Wrist Written

I don’t think Dark Ava would be a weapon because she’s the halo bearer, she would be a weapon because she’s Ava.

She’s earned everyone’s trust and love, but she also has the perfect skillset to lie and manipulate everyone.

Just think about it: she’s spent 12 years where her connection with other people was her words and her face. It’s her only entertainment and, besides Diego, her conscience is her only company. She’s also pretty observant, since it’s one of the few things she can do.

12 years surrounded by people who despise her and think she’s a burden, clearly she must’ve developed a system: find a pattern, then their weakness, and say just what’s right to get what she needs, to get that one person to act just how she predicted.

It’s why she’s specially good at making the nuns mad, because for her it’s easy. It’s another skill, overdeveloped since there’s nothing else for her to do.

Of course, once she’s out into the world, there’s no need for her to play with people like that. Those people don’t hate her, they haven’t hurt her, and Ava can be free and enjoy every aspect of life she wasn’t able to. She can be genuine and open with her emotions.

So she’s sent back, evil and barely herself, but nobody knows that; nobody notices that. And so begins Reya’s master mind game, solely executed by Ava, and she does it perfectly.

No one would question Ava, who always wears her heart on her sleeve, who’s sacrificed her life for the OCS, and who’s just got back from one of the most trauma inducing places ever imagined.

alba's talent is insane. to be so good at what you do that a show stops giving your character an inner monologue because you are skilled enough to convey every emotion needed without needing it spelled out is special.

we always talk about the 'oh' moment and how she manged to capture that energy better than anyone ever has

but the scene that always stands out to me is the one in the apartment with beatrice when they're forced to leave and how she displays ava's vulnerability and fear of being cast aside - of being too much trouble

there's a moment in this scene where ava apologizes for what happened, and then immediately after it beatrice apologizes to her and ava makes this little sound in the back of her throat, like shock, because it's the first time that anyone has ever apologized to her - told her that she wasn't the whole of the problem. that her fears and insecurities were understood and that she wasn't shamed and abused for not knowing how to live in the world

AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE SCENE ON THE BEACH IN SEASON ONE - THAT IS A FUCKING MASTERCLASS OF MAKING YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH A CHARACTER

let me rest for a little bit [insp]

We finally WON! And we got all these news articles already?! This is so beautiful.

It's also a format that makes sense for the show. Season 2 already was not a tv show. No matter what streaming services let us believe, 8 episodes are not a whole season. Also, the 8 episodes had one big plot, no real side plots, no scenes that weren't crucial to said plot, no fillers. That's maybe a mini-series but not a tv show in the classical sense. Season 2 was more like a long movie imo, and could have easily been divided into 3 movies as well.

As for those who doubt a low budget production can keep up, let alone do 3 movies with high quality... they were on a tight budget in seasons 1 and 2 as well, but they made the absolute most of it. And the production quality of the show, especially the stunt/fight scenes hold up to even the biggest blockbusters. Like, I'd take Lilith's fight scene in the dungeon over any marvel cgi fight any day.

They committed to making an announcement on August 15th before the SAG-Aftra strike started/ not even knowing there'll be a strike. And they kept their word, despite having to adjust the information due to the strike.

There's nothing in this announcement that implies the movies won't be a continuation of the show or won't evolve around Ava and Beatrice as main characters.

praise God and kick some ass