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we see this they first time they meet, when enid accepts that wednesday isn’t a hugger. she doesn’t push wednesday or try to change this fact (something we see the boys do when they try to make wednesday do something she isn’t interested in/not ready for)

and although enid does try to hug wednesday later in the episode, she does nothing more than hold her arms out and step forward. she repeats her earlier statements and leaves wednesday be

this is also after their balcony talk, where enid shares about her vulnerabilities with not being able to wolf out, and wednesday shares in return. they’ve gone from being at each other throats (hyperbole) to enid wishing wednesday safe travels. enid also recognizes how wednesday sharing, in a attempt to comfort her, is her being vulnerable as well, and without prompting she promises not to tell anyone

during the window shots, we can see how enid keeps the same distance from the divide between their sides, and it is wednesday who steps closer to enid, even if it just a small bit

in episode eight, as they are packing wednesday’s things and enid goes to try and hug her one last time, when wednesday retreats, enid takes a step back as well. (wednesday also steps closer when enid moves away)

the final moment that solidifies that when it comes to bridging the distance between them, although enid tries more often, it is wednesday who fully closes that cap. in the hig, wednesday doesn’t just return the hug, she pulls enid back in and gets as close to enid as she can (burying her face in enid’s shoulder, something enid doesn’t really do). enid is assuring herself wednesday is safe. wednesday is seeking comfort. she closes her eyes and moves her hand against enid’s back

there are other small, and some may say insignificant moments (like in episode two when enid jokes that wednesday can just ‘glare uncomfortably’), but one moment that did stick out to me was when enid returns to their room

it’s obvious that enid missed wednesday (and vice versa) but she is willing to put in the boundaries wednesday had previously set. she wants to be closer to wednesday but not to the point where wednesday is uncomfortable, and she’s willing to wait for wednesday to become comfortable on her own timeline

Sakura: “Yes she does.”

Saki: “Yes she does.”

Lily: “Yes she does.”

Yugiri: “Yes she does.”

Let’s take a moment to discuss this scene. I know that in the previous episode, Ai left a like on Iron Frill’s video. But here, we don’t even see Iron Frill and all we see is her clicking a heart and switching to her watching a video of Junko. It’s one of those moment where the actual context isn’t much relevant but the symbolism. Why specifically showing this? How was it relevant to the scene? To show that Ai saw Junko’s video right after the Iron Frill one? If so, they could have just show her switch from their video to Junko’s. Seems much more efficient. But no, instead of showing that, they showed a close up on Ai clicking a heart as she watched Junko. It wasn’t meant to recall a past event but to express Ai’s feelings. Then in ended with a close up on Ai looking at present Junko, her eyes glittering in awe.

especially if you want varied & interesting women in your games. like i’d be lying if i said every single one was a winner, but even so suikoden has

buff women

women who wear legitimately practical clothing for their individual situations

non-human ladies more varied than just plain “humans with elf ears” (though suiko does have those, too)

butch women (character on the right, lelei, is canonically wlw as well)

powerful moms

older women who are still allowed to be important & interesting