The mermaid places her webbed fingers into my mouth as I sink to my knees in supplication.
“How will you survive my love? Will you not drown?” She asks with a smile of knives and hell’s light.
Worship, my love, I have prepared my entire life for this holy moment.
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#OK but I have a lot of feelings about this#because even as early as s1; when Giles was still at Peak Stuffy Brit™#his greatest fear was Buffy’s death#he considered it his DUTY to protect her#that’s his MO whenever she’s in trouble#not train her; not prepare her (and I mean yes he does consider it his job to do this obvs but the first thing out of his mouth is always)#PROTECT HER#and it’s not until Helpless that we learn that this is not the norm for Watchers#in fact#according to Travers; this is a detriment#a flaw#the Slayers aren’t children#they’re tools#they’re not meant to be protected#they’re meant to be used up and discarded; one after the other#and maybe it’s different for Watchers who actually have a Slayer (if Giles’ words about the Watchers’ diaries in s5 are correct)#but maybe it’s not#basically what I’m getting at is#Giles was always different#he tried to walk the walk back in s1#but he has a rebellious heart#and so when the Watcher’s Council assigned him a Slayer to train (to use up and discard like all the others that had come before her)#with the implicit understanding that he would not get attached let alone develop a love for her#Giles took one look at this tiny blonde moppet#who had already Seen Too Much#and went: THIS IS MY NEW DAUGHTER AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER I’LL KILL EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN AND THEN MYSELF#because#as i’ve been saying:#giles is buffy’s dad#btvs (@flaminganakin)
X-Files Season 6 behind the scenes
they make the best aliens because little girls are fucking bizarre, nobody else can match that energy
In an interview he said that the boys always ended up breaking their costumes bc they would fight each other, but the girls Got. Into. Character. and were amazing creepy little aliens.
All the best hero – villain dynamics just lead right back to these two
villain, tearing up again: no one has ever told me I’m good at anything!
hero: where are your parents I just want to talk
hero: i mean… you did good at being bad!
villain: oh… thank you?
hero: *awkwardness intensifies* no problem…
villain: I did BAD?!?!
hero: hey man its okay that was good you uh you did good back there
villain: i did good??
hero: i mean- bad!! you did bad!!
hero: IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO???
villain: *choking back tears* uh, yeah, i’m actually trying really hard here man
hero: *now looking uncomfortable* oh
“Dear, sweet Littlefoot… I’ll be with you, even if you can’t see me”
“What do you you mean I can’t see you? I can always see you.”
“Littlefoot, let your heart guide you. It whispers…so listen closely.”
Mother? Mother??
How dare you
Knives Out (2019)
Director – Rian Johnson, Cinematography – Steve Yedlin
“This is a twisted web, and we are not finished untangling it, not yet.”
