SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LIGHTNING BOLT

male translators adding misogynistic overtones to helen’s dialogue that weren’t present in the homeric original is kinda like the fh happily ever after, in a way

ngl I do still kinda think it’s awesome that scott goldsmith got away with all that

[as if emerging from underwater] fuck. I need to rewatch last life. I miss my terrible early scottpearl when they were always together because pearl had no other friends. I miss that unhealthy codependence. scott always wants an all-consuming relationship but he’s never had one more successful than pearl because in pearl he found someone who was strong enough to fight on his behalf but malleable enough to give him what he needed to get ahead. I miss that transactional affection. that moment where pearl gives him a life and scott immediately crouches at her to say I love you so much, you’re my best friend and I love you so much is never going to leave me

beyond the “jimmy’s no use to me” comment when scott’s seeking out an ally with lives to spare, I don’t think scott would have intentionally compared pearl to jimmy—during last life, that is; he certainly has in later seasons—but in many ways his relationship with her was an “improvement.” pearl has power she can give him. pearl listens: when scott says build it this way, she builds it this way; when scott says go there, she goes there; when scott says kill joel for me, she kills joel for him. they’re always together. they have their own secret code. pearl is, in some ways, scott’s most successful and productive and useful relationship. he got everything he wanted out of her, from the companionship to the multiple lives she gave him to the convenient motivation bolstering his win. he won! what more could he want?

if you asked scott whether he thought he and cleo were married in double life he’d be like ew no I’m gay we’re just besties. if you asked cleo whether she thought she and scott were married in double life she’d laugh in your face. but the answer’s yes, isn’t it? soulmates and marriage are the same thing for both of them.

if you asked scott whether he thought he and cleo were married in double life he’d be like ew no I’m gay we’re just besties. if you asked cleo whether she thought she and scott were married in double life she’d laugh in your face. but the answer’s yes, isn’t it? soulmates and marriage are the same thing for both of them.