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I saw a post recently where someone else analysed how Luz's love language is acts of service and Amity's is physical affection, and it got me thinking so in light of today's incredible episode I want to do some serious digging into Luz's feelings for Amity. This is probably gonna get pretty long but hey, these two are more than worth it.
I'm going to go through three key episodes for Luz and Amity's relationship so that I can properly illustrate my points, starting with Lost in Language.
First, I want to talk about how, despite the fact that Amity had been nothing but objectionable to her so far, literally all it takes for Luz to decide she wants to befriend her anyway is reading about Azura befriending Hecate in her book and seeing Amity reading to kids at the library. This clearly establishes that Luz is intrigued by Amity and willing to go out of her way to connect with her, even when Amity hasn't yet given her any particular reason to do so.
Next, let's talk about the manner in which Luz tries to save Amity from Otabin later in the same episode. This is one of the first times we see Luz attempt to be Amity's hero, as she chooses to make an unnecessarily dramatic entrance dressed as her own version of Azura, playing the role of the dashing knight come to rescue the fair maiden albeit not quite as gracefully as is usual in these stories lol. She even takes the time to doodle Amity being impressed by her performance too, introducing the idea that Amity's perception of her means a lot to Luz.
Finally for this episode, we get another example of both these things: Luz putting in a substantial effort to bond with Amity, and Luz wanting to impress Amity or get specific reactions from her. After impulsive plan to get them away from Otabin works, Luz finds the time to be a good even when they're running for their lives and actually manages to make Amity laugh which was an impressive feat at that point tbh, looking extremely pleased when her comment is received positively.
These next two moments provide a neat link to the next episode I want to discuss, Adventures in the Elements, so I'll cover them in one go. We see Luz's first Act of Service for Amity when she offers her the Azura book she's missing to show that she wants to be friends, and then when she meets Amity to get it back we see how important the gesture was for Luz. She's very eager to hear Amity's thoughts, loves it when she finds the fanart Amity drew, and in general it's just obvious that this was another attempt to impress Amity on Luz's part.
This only continues as Luz proudly proclaims that she's going to join Amity's class at Hexside, even winking at her in the process, and solidifies the significance of her giving Amity the book even more by suggesting they start a club to talk about it further. Like, seriously, this entire episode is pretty much just Luz being adorably excited to share classes with Amity and flat out learning a whole new spell just to make sure it happens.
The interesting thing here, though, is that Luz gets really nervous as soon as the twins suggest they all train together, enough to lie to them in a moment of panic, and then gets super embarrassed when she sees that Amity is also practicing at the Knee. This doesn't seem to make much sense since Amity is being pretty nice by this point and not at all mocking or condescending, and Luz has given up on trying to look cool to the twins by now too. But it actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that this is another instance of Luz wanting to impress Amity and worrying about looking inept in front of her.
There's also the way that Luz is just... so clumsy and awkward around Amity in these episodes. The girl knocks a book to the floor and falls off a rock just trying to say hello, for crying out loud, complete with stammering over her words. Yeah, it's safe to say Luz is lowkey crushing on Amity here.
Don't worry, because I saved the best for last. Enchanting Grom Fright is basically the culmination of everything those two previous episodes set up. Not only do we get two Acts of Service from Luz, with her offering to face her own worst fear for Amity with zero hesitation and then happily offering to go to Grom with her so that Amity wouldn't end up alone, but she also brings out some dramatic flair when she declares herself Amity's “fearless champion,” like a knight in shining armour vowing to protect her princess although she still hasn't got the graceful part down lmao.
Plus, there's the fact that in both of their Lingering Eye Contact in Close Proximity with Romantic Tension™ moments in the episode, Luz's expression is the exact same as Amity's, wide-eyed and curious like she's not quite sure what to make of what she's feeling. And that's even before she just full on starts flirting with Amity later on. I'm sorry, but those smirks and fancy show-off moves while dancing are not remotely heterosexual, Luz.
All of this brings us to their current situation: Amity is aware of her crush on Luz but thinks that Luz only sees her as a friend, and Luz is subconsciously flirting with Amity as well as trying to show off for her and be her hero but remains fairly unaware of her crush on her and thinks that Amity likes someone else. So in conclusion, teenagers are useless, but we been knew. Rather, the point I want to end on is that there's a reason why Luz and Amity were so in sync with such amazing chemistry during their dance when they weren't talking, and it's because they both have different ways of communicating their emotions but when they let their actions speak for them they were finally on the same page albeit briefly.
tl;dr - Luz and Amity are both crushing hard on each other, they just need to realise that the other has a different way of expressing their feelings and find the courage to be honest with each other. Amity's crush is more glaringly blatant, what with all the blushing and gay panicking and wanting to ask Luz to the school dance, but Luz's crush on Amity is also pretty evident in the way she tries so hard to impress her and often steps in to help her out with grand gestures, which she never does to anywhere near the same extent with any of her other friends.
she asked her out without asking her out
the fact that Dale was assigned to Case 23 makes me so mad sometimes. it implies that Dale lived near Laura. they could’ve known each other!!!! did he ever pass her on the street? did he and Bob ever see each other at the liquor store? did he go to their favorite diner? how many times did fate lead them away from each other?
what would change if the three of them knew each other, loved each other? would Dale still choose the lake’s power over Laura? would he still so easily let Bob die, then later help manipulate him into the White Door? would the paradox have been easier to handle knowing that he had Bob & Laura by his side? or would it have been infinitely worse when Dale realized he was behind their deaths?
My brain has been like that for a month and I’m having final semester tests this week.
i’m sorry, the instant i saw that page, that’s where my mind went
animations i made for veloce and blackbird of carciphona! highly recommend checking that comic out its really good
Saw this on reddit and first thing came through my head was how much it sounds like Carciphona
I was surprised to see Rose Vanderboom holds the baby in the credit screen (it’s similar to the ending scene in Roots)
So I never really post carciphona pages anywhere except on its own website and webtoons/tapas anymore cus it’s not really my viewers’ cup of tea, even though it’s my precious baby, but I am pretty happy about how book 7 is going so I thought maybe I should post my favourite sequences from time to time.
This is book 7 page 23+ (’: I first wrote this scene like 10 years ago and I’ve been waiting for s o l o n g to get to this point of the story
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Is Amongst Us really that good?
As with any work, individual mileage may vary. However, I strongly recommend Amongst Us for its excellent art and characters. I’m also going to point out how rare it is that both Erin ( @yuri-caps ) and I recommend a series at the same time, it feels like a blessing from the yuri Goddess…
Plus, you can read it for free at https://amongstuscomic.com, so you may as well give it a try.
Yuu and Touko on the April 2020 cover of Dengeki Diaoh
from nakatani-sensei’s twitter
Touko: [gently taps table]
Yuu: [taps back]
Sayaka: What the hell are they doing?
Maki: Morse code.
Touko: [aggressively taps table]
Yuu: [slams hands down on table] YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
Something like that
Weirdly Cute
So did anyone besides me think in this game that the corrupted soul was ... Idk kinda adorable like look.
He try to speak
He smile (?)
He looks like he frown a bit
Also he dance but I lost the screenshot.
So in the Sarah extra level, we see in Sarah’s computer messages that Robert’s memories of Laura are extremely important to the Manager and The White Door facility (whatever it actually is). Then, Sarah erases all his memory of Laura while he is asleep, freeing him from being a corrupted soul. But doesn’t that also mean he isnt useful to the White Door facility anymore? Was Sarah going against direct orders from the Manager to free Robert? Was she the only one who genuinely cared about his recovery? Was she the person who had a different motive than the facility that was alluded to in that one computer message?
The corrupted soul from the white door has a mouth. It means other ones in rusty lake have, too.
They have mouth all this time!!!
infinite loop of Laura dancing bc I love her