in my pink venom rep era

anxietypacked:

zalrb:

well this is the thing about brucas because when the writers decided to redirect it to leyton, the writing was basically like, oh their relationship in season 3 was terrible and lucas didn’t even really care about brooke and his heart wasn’t in it anyway, and i was like, really? 

what was this?

this?

THIS? oh my god his hair.

this??

this?

this?

their letters should not be overlooked because they’re significant. lucas teases her about them because he thinks it’s all in good fun 

but when he realizes that she put herself out there after being severely hurt by him by giving him those letters and that it’s representative of her vulnerability and trust in him after such a betrayal 

he makes himself vulnerable too by sending letters to her to show that there is no emotional hierarchy in their relationship, which is important

particularly after this exchange from season 1 

not to mention the first seven or eight episodes of lucas going through all of brooke’s tests and hoops to prove himself

to the point that when they are together and peyton’s biological mother died, lucas doesn’t rush to comfort her and only goes over when brooke gestures to him because foremost, he wants to make clear that there are boundaries and he wants to make brooke feel comfortable

then leyton shippers bring up how lucas could joke around with peyton in 3x17 after keith died and can’t even talk to brooke which indicates that they didn’t know each other at all but i’m like, kay, peyton and lucas have one 2 minute conversation where he makes fun of her for kissing him 

after she nearly bled out and died in the library next to him 

so yeah, he wants to make her feel comfortable and then he IMMEDIATELY says that he’s in love with brooke (no i don’t consider the library kiss cheating) it’s not like stefan and delena where peyton has to tell lucas to fight for brooke or asks what about brooke or directs him to brooke

and then finds brooke and talks to her and says that it means a lot to him that she’s there even if he can’t express it all the time – and he’s expressing it THEN and they have a really tender moment

and then in the next episode it’s clear that being with brooke is helping him heal,

 and he’s talking to her about what he’s going through,

and OK even the whole rescue thing, an anon and i talked about this a while ago, he didn’t go and SET OUT to save peyton, he set out to bring nathan back

and i mean if nathan isn’t leaving until he finds haley and there’s blood by the library where your friend and your girlfriend were seen last and you care about your friend and your girlfriend is safe and you’re supposed to be the hero of the show, then why not go see if someone is bleeding out in the library?

just the whole fanfare around him being her hero has me like, it’s not as EPIC as it’s spoken about but anyway. (putting it out there now since anons may bring this up, the reason why i consider stefan staying to save damon in 8x16 a stelena scene and don’t give much thought to this scene as an epic leyton scene that’s a strike against brucas is 1) the way se/sc end in the episode is a far cry from the way brucas end in this episode 2) steroline was not as narratively strong as brucas)

then in season 4 when they had this exchange

i was like WHERE? 

but because he didn’t submit her stuff to the fashion competition but in season 1 he sent peyton’s artwork to a magazine that means that he just doesn’t know brooke?? that’s DUMB when they spent most of season 2 bonding

and then were getting to know each other even more deeply in season 3, 

which is why lucas can tell her in a rainstorm all the things he loves about her and it’s just HORRIBLE writing.

OH MY GOD THIS. I can’t even watch after the library kiss because it gets so choppy. 😭

Also when they both ask about each other’s programs during the counselor college talk. 😭😭😭

zalrb:

well this is the thing about brucas because when the writers decided to redirect it to leyton, the writing was basically like, oh their relationship in season 3 was terrible and lucas didn’t even really care about brooke and his heart wasn’t in it anyway, and i was like, really? 

what was this?

this?

THIS? oh my god his hair.

this??

this?

this?

their letters should not be overlooked because they’re significant. lucas teases her about them because he thinks it’s all in good fun 

but when he realizes that she put herself out there after being severely hurt by him by giving him those letters and that it’s representative of her vulnerability and trust in him after such a betrayal 

he makes himself vulnerable too by sending letters to her to show that there is no emotional hierarchy in their relationship, which is important

particularly after this exchange from season 1 

not to mention the first seven or eight episodes of lucas going through all of brooke’s tests and hoops to prove himself

to the point that when they are together and peyton’s biological mother died, lucas doesn’t rush to comfort her and only goes over when brooke gestures to him because foremost, he wants to make clear that there are boundaries and he wants to make brooke feel comfortable

then leyton shippers bring up how lucas could joke around with peyton in 3x17 after keith died and can’t even talk to brooke which indicates that they didn’t know each other at all but i’m like, kay, peyton and lucas have one 2 minute conversation where he makes fun of her for kissing him 

after she nearly bled out and died in the library next to him 

so yeah, he wants to make her feel comfortable and then he IMMEDIATELY says that he’s in love with brooke (no i don’t consider the library kiss cheating) it’s not like stefan and delena where peyton has to tell lucas to fight for brooke or asks what about brooke or directs him to brooke

and then finds brooke and talks to her and says that it means a lot to him that she’s there even if he can’t express it all the time – and he’s expressing it THEN and they have a really tender moment

and then in the next episode it’s clear that being with brooke is helping him heal,

 and he’s talking to her about what he’s going through,

and OK even the whole rescue thing, an anon and i talked about this a while ago, he didn’t go and SET OUT to save peyton, he set out to bring nathan back

and i mean if nathan isn’t leaving until he finds haley and there’s blood by the library where your friend and your girlfriend were seen last and you care about your friend and your girlfriend is safe and you’re supposed to be the hero of the show, then why not go see if someone is bleeding out in the library?

just the whole fanfare around him being her hero has me like, it’s not as EPIC as it’s spoken about but anyway. (putting it out there now since anons may bring this up, the reason why i consider stefan staying to save damon in 8x16 a stelena scene and don’t give much thought to this scene as an epic leyton scene that’s a strike against brucas is 1) the way se/sc end in the episode is a far cry from the way brucas end in this episode 2) steroline was not as narratively strong as brucas)

then in season 4 when they had this exchange

i was like WHERE? 

but because he didn’t submit her stuff to the fashion competition but in season 1 he sent peyton’s artwork to a magazine that means that he just doesn’t know brooke?? that’s DUMB when they spent most of season 2 bonding

and then were getting to know each other even more deeply in season 3, 

which is why lucas can tell her in a rainstorm all the things he loves about her and it’s just HORRIBLE writing.

OH MY GOD THIS. I can’t even watch after the library kiss because it gets so choppy. 😭