It Started Out As A Feeling, And Then Grew Into A Hope
[+] So much to talk about with Underground that I hardly know where to begin. But I guess I'll have to just cannonball…
CATO. I really need to post more, because I get all these thoughts in between episodes, but life, ah…
I had a feeling that underneath all of the ~ambition, Cato longed for freedom as fiercely as Noah, as any of them. But that story. HE BURNED AWAY HIS BRANDS. And then just straight up MURDERED the other overseers, set fire to the fields and RUN. #HEARTATTACKSFOREVERY1 I can already kind of see a long arc story of him and Noah really coming together as leaders, because Mr. Cato, he's kind of my new boyfriend. And in the beginning, I totally think he meant to finish Bill off too. (And go, Rosalee, you little badass!) It's hard to feel bad for Bill, but I really, really cringed to look at him gurgling blood through his throat (knowing he'd been there for hours).
*But you know what I'm thinking about? You know that part in the trailer where Tom screams out I OWN YOU!, in front of the burning field? Did that happen? I don't think Tom even realized what had happened at first. Does that mean that someone else sets fire to the crops AGAIN? (And that crop is just *done*. Seriously, thank goodness for modern fire departments if it was your best bet to try to kill a grass fire with one bucket of water at a time.)
Also, I see I was wrong about Pearly Mae (and after the fact, I remember that part from the trailer, about her pleading with Moses to do whatever it takes to make sure Boo is free). I’m kind of disappointed, because I wanted Pearly Mae on the road so bad (and she’s so smart and resourceful, and they will soon learn that Moses is very likely weakened without her), but Adina Porter is going to be *amazing* in what is sure to come next. (Punishment? Quietly getting together her own escape plan?) And I have to say, I’m not super surprised by Sam. I don’t know if Cato left him out purposely, but I’m not surprised he didn’t make it. I don’t want to call him wimpy (he’s not) but he just didn’t have the confidence to go through with it- in the plan, in his fellow escapees, in himself.
PROTECT BOO AT ALL COSTS. Oh my goodness, that little girl is precious. She and James need to have Precious Off (you both win! Bunnies and ice cream for everyone!) We got a better look at her this ep (is it a thing that she doesn’t speak?) and she is younger than I originally thought, I’d say no older than 7 or 8. But it’s a fascinating (and terrifying) dynamic to throw into the group, to have this relatively defenseless child in with them. (I wonder if we might get to see Cato’s soft underbelly through her. And looking forward to seeing Rosalee be sweet with her too.)
Oh my lady, Ernestine. I am SO super fascinated by her backstory, her family history and especially her relationship with Sam. I feel like Sam is the child of the dead husband she talked about. (Not sure about Rosalee...I guess it depends on whether or not we ever find out exactly how old she is.) And I feel like that might be part of why Ernestine pushed him away (though I don’t think she did, not really). Maybe it was too painful a reminder of a man she really loved when she had to give her body to a man she (probably) hated.
There was sort of a theory going throughout the fandom this past week that Ernestine and August might have had a past connection. I’m not sure about that now, but something else kind of struck me last night. She seemed to be clutching her belly and leaning on things for support and that comment, open the windows and let in the breeze...I’m wondering if Ernestine is pregnant again? Also, something else to note is that her younger children and Suzanna’s children all seem to be around the same age (I think Mary is a little younger than Rosalee- which, depending on how much Suzanna knows about Ernestine and Tom and she at least seems suspicious, might mean she’s been jealous all this time that Tom gave Ernestine a child before he did Suzanna.). But going by that theory, if Suzanna is pregnant now, maybe Ernestine will be too. (And on that note, calm you loins, Tom Macon!)
I liked the bit of backstory on Henry and Noah, and that Big/Little Brother relationship in general. Also, the backstory of Noah and how he sort of became what he has become. I mean, I’m sure everyone wanted to escape, in a distant, not thought-out way but Noah made a *plan*. I feel like he could have been an ancestor of Michael Scofield.
I’m slowly starting to get more and more curious about the side characters and storylines. August and Jay, the old man who lives with them? How is *that* squared with what he does to put bread on the table? (And I might be a Pollyanna, but I still feel like there has to be more to August than just Evil Catcher.)
And even slightly more interested in the Hawkes family. Elizabeth’s very straight forward, you got the whipping you deserved, now let’s go to work. Jessica DeGouw has third billing in the credits, behind Jurnee and Aldis (and Marc Blucas has none at all?), so I’m sort of expecting bigger things from her. I’m a little bit more interested, like I said, but I’m still waiting to be blown away.
NOAH AND ROSALEE. Is it just me, because I’ve been starved for my baby OTP, that this ep felt very light on them? I wanted to see more of them on the run (though I imagine that it went something like they ran until they couldn’t take another step). But oh my gosh, what we *did* get. Their secret whistle. Both of them with their tricks (Rosalee and the poison flowers!) And that scene that is my total kryptonite, where the guy turns his back for his lady’s modesty, and she has him help her get dressed and he just has this look on his face like I’M SUPPOSED TO *TOUCH* YOU WITHOUT BURSTING INTO FLAMES?? WHA-HOW???
AND OMG, THEY KISSED!!!
*I tried to find a gif but couldn’t.
Do you guys realize how huge this is for me? When you think about how few of my OTP’s from the past few years got to that point? (Beth/Daryl, Ethan/Kristina, Johnny/Kristina, Oliver/Thea, Thea/Tommy…) That’s pretty amazing. BUT THEY KISSED! AND IT WAS PRECIOUS! AND HOTTTTT! And Rosalee’s You’ll come back...unghhhh...It was like, this pure faith in him and also this hotness, like, now that you’ve had that little taste you’ll move Heaven and Earth to come back, all in one.
[+] ...I’m having a boy!
Currently at 20 weeks. We had our reveal on Sunday (as part of Easter). We got a big black balloon (opaque so you couldn’t see through it) and when we popped it, blue balloons fell out. For some reason, at the last second when Michael popped it, I got nervous and couldn’t look. But then I did, lol.
So. It’s a boy. Killian Michael.
And I can’t stop eating chocolate.
That’s all for now.
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CATO. I really need to post more, because I get all these thoughts in between episodes, but life, ah…
I had a feeling that underneath all of the ~ambition, Cato longed for freedom as fiercely as Noah, as any of them. But that story. HE BURNED AWAY HIS BRANDS. And then just straight up MURDERED the other overseers, set fire to the fields and RUN. #HEARTATTACKSFOREVERY1 I can already kind of see a long arc story of him and Noah really coming together as leaders, because Mr. Cato, he's kind of my new boyfriend. And in the beginning, I totally think he meant to finish Bill off too. (And go, Rosalee, you little badass!) It's hard to feel bad for Bill, but I really, really cringed to look at him gurgling blood through his throat (knowing he'd been there for hours).
*But you know what I'm thinking about? You know that part in the trailer where Tom screams out I OWN YOU!, in front of the burning field? Did that happen? I don't think Tom even realized what had happened at first. Does that mean that someone else sets fire to the crops AGAIN? (And that crop is just *done*. Seriously, thank goodness for modern fire departments if it was your best bet to try to kill a grass fire with one bucket of water at a time.)
Also, I see I was wrong about Pearly Mae (and after the fact, I remember that part from the trailer, about her pleading with Moses to do whatever it takes to make sure Boo is free). I’m kind of disappointed, because I wanted Pearly Mae on the road so bad (and she’s so smart and resourceful, and they will soon learn that Moses is very likely weakened without her), but Adina Porter is going to be *amazing* in what is sure to come next. (Punishment? Quietly getting together her own escape plan?) And I have to say, I’m not super surprised by Sam. I don’t know if Cato left him out purposely, but I’m not surprised he didn’t make it. I don’t want to call him wimpy (he’s not) but he just didn’t have the confidence to go through with it- in the plan, in his fellow escapees, in himself.
PROTECT BOO AT ALL COSTS. Oh my goodness, that little girl is precious. She and James need to have Precious Off (you both win! Bunnies and ice cream for everyone!) We got a better look at her this ep (is it a thing that she doesn’t speak?) and she is younger than I originally thought, I’d say no older than 7 or 8. But it’s a fascinating (and terrifying) dynamic to throw into the group, to have this relatively defenseless child in with them. (I wonder if we might get to see Cato’s soft underbelly through her. And looking forward to seeing Rosalee be sweet with her too.)
Oh my lady, Ernestine. I am SO super fascinated by her backstory, her family history and especially her relationship with Sam. I feel like Sam is the child of the dead husband she talked about. (Not sure about Rosalee...I guess it depends on whether or not we ever find out exactly how old she is.) And I feel like that might be part of why Ernestine pushed him away (though I don’t think she did, not really). Maybe it was too painful a reminder of a man she really loved when she had to give her body to a man she (probably) hated.
There was sort of a theory going throughout the fandom this past week that Ernestine and August might have had a past connection. I’m not sure about that now, but something else kind of struck me last night. She seemed to be clutching her belly and leaning on things for support and that comment, open the windows and let in the breeze...I’m wondering if Ernestine is pregnant again? Also, something else to note is that her younger children and Suzanna’s children all seem to be around the same age (I think Mary is a little younger than Rosalee- which, depending on how much Suzanna knows about Ernestine and Tom and she at least seems suspicious, might mean she’s been jealous all this time that Tom gave Ernestine a child before he did Suzanna.). But going by that theory, if Suzanna is pregnant now, maybe Ernestine will be too. (And on that note, calm you loins, Tom Macon!)
I liked the bit of backstory on Henry and Noah, and that Big/Little Brother relationship in general. Also, the backstory of Noah and how he sort of became what he has become. I mean, I’m sure everyone wanted to escape, in a distant, not thought-out way but Noah made a *plan*. I feel like he could have been an ancestor of Michael Scofield.
I’m slowly starting to get more and more curious about the side characters and storylines. August and Jay, the old man who lives with them? How is *that* squared with what he does to put bread on the table? (And I might be a Pollyanna, but I still feel like there has to be more to August than just Evil Catcher.)
And even slightly more interested in the Hawkes family. Elizabeth’s very straight forward, you got the whipping you deserved, now let’s go to work. Jessica DeGouw has third billing in the credits, behind Jurnee and Aldis (and Marc Blucas has none at all?), so I’m sort of expecting bigger things from her. I’m a little bit more interested, like I said, but I’m still waiting to be blown away.
NOAH AND ROSALEE. Is it just me, because I’ve been starved for my baby OTP, that this ep felt very light on them? I wanted to see more of them on the run (though I imagine that it went something like they ran until they couldn’t take another step). But oh my gosh, what we *did* get. Their secret whistle. Both of them with their tricks (Rosalee and the poison flowers!) And that scene that is my total kryptonite, where the guy turns his back for his lady’s modesty, and she has him help her get dressed and he just has this look on his face like I’M SUPPOSED TO *TOUCH* YOU WITHOUT BURSTING INTO FLAMES?? WHA-HOW???
AND OMG, THEY KISSED!!!
*I tried to find a gif but couldn’t.
Do you guys realize how huge this is for me? When you think about how few of my OTP’s from the past few years got to that point? (Beth/Daryl, Ethan/Kristina, Johnny/Kristina, Oliver/Thea, Thea/Tommy…) That’s pretty amazing. BUT THEY KISSED! AND IT WAS PRECIOUS! AND HOTTTTT! And Rosalee’s You’ll come back...unghhhh...It was like, this pure faith in him and also this hotness, like, now that you’ve had that little taste you’ll move Heaven and Earth to come back, all in one.
[+] ...I’m having a boy!
Currently at 20 weeks. We had our reveal on Sunday (as part of Easter). We got a big black balloon (opaque so you couldn’t see through it) and when we popped it, blue balloons fell out. For some reason, at the last second when Michael popped it, I got nervous and couldn’t look. But then I did, lol.
So. It’s a boy. Killian Michael.
And I can’t stop eating chocolate.
That’s all for now.
<<<333