to wonder, how can that person claim to like Tomie if all they want is to constantly feel in the right while reading the story?
There's a reason why Tomie is part of a horror story and not just a common anti-hero/vigilante trope. Characters like her aren't there to stroke the reader's moral fancy as they kill the evil, no good, bad baddies. They exist for the sake of it, outside the outskirts of morality, they don't follow anything other than their own whims and schemes, and that is precisely what makes them both uncomfortable and *interesting* to read!
It's fine to dislike this aspect of her character, but to call it shallow because she's not "punishing the evildoers" is just an excuse. Might as well say that you don't know how to deal with morally dubious characters and that you need the story to constantly make you feel superior and righteous. Might as well say you dislike Tomie as whole, actually.
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*SCREAMS*
THE F*CKING STAMP!!!
IT WAS THE F*CKING STAMP!!!
And the antidote is RIGHT F*CKING THERE!!!
IT'S LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THEM!!!
AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA!!!!
I HATE THIS I HATE THIS I HATE THIS!!!!
I'M SO FREAKING STRESSED RIGHT NOW I LITERALLY CANNOT!!!
WHYYYYYYYYY??!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
That said...
It's SO CLOSE, and Deaton and Derek--thank GOD for Satomi--figured it out, which means they're gonna go get it, which means they're gonna see our teens, which means they're gonna be able to save them (also as an aside, that little moment between Derek and Satomi was soooo cute, and I'm SO freaking glad it happened or we never would've heard about the tea), which hopefully means that NO ONE WILL DIE.
So HURRY THE F*CK UP PLEASE!!!
Because Lydia says it's not just a feeling, she f*cking KNOWS, and that is NOT GOOD.
And Malia just went blind (though, as an aside, I guess it's good that she wasn't able to figure out that she's a Hale by looking at the list), and Scott isn't far behind, and if it's affecting Kira neurologically, who knows what'll happen to her next, and Stiles has a gun pointed on him right now, and I just...
F*CK!!
...all of that said.
STILES I LOVE YOU SO F*CKING MUCH!!!
His absolute panic and worry about his friends, and his desperation to find something to save them. The fact that, even in his awful state, his mind is still running full force, and he’s still trying to solve the puzzle and come up with a solution.
And then there's his scene with Scott, because Scott is right, they do have to tell her, but Stiles is soooo worried about losing her to Peter, and I just...baby no. Do you really think she'd leave you like that? I don't think she'd leave you like that. I really like to think that she would be loyal to you and trust you LONG before she trusted Peter, regardless of how manipulative he tries to be. But he's SO worried about it and I just...
AND THEN HIS SCENE WITH MALIA!
He's just so gentle with her when he wakes her up, and his voice is so soft and comforting, and he just takes off his jacket and gives it to her with literally no preamble.
AND THEN THE LITTLE HANDHOLD!! AND THE WAY HE SAYS THE SAME THING SHE SAID TO HIM IN THE CAR EARLIER IN THE SEASON!
"You're coming back, right?"
"Yeah. I'd never leave you behind."
AND THEN THE LITTLE FOREHEAD KISS!
AND THE LAST LOOK AT HER!
HE'S SO WORRIED I CANNOT!!!
And then bonus points for how close Kira's staying to Scott, and how she's just embracing him and basically holding him up and not letting him out of her sight, because she's equally worried.
AHHHHH!!!
I HATE THE HURT, BUT I LOVE THE COMFORT!!!
And like I always say, you can't have one without the other.
SOMEBODY GET THEM OUT OF THERE PLEASE!
SOMEBODY CURE THEM!!!
DON'T LET STILES GET SHOT AND LEAVE MALIA BEHIND!!!
DON'T LET SCIRA AND MALIA DIE AND LEAVE STILES BEHIND!!!
PLEASE SAVE THEM!!!
PLEASE HURRY!!!
*cries*
(Couldn't find a gif of the goodbye moment but SAME ENERGY! :'( <3)
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