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jared: now this scene, i believe we filmed at the end of the day, at the end of the episode, and uhm... i'm chewing right now and you can't see because they cut it out, but i had to eat a donut and uh, they really made me— jensen: there you go, there you go. chewing away, buddy. jared: —bite into a donut and i'm chewing away, and they're like, we need to see you bite into the donut, and... i don't think it's ever going to show me bite into the donut. so i ate about fifteen donuts. jensen: *chuckles* jared: ...and they never even showed it. i just look like i'm— i look like a cow, chewing on it's cud. jensen: that's pretty much your daily quota though, isn't it? jared: *cute laugh* thirty is my daily quota. that was a light day. jensen: right.
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“if i had a nickel for every grown adult whose weird sexual comments were aimed at nancy and jonathan”
i would have 3 nickels (now was this before or after you changed out of your clothes)
which isnt a lot (trade you in for the younger model)
but its weird that there are that many (youre young and attractive)
(pull out joke)
#like its so uncomfortable#obviously they are not portrayed by teenagers but they are teenagers#they are my 30 yr old baby teens#stranger things#stranger things commentary#if i had a nickel#jonathan byers#nancy wheeler#jancy#1x04#1x02#2x06#screencaps#anti murray bauman
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CSIV Griss and Sara could take over the world tbh.
“I don’t know what magic you worked on her”
“She thinks I’m emotional so I leaned into it”
The triumph of tricking her into giving them the documents
The fact they’re just Scooby Doo-solving crimes together
I love them they love each other the domestic “you put the gloves where I like them”
the way he still looks at her even after all this time and all those years together. Her glasses. They’re just the best
#csi vegas#csi commentary#csi vegas 1x04#csi vegas 1x05#gsr#sara sidle#gil grissom#Sara’s glasses have me like 😍#she’s my dream woman fr
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Love Ezran's focused sawing of the bread while Callum reads the letter 😆
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#shelma32#shelma32 reactions#shelma32 reaction#patreon#shelma32 patreon#wellington paranormal#wellington paranormal reaction#wellington paranormal commentary#wwdits#wellington paranormal 1x04
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LAWMAN WHUMP LIST
DESCRIPTION: This is the story of Marshal Dan Troop of Laramie, Wyoming, and his Deputy Johnny McKay, an orphan Troop took under his wing - IMBD / WIKIPEDIA
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~ MARSHAL DAN TROOP portrayed by JOHN RUSSELL ~
1x04: Hit in the face with a branch, knocked down.
1x16: Mauled by a bear, bloody, unconscious, bandaged up, weak, cared for, collapse, arm in sling.
1x19: Shot in the shoulder with an arrow, bleeding, struggle, kicked in the shoulder, manhandled, collapse, unconscious, arm in sling.
1x24: Punched in the face, brief fight.
1x26: Shot in the arm.
1x30: Manhandled, punched in the stomach, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.
1x35: Falls off horse, sick, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported, cared for.
2x02: Punched in the face, fight.
2x11: Hand bandaged.
2x12: Tied up, slapped, fight.
2x16: Falls off horse, steps in a wolf trap, pain, limping, knocked down, beaten.
2x20: Bit on the leg by a child.
2x30: Shot in the shoulder, knocked down, passed out, unconscious, medical care, bandaged.
2x32: Shot in shoulder, knocked off horse, unconscious, medical care, bandaged.
3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up.
3x07: Shot in the hand, bloody, hand bandaged.
3x08: Punched in the face, exhausted, knocked unconscious, manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, collared/chained up.
3x10: Fight, bloody, supported.
3x15: Shot in the shoulder, passed out, unconscious, bandaged.
3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled.
3x19: Knocked unconscious.
3x21: Shot in the hand, hand bandaged.
3x30: Shot in the arm, arm in sling.
4x02: Shot in the arm.
4x03: Shot in the arm.
4x07: Falls into a hole.
4x08: Knocked unconscious.
4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.
~ DEPUTY JOHNNY MCKAY portrayed by PETER BROWN ~
1x06: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, stumbling around, supported, headache.
1x07: Knocked unconscious, bloody, head bandaged, weak, collapse, unconscious, supported.
1x15: Smoke inhalation, coughing.
1x27: Manhandled, pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.
1x38: Manhandled, held hostage, tied up.
2x03: Wagon crash, shackled to a prisoner, rough fight, held at gunpoint, slapped repeatedly.
2x06: Shot in the arm, arm bandaged.
2x08: Punched in the face, fight.
2x12: Manhandled, held at gunpoint, tied up, kicked, fight.
2x20: Shot in the arm, knocked unconscious, arm in sling.
2x22: Thrown from horse, sore, weak, passed out, unconscious.
2x24: Shot, bullet grazes head, unconscious, bloody head wound, weak/fading in and out of consciousness, cared for.
2x26: Knocked unconscious.
2x37: Shot in the shoulder, weak, supported, passed out, unconscious, carried, medical care, arm in a sling.
3x02: Knocked unconscious, manhandled, kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, head bandaged, weak, dizzy, passed out, carried, unsteady.
3x03: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up.
3x10: Beaten.
3x17: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, manhandled, tied up, gagged, dizzy, unsteady.
3x21: Manhandled.
3x29: Knocked unconscious, manhandled.
4x05: Knocked off horse, briefly unconscious.
4x11: Punched in the face.
4x16: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious, tied up, manhandled.
4x20: Briefly knocked unconscious, held at gunpoint, handcuffed.
4x24: Held at gunpoint, handcuffed to a chair.
4x28: Brief fight, thrown into Troop.
4x36: Pistol whipped, knocked unconscious.
4x39: Knocked unconscious, falls off horse, manhandled, handcuffed to a tree.
4x40: Kidnapped, tied up, gagged.
~ HONOURABLE MENTIONS & WHAT-THE-WHUMP COMMENTARY ~
1x27: Johnny pretends his head still hurts to get the doctor out of the saloon and the doc drunkly checks out his head.
1x37: Prisoner smacks a cup of coffee out of Johnny's hand, he looks real upset about it and Troop grabs Johnny's arm to check him out real quick. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 1.
2x24: Johnny gets shot in the head, only a little don't even worry about it. When Troop goes to check on him he holds him and checks out his head while Johnny's lowkey passing out every few seconds.
3x02: Johnny x Concussions OTP. Johnny is kidnapped along with Lily, he spends majority of the episode majorly concussed.
3x13: Johnny falls asleep in a chair and falls out of it. Johnny also gets spooked and spills his coffee on his hand. Johnny’s hand VS Coffee part 2.
3x39: Johnny’s hand VS Coffee Part 3
4x16: On the Lawman Wikipedia page there's a picture of Johnny being manhandled and held at gunpoint that comes from this episode.
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Rewatched 1x04 Phantom Traveler
I'm not sure where to start with this episode. There are so many iconic scenes and big mytharc moments. It's ambitious and entertaining. At the same time, I can never suspend my disbelief enough to really buy it. The haunted airplane story doesn't make a lot of sense and ends up feeling silly to me. I do love that this ep has J2's first DVD commentary, and the contrast of their personalities is as pleasing as Sam and Dean's.
We get a surprising beefcake shot of beautiful Dean sprawled in bed in his underwear 👀, leading to the iconic Ackles Ass Equation. It's awkwardly introduced by us seeing Sam in shadowy silhouette entering the motel room and pausing in the entrance while the camera does its slow, voyeuristic creep up Dean's exposed, sleeping form. Okay!
For the mytharc expansion they pack in a ton of demon lore, not all of which is used later, like the one-off "Christo." It's funny on rewatch to note which things stuck and which didn't. The parts of the mytharc that stick with me most are the crumbs we get about the enigma that is John, especially in relation to Sam. Like the outsider PoV stating John was proud of Sam, Sam's surprise at hearing that, and Dean's knowing look.
JERRY: We're missing the old man, but we get Sam. even trade, huh?
The Sam Is Like John theme comes through in a few ways. We're shown Sam at the motel framed by a wall of weird, like John's. And he's the one to find and read the Latin exorcism in John's journal. Sam takes on John's parent role in this ep, as Dean is nearly incapacitated from his fear of flying.
DEAN: Sam, this plane is going to crash, okay, so stop treating me like I'm freakin' four!
It'll always make my ears twitch at the mention of Dean at 4, the age he was when Mary died and John became Dean's drill sergeant.
I like that this ep can be enjoyed on a lot of levels. You can watch it unseriously and have a great time. I still chuckle at the "acid reflux" joke, and the moment Eric Kripke's voice (added in post) mentions the movie Poltergeist, and Dean's many fear of flying comedic bits. They clearly went all out in production to make this ep feel bigger. But by the end I'm relieved we're back to the basics, the boys with Baby, listening to John's voice message on a flip phone.
A couple final notes:
Jared's voice is still quite Texas twangy at this point, especially in the commentary.
The venetian blinds lighting is one of my favorite things they reuse throughout the show.
Love that this ep shows Dean as a tinkerer. He takes some pride in making the new Homeland Security badges and the EMF meter, and by contrast Sam is the unimpressed sibling.
#spn rewatch musing aloud#sam#dean#john winchester#spn#spn 1.04#ep 1.04#jensen ackles#jared padalecki#eric kripke#spn meta#danistuff#spn rewatch
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since you asked me this question for wincest wednesday...what are YOUR headcanons on the boys' knowledge of languages? :o
YES THANK YOU!!!!!! :) i love talking about languages and supernatural and languages in supernatural
so when i first watched through the show, i actually had a pretty extensive list of languages i thought they would have reasonably acquired some knowledge on:
classical languages (latin, classical greek)
native north american languages (particularly of the siouan and uto-aztecan variety, and navajo, all for geographical reasons)
some modern italic languages (spanish, french, italian, etc), maybe less so modern germanic languages
some old norse (mainly via the two eddas)
some japanese, picked up later in the series and mostly by dean (to honor bobby's memory)
some other ancient or dead languages (aramaic, sumerian, old english, etc)
a very small spattering of enochian, whatever is available for humans to learn
american sign language (sam only)
my reasoning for this was for practical reasons: these are the languages of the cultures that the monsters they hunt originate from, and so the lore is going to be accessible only or predominantly through those languages. especially later in the series, you see them interacting with non-english texts quite often (whether or not they know the languages in question is up to that episode writer's whims, i guess, continuity be damned). i also like the interpretation of both sam and dean as being highly self-educated, and since they're both rather serious about hunting, this would be a natural extension of the knowledge they'd need to acquire to actually excel in their work. for this headcanon, i really like dean being more practical in his knowledge of languages and sam being more academic because it aligns with their areas of specialty in hunting :3
HOWEVER, when i started my rewatch, i also watched the pilot commentary with eric kripke, and he said something very striking to me:
Blue collar, low tech guys and their weaponry should be blue collar, greasy, worn down. It's always been really important to me. I'm mean—I'm just—I'm from a small town in Ohio, and you know, it's always been important to me that these guys just be, you know, Motorheads... and... love classic rock... and know how to handle a chainsaw, and that was to me, more interesting than—spells and magic. And... even to this day in the writer's room they always bring that stuff up, and I'm always like, 'Forget it! Where are the chainsaws?'
it's very obvious in the final product that this was the intention of course, and as i continued to watch i kept this vision in mind. there are three things that have stood out to me since then:
in 1x04, sam tells dean that "christo" is latin for god. it's actually greek (for christ, not god), and it would also be in the wrong declension, which could imply that sam actually isn't really familiar with greek or latin. this could imply that sam is actually just parroting something he's been told in the past (probably by john), without actually knowing it himself
in 2x04, dean flips through a book in ancient greek, and later when they dig up angela's coffin, they find more greek lettering on the inside. dean calls the letters "symbols" which could imply he's not familiar enough with greek to even know what kind of writing system it has, or to recognize greek writing for what it is. sam, too, seems equally baffled at the "symbols"
in 5x05, sam interviews a hispanic woman in somewhat awkward spanish. when dean asks about it, sam replies "freshman spanish," meaning he hasn't learned beyond a freshman, introductory level of the language, and that he learned it through formal education rather than on his own
these moments are super important to me because they really cut through the idea that sam and dean have extensive or even moderate training in foreign languages. instead, they paint the picture of rather sheltered kids who were largely kept away from the world or only limited in their exposure. i imagine, from this, that john was the one who did most of the research on their hunts, and if sam or dean participated they were relegated to controlled, prescribed roles. especially from the 1x04 example, i can extrapolate that they probably haven't examined the information they've been given too deeply; it implies a level of blind trust in john's skill, to the extent that sam isn't even aware of what language he's speaking in to reveal a demon.
as a result my most up-to-date headcanon is that sam and dean both grew up entirely monolingual, and that they didn't actually even start acquiring new languages (sam's freshman spanish exempted) until their network was cut out from under them (bobby's death and then garth's disappearance) and they found the bunker, with its myriad resources to research and study and its stability to house a library for those purposes. before then, i can see them picking up on very minor latin, like a few words here and there, but not actively pursuing any of this learning until they were forced to learn it themselves. what languages they know or how deep their knowledge goes is wildly contradictory in canon so that means i can do whatever i want, which is exactly the point where i wrap back around into my initial headcanon and start adding those languages back into their bunker era repertoire of skills.
(for the record i do generally have opinions about how much they each know of each of those languages and where their strengths in language learning lie, because i think WAY too much about this)
to my own dismay (as a lover of languages and linguistics), i've found this interpretation to be much more in-line with kripke's vision of the show, whether or not the more subtle details were intentional or not (seriously, who on the set of this show decided on "christo," i NEED to know). It also gives an interesting dimension to their early life as being highly sheltered and isolated and kept away from the hunting life while simultaneously being inescapably part of it.
this is a really long way of saying "monolinguals," but in my defense i've been building this interpretation and headcanon for nearly a year straight now. because i pay way too much undue attention to the use of language in supernatural.
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hi! my friend who has never watched merlin before just watched a couple of episodes with me. one of them was the first lancelot episode. my problem is that I absolutely know I reblogged a post from you a while ago with arthur staring after lancelot asking him to come back and slay creatures with him and something about his soulful eyes, but I can't find it and it is incredibly important to me that I send this post to my friend. do you know what I'm talking about or is this totally incoherent? do you know how to find it? ps your blog is so fun and I love your takes on merlin
thank you! I also enjoy your takes on merlin and colin morgan (of course he can juggle).
I absolutely know I reblogged a post from you a while ago with arthur staring after lancelot asking him to come back and slay creatures with him and something about his soulful eyes
ooooh that does sound like something I've read and probably reblogged. but not written (I think?) I tag my posts but it's far from a perfect system. by logic it should be somewhere in here: arlance tag / lancelot tag / ep 1x05 tag but I had a quick look and I don't think I've seen it? I also wrote an episode commentary but that's not the post you meant either (I haven't re-read it but I don't remember writing anything about lancelot's soulful eyes).
let me know if you find it please, I am invested now!!
ps. I'm curious to know what's the other episode you made your friend watch. Because if it's not the pilot I'm thinking probably 1x04 and I wanna know if I'm right.
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This is kind of weird and I’m going to preface this with saying that I think your writing is absolutely excellent. If I were Elena in your Steferine fics, I don’t think I’d be able to seriously believe Stefan loved me because of how addicted he is to Katherine. I know the purpose of the fic isn’t a HEA Stelena and that it’s meant to hurt her because it’s Stefan and Damon choosing Katherine over her, and if I were Elena, I wouldn’t be able to get over that, if that makes sense. Like I know Stelena have this bond, this soulmate love and Steferine is ultimately obsession and great sex and I don’t think Stefan needs to validate Elena when she chose his brother over him and Elena does need to face consequences for her actions, but Idk, after seeing them both with Katherine in the context of your fic (Stefan continuing to see her despite Elena’s objections and jealousy, Damon actively pining after her, hell even Matt agreeing to hook up with her), I would just rethink everything in my life and just leave town. I know Elena wouldn’t do that because she loves Stefan and would stay and fight for him, but after it was all over, I think she would, just for a little bit. Everyone who has ever claimed to love her has in a sense picked Katherine over her, never mind that she picked Damon over them because Elena is nothing if not a hypocrite, and I think that would eat at Elena long after it was over and Katherine was gone.
I’m not requesting that you write this or anything, this is just a badly worded way of saying I think the sheer hurt you manage to insert into your writing is nothing short of masterful, that if I were in that character’s place I would be utterly unable to take it. Ngl, sometimes I have a hard time reading it because I cannot fathom what I would do in Elena’s situation, but then again if I were Elena I would have tried to run over Damon with my car in 1x04.
Idk if this is the kind of engagement that you want from your readers, but I thought I’d say something. I hope I didn’t come off as critical of your writing because that is so not the case, you are absolutely incredible and these are just my deranged musings. Is there anything I can do to better engage with your stories? I do like and reblog them but in terms of commentary/discussion, what are you looking for and how can I do it?
Oh, this is great engagement, thank you! But who says it's not an HEA for Stelena? 😉 (I'm not saying it is either! but it's more like Steferine is the prominent relationship in the fic rather than Stelena).
I get what you're saying, though, because I definitely dial everything to a hundred in that series (even though I sometimes wonder if I go far enough haha) while keeping it as in character as possible for a scenario like this while also kind of being like, if we're going to be honest about what all these people mean to each other and really looked at how these people reacted to each other, the outcomes of these dynamics would be extremely messy and extremely painful. And that means Elena is taking some pretty hard Ls and actually has to deal with the emotional consequences of them.
But in the same regard what makes Stelena Stelena is that they stay through circumstances where other people would leave. Like, Caroline, for instance, isn't staying through something like this, not with Stefan, not with Tyler, that's just not who she is. And I certainly would just take my L and go, haha.
But Elena's journey through the series is fun because when it starts, she's just sick with jealousy, and she's just indignant and angry and reactive and realizing that she made a choice to be with Damon and fully feeling the loss of Stefan, like it really sinking in for her that she made the wrong choice and that she didn't think of what losing Stefan would actually feel like and mean
Stefan sighed and shook his head. “Elena. Katherine’s right, you made your choice. You moved on. You didn’t think I’d move on too?”
Elena gritted her teeth putting her hands to her head. “I just didn’t think it would–”
“Rip your heart out?”
Elena didn’t say anything and only looked at him, devastated.
so the in "Toxic" she's here
but I make it a point for Stefan to explain that what he feels for Katherine isn't love, it isn't even affection, which in its own way makes Elena lose her mind
“I can’t believe you’re defending her! What, you have feelings for her again?”
Stefan rubbed his temples. “This isn’t about having feelings—”
��No?” Elena yelled.
“No!” He insisted. “I know who she is, Elena, I’m not falling for her, OK?”
“OK, so it’s not about revenge, it’s not about emotions then what could it possibly be–”
“Maybe we just have great fucking sex!”
Elena flinched as if struck and Stefan closed his eyes, still indignant but regretful.
but she knows that despite it being intense, it's not necessarily profound.
Which is why in "Choices" when they meet and they have their shared memory of a previous Valentine's Day, what that night meant, what the sex they had on that night meant, when he confirms that nothing like that is happening with Katherine, she's still jealous but she's relieved
“OK, let’s just say I’m not releasing two dozen doves for anyone.”
“Or going to any Victorian balls,” she whispered.
Their eyes glistened as if they were sharing the same memory of that night, the ballroom, the dancing, the feel of the bookshelves, of the fabric of the chaise, the ripe, wet urgency of their lovemaking…
“No,” he said finally, lowering his gaze. “Nothing like that.”
Elena’s relief was only outmatched but the nagging curiosity – if she could even call it that – about what he was doing and who with, she didn’t want to know but also wanted to with her whole being.
and then in "Blood", when she sees the blood sharing, it breaks her brain
Elena had never thought of it before, Stefan drinking from someone who wasn’t her, someone drinking from him like she’d done. Sharing that kind of intimacy. Elena’s vision went off-kilter, the world tilted off its axis.
Was this how Stefan had felt when he’d found out about her and Damon? She didn’t know what that had meant at the time, not really, but Stefan did know, he knew now and he still …
The moment was over.
Everything happened quickly.
Elena sped forward and dragged Katherine away by her neck, ignoring the cries from Stefan and Caroline and Bonnie for her to stop.
but what's more is that even in the midst of all of this, they're still them, like it's not even just about a gaze, it's their physicality, it's impossible for them to not be them even when she just wants to be enraged and even when he's over his head in a toxic cycle
and then suddenly the pain was gone. Stefan threw Katherine to the side, her body crashing into the wall, and helped Elena up, bringing her to a corner, inspecting her head, her face, saying frantically, “It’s OK, you’re OK.”
Elena kept trying to push forward but Stefan held her back, his arms around her, He stood still as a rock, allowing her to battle against him until she started to calm, to feel the recognizable comfort of his arms around her and she eased into his embrace, unable to fight against the peace he’d always made her feel …
and then anger bloomed, anger at the familiarity, anger at the intimacy between them even now
and it's at this part where Stefan describes his relationship with Katherine at the moment as an addiction, which again inflames Elena's jealousy because he continues to see Katherine despite the wreckage and that's painful but it also catalyzes Elena into looking at the situation differently
“So, this is about getting back at me.”
“No, it’s not about that,” said Stefan firmly. “It has nothing to do with you, Elena, it’s about her, me and her.”
“What about you and her? What is it? What is this thing?” The images came to her again and Elena put her hand to her head.
“I don’t know,” said Stefan. “It’s score keeping, it’s – it’s, it’s kind of like an addiction.”
“An addiction?” said Elena, looking at him pained and alarmed.
so that when we get to "Boundaries" and Stefan is saying these hurtful things
“You don’t want me, Elena,” he said.
“Stop it,” she said.
“You just don’t want me with anybody else.”
“Stop. This isn’t you.”
“I’m your safety net, your sure thing, and you think it’s being taken away from—”
She slapped him. The action surprised her as much as it did him. Her hand stung. The sound of the impact still ringing in the air.
Firstly, he never talks about how he stopped loving her, he talks about how she stopped loving him. So kind of like 1x10 where she's like don't tell me how I feel to let yourself off the hook
Secondly, what he says
“We met. We fell in love. It was epic. And now it’s done. This,” he gestured between him and Elena. “Whatever this lingering … this …” He breathed heavily. “It’s done. We’re done.”
Elena nodded angrily. “Done.”
“Yeah,” he said.
“Yeah,” she agreed. “Finally.”
He looked at her. “Finally.”
And then he left.
still hurts but it's very reminiscent of how he acted in season 3
So, by this point in the fic, in Elena's mind, Stefan is going through another form of addiction. Katherine is an obstacle she needs to help him overcome because he never says that he loves her, he never even says that he likes her, and he admits that he isn't happy,
“I know that you’re not doing this to hurt me—”
“Good.”
“But this is what you want? Really?”
Stefan didn’t say anything right away. “Right now, yes.”
Elena’s lips trembled. “This is what makes you happy?”
“I never said that.”
it's just that he can't stop.
All the while they're having moments like this
She walked up to him, holding his face in her hands, pressing her forehead against his, and he exhaled like he’d just remembered how to breathe, just remembered what respite felt like. They stayed like that, drinking each other in, and then the door flew open, Katherine appearing.
and he's clearly affected by her, he's not indifferent, he's not hateful, he's not cold, he's in complete agony
“Elena, why are you he—”
“I don’t know why I’m here, I’m just here. That’s my point, Stefan. I had to be here because you were here. With her. You had to see me here.”
Stefan stared at her, at a loss. “I never did this to you.”
“Yeah, Caroline said the same thing.”
“I left my house. I left my town—”
“I know,” said Elena.
“So then why are you doing this to me?”
“Because throwing tables wasn’t enough. I’m not as stoic as you.”
so even though she's hurt and she's extraordinarily jealous, when he's having his outbursts, it's kind of like his blood lust outbursts
“What do you want to hear, Elena?” He was shouting. “You want to hear that it makes me sick? Well it does! But the rush I get? I can’t —” He took a deep breath. “I can’t stop! Is this what you mean? This is what you want to hear?”
same vibes as
“Fine, let’s talk about it! Let’s talk about how good the sex is, that I’ve had her every which way for hours on end and it’s still, somehow, not enough! Let’s talk about how it feels like I’m addicted to her, like I’m hooked on the high I get when I’m around her! Let’s talk about how right now, I can’t see an end in sight! You really want to talk about that? You really want to hear that? Really? Do you want me to go on?”
Stefan burrowed his face in his hands, unable to bear the expression on her face.
kind of like
and it's also a continuation of
and she repeats that they don't give up on each other, that's not what they do
exacerbated by the fact that she had chosen Damon.
What I think you had to suspend disbelief the most for is when she waits outside Katherine's apartment for him but I just saw it as her wanting to see his reaction when he sees her, to see if he really had moved on and it's the complete opposite
Elena.
Stefan felt the ground shift beneath his feet.
“Please don’t tell me you’ve been out here the entire time.”
She only looked up at him, teary-eyed, but the devastation in that simple motion was all the answer he needed,
he confirmation a lance through his chest. He could only exhale, anguished and overwhelmed. “Elena—”
so basically this series' Wickery Bridge
which is all to say this fic is as much about what SE can withstand as it is about the fun toxic psychosexual power dynamics between SK and how the two things feed each other and the point is kind of that no one else would be able to get through this but SE (if they do!)
In terms of engagement, commentary and discussions like this are great! Thanks for the ask :)
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summer frenzy accountability post
In the name of me having a lot of time on my hands for the next couple months + wanting to vary up my content here a bit... time to post the watchlist I hope to at least cull through if not actually finish all of. This is not in any kind of order and will be updated as I get through stuff, and also isn't all of my planned programming for the near future (there's also one movie I need to rewatch, a few others that will be totally new to me, and a book series I need to get through). The goal is to fall in love with things, write as much as possible, and have a good time.
Housekeeping notes: if a show name is underlined, that means I already have a ship tag for something / that's a link. If it is not, I'm still eyeing some obvious bait unless otherwise noted. I've at least kinda started watching most of these shows and in some cases the "currently on" is a guess because it's been too long for me to remember. Any commentary on why I should prioritize something on this list above the rest will be listened to but not necessarily followed. (There are several things that I dropped because the timing was wrong for me.) Again, not an exhaustive list but posting it anyways so y'all have some idea of coming attractions.
Without further adieu, the list:
Rings of Power (currently: maaaaybe 1x04?)
Wheel of Time (currently: hell if I know, I am aware WHY I quit watching previously but can't remember exactly which episode it was / I do know it was somewhere in the middle of s1)
1899 (currently: no idea)
House of the Dragon (currently: 1x02)
Stranger Things (currently: early s2?) (yes I skipped ahead and watched the Chrissy episode because of the cuteness that is Hellcheer and it somehow made total sense to me but that's not even what I was there for)
Shogun (currently: 1x03?)
The Gilded Age (currently: somewhere in the middle of s1 / I think I finished the ep before the dress that got me interested in the show but I'm not totally sure)
Silo (currently: have not started) (almost definitely not a fic show for me but creative ideas in other directions?)
Foundation (currently: have not started)
Fringe (currently: have not started / if I remember right I did get through about the first season ten years ago but it has been a moment so I'll be starting over)
Fallout (currently: 1x02)
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jared: in the background there, that, uh— *snorts* i remember that it was somebody who saw that we were filming, so she took her dog, and wherever the camera's facing, she would run right back there and play— jensen: she'd manage, she'd manage to find a way, yeah. jared: right. *laughs* she was a star in the making. she, you know, we shot in one direction and she decided to play with her dog in that direction— jensen: oh, and there was— there was a rugby game. jared: there was a rugby game going on, yeah. jensen: and they tried to stop 'em from playing and i was like, 'come on, just let 'em play! jared: that's right. There was a rugby team with about— you know just a pick-up game of rugby, with about, you know, 15... pretty big guys, 180 to 220 pounds, probably, every— every person. and they send out a production assistant, little PA, probably about 150 pound guy *starts to laugh* to go out. they tell him, hey, can you uh, get those guys to stop playing rugby, it's kind of messing with our shots. so here's this little guy who's running out, tryin' to go, excuse me, sir. uhm, can you— can you not play rugby?' jensen: *chuckles* jared: i felt bad for the guy. i thought we were gonna watch him get his butt kicked, right? jensen: i know.
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tbh i think the hotd characters aren't inconsistently written it's just the writers had to compress a lot of characterization in a short amount of time
hard agree after seeing some of the script excerpts. i think they did an excellent job overall considering the number of years + characters they were trying to 7-zip into one season, but ended up cutting too much away for rhaenyra and alicent’s characterizations in the last two episodes to cohere for me.
this commentary by @awildwickedslip on a cut from 1x10 and on one of the alicent excerpts from 1x09 sums it up perfectly. without those specific moments and the context they add, i really struggle to believe that the alicent and rhaenyra from 1x04-1x08 would act (or react) the way they do in those final episodes. like the consistency was there? almost?
#thank you tumblr user darksvster for my life!!#this is solely about consistency in the characterizations btw#i had. many other problems specifically related to the tb kids#hotd
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NCIS: Sydney 1×04 “Ghosted” takes a closer look at who Michelle Mackey is. It only peels back one layer off the onion, but it does a lot to round out a character that started as the straight, tough, serious boss, but who has always been so much more.
DeShawn always knew it. JD kind of suspected it. And the rest of the team has already gotten a clue about it. And even if NCIS: Sydney is not yet at the place where everyone knows, the growth is clear. It’s only been four episodes. We still have four episodes to go this season. Imagine what we can get in those, or with a second, longer season.
Trust Is A Journey
Mackey and JD have come a long way, but they’re not there yet. And yet the fact that Mackey is willing to let JD in to the point that she has – the point where he knows that she’s keeping a secret, and she knows that he knows, is already a big deal. They’re not there yet, of course. And Mackey is afraid that if she lets JD in, if she lets anyone in the team see her vulnerabilities, she won’t be able to be an effective leader.
But Mackey has never had a team like the one she has now. In this team, vulnerability isn’t a weakness. And her team won’t think less of her if they learn she’s human. They might respect her more. JD surely will.
There is, of course, time to get there. For Mackey to understand. For the team to prove this to her. And it all starts with J.D. He is Mackey’s partner in all of this, the person by her side, the one breaking down her walls, little by little. And that means he’ll be the one who will, one day, get to see the other side of the woman she’s becoming – the one who is learning little by little what it means to actually have a team you can trust not just with your life, but with your heart.
A Time and A Place for Everything (And Everyone)
This episode does a great job of balancing the dynamics between Mackey and J.D and Evie and DeShawn with what’s going on with Blue and Dr. Penrose. Mackey and J.D carry the emotional burden of “Ghosted,” but it’s Evie and DeShawn who do most of the legwork in this hour. Does the case get solved without them? Unlikely.
But their dynamic is also explored, even if not as deeply as J.D and Mackey’s. What we’ve gotten from them has been a lot more banter-y and light, because they are not as serious as J.D and Mackey, which is perfectly fine. The last thing you want is for the dynamics to skew too similar. The characters have to distinguish themselves, and so far, they have. If we’re rooting for Evie and DeShawn, it’s gotta be because we want them together because of who they are and what they bring to each other – not because of anything that has to do with J.D or Mackey.
There isn’t much more to say other than, four episodes in, the show has done enough to convince me, a procedural old-timer, that there’s enough here to sustain the test of time. Now comes the hard part: keeping it up.
Things I think I think:
DeShawn’s Deek’s vibes were STRONG in this episode. The whole “law school” thing?
Actually, Evie and DeShawn were giving Densi.
JD, meanwhile, was the softest he’s ever been. We stan a man who just takes a step back and offers silent support.
The first time he and Mackey make some sort of gesture of mutual affection, the fandom might combust.
Blue’s awkwardness is the highlight of every episode.
Either that or Doctor Penrose’s matter-of-fact commentary on, you know, death.
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Callum's fear of spiders is so relatable.
Sometime last week I woke up with a scream because I dreamed someone pointing out a spider sitting on my head 😬
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Outlander | 1X04 | COMMENTARY
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