#Sydney Bristow icons

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Sydney Bristow — Alias, Season One.

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tagged by @milfcodeddean - list 5 comfort characters and tag 5 people . Thank you!

Let’s goo:

Jack Bristow from Alias - Dilf. Badass. Protective from the shadows, shares no secrets. Gets called out by his daughter Sydney all tf time. Gaslight girlboss gatekeep. No nonsense. His very rare soft smile. BAMF. Best loving spy dad who doesn’t know how to show it <3 emotionally damaged crispy marshmallow.

Allura from V:LD - she is so special to me. She deserves so much better than what she got in canon. She changed so much and had her own special journey throughout the series. Loved her dynamic with both Shiro and Keith. Natural leader. Full of heart and courage. Not fearless. Not flawless. She grew into her own. Babygirl. She deserves the WORLD.

Castiel from Supernatural - Thee gay angel. lobotomy man. Commits crimes and atrocities. Will ‘play you’ to steal your weapon from under your pillow. Endlessly in love with Dean Winchester. Occasionally sad and wet. Dadstiel. Will not hesitate to cut a bitch.

Columbo from Columbo - same game Every time. I love it. Traps the rich entitled characters who think they can get away with homicide. Bumbling little detective in his frumpy coat comes along. Master of the hussle. You watch the hussle live. Your eyes don’t perceive the hussle. It’s just Columbo being Columbo. Downplays himself, self-deprecating in a cute way. References his wife constantly , who we never see, of course. Little stories. His doggo and his bowl of chili. His old ass car. He wins every time. Sorry it just doesn’t get old !!

Maito Gai from Naruto - He is ball of sunshine. Motivator. Loves his team very much. Style icon. Very dedicated and self-disciplined. Very caring and perceptive but hides it under humor or rigor. Steadfast in his beliefs. Husband close friend of Kakashi. Will of fire my beloved. Beautiful man. Has done nothing wrong in his life ever.

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[paniniqueen]

Yeah we all want our dads to go to therapy but Sydney Bristow really said “by order of the CIA” and she’s an icon for that

[jmflowers]

Oh so you loved when everyone attacked me, what a nice friend you are.......🖕🏻

Now you choose amiga.

Alias or Ghost whisperer? Maya Bishop or Charlotte King? Charity and Vanessa or Maya and Carina? Hiking or writing?

dude bro... you nicknamed me "shit disturber" like month one of our friendship. Are you actually surprised that I was over here laughing my ass off at the unanimous decision to completely disregard your one request when you reblogged that post? 10/10 Marina fandom!

1. Alias or Ghost Whisperer?

Easy. Ghost Whisperer was a beautiful love story and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the show as it aired, but even when Melinda was being a total bad ass, someone (Jim) would come to her rescue. Sydney Bristow, on the other hand, was established as a woman who could stand on her own two feet in episode one of Alias. Sure, she fell in love eventually, too, but her autonomy was usually front and centre and I'd never seen a character written like that on TV before her. I choose Alias.

2. Maya Bishop or Charlotte King?

Easy again. Charlotte was iconic, but I never got truly obsessed with that show or her character the way I have with Maya. Station 19 stuck a hand through the screen and grabbed me by the throat to say, "Look! This is what you look like! This is what you could be! These are the dark paths you could tumble down if you don't do the work!" I've never felt more represented on screen. I choose Maya.

3. Charity and Vanessa or Maya and Carina?

A lot of the fun of Charity and Vanessa was the fandom, tbh. It's a weird privilege to have access to characters every day of the week and really see their story unfold, but the fandom - particularly the fanfiction - that was born of that time was just... like nothing I've ever experienced before. It pushed me so much to be greater and do more with my own work, for which I will never be able to truly express my gratitude.

With Maya and Carina, though, there's a different sense of community around the show. I think I'm more deeply invested in the storylines because I see so much of myself in Maya. My experience in the fandom is extremely curated, but I've had a lot of fun with the friends I've made and I'm so excited to see old friends from the Calzona fandom slowly joining the circles. It's a bonus, I think, to be able to get so much behind-the-scenes content from the team on Station 19. I choose Maya and Carina. (Biased because I've written my favourite fic ever for this fandom, but it's because of the time I spent with Charity and Vanessa.)

4. Hiking or writing?

This is the utmost cruel one of this bunch. Both of these things impact my health in different ways. Both of these things are integral to my understanding of who I am and how I fit in the world. I've done without hiking for much of this year, though, and even if my body feels strange and foreign... I'm mostly okay. Writing, however, I lived without for many years while my health was terrible and... I wasn't okay then. For a multitude of reasons, but I think writing was a big factor. If I lost every sense and all my freedom, I'd still want to tell stories.

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jennifer garner in alias (2001)

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Imagine being so iconic and good at your role of spy/CIA agent, that the real CIA asks you to make a recruiting video for them. Only Jennifer Garner...

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Nikki love your red it suits you!!!

thank you so much!! ive finally achieved my vampgoth dreams

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Alias | 1x22

[hightidelowmood]

I did a whole post about my favourite TV couples across all of the TV shows. Now let me break down the ultimate alpha females ~tv women who I can’t possibly get enough of.

Faith Lehane ~ ladies and gents the ultimate alpha female and ultimate bad ass. I adored (adore) Faith Lehane so much I actually have her line ‘five by five’ tattooed on me (yes I’m one of those fans hahaha). My dedication to her character probably stems from my daddy issues but hell if I care, this character was hands down the most relatable (?relatable am I joking, how on earth is a vampire slayer relatable) to little 15 year old Nina. let me just explain ~ Back then you were either a Buffy or a Faith. You either get it or you don’t, you either rooted for her or you didn’t (especially in season 4 of Btvs and season 1 of Ats) and boy oh boy I absolutely did (and still do). I genuinely think if they had made a Faith spin off it would have done better than Buffy The Vampire Slayer 🫣 Don’t come for me!

Hayley Marshall ~ again another alpha bad ass werewolf hybrid! I’ll be completely honest, first episode of The Originals I wasn’t convinced I would adore her and then the second episode, girl took me kicking and screaming. The writers, the casting, the acting, it was the perfect brew for me to literally hang on every single line this woman said throughout the series. I love (loved?) her so much. I don’t want to give too much away but Hayley Marshall really went to the ends of the earths for her family and pack. She’s loyal, strong willed, an alpha werewolf, bold and probably the most compassionate character. There is absolutely nothing this character hasn’t done. You want sweet, soft mother ~ she has that, you want ultimate baby daddy drama ~ she’s got that, you want a pack leader and challenge to the system ~ she’s got that.

AN ICON, A LEGEND, THE V FIRST SPY SHOW I EVER WATCHED. The adoration I have for Sydney Bristow, I cannot describe it! It is a completely different experience watching Alias in my twenties vs when I was in my teens. Where before I wanted her to kick so much ass etc, now I genuinely desire peace for her. I think any viewer can’t help but fall heavy. Like so many of the other characters I love, she’s loyal, caring, a total bad ass, stubborn and just a good bloody person. There was a realism to this character and I really can only put it down to how excellent Jennifer Garner played Syd. I also really had so much time for her relationship with her dad, I loved hers and his character development, I loved watching her over the series trust her own ability and intuition. We watched as she learnt to trust those around her again, we watched her fall in love, her get to know her dad better, become a mother, meet her own mother and kick sooooo much ass!

I’ll be honest, growing up I really wanted to be a Phoebe but now I definitely know I’m a Prue, through and through. I think I didn’t want to love her as much as Phoebe because I desired to be as free. However, in my big 27 I can’t help but feel drawn to her character the most. She had so much growth over the course of 3 seasons. I wish in 199 ways she never left Charmed. I think she had so much to learn, so much to feel, just so much story to tell. I love her because I see so much of myself in her, the big sister, the protector, the relied on, the pressures of being the leader and having to have my ~shit~ together. Prue started off the series as the unhappy big sis, jaded and scarred from a cheating boyfriend, working her ass off and trying to keep a much distance between herself and actually feeling something. She finished the series as a photographer, part owner in a night club with her sister and closer than ever with her sisters. By the end of the series she had conquered her fear of abandonment and completely accepted she was a witch. When I tell you Prue Halliwell is the ultimate big sis you want the tightest hug from I am not lying.

I followed this actress because she totally conned me into cutting a short front fringe and dying my hair black not once but bloody TWICE!!!! And she didn’t disappoint because for the first time ever I become a marvel girl and it was curtesy of this whisky drinking, shit talking, angry ass private investigator, Jessica Jones. This character is the type of cool girl character you wish you were, she would both kick your ass and bring you to your knees in worship. She’s bad ass in the sense that she’s got the toughest exterior but when the right pressure is applied she melts and you’re wondering what the hell happened and when the hell did you begin to LOVE her so much. She’s the protocol you try to replicate when you want to say fuck the system, leave me alone. I don’t know how to describe the adoration I have for Jessica jones. I just think it’s her audacity, the level of fucks she does not have. I L O V E HER

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[Image description: A picture of Sydney Bristow from the show Alias. She have her iconic red hairs, her face is dirty and her eyeliner have seen better days. She's talking to someone that we cannot see.

On the bottom left of the picture there is a screenshot of an Ao3 tags, the fanfiction website, saying "YO-HO-HO HERE WE GO BITCHES,". End image description.]

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Best Female Spy Movies & TV Shows to Watch After Black Widow

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Black Widow is out, bringing the women-led spy genre to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film follows Natasha Romanov in the time between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War as she works to bring down the Red Room, aka the Soviet-affiliated program that took her as a baby and brainwashed her into becoming an assassin. While the women-centric spy drama may be new for the MCU, it’s has been one of the most prolific and entertaining action sub-genres over the past few decades. If you’ve watched Black Widow and you’re looking for more taut and emotional spy thrillers to check out, we have some TV and film suggestions for you…

Hanna

Many have seen the 2011 action feature directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan as a girl assassin raised in the wilderness by her spy father Eric Bana, but the TV series based on the film is even better. Currently moving towards its third season, the Amazon Prime series has so much more room to delve into the nuances of the film’s premise, especially in its second season, which moves completely past the events of the movie. While the first season leans into the coming-of-age themes inherent in Hanna venturing out into the world for the very first time, the second season chooses to delve further into the spy drama of it all, expanding the series’ focus to center some of the other teen super soldiers born into the same program Hanna was rescued from as a baby. If you would have liked to learn more about the other Widows Natasha and Yelena are working to save in Black Widow, then Hanna is the show for you.

Atomic Blonde

Stylish and featuring some of the best fight scenes this side of John Wick (the film’s director David Leitch, also worked on John Wick), Atomic Blonde stars the incomparable Charlize Theron as a spy tasked with finding a lost of double agents that is being smuggled into the West on the eve of the Berlin Wall’s collapse. Like Black Widow, Atomic Blonde only has so much narrative time to delve into the complexities of this set up and setting and, maybe sensing it won’t be able to do them justice, instead leans into the aesthetic and action of this world. It works, thanks in no small part to performers like Theron, James McAvoy, and Sofia Boutella, who bring to life the stress, violence, and desperation of this intersection of place and time far better than its script.

Queen Sono

American and British spy dramas often have white westerners traveling to other, poorer nations for missions, depicting a real-life colonial power structure while rarely interrogating it. Queen Sono, billed as Netflix‘s first African original series (it is a South African series, specifically), is a spy drama that centers Black characters and community in fun and powerful ways, bringing the familiar tropes of the genre to what will probably be a new setting for most American viewers. Queen Sono follows South African spy Queen (Pearl Thusi) as she works to balance her dangerous and clandestine missions with her personal life. Funny, emotional, and action-packed, Queen Sono is a must-see for any spy drama lover looking for something new—and it’s a damn shame Netflix won’t be moving forward with a second season.

Alias

To me, Alias will always be the original. The female-led spy drama was on network television when I was a teenager, and its combination (especially in the first season and a half) of fierce fight sequences, tense spycraft, and character-driven drama made it my favorite show. Like Black Widow, Alias is grounded in family drama, most especially the father-daughter relationship between Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) and spy dad Jack Bristow (Victor Garber), but later bringing in other familial dynamics as well. The series starts as your classic double agent story, as Sydney decides to take down the agency she works for after they have her fiance killed, but, in classic J.J. Abrams style, the plot really spirals out from there—for better and worse. Airing for five season and more than 105 episodes, if you’re looking for more family-driven spy drama, Alias is the show for you.

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Deutschland 86

All three “seasons” of this excellent German-language Cold War spy series that follows an East German boy forced to become a spy in West Germany are worth watching, but the second installment, set in 1986, gives us viewers many more lady spy characters to be impressed by compared to the original Deutschland 83 story. Main character Jonas remains the protagonist of this tale, but his Aunt Lenora, probably the best spy in the entire show, takes an even bigger role in Deutschland 1986 and the subsequent Deutschland 89, as does her lover/partner Rose, a South African operative working for the African National Congress and played by the MCU’s Florence Kasumba. Throw in Jonas’ baby mama Annett, back in East Germany working as a junior intelligence agent, and the mysterious  Brigitte, and you have a second season teeming with complex and cutthroat women spies.

Nikita

This highly underrated spy series ran for four action-packed seasons on The CW before totally sticking its landing in 2013. Technically an adaptation of the 1997 La Femme Nikita TV series, which was in turn an adaptation of Luc Besson’s 1990 action film of the same name, Nikita quickly surpassed both originals to become one of the best female-led spy stories of all time. Starring Maggie Q as the titular Nikita, the series began after the former spy has vowed to take down the secret agency that trained her, known as the Division. Our story begins when Nikita plants her protege, Alex, within Division, with a plan to work together to take the agency down. Of course, going undercover comes with its own emotional and ethical complications, and Alex may not know all that there is to know about her mentor Nikita, and Nikita’s role in Alex’s tragic past. With a stellar supporting cast that includes Melinda Clarke and Xander Berkeley, Nikita was far better than it needed to be and, if your a fan of the action spy genre, is definitely worth watching.

Killing Eve

Maybe it was the Russian accent, but Yelena has mad Villanelle vibes in Black Widow, and I mean that in the least psychopathic way possible. Unless you live under a rock, you’re probably aware of this BBC America series starring Sandra Oh as a bored MI-5 agent and Jodie Comer as the spy-assassin she becomes obsessed with catching, but if you haven’t yet checked it out and are looking for another female-driven spy story with plenty of banter, then Killing Eve is the show for you. The second season gets a little rocky, but with a riveting season three and the announcement that season four will be the show’s last, now is the time to jump on the Killing Eve bandwagon.

Little Drummer Girl

In terms of tone or style, Little Drummer Girl shares little with Black Widow—it’s much more geopolitical thriller than superhero action—but I’m including the British spy series on the list because it does share a star with Black Widow. Yelena’s Florence Pugh plays an aspiring actress named Charlie who is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate a Palestinian group planning an attack in Europe. Based on a novel of the same name by acclaimed spy author John le Carré, the six-episode series is directed by Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook and co-stars Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgård, and the talent is not wasted. The miniseries delves much more into the ethics of spycraft than Black Widow is able or comfortable doing, asking difficult questions about how violence and manipulation are used and justified across national lines. If you’re looking for a spy drama that isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions, then Little Drummer Girl is for you.

Gunpowder Milkshake

OK, this one is more of an assassin drama than a spy drama, but the cast is too good not to include it on the list. Starring Doctor Who‘s Karen Gillan and Game of Thrones‘ Lena Headey as a pair of daughter/mother assassins, Gunpowder Milkshake is another action thriller that is all in with the familial dynamics. Past the two stars, Gunpowder Milkshake also features the iconic Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, and Carla Gugino, rounding out the cast of action women. The film doesn’t drop on Netflix (in the U.S.) and theaters (elsewhere) until Friday, but you’ll be ready.

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LTTL - Watercolor (Cold Busted)

8DPromo · LTTL - Watercolor (Cold Busted)

Watercolor is LTTL’s fantastic debut album, released by Los Angeles’s iconic Cold Busted label. The western NY-state beat-maker was trained as a live drummer, but, thanks to a sonic encounter with the sound of MF Doom, emerged as an instrumental hip-hop enthusiast. LTTL’s musical palette is composed of phat and precise rhythms mixed with what he calls “psychedelic elevator music.” Watercolor’s 17 tracks display his technique, resulting in tight, laid-back vibes that groove for days. LTTL’s obsession with colors and the natural world is revealed in the hue-named song titles. “Vermillion Hue” opens Watercolor, ringing electric piano and crisp, classy drums leading into a strange sax-like melody. “Lemon Yellow” is next, sounding like the on-hold music for the chillest of skate shops. Other highlights include the dramatic pulse of “Sky Blue,” the bird songs, jazzy guitar, and boom-bap beat of “Ultramarine,” and the strange melodic pads and growling bass of “Sap Green.” With Watercolor, LTTL has carved out his path among a world of downtempo beat producers. The future is bright as he continues to paint his masterpieces with sound.

Rory Hoy (Super Hi-Fi) – “Absolutely beautiful release. Definitely supporting.” Mr. Bristow (Subtek) – “Lovely, dusty and groovy.” Crate Invader (Point Blank FM, London) – “Stunning and sublime. Props!” Andreas Kinzl (Aromabar) – “Lemon Yellow is captivating.” Salah Sadeq (The Crate Radio Show) – “Lovely sounds and vibe. I will feature and play these.” Hober Mallow (Mighty Reel, Sydney) – “Very slick downtempo grooves. Winner for me.” Lakatos Sandor Suefo (Radio Tilos) – “Perfect for hangover mornings. Especially Ultramarine & Crimson Lake. I will play on air.”

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maria!! I need YOUR top 5 alias episodes too

thinking abt these eps is making me want to rewatch this show (even tho i only finished it a couple of months ago sbsjdnkf)

1. “truth be told” bc it’s simply one of the best pilots i’ve seen in my life no further questions

2. “remnants” bc i love a good sydney and will team up...the iconic nature of bradley cooper’s “i’m here, she’s here, we made it”

3. “double agent” bc of the use of “god put a smile on your face,” “you do have an oven, you know, we can reheat it,” and ethan hawke!!!

4. “the box” bc i’m a sucker for syd and jack working together even tho q*entin tarentin-toe’s face and voice activate my fight or flight response it’s just such a good ep and vaughn showing up by himself bc he has to help out his girl and father-in-law....thank u king

5. “welcome to liberty village” bc i love sydney and vaughn pretending to be russians pretending to be married americans...literally the pinnacle of entertainment

(”phase one” merits an honorable mention as does “the passage” (?) the one where the bristows are on the plane reminiscing abt sydney eating sundaes in a hotel when she was little bc #spy family)