Jun 3, 2025
#hacks#hacksedit#deborah vance#deborahvanceedit#mine#edit#*#callback*#i love callbacks#evidence*#p r o o f#tag meta#something so... sad? about this to me#like i'm sure it really was in part chosen for the business/legal aspect#but at the same time - deborah isn't marcus. marcus was so crucial to her business /for a reason/#deborah makes emotional and fear-driven choices and the fact that she chose singapore#which she had JUST been told was a demographic of people who appreciated her#when she's scared and afraid and needs her fix of laughter. she finds a venue where the data suggests she'll succeed#and it's the perfect amount of backslide for her i think - she's still not walking back her choice of ava over the show#but she also isn't ~brave enough to just forge ahead with a new path. she needs familiarity and security#she needs her old comedy and her old audience and her old carefree attitude#she can get the first two back and the fact that ava irrevocably changed the third is a big part of why she's spiraling so hard#how do you reconcile deep love of the person who made you someone that can never be satisfied with your old comforts again?