#Sam 'Coop' Cooper

[life-and-love-in-a-myst]

Sneak peak for a chapter in progress for my CM original story.

Sam 'I'm allergic to the office' Cooper, aka Coop to friends, called Hotch about a case that Coop's team were working on. It turns out the case is connected to one that Hotch's lovely wife was involved in a few years before.

Coop and Hotch call in a few favours from friends at the DOJ and US Attorney's Office to get certain files unsealed and cases reopened.

It could also have something to do with a conversation that Coop had with Mrs H's past.

There were few days where Kez regretted being the boss of her own unit. And this was one of those days. However, it also gave her the excuse to get out of the office to meet an old friend. Someone she knew personally, and that Hotch also knew – the one and only Sam Cooper. He was still with the Bureau, still had his team of fellow profilers, including Agent Jonathan ‘Prophet’ Simms. 

She walked over to the picnic table where Sam was sitting. “Still see that you’re just as allergic to offices as ever, Coop,” she said as she sat on the opposite side of the table. Sam just looked at her, smiled and shook his head. “Just as quick with the one-liners, Winnie,” Sam retorted.

Very few people dared to call her ‘Winnie’, and unless they truly wanted to suffer, they didn’t. Though there only two people within the entire Bureau who dared to call her that horrid nickname – Jack Garrett and Sam Cooper - and could get away with it.

“So, why ask me to meet you here?” Kez said, looking around the park. “Not your normal thing.”

“Easier to see if anyone is watching, though the team are nearby,” Sam answered. He pushed the styrofoam box towards her. “Got you something for lunch, from our favourite Mexican place.”

“You sure know how to treat a lady,” Kez said laughing. “You didn’t ask me to meet you here for a friendly chat over lunch. So, what’s going on?”

Sam looked at her. “Could never get one over on you,” he said. He placed a flash drive on the table next to her drink. “All the files are on there. Cruz got a call from the Director and asked that me and my team look into a case a few weeks ago. At first, it didn’t look like much, but then we came across something.”

There was a pause. “Something that links back to a case you were involved in – Francis Michael Milberg.”

[the-unknown-void]

Abigail plays Half-life

Sebastian plays Portal

Sam plays Team Fortress 2

that is all.

[augustvandyne]

addison montgomery x reader, private practice style pretty pls

i love a good “who did this to you?” lots of angst and care taker addison. giving you kisses when you’re stuck in a hospital bed.

i also love a little bit of addison crying on the shoulder of someone worried about you.

i love a good who did this to you moment as well. and i also live for the angst!!

tw: mentions of charlottes accident, mentions of past abusive relationship

who did this?

You couldn’t have possibly seen it coming. You thought you’d gotten away from him, but now it was evident you hadn’t.

Sam found you as you were leaving the hospital, and thank god he did.

You definitely weren’t in a good state at all, and you’d been out for a while. You’d had surgery done by Charlotte for internal bleeding and you were going to make it.

But again, you weren’t in a good state.

Addison found out almost immediately, as she was getting prepared to leave when Charlotte and Sam were rolling you inside from the entrance.

Charlotte had to tell Addison to get back because she was a conflict of interest.

You fell for Addison quickly after moving here a few years ago, and you obviously never thought your ex would find you.

You laid back in a hospital bed now, slowly coming out of consciousness.

“She’s waking up,” You recognize the voice to be from your best friend, Cooper.

“It’s a slow process, Coop,” Charlotte sighs upsettingly. “She’s been almost waking up for hours now.”

Your vision is blurry as you try to take in the bodies in the room. It only looked like there was Addison, Charlotte, Violet and Cooper in the room.

You feel wetness on your right hand, and you assume that’s where Addison is sitting. You can barely see Violet pacing back in forth in front of your hospital bed, as well as Charlotte trying to console Cooper on your left side.

“I don’t understand what happened,” You hear Coopers heart breaking, and yours breaks all over for all of them. You wish you could tell them.

“It had to have been someone from her past,” Violet says, her pointer finger and thumb digging into her eyes. She was tired.

You imagine Charlotte hollowing her cheeks in anger.

She wasn’t sure about you at first when you first moved back to LA due to you being Coopers closest friend and her being undeniably in love with him, but she came around to you eventually. And now, she was like a sister to you just like Cooper was a brother.

“We’ll find them,” Charlottes says in her southern drawl. “He or she. Whoever that may be. We’ll get her justice just like you did for me.”

You feel Addison’s grip adjust in your hand, and you know that hit a spot. Even thinking about something like that happening to you hurt her deeply.

“What do you think Addison?” Violet asks, but only receives silence. You haven’t heard Addison say a word since you had slightly woken. “Addison?”

You feel her lift her head and look at the other three people in your room before standing and exiting the room.

You see Violet exit as well behind her.

“I should,” Charlotte nods and kisses Cooper on the head before exiting as well.

“Y/n/n,” Cooper grabs your left hand. “You need to wake up soon, got it? You’re driving me insane, and you’re driving Addison insane. And.. although she won’t admit it, you’re driving Charlotte insane too. She cares about you too. We all do.”

You’re listening to what he says as you try to make out what is happening in the hall.

Addison has her hands on her hips and she’s looking up at the ceiling. Most likely to stop the tears from hitting her cheeks. She has her lips pressed together to stop any quiet cries from escaping her lips.

Charlotte says something that makes her bow her head, finally breaking and letting everyone else see the tears.

You knew Charlotte wasn’t one for PDA, so you were surprised when you made out her figure wrapping around Addison’s to comfort her.

“It’s going to be okay,” Charlotte rubs her back. “I care about her just as much. And I’m just as scared as you.”

“We’re all here for you Addison,” Violet promises.

You awake fully, your eye site still blurry, but clearing up, nonetheless.

“Guys,” Cooper widens his eyes, coming to the edge of the door, hanging onto the door frame.

Addison removes her head from Charlottes shoulder and is immediately by your side again.

“Y/n?” Her eyebrows are crunched up sadly, and you’re afraid if you speak she might start crying again. “Oh, my sweet girl.”

“We should leave them,” Violet suggests from the doorway.

Cooper and Charlotte nod, and reluctantly follow the woman out.

“I was so scared,” Addison leans her head down, kissing your scraped up knuckles. “My heart dropped when I saw you on the bed. I didn’t know what to do or say.”

“I’m sorry,” Your voice is scratchy. “It’s going to be okay.”

“It’s not, Y/n,” She shakes her head angrily. “Who did this to you?”

“My ex,” You squeeze her hand in reassurance.

“Who are they?” She asks with tears streaming freely.

“It was a man,” You cough. “He was abusive when I was with him and that’s why I moved here in the first place. To get away from him.”

Addison shakes her head, “I’m never letting you out of my sight again.”

You smile lightly at your girlfriend because you know she isn’t lying.

“Come here,” You move over in the bed, wincing slightly at the movement.

“Are you sure?” Addison asks. “I dont want to hurt you.”

“Addie, you won’t hurt me,” You laugh lightly. “I promise.”

She slides into the bed alongside you, moving so your head is on top of her chest and her arms are around you. She kisses you softly on the head.

You tilt your head up at her so she could kiss you on the lips, and she does.

“I love you Addie, thank you for taking care of me.”

“I will always take care of you,” She nods and the two of you fall asleep on the bed together. If you’re going to be uncomfortable, Addison may as well be uncomfortable with you.

[fattlestacks]

Fattlestack I have a question for you I know you catalog is so expensive but I have a question can you post you 5 favorites art's pls?

I don't really have like all time favorites since there's just too many to choose from... but I can post a few of my favorite more recent(ish) ones...

Baxter Pride Month 2023. I really like how this one turned out from his expression to pose and how cute his belly looks... plus all the fun color! Haha.

Purah's Important Research. I don't usually like to put this much effort into the details but I'm quite proud of this one.

Foxymatsu From Above. I had to use a ref for this pose but I think I did a pretty good job with it.

Sam & Sebby Slumber Party. I had originally planned to have this be some sort of sequence but then it sat in my drafts for like a year... I'm glad I was able to just make a single drawing of it. I think it came out well.

Carter & Cooper Pad Thai. I think the poses and expressions in this one are pretty cute, plus Coop's tummy looks nice. :)

[renmorris]

Albert trying to defend Laura's body from the town that killed her while Coop DOESN'T HELP AT ALL and doesn’t even give a shit when Albert gets punched breaks my heart.

Watching the scene absolutely torn between the gleeful affection I have for these characters and in utter agony as Cooper shoots his whole investigation in the foot while standing next to one of the town's most prolific pedophiles 😭

Coop even specifically requested Albert over Sam…like this is such a fucking horror story for Albert. He gets in town and his friend coworker and boyfriend isn’t acting like himself at all and refuses to stand by him when he needs him.

[fatecolossal]

TWIN PEAKS (2017) || Part 18 x Part 8. "This would look nice on your wall." Post on this painting above the bed in P18's motel, & how it evokes specific desert imagery from P8…

While the P18 desert painting features v. similar imagery to that of P8, it's not identical, & imagery of an empty desert is arguably generic enough to make any similarities incidental & not worth further comment. So why consider them linked? Well, b/c of further similarities...

Most overtly, the P18 motel sequence features the same song by The Platters, "My Prayer," that is also prominently featured in the 1956 segment of P8...

It's worth noting that the P8 desert scene that features similar desert imagery to the P18 painting is the same one where the Woodsmen materialize out of thin air. Is there, then, some suggestion of a kind of symbolic link being drawn between Cooper in P18 and the Woodsmen?

Notably, Cooper's line here—"turn off the light"—plays with the same "light" concept featured in the primary Woodsman's main line of dialogue (outside of his "poem"), "got a light?"

The connection between Coop & Diane in P18 itself arguably evokes the scenes between the Girl & Boy in P8's 1956 segment. To start, they both meet outside among trees & are framed similarly at times (as here, w the female character viewed over the male character's right shoulder)

In both, the male character asks the female character for a kiss, and again, they're framed similarly. (They arguably also share this with P1's Sam & Tracey sequence—another segment of the show w/ an apparent specific link to the show's mysterious "Judy" figure/concept, fwiw...)

After Coop & Diane sleep together, he wakes sleeping on his left side, framed similarly to the sleeping Girl from P8. Both sleeps are transformative—he wakes in a new space, by "Judy's" diner, & is called a new name, while she is violated by a creature seemingly birthed by Judy.

The remainder of P18 also shares significant elements with P8, exploring similar or the same abstractions & metaphors...

Ofc, the $1m question is what these overlapping concepts & imagery amount to; what, if anything, they might most fruitfully be said to symbolize, & how they fit together. As this all ties in to similar overarching questions about the entire TP saga, it's beyond the scope of this post, alas...

[swede1952]

Dark Wings

When Coop, the Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii), is around the place beyond the hole under the fence becomes silent. Frankie, Sam, and the twins all hide in the forest among the tree leaves hoping they are not seen. Coop's menacing form casts a dark shadow over the land. The vision of Penellope, the pigeon, who was snatched and carried away by Coop two days before was still fresh in their minds.

[smolmakerel]

Home on the Range

Part(s) 1 . 2 .

■■■■■

Guilty. It's official and everything.

She moved at least 20 steps backwards since graduating from high school a couple months ago. She had scholarships and dreams to move out east, following Mindy and Chad to New York City. She was going to study, funnily enough, law. She probably would've ended up switching her major halfway through the year, but she actually liked what law had to offer.

Well, too late now. She fucked it all up.

And the worst part wasn't even that her friend-girlfriend-person-maybe (she had no idea at this point) walked away scott free. That was a whole thing to think about later when she was alone on the farm. The worst thing was that she found out the farm owner's identity.

10 minutes before showing up.

Sitting grumpy on the couch, Tara glared holes into the wall as a probation officer explained the rules to Mamá and her. Her ankle was weighed down by a bulky strap and box about the size of a deck of cards, blinking green occasionally.

They tagged her like a fucking dog.

“I'll have to go outside to finish my morning chores, but I'll be back by noon, okay Tara?”

Tara scowled at the ground. She knew she looked like a child in timeout, arms crossed and face angry, but she didn't care.

“Whatever…” Tara muttered.

Mamá caught her eye and glared. “Tara, I know you haven't seen your sister in a while, but I'd appreciate it if you cooperated for once.”

Tara scoffed.

The probation officer pulled at his collar at the spike in awkward tension. “The 60-day house arrest begins as soon as that device blinks red in about an hour. After that, a judge will review your case again with my notes of being your probation officer and will either issue more time to your arrest or let you go free. From there, you can apply to get this expunged from your record and, if approved, the information will be wiped clean.”

Tara waited for more, but there wasn't anything else being said. “Wait, that's it?”

“Nice try, kiddo.” Tara rolled her eyes at Sam's voice. She still refuses to look at her, see how much better she's doing compared to Tara. “While we were working things out, I… Tara, can you look at me?”

Tara sneered, stubbornly not looking at her sister.

“Awkward…” the probation officer whispered.

“Look at me, don't look at me - Fine, I don't care. You're not staying cooped up in the house for the entire house arrest.”

Tara snorted. “Then what the hell's the point of it being called house arrest?”

“Tara!” Mamá snapped. Tara flinched a little but mostly held her ground. “Show your sister some… respect.” See, even Mamá doesn't like Sam. Must run in the family since Papi left after something Sam did. “It's only 2 months and then you can come back home. I won't make you into a work horse like your sister.”

“What?” Tara blinked and sat up. She took a quick glance at Sam before averting her gaze. Why was she glaring at Mamá? “What do you mean?”

“You're going to be working on the farm with me. The land's all my property,” Sam explained. “All of this land is my ‘house,’ so to speak, so you'll be working on it.”

Tara couldn't believe this! She got arrested, she's forced to live with her fucking sister on house arrest for 2 months, and she had to work on a farm. How could this day get any worse?

Sam straightened her back and crossed her arms. “And I didn't want her to -”

“Oh, I have to get back to Woodsboro, I have a client I need to meet with,” Mamá interrupted whatever Sam was saying and clapped her hands. She turned and pulled a stiff Sam into a hug, muttering something in her ear.

She couldn't help but scoff to cover up her hurt. So Sam could leave her alone for years with Mamá, break every promise they made to each other, never call to see if she was okay or how she was doing, and destroy their relationship…

But she couldn't help keeping contact with Mamá. Over her.

Did Sam enjoy making her hurt? Did she enjoy the years Tara longed for her sister to come back to her, the years Tara mourned a sister she could never hug or laugh with or love?

And Mamá… she knew. She fucking knew how she knelt at Sam's locked door and begged God to bring her sister back, she couldn't do it without her, she needed her, she loves her -

Tara stood up, and all conversation came to a sudden stop.

She risked a small glance around the room before ducking her eyes again. Her teeth nibbled on the skin of her lips as she struggled to find the words she wanted to say.

“I… need to use the bathroom.”

There was a soft pause where Mamá scoffed and the probation officer awkwardly shifted. Tara kind of felt bad for the guy.

Then, “In the hall, go left and it's the center door.” Huh. So she could be helpful. “I was fixing the sink earlier, so the floor might be a little wet.”

Yeah. Thanks.

Tara turned and rushed to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her to cover up the angry sob that slipped through. Her legs wobbled, so she squatted down then landed on her bottom.

The bathroom swirled in her vision. She struggled to choke down her emotions. She didn't want Sam to hear her, and she especially didn't want Mamá to hear her. Nothing good happened when Mamá heard her crying.

Fumbling, Tara searched for her inhaler. She could faintly hear Sam in the living room and focused on her voice. It was a one time thing, she wouldn't rely on Sam again.

“I really got to go now, Quentin and Homer are waiting for me by the cattle gate.”

“We'll, uh, be monitoring the ankle bracelet 24/7. Keep if charged, don't take it off, don't go swimming or take a bath‐‐can't be submerged.”

“Okay, thanks Officer Bennett.”

“I need to go now. I'll call later.”

Tara leaned her head back on the door. She brought her inhaler up to her lips and pressed down on the button, inhaling with a raspy gasp. She pulled it away and tried to calm herself down; she was working herself up over nothing.

Sam was her sister, but that didn't mean Tara had to reconnect. 60 days was all they had together, it would pass quickly and she could get back to her life.

Not really since she won't be going to New York City with Chad and Mindy in 2 weeks, but she would make it work.

She had to.

There was a knock on the door, Tara jolted at the sudden noise. Her inhaler fell from her hand and clattered on the ground until Tara scooped it up and held it close to her chest.

“Tara?” Sam's voice was hesitant. “Are you alright?”

Tara sighed. “Fine. What do you want?”

Sam's silence droned on for a long few seconds, and Tara pushed back the worry that she sounded too snippy. She didn't mean to. No one liked when she talked back, especially -

(Deep breath. Calm the flames. The fire wasn't your fault.)

“Mom left but I didn't get your suitcase.”

Tara wanted to laugh at that. Shouldn't she know Tara didn't have a suitcase? Her and Mamá were working together to make her miserable, and fuck it was working. A little too good.

“Mamá said she wouldn't pack anything because she bought all my things and didn't think a criminal needed things to sell for drugs.”

Rich coming from her. She's the one who stole Tara's bed to sell for alcohol when she realized she wasn't making enough at the time to fund the house and be an alcoholic. Tara had to sleep on the rug in her room for a few months before eagerly offering to take Mindy's old mattress when she needed a new one.

“... What?” Sam actually sounded pissed off. She was a great actress. Sam sighed. “I might have some old clothes you can wear, but we're going to get you new clothes soon.”

Confused, Tara looked down at the puddle on the ground between her converse.

“I know you haven't seen me and I haven't seen you in a while, and this isn't the most ideal situation for us, but I love you, okay?”

Tara refused to breathe. Her shoulders shook.

“I'll be outside, if you need me you can walk straight until you get to the cattle gate. And we can watch a movie with dinner tonight if you want?”

Tara closed her eyes.

“... Right. Um, I'll just… yeah…”

As Sam left, Tara could hear her angrily muttering to herself.

All the tension drained from her body once Tara heard the screen door shut. She opened her eyes and wiped the wetness on her cheeks.

Amber was right about her. Sam really was a manipulative person.

[goat-charcoop]

Introducing Cooper Freedman

There are no words to describe how much I love the fact that when we first meet Cooper, it's because one of his online dates stole his car and Violet needed to give him a ride to work. 😂

Also. Some lines from that ep that I loved.

Coop talking to Violet about his internet dates:

'...That I'm an optimist, that I believe in magic, that there is a soulmate out there waiting for me.'

(Oh babe, if only you knew what's waiting up ahead 🥰 *swoons in Charlotte King*)

Cooper after meeting Addison: 'Have you ever thought of applying your trade in sunnier climes, Addison?'

Violet: 'Sunnier climes?! Now we see why he has to type to pick up women.'

😂😂😂😂 When i say lmao, I mean it literally. Had to rewatch that scene a bunch of times, so freaking good!

Also, I'm so glad they gave him a bit more game on PP. Charlotte would never have stayed with the guy he was in that car scene with Pete and Sam, lol.

How much did I squeak when they said to call the chief on ep23? For a minute, I thought I forgot that she makes an appearance on Grey's, but alas.

I'm so glad I decided to finally rewatch these eps, though. Even though I dislike Naomi, I'm glad they got Audra to take over the role tbh. Also, Dell's hair was so not doing anything for me. I couldn't even focus on the abs because of it.😂

Lastly, I have such a thing for this man in sunglasses. 🔥

[jdm21brazilian]

Filling the time skips in AC3/ACIII

For those who played AC3/III, and complained like me, there are a lot of time jumps when going from one sequence to another. Skipping entire years or more unnecessarily makes no sense and the passage of time feels very abrupt.

I've recapped the time blanks and will give my ideas (you can too) of sequences or more missions to add to the already existing sequences that the developers could have used to fill in those gaps in the story, by that showing more of the Revolution and of coarse Connor as a character. And if possible, see more of Sam Adams and Ben Franklin. And to be honest add more templars or associates of them, being final bosses of sequences.

YES, IK many these events form the bulk of the guild contracts, but it's such a waste.

And they could have add Philadelphia. I know it was already claimed that was cutted off because the city is too gridded and therefore it became boring; they didn't feel it would be fun to parkour through a city where everything is sort of lined up in a perfect grid. But still.

1771 - 1773: I think this time skip is justifiable, considering was during this time Connor was still training and repairing the Aquila.

1774: With the exception of July 11th, when the Hostile Negotiations mission happens Johnson, we are completely deprived of exploring the rest of the year, before or after the mission. Maybe it could have shown the creation of the First Continental congress, which is unlikely considering the shows the second one, scenarios created by the Intolerable Acts, the Powder Alarm Incident, Boston after the close of its harbors, the unification of the militias against the Parliament. Thomas Paine arrival in the colonies, being targeted by the templars, since he cooperated with the french assassins in the ACU coop mission. Or facing the British general Thomas Gage appointed, the newly appointed military governor of Massachusetts.

Late 1775 and early 1776 - Between sequence 7 (showing most major events of the first half of 1775) and 8. They probably could have shown more of the Siege of Boston, especially the Evacuation day. Maybe could be have been add to as a start mission to sequence 8, infiltrating Boston in search for more information on the plot to kill Washington, and then finding clues and going try find Hickey in New York. The Evacuation Day of New York, the fire that happened that year.

Most of 1777 - We only explore the end of December of this year, in the passing to 1778. There are a bunch of battles that happens on this year. I can't even count all of them, maybe showing some battles the Continental Army lost. But also need to be something PRIOR the winter of 1777, where Connor meets Aveline for the first time.

Second half of 1778 - IDK about this one, considering it was in the first half of this year that happens sequence 8, and was really agitated and emotional for Connor, iykyk. Not to mention the naval missions where Connor finally killed Biddle, Templar pillar in the naval front of the war.

1779 - United States forces, led by General Anthony Wayne, capture Stony Point, New York from British troops.

1780 - Not much to say besides the Benedict Arnold expansion for all platforms

[jeffreymeowmont]

twin peaks monster au: summary

Blue Rose (Vampiric) Task Force: They're all vampires. Some were born vampires (Phillip Jeffries, Windom Earle, Gordon, Coop, Diane, Chet, Lil), some were turned (Albert, Denise, Sam, Tammy). They all dress differently outside of the FBI but they all dress in a dark, gothic manner. Albert, Cooper and Diane share a house like Vladislav, Viago & Deacon/Lazlo, Nandor and Nadja from What We Do In The Shadows (and yes rosencoopevans is real in this au). Phillip, Windom and Gordon have lived since medieval times, almost. Chet is a vampire since the Wild, Wild West.

The Palmer Family: Laura was the human daughter of a banshee (Sarah) and a demon (Leland). She gave in her humanity to be in the sea, living her life as a siren by the lake, since it's the only place BOB/her father can't catch her. She can only turn back human because of her heart necklace, the other half being kept by Donna.

Other vampires: The Hornes and the Martells/Packards are also vampires. Most of them were born vampires but Josie, who got turned into one by Andrew Packard (and who is also judged because of her affair with Harry).

Bookhouse (Werewolf) Boys: Both the Truman brothers, Hank, Hawk and the Hurleys are werewolves. Bobby, Mike and Nadine are also werewolves. Albert is upset at Cooper for working with a werewolf but eventually finds Harry amusing too.

Other teens/adults: Donna is a dryad and Shelly is an elf. Annie is an angel, Lucy is a witch and Andy is a Frankenstein-esque monster.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

👄 Aurora

I don’t have them all figured out but her main ones —

Blaine — Blainey, B

Sebastian — Seb, Bas

Wes — Dad, Dr Montgomery

David — Dad, Davey

Nick — Nicky

Cooper — Coop

Sam — Sammy, Samuel

Jeff — Jefferson

Roman — Ro

Thad — Thadwick, Thaderson

Send me a 👄 + an OC and I’ll tell you all the nicknames they have for canon characters

[thecaptainsgingersnap]

👄 + Roni?

Antonio, Tones, Brother Dear (Tony Stark)

Birdy, Bird Brain, Birdy Boy (Clint Barton)

Uncle Steve (Steve Rogers)

Aunt Peggy (Peggy Carter)

Jimmy (James Rhodes)

Spider Kid (Peter Parker)

Professor, Jolly Green Giant (Bruce Banner/Hulk)

Tasha, Nat (Natasha Romanoff)

Kiddo, Potato Boy (Harley Keener)

Speedy (Peter Maximoff)

Lex (Alex Summers)

Chuck (Charles Xavier)

Maguna Lagoona (Morgan Stark)

Super Coop (Cooper Barton)

Lila Bug (Lila Barton)

Tater Tot (Nate Barton)

Fly Boy (Sam Wilson)

Metal Man (Bucky Barnes)

Doc (Stephen Strange)

Little Bird (Kate Bishop)

[fatecolossal]

TWIN PEAKS (2017) Part 1 x Part 18 Sam and Tracey's sex scene at the start of THE RETURN is framed in a manner later strongly echoed by Cooper and Diane's sex scene at the show's end: woman on top, shot from a similar angle, & happening directly in front of an elevated glass box.

The mirroring of these scenes feels apropos, given a link they share to INLAND EMPIRE. In that film, the best friends of Laura Dern's character are named Tracy and Linda—names shared in TP by Part 1's Tracey and Part 18's "Linda," the apparent alter ego of Laura Dern's Diane.

"I brought two," Tracey says—an intimation of doubling that gets at another parallel of these scenes: in each, we see a mystical third party, a second female figure. In one, Diane sees her apparent doppelgänger; in the other, the strange, feminine "Experiment" figure appears.

In both scenes, the intimate couple's connection occurs in a location they expressly describe as a "place"—a term often used with a conspicuous sense of portent in Lynch's works, in an apparent evocation of Dorothy's repeated definition of Oz as "a place."

Tracey also mirrors Diane in smaller ways: -Like Diane's tulpa, Tracey tries to sneak a peek at confidential numbers.

-Like Diane does for Cooper in TMP, Tracey brings Sam coffee. -Both Tracey & Diane sometimes wear hoop earrings (it's always worth noting when rings appear in TP...).

Earlier, I made posts comparing the Glass Box Room ("GBR") to the Red Room (see the QT on the top post) & its Cooper/Laura scenes. Given the many parallels in the show between Laura & Diane, it seems fitting that the GBR also echoes Cooper/Diane scenes. (See x.com/fatecolossal...)

More generally, the Sam-and-Tracey Glass Box scene has echoes in so many other aspects of TP:TR that it might be seen as a sort of fractal microcosm of the season. While there are other comparisons to be drawn, for now I'll end with a final observation...

The INLAND EMPIRE scene that introduces Linda & Tracy is significantly about the slipperiness of time—for Grace Zabriskie's Visitor, the concept of "tomorrow" has an ominous, magical connotation. That "Linda" is tied to time slipperiness both here & in TP Part 18 seems noteworthy

That's a woefully inadequate treatment of the subject of time slipperiness in both works (and the overlap between them), but it'll have to suffice for now.

Okay, that's it for today. (Dropping one last Sam/Tracey x Coop/Diane below, about how much they all love to smooch.)

[ofthclight]

NOT SUPER  IMPORTANT CHANGES !       i made a carrd ,  on that carrd you will find that i have condensed some of my muses and shuffled them around based on primary / secondary / tertiary activity ,  as well as test .  i still have my google doc set up for muse profiles ,  and there is a link on the carrd . 

muse sorting can also be found under the cut ,  if you don’t want to click through to the carrd .

PRIMARY ,

alex o’connell 

clint barton

edric westlithe

dormé

commander rourke

SECONDARY ,

quincy carpenter

nancy adams

teddy wyatt

leia organa

elena fisher

sam flynn

curtis hoyle 

maria hill

tyler lockwood 

TERTIARY ,

phil coulson

jake “hangman” seresin

emmett cullen

franklin “coop” cooper

luc

meggie folchart

sam nishimura

jacob the prophet

TEST ,

viola lloyd

mickey milkovich

karen page

david lieberman

amy bendix

sonny quinn

rey kenobi

wanderer

mila mikhailov

ronan

jasmine sarraf

prince henry

sydney clarke

samuel drake

charlie cutter

jonah maiava

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                                                     EN TOURNAGE

                                 “ POUR QUI SONNE LE GLAS ” - 1943