Anya’s Spy World

when you have a shoujo moment with your fake spouse and you forget you’re supposed to be rly good at pretending to be married

oh my god this moment is everything.

Remember waaaaaay back in chapter 109, when Melinda professes her belief that Donovan is a mind-reading alien?

She has this intense expression that we see her make a handful of times since her first appearance. She’s completely serious in this moment.

Gee, I feel like I’ve seen someone else make this face as of late…

Oh, that’s right!

What’s my point, you may be wondering, dear reader; well, I find it fascinating how both Melinda and Yor have these contrasting moments with the man they know as Loid Forger. Yor is scared of what could happen to her husband, versus Melinda being scared of her husband.

I find such diametrically opposed experiences in two women who happen to be friends thematically delicious. Here’s Yor, terrified that she could lose her husband because of just how painfully aware she is regarding the fragility of human mortality, obviously beginning to close herself off. Meanwhile Melinda, who has clearly been closed off for some time— and in general seems to be less aware of the things that have gone on in Ostania considering her first thought is “aliens”— is beginning to open up to Loid about how nerve-wracking being around her husband is with almost the exact same blank stare.

I just want to pay tribute to one of my favorite gags in Spy x Family.

Yuri saying something obnoxious and Loid thinking “Shut up.”

Yuri continuing to say obnoxious stuff and Loid, losing his cool, responding with an audible “Oh, shut up.”

TWIYOR NATION:

And also between these two pages?

Because I love the contrast between Yor’s expression when she’s really starting to work out her true feelings for Loid and when Twilight is beginning to understand that he might actually have feelings for Yor.

AND THEN HOW THEY BOTH COME ABOUT ADMITTING SAID FEELINGS.

Yor is entranced, Twilight is distressed.

For Yor, there’s bright twinkly lights. For Twilight, there’s nothing but darkness. Chiaroscuro in the subtext, if you will.

Not to mention how Anya is a catalyst for Yor’s confession, while also being the reason that Loid doesn’t continue this line of thought.

Just food for thought.

Because I’m thinking about it.