Daisy Johnson/Daniel Sousa - Invisible String by Taylor Swift
so i said i would write an essay on this. So I will.
minor mentions of PTSD, therapy and the traumas they've both been through
A huge theme for Daisy and Daniel is time. Obviously.
"time, curious time. gave me no compass, gave me no signs."
neither of them expected each other. For Daisy, this was just another mission, where everything was on the line. For Daniel, it was literally just another day at the office. Until he opened that office door.
"were there clues I didn't see?"
It has been said that their relationship was rushed in that last season of AoS and it was, due to the fact it was a short last season of the show where there was everyone's plot points to wrap up. BUT, I could wax lyrical about little things that you can pick up in both of their character developments through the respective shows (AoS for Daisy, Agent Carter for Daniel), that make them ideal for each other. Both bullheaded, quick witted, willing to do whatever it takes for the good of other people. The way they compliment each other's personalities. Sousa's measured calm to Daisy raging storm.
"time, mystical time. Cutting me open, then healing me fine."
this applies to them both, but I mainly think about it from Daisy's perspective. Throughout the show she goes through huge trauma, huge things that, through lack of time to process or just huge attempts to internalise it she moves on from. Her whole childhood. Trip giving his life to try and save hers. Her mother almost killing her. Lincoln's death. Coulson's dying and coming back in various forms. Fitz forcibly removing her inhibitor. Fitz dying. May dying. Although she's not healed completely, time forced her to move on. I feel like she's the kind of person to say she was 'fine' when she is indeed, not.
"A string that pulled me, out of all the wrong arms."
Whether there was something, fate or subconscious, that moved Daisy away from the darker paths she could have gone down. Something cosmic that would lead her to something even better. To a life with him.
"Something wrapped all my past mistake in barbed wire"
Theres a deep debate in my heart about the way the rest of the team treat Daisy over the seasons. Don't get me wrong, I love them all dearly but I think a lot of pressure is placed on her shoulders. Knowing someone as well as the team know each other, leads to past mistakes being brought up even years later. Think Fitz (I love him don't come for me) saying "do you want me to list all the times you did [turn her back on the team]". I think Sousa, our protective boy, would provide a relief from this, a comfort that she was more than the mistakes she'd made, how she'd proven herself time and time again. Maybe it's due to the fact that he hadn't been present then, the fact he solely knew the person she was now and not how she'd got there.
"Chains around my demons, wool to brave the seasons"
All I can think is Ghost Rider here sorry.
But I'd also like to think that they both force each other to confront things, I like to think Daisy suggests going to one of the Shield therapists Mack hired would be good for Sousa as he is thrown into the 21st Century as well as the PTSD he likely has from his injury and the war. I also think he would suggest it as a good option for her, after a few sessions of his own, and they's have therapy and then go on lunch dates. Dealing with the demons, together.
"One single thread of gold tied me to you"
NEED I SAY MORE - THEIR LOVE IS GOLDEN. sorry.
"Cold was the steel of my axe to grind."
To me, this is Daniel and their first meeting. The frame of mind he was in when he found that fake CIA agent sat at his desk, after the emotional ringer he'd been put through thinking Peggy had arrived and then finding out it was a imposter. The anger and emotional rawness he was feeling. That (after some initial defensiveness) was healed by this fun to be around superhero that says what she means.
"Gold was the color of the leaves, When I showed you around Centennial Park"
This is off topic for this piece, but imagine, the pair of them taking a walk around the town close to the Lighthouse when the mission debrief was over. The pair of them chatting, Daniel enraptured when Daisy throws her head back in a laugh as they walk through the park, leaves crunching beneath their feet. And it just feels so normal.
"Hell was the journey, but it brought me heaven."
I have nothing to say, both of them went through hell and back,
"Time, wondrous time. Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies"
Time brought her to him. Time hopping kept them connected. TIme loops bringing them closer, at least for Daisy.
Blue shirt of chivalry and any excuse for my favourite gif purple pink skies.
"isn't it just so pretty to think, all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?"
I like to think of Daisy, on a early morning watching a sleeping Daniel in the light of a beautiful sunrise, looking back on her life, wondering if everything she's gone through, although awful, meant that it lead her to this life with him. This unequivocal support, this life outside of shield that she never thought she'd have.
Anyway! If you made it to the end congrats.
Heres some links to videos that i found after i had this thought in the car the other day that use the song for these two. One on tiktok and the other on youtube
tagging @angry-slytherin because they seemed excited by the concept of this chaos ⭐️
