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Something about the Devlin house being a cesspit of old anger and pain.

Something about Charles laughing off the way his father smashed his cassette with a hammer.

Something about Crystal, who almost breaks the cassette in the Devlin house's hidden room with a hammer, nearly destroying Charles by accident.

Something about Charles, who always smiles to make others happy, even when he's hurting.

Something about Crystal, who's asked to think happy thoughts for the sake of getting them all out in one piece, and can't.

Something about how Charles cries when he reads the diary passage about walking on eggshells, reminded of his own father.

Something about how Crystal lashes out later, telling Charles he's made the people he cares about the most have to walk on eggshells, too.

Something about Crystal and Charles, with their mirrored worries about how people will view them if they see what lies under the surface.

Something about Crystal projecting her own fears, hard, and hurting both herself and Charles in the process.

A little something (I don't quite know what) with Buffy Summers, the Doctor and Jack Harkness. Based on Lines by @wordsformurder

How can he love you for who you are if he doesn't even like who you are?

You've been together for 50 years but when he falls in love with a 19 year old you know it's the beginning of the end. She's smart and sweet, you can give her that. But she's so very small...

You all run into a boy soon after, however. He falls in love with you. The three of you. He has not yet learned to be afraid of loving

(But he will)

He's fun and flirty and so refreshing. He's in love with Life. He finds pleasures all around him, even if he has suffered so much in his past (you can see it in the shadows of his eyes)

You can't help but love him back

You run into trouble, like you always do

You fight

You die

You wake up to see the man who can't love you wearing a different face. His girl is there too. But there's no sight of the boy.

And that's when you find out. That just like this man in front of you, the boy is part of your Destiny

(The third side of the triangle)

You go back to him. You don't have to even stop to think about it. Those fifty years have come to an end. You'll see your man again, you know you will, but you can't stand the sight of him right now

(He abondened your third)

It's not long before the boy begins to fear love. Begins to hate what you are. He's still fond of you. But the truth of your being is too much for him

(He'll pretend it's not true)

He says he loves you but you know he does not mean it

(How can he love you for who you are if he doesn't even like who you are? History is reapeting itself)

You are alone

(Again)

Even when destined to two others, you are alone

(It'll take the boy a century and a half to come to terms with who you are. To tell you he loves you and mean it

It'll take the man longer, but one day he'll stop running. It gets tiring after a while; Destiny is not something you can escape. You learned that long ago)

The parallelisms✨

I also love the hc that Edwin needed to confess to Charles in orther to get out of hell. He needed to stop being angry, to think, to clarify that he wasn't angry to Simon, to Charles and to himself. But most importantly, he needed to let go of his past through forgiveness ("come with me") and accept his feelings and that part of himself ("Charles, I'm in love with you").

That's why he confessed on the stairs, still in hell; because he needed to feel worthy of scaping in orther to do so.

This was literally all I could think during that scene.

Meanwhile on the TARDIS Jack: Yeah, Rose and the Doctor had a fight the other day. This is pretty much how it went down Nine: Anything that comes out of your stupid ape mouth is stupid! Rose: ... Rose: Doctor. Who. Jack: And he's still sulking, four days later An accurate depiction of the Ninth Doctor at that moment: