#bones 5x01

[blueberry-sleight]

bones. my best Bonesy girl. You just almost got killed going after an informant in a criminal investigation and had to go to the hospital. Why the fuck are you entering the same exact situation again hours later on purpose. WHY 

[lesliesknopes]

“You’re in love with Dr. Brennan.”

Everyone but Bones know about booth’s feelings 😭

[katebeckets]

endless list of scenes I constantly reference: [1/?]

BONES 5x01 — "Harbingers in the Fountain"

[raayllum]

Was considering making this a ficlet (and I still might) but a tiny meta for day 3 of Snake Boi Callum week: Your Deepest Truth / Complicated.

But I really steadily appreciate how arc 2 builds up Callum's deepest truth, not only in regards to the Knowing motif or the full set up (explored in further detail here), but also in other indications throughout the season. Season 4 starts small, with Ezran's faith ultimately being what Callum 'sees' clearly in 6x06:

Then season 5 takes this same idea — of enduring love, of deep love, of love being knowing and presence in contrast to absence, uncertainty, and lack of / repressed love — and builds on it.

[To love is simply to] know this: the tides are true as the ocean is deep. It means I trust her. Unconditionally. (5x01)

Rayla. We've been through a lot, and a lot has changed. Well, some things have changed, but not everything. I would do anything for you. (5x04)

The Ocean arcanum is accepting there are depths you can't see, parts of yourself you can't understand, and things you can't control. (5x08)

So 5x01 and 5x08 take that idea of love having untold depths, and link it to the ocean arcanum (and Callum's understanding of the arcanum). Said arcanum is also scaffolded on Callum's experiences on Finnegrin's ship, specifically his choice to do dark magic again, which is also lampshaded by Finnegrin's dialogue throughout the episode referencing Callum's vow(s) to Rayla in 5x04 ("You'll do anything for them" / "I hope you know—" "I know" / "To love is simply to know this").

Then we get to season six, which uses other characters and dynamics to build up to Callum (and Rayla's) connection in 6x06.

Viren's "The path of freedom is the path of truth" in 6x01 sets in motion the — at the time — subtextual notion of Rayla being in opposition to Aaravos and the embodiment of Callum's freedom. Janai says to Amaya in 6x02 that "You are my heart and my truth. If I ever start to doubt you, I'll know that I am truly lost." When Terry encourages Claudia to make her own choices in 6x04, he cites, "Only you can see your own deep truth. Only you can decide the path you’re going to walk. [...] You have to choose the way. What do you need to find your truth?"

So in quick succession, we have truth associated with 1) something deep and inherent, 2) the subsequent path of / to freedom, 3) someone being your heart / that it can be someone in your life. All of these concepts are reaffirmed in Rayla's lullaby in 6x05 with the added bonus of identity:

RAYLA: "Though the sky is dark tonight, I still shine for you my dear. The moon is more than just her light, I am near; my love is here. Though you feel so much alone, oh, my darling, do not fear. Hold to what you've always known, I am near; my love is here. Though my face cannot be seen, the answer in your heart is clear. I am the moon, the silver queen. I am near; my love is here." I know who you are. Esmeray.

Callum goes into the darkness in 6x06, and it's all he can see. He's literally blindfolded and can't see Rayla's face. Yet he sees her — Rayla's love for him, and his love for her — as his Light. As his heart and path and truth. His deepest truth. What seemed so complicated in her absence and confusing upon her return is eclipsed by the sanctity and assuredness of what he knows down to his bones, and thereby knows himself through in his own sense of identity as well.

I would tell you that you all my choices were nothing and you were everything. (6x03) KOSMO: The truth is complicated. VIREN: Life is complicated. But if it's love, nothing else matters. (6x06)

(This is also reflected in Claudia's assertions in 6x08 that Viren "needs to show [her] the right path. You taught me who I am and how to love myself" though we'll see if those hold.)

This also, as noted in the above metas, link to Aaravos' stances on truth. He never lies because he never needs to. Sol Regem accidentally killing his mate is a "deep, dark truth." The tagline for his S7 poster forewarns, "Lies hide in the shadows, but the darkest truths hide in the light."

While Rayla being Callum's deepest truth isn't complicated, the direction his love for her may steer his choices could be truly, temporarily awful, and I for one can't wait.

[imminent-danger-came]

Lady Bone Demon: "No back up and no weapon, so your plan is to...fist fight a child?" Sun Wukong: "We both know that's not what you are!" [...]

Lady Bone Demon: "Stop! Have you forgotten? Destroy me, and you destroy the host. Have you become so desperate to end me that you would sacrifice this blameless, innocent child?" Sun Wukong: "You're giving me no choice! All the time you spent locked away, and you haven't changed a bit. I'm going to finish you, like I should have done a long time ago!"

(3x11 This Imperfect World)

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Sun Wukong: "I know! But...he's not ready!" Macaque: "You mean you're not ready. You really are the worst mentor. He need- We need to know everything we can." Sun Wukong: "He's just a kid! Can't he just-" Macaque: "He's not just a kid!"

(5x01 Strings that Bind)

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Have you forgotten who I am? What I am? Until I know what I am, what my destiny is? I can't risk hurting the people I care about, the ones I have left.

[tellmegoodbye]

Happy Monday everyone!!

I'm kicking off this week with our first season 5 Music Monday song! Episode 2 is coming to us tonight, so I would like to share a song that I felt was perfect for 5x01.

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Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark) - Papa Roach

Dry bones rattle in a lonely soul Slipped and fell into a deep black hole I can tell you're lost, I'm here for you Wildfires burning you down to stone Blind eyes, turning from a world so cold A million miles apart, within my reach

It's not like me to worry But when I see you fading in the dark I'll leave a light on for you Through the long nights, I will be right There for you if you drift too far I'll leave a light on for you

This song is a beautiful representation of how it feels to watch someone you love struggling and not knowing how to help them. Sometimes all we can do is leave that door open for them to walk through when they're ready to, and that is exactly what TK is doing for Carlos.

TK has been watching Carlos slowly become consumed by this obsession and wants to support him, but at the same time he's worried about what this is doing to him. He knows he can't force Carlos to stop searching and he understands that he needs closure, so him "leaving the light on" is him saying that he will wait for Carlos. No matter how hard it gets, he's always going to be there and he's always going to love him. There will come a point where they will have to fight for their marriage, but they will also fight for each other through all of it.

Sidenote: I fucking bawled my eyes out when I saw Papa Roach perform this song live last year.

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[frankchurchillsaysrelax]

i GoT yOU bAbY

yes, i’m watching bones 5x01 for the third time this week. times are hard.

[michaelaconlin]

[zeeleybooth]

BONES | The Skull in the Desert (1x17) / Harbingers in a Fountain (5x01)

[liesoverthec]

I know I should not be impatient about Buddie getting together, bc their love story GENUINELY gets better every episode, but as someone who’s been here for over 2.5 years AND thought they were already canon before I started watching the show, sometimes I just wanna see the payout, you know??? Let them kiss and be in love now thanks. 😂😭

[matt-casey]

character development

[random-fandom-whump]

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[seeleybooth]

Seeley Booth - 5x01, “Harbingers in the Fountain”

[intcthatgoodnight-a]

@compendiumofconstellations​  (brennan)

          A light knock startled him out of his concentration. Quickly, he closed out of the web page he had been looking at, almost grateful for the reason to stop staring. Vampires was a ridiculous think to look up online, between the teen dramas and the fetishes, he was feeling even more ridiculous for even entertaining the idea of looking it up. He looked up and smiled upon seeing his partner.  “Bones! Hey, um...”  He gives a quick glance around his office, as if suddenly noticing the mess it had become. No chance of hiding that, but at least she hadn’t seen what he was reading.  “What’s up? How’s your arm?”

[patrickztump]

Bones; Harbingers in a Fountain