#bennett halverson

The acting, the plot and the cinematography were all incredible and the ethical questions it raised were super interesting to think about

There’s so much I could say about this show but I’ll just share the cliffnotes (Spoilers obviously):

Topher has been added to my list of favourite characters of all time (the balance of his humour, genius and moral development - he broke my heart in the Epitaphs)

Topher and Bennett were weirdly perfect for each other and both of their ends hurt to watch

Sierra/Priya and Victor/Anthony are adorable in every way possible (and are awesome characters individually)

Adelle DeWitt is such a fascinating character (definitely a favourite)

Boyd took my love of the father figure trope in fiction and threw it in the trash

Echo/Caroline is a fucking badass

I loved Alpha so much and wish we got more of him

Paul and Echo’s ending was sweet in a really weird way (RIP Mellie/November/Madeline though)

My heart breaks for Whiskey/Dr Saunders’ entire story

I actually kinda liked Mr Dominic after we saw him in the attic (and in that one episode when everyone was drugged)

The actors on this show are all phenomenal

Long post ahoy.

So it‘s National Autism Awareness Month and in the spirit of I thought I would put together a collection of some of my and my wife’s autistic female faves from fiction. (We’re both on the spectrum and we both love finding characters who are too.) Some are ones I’ve seen around these parts before; we’ll be glad to give you receipts for all of them.

Bennett Halverson (Summer Glau, Dollhouse) • Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi, Pacific Rim) • Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters) • Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet, Agents of SHIELD)

Misty Knight (Simone Missick, Luke Cage/Defenders) • The Dag (Abbey Lee, Mad Max: Fury Road) • Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch, Harry Potter) • Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones)

Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones) • Winifred Burkle (Amy Acker, Angel) • Honey Lemon (Génesis Rodriguez, Big Hero 6) • Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen, MCU)

Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge, Agents of SHIELD) • Missandei (Nathalie Emanuel, Game of Thrones) • Ami Mizuno (various, Sailor Moon) • Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde)

Knives Chau (Ellen Wong, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World) • Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly, Warehouse 13) • Twilight Sparkle (Tara Strong, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) • Christine Daaé (Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera)

Elphaba Thropp (Idina Menzel, Wicked) • Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki, Agents of SHIELD) • Gogo Tomago (Jamie Chung, Big Hero 6) • River Tam (Summer Glau, Firefly)

Claudia Donovan (Allison Scagliotti, Warehouse 13) • Shireen Baratheon (Kerry Ingram, Game of Thrones) • Raina (Ruth Negga, Agents of SHIELD) • Nora Gainesborough (Lucy Griffiths, True Blood)

(If anybody wants to add on feel free to!)

•Topher having the engagements with Sierra on his birthday so he’d have a friend to be with

•Victor and Sierra / Tony and Priya

•Mellie’s fate

•Topher’s breakdown in Epitaph One

•Topher’s sacrifice

•honestly everything that happened to Topher during the Epitaphs

•Susan

•How much Alpha evolved as a character despite having only 4 episodes as a speaking role

•Alpha’s last gift for Echo

•The song, Remains

•Alpha’s fate!!!!

•Bennett dying in front of Topher

•Whiskey and her scars

•Boyd being a father figure to Echo in s1

•Alpha imprinting himself with Paul to understand Echo

•Adelle and Topher’s mother-son relationship

•Echo’s confusion when Alpha kills everyone but her in the shower ("They won’t wake up!”)

•Whiskey’s horror when she finds Alpha in her office

•how brilliant Echo and Alpha could have potentially been in the Epitaphs

•Alpha turning the Dollhouse into a safe haven for the dumbshows