alias: five most touching mother/daughter moments - picspam
The following picspam was made for both picspammy and a picspam challenge over at jjverse. The order of the scenes is chronological, simply because it's hard to put them in order of preference. Also, I choose to ignore season 5 finale. I am in Denial land as far as Irina and Sydney's last scene is concerned. I do not accept the fact that a relationship so complicated, a mother so complex a character, could end in a way it did - ridiculous and unbelievable. Bit that's just me. Enjoy the spam!
IRINA: I need you to understand... I was eighteen when the KGB recruited me. For a woman to be asked to serve her country, it was a future, it meant... empowerment, independence. I was a fool to think that any ideology could come before my daughter.
IRINA: I wanted to see you because... it's going to be dangerous, setting this trap. I hope it goes well but there's no guarantee. So whatever happens, there's something I need you to know. Sydney, I love you.
SYDNEY: Mom--
IRINA: You don't have to say anything. I'm pretty sure I haven't earned very much, and that's okay. This was just something I needed to say.
SYDNEY: Mom, you're coming back.
IRINA: When the time came for my escape, it was painful because my love for you, for your father, was not a contrivance. (…) Sydney, I know our relationship is complicated but I'm your mother.
IRINA: Take care of your sister.
SYDNEY: I will.
IRINA: 3 years ago, when I told you, you were the Chosen One, that only you could take down the greatest evil, I know your mind must have been overwhelmed with confusion. But tonight, you recognize that you’ve done just that. I’m so proud of you.
SYDNEY: Thank you.
IRINA: Sydney. You may not see me on your wedding day, but I’ll see you.
IRINA: You should know something, Sydney. I never wanted to have a child. The KGB demanded it. They knew it would ensure your father’s allegiance to me. You were simply a means to an end. And then when the doctor put you in my arms and I looked at you? So fragile. All I could think was, how could I make such a terrible mistake? And at that moment I was sure of one thing: I couldn’t be an agent and a mother. I’d either fail at one or both. And I chose to fail at being a mother.
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