Yeah, I loved that she was trying to keep her shit together but really could not, not completely, and how much she was trying to reassert just who she was and how she was different than the other Olivia, and people *still* did not really understand. And Peter? I got the feeling some part of him knew for quite some time, and just could not admit it to himself, so I rather liked the admission that he kept coming up with reasons.
'Tis going to suck and be uncomfortable in new and sucky ways for them both for a while. [Though, bonus points for managing to keep up the angst and sexual tension while still technically having the characters get together to break that tension, only to have to start all over again with more angst.]
I really, really just can't forgive Peter for not knowing. Some of the signs were really obvious, and NOT explainable by her lifealtering experiences or whatever. Her memory wasn't eidetic, for fuckssake.
But Olivia. Oh, my girl. What I love about her, what breaks my heart about her, is that she's so much a person. She tries to tough things out, but they're hideous and awful and they break her. And yet she has to go on. I'm actually hideously relieved that pretending she was okay only lasted one episode, because having to watch and cringe for her was bad enough until her breakdown. I want to help her move and buy a whole new wardrobe.
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Yeah, I loved that she was trying to keep her shit together but really could not, not completely, and how much she was trying to reassert just who she was and how she was different than the other Olivia, and people *still* did not really understand. And Peter? I got the feeling some part of him knew for quite some time, and just could not admit it to himself, so I rather liked the admission that he kept coming up with reasons.
'Tis going to suck and be uncomfortable in new and sucky ways for them both for a while. [Though, bonus points for managing to keep up the angst and sexual tension while still technically having the characters get together to break that tension, only to have to start all over again with more angst.]
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I always think I don't like them, until I count up how many of their songs I have."
SO FUCKING TRUE. I've even come to feel kinda bad about pranking them at my job. Kinda.
But this song. Its power to delight me remains undiminished after a zillion plays. Don't tell the rest of my post-high-school hipster peer group.
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But Olivia. Oh, my girl. What I love about her, what breaks my heart about her, is that she's so much a person. She tries to tough things out, but they're hideous and awful and they break her. And yet she has to go on. I'm actually hideously relieved that pretending she was okay only lasted one episode, because having to watch and cringe for her was bad enough until her breakdown. I want to help her move and buy a whole new wardrobe.
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