#emaria

I love how all three girls had such vastly different reactions to Emily’s feelings for Alison after it was revealed she was alive.

Hanna’s very annoyed, yet also soft: “What’s going on with you two?”

Spencer’s extremely irritated huff: “It’s always the same with you two.”

And Aria’s sweet compassionate: “Do you still have feelings for her?”

It showcases their personalities in a way I’d never really seen before. I’d often said that I didn’t have a FAVORITE favorite liar (definitely favor Emily, but I really like them all), but on rewatches I see a lot more I like about Aria in terms of what kind of friend she was.

Spencer always bugged me for some reason and I could never put my finger on why. I appreciated her brevity, but she was always my least favorite (I’m once again on the wrong end of the fandom of that, because from what I can tell everyone seems to love Spencer).

Hanna had her moments. She made me laugh a lot, and she was also super-soft when she needed to be and I liked that about her.

But Aria was mostly kind (when she wasn’t all wrapped up in all things Ezra). I’m not saying she was perfect. She was a teenager who fucked up. They all did. But she had lots of great moments. So besides Emily I’d pick Aria as my favorite core 4. I don’t think she gets enough credit for being the sweet supportive smol bean she was (prior to the time jump, cuz let’s face it...they were all messed up after that).

And now I’m sad we didn’t see more of the Emaria friendship that we got in the books.

Aria: ...And we don’t know how.

Emily: But Mona does, so we have to watch with her.