#tashi i love you sm you're the character of all time

[tuesdaygray]

i just don't buy the argument that tashi never loved art or patrick bc she never verbally says the words "i love you." sorry like. people say i love you in soooo many ways. she says "what do i need to do to get you to play again?" and she's saying "i love you." she uses tennis tips as foreplay because tennis represents intimacy, so why shouldn't she share her expertise with her boyfriend to bring them closer? she says "with some adjustments, you could get your serve up" and she's saying "yeah i might have a crush on u or whatever🤭." she says "if you don't win tomorrow i'll leave you" as her heart breaks and then in the same night says to her husband's opponent "i need you to lose tomorrow." she shows love through encouragement (and at times tennis-related ultimatums), through acknowledging a person's potential and helping them achieve it. tennis is the lens with which she understands intimacy and affection. something we can ascertain was part of her childhood growing up in a close-knit family so supportive of her success in the sport.

tennis is a relationship, one that allows tashi to completely understand her partner, so it's only natural that the inverse would be true.