#commander judd

For example, in the latest episode, Lydia's story is markedly different from in the books. It's more in keeping with the show canon (Lydia as a teacher rather than a lawyer), and it's added an interesting dynamic to the relationship between Lydia and Vidala.

Book!Vidala is a true believer who, frankly, reminds me a little too much like certain women in the current US government. Show!Vidala... I really like what they've done with her. She's younger than Lydia, and there's this interesting undercurrent of betrayal and suspicion that is so interesting to watch. Especially now that we saw Lydia almost execute Vidala in the stadium.

And Shunamite? Show!Shunamite is such a better character than what we see in the books. I find I understand her a lot better than I did in the book.

Because I am me I would now like to talk about shipping SORRY I KNOW IT’S NOT THE POINT OK I KNOW anyway

~spoilers~

This show offers a very interesting array of possibilities! In order of canonicity:

Agnes/Garth - oh she is down BAD bad… took me a while to buy this as reciprocated, but towards the last few eps they spent enough time on his big sad eyes gazing into her big sad eyes that I was like ok yeah that’s some mutual yearning right there

Agnes/Becka - I assume this is the fan favourite ship… and yeah look it’s hard to beat ‘I murdered my rapist father with pruning shears because he touched you, and my sapphic love and longing for you is god’s light to me’ like FUCK ok that’s intense !!! Again, I didn’t think this was reciprocated and I’m still not fully sure, but that kiss before becka’s wedding made me think it probably is… which brings me to…

Becka/Agnes/Garth - look if there is a plausible polyship I am SAT and this one is more than just plausible, it’s practically already happening! I’m a sucker for polyships where the sad gay and their romantic rival actually end up really close, not realising that the person they’re fighting over is pining for them both. Well, you can’t get much closer than marriage! And it did NOT escape my notice that Becka was either involved or paralleled with every romantic framing the show gave Agnes/garth. I mean jfc that dream sequence with all three of them in one shot??? It’s all very meljayvik but if Mel/viktor were in an arranged marriage. 10/10 good shit !!!

Garth/daisy - look they have mad chemistry… like tbh maybe the most chemistry on the show. Every time she got up in his face demanding he protect the girls better and calling him a pussy and declaring that she would fucking do it herself then, I could SEE him thinking about kissing her. I mean maybe I’m just projecting because I absolutely would have been thinking about kissing her in his position but still! So anyway yeah daisy can join the polycule I guess, which brings me to…

Daisy/becka - ok this one is a reach but for a little while I really wondered if this might happen. Bisexual daisy FEELS like a canon fact to me in my heart. I know Becka is devotedly in love with Agnes, but idk her and daisy kinda had some vibes sometimes! I don’t think this will happen but if it does I called it kthxbye

Shu/everything good in the world - yeah I just love her ok

WILD CARD - I don’t ship this per se BUT did anyone else think commander judd and aunt vidala had some kinda vibes between them or was that just me…? Probably was just me hey

She wanted a widower of about forty who hadn’t loved his first Wife all that much and had no children, and was high-ranking and handsome. She didn’t want some young jerk who’d never had sex before because that would be uncomfortable —what if he didn’t know where to put his thing?