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“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

NOOOOOOOO

oh gods would Amanda be upset too? But I could see the scene going either way with them.

“Amy, read this; it’s horrible...” 

"The rover? It’s just a robot.”

“....Amanda.”

“fuck.”

----

“HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?”

“Are you still upset about the--”

“I’m going to Mars. I’m gonna dig it up. I’m going to give it a nice home here.”

“Amanda’s what are we going to do with it.”

“Don’t care, she can’t die alone out there.”

“It’s just a robot.”

“Did you hear the sentence that just came out of your mouth?”

aw thanks! Yeah, the sun is shining here, but it’s just 1 or 2 degrees above 0 (and the wind chill is TERRIBLE)

The only good thing about all this is that I just learned that my workplace has decided to close tomorrow, not wanting anyone to risk coming out (and getting their cars stalled on the way). So when I leave tonight, I’ll stop at the gas station to replenish my car for the day ahead, and then hunker down for the next 24 hours!

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The Sea Within Their Souls by @scathach124

JTV was such a good show, like pretty much consistently, until they pulled this crap. Michael and Jane had one of the healthiest relationships on TV, and I perhaps foolishly thought that they would break the mold of not allowing healthy, happy relationships to continue.

…naturally, I was wrong.

They literally admitted they killed him off to ‘shake things up’ and because that had apparently been the plan all along? Which is dumb because they also admitted they weren’t expecting the chemistry or the popularity of the relationship.

Anyway JTV is dead to me now because I can’t watch them do to Jane what Fellowes did to Mary in Downton (…and right after Michael died there was a three year time jump so… I guess they don’t really want to let her mourn)

heckkkkkkk yeahhhhh!

8. What were their first impressions of each other?

Ripley’s we got to see a bit of. Her first reaction to him is one of my favorite reactions we get from her in any of the cut scenes. I found it so funny the first time (and fourth) time I saw it. She figured out at some point that he was, in fact, not a human, but still trusted him and seemed to like him enough to defend him to Taylor in a cut bit of dialogue. Taylor is, even in the finished game script, supposed to seem “suspicious” of Samuels and his motives (source: AI art book), but in the cut line of Amanda’s she tells her kindly but firmly that it wasn’t strange to have a synth on board. 

Her impression by the end of that first meeting must have been that regardless of his human status, he was genuine, trustworthy, organized* and capable. Maybe even kind.

*I tend to think “not as organized as everyone assumes” because…he took until the last possible minute to invite her on the trip? That’s not something an organized person does unless the company made him wait that long to increase the chances of him a) being more desperate to convince her, and b) Amanda agreeing to tagging along.

Samuels likes her. I don’t think his first impression of her (in person) matched the image he had in his head of her when he read her file; she’s tougher, stronger, more alive than he imagined her. Less grieving and more coping, less tragic figure and more survivor. More independent. He liked her. He’s friendly with her and (maybe?) even joking–if she knew he was a synth his comment about not needing sleep suddenly becomes dryly funny. 

His first impression was that he underestimated just how many dimensions she had to her, and just how many of those dimensions were walls that had to be worked through.

11. What causes them to fight?

The romantic melodrama of Samuels depressive spirals of self-loathing/fear for what he is, and his insistence that Amanda find better wore off after a year. The first couple times it came up there were arguments, but they almost always ended in some form of reassuring affection. Two or three years in and he on ocassion still suggests she get to know that new person at work a little better, and she loses her mind. “What would you do if I did? No, seriously, how would you react?” because she thinks at some level he doesn’t really mean it, he just hates himself, which is a very human issue. It’s cyclical fight that usually ends up dragging up other points of debate between them, keeps going until it’s so bad that Samuels is actually afraid, or Amanda is too tired. 

24. What is something they have each had to forgive the other for?

Ripley’s used to being alone, and she’s very self-isolating, so even when she craves connections with people, or really cares about someone, it’s...difficult. She pushes people away, and Samuels, not being used to having anyone that wants to be around him isn’t great at understanding the complexity of her both wanting to be alone, but wanting companionship as well. To her he comes across as needy, clingy and she’s told him as much before. They both have to forgive the other for their poor communication skills in the beginning, and for a little while after too. Samuels because he’s never had the chance to learn, and Ripley becuase she’s so out of practice with being part of a couple.

26. What are their favorite parts about physical affection/sex?

....let’s just put the cut here

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You Can’t Wait Forever by @scathach124