#6x12 costume meta

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Costume meta 6x12

Thank you wardrobe team - for giving me half a chance with the costumes this week 😂 After the insane costume levels last week, it was nice to have fewer costumes to talk about this week! Have to admit I did go off on a bit of a side quest while writing this - shout out to fridge and beer theory 😳😂🤓

I'm not going to go character by character this week because they did something really interesting with the colour palette this episode. So I'm going to break things down colour by colour and it means I'll be talking about Wendell, Tamara and Connor as well!

Firstly there were 3 main colour in use in 6x12 - red blue and grey, with a couple of secondary colours also in play - the army drab green, white and pink. There were also some very interesting parallels at play in the costuming as well - not only in relation to the text, but specifically to the shooting - we see a lot of costume references to that arc as a whole and I'll go into those as we get to them.

as always the rest is below the cut to save your dash!

Red

So in 6x12 we see red/maroon used 4 times and on all 4 occasions its being worn by someone in the role of advisor and or parent/carer.

First up we have Athena (her in a rare denim wearing occurrence!!) in a wine red turtle neck - she is filling the role of advisor for Bobby here - providing him with information pertaining to the investigation into Wendell's death. she is displaying her care for Bobby and his wellbeing - pursuing a seemingly impossible task to help him get answers - she fully understands Bobbys need to pursue the case - the potential for it to impact on Bobbys sobriety if he's unable to get answers. I've spoken before about red being an energetic and powerful colour, we see both those aspects at play in this costume - Athena has powerful information that reenergises the case for Bobby. This is Athena in supportive spouse mode.

Next up we have Maddie - very intentionally in her dispatcher uniform and this putting her in maroon/burgundy. The use of her uniform is an indicator of Maddie managing things - putting up a sort of boundary. She is managing Buck in the same way she would manage one of her calls at dispatch. I need to mention the fact that Buck is in navy blue here - that he is wearing a tee that matches his own uniform and we barely see the grey joggers because he is standing behind the kitchen island. It is important to recognise that both of them are hiding behind being 'in uniform' and we see that fact effectively erecting barriers between them - it is only when the are both out of those colours that they are able to talk and understand (I'll talk more on that later on!).

Wendell's costume here is such a choice!!! Even if we hadn't been told in the previous flashback that Wendell was ex military, we would have been able to reach that conclusion ourselves because of this costume. does it remind you o the way they've styled anyone else on the show? perhaps a certain someone with their own military background?? thats right - this costume is straight out of the Eddie Diaz costume book! long sleeve maroon henley, olive drab combat style trousers and smartish leather boots. they've given Wendell his own twist - with the metal watch and the necklaces, but the look is deliberately meant to look similar to Eddie. The general audience will subconsciously draw the association.

For me this costume and its use in this particular scene is super fascinating - a conversation about 'getting back out there' and dating around a bit and the concept of impulsivity compared with Bobby knowing that Athena makes him feel like he's on solid ground. the costume is very much helping to foreshadow Eddies story here - he's going to take the road that Wendell suggests here - date around a bit - before figuring out what Bobby already has - that he wants and already has someone who makes him feel like he's on solid ground. the show has been paralleling Bathena and Buddie for a long time now, this is just another example of them doing this, especially because Bobby and Buck have been costume paralleled a lot, as have Athena and Eddie. The fact that the show has chosen to use this scene as part of this episode where those costume parallels are especially loud is really telling, clever and shows they're having fun with the build up of this slow burn!

Eddie - Like I've said above this is some very intentional costume paralleling going on in terms of foreshadowing for Eddie in the rest of season 6. But there is also the parallel to Athena and Maddie (we can pull Maddie into the paralleling because they chose to put Chimney in blue when Maddie get's home from work). the maroon is in the red part of the colour wheel and shares many of the same attributes - mostly relating to power, passion and confidence, but also its brown undertones hint at stability and comfort as well as protection.

These are all things we see from Eddie in the two scenes - the comfort and protection Eddie offers Buck in the first scene that allows Buck to fall asleep on the couch, with those same traits combining with stability, power and confidence in the kitchen scene. Eddie is the epitome of stability from bucks perspective - the Diaz house is a stable and supportive place and Eddie is at the centre of that for Buck. The power and confidence come from Eddies knowledge of Buck, giving him the space he needs and knowing when to push, but also from Eddie himself knowing where the line is - know ing that Buck won't benefit from Eddies full honesty at this point in time.

All of that is not the only thing that shirt is hinting at. I've spoken a lot about the use of maroon on male characters specifically as a symbol of fatherhood and parental responsibility and here is no different - Eddie making Christophers lunch in the kitchen scene (is this kitchen scene .3 or .4 ?) was a very deliberate choice for the simple reason that it connects to the shooting visually - right down to the choice of putting Eddie in dark trousers - mirroring Buck when he tells Christopher about his dad being shot. The Christopher of the equation remains relevant even now - as they actually talk about the shooting for the first time - he is not directly a part of the conversation, but he is still there in the background (in much the way the will still lingers in the background).

Blue

So fun overarching fact about the use of blue in this episode - it gets progressively lighter as the episode progresses! This is something the show has been playing with a bit this season - especially in connection with Buck. It's so informative as to the journeys of Bobby and Buck in this episode.

We do also see Chimney and Tamara in blue in this episode, but only once. Chimneys is in balance to the Red of Maddie - its playing into the colour trope of couples that we've seen the show use over and over to both draw parallels between the actual couples on the show as well as draw parallels with those couples and Buddie.

Here we Have Chimney in a shade of blue he wears a lot, I think this jumper is the same on we see him in when Maddie's kitchen floods, but the lighting is very different in the two scenes and that makes it hard to be sure. it is important to note that this blue doesn't sit in the same colour spectrum of the other blues in this episode - its much more of a green blue - having peacock or turquoise undertones. this is a deliberate choice - it still allows chimney to sit in the colour blocking of blue and red that we see in this episode and in the show more widely, but it also others him - he doesn't fit into the journey towards healing that we see the others go on.

Bobby goes through a spectrum of blue like I said. this first polo is really hard to define - its under a heavy filter which gives everything a greyish yellow tone - which the show uses in most of its flashback scenes. we can see its blue, but as to the specifics of shade, its hard to tell - it is definitely towards a navy colour, but not as dark.

This is a moment when Bobby is vulnerable, but is accepting of help - a darker navy wouldn't be the right choice here - bobby is in the darkness that navy hints at, but he is also accepting the help he asked for and this lighter slightly greener tone the filter gives the shirt shows us that - the greener tone suggesting growth.

Then we move on to the shirt we see Bobby in for most of the episode. The lighter navy with a bluish grey check pattern. The Check foreshadows (as always) the problems Bobby is going to face in his hunt for the truth of what happened to Wendell.

I loved the fact that they put Bobby and Tamara in similar shades of blue for this scene. its a brighter blue - much more of an azure or ultramarine blue - much more hopeful supportive and accepting. its meant to show us that they are in the same place emotionally, but also it ties the help they received from Wendell to the two of them - pointing out that because of him they are both on the right path .

Bobby then wears full dark navy blue when the Walshes are arrested (the picture of this is down in the other colours section of this post) with the same green jacket as the one he wears when he meets up with Tamara

Then we get this grey blue shirt when we see Bobby in full sponsor mode.

As you can see the blue gets progressively lighter as Bobby progresses through the episode and we end up with him a colour that matches the check from the first shirt. I think this is intentional - that we're supposed to read it as Bobby breaking out of things that have been holding him back up to now. The other thing about this blue/grey shirt is that it's almost the same colour as the knit polo that Buck is wearing . This is telling me two things - we are supposed to make the connection between where Bobby is at and where Buck is at respectively - that they are at similar points in their respective healing journeys - something made more obvious by the two costumes being worn at the same time in their respective scenes. The other thing it's doing is reinforcing the father son aspect of Bobby and Bucks relationship - visually connecting the two of them at the same time as the script.

Buck in navy - like I said above - this is very much about reflecting Bucks LAFD uniform - especially in relation to Maddie, Josh and to a point Hen. we get to see the grey sweatpants much more when it comes to Hen, because this is the person Buck has been most honest with up to this point and then Connor - once Buck establishes he's not part of Maddies schedule!

The navy is also an outward manifestation of Bucks internal struggles with the whole dying part of his reality post lightning strike. navy is often associated with depression and with avoiding confrontation (one of the reasons its used as a uniform colour so often) and attention. Here we have a Buck who is trying to do both - avoid causing confrontation and trying to deflect attention away from himself (the script also shows us this by is his leaving a note and running to Eddies) ad well as making it obvious that Buck is struggling with his mental health and over facing up to the reality that he died.

The final costume we see Buck in is this very light blue knit polo - which has grey undertones and connects in with crash and learn and the locker room conversation Buck has with Hen - about the secret to happiness. Having seen Buck in blue or grey for all of the episode, this bluish grey merges the two colours together and implies that the two different versions of Buck - the closed off navy blue one and the honest vulnerable grey ones have merged - erring more towards the grey version of Buck than the navy one. this is a clear choice - it shows Buck accepting and embracing that more vulnerable version of himself and we see that in action when he talks to Maddie about her over the top schedule.

The other thing with this pale blue is that it ties into a series of moments we've seen from Buck since 5x18. The blue suit of Hen and Karens wedding - representing the freeing himself of Taylor, the blue shirt from the locker room conversation with Hen when we see Buck really start to think about what it is that he wants/needs to be happy and when we find out that Kameron is pregnant, and now this one. All of these are moments when Buck is making progress in figuring out what he wants and how he can find his happiness - in some ways they are like the use of Bucks white shoes - where as those are a more general representation of his journey - the smaller steps as it were, these blue outfits are bigger strides forward.

Grey

I have so many thoughts about the grey of it all in this episode!! We only see Buck and Athena in grey.

Athena wears this grey turtleneck and waterfall front cardigan combo. Grey is a neutral colour, but it is also a colour of compromise and here we see Athena essentially compromising with bobby and giving him the information he needs to get in contact with Tamara.

The ribbed grey jumper that Buck wears to Eddies house along with the lighter grey sweats is such a choice. First thing to point out- this jumper has been put on over the navy blue tee - we can see a slither of the tee in the picture below - between the jumper and the sweats (costume department for the win on little details like these!)

Grey is like I said above a neutral colour, but it is also somewhat ambiguous - because of its place between black and white on the colour chart. it is also associated with wisdom and maturity. here we have a Buck who is being mature in his recovery - being wise

The fact that the ribbing gives the jumper an air of chainmail is also an interesting thing, it hints at the idea of protection - its not the full on protection of plate armour, but it is non the less a protective layer - in this instance it is Buck both protecting himself from Maddie's overbearing (but well meant) schedule, but it also serves as a barrier for the kitchen conversation - that in between stage we've spoken of, where Buck and Eddie aren't fully ready to talk about the full implications of the shooting. Eddie reads it and doesn't go into the full truth of what he remembers - the grey jumper is the visual representation of the fact Buck is still not fully ready to talk about it (even if Eddie is).

The use of ribbing also means this jumper fits into a theory i've been keeping an eye on since 6x01 with regards to Buck and vertical stripes - you can read it at the end of the 6x01 meta if you haven't already read it. Essentially though - Buck seems to wear vertical stripes when he is emotionally imprisoned or trapped in some way. this jumper is maybe stretching the metaphor a bit, but the theory works for this scenario - Buck is struggling - reckoning with death and the emotional trauma that has brought him. Its going to be interesting to see if this continues to play out in the rest of 6b!

The final thing to point out about this jumper is the long sleeves - and this ties into the costumes of all the other characters as well - when around Buck. If Buck is wearing short sleeves everyone else is wearing long sleeves and if Buck is wearing long sleeves, then the characters he interacts with (only Eddie) are wearing short sleeves. This is significant - Buck is his most open and honest about where he is at with his recovery etc when he's wearing long sleeves and his opposite is wearing short. Eddie wearing short sleeves appears to be concealing things from Buck - much like Buck has been doing with everyone else in this episode - not being completely honest with them. its a play on the idea of Buck being good at hiding his true feelings from others - in physical form and only making himself vulnerable when he has protections in place and he's with one of the few people who can understand his trauma (Chimney is the other one but we don't see them interact in this episode!).

Other colours

Hens costume is very much carrying on her costume theme from 6x11 - which is perfect - the orange brown and green place her in the same context as we saw her last week - its a form of continuity - she is still the representation of emotional strength and optimism through the orange, the brown is still the representation of stability and the green (which has gotten brighter) is still a reference to growth and security and health. The green being more obvious this epsiode is showing us the improvement in Bucks health - Hen is the most skilled medic on the show - her being in green is a show of that in connection with other characters when the scene is not about her directly - in this case - Buck and his health post death and resurrection.

Connor is an interesting one this week, the tan/beige jacket combined with the baby pink and blue pinstripe shirt is telling me a lot of things! Firstly the beige - beige is considered a 'boring' colour and as such it is often used to mask other things - its a colour that 'blends in with the crowd' and it being worn as an outer here is very much playing into that as a concept - outwardly Connor is deflecting attention away from himself - from his own internal struggles

The pink and blue pinstripe shirt however is saying a whole lot, firstly the use of pale pink and blue - colours that often have 'baby' placed in front of them as a denotation or the specific shades - baby pink and baby blue. This automatically and subconsciously encourages the brain to think about babies - the central theme of Connors arc on the show - pregnancy, babies/children and fatherhood or pending fatherhood.

Pink has lots of meanings attached to it, but pale or baby pinks are generally considered to represent immaturity and or naivety and I think that is what its use is trying to suggest here - it is foreshadowing and hinting at Connors actual feelings around Kameron's pregnancy.Its telling us that Connor hasn't actually thought through (not necessarily intentionally) the full reality of being/becoming a father when the child is not genetically his - its hinting that that is his journey (and Bucks) for the remainder of the season and pregnancy.

Again there are lots of meanings that can be attached to blue and it comes in a myriad of shades (probably the most wide range of shades of any colour to be honest) which also impacts its meaning. The blue pinstripes here are very much of the baby blue variety there are a couple of things that I think the use of blue here is trying to tell us - firstly blue at the lighter end of the spectrum tends to be positive, it also tends to be responsible and reliable. the fact that the blue stripes 'run through' the pink - the implication being that it runs through that naivety that I spoke about a moment ago - thats essentially a good thing - its telling us that the outcomes of this arc will be positive - I'm guessing that Connor will get his head around being a dad - learning and understanding that genetics don't necessarily make a father.

The other thing we need to talk about with regards to Connor - that I spotted and I think hints at things to come is his wedding band. in the above picture he is wearing it on his right hand rather than his left - as he has done all the way up to this point. THis can only be an intentional choice - in America the most common finger to wear a wedding band on is the left ring finger (its not something that would get missed or that would be put on the wrong hand by accident). Connors wedding band changing hands is pretty telling.

Interestingly there are a few things about wearing a wedding band on the right hand instead of the left - it is common in many countries - including Peru (👀) but it is also symbolic - before gay marriage was legal, it was (and still is) common for same sex couples to wear rings on their right hands as a show of commitment. The other (and possibly more relevant reason here) is that it is a fairly common thing for people cheating on their partner to do - it can be a signal of availability. Now I'm not saying Connor is out and out cheating on Kameron, what I am saying is that his wedding ring changing hands may be a visual signal that he is struggling with his relationship and is emotionally not al in it at the moment - that he is perhaps not feeling connected to his marriage because of his struggles with the baby and not being able to emotionally invest in that aspect of his relationship at this moment.

Its going to be very interesting and telling the next time we see Connor and Kameron on screen together if the ring changes back - and if we see it on the right hand again!

Maddie in black and pink when Buck and her have an honest conversation about their individual trauma and the way its interconnected is an interesting choice the black and pink has similar vibes to the maroon and black of Maddie's uniform, except its dressed down, its more flow-y and as a result more inviting of Bucks honesty and Maddie's own admissions. The pink is representing Maddie's nurturing tendencies, but also her unconditional love for her brother. I've said before that black is a colour of power and sophistication - here those traits are showing the power of growth and sophistication is both Maddie and Buck developing and understanding the complexities of their traumas and developing better ways of dealingwih them.

I've included the picture of the shooting below at this point because I want to highlight a couple of things. I've used this picture because its the only time we can see all of what Buck is wearing - White high-tops, black socks, grey trousers and the infamous white shirt with grey pinstripes.

Tamara is the first costume hint at the shooting arc we get in the episode. the white pinstripe shirt and the white high-tops are very much a direct reference to Bucks outfit. If we look at the bigger picture here and look at both the arc and the characters as a whole then we can see clear similarities between this arc and the shooting arc.

We have an 'overdose' as the catalyst in both arcs. Charlie both being dosed by his mother and his act of overdosing her, which leads to Eddie being shot as he tries to help. Then we have Tamara - in the same position as Charlie - she's being controlled in a similar way by the Walshes through her previous drug use etc. Wendell fills the role of Eddie in this arc - he is the one that goes in to help Tamara and ends up 'shot' (read shooting up as a metaphor for being shot!) as he tries to help. Only unlike Eddie, Wendell does actually die. Tamara also fits into the same roll as Buck - she is there when Wendell dies - in the same way Buck is there when Eddie gets shot.

Bobby and Athena placed in essentially the same roles (more on Athena in a moment) as in the shooting - a bit more of a lean into Bobby solving things where as Athena was more filling that role in the shooting arc, but the outcome is the same.

The arrest of the Walshes shows Athena back in her usual colour ways of black olive drab and white, which is an important touchstone for us as viewers (especially after we spent so much time in a coma world last week), but it also plays into the shooting arc throwbacks with her costume - the leather jacket is not identical, but its almost the same as the one she wears for most of the investigation into the shooter in the season 4 arc.

Finally we get Athena in this amazing purple jacket - dark purple being a colour of magic, spirituality enlightenment and wisdom. this jacket is in its own way connected to the shooting arc - the fact that Bobby didn't let Athena in that time - when he was trying to sponsor the drunk driver from blindsided (4x09). It shows us just how far they have both come since that moment.

Finally I have to talk about Bucks white high-tops because they were very prominent in this episode. I've had the theory for a while that they represent his journey towards happiness (there is a post on my pinned post all about it if you haven't read it or want a refresher!).

He wears them all the time he's not at the loft in this episode - their most prominent appearance is on Eddies Coffee table (buck I love you but you're a heathen!!) - literally the only time you should put your feet up on the coffee table is when you are at home - never at someone elses house - this plays into the whole 'this is Eddies house, I'm not really a guest' of it all. the fact that he does so in his white high-tops is actually really important - we've never seen those shoes anywhere except the floor up to now - Buck putting his feet up while wearing them is a symbol of both him being at home/ coming home, as well as a symbol - its foreshadowing that Buck's journey to find happiness ends here - at home in the Diaz house and as a part of the Diaz family!

we also see him wearing them at the park when he is contemplating the fire that lead to him being hit by lightnin after his appointment with Dr Salazar - again this is Buck very much on his journey - he is contemplative and making progress!

And there we have it 6x12 costume meta done!! Thank you as always for reading - it really does mean the world to me that you're interested in the costuming of our wee woo show!!

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My reviews and meta about The 100

Analyses

(with a lot of images and some videos)

The 100 6x07 Nevermind: costumes, sets and props

Clarke Griffin’s memories and images in her mindspace (episodes 6x06. 6x07 and 6x10)

Clarke’s drawings in season 5 and 6 of The 100 

Planets in the season 7 opening credits  and additional info and screenshots after 7x04

Reviews

Season 1 - rewatch

1x01 Pilot  1x02 Earth Skills  and a bit of discussion about how we felt about the characters during the first watch  1x03 Earth Kills  1x04 Murphy's Law  1x05 Twilight’s Last Gleaming  1x06 His Sister's Keeper  1x07 Contents Under Pressure  1x08 Day Trip 1x09 Unity Day  1x10 I Am Become Death  1x11 The Calm  1x12/1x13 We Are Grounders (Part 1&Part 2) and season overview 

Season 2 - rewatch

Overview   2x01 The 48  2x02 Inclement Weather  2x03 Reapercussions  2x04 Many Happy Returns  2x05 Human Trials  2x06 Fog of War  2x07 Long into an Abyss  2x08 Spacewalker  2x09 Remember Me  2x10 Survival of the Fittest  2x11 Coup de Grâce  2x12 Rubicon  2x13 Resurrection  2x14 Bodyguard of Lies  2x15 Blood Must Have Blood, Part One  2x16 Blood Must Have Blood, Part Two 

Season 3 - rewatch

Overview 

Episodes 3x01-3x02 

Episodes 3x03-3x05 

Episodes 3x06-3x10 

Episodes 3x11-3x16 

Season 4 - rewatch

4x01 Echoes  4x02 Heavy Lies the Crown  4x03 Four Horsemen  4x04 A Lie Guarded  4x05 Tinder Box  4x06 We Will Rise  4x07 Gimme Shelter  4x08 God Complex  4x09 DNR  4x10 Die All, Die Merrily  4x11 The Other Side  4x12 The Chosen  4x13 Praimfaya  Season 4 and the greyest morality ever (meta mostly relating to The Chosen - which was originally meant to be a part of it)

Season 5 - rewatch

5x01 Eden

5x02 Red Queen

5x03 Sleeping Giants

5x04 Pandora’s Box

5x05 Shifting Sands

(more to come)

Season 6 (reviews posted weekly during the season)

6x01 Sanctum  6x02 Red Sun Rising  6x03 Children of Gabriel  6x04 The Face Behind the Glass  6x05 The Gospel of Josephine  6x06 Memento Mori    6x07 Nevermind  6x08 The Old Man and the Anomaly  6x09 What You Take With You

6x10 Matryoshka 6x11 Ashes to Ashes  6x12 Adjustment Protocol  6x13 The Blood of Sanctum 

Season 7  (reviews posted weekly during the season)

7x01 From the Ashes 

7x02 The Garden

7x03 False Gods

7x04 Hesperides

7x05 Welcome to Bardo

7x06 Nakara

7x07 The Queen’s Gambit

+ My authentic live reaction to 7x07 The Queen’s Gambit

7x08 Anaconda

7x09 The Flock

7x10 A Little Sacrifice

7x11 Etherea and some additional thoughts about Bellamy’s experience in the cave

7x12 The Stranger

Various meta and longer comments

Clarke's Commander of Death nickname

Clarke's relationship with Finn 

Clarke's relationship with Lexa  and the follow-up post about Lexa herself and the Commanders in Grounder culture 

Semi-humorous summary of The 100

Reply to falafel14′s meta about Maya Vie

Why Charles Pike doesn’t deserve all the hate

About Bellamy’s decisions in season 5 regarding Madi and the Flame

Favorite episodes

Could Bellarke have confessed their feelings for each other in the season 4 finale?

About the show’s portrayal (or lack of it) of Clarke’s grieving for Wells 

The writers are bad at math: time dilation inconsistencies between season 6 and season 7 

Some questions and answers about the plot of season 7

Fanon vs canon: a comedic post about the popular fanon versions of The 100 characters (the replies and reblogs with comments to this post are also well worth reading, particularly @kizo2703‘s summary of two fanon versions of Raven

Speculation

The 100 Final Season Speculations (general speculation posted after the end of season 6)

The 100 speculation: Anomaly Stone, Eligius 3, Second Dawn (posted after 7x02) and speculation: part  2

Where is Bellamy? and more on time dilation possibilities and Etherea again

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Season 6

6x01 Costume Meta    Buck 6x01 mini meta

6x02 Costume Meta    

6x03 Costume Meta    

6x04 Costume Meta   

6x05 Costume Meta   

6x06 Costume Meta 

6x07 Costume Meta   

6x08 Costume Meta                  

6x09 Costume Meta   

 6x10 Costume Meta 

6x11 Costume Meta

6x12 Costume Meta 

6x13 Costume Meta     

6x14 Costume Meta

6x15 Costume meta 6x15 mini meta    6x15 mini meta 2

6x16 Costume Meta

6x17 Costume Meta

6x18 Costume Meta

Buck Poker costume meta   Eddie Poker costume meta

Buck waffle jumper mini meta        Buck Mini meta preppy green jumper 

Eddie’s green jacket bts meta     Buck in the graveyard 

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Non costume meta posts and theories

gingerbread theory     

5x17 curtain     

fox theory    (christophers bedroom!)

Christophers bedroom meta

Coloured rope meta          

The resurrection of Buck 

 911 and the number 3.    

Bucks beer 6x12

Eddie and the Wizard of Oz

Master list of theories (mostly in collab with @mistmarauder and @theladyyavilee and some others)

Buck and Eddies Phones 

water theory - Tsunami   

OG fridge magnet theory Eddie Begins fridge magnet theory    

Construction on sunset theory  

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Sorry what is the ring theory? "maybe how Connor feels about the reality of being dad not donor (or his (emotional) cheating if my theory about his ring proves correct" im so curious

Hey Nonnie if you check out my costume meta for 6x12 and read the section on Connor you’ll see what I mean about Connor and his wedding band! It’s linked on my pinned post 😎

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Hi! Sorry if I'm missing the obvious here, but can you expand more on this piece from your 6x12 costume meta? "this jumper has been put on over the navy blue tee - we can see a slither of the tee in the picture below - between the jumper and the sweats (costume department for the win on little details like these!)" why it's significant the navy tee is under the gray long-sleeved versus if it was just the gray long-sleeved tee?

Hey Nonnie

Sorry this took so long for me to get round to answering.

in answer to your question - you're not necessarily missing the obvious, I live in a costume world so see things like this and it makes me happy - but it might pass over the heads of most people!

Basically what I was trying to say was that this shows the attention to detail that the costume department goes to - keeping that navy tee on Buck - underneath the grey sweater is a piece of continuity work that gives the show depth - it hints at the fact that Buck literally just threw on whatever sweater was nearest, and his shoes and escaped his apartment. It also means that the relevance of the blue shirt remains in play - underneath everything Buck is still feeling like he did when he was just in the blue tee - even if he's hiding it - it plays into everything we've seen since 6x12 as well!

I hope htis makes a bit more sense nonnie but feel fee to come back if you need more info 😎

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Hi! I love reading your costume metas every week, thank you for all the hard work you put in to these!

I know it’s not costumes, but I wondered if you had any thoughts about the beer bottles that were very obviously on screen this week. Both when the Buckley men are watching the game and then when Buck goes over to Chimney’s they’re drinking the same brand(?). Not sure if there’s any meaning attached to these but they definitely caught my eye!

Hey Nonnie

I'm so glad you enjoy my metas and thank you for the lovely comments, they're always lovely to read😊😊😊

the beer bottles have been whirling around in my brain since the episode aired -they caught my eye too! I'm now obsessed with all of the beer in 911 - especially since we got so much fridge action in 6x12 as well!

From what I can tell, the beer is called Tux's Red Ribbon and I have several unhinged thoughts about this being chosen as the name and brand of beer! It was really hard to get a good screenshot of the beer because of the cool coma dream camera work going on, but these are the best two I managed!

First up the tux of it all - there is the most obvious thing would be that it is the shorthand for a tuxedo, however I don't think this is the type of tux being referred to and I say this because it is the Brand of beer. For me it is actually a nod to tux the penguin character that is the brand mascot for Linux - a computer operating system. We are after all in a coma dream of Bucks, he who likes to go through system upgrades much like a computer! A coma dream is the show essentially running a different operating system to normal - its not the real world - things are not running in the normal way (either Windows or Mac if we want to continue the operating system analogy!)

Then there is the red ribbon of it all - a very literal nod to the red string of fate is obviously the main connection here. there is also the connection to Christianity - red ribbons are used to symbolise the blood of Christ (if you've ever seen a Christingle orange you'll know what I mean!) and this all fits in with my theory about Buck and the resurrection - which you can read here if you haven't seen it before.

Hopefully this gives you some answers about the potential meaning of the coma dream beer - I really do love the props department on this show they are really going all out in season 6!

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I’m so excited for your costume meta! I don’t actually think I ever paid attention in detail to costumes before but after reading your stuff I see it all the time and I love it! It really adds so many nuances- all the costume peoples (and yours) brains are SO BIG!

Anyway so thanks for all the work you do putting all the metas together!

Awwww Kit!!!

Thank you so much 🥰 it brings me such joy to hear that people enjoy my metas!

It really does add so much to my enjoyment of the show (and lots of shows actually) so it always feels good to hear other people do too!

I hope you enjoyed this weeks one and I'm now gearing up for the delights that 6x12 brings!!