autistic dean is very important to me in many instances but especially in him having an inability to read charlie. like charlie is happy All The Time and it's a mask she constructs to protect herself but he really struggles with working out when her smiles are genuine and when she's putting on a show. so he's forced to ask her to communicate all of her emotions more honestly so he can understand her. and at the same time charlie can read dean in a second because she's the other side of autistic and can read people incredibly well and so dean is too forced to be more open about his feelings because charlie can see all of them. they are the perfect nd duo chefs kiss
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It's the way in episode 1 Beatrice stands alone apart from everyone while Camila plays the piano. Her arms wrapped tightly around herself until Mary and Lilith sandwich her wrapping their arms around her. Because Shannon's gone and we know that Shannon's the first one who made Beatrice feel welcome. Even in the OCS Beatrice is isolated contained and it makes sense why she's so prone to anger in season 2 because her team her family has fractured apart in front of her eyes. Beatrice has watched her friends either die or turn. All she has is Ava, Camila, Yasmine, and Mother Superion and it's not enough but it's also everything and that above all else is the only reason she can't run away with Ava as much as she clearly wanted to.
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🔥+ benvi because i feel that rant was so personal 👀
This is my favorite thing to talk about ever:
So benvi has become like one of my all time favorite ships. Childhood Academic rivals to reluctant friends to lovers is a god tier trope. They encapsulate everything I love in a ship.
1. They understand each other:
Example of this is in season 1 when Ben gets Fabiola and Eleanor to talk Devi into going to spread her dads ashes and make up with her mom. Ben knew that they were the only people who could get her to go. He also understood just how important it was for her to go.
Another example of this is all the subtle looks they give each other, especially in class.
2. They make each other better:
They do this through many things, one of the things being their academic rivalry. Through their competitiveness they have managed to make each other better and more well rounded students. They push each other to work harder and better.
They also just make each other better people in general. The closer Ben and Devi got the more Ben began to break out of his “asshole” persona and become a more likable person. He also got more confident in himself and his ability to make friends. Also standing up to his parents was huge and that was in large part due to Devi.
Through their relationship/ friendship Devi has been forced to start to grow a little. Ben pushing her to make amends with the people she has wronged (her mom, Aneesa). He has helped her start to heal! Ben has helped her become a less selfish person.
3. They have similar goals and ambitions:
They both want to go to Ivy League schools and plan on having somewhat high powered careers . (I’m partial to them going into a STEM type of career but that’s just me).
4. They are able to be themselves around each other.
The times Devi’s true personality comes through is when she is with Ben. She doesn’t ever have to put up a front to try to “be cool”. She allows her walls to come down and to be vulnerable with him. Something that she has never done with Paxton. She trusts Ben completely and that he is the one person who she feels like she can really talk to.
Same thing with Ben, he is way more comfortable with Devi than he is with anyone else. He is a kind and wonderful person and Devi is one of the only people to always see that side of him. Even before they were friends he expressed concern for her and knew when something was wrong with her. She alone is one of the only people that really knows how his relationship with his parents really is.
They are each other’s best friends!!
Also, the use of this line when Devi kisses Ben kills me, “All my life I’ve been hiding myself, just waiting for a boy like you”
I don’t know if this was intentional or not but this line really solidifies just how vulnerable Devi is with Ben. She hides herself from everyone, except Ben.
5. The banter!!!
The slightly insulty banter with the underlying sexual tension… there truly is nothing else like it.
6. THEIR INSANE CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!
In conclusion, these two are the pure definition of soulmates. This ship is so superior to d*xton is every way. I am incapable of being normal about them and I make zero apologies for it.
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ; 1/3
TRANSCRIPT:
Some Nights Ago...
magdalena: [whispering] Your highness, why on earth did you drag me out here at this hour?
luca: Well, your majesty, I was laying in my bed, deep in thought—
m: Of course.
l: —when I realized that I never got a dance with you at your ball.
m: And?
l: And I plan on remedying that. May I have this dance, fair lady? ...Please?
m: …[lets out a lengthy sigh] Oh, alright.
. . .
m: Speaking of the ball… Will you finally admit how you recognized me?
l: Simple—the mark on your neck. I am the one who gave it to you.
m: What mark?! You gave me no such thing! I would surely remember—
l: [grins] The scar, your majesty.
m: Oh.
l: When we were children, the last summer before the war, we visited your family. Here, at this castle.
m: Yes… I remember now. You were quite the nuisance, even at that age.
l: And you were quite the prissy little girl.
m: [furrows brows] Touché.
l: Still, I developed a crush the moment you looked me in the eyes. I tried to impress you, of course, which only led to you liking me even less. So I found a dusty sword to show off my sparring skills.
m: [gasps lightly] It was you!
l: Indeed. There I was, practicing in the maze, and then there you were, skipping past my hedge.
m: You could have killed me!
l: I could have, and that is why I dropped the sword and ran. Luckily for me, all I did was cut your hair and a small section of the back of your neck.
m: …I was distraught over losing my long hair, you know.
l: But was it not impressive that it was a clean cut?
m: Luca!
l: [snickering]
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