Sexy, Hench, Urgent Laura Bailey Knowing Exactly What She Wanted Going Into Can I Kiss You? Is The Only

Sexy, hench, urgent Laura Bailey knowing exactly what she wanted going into “can I kiss you?” is the only thing women should aspire to be.

“And I don’t think anybody should feel bad if they get diagnosed with a mental illness, ’cause it’s just information about you that helps you to know how to take better care of yourself.

“Being bipolar, there’s nothing wrong with it. Being bipolar is like not knowing how to swim. It might be embarrassing to tell people, and it might be hard to take you certain places. But they have arm floaties. And if you just take your arm floaties, you can go wherever the hell you want.

“And I know some of you are like, ‘But Taylor, what if people judge me for taking arm floaties?’ Well, those people don’t care if you live or die, so maybe who cares? Maybe fuck those people a little. I don’t know.”

Taylor Tomlinson, Look At You (2022)

I’m still thinking about the implications of “You would lie to me again, right, Laudna?”

lie? again? that word choice has to be deliberate; the last time Imogen accused Laudna of lying was another power struggle with Delilah. Imogen knows the rock wasn’t Laudna's fault. She knows Delilah took over to steal more power. and Imogen forgave Laudna for it. this time Imogen is asking if Laudna is telling the truth about Delilah's part in this. but the fact Imogen is asking suggests she actually doesn't believe Laudna about the rock. or maybe Bor'dor.

it's such a strange move for someone who knows how deeply upset Laudna was/is about previous incidents. what’s worse is Laudna is kind of lying this time. her motivations are to better protect the people she cares about, but does it matter if she's feeding back into Delilah's power cycle? Imogen has already made her disgust well-known. are dubiously good intentions enough?

Laudna knows what happens when Imogen thinks she's lying: Imogen rejects her. she'll storm off and leave Laudna alone with Delilah, and Laudna can’t deal with that right now. neither can anyone else. apparently the fate of Exandria/Predathos relies on Laudna keeping Imogen grounded. so if Imogen leaves her, it seems like the rest of the world will go too.

Ashley Johnson is feeling every second of C3 ep 65

other people have said this better than I will here, but every time there's an imodna conversation, I start hearing noises about the their relationship being codependent, unhealthy.

and, look, yeah, individually? they're mentally unhealthy. they are! they're fucked up and traumatized and trying to hold on long enough to get to the other side and each of them individually struggling to believe that's even possible.

but their relationship? how much they love each other? how much of a harbor they try to be for each other, how they do their best to help each other, steady each other, even while they're grappling with their own shit in ways that make that really really hard?

of course they're not always gonna get it exactly right. sometimes, one of them—both of them—needs support. needs reassurance. needs their partner to be there for them.

two fucked up people are never gonna have a relationship where they both behave perfectly, healthily, every time. (in fact, no relationship is gonna have that, but that's neither here nor there.) they won't have a relationship that's all sunny skies and calm waters, not until they can calm their own storms.

but they can give each other the space to be both fucked up and loved. to promise to hold each other's hand while they do what they need to do to get through it, and to promise that there is something on the other side. that it's worth fighting to get to it together.

needing each other isn't inherently codependent. and loving someone who's struggling isn't toxic.

and there's so, so much love.

"That's why you're my favourite "