Yeah sure, Root, maybe someday. Is that good enough for you?
Yes, Sameen. That’s good enough for me.#GOD FUCKIGN DAMNIT #ROOT’S DAMN EYES IN THOSE GIFS FUCKING KILL ME #LIKE SHE IS LITERALLY OVERFLOWING WITH HAPPINESS AT THE MERE BREADCRUMB OF HOPE FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAW #LIKE FUCK CAN YOU NOT #I’M HONEST TO GOT NOT SURE I’VE EVER SEEN ANOTHER CHARACTER ON TV THAT WAS SO OVERJOYED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING WITH THE PERSON THEY LOVED #LIKE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT USUALLY A RELATIONSHIP WHERE IT’S A PURSUER-TYPE THING (AND I HESITATE TO CALL ROOT THAT BUT FOR SIMPLICITY’S SAKE) #WHEN THEY LEARN THEY STAND A CHANCE THEY’RE FULL OF PRIDE LIKE THEY’VE WON SOMETHING #THAT’S NOT ROOT’S REACTION. THIS ENTIRE REACTION IS ‘I MIGHT GET A CHANCE TO BE WITH THIS A M A Z I N G WOMAN #I MIGHT BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TO TOUCH AND KISS AND HUG HER #REALLY???’ #SHE IS HONEST TO GOD LOSING HER SHIT AT SHAW’S WORDS AND LIKE #JUST DON’T TOUCH ME (via doctormechanic)
no but the thing is it’s *not* about happiness at maybe getting a chance to be with shaw. because in this scene she *knows* she’s about to die. she knows there’s no getting out of it and she knows this is the last time she’ll ever get to talk to shaw. and that’s why she pushes the question of their relationship. because normally she respects shaw’s boundaries but since this is literally the last moment she’ll ever have. she allows herself to push just that little bit more. and her absolute sunshiney happiness isn’t because she’ll get her chance to be with shaw – she knows she never will. it’s because shaw’s telling her that there is in fact something there between them. that sameen ‘I don’t care about people’ shaw is basically checking the ‘yes’ box on root’s do you like me note. root who had thought for so long that everyone was just bad code and found herself accidentally falling for this tiny grump. and never wanted shaw to be anything more than she is because what she is is perfect to root. she was asking shaw in her last moments of life to tell her that she’s not alone. and
the knowledge that professional grumpypants sameen shaw would choose to
be there with her in a future that they’ll never have. *that* is what is good enough for root. and it’s the most heartbreaking and beautiful thing and that simulation will haunt me for the rest of my days.
Kirkwall Was Totally Built On a Hellmouth 