Sara Lance { is the steady hand & beating heart } (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
strongerthanyouknow) wrote2018-11-24 12:13 pm
strongerthanyouknow) wrote2018-11-24 12:13 pm
The BloodDimmed Tide: Sara Lance on Sara Lance
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can't choose what stays
and what fades away
{ the blooddimmed tide } { preaching to the choir }
i. let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the floor
“Living is not for the weak.” - Arrow, 2.04
“I’m not what they remember.” - Arrow, 2.04
"I met some rough people. Thought I should get rougher, too." - Arrow, 2.04
"We're both ghosts. We died on that island" - Arrow, 2.04
"I don't do well with my eyes closed." - Arrow, 2.05
"There were things that I did. Things that I had to do to survive. Things there's no forgiveness for." - Arrow, 2.05
"They remade me to what I am." - Arrow, 2.05
"Pain and I came to a little understanding a few years back." - Arrow, 2.05
“I was trained by the people who make the special forces look like a kindergarten class. Step aside, or get put down." - Arrow, 2.05
"Where I was, they have you choose a new name. I chose Ta-er Sa-Fer. It's Arabic. For Canary." - Arrow, 2.05
"There's only one freedom. Let me grant you yours." - Arrow, 2.05
ii. nothing ever gets me high like this
"I can't go back. I can't take the killing anymore. It needs to end." - Arrow, 2.13
"Let him come. I'm not the girl he met on the island. I'm not that easy to kill." - Arrow, 2.14
“That was me being restrained." - Arrow, 2.17
"No. [I’m not one of the good guys.] But I'm friends with them." - Arrow, 2.17
“I am what I need to be." - Arrow, 2.17
iii. i'm free to be the greatest here tonight
"I wanted to kill him. Because that's what I do. That's who I am. I spent six years in the darkness, and I looked into the eyes of the devil and I gave him my soul." - Arrow, 2.20
“No. You deserve someone better. Someone who can harness that light that's still inside of you. But I'm not that person...and I never will be.” - Arrow, 2.20
“There isn't anything here for me." - Arrow, 2.22
"I'm not a hero. Laurel. I'm the furthest thing from it. […] What I am ... is irredeemable.” - Arrow, 2.22
“You don't have to worry about that, because I've already paid [the price for an Army of Assassins].” - Arrow, 2.23
iv. i shake the ground you walk upon
"The unthinkable. You have to be willing to do the unthinkable." - Arrow, 2.23
“I chose [to return to the League of Assassins]. I'm deciding my own fate." - Arrow, 2.23
“[Sara] was trained by some of the greatest killers in human history." - Arrow, 3.01
"I thought that I could fight it, but I couldn't stop myself, and the worst part of it was I felt better.” - Arrow, 4.06
“The Lazarus Pit brought me back, but it left with this ... need to take, to kill. I'm dangerous." - Legends, 1.01
v. the odds will betray you
“You know I'm a killer. That's why you put me in your little group. […]" - Legends, 1.03
"My friend Thea calls it a Bloodlust, and I think that's being too generous, and so is calling me an animal. I'm a monster." - Legends, 1.03
"I'm not a fan of feelings." - Legends, 1.04
"That monster inside of you is not going to go away." - Legends, 1.04
"Before you can control it, you have to accept that it's part of you. Channel your anger. Push down your emotions. Focus on your opponent." - Legends, 1.04
“I'm not a warrior. I tried to kill you the last time we did this, remember." - Legends, 1.04
"I just took out 6 men, and you guy couldn't handle one?" - Legends, 1.05
"Impressive how many weapons you can fit in that outfit." - Legends, 1.05
vi. stay away the beast is ugly
"Ras a Gul taught me how to kill someone slowly. Over the course of days. Literally. For. Days." - Legends, 1.08
"I've had time to learn who I am, and what it is I'm meant to do. […] I don't need to be rescued. I found peace here [with The League of Assassins].” - Legends, 1.09
"I know what it's like, to be trained by an organization for one purpose: to kill, and the loyalty the it can inspire." - Legends, 1.09
"It's not too late for him to change." "Says who.” / “Says someone with two tours with the League of Assassins and a case of bloodlust under her belt." - Legends, 1.10
“I still feel responsible for everything I've done. And it still keeps me up at night.” - Legends, 1.14
viii. this is it the apocalypse
”I have enough deaths on my conscience as it is." - Legends, 2.01
"I have no master." - Legends, 2.02
“I'm sparing you, to prolong your suffering.” - Legends, 2.05
“I was never meant for [a normal life]. And I know that now." - Legends, 2.08
"I'll take a nightmare that's real, over a dream that's a lie." - Legends, 2.08
Malcolm: "I gave you the chance at a better life."
Sara: “I already have one." - Legends, 2.08
"It is my responsibility as Captain to make sure everyone gets back on this ship. Everyone. And I failed." - Legends, 2.09
“Died once, wasn't a fan." - Legends, 2.11
Sara: “Because we're not killers, Amaya."
Martin: “Except for yourself. And Mister Rory. And-" - Legends, 2.13
ix. reconcile this war inside of me
Sara: "You remember the mission, and what you're fighting for, and you try to hold on to your humanity."
Jax: “And surround yourself with people who remind you of that, in your darkest hour." - Legends, 2.11
"The spear it draws on our desires. Our weaknesses. Our hatred. Our darkness. We're not strong enough to wield it. The spear is a weapon and you know what we do with weapons." - Legends, 2.16
"Look - I can't. I have too much darkness inside of me! I can't control it!" - Legends, 2.16
“I'm damaged.” - Legends, 2.16
“Listen. Kicking ass is how we heal.” - Legends, 3.09
“I know you're sad, so this is what we're gonna do. I want you to take all of your feelings [Martin dying] and put it in a box, and then, I want you to close the box, and then, you're gonna lock the box.” - Legends, 3.09
"After losing Stein, I can't lose anyone else." - Legends, 3.09
x. she doesn't cry anymore no looking back
“I don’t deserve forgiveness” - Legends, 3.10
“If you’re looking for luck, you’re on the wrong time ship.” - Legends, 3.09
“I’m not normal, all right? I'm never gonna be normal, and I'm not gonna be normal for anyone!” - Legends, 3.12
“The darkness has always been within us.” - Legends, 3.15
“Once a killer, always a killer” - Legends, 3.15
“You were born to wield the Death Totem.” - Legends, 3.15
“No. To a life without pain or regret. No. To being a demon's lackey. And no, to bringing more death into this world.” - Legends, 3.15
John: “I’m a nasty piece of work.”
Sara: “So am I.” - Legends, 3.15
“That’s just it. That was the real me [who tried to kill all of you].” Legends, 3.16
xi. don't know how to be but angry
"I apologize about the knife thing. It is a gut reaction. Nothing personal." - Legends, 3.16
“The only change I want to see you go through is alive-to-dead.” - Legends, 3.17
“The hardest thing I ever had to do in my life was let Darhk live. And now he's back, and it is taking every ounce of self-control not to kill him.” - Legends, 3.17
“You're lucky I wasn't aiming for your heart." - Legends, 3.17
"Mercy killing's not my style. Even if it was, you deserve no mercy." - Legends, 3.18
"I've lost a lot of people, too, and I think about saving them all the time. I don't think that anger ever goes away." - Legends, 4.02