ok, I know by now everyone on the caryl fandom probably watched 11x01 and analyzed the shit out of it because that's what we do 🌟 and we are very good at it
I'm pretty late to the party but I really want to give my two cents as well, mainly because I've seen a few negatives reactions to the episode
soooooo one thing I've learned reading @my-mt-heart blog, our TV genius, is that everything that makes the cut is probably pretty important to the story being told, and that includes costume choices, and background music, and lighting, etc etc..right?
well, I think we all agree that MMB is a beautiful sexy goddess but that's not how Carol was portrayed to be until season 10 when our ZA queen got a glow-up (a new pretty wig, more visible make up, new clothes that fit her body nicely, etc)
that happened because now Carol is not only a main character, but a lead character, with a "possible" romantic connection to the another lead character, Daryl endgame
we can also call it post-divorce glow up if we want ha
so yeah TPTB wants us, the audience, to see Carol as a beautiful woman on purpose so she can fit on the roles above
but 11x01 took it to another level, and you can call me delusional and say that I'm looking at these tidbits of scenes with my caryl googles, but
LOOK AT HER (beautiful gif by @carolsdixxon )
ma'am who gave you permission to look like this? damn
guys, just look at this shot of Carol - how she is positioned, her posture, the way the natural light hits her face, and the fact that her hair is flowing with a little breeze
where is this fucking breeze coming from? I watched this scene a few times and no one else's hair is doing this
did they put a little fan next to MMB's face just to get this effect on the shot?
and here you say lola you crazy, it's not that deep, TWD doesn't do this kind of stuff, they're lazy as fuck
but the same thing happened at the beginning of the episode, see
(beautiful gif edit by @dixonscarol)
and, again, where is this particular breeze coming?
well, I don't know where the breeze is from, but it made me think
both scenes our beautiful Carol is being observed by no one else than her soulmate, Daryl Dixon
I may be reaching probably am but the timing of both scenes makes me think that Carol looks this ethereal and pretty because we are seeing her through Daryl's eyes and perception
and we know he doesn't know how to approach her right now because of their fight and unresolved feelings, but when she looks like this, it's damn hard no to reach for her, isn't it, Daryl?
and, of course, when we see Daryl by Carol's perspective....
who are you giving this angry and hot 'let's fuck' stare, Mr Dixon?
(another beautiful gif edit by @dixonscarol)
and when Carol doesn't agree with Maggie's suicide mission, he's worried/disapointed/puppy eyes/she's so pretty don't know what to do so I'm leaving, all at the same time
(@dixonscarol giving us all the feelings)
so yeah, maybe it's my caryl colored googles and the outstanding beauty of MMB clouding my judgment but AGAIN no one else looks that hot on the rest of the episode
I think these shots were done with the very intent of portraying Carol as pretty as ever, private breeze and all, just to show us how he sees her and what he will be missing while playing spy with the Reapers
and the whole reference of taking of their armors by Princess, God bless her and her little shipper heart, when we just saw on Diverged that Daryl has a comic book named Man of Armor with a super power couple on the cover because I may die with the foreshadowing
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