#background miluca

[foramomentonly]

In the Dark I Know That You Do

Summary: I have a headcanon that Alex slept with a photographer overseas and, as a result, some tiny art gallery in New York is displaying artfully erotic black and white photographs of him. He signed the release form when it dropped in his inbox because the pictures made him feel powerful and sexy, and he figures no one he knows will ever see them.

Then I thought: What if Michael sees them?

Author’s Note: I feel the need to say that this fic, and all my other fics, like my blog, is Maria-friendly. Just putting that out there.

Title is lyrics from "I Want You To Love Me" by Fiona Apple.

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Alex hears a soft, shuttering click and turns his head. 

“This okay?” Josué asks, lowering the camera from his face and smiling softly. “You’re just—so fucking gorgeous, man.”

He’s squatting naked across the room, just returned from the studio’s tiny bathroom. His thighs are thick and meaty, the muscles corded as they support the weight of his body. The sight of them makes Alex burn, makes the vivid memory of him grinding down on Alex’s cock, riding him single-mindedly as Alex gripped those same thighs tight flood his senses. Alex feels weightless, somehow simultaneously above his body, and very much in it; he feels every scratch of the stiff sheets underneath him, every delicious ache from the evening’s activities, but they only serve to elevate this heightened feeling that Alex is good and right and glorious. Alex laughs, runs a teasing hand up the length of his own naked torso, his fingers catching in his dog tags. 

“It’s okay,” he says, and Josué grins, raising his camera again, the lens re-focusing and the rapid-fire, fluttering click resuming. 

Alex stares down the lens, willing the camera to stop time, to capture and hold him in this moment and this feeling forever and for real. He’s twenty years old; he’s free, he’s whole, and he’s alive within himself for maybe the second time in his godforsaken life, since the moment time failed to stop in the first place and Jesse Manes had crashed into the shed and into Alex’s sacred space, defiling it and him and the only thing that had ever felt right to him. The only person. Because time, unfortunately, doesn’t work like that.

Alex hears the soft buzz of his phone vibrate on the wooden table and looks down.

“Shit,” he breathes, picking up his phone and staring at the name and subject line next to the little e-mail icon: Josué Medina, Photo Release.

“Is something wrong?” Maria asks from across the table, and five pairs of inquisitive eyes focus in his direction.

 They didn’t plan this gathering, but Michael, Isobel, Max, and Liz were having a drink when Alex wandered into the Pony, and it seemed rude not to sit with them. Traffic petered out as the night went on, and Maria eventually joined them, and before he knew it Alex is nursing his third beer at a reclaimed wood table with five people who’ve been in his personal orbit for so long that it never occurred to him they haven’t actually spent much time together as a group. It’s awkward.

“Who’s José Medina?” Isobel asks, leaning shamelessly into Alex’s shoulder to better read his phone screen. Max, sitting on her other side, pulls her back.

“Iz, personal privacy?” he chides.

“It’s Ho-sway,” Alex corrects, sounding the name out phonetically. “And he’s someone I knew—Jesus, seven years ago?”

“Oooh,” Isobel drawls, “so he’s an ex.”

“He’s not an ex. He was—”

“An itch?” she supplies, and Alex kind of hates her.

“Sure,” he says, rolling his eyes and pretending to miss the way Michael’s briefly flash with something unreadable when they cross gazes across the table.

“So, this is a booty call?” Liz asks, chin in her hands and eyelashes fluttering suggestively. “Is he passing through town and never quite got you out of his system?” 

Alex forgives her much easier; her blood is basically tequila at this point in the night.

“Seven years ago,” Maria cuts in, redirecting the conversation kindly. “You were overseas at that point, right? First tour?”

“Yeah,” he says. “I was on leave in Italy. He was—well, is a photographer, from the looks of the e-mail, but at the time he was just a student. I don’t know why he’s sending me a release form.”

Alex scans the e-mail. It’s brief pleasantries and apologies for popping up unannounced in Alex’s inbox, all written with that easy, magnetic confidence that drew Alex in so many years ago. And then there’s the ask:

There’s a call for submissions for this arthouse photo book on queer military personnel as erotic subject. It’s not fetish; it’s art. It’s a tiny press and less than fifty people will ever see it, but it would be a big deal for me. I want to submit the photo attached and I need your consent. I know it’s intimate and I understand if you aren’t comfortable. But a guy can try, right? If it helps, it’s just for us, you know? It’s not going mainstream anytime soon.

Alex doesn’t understand half of what he’s reading; well, he’s unfortunately very familiar with the dark side of fetish since he lost part of a limb and gained a prosthesis. It’s the reason he’ll never re-activate his Grindr account. But the rest goes completely over his head, so he just taps the icon to open the attached image file.

It’s. 

It’s intimate, all right. 

Erotic, for sure, though the image stops short of full nudity. 

And, before he can really fully process what he sees, it’s tugged out of his hand by Isobel’s bony fingers.

***

Michael is trying to focus on the conversation around him—on Maria, beautiful and loose by his side; on Max, reserved, but happy, flanked by his best girls; and decidedly not on Alex, staring at his phone with a dazed expression, lips parted softly and quirked in a barely-there smile. He shouldn’t care that Alex is receiving an email from a long-lost fling, or that he’s staring at said email as though transported. Michael is so fixed on not watching Alex out of the corner of his eye that he misses Isobel leaning over to pluck Alex’s phone out of his loose grip, and jumps at Alex’s cry of protest.

“Excuse me!” Alex says, turning towards her incredulously, but making no move to take his phone back.

“Damn, Alex,” Isobel whistles, tapping at his phone with two fingers to enlarge and then zoom in on the screen. “Save a horse, ride an Airman.”

Alex rolls his eyes, but there’s a proud, playful smirk pulling at his lips.

“Lemme see!” Liz cries, reaching across Max for the phone. Max looks back and forth between Liz’s grabby hands and Isobel sliding the phone her way, then shoots Alex a plaintive, deer-in-headlights look.

Alex shrugs.

“Isobel probably already forwarded it herself,” he says easily, and Isobel nods shamelessly.

Liz picks up the phone eagerly, mouth dropping open in an exaggerated grin, hand on her chest, faux-scandalized. Michael watches Max’s eyes dart over in curiosity, then quickly away again, back straightening and eyes fixed forward. He coughs gruffly.

Liz passes the phone across the table to Maria. Maria hesitates, looks questioningly at Alex.

“It really is fine,” he assures her, eyes sliding to meet Michael’s gaze next and raising a brow, almost in a challenge. Michael gazes over Maria’s shoulder and inhales sharply.

The image is in black and white, maybe so it will pass as high art rather than cheap erotica. Though Alex in the picture looks anything but cheap. He looks—He looks fucking sinful. He’s lying on his back on a small, messy pallet bed in what looks like a sparsely-furnished studio apartment, clearly post-coital. His hair is short and messy, soft tendrils sticking out at wild angles. He’s clearly naked, but his closer leg is bent at the knee, foot planted on the mattress, preserving some semblance of modesty. Michael notices with startling clarity a small bead of sweat caught mid-roll down the crease of his hip. One arm is thrown over his head languorously, the other resting on his chest, long fingers tangled in his dog tags. He’s thin, the outline of his ribs visible thanks to the stretch of his arm, but his body is toned and tight, the small swell of his bicep and the curve of his quad and calf muscles evident even at a distance. His head is turned towards the camera, dark, hooded eyes gazing directly down the lens, full lips quirked as though in acknowledgment of his audience. 

It’s the expression that truly unsettles Michael. He knows that look. Intimately. Has spent hours and days and years, a whole lifetime coaxing that look onto Alex’s face with his hands, his mouth, his reverent touch, and all the other ways he’s pressed unspoken truths into Alex’s skin. Alex is at peace, lazy and comfortable and confident in his body, in its form and how he’s using it. This is an Alex blissfully alive and shameless in his own skin, absent the unrelenting control with which he holds himself back, the careful disassociation and denial of his own needs and desires. This is Alex basking in himself rather than swallowing himself whole. It’s intimate and sexy and, until now, Michael had thought only he had seen Alex like this. Only he had earned it.

Michael tears his eyes away from the screen, away from an Alex that’s no longer just his to focus on an Alex that isn’t his at all.

“So, this guy wants to display it or something?” Liz asks.

“Sort of,” Alex says. “There’s some kind of art book he wants to submit it to.”

“Would you get paid?” Maria asks, and Alex snorts, taking his phone back from her when she holds it out to him. 

“I posed for it for free, so I think that window is closed.”

“So you knew he was taking it?” Michael asks abruptly, and Alex furrows his brow.

“Yeah,” he says slowly. 

Michael is suddenly aware of several pairs of eyes on him, and he nods hastily and stammers, “Good. You know. That you weren’t—that you didn’t not know.”

“So what are you gonna do?” Isobel asks, examining her manicure. She seems bored with the conversation now that there’s nothing in front of her to ogle. 

Alex takes a breath, looks down at his screen again.

“I’m gonna sign the form,” he breathes, and Liz actually claps in delight.

“You sure?” Michael can’t stop himself from asking, even as Maria kicks him with the heel of her boot under the table. “Doesn’t seem like something you’d be into, is all.”

Alex narrows his eyes and quirks his lips teasingly, but there’s a bite in the tone of his voice when he asks, “You trying to slut-shame me, Guerin?”

“Never,” he drawls in return. 

Their eyes lock and their smiles slowly fade. 

“I would never,” Michael adds, softer and more sincere. Alex nods once, looks away.

“It’s a gorgeous photograph, Alex,” Maria says, smiling warmly at him. “If you want to share it with the world, I say go for it.”

“And I say let’s go for another round,” Isobel declares, holding up her empty glass, officially over it. “Michael, I believe this one is yours?”

“It’s mine, actually,” Alex says easily, effectively ending the conversation. He grips the table for support as he slides out of his chair and stands, pocketing his phone as he goes. “I’ll be right back.”

***

They’re saying hasty good-byes in the parking lot, Liz and Isobel piling into Max’s car, Max extremely sober behind the wheel. Maria heads back inside to help her staff close up, and Michael stands quietly with Alex, waiting on his rideshare.

“You seem pretty sober to me,” Michael comments, pulling his jacket tighter around his torso.

“I’m tired,” Alex admits, “and my leg is bothering me. It’s just easier for tonight. I’ll pick up my car tomorrow.”

He glances sideways at Michael.

“You don’t have to stand out here with me,” he says. “Go inside and help Maria.”

“Why’re you releasing that picture?” Michael blurts, not realizing the words he’s speaking until they’re out there, irretrievable, and Alex turns slowly to consider him.

“I liked remembering how I felt when Josué took it. I felt free,” he says quietly, and Michael is shocked he’s even deigning to answer. “I was far away from Roswell and everyone in it. I felt strong, like I was in control for once. Maybe if the photo’s out there, that feeling won’t seem so far away.” He smiles mischievously. “And, I mean, I looked good. Hadn’t been too long since basic.”

Michael catches his gaze, holds it.

“Did I make you feel free?”

Alex’s smile is small, but genuine.

“You used to,” he breathes. “For awhile you were the only thing that made me feel that way.” 

 Michael feels his whole body release, as though he’d been holding in a breath, clenching every single muscle unconsciously. Alex shakes his head.

“What?”

“That’s too much pressure,” he says. “No one person can be everything good for someone else.”

Michael looks down and kicks at the dust and grime of the parking lot with his boot, and thinks of Maria.

“I told you I couldn’t be your medicine,” Alex continues, “but I think I was doing the same thing to you. Maybe that’s why I reacted they way I did when you started acting out.”

They let his confession hang in the air between them before Michael, now in possession of a one-track mind apparently, speaks.

“So you aren’t worried someone you know is gonna see it?” Michael asks softly.

Alex shakes his head.

“That’s why it feels safe,” he says. “New York, the 'art scene.' That’s a whole nother world.”

Michael nods, stuffs his hands in the pockets of his jacket.

“So, what if someone wanted to see it?”

Alex looks at him blankly.

“What if I wanted to buy a copy?” Michael explains. “I mean, you’re right. You were in spectacular shape back then.”

Alex bursts out laughing.

“Not like now,” Michael goes on, grinning as Alex’s shoulders shake. “You really let yourself go, private.”

The silence between them as their laughter dies is the most comfortable of the night.

“I’m okay with that,” Alex murmurs as a car pulls into the lot and a notification pings on his phone. “Good luck tracking it down, though.”

“Alex?” the driver of the car asks, rolling her window down an inch.

“Yeah,” Alex says, and pulls the car door open.

“Night, Guerin.”

“Sweet dreams, Fabio.”

It takes Michael three months to find the book after Alex mentions that it's out and his photo made the cut, and it takes some intense eBay stalking at that, plus he's out $60—indie press, my ass, he thinks as he clicks purchase. 

[ladynox]

Fic: i could make you smile if you stayed a while

Fandom: Roswell New Mexico

Relationship: Miluca, background malex

Summary: The morning after The Threesome was full of uncertainty. Maria sorts through with the emotional aftermath of the night before.

Notes:  A big thank you to Cath and Beautifulcheat for all your input, betaing and cheerleading. You two are the best.

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[cakebeam]

ty for noting the lack of mobility aids for alex! in those scenes, i was wondering like, 'is it really so hard to just have a pair of crutches leaning against the side table?' like even that would mean so much i think and is really not expensive or difficult to do. (not gonna judge the whole season just of ep 1, and i'm hopeful for positive changes ahead, but its also not like they have the best track record here lol)

I've (poorly) made a meme about RNM erasing Alex's disability previously (and how it correlates with the start of Miluca), this goes all the way back to 1x09 when RNM decided Alex didn't need to have his crutch anymore and would solely rely on Tyler's pained expressions and occasional slow foot movements in regards to his missing leg. We got one scene in 2x01 with Alex using his crutch again and after that, nothing in season 2. In 3x01 we just get a shot of him with his leg wrapped up in the sheets. No mobility aids in sight.

I understand it may be tricky trying to navigate this with an actor who is not missing a limb and who's storyline requires him to be pretty physically active but at the same time, it's not difficult like you said nonnie, to add in the little things to make up for the bigger missing piece aka his missing leg from screen (a handicapped bathroom, crutches being in the background, actually talking about it, etc.). Also, mobility aids HELP people who are handicapped to be more productive. Taking it away and writing him to only want the prosthetic leg and keeping even that out of sight, makes it look like RNM is trying to make Alex look as able-bodied as possible and doing the least amount as possible to provide positive messaging on disabilities being seen and normalized. Alex IS handicapped and he CAN take care of himself and others and be just as strong as anyone else. And that includes when he uses his crutch.

The whole purpose of representation is for it to be seen and discussed on screen. With RNM taking away the mobility aids from Alex, that removes the seen part. On top of it, no one talks to Alex about his injury and we still don't know how he got it. That removes the conversation of his disability from screen. Even Michael basically ignores it except for a few glances down in conversation and the "your leg-" comment in 2x12 when he saw it was missing as Alex was chained up (and then leaves him there LOL). That's it from the cosmic love interest on Alex's disability... If Alex's disability isn't being seen or heard, there's no representation on him being a disabled character.

I am hoping with Carina gone Alex's disability will be given more screen time in order to provide more representation. Otherwise, why even make him disabled at all? To just check off another box that RNM is so inclusive? It's disappointing. Hopefully we'll see better representation for Alex's disability as the season goes on.

[angrycowboy]

I just can't with the way some people in this fandom worship the ground F*rest walks on but Maria gets hate for breathing. I don't even ship Miluca but this double standard is frustrating. I've seen people calling him one of their top 3 favourite characters 😕 The guy had like 5 lines total nothing special, no backstory. Sure he was nice but how can that be enough to make him anyone's favourite in a show with so many complex and lovable characters is beyond me.

Hello my salty anon friend!

I wouldn't say Forrest had *no* backstory, but for as little screentime as he had, we did learn a little bit about him due to his familial ties to the Longs, and his passing mention of being in the military (I believe his use of "platoon" would point to Army or Marines, but I'm not an expert on that stuff - everything I learned about the military originally came from "Generation Kill"). But I do agree that he has now been put on quite a pedestal.

Someone linked this article a little while back, which I think is very relevant. It's a pattern in fandom spaces for white characters with little or no background or screentime to be built up and explored, while simultaneously tearing down or flat out ignoring characters of color.

One thing I have seen a lot of is the tearing down of Alex's relationships with Maria and Liz to prop up his rekindled friendship with Kyle, or his budding romantic interest in Forrest. Fandom will also then go out of their way to prefer Isobel as Alex's new BFF, due to their "sassiness." I am all for exploring the different dynamics in fanfiction, but there is definitely a level of internalized misogyny in making the conscious decision to erase Alex's canon friendships with women from his narrative.

Maria has gotten hate since the first time she brought up Michael in 1x02. She's been consistently held to a different standard by the fandom throughout two seasons, and is rarely written in a positive light in fanfiction. I know writers who have used pro-Maria DeLuca tags because of how gross this fandom has gotten in regards to her, and readers who have changed their entire habits due to the fandom's treatment of her.

So I definitely agree with you, anon. There are so many beautiful, flawed, complicated characters on this show, it's what makes it so interesting! I don't begrudge people who want to explore Alex's relationship with Forrest (or his friendship with Kyle), I just find it suspicious when it's used merely as a tool specifically meant to tear down Maria (and sometimes Liz). Or when a blank slate character such as Forrest is preferred over one of the amazing characters we already know and love on the show.

[spaceskam]

not to be that person but can you imagine what heather must feel seeing all this love for forrest and forlex? i think that's why she saying so much nonsense, she can handle criticism as well as carina and now she's trying to pull off the "it's not that deep" argument. but it's all about the chemistry isn't it? tyler and christian have it, vlamis and heather don't

It's gotta suck I'm sure. It's not JUST that forlex is getting so much positive feedback and miluca is torn at best, but it's that Maria herself is getting such negative feedback. Like Heather was sold this character who is a strong black woman who is confident and proud–then they give her shitty storylines and character assassinating scenes/actions and then people are angry and annoyed. Im not shocked at all that she's trying to say it's not that deep–this character who was supposed to be good is being ruined by people who she has no control over. That's frustrating. (Also are there even any POC writing or directing? Like I feel like there's a mass White People™ presence trying to write about racism but I haven't done like a deep dive of the backgrounds of everyone writing and directing so)

I can't speak for her though. Idk how attached to Maria she is. Vlamis and Tyler are very vocal about how passionate about their roles they are, but Heather hasn't really gushed that way about Maria so I don't know if she feels personally hurt by what people or saying or if she's just annoyed that she has to hear all the bullshit. Or, hell, both. Yeah, she's dismissive, but it's gotta be annoying when 99% of the hate on a show is towards her character. I'd probably distance myself too.

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

Reading and watching videos talking about how carina loved all the white shows growing and how she wants her love triangle to be exactly like that it ain’t looking good for Maria the black character who didn’t exist in those shows so now I’m convinced if Malex is end game it’s just so carina can get her way exactly like those white shows love triangles she loves so much. This is the only explanation as to why carina isn’t letting Maria be in the show and be the main character she is from the original and the books. Maria was more main and in focus then Isabel in the original and now that she’s black she suddenly is just sidelined a background character carina thinking we ain’t seeing her anti black misogynoir agenda going on and on about how much she’s gonna copy and paste from those white shows with her white love ships she loves so much. At this point I’m convinced she only put Maria character so she could be pushed away the lack of storyline content and screen time for Maria whos an original main character is just to telling of carina clear misogynoir. Like if she wanted a mlm ship which is fine she could have just written a show for them and that instead of taking an original show making it all different and way worse from the original not just about the ships but about how much as certain characters is missing and isn’t been pushed like how her original character is that’s what’s the most disgusting disappointing and sad about carina whole misogynoir agenda. If only Malex stans knew that we wouldn’t be against their ship had Maria gotten other content storyline and screen time then her only getting it for miluca content. If Malex stans had brains they could join us by asking carina to give Maria content storyline screen time so she’ll have less interaction with Micheal meaning less miluca and less Micheal falling deeper and deeper in love with Maria but oh well it’s not like they have brains to see beyond their ship which is sad bc right now their ship is just being used to get Maria sidelined and not bc its cosmic or bc carina cares about it it’s mainly to queer bait the new fans which is disgusting but I’m not surprised that carina would do something like that the woman is anti black and very misogynoir so yup

[minachar28]

MiLuca Bonding/Getting to Know Each Other

While  some see the storyline with Michael trying to save Maria as her character being diminish as a "saving herself" person I don’t see it that way.  A woman (or person in general) can be strong & independent but also can be saved or helped. I see this as a plot for MiLuca. Michael is invested in helping Maria in a storyline that ties into HIS background and situation with his mom. Before 2x07 Maria was absent from that. It's a way to establish MiLuca. To show that not only Alex (outside of Max & Isobel) gets to know deep secrets about Michael. Even though it was off screen Michael informed Maria about his past and the ongoing investigation into what happened to his mom. In 2x07 Maria opened up about her grandma and mom. MiLuca is GROWING. They're building a stronger bond. This dynamic with Maria is up in the air. She's okay for NOW but she could possibly deteriorate mentally like Mimi. Michael wants to protect her. Her abilities are not natural like his or inherited like Rosa's. Its can be dangerous in the future and also directly connects to the same situation his mom was in. Maria is a layered character. She's can still be a badass but also lean on Michael. I'm interested in where this will go long term. I'm happy Maria is now officially not only in the know about aliens but truly part of the overall plot. The season is only half done. It has  alot of potential. In the original Roswell MiLuca was a central part of the show. RNM is finally showing that as well.

[ladynox]

Nox’s Fanish Content: Roswell New Mexico

Fanfic

Solo

i thought i was a fool for no one/oh baby, i'm a fool for you (status: complete; malex)

Summary: Alex loved Michael like this, warm and pliant under his touches. Accepting whatever was given to him, no matter how gentle or rough or teasing, until he couldn't take it any longer. Until Michael had to pull back, drop to his knees, and plead: "Alex"

For RNM after Dark

palabras sinceras (status: complete; malex)

Summary: In which Alex gets turned into a cat and Michael frets.

Podfic by the amazing Cath w/ cover art by the superb DrLemurr

A New Year, A New Hope  (status: complete; malex)

Summary: New Years Day fic

A New Year, A New Hope  (status: complete; malex)

Summary: New Years Day fic

Six  (status: hiatus; malex)

Summary: Michael had known it was stupid to go through Albuquerque. Big cities were always full of Infected, which are bad sure, but also people which are the absolute worst. Michael would take a raving horde of zombies hungry for human flesh over living and breathing people any day. But cutting through Albuquerque was the fastest path to Roswell. Michael didn’t want to go around. He’d been separated from his siblings long enough.

Note: This fic was originally going to be much longer but I've fizzled and I can't seem to reignite. I believe what's been posted is self contained and provides a satisfying enough ending as a one-shot. So that's what it's going to be now. A one shot.

Rough Stock (status: complete; miluca)

Summary: Michael just wanted to live in this moment forever, where nothing else mattered but the two of them.

i could make you smile if you stayed a while (status: complete; miluca with background malexa)

Summary: The morning after The Threesome was full of uncertainty. Maria sorts through the emotional aftermath of the night before.

Podfic by the lovely Cath

Broken Sign (status: complete; miluca) 

Summary: It's almost like the Wild Pony itself is annoyed with her for breaking up with Guerin.

i set my clocks early cause i know i'm always late (status: complete; Michael & Maria)

Summary: S3E3 coda. Maria confronts Michael on his behavior.

A Tremendous Thing  (status: complete, marilex friendship, background malexa)

Summary: Alex gives Maria a gift.

Written for the Maria DeLuca Healing Crystals Celebration

Co-authored with @beautifulcheat​

Crossed Wires (status: complete; malex) 

Summary: Michael's been kicked off more than one Starfleet posting. So when he was reassigned to the USS Roswell, he decided to keep his head down and behave. This decision is immediately thwarted when he meets her hot Vulcan captain. This might be the first time Michael got kicked off a posting for flirting with a captain.

Podfic by the lovely Cath with absolutely gorgeous cover art by mythras_fire

Art by the amazing Slynella 

Contigo me encontré (status: ongoing; malex) 

Summary: The Lockhart House was once a home, although it was never a happy one. Steeped in tragedy, it still stands today, in the heart of Old Town Roswell, attracting ghost hunters and those seeking to catch a peak of something from beyond the veil. Contrary to popular myth, it wasn’t currently haunted (except by one paranormally talented docent). It was Michael’s favorite job and the best part of his summer home from UNM. Or at least was until Alex Manes was hired to man the gift shop, complicating an otherwise fun and easy job.

For: RIP Roswell

Shelter (status: complete; malex)

Summary: It was pouring when Michael pulled up to the airstream. The wheels of his truck skidded on the mud, a combination of the speed at which he was traveling and the water that hadn’t fully soaked into the parched earth. It was hard to see through the deluge, but this was his home. He didn’t need to be able to see carry his bundle into the airstream, wrapped up within the folds of his coat. Just a bit of power and the door swung open, allowing Michael access. “I don’t think he followed us,” Michael said to the small, shivering form that was curled up in his jacket, locking the door firmly behind him and peeking out. “Can barely see anything in that rain.”

For: RIP Roswell

The Great New Mexico Fake-Off  & Petit Four (status: complete; malexa; background forlex & echo) 

Fake-Off Summary: Michael had tons of secrets. Sex secrets, murder secrets, alien secrets… they defined him. Most of them, he hated keeping. There was one secret, however, that he was determined to take to the grave. Or Michael learns to bake. Or cakes are a metaphor for Michael's love.

P4 Summary: While Michael attempts to hide his new baking habit, life in Roswell continues and the people around him have some things to say about all the cakes that are popping up.

Note: Petit Four are a series of short companion/background pieces to The Great New Mexico Fake-Off. They are meant to be read in tandem with Fake-Off.  

Art by the fantastic Lychee Jelly (spoilers for chapter 4) 

cause you're the one who resonates (status: complete; malexa)

Michael and Alex were so handsome together, so soft and effortlessly intimate. Maria couldn't help but imagine how nice it would be settled between them, warm and safe... It's time to go, Maria thinks. Alex disagrees.

For RNM after Dark

Dealing with Dragons (status: complete; miluca)

Summary: In which a rebel princess meets a recalcitrant dragon.

Note: Part 1 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Dealing with Knights (status: complete; malexa)

Summary: An unhappy knight must save a rebel princess from her dragon husband.

Note: Part 2 of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Milestones (status: hiatus; malexa, background echo) 

Summary: Maria, Michael and Alex have been in a v poly relationship for years. Peacefully cohabiting together. That peace is upended when Maria realizes she's pregnant.

The Truth Is Right Here  (status: complete-ish, see below for details); eventual malexa, background Kyliz, endgame kaliz) 

Summary: Maria Deluca and Alex Manes had been partners, both in the X-Files department and in marriage, for years. They each had their own reasons to search for the truth, and it just made sense to do it together. Michael Guerin was just a con trying to keep his head down, serve his time, and not attract the wrong type of attention. He definitely had not bargained on being loaned out to a couple of alien hunters.

[Update 1/8/23: I have marked this fic as complete, even though technically we are simply on hiatus. However we stopped at a very good pause point that could serve as a finale, so if you've been waiting to catch up -- this is an excellent time to do so.]

Edits/shitposts

Malex

Miluca

Manes family 

Malexa 

Marilex

Maria DeLuca

[ober-affen-geil]

My Roswell Rewatch liveblog

Episode 2x07 AKA Family History Time Whether You Want It Or Not

i know theres the whole max has the same powers but why is michael, the other alien that struggled with control because of anger issues, should maybe be there?

oh so rosa likes the same milkshake max does? is that a new development or no

them boots tho i mean damn

oh right so she only actually left when jim died ok hmm

go off liz tbh

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

michael wants to go digging so bad but he’s TRYING augh

“did you borrow it while i was dead” LMAO

do love this banter moment

interesting that the general “mindscape” background is the same generic grassland

lol max rip your old job

is that a thing that people can do? just like, walk into surgery theatres? i mean i get shes the bosses daughter but still

“my natural musk” ARUTRO I LOVE YOU

“i kinda like being bossed around” UH HUH YEAH

oh yikes awkward

“space jam helps” LMAOOO

i also do like that arturo calls her “little mouse” i just

liz why are you implying this is her fault you know she cant help it

isobel i think you DO actually do bed time ;D

yes liz go OFF

i wonder if rosa remembers doing this with “isobel” from high school

so are we like actually going to examine this mentally ill story line or no?

YEOWCH

YAS MARIA

look this is so cute omg the way he turns into her neck for a sec there i’m ded

ugh the way michael just knows this is bad

cute echo moment

oh she’s good. like morally grey and everything but damn she’s good

nebraska huh

on 3. 3 huh interesting

why did the car alarm not go off?

GO OFF LIZ

poor rosa

GO OFF LIZ

seriously, HOW is the car alarm not going off

i love arturo so much

damn ortechos are savage and i’m here for it

ARUTRO I LOVE YOU SO MUCH #PANCAKEPAPIFOREVER

i do like max being a little threatening here

“i wouldn’t believe you anyway” SAVAGE

this is a GREAT scene, go off maria

“one of the first human subject” whoops lol

i lowkey think michael might have enjoyed throwing kyle across the parking lot ngl

and this is ding number one in the miluca foundation (assuming i ever get around to that damn meta)

also i do think it was interesting that the car was red just saying. maybe the armor came from their mother

kyle why tf are you stitching yourself up you are tipsy and you have surgeon friends pls

none of this is sanitary

MY ECHO HEART

i love the little fake shocked face liz makes i’m just a big fan

AHHH SIBLING MOMENT

tho i will say i’m a little annoyed isobel gave no recgonition to the fact that michael has had this position literally their whole lives please come on

noooooo

[cakebeam]

Some people hopped on the idea that Kyle and Michael spend quite some time together in s3 because Trevino posted a whole bunch of times with Vlamis and practically never with Tyler. He is supposedly in the scene at the hospital, but we didn't see him anywhere in the Wild Pony or the Junkyard BTS stuff Trevino posted with Vlamis. Tyler posted almost nothing all season, and it's really hard to figure out who Alex shares the most of his scenes with other than Michael. I honestly assumed it would be Liz/Kyle/Isobel, but two of those are now out, so who knows. The cast keeps saying that s3 is about the core 8 and how there will be lots of character driven scenes, but if this supposed personal journey takes Alex away from even his closest friend, then I am a bit confused. You'd think a friendship means the characters involved interact at least once an episode, especially if someone's death is foreshadowed, but I guess not.

Ohhhh you're right nonnie, they did post a lot with each other on set. I do think most of those scenes are Malex related though, in the since that Alex/Tyler is in the scenes, he's just not in frame of the videos/pics. For instance, 'member the vid Vlamis posted of Tyler and him in the Wild Pony? (Tyler was massaging him I think?) That could have been the same day that Greg/Kyle/Michael were in that scene together (vid posted by Trevino going after Vlamis's shoes). I mean again, for all we know the Wild Pony is being used as a "resting place" of sorts during the covid-set regulations but I'm really hoping here it wasn't and those scenes do/will exist for us. Which means Kyle/Michael scenes are shared with Alex at least (YES PLEASE).

You said two of those are out now in terms of Liz/Kyle/Isobel sharing scenes with Alex, who's the other one? It better not be Liz I swear to god this girl is the MAIN CHARACTER, they have to write scenes with her and Alex it's been long enough already of there not being any! Friendship scenes were what was missing from Alex's storyline in season 2 (Maria was definitely not a friend) and he needs these scenes in order for us as viewers to get more information. The guy's not going to be seen talking about his feelings to himself here.

I agree nonnie, separating Alex for this "personal journey" (it's gotta be Deep Sky) doesn't sound like season 3 is really focusing on the main 8 as a group so much as independently for some characters. I am very interested in Deep Sky but not half as much as I'm interested in Alex actually talking about his PTSD, mental health, loss of his leg, background story as to why he enlisted and especially him coming to terms/honestly talking about his feelings with all of season 2 (Miluca/toxic Maria/that f*cked up threesome/his internalized homophobia) and THAT being his "personal journey". I might not get the last one concerning season 2 but that being left up in the air of him being super cool about it all is not going to work moving forward. It's icky and gross and would come across that RNM is accepting of the homophobic narrative that was created from it. Allow the man to be upset. Actually do the character building/development work RNM writers, jesus.

[fthisshiiimout]

" Hope is a dangeous thing" Michael Guerin's words of wisdom! He said it to Max and said it to Maria! But I really hope every single MALEX fan took it to heart cause it was really meant for US!

I dont care what people say in this fandom anymore. "I dont want to hear spoilers" " no spoilers" " you should tag your shit as a spoiler" NO IM NOT GOING TO! Ya know why?? Because Carina herself wouldnt have shown her shit if she didnt want SPOILERS OUT!! DUHH! And Im ranting because Im sick of the headgames with this show..it ridiculous..no wonder why people in this fandom are dropping like flies.

And Im sick and tired of the back and forth between M/M and M/A. Im sick of the headgames with the showrunner as well! One day its " Oh its Maria..shes his light" and whatever else is spewed. And the next its " Ohh Michael and Alex there journey is from darkness to light" and whatever other bullshit is spewed. Cause in reality its all Bullshit to keep Malex fans and Miluca fans to keep watching and fighting. If you ever cared to look at the ratings for season 1 they were abysmal. Only the first 2 episodes got over a million viewers. Which is horrible..but in full disclosure Theres only 1 CW show that has really any kind of following ( and hint hint its not Supernatural..That shows ratings are going down faster then a hooker on payday). Believe me I did the research. I dont understand why they are putting it after a tanking show if they want more viewers ( No disrespect to Supernatural, my daughter and husband love this show). But I digress..

The show runners know where there bread is buttered on this show and it is with MALEX fans. It even overshadows the Liz/Max shippers and Definitely over shadows Michael and Maria. Hell Vlamis and Tyler realized it pretty quickly..Vlamis made a sold out Merch line because of it. And they are the captains of this ship because they see the potential of how big it can be. Hell even the CW pr team figured it out! Thats why in the trailer we saw Malex and no Miluca?? Its not rocket science to figure this out!

So why now are the showrunners literally shitting on the LGBTQ+ community by taking away the only couple that represent that population on that show?? Then placating the community with "ooh Alex gets a new love interest" and the obscure and downright awkward " oh someone who Identified as straight in the beginning of the season will not be at the end". What a FUCKING FARCE! Like really?? As a community are we that desperate or obtuse?? Did nobody roll there eyes at this bullshit? Or am I the only one? We have a perfectly "cosmic" gay ship in front of us! Yes with baggage..no denying that..but thats the drama of TV I get it.

The reason is because the showrunners have no plans to make Malex anymore. There I said it and I SAW IT FIRSTHAND! In 2x01 Michael told Alex straight up they "were done" it was pretty cut and dry and lasted all of 2 mins...good to know Malex fans get two mins of heartbreak..that should tell you something. While Michael and Maria had 3 scenes..maybe more together. Granted they were not together at the end of 2x01 but According to Heather they will be trying to " ignite the spark between them" for the entire season. And that they're love is " exciting and blah blah blah".. No one gives a shit. Least of all me. But you can clearly see thats where its headed.

Also in season 1 there were some big hints too that I myself overlooked but they were glaring but subtle like the Max/Cam love scene intertwined with the Michael/Alex scene and the song playing in the background..that was telling... You dont see Max and Cam together. Or 1x12 prison scene " Cant love me" playing in the background and the words Michael spit at Alex..I dont think they were complete lies. Michael felt them on some lvl. And Alex's own words " Sometimes the world ends with a wimper, Guerin".. Those were all meant for Malex shippers as well.

And what about this "see if we can " be friends" or " we didn't even know each other" bullshit! I hate those lines..Like really?? Michael moved back to Roswell when he was 11..which meant that they went to school and living in a small town grew up together. At least for 7 or so yrs. They must have knew each other just for the simple fact of the Liz/Max dynamic..I grew up in many a small town i know this dynamic well. EVERYONE LITERALLY KNOWS EVERYONE! Maybe they didn't really hook up till the end of senior year. But they knew each other and I can almost bet that Alex admired Michael's protectiveness and Michael admired Alex's strength. And they also must have known about each others abusive pasts to a point..logic dictates that. And relationships have been built and survived on less.And if the showrunners wanted to make them " friends" for a time I could even tolerate it..tolerate being the operative word.

But no Michael's gonna "light the spark" with Maria..because in reality thats what the showrunners want. They dont give a shit about Malex working through their shit like logic adults would. And that's fine It just frustrates me that I was sold a lie..and every Malex shipper was too. Wake up fellow shippers and see it too. Or dont..Lies are comfortable like a warm blanket on a cold night. Everyone has some delusion they cling to..much like hope.

My last frustration with the ending of this ship will be that it is laid solely at Alex's feet. "He kept walking away", " He abandoned Michael for 10 yrs", "He left him behind", "I love him, I probably always will..but hes tied to all these horrible memories in my life. All the things his family did to mine. Coming back to him always feels like a crash landing" or the newest and deepest when Alex was giving him the file from Caulfield " Manes men did this to her".. Its always going to be Alex's fault. I wonder if Tyler knew the full extent of the way Alex was gonna be shit on. I dont think Tyler being openly queer himself would be ok with that kind of representation of the Gay community. Its pretty jarring... Honestly I can almost guarantee they probably " promised" him a more normal gay relationship with this new " character" Forrest. Whatever the case may be its still bullshit. Michael seems to hold no responsibility to it.

And Michael will still get the girl and be in his hetero relationship with Maria..because Im asking the question..is he really bi? Evidence in the show doesn't specifically back that up. The only man we see him with is Alex..I havent heard or seen him with other men. Even Michael himself said "Its just him..screws me up".. So maybe "Pan" is a better description?

So RIP Malex! It was good while it lasted.."cosmic" even..but the showrunners killed you off before you even got the opportunity to take flight! ( This is a rant about the showrunners and writers for the fake promise of Malex. I seriously have no issue with Maria or the actress per se...and if the showrunners wanted M/M they should have just started in Season 1 with them).

[nellcrain]

🤗i hope you're doing well, i use this tag on my main blog where i reblog my edits; kz my gif or my sideblog just for my edits letskzuniversescreations (with the tag my gifs)

hey!! hope you’re well too!

1. this isobel edit is so pretty, i love the colouring and how the background pops and she’s just got the prettiest smile

2. this one doesn’t need an explaination. i love me some mcgarrett and the colouring on this is just gorgeous! oh how i miss him already

3. love me some ang content, she’s just so beautiful and so is this edit!

4. kyle valenti is the only man ever. i love this edit and i love this scene, so so nice!

5. if you follow me you know i’m a sucker for miluca, so i love this lil scene! their smiles! and how love how you coloured this, especially the second gif

[angrycowboy]

A couple weeks ago, I decided that for my birthday, I was going to attempt to put together some of my favorite things this fandom has created. I say *some* because this is an incomplete list. There are so many wonderful and talented creators in this fandom that this list would go on forever otherwise. If I have I ever reblogged something of yours, flailed in the tags, reached out to via DM or sent you a message, talked on discord or even Twitter, know that I love and adore not only the things you’ve created, but you yourself as part of this fandom.

And now, without further ado…

FIC

memento by @nielrian

I was obsessed with the idea of coming up with the backstory to the photo we see Michael look at in 1x02. When was it taken? Does Alex have a copy? Did Alex bring his with him to the other side of the world? How often do you think Michael looked at his own copy? And Nicki took a little prompt of mine, and wrote an achingly gorgeous piece about one photograph, and it’s significance to Malex in less than 700 words.

a little something to make me sweeter by @partsofthesamecosmicbeing

Camluca + D.E.B.S. is like a recipe for the perfect fic. I freaking love the movie, and when I saw this fic pop up on tumblr one day? I couldn’t even contain my excitement (seriously, the tags on my reblog were just me flailing wildly because it felt like Ly had reached into my brain and written something I wanted to read before I even knew it myself). Casting Alex as Scud and including Malex in the mix just made me love this fic even more.

And the Sun Rose Red by @michaels-blackhat

A Miluca Kissing Kate Barlow AU? SIGN. ME. UP. I adore Christi, and I adore her writing. One day she was like, “miluca kissing kate barlow au?” and the only appropriate answer to that is HECK YES. Michael/Maria is also a dynamic that just works for this AU, given their canon relationship, and Michael’s penchant for fixing things and Maria’s desire to have someone just be there for her. *runs off to re-read fic*

something broken in this town by @irolltwenties

Okay so, Meagn is one of my favorite people in this fandom. We kinda ramble at each other, and one day this happened where she started talking about the parents. About the relationship Jesse, Jim, and Mimi had as kids, as teenagers, as young adults. How they got sucked into aliens and government conspiracies. How they became the people we see and hear about in S1. If you’ve ever had the privilege of talking with Meagn, you know how amazing her mind is, how she takes these characters and the mere scraps we’ve been given in canon with some of them, and creates entire lives for them, and it’s beautiful.

open up my eager eyes by @haloud

It took me a while to get into Mylex, but apparently it was just because I hadn’t read Hal’s series yet. I’m usually terrible about multi-shipping, but once I find a writer that nails the characters down, I could probably read anything they write. And Hal writes all three of them perfectly. (I mean, Hal is just a phenomenal writer in general, but I digress.)

META

Michael’s bisexuality by @chasingshhadows

There’s been a lot said in the fandom about Michael’s bisexuality and how it’s been portrayed. While the show was airing, I was having trouble finding people who felt the same way I did about how it was being shown - that it wasn’t problematic, but that it was good and accurate. Not to mention that it made me feel seen. I tried writing out what I was feeling but nothing sounded right - until Chasing wrote this piece. It was everything I’d been trying to find the words to express, and it remains one of my absolutely favorite pieces of her writing.

Semiotics of Roswell by @hannah-writes

Hannah did this amazing thing where she took the camera work of RNM and analyzed the shit out of it. And in some moments of doubt, where I was still worried about Malex because of the direction the show had been taking, Hannah’s semiotics (or better known as “Why Malex is Endgame”) pointed out how the camerawork for Malex and Echo is very similar, not to mention deliberate as fuck.

Maria Can’t Catch a Break by @ober-affen-geil

I adore Maria Deluca. She has gotten such a bad rap in the fandom because of the “love triangle” business. But fandom in general has done her dirty in that without removing the shipper goggles it is very hard to see that the show has established Maria as a character in her own right, just as much as it has with Kyle and Alex. And that’s why I love Riley’s meta about everything that Maria is dealing with, what she’s going through, and what it’s been like for her to be the one left behind 10 years ago.

GIFSETS/EDITS

i would know him in death, at the end of the world by @vlamito

I don’t even remember now who told me I had to read The Song of Achilles - it was pre-RNM hyperfixation, but I absolutely loved it (I definitely cried while reading it). And then I saw this gifset, oh mah gawd. Mich just has this ability to find quotes from other media and fit them seemlessly into Malex. And the moments she chooses for her gifsets are utter perfection. I think everyone has probably seen this now, but it’s a gifset I just keep going back to over and over again.

Are you okay? by @maxortecho

So I adore Echo. There is something about their softness, the way they look at each other, the way they act around each other that is just beautiful. Mo made this set, and pointed out in the tags that Liz pushes her arms underneath Max like she’s going to hug him, and it broke me. Like, I thought that scene in the finale was heartbreaking enough, but pointing that out? It hurts and I loved it.

Leading Ladies Appreciation by @lsobelevans

Lucie does some amazing things with color that truly make her edits stand out, and stick out in your mind. And it’s one of the things I love about her gif sets especially - it makes them uniquely hers, her own signature if you will. And this edit is no different - the splashes of color, the texture used for the background, the highlighting of the leading ladies is stunning work. 

Same page/Different book by @bisexualalienblast

Let’s just say that picking ONE gifset of Amanda’s is an impossibility for me, okay? Amanda’s sets are the reason I wanted to learn how to gif - her gifs are beautifully colored, they’re crisp, she always picks the best fonts, they’re smooth, and her ideas are stellar. Anyway, she more recently made this set, which just so perfectly illustrates Malex’s issue IN TWO GIFS. That’s it. Their entire problem in S1, right there. Beautiful.

VIDEO

Juice | Women of Roswell by @isakvaltersnake

Katie is a wizard with the video editing. She’s going to be a force when we’ve got more than one season of footage to play around with. And this video is fun and hot and LOOK AT THE WOMEN. They are smart, they are kind, they are flirty, they have agency, and they’re all hella sexy.

Weird Science | Liz & Michael - Science Bros by @soberqueerinthewild

Hands down, this is one of my favorite videos from the fandom, and definitely one of my favorite things Christina has made (though I basically love everything she does). It’s silly and ridiculous and 100% fun. She found every bit of footage in S1 and matched it to the song perfectly. It’s impossible to watch this video and not smile and laugh - it will instantly brighten your day.

MISC

RNM Texts From Last Night by @audreyblanche

I am slightly biased here, because while Irena came up with the idea, I encouraged her to actually go through with it, promising her that the fandom would enjoy it. So because of that it’s next to impossible for me to pick a favorite out of all the ones she’s done for this series (though the one where we settled on the Camluca ship name, as well as one I specifically requested for Malex come close), and I’m hoping that with the new season (and when she returns from hiatus), she can pick this up again.

[piccolina-mina]

I received a bit of fandom positivity recently to my surprise, and I felt compelled to share some positivity for something meaningful to me in this fandom.

I've been fortunate enough to befriend some great people from many paths, and I adore each and every one of them dearly.

However this is specific...

To the fans of color in the Roswell New Mexico, I adore you, and I'm sending you love and light.

For navigating near constant microaggressions with class and grace

For always explaining and holding your ground even when you're being gaslit, or ignored, or told you're playing the race card.

For sharing your experiences, your background, your culture when you don't and shouldn't have to because your words are invalidated unless you prove yourself.

For having your culture and heritage explained to you.

For being accused of appropriating something that's yours.

For still finding ways to enjoy your representation even when others tear it apart.

For always reminding people that your representation is important and valid too.

For creating the content you want to see when no one else will.

For carving out a space for yourself when you aren't always welcome.

For rising above the petty that runs far deeper than those participating in it seem to realize.

For staying in a fandom that deliberately tries to run you out because you know you don't have to cede your joy for drama.

For standing with each other, and embracing each other, and protecting each other. For being a safe space for each other.

For challenging problem areas no matter the backlash.

For sometimes having to endure your own friends and acquaintances engaging in problematic behavior or saying problematic things.

For taking anon hate like champs even when it's ugly and hurtful.

For refusing to be erased or cast aside.

For bonding through navigating fandom racial bias despite having different opinions and interests.

For uplifting characters of color that fall by the wayside.

For choosing to exist in this fandom, good, bad, and ugly even when the ugly hits too close to home.

For always finding the joy, and never being discouraged, and finding ways to have fun anyway.

For carrying on.

When you find something that brings you joy, an obsession, a hobby, a slice of escapism, it matters. It's something seemingly insignificant, but it brings you elation. And it should be fun.

It's not always fun, and that part sucks. But that's why I love the positive energy anyway.

And it's not ship specific, or character specific ... Maria stans, Kyle stans, Rosa stans, Echo shippers, miluca, malex ... regardless of where your interest lies, we know, most of us, that being a person of color in this fandom can be very freaking difficult.

It's a minefield. That much we can all agree on.

So this is my positivity post for all of you. Sometimes it's intentional and other times it isn't, but the racial undertones are always present.

But my god, my lovelies, so are all of you. I love that. I respect that. I see that.

Keep on protecting your space and holding your place.

You matter. You're valid. You're not alone. You kick ass too.

Thank you for everything you bring to fandom. And for being part of it.

Here's to you. ❤

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

I miss the days I use to watch shows without seeing how problematic it was this is why they say ignorance is bliss it really is, I use to watch shows without really joining fandoms making it easy for me not to see all the horrible things that was going on in fandoms like I never knew before few days ago that Bonnie use to get hate from the fandom it was a big af shock to me how can you hate her she’s the best character especially finding out it came from delena shippers me being one and all so I’m just now fully opening my eyes and seeing how the fandoms really are sure I always knew how certain characters always the poc especially the black characters was never liked or only liked a little never as much as the yte fav or main always ignored sidelined underrated under appreciated or just an afterthought or only liked when they are there for or doing everything for the yte/main character like hyping them helping them get what they want giving them strength encouragement y’all know treating them as an accessory to the main/yte lead the usual sidekick stuff they always do and especially never liked mainly hated in ships if they were coming between their yte favs ships ect but like I didn’t care well I cared but I was like it’s just fictional characters or fictional ships it’s not that serious which most of the time it wasn’t for since I never were part of fandom culture for shows/movies did I like use to fangirl over tvd and my ships sure but I didn’t like digg myself deep in the fandoms which is why I never knew/noticed the Bonnie hate from the fandom

obviously I’m not blind I knew/saw how the showrunners and writers hated her eveyone with eyes could see that but yeah so until I got on trumblr because of quarantine and mainly to voice out my deep love for Maria DeLuca my ship miluca and Heather since the hate she/them was getting was so massive and unbearable to see and I couldn’t ignore it anymore even if it was fictional character/ship as for heather poor thing getting all of that so yeah I just couldn’t ignore since Maria was always my favorite character in the OG Roswell and here too that’s when I started fully joining fandoms and seeing how horrible it was and after I started following @fandomshatepeopleofcolor I kept seeing so much more things I didn’t notice before or didn’t wanna notice bc I just wanted to enjoy the shows, now I can’t watch a show without seeing so many things wrong with it and how problematic it is and it always leads to the fandom in those shows sure the writers aren’t really any better but the fandoms my god are they cruel toxic and just pure evil the things they says and do to undermine a black character for no reason other their in the way for their fav,

before I watched Netflix shows just for the fun and now I cant help notice everything even things that aren’t that obvious like it’s pretty obvious how Netflix has dark skin males but always super lightskin females and never truly a dark skink girl as lead and few times there was a dark skin she was your stereotypical black girl right or how whenever there is black male he’s always the side kick to the yte main lead and never getting a love interest or if they do it’s like showed as tiny part while being in the background ect which leads me to the non so obvious things like the things above were the very obvious stuff right okey so the one time black love is shown on screen of course the fandom hates it and says they have no chemistry they are forced or they came out of the blue out off nowhere that’s of course the go to move whenever a black character gets to be a love interest or in a ship and they want one half of the ship to be with their yte fav typical right not surprising at all it’s just I feel so bad for the actors that play these characters seeing how you put so much work into your character to your ship and people don’t care about it or want your ship to end bc they want two other people together that most suck seeing how they react and don’t give a damn about these actors characters ships or feelings I applaud how some off them just get trough it all it most really hurt anyway this rant has become so long and I just needed to get out the point of it was wow I miss when I didn’t see or was oblivious or ignorantly blissful then it wouldn’t hurt so much seeing all of this day and day out.

One last thing I also noticed how certain cast exclude the black cast members I don’t know if they are doing it on purpose or subconsciously or not but it’s just like no wonder the fandoms are doing it excluding ignoring not caring nor appreciating or following that cast member and only loving y’all together shipping y’all while ignoring a certain cast members when even the you the cast is doing that hanging out all the time excluding that one cast member it makes them feel like they are super close but not with that black cast members so obvi fandom take it as reason not to care or give a damn about that one cast member I’ve noticed it with roswellnm and now outer banks cast sure 3 of them life together so they are always hanging but even with the others that don’t live together they are just always together except excluding ya know sure they may not wanna hang or they aren’t that close and you can’t force a friendship in cast but common a little effort don’t hurt right?

[ao3feedrnm]

by lostin_space

“Alex, Michael, he‒” Maria gasped a breath and sobbed harder and Alex very quickly bolted towards his car. In the background, he could hear muffled shouting. “He won’t let anyone go near him! Alex! What do I do?!”

“What happened?” Alex repeated firmly, but quickly added, “Where are you? I’m coming.”

Words: 2419, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Michael Guerin, Alex Manes, Liz Ortecho, Maria DeLuca, Max Evans

Relationships: Michael Guerin/Alex Manes

Additional Tags: Self-Harm, Mild Gore, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Mentions of Miluca