#magdalene garcia

[warpedtornado]

Maggie Garcia was the epitome of hope punk

Thinking a lot about the Newsflesh series by Mira Grant (@seananmcguire) this morning and for the longest time Maggie slid under my radar. Sure I loved her like I tend to fall in love with all of McGuire's characters but the Masons and Buffy and Alaric were really the ones I was most interested in during my read through of the trilogy.

But the more distance I get from the series, the bleaker our real world becomes, the more I admire Maggie. Maggie was fierce when she needed to be but the way that I read her is primarily soft. Of all the characters, she is the least combat capable, the least field worthy. She d oesnt bring a brilliant analytical mind, technical savvy, or braindead courage to the team, like Georgia, Buffy, or Shaun do, respectively. Rather, she brings a safe haven. A warm place to rest and recuperate from the dangers of a post Rising world. And even when she is emotionally heated, even when she disagrees with her team or her team's actions, there is a softness behind her fierceness. Maggie combats the despair of the Rising and the Rising 2.0 by pouring love and kindness and compassion into a world that is anything but.

And I think that's pretty amazing. Maybe I'm not saying this very articulately but I just have a lot of feelings about Maggie today.

[the-sound-and-the-fury]

Dr. Abbey: Remember what I said about the mosquitoes?

Maggie: Which part? The scary part, the really scary part, the legitimately terrifying part, or the part that makes suicide sound like an awesome way to spend an evening?

[jediryssabean]

"You've never once asked to see a picture of her, you realize that?"

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At this point in his life Mahir is incredibly used to no one asking about what he had been doing prior to being phoned. He's used to no one asking about his personal life or his current projects or the like and frankly it catches him off-guard when anyone asks about anything he's doing--he stutters.

So he was completely surprised when, while the rest of the team was out saving the world, or whatever it is they do, Maggie asked to see a picture of his wife and asked if he was planning on having kids.