I see elephants floating, do you?

Like, Jean’s efficiency and sense of duty and knowledge and how she’s a buttoned-up librarian, but also how it matches with her deep-seated of personal responsibility, her need to see justice done and make sure that their little sisterhood of Bletchley girls look out for each other.  Like, the warmth you see on her face when something good happens and how expressive her voice is? And how her contribution to the team is, despite the stereotype of the isolated no-people-skills-librarian, that she organizes people beautifully and effectively and keeps in touch with them and they trust her.  

And like, pretty, fluffy Lucy and her sweetness and how she is happy being done small kindnesses and slight patronization by men in a way that the other women in their crimesolving circle don’t get and would reject or be uncomfortable with — soft little Lucy who conforms to what society thinks girls should be, but how she is also the one who breaks the rules to get them the info they want, and how, at the same time, Susan has a brilliant, brilliant analytic mind and is socially prickly and awkward and has that incredible thirst for problem solving —

but also has a husband and children that she deeply loves and wants to take care of and be with? and how the show doesn’t think less of her for it.  or give her shit for her very normal, very realistic reaction to the horrifying things that happened last season? 

WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ALSO SHOWING US THAT MILLIE WOULD BE A STONE-COLD, ABSOLUTE MASTER OF A FIELD AGENT. Like her social smarts and confidence and languages?  And how she gently pushes the florist people with a completely plausible explanation and won’t let go of her inquiry and ugh, right now, I am at the bit where Millie and Jean are doing field re-con together and Millie is assessing and thinking, and the shot is tall, lovely, fashion-plate Millie with her makeup and hair and vivid modern colors, and little shirt dowdy-looking Jean with no visible lipstick and her hair bun pulled back, and the show doesn’t shame EITHER OF THEM for it or try to make them the same person?

Japanese child actress Mana Ashida (little Mako) was embarrassed that she couldn’t pronounce Guillermo Del Toro’s name so he gave her special permission to call him “Totoro-san” instead.

mindchildofmadness submits:

Strength is being able to crush a tomato.

Dexterity is being able to dodge a tomato.

Constitution is being able to eat a bad tomato.

Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad.

Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.