#Big Sky 3x11

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen BIG SKY: Deadly Trails (2022) | 3.11 – “Super Foxes”

[let-me-be-your-home]

Beau Arlen | Big Sky 3x11

[deansraspberrypie]

🤠❤‍🔥 Sheriff Beau Arlen

Big Sky - 3.11 - Super Foxes 🤠✨

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[whateverthedragonswant]

Omg I'm dying laughing rn though I'm really trying hard to stop. I'm rewatching certain Jenny scenes in 3x11 for writing purposes and what do I see?

Not only is Jenny more affectionate while Beau is giving her a hug like Poppernak just did but when Beau gets the call about Avery, he looks to Cassie first then Jenny, telling them an officer spotted him. Jenny tells him "Go", he nods then looks to Cassie who tells him "Yeah, we got this." THEN he leaves.

As he's leaving, he bumps into Poppernak literally and then he passes right by Jenny who moves out of his way but puts a hand on his shoulder, and tells him to call her later. He says yeah, never stopping to look at her, and walks out the door.

THEN when Jenny says she knows where they can start looking for the people who took Gigi, there is a shot of Cassie getting up and throwing a pen into a coffee cup.

Remind you of anything?

This episode is all about parallels while bringing back some good ol' Cassie and Jenny working together goodness (which is why it's such a great episode for writing fuel), it allows Katheryn to shine as well as Jensen in their performances among some of the other cast members, it allows Cassie back into the lead she's supposed to be for once, we get back to the roots a bit of what is really the heart of this show (the 2 ladies), and gives us more of a closer look into Beau's story as well.

So while Beau deals with Avery who is trying to steal 15 million that has put his daughter and her mother in danger, Jenny is dealing with the fallout of Gigi grifting the wrong people that she stole 30K from Jenny to try to fix that now has mother and daughter in danger. Parallels.

This episode has such potential and I actually would argue is one of the more decent ones we've seen all season. Maybe that's due to Ryan's involvement in writing the episode, I'm not sure, but it's fantastic all around.

But here's what cracks me up when I think just how badly they fudged this season up and how hard the actors had to work to try to offset some of these bad story decisions. Why the parallel between Beau and Cassie?

Would Cassie have become the new sheriff had the series continued and Beau actually stayed in character, following Carla and Emily back to Houston? Not likely, given Cassie has staunchly refused to go back into policing and still has her PI business. Not to mention that would be a huge disservice to her character as well as Jenny's.

Is it a romantic parallel? Nope. The show runner made it pretty clear that Beau supposedly only sees Jenny in that light.

To set up a romantic parallel between Beau and Jenny? While I wouldn't put it past them to actually do that and think they accomplished something there, that doesn't seem to be what's happening here either, especially since Jenny is not the one tossing the pen and given Beau's pilot mode responses to her physical contact.

So why the parallel? Why have Cassie sitting like Beau was, throwing the pen into a coffee mug as they got up? When Jenny and Poppernak were present in both scenes, with Jenny knowing where to go and leading the way? With a phone call happening to Beau both times?

Well, let's look at who wrote this episode: Ryan and Christine Roum. And let's look at the title of the episode "Super Foxes". Jenny leads Cassie to see Tanya and Donno in the next scene where Jenny has to ask beg for Tonya's help to find her mom, none of her disgust for Tonya present. Tonya eventually agrees to help.

Now let's go back to 3x02. Who wrote that episode? Kyle Long and Christine Roum. What's the title? "The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep" Not a parallel to foxes at all, in fact it's a line from a popular Robert Frost poem.

But in this episode what do we have? Beau is trying a sandwich from Tonya and Donno's diner The Blue Fox when Beau calls Jenny over to try it. She flat out refuses (we saw the previous episode how much she can't stand that Tonya isn't in jail) and goes on a rant with Tonya appearing behind her. Beau dashes off to help Cassie while telling Jenny to help Tonya. Jenny begrudgingly does while taking Poppernak with her. This case leads to the pen scene later on, where they're leaving to head to Tonya's house to save Paul.

This is the parallel. They literally did this to not only set up the Jenny and Tonya scene after to show Jenny's change but also to call back to 3x02. The pen parallel was the best they could do rather than pour everything they had into the Jenny and Tonya scene (which Katheryn and Jamie-Lynn were the ones to make it work btw) to wrap it up and make it more meaningful for Jenny's character which was at the forefront of this episode. They used Cassie again in order to focus on Jenny, sidelining how important Cassie actually is to the story itself. (Let's not forget y'all, she's the main character from the books this show is based on)

And then they did it to her again with Beau in the same damn scene! Even in an episode that's not about the AA-led campaign for Beau/Jenny kiss kiss tag team for once (though they still keep it in your face in their separate stories by the whole Emily and Carla scenes). Beau looks to Cassie again before Jenny like he had in 3x02 and 3x01 because he "still isn't ready to let Jenny in yet". So they literally use Cassie yet again to further someone else's story, one who isn't even one of the main characters. (Listen, I love Beau but that's the cold hard truth, it's not a slight against the character or Jensen)

And they even continuously used Poppernak for the Beau and Jenny push as well. Granted, he's not a main character but he has become a pillar in Jenny's world so to speak. Plus, the way J. Anthony Pena played him, there was SO much potential there with his character.

Literally both POC characters were pushed aside for the White characters to set up a romance that they didn't even commit to in the end (that ending scene is not romantic, sorry not sorry - Beau still can't look at her or tell her what happened in Houston without imbibing more alcohol, she settled for handhold). Just cold hard facts. And again, crappy writing.

THIS is why this show failed. Because of ridiculous story decisions like this. No wonder the cast had to work so hard to try to make things make sense when it came to marrying their performances with the writing. Because when you strip this down and look at the whole thing, what on earth do you see? A gift of a great story (from the books) and a David E. Kelly production that put an exciting twist on the whole thing was given to Elwood Reid and his writers and they completely ruined it. They literally took it and smashed it into pieces in a trash compactor then presented it to us and were like "See this masterpiece I made?"

I won't lie, I'm a huge Katheryn Winnick fan and to me it was sad to read an interview she gave back when she was first on the show, doing press. She was supposed to take a sabbatical after Vikings but got this offer, saw it was a David E. Kelly production, and knew she couldn't pass it up. So she went in full steam ahead. Anyone who has read/heard Katheryn talk knows how incredibly creative she is, knows she puts her heart and soul into the stories she tells. Not to mention Jenny Hoyt was a great character they created and it was the perfect marriage between Jenny and Katheryn on the screen. Whatever David's reasons for stepping away after season 1, Elwood was clearly the wrong choice to take over and lead this team of writers. They made some good decisions here and there like Beau and his storyline, Reba's casting, the Cassie and Jenny moments that were the heart of season 2, etc, but they really took the polished gem of potential David gave them and collectively ran over it with their cars.

I love the story of the books and I love the overall story of the show between the two women (what a smart twist to switch Cody for Jenny, to flesh out Jenny's character more, and split it down the middle between Cassie and Jenny in the storyline - that's David E. Kelly for you). This show had so much potential had they changed up either the showrunner or some of the writers or even both, but sadly they chose to do...that.

And examples like this one are proof in the pudding of how badly they missed the mark. If only they had done things differently perhaps we would have a season that pulled together better and actually made sense for all characters involved, rather than showing the desperation to stay on the air and sucking up to a section of one actor's internet fan base. We still might not have gotten a season 4 due to what's happening in Hollywood right now, but the characters would have been in a much better position by the end of the season in their storylines, then the equivalent of an apathetic wrap job in old newspaper with Scotch tape to "close things up".

So sad.

Eli Jorne and his writers told a better story in 6 episodes than Elwood and his writers did in 2 seasons (31 episodes). And Elwood was handed the world from David E. Kelly. Eli was given access to the TWD universe but had to completely create his own corner of it.

Sad.

[avengerdaisy]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen in Big Sky: 3x11 Super Foxes

[littlespoonevan]

Brought on by the fact i feel like we haven't had any big music moments in a while and i Miss them

***also i don't mean the emotional music moments like 'carry you', 'photograph' etc, i already know the answer to that question lmao. i mean the ones that just Elevated the scene/call and made the whole thing satisfying in a 'this scratches my brain just right' kind of way

[paperstorm]

2024 fic round up!

I was tagged by so many lovely people I have lost track of them, so my whole tag list is under the cut! I wrote 270,000 words this year, including the entire Missing Moments season 3. Thank you to everyone who commented or kudosed or reblogged or read silently, the support for writers in this fandom is really so wonderful 💛

Missing Moments [a series of canon compliant tags for every episode of Lone Star, seasons 1-3 completed]

3x01 – Imperfect pieces pulling at the glue (9.1k) 3x02 – Up in smoke (9.4k) 3x03 – Wayfaring strangers (10.4k) 3x04 – Homeward bound (15.7k) 3x05 – Reconstruction (7.3k) 3x06 – All these sacred melodies (8.5k) 3x07 – Everest to mariana (8.2k) 3x08 – "You have one new message..." (12.4k) 3x09 – Cracks begin to show (5k) 3x10 – Push and pull (5.2k) 3x11 – Where the rain won't hurt (9.7k) 3x12 – Losing streak (4k) 3x13 – Heard the risk is drowning (15.3k) 3x14 – Live in the layers (5.6k) 3x15 – Switch (5.5k) 3x16 – Everything and every dream (5.6k) 3x17 – Move into the new (7.5k) 3x18 – Forever is the sweetest con (10.1k)

Hold me too close (1.8k)

Carlos’s lips curve into a small responding smile and he shakes his head. “It’s okay.”

He tilts his chin forward, asking for a kiss, that TK gives him readily because he thinks it would hurt like having a limb ripped off if he didn’t. Carlos’s lips are smooth and damp against his, wet with the salt from his tears.

“Wanna go for a walk?” TK asks when they part, and Carlos quickly nods.

A small extension of the scene after Tommy sings at their wedding.

In Loving Memory for @carlos-in-glasses (1.3k)

The word son catches his eye, and Carlos frowns and tucks his head to look closer. His legacy will continue to live on through his son’s own dedication to public service, is written at the bottom of the thin obituary.Carlos feels his stomach roll and his mouth slacken. Heat blooms in his cheeks and the tips of his fingers tingle. Next to him there’s a tiny, nearly imperceptible gasp – as TK finds the same words and his grip tightens further on Carlos’s arm.

Silver Lining's Gold and Shining (25.3k)

A story of nine pivotal moments in Carlos's life, and nine times his best friend was there beside him.

Butterflies and Sky-High (8k)

TK leans in closer and rests his forehead against Carlos’s cheek, understanding that this is hard for him. Carlos is so heart-warmed by the gesture that it gives him the courage to say, “I’ve been reading about demisexuality. It’s this thing where …”

“I know what it means,” TK says softly, and thank God he does because Carlos isn’t sure he would have done justice to an explanation anyway. Not right now.

“I think … maybe I am. That. I didn’t think I was anything other than gay but then I was reading and some stuff started to make sense.”

Made From Stardust (8.2k)

Adoration swells in your chest as it always does when the warmth of his smile is draped over you like a blanket. You could not express in words, not even if you spoke 50 languages instead of just two, the magnitude of your love for this man. It’s too big, too necessary, too seeped into the cracks of every plane of your existence. You cannot be you without him, because the you who sits here on this couch with your fiancé in the home you share with him would never have taken shape without his guiding hands. A man named Carlos Reyes would have existed, but not this one. He would have been somebody else.

A collaboration with @reasonandfaithinharmony, check out her beautiful gif set 🖼

Fine Line (6.8k) for @heartstringsduet

Carlos ghosts a kiss along TK’s cheek, feeling the shudder of TK’s inhale as he murmurs, “You need me?”

“I …” TK swallows, his throat clicks and Carlos hears it.

Their knees bump and Carlos trails his fingers through TK’s hair and just waits. He doesn’t ask again, he just holds TK in a vertical embrace and strokes his hair and stays patient.

“There’s something that’s helped in the past,” TK says in a small voice. “Something you and I haven’t done before.”

brighter in the morning (40k so far) cowritten with @strandnreyes

Sometimes nights together are hard to come by, but TK and Carlos find ways to connect as husbands in the morning.

A series of 12 mornings together for each of the 12 episodes in season 5 (plot permitting …)

Somewhere in a Song (23.7k so far)

Fresh out of rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, lead singer TK and his band Stranded are pushed into a tour he's not sure he's ready for. To combat the bad press from his very public hitting of rock bottom, his label suggests they take up-and-coming country singer Carlos along with them. Between TK's still healing wounds and closeted Carlos's fears that his parents don't support his musical career, a rocky start might turn into finding exactly what they both need.

Tagging @theghostofashton @birdclowns @reyesstrand @strandnreyes @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut

@carlos-in-glasses @actual-sleeping-beauty @thisbuildinghasfeelings @herefortarlos @heartstringduet

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@tellmegoodbye @anactualcaseofthetruth @ironheartwriter @eclectic-sassycoweyes @ditheringmind

@emsprovisions @irispurpurea @nisbanisba @corsage @chicgeekgirl89

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[thebiggerbear]

WIP Wednesday - 9/4/24 - Jenny Hoyt x Reader

A/N: Excerpt from something I've been working on since July 24th of last year. 3x11 was one of my favorite Jenny episodes from season 3, where I felt like we finally got back to the spirit of her character as well as her friendship/partnership with Cassie, while setting her and Beau up to have proper parallels for the first time since 3x01.

Pairing: Jenny Hoyt x Female!Reader

Warnings: flirting; fruit mentions for implications; a little fluff; a tiny trace amount of gyrating; language

Taglist: @avada-kedavra-bitch-187; @rieleatiel

Big Sky Taglist: @heartlessdelusions; @nancymcl; @muhahaha303; @deans-spinster-witch; @solacedthistest

@deansimpala; @foxyjwls007; @onlyangel-444; @roseblue373; @kickingitwithkirk

You shrugged. “Besides, I like peach.”

“Oh, I know you like peach,” Jenny teased, putting her fork down.

You rolled your eyes and went for another bite. “Ha ha. What, are you letting Arlen write all of your jokes now? Because that is not the guy you want to be learning standup from, trust me.”

She grinned and swung her body around to straddle you. You dropped your fork and your hands flashed out automatically to her hips to keep her from falling. Giving you a teasing smirk, she slid her hands up over your shoulders and leaned in, stopping just an inch or so from your lips. “I know you really like peach,” she whispered, gyrating her hips against you a little as she dug her teeth into her bottom lip.

“Peaches are sweet,” you said absentmindedly, watching in awe at the way her body moved. You got a sudden case of deja vu from the last time she seduced you this way, on this very couch as a matter of fact. Not that you minded one bit. 

“What do you say, we close up in here and go to bed?” She murmured huskily to you. “So you can show me just how much you really do like peach.”

You nodded, your eyes on your hands that were roaming all over her. Sometimes it still blew your mind that this beautiful woman had been dropped into your lap, figuratively before she literally was in it. This amazing person whose smile lit up a room as well as your heart, and whose eyes reflected back the very soul you’d been searching for while also seeing deeply into your own. If Beau hadn’t called you and offered you the job at his new department, you might never have met her. That was something you didn’t even want to consider. Not having Jenny in your life was unthinkable. 

She went to get up off of you but the action made your head clear. “Jenny.” You stopped her, cupping her cheek when her brows drew together in confusion as she stared down at you. You gazed into those beautiful blue eyes and gave her a soft smile, needing her to know just how much she meant to you. “I really do love peach. I’d marry the fuck out of it if it wanted me to.”

Jenny laughed and lowered down to kiss you soundly. “I love you, too,” she whispered to your lips. “And maybe it would marry you, too, if you, you know, would ask.”

“Is that a challenge?”

She shrugged her shoulders, tenderly moving your hair out of your eyes.

“Because that sounded like a challenge,” you insisted.

“Could be,” she teased. “Or not.”

“You sure? I’m telling you, I’ve been challenged before and that sounded like a challenge.”

A devious smirk spread across her lips. “You have, huh? Well, in that case…” She leaned in and whispered something into your ear that had your eyes almost popping out of your head. 

You slapped your hands onto the seat of her pants, making her let out a teasing yelp, and held onto her as you got to your feet. “Challenge accepted, Miss Hoyt.”

dividers by @firefly-graphics

[crimsonxe]

I’ll do the ones I know of:

Red like Roses = Ruby

RLR pt. II = Ruby and Summer

I Burn = Yang

Gold = Yang to Ruby

Mirror Mirror = Weiss

From Shadows = Blake towards Adam

Caffeine = Team CFVY

Boop = Renora

Not Fall In Love with You = non-connected and just a pop song from Jeff’s past

Divide = Salem

Cold = Mostly a song about or towards Monty’s death, though can probably be put to characters in the show too; I dunno though.

I’m the One = Mercury and Emerald

Like Morning Follows Night = Blake and Sun’s journey in v4

Bad Luck Charm = Qrow

This Life is Mine = Weiss towards Jacques

Armed and Ready = Yang (though with a bit in a about 3x11 w/ Blake)

Bmblb = obvious Bumbleby (Blake/Yang)

Ignite = Yang

Path to Isolation = Weiss

Smile = Ilia

All Things Must Die = seems to be Raven and Cinder throwing barbs at each other.

All That Matters = Yang about Blake

One Thing = Neo

Lionize = Adam

From Shadows pt. II/This Time = Blake and Ghira

Big Metal Shoe = Cordovin

Nevermore = Blake and Yang about Adam

Indomitable = tribute song to Monty going with a quote of his about the human spirit

Forever Fall = Arkos

Touch the Sky I personally see as a Blake song but to each their own

Hero = Ironwood

War = Ace-Ops vs. RWBY

Be Strong and Hit Stuff = Nora

The Truth = Cinder

Treasure = Blake towards Yang; but also willing to throw Renora into the mix too

Friend = Penny

That’s all the songs that I know of up to the current

Hey RWBY fans, does anyone out there have a lot up to date list(at least up to vol 8) on RWBY songs and what characters they are about? Confirmed would be ideal, but common speculation is also welcome. Obviously some songs are pretty blatant, but some seem like they could be about multiple characters. I wanna do more analysis of songs and what it means for the characters they are for.

[becauseofthebowties]

JENSEN ACKLES as BEAU ARLEN in BIG SKY | 3.11 Super Foxes

[beaudeanw]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen in Big Sky S3 Episode 11 - Super Foxes

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen BIG SKY: Deadly Trails (2022) | 3.11 – “Super Foxes”

[let-me-be-your-home]

[deansraspberrypie]

🤠❤‍🔥 Sheriff Beau Arlen

Big Sky - 3.11 - Super Foxes 🤠✨

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[liberteqm]

Katheryn Winnick in Big Sky (3x11)

[avengerdaisy]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen in Big Sky: 3x11 Super Foxes