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Everyone talking about “eyes here” but the actual moment when Dain became hot was definitely when he let Sloane punch him

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A smart-ass captain snaps something back at Cat that I can't hear over the din, and Sloane charges. I nearly jump over the table, but Dain gets there first, hooking his arm around her waist and hauling her back as she swings. The second he sets her on her feet, those fists are aimed in his direction, and I wince as he lets two make contact before trapping her wrists and leaning in low. Whatever he says must register, because she gives a curt nod, then retorts with a glare and walks back into formation, where Rhi is waiting with what looks like a scathing lecture.

Hello, hi tumblr, I am GENUINELY ASKING (begging) if anyone has any theories or headcanons or fic covering … i) what the smart-ass captain said that made Sloane charge and ii) what Dain said to Sloane/what she retorted … because I am in my Slain feelings today and I just need to know what was said. I just need to answer this question in my brain. 🙏

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Petition to let Dain and Sloane become as completely unhinged for each other as Xaden and Violet are.

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It was the little things—the way your presence brought peace to my chaos, the way your silences felt comfortable instead of awkward, the way I could imagine you in my future without hesitation, and how the simplest moments became extraordinary when shared with you.

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THE HANDMAID'S TALE 1.08 Jezebels

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“The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”

- The History Boys, Alan Bennett

This is how I feel about fandom. People bonding over stuff they enjoy. Over how a piece of fiction—a character, or a scene, or a relationship—made them feel something so strongly that they felt drawn to discuss it in detail, or create content for it, or find content others have made (fanfiction, vids, gifs, poems, playlists... the list goes on). And they feel less alone because they discover other people that felt the same way as they did.

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3 Nick and June 5x09 Thoughts

OK granted, I just skimmed this episode but I found their scene together to be rich with so much nuance so I’m going to do what I always do, break down my interpretation.

1. 5x09 Nick and June

were giving me Early Seasons Nick and June vibes.

In the first two seasons, I said that one aspect of Osblaine that I relished was their ‘in between’ moments because I found those moments to be where we really saw how much June loves Nick even though she wasn’t ready to verbalize that (from a previous response to an anon who said they didn’t think June loved Nick):

I think it’s clear that June loves Nick and the reason why I think it’s clear is because there are moments in almost every one of their scenes that show this.

I think we have the more direct moments:

and the more direct gestures/facial cues:

But what makes it clear for me, are the moments between that, because that’s when you see her struggle and attempt to reconcile all of her situations.

[…] in 2x07, as I already mentioned, she has the “what about you?” line and they have the passionate kiss

but it’s this that I find telling:

because she allowed herself to give in completely, lose herself completely, and be with Nick and this reaction is a culmination of things […] but I also think it’s a self-admonishment because she allowed herself to just love Nick with that kiss.

And their scene and the dialogue around Nick this episode reminded me of this because June attempts to control her expressions. When Mark tells her he offered Nick a way to come to Canada, which is still on the table, she does her best not to smile

even when he mentions his name, she tries not to smile

which also happens when Mark says that he can set up a meeting between the two of them that very day

she does her best to react as if this is just business, this is just a means to an end

because she’s committed to her life in Canada now, she promised Luke that she would be “there.”

And when she sees Nick waiting for her,

like she’s seen him do many times before

(or appear to her like many times before)

she’s trying not to feel that pull, that jolt, that relief, that joy, she presses her lips together

to stop herself from doing this

but everything she’s trying to contain comes out anyway, and I think it’s important to note that it comes out when she realizes that Nick isn’t going to have a handmaid in his house because Rose is pregnant

like she’s shocked

but she’s also almost happy

because Nick will not participate in the Ceremony, Nick is still Nick, the same man she had to plead with so he would consummate his marriage with Eden.

While there’s also I think a bit of sadness and jealousy mixed in

But the moment he starts walking toward her, she’s grinning and flirtatious and familiar and knowing

because she can’t help it, the affection is there, the love is there, it’s very reminiscent of 2x12

which is especially evident in the way she says “I love you” which leads me to

2. When June says this

it definitely brought me back to 4x09

which then brought me back to 2x12

which then brought me back to 1x03

This idea of each other as their … not even fantasy but as their peace, this idea that they would be happier and they would be content and they would be free if everything else went away and they remained or if everything else remained but they went away, that’s prevalent, and consistent with them and so beautiful especially since Nick’s response is saying the world can’t go away for a little bit because it’s going to be difficult for us to see each other

and June’s response is I don’t want to fuck up your life

 but what really struck me about their entire exchange is the mutual sense of understanding and stubbornness about the “everything else” where they are both like, I have people I need to look out for and consider

I am coming to you as someone whose second nature is to ensure the safety of my family no matter the cost

June has seen what Nick will do for his family because he did it for her and Holly

and Nick has obviously seen what June will do for her family because of everything she has done and tried to do and is doing and will do for Hannah

but then after all of that is established, their obligations, their commitments, their charges, Nick tells her he loves her, thereby being like, you know even with Rose, even with my unborn child with Rose, I’m in love with you, and he says it in this matter-of-fact, my-feelings-haven’t-changed, I-will-always-be-in-love-with-you kind of simple, Nick way,

which he’s done in the past

and June is breathless and on the verge of tears because she can’t not say it back, not when she feels it this powerfully, not with everything they’ve been through and the way she lowers her head is one of those “in between” moments to me because she’s at conflict, because their lives are moving on without each other and yet they’re always present in each other’s lives, her love for him is always there so how can she still contain it?

3. Their physicality. I have also always said that Nick and June have a magnetic quality to their connection

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The way Nick and June are so attuned to each other? I mentioned it in a previous post of mine, citing more the magnetic quality they have where you see them drawn toward each other […] I’ve already spoken about 1x08, how June turns away at the last possible moment, the way her eyes close at his touch, the way he hovers near her, that magnetic pull and physical attune

and you see that in this scene, he leans forward a bit and she leans forward a bit too

and the urge to kiss is so strong, Nick is about to do it and June is about to let him, it’s what they both want, it’s what they both feel, it’s what they both need, but their messy world hasn’t gone away so he curbs such a natural impulse, particularly since June and Nick are physical outside of sex there’s always this urge to physically connect

and June is breathless with the nearness of it and the absence.

and OH MY GOD THE ANGST.

Thank you @splitscreen​ @skyshipper​ @pegscarters​ @give-me-a-thousandkisses​ @midniightsrains @resistancerising56​ for all of the good gifs.

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You take me in your arms And suddenly there's sunlight all around me Everything bright and warm And shining like it never did before And for a moment I forget Just how dark and cold it gets All I've ever known is how to hold my own All I've ever known is how to hold my own But now I wanna hold you Now I wanna hold you

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Say that you'll hold me forever Say that the wind won't change on us Say that we'll stay with each other And it will always be like this

- All I’ve Ever Known, Hadestown

kai @miwtual's birthday countdown event day 3: lyrics

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When Xaden basically blacked out the entire battle with his shadows, killing every living thing in their path and all Violet felt was a gentle caress to her cheek. Yeah. 💔

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😔

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Just thinking about how Liam and Sloane are only one year apart in age and were probably so close growing up, and then they were separated after their parents got executed and Sloane was probably SO excited to get to see her brother every day again, finally after years of being forced apart, only for Liam to die before she made it to Basgiath. And now I’m crying.

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“it sounds like you’re justifying their actions-“ i am. they’re a fictional character. i’m okay with anything they do all the time. hope this helps.

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I enjoy the character development of Dain… from, in Fourth Wing, coddling Violet and telling her she doesn’t have to use her lightning sygnet ever again if she doesn’t want to… to Dain ordering Sloane to work on training her sygnet and offering himself up for her to wield on.

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A year ago me would be ashamed of me for actively searching for dain aetos fanfics

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Me at the start of Fourth Wing: Dain Aetos sounds unquestionably like the sort of character I would normally get obsessed with (childhood friend, lots of history, she secretly loves him, he would die for her, friends to lovers trope, self-sacrificing fighter hero type). Let’s buckle in.

Me during and after Fourth Wing: FUCK THIS GUY.

Me during Iron Flame: ……....👀

Me after Onyx Storm: Okay, so as it turns out…

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Something about how Sloane and Dain’s signets both need physical contact to function, and about how Dain’s means that no one wants to touch him, and Sloane’s means that she doesn’t want to touch anyone.

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The things I would do to know what Dain said to Sloane to calm her down after she punched him.