another hairstyle + AlpineđŸ
avs win and i can finally exhaleđ genuinely was about to start writing my will if they lost. LETâS GO!!!
put your clothes back on were going to talk about how musicals are the best media to adapt books in cause its the only one that allows the characters to express their feelings and internal monologue as they do on page
you ever think about how hans zimmer composed a score for the nhl team the seattle kraken
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credit: dr.shoko
THE KNEE PUSH OH MY FUCKING GOD
kelly getting a hooking penalty for doing literally the smallest tug imaginable.
i don't know who needs to hear this but the avs are about to commit seasonal violence
no literally because the whole point of the show is that it doesnât ask you to forgive them! itâs not about justifying any of it, itâs about what people become when survival isnât clean. let things be awful.
why are people in the tags obsessed with justifying/defending the characters in Yellowjackets. Can't things just be terrible?
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youâve been walking for hours.
the snow crunches under your boots, soft and stubborn. itâs early, not quite morning, not quite night. that weird blue hour where the trees blur together and everything looks like a painting. ellieâs a few feet ahead of you, rifle slung over her shoulder, her other hand jammed in her pocket. sheâs humming something under her breath, low and tuneless. probably doesnât even know sheâs doing it.
youâd followed her out this morning for patrol. well, you offered. she didnât say no, just raised her eyebrows and said, âhope youâre not squeamish." youâre not. mostly.
but now, hours in, no infected in sight, sheâs kneeling in the snow next to a fallen log, flipping through her beat up sketchbook. her gloves are hanging out of her pocket, her fingers red from the cold as she shades something in with a pencil. you awkwardly hover behind her, âwhatâre you drawing?â you ask, voice soft like it might break something.
ellie glances up at you, a smudge of graphite on her cheekbone. she shrugs. âjust saw a rabbit earlier. figured iâd get it down before i forgot.â
you lean over her shoulder, watching the strokes of her pencil. the sketch is rough but careful, ellieâs kind of careful. like sheâs scared of getting it wrong but doesnât wanna show it.
âyouâre really good,â you say.
she makes a face like she doesnât believe you. âsure.â
you chew your lip, glancing at the empty space on the corner of the page. âcan i⊠try?â
ellie blinks. âseriously?â
âyeah.â you shrug, trying to act casual. âi used to doodle stuff. nothing good.â
she hesitates, like sheâs about to make a joke. then she just passes the sketchbook to you and says, âdonât fuck it up.â but her tone is warm and teasing. safe.
you sit down next to her on the log, your thighs brushing, the cold seeping through your jeans. the pencilâs warm from her hand. you look at the blank corner and freeze up a little.
âshit,â you mutter. âhow do you even start?â
ellie leans in, her shoulder pressed to yours. âjust find the shape first. donât think about the details.â
you glance at her, and sheâs already looking at you, her mouth half quirked up in this lopsided grin that makes your stomach do something annoying.
you try to draw a bird. you saw one earlierâa little brown thing that darted through the trees like it had somewhere important to be. your lines are shaky, clumsy. your rabbit looks more like a lumpy sock. you scowl. ellie snorts.
âokay, rude,â you say.
âwhat? i didnât say anything.â
you nudge her with your elbow and she laughs, low and scratchy. ânah, itâs not that bad,â she adds. âhere, lemmeâŠâ
she takes the pencil from you and lightly draws over your lines, fixing the shape, softening the angles. her hand rests over yours, steady and sure, and you swear you forget how to breathe for a second.
you look up at her. sheâs close. too close. but you donât move.
âsee?â she murmurs. ânot bad.â
you nod, eyes still on her, and for a second, the snow stops falling and the cold doesnât matter and the whole world feels quiet.
ellie blinks down at you. her voice, when she speaks, is barely above a whisper.
âyou, uh⊠ever come out here just to hang?â
you smile. âmaybe i will.â
she grins, it looked crooked and nervous, but it was cute.
you stay like that for a while. shoulders touching, breath clouding in the cold, sketchbook balanced between you. maybe the hunt wasnât the point after all.