the best part btw of emmett and elle's romance is how emmett was a strong part of her change but was not the foundation !! elle is not a damsel in distress and emmett is not her knight in shining armor or savior !! neither was elle the sole base for emmett's actions !!
YET at the same time you can NOT deny they were there for every step . and every step wouldn't have been so good without the other ! they were there !! for each other !! always !! THEY WERE THEREEEEEE!!1./!!??!
and are HUGE pieces to each others' wins but are NOT THE SOLE REASONS FOR ITT DOYOUHEARMEEEEE(gets dragged into the ocean)
like emmett was a BIG piece to elle's pivotal moments as a character !! in chip on my shoulder, he 1) makes elle realize the privilege of the fact she's in harvard (with such brutal merciless honesty help) 2) helps elle get momentum on her studies 3) helps her realize that her want for warner is dragging her down .. these pivotal character arc moments being in a song he leads in LIKE hesss THEREEE
through all this she wouldn't have gotten the confidence for the internship or actually take early initiative to get over warner which eventually led to the other parts of the story to unfold (elle winning that case! elle loving law! LIKE)..
like EMMETTT REALLLYYY HELPED HER GWAHHHHGUUGH but the story makes it abundantly clear, at the end of the day, it is her effort that propelled her to that spot ! ouuughhh
it is her doing to have listened to emmett's advice, to make the conscious effort to take his nagging, to fully declare she is more than what warner treats her for . emmett's part of it all wouldn't have mattered without elle putting in the work to make it matter :v !!
and emmett fully credits her for the wins she got :( <3 he was just the wise man (eye roll emmett..) who said some words .. he was just happy he could be thereeeee ..... bartender pass me a DRINKKUUGHH
and ofc elle's return for that was take it like a man which yk maybe on the surface it's just hey let me help u impress ur boss by giving u fashion taste .
to my pink cake infested head it's hey i think you put so much high standard to yourself that even the slightest bit of rejection instantly makes you insecure and desperate for some sort of approval . i wish you were more confident with yourself . more sure of yourself . that you are beyond your mishaps or your corduroy (YOUR APPEARANCE!!!!!!!!!) . that brilliance you reflect, you always have owned, even when someone denies it to be true (thats the best part... the outside is new... but it reflects what's already in you!!)
you ARE smart . you ARE hardworking . you ARE enough . and most importantly you ARE hot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHICH IN TURN. emmett quits on callahan and gets registered to work for himself LIKE THATS. ELLE IS THERE! FOR THAT PIVOT! but again !! she credits him for it all :( <3
she wasn't changing him (pun not intended), she was providing an outlet ! bring out the brilliance and wit and confidence he already had ! the outside is new but it reflects what's already in you !!!!!!!!!!!!!! COULDNT CHANGE THAT IF I WANTED TO !!!!!!! AND I DO NOTTTTTTTTTTTT REF WHAT R WE DOINNGGUUUHHH
YOU. MAKE THESE TWO COMPELLING CHARACTERS SO INTEGRAL . SO IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHERS' ARCS .. LITERALLY PIECED TOGETHER ! WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING THEIR INDEPENDENCE AS CHARACTERS ? ACTUALLY WRITING THEM WELL ? hey.. not cool.. IM GUNNA MALFUNCTIONNJASFKASFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
also. heyyy why not give them chemistry too and an organic transition from friendship to romance š» ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND
this is a more personal side tangent -> something so important to see this beautiful, so deeply connected relationship .. with sooo much love and affection even down to the physical STILL be deemed platonic for a time . guh .. my soul !!!!!! the slowburn and falling and GUH YEARN YEARN YEARN excellent ........
anyway. i love emmett forrest and little miss woods comma elle with all my life and soul !!!! genuinely they r such a delight to watch.. their story is a huge comfort It's so sweet and funny and tender and loving and GWAHG!!!!!!!!! i love love!