#I FEEL LIKE THE REASON CARMILLA HAD THAT PAUSE AFTER SHE STOOD UP #WAS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO BE IN LAURA’S SPACE #TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHETHER LAURA WOULD PULL BACK FROM HER THIS TIME #BECAUSE LAURA HAS THIS HABIT OF KIND OF DISTANCING HERSELF A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE THAT’S WHY SHE’S SO OBLIVIOUS TO OTHER PEOPLE’S FEELINGS SOMETIMES #THE LAST TIME CARMILLA STOOD UP AND GOT IN HER SPACE LAURA TURNS BACK TOWARDS THE CAMERA #AND THEN BOOM POSSESSION #BUT THIS TIME LAURA DOESN’T PULL BACK #SHE CATCHES HER BREATH IN THE FIRST GIF #SHE’S AWARE OF THE TENSION IN THE SECOND GIF AND DOESN’T MOVE TO LOWER IT #AND SHE EVEN PULLS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IN THE THIRD #IT’S ALMOST LIKE A REALLY SUBTLE CONSENT THING WHERE CARMILLA’S CHECKING FOR LAURA’S REACTION BEFORE SHE GOES IN FOR THE KISS #AND IT’S JUST SO SATISFYING #AND YOU JUST KNOW IT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED WITH A MALE WRITER OR A HET SHIP BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY JUST LOVE THE SHUT-HER-UP-WITH-A-KISS TROPE #AND I JUST LOVE THE LITTLE DIFFERENCES THAT THIS SHOW HAS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE I’VE EVER SEEN #I MEAN THE PAUSE EVEN LETS THE AUDIENCE FEEL THE TENSION IN A WAY THAT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN AS EFFECTIVE IF THE KISS HAPPENED AS SOON AS CARMILLA STOOD UP #AND I JUST LOVE FEMINIST WRITING SO MUCH I’M CRY THANK YOU JORDAN HALL BLESS YOUR TWISTED BENEVOLENT DEMON SOUL