cotton

the thing that really irks me about people saying that visi shouldn’t be a romantic option is that to me it really reads like people who are mentally ill, or just in a bad spot in life don’t deserved to be loved, and that the only way you can be worthy of love is if you’re a completely mature and well adjusted member of society when that isn’t the fucking case. i feel like a lot of people sum up their relationship to the “i can fix her” trope, completely focusing on courtney’s issues and paying no heed to the fact that robert is also canonically depressed. i love the ROMANTIC aspect to their relationship because i see it as a message saying that we can heal together, that all of your trauma and scars and deep dark and scary sides of yourself are worthy of just as much love as the rest of you, and if we stick together, we can face those demons together and fight our way out of our darknesses together, and i think that’s fucking beautiful. and i hate that people feel the need to make courtney out to be lesser than or infantalise her.

we don't talk enough about the "can you just be normal for like a second?" line in the movie date scene. because yes it's lighthearted and humorous, but it's also Robert giving Courtney both the permission and safety to let down her walls. like he knows her bluntness and sex jokes are just bravado, a way to protect herself, make things light when she's feeling something intense. and the way she responds is everything, a moment of quiet, a moment of relief, and then she goes to tell him "this is nice". because he's given her space to not have to prove anything or show off, or be scared, the silence in his company is comfortable.