Okay I’m going to focus on the smaller moments between them. Not the major scenes like dance sequences or almost kisses or actual kisses. But like the small lines or moments within those scenes that just made me go insane. We talk a lot about the bigger things, so I want to focus on some lines/moments we tend to overlook.
1. "Why is it that you dislike me so?!”
The absolute sheer desperation in this line makes me SCREAM. Anthony can pretend all he wants that he only wants Kate's good favor for the sake of courting Edwina, but this one line shatters his entire argument. He doesn't care about his courtship with Edwina. He wants NEEDS to know why Kate dislikes him for himself. This line echoes throughout my entire mind when I watch the rest of this scene.
I love the entire bee sting scene but it is this line that I always go back to and remember. The way Kate says it, it’s just so comforting. And then she whispers it again right after. She doesn’t know exactly why Anthony is panicking, just that she needs to comfort him and calm him down. And the way Anthony nods afterward, like he's trying to let her convince him, like he's slowly believing her.
3. "I will stop." "Do not stop." "I will stop." "Do. Not. Stop."
I've talked about this before, but the fact that they got rid of Anthony's "marital rights" line from the books and instead gave us this? Actual and clear consent?? Especially after Anthony was just saying that she has to stop? It's enough to make me forgive anything I didn't like about the season. Anthony physically steps back. He's not just telling her that he will stop. He is SHOWING her. He steps back to give her room, to not distract her with his proximity or what he's doing to her. He leaves it up to Kate. And that's what made the whole encounter THAT much better.
I cannot even begin to describe how giddy this interaction made me. We've seen glimpses of their playfulness together, but only before things started to get really intense between them. Every interaction they have after the bee sting is more argumentative, vulnerable, or sexual tension, which is amazing, I ate it all up. But seeing this playful side to them after everything that happened . . . I literally cannot describe it. I cried when I first saw this interaction, that's how happy it made me.
5. "He does not listen to me." "You believe I do?"
I think playful Kate and Anthony are my absolute favorite. Anthony's little growl as he says his line and Kate's sarcasm in hers, in direct contrast to the last time they said similar lines in the gazebo?? The way he is pulling her in and just smiling at her obstinance?? Literally, how can you not be in love with them??
I have so many more, but I gotta limit myself to 5 or else I would never be able to post this.
