I still haven’t processed the gorgeousness that is the bonfire scene of 3x08.
I have never. EVER. Seen Gilbert Blythe more distressed than when he was talking with Anne at the bonfire. “…My future, if I want it!” He is so fucking anxious because it’s the first time he’s laying everything out on the table in front of another person - and not just anyone, but his best friend, his kindred spirit, the love of his life. Not just his classmate or family friend. Can you believe he came straight from Charlottetown after dinner with the Roses, and went right to the Ruins because he could NOT wait until the morning. He needed to speak with Anne then and there, or else he wouldn’t - no COULDN’T - sleep or eat or do anything else until he spoke with her. These huge fucking dreams he’s been preparing for, for at least two years now, are right within his reach, nearly ready for the taking. But there is JUST. ONE. THING.
I don’t even know if I’ve been able to grasp the depth of those three words and what they mean for this pair of stupid, angsty, heartbroken teenagers.
And one of the worst parts of this whole thing is that, deep within himself, he knows he doesn’t need the Sorbonne to achieve his dreams. He’s already admitted, out loud, to Anne, in front of his classmates, that SHE is what he needs to feel fulfilled with his profession: “I believe we can fix people. Save them. We just haven’t figure out how… I would give anything to be there when we do.” I had to repeat this part so many times because his words are so beautiful. WE. We. We can fix people, he says. He KNOWS they are good together; his teammate, his partner in crime, his rule breaker. I fucking love that he basically says that BOTH he and Anne have the brains and the heart to facilitate massive change in the world.
The stakes are high now. This is no longer puppy love, it’s not a school boy crush, or a teenage infatuation, or even longing anymore. This is full blown, passionate, excruciatingly painful, fierce, earnest love. Anne is who he wants to grow old with. He wants to marry her, wake up in the morning and have her beautiful face be the first thing he sees. He wants his children to have her eyes and her skin, and her hair, oh god, her hair. She is the sun. The burning ball of fire - blazing furiously in his heart. He wants her in his life. Forever.
If you watch the bonfire scene again, after Anne asks what is holding him back, you can see in Gilbert’s eyes: “Anne. I am in love with you. I am yours. I want you. I always have, but I want you forever. Is there a chance that you might love me, too?”
hello <3 it is a random saturday night in 2021, and i am feeling so nostalgic about all the good times we had watching awae and fawning over shirbert! and I'd just like to say i am still here on tumblr, looking at everyone's posts and hoping you all are well!
I have like zero followers on here, but I still get some love on my original posts that I've made, so I just want to say hi and I still wish we could all be hyped for a season 4, but alassss, I'll have to cope by watching s1-3 over again haha!




















