would anyone be up to hear me out on a prism, flambae, and coupé friendship trio. like prism and flambae are obviously best friends already being a synergy pair, but I think that if you add coupé in, they would make a great friend trio.
like the way when we first meet coupé (and flambae) at the bar, if you pick water to splash flambae with, she cradles his face and says that they need to take him to a hospital. and also helps carry him out of there with the help of punch-up. we know that prism and flambae more than likely hang out outside of work, but I feel like this shows that him and coupé also hang out outside of work. or maybe, he was hanging out with punch-up and coupé came along, but either way, she didn't have to cradle his face after he got hurt but she did. like she is capable of being gentle/caring towards others as well.
or later on, at the team conference meeting, we get her leaning against the wall near flambae, and then sitting next to prism and right across from flambae during the meeting.
just that she chooses to be right next to either of them. could have sat anywhere and she chose to sit near them. it might not be that deep, but I’m still going to point out the proximity there.
and also the little interaction we get when prism takes one of her knives and threatens punch-up with it.
even after coupé says "ask next time, or there won't be a next time" and prism calls her a "butter-knife bitch". you can still see that coupé is smiling the whole time like its just banter between friends despite the threat and the insult.
and also the part where prism threatens punch-up with a knife and flambae is just like "yeah, my best friend is badass" the whole time. I just like that.
and the small interactions that reveal that coupé lets prism borrow her things like a book or her mask (granted that she asks first).
Prism: Coupé, can I borrow your mask? I got a date tonight at this masquerade thingy.
Prism: See, this is why people think you're a bitch.
Coupé: Hmm, you're braver than I thought. Fine. Return it tomorrow morning. Or I will cut out your tongue.
Prism: Say less, baby. I gotchu.
the little comment of how prism is braver than she thought and so she agrees to let her borrow her mask, makes me think that coupé wants to be close to other people. or at least for there to be people who aren't afraid of her and treat her like another person rather than a threat and nothing else. just wanting connection with other people after a life of being an assassin-for-hire.
the little moment at the taco place after the bar fight where coupé just uses her own blood as a condiment for her taco and prism is looking at her like "girl, what the fuck". but also them sitting together at the same table and talking to each other.
and one thing that I remember is how if you don't cut coupe and then later on, if you send flambae to rescue her.
Flambae: I'll get Coupé back. If she's dead, we're definitely fucked.
just with how serious he sounds when he says it, doesn't make a joke or anything, just straight to "yeah, I'll get her back". and it makes me think that he has actual solid respect for her to go "yeah, we really need her right now or we're dead". sounds like having complete faith in her abilities to mess some red ring members up and get the job done and that's what they really need right now.
and if you send prism, she goes "Be right back. Gotta rescue a spooky bitch." and I feel like she said that last part with affection.
and also, in the montage when robert is explaining what happened after chase is hospitalized and invisigal is suspended. we see that flambae and coupé are in the same place together. with him being on the couch watching the tv, while she is over in what looks like a kitchen area scrolling through her phone.
you also get this is you decide to keep sonar/cut coupé, but it makes me wonder is that a lounge at SDN? a shared living space? are they roommates? is one of them just visiting the other's apartment? what's the deal there? and if they're in one of their apartments, does this mean that they wear their hero outfits even when they're not working? we were robbed of the characters being in casual wear.
the small moment at the end of the final battle, where they all take a selfie together is one of my favorites.
I'm probably just picking for crumbs here with this, but oh well, I thought their little moments and potential friendship dynamic was cute.
if they went clubbing or were just hanging out, coupé strikes me as the friend to go "my friends can wear whatever they want, and if you disagree I will cut you". they have the potential to get up to so many shenanigans together. like "what did you guys do this weekend?" "nothing anyone can prove" "damn right" vibes.