I’m Not Too Clever

Simon is nicknamed ‘The Butcher’ but if anyone is going to end up actually shanking Ryland Grace its Mickey “18”Barnes

what if u were a sacrificial lamb who died and died again and again until it was nothing more than a joke to you and everyone around you but someone loved you so so so much that whenever they could (which isn’t often, but it is every single time they could) they sat with you and sat with the reality of the ugliness and the grief and the pain even though you were made to die and made for nothing but dying

nasha barridge is the character of all time. she's a firefighter and a security guard and a martial artist. she loves her pathetic ass boyfriend more than anyone. dating two clones at once isn't a dealbreaker for her. she can snap a fascist's neck with her legs while holding onto a rope with her teeth. she breaks down giggling over doodles of stick figures having sex. she starts a riot in the cafeteria to defend her boyfriend from bullies. she's stayed with her boyfriend while he dies more than once. she's compassionate and wise and supportive and also jealous and hotheaded and messy. and she's in space!

Mickey 17 was sooooo good. I really liked Mickey 18's view of 17 especially. the concept of seeing a representation of yourself outside of you and being so disgusted by yourself that you shout at it and belittle it... feeling like you're having a constant mirror held to the most pathetic, snivelling parts of you. hating that version of yourself and wanting it dead and wanting it gone, but then seeing your partner still love that version of you, too. and how could you want to kill something that your partner loves?