pirateshelly:

An interesting parallel that just occurred to me; Oglethorpe in the finale talking about civilization being defined by what it excludes, and Max saying to Anne “there is nothing important that does not include you”. I’ve always felt like that line to Anne was one of those things that had extra layers of meaning. Like, on one level, there is nothing important for Max personally that does not include Anne. But also, on a meta level, that there should be nothing important in life; no society, no story, no version of history; that does not include people like Anne (and like Max and like Flint etc.). And this comes right on the heels of Max rejecting the idea of marrying a man to further her position in civilization. So basically, Oglethorpe was full of shit and the writers absolutely knew it and intended that.