#g!broadway

So... you're taking the scrolls out on hold without permission hm? How fast are you planning to pick reading up? Ahahaha

<Three months later>

'Hey Elisa, remember those scrolls you were ordered to escort to the museum? Here you go.'

'That was a while ago. How did you go about finding them?!'

It's funny that this is the first time we're seeing the gargoyles use that they're viewed as monsters to their advantage, and they're in the form of humans. They literally can't stop the mob from doing anything to them with strength as they usually can, but they Can do This.

Love that it's Lexington who's the most aware not just that they Don't want to hurt these people, but that they Can't. Because he has the most easily internalized that they are not As They Should Be.

Love that it's Brooklyn who's quick thinking enough to make a plan and present it to the group.

Love how Broadway just closes his eyes and growls, the one of them I think who probably most loathes to be seen as a monster/warrior/someone who can hurt others. He just throws himself blindly into it, in front of the others as the biggest, and just closes his eyes and hopes it work. What faith he has in Brooklyn here, in a way.

It's so interesting to me that Broadway lands on the higher platform, farther away. It's like he doesn't know how to cope with his friend being transformed. I don't think we're going to get to zero in on him and his thoughts much more in this episode, but I think unlike Goliath, who can't help but be excited by this change, Broadway as her friend can really feel all the ways this is truly bad for Elisa. She has a job, an apartment, a family that doesn't know about this stuff. He has been living as an exile in a world that can only imagine him as a monster, and he would much rather just a comfortable life where he can appreciate the wonders of the world without fighting and a forced loneliness. And he sees all that for Elisa and doesn't know how to be there for her right now. Especially as she doesn't realize what this means for her. God I love it! Both that I'm obviously reading deeply into what I see of him as being deeply caring but also of feeling so utterly out of his depth that he just sits back to stew.

Oh OUCH!

I LOVE that this is said by Hudson. I think it can be easy for younger people to dream of impossibilities. I don't know, it wouldn't have had the same weight coming from those who have been adapting so well to this world. But Hudson has held back. He didn't dive into learning about this world and finding ways to enjoy it besides his recliner and TV. But he doesn't have as long to live going forward as the rest, and he can admit out loud that they had an opportunity that they passed by in order to do the right thing.

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LOVE it! That's kind of big for Hudson imo. To say it out loud. He's reeling.

And of course, by letting him say something simple like this, he can speak a little bit what the others may be feeling even more strongly, they're missed chance and fitting into the world they've been thrust into. They're alone together again after briefly glimpsing a shot at living IN the world rather than beside it.

It's just so lovely to see them enjoying a night out! Having some food, socializing, fitting right in. I realized too that I didn't think much about their costumes, and so here's where I must.

Broadway's is particularly interesting because it's SO CLOSE to his detective noir outfit, but also absolutely is not!

With the white collar shirt underneath and tie, he goes from looking like a detective in a noir movie to a business man to people who are me. And it's super interesting to me that he went from something much more classically a caricature to dress up into just... normal average Joes. He just did the detective thing, and while I don't think he's had enough of it, it's time for his other dream- to simply fit in and be able to make a home and community among others. No so obvious barriers from expanding his community by feature of what he is. It's actually a little sad but absolutely perfectly right and correct.

Lexington's is kind of funny to me. Sure he can't fly, but he can soar through the air. But he doesn't just want something like flying, he wants the prestige and honor and recognition for his smarts. God I love Lexington in a cravat haha.