i, i am not over how Fate explains the family situation to little Vivio. Like. the show was trying, so hard not to be gay, while still having Fate and Nanoha... be Fate and Nanoha... aka, uh, life partners. sharing a bed. when no one else was. for. no necessary reason.
and. and then they, they, they invent a Whole New Way of being gay
what does it MEAN when a women says "It's my job to watch over you and your mom". this is.
Fate's not their bodyguard? literally she is not. she's Nanoha's very ridiculously close friend, she's taking on the role of being Vivio's mama with Nanoha... I... her, her 'JOB' is to watch over them both??? she's, she's assigning herself that role?
she couldn't just say they're friends and leave it at that???
and Nanoha's sitting next to her on t h e i r B E D smiling and nodding along with this, she's calling Fate "Fate-mama" around Vivio, beaming when they snuggle each other like mother and child, and, im sorry, but
LIKE. they don't even have the excuse of LEGAL reasons- Nanoha's the guardian, but it's just a given? that Fate?? Will be Vivio's mother too????? BECAUSE SHE. LOOKS AFTER NANOHA. SHE. IS HERE TO SUPPORT NANOHA. SHE'S NANOHA'S.... WHAT???? PROTECTOR? she's just casually admitting part of her life revolves around Nanoha, and now Vivio, and
(and then of course she turns out to be the softy parent of the two)
i can't believe my head is still exploding over this almost twenty years later. Fate. what kind of lesbian move was that
"it's my job to watch over you and your mom" good gods help me
