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After having gone over the build up to this moment.

Now let’s get to THE SCENE.

And how both characters are written in the grand episode itself, S03E04.

Michael is exactly who he is and always should be:

chill

genius

righteous

calm

Mahone is tormented but completely SANE. Grounded. Rational.

He's just trying to survive. He's not looking for violence, Michael is completely safe with him.

He's just trying to do Michael's stupid little goose chase.

(Pure-hearted Michael Scofield having actual control over such a dominant mature character like Alexander Mahone, even if it’s for a short while. Freaking giddy.)

Even when tormented by a blood hungry ghost

or withdrawal.

He is main-character, you’re gonna relate to him he’s so real.

Michael’s one little move to control Mahone with the goose chase…..and one shot of heroin later:

That's one of the things make this scene so damn attractive and intriguing.

It involves brave goated characters that would normally never ever think to be in a situation like this. It took so much story for us to get to this place.

Then in the prison cell, Mahone actually waiting it out for a bit, to see if Michael would still keep up the lie even when he’s confronted with the fact that he forgot all about the pen in his old cell. As if to say to viewers that Mahone had to be really really really pushed to the breaking point to actually do “it”.

And the next point, which is insanely important, when Mahone wants to threaten Michael? He'll figure out a way to do it, WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING HIM.  

So many other movies (hannibal the movie) /shows (scandal) get this thing wrong. They always have the dominant one, in a confrontation like this, actually physically violate the other person. Against their will. To seem edgy, visceral or generate on-screen heat…all the while completely breaking the power balance. Making the dark relationship, in my opinion, totally unromantic. 

For love to even be a thing in scenarios like this, the dominant person must be suspiciously reluctant to actually physically harm the weaker person.

And that’s seemingly exactly whats happening here. Up until this point Michael has told America about the murder of Oscar Shales, withheld the 5 million dollars from Mahone, got Mahone thrown in jail with packages of cocaine and now send him on a goose chase through Sona.

The entire episode the ghost of Haywire has been badgering Mahone to not just hurt Michael, but to actually kill him.

And Mahone, the powerful one, never even freaking touches him. Even with a full dose of heroin in his system. 

Now THAT is the point where I say:

“ Damn, you must really love him... ”

Even in this state he actually really still puts Michael on a pedestal:

He be talking about how Michael "manipulated" Tweener, Haywire Sucre....like even Michael must be thinking like "what? what are you even on about?"

Cause of course Mahone would never mention Sara and Warden Pope here. The innocent ones Michael actually manipulated to get what he wants.

Mahone not only doesn't hurt Michael physically, he doesn't even actually hurt Michael's feelings. Real personal jabs.......nope. Not even for a momentary getback.

Then how Mahone decides to move around Michael, so careful, so intimate, so mesmerizing. It’s the best worshipping of Michael Scofield’s beautiful being there ever is.

With Mahone just gently covering Michael’s entire body, like nobody else is allowed near what belongs to him.

His face so closely moving alongside Michael’s perfect neckline just relishing in Michael’s AURA.

Looking Michael straight in his eyes, their mouths SO DAMN CLOSE. Giving that vibe of "I'm not ever gonna touch you without your permission....but dammit do I want to."

Finally that closing move of drawing a halo around Michael’s head.

Like he's his absolute angel.

Dark perfection.

And then we have Michael. 

With every other person in the series, his disgust at the aggressor is clear and obvious.

He tells Haywire to “Get away from me”,

he yells at T-Bag always with proper looks of disgust

he punches Abruzzi and stays defiant. Michael is heroicly defiant even with whole hedgeclippers about to cut his foot.

Yep, that's how Michael is with all other adversaries. Disgusted and defiant.

So why in this case does he not immediately tell Mahone to “get away from me” ? How come in the whole scene there's zero defiant energy with Michael?

Don't tell me a shank (which basically is rendered harmless since Mahone puts all his energy into planting it in the wall) is scarier than about-to-actually-cut-you hedgeclippers.

Michael just gives one little meek protest of “I didn’t” 🥺.

Still lying. Almost as if he’s provoking Mahone to get angrier and….do…more…

All the while just shaking, quivering, trembling. Keep wanting to look Mahone in his eyes. Keeping his mouth beautifully parted for moments.

Somehow in this moment and this moment alone...

Michael Scofield is so damn submissive.

More shocked/worried than disgusted/angry. 

Wonder, why……that is?

Cause it sure as heck makes this scene maximum attractive.

(It always goes without saying that Fichtner is supremely handsome in every way, shape or form. His voice, his face, his fitness. Anyone being willing to submit their entire body to him, that is the pretty much silent truth with every viewer)

Homoerotic

adjective

• concerning or arousing sexual desire centred on a person of the same sex.

Also known as: if you look up the definition of homoerotic in the dictionary, it is fairly possible these two will pop up as a visual.

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