Whats your favorite dynamic within the Umbrellas? Like of all the hargreeves interacting together which ones do you think are the most fun/most engaging?
I had to think about this but its DEF diego and alison (s1 & 2 especially)
Look at them!!! theyre so annoyed with eachother! I wish we got more screen time with them because I'd love to see their rivalry starting out & growing + eventually reconsiling it and just being like. vaguely annoying to eachother for the heck of it.
People pin point luther and diego as foils but i feel like alison and diego more directly contrast eachother.
Diego is very arguementative and contrarian. He's not afraid to say things that HURT. And despite his s2 profession of his love for his family in the barn scene, in s1 hes very resentful of not just his upbringing but also resentful of a LOT of his family (even if deep down he still cares about them).
Where as Alison says herself (when luther questions her) that she wanted to forget "this place" but never her family. She's actively trying to repair her relationship with her siblings, and she is very intentional with everything she says BECAUSE the. LAST. thing she would want to do is hurt someone with what she says (and of course, with her powers)
They also seem to be on completely different sides of their whole family dynamic. Especially with their relationships to Luther and Viktor. I think Diego projects some of his anger/hatred of reginald onto his relationships with both Luther and Viktor (especially because reginald pitted Luther and Diego against eachother) But Alison is sympathetic to them, was close with Luther growing up, and attempts to get closer to viktor.
Andd anyways. they r the epiome of peak sibling behaviour. they have like genuinely only a handful of interactions but it is SO FUNNY everytime.
My favorites are probably:
1) in season 1 ep 1 when we first see alison and diego and they IMMEDIATELY contradict eachother
Alison welcomes Viktor with a hug, and lets him know she's glad to see him. She's immediately trying to reconsile and repair their relationship!!
And then, of course, Diego walls in. doesnt bother to stop. yells "you shouldn't be here!" @ him and just. walks off! top tier 10/10
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Alison: "Can't say hi to nobody?"