okay so i love a lot of things about the new TOH episode, but as cheesy as this is gonna sound the thing i love the most is it shows that kindness and compassion is a cycle.
during the opening we see willow see that gus is in a very similar situation to her, and offers him some company as well as teaches him her dads' breathing exercise that helps her calm down.
next, we see gus show a lot of concern for hunter even if he's still wary of him at first, and later in the episode he teaches hunter the very same breathing exercise and also finds a way to sympathize with hunter and tells him, "not everybody's great, but not everyone's bad either".
and later, when gus is spiraling down his own bad thoughts, it's hunter's turn to reach out to him and comfort him. this time hunter tries to help gus with the breathing exercise he learned from gus...even though he didn't replicate it completely, his earnest attempt was enough to finally help snap gus out of his whirlwind of thoughts.
and, when hunter was trying to help calm gus down, he echoes back the same words that gus told him earlier during his breakdown. "i promise. i wouldn't mess with you."
another central theme of this episode is trust, and it's nice to see how it develops between gus and hunter, and also willow, even though she spent most of this episode separated from the other two. remember, in any sport a storm willow extends that trust to hunter, and gus was really wary of him. hunter almost broke that trust, but managed to restrengthen it by standing up for willow and the rest of the flying derby team.
during the start of this episode, gus still had some distrust towards hunter, but gus is very perceptive and soon realizes he can trust hunter. and the trust that develops between these two are what ultimately helps break them out of the predicaments they found themselves in. not to mention, willow was able to stand up for hunter because of something she shared with gus, which gus then shared with hunter.
idk, i just think it's really nice how much this episode demonstrates that the compassion and trust you give to other people will always eventually find its way back to you. what comes around goes around. especially since it's a show for kids and teens. i think it's an important message, and this episode helps get the point across without it being too blindingly optimistic, but also proving overly pessimistic ideals wrong.
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TOH S2B EP 20 SPOILERS //
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this scene singlehandedly destroyed me. i will never get over this actually
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Ok but the fact that King doesn't want Luz to go home and he's now the only known source of titan blood and Luz would never take some without his consent means that King is gonna be the one to allow her to go home which means he's gonna have to come to terms with it but he may also have stipulations of you have to come visit and thats how Luz goes home and can go back and forth anyways I'm emotional over possibilities
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WiIIow telling Iuz "This is what happens when you go missing for a week" felt like a weird burn since it was related to something positive XD "Things work out when you're not here, ain't that interesting?"
I lowkey felt that too!!!! It felt like a: “yeah, this is what it’s like when you’re actually friends, remember?” type beat.
It wouldn’t be wrong either because she really stopped talking to them fr before everything even went down. At the same time, I know they’re not doing all that and is just okaying Luz to focus on Amity because her friends are ok since they got their friends now.
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