[mollrat101]

Why Ava & Deborah in ‘Hacks’ Could Be Endgame Masterpost

In this multi-part series, I’m analyzing the text of the show and how it gives evidence to the idea that Deborah and Ava’s story is a romantic love story. 

Note: I will continue to edit this post when I add more essays and it will be pinned on my blog, but here it is all in one post. 

Important note: All essays were written prior to season 2.

Read the whole series on A03

Introduction

Deborah & Sexuality

An exploration of Deborah Vance’s sexuality.

Introduction & What Is Compulsory Heterosexuality

Repression, Shame & CompHet

Deborah’s Discomfort with Queer Women

Romantic Parallels

The 9 romantic parallels of Ava and Deborah throughout Season 1. 

Ava & Deborah’s Romantic Parallels: Introduction & Part 1-Marty/His Partners and Kayla/Jimmy

Part 2: Marty/Deborah and Marcus/Wilson

Part 3A: Therese/Carol from ‘Carol’

Part 3B: Harry/Sally from ‘When Harry Met Sally...’ and Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner

Symbols

The various symbols throughout Hacks and how they serve Ava and Deborah’s love story. 

Ava’s Doc Martens

Ava’s Necklaces

Red Hair

Flannel

Relationships

The non-Ava/Deborah relationships in the show and how they serve their love story. 

Marty & Mayor Pezzimenti

Why They’re So Important to Each Other

These essays are about how Ava and Deborah are crucial to each other’s character arcs. 

Ava’s Connection to Death & Suicide: How Deborah Helps Ava Choose Life

[nondelphic]

the concept of "canon" is fake anyway. if you write a fanfic with better emotional arcs than the original you win. i said what i said

[devonhale]

actually one of the most beautiful things about hacks is that we can be changed by anyone and at any period in our lives. deborah was in her forties when ava was born. she’d lived a life longer than ava’s before ava even existed yet they both have had a profound effect upon each other. it’s never too late. you haven’t met all of the people who are going to change you yet.

[gayva-daniels]

imagine being a 70 year old comedy legend struggling to stay relevant and a loserish 20 something bisexual stumbles into your life and becomes your everything. this happened to my friend deborah vance.

[rukaymichi]

[vanitany]

 now kiss me, you fool

[seolh]

中学生みっち

     Pixiv ID: 14592893      Member: TASUKU

[howmanyheartaches]

LOOK AT THIS LITTLE HEART IN HER EYE LOOK AT HER SCARED FACE THAT’S IT I’M DEAD I’M DEAD THAT BLUSH AAAAH

[sailor-moon-rei]

by  +1

[heyumdonttalktome-deactivated20]

Can you believe Naoko Takeuchi, creator of Sailor Moon, gave us lesbians a canon lesbian couple comprised of a blue-haired, lipstick lesbian violinist who can pilot a helicopter and a lovely, soft butch pianist lesbian who can also pilot a helicopter, is a track star, and races in cars and motorcycles? Both of them own real estate in the middle of the ocean and then adopt a child together and raise her with their best friend. They’re also filled with like cosmic powers. Honestly the most powerful lesbian couple in fiction.

[moonlightsdreaming]

Haruka & Michiru // by 純

[moonlightsdreaming]

by Chuüはむにゃさんと結婚

[amorellighost]

Another shiptember featuring the ship of ships of ships

[misshotaru]

Artist: ASH on vk

[candy-fluffs]

I believe that Michiru is the type of person that would wake up in the morning and be shocked by her own beauty (I do this often XD) And I believe that Haruka would laugh at her for it.

Cheers, ~Joy

[mollrat101]

I love the idea, as their relationship goes on, that Michiru feels less guarded and just says stupid or weird things sometimes and Haruka laughs her ass off about it. Refined, elegant, always composed Michiru sometimes gets to be a dummy and her girlfriend still loves her for it.

She'd be more likely to say this out loud if she's drunk and that would be one of the best days of Haruka's life. Michiru would insist she's not drunk the entire time. She's embarrassed someone sees her like that but also kind of relieved she can be imperfect but she'll never admit it lol.

[themarinecathedral]

“There are a lot of fans of yours in my school. One of them is a girl, but she says she still wants to go cruising along the beach in your car.”

[dohu]

♆♅

[camillahect]

tracing the lines of you