Brenda Dylmas

So unsolvedmaze asked me this last night & I wrote a beautiful 6 paragraph essay thing & then tumblr fucking erased it!!! You can see my stupid short post here & laugh at me. Either way, here are my fave moments:

1. Ok the entire scene where they talk about Chuck & George in the tent after Thomas gives her some of his blood is numbah 1. Thomas & Brenda’s conversation just completely captures why their relationship is so great, not to mention that we can see onscreen their relationship developing even further. They’ve both lost someone they really care about. They both have trinkets they carry around to remind them of Chuck & George. But I think my favorite moment is when Thomas lets Brenda hold onto the little doll Chuck carved. She’s already crying about her brother, but when he tells her that Chuck sacrificed himself for Thomas, you can see her eyebrows crinkle like she’s in pain & doesn’t want to cry some more. It’s such an emotional scene & I’ve seen a lot of people say they cried during that scene. The acting was just so great, but the scene actually ends with some hope. They both smile at each other. They’ve both been through the same shitty experiences, but they have each other and understand each other in a way maybe other people wouldn’t.

2. Speaking about parallels, they both say “I got you” to each other in two different scenes, which I feel encapsulates their entire relationship since they’ve really got each other and care for each other all throughout the tunnels and even after. Maybe I’m cheating by mentioning 2 scenes, idk, but Thomas tells Brenda “I got you” when he’s holding onto her at the edge of the building (which is so great) and she says “I got you” to him when she’s shooting at all the WCKD guys AND JANSON as they’re trying to attack Thomas. She’s literally got his back and saves his life so many times.

3. When he ditches the group to run after Brenda & because of that, entrusts his life with her. But this also brings up ANOTHER parallel that is me cheating also because I’m mentioning 2 scenes.

Brenda runs after the picture of her brother that she had forgotten as they’re running away from WCKD, but Thomas also does the same thing with the little doll Chuck made. He runs back to the helicopter at the beginning of the film because he also forgot it.

Need I say more? (gif by martinlydias)

4. Which leads me to the scene when they’re underground in the tunnels right after the explosion and Thomas sort of seems like he’s lost hope in trying to find a way out. He’s always been the one leading and trying to get everyone out and it’s in this scene where Brenda says something like don’t worry. I’ll get you out. This is when she’s looking for the flashlights & they’re about to go down the tunnel.

This time, he’s following her, which he hasn’t been put into that position as much and yet again, entrusts his life to her.

I also think this scene completely captures what Rosa’s talking about here:

“[Thomas] never loses hope. That’s his character’s strength, but you can see him start to wrestle with that and then he meets [Brenda] and he’s like, ‘Whoa, here’s my counterpart. Here’s my female counterpart. She’s tough…’ It’s almost like he’s like, ‘Oh great, someone I can be partners with. I’m not just gonna lead you. You’re gonna lead me sometimes.’ And you see him taking a load off and trusting her and she’s trusting him, so it’s a lot about trust. It’s a lot about his being teamed up with someone who is as scrappy as he is.”

Wow Dylan has proposed to Thomas several times!

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But Thomas rejects him.

unsolvedmaze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Oc6kcuetc

Transcript starting @ 9:45:

“If, when you read the books, and in your heart, you felt… whatever you felt about Newt or anyone, then yes he’s gay…. And I, when I wrote the book, I never tell you if they were not or if they are…. So why would I tell you if they are when I don’t tell if you when they aren’t? So, it’s up to you to decide, but if you think that he is, then he is.”

There’s also this weird little comment: http://themazerunnerdaily.tumblr.com/post/97578895774/hello-i-read-an-article-that-said-jamez-dashner