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A Season 8 Fic || The Mentalist

Three: Even White Tulips Fade

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Maria Batten. Her name sat there in the case file, a collection of cold, prescriptive facts that did little to reveal her as a person. He'd read the same icy, sterile details about Angela and Charlotte, their lives reduced to their ages, genders, and estimated times of death.

Angela had been a mother, a lover, her spirit wild and vibrant, yet all that remained in the file was ‘housewife’. Charlotte was a sentence. Aged 5.5, 35lbs, 3ft 4in. It said nothing about how she loved butterflies, that yellow was her favourite colour, or that she had a favourite stuffy, Mulligan, a pale yellow bunny rabbit with patchwork ears.

Maybe he should have gone with Lisbon and Hart. He wanted to know who Maria really was, the person behind the name. She deserved more than what the black typeface reduced her to.

Nine months ago, Maria Batten had disappeared from San Antonio, Texas. A month later, her body was found on a park bench near Waco. She’d been dressed in someone else’s clothes, clutching three white tulips.

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He's becoming very adept at helping her out of her clothes 🫡🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

personal space? idk her: [60/?]

requested by @robintunney

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This scene doesn't just live rent free in my mind. It's owns property. It has a condo in my Cerebellum. A holiday home in my Amygdala. A mansion in my Hypothalamus. And owns a entire neighbourhood in my Frontal Cortex (amazing views there).

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LOVE OF MY LIFE

Teresa Lisbon

2x03 - Red Badge

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“Okay.” The word came steadier, her shoulders easing as her eyes softened, and a faint flush of colour crept back into her pale cheeks. “What happens now?”

“I have to go.” The words scraped against his tongue with a bitter aftertaste. He'd spent years accidentally building a life here. A life he now needed to leave and rebuild somewhere else…but without one of the most important pieces: Teresa Lisbon.

Don't mind me... just hurting my own feelings.

Okay okay.... but what if during this exchange, he'd already slipped something into her pocket for her to find later...

Oh --- I really shouldn't but I kind of want to write this.

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Looks like a comfy bed... for sleeping.... 🙃

Jane, this is too much. It’s too nice, we’re on a case.

Well, it might be our last case together so, uh… how could anything be too nice?

The dresses are beautiful.

See you at dinner.

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The face of a woman who really likes that thing her new boyfriend does with his hands...

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MY HEART

Emily’s Follower Appreciation Event 🌷 ⤷ 💝 patrick jane & teresa lisbon + musicals

always starting over // we do not belong together // no one is alone // dyin' ain't so bad // what you mean to me // here i go // dangerous to dream // i've been // i am the one // for good // no good deed // i will never leave you // a change in me // all i've ever known // you matter to me // if i didn't believe in you // helpless // without you // falling slowly // halfway (reprise) // if i loved you // unusual way // a quiet thing // heart of stone // people will say we're in love // as long as you're mine // promises // where do we go from here

for @thatbitchmabel ♡ explanations / playlist

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I want to crawl inside these gifs, curl up, and go to sleep there.

PATRICK JANE & TERESA LISBON Flame Red || Little Yellow House 

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Yes... you made me rewatch this episode and yes... to everything here 😭

Okay so I rewatched the S1 finale and I'm not okay. This episode is a masterpiece. And I'm more convinced than ever that my OTP was destined to be together from the start. In case anyone wants to hear this, here are a few things I'm crying my eyes out about right now:

Jane being his true self when no one can see him, shedding his casual, confident mask when he listens to Rosalind play the piano with tears in his eyes, thinking of his dead wife and child who also played the piano. God

In that one heartbreaking conversation, Jane says he’d gladly die if it meant Red John being caught. Lisbon tells him she believes he’d choose life—and that there are people who care about him, who need him. By the end of the episode, even after losing RJ's trail yet again, Jane is standing in the sun, picking up a fruit, and smiling a little—almost looking content. He’s alive, and he’s glad to be alive. And I’d like to think a certain beautiful senior agent named after a Portuguese city had a little something to do with that.

Basically for the whole episode the writers aim to show that catching and killing RJ is Jane's only goal, and heaven help anyone who stands in his way. And then he kills the only man who could lead him to RJ, his only hope at reaching his life goal, revenge - TO SAVE LISBON'S LIFE.

This episode feels like it belongs on the big screen, not just as a season finale. Love this show with all my heart.

Now that I've got that off my chest, I’m going to curl up and cry for the next 2 to 3 business days, lol byee

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UPDATED DECEMBER 2024 (old version)

a bunch of the old links broke so I decided to do an overhaul of the original post (this version) with new links and resources! 💖

currently (as of December 29th, 2024), images are temporarily blocked from showing up in AO3 work comments due to problems with spam bots. the direct image link will appear instead. this is not an error with the code or the image host.

Are you frustrated you can't leave second kudos on AO3? or third kudos? or whatever-who's-counting kudos?

Well, have I got the html for you!

Plop any of the codes in a comment (by copy&pasting the code under Keep reading - scroll to the bottom of the post) to make an author's day and show your appreciation!

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I've received a lot of good suggestions for more variants but can't keep up with them all, so here are some resources to make it easier to make your own.

PSD for easily editable text (there is a color fill layer for adding a bit of white where the stroke doesn't cover small holes. I recommend cropping excess empty space out before exporting as PNG)

and here are PNGs of the kudos button for any other editing needs, with and without white stroke:

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(you can add any image or gif to a comment like this as long as you have the direct image link btw)

if you post your kudos images, I'd be grateful if you'd link back to this post so other people can find the resources too 💗

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Can we please talk about how he drew that on his hospital wall himself and I'm guessing they didn't give him paint...

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In Lisbon’s Brain: shit... what underwear did I put on this morning? Oh, the sports bra? That's not the best... maybe I can change before dinner?

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No one will be able to convince me these aren't from "Season 8"

Bonus: them painting the nursery

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God he looks like my cuzzie bro from the Goldie who I'm meeting at maccas after a surf if the waves are mean as.

If you know. You know.

The Mentalist - 6x09

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When I die, play this video as my cause of death.

jane + lisbon / atlantic

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A Season 8 Fic || The Mentalist

Chapter 2: Sweet as Honeysuckle

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“Fan sites?” Lisbon’s voice broke through, sharp and direct, and one of the many reasons he loved her. “For who?”

Jane didn’t need to hear the answer to know. He caught the quick flicker of Caine’s eyes – first to the case notes, then briefly to him. The answer was obvious, like the relentless tick of a clock he wished he could silence.

“Red John.”

That was why they wanted Jane.

It hit the room exactly as he knew it would: heavy and stifling. The noose he’d lived with for years, always hanging there, just tight enough to remind him of its presence. His ghost with a persistent shadow.