This is brills!

Kelsier, openly fighting nobelmen in their houses: IM RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HOUSE THAT I BROKE INTO IM A MISTBORN REMEMBER ME IM GONNA ROB YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOUR RICHES.

kelsier is my new fav lil guy :3

Wings

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like cryland have some good points where they connect/reassure each other in way that no other can (such as that lovely moment of connection in the devlin house), but it fascinates me that their kiss is not one of those good moments, and that in the moment that they are having their first kiss (the moment where they are the most physically intimate they have ever been), it is actively being framed as being the moment that they are unable to connect with each other, literally showing the moment that they are hitting up against the wall between each other, living and dead on either side, each of them craving, needing, something from each other that they cannot get from each other by the mere fact of their mode of physical existence on separate planes from each other.

on this note, on this point, it is also notable to me that their only other kiss in season one is explicitly a goodbye kiss. neither kiss fulfills what the characters need/want in a romantic sense or is framed within a joyous context, but instead shows the moments that they are separating from each other or are on a separate page from each other. their platonic moments are framed within a more positive/emotionally fulfilling/connecting pov than their romantic ones.

cryland's romantic bittersweetness fascinates me, as it is a fantastic exploration of two people who desperately crave something (charles wants to feel alive; crystal wants to feel real) that they cannot get from each other. charles can never feel crystal on the same "living" plane on him unless she dies, and crystal cannot feel real with a boy who 1) she cannot feel and 2) is actively putting on a mask to please his romantic interests because he needs to be the one "always smiling."

I don't think any of you understand how desperately I need more flashbacks, or entire flashback episodes. This is a necessity.

Edwin doesn't smile with his teeth. He just doesn't.

Except for when he sees Charles in hell and when they realize they don't have to run anymore.

But at the beginning of the show, he smiles and laughs showing teeth multiple times. If you pay attention, Edwin is so much more animated in those first few minutes of the show, prior to meeting Crystal.

He's so comfortable and happy around Charles. He doesn't mask, at all; he allows himself to express his emotions freely. Even after he becomes friendly and comfortable with Crystal, and connects really well with Niko, he never looks like this again.

Too much has changed, too much is happening, and he can't seem to allow himself to relax enough to laugh or smile the way he does with Charles at the start.

I need to see more of Edwin prior to Crystal's arrival. I need to see him and Charles bantering, having fun, and generally enjoying solving cases together. Show me the Edwin who was Charles' best mate for 30 years.

Note: This is in no way slandering Crystal by the way. Don't be commenting/reblogging/tagging any Crystal hate on this post. To quote John Mulaney, Crystal is a bitch, and I like her so much.