#laxmi

[aeternamantes]

Carol falling for it and thinking she and Zosia had something unique and special was devastating but it really exemplifies how effective the hive's manipulation is. Zosia was a complete stranger to her but they successfully made her feel special and chosen by targeting her weak spots. Now imagine if Helen hadn't died, and had said "we love him the same as you" about Manousos to her. Imagine Laxmi's son or husband telling her they love Carol as much as her. It would be impossible to register, mind breaking even, but it would be true, because the hive is *not* Laxmi's son, or Carol's wife. It has their memories, not their feelings, and it never can. The hive simply relies on the uninfected filling in the gaps of emotion it can't genuinely express.

[haughtyraban]

fr i hope laxmi finds out that they’re planning on turning carol against her will and she asks ravi why would you do that and he says because we love her just as much as we love you and so we have to. and laxmi says hmmm. get me on a plane

[whenfatecollides]

"They can mislead you all the live-long day. Absolutely. We were talking about “Perry Mason” — the Raymond Burr version from the ’50s. The famous moment in that show is when someone says, “What if I told you the killer was on the street at 3?” And later in the episode someone says, “You told me the killer was on the street at 3,” and Raymond Burr says, “No, I said, what if I told you.” That’s the key to it. For us, with these folks, they’re very lawyerly." - Vince Gilligan, 'Pluribus’ Finale Twists and Reveal Original Ending: ‘It Would Have Been Satisfying but Not as Satisfying'

[warningsine]

[dangerouslyfleetingmanticore]

You're comforting your son after you watched your grandfather die in an accident because an American woman yelled at her OC. But he doesn't seem that sad, because he knew great-grandpa was going to have to end up as juice one of these days. Also, he's not your son. Your son is as dead as your grandfather and all the rest of your family, and he's an eldritch horror puppeteering his corpse.

Maybe you'd try to deny some aspects of this as long as you can.

Anyway, cut Laxmi some slack.

[h0bg0blin-meat]

[veryfancydoilies]

[wycarol]

giving me capcut access was a mistake