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& that guy? marine sergeant solomon tozer

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:(

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I needed to save five more of them.

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solving nation rise up

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it's crushing how silna's arc ends in exile. that crozier only learns her name the last time he sees her, that he never calls her by it until after she's already gone. that he chooses his own exile, repentant, yet in her place, while silna is banished for his (and the other men's) actions. she has spent the narrative with her own battles — of grief, of kidnapping, of unwanted responsibilities and failing to live up to them in the eyes of others; of trying to assist people that murder her own, blame and dehumanise her, brand her with an exotic title pushed upon her for that same grief — and it ends with her displacement.

then there's the killing of tuunbaq itself and how that represents a severance from her heritage and culture. not only for its significance to the community, or by its effect of getting her banished from it, but, since tuunbaq was connected to her father as shaman, in a way she's also losing part of what's left of her connection to him. all this after he was already disgraced by being denied a dignified death on the ice or given funerary rites by his daughter, according to netsilik tradition.

attacked, silenced, blamed, and finally displaced. erased, in some ways. of course, myths of a 'vanishing' people are also a colonialist narrative, portraying the disappearance of both them and their ways of life as inevitable, and it's worth saying that inuit representation in the terror doesn't subscribe to this. but, silna's individual story is one of tragedy, in line with the series' tone. she has agency, approaches the ships and their people with some curiosity, and does all that she's able to fulfil her role as shaman. in the end, none of that is enough to protect her from an inherently destructive imperial presence; one that separates her from her community and permanently alters her way of life.

so that last shot, crozier sitting with the child asleep against him, leaves an appropriately bitter taste. it isn't just sad or eerie for what we've witnessed throughout the show, it's uncomfortable. its visually peaceful (or mournful) nature is undermined by how disjunct crozier's presence in the shot feels. like a perfect picture from a documentary photographer — except something's there that shouldn't be. and something that should, isn't.

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good friends :)

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This pic has everything. We got sad boys, smoky boys, happy boys, chatty boys and flashy boys.

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The Terror and AO3

Bonus Ned because I love him:

AO3 delights from @dear-ao3

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whatever im done hating. my humble request to terror artists and fellow tozer perverts……

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Give Silna one good reason not to punch every one of these white men in the face

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Ned Little please I am Feral and I need his wet little face ✨❤️

also requested by @heystovepipeboys <3 y'all have some wetness kink with him. here is Nedward next to the body of water then

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"Good luck, Edward."

EDWARD LITTLE // SOLOMON TOZER

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you can love a character and still admit when they’re wrong. i love silna but can acknowledge her flaws (she has none) and can hold her accountable for her wrongdoings (she’s never done anything wrong in her life) and call her out for her actions (which are always correct).