I feel like a lot of people are missing the point that these girls live in an ultra-fascist patriarchal society where they are viewed primarily as future wives and breeders, and where religion dictates nearly every aspect of their lives. That's what Gilead is.
People keep discussing the kiss as if it happened in our world, where a kiss between two girls might not carry the same weight. But this isn't our world.
In Gilead, being queer isn't merely frowned upon. It's dangerous.
That's why I find the "it was just a comfort kiss" interpretation interesting. Because even if that's true, it's still a kiss. In a society built around controlling women's bodies, relationships, and sexuality, that kind of intimacy means something.
I'm not even saying the scene proves they're destined to be together. What I'm saying is that the choice itself matters.
The writers could have given them a hug or a conversation. Instead, they chose a reciprocated kiss in the final stretch of the season finale.
Whether the moment was romantic, symbolic, or something in between, I think it's meant to have consequences. Otherwise, why choose a kiss at all?
If Agnes were a boy, fans would be going absolutely wild. Why is it that when a man kisses a woman (or vice versa), the moment is almost immediately framed as passionate or romantic?
Fans would already be rooting for them to run away together and start a new life far away from Gilead if this were a guy/girl pairing. Honestly, even if they were both boys, the fandom reaction would probably be very different.
ā Oh, it was just a comfort/pity kiss.ā
I love my friends dearly, but NEVER in my life have I kissed a friend just to comfort them.
I understand the argument people are making, but if I were Becka, I would absolutely feel some type of way after that moment. Maybe for her, this truly is a closing of their 'relationship', but is risking that level of emotional and physical vulnerability really worth it if the relationship is meant to stay strictly platonic?
And honestlyā¦ if the kiss is never brought up again in season 2, was it even worth including at all instead of a conversation or a simple hug?
If it's platonic, why doesn't it look platonic?
