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KELLY MCCORMACK as Jess McCready
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022)
No one is talking about the most important scene in a league of our own which is, of course, when Beverly gives Jess all of her fines back.
And Jess’s face!!! She’s so happy and touched and she looks like she’s going to cry. Her little “no one’s ever done anything like this for me before”
And Bev! Smiles!! And says “well we’ve got to take care of our own” and Jess slowly realizes and smiles and Beverly WINKS
It was so touching and just so so so loving. It made me feel 😭
It’s this face that just made the whole moment
No one is talking about the most important scene in a league of our own which is, of course, when Beverly gives Jess all of her fines back.
And Jess’s face!!! She’s so happy and touched and she looks like she’s going to cry. Her little “no one’s ever done anything like this for me before”
And Bev! Smiles!! And says “well we’ve got to take care of our own” and Jess slowly realizes and smiles and Beverly WINKS
It was so touching and just so so so loving. It made me feel 😭
I am thinking about That Scene again and i need you to understand how emotional i was, even after seeing it again.
It’s so real
They just. They understand each other and i. Can’t explain why it affects me so much but it’s something about vulnerability and acting tough and being taken under someone’s wing and seeing someone even whilst they’re hiding and loving them for that. It’s taking care of someone for a bit before they even realize and it’s doing things you’re not supposed to do because you’re helping someone else. It’s brief moments that last a lifetime and moments that change your life through your understanding of other people. It’s being told you’re loved at the most surprising moments by the most surprising people.
It’s Love
Kinda wanna do a quick look at the booty call scene at the beginning of episode 4 because I think its kinda clear that Greta and Jess are on the same page and Greta is completely aware that Jess knows whats going on
like ok first of all, Carson comes in through the hallway door when (as I love to point out) her room literally has a connecting door to Greta's. and like Greta has used it at the beginning of episode 3 to have a private conversation with Carson
so like I'm assuming that Carson is using the hall door either because she came from another room or because she (most likely) doesn't want to alert Shirley to the fact that she's going to visit Greta's room at night for a booty call
but then Jess is in Greta's room and Carson just kinda stands there with the door wide open and stammers about going to the library.
then she leaves their room, but also leaves the door wide open and steps aside as if she's going to her room but she very obviously just stands there in the hall
So Carson is not subtle and Greta knows this and also Greta is not subtle because when Carson comes in, this is her first comment
like the woman is literally asking if this is a booty call in front of Jess. If Greta were actually in anyway concerned about hiding what they were doing to Jess, she wouldn't have fucking said that in front of her obviously queer roommate.
but then when Greta leaves, why does she make up an excuse to Jess about going to the store?
Well, for one thing, Carson left the door open. Even if they weren't worried about any of the other Peaches overhearing (which Greta almost definitely is), Carson is literally standing right there waiting for Greta to come out. At this point, I don't think she wants Carson to worry about other people definitely knowing what they're doing, queer or not, because 1) she'd probably be a bit embarrassed and 2) then all of a sudden we're outing people to the baby gay to reassure the baby gay that said queer people are cool with their booty calls actually
For another thing, she immediately winks at Jess after saying this and both of them are clearly laughing as Greta is leaving
And finally, Greta is literally telling Jess what to say if anyone happens to come looking for her ("oh no Greta isn't here she went to the store") and is also offering to do Jess a favor for covering for her ass
So yeah, Greta is well aware that Jess is well aware, she's just also Greta and can't acknowledge it directly and is always doing five different things at once to make sure no one that shouldn't be aware finds out
i bet beverly was just like greta. a fierce protectiveness over herself and those she cares about. a strict composure in public spaces. but an intense soft spot for people like her. and then she’s the chaperone for the AAGPBL. a league full of vulnerable women like her. and she protects them with everything she has. everything she can do for their safety she does.
she saves jo from public humiliation and prison, with her own money. she tells carson it’s for the league, but really it’s because she knows firsthand what happens to “inverts”, and she can’t bear the thought of one of her girls going through that.
she gives jess her fines back. she lets the mask down, for a second. because she wishes she could love and live as wild as jess in public. her little act of service for her community; her tiny way of reclaiming herself.
beverly doesn’t care about baseball. she cares about these women. these reflections of her younger self, of the women she loved once. she cares about her girls.
“No one’s ever done something like that for me before” NO ONE’S EVER BEEN IN THEIR CORNER. NO ONE’S EVER SAID I SEE YOU AND I’LL HELP YOU GET ALONG JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, NOT MAKING YOU CHANGE ANYTHING. NO ONE’S EVER SAID YOU BELONG HERE. YOU’RE AMONG FRIENDS HERE. NO ONE’S EVER SAID YOU ARE NOT WRONG. YOU ARE NOT WRONG!!! WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR OWN!!!!!
KELLY MCCORMACK as JESS MCCREADY in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (Season 1)
where are the jess mccready x reader oneshots when i need them 😭