Meta: Lovers and Fighters (RvB s8)-- DFvQ

CW: ableist language

“You ever wonder why we’re here?” (8x18). It’s a common question in RvB, but when Sarge asks it in his big speech, he’s asking why they’re still here, with each other, how they went from two rival factions in a box canyon who couldn’t stand their own teammates much less each other to a united (if dysfunctional) semi-competent unit that still hasn’t managed to kill each other despite ample opportunity to do so. The answer of course is that they’re a found family, and their incompetence fighting each other is what makes them strong as a group. They are much more skilled in soft power than in hard power, which despite all odds helps them win the war(s). The tragic angst of Project Freelancer’s (PFL) heteropatriarchal models is what got them into this situation and their queer failure in that model is paradoxically what makes them so successful.

 

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