@rosekasart I mean they couldn't have gotten where they were and opened up to one another the same way without it but YEAH... there's a dynamic in season 1 that is just... so good. There is no replicating the door scene in Lady Wifi or the death in Timetagger, things just hit different
@rosekasart Sorry about your day!!
I experienced the reverse of this phenomenon when a fic seemed to be headed towards a different ship and I had a growing sense of unease.