#Dead from New York

[renegadesstuff]

“Be honest, when you vowed 'for better or for worse', you really had no idea what you.were agreeing to, did you?” 🤭

S7E22, “Dead From New York” aired 9 years ago (May 4, 2015) ❤️

[bunysliper]

Hey! I’m the anon who asked you about the scene. It’s from 7x22, when Danny Valentine flirts with Kate and she flirts back a bit. I think she does it because she's excited and Kate tends to act a little different when she's in fangirl mode, but I'm not comfortable with that interaction. I know it comes from my own insecurities if a situation like that occurred, cause from my baggage I would think that my partner would leave me for that crush... Silly? Yes, but I can't help it. So I would like to know your point of view.

Hi Anon, so in keeping with the trend, apologies for how long it's taken me to answer you.

I don't want to be insensitive to you with this answer, since you have said you're bothered, and it is absolutely valid to not love the scene for any reason, of course, but I don't think we can always apply our own personal comfort levels for situations to the characters. After all, for some, the entire premise of the show is something they would not personally want to experience, but they can put that aside to enjoy the story we're being told.

Personally, I don't have a problem with the scene. It's a little bit of hero-worship/fangirl (similar to when she met 'Captain Max' in the Final Frontier), which is a totally normal thing in general, but also an established reaction for Beckett, so nothing out of the ordinary or indicative of any desire she has to look elsewhere. I would also throw out an idea for another aspect of what we see in the scene: Beckett playing a part to get information from the guy who's flirting with her by returning the flirtation. We've seen her do that before as well - think Last Call, for one. She knows how to work a person for information, and sometimes, that involves a little bit of femininity and flirting.

Another thing you can do is look at the situation from the characters' point of view. How are they reacting? Beckett is flattered and a little flustered. Castle seems surprised that it's happening but not upset at her. He gives ol' Danny a nudge to the chest when he gets closer than necessary and kind of side-eyes Beckett as they're walking out. And part of his reaction with the side-eye could come from the fact that Beckett teased him about his long-time schoolboy crush on Kat Kingsley and the gaga eyes he was making at her not that long ago (in Last Action Hero), and/or about the fact that she was unimpressed when strippers flirted with him (in Bad Santa), but is a bit flippant this time. Or he could be reacting to the fact that she entertained the flirting at all, when Beckett used to be literally all business all the time and only "flirted" as long as was necessary to get the information she wanted.

Either way, his reaction doesn't seem like he's especially upset with Beckett or concerned about it having lasting effects on their relationship. Maybe he's a little miffed, but even saying that, with the exception of one line later in the episode when they think Valentine is involved (the moment when Castle says, "Oh ho ho. I knew it. That smug, no talent playboy is up to his neck in this." which is classic Castle when he feels like they've found their killer and it just happens to maybe be someone who dissed him), it's mostly forgotten after that moment. There doesn't seem like there's any discontent between them; from what we see, they are good. Which is what matters, right?

Anyway, this is long and like a million years late, but I hope this maybe helped a little bit!

[yesokayiknow]

fifteen saying 'i have no family' was just so funny to me. you're in london right now you could literally get a bus to donna's house

[vanalex]

[pemberlaey]

if anybody cares my essay on may welland / the systemic infantilization of young women in old new york high society was finally published <3

[fanofspooky]

Lucio Fulci’s horror movies

[radioghostiesart]

I just think he deserves to have more time with children to heal his inner child (im delusional)

I imagine Liam has a little gaggle of neighborhood children in New York that adore him like Helena. Both orphaned and not, both rich and poor- they just love the british pirate man with a husband and a pet cowboy

Bonus:

[seagull-scribbles]

'Best man' can’t even tie a bow tie 💒

[vertigoartgore]

Spider-Man VS. Doctor Octopus by artist Steve Skroce and Bud LaRosa. From the cover of 1997's Amazing Spider-Man Vol.#1 #428.

[greensparty]

RIP Connie Chiume, Charles Cyphers and Patti Yasutake

Three actors passed away and here is my combined remembrance:

Remembering Patti Yasutake 1953-2024

Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa

Actress Patti Yasutake has died at 70. She was well-known to Trekkies for playing Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on numerous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation between 1990 and 1994, in the underrated passing-the-torch movie Star Trek: Generations, and Star Trek: First Contact. Other notable performances included Gung Ho, Drop Dead Gorgeous, as George's mother on Beef (which I named my #1 TV Show of 2023).

The link above is the obit from Deadline.

Remembering Charles Cyphers 1939-2024

Cyphers and Donald Pleasence in Halloween

Actor Charles Cyphers has died at 85. He was well-known to Halloween fans as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in the 1978 original Halloween, the 1981 sequel Halloween II, and David Gordon Green's 2021 Halloween Kills (the middle of DGG's trilogy). In addition to Halloween, he worked with John Carpenter on several films including Assault on Precinct 13, The Fog, and Escape from New York. Other notable performances include Roots, Hal Ashby's Coming Home, the 1995 Seinfeld episode "The Hot Tub", and an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

Remembering Connie Chiume 1952-2024

Chiume (left) in Black Panther

South African actress Connie Chiume has died at 72. She was well-known to MCU fans for playing Zawavari in Black Panther (which I included in my 10 Best Movies of 2018 list) and returning Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The link above is the obit from Hollywood Reporter.

[renegadesstuff]

Castle x Beckett 🤍💫

[keep-it-light]

This collage is made for a fellow Kurt Russell, Michael Biehn, and Bruce Campbell fan. @disastrouscanasta I hope you enjoy the collage.😊

[thebongcloudopening]

i'm just saying that the likelihood all these cult members arthur keeps saving start a cult of their own for him is not zero

[daguerreotyping]

Daguerreotype of a strikingly handsome older gentleman, possibly photographed by Matthew Brady, c. 1840s

[frootbyethefoot]

we were all in it together though. every stranger you ever met, they were fighting the same fight you were.

[ID: a digital drawing of quentin smith and yui kimura from dead by daylight. they are both sitting beside a log, as the sun sets in the forest background. quentin has one arm on his leg, and another hand hanging just above his chest. he is looking towards yui and smiling. in a square just above him, in a red hue, shows freddy kruegers hand engulfed in flames. to the right of him is yui kimura. she has one hand hanging limp, and the other hand on top of it. she is looking towards quentin, and talking with a happy expression on her face. in a small square above her, again in a very heavy red hue, is her hand holding a small pocket knife. END ID/]