As of episode two i am once again obsessed with the duo dynamic betweeen savannah and gracie because its soo fucked up (affectionate). in the same ep they have a conversation thats like "are you CHALLENGING me?" with a clear threat and the answer from Savannah is "no, no, no, no i would never" and later Gracie is talking about her future and italy, and Savannah's only vision for her future is, well, Gracie, what are you doing? And Gracie is unphased its just a- we're going to italy.
But its not really affectionate or loving, its just. Of course Savannah is coming along wih me? We're going. Its my future, but of course she's there. Carrying my bags. At one point I think Gracie straight up says "It would be so much work to replace you" but its not REALLY a sweet statement, is it? Its. That it would be sooooo much work to replace her. If she died. If she was gone.
Like the dynamic is soooo deeply fucked up i love it. Everything about Savannah is oriented towards serving Gracie. Gracie is so used to having Savannah around that she just takes it for granted she's always going to be there, always subservient, always present, always available, always obedient.
But this is an apocalypse, and more and more- Savannah is doing things for Gracie but it could get her killed, and if it did, Gracie wouldn't have Savannah anymore. But that knowledge isn't enough to make her deviate from the norm- of Savannah doing everything for her, embracing the danger and grossness and unpleasantness.
Gracie is so used to having the power and the leverage between them, and she takes it completely for granted, can't seem to function without it. And now? Savannah is, frankly, the most survival-equipped of all of them, with Brodie close behind her. Gracie is quickly becoming the liability between them and I don't think she even realizes it.
And she's coughing up bloodworms and Brodie and Savannah are both absolutely saving her a ton, with Savannah already saving her life twice. But that's not impressive to her, that's just how things are. At least with Brodie, you can tell Gracie wants to impress him, so she'll appreciate some of the nicer things, she'll say nice things to him.
But Gracie treats Savannah like a fixture in her world, where she vaguely acknowledges that it would be so bad if she was gone, because who would carry my bags? Who would do all this gross stuff? But there's no actual fear there. Imagining Savannah gone is like imagining gravity turning off. It would be bad, but it couldn't happen.
So I wonder. What would happen the moment Savannah does leave - either by dying- or because she realizes that she can. Brodie knows already- keeps asking Savannah if she's okay doing these dangerous things. I wonder what happens once Savannah realizes. Or if she ever will.
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