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serendibidibidis · 7 years ago

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Thanksgiving 2.0 but softer… & longer

(Back in November I did a really cheesy post about some people who make my heart happy. And today I’m gonna do it again because fuck platonic relationships not expressing love.. I have more to say.)

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@aomgworldwide this list is in no particular order, expect for you… lmao. You get the top spot, only because you supported me becoming an official blog. (You liked the post about the porn account reblogging me and I found it funny so here you are.) I know we only like interact through likes and reblogs really but I still love and appreciate you.. I always fan girl a bit when you like/reblog something of mine. Because you’re just damn. (Sorry I'm clumsy and accidently deleted the person who was right under you originally so I think the two morphed together?!)

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@mybrainsamess hello hi hey what’s up how are you?! I hope you’re having a good day!!!! And that you’re doing well!!!! Recently I took a test to see which house I’d be in, but it told me huffle puff I don’t think that’s right because I read the snake one (I forget the name) and that seems more like me… plus I’ve got lots of snake puns. So I was kinda dissapointed. But I thought I should tell you. Anyways I hope you’re doing well. (Also I still don’t know your name because I’m too chicken to break the bond of mystery you had so that’s why I haven’t talked to you I’m sorry!!!)

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@seungcci IF YOU WONT SUE I WILL. All though I’m glad we found a common ground, catfishing sugar daddies. I’m gonna take my half of the money hire the best damn lawyer out there and sue. That’s such plagiarism (I say as I deadass copy and paste answers for school 80% of the time) thank you for always putting up with me btw. I’m really overdramatic and probably a pain to deal with. So thank you for sticking through it so we can cry over the lack of bastarz songs together. I seriously love you more than ri loves gucci..

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@ssamdominic wow hello a queen thats met bts 😭👏😂 my idol an icon the true star. Thank you for being supportive on me on my other account. You were my first supporter and I know I’ve been lacking with supporting you I’m sorry I gotta get my shit together. But yeah I love you and if you don’t start modeling soon I’ll fight.

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@merlionmen hey there (Wow awkward) I’m sorry my tags haven’t been funny lately. I’ll have to fix that. However i hope you’re still finding things to laugh at because the world needs to hear more of your laughter. Not to mention wow your face is such a gift to this earth. I hope you’ve recived a lot more love!!!!

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@8bityeol hello 🖐 it’s been a while, are you doing good? I hope you’re eating well and staying hydrated!! I love you lots and I hope you have a great day

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@coffee-and-kpop / Kenna sorry I don’t know your personal blog and I’m to lazy to look (whoops) thank you so much for everything you’ve done for me you are so supportive of me and motivate me to do better. You want me to create content and you push me out of my comfort zone to write how I want to. I can’t thank you enough for that. Also good luck in Korea. I hope you find your boy and tell him to calm the fuck down. (Also remember if he hurts you I’ll beat him up) don’t let anyone give you shit because you look different. you’re a fucking babe. If they don’t see that it’s cause they’re blind. I love you so much & I’ll fight everyone who doesn’t.

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@coffee-and-kpop / Luna I also don’t know your personal blog and I’m to lazy to find it but wow you’re such a soft little bean. I wish I could hug all of your suffering out of you. Also I want that professor’s email address thanks. I’m gonna fight him & everyone else making your life difficult. You also have given me a chance because you believe in me or maybe because Kenna told you to lol but I believe in you so much more beyond your works. I’m proud of you and I love you so much okay. I’m always here for you!!

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@soul-less23 I’m so glad you’re back 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️ (I’d continue the hugs but then you’d be the whole post and I’m trying to include more than just you my love) you’re such a beauty. First off. Your Snapchats 👌 I have to wait like a week before I open them to prepare myself for that cuteness!! Next up you’re trying to murder me (But I’m not complaining) you’re such an Angel and you tag me in such amazing posts and I could scream because God bless. I love you so much and you we’re like my first mutual and friend on this blog so I’ll love you forever.

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@jjeonguk A STUNNING ANGEL. WHO LIKES FERRETS what more could anyone ask for really?! I hope that you’re days have been going good and you’ve been feeling better. If you need a spam of ferrets hit me up though. Seriously you’re so precious my heart can’t handle it. I hope the world treats you gently bby

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@ludeere the exact deffination of “what a babe” tbfh. you’re a goddess. I’m so soft for you. Seriously you’re such a pure angel and I love you with everything I have. Like wow. How can you be real?! I’m speechless. Nothing I have to say is good enough for you because you deserve so much more. Please take care of yourself!!

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@namjoon-moon we communicated once in the form of Namjoon. And I fell in love. I hope your day is going beautifully. You angel!!! don’t forget Namjoon and I love you very much.

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@wonpillily hi I miss you, I hope schools treating you well. Please come back soon. I love you. Stay safe!!

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@smittenbyschmidt oh wow look who it is?! The person I’d fake my death for. (I’m sorry, I’m way too dramatic) first off you’re blog, 👌👌👌 idk what’s more perfect your blog or yourself because damn. I am utterly in love with your edits I wish I would’ve found you sooner.. I can’t wait for the day one of you’re edits gets used on a shitty gossip site and they think it’s real… that will truly be the best day ever. Also congratulations on submitting everything!! I hope everything goes amazingly well for you (I know it will) but seriously keep me updated!!

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@noona-clock I don’t know either one of you really well or at all honestly but, you’re one of those mutuals who we both interact through likes and reblogs and I feel like I could tell you I killed a man and you’d help me dispose of the body. (Wow dramatic much.) Like you give off such a warm vibe and I love the both of you to death. And your works are equally as amazing as you are!!

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@127hearts it’s 11:11 as I’m writing this and I wish that you never scare me like that again okay thank you. I just found your blog wow I’ve been missing out. But please continue to kill me with everything you do (Also if you ever actually started losing interest or anything know that I fully support you because you shouldn’t feel forced to do something for others) Anywhooo you’re adorable & your blog is amazing and yeah I hope you have a great day!! I’d love to be a friend of yours and I’m sorry in comparison to everyone else your message was kinda weak but I hope your day is as bright as Ten’s smile okay Ily 💕

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Wow I started this as 6am it’s now 6pm.

#i love you so much #my pals are the best pals #happy valentines day #please stay healthy #♡♡♡

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root--is--alive · 8 years ago

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live blog rewatch Relevance

I’m so nervous or excited, Idk?? My hands are trembling, and I only heard Harold say “You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you-”.

Oh, that’s actually it. I paused at the right moment I guess? A break in the opening to focus on the fact that finally, there is a glimpse at the work for the relevant numbers.

I’ve never noticed before that that flashback is about the mission that made Cole suspicious, and that we actually get to see and hear Dr. Aquino.

Oh my, Berlin. It’s weird to watch this when you’ve already been there and heard the people there speak, and it’s even weirder that agents of the US can simply threaten the police there without any consequences. But I guess the ISA handled everything with the German agencies and Shaw and Cole just had a nice vacation. Sort of.

Shaw, it’s Shaw!!! And her hair is curly. Later on, she only curls her hair for fancy missions, if I remember it right. She’s wearing a leather jacket and gloves. And very casually, she buys a cup of coffee at a booth that’s named “Kaffeeklatsch”, which can roughly be translated as the noun of “chatting and gossiping while drinking coffee and having cake”.

I love her boots. Sadly, she doesn’t wear them anymore later on. I was surprised when she wore boots with heels in s5 after she escaped (I only remember how she kicked the gun to Root in 6,741; tbh). I expected her to wear comfortable and useful shoes, like military boots.

Oh my god, that police officer glancing at her with a smile, though…

I wonder if police officers always go on patrol alone? Probably not anymore. And what language are the two guys speaking? I’m sure Shaw understands them. And her being socially awkward and smiling, she’s got no time for you, police officer, just let her have some fun.

I’m so envious of Shaw, she speaks so many languages, at least 4: English, German, Farsi, Spanish. Anyway, I’m so in awe. And her accent is interesting, I’ve never heard a native English speaker talk in German before.

I guess it’s very Team Machine like to simply knock out the people that are in the way? John would do it, Root as well, Lionel might, Elias Idk? Joss and Harold wouldn’t do it. But Shaw’s like “yeah someone’s probably gonna take care of that police officer I just knocked out”. But I guess Control or someone else from ISA dealt with that.

I never noticed how tall Cole is. I wonder what was going on in the apartment Cole accidentally put the camera in at first. He likes to think out aloud. And he can make Shaw crack a smile - he likes to joke a lot, too.

I love Shaw with a backpack. Later, she’s never got any bag. It just looks professional, and she’s cute and petite in that big coat and with those boots.

She’s so comfortable around Cole, it’s so nice to watch. She roles her eyes and shakes her head at him, like she does with Root. Only that Cole doesn’t bother her like Root does.

Alright, she definitely speaks their language. Nice blending in the role of the innocent tourist back then, Shaw. Because if she wants, Shaw can play pretend or socialize quite well.

I love this scene. And there’s so much focus on the drinks in this apartment - orange juice, banana juice. And the noise of the football game on TV vs. Shaw’s completely focused action. Her calm breath, amplified through the gas mask. And she stays totally calm in the threatening situation when she discoveres the open window, and she doesn’t need to tell Cole because he knows her well enough to notice. And when he starts to panic, she calms him down. They are such a good team, damn it. And Shaw completely trusts him. .

Oh, Cole calls her Sam. Root does it only once. But if I remember it right, Shaw’s first name wasn’t really clear at first? Like, on my BluRays she’s called Sam (or Samantha?) Shaw in the credits at first.

It’s so sweet how he asks her if she’s alright when Shaw probably didn’t feel any emotion, maybe some adrenaline and excitement from the dangerous situation. Cole, however, was very moved by what happened. But he knows how to handle Shaw’s response, I love how they get along so well.

I wonder if Shaw always carries that knife around with her. Could’ve been useful in later episodes.

“I’ll see you when I see you.” And Shaw seems to enjoy playing with bombs, though?

Shaw is quite suspicious when it comes to Wilson. And she's just like "yeah the best option was to blow that place up". I wonder, did she make sure there were no civilians in the building or close to it?

She seems to enjoy coffee while observing their numbers. And she's getting bored already.

Hi there John, Shaw has already spotted you.

"Forgot your gas mask, Shaw". Can I just say that I really like Cole? He'd probably laugh over Shaw's "Only the sink didn't fit in" she said to Joss and support her crush on Joss.

Oh but John realized Shaw noticed him. Just like the siblings they are.

Shaw is wearing all three of her piercing. Nice. She doesn't wear them often later on, does she?

So Cole actually is the nerd who stays inside all the time. Shaw smiles, oh my. Btw I like her fuzzy hood?

Oh The Machine is... (I don't remember the word. It's the word Root and Harold use in s5 ep2 where Root says "Don't you think it's you that's...?")

Holy shit, I think it’s “glitch”? Is this the right word?

Oh Shaw, you've got so much compassion for Cole. Or maybe she asks if anything is wrong because an issue that keeps Cole's mind distracted can be dangerous for the mission. I think it's both?

Their noses are red, it must be cold. Cole’s face displays all his emotion, it’s an open book - unlike John’s face which doesn’t provide much insight on his state of mind, only John’s eyes do, and I’m very impressed by Jim’s acting, tbh.

So Shaw thinks a few seconds about Cole's question. I think she probably has wondered where Research gets the numbers but doesn't question it.

Now she makes Cole feel guilty? Or am I misinterpreting the tone of her voice? And then she praises him. So I think she tries to express that she trusts him but disagrees with his question, with the thought he had, even. Shaw wouldn't question her work because there's no proof anything went wrong, and she probably didn't care (and couldn't have cared any less) about that guy Aquino acting confused.

Ok so Wilson doesn’t seem to be a nice guy, considering how Shaw refers to him. And Cole looks so guilty, so guilty of having done something that could put Shaw’s career at risk. He has got a big heart, I think.

“We still have a job to do, remember” - it says so much about Shaw, how she’s a person that expresses herself through actions, how she’s in for it because she can do the job, only the job, not the paperwork or socializing or whatever comes with being an agent of the ISA. And the job is more important than Cole possibly having brought up a shit storm. She only focuses on the job first, everything else can wait.

I like Cole’s clothing style.

Oh god, Harold trying to warn them but it’s too late, too late.

Cole’s first instinct was to protect Shaw, not to protect himself, and he didn’t even know what the threat would be, whether they’d get shot at or a team of agents would charge the room or the place would get blown up, like, he didn’t know what to expect, meanwhile Shaw went to the window to figure it out, to maybe see a clue outside because she didn’t read the message Harold sent, but Cole did, and he just decided to throw himself in front of Shaw to protect her, no matter what might hit them.

It’s impressive how completely calm Shaw stays while they’re under attack, firing right back while lying on the floor, covering her face from the flash grenade, firing right back again.

While watching for the first time, I thought Shaw’s “uh” while saying “We’re gonna call Control and uh, we’re gonna get you some help” was because she was panicking. But now I don’t think so anymore. I think she just doesn’t know what to say because she’s probably already realized that Cole won’t make it and that there is no help for him anymore, so she pauses before saying it.

My god, her “Always trying to be the hero, huh” sounds so distracted, like, she’s probably trying to figure a way out of this situation in her mind, checks out the room, listens for warning signs of more approaching assets. But when Cole says “Just yours”, it actually gets to her. She stops what she’s doing, startled. Shaw reacts like she reacts to some things Root says (or does), and Cole found the right words, words Shaw can understand and process, to tell her she means a lot to him, and Shaw gets his message. Like, usually she’d be annoyed or confused by someone telling they like her because Shaw just can’t relate; and she doesn’t like Cole the way he likes her and she can’t emphasize/relate to his feelings for her, but he expresses them in a way Shaw can comprehend. I wish we had seen more about Cole’s and Shaw’s dynamic.

But as soon as Cole has lost consciousness, Shaw concentrates on the threat again, completely calm and focused.

Hey John. Your vest is gonna get shot.

Ok so Shaw actually listens to John. She hears everything he says, including that he wants to help her. She might even recognize him from the street, maybe senses that he’s different from the ones trying to kill her. But she fires at him, anyway, after hearing him out, because she finds that she can’t trust anyone right now and is better off by herself.

This jump out of the window impresses me so much. Like, did Shaw and Cole observe the place before heading in or did Shaw spot the dumpster while standing at the window in those brief moments before they were under attack?

Holy shit the soundtrack of the shooting between Shaw and Wilson is awesome.

I love that it’s cold and that their breaths are visible as clouds, not only as heaving of the chests and sounds of panting, it makes everything better, Idk? And the street lights add to this, too.

I screamed because omg Root!!!! I totally forgot while freaking out about Shaw omg!!

So if Root has worked there for 2 weeks or months (I don’t remember) she must have had access to the files of all ISA agents. And from all of them, she was impressed by Shaw. And Root is usually not impressed by humans, only laughs at them or makes fun about them. And if she’s researched about Shaw for sometime, she must’ve known Shaw was going to be put down, if she had bugged the office for quite a while. Did she believe Shaw might make it out alive (she probably was like “So, will this interesting human make it out alive or not in this game?), did Root expect The Machine to step in? She must’ve been quite pleases to hear that Shaw is still alive and might have valuable information.

Let’s acknowledge that Shaw abducted someone while she only moved a few inches and was suffering from blood loss and a bullet in her abdomen. I wonder if she knew Louis? How else would she have gotten in contact with him that night? She probably knows a few people who can provide drugs, considering that substance abuse can be comorbid with ASPD, and Shaw also enjoys to drink, so she might have some experience with drugs.

Shaw can easily talk to Louis and pretend, unlike her awkward behavior towards the German policeman. So Shaw only makes an effort to socialize if she actually wants to gain something. The police officer was only in the way but Louis is valuable. Or she only pretended to be the unsure tourist in Berlin, I’m not really sure.

I wonder if Louis just agreed to do what Shaw wants because he was so impressed by her. Like, having his legs dangled out of the car window for the whole time, his face pressed into the seat while Shaw was driving? But he must have told her where to drive, so they probably had a chat. Maybe she stopped in between to teach him the rules.

Shaw is such a natural leader. If she wasn’t annoyed and bored by people she’d probably be an instructor of some sorts. I bet she teaches Joey, Logan and Harper some things. And she might have taught Root hand to and combat and how to properly use a gun.

I love how Shaw bursts in and is like “Ever had a staring contest with a fish?”, and after Louis friend’s like “Your gut shot, you dead”, she’s like “You better hope not, ‘cause if I’m starting to lose consciousness, I’m shooting you first”, while staring him dead into the eyes. Shaw, the little fish.

I bow down before Shaw, pulling a hollow point out of her gut using a mirror to see, which means she has to operate back-to-front, after having lost a lot of blood while not having taken any painkillers, just letting out two groans. No tears, no sobbing.

“Figured I was better at killing people than fixing them”. Alright, Shaw was a very good doctor, considering her medical skills, only her social skills lacked - which are, apparently, demanded by a vast majority of society. So Shaw turned away from what was denied to her and focused on the opposite because she wasn’t wanted, even though she enjoyed medical practice and saving people. Then she went to the marines, found she was good at killing people, and enjoyed that job, as well. And then she became an asset of the ISA, which combines saving and killing people.

It surprises me that her head didn’t sink onto the table while she was unconscious.

The way Shaw stares at Louis’s... boss, Idk? She looks so tired because she just woke up, at the same time there is written BORED across her face, and she’s probably just tired of all of this (her employers trying to kill her and having killed the one person she cared about, having a bullet hole in her abdomen and having to put up with some wannabe badasses), looking at Louis’s boss like “you are the least thing I need right now, fuck off, I’m busy”.

I’m just glad they don’t sexually objectify Shaw, sitting there in her tanktop and messy hair, all sweaty. She simply gives off the bamf vibe and no one actually wants to fuck with her.

That twitch of her lip when she says “Not really”, after being asked if she’s some kind of badass. I wonder how many people Shaw has told that she’s got a personality disorder. Her chief of medicine didn’t know at first and I don’t know if you have to state your mental condition when applying as a soldier? Her PD had been in the way to save people as a doctor but it is beneficial when it comes to torturing and killing. And here, Shaw uses it as a weapon to distract her opponents long enough to get her second gun.

They don’t take her seriously, can’t relate to her, and Shaw doesn’t give a single fuck about them, she can’t relate to them, too, but she knows how people have approached her in the past, considering her PD; and it might even excite her, to play with them, Idk, but I guess she’s just bothered by them because they waste her time.

And Shaw simply states that she’s got an “Axis II Personality Disorder” (meaning on the Axis II she hasn’t got an intellectual disability but a PD (x)). She doesn’t state the PD she’s got. Later, she refers to herself and is referred to by others a a sociopath, which is included in Antisocial Personality Disorder (x, x). But only in season 4 episode 21, Samaritan lists Shaw’s PD as ASPD. So in Relevance, it’s not clear what PD Shaw has, and only after rewatching the episode multiple times, I’ve noticed Shaw’s personality traits and understood them properly and realized that Shaw was already written and played so well (bless Sarah Shahi, I always get sad when Amy Acker is praised for her performance as Root, but Sarah did such an amazing job, too). Or maybe now that I know Shaw’s personality well, I begin to analyze her more and interpret some things as traits of her PD, Idk.

Shaw just sprawling on the couch next to the dude she just shot, enjoying a bottle of beer (which she opens with her bare hand???). I love it. Tbh, she probably had more than one beer.

Hersh, I really like him. And he knows Shaw so well, knows she wants revenge and information about the Aquino case. And his explanation: “She’s multitasking”, it’s not some sexist “women are multitasking, so they should be able to do x and y”, it’s a metaphor for Shaw’s many talents, and Shaw “doing both” is so fundamental for her character. She does the thing she thinks is right but also does the thing that feels right, and she can do both at the same time, while many people struggle with “am I going to do what’s right or what feels good?”.

Both, Hersh and Shaw, say that Shaw was hired because of her PD, because of her limited range of emotions, because she is the perfect killer. She was refused as a doctor for being who she is, but the ISA hired her. Of course, she wasn’t only hired for her PD, Hersh talks about her being hired for being able to multitask (to get information about the Aquino case and get revenge). Shaw was hired because of her skills, because of who she is, because of how she operates.

Uh, Root leaving to slip into the role of Veronica. I wonder what she would’ve done, if she had to stay in the office for that time. She would’ve found an excuse to get out to squeeze some information out of Veronica and Shaw, I’m sure.

Oh! Two beer bottles on the drawer. So Shaw had a couple of beers.

Is she using Cole’s phone or her own to call Veronica? It might be safer to use the landline of the apartment, I think? And is it Veronica who’s answering or is it already Root? I’m not sure.

Ok, it probably was her own phone, since she’s calling Wilson now.

Om my, I had forgotten that Shaw and Root meet for the first time in Relevance. This is where everything started.

Ok, I think it was Root on the phone when Shaw called Veronica. The voice fits.

Or maybe it wasn’t Root because Veronica is in the bathtub, and she had to get to the place where she meets Shaw. That means Root tapped Veronica’s phone when Shaw called and overheard the conversation, and Root has already adjusted her own voice to sound like Veronica’s. Did Root even get some sleep that night???

And that meeting place, Shaw came up with it, so does the apartment belong to her or is it a usual meeting place because Veronica had access?

Root didn’t even have to play Veronica so well because Shaw doesn’t know Veronica, it would’ve been enough to have all the information, but Root probably saw through Veronica easily and plays her easily. And she contains her excitement about meeting Shaw so very well.

Root calls her Sam, so I guess Shaw’s first name hadn’t really been agreed on? Cole also called her Sam, so would he have called her Sam towards Veronica?

Bless Amy and her chemistry with Sarah, and how she took a deep breath and her eyes widened while Shaw took off her jacket. Like, this was the beginning of the relationship between Root and Shaw.

Alright, Veronica calls Cole ��Mike”, so she might like to use abbreviation of names.

Btw, Cole and Veronica probably were friends, and Shaw’s just like “he was killed” in her low empathy way. And it’s not that Cole’s death didn’t touch Shaw, it just affected her differently than it would affect Veronica. And Root just plays a touched Veronica, even though she doesn’t care about him at all, and it’s so interesting to see this display of emotions, like: Root (not affected by Cole’s death) playing Veronica (probably very affected by Cole’s death) and Shaw (affected by Cole’s death but not in the way the average person would be affected).

I wonder if Shaw associates Root with Cole because she has laid eyes on Root for the first time while Root pretended to be Veronica.

Nice how Root offers information to Shaw while posing her questions at the same time.

Shaw is still wearing the clothes she wore when she got shot. Did she shower at the place of Louis’s friend, maybe even washed her clothes?

Ok, recently, I’ve found out that what Root is using here (and on Denton Weeks) is not a taser but a stun gun.

So, did Root leave Veronica in a way that allows her to make noises on purpose or did Veronica just wake up earlier from unconsciousness? Actually, it’d be so like Root to make Shaw turn her back to her to stun her, so Root might have done it on purpose. She obviously must have been aware that she only can stun Shaw when she is distracted, and that Root can’t compete with Shaw’s physical skills.

Root keeps pretending she doesn’t hear the noises in the bathroom but still looks into that direction when Shaw gets up. Very risky, Root.

Btw, nor a taser nor a stun gun can make someone lose consciousness, they mainly cause pain.

Root dragged Shaw across the floor and probably heaved her onto that chair. This must have taken quite some time, considering that Root is not very physically strong and that Shaw might weigh much, even though she is not very tall, because of her muscles mass. The disorientating effects of a stun gun don’t last too long, so Root probably had to stun Shaw more than once to make sure Shaw wasn’t able to turn on her.

God, how Root’s mask just drops as soon as she’s stunned Shaw, tbh. Bam, there’s Root. No Veronica anymore, and Root had completely hidden, maybe even suppressed herself, while pretending to be Veronica. And I think Root just actually turns into those characters, she can see so well through people, can empathize with them so well, that she can turn into them.

And Root smiles all the time. Her voice is so full of emotion (like when she talks about Veronica and says “but she didn’t know anything”, she sounds slightly disappointed and sad but says it in a sort of sarcastic way, Idk, and she’s a bit like an excited child). It’s amazing. (Actually, on an emotional level, Cole and Root might be really similar, even though Root’s emotions are probably more of a mess and like a rollercoaster).

Btw, Shaw being stunned, probably multiple times, sure wasn’t fun, considering she had a fresh shot wound, as well.

So, Root must have zip tied Shaw pretty tight to that chair since it’s... Idk how to express it. Like, if Shaw just moved and wiggled her arms, the zip tie would just slip off the armrest and free Shaw’s arms from being tied to the chair. And the effects of the stun gun don’t last anymore. But Shaw stays still. Maybe she wants to know what Root has to say, or she’s impressed because Root managed to get close to her and stun her. Or her shot wound is not doing well so Shaw decided to stay in a sitting position.

And Root is so disappointed in Shaw, who thought Research’s information come from torture. I think Shaw is impressed by Root and really pissed, Idk? And then Root is like I’m gonna torture you, and Shaw is like awesome at first she tricks me, then stuns me, now tortures me, nice. (Maybe, Idk?)

And then Root kneels down in front of her to unzip her jacket. Like, most people would bend down to the person they are going to torture to assure dominance and cause fear by standing tall over them. But Root kneels down, is on eye level with Shaw, leans close, props her arms on Shaw’s knees, and has fun while doing all of this. Shaw easily could have freed her hands and hurt Root’s abdomen or neck, since they are close to Shaw because Root is not standing. And Root kneeling also makes her more vulnerable because she can’t quickly escape, she would have to stand up first. But I think she was interested in Root and chose to wait a bit longer.

So, Root apparently is a person who likes touching and being close to people (especially when it comes to Shaw). But I think Root might not like to be touched by others? Only when she closes the distance herself and can give off dominance, or when she feels comfortable around the person doing it.

Root is so eager to see how Shaw reacts to her torturing her, and then Shaw is like just do it, I love it; and this is when Root realizes that she actually likes a personality trait of Shaw, not just her skills. She even says “just when we started to connect”.

And then she just leaves Shaw. Root obviously knows that Shaw can handle herself.

I think when Shaw notices that the agents don’t see her as an immediate threat, she also realizes that they haven’t noticed that she can easily free her hands because of how the armrests are built. And she lets them get close to get a weapon.

Hi John.

Ok, there’s blood on Shaw’s wrist and hand, so Root must have zip tied her very very tight.

John’s “I’m a really nice person” comes across in a sarcastic way, because his face and voice are always calm. But he probably didn’t know what else to say, like, there is no reason for Shaw to not kill him if she wanted to. So he just says the truth - that he is a nice person. And this might be the only time that John actually admits that is very kind and caring. He can be very rude to people to avoid emotional attachment or empathy, but he can also be so very kind, but never comes across like it at first.

But Shaw trusts him.

Funny how aconitine was used two times on Shaw, and both times, John basically saved her. I wonder if Shaw’s number came up multiple times? Together with Cole’s number, before meeting Root, before meeting the Special Counsel?

Can I just note that Shaw is such a good listener? Like, her PD gives her a hard time connecting to people, they might bore or bother her, but Shaw always listens to what people have to say. She listened to John before shooting at him, she listened to Root before freeing herself, she listened to Harold explaining, she listens to Root in later episodes. And I think it’s a skill Shaw had to learn at first, because she might be impulsive, careless, easily bored or annoyed because of her PD, so it probably took a lot of work to train herself to listen to people until they’re done talking even though it’s not obvious at first that she might gain any benefit from the person talking.

And now Shaw is socially awkward again, “thanks but no thanks”, and I think it’s because Harold arose her interest and now she tries to “fit in” towards him, Idk.

But when meeting with the Special Counsel, Shaw’s social skills are in point. She looks so good, so strong, so determined. And the Special Counsel seems to be someone who smiles a lot? He smiled at Root, now at Shaw. He can probably talk very good and in a quite convincing way? He’s so surprised by Shaw’s “I do (understand)”, even though Hersh told him Shaw would do this.

I wonder if Harold’s conversation with Shaw had any impact on Shaw still wanting to protect the program? It might have reinforced her, since Harold said they work for the same entity.

Shaw walking out there while Future Starts Slow plays - I’ve got no words for how awesome this is. Only that they censor the “fuck” in “you can holler, you can wail, you can swing, you can flail, you can fuck like a broken sail” takes some awesomeness away. Shaw probably uses fuck a lot, tbh.

And she let her hair down. Her hair is down in Berlin while observing the number, afterwards it’s always tied up. Maybe it’s down when she feels relaxed?

“If I ever give you up my heart will surely fail”. It fits perfectly for Cole protecting Shaw, Shaw revenging Cole, John and Harold helping the numbers, The Machine giving out the numbers. Like, if The Machine wouldn’t provide numbers anymore her purpose of living wouldn’t exist anymore, her metaphoric heart would fail, Idk?

Oh my god, Hersh tells Shaw that she is good, that she’s a good operator, he reassures her that she is good the way she is, while her chief of medicine turned on her and her career because of exactly this, because of Shaw being herself, she was denied doing what she enjoyed and was good at because she wasn’t “good enough”, because her social skills weren’t good enough, and Hersh reassures her that she is, right before killing her.

Did Shaw expect it? She might have, she knew she was gonna be put down. But she had protected the program and revenged Cole, she was satisfied right now, so she didn’t prepare to escape. Or she knew they’d sent Hersh after her, and that she had not much of a chance to get away from him. Or she was curious if John and Harold would save her again?

I just love how we get to see Joss, Lionel, Leon and Bear in this episode, even though it is mainly about Shaw. It’s such a good episode.

Alright, I just looked aconitin up. It’s already toxic when just touching the plant. At first, it has an exciting effect, then it paralyzes the nerve endings. Death occurs because of respiratory paralysis. The lethal dose for humans is 1-10 mg/kg. The symptoms occur after just a few minutes: paresthesia, sweating, dropping of the body's temperature, nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, until respiratory paralysis. If a dose is given that is way higher than a lethal dose, one dies of a heart attack. Counter measures for cardiac arrest or shock might be necessary, including CPR, ventilation, injection of atropine. If the poison was taken in orally, vomiting can be provoked or a gastrolavage can be done. (x)

Ok, so it’s obvious that an ambulance must have been there right away, and someone with medical skills must have done CPR and the likes mentioned above and injected atropin immediately to save Shaw. It’s not shown in the episode, and it takes too much time until Shaw receives the atropine in the episode, I think?.

My headcanon is that John and Harold asked for the aid of more former numbers than just Joss and Leon, like Dr. Megan Tilman or Dr. Madeleine Enright, who might also have instructed Leon on how to use the atropine.

John’s smile, he really likes Shaw and is so impressed.

Shaw probably didn’t call them a taxi.

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