2x05 Gaslight thoughts

I was going to do this with a gif set until I realized that I can’t make gifs and nobody (at least to my knowledge) has gif'ed the scene, so I’m just going to write because I need to get this out.

Right when the episode started, I was all set and ready to hate (or at least strongly dislike) Nina from the get go, no matter what kind of redemptive arc they had going for her.

Except two things happened that made me lose that vitriol early on. One were the kicked puppy faces that Laura Mennell was doing, because even with the knowledge of what Nina did prior to this, all I wanted to do was hug her.

The second one was the scene where one of Rachel’s fears is shown. Now, it was basically hinted at that whatever the Alpha was doing, he was causing them to see a fear. The thing that got me though was the idea that he was causing them to see one of their greatest fears.

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