#bash lacroix

[ghostsoforpheus]

anne with an e -> "signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable"

[knotaprobdaddy]

when Bash and Gilbert are talking about romance and Bash is trying to explain the difference between being horny and in love

[danieljradcliffe]

2021 PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK

Day 4 — Favourite Character of Colour | Sebastian 'Bash' Lacroix portrayed by Dalmar Abuzeid  Anne with an E (2017-2019) 

[so-true-jestie]

awae s3 does such an interesting job of juxtaposing how marilla and rachel treat bash's vs ka'kwet's families.

it's obvious that marilla and rachel care deeply for bash's family. they protect them fiercely from racial discrimination, devote themselves to caring for delphine, and are absolutely devastated when mary dies. all this despite the backlash from the rest of avonlea, in the face of blatant disapproval, because they truly believe that race doesn't and shouldn't create any difference in a person's intrinsic worth. yet in the same episodes we see them uphold all kinds of stereotypical prejudices against ka'kwet and her parents — prejudices that they would never have stood for if the targets had been bash, mary, and delphine instead.

it's strange seeing rachel, who so tenderly takes care of delphine, being as curt as she is to ka'kwet. and it's strange seeing marilla, who jumps at any chance to help when mary is dying and bash is falling apart, being unwilling to help ka'kwet's parents when she's so cruelly taken from them.

we know that marilla and rachel are not unkind, unjust people who can't see past differences. perhaps they have their reasons for being wary of ka'kwet's family, whom they are unfamiliar with (although this is because they choose not to get to know them). but we also see how their love for one socially marginalised community can coexist with warped biases against another. the contrast is so real and a great reminder of how nuanced such things are.

that being said, we do see some characters who have a great outpouring of love and acceptance for everyone around them: anne, gilbert, matthew, and ms stacy, to name a few.

[redhairedcordelia]

[irondad-not-ironsad]

I loved the dramatics of Gilbert and Anne frantically running to confess there love at the end of season 3 don’t get me wrong, but in 3x8 I would’ve died to see Bash push a little bit more when Gilbert tells him “she said no… basically”. Like even if he was unable to convince him, I would love to see Bash try to explain that Anne saying the drunken rambling that she did didn’t actually contain a rejection anywhere in it, just confusion

[alwaysavonlea]

The second time that Gilbert tells Bash about Anne

a little fanfic written by alwaysavonlea

starts in AWAE Season 2 Episode 2

Gilbert lay in his hammock, staring up at the metal that was his ceiling although it was the floor for steamship passengers. He put his hand, covered in coal dust, to his forehead, also covered in coal dust. 

The words of his crew mate echoed in his head - "Boy, you call that a problem? Some of us ain't have no home." 

He had held his tongue, silently acknowledging the point with a nod, then slipping down into his hammock. He felt misunderstood by his fellow workers, but he had the smart sense to know he was the one with more to learn. So much more.

As Gilbert drifted to sleep, a memory took shape, clear and vivid. He remembered Anne Shirley-Cuthbert, sparkling blue eyes and glowing red hair, standing at her seat in the Avonlea schoolroom to read aloud for the class. He could hear her voice, overflowing with passion: "O'er the wild waters labouring, far from home!" 

Gilbert couldn't remember any other lines, nor could he recall which poem Anne had been reading from. He fell asleep imagining her impassioned speech.

The next day, while shoveling coal for the steamship hovering on a vast sea so far from Avonlea, Gilbert recalled this vision of Anne. O'er the wild waters labouring… 

"Hey Bash, do you know the poem that goes 'O'er the wild waters labouring, far from home'? I can't remember the name of it," Gilbert asked when the two had a moment of downtime. The ship was still offshore of Trinidad, so the coal shifts were shorter. 

Bash chuckled, amused by the boy. "Can't say I know it, it doesn't sound Trinidad but does seem like a nice one. Your mind's on poetry, Blythe?"

"I learned it in school back home - Anne, the girl I mentioned to you last night, was asked by the teacher to read that poem aloud for the class," Gilbert shared, with a fond smile. "She really committed to it, put real feeling into it. Usually school was dull but that sure was an interesting day."

Bash recognized the expression on his young friend's face. A tilted, closed-lip smile with laughing, shining eyes was unmistakable. 

Gilbert continued, "Anyway, I was thinking about how Anne read that line. Just wondering about the rest of the poem."

"One way to figure the rest out, go home and ask your Anne about it," Bash said, gently teasing. 

"That's one way," Gilbert sighed absently, not taking Bash's bait. He changed the subject, "Tell me about Trinidad poetry? And music?" 

"I'll have you better," said Bash happily, "I'll show you when we get back on the island." To get in one more little poke at Gilbert, he added, "Find you an island poem to bring home to your Anne."

Gilbert shook his head a bit with a dismissive laugh, but not without thinking Anne might like that.

[gamoraswonder]

PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK  Day 4: Favorite Character of Color  ➳ Sebastian "Bash" Lacroix

“What you don't understand is that I grew up strong in spite of you”