@la-ermitana reblogged my James “ You did this type of work for the CIA. You have a problem with it now?” gifset and added these tags:
#and excuse me but he worked for the CIA for HER #not for fun
which first of all, I love, and secondly IF ONLY James had said that to her. If only he said he’d done those things to keep her safe...but then I thought of how this Teresa might have responded to that and I’m not sure I would have been able to handle the angst of her looking him right in the eye and saying “so do it again.” Because I don’t think she’d currently see the distinction between the two.
James’ loyalty has always been a weapon you can aim. You could see Teresa struggle with that idea all the way back in 2x04 when he sincerely tells her “I’m going to do whatever it takes to protect us” as he planned to murder a federal agent. Back then Teresa found a different way and while that aspect of their relationship has definitely evolved since then (see Pecas), it hadn’t changed that much until now... One more thing: a fatal flaw of Camila and James’ relationship was her treating James as a skillset not a person. Teresa isn’t there yet, but I wonder how close she’ll get to that particular edge.












