Brennan: the authority of, I was like, like that, whatever that was made me be like [imitating a ear piece call]: Aabria, Jasper says no on that
Aabria: yeah yeah, oh I'm so, can you tell him I'm so sorry--
Erika: it's the accent
Aabria: yeah, fucking British accent cinders authority
Jasper: came from such a deep sense of fear. That was where I was coming from
Siobhan! Yes, exactly, the accent. It comes from a deep sense of fear
Brennan: I've never seen someone who's being faced with death and ruin with a voice of like [calmly]: I'm gonna send this back to the kitchen because this was not very good
Imagine you're a kid at oxford in 1983 and you're walking to class one day and you see a stoat from Ukraine (who has a higher GPA than you) squeeze past you to get to class with a little backpack on. Wild.
i am still thinking of brennan’s delivery of “can you just shut up” bc like. i don’t think i’ve seen any character of his react that (rightfully) angry about something. also IMMEDIATELY followed up by the reaction of all time from rashawn. that shit is coming from their SOULS. they are all so good at acting it’s insane to me
burrow’s end is doing something really important and making space for grief and generational trauma in ways that are breathtaking. but I especially want to harp on Izzy and Brennan — honestly, especially Izzy.
children perceive far more than we understand, and her giving voice to the fact that parental decisions have consequences for their children (“I’m mad at Dad for Dad going away”) is so, so crucial.
And then Brennan going the “no one needs to be mad. If you’re feeling mad, don’t” plants those seeds of how the most loving parents can insist on managing your emotions instead of feeling their own.
everyone is talking about izzy and siobahn nailing the sibling dynamic (WHICH THEY ARE) but I also just feel like brennan and rashawn are such an underrated sibling pair as well in all of this. the little moments they find to connect with each other, the solidarity dealing with an old mom, I just think everyone is killing it