As for the more obvious interpretation… Well, I think the expression on Dani’s face said it all. She was doing her best not to freak out and totally loose it. I think the only thing that kept her together as she starred evil in the face was knowing that Charlie was coming for her. Not in a grand, heroic “storm the castle and rescue the maiden” way. Poor Tidwell found out the hard way that those sort of shenanigans didn’t work against someone like Roman. (Witness the way he went off almost half-cocked, while Charlie never once lost it.) Charlie was coming for her knowing exactly who he was up against and Dani’s job was to keep Roman as off-balance as she could. She might have been the one tied to a chair, but Roman, the king of psychological and emotional warfare, was getting played like a violin.
Now that Charlie was the one taken, she had to gather herself together so that she could do something about it… and then there he was waiting for her at the edge of the orchard. Waiting for her. It's not a big romantic declaration. Nothing has changed. Dani will go back to Tidwell (at least for a little while) and Charlie (will hopefully) fully end things with Jennifer, if he hasn't already. In fact, I would bet that these feeling are nothing new to either... heck, Charlie was probably aware that he loved Dani way back in Powerless. Not necessarily in a big romantic way. It more than romantic love. It's about devotion to your other half. There’s no change in their relationship… it’s an acceptance of how things are and the full ramifications. Maybe somewhere down the road romance will enter the equation, but right now they are both fully aware that they are two halves of the same whole and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Here's something else... way back in Merit Badge, Charlie asks Dani if anyone ever loved her like that. At the end of the second season, Charlie shows the HE loves her like that.
There’s no change in their relationship… it’s an acceptance of how things are and the full ramifications. Maybe somewhere down the road romance will enter the equation, but right now they are both fully aware that they are two halves of the same whole and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Yes, I love the way you described that! ITA, if the show comes back, it won't be some big topsy-turvy, "everything's different now" thing. Maybe a little for Dani, since she's always actively resisted any suggestion that she cares about Charlie. (She was the one, of the two of them, who seemed to experience a bit of an epiphany.) But she'd settle down. I agree that nothing would fundamentally change right away, if ever, and I'd really enjoy seeing their emotions from the rescue work on them over the course of a season.
I agree that nothing would fundamentally change right away, if ever, and I'd really enjoy seeing their emotions from the rescue work on them over the course of a season.
To be honest, I think the biggest catalyst for change would be Tidwell. I can really see Charlie and Dani both being very Zen about things afterwards(or at least Zen-ish), but Tidwell sort of freaking out a little and then freaking out even more because nobody was acting differently.
Yeah. And, as much as I've been against Tidwell and Dani every minute, from before it even happened, I proactively feel bad for Tidwell. And you're right, he's so emotional...he might serve as the voice of it, in a way. Am I thinking of a Greek chorus or the other thing? (wow it's late and I have stopped making sense...)
Now that Charlie was the one taken, she had to gather herself together so that she could do something about it… and then there he was waiting for her at the edge of the orchard. Waiting for her. It's not a big romantic declaration. Nothing has changed. Dani will go back to Tidwell (at least for a little while) and Charlie (will hopefully) fully end things with Jennifer, if he hasn't already. In fact, I would bet that these feeling are nothing new to either... heck, Charlie was probably aware that he loved Dani way back in Powerless. Not necessarily in a big romantic way. It more than romantic love. It's about devotion to your other half. There’s no change in their relationship… it’s an acceptance of how things are and the full ramifications. Maybe somewhere down the road romance will enter the equation, but right now they are both fully aware that they are two halves of the same whole and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Here's something else... way back in Merit Badge, Charlie asks Dani if anyone ever loved her like that. At the end of the second season, Charlie shows the HE loves her like that.
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There’s no change in their relationship… it’s an acceptance of how things are and the full ramifications. Maybe somewhere down the road romance will enter the equation, but right now they are both fully aware that they are two halves of the same whole and wouldn’t have it any other way.
Yes, I love the way you described that! ITA, if the show comes back, it won't be some big topsy-turvy, "everything's different now" thing. Maybe a little for Dani, since she's always actively resisted any suggestion that she cares about Charlie. (She was the one, of the two of them, who seemed to experience a bit of an epiphany.) But she'd settle down. I agree that nothing would fundamentally change right away, if ever, and I'd really enjoy seeing their emotions from the rescue work on them over the course of a season.
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To be honest, I think the biggest catalyst for change would be Tidwell. I can really see Charlie and Dani both being very Zen about things afterwards(or at least Zen-ish), but Tidwell sort of freaking out a little and then freaking out even more because nobody was acting differently.
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