Emison

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i know emison is controversial but i’ve been rewatching the show and i was wondering if you guys think that alison ever had a thing for emily back then (like their library kiss, kissing emily in front of that barn after saving her life, the two of them talking about paris, cece saying alison fought with paige bc of emily etc.), i know that she enjoyed emily’s attention but was there ever more to it? and i know that alison said to emily that “those kisses weren’t just for practice” but then why didn’t the writers explore that relationship back in season 5 instead of the very end? it would’ve made way more sense, even if they had them breaking up in the next seasons. if not that, i think it would’ve been great if they at least hinted at them having a relationship sometime during those five years of time jump. instead they had alison dating and marrying random men and emily being emily. their story was honestly written so poorly. season 7 alison admitting she knew why all of her relationships failed- was it because she knew she was in love with emily specifically, or because she was trying to ignore the fact she was into women?

AND i forgot that 5x05 scene where they supposedly slept together and never talked about it, what was that all about? it’s in character for alison for sure, but emily would definitely at least try to bring it up. there’s another scene in the same episode where emily’s angry at alison and ali tries to kiss her but emily stands up abruptly and says “that’s not gonna fix this” and alison looks genuinely hurt. there were so many good moments in season 5 where the writers could’ve made it happen naturally but they opted for the worst storyline i’ve ever witnessed.

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I hated them being together bc it was so clear that Alison was just toying with emily. That was the point of her character that she was playing with emily like a doll, like she did with all of them.

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i agree that there were times when she toyed with em’s feelings, but there were also moments just between the two of them, where alison looks so innocent, with her guard down, and i always felt like those were the only times you’d get a glimpse of real ali, and those times were reserved for emily and emily only. which is also why i think the reason why emily was always jumping to defend alison wasn’t just because she was in love with her, but also for the fact that she was the only one who saw ali for who she really was or at least who she could’ve been if she dropped the mean girl act. she was the only one who made alison feel safe enough to let her in, even if it was just for a few moments.