Charlie's reactions to Adam in You Didn't Know vs Hell Is Forever actually show so much about how she's changed, growing into herself as someone who's rightfully confident in her own power and authority. It's been five long, stressful, often painful months; not only that, she's finally learning how corrupt and senseless Heaven is. There's something that's been getting fiercer about her over time, and You Didn't Know gives us a mirror to Hell Is Forever that really shows it off.
The first time I saw Adam, I thought his movements looked like some sort of freakish vulture/eagle hybrid, and Charlie was reacting like it too. Like he was some deformed predator who wanted to eat her alive. When he got close to her in Hell Is Forever, she'd flinch away from him immediately. But five months later, things are very different.
Instead of jumping back when Adam and Lute get aggressively in her face, she doesn't flinch at all. Unlike the first time, there's no fear on her face. She's not letting him dominate the situation anymore. In both Hell Is Forever and You Didn't Know, she doesn't really take her eyes off him, but the way she's looking at him is like night and day. In Hell Is Forever, she's nervous and scared; she's watching him like he's a big, mean, hungry predator who might go for her throat. In You Didn't Know, he no longer has that same fear-based control of the situation, because she's not afraid anymore. She's still not taking her eyes off him, but instead of it being because she's scared of him, it's because she's not. She's glaring right back at him because if he tries to hurt her, she's ready to hurt him right back.
In each song, there's also a point where she loses her temper and slips into demon form, but even that's different. The first time, she only shows her anger when he's halfway across the room, and the second he's in front of her again, she's back to flinching away. The second time is so very, very different, because she doesn't flinch at all. That step back isn't to move away; it's more bracing than that, and it keeps him directly in front of her instead of letting him have the chance to come at her from even a slight angle. Then he gets right in her face and she doesn't even blink.
The first time they met reminded me of a large predator and a smaller one who was afraid of becoming his prey; the second time is when she's realized she doesn't need to be scared of him, because she's every bit as powerful as he is. It's finally hitting her that even if she'd rather not choose violence, she happens to be an apex predator who's more than capable of handling herself if it comes to that.
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"my surname is yue."
"'yue' as in mountains?"
"yue as in 'the romantic moon'."
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I wish we had more female characters like Eleanor Shellstrop. One of the most unlikable people you've ever met. Read a Buzzfeed article on most rude things you can do on a daily basis and decided to use that as a list of goals. Makes everyone's day worse just by being there. Dropped a margarita mix on the ground and tried to pick it up, only to get hit by a row of shopping carts which pushed her into the road where she was hit by a boner pill delivery truck, killing her instantly. Cannot keep a romantic partner despite being bisexual. Had a terrible childhood but will die before she gets therapy. Best employee at a scam company. Just the worst but also can't help but root for her to improve.
Absolute loser. Girl-failure. Bad at almost everything. Literally perfect female character.
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i feel like everyone forgets annabeth also has adhd bc i need more rep in the fandom of her pls. annabeth chase who falls asleep in a class she has a 102 in. annabeth chase who accidentally has turned in english homework written entirely in ancient greek. annabeth chase who asks “what are we doing?” during every group project. pls that girl is not paying attention shes just better at hiding it.
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*after Mon Mothma’s briefing*
Wedge: Hey, Luke! So where’ve you been?
Luke: Yeah, so I went back to Tatooine to break Han’s ass out of Jabba’s Palace. I had to fight a rancor first, though. Luckily, I killed it before—
Omega, on the other side of the room: YOU KILLED MOOCHI?!
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Post Office lady calls me 'doll' when I walk in
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Gwen said "Lena won't be as laid back as I am about this" with so much confidence and then left the room thinking she handled that so well, completely oblivious to the atmosphere of the room. this woman has never read a social cue a day in her life and I sincerely hope it stays that way.
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