#They Canonically Don't Need A Visitor's Badge And They Have A Key To Each Other's House. They Are Not

im thinking about the “peeta forced katniss into their relationship” take because. it irritates me.

first of all, no he didn’t. she had the choice not to engage with him further and she chose to do so. yes her life was on the line — but it wasn’t peeta’s confession that put her in that position, it was the capitol’s use of it for further entertainment. peeta’s intent with his confession was only give her an edge in the competition, not to somehow force her to fall in love with him in a situation in which he fully expected to die. going into the hunger games with the motivation of finding love would be a truly insane thing to do. peeta genuinely believes she can win, so he’s doing all he can do help her, both out of legitimate love and admiration for her, but also out of an honest belief in her survival skills. he’s not trying to date her; he’s trying to save her life.

but also like, even disregarding all the outside pressure, he had legitimate reason to believe she liked him back? because even before his confession she: talks about watching him in the market (my fav scene because like, okay katniss) and noticing his wrestling score, she kisses him on the cheek, she gets offended when he asks to be coached separately — it’s clear that even before peeta says he likes her that katniss is interested in him. obviously she rationalizes all of this because she’s katniss, but if we were watching this from anyones perspective but her own, we’d probably assume she liked him? i mean why does haymitch say “well well well” after they talk each other up? because he NOTICED. that’s where the star crossed lovers strategy begins. not with peetas confession but with haymitch watching them hype each other up and being like “oh damn they like each other” and haymitch being smart enough to realize that only genuine love can defeat the capitol!!!

anyway obviously i do not believe k/p was ever a one sided thing, not even before the games. peeta couldnt have forced her to like him by doing anything because she already did like him, she just didn’t know it. they both admired each other from afar and that’s why things “would have happened anyway” as katniss tells us. the games didn’t force them to be together, they made it difficult to sort out what was REAL OR NOT REAL! and what does katniss tell us in the very last line? it was all REAL.

*during the tsunami*

Chris: I want my daddy!

Buck, wistful: I want your daddy too.

buck: *bridzella for a bachelor party that isn't even his own* eddie: *long-suffering husband without even being married to him yet*

Peak moment of the Episode where

Buck: you should talk to him *points up*

Eddie: God???!????

Buck: No, Bobby

I love this little shot because it reveals so much. Everyone's left, even Buck's date. The party is a bust. But who stayed behind? Eddie, who has his ass solidly parked on the banquette, doesn't look at the door even once and who clearly never even considered the idea of leaving like the others. Eddie knew Chimney didn't want the party to start with; he reminded Buck of that seconds after this shot. Eddie is there for BUCK.

Eddie Diaz, who probably has the most conservative and conventional wardrobe of all the mains on the show, bought himself an improbable (and probably expensive) pink suit, which HE suggested and coordinated with his best friend, arranged a sleepover for his kid, and got to the karaoke place earlier than everyone else...but still got told by Buck that he was late, which means Buck expected him even earlier and therefore Eddie probably helped him organize the whole thing. He did all of that for a party that, because he is not as willfully oblivious as Buck, he probably suspected Chimney might not attend. He did it because Buck had his heart set on it for some reason and he wanted to make him happy.

Eddie is there purely for Buck. They're each other's ride or die. No matter the way the party was to go, Eddie was always going to stay. And Buck knows that on some level, because you can see in his attitude that he's taking for granted that Eddie is staying, too. They're a unit and they're in this together.

I cannot watch this not me video without crying 😭💚🫶

AND NO BUCKLEY PARENTS AT THE WEDDING

chimney in his wedding suit.

maddie in her dress.

jee in a matching dress to her mama.

buck walking maddie down the aisle.

hen standing up there as best woman.

karen telling chimney how proud she is.

maddie and chimney’s first dance as mr & mrs han

the lees hugging chimney and telling him how his mother would be so proud

athena reminding maddie of how far she has come

bobby and chimney staring at their beautiful wives

dispatch besties celebrating with maddie

everyone doing a toast to the happy couple

eddie and chimney sharing a moment

madney having the best wedding night with their baby girl

When ur a poor farmer who gets hired by a mysterious rich family to care for their castle’s garden, and u finally get to see the absolute dilf of a vamp the father is

Every Time Crowley and Aziraphale have canonically touched, in chronological order