Tag: hera and sabine

I was very careful about how Hera would react in this scene. You see a lot of this scene is not Hera talking at all, but Hera observing. Watch her observe. She doesn’t like what Ezra is saying there. She’s waiting, she’s picking her spot because Hera’s the most aware of what Sabine’s past is and what’s causing Sabine to react the way she is. It’s also all very like these characters, all these men in the foreground, to be explaining this situation to Sabine and why she should be doing these things. And frankly, not really listening to what Sabine has to say or what she’s actually feeling. And I felt like Hera needs to be the counterpoint to that, this almost inquisition, you know. They want her to do something, but they’re not really thinking about what she needs emotionally. And Hera is now supporting that, but she’s also cutting through to the bare facts of the thing. She empathizes with Sabine, but she also knows that this needs to happen for a greater good. She’s trying to appeal to Sabine on that level. For me, I always thought that Sabine would assume that Hera would be supportive of her and her reluctance to do this. So she’s a bit surprised when Hera actually supports the training of her with the saber. But it’s ‘cause Hera’s playing a bigger game here. She understands the bigger picture.