#The Flash 3x09

[forbescaroline]

235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 21. barry allen and iris west - the flash

[1liv]

[sophsun1]

Queer as Folk – 3.09: Big Fucking Mouth

[911bts]

Season 7 Writers Room

The active writers for season 7 are: Tim Minear Juan Carlos Coto Andrew Meyers Lyndsey Beaulieu Taylor Wong Nicole Barraza Keim Bradley Marques Below is what they previously wrote for the show/upcoming episodes:

Tim Minear: 1x01 "Pilot" (w/ Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk) 1x02 "Let Go" (w/ Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk) 1x10 "A Whole New You" (w/ Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk) 2x01 "Under Pressure" (w/ Brad Falchuk) 2x03 "Help Is Not Coming" (w/ Zachary Reiter) 2x11 "New Beginnings" (w/ Kristen Reidel) 2x18 "The Life We Choose" 5x01 "Panic" (w/ Juan Carlos Coto) 7x01 "Abandon 'Ships"

7x06 "There Goes The Groom" (w/ Nicole Barraza Keim)

Juan Carlos Coto: 2x06 "Dosed" 2x14 "Broken" 3x02 "Sink or Swim" 3x09 "Fallout" 3x13 "Pinned" (w/ Nadia Abass-Madden) 3x18 "What's Next?" (w/ Kristen Reidel) 4x01 "The New Abnormal" 4x05 "Buck Begins" 5x01 "Panic" (w/ Tim Minear) 5x13 "Fear-O-Phobia" (w/ Andrew Meyers) 5x16 "May Day" 6x02 "Crash and Learn" 6x10 "In A Flash" 6x17 "Love Is In The Air"

7x02 "Rock the Boat" (w/ Lyndsey Beaulieu) 7x03 "Capsized" (w/ Lyndsey Beaulieu) 7x08 (doesn't have a public title) (w/Bradley Marques)

Andrew Meyers: 2x15 "Ocean's 9-1-1" 3x10 "Christmas Spirit" 3x12 "Fools" 3x14 "The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1" (w/ Nadia Abass-Madden) 4x03 "Future Tense" 4x09 "Blindsided" 4x13 "Suspicion" (w/ Lyndsey Beaulieu) 5x02 "Desperate Times" (w/ Lyndsey Beaulieu) 5x06 "Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1" 5x13 "Fear-O-Phobia" (w/ Juan Carlos Coto) 6x01 "Let The Games Begin" 6x08 "9-1-1, What's Your Fantasy?" 6x12 "Recovery" 6x18 "Pay It Forward" (w/ Nicole Barraza Keim)

7x04 "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" (w/ Bradley Marques)

Lyndsey Beaulieu: 3x05 "Rage" 3x11 "Seize the Day" 3x17 "Powerless" (w/ Kristen Reidel) 4x02 "Alone Together" 4x10 "Parenthood" 4x13 "Suspicion" (w/ Andrew Meyers) 5x02 "Desperate Times" (w/ Andrew Meyers) 5x10 "Wrapped in Red" (w/ Nadia Abass-Madden) 5x12 "Boston" 6x03 "The Devil You Know" 6x10 "In Another Life" 6x16 "Lost and Found"

7x02 "Rock the Boat" (w/ Juan Carlos Coto) 7x03 "Capsized" (w/ Juan Carlos Coto) 7x05 "You Don't Know Me" (w/ Taylor Wong)

Taylor Wong: 4x06 "Jinx" 5x08 "Defend in Place" 5x14 "Dumb Luck" 6x07 "Cursed" 6x15 "Death and Taxes"

7x05 "You Don't Know Me" (w/ Lyndsey Beaulieu)

Nicole Barraza Keim: 5x15 "FOMO" 6x06 "Tomorrow" 6x09 "Red Flag" 6x18 "Pay It Forward" (w/ Andrew Meyers)

7x06 "There Goes The Groom" (w/ Tim Minear)

Bradley Marques:

7x04 "Buck, Bothered and Bewildered" (w/ Andrew Meyers) 7x08 (doesn't have a public title) (w/ Juan Carlos Coto)

[buddie2024rewatch]

Buddie 2024 Rewatch!

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Buddie 2024 Rewatch to spread some positivity!! The goal is to rewatch important episodes for both Buck and Eddie and their relationship and spread some love while we wait for season 8. I'm guessing the show will come back mid-October (mostly because I can't narrow the list down more) which would give us 15 weeks if we start right now, with 2 episodes. This is the list I came down to, this could be altered when we get an official airing date.

Week 1: 2x01 Under Pressure, 2x04 Stuck

Week 2: 2x08 Buck, Actually, 2x10 Merry Ex-Mas

Week 3: 2x18 This Life We Choose, 3x03 The Searchers

Week 4: 3x05 Rage, 3x06 Monsters

Week 5: 3x09 Fallout, 3x15 Eddie Begins

Week 6: 3x18 What's Next?, 4x03 Future Tense

Week 7: 4x08 Breaking Point, 4x12 Treasure Hunt

Week 8: 4x13 Suspicion, 4x14 Survivors

Week 9: 4x06 Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1, 5x11 Outside Looking In

Week 10: 5x13 Fear-o-Phobia, 5x14 Dumb Luck

Week 11: 5x16 May Day, 6x10 In a Flash, 6x11 In Another Life*

Week 12: 6x12 Recovery, 6x13 Mixed Feelings

Week 13: 6x15 Death and Taxes, 7x01 Abandon Ships

Week 14: 7x04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered, 7x05 You Don't Know Me

Week 15: 7x09 Ashes, Ashes, 7x10 All Fall Down

I'm setting up an Instagram account too, also @/buddie2024rewatch, since the idea is also to share stuff where the actors can see, so post stuff using the tag #buddie2024rewatch here and over there and I will try to reblog/share as many posts as I see!

*in another life is marked because Eddie isn't in a lot, so it's more of an optional thing, because 610 and 611 do go together.

[thoughtfulchaos773]

What's up with this Dish?

Frozen Concord Grapes with Beef Consomme, stand-alone with smoked bone marrow.

Carmy took his time to prepare the drawings, which is the idea Sydney started. He followed, and they collaborated. That is, until Sydney noticed she wasn't entirely included in the planning of the chaos menu- that Claire was running through the menu with Carmy even though Carmy adamantly told her that never happened.

But Carmy also serves The Beef Consomme and Bone broth dish to Claire before he thinks he spots Chef David and reverts to his old ways.

The idea reappears in 3x09 when Carmy is searching for more ideas in a montage with flashes of his past and Sydney in the present with the song Blowing Kisses.

It may speak to the need for Carmy to collaborate, or this may be Sydney's signature dish. Maybe it speaks to Carmy, who is always thinking of Syd and striving to please her- so many meanings, and I wonder if the dish will make a comeback in season 4.

There is something about that dish being served to Claire and how Sydney and Claire should not be intertwined—that there's an issue in Carmy personally serving something that he and Sydney shared a meeting of the minds of—their own world.

Something about that dish that makes Carmy pause in his frantic need to find inspiration.

Something about it being the most thoughtful dish of the chaos menu.

[goodwhump-temp]

Ray Palmer Whump | Legends of Tomorrow / Arrowverse

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW 1x02 Punched, bleeding, imprisoned 1x03 Reckless, hit by a rock (unphased), sad, worried 1x04 Knocked unconscious, captured 1x05 Gulag, beaten, weak, bruised/bloody, annoyed, restrained, tortured/electrocuted, sacrifice/beaten by hammer, weak, unconscious, carried 1x06 Bruised 1x07 Losing oxygen, passes out, heart attack, betrayed 1x08 Psych ward patient (brief), stranded 1x09 Stranded, upset 1x10 Guilt, shot out of the sky, sad 1x12 Thrown, dying, severe internal injuries, past self attacked, bleeding, weak, comforted, heartbroken 1x13 Gut punched, shot unconscious, heartbroken 1x14 Manipulated, heartbroken, choked unconscious, arrested 1x15 Imprisoned, fated to die, knocked unconscious

2x02 Imprisoned, attacked, weak, captured, restrained 2x03 Punched, knocked out, stranded, knocked unconscious, restrained, interrogated/punched, bleeding, angry, knocked down 2x04 Sad, unconscious 2x05 Identity crisis 2x08 Body slammed, protected (26:55) 2x09 Memory loss, kicked x2, hostage, thrown in trash compactor 2x11 Arm twisted 2x12 Fated to die, 1v1 swordfight, shot, unconscious 2x14 Punched x5, crash landing, stuck with Thawne 2x16 Memory loss, punched, pinned 2x17 Choked, killed, punched x2

3x01 Knocked down, painfully pinned 3x02 Allergies, imprisoned 3x03 Drowned unconscious 3x04 Younger self killed, dissapears, bullied, shaken, emotionally hurt (17:10) 3x07 Captured 3x08 Electrocuted, unconscious, mourning 3x09 Therapy, tackled 3x10 Table pinned 3x12 Shock (34:15) 3x13 Captured, leg (indirectly) hit, pain, choked, restrained/gagged, knocked down 3x15 Severely injured, dying/unconscious 3x17 Thrown, unconscious, choked

4x01 Nervous, hallucinating, lovelorn 4x02 Turned into a pig, carried 4x03 Lovelorn, undercover, pinned, knocked out (offscreen) 4x05 Lovelorn 4x06 Mean Constantine (15:25) 4x07 Knocked unconscious, choked 4x08 Shot (16:30), "dead" 4x10 Bug of truth, scared, arrested 4x11 Guilt 4x12 Thrown, unconscious, emotional, possessed 4x13 Tempted, stabs himself, pain, upset, fully possessed, missing 4x14 Possessed, missing, body threatened, throat cut, knocked down 4x15 Possessed 4x16 Possessed, Hell therapy, hit (lightly), collapses, upset,

5x02 Shaken, knocked unconscious, 5x03 Handcuffed, framed 5x05 Mind controlled, choked 5x07 Choked 5x08 Emotional goodbyes, crying

ARROW 3x10 Annoyed 3x11 Punched 3x15 Obsessive, insomnia 3x17 Jealous, trust issues/'betrayed', kicked, bruises 3x18 Shot by Arrow, bleeding out, hospitalized, weak, blood clot, seizure 3x19 Punched multiple times, choked, crash landing, pain, beaten/choked, more pain 3x20 Heartbroken 3x22 Intense crash landing, imprisoned, poisoned, unconscious 3x23 Restrained, caught in explosion

4x06 Caught in explosion, trapped, 4x07 Sad/angst

5x08 Memory loss, knocked down, kicked, trapped

FLASH 1x18 Crash landing 3x08 Brain pain, abducted, mind controlled 6x09 (Superman version) literally dies/destiny changed

[wyrdsistergoldenhair]

How to Rewatch 9-1-1 Before September 26th

Okay, so if you're like me, you want to rewatch 9-1-1 before season 8 premieres on September 26th - but maybe you don't have the time to sit down and binge-watch. I've come up with a schedule where you can watch at least two episodes a day (starting on August 4th) and finish just in time for season 8.

Aug. 4

1x01 Pilot

1x02 Let Go

Aug. 5

1x03 Next of Kin

1x04 Worst Day Ever

Aug. 6

1x05 Point of Origin

1x06 Heartbreaker

Aug. 7

1x07 Full Moon (Creepy AF)

1x08 Karma’s a Bitch

Aug. 8

1x09 Trapped

1x10 A Whole New You

Aug. 9

2x01 Under Pressure

2x02 7.1

Aug. 10

2x03 Help Is Not Coming

2x04 Stuck

Aug. 11

2x05 Awful People

2x06 Dosed

Aug. 12

2x07 Haunted

2x08 Buck, Actually

Aug. 13

2x09 Hen Begins

2x10 Merry Ex-Mas

Aug. 14

2x11 New Beginnings

2x12 Chimney Begins

Aug. 15

2x13 Fight or Flight

2x14 Broken

Aug. 16

2x15 Ocean’s 9-1-1

2x16 Bobby Begins Again

Aug. 17

2x17 Careful What You Wish For

2x18 This Life We Choose

Aug. 18

3x01 Kids Today

3x02 Sink or Swim

Aug. 19

3x03 The Searchers

3x04 Triggers

Aug. 20

3x05 Rage

3x06 Monsters

Aug. 21

3x07 Athena Begins

3x08 Malfunction

Aug. 22

3x09 Fallout

3x10 Christmas Spirit

Aug. 23

3x11 Seize the Day

3x12 Fools

Aug. 24

3x13 Pinned

3x14 The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1

Aug. 25

3x15 Eddie Begins

3x16 The One That Got Away

Aug. 26

3x17 Powerless

3x18 What’s Next?

Aug. 27

4x01 The New Abnormal

4x02 Alone Together

Aug. 28

4x03 Future Tense

4x04 9-1-1, What’s Your Grievance?

Aug. 29

4x05 Buck Begins

4x06 Jinx

Aug. 30

4x07 There Goes the Neighborhood

4x08 Breaking Point

Aug. 31

4x09 Blindsided

4x10 Parenthood

Sept. 1

4x11 First Responders

4x12 Treasure Hunt

Sept. 2

4x13 Suspicion

4x14 Survivors

Sept. 3

5x01 Panic

5x02 Desperate Times

Sept. 4

5x03 Desperate Measures

5x04 Home and Away

Sept. 5

5x05 Peer Pressure

5x06 Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1

Sept. 6

5x07 Ghost Stories

5x08 Defend in Place

Sept. 7

5x09 Past Is Prologue

5x10 Wrapped in Red

Sept. 8

5x11 Outside Looking In

5x12 Boston

Sept. 9

5x13 Fear-O-Phobia

5x14 Dumb Luck

Sept. 10

5x15 FOMO

5x16 May Day

Sept. 11

5x17 Hero Complex

5x18 Starting Over

Sept. 12

6x01 Let the Games Begin

6x02 Crash & Learn

Sept. 13

6x03 The Devil You Know

6x04 Animal Instincts

Sept. 14

6x05 Home Invasion

6x06 Tomorrow

Sept. 15

6x07 Cursed

6x08 What’s Your Fantasy?

Sept. 16

6x09 Red Flag

6x10 In a Flash

Sept. 17

6x11 In Another Life

6x12 Recovery

Sept. 18

6x13 Mixed Feelings

6x14 Performance Anxiety

Sept. 19

6x15 Death and Taxes

6x16 Lost and Found

Sept. 20

6x17 Love Is in the Air

6x18 Pay It Forward

Sept. 21

7x01 Abandon Ships

7x02 Rock the Boat

Sept. 22

7x03 Capsized

7x04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered

Sept. 23

7x05 You Don’t Know Me

7x06 There Goes the Groom

Sept. 24

7x07 Ghost of a Second Chance

7x08 Step Nine

Sept. 25

7x09 Ashes, Ashes

7x10 All Fall Down

[macgyver2016-bracket]

ROUND 1 RESULTS

1. 1x06 vs 3x11 - TIE, ROUND 2 UNDERDOG*

2. 2x06 vs 4x02

3. 2x10 vs 4x13

4. 1x17 vs 3x22

5. 2x13 vs 3x17

6. 2x14 vs 2x21

7. 2x12 vs 2x19

8. 5x02 vs 5x14

9. 1x19 vs 2x08

10. 3x18 vs 4x08

11. 1x01 vs 3x15

12. 4x01 vs 5x07

13. 1x13 vs 5x05

14. 5x10 vs 5x12

15. 3x19 vs 4x11

16. 1x14 vs 3x21

17. 1x18 vs 3x12

18. 1x10 vs 4x05

19. 3x14 vs 5x09

20. 2x07 vs 2x23

21. 1x15 vs 5x15

22. 1x02 vs 1x12

23. 2x01 vs 2x04

24. 3x06 vs 3x10

25. 1x08 vs 3x08

26. 2x02 vs 3x03

27. 3x05 vs 5x08

28. 5x03 vs 5x04 - TIE, FLASH ROUND RUNOFF VOTE*

29. 2x09 vs 5x06

30. 1x11 vs 1x21

31. 2x22 vs 3x13

32. 3x20 vs 4x03

33. 4x07 vs 5x13

34. 2x15 vs 3x16 - 100% SWEEP

35. 1x07 vs 1x09

36. 3x09 vs 4x06

37. 2x18 vs 4x12

38. 1x03 vs 2x20

39. 1x04 vs 2x11

40. 1x05 vs 4x04

41. 2x03 vs 2x16

42. 1x20 vs 5x01 - 100% SWEEP

43. 3x02 vs 3x07

44. 2x17 vs 4x09

45. 3x04 vs 5x11

46. 1x16 vs 3x01

47. 2x05 vs 4x10

*Quick note on the two ties! Match 1 had double the number of votes as Match 28, therefore, both episodes from Match 1 will be automatically put through to Round 2: One as the Match Contender and the other as the Underdog. Which episode goes where will be determined by the randomizer.

Match 28 will have a 24-hour flash round rematch to determine which one will go on to Round 2.

[chaoticbug]

just wanted to say that actually some of the faults of season 7 of 911 truly highlight how different tonally 911 and 911 Lone Star are and how when Tim Minear came back from Lone Star, he didn't properly adapt. The way I explain it would be 911 is more focused on the emergencies and using the emergencies to further the character's story. There will be calls related to the general arc of the characters in each episode. Each episode has a theme that both emergencies and the character arcs abide by, for example 2x04 Stuck or 4x10 Parenthood. The emergencies are used to fuel on going character plot lines that will then extend outwards through the episode.

Meanwhile Lone Star is more character driven with the emergencies happening in the background. What is happening in the emergencies doesn't necessarily relate to the characters arcs for the episode, and you are far more likely to get an episode dealing with one big emergency or a character's individual plot line rather than a thematic tie in integrating them both

In season 7 there was a noticeable lack of emergencies and the ones we did have rarely tied into a characters personal arc for the episode (the exception is Maddie's story in 7x07). Instead the emergency calls were for the most part used as comedic relief as a break from the drama. Episodes 8-10 didn't have a single real emergency call in the way we have seen it in the show. 7x06 had one in flash back, and 7x03 was just the crew ship. That is about half the season that didn't really have the 118 responding to regular emergencies we have become accustom to in the show, creating a completely different tone and flow for the show.

Additionally, this season pulled several lone star plot lines that in my opinion didn't work as well for a variety of reasons.

Off the top of my head we have:

Bobby and Athena's house burning down in revenge arson (7x09)-TK and Carlos's condo burning down in revenge arson (2x12)

Bobby going off on his own and accidentally ended up dealing with a cartel (7x08) - Owen going off on his own and dealing with a cartel (3x03)

Athena taking her gun and going to the house of the man she believes killed Bobby and threatening to shoot him(7x10)- Carlos taking his gun going to the house of the man he believed killed his father and threatening to shoot him (4x18)

Bobby's heart attack (7x09) -Paul's heart attack (3x09) (ok this one might be a stretch)

The firehouse is taken over as a season finale by a previously disliked captain because of the actions of the current captain (7x10 911 2x14 LS)

Some of those may be stretches but my point being is they all felt too familiar as a plot point because they had been done similarly on Lone Star prior.

This doesn't mean that Tim Minear is bad show runner by any means, it just means he hasn't readapted to the overall structure of the stories we get in 911 and that 911 and 911 Lone Star despite being set in the same universe and one being a spin off of the other are fundamentally different shows with very different structures.

This also doesn't mean that one show is better than the other or has a more successful structure, it just means they are fundamentally different shows and changing the the flow of a show several seasons in will always feel a bit jarring.

[all-eyes-lead-to-the-truth]

All Eyes Lead to the Truth | Nisei (3x09)

For years Penny tried to ignore the flashes. It seemed like out of nowhere, she’d be blinded by a bright, white light she couldn’t blink away. Sometimes during intimacy with her husband, his loving face would be momentarily replaced by a familiar stranger looming over her, causing her to cry and pull away. Other times, all she could hear was the whirring sound of a drill.

These flashes would only last a moment, and for years she told herself it was probably just a side effect of the stress her unexplained disappearances caused. A drug habit, fugue state, an affair, everyone had their theories about where she was when she went missing. All Penny knew was that, cumulatively, there were nine months of her life that she didn’t get to live.

But then something happened, and she couldn’t ignore the flashes anymore. Penny had been to the gynecologist plenty of times in her life, but this time she was filled with a sense of impending dread. It was a perfect storm of triggers, being so exposed, her legs spread in the stirrups, the smell of anesthetic, the sharp snap of plastic gloves, the cold metal-

They were strapping her down to the table, injecting her with something that made her vision blur. Her stomach felt like it was going to burst. She could feel the metal rod impaling her.

The next thing she knew, she was in the corner of the room screaming while her OBGYN looked on in horror.

After that, she recognized the flashes for what they were: memories.

* * *

After joining the MUFON group, Penny learned there were some memories all the women in the group shared — the light, the men, the pain. 

But, usually, everyone remembered something that was unique to their experience. Lottie remembered one of her doctors sardonically humming America the Beautiful as he arranged the drill bit. Betsy remembered hearing an Asian language being spoken above her. Quite a few women fervently remembered someone smoking a cigarette.

For Penny, she remembered comforting a young woman with auburn hair. But, just like all the memories, it came back in vague bits, vignettes that were difficult to discern. 

Someone screaming, “Stop! Get away from me!”

The distant sounds of beeping getting faster.

A sense of empathetic dread.

A trembling, red-headed woman who reminded Penny of her sister.

The warmth of holding someone in her arms.

Bright blue eyes filled with tears.

Today, she finally got to put a name with a face.

Dana Scully.

* * *

There was something surreal about knowing the ins and outs of a stranger’s body language.

Dana’s tendency to blink back emotions, the anxious swipe of her tongue across her lips, her need to shield her vulnerability by hiding her face in her hands — Penny knew it all. She had been at Dana’s side during some of the darkest times of their lives, yet she had to resist the urge to pull her into her arms like she’d done a thousand times before. The younger woman didn’t remember her.

Even though Penny found comfort in knowing these other women knew what she’d gone through, she understood why it could make someone uncomfortable. The intimate violations they’d all endured were dehumanizing, cruel, and seemingly senseless. Dana seemed to be a private person, having a room full of people she didn’t recognize talk about her trauma so openly seemed to be too much.

She said she wasn’t ready to discuss her experience, and Penny respected that. Trying to figure out what words felt accurate to the violation was a personal experience for everyone. 

Penny wishes she could take away her pain. The first time is always the worst, and this woman thinks they’re going to kill her. She doesn’t realize they aren’t that merciful. She isn’t sure why they keep allowing her to approach the young woman, let alone hold her for so long, but she isn’t going to question it. Physical touch that didn’t come with pain was rare here.

* * *

There were women just like them all over the globe, women who came together after their abduction experiences to offer support to each other. The people in their day-to-day lives might not have been willing to listen to them, but according to Betsy, some of the women from the European chapters of MUFON said they had caught the attention of people who hadn’t been abducted. There was even a woman who was interested in their stories, who cared enough to document their experiences and accompany the women to their doctor’s appointments.

Getting other people to listen was the first step to being taken seriously, to finding out who was behind this.

There weren’t many of them in Allentown, but they had each other. It was the strength of these women that got her through those experiences, and it was the strength of these women that would help her embark on this dark path they were all destined to walk.

Penny’s hand covers the back of Dana’s neck where an adhesive bandage covers the mark that will tie them together forever.

Dana doesn’t say much anymore, but when she does, it’s usually the same reassurance to herself.

“He’ll find me.”

“My partner, he-uh,” Dana stammered, turning away from the window when Betsy struggled to climb down from the MRI machine, clearly exhausted from the new rounds of tests she was forced to undergo. “He’s waiting for me.”

“I know this is hard, Dana,” Penny whispered, clasping the woman’s hands in her own for the first time in over a year. “But I hope you know you’re not alone.”

Dana offered a small smile and squeezed Penny’s hand before stepping out of the room.

“Do you think we’ll be seeing her again?” Lottie asked from beside her.

“We’re going to get out of here,” the red-headed woman whispers against Penny’s temple, wiping away tears Penny didn’t realize had fallen. “You can’t give up hope.”

With a smile, Penny nodded. “Yes."

Read the rest of All Eyes Lead to the Truth on Ao3

@gaycrouton

[raayllum]

In episode 7 of season 1 when Rayla goes to find the sun forged dagger, do you think of that was the only way to break her binding she would have abandoned the boys to achieve that goal? For example, if Tristan ran away and the gang was on the clock would she have told them to go on their own and she would catch up to them later? Because she sees herself, at least early on, as only able to bring value by protecting and if she were to lose that ability she would be useless in her own eyes?

No. Rayla had to be encouraged by Callum to go after Tristan in the first place ("You have to go get that dagger" "But... what about the egg?" "We'll find help for the egg. Just meet us back here at the statue") and she outright dismisses her own importance the next two episodes with direct comparisons of Zym > her hand.

I don't think Rayla actually puts much value (in herself) from being a Protector - 3x09 with being the Last Dragonguard is largely an exception - as much as being a Protector is what feels right to her (2x07) in a way that being an assassin never did, something that prioritizes trusting her heart / gut, not necessarily something that prioritizes her life.

Simultaneously, Rayla is someone who will pick fights she know she's unprepared for because she believes she can make enough of a difference to at least have an impact (1x03 with Runaan, 2x07 for Pyrrah) because she knows she's a resourceful and talented sword fighter. It just never feels like she's good enough at it (to survive) and/or that she can fully trust herself (although she makes good headway in S2 and S3) to not inevitably mess up / trip at the finish line: "If the plan hadn't gotten messed up when Bait flashed, I'm sure it would've flopped when it was my turn [...] I am pretty awesome at everything... right up until the moment it really matters."

The dismissal in 1x08 about her hand is particularly apt, I think, because the boys are certainly hoping that boy can be saved. And Rayla could easily say "Yeah!" to both, because why couldn't she? Why can't both her hand and the egg matter? And well, we know why. I also think a fear of being useless is far more Callum's biggest fear, whereas Rayla fears being worthless; Callum worries about what he can or cannot produce, Rayla worries about what she is. Very similar manifestations of shame/fear/guilt, but fundamentally different, I think

TLDR; Rayla isn't interested in chasing things that would improve her own standing or well-being. Almost every time she does things rather selfishly for herself (lying to Runaan, pushing the boys away / keeping secrets because she doesn't want them to know about her binding, or leaving in TTM) to try to ease her own emotional turmoil, it almost always first and foremost comes back to her wanting to ultimately help / protect other people at her core and not disappoint or hurt them

[911bts]

7x02 and 7x03 were written and directed by the same people.

Juan Carlos Coto previously wrote:

2x06 "Dosed"

2x14 "Broken"

3x02 "Sink or Swim"

3x09 "Fallout"

3x13 "Pinned" (w/ Nadia Abass-Madden)

3x18 "What's Next?" (w/ Kristen Reidel)

4x01 "The New Abnormal"

4x05 "Buck Begins"

5x01 "Panic" (w/ Tim Minear)

5x13 "Fear-O-Phobia" (w/ Andrew Meyers)

5x16 "May Day"

6x02 "Crash and Learn"

6x10 "In A Flash"

6x17 "Love Is In The Air"

Lyndsey Beaulieu previously wrote:

3x05 "Rage"

3x11 "Seize the Day"

3x17 "Powerless" (w/ Kristen Reidel)

4x02 "Alone Together"

4x10 "Parenthood"

4x13 "Suspicion" (w/ Andrew Meyers)

5x02 "Desperate Times" (w/ Andrew Meyers)

5x10 "Wrapped in Red" (w/ Nadia Abass-Madden)

5x12 "Boston"

6x03 "The Devil You Know"

6x11 "In Another Life"

6x16 "Lost and Found"

Brad Buecker previously directed:

1x01 "Pilot"

1x06 "Heartbreaker"

1x10 "A Whole New You"

2x02 "7.1"

2x03 "Help Is Not Coming"

2x10 "Merry Ex-Mas"

2x14 "Broken"

2x17 "Careful What You Wish For"

2x18 "The Life We Choose"

3x02 "Sink or Swim"

5x01 "Panic"

5x02 "Desperate Times"

6x10 "In A Flash"

6x18 "Pay It Forward"

[buddie2024rewatch]

Buddie 2024 Rewatch!

(Reajusted Scheadule!)

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the Buddie 2024 Rewatch to spread some positivity!! The goal is to rewatch important episodes for both Buck and Eddie and their relationship and spread some love while we wait for season 8.

But now that we have an official release date for season 8, turns out we have less time than anticipated, so I readjusted things so some weeks now have 3 episodes because I can't narrow this list down more lol

Week 1 (July 1 to July 7): 2x01 Under Pressure, 2x04 Stuck

Week 2 (July 8 to July 14): 2x08 Buck, Actually, 2x10 Merry Ex-Mas

Week 3 (July 15 to July 21): 2x18 This Life We Choose, 3x03 The Searchers

Week 4 (July 22 to July 28): 3x05 Rage, 3x06 Monsters

Week 5 (July 29 to August 4): 3x09 Fallout, 3x15 Eddie Begins, 3x18 What's Next?

Week 6 (August 5 to August 11): 4x03 Future Tense, 4x08 Breaking Point, 4x12 Treasure Hunt

Week 7 (August 12 to August 18): 4x13 Suspicion, 4x14 Survivors

Week 8 (August 19 to August 25): 5x06 Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1, 5x11 Outside Looking In

Week 9 (August 26 to September 1): 5x13 Fear-o-Phobia, 5x14 Dumb Luck, 5x16 May Day

Week 10 (September 2 to September 8): 6x10 In a Flash, 6x11 In Another Life*, 6x12 Recovery

Week 11 (September 9 to September 15): 6x13 Mixed Feelings, 6x15 Death and Taxes, 7x01 Abandon Ships

Week 12 (September 16 to September 22): 7x04 Buck, Bothered and Bewildered, 7x05 You Don't Know Me

Week 13 (September 23 to September 26): 7x09 Ashes, Ashes, 7x10 All Fall Down

There's also the instagram account @/buddie2024rewatch, since the idea is also to share stuff where the actors can see, so post stuff using the tag #buddie2024rewatch or tag the account here and over there and I will try to reblog/share as many posts as I see!

*in another life is marked because Eddie isn't in a lot, so it's more of an optional thing because 610 and 611 do go together.

[jule1122]

March for Meta Day 5

March Meta Day 5 Free Day: Michael’s Turn!

I don’t necessarily think Michael is a better communicator than Alex, just that his communication issues are different.  Where Alex struggles to say what he means reverting to silence or cold formality, Michael is more likely to speak before he thinks.  And just like Alex there are times when he says the absolute perfect thing, something that shows why he and Alex belong together.  As I did with Alex, I want to look at a few times where what Michael says to Alex addresses a fear or insecurity Alex has.

3x09

Alex continues to struggle on the ledge. We flash briefly to Nora suddenly smiling, then flash briefly to the dials on the Lockhart Machine turning. Then, Michael rushes onto the balcony, through Nora, who fades away.

Michael: “Alex! I got you! I got you.”

Ramos has rushed onto the balcony after Michael, while Michael grabs Alex's hand and helps him down off the ledge and onto the balcony. Alex collapses into Michael, panting, and grabs on to him. Michael holds Alex.

Michael: “I always got you.”

Alex has never been cared for.  It’s never been safe for him to be weak or vulnerable.  Here, Michael finds him at one of his most vulnerable times - he is weak physically, he is confused, he’s stuck in vision reminding him that he is a failure.  And Michael holds him in his arms and lets him know that he is safe, that he as someone to lean on, someone who won’t turn away from his weakness but instead will protect him until he’s strong again.  Michael doesn’t ask for an explanation or tell Alex that now that the threat is gone he should get him, he tells him again that he has him, that Michael will take Alex’s weight as long as he needs to.  I can’t imagine what it must have felt like for Alex to sink into Michael’s arms, to be held, to be able to let go and feel safe and loved in that moment.  I might need to go cry about it for a few hours.

Michael has so many amazing moments at the end of Season 4.  He has my favorite line of the entire series “I am so in love with you it’s embarrassing.” But we are going one episode forward for this.

4x12

Michael: “Because all I’ve ever wanted my entire life was to make you happy.”

Perhaps not the best circumstances for this sentiment, but it’s still really important.  We start the series with Alex telling Michael, “What I want doesn’t matter.”  I think it takes him a very long time to move past that.  Alex’s mother left him with his abusive father and his brothers witnessed his abuse and didn’t stop it.  All of this people were also abuse victims and aren’t to be blamed for prioritizing their own safety, but Alex still would have learned that his safety wasn’t a concern.  Regardless of the changing narrative of Jim Valenti, he was an authority figure who didn’t intervene to protect Alex because of what it might have cost him.  Years in the military would have reinforced the belief that while Alex might have a purpose, he, as a person, his happiness, didn’t matter.  Michael telling him that Alex’s happiness not only matters but that it was something Michael wants to give him would have been something new.

*Special thanks to @saadiestuff for episode transcripts.  They are such a gift to the fandom and a huge help to me.