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[eternal-echoes]

Several people have pointed out Twilight's interrupted thoughts here and were wondering what Twilight was going to say before Anya and Yuri cut off his train of thought.

I think I can speculate to what they are.

In both cases, Twilight seems to allude to his job as a spy. In the cruise arc, Twilight saying "And that's why I -" was in silent response to Yor saying, "I hope this peace can last forever" which is the reason why he became a spy and in the Winston Wheeler arc, he was saying, "which is why-" after he was reflecting on his defeat from Wheeler, who was much stronger than him, while also looking at Yor's beautiful face. Tbh, he was looking at Yor in both cases.

It's been running theme in the series that he's not aware of his own feelings for Yor (and Anya) and anything he does for them he just say that "it's for the mission." But what if he's actually aware of his own developing feelings for Yor, as evidence from his conversation with Franky after Franky's failed date with Monica.

He knows his romantic feelings for Yor are there, but as a spy and people who live in the shadows, he has to suppress them for the sake of the better world. So when he was drinking with Franky that time, he tried to nip his developing feelings for Yor. He tried to flush them away with alcohol. Because if he trusts someone, it could end his life.

As a spy working towards world peace, that is one thing he cannot afford to lose.

Also considering that in the last arc, Fiona pointed out that he's been losing his edge:

This is due to that he got beaten up by Wheeler after he duked it out with Yuri, which wasn't just physically exhausting but also emotionally draining as well BECAUSE of Yuri's relationship with Yor - what he loves about Yor (excellent mothering) and what he admires about the Briar sibling (sibling bond) - he almost destroyed.

He was so weak during his fight with Wheeler because of Yor.

Because he cannot afford to lose his life because as a spy working on Operation Strix that would risk losing the peace between East and West, which prevents children from crying - which is the whole reason he became a spy in the first place, he would have to make a huge sacrifice in order to keep aligning himself with that goal. And that sacrifice would be sacrificing his own happiness - the possibility of being with Yor - which means completely eradicating his feelings for Yor.

Because before he thought he can just get away with burying them down and maybe keeping a little bit of it alive. But maybe this time, he would be more like Fiona - being stone-faced for the rest of his life. He would kill his own heart to be a better spy. Someone who won't be defeated by Wheeler again.

So I think what he was going to say is:

Cruise arc: "And that's why I... (can’t be with you, because I have to focus on preserving a world where there are no wars.)"

Winston Wheeler arc: "But the thing is, Yor... I live in a world in which only the perfect survive. Which is why - (I cannot let these romantic feelings for you to keep developing.)"

Or something along those lines. At least something about referring to his relationship with Yor.

Idk if anyone wants to chime in and add anything?

[raan-miir-tah]

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[badolmen]

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[iscariotapologist]

today in church one of the priests referred to trans people as "those who are growing into the gender they were called to be" and i'm kind of enjoying the idea of like....divinely ordained top surgery

[sunbloomdew]

do you ever see a person and you are overcome with incredible fondness? and you just think "oh." but not in a romantic or sexual way you are just filled with warmth and it makes you happy, it just does. and you think "i'm so happy you exist. i'm happy you are somewhere out there in the world, doing your thing". it's love but also not entirely

like people are lovely and i feel it in my entire chest like a burning candle that smells like roses and a sunny day

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[cosmicrhetoric]

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[girlfictions]

something i’ve been thinking about lately is like. growing up muslim right after 9/11 is something i’d never really reflected on much because it was all i’d ever known — at 5, my friend’s mum didn’t let her invite me to her birthday party because i was the only brown girl in our class, at 12, my classmates would joke about my family being part of isis, at 16, my dad was interrogated by american airport security for hours — and it always stung and it always hurt but it was just the way things were because the western world hated muslims. but i don’t think i’ve ever fully comprehended the extent to which we were hated until now.

palestine is being turned into a mass graveyard. every single day there are new photos of the atrocities being carried out against them and videos of them pleading for help and still those who can actually intervene turn a blind eye. israel is claiming to only be targeting hamas “terrorists” while bombing a refugee camp. israeli police raided and assaulted a non-zionist jewish neighbourhood. israeli soldiers are posting tiktoks of them torturing captured palestinians. this is not a complicated issue and it never has been. ethnic cleansing is being committed right in front of us. and yet the western world leaders refuse to call for a ceasefire.

and while zionist organisations accuse pro-palestine demonstrations of anti-semitism, while zionist celebrities insist that they’re afraid to leave their mansions in los angeles, a six year old muslim boy was stabbed to death and his mother wounded in the same attack in chicago. a muslim doctor was murdered while sitting outside her apartment complex in texas. hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested (many of whom have been jewish). despite what zionists want you to believe, this is not a jewish/muslim conflict. i have so much love and gratitude to my brave jewish brothers and sisters all over the world who are condemning israel for their actions.

ultimately, israel have been granted impunity by the west. they have slaughtered thousands upon thousands of innocent palestinians. they have bombed hospitals and schools indiscriminately. they have used white phosphorus, violating the geneva convention. they have completely eradicated nearly 900 bloodlines. how many more need to be wiped out? how many more children need to be buried underneath the rubble? how many more doctors need to be confronted with the bodies of their own family members? how many more journalists need to detail the horrific acts of violence they are witnessing? what more can be done to the palestinian people that has not been done already?

i truly believe that palestine will be free one day. i believe the palestinian people will receive the justice they finally deserve. but what breaks my heart is how much they have suffered and will continue to suffer before they are deemed worthy of help. and it would be to all of our detriment if we ignored how much of a factor palestine being a predominantly muslim state has played into the way the world has reacted to their genocide.