#especially grace

Pearline gets so little screentime but she uses all of it to plant her feet in the ground as a stubborn, confident woman who will NEVER let herself be pushed around.

Like, everyone in the moving expresses freedom in their own way; When Sammie is told no, he will politely negotiate but still do what he wants. He’ll help his father with Sunday service, but still play at the juke joint. If Smoke kicks him from the Juke Joint, he’ll leave Missouri.

Smoke’s freedom is expressed through money and power, Stack and Mary through violence, Grace through organization and leadership, Annie through her own spirituality (and I’ll argue Annie is the only one who’s not held back by her expression.)

And Pearline says NO. Ask her to sing, and she’ll give you a ‘maybe’ at most. Come on to her, she’ll shut you down with her husband. But she’ll also cheat on her husband, because her fidelity was never about him, it was for herself. So yeah, in a stressful situation where she’s trapped in the mill surrounded by vampires and forced to eat garlic, she’s going to say no, even if it puts her at risk!

eps 9-10 or when ever this happened:

cartoon network...um.........im sorry......um.....did you have to??? why does doing full evil = handsome makeover??? was he always that ripped??? like hes still a twig but. what?? where did that arm muscle come from?? and woooo boy i wanted/ still wanted him dead but woooo boy....so thats what gnoms do.........he fucking deserved it but jesus on multiple levels. also