#god even rachel's joy at diving down deep and discovering shells just because she wanted to just because it was fun

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rachel and leah and the water...i’m shortcircuiting

#it's about leah saying to rachel 'the water's a death wish' and then seven episodes later sprinting out into it #it's about leah calling rachel crazy because she held her down in it to rachel finding that out bc fatin thought leah walking into it was #it's about rachel keeping leah in the water by the ankle and then later pulling her out of it and saving her #it's about both of them being trapped by the earth - rachel by the mud and leah by the pit #it's about rachel going from 'we're water babies' to saying 'it's been out on me for a while. it only ever made me sick' #to 'i'm just gonna float' to getting bit by a LITERAL shark. #and fatin's tangled up in it all too? fatin who was ostracized for hogging water and who left with two stolen cans to go find a spring #and led them all to it and it was LIFE and reconnection and joy #fresh water vs salt water #not sure if i like. like the association of the sea with death and tragedy bc i love the ocean so much #but oof if they don't pack a punch into it #god even rachel's joy at diving down deep and discovering shells just because she wanted to just because it was fun #being perverted by later bringing back the mussels that made them all sick #i just. cut them a BREAK #there's so much more here too and im trying to work it into a gifset somehow but i dont know how to FIT it #the wilds #rachel reid #leah rilke #does this make sense? idk im just. water #leah x rachel