The legends cancelation really sucks. Just yesterday I was telling my friend about Spooner’s ace storyline and was so fucking euphoric telling him about it and daydreaming what more could come from that representation. And now it’s been taken from us. There’s so few canonical ace characters in media as is, and it’s just a huge bummer to see this happen.
i don’t know that i have the adequate words or time to talk about and describe exactly how much that scene in the tavern with zari and spooner meant to me, but i’m gonna try my damned hardest.
scenes like that don’t generally Happen on tv, at least not in anything i’ve seen. tv doesn’t Do That. it doesn’t put a name to asexuality, and it rarely ever right off the bat paints it as something that is Normal and Okay, instead of something that’s weirdorbroken.
and it means so, so much to me, as someone on the asexual spectrum, to see that on tv
how spooner thought it was something messed up about her and how zari was so, so quick to shut that thought down, and to tell spooner that actually it’s Normal and Okay, and that maybe it just means that spooner is ace
and then she explained it and told spooner maybe she might not experience sexual attraction, but that she might still want a romantic relationship with someone and that that’s Also okayandnormal
and the fact that that resonated so much with spooner that her eyes got a little watery and the look on her face shows the relief that she must feel inside, to have zari, someone she had just admitted to being intimidated by, validate her experience and tell her that she’s Not broken or weird, that she just comes out right on the spot to zari
that scene just meant so, so much to me, and i’m so happy that it was legends to do this, and i’m so thankful for the writers adding this one little scene, when it could’ve been just as easy for them to do anything else or to just gloss over it or make it a joke
as soon as i heard the word ‘ace’ come out of zari’s mouth, i had to pause the tv and lay there with my mouth agape for a while, because i was so pleasantly surprised and Happy, and i had to briefly explain to my mom that these things just don’t normally happen on tv, and so for legends, my favorite show and my comfort show, to include this, just means so much
Sara softens around Ava, her swagger shoved in her back pocket. Ava comes around, and Sara is all smiles, a soft kiss, a wild heartbeat that’s audible due to an unfortunate run-in with a singing evil scientist from the future.
Sara’s thoughts are loud when it comes to Ava. They’re vibrant; they’re beautiful.
In some sort of tangible way, Spooner can always hear that shift.
(Or, Sara always falls around Ava. Spooner sees more of it than most. Four times that Spooner has to hear Sara’s thoughts about Ava – alien connections are weird – and she can’t tell whether she’s annoyed or impressed at how often Captain Lance thinks about her girlfriend. Four times that Spooner just doesn’t get it and one time that she finally does.)
Ok im fine if esperastra isn’t canon, and I could live with behrad x astra (even if I dont like it at all) but I swear to God i will riot if Gideon x Gary becomes canon
