afterglow

what doesn’t kill me leaves a pit in my stomach that never goes away

trinity santos is a study in fandom misogyny because they gave her all the characteristics fandoms usually salivate for in men, being gruff, quippy and misunderstood with a tragic backstory but a heart of gold beneath it all. they put all this into her AND let her be a lesbian. she's everything you could ever want in a character but she's not a man so half the fandom either hates her or constantly mischaracterizes her as petty, callous and aggressive while doing mental gymnastics to baby the male characters around her

Whitaker's delight at having actual, undeniable, evidence that Santos wants him around and likes him is everything. He's finally in a position to rib her. He's having the time of his life! He's going to ride this high for hours! He's going to take advantage of it like there's no tomorrow! Good for him, he deserves it.

santos saying that langdon could relapse and then picking up a scalpel and putting it in her pocket...the whole "santos and langdon lash out at each other because they see themselves reflected in the other" thing is not even subtext

this is literally just because of my curse