just thinking about your katiet post and how amazing they are and about how last time i watched left behind i was sooo struck by how..... lived-in?? their nemesis-ship is??? from kate's perspective, especially. like they've barely spent any time together before that (at least not that we saw.... release the hydra cages night shift tapes!!!!), and it totally makes sense that kate would hate her. but the way she acts around juliet truly makes it feel like she's hated her for YEARS!!!! it's so intimate and like, of COURSE it is, but it blew me away as if i was discovering them for the first time all over again <333 i so hope you get the chance to put them in some reeeeal juicy situations soon!
YES EXACTLY!!! like their canon situation is already so juicy. it's like??? there's SO MUCH to consider about them. i'd never thought of it like that and like omgg you're so right!!! by the time they reach left behind they're already bantering as if they've been at it their whole lives. it's crazy how they already know how to push each other's buttons. kate bringing up ben. juliet saying everything she knows about jack that kate doesn't. kate bossing her around to keep walking. juliet standing up to her and getting her to fix her shoulder. like. that's insane chemistry right there!! rivals chemistry but that only makes it better!!
i'm thinking about it and like, from juliet's side well, she's obviously read kate's file and knows everything about her already. but from kate's perspective juliet must be the strangest most fascinating thing ever because like. i think she does hate her still, but most importantly she wants to hate juliet, she's making an effort to hate her, thinks that she has to hate her, and it's so annoying to her that juliet is making it difficult for her. because like, let's think about it. the day they met, sawyer told kate that juliet would've easily killed her. but since then every single time that kate sees juliet she's defying her expectations. first, telling kate she's doing what she can to help her save sawyer, then, literally killing a man so her and sawyer can escape, next, being besties with jack, then, getting abandoned by the others. even after left behind! what does juliet do? "save" claire. help sun. show up to save her and jack. save jack, again. it's amazing
also a little detail to obsess over: how physical they've been with each other since day one. because they manhandle each other with the handcuffs so naturally, as if they've spent much more time not just around each other but like comfortably close. and i just realized it's because like, they kind of have! the first time they're on screen together? juliet holding her arm (and holding her at gun point i guess), the second time? juliet guiding her around while kate has a bag over her head. the third? juliet throwing her around for a sandwhich! like at the beginning they were never not touching each other!
