okay but!!! the iconic moment of this is the last gif because merlin just straight looks arthur in the eyes and won’t look away, he wants to make sure arthur knows exactly what he means and isn’t backing away from it, he isn’t letting either of them pretend like they don’t know exactly what he’s saying, sa;dlkfja;s he’s not fucking around anymore
what she means: i still can’t believe simon’s fucking “friends” abandoned him after he was traumatically outed to the entire school, over something as petty as high school relationships. they didn’t even take an “i love you but i’m mad at you” approach, they forced him to face returning to school alone, even sit alone at lunch in total isolation. The hate incident happens in the cafeteria and they don’t do ANYTHING. they don’t stand up and say anything, they don’t support simon, they don’t even try to stop it. they just sit silently and watch as simon, and simon ALONE, confronts his attackers in front of everybody. yet somehow the narrative portrays them as The Good Guys, the heroes of the story who have nothing to apologize for.
the beginning of dragon age 2 where you can be an undocumented mage in a world where mages are essentially prisoners and you need to go to a new city but have to walk through a place called The Gallows and find out it’s primarily a circle of magi where mages are imprisoned so you walk right up to a guard and say “let me into this city my uncles here” and he says “okay brb” and then some random ruffians are like “thats bullshit lets fight” and you, an undocumented mage, just start chucking fucking fireballs everywhere with the magical staff you carry on your back,
