#Jacob Dawes

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Riding the Lightning

Season One Masterlist

Poison

Unfinished Business

Summary: The team of investigators interview husband and wife serial killers with their execution date set for two days time but then they start to speculate that things aren’t as clear as they seem.

Warning: Implications of past sexual assault, Implication of a past sexual psychopath, Mentions of teenage victims, Flashbacks, Flashback to a twelve-year-old being injured, Mention of J.D., Mention of Abuse

“An abusive man is not a reliable source of information about his partner.” — Lundy Bancroft

The team was driving down to Central Florida to interview a supposed serial killing couple just before their execution.

JJ, Elle, Gideon, and Morgan took one car.

"Sarah Jean and Jacob Dawes butchered what, twelve girls?" JJ asked.

"Thirteen, counting the girl that was just found. Hilary Dickson." Gideon said, "Disappeared fifteen years ago. Buried her under Sarah's mother's living room."

"You think that was their last victim?" Elle asked.

"Well, that's what we're here to find out."

Alexander, Hotch, Zoe, Spencer, and Garcia took the other car, much to Zoe's annoyance, as Garcia would complain about leaving her corner.

"There's nothing about the dynamics of Sarah Jean and Jacob's relationship." Spencer noted.

"The state isn't interested in dynamics or profiles. They just want this case to go away." Zoe said, cynically, fidgeting.

"They were caught. They confessed. They got the death penalty." Hotch said.

"You guys do realize that visiting death row is not part of my job description?" Garcia complained.

"Mmm." Zoe hummed, tilting her head in disagreement.

"Garcia, this will be the first serial killer couple ever recorded for ViCAP." Spencer said.

"They slaughtered thirteen young girls with blonde hair. Hello?" Garcia said with judgement and disgust and gestured to her own blonde hair.

"Stop complaining, Garcia. Those girls were way ­younger than you." Zoe said, unintentionally insulting Garcia.

In 1990, when they were caught, the media called Sarah Jean Dawes, "The Ice Queen" because that's how they had interpreted her demeanour during the trial. Zoe saw different, though. Even though, she had only been five, she had watched the video of the trial. She hadn't seen her demeanor as apathetic... more traumatized. Like she would become in so soon in life.

She had only confessed to killing her two-year-old son, Riley but she was still charged with the murders of those girls. However, there had no evidence of Rile

When they arrived, there was a crowd outside the prison, most of them declaring their hate of the couple but there were a dozen blondes, proclaiming their love for Jacob.

"They call themselves the Women of Jacob." Zoe said, rolling her eyes.

"Try to look like his victims."

"Creepy." Garcia said.

"It happens more than you think. It's called hybristophilia. Richard Ramieraz killed twelve people but had fans who would write him and pay him visits, including Foreen Lioy who married him in San Quentin State Prison. Carol Ann Booth married Ted Bundy the day before he was sentenced to death and conceived a daughter while he was in prison." Spencer said.

"Oh yeah, I met her very briefly." Zoe recalled and then nodded to the women, "There's only twelve of them. Should we tell them they're one short? At least?"

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"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." — Genesis 9:6.

January 23, 2006, MONDAY, 8 AM — 35 Hours Remaining

Garcia started up the prison computer system as Morgan said, "In 1985, there was a string of missing girls reported in Northern Florida. Police subsequently got an anonymous call from a woman claiming to have seen Jacob with some of the girls."

"Did they ever find out who the anonymous woman was?" JJ asked.

"No." Spencer drawled

"Police interviewed Jacob Dawes. Also present were Sarah Jean Dawes and their two-year-old son, Riley. Police were suspicious. They came back three hours later with a search warrant only to find that Riley had vanished. They also eventually found the dismembered bodies of twelve missing girls buried in the ground underneath Jacob's workshop." Hotch explained.

"Fearing that the police were onto them, Jacob figured Riley would slow them down so he ordered Sarah Jean to kill him and dispose of the body." Spencer said.

"Sarah confessed to killing Riley, but never admitted her role in the deaths of the girls." Gideon said.

"Yeah, but she never denied it, either." Elle said.

"Well, according to Jacob, Sarah Jean was fully complicit in the targeting, abduction and murder of all twelve, and, well, now thirteen victims."

"Prison records show that Jacob is a sexual psychopath. They were inconclusive on Sarah Jean, though. They said her demeanor was more like that of a war victim's." Spencer said.

Alexander looked at Zoe, she had said the same thing when she was younger on this very case. Multiple times. It was how one could describe her after those five days. When she woke up, she never cried but her eyes were still bloodshot from the tears she had cried in captivity. She had been in shock and couldn't remember anything, but still she lied to everyone but Alexander and Zarah.

And when she came back from those eight months. Apart from her breaking into tears at the realization that Zarah had never been found, she had remained distant, nearly emotionless. Until the first bouquet arrived. The moment she saw those blood-covered white roses, she had broken down, screaming and crying so hard that she had difficulty breathing. In hysterics, only muffled when she buried her face into Alexander's chest.

Not quite as much as after those six months. She had learned to be strong by then. Well, Zoe's definition of strength. By refusing to show weakness.

"And as with all sexual psychopaths, Jacob is obsessed with the idea of the total possession of his victims. He's shown no remorse or guilt.

Well, Jacob saw Sarah Jean as a possession. Somebody to control. To dominate." Gideon said.

Zoe's memory flashed back to the first stab as that scar burned as if being cut open again. It was the closest thing she could remember to her time with him other than him holding the gun to her head until he pistol-whipped her.

He had kept the blade in her body for a long time, he had pulled her flush against his body and the knife piercing deep into her flesh. She wasn't sure if more tears welled up in her eyes or if it just felt like it from five full days of... whatever he did to her. He had his hand on the back of her head, and he was shushing her and whispering but she couldn't remember what he was saying. She got the feeling his voice was husky though... and it made her feel sick. She felt him grip her hair and pull, but her scalp had already been throbbing. Had he pulled her hair a lot? Her head jerked up, meeting those gold hazel eyes, shining with mirth and pleasure. She knew in that moment that he owned her. He had done terrible things to her the past five days, things that had never been done to her, she knew that. She had never been stabbed before, not with a knife. This was her first UnSub scar, just below the scar that saved her life twelve years ago. He had irretrievably damaged her, he had tricked her and taken her right in front of her sister because of what her dad hadn't done. Then he pulled the blade out to start stabbing again. All while she refused to break eye contact. If he was going to kill her, he was going to have to look her in the eyes.

Now, even nearly eight years later, she was still his plaything. She knew he watched the news for her. Followed her every step. She was his possession in his twisted mind. She could never escape even though she let him escape.

Zoe felt like she couldn't breathe but she had had practice in hiding her PTSD. Her brokenness.

She nearly flinched when Alexander put a hand on her shoulder. Her eyes darted up and she saw Gideon looking at her. Oh, he knew. Did that make him as guilty as she was? The lives

"Just so we're clear, they've agreed to these interviews?" A man asked.

"Yes, sir." Gideon nodded.

"Wait. I'm sorry." Zoe asked, and her voice was briefly hoarse. Which Spencer picked up on. "Who are you, exactly?"

"I'm Sam Shapiro. I'm their appeals attorney."

"Not only have they agreed to them, they were initially requested by them." Hotch said, handing Shapiro a paper.

"Yeah, I can't get them a stay of execution."

"Garcia. Remember, seventy-five percent of all communication..." Gideon said.

"Is non-verbal." Garcia finished.

"Hotch, Alexander, interview Jacob. Morgan, Elle?" Gideon said. He knew it was best not to have Zoe be near him. If her zone-out PTSD attack was anything, he didn't want to remind her of her repressed memories sooner than she had to.

"We're not going to get anything new, but..." Hotch said.

"Well, find a new way to ask." Gideon said and handed a picture to Morgan, "696 Hennessy Street, Jacob and Sarah Jean's home. It's due for demolition. Take a look around."

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Gideon, Zoe, and Spencer walked with the warden to see Sarah Jean.

"Are you okay?" Spencer asked Zoe.

"Just peachy." Zoe huffed.

"The guards call this dead man's alley." The warden said.

"Has she had any contact with Jacob?" Gideon asked.

"Well, until today she's declined contact with anyone." The warden said. "For her own safety, we keep her away from the other prisoners. The hate for this woman is as fresh today as it was fifteen years ago. Open on four!"

They reached Sarah Jean's cell which was full of paintings that she was staring at.

"Accomplished work." Gideon said.

"I've had plenty of time." Sarah Jean said. Her voice was hoarse as if she hadn't been in the habit of using it a lot. She turned around, showing them the face Zoe had seen on TV when she was five. Sarah Jean was a middle-aged blonde woman with blue eyes that seemed to be much older in the way that Gideon's were, and she had a kind, gentle smile. "What is it you want to know?"

"I think it's time the mothers of those girls learned why their children had to die. Don't you?" Gideon asked.

Sarah Jean was perfectly lovely, she asked for their names as they walked.

"This is Doctor Spencer Reid and I'm Doctor Zoe Noble-Valdez, M.D." Zoe said.

"A doctor and so young. Your mother must be very proud." She told Spencer and he nodded slightly. She turned to Zoe, "Your mother must be proud too."

"My dad is... my mom's... she's dead." Zoe said and Sarah Jean showed true sympathy in her eyes.

Jacob caught sight of his wife between the cages that separated the walkways.

"Sarah Jean." He said and Sarah Jean's face fell. "Sarah Jean." She turned to see her husband whom she hadn't seen in fifteen years. "You look so fine, baby cakes. This was meant to be. Our names will live forever."

"Let's go." Hotch said and they forced Jacob to move.

"It's a beautiful thing."

"Let's go!"

"It's a beautiful thing."

Sarah Jean turned to Gideon, "You designed that to happen. Did you learn anything, Agent?" She turned to Zoe, "What about you, doctor?"

"The same thing I knew when I saw you appear on my TV screen when I was five years old." Zoe said.

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They sat Sarah Jean at a table to talk to her.

"So what did you see in Jacob?"  Gideon asked.

"Freedom." Sarah Jean asked.

"Freedom from what?" Spencer asked.

But she didn't reply she just looked at him.

"Sarah Jean, I get it. I had a boyfriend that my dad very much didn't approve of either." Zoe said.

"And what did you see in him?" Sarah Jean asked, she was genuinely curious and Zoe knew it was best to answer her if they wanted a rapport.

Zoe considered it for a moment. it was a loaded question. J.D. saw a part of her, she hadn't allowed anyone else to see. Simply because he personally knew what signs to look for.

"Relatable trauma. He was broken like I am." Zoe replied. Spencer furrowed his brows in confusion.

Garcia's voice came over the earpieces.

"Gideon? It's Elle. She says it's urgent." She said and Gideon stood up to listen with no distractions.

"We're at the mother's house. She gave me a letter. I want to read to you." Elle's voice said as Sarah Jean

"Read the letter, Elle." Gideon said.

"What?" Sarah Jean gasped, looking at Spencer and Zoe.

"Mom, I know how difficult this must be..."

Gideon started to repeat Elle's words to Sarah Jean, the letter she wrote.

"...difficult this must be. Things between us were never what they should be between a mother and her daughter."

"That is a private letter." Sarah Jean said, standing up.

"I want you to know that the best part of me, the most important part of me is now in a better place than you or I will ever be."

"Stop it!"  Sarah Jean screamed, pulling the earpiece out of Gideon's ear.

"I am responsible for the deaths of those girls." Spencer continued repeating it aloud, "I neglected my duty as a woman and as a mother."

Sarah Jean started to hit Spencer but Zoe was on her feet, grabbing her and Sarah Jean spun around and raised her hand to hit Zoe but Zoe just moved her head, looking at it but not flinching... like she was all too used to it.

"Do you think hurting me like the men who hurt us is going to help?" Zoe asked, sincerely.

Sarah Jean retracted her hand as if she had been burned as she stared into Zoe's eyes.

"You neglected your duty?" Gideon asked and Zoe swallowed, looking away as Sarah Jean sat down in a chair, holding her head in one hand. "That doesn't make you responsible. You didn't kill those girls. Why didn't you say this in court?"

"I knew he brought women back to his workshop." Sarah Jean confessed, but she still wasn't answering truthfully, she was still hiding something.

"That's a long way from knowing he was killing them." Spencer said, sympathetically.

"They died as a result of my neglect."  Sarah Jean said.

Zoe's heart clenched with guilt, a guilt she had forced herself to learn to live with from an age that no one should have to live with that sort of guilt. A guilt she learned to accept as the norm... before more guilt piled up on her. To the point that she felt like she couldn't breathe... literally... the emotional guilt had become physical to her like it was choking her. But she couldn't let it show. She couldn't let anyone know. That was the power he had over her. These cases were the hardest. When she related to someone so much that she couldn't help but be painfully reminded of her own pain. As if the physical scars weren't enough. As if the nightmares weren't enough. As if the future repercussions weren't enough.

"This letter suggests to me that an innocent woman is about to be executed for crimes she did not commit." Gideon said.

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MONDAY, 9:00 — Twenty-Four Hours Remaining

They rewatched the video from the camera.

"They died as a result of my neglect."

"This letter suggests to me that an innocent woman is about to be executed for crimes she did not commit."

"Well, I can tell you right now, it's not enough to get a stay." Shapiro said to Gideon.

"You want facts?" Gideon asked and turned to Spencer, "Reid."

"Human sexuality is a complex dynamic of three components, biological, physiological and emotional. Jacob's needs were informed by the emotional and sexual abuse that he received at the hand of his mother." Spencer explained.

"Long-term repetitive abuse informed the template of his love map, something we refer to as a signature. Jacob was an only child..." Zoe continued.

"Thus he was alone when the abuse occurred. So in order for him to fulfill his fantasy, he has got to be alone with his victims." Spencer finished.

They played a video of the interview Jacob had with Hotch

"If I told you that, what would I have left for myself?" He had asked Hotch.

"He said, 'myself'." Gideon pointed out, "If Sarah Jean was present, it would have destroyed his fantasy."

"She confessed to killing her son." The warden said.

"Yes, true, but we're also convinced that she was the anonymous caller that made the phone call that nailed Jacob." Spencer pointed out.

"Henry Lee Lucas claimed he killed over six hundred people. Just because someone claims they killed someone doesn't make it true." Zoe said.

"Guilt-ridden, filled with remorse, she called the police." Gideon explained, "That's not the profile of a woman who would then kill her child.

"What else do you need?" Spencer asked.

"Evidence." Shapiro said.

"If we prove Jacob killed Riley, would that get a stay?" Gideon asked.

"Absolutely." Shapiro said.

"If either of them killed them..." Zoe muttered.

"What?" The warden asked.

Zoe nodded at the live footage of Sarah Jean holding a painting including a little blonde boy. "She protects the painting. She protects the boy."

"What?" Shapiro asked this time.

"The paintings are a statement. We need to figure out what they say." Gideon explained, but it didn't clarify Zoe's words too much more for them.

"Zoe, you catch her off guard. You remind her of her when she was younger." Gideon said, looking at Zoe who gave him a deadpan look back like a sarcastic, thanks. "Do you think you can handle that?"

"I've survived worst." She said.

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Somehow the possibility of stay of execution got out to the public. JJ, wanting to help, and being most like Jacob's victims, young and blonde, went to help Hotch while Zoe and Gideon went back to talk to Sarah Jean again.

"Sorry about before. You know, breaking your earthing and..." Her eyes flickered over Zoe who sat with a guarded posture. Arms crossed over her chest, her body stiff, but ready to fight at a moment's notice. Fifteen years ago, she wouldn't have noticed but now she did.

"How old are you?"

"Twenty." Zoe said softly.

Sarah Jean smiled; Zoe was only a few years older than Riley. Zoe was only twenty and still very much looked like a teenager. She dressed like one, not like an FBI agent. She dressed like a girl determined to show who she was through her clothing but they weren't as quirky as they could've been, showing just an ounce of professionalism. Zoe wore a dark gray t-shirt with multiple colorful crayon scribbles on it and in white words: Broken crayons still color under a black leather jacket, ripped black jeans, and high black boots. Her shirt had creases in it that implied that it had been tied in a knot but to show just a bit of professionalism Zoe had had undone the knot and tried to smooth out the crinkles.

"I think your mom would've been proud of you."

Both Zoe and Gideon smiled. Both were bittersweet in a way but still a smile.

"You both have a lovely smile."

"Thank you." Gideon said but Zoe didn't take the compliment.

"But neither of you smile much. Not really." It was hard to notice how fake Zoe's smiles were if you didn't know what to look for. She didn't know when she started using smiles to mask her pain, to her she had always been in pain, there had always been pain to mask but she didn't think she could stop the fake smiles if she wanted to. At some point, the mask of fake smiles merged with her true face. At some point, she became the mask.

"Neither do you."

“What's your excuse?

Zoe couldn't help but let out a bitter chuckle, "Even without the execution scheduled tomorrow, we wouldn't have enough time to list them all."

The cell door unlocked, and a guard brought Sarah Jean's paintings in.

"I took the liberty of getting these from your cell." Gideon informed her.

"No, those are private." Sarah Jean protested but the guard placed them on the table anyways.

"Thank you." Gideon thanked them and they left, leaving them with Sarah Jean and the other guards who "just wallpaper."

"They're very good." Zoe said, kindly. In her time that could be compared to prison, if she were being kind, she only had her mind to pass the time as the UnSubs did as they pleased to her.

Gideon looked at the first painting. The painting she was most attached to. "Riley running free." He placed the painting on the floor propped up against the cage door so they could see it. He picked up another, The river. Flowing positive energy, maybe." He placed it next to the one with Riley. And he picked up the last painting, "Twelve roses. One for each girl Jacob killed."

"Until a few days ago. Jacob's thirteenth victim was found." Zoe said and Sarah Jean looked at her, shocked. "Her name was Hilary Dickson."

"You didn't know about her. You didn't really know about any of them." Gideon said.

"I never said I did."

"You confessed to killing Riley. Why would you lie about killing your own son?" Gideon asked.

"I didn't." Sarah Jean said.

"You're right. What always bothered me about your case is that you never fought the accusations, and you went along with the accusation that you killed your son. But there's no evidence. No body. No struggle. Just a missing toddler." Zoe said.

"Do you have any children?" Sarah Jean asked.

"No." Zoe said, sharply at once, her body tensing once again.

"That's irrelevant." Gideon said.

"Do you carry pictures of your children, Agent Gideon?" She pressed on.

"We're getting off point."

"Are we?"

"How old would your son be now?" Gideon asked. "Seventeen? Imagine what he could have become. Jacob put an end to any chance of that."

"Does the strain of your work affect your marriage?" Sarah Jean asked.

"I'm not married."

“You wear a ring.”

Jill Gideon was a silent partner in getting the BAU up and running. She also helped raise Zoe, she was the only therapist both Zoe and Jason could trust. They divorced just two years after David Rossi "retired".

"Why would you still be protecting Jacob?" Gideon asked.

"Did your suffer relationship because of your work?" Sarah Jean asked Zoe.

"Yes and no." Zoe said. And that was that.

"Did you divorce because of putting people like me away?"

"I think you're innocent." Gideon said.

"We're all guilty of something. But it's our children that suffers for our sins, isn't it?"

"You'd have to ask him."

"Can't I ask you?" Sarah Jean asked Zoe. "You're the other agent's daughter."

"I don't think so." Zoe said, truthfully. Despite her dad insisting she and Zarah come along on cases, she never blamed him for getting on UnSubs' radars. Not once. Her dad would say different.

"How old is your son?" Sarah Jean asked Gideon.

"He's twenty-two." Gideon said with a smile.

"Oh!" Sarah Jean smiled. "Do you have a picture of him?"

"In my office." Gideon said, gesturing.

"You don't carry him with you?"

"No."

"Does your father carry pictures of you?"

"Not of me, no. But a few weeks after my twin and I were born he got a necklace engraved with a Linnaea borealis or more commonly known as the twinflower, it's a bell-like flower that come in pairs on Y-shaped stalks. Inside are our baby footprints and our birth names." Zoe explained.

"To protect you." She smiled and looked at Gideon, "You want to leave him somewhere safe. Somewhere clean."

"You killed Riley to protect him from Jacob?" Gideon asked.

"I protect my son as you protect yours." Sarah Jean said.

"Where's he buried?" Gideon asked.

"All that matters is that he's safe."

"Where is he?" Zoe asked.

"He's in a better place."

The warden entered and said, "The chaplain's here to see you."

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When Jacob heard that Sarah Jean had been granted a stay of execution, he claimed he could tell them where he was buried. They searched under a gazebo that was built by Jacob while Zoe spoke some more to Sarah Jean after she spoke with the chaplain while Spencer stayed back, shifting awkwardly.

Zoe didn't ask her questions; they just played a game of chess. Sarah Jean hadn't played against someone in a while. Zoe went easy on her.

“Did your boyfriend ever hurt you?” Sarah Jean asked her.

Zoe looked up at her. It was a common assumption. If you knew J.D. separately you would assume so, if you even just looked at his records, you'd think so. He had a tendency for violence, but he was a lot like Zoe. Layered. A rough exterior hiding a soft center. He didn't play by the rules and could be violently aggressive. But he never hurt Zoe. Not once.

“Ex-boyfriend. We broke up less than a year ago. And no. He… he was hurt a lot. His mom hurt him. His uncle couldn’t protect him from his stepmother. But he saw that other people hurt me. People like your husband. Possibly someone very similar to your husband. But he would never hurt me. I’m the only person he would never hurt.”

"You seem sure about that."

"I am."

“Do you still love him?” Sarah Jean asked and behind Zoe, Spencer shifted his weight.

Zoe took a moment to answer. “I’m always going to have this fondness for him. But I don’t love him like that anymore. He did a bad thing. A few bad things. And people will suffer because of it. And I will suffer because I caused it. I believed I deserved to be loved but I don’t."

"That can't be true."

"It is." She said, sharply, and then her voice softened, "I pushed him when I was trying to save him."

Spencer had to excuse himself as he got word on what the rest of the team found.

"Who hurt you?"

"A lot of men. My dad tried his best to protect me but... my mom she killed by an UnSub, a serial killer who killed pregnant women, my sister managed to be born but she was taken when she was still pregnant with me. She willingly let herself be hurt to protect me until she died."

“She did what any true mother would do.” Sarah Jean said, softly.

“Yeah, doesn’t make her death any less my fault. So my dad was too afraid for me and my sister to be out of his sight so he would take us on cases and I was not a cooperative child. I wanted to help and that got the attention of some bad men. Particularly when I was twelve, a man, a lot like your husband. Psychopath, hebephile, sexual sadist, gets off on the power he has over someone. He held a gun to my head and I was found five days later stabbed thirteen times and he still holds power over me. In the worst way."

"How?"

"I can't." Zoe whispered, shaking her head. "But I understand so much more than you know."

"Zoe." Spencer came back, "The team's back. They have something."

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Eight Hours Remaining

They found a skeleton under the gazebo and checked for the ID.

"Guys, the body's ID's coming through," Garcia said and it brought up a picture of a young teenage girl with blonde hair. "It's not Riley Dawes. It's Ashley Farley. She was fourteen when she was killed."

"Why would Jacob give us another victim?" Spencer asked. It completely goes against his need for power, manipulation, and control."

"Taking the secret of an old victim to his grave satisfies that need." Gideon said.

"Why give it up? I mean, what's the payoff?" Spencer asked.

"Sarah Jean's the payoff." Zoe said, darkly. "Sarah Jean will be his last victim. That'd be the ultimate of control."

"Gideon, check this out. Guess who used to be the Farleys' house cleaner?

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Zoe walked to Sarah Jean's cell where she was eating Hardee's on her prison bed with the painting with Riley hanging behind her.

"My last supper. Like some?" She asked, softly and picked up a little stuffed animal, "Look, came with a toy."

"I'm a vegetarian." Zoe declined and asked, "May I sit down?"

"Please."

Zoe and Gideon stepped inside her cell and it slid shut behind her and Zoe sat on the bed to break the news to Sarah Jean.

"Ashley Farley. You cleaned her parents' house. Remember?" Zoe asked.

"Fondly."

"I'm so sorry but we found her buried beneath a children's gazebo." Zoe said and Sarah Jean gasped loudly in grief and despair and stood up. "At another house Jacob renovated. He put her there." She went to the cell door, clutching the bars.

"I might as well have brought her home to that bastard."

"It's what Jacob wants. He wants to torture you." Zoe tried.

"Did he do to you too?" Sarah Jean asked, sharply.

"Not yet. But he will. And that's the worst part." Zoe said.

"How can you stand it?"

"I couldn't. I repressed it from my mind. The only reason I remember is because of the thirteen stab wounds he gave me." Zoe sighed and she turned to the painting of the river. "The high reeds. The river." She pointed to a brown object near the water. "This here, what is this, a basket?" Then she looked at the painting of Riley playing, "The boy in that painting is what, ten? Maybe more. Is that how you see him, or how he is?"

"I only have a few hours left. I'm respectfully asking you to leave." Sarah Jean pleaded.

"Where is he? Where is Riley?" Zoe pleaded back.

Sarah Jean turned back to the bars and said, "Please see Doctor Noble-Valdez out."

"Open four."

The door opened and Zoe walked through it, She remembered the heaviness in her jacket and she turned back to Sarah Jean in an act of kindness.

"Sarah Jean. I thought... you might want a book. This was one of my mom's favorites. Little Women. Please, be careful. It was her own copy. She wrote anecdotes in it... in case she didn't get to tell me them in person." Zoe said, taking out a copy of the classic that was over two decades old and handing it to her through the bars. "Just... to pass the time."

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Five Hours Left

Zoe walked back inside, feeling like she left part of her behind with the book. "Garcia, pull up the interview with Sarah Jean."

"What is it?"

"If my memory of the Bible is correct, Hebrew sons were supposed to be drowned but Moses' mother sent him down the Nile in a basket.

"Exodus 2:3." Spencer recalled. "The Birth of Moses."

"Where's he buried?" Gideon asked in the video.

All that matters is that he's safe.

"Where is he?" Zoe asked.

"He's in a better place."

"Dad, do you remember what you told me when we first heard this story on the news?" Zoe asked.

It had just been months since Zoe's heart stopped from an incident with their grandfather and Alexander had made it clear that if he was anywhere near them again, he'd get a restraining order. Alexander had promised he'd never let Cain hurt Zoe again, that she wouldn't have to go through what he put Alexander and Isobel through. Even if he'd have to fake their deaths.

"Jacob didn't bury Riley anywhere." Alexander said.

"Sarah Jean had already taken care of him." Zoe

"Then she did kill him." JJ said, confused.

"No, she sent him somewhere where she believed he'd be safe." Spencer explained.

"He's alive." Garcia gasped, typing on the keyboard and bringing up a picture of a two-year-old boy with blonde hair and brown eyes.

"When I told her about what happened to my mom, she said she did what any true mom would do. She protected me from the man who killed her. Sarah Jean said that because she did the same for Riley. Protected her from someone who wanted to kill him." Zoe explained.

"We're running out of time." Gideon said, "This is the proof we need to save Sarah Jean."

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Two Hours Left

"Check all police and hospital records dating back to September 1990." Gideon told Garcia.

"You know, you should check local newspapers, too. See if anyone reported any abandoned babies.

"Yeah, I don't give a damn where the Governor is." Shapiro passed them on his phone. "We may have found proof that Sarah Jean is innocent."

"She really only had a maximum of three hours between police visits." Spencer set up the timeline. "It was 4:00 p.m., so traffic was pretty heavy. Whatever she did with Riley, it had to be local."

"1990. Three babies were abandoned in September." Garcia said.

"But no two-year-old boys?" Zoe said, looking over her shoulder and Garcia slumped.

"Why doesn't she just tell us where Riley is?" Spencer asked.

"She'll protect him for as long as Jacob is alive." Gideon said.

"Look, they're being executed within an hour of each other. What hope do we even have of finding him in time?" JJ complained.

"You know, it's quite possible she doesn't even know where he is anyway."

"No. She'd know." Gideon said. "We've got to get into her cell."

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Gideon, Hotch, and Zoe walked to the warden who was watching Jacob get his head shaved in prep for the electric chair.

"Where have you been hiding this hottie, Hotch?" Jacob asked at seeing Zoe, "You come to see the show?"

"Screw you, you Fred West wannabe." She scoffed, barely looking at him but not in a fearful or intimidated way but like he wasn't even worth her time and Gideon pulled the warden away to speak to him.

"We need to get into Sarah Jean's cell. I believe the proof we..." Gideon told him.

"I can't do that!" The warden insisted, "All official lines of communication are now over."

"I just need five minutes.

"Agent, they want the memory of these two individuals erased.

"They'll be condemning an innocent woman to death just for protecting her child. Is it worth risking that just because they want to get this over this and not have to deal with them anymore?" Zoe spat.

"Five minutes. That's all I need." Gideon said, much calmer than Zoe.

The warden ultimately granted them five minutes to get into the cell.

Meanwhile, Gideon and Zoe entered her cell. Gideon started to go through the mattress, but Zoe went straight up to the Riley painting and she took it off the wall and pulled the back out to find a picture of a teenage boy with a cello taped to it. It was a cutout clipping from a paper.

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They brought it back to the team and put it side by side to the picture of two-year-old Riley.

"That's Riley. That's her son. Isn't it?" Garcia pleaded, "Someone tell me it's him, please."

"Maybe." Zoe said.

"JJ, circulate this photo to the press." Hotch said, "See if anybody recognizes this boy."

"Do I say who we think he is?" JJ asked.

"No, just put him out as a Missing Persons."  Hotch told her and JJ went to leave to do so when there was a beep.

"What does that mean?" She asked.

"It means Jacob is being moved to the execution chamber."

Hotch left to see Jacob off and Jacob confessed to killing four more girls before he willingly walked to the execution chamber.

"She cut around the photo so no one can read the text." Spencer said, "He was two when he disappeared. This boy's sixteen or seventeen. If it's Riley, it would mean it's a recent photo."

"Once Jacob's dead, you think Sarah Jean will tell us if this is Riley?" JJ asked. Gideon didn't answer. He just turned and left. "Zoe?"

"I don't know." She answered.

She looked at a photo of Riley and suddenly a rage shot through her as memories came back of him. His hazel-brown eyes. Soulless but full of sick pleasure as he drove a knife through her skin. Her memory suddenly came back to something she hadn't thought about in a while. A few days after she had lied... straight to the BAU's faces. The day before she was discharged, she woke up to find the note. She had let him win. She was still letting him win. And if the theories were right he could've died thinking he won but she doubted it.

Jacob was not going to die, thinking he won.

She grabbed a print of Riley and walked with long determined strides through the hallway. She felt only rage and injustice, but she had an empty look in her eyes, she felt disconnected from the world in a way she hadn't for a long time.

She passed Hotch who called her name but she didn't seem to hear him, she wouldn't remember him saying her name. The next thing she remembered she was on the other side of the glass looking at Jacob's smug face and she slammed the picture against it so he could see it.

"Riley!" She said with coldness and spite in her tone. Jacob's face fell in realization and horror. "He's alive. You lose!"

Jacob scrunched his face in outrage and growled out, "No!"

The guard rolled the black cloth over Jacob's face, the last thing he saw was Zoe with cold, merciless eyes and a smirk on her face with proof that Sarah Jean would not be joining him in death. The lights flickered as they pulled the lever and Jacob was dead.

Zoe blinked, barely having remembered having gotten all the way here. There was quite a bit of satisfaction at taking it from Jacob but there was still an empty hole left since she was twelve.

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Sarah Jane still refused after Jacob was dead. Garcia looked through the adoption registry as Gideon said,

"The only people Jacob allowed Sarah Jean to know were the families she cleaned for."

"Sarah Jean worked for wealthy families, all of whom lived in Hampton." Hotch said. "Let's go over all the families in the state of Florida who were looking to adopt in 1990 and let's see how many lived in Hampton."

"Families looking to adopt? Hundreds."

"How many from Hampton?" Gideon asked.

"Three families. The Jameses, the Kopples and the Sheffields." Garcia said after narrowing down the list.

"Looks like the Sheffields removed themselves from the list in October 1990 and then moved out of Hampton." Zoe read the screen, "That's one month after Riley vanished. Where'd they go?

"Keystone Heights." Garcia said, "We got a match on the photo. It was in the local daily news."

"Call Morgan and Elle. Tell them to get to the Sheffield house." Hotch said as he left the room.

"Byron Sheffield." Spencer read Riley's new name.

"Local cello prodigy, seventeen-year-old Byron Sheffield, won a scholarship to play cello." Zoe read.

"They'll stop it right?"

"The warden is duty-bound to see it through without an official stay of execution from the Governor.

Zoe left and joined Hotch, Gideon, and Sarah Jean at the door as the warden went in.

"What wouldn't you do for your son to give him a life you could never hope to dream of? I am at peace in the knowledge that my son is free to be whatever he chooses to be." Sarah Jean said.

"If he knew who you were, do you think he'd choose to allow you to walk in there?" Gideon asked.

"If he knew who his parents were, can you imagine the damage my legacy would leave him?"

"Your legacy is hearsay off the assumption you killed your son, but you didn't." Zoe protested.

"Can you imagine what he would feel knowing his mother spent 15 years on death row, innocent of all charges, just so he could be free of her?" Gideon asked.

"Not me. Jacob. It isn't just my life you have in your hands, it's Riley's life, too. You have the chance to save my son's life."

"I choose to save yours, too."

"My life ended the day I met Jacob."

"That's not true." Zoe pleaded but she couldn't ignore the knowledge she felt the same way. That fateful February day.

"Gideon, I've got Elle. She says they're at the Sheffield house." Garcia that through the earpieces.

The warden stepped back out and said, "It's time."

"Take your hands off her." Gideon said when the guards grabbed onto Sarah Jean "Tell Morgan to kick the door down if he has to."

"Morgan, you're gonna get in the house, whatever it takes." Hotch said.

"I said take your hands off her."

"Agent Gideon."

"It's not right. To send this woman to her death just because she asks for it." Zoe shouted. "Just because you want to forget about the things her husband did!"

"Gideon, they've got him. What are we doing here, Gideon?

"I am standing here because of choices I made. Don't let my son be Jacob's last victim. Please, Doctor Noble-Valdez, don't let him go through what you've gone through."

Zoe wanted to protest but suddenly all she could see were those eyes again and a breathy chuckle in her ear. She could almost feel his weight on top of her again.

"Let me go. Let us both go."

"Tell Morgan it's not her son. That we made a mistake."

Zoe looked at him, her breath still caught in her throat.

Zoe then felt Sarah Jean take her hand, "You're stronger than I am."

"I'm not." She whispered.

"I think when the time comes, you'll do the right thing." She told her and she let the guards take her before turning back to her and Gideon. "Would it be too much to ask if yours is the last faces I see?

"Of course not." Zoe said.

"I know your mother would be proud of you." She promised her.

Zoe and Gideon sat on the other side of the glass, watching her until they put the black cloth over Sarah Jean's face.

It wasn't quite Sarah Jean's words kept coming back to Zoe: "I think when the time comes, you'll do the right thing."

But the reply Zoe had in her head: How many people will he have killed by then. Who will he have killed?

Albert Pine said, "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."

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The line: Gideon thanked them and they left, leaving them with Sarah Jean and the other guards who "just wallpaper." is a reference of the SNL skit "Jail Scene" with Woody Harrelson.

Edited October 23, 2024

[crabridgedart]

C3E42 Abridged - Art by @tylerwalpole, @nikkidawes, jacobgrimoire, @eldritchblep, victori_jane and @larkspurns

[offsidenewsco]

"Every day, millions of people across the globe are born with the unfortunate condition of not being from New Jersey."

Read our #NJDevils October Newsletter here.

[notarobotipromise]

I just suddenly found this so aesthetic

the twilight saga books / nature

[moonlightfoxs-cantina]

Been rewatching criminal minds lately, and no matter how many times I watch season 1 ep 14, I always ball my eyes out 😭😭

[veeluvss]

you're safe now, baby

JJ has a nightmare on the plane home and Elle comforts her. 750 words

Jacob Dawes. A face JJ would never forget. He haunted her.

The team were heading home from Florida. It was late. The case had been long and gruelling. What started as trying to get information from the unsubs, ended up in a chase for the unsub's son who was presumed dead. Everyone slept peacefully in their respective spots, apart from Elle Greenaway. She couldn’t sleep on the jet - flying made her anxious. She read her book and curled up in the chair by the table. her knees hugged to her chest. Spencer was asleep beside her, his head resting on the window. Derek was opposite with his headphones on while Hotch and Gideon were in singular seats near the front of the jet. JJ slept on the sofa, her legs up and her blue blanket around her body. Occasionally, Elle would glance up at her girlfriend, checking on her. Elle and JJ had been dating for two months and Elle was completely smitten with the blonde. Everything the younger girl did encapsulated Elle. Elle loved JJ and although it hadn’t been said yet, JJ knew it. JJ loved Elle right back. 

The flight was long and everyone stayed sleeping. Until JJ woke up. She shot up forcefully. JJ’s heart pounded, her hand shot to her chest. She couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t see. His face was in front of her, his stupid smile spread across his stupid face was right there. She screamed and hit him- hit at his face and his chest but he didn’t move, his smile only spread. 

Elle shot up from her seat. She was by JJ’s side in seconds but JJ was still in the dream, still facing Jacob Dawes, not her girlfriend. 

“Get away from me!” she screamed. Suddenly the whole jet was awake.

“JJ, hey,” Elle said. Her voice was soft and relaxing. She took hold of JJ’s flailing hands and held them down in her lap. “Look at me,” she said. JJ cried. JJ looked and Elle’s soft, honey-brown eyes filled JJ’s vision. Jacob Dawes faded away and she was back in the plane’s cabin. Safe. Alive. 

Everyone, although disorientated, looked over at the commotion as JJ’s sobs filled the space. “It’s okay, JJ,” Elle whispered. She moved so she was holding JJ. She pulled the blonde against her chest and began rocking her side to side so softly. JJ clung to Elle’s t-shirt. Unfortunately, it wasn’t JJ’s first nightmare with Elle. “I’ve got you, honey.” 

Realising the situation was sorted, Derek and Spencer quickly fell back asleep but Gideon and Hotch were wide awake. Hotch’s brow furrowed as she looked over at the shaking girl in Elle’s arms. Gideon pondered the situation with his hand on his chin. Elle caught Hotch’s gaze and sent a reassuring smile his way before turning to JJ. 

“Hey, baby,” she whispered, lifting JJ from her chest. JJ whimpered at the movement but sat up. She moved around subconsciously so her back was to the rest of the jet and the pondering eyes of Hotch and Gideon. “What happened?” Elle asked. “He was trying to kill me,” JJ whispered. “Kill you? Who?” “Dawes. He knew we found Riley. He thought I’d tell him where he was and he attacked me. Hotch was gone- I was alone. With him. He-” She stopped speaking, no longer trusting her voice. She grabbed a lock of her hair. In her dream. Jacob had cut it off, taken it all for himself to smell whenever he wanted. It made JJ sick. “He’s gone now, Jay,” Elle whispered. She had her hand on JJ’s back, rubbing her fingers in soft circles. “He’s dead. He won’t ever, ever hurt you.” “But he hurt me in my dream,” JJ whispered back. She turned to Elle and looked at her desperately, her blue eyes full of water.

“I know but you’re safe. So safe. We’ll keep you safe.” She wrapped her arms around JJ and JJ snaked her arms around Elle’s torso, resting her head on her shoulder. “I’m safe?” JJ asked, her voice small. “Safest you can be, baby. I’m right here,” Elle caressed JJ’s hair, letting the softness flow through her fingers. “Will you stay?” JJ asked. “I’ll stay for as long as you need me,” Elle replied. She planted a kiss on JJ’s head and smiled down at her girlfriend. JJ nodded and moved to get more comfortable, already feeling the sleep overcome her again. “That’s my girl, get some more sleep. I’m right here,” Elle comforted. 

JJ quickly fell back asleep in the comfort of Elle’s arms. 

[youbutstupid]

If you see the quote “screw comfort characters, who’s your confront character” and you go for one of the women of the BAU as opposed to one of the hundreds of vile male unsubs then idk what to tell you other than you might wanna consider some internalised misogyny

I really don’t think Jordan Todd being a bit snappy with Morgan or Ashley Seaver interrupting Reid is enough to warrant them being seen as worse than characters such as Jacob Dawes, Frank Breitkopf, Charles Hankel, Jason Clark Battle, George Foyet, Ian Doyle, John Curtis, Malcolm Ford, Hastings and Askari, Carl Buford, Edgar Solomon, Peter Lewis, Elias Voit…. To name a few

[sp1rit-realm]

hotch + interactions with jacob dawes | 1x14

[paladin--strait]

paladin's 100 follower celly and new request list!! ✨

ahhh thank you so much for 100 followers! im so happy 🥳 and on my birthday too?? its like a gift 🎁 but, i hope that you guys like these prompts and the people i chose but if you have anybody that you want me to write for or a different prompt you wanna read you can still send it in and i'll see what i can do!

I love you all so much! keep reading to see the prompts and the people for your requests! ⬇️

the people who you request for are referred to as "name" in the prompts. and sorry, but none of these will be NSFW. even though i read it sometimes, im not comfortable with writing it just yet. all fics written will be under the tag "paladin's 100 follower celly!" make sure to check it out and drop a follow to see when a new fic comes out!! ❤️

some will be written in headcanon form and some will be in fic form! but let me know which one you want it in! ❤️

please let me know if you want the reader to be plus size, i'll happily write it for ya!

current request status: open!

✨ prompts!! ✨

1 - "I'm sick, don't get near me" "I don't care"

2 - "I want you to meet my parents." "but we just met!"

3 - crying in his arms

4 - him crying in your arms

5 - "listen to me, everything is going to be alright."

6 - "I'll take care of you."

7 - "they didn't deserve you."

8 - sugar baby x sugar daddy

9 - "I'm gonna be here for you whether you like it or not."

10 - bodyguard!(name) x reader

11 - sunshine!reader x (name)

12 - lazy morning

13 - team staff member x (name)

14 - comparing hand sizes

15 - cooking for his team (athletes only)

16 - cooking for his parents

17 - meeting his team (athletes only)

18 - (name) x baker!reader

19 - reader brings cookies or cupcakes for players team after a huge win (athletes only)

20 - reader gets hurt and (name) takes care of them

21 - wearing another players jersey (athletes only)

22 - (name) cooks for reader and it goes terribly wrong

23 - (name) cooks for reader and its good

24 - reader cooks for (name) and it goes terribly wrong

25 - reader cooks for (name) and its good

26 - reader hosts a suprise party for (name)

27 - rival player chirps player about reader, player goes crazy (athletes only)

28 - reader is a ref for the nhl, slowly falls for player (athletes only)

29 - reader cooks for (name)'s friends

30 - reader's child takes a liking to (name)

31 - reader is a storm chaser

32 - reader meets (name)'s pet and the pet loves reader

33 - reader watches an episode of her and (name)'s show without him knowing

34 - (name) comforts reader in a storm

35 - reader and (name) go to a pet store and reader convinces him to buy them a pet

36 - going to the eras tour with them

37 - going to a nba game with them

38 - going to yours/his little siblings sports game

39 - hairstylist!reader / doing his hair

40 - he teaches you how to play hockey (athletes only)

41 - reader compliments their eyes

42 - reader is a florist

43 - reader is a coach for a pee wee team

44 - teacher!reader

45 - coaches daughter

✨ nhl players! ✨

matt rempe

jack hughes

luke hughes

quinn hughes

trevor zegras

jamie drysdale

sidney crosby

cole caufield

nico hischer

timo meier

dawson mercer

andrei svechnikov

arturs silovs

sergei bobrovsky

matthew tkachuk

brady tkachuk

auston matthews

igor shesterkin

connor bedard

jeremey swayman

andrei vasilevskiy

stuart skinner

marc andre fleury

nico daws

jacob markstrom

aleksander barkov

brock boeser

j.t. miller

macklin celebrini

leo carlsson

mason mactavish

david pastrnak

artemi panarin

✨ other fandoms! ✨

tyler owens (twisters)

javi (twisters)

boone (twisters)

daryl dixon (the walking dead)

rick grimes (the walking dead)

carl grimes (the walking dead)

negan smith (the walking dead)

eugene porter (the walking dead)

abraham ford (the walking dead)

(there may be more added later)

[spudbestdog]

Bruce Wayne/Batman of Earth-28 Bio:

Info:

Name: Bruce Thomas Wayne

Alias: Batman, John "Matches" Malone, Insider, Khofash, The Dark Knight, Caped Crusader, World's Greatest Detective

Family:

Simon Hurt (Ancestor)

Patrick Wayne (Paternal Grandfather, Deceased)

Constance Wayne (Paternal Grandmother, Deceased)

Roderick Kane (Maternal Grandfather, Deceased)

Elizabeth Arkham (Maternal Grandmother, Deceased)

Thomas Wayne (Father, Deceased)

Martha Wayne (Mother, Deceased)

Alfred Pennyworth (Legal Guardian/Godfather)

Leslie Thompkins (Godmother)

Jacob Kane (Maternal Uncle)

Philip Kane (Maternal Uncle)

Thomas Wayne Jr (Brother, Deceased)

Kate Kane (Maternal Cousin)

Elizabeth Kane (Maternal Cousin, Deceased)

Bette Kane (Maternal Cousin)

Dick Grayson (Adopted Son)

Jason Todd (Adopted Son, Deceased)

Tim Drake (Adopted Son)

Duke Thomas (Foster Son)

Cassandra Cain (Adopted Daughter)

Holly Robinson (Adopted Daughter)

Damian Wayne (Biological Son)

Athanasia Al Ghul (Biological Daughter)

Helena Wayne (Biological Daughter)

Mar'i Grayson (Granddaughter, through adoption)

Astrid Arkham (Relative)

Olive Silverlock (Relative)

Jon Kent (Godson)

Laura Kent (Goddaughter)

Affiliation:

Wayne Enterprises, Batman Incorporated, Justice League, Outsiders, Gotham Knights, League of Assassins (Formerly)

Gender: Male

Orientation: Heterosexual

Relationship Status:

Married (Selina Kyle, Wife)

Divorced (Talia Al Ghul, Ex-Wife)

Broken Engagement (Andrea Beaumont, Ex-Fiancée)

Ex-Partners (Linda Page, Julie Madison, Vicki Vale, Jaina Hudson, Jezebel Jet, Natalie Knight, Rachel Dawes, Sliver St. Cloud, Chase Meridian)

[spinningerster]

fellow fansies - I have complied a (hopefully) comprehensive list of cast members for anyone new to the fandom or for those who may like a refresher on the casts. I've not included every single character, just the main ones, so if you'd like a character adding just ask; also if you notice any cast members are missing or have been labelled incorrectly in any way, please let me know, I want this list to be as accurate as possible. characters with a dash (-) for any of the categories I wasn't sure if they were included in that production or not. if you're able to fill in any of the blanks that would be much appreciated. any questions, please let me know <3

Jack

1992; Christian Bale

Workshop; Jay Armstrong Johnson

Paper Mill; Jeremy Jordan

Broadway; Jeremy Jordan, Corey Cott, Mike Faist (u/s)

Tour; Dan DeLuca, Joey Barreiro

Proshot; Jeremy Jordan

UK; Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, George Crawford (u/s), Matt Trevorrow (u/s)

Pulitzer

1992; Robert Duvall

Workshop; Shuler Hensley

Paper Mill; John Dossett

Broadway; John Dossett, Rob Raines, John E. Brady (u/s)

Tour; Steve Blanchard

Proshot; Steve Blanchard

UK; Cameron Blakely, Ross Dawes (u/s), George Crawford (u/s)

Katherine

1992; N/A

Workshop; Meghann Fahy

Paper Mill; Kara Lindsay

Broadway; Kara Lindsay

Tour; Stephanie Styles, Morgan Keene

Proshot; Kara Lindsay

UK; Bronté Barbé, Bobbie Chambers (u/s)

Davey

1992; David Moscow

Workshop; Jason Michael Snow

Paper Mill; Ben Fankhauser

Broadway; Ben Fankhauser, Ryan Breslin (u/s), Garrett Hawe (u/s)

Tour; Jacob Kemp, Stephen Michael Langton

Proshot; Ben Fankhauser

UK; Ryan Kopel, Alex James-Hatton (u/s)

Medda

1992; Ann-Margret

Workshop; Liz Larsen

Paper Mill; Helen Anker

Broadway; Capathia Jenkins, Caitlyn Caughell (u/s), Julie Foldesi (u/s)

Tour; Angela Grovey

Proshot; Aisha de Haas

UK; Moya Angela, Kamilla Fernandes (u/s)

Crutchie

1992; Marty Belafsky

Workshop; Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Paper Mill; Andrew Keenan-Bolger

Broadway; Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Andy Richardson, Garrett Hawe (u/s)

Tour; Zachary Sayle

Proshot; Andrew Keenan-Bolger

UK; Matthew Duckett, Alex James-Hatton (u/s)

Les

1992; Luke Edwards

Workshop; Matthew Gumley

Paper Mill; R.J Fattori, Vincent Agnello

Broadway; Lewis Grosso, Matthew Schechter

Tour; Vincent Crocilla, Anthony Rosenthal, Ethan Steiner (alternate), Jonathan Fenton (alternate)

Proshot; Ethan Steiner

UK; Nesim Annan, Haydn Court, Oliver Gordon, Ethan Sokontwe

Race

1992; Max Casella

Workshop; Robert Hager

Paper Mill; Ryan Breslin

Broadway; Ryan Breslin

Tour; Ben Cook

Proshot; Ben Cook

UK; Josh Barnett

Albert

1992; N/A

Workshop; Jordan Nichols

Paper Mill; Garrett Hawe

Broadway; Garrett Hawe

Tour; Sky Flaherty

Proshot; Sky Flaherty

UK; Jacob Fisher

Specs

1992; Mark David

Workshop; Jordan Samuels

Paper Mill; Ryan Steele

Broadway; Ryan Steele

Tour; Jordan Samuels

Proshot; Jordan Samuels

UK; Samuel Bailey

Henry

1992; N/A

Workshop; N/A

Paper Mill; Kyle Coffman

Broadway; Kyle Coffman

Tour; DeMarius Copes

Proshot; Michael Rios

UK; Matt Trevorrow

Finch

1992; N/A

Workshop; Bobby List

Paper Mill; Aaron J. Albano

Broadway; Julian DeGuzman

Tour; Julian DeGuzman

Proshot; Iain Young

UK; Damon Gould, Zack Guest (swing)

Romeo

1992; N/A

Workshop; N/A

Paper Mill; Andy Richardson

Broadway; Andy Richardson

Tour; Nico DeJesus

Proshot; Nico DeJesus

UK; George Michaelides, Jordan Isaac (swing)

Spot

1992; Gabriel Damon

Workshop; John Arthur Greene

Paper Mill; Tommy Bracco

Broadway; Tommy Bracco

Tour; Jeff Heimbrock, Anthony Zas

Proshot; Tommy Bracco

UK; Clarice Julianda

JoJo

1992; N/A

Workshop; -

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; Thayne Jasperson

Tour; Josh Burrage

Proshot; Josh Burrage

UK; Mukeni Nel

Tommy Boy

1992; N/A

Workshop; -

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; -

Tour; -

Proshot; Michael Dameski

UK; Jack Bromage

Mike

1992; N/A

Workshop; N/A

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; -

Tour; -

Proshot; Jacob Guzman

UK; Mark Samaras

Ike

1992; N/A

Workshop; N/A

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; -

Tour; -

Proshot; David Guzman

UK; Arcangelo Ciulla

Mush

1992; Aaron Lohr

Workshop; -

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; Ephraim Sykes

Tour; Jack Sippel

Proshot; Nick Masson

UK; Joshua Denyer

Elmer

1992; N/A

Workshop; -

Paper Mill; -

Broadway; Evan Kazprak

Tour; Anthony Zas

Proshot; Anthony Zas

UK; Joshua Nkemdilim, Bradley Trevethan (swing), Rory Shafford (swing)

Wiesel/Jacobi/Mayor

1992; Michael Lerner (Weisel)

Workshop; Robert Creighton (Weisel), Tom Alan Robbins (Jacobi)

Paper Mill; John E. Brady

Broadway; Michael Gorman

Tour; Michael Gorman

Proshot; John E. Brady (Wiesel & Jacobi), Michael Gorman (Mayor)

UK; Jamie Golding (Wiesel), Alex James-Hatton (Wiesel u/s)

Morris

1992; David Sheinkopf

Workshop; Corey March

Paper Mill; Mike Faist

Broadway; Mike Faist

Tour; Michael Ryan

Proshot; Devin Lewis

UK; George Crawford, Zack Guest (swing), Jordan Isaac (swing), Bradley Trevethan (swing)

Oscar

1992; Shon Greenblatt

Workshop; Ben Thompson

Paper Mill; Brendon Stimson

Broadway; Brendon Stimson

Tour; Jon Hacker

Proshot; Anthony Norman

UK; Alex James-Hatton, Zack Guest (swing), Jordan Isaac (swing), Bradley Trevethan (swing)

Seitz

1992; Charles Cioffi

Workshop; Bill Nolte

Paper Mill; Mark Aldrich

Broadway; Mark Aldrich

Tour; Mark Aldrich

Proshot; Mark Aldrich

UK; N/A

Bunsen

1992; N/A

Workshop; Mark Price

Paper Mill; Nick Sullivan

Broadway; Nick Sullivan

Tour; Bill Bateman

Proshot; Bill Bateman

UK; Siõn Lloyd, George Crawford (u/s)

Hannah

1992; N/A

Workshop; N/A

Paper Mill; Laurie Veldheer

Broadway; Laurie Veldheer

Tour; Meredith Inglesby

Proshot; Meredith Ingleby

UK; Bobbie Chambers, Lindsay Atherton (u/s)

Snyder

1992; Kevin Tighe

Workshop; Marcus Neville

Paper Mill; Stuart Marland

Broadway; Stuart Marland

Tour; James Judy

Proshot; James Judy

UK; Ross Dawes, Alex James-Hatton (u/s), George Crawford (u/s)

Nunzio/Teddy Roosevelt

1992; N/A

Workshop; Tom Alan Robbins

Paper Mill; Kevin Carolan

Broadway; Kevin Carolan

Tour; Kevin Carolan

Proshot; Kevin Carolan

UK; Barry Keenan, George Crawford (u/s)

[crabridgedart]

CR Abridged Art Masterpost

Because tagging posts is an art form.

By artist:

Hannah Friederichs (@agarthanguide)

Shaun Ellis (@shmaba)

Bree Williams (@larkspurns)

Lap Pun Cheung (@lappuncheung)

Wesley Griffith (@wesley_griffith)

Deven Rue (@devenrue)

Cris Trinci (galaxybandit)

Hampus Viklander (@spookystirfry)

Azraelion (@azraelion)

Mike Pape (@wingbuffet)

Elisa Serio (@ellinainthesky)

Clara Daly (@eldritchblep)

Nikki Dawes (@nikkidawes)

Ian MacDonald (@ian_macdonald_art)

Akane (@akanelogics)

David Rodrigues (@3rdclover)

Tyler Walpole (@tylerwalpole)

Hugo Cardenas (@takayuuki_art)

Jacob Grimoire (@jacobgrimoire)

Conceptopolis, LLC

Katarzyna Wrobel (@quietsphere)

Meg Simmons (@megzilla87)

Tori Bennet (victori_jane)

Jonah Baumann (@galacticjonah)

Jessica Scates (@jessmightwork)

Natalie de Corsair (@natalie_corsair)

Lyadrielle (@lyadrielle)

Chiara Papalia "Lia" (@iliadeleart)

Jessica Nguyen (jessketchin)

Adrian Ibarra Lugo (ailustrar)

Cameron Grant (aurex_aldori)

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[offsidenewsco]

"If the Devils are going to do one thing, it’s pin all their hopes on a little (Swiss-)German(-Canadian) boy named Nico."

Enjoying tonight's game? Read our #NJDevils recap here.

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 46, 2024

A Feature-Space Theory of the Production Effect in Recognition. Caplan, J. B., & Guitard, D. (2024). Experimental Psychology, 71(1), 64–82.

Dentate gyrus ensembles gate context-dependent neural states and memory retrieval. Coelho, C. A. O., Mocle, A. J., Jacob, A. D., Ramsaran, A. I., Rashid, A. J., Köhler, S., … Frankland, P. W. (2024). Science Advances, 10(31).

Neural Signatures of Evidence Accumulation Encode Subjective Perceptual Confidence Independent of Performance. Dou, W., Martinez Arango, L. J., Castaneda, O. G., Arellano, L., Mcintyre, E., Yballa, C., & Samaha, J. (2024). Psychological Science, 35(7), 760–779.

Neural representational geometries reflect behavioral differences in monkeys and recurrent neural networks. Fascianelli, V., Battista, A., Stefanini, F., Tsujimoto, S., Genovesio, A., & Fusi, S. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 6479.

Recurrent inhibition refines mental templates to optimize perceptual decisions. Jia, K., Wang, M., Steinwurzel, C., Ziminski, J. J., Xi, Y., Emir, U., & Kourtzi, Z. (2024). Science Advances, 10(31).

Models of human preference for learning reward functions. Knox, W. B., Hatgis-Kessell, S., Booth, S., Niekum, S., Stone, P., & Allievi, A. G. (2024). Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 1313.

A feature-specific prediction error model explains dopaminergic heterogeneity. Lee, R. S., Sagiv, Y., Engelhard, B., Witten, I. B., & Daw, N. D. (2024). Nature Neuroscience, 27(8), 1574–1586.

A ventral pallidal-thalamocortical circuit mediates the cognitive control of instrumental action. Leung, B. K., Chieng, B., Becchi, S., & Balleine, B. W. (2024). Current Biology, 34(15), 3315-3326.e6.

Subcortical origin of nonlinear sound encoding in auditory cortex. Lohse, M., King, A. J., & Willmore, B. D. B. (2024). Current Biology, 34(15), 3405-3415.e5.

Control and recalibration of path integration in place cells using optic flow. Madhav, M. S., Jayakumar, R. P., Li, B. Y., Lashkari, S. G., Wright, K., Savelli, F., … Cowan, N. J. (2024). Nature Neuroscience, 27(8), 1599–1608.

Determinantal point process attention over grid cell code supports out of distribution generalization. Mondal, S. S., Frankland, S., Webb, T. W., & Cohen, J. D. (2024). eLife, 12, e89911.3.

Modeling confidence in causal judgments. O’Neill, K., Henne, P., Pearson, J., & De Brigard, F. (2024). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 153(8), 2142–2159.

Prefrontal neuronal dynamics in the absence of task execution. Pu, S., Dang, W., Qi, X.-L., & Constantinidis, C. (2024). Nature Communications, 15, 6694.

Space is a latent sequence: A theory of the hippocampus. Raju, R. V., Guntupalli, J. S., Zhou, G., Wendelken, C., Lázaro-Gredilla, M., & George, D. (2024). Science Advances, 10(31).

Different learning aberrations relate to delusion-like beliefs with different contents. Rossi-Goldthorpe, R., Silverstein, S. M., Gold, J. M., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Williams, T. F., … Corlett, P. R. (2024). Brain, 147(8), 2854–2866.

Multitask learning of a biophysically-detailed neuron model. Verhellen, J., Beshkov, K., Amundsen, S., Ness, T. V., & Einevoll, G. T. (2024). PLOS Computational Biology, 20(7), e1011728.

Probabilistic neural transfer function estimation with Bayesian system identification. Wu, N., Valera, I., Sinz, F., Ecker, A., Euler, T., & Qiu, Y. (2024). PLOS Computational Biology, 20(7), e1012354.

Development of neural circuits for social motion perception in schooling fish. Zada, D., Schulze, L., Yu, J.-H., Tarabishi, P., Napoli, J. L., Milan, J., & Lovett-Barron, M. (2024). Current Biology, 34(15), 3380-3391.e5.

A potentiation of REM sleep-active neurons in the lateral habenula may be responsible for the sleep disturbance in depression. Zhang, Z., Zhang, W., Fang, Y., Wang, N., Liu, G., Zou, N., … Zhao, H. (2024). Current Biology, 34(15), 3287-3300.e6.

Axo-axonic synaptic input drives homeostatic plasticity by tuning the axon initial segment structurally and functionally. Zhao, R., Ren, B., Xiao, Y., Tian, J., Zou, Y., Wei, J., … Tai, Y. (2024). Science Advances, 10(31).

[woodsborostabathon]

aka the user formerly known as ambersrequel (rip). ceci / 23 / she/her / lesbian / boricua but i get a lil yeehaw with it. i'm not quite as strict with my dni criteria as i am with my headcanons! basically just don't follow me if you're: an anti, under 18, or have a habit of bashing any of the media i'm into. i'm proship and don't play about my faves, so please don't get me started.

speaking of my faves, this is kinda-sorta an about, kinda-sorta a masterlist of them!

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒.

lolita. vc andrews' dollanganger & casteel family sagas. my best friend's exorcism. stephen king's work (mainly carrie & misery). the kingdom of little wounds. the miseducation of cameron post. the mortal instruments. twilight. the virgin suicides. richard siken's work. junji ito's work (mainly tomie, dissolving classroom, & uzumaki). dark water. toradora. blood on the tracks.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒 (𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑).

scream franchise (esp. films 4-6). saw franchise. the ring. final destination franchise. nightmare on elm street (1984. dream warriors. & 2010). dark water (both vers.). the exorcist. tragedy girls. marrowbone. get out. us. barbarian. abigail. ready or not. candyman (both vers.). mama. orphan. fatal attraction. it (1990). house of wax. the witch. silent night deadly night. village of the damned (1995). bloody birthday. the bad seed (1956). the craft. forget me not. my bloody valentine (2009). sleepaway camp. jennifer's body. silent hill. hereditary. white: curse of the melody. cinderella (2006). sinister (1 & 2). carrie (1976 & 2013). sorority row. ouija: origin of evil. lisa frankenstein . . . full list on my letterboxd bc otherwise, i'd keep going forever.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒 (𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑).

lolita (both vers.). the virgin suicides. flowers in the attic (both vers.). but i'm a cheerleader. welcome to the dollhouse. bottoms. the addams family (1991 & values). the hunger games. twilight saga. suicide squad (2016 & 2021). thirteen. heavenly creatures. heathers. gone girl. the room.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐓𝐕 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒.

euphoria. you. interview with the vampire. house of the dragon. yellowjackets. supernatural. the summer i turned pretty. law & order: special victims unit. cruel summer. american horror story. that 70's show. criminal minds. ginny & georgia. shadowhunters. death note. mirai nikki. black mirror. love, victor. big love. deadly women.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒.

the sims (mainly 2 & 4). crusader kings iii. phasmophobia. dead by daylight. roblox. content warning. fire emblem (awakening & fates).

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐂.

xana. ice nine kills. lana del rey. ethel cain. glass animals. flower face. marina. pom pom squad. chappell roan. melanie martinez. the technicolors. idkhow. ayesha e. waterparks. hey violet. mother mother. taylor swift. sza. panic! at the disco. my chemical romance. the weeknd. olivia rodrigo. young miko.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒.

amber freeman. charlie walker. the kirsch siblings. sidney prescott. dewey riley. kirby reed. tara carpenter. chad meeks-martin. liv mckenzie. vince schneider. anika kayoko. amanda young. john kramer. carrie white. nancy thompson. quentin smith. jesse braun. louis & claudia de point du lac. lestat de lioncourt. shauna shipman. jackie taylor. dahlia williams. chris & regan macneil. samara morgan. angela baker. alessa gillespie. wendy christensen. esther coleman. mara chaffee. rhoda penmark. joe goldberg. love quinn. delilah & ellie alves. yuno gasai. misa amane. debbie brody. jennifer check. needy lesnicki. billy chapman. pearl. tomie kawakami. grace le domas. nan (ahs). alicent hightower. rhaenyra targaryen. helaena targaryen. jace velaryon. dolores haze. nate jacobs. maddy perez. cassie & lexi howard. fezco. gomez & morticia addams. wednesday addams. olivia benson. jeanette turner. jackie burkhart. steven hyde. the dollanganger siblings. heaven & tom casteel. isabelle & alec lightwood. magnus bane. simon lewis. carlisle & alice cullen. rosalie hale. cecilia lisbon. dawn wiener. cameron post. abby rivers. gretchen lang. harley quinn.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 & 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒.

ocs. writing. the flds. some other cults + religious fundamentalism. psychology. video editing. video essays. book collecting (specifically 1st edition vca). lovecore + 'coquette' aesthetics. dogs. being silly & perhaps even goofy.

˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗ 𝐌𝐘 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐒.

slashersimmer (simblr), slashersweethearts (horror fandom ocs).

[negative-speedforce]

if you had to limit yourself to ONLY ONE song for each of your OCs, their "theme song", what would you pick?

Siv: Villains Pt. 2 - Emma Blackery

Jay: Hey Brother - Avicii

Cassandra: Aries - Alice Chatter

Hailey: Dead Girl! (Shake My Head) - Au/Ra

Esme: I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) - Mike Posner

Gina: 90 Days (feat. Wrabel) - P!nk

Arya: Dirty Little Animals - Bones UK

Ember: Faster N Harder - 6arelyhuman

Cat: Funeral - Phoebe Bridgers

Kyle: Still - Dove Cameron

Max: SECOND MINUTE HOUR - JORDY

Eric: Ordinary - Dazyface, Cayley Spivey

Jacob: Teenage Dream - Steven Dawes

Khalil: Eat The Acid - Kesha

Antonio: Home - AURORA

Rania: Can't Catch Me Now - Olivia Rodrigo

Ameerah: Screw Feelings - Au/Ra

Reggie: Wonderland - CHVRCHES

Meredith: The Calling - The Amazing Devil

Director Hawke: Dark Horse - Rain Paris

Cory: Only Love Can Save Us Now - Kesha

Kelsie: Mother Nature - RAYE, Hans Zimmer

Torryn: X Games - Au/Ra

Kausar: Breakfast - Dove Cameron

Onnie: Beautiful Mayhem - DeathbyRomy

Jessi: Siren - Kailee Morgue

Pippa: Eve - Precious Pepala

Hyun-Ki: Only You - Ellie Goulding

Marie: Yellow - Mayu Maeshima

Qiara: Honey - Halsey

Liah: Monsters - Katie Sky

Soraya: Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

Athena: I Kill Everything - DeathByRomy

Laila: Love Into a Weapon - Madalen Duke

Reyna: Higher Love - Whitney Houston, Kygo

Thalia: Surface Pressure - Jessica Darrow

Pyrrha: Weapon - Against The Current

Aldrich: Rewrite The Stars - Zac Efron, Zendaya

Samira: HABIBI (My Love) - Faouzia

Sohelia: King - Lauren Aquilina

Vanessa: Heart to Break - Kim Petras

Matt: SYMBIOTIC - Starset

Dolores: Style - Taylor Swift

Victorie: Everything Matters - AURORA, Pomme

Kayla: Gasoline - Halsey

Dori: The Road - Faouzia

Ellis: Angel On Fire - Halsey

Gabi: Something To Believe In - Kesha