Up until now I don't think she's wanted anybody to make her his
Agree. That seems to go against everything we've seen of Elizabeth.
I think the fact that trust is now so high between Philip and Elizabeth is a huge part of it. And that's a pretty recent development. They knew they both had feelings from the time of the pilot, but there was a lot of back and forth, and a lot of hurt as lies from the past came to light. They had to deal with all that, then a separation, and although we saw some happy times, they didn't seem to last more than a few weeks at a time during season one. Now they've been through a painful separation, gotten past the lies, and despite everything that happened, they have proven so many times over they're committed to each other through all of it and before anyone else. There's a huge element of trust and security that's just now coming into place that wasn't there fully before, but sort of an untested version.
And so I could see that being true in their sexual relationship too. Philip might finally be at a place where he could safely ask for things in bed and not be afraid Elizabeth would push him away if he asked for something she didn't like. Elizabeth is in a place of truly being intimate with and trusting a sexual partner, so she might finally be in a place where she could consider whether some things she earlier would've dismissed might be nice to bring into the bedroom.
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Re: Elizabeth and Brad
Date: 2014-03-28 03:23 am (UTC)Agree. That seems to go against everything we've seen of Elizabeth.
I think the fact that trust is now so high between Philip and Elizabeth is a huge part of it. And that's a pretty recent development. They knew they both had feelings from the time of the pilot, but there was a lot of back and forth, and a lot of hurt as lies from the past came to light. They had to deal with all that, then a separation, and although we saw some happy times, they didn't seem to last more than a few weeks at a time during season one. Now they've been through a painful separation, gotten past the lies, and despite everything that happened, they have proven so many times over they're committed to each other through all of it and before anyone else. There's a huge element of trust and security that's just now coming into place that wasn't there fully before, but sort of an untested version.
And so I could see that being true in their sexual relationship too. Philip might finally be at a place where he could safely ask for things in bed and not be afraid Elizabeth would push him away if he asked for something she didn't like. Elizabeth is in a place of truly being intimate with and trusting a sexual partner, so she might finally be in a place where she could consider whether some things she earlier would've dismissed might be nice to bring into the bedroom.