lesbianwaves:

ofc there’s superficially a tits tits fruit fruit when it comes to james/thomas and silver/madi, which is totally part of why james kept believing in silver and believing he would go on the same path of understanding and enlightenment he did, but the most striking thing about it is how it showcases the stark difference between james and silver, james has a first protective instinct that involves silencing thomas’s ideas and ideals but thomas’s idealism and determination quickly become integral and organic to james falling in love with him, thomas isn’t just that but, just like madi, that is a beautiful and bright part of him, and james come to profoundly understand that, and so he doesn’t just fall in love he becomes a better happier larger person (which maybe is “just” falling in love) whose world suddenly has light and purpose and things that are worth fighting for, and thomas isn’t it, thomas shows him it, and they share it, “he becomes himself with thomas hamilton”, on the other hand silver remains fixed in that initial state of blind protectiveness, he ultimately did not understand, and therefore could not love, a part of madi that is integral to her, her ideals, her choices, to the point that he leaves me wondering who’s the madi he fell in love with, who’s the madi he thought he could take everything from (if i’m cynical i’d say the caretaker focused on him only)