Halcyon Days

A couple days ago, I got a lovely anon who wanted me to talk about Luka’s journey from season 11 to 12. I may have gone overboard and expanded it. If you’re not interested in the whole, hella long post, I’ll summarize it in a couple pictures:

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I’ll put it under a cut, because of how long it is, but I’d love comments and dialogue!

WHAT ARE THEY TEENAGERS ON THEIR FIRST DATE EVER?!

“My name is Luka.”

abby, call the police.

When Penelope has her ‘reaction’ moment that neither of them expected, I thought it was the sweetest thing that you can make out her right hand going to his cheek. In a split second she recognised her reaction could have been misinterpreted by Colin as being painful, her caress is to reassure him it is quite the opposite - he’d struck gold and that’s where she needed him. Her subsequent descent into pleasure as he repeated it was all it took.

The unspoken communication between the two is so evident. They connect on a completely different level.

But that one sweet gesture of reassurance amongst all the beautiful choices and organically driven, highly emotional and incredibly artistic displays of adoration and worship was just the cherry on top for me.

She knew without thinking he’d be devastated if she were hurt, his gaze watching intently to make sure that didn’t happen, his attentiveness and care in such an intimate moment - just pure perfection.

I cannot speak highly enough about their performances and feel truly blessed that they could feel comfortable and empowered enough to inspire a whole demographic on what it is like to truly make love, how important the right partner is, how taking your time to truly connect on a soul level (even as friends) makes it so much more. To be open and vulnerable with each other but not apprehensive or nervous as there is complete trust and deep friendship to make it so pleasurable, especially for Penelope whose experience is nothing.

A true turning point and instruction manual on how it should be done.