not me thinking about mercury asking "is it love" and then wiping gabriels memories. not me thinking about how later, when they're confessing their love, gabriel doesn't say it even though he wants to. not me thinking about mercury finding out gabriel was in love in the past and how many times she's wiped his mind because of it. not me thinking about gabriel realising as he stares at his two new beloveds: "i can't tell you i love you, but i do. i love you" because of the traumatic hold mercury has over him
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Overlooked Gabriel & Annalise Moment - TBSATDH Spoilers
A scene I don't really see people talk about in regards to Annalise and Gabriel's relationship in The Bastard Son and The Devil Himself is the one in Ep. 8 when the boys reunite with her. Gabriel gets to her first, she looks to him first, and she seeks comfort from him first.
Gabriel and Annalise's bond tends to be overlooked and downplayed a bit within the fandom space, and I can understand why. Their bond is probably the most subtle of the three and also the only one that hasn't included any kissing. It’s also the least developed and it's closer to a deep platonic or queerplatonic dynamic.
But in this moment they both look at each other so intensely. The screenshots I took can't really capture it, but Annalise was practically clawing at Gabriel for physical comfort in that scene. And that makes sense to me, given the dynamic we've seen between the three before.
Annalise comforts Nathan:
Nathan comforts Gabriel:
Gabriel comforts Annalise:
Of course, there has also been times when all three of them drew comfort from each other:
And Gabriel did comfort Nathan in this scene, though it was more akin to “snapping Nathan out of his guilt and trauma response to the situation,” since there wasn’t really time for comfort.
But the most common dynamic we’ve seen, and when looking at their one-on-one interactions, Annalise comforts Nathan, but rarely vice versa. So it makes sense that she looked to Gabriel for comfort first, then turned to Nathan.
I really feel like that Episode 5 scene, when Gabriel and Annalise held hands and gave each other comfort during the Ceremony, is when their dynamic started to shift and change a bit. In the sense of getting more intimate and intense, though not necessarily romantic or sexual.
If the series wanted to pursue that route in a (hopeful) second season, I wouldn’t necessarily object to it. Granted it is handled well, especially because I can see how it could potentially tie into the implied trauma Gabriel experienced from Mercury (she had no qualms with kissing Nathan when she was possessing his gran’s body, and her words and actions to and with Gabriel imply possible sexual trauma and abuse, in the below image she says, “So hard to say no to such perfection” while looking at him and touching him in a very sexualized way).
The set up that Season 1 left off with seems to heavily imply that Jessica and Mercury will be the big bad duo of a potential Season 2, which would work perfectly with the hanging plotline of the boy Gabriel promised he would come back for at Mercury’s. And all of that would tie in nicely with a deeper exploration of Gabriel, his sexuality, his past and traumas, and his bonds with both Nathan and Annalise.
As someone who is aroace though, I would also be perfectly fine with Gabriel and Annalise’s relationship continuing to deepen but still staying in this space of deeply platonic and/or queerplatonic, since I feel we could always do with more representation like that, especially for poly ships.
Anyway, wrapping all of this up: That Ep. 8 scene speaks volumes about Annalise and Gabriel’s bond and I love it! It shows how they’ve grown a lot closer to each other than a lot of the fandom thinks they have, and possibly even more than either of them had fully realized in-series until that moment.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gabriel Boutin/Nathan Byrn/Annalise O'Brien, Ceelia Bennett & Gabriel Boutin, Ceelia Bennett & Annalise O'Brien, Ceelia Bennett & Nathan Byrn
Characters: Ceelia Bennett, Nathan Byrn, Annalise O'Brien, Gabriel Boutin
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary:
Go, go, Ceelia orders, and watches them leave.
She watches them come back, too.
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Help us make a Season 2 Fanfic for The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Are you devastated that we didn't get a season 2 for the incredible tbsatdh on netflix?
Are you a creative minded individual, or just happy to cheerlead creators and help out?
If you want to participate in creating a Season 2 Fanfic for The Bastard Son, we've created a discord server to start on the process!
Our goals:
finish out plotlines that were left unsolved
further explore and grow the relationship between nabrielise
create a story that will help fans feel better about the show being cancelled
Let's finish this show out in a way it deserves!
More info + invite link below the cut
Server rules:
you must be 16+ to join
no explicit NSFW content
be kind, no bigotry, homophobia, transphobia, hate etc allowed
this server is primarily for discussing the creation of the fic
How it works:
once you're part of the server you'll be able to message with others working on the project
as a general member: you can cheerlead, input ideas to discussions, chat with other fans
if you want to write: you'll be tagged as a writer and participate in the writers room. this involves deciding what we'll write in the fic
if you want to edit: you'll be tagged as an editor/beta reader. you'll help with spelling, grammar, and refining of the work
if you want to create art, edits, podfics, playlists etc: you'll be tagged as an artist. you can create works inspired by the fanfic we make
Here's the link, let's give this show the ending it deserves :D (send me a message if the link ever breaks/you have any questions)
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to blow off steam annalise and gabriel will go out to clubs and get absolutely hammered and nathan is the one who nurses a drink and watches from the bar when they dance pressed together and makes sure they all get home in one piece and gives them aspirin and tucks them into their giant bed with the eight mismatched throw pillows bc the three of them couldn’t agree on which ones to get and had a fight in the homegoods about it
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My “3 will be free” loving besties, please go watch “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself”
Also, my “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself” loving besties, please go watch “3 will be free”
Also also, my ot3 loving besties, go watch both.
Similarities:
Ot3 on the run trying to survive
Evil dad
Badass girl x himbo x baby boy
Angst and a little fluff
Found Family
Amazing queer representation
Differences:
3wbf is mafia, crime, thriller
Tbs&tdh is fantasy, witchcraft, adventure
Where to watch:
3wbf - YouTube
Tbs&tdh - Netflix
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Nathan Byrne/Gabriel Boutin/Annalise O'Brien
Characters: Gabriel Boutin, Nathan Byrne, Annalise O'Brien
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 01
Summary:
After Wolfhagen, Gabriel finds them a place to stay for the night.
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