#aosrewatchS2

[marvelsaos]

[bunnykaye]

6x06 | 2x03

Jemma’s butterfly wall decor

[consoledacup]

Our Call as Agents - S2

See this post for introduction to this exercise.

Use these quotes to equip you as you fight the good fight. Allow these ideals to give you strength and the fortitude to keep going. Add your own from season 2, or make your own post! This is our call as accomplices. This is our call as agents.

“We have to fight on for him––for those we lost. We have to take risks, so the sacrifices they made were not made in vain.” -- Director Coulson, 2.01

“It’s for their families. I think they deserve something for their loss. Don’t you think?” –– Agent Hunter, 2.02

“First of all, I want you to know that I see your progress. You’re an important part of this team, and I don’t want you forget that.” –– Director Coulson, 2.03

“Hard choices are coming. I need to you to make this one.” –– Director Coulson, 2.04

“But after today, I just don’t care anymore. All I care about is that we stop him, and I just wanted to let you know that whatever it takes to do that, I’m in.” –– Agent Skye, 2.05

“It’s always a shame when a good soldier falls.” –– Brigadier General Talbot, 2.06

“Everything we’ve been doing, it all leads here.” –– Director Coulson, 2.07

“You wanted to get back in the field? Here’s your chance.” –– Director Coulson, 2.08

“They are the point. They’re the reason I’m here.” –– Director Coulson, 2.09

“They are the bad guys. That makes you a bad guy.” –– Agent Skye, 2.10

“No, you’re just different now. You’re just different now, and there’s nothing wrong with that.” –– Agent Fitz, 2.11

“Love fighting? No. But you’re coming after one of my people, so I’m willing to fight.” –– Agent Morse, 2.12

“Except it doesn’t disappear. You’re pushing it aside.” –– Dr. Garner, 2.13

“We can leave all this mess behind––just start over. Be new people. Be better people.” –– Agent Hunter, 2.14

“We can’t keep pretending that everything’s the same as it was yesterday. I mean, look around.” –– Agent Morse, 2.15

“We cannot afford to be enemies to each other when there are new threats out there, waiting for the moment we are at our weakest. A house built on shifting sand will fall.” –– Agent Gonzales, 2.16

“Do good.” –– Dr. Garner, 2.17

“Desperate times, desperate measures. Count me in.” –– Agent Fitz, 2.18

“I saw an opportunity to do the right thing. So I took it.” –– Agent Simmons, 2.19

“The next terrible thing he does is on me.” –– Agent Simmons, 2.20

“Do you think it’ll end with me? There’s always someone else to blame.” –– Agent Morse, 2.21

“Like a ripple in the water. But this ripple won’t fade. It’ll grow and grow until it’s a tidal wave.” –– Director Coulson, 2.22

[2minutes2midnight]

Agents of Shield rewatch: season 2

[blancasplayground]

I admit I haven’t really been keeping up with the AoS rewatch, other than following along with everyone else’s posts, but this week’s set of episodes includes Afterlife, which happens to include one of my favorite underrated FitzSimmons scenes ever: their coded conversation about getting Fury’s toolbox out of the base. 

I’m still not sure exactly how they pulled it off. The logistics of it weren’t made clear in the episode (for narrative reasons most likely, in order to save the surprise for the end). What is clear, though, is that they both have a total understanding of the plan without ever speaking a word to each other directly about it. From what I gathered, based on context, Jemma was scanning the box and sending the specs to the 3D printer. And then she somehow switched them out and put the real one in his backpack.

The details of the plan aside, what’s so great about this scene is that it demonstrates how these two characters have an almost supernatural ability to understand each other (at least when it comes to non-relationship stuff -- they’re still quite boneheaded in that area at this point in time) and can communicate with each other on a level that no one else understands. The FitzSimmons bubble effect in action. And the writing is brilliant because you can’t tell the subtext the first time through, but when you go back and watch it again, the double meaning is obvious.

A while back, just for fun, I wrote a translation of that scene from their point of view, what they’re saying vs. what they actually mean. With the rewatching going on I thought now would be a good time to post it, so here it is!

Fitz: I saw everything, Jemma. Did you really want me to find out this way?

Translation: I saw the files and figured out what you're doing. Did you want my help?

Jemma: Well, I was hoping you would so that we can work together on this. Do you have any idea how valuable the information inside this could be? You need to help me get it out, get things back to normal.

Translation: Yes, I do want your help. This thing is too valuable to be in the hands of people we don't trust. I need you to sneak it off the base.

Fitz: Things can never go back to normal. Can't you see that? Can't any of you see what you've done? You've destroyed a man's life and for what?

Translation: I'm 100 percent in on this with you. I don’t like what’s going on and I'm loyal to Coulson.

Mack: Fitz, put it down right now.

Fitz: Because of fear? Because of fear of what's inside a little black box? Well, I don't believe in fear. I believe in trust. And I'm shocked that you would do this. You knew this would drive me away. You may as well have packed my bags yourself. You want me to leave, don't you Jemma?

Translation: I can handle this. I’m not scared. I know we can trust each other. I'll get the real box out if you put it in my bag. Are you sure you want me to do this?

Jemma: If we work for S.H.I.E.L.D. we have a duty to carry out our responsibilities. So perhaps it's best if you do.

Translation: Yes, our S.H.I.E.L.D. is the only real one. We have to do this.

[queen-of-love-and-beauty]

#family goals

Philinda as the parenting team is even more badass as just the agents. But they show so much tenderness in this episode too. From Coulson’s almost whispered “Skye, what’s doing this?” with a side of puppy eyes, to May’s shocked “Skye?!” when she iced herself, this episode really hammers on how much May and Coulson care about the young hacker they found in the back of a van. They are willing to fight aliens, risk their lives just to keep her safe.

[ryder616]

Rewatching S.O.S. Part 1

A day in the life of a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent: you have barely put your best friend’s deceptions behind you and the fallout from the latest internal squabble has just started to settle when your former temporary not-boss is murdered, a whole community of powered people is duped into thinking you are the Gestapo and the young agent you’ve been mentoring for the better part of the year doesn’t trust you and flings you across a courtyard.

And you have just begun to contemplate the very real possibility you might be forced to go against another superpowered mother and daughter duo, after the first time it happened it almost destroyed you, when you discover that your traitorous former teammate and dalliance has kidnapped one of your friends and now there’s a second crisis to go with the first.

Yeah. It’s not a fun day to be May.

It’s not an easy day to be Daisy, either (is it ever?). Everything is crashing down, again, another promise of a home destroyed, again, and she’s faced, again, with a choice between her biological family and her found one. And for the first time since she stepped on the Bus, she doesn’t choose the latter, even if it doesn’t last.

And why not. If S.H.I.E.L.D. had been really guilty of what her mother frames them for, opposing them would have been the right, if painful, thing to do.

But they aren’t. And when she finally understands what her mother is doing, there is no hesitation. Skye chooses S.H.I.E.L.D. unreservedly. After all, they haven’t murdered anyone in the past 24 hours (well, unless Nameless Inhuman #3 died when Agent Trigger Happy shot him 😏) and aren’t gearing up for a massacre.

Before that, however, there is the little matter of not trusting May and, if nothing else this season, she had earned the right to be trusted.

I like that May stresses to Coulson - who is by far Daisy’s biggest stan, honestly 🤣 - that Skye chose, although when they fight I think she was mostly running on impulse (“I don’t exactly over-analyze. I just act impulsively and then I freak out after the fact” -- 1x19).

The actual choice is bringing the charm (I hope that’s a correct term for it) back to Jiaying later (“Bring this back to me if you decide to join our fight”), and therefore much more significant because it is a reasoned choice, not a hasty reaction with the sound of explosions and the accusatory words of her bleeding mom still ringing in her ears (not to mention the shooting of that unarmed Inhuman right in front of her).

Regardless, May is owned another apology. 😉

To Kill Like a Mockingbird:

Speaking of bad days, Bobbi’s trumps them all, courtesy of Ward and Wardette, because Kara is now gone completely over to the dark side.

Despite hours of torture, she still looks capable of getting the upper hand against Ward at least until Kara wakes up, making it likely that a well rested and unhurt Bobbi could have dealt successfully with both of them (and she had already made very quick work of Kara in 2x20).

Her mental fortitude is even more remarkable than her fighting skills. She mocks Ward relentlessly (“Take her to Hawaii”) and clinically dissects the abusive and beyond toxic partnership between him and Kara. Her outstanding profiling skills don’t fail her even under extreme duress and she remains unwavering when confronted by death.

And when Ward tries to draw a parallel between them (“Both of us, living one life on the outside. But who we really are, we keep that buried deep inside where no one can ever find it.”) she delivers the perfect rebuttal:

You're such a hypocrite. You say I betrayed her? You betrayed your entire team. How many people who trusted you have died? See, I've seen the real Grant Ward, the one buried deep inside. He's a coward who always has an excuse or someone else to blame.

It’s a shame she’ll never get the chance to thoroughly trash him.

Gotta Catch ‘Em All:

Alisha Whitley aka Ginger Ninjas (thank you, Mack) is the Inhuman answer to Multiple Man, capable of creating up to four duplicates of herself who can fight and take action just as effectively as their original, as long as Ashley Prime remains conscious.

She knows and controls what they are doing even when there’s significant physical distance between them, (in S3 she’ll do it from at least several miles away).

She’s also a very skilled martial artist (her actress is Adrianne Palicki’s stunt double on the show) and likely possesses superior strength and speed to the average human.

The death of one of her duplicates doesn’t harm her physically but it’s a severe psychological shock. And once a duplicate is dead, she doesn’t seem able to replicate another in its place, since by the time she is killed by a Kree Reaper in 3x19 she was down to only one double.

She’s Got The Powers:

Skye had already accidentally dismantled a gun with her powers in 2x12, here she does it on purpose, a feat she won’t repeat again until 6x01. She also uses her powers to create a concussive wave to knock May out, in what will become an infinitely more common display of her Inhuman abilities.

Beloved Frenemy:

After almost two years of being mostly a thorn in our agents’ side (no puns, I swear), Raina  basically dies so that our budding superhero can learn the depth of her mother’s corruption and rejoin the fold. Which is disappointing.

Personally, I would have expected her to manage it without dying and finding a way to exploit it to her advantage - a S3 Inhumans cult-like enclave led by the true Clairvoyant anyone? - but I’ve always had a soft spot for Raina, even when she was doing terrible things to characters I love like Mike Peterson. 

Stuff that crossed my mind:

Sir, there’s been gunfire. Skye’s mother’s been shot, allegedly by Gonzales. Yes. Very, very allegedly.

What about Gonzales? [...] -- Got what he always wanted. Oh, how I wish it were that simple, Fitz. But I appreciate your unwavering distrust in the man. 😉

Why would you let them do this to us? I thought you were on our side! By all means, guilt trip your daughter. You just lost all your cool mom points. Well, and also with the murder, that was bad, too. 🤭

Oh, hi Alisha. And nameless guy who is about to be shot.

Tell me, Agent Trigger Happy, what possessed you to a) shoot an unarmed and unthreatening person in the middle of this powder keg b) do it with your fellow agent in the line of fire? Enjoy your frankly well deserved asskicking.

Skye, stop! -- What have you done? Congratulations, Ms Johnson! Your membership of the “Assume the Worst of May” Club has just been renewed for the year! 😁

I don’t want to hurt you! -- You won’t. Echoes of their conversation during training in 2x12, when it was Daisy who told May she didn’t want to hurt her and May assured her she couldn’t. And in terms of physical hurt, she still right. Until Skye used her powers, the fight was one-sided even though May was hardly going all out.

I’m sorry, May. You’re not welcome here [woo-woo-woo-woosh] Well, now, that’s just cheating. 😁

And my brother's been on me for years, wants us to motorcycle down to Baja.[...] So there’s nothing I can say? -- To change my mind? No. Oh, that’s right, Mack, you resigned.🤣 First mention of his brother and love for motorcycles.

None of this would have happened if Gonzales hadn’t attacked. -- You can’t actually believe he would do something like this. -- Oh, no, Gonzales would never attack a base unprovoked. I think the Bus Kids have also formed the “Assume the Worst of Gonzales” Club. I’d proudly claim honorary membership except unfortunately I already know what really happened.

Gonzales was smarter than this. It's too sloppy. I like that Coulson seems to dismiss the idea only because he thinks Gonzales would have done it better, not not done it at all. Another member for the aforementioned club? 😉

I think you've helped enough. -- What is that supposed to mean? -- It means Jiaying was right, S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't be trusted. But you convinced her otherwise. Guilt trip #2. What a fun day this is shaping up to be.

Skye feels as betrayed as we do, Lincoln. Maybe more. -- I don’t think we know the full story. Hold on to that thought, Daisy. This would be a really good time for your "mistrust of home superpower”(2x17) to manifest itself, btw.

You know, I am capable of finishing -- my own sentences. Yes, you are. I'm sorry. Well, at least something is going well. Fitz seems fully back to his old fast-speaking, fast-thinking self.

No, you're here to ask questions about what's gonna happen next. [...] Well, that's the tragedy. Because even if I were inclined to tell you, you wouldn't believe me, not with our history. It is a very fair assumption. However, it couldn’t hurt to try and actually explain? That’s the problem with clairvoyants. They become so sure the future they see is what will unquestionably happen, they don’t even try to change it. Unless they’re kids with a passion for crayon drawings...

Your mother isn't leading our people, she's misleading them. It's you who are destined to lead. Oh, what fateful words. Or not. Still working on that, I guess?

They're all willing to fight because S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked. -- What about your daughter? -- I'm hopeful she'll do the right thing. Oh, don’t worry, she will...😈

I'm a present, a gift horse...a peace offering from my family. I'm also an excellent Shanghai Rummy partner. -- Sir, I'm worried he's more of a Trojan Horse. Well, he just told you he is. “Gift horse”? C’mon.

Bobbi once set Hunter’s 1967 convertible GTO on fire. Reason #1047 I’ll be forever pissed Most Wanted didn’t happen.

What’s wrong? -- Everything. S.H.I.E.L.D. attacking, you getting shot, me fighting May, the threat of more people dying...this is way up there on one of the worst days ever. Quick, Jiaying, she’s entering the “freak out after the fact” phase and then comes the thinking and you can’t have her thinking things through. Say something unsettling and demanding of action! Or, wait, no, don’t. I’m not rooting for you. What the hell? 😳

Skye's mother orchestrated the whole thing. It was a performance. [...] Every Inhuman up there believes that S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked their leader and declared war. -- Including Skye. Don’t give Jiaying all the credit for that. S.H.I.E.L.D. bungled this Inhuman business from the beginning.

This reeks of Ward. He left Agent 33 here for this very purpose. [...] There’s a piece we don’t understand yet. -- There’s a piece that Ward doesn’t understand. When I find him, I’m going to kill him. Eh, the kids have been trying all season. He’s got plot armor made of vibranium right now.

I'm sorry you were in that safe house, but I did the right thing. The lives of the many outweigh the life of one. You swore to the same ideal when you signed to S.H.I.E.L.D. -- That's your apology? Ward, you’re the last person who can complain about half-assed apologies. And don’t knock it. She’s taking full responsibility for her actions, used “I” the whole time and even said the word “sorry”. It’s already miles ahead of what you delivered to your former teammates a couple of episodes ago. She was also fighting nazis instead of helping them, so, you know.

We may still have assets in there. -- Agent Skye? She could expose us. She knows every S.H.I.E.L.D. procedure. You're gambling with our lives because of one agent. The security of S.H.I.E.L.D. far outweighs the safety of Skye. -- It's not her safety, it's her usefulness. Eeehhh...I don’t know Phil...I’m pretty sure it’s at least both.

Mack, I thought you left. The Curse of Mack. He can try. But he can never leave. Mhwhahahaha! 🤣

What about the alien thing in the cargo hold? Could be what this is all about. It’s what started the paranoia on their side, that’s for sure.

I think [Cal’s conconction] is an ill-conceived attempt at super strength. -- Other than Cap, every attempt has been ill-conceived. Fanboy Phil, reporting for duty. 😁

Do you think it'll end with me? There's always someone else to blame. [...] I bet he started you off easy, a symbolic target. Maybe the doctor who made your mask. Ward probably started off easy, too. -- You're right. It was his dog. Garrett made him kill his dog. I know what you're doing, Agent Morse, and it's not going to work. Pity, because she nailed it.

Grant's already told me everything about his abusive family, about John Garrett, about having to kill Victoria Hand. But in the end, he overcame his family and the pain Garrett put him through. He remade himself. It's why I love him. And why no matter what he does, I will always stand with Ward. Well, I’ll be...sometimes the AoS writers are really not subtle, uh? 🤣

There's only one thing that can save the Inhumans from death and destruction. And it is neither you nor I. It's Skye. I've considered killing her and you, running from my fate. I’m glad you mentioned the kill option because that would have been my first question.

Peace? I built this community in the middle of nowhere so we would be left in peace. Yet, S.H.I.E.L.D. found us. I know. And you’re right. But nosy secret agencies aren’t an excuse for mass-murder.

I am planning for our future, your future. Daisy, I won’t live forever, and when I’m gone, you must lead these people, protect them as I have done. -- Protect them? You killed Raina. You are leading them into a war. If they need protection, it is from you! -- I'm sorry you feel that way. Kids, uh? They never appreciate all the things parents do for them...

When this is done, hopefully she’ll understand. I can’t tell if you’re finally fully delusional or just playing concerned mom for the kicks.

I never got [the formula] quite right. Always missing something. Highly unstable. Made me a little moody. Could it kill me? Sure. But it was worth the risk. That’s entirely a matter of debate.

Maybe they both just needed a holiday. Bobbi always liked Spain. Probably sitting on a beach, telling 33 what a lousy husband I was. I did have my faults. I would call that the “When Pigs Fly” scenario, Hunter. 😔

If you hurt anyone here, Daisy will never forgive you. -- Stop calling her that! -- Sorry. I thought...never mind. -- "Daisy" to me and her mother, not you, not anyone else! Right, Coulson, how dare you. It’s not like Cal spent half the season barking bloody murder at everyone who called her Skye. 🤭

You've always done her dirty work. She's the real monster. -- She's not like me. -- No. She's worse. Mhmmm...I think they’re both pretty bad and broken, all things considered. I wouldn’t make it a competition.

Get me an adrenaline injector, one milligram. Oh dear. I believe that would be the missing ingredient. 😬

Got to admit, I'm not hopeful [the Icers] will do anything but piss him off. -- There are more lethal solutions. -- Not yet. He's Skye's father or at least, he was. I'm hoping there's still a sliver of the man who [Cal breaks out of quarantine] oh-oh. Jemma’s quick sideye look is a thing of beauty and I can’t blame her. Coulson’s “let’s not ruffle one hair in the vicinity of anything Skye-related” policy was starting to wear *me* down. 😂

A day ago, I never wanted to talk to her again. Now she's all I can think about. -- Love's weird that way. -- I'm not sure it's love. More like a dance of desire, discomfort, and unreliable feelings. You say potato...

I wonder what you'll feel when you watch somebody else die because of what you did. And the Wardification of Kara is complete. Blaming others for her own terrible actions.

Do we have anybody left still fighting below? Well, there’s Mack and his axe so yeah, there’s plenty! 😎

You gotta admit, FitzSimmons make excellent bait. They look so harmless and helpless, with his cardigans, her sensible shoes and both their fresh faces...who could ever resist the lure to chase and slaughter them? 😁

All clear. The ship's been taken. [...] -- Now what? -- Now, we begin. Phase 2: Kill All the Humans.

[libbyweasley]

What We Could Become

A big thank you to @blancasplayground for all of her help (including the screencap of the hug!).

I was watching this episode again and that hug is just so awkward, but you know in the moment Fitz just wanted to protect her. So here is what could have (should have?) happened.

Rated T

Words ~1,500

Fitz stared into the dark hole gaping at this feet while he rubbed his hand, trying to ease the tension in his muscles. Trip had been gone too long. They’d all been gone too long. This was his least favorite part of the job. The waiting. The wondering. The time when he just felt useless, not knowing if there was something he could do. Mack might be gone forever. Skye, Coulson, and Trip were all down there still, chasing after Raina, and all he could do was wait and hope...

Read on AO3

@aosficnet2​

[ellsey]

Agents of Shield Rewatch 2x19 The Dirty Half Dozen

Yeah...these episodes get really fuzzy around here for some reason. Surely they are rescuing Lincoln in this one? Let’s find out.

Raina has viiisssiiioonnnsss

Jiaying is creeping on Raina, but also I sometimes like to watch people sleep so

Oops Cal spilled the beans

Raina realizes now that she’s seeing the future

I mean good for her I guess

Phil is so passive aggressive I love it

Jiaying is so wrong for not saving Lincoln but then she is clearly not thinking straight

But also Lincoln is too pure for this world

Haha Lincoln and Deathlok are not having a good time of it. They keep getting knocked out.

Ugh seriously enough of Ward creeping on Kara

If looks could kill Ward would be so dead by Melinda May’s eyes

lol these “real” Shield people are so self righteous like get over yourselves

Ok so actually if looks could kill Melinda May would have murdered Phil Coulson too

“Whatever that is, it’s not love” Jemma Simmons knows what love is friends

And this immediately followed up by Fitz thanking her for the sandwich and saying it was delicious?? I CRY.

Fitz trying to impress Jemma and her being super impressed is so adorable

But also Jemma Simmons is going off the deep end a bit? She wants to splinter bomb Ward, which, fair, but also NO JEMMA

Mom and Dad are fighting :(

“I will apologize to you later at length” ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Raina seems so shady even when she’s telling them what she’s seen haha I love her

Ugh SHUT UP WARD

Bus Kids back together!!

Fitz makes me the saddest in this whole conversation with Ward. He still is broken up more over the loss of his family than anything else.

“I’m still happy I shot you” QUEEN

Hunter says he forgives Mack but like...that was too easy

Kara talks about Ward like she’s had some kind of religious experience blah

Awww Fitz is worried about Jemma

Daisy got to show off her new powers in a very cool way 

I love the long continuous shot for that Daisy fight

1917 who?

Also her powers can be used a defibrillator? I mean that...unique...

Jemma splinter bombed the wrong person

Oopsie poopsie

Also “I’m disappointed in you”??? IS HE FOR REAL RIGHT NOW???

SHUT UP WARD

Also Bobbi giving that knowing look when they say Coulson and team made it out? Like...what? You completely didn’t even trust him!

This is the most awkward breakup over the phone through proxy

But also I know it’s not real so

 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maria Hill sighting wheeeee

Raina and Jiaying are in a power struggle

I guess this was an Avengers tie-in so that’s why we got Maria

“The world will be changed forever” Never say Raina doesn’t have a flair for the dramatic

I mean this had some interesting thing but let’s just admit the main purpose of this episode was to get all the plans in motion. This episode gets a 10/10 on the JEMMA NO scale. But also a 10/10 on the JEMMA YES scale.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

The song for this episode is “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell for obvious reasons.

I don’t get this video at all...why is he singing about tainted love to a child?? 

[the-nerdy-stjarna]

I may be on hiatus from my AOS rewatch live blogs, but I was inspired to write a super short drabble while watching One Door Closes.

interrupted

Summary: What if Weaver hadn’t interrupted FitzSimmons in “One Door Closes” quite that early.

Word count: 477

Thanks to @dilkirani for the beta.

I realize this has probably been done before, but I just felt like it.

Read on AO3 or under the break.

They sit side by side on the floor in the lab, surrounded by strangers and people they had thought of as friends, as colleagues, who had turned out to be the enemy within.

Not again, Jemma thinks.

She looks to the side at him, pondering all the things that had divided them in the last few months, all the things she thought they would not be able to overcome, would be unforgivable.

Now it all seems so unimportant. Now all she wants is that one person back she could trust with anything, with her life, her secrets.

She hesitates for a moment, unsure of how he’ll react, but then the urge to feel close to him becomes too strong and she reaches over to grab his hand.

He’s visibly surprised at first, but then he quickly covers her hand with his. Jemma wants to cry, a wave of emotions rushing through her.

He looks at her, not with the anger she’d almost gotten used to in the past few weeks, but with reassurance.

“I’m sorry,” she whispers, tears in her eyes, “about everything.”

“Me too,” he replies just as quietly, his eyes shimmering watery as well.

She adds her free hand to the little stack they had built, squeezing his gently. “You were right. I have changed. What happened to Trip—I just—”

“I know,” Fitz interjects. “You were doing what you thought was right. And I was trying to protect Skye.”

“And I was trying to help her the only way I could figure out how at the time,” Jemma adds.

Fitz nods in agreement. “We should have worked together—not against each other.”

Jemma chuckles weakly. “There was—there is so much still unresolved between us. I think that made it hard to—”

“Let’s put it behind us, shall we?” Fitz lifts his shoulders. “Because right now, I need the one person that I can trust back. And I hope she knows that she can trust me, too.”

Jemma’s face contorts as more tears push to her eyes. “I do.” She squeezes their hands more tightly. “I missed you so much, Fitz.”

One corner of his mouth ticks up into a half-smile. “I missed you, too. You have no idea.”

“And, Fitz,” Jemma breathes, her heart beating rapidly in her chest, “about what you said when we were at the bottom of the ocean.”

Fitz shakes his head. “Forget about that. That’s not important right now. There’s nothing to discuss, and we should just move on and—”

“Maybe there is,” Jemma blurts out, looking straight at him.

Fitz stares at her wide-eyed, his mouth hanging slightly ajar. “What?”

“I think I—I know I—” Jemma pauses when a shadow appears in her eyes. She looks up to see a familiar face looking at them. “Agent Weaver?”

Her love confession will have to wait awhile longer.

[valentinaonthemoon]

Me in October 2014 watching A Hen In The Wolf House. When will these tweets not be relatable in this series, though? Season 2 was a Mess™, emotionally, you guys. 

[marvelsaos]

Mom and Dad being worried yet proud of their kid.

[romanticmum]

AOS rewatch S2e1

This is from a post I made a while back when I rewatched Season 2, episode 1.

I was so relieved to see Fitz was alive and recovering from almost drowning. Whilst watching this episode I thought Jemma was there to support him, always around to help.

But in the final scenes of the episode, with Coulson talking about Fitz being isolated, the camera pans round and we realise Jemma wasn’t really there all along!

I was shocked and upset - was Fitzsimmons no more?  Where was Jemma? How long had she been gone?  This episode still brings the feels :’(

[consoledacup]

AoS Episode Showdown -- One Door Closes

Great and PHENOMENAL episode. WOW WOW WOW WOW. So many things. I felt for all the characters. 

So first off, Mack’s best friend, Tim, on the Iliad said, “I can’t feel my arm.” In “The End,” we all know that Fitz says, “I think it’s a bad break, ‘cuz I can’t feel it,” in reference to his legs. And of course, in “One Door Closes,” we meet Tim and make the connection between Mack’s relationship with Tim and why he felt so drawn to Fitz. POOR MACK.

In 2x15, we see flashbacks of the real SHIELD’s story. In 3x15, we see flashforward glimpses. In 4x15, we see flashes of an alternate digital world. In 5x15, we see flashbacks of General Hale’s and Talbot’s stories. 

I love that during her message to Simmons, she says, “I’m not complaining, just wondering.” She’s still so willing to believe Jemma’s helping her and SHIELD’s right to quarantine her because she’s dangerous. She still sees herself as a monster and lucky that SHIELD is still willing to work with her. The evolution of how she views her powers is beautifully handled. 

In fact, in 2x15, Skye laments her powers and feels so unsure of herself with them. But in 3x15, she laments the fact that May doesn’t have her powers. In 4x15, she’s so sure of her powers, she’s ready to take down the LMDs. In 5x15, she’s lamenting the fact that Fitz restored her powers against her will.

I LOVE Bobbi in the flashback. She breaks my heart this episode. I don’t agree with the real SHIELD infiltrating the base, but seeing why does make me have more sympathy for these characters. 

In 2x15, the real SHIELD infiltrates the base. In 4x15, the LMDs infiltrate the base.

In 2x15, Simmons initiates holding Fitz’s hand. In 3x15, Simmons initiates holding Fitz’s hand. In 4x15, Simmons initiates holding Fitz’s hand before she realizes he’s an LMD. 

I like that Simmons nonverbally consults with Fitz about whether it’s alright to look at Mack’s injuries. Not only does it show their togetherness again, but it also shows her paying specific attention to Fitz’s relationship with Mack. And the fact that Mack betrayed him but saved him. 

Jemma’s a genius also. The fact that the headmaster of the academy consults Simmons for her expertise. She’s a fucking, literal genius. 

When May’s calling Skye, her phone is right next to her referenced solitaire card game! 

May’s entrance, saving Coulson, is amazing. And I love how they do a quick debrief about the wellbeing of the original five and making sure each team member is safe. 

Love Hunter’s contract. Love Hunter. Love his devotion to Coulson.

This is a fabulous, exciting, heartbreaking, gorgeous episode. I really, really love it. And it shoots up.

Beginning of the End

What They Become

Turn, Turn, Turn

One Door Closes

…Ye Who Enter Here

A Hen in the Wolf House

Aftershocks

Nothing Personal

T.R.A.C.K.S.

FZZT

Love in the Time of Hydra

One of Us

Who You Really Are

A Fractured House

Making Friends and Influencing People

Shadows

Ragtag

The Writing on the Wall

The Only Light in the Darkness

I Will Face My Enemy

Providence

End of the Beginning

The Magical Place

Heavy Is the Head

Seeds

The Hub

The Things We Bury

The Bridge

Repairs

T.A.H.I.T.I.

The Well

Eye Spy

Pilot

Girl in the Flower Dress

The Asset

0-8-4

Yes Men

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AoS Rewatch: 2x10 What They Become

Wow, I have shivers every time I’m watching this episode. Definitely one of the best in season 2 and in whole series.

Scene of episode? Skye’s transformation for sure. It was brilliant, I love how they shot this - everything just fits together. And I remember having so many questions after watching this for the first time. Once again I’m glad I binge watched 4 seasons ;).

I still can’t believe that they killed Trip. He was such a ray of sunshine and didn’t deserve this. #TripLives

Skye shooting Ward is a mood, he definitely deserved this. But of course he’s not easy to kill...

I love scenes with Cal, he seems crazy but it’s obvious that he loves his daughter very much. Really, I wish we could see him again in season 7.

My Fitzsimmons heart is getting warm after what happened in last episode, because those two works the best together and they can’t stay away from each other. And Fitz trying to protect Jemma is my favorite view.

[valentinaonthemoon]

skyes dad: YOURE NOT HER FATHER

coulson: well

coulson: i mean the adoption papers havent gone through

coulson: but soon