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EDIT: gif belongs to sheriffswan from this post. No offense intended by using your gif.
can we talk about JMo’s phenomenal acting right here? She went from irritated sheriff to insecure orphan girl in seconds. and look at her face. her jaw is clenched, her eyes hard, her mouth contorted in anger. but the sickly look in her eyes tell us that it’s not just anger. it’s stemming from those 28 years of believing she didn’t have a family. she’s trying to drop her walls and accept her new reality, but the Snow Queen is playing on the insecurities she’ll never be completely rid of. She lives in constant fear of having this family ripped away from her. And now the queen’s telling her that they don’t truly love her, and they can’t because of something she was born with.
and JMo gets all this across in a few seconds. She is an amazing actress, I tell you.