Farewell Juno Steel. You had a fantastic run. Your story's just beginning

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Farewell Juno Steel. You had a fantastic run. Your story's just beginning
EVERYONE SHUT UP IT’S JUNO STEEL’S BIRTHDAY
Had the pleasure of being apart of the @junoversefinalefanzine !! So many good pieces by so many amazing people so go check it out !!!
Happy Juno's birthday! This is my piece for the @junoversefinalefanzine !!!!! I had so much fun working on it and all the other submissions are amazing! You can check it out here!
A fanzine celebrating the finale of the Juno Steel series
okay now that I've had a few hours to process and think about it I have to say something specific I love about the TPP Junoverse finale and it's the amount of Nureyev. he didn't need to be there and he wasn't! we didn't see them and that was good!!
I am SO fucking happy he and Juno talked about it and took some months apart (I think Juno says 8 months at one point?) for Nureyev to yknow, process everything! which he absolutely does need!! for him to finally allow himself to feel his emotions and get through his mental "for future consideration" broom closet-turned-industrial hangarS plural. I am SO fucking happy about that!!
and Juno! my god Juno!! he took a long fucking holiday with Rita! and then when they were ready they went back to Hyperion and started back up the PI business but differently now, in the way Juno felt he needed! and there's Puck and there's Mick and most importantly of all there's Rita!!
my god what a delight is Rita, I adore her, the relationship between her and Juno is SO fucking important to me!! they're everything!! my god!! Juno even says it himself!!!! it's Rita!! Rita who's been there for over twenty years! Rita who's here again now!! still with him! Rita who is happy and dancing around the office!!! when I tell you I started to tear up when Juno said that!!!!!!!!
and it is SO meaningful to me that the two of them are the last conversation we hear. Rita wishes him goodnight, which we've heard her say before, and this time he says it back and he does it so fondly too. you can hear it in his voice. the way I can picture him so vividly, leaning against the wall by the door, watching Rita dance around her desk, smiling so fondly at her. the way he talks to her is SO fondly. I literally started crying right then and there.
and yes, Juno's closing monologue is beautiful, of course. I'm certain other people have already analysed it and if I wanted to do the same I'd need to relisten to it and read the transcript a dozen times so I'm not going to do that now. but he just. he is so happy. so content. he is so at peace. with himself with his life with his job and his city. he understands himself and he is content with that and it makes me SO fucking happy for him.
and then we get the iconic "Hey there. It's been a while." and then, the theme, and roll the credits. and that is good, that is more than enough. honestly, if it wasn't even there I would've been just as happy. but the fact that it's there is more than enough! I don't need more, I didn't need more from the finale and to be honest I don't think I wanted anything more from the finale, not especially when it comes to Nureyev and his and Juno's relationship. I got what I wanted and it was perfect, it was satisfying, and I am happy with Nureyev not being there at all.
truly, what a ride. I know I will come back to relisten to this season, the last two seasons to be honest, a bunch more times. there were some truly fantastic episodes in season 4, and I enjoyed season 5 a lot as well. I am looking forward to enjoying them all over again in my next relisten, hopefully soon. thank you Penumbra, and thank you Kevin and Harley for such a good story with a satisfying ending.
Me when I realize that TPP is really over and it wasn’t a silly little joke
i really expected a “ah Detective Steel!” there at the end… or an iconic kissing noise
me: :(
vespa when buddy calls her her wife: heheheh “wife” <3
me: :)
PENUMBRA S3 FINALE SPOLIERS
I haven't seen anyone else suggest this but I really think the person on Io is going to be diamond. I mean yes it could be old characters ive heard people mention the kanagawas or maybe Alessandra strong (id be okay with her) but I really think that Juno getting Diamonds help to rescue his family and find Nureyev would be like the ideal plot of next season
Also Vespas "heh wife" gave me so much serotonin