flutiebear reblogged
brb flying into the sun
#enslaved#enslaved spoilers#i LOVE this moment#LOVE LOVE LOVE#it can be interpreted in so many ways#the shipper in me obviously sees a terribly romantic gesture#and i want to believe it#i really do#except#monkey wants a role as much as he wants his freedom#he's caught between these two competing desires#with trip he has a role#who is he without the headband?#would he have to go back to being a non-entity#living alone without a family in the wastelands#existence but not life#who is he without his role#who is he without his enslavement#so is that why he begs her to turn the headband back on?#not out of love but fear#remember how he reaches for the mask#remember how happy he looks when he puts it on#that is a man who has been given a role#who doesn't have to think or plan or hurt ever again#and all he has to sacrifice is his personhood#all he has to do is exist and not live#why does monkey beg trip to turn the headband back on#so many reasons really#he loves her yes#but why else?