Scroll in Grace

Mimi, she/her, 20s, just me and my headcanons

[wlwarhammer]

I do think it’s funny how Agnes sees Garth as like this cool confident older boy and then you cut to an interaction between him and Daisy and he’s just non stop fumbling socially, joke hit rate is at -2, doesn’t know what a tampon is, about to start angry crying and eating cigarettes from stress

[praisebewookies]

when will they free my wife from unjust imprisonment (make the testaments tv a recognized fandom on ao3)

[prune-behavior]

Right!?? I wonder if we have to email ao3 to get it added

[shittman17]

"I don't want to marry anyone, I want to jump off a cliff" spoken like a true doomed lesbian

[all-that-glitters-is-goldfish]

Everytime I get my period now I have to say as he blessed Ruth and Leah, he has blessed me this day.

[blackhole-fantasy]

Happy pride month to becka grove and becka grove ONLY

[justprance]

lmao she was so happy to tell paula off

[prune-behavior]

We need to turn this into a meme.

[tbhplsstaph]

The ultimate stealth technique.

[prune-behavior]

How Aunt Lydia escaped treason charges^

[agnesbecka]

[castle-of-dust]

Daisy is so funny to me because imagine you know that your adopter friend Agnes has a thing going on with her best friend who has just been forced into marriage with HER crush and brutally left as an orphan, and the marriage she'd been preparing her whole life for just got cancelled and you decide this is a good moment to tell her that her mother is a terrorist.

[prune-behavior]

Sobbing because Agnes is probably grounded forever, so she can't visit Becka.

[kendrysaneela]

Chase saying Agnes doesn’t really even understand queerness she just knows she loves Becka 😭

[praisebewookies]

what if you grew up in gilead and loved your parents and they loved you and your father was the bravest person you ever met but then one day you realize the system he supports and gives his life for is corrupt and evil and so you betray him and everything he did for you to join the rebels and then your father is poisoned by those very rebels but you’re okay with it, you have to be okay with it because it’s all in support of a revolution which you believe in with every fiber of your being and things must be done for that revolution that you don’t agree with, and so you’re fine with it and you continue working for the people who poisoned your dad because you believe in the revolution and you have to win, but you still love him and act as his caregiver and continue to describe him as the bravest man you know unprompted, happened to my good friend garth chapin

[kor-ee-an-door]

While I was surprised that Becka would kill her father so brutally, it does make sense in the grander scheme if things because they are in the Republic of Brutal Punishment. The first episode begins with the girls having fun while several people have been hanged around them, the episode ends with the girls watching a man lose his arm to a chainsaw, they are encouraged to cheer as it happens. They have been living like this for over a decade. That would fuck anyone up, especially when they keep telling you that violence is deserved and it is God's will and everyone should be implementing God's will and you cannot have friends, you cannot love people because at the end of the day you are merely God's eyes and hands on Earth even if those hands have to turn on you and your own. In the grander context of that world, I don't think we can find the issue with Becka. In her own way she's doing exactly what they taught her to do.

[ormundshightower]

The Testaments S01E09 "Marat Sade"

[johannas-motivational-insults]

I was delirious watching the finale late last night and it is only hitting me now how big a deal it was that Agnes begged Garth to marry Becka. Like obviously we know she has feelings for him, but now that her engagement has been broken off, you would expect her to want Garth not to go through with it so they have a chance to be matched in the future. Hell, she was begging Becka not to marry him even when she knew she herself was supposed to be married off to someone else, which logically made no sense and tbh was an awful thing to say because marrying Maddox or a colony commander would have been horrible for Becka. She was prioritizing her crush over the safety of her best friend.

But now, something has shifted. Idk if it’s because seeing Becka get taken by the Eyes made her realize how much she means to her, or if Becka destroying her life to protect her inspired her to do the same, or quite possibly both, but either way, she stepped the fuck up. Not just by throwing a wrench in her own marriage plans (to her, Weston would look like a good match even if she didn’t want him) to save Becka, but by prioritizing her afterwards. Previously, she was choosing Garth over Becka, despite everything they had been through. This episode, she chose Becka over Garth.

That kiss was so satisfying because it felt earned. Not that Agnes “earned” the right to kiss Becka, but that she did the internal work necessary to get her to the point where she would. I think the combination of what Becka did for her and almost losing Becka made her realize how much she loves her, even if she’s not sure what kind of love that is. She looks a little confused during and after the kiss, but also certain. She looks like she does want it, even if she’s not sure what it means.

Ngl the show really outdid my expectations here. While Agnes was obviously very attached to Becka and afraid of losing her in episode 1, she was clearly unaware of having any feelings for her until recently, and I was afraid the show would go the tired route of the yearning gay best friend getting rebuffed and continuing to suffer with something totally unrequited. I had a hard time cheering for this ship early on because I truly did not expect them to go there, and so early on too! But damn, now I am truly invested. Agnes going from kissing Becka (her first kiss!), to having to watch her marry the boy she’s been pining over only minutes later is absolutely wild, and it sets up a very interesting season 2 where the two people she has feelings for are in a loveless marriage to each other. The drama is juicy, and a queer awakening storyline in Gilead is terrifying but extremely interesting, especially with Agnes being one of the narrators. As a queer person who grew up in Evangelicalism, I can’t wait to see where this all goes. I was already attached to the story for the catharsis even if I expected it to be only pain, but now that there’s a chance it could go in a more happy direction, where maybe the whole thing is not entirely doomed? Sign me the fuck up.

(I am crossposting this btw, so if you see it elsewhere I am only plagiarizing myself).

[nunyabznsbabes]

Shunammite is shaping up to be SUCH a fun character. She was born at the top and taught that if she did everything right, tore down everyone around and below her, gave her life to some decrepit creep of a commander, she would be rewarded with a life of luxury. She would be privileged and as powerful as a woman in her society could be, and it would be precarious and miserable, but she was willing to make that trade!! From what we've seen she is perfectly content to applaud public execution and bitch at anyone who struggles to follow the rules. She is completely capable of signing the social contract. But she miscalculated - because in a world where women have power exclusively through their bodies, it's not enough to do everything right. Her autonomy and authority have nothing to do with her choices; her future is entirely out of her control. If I'm right about the path she's on, that tea is never going to work. She's never going to get her period. She'll be written off as infertile, unmarriageable, unable to attain the life she's been groomed to want - and that's what will get her to start questioning the fairness of Gilead's setup. Which may be self-centered and unfair but is ultimately going to help take down the establishment! Hooray!!

[prune-behavior]

Shunammite is a ride-or-die. Even though she cares deeply about reputation, she sticks with Agnes through the engagement scandal.

I'm guessing her group will be ridiculed in the school, and she'll defend the fuck out of them. May god protect anyone who crosses her. 🙏