Ride or Die

That’s an interesting question. I think Dom told no one about it. He didn’t even tell his sister who was a friend of Letty’s, so why would he tell Elena? I think he and Elena bonded over losing someone who meant a lot to them, but that was it. (And the fact Elena actually got to wear that necklace even for just a few hours before Dom ripped it out of her neck bothers me to no end.)

I’m sorry (maybe it’s my Dotty shipping goggles), but Elena/Dom’s relationship always seemed very forced to me like “oh well we are both single and miserable about our significant other’s deaths so let’s hook up.” I mean did they really had to hook up? I thought Elena wanted to honor her husband’s memory by becoming a cop and doing the right thing, but then another man (aka Dom) comes along and she is all like “screw it, I’ll go on the run with a criminal cause that’s one sexy good guy criminal.”

Their relationship was in no way casual but more of the push and pull - you could tell they both knew the emotions were there but that for a long time their relationship had been set with her pursuing and him slightly running / keeping some range of distance by never admitted his emotions. This was proven by the scene where he tells her of the dream he had about their future to which her response is a disbelieving ‘really?’ Not because of the beach location but because with his confession he was emotionally opening himself in a way he hadn’t before, because he was speaking on their future as a them…a pair, a couple. And then him vocalizing that emotion with the words of love after her car wrecked.

I think what most people have to remember is the Dom in the first movie had lost his parents yes but he hadn’t experienced lost within this makeshift family he had created for himself. Dom in the first movie was all about this kind of image - living hard and fast and slightly emotionally stunted on some points. I think people have to remember that you don’t just learn about these characters in movie 1 but everyone they’re in afterwards. Movie 6 gave such an insight into Dom’s perspective on their relationship. He says ‘you don’t turn your back on family even when they do…’ And this held true for him because really he had been doing it to Letty for years. Letty had always known about Dom, had always been interested in him, but Dom didn’t even notice her for 5 years. And a whole year of that no one even knew about…when she was 15 he was secretly trying to impress her. People (like Mia) didn’t even notice his attention to her til she was 16. I think that says a lot about how Dom presented himself and his emotions back then up until the first movie. Its clear that in the beginning Dom had emotional walls he had up but despite that Letty held on to that bond she continued to pursue him refused to let dalliances to get in the way. She spent years doing what he had to do in movie 6 and 7. Like he said you can’t tell someone they love you, you can only be there for them and hope they realize it.

You will never be alone again. I vow, wherever you go, I go. You ride, I ride. You fight, I fight. And if you ever die on me, Dominic Toretto, I’m gonna die with you.

Finally. A lot of you have asked me to do this, so here are my Dom and Letty fanfic picks (commentary included). I’m gonna start with 8 stories, but I’ll be adding more every week/every two weeks. 

If you are a fanfic writer, want me to read your stories and possibly be added to the list, you should def message me the link. There’s only one thing I ask - punctuation and basic use of the spellchecker. I’ll read anything - AU, crossover, mature/explicit, whatever…

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