media will chew you up and spit you out and make you feel every single possible emotion on the human spectrum and then you have to wake up the next day and pretend to be normal
if there's one good thing to come out of all this watcher drama, it's the reassuring knowledge that actually quite a few people also think that ghost files isn't nearly as entertaining as bfu
So we all know about the classic "I'm changing history to save clara" quote, but do people know the absolute batshit earlier draft of that scene? Like-
the development of rei's sleeping area + his attitude towards it in ep3
as we can see in the very beginning of the episode, he has a nightmare about his abusive upbringing but is quickly woken up by miri
the next night, he tells miri a part about how he was raised not to smile, and that he believes sleeping in an awkward place is the best way to stay vigilant against the "scary guys" which. hes opening up a little bit ok go king 👑 love that for him
and at the last scene we dont see him distressed at all! he looks at peace, somewhat. peak cinema 🎥
we see early on that hes a light sleeper and wakes up easily, but at the end hes out like a LIGHT despite kazuki whisper-yelling at him to wake up and miri sleepily punching his face
he said it wouldnt be relaxing and yet !! here he is, the most relaxed hes probably been in years and its because hes so comfortable sharing a bed with kazuki and miri and i have feelings about that
so tldr: its about letting yourself be vulnerable with the people you care about <3 rei is finally getting the family he deserves 🙏