hi! so, i looove mm:fr & all the wives but i can't really get a handle on Toast? I see the others' growth & overall story arc but I'm missing Toast's. Idk I LOVE her just as much as the others so I want to understand her & her role better! so this is basically a vague message to the tune of: tell me all about Toast please?
ooooooh yes my friend, do sit back and let me talk to you about Toast.
Toast, who maybe doesn’t develop as clearly as the other girls because I believe she was born into herself the moment they drove out into the wasteland. Toast who literally throws her tiny body over Nux and tries to strangle him, Toast who knows her way around a gun, who wants to know, despite Angharad’s attempts at keeping peace and avoiding killing. Toast who takes the gun away from Angharad when Angharad cant reload it and spits her a look that tells us all we need to know about their relationship. Because Toast knows sometimes you need to fight, you can’t avoid killing forever, Angharad.
Toast “he’s not gonna hurt us he needs us” Toast "don’t damage the goods” Toast hollow angry stares because she isn’t taking your shit, Max. Toast who knows she’s just an object, understands how to use it to her advantage, but also knows she can come back from it be stronger than that. Toast who is throwing jibes at Max mere hours after Angharad has died because Toast internalizes Angharad’s death, doesn’t chase after Cheedo but hangs back instead, letting her more softly spoken sisters talk Cheedo down.
Toast who doesn’t mesh with the other girls quite as well, doesn’t have her clear place among them or a clear companion, Toast who probably takes after Furiosa more than the others, whom Furiosa hands her gun over to without hesitation, because she knows Toast will handle it, won’t shy away or back down from that type of decision. Toast who is the first one out of the rig by far when they reach the Vuvalini while the other girls hang back, more hesitant, clutched together.
Toast who the War Boys are almost lucky they grabbed out of the rig near the end because while the other wives are strong, they aren’t fighters the way Toast is a fighter and with her around Furiosa wouldn’t have ever been stabbed. Toast who spits on the torn apart bloody remains of Immorten Joe as she shoves him aside and drives on. Toast who, upon their return to the Citadel, is the one most likely to start training young girls and reigning in the new era of War Girls herself because she knows how important it is to be able to protect yourself against the wasteland. Toast mutherfuckin Toast you guys.