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silenthillmutual · 3 months ago

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ongoing list of fics i enjoyed (current fandoms only) [so silent hill + bloodborne + pathologic]

i have not read every fic in the tag.

silent hill

1994 (T, 4k; TheIcyQueen); sh2 The town calls to people in its own way, managing to lure them in, more often than not. That isn't to say that its methods are unchanging, though--oh no. Silent Hill has many ways and many faces, and no two of its visitors will ever see it in quite the same light. A little peek into how the town might look for the characters of SH2.

art therapy (M, ongoing; stormyshark); harry/james An on-parole James Sunderland meets struggling single father Harry Mason in group art therapy. Takes place six years after the events of SH1 and SH2.

Box of Ash-turned Thoughts (T, <1k; Goldenocturne); alessa/claudia In here lies a collection of discarded emotions.

Complexities (T, 4k; bumblepuppy) eileen/henry Kind of sequel to Field of View. Eileen's straight up not having a good time.

familiarity (M, 5k; iwaslikenope); alex/travis Travis Grady encounters a familiar face in the same, familiar place. As it turns out, not everything familiar is a good thing - but maybe this time around he doesn't have to go through it alone.

It's time to let go.

Halogen Lamp (G, <1k; PhantomPiano); james She crawled out of the lake today.

Hanged Man (T, 4k; benignmilitancy); sh3 "We are all helpless without Her mercy." SH3 one-shot.

If Time Doesn't Heal Wounds, I'll Staple Them Together (G, 1k; orphan_account) harry & heather It's been six years since he escaped Silent Hill. An innocent question makes him realize he might not have moved on as well as he thought.

In This Silent Heaven (T, <1k; iwaslikenope); james/mary Three years long gone, and she sent me a letter.

It'll Last Longer (T, 4k; fret); eileen/henry Three pictures Henry takes of Eileen, and one that Eileen takes of him.

like nails in my feet (T, 1k; Riona); james/mary Maybe this is a love story that was doomed from the start.

Outbreak (M, 61k; UnlikeClockwork) "In memory of the sixty seven who died of illness and now sleep beneath the lake." -The Rosewater Memorial in Silent Hill The town of Silent Hill has long been known for strange events. In 2016, a virulent illness tears through the town, progressing rapidly through an array of horrific symptoms before the patients die. Worse, it has no identifiable cause. Epidemiologist Anna Garcia is sent to record everything she can about the sickness, in the hopes of tracing it to some point of origin, or discover something to combat it. She finds far more to the history of the town and its strange past.

Performative (T, 2k; 0plus2equals1, weatomicchildren); maria Maria is a walking, talking identity crisis. James is her audience of one. (Short fic exploring Maria's experiences in the main game.)

Restless Dreaming (T, <1k; TheIcyQueen); james/mary You'd do anything to see her again--anything. But have you looked right in front of you, James? Or behind you?

See? I'm Real. (T, 1k; TheIcyQueen); maria She wakes up cold and alone, with silence and memory lurking just outside of her periphery. She has to stay, despite her fear and her dread--she has to wait, to be patient, to just believe. Because she knows he's coming for her.

But he's looking for the her that isn't her at all.

Shadows And Fog (T, 3k; kcstories); dale cooper [twin peaks crossover] Whilst investigating a mysterious disappearance, Special Agent Dale Cooper finds himself in a strange, deserted town. (Twin Peaks/Silent Hill crossover)

swan song of the red god (T, 3k; larkspear); heather Heather becomes something she never wanted to be OR After all this time the town doesn't let her go OR Silent Hill dies, and maybe that's a good thing.

Wife | Mary Shepherd Sunderland (T, 1k; glitchbunni); james & mary Even so, I'm glad to be coming home. I've missed you terribly.

you (NR, <1k; goshozome); henry & walter you aren't a people person.

bloodborne

Ave Maria (T, 3k; xeboot); doll/maria After her defeat within The Hunter’s Nightmare, Maria awakens in place that she finds strangely familiar. She also finds herself conversing with something that is so disconcertingly similar to herself.

Charade (M, 5k; SassyCephalopod); laurence & micolash & gehrman Before the schism of the School of Mensis from the Healing Church, Micolash hunts for answers about what happened on the night Laurence and Gehrman beckoned the moon. He follows the trail of influence Gehrman left behind deep into the Vicar’s subconscious, through dreams of the shared stages of their lives. What exists at the end of their charade may be the knowledge he seeks, or it could be the undoing of them all.

cupio, careo (E, 4k; 0plus2equals1); hunter/valtr The hunter is having a hard time adjusting to being the new Leader of the League.

Do hunters dream of electric beasts? (E; sugarboat); alfred/hunter The Hunter finds an unopened summons to the forsaken Castle Cainhurst, and has more than the expected troubles locating its intended recipient.

Dressing for a Funeral (G, 4k; aurillium); gehrman & laurence On the colour red, and the first signs of the scourge.

EYE OF A BLOOD-DRUNK HUNTER (M, >1k; kirkhammer) It is a fate no hunter can escape

facile oceanum (T, 2k; 0plus2equals1); kos/maria Lady Maria is trapped within an aimless nightmare. She goes to Kos while her consciousness still remains.

Hide Your Face from Prophecy (T, 5k; Karanca); caryll & micolash [On the voices of the Great Ones and how they manifest, c. 1862]

In darkest shades (E, 2k; retrospectral); gascoigne/hunter It is not a conventional relationship you have with him; still, you find solace in familiarity.

Necrophoresis (T, 8k; SynthWave); laurence/micolash The clock is ticking. Micolash seeks Laurence after an experiment goes awry, but the Vicar is not as composed as he'd hoped.

Nietzsche is angry with me (M, 5k; captainjackspearow) "An eye bubbles to the forefront of the forehead. There is no face, just an amalgam of pain set upon a limp, dangling body.

Oh, she notes, blankly, as her vision begins to cloud-

-I’m beginning to see things."

of the beholder (E, 1k; retrospectral) gascoigne/hunter It’s obscene, truly, that a man like him should be brought to heel in such a way.

o, galatea (G, 2k; talionprinciple) He scrabbles at the stone beside her, bent over like a man gutted, scratching feebly, digging at nothing. At length he crumples to the ground, letting out a wounded, animal groan.

"...You are my punishment."

A Schism (T, 4k; Karnaca); laurence/micolash [A selection of letters exchanged between the Vicar of the Healing Church and the Headmaster of Mensis, 1875-1880]

Song of Blood (NR, 2k; happywalrider); gascoigne/viola Oh, to be sick on blood, like a hunter lusting for a hunt.

weep with them, as one in a trance (M, 3k; Azrioael) On a cold beach, Laurence and his associates parse through the guts of a god to find promises of divinity.

Maria begins to harbour doubt.

pathologic (starts here; below are newer)

and here it is (our final night alive) (T, 2k; Talinor) Worn and defeated by the trials of the Pest and those behind it, Daniil stays in the Cathedral.

Ce Verre Levé aux Prêtresses de Cypris ! (E, 2k; Creaturial); eva/yulia Eva invites herself in, welcomed without asking, slipping through like light. She brings her affinity for velvet and silk, for the twirls of incense, for the greens of twyrine; she brings her empyreal glow that fills Yulia’s house like a heart with blood. She likes Yulia's silver, pale hands on her hallowed, supernal skin; Yulia likes her solar touch, her constellations-eyes. They like to learn from each other — and quite a few more things.

Filling His Shoes (By Asking Them Nicely, Not By Cutting Off Your Toes) (G, 4k; omnipah) Observation: The Burakh family house is laid out incomprehensibly. Observation: Houses take after their owners, both in function and personality. Observation: Artemy’s arc is about not taking after his father, and instead forging his own path and deciding what it means to be himself. Conclusion: Artemy’s household is not shaped the same way as Isidor’s household.

Grief's Rehearsal (T, 4k; visceralVastation); artemy/daniil On paper, Artemy Burakh was no stranger to loss, having lost not only his brother at a young age, but also personally witnessed what felt like a veritable myriad of deaths during his service as a field medic. The death of his father was another story, only sinking in at a moment where he glimpses joy for the first time since returning home.

remind me of who you are (G, 1k; 4wholecats); kain family “I’ll miss you,” he tries again, louder. “And Victor. Mother and father too, of course.” “You said you weren’t going anywhere.” “I ought to say it. Just in case.”

Shedding Skin (M, 70k; Plaguedboar); artemy/daniil “He wounds, Cub. You are aware of that.”

“Yes. But he also heals. What we saw of him back then was also a reflection of us. He became what he needed to be in order to do his duties. We were hostile to one another, Stakh. Imagine how it was for us and how it was for an outsider… how it still is for an outsider.” Artemy looked down. It’s been months since the plague ended and still others treated Dankovsky like a stranger. He treated himself as a stranger. Calling him any other thing would have felt disingenuous... but it still felt wrong.

“Of course. Humans need to adapt to their surroundings to live and survive. But snakes do not adapt when their skins shed, nor do they become anew. They become more of what they already are.” Rubin spoke slowly, choosing his words with either care or caution while looking at Daniil’s signature coat on the rack.

sons of the commandment (T, 2k; actualkoschei); daniil & rubin There is no rest for Shabbat in the middle of a plague. No rest for the righteous or the wicked, or for Daniil Dankovsky or Stakh Rubin.

tempus edax rerum (T, 5k; Talinor); artemy/daniil Daniil Dankovsky doesn't have a firm grasp on time.

White Azaleas (T, 10k; LilliaLuna); capella, khan & notkin He does love her. Just… not as a husband should. Not how the husband of a Mistress should.

#icarus.txt #fic recs

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hermankopusortizorsumshite · 4 years ago

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Grady's Homecoming

“Grady! You always talk about bein’ fucked. Fuckin’ all ‘ese German women, you got a woman waitin’ for you?” Bible’s voice crackles through the headset.

Grady’s mind travels to you. You were at home in Arkansas, probably keeping the farm afloat while he fought for your safety. He played the ladies’ man role well these days, because he never wanted anyone to know about you; to hurt you.

“Grady Paul Travis! Git over here!” you shouted as you chased him through the yard. He remembered this memory well; you chasing him around with a wooden spoon in your hand.

“That’s a mighty fine pie, ma’am!” He shouted to egg you on, begging you to keep chasing him. His path lead you through the yard, over a couple fences into muddy, sloppy pens and finally into the barn where he hid from you.

“Grady, hunny, come on out. I ain’t gonna hurt ya.” You called, looking over the hay bales. He had watched you creep through that barn with that spoon at the ready. When he finally could land, he dropped from the hay loft and rolled you into a straw bale. You screeched and smacked his back with that wooden spoon, but he just roared with laughter.

“You make the best pecan pies, my beautiful lady. You also make the best wife.” He smiled, kissed your cheek with a loving smile.

“Yer damn right I do, Grady Paul Travis. You had to stick your grubby little paws into my pie.” You had hissed, letting him pepper your face with kisses as he rolled to keep you from being stabbed with straw. “Hunny? I love you.” You drawled, putting down the spoon on the bench and laying across his body fully.

“I love you too, baby.” He cooed, kissing your face and hugging you against him as his lips got lost with yours on a grand adventure that lead to his dirty, oil covered hands sliding up into your work gown and massaging your breasts. You careened into him and gripped his curls tight in your fists.

“Grady! Grady get down! Jesus christ!” Bible’s voice brings back from his daydream and he ducks hard into the tank.

“Grady are you with us now?” Don shouts, grabbing his coat collar.

“Ye-yeah. Yeah sorry.” He coughs, tears almost spilling over his cheeks.

“Grady, you okay buddy?” Norman calls, looking up at the Coon-Ass with a sad, sorry look in his eyes.

“Yeah, I’m fine, dammit.” He barks, scrubbing away the tears.

Once they get into the crossroads, Grady and Norman head into the building near there and search for parts.

“Grady, listen. Whatever happened back there--” he grabs Norman around the neck and drives him against the wall.

“Nothing happened.” He spits through his clenched teeth. Raising his hands up, Grady lets go and heads to keep looking. “I do got a lady back home. I try not to think about her because she fucks me up. But yeah, she’s my world. I’m sorry you lost your German girl back there, I really am. If I could 'a saved her I woulda. But I couldn’t.” He offers, toeing at the dirt.

“Thanks Grady.” He huffs, deflating the breath he’d been holding.

“Don’t thanks me. I ain’t do nothin’.” He shakes his head as he turns and starts out the door.

After the dust and blood settled, troops came to the Fury team’s rescue. Not single Fury member was dead, wounded, yes. But dead? No. It was a miracle and Bible babbled about it the whole way back as the troopers told them they were heroes. Grady didn’t care to feel like a hero, he hurt and he was ready to see his lady. It’d been a long four years, a few letters, but a long time since he’d seen your face.

“You guys are gettin’ patched up and sent home. You can’t fight in the shape you’re in.” The man had said. Tears filled Grady’s eyes then, as he knew he’d get to see you.

“A broke wing and pure heart, Mister Ass, you get to go home and find you some American ass, aye?” Don cheers, and Grady just nods, giving a wave to him.

“I’mma go home an’ kiss my woman hard and fuck ‘er hard too.” The three men from the Fury, Don, Bible, and Gordo, all looked to Grady with wide eyes.

“Your woman?” Bible asks, looking to his best friend with shock.

“Yeah. I’m a taken man, Boyd.” He chuckles, patting the man on the knee.

“So all this talk about fuckin’ these German women, and you never fucked one did ya?” He asks, punching him in the shoulder. Grady only shakes his head.

The men board the air carrier that flew them into the depths hell and they all hoop and holler as they lift into the air.

“They say the war’s all but done anymore. You boys did a hell of a job out there.” The pilot talks over the intercom as they fly over open water.

“I can’t wait to take a fuckin’ shower.”

“I can’t wait to sleep in a bed.”

“I can’t wait to find me a woman.”

“I can’t wait to see my woman.”

Each man had a different dream, but all the same, they all were excited to go home.

“Wardaddy, Gordo, Coon-Ass, War Machine, I never wanna hear those names again.” Bible cheers as the plane gets close to landing. Women, children, and even men waited cheering as the plane dropped to the ground. The five Fury survivors of war hug tightly, and go their separate ways.

“Grady Paul Travis? Have you seen him? He’s tall, busted up crooked nose, cute, dumb smile, have you seen him? They told me he’d be on this flight.” Bible’s head whips around and his eyes lock with Grady’s as the woman shoves a photo into Bible’s face. He’s sees Bible’s finger point to him and he ducks, his heart racing. He hadn’t seen you in four years, he didn’t even think you’d be here, but he heard you calling for him. When you come around the corner where Bible had pointed you, you don’t see anyone you recognize until you see the man of your dreams rise to his feet above the crowd and you give a screech, letting into a dead run through the crowd, across the lot and springing into his arms.

“Even with a busted wing, he caught her.” Don chuckles to the crew, watching on for a moment as Mister Ass himself sinks to the ground holding this petite little woman against his big, blocky frame like she was the last ass he’d ever see.

“Wow, crazy huh?” Gordo states, his hispanic accent poking through. “Mister Ass had a girlfriend this whole time. They watch a moment longer as she slides a ring from her neck onto his finger.

“I’ll be damned. Mister Ass is a married man.” Bible laughs.

No closer as you got in the door, Grady was driving you into the couch, tugging off your dress as fast as he could.

“I promise, slow later, baby. But fast now.” He grunts, shimmying from his pants. Grabbing his throbbing cock, he gives you a sweet smile and you nod, nails digging into his shoulders as you wiggle your hips closer to him. He slides into you and and rams in deep.

“Grady!” You shriek, nails digging harder into his shoulders as he fucks you hard against the sofa.

“Yes baby. I love you. I love you. I love you. I mis’d ya so much. Shit baby, yes.” He grunts, feeling himself twitch inside you as your walls constrict around his cock.

“Grady. Grady, yes. Please.. I’m so close. C’mon baby.” You encourage, ramming your hips up to meet his in sloppy thrusts. He leans down, hugging you tight against him as his thrusts get sloppier.

“I love you.” He sobs, cumming as you roll your hips into his once more, orgasming blissfully in his cock. He grabs you tight, holding you against him as he sobs hard against you. “I’m so sorry, baby. I’ll never leave you again.” He assures, his cock still in you as his arms grip tight against you so hard you gasp for breath. You love every minute of him holding you, pressing infinite kisses to your bare skin as he holds you.

“I love you too, Grady. I love you, baby. I love you.” You whisper, gripping his arms.

#fury grady travis #grady the little sweet bean travis #grady travis x reader #grady travis fanfiction #grady coon ass travis #grady travis fury #grady travis one shot #grady travis #grady #travis #fury #fury movie #fury (2014)

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galadrieljones · 4 years ago

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I started watching Fear the Walking Dead...

I started watching Fear the Walking Dead last night, and I fully expected it to be a letdown, but the first two episodes were VERY GOOD. It is extremely different from The Walking Dead, which is something I did not expect.

Here are my first impressions, a few episodes in, comparing to TWD, and comparing the two heroes, Rick and Maddy:

Prior to the outbreak, Rick lives in bucolic, fictional King County where he is a Sheriff’s deputy. He is shot on the job, a “local hero,” and wakes up from a coma after the outbreak has already decimated much of civilization. He SLEEPS THROUGH the end of the world, causing him to greatly underestimate its devastating effects for a LONG TIME, fostering within him a deep, unsettled naivete. The world he knew, which was idyllic in many ways on the surface is GONE. His pretty wife and his son are GONE. Everything he thought he knew is SHATTERED, and he must be rescued almost IMMEDIATELY. As a sheriff this is ironic, since he is used to being the classic hero, the one who rescues. His initial journey then revolves around learning to adapt to a malfunctioning, broken world, all whilst struggling to protect and preserve his FAILING FAMILY. Rick’s personal life FALLS APART when the world goes to shit, and it’s actually NOT because of the apocalypse. We see how idealized relationships can become, and how extra pressures can fully crumble a seemingly stable foundation with even small cracks in the surface.

Meanwhile:

Maddy is already part of a malfunctioning, broken world, hence the setting of LA. Los Angeles, in every facet of its existence, from the freeways to public health to law enforcement and public education, is a HOUSE OF CARDS that collapses at the slightest disturbance, and its residents KNOW IT, which is why they think nothing of what’s going on with increased police shootings in the city. Maddy’s life is likewise far from idealized, but in stark opposition to Rick’s, while it may appear shabby on the surface and in desperate need of maintenance, it is built upon a STRONG FOUNDATION OF LOVE AND LOYALTY. She has two fully grown children, one of whom struggles with a heroin addiction, and the other of which, while a star student, struggles with her own kind of youthful rebellion and ennuis. Maddy’s family is shockingly FUNCTIONAL and LOVING in its core, shown especially by Alicia’s actioned devotion to her brother, even as she openly proclaims that she “hates” him. Despite being “broken” per society’s standards, Maddy’s life is FUNCTIONAL. Travis is EXCEEDINGLY STRONG and supports her and her children, providing Maddy with a needed sense of perspective on her life. Maddy does not believe her son when he explains what he saw in the church, but Travis DOES, and it is because of Travis that Maddy eventually finds a way to believe Nick, which leads to them being OUT AHEAD of the pandemic, and able to secure their children out of harm’s way before it’s too late.

I like that Maddy and Travis were public school faculty, a highly mundane but also harrowing existence in Los Angeles. I’m not sure where they are supposed to be in the city, but maybe near Venice Beach, as that is where Alicia goes to meet her boyfriend. That can mean a lot of different things, but no matter what, the thing about LA is even if you live in a lovely little neighborhood like Maddy, you are never far from the bigness of it all, because there are literally just PEOPLE EVERYWHERE at ALL TIMES, like there will be random gridlock on the 10 on a Saturday afternoon. Even if you live in Belair you are, to some extent, TRAPPED. Unless you own a yacht in Malibu and can promptly sail away at a moment’s notice and self-sustain for a while, you are NOT SAFE from a public health emergency, or the effects of some other disaster situation, like a major earthquake. So while The Walking Dead is, in many ways, about safety in nature, and most of the settings take place in rural places, Fear the Walking Dead, at least in its first episodes, is TRAPPING US IN THE CITY. And the thing about LA is that, you are trapped within layers and layers and layers of humans and dense urban infrastructure on three sides, and the DEADLY MAW OF THE PACIFIC on the fourth.

So anyway, while I know the trajectory of the show will change in three seasons, and I’m only a few episodes in, I am actually super surprised by how good Fear the Walking Dead actually is in the beginning. It is so different from the original, taking on entirely new themes and problems, and yet its characters are all VERY SYMPATHETIC, and I already care about them a lot. The actor who plays Nick is also VERY AWESOME, like a 90s era Johnny Depp, and I am so glad to see his form of method acting, as reminiscent of Jon Bernthal’s in The Walking Dead as a hardcore anchor for the show. The suspense and how hard the spin-off riffs on dramatic irony is also super well-utilized, ie: they do not waste the fact that we already know what’s going to happen, and they capitalize on it in unexpected ways. For example, the fact that the burgeoning pandemic situation is off-set by public distrust in law enforcement, feels way too timely, ie: we can’t trust the cops, and we have no way of knowing whether they’re acting in our best interest or the villains.

The cops stashing gallons of water and seeming to have some sort of insider knowledge also draws a strong connection back to “Slabtown,” and I think it can’t be a coincidence that Fear chooses to focus on the broken, corrupt state of law enforcement in its beginnings, not even a full season after what happens at Grady.

#the walking dead #fear the walking dead #ANYWAY

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twdmusicboxmystery · 6 years ago

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Fear 4x15: Analysis

Okay, who watched Fear last night? I really loved this episode. I totally freaked out about three different times. Let's just dive right in.

**As always, spoilers abound for FTWD 4x15. Don’t read until you’ve watched! You’ve been warned!**

In the opening credits, we saw a car with flashing lights. This is because we had several instances of walkers or people falling onto cars from great heights, making the alarms went off. Just having the car symbol makes me side-eye it, though.

So, just as we suspected, Alica and Charlie found Strand and John. They had to go looking for some way to get them off the island.

John told Strand that he had symbolically relegated himself to an island before, but that "someone else took me off that island." I thought that was a really cool way to explain it and it definitely parallels to Beth and Daryl. We all know Daryl goes into survival mode intends to emotionally maroon himself on an island. It was Beth who brought him out of that, just as June brought John out of it. Yet another parallel between the two story lines.

Searching for a boat to help John and Strand, Alicia and Charlie first look at a bathtub. It's one of those things they don't use and has no relevance to the story, so it must be symbolic.

There haven’t been tons of bathtubs in the show, but there've been a few. The one that first occurred to me was with the governor in 4x06. In the same scene where he gets the backgammon game and sees a wheelchair, he finds a legless walker in a bathtub. A bathtub, by definition, could also be part of the Bathroom/Toilet Paper Theme.

Alicia and Charlie meet up with Martha (Filthy Lady). She tries to kill them, but then passes out from blood loss. They end up taking Al’s truck back from her and use it to go rescue John and Strand. I noticed they did actually find a canoe on top of the car, but didn't use it. So, the symbolism here was very strong.

They see a bathtub and then a boat, both of which have major connections to water. (Beth = water)

The other thing that occurred to me is that we saw the boat, and we all know that ocean/boat/sailor stuff is reminiscent of Beth. And right after that, Martha started shooting at Alicia. She didn't hit her, but she hit the car window and the glass broke. (Broken Glass Theme) It reminded me of 5x16 where Sasha fights with FG over the gun and shoots the glass picture. I'm just pointing out that we have an instance of water-related objects, followed by a gunshot that breaks glass.

Eventually, they do manage to rescue Strand and John from the island and reunite with all the others.

Morgan's group is still stranded at hospital. First off, Jim pees off the side of the building, onto the walkers. He had reasons for doing so, but I couldn't help but be reminded of Daryl peeing in the moonshine shack. And remember, Jim is the one who makes his own homemade alcohol. So, we have a person associated with that peeing, just like there Daryl did.

Morgan's group (sans Jim) decides to go back down to the hospital and look for Al. She got out her own way and has disappeared. They don't find her in this episode. But all the walkers that were clustered at the doors of the elevator are gone. Something drew them away. And why did they not come back when Morgan tapped his stick on the ground? Because the roof had caved in and trapped them all.

Guys, that is EXACTLY what happened in TWD 4B, when Glenn was looking for Maggie. Remember in that case, they were in a tunnel and the roof caved in, trapping all the walkers. In both cases, we didn't see the actual cave-in, just the aftermath. In both cases, a couple (Glaggie and John/June) reunited directly after.

Morgan decides he will stay behind and distract the walkers so the group can get away. This whole situation was very much like S1. The rooftop even looked a whole lot like the one they left Merle on. Some people people (Morgan in this case) created a distraction so the others could get out, just like Rick and Glenn created a distraction so that they could rescue the others from the mall in S1.

Morgan ends up throwing a walker onto a car, setting off a blaring alarm to lure walkers away from the hospital’s entrance. That's very much like the car alarm Glenn used in S1 to distract walkers away from the entrance of the mall.

Now, at this point it's obvious that this hospital is not Grady. Remember we wondered before if the hospital scenes in FTWD could possibly have been shot at the same location as Grady. At this point, it's obvious that is the case. Even if it didn't look the same in the show, I think they would've told us on TTD that it was the same location. They always do that.

They actually named the hospital this episode. It’s called St. Luke's, and we see a Travis County ambulance. I checked and there is more than one St. Luke’s Hospital in Texas, and Travis County is real as well. But at this point, it really doesn't matter. This parallels to Grady are crazy-strong.

Morgan decides to stay on the rooftop with Jim, mostly because the generator is out of juice in the elevators not working. So, he really has no way down because walkers are filling the stairwells. He tells June that “at least, I got you on your way back to John." That struck me as something that could be Beth-ish. Maybe he'll help her on her way back to Daryl and TF.

I noticed they use the phrase “class A asshole” twice. I wondered if perhaps we could relate that to the A theme. Not only because of the “class A” part, but because remember that during S7, tptb said the A on the back of Daryl’s shirt at the Sanctuary stood for “asshole.” We knew that couldn't be all the A stood for because it wouldn't go with other instances, but obviously they’re repeating the same patterns.

The entire group comes back for Morgan because they need him. He's become their leader. (Which is interesting because I remember a lot of people asking who the new leader would be when Madison died. (“Died.”) People speculated either Alicia or Strand, although neither seem quite up to par. It's obvious now that Morgan has become the leader, rather than one of them. This gives him a lot of parallels to Rick because in S1, Rick was trying to make it back to his family ended up leading a group of people he didn't know. Morgan has now done the exact same thing. And of course, by extension, this gives Morgan parallels to Beth as well.

Here's the part that made me pretty much split water out of my nose. When Team Fear Family comes to rescue Morgan from the hospital, what do they show up in but a FIRE TRUCK!!!

(ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?)

I mean, we have this hospital, and Morgan is trapped in it (technically on top) and all these different parallels with Grady. And then the group shows up in a fire truck? I seriously choked on my water when I saw that fire truck. I had to go rant to my group about how we don’t have to work for these parallels. They’re practically rubbing our noses in it. You don't get any closer to Grady than hospital with a fire truck in it.

(Yes, I know there were spoilers about this some time ago, but I’d completely forgotten about them and my jaw still dropped when I saw it.)

Interestingly, they leave the fire truck behind and just take Al's truck. So, just like in TWD, the fire truck doesn't go with the group or show up again. We don't know exactly what happened with that fire truck in TWD. Obviously it was left behind at some point too. But keep in mind that they used it to rescue Morgan in this episode. I don't know how or why, but somehow that fire truck had something to do with rescuing Beth.

(P.S. I have more to say concerning this hospital and the generators and how they relate to the Battery Theory, based on a conversation I had with @boltthrutheheart right after watching this episode, but I’m gonna make that it’s own theory later in the week.)

We saw the Breaking Glass Theme here when Morgan is trying to get down to the fire truck. He jumps down to a different level of the hospital and immediately a walker breaks through some glass and attacks him. I love that John Dorie shot the thing in the head all the way from the ground. That just makes him more freaking awesome than he already is.

Jim gives his recipe for alcohol to Sarah before sacrificing himself so the group can live. He tells her to put the walkie to her ear so he can tell her that something only she can hear. That, too, is a parallel to S1. Remember that Dr. Jenner whispered something in Rick's ear that no one else heard. We now know it was that they were all infected. The rest of the group didn't learn that until the end of S2. Sarah seemed happy about whatever Jim told her, so I don't think it's a doom-and-gloom message. Even so, the parallel is there.

Martha gets away. She writes the recipe on Jim's face and takes him as her new pet walker. (Does she strike anyone else as Michonne’s evil twin? Just wondering.)

What I predicted at the beginning of 4B is what exactly what has happened and is happening in terms of the plot of the show. (That it would probably take the entire back half of the season for them to all reunite and get back on the road to Virginia.)

At the end of this episode, Morgan stated that they were find Al (obviously what next week’s finale will be about), and then they will go to Virginia together. So, things are on track as far as I'm concerned. I'm honestly not thinking we’ll probably see Beth next episode. It's possible we might see her as a final cliffhanger sort of thing, but I just don't feel like we’re quite there yet in story. If they meet her, chances it will be on the road back to Virginia. But still, everything we predicted so far for Morgan’s group has happened.

I’m very happy about that. ;D (Really not saying this to call myself a genius or anything. Just saying that if you read the signs and symbolism, the direction of the show becomes quite obvious.)

To close, just a couple of notes about things that were sent on TTD.

Aaron Stanford (who played Jim) pointed out that Jim had dialogue foreshadowing. Before they went to the hospital, he complained, saying they shouldn't go because they’d become trapped or separated and die. Everything he said came true. They did become trapped, got separated from Al, and he died.

On the one hand, it's sort of karmic justice because he was the one being negative about it, and therefore he was the one who died. That's just literature 101. The point is that they used a dialogue foreshadow, and then it was fulfilled. Remember how many dialogue foreshadows around Beth pointed to her living.

Jenna Elfman point out something very similar. Talking about Morgan's arc, she said in the first episode of FTWD S4, Morgan ran away from Alexandria and ended up in Texas. Before he left, Rick told Morgan that would he find his way back to people. That eventually he would find people want to be with them again. That happened. In fact, that's what Morgan's entire arc has been about in Fear. But again, my point is that dialogue foreshadows happen and then are fulfilled on the show. Beth’s will be too.

Aaron Stanford also mentioned Cartman from South Park. I won’t go into this too much, but it’s not the first South Park reference people outside the show have made. It’s not even the first one connected with Beth. You can read the other post I did about this HERE and make up your own mind.

So, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode of Fear. Anything catch anything I missed?

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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ihatesriptwriting · 7 years ago

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WHAT THE FUCK IS THE 180° RULE ?

nothing to do with maths I swear

The 180° rule refers to an imaginary line which runs through two characters face to face, usually having a conversation. It is normally drawn 90° to the camera’s viewpoint in the establishing shot of the scene.

The rule is that the camera should remain on one side of the line.

-The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

Jordan and Mark money song

-Taxi Driver (1976).

Travis talking to Iris

Following this rule insures the continuity of action and correct geography, ignoring it however creates instability.

-The Dark Knight (2008).

Batman interrogating the Joker

The Joker is trying to convince Batman that they are the same, breaking the rule makes their faces overlap, confirming what the Joker is saying.

-The Shining (1980).

Jack talking to Grady

Jack Torrance is talking to the ghost of Delbert Grady, in this case, breaking the rule is used to make the audience feel uneasy and show Jack’s mental instability.

Filmography;

-The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Dir. Martin Scorcese.

-Taxi Driver (1976) Dir. Martin Scorcese.

-The Dark Knight (2008) Dir. Christopher Nolan.

-The Shining (1980) Dir. Stanley Kubrick.

what the fuck is composition ?

what the fuck are shot sizes ?

what the fuck are shapes within the frame ?

#ihatescriptwriting #filmmaking #films #cinematography #180°#180° rule #the wolf of wall street #taxi driver #the dark knight #the shining

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ao3feed-thehobbit · 7 years ago

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Literary One-shots

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by TombRomance

These are a series of One-shots I'll be making when writers block occurs. It has many fandoms and many subjects, Please Enjoy.

Words: 1756, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV), Gotham (TV), Sherlock (TV), Justified, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Being Human (UK), The Unit (US TV), Supernatural, Reign (TV), Angel: the Series, The Walking Dead (TV), Fear the Walking Dead (TV), Into the Badlands (TV), American Horror Story: Murder House, American Horror Story: Asylum, American Horror Story: Coven, American Horror Story: Freak Show, American Horror Story: Hotel, American Horror Story: Roanoke, American Horror Story: Cult, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Firefly, Z-Nation, Helix, The Flash (TV 2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV), Arrow (TV 2012), iZombie (TV), Grantchester (TV), Bates Motel (2013), Containment (TV), Lethal Weapon (TV), Outlander (TV), Terra Nova (TV), Spartacus: Vengeance, Spartacus: War of the Damned, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Law and Order: SVU, Preacher (TV), The Orville (TV), The Gifted (TV 2017), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Doctor Strange (2016), Deadpool - All Media Types, The Maze Runner Series - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Jurassic World (2015), Prometheus - Fandom, The Chronicles of Riddick Series, Kingsmen - Fandom, 300 (2006) RPF, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Resident Evil - All Media Types, Agora (2009), Transformers - All Media Types, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), X-Men - All Media Types, The Vampire Diaries (TV), The L Word, Divergent Series - Fandom

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

Relationships: Jon Snow/Original Character, Robb Stark/Original Character, Jamie Lannister/Original Character, Daenerys Targaryen/Original Character, Melisandre/Original Character, Margaeru Turell/Original Character, Ramsay Bolton/Original Character, Oberyn Martell/Original Character, Jojen Reed/Original Character, Podrick Payne/Original Character, Jim Gordon/Original Character, Edward Nygma/Original Character, Victor Zsasz/Original Character, Jerome Valeska/Original Character, Barbra Keen/Original Character, Tabitha Galavan/Original Character, Bruce Wayne/Original Character, Alfred Pennyworth/Original Character, Sherlock Holms/Original Character, John Watson/Original Character, Raylan Givens/Original Character, Boyd Crowder/Original Character, Tim Gutterson/original character, Charles “Trip” Tucker III/Original Character, Travis Mayweather/Original character, Hoshi Sado/Original character, Ensign Tanner/Original Character, Dr. Phlox/Original Character, James T Kirk/Original Character, Leonard McCoy/Original Character, Spock/Original Character, Pavel Chekov/Original Character, Data/Original Character, Wesley Crusher/Original Character, William Riker/Original Character, Tasha Yar/Original Character, Deanna Troi/Original Character, Jadzia Dax/Original Character, Julian Bashir/Original Character, Gul Dukat/Original Character, Weyoun/Original Character, Seven of Nine/Original Character, Harry Kim/Original Character, Icheb/Original Character, Annie Sawyer/Original Character, John Mitchell/Original Character, Jonas Blane/Original Character, Bob Brown/Original character, Hector Williams/Original Character, Dean Winchester/Original Character. Castiel/Original Character, Queen Mary Stuart/Original character, Greer Noorwood/Original character, Sebastian “Bash” de Poitiers/Original Character, Angel/Original Character, Spike/Original Character, Cordelia/Original character, Shane Walsh/Original Character, Daryl Dixon/Original Character, Rosita Espinosa/Original character, Negan/original character, Paul “Jesus” Monroe/Original Character, Nick Clark/Original Character, Alicia Clark/Original Character, Chris Manawa/Original Character, Jake Otto/Original Character, Troy Otto/Original Character, Sunny/Original Character, Tilda/Original character, The Widow/Original Character, Quinn/Original Character, Waldo/Original Character, Tate Langdon/Original Character, Dr. Oliver Thredson/Original Character, Kit Walker/Original Character, Mary Eunice McKee/Original Character, Kyle Spencer/Original Character, Misty Day/Original Character, Jimmy Darling/Original Character, Dandy Mott/original character, Mr. March/Original Character, Donovan/Original Character, Rory Monahan/Original Character, Edward Mott/Original Character, Kelly Severide/Original Character, Gabriel Dawson/Original Character, Brian “Otis” Zvonecek/Original Character, Peter Mills/Original character, Antonio Dawson/Original Character, Jimmy Borelli/Original Character, Dr. Connor Rhodes/Original Character, Dr.Ethan Choi/Original Character, Dr. William Halstead/Original Character, Sarah Reese/Original Character, Maggie Lockwood/Original Character, Jeff Clarke/Original Character, Malcom Reynolds/Original Character, Kaylee Frye/Original Character, Inara Serra/Original Character, Jayne Cobb/Original Character, Simon Tam/Original character, Zoe/Original Character, 10k/Original Character, Sergio Balleseros/Original Character, Dr. Sarah Jordan/Original Character, Dr. Hiroshi Hataka/Original Character, Dr. Kyle Sommer/Original Character, Scythe/Original Character, Dr. Kato/Original character, Barry “Flash” Allen/Original Character, Leonard “Captain Cold” Snart/Original Character, Harrison “Reverse Flash” Wells/Original Character, Harry Wells/Original Character, Mick “Heatwave” Rory/Original Character, Rip Hunter/Original Character, Felicity Smoak/Original Character, Oliver “Arrow” Queen/Original Character, Roy “Arsenal” Harper/Original Character, John Diggle/Original Character, Tommy Merlyn/Original Character, Slade “Death Stroke” Wilson/Original Character, Malcom Merlyn/Original Character, Thea “Speedy” Queen/Original Character, Ravi Chakrabarti/Original Character, Clive Babineaux/Original character, Sydney Chambers/Original Character, Norman Bates/Original Series, Dylan Massett/Original Character, Alex Romero/Original Character, Ethan Chang/Original Character, Zack Shellby/Original Character, Jake Riley/Original Character, Victor Cannerts/Original Character, Martin Riggs/Original Character, Jamie Fraser/Original Character, Mark Reynold/Original Character, Crixus/Original Character, Nick Amaro/Original Character, Rafael Barba/Original Character, Dominick "Sonny" Carisi/Original Character, Jesse Custer/Original Character, Proinsias Cassidy/Original Character, Eugene Root/Original Character, John “Thunderbird” Proudstar/Original Character, Clarice “Blink” Fong/Original Character, Marcos “Eclipse” Diez/Original Character, Capt. Ed Mercer/Original Character, Lt. Alara Kitan/Original Character, Lt. John Lamar/Original Character, Newt Scamander/Original Character, Thranduil/Original Character, Bard/Original Character, Fíli/Original Character, Kíli/Original Character, Legolas/Original Character, Boromir/Original Character, Tony “Iron Man” Stark/Original Character, Steven “Captain America” Rodgers/Original Character, Thor/Original Characters, Clinton “Hawkeye” Barton/Original Character, Natasha “Black Widow” Romanoff/Original Character, Pietro “Quicksilver” Maximoff/Original Character, Wanda “Scarlet Witch” Maximoff/Original Character, Loki/Original Character, Vision/Original Character, Black Panther/Original Character, Bruce “Batman” Wayne/Original character, Clark “Superman” Kent/Original Character, Diana “Wonder Woman” Prince/Original Character, Richard “Dick” Grayson/Original Character, Tim Drake/Original Character, Jason Todd/Original Character, Damian Wayne/Original Character, Joker/Original Character, Dr. Stephen Strange/Original Character, Mordo/Original Character, Wade “Deadpool” Wilson/Original Character, Newt/Original Character, Minho/Original Character, Thomas/Original Character, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Original Character, Darth Maul/Original Character, Kylo Ren/Original Character, phasma/original character, Armitage Hux/Original Character, Poe Dameron/Original Character, Peter Quill/Original Character, Owen Grady/Original Character, David 8/Original Character, Richard B. 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Kennedy/Original Character, Hypatia/Original character, Orestes/Original Character, Davus/Original Character, Bumblebee/Original Character, Optimus Prime/Original Character, Hound/Original Character, Enoch O’Connor/Original Character, Alma Peregrine/Original Character, Charles “Professor X” Xavier/Original Character, Ororo “Storm” Iqadi/Original Character, Piotr “Colossi” Nikolaievitch Rasputin/Original character, Remy “Gambit” LeBeau/Original character, James “Warpath” Proudstar/Original Character, Regan “Lady Mastermind” Wyngarde, Neena “Domino” Therman/Original character, Erik Lehnsherr/Original Character, Tobias "Four" Eaton/Original Character, Eric/Original Character, Kai Parker/Original Character

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#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #the hobbit

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lovingunderratedcharacters · 8 years ago

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Fury: Letters Home

Anon: Can you HCs or like mini one shots for the boys from Fury Writing home to their wives or girlfriends?

(So this is going to be a little bit different from the other stuff I write, but take into account that these are letters so there’ll probably be a few misspellings and those will be on purpose to make it more authentic. I loves writing these, by the way.)

Don “Wardaddy” Collier:

My girl,

You know, I think about you all the time. It’s too damn loud out here, and Coon’s getting on my nerves again. It’s only a matter of time before I lose it. Anyway, like I said, I think about you a lot, and I dream about you even more. Remember back in grade school when we first met and you threw mud in my face? Got mud flung into my face by an explosion today, but all I could think about was that first day. That day changed my life, and I can’t help but go back to it whenever things go to hell over here.

I hope you’re alright, and you’re keeping everyone in check. I know the Anderson’s dog kept digging holes under the fence. I hope you got that fixed up.

I love you so much baby.

Your warrior,

Don

Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis:

Babygirl,

I been thinking bout you, and I hope you’re gonna send me a picture of yourself soon, cause the last one I had got burned up. I don’t got much time to write this. Wardaddy’s moving us out in a few minutes an thisll be my last chance to right you a letter for a while, I think.

Listen, I know I ain’t that good at words, but I love you, babygirl, and as soon as I get home, I’m marrying you. So you best be ready, cause ain’t nothing going to change that.

Love,

Grady

Boyd “Bible” Swan:

My angel,

Do you know how lonely it is here without you? I can’t stand it, but thankfully it looks like the war is winding down, so I should be back home soon. I look forward to holding you in my arms, just like our wedding night. Sadly I can’t get into too much detail, because I know Gordo’s somewhere around here just waiting to get his hands on something smutty. Still, I’m so happy you agreed to marry me, and just before I left. You are such a brave, strong woman, and I’ so happy to have you in my life. I can’t wait to grow old with you.

Please wait for me, my love. I’ll be home soon.

Yours truly,

Boyd

Norman Ellison:

Y/N,

It’s horrifying out here. I never thought it would be like this. I just want to be home, in bed with you. Instead I’m out here, praying that the next explosion isn’t my last. I’m sorry to be so down, but I hate it out here. I’m so sick of th war and I want it to be over. I need you and I mis you. Just please stay safe and stay happy, this’ll all be over soon.

Norman

Trini “Gordo” Garcia:

Honeypie,

I know you hate that nickname, but I’m out fighting a war so I think I’ve earned the right to call you that. It’s not too bad out here. Peiople oversentionalize it. I think it’s kind of fun to be honest. I mean, baby, I’m driving a tank! How can it get any better. I mean, the war could end and I could have you in this tank instead of a bunch of other guys. I’ve already got a couple ideas for good lovemaking spots in here when you finally visit. And I’ve paid Coon to keep everyone away for at least an hour, so be preopared.

Got to go now, Bible’s making me help him give the tank a wash. It’s gonna suck, but I’ll be fine. I hope you’re doing good, honeypie. I love you very very much.

Happy Birthday honeypie,

Trini

P.S. I hope you get this in time for your birthday. I put a picture in here, too. I know how much you love seeing me in my uniform.

#fury #fury headcannons #wardaddy #grady travis #bible swan #norman ellison

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ao3feed-sherlockfemslash · 7 years ago

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Literary One-shots

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by TombRomance

These are a series of One-shots I'll be making when writers block occurs. It has many fandoms and many subjects, Please Enjoy.

Words: 1756, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

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#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #sherlock

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ao3feed-mcufemslash · 7 years ago

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Literary One-shots

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ldLaGP

by TombRomance

These are a series of One-shots I'll be making when writers block occurs. It has many fandoms and many subjects, Please Enjoy.

Words: 1756, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

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#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #mcu

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jaygonzalez22 · 6 years ago

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I N T U I T I O N - Travis Grady. Edit 1!

Being the only protagonist trusted by “Alessa Gillespie” it’s a must that I bring him into the spotlight. Unlike prior protagonists Travis doesn’t go to silent hill due to crime nor greed. He’s simply chosen by Alessa. The inspiration for I N T U I T O N was primarily based on Travis’s success at carrying out Alessa’s deed. While questioning why he was chosen it all soon became clear. Alessa & Travis have been failed by their parents. They both endured years of emotional distress and pain and have yet to gain redemption. With this being shown to Travis through numerous night terrors and falling outs. It hit him as he held the Flauros. This is what he was chosen for. This was his quest, his duty, his one shot at defeating the wrath of the unborn GOD that traps her. While creating this edit i wanted to bring out a fierce energy of confidence and assurance. Bright Orange, Pink & dark purple dust splatter surround Travis. While capturing the perfect pose holding the Flauros he indeed steals the scene. While conquering his long journey and making the most powerful spiritual friend. Its no doubt that he’ll never second guess his I N T U I T I O N.

Originally released June 11th, 2019

#silenthill

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ao3feed-chicagofire · 7 years ago

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Literary One-shots

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by TombRomance

These are a series of One-shots I'll be making when writers block occurs. It has many fandoms and many subjects, Please Enjoy.

Words: 1756, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

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#chicago fire #chicago fire fanfic #ao3feed #fanfic

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twdmusicboxmystery · 7 years ago

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Fear 4x10: Analysis

Good morning! Who watched Fear last night? I have to say, I'm really enjoying this season, still. I thought last night’s episode was excellent! And, as a bonus, it had tons of relevant symbolism in it.

***Spoilers abound for Fear 4x10. Don’t read until you’ve watched! You’ve been warned!***

Let's first talk about the broad stuff. Alicia ends up at the cabin or house. It's very much like a lot of the places we've seen before. There are a lot of things that reminded me of the moonshine shack, and also the cabin Carol, Tyreese and the girls went to in 4x14.

Remember last week when I said it seemed like the group would be split up for the B part of the season and we’d have individual episodes about each group? Did I call that or what? This episode was about Alicia and Charlie, and the next episode will (based on the trailer for next week) be about Morgan.

If you want to see this as a repeat of Beth and Daryl at the moonshine shack (and you probably will as I go along) then Alicia would be Daryl and Charlie would be Beth. My reasoning on that is just that Alicia is the more angry, surly one, and Charlie is the more sad, weepy one. Between the two, Alicia is also the stronger and more capable. In a minute I'll show some dialogue but also supports this.

So, when she gets there, Alicia finds four walkers in the house. Two men and two women. This was meant to be the family that lived there. Father, mother, son, daughter. The son and daughter were at least teenagers, if not adult age. So, the family all died in the house together.

In terms of Alicia, that would've reminded her of her family a lot. Before the apocalypse happened, it was Madison, Travis, Alicia, and Nick. I think that's why she threw the pictures out. She couldn't stand the reminders of a family she once had and no longer does. But everything about this is symbolism we've seen before. There is a very obvious example of the Bethyl side-by-side walker theme.

In this case, there were two men and two women. I'm not sure what to make of that exactly, but it's interesting. I don't think we've ever seen an example of two men and two women side-by-side like this in regular TWD. But I'm wondering if the other couple (besides Bethyl) could be John Dorey and June. So maybe they're doing to show there are now two couples, one on each show, that are following the same symbolism? Just an idea.

The photos themselves reminded me of Sasha in 5B. Remember, she used the photographs as target practice? Even though what happened was a little different, in both cases these women (Sasha and Alicia) were in pain and couldn't stand to see pictures of happy families around them. Even what was in the pictures was mildly suspicious to me. A lot of them were taken at the beach, which plays into the beach theme of this episode. But I noticed one was the little boy playing baseball (Negan?) And there is also one at an amusement park, kinda like one Rick and Michonne went to in S7. And there were other ones that had water in them.

I will also say that there were several things in this that made me think Alicia was being somewhat paralleled with Rick as well. There was a part where she looked at herself in the mirror, which reminded me of Rick getting to Alexandria in 5B. We also saw her silhouette against the light several times, which they did with Rick S8.

Later in the episode, Alicia goes out to look at the four walkers she dragged out and Charlie has wrapped them in shrouds. I noticed that three of them were dark and one was white. I'm not sure exactly how to interpret that, but it's the black/white theme that we see around Beth and Daryl a lot (X). I wonder if it's something like three deaths and one resurrection? Or could be connected to the St. Nicholas/pickle story which is three resurrections. I'm not sure. But I thought it was super-interesting.

At one point, there's something dead in the fireplace. It had been stuck in the chimney and fell when Alicia was cleaning it out. I couldn’t tell what it was at first, but I’m fairly sure it was a dead bird. That’s kinda huge! 1) It’s literally a bird surrounded by ashes. So, Phoenix theme. 2) Even more than that, remember that in 4x11, Carl saw a dead bird in the pudding house.

I’ve ALWAYS thought that was a foreshadow of Beth. Dead bird = Beth before she’s resurrected. If that dead bird had just been about Carl’s death, it wouldn’t still be a thing now. (This shot from S4 also includes a bird cage. Remember the bird cage in Beth’s cell in 4x01.)

Alicia apologizes to it and says, "I'm trying." The trying theme was especially big in TWD S5. I’m not sure what to make of the fact that she’s apologizing to it, but I’m sure it’s symbolic in some way.

On TTD, they said the family was supposed to have asphyxiated because the fireplace was clocked. So the dead bird actually killed the family. Also highly symbolic. Think of it this way: Beth’s death “killed” Daryl emotionally. In other instances of the side-by-side theme, Karen’s death “killed” Tyreese emotionally. So it’s very interesting that this bird literally killed the family in this case

In TTD, they also talked about the bird Madison talked about in 4x08. That’s what it was about for Alicia. But it all goes back to the bird symbolism from S4. And remember, who is the song bird?

This is probably the thing that made my jaw dropped the most. When she's trying to start a fire, she burns something that says "Rottweiler" on it.

Remember that Emily was rumored to be filming scenes at that white cabin with a Rottweiler. Wouldn’t it be crazy if those missing scenes from season five showed up in fear instead of in TWD? That would be insane! But this does seem to be foreshadowing something with a Rottweiler on Fear and having to do with Alicia.

While we’re on the subject, there were at least two other dog symbols that I saw in the house. (Sirius/Dog Star theme). When Alicia first enters the house, there's this plaque that has a dog and a paw on it.

It was also featured on TTD. The fat that it says “Rotty” made me think of the fact that at Grady, they called walkers “Rotters.” Perhaps another rottweiller clue we totally missed?

Then here in the background, I think this might actually be a picture of two Rottweilers. It's unclear, so I can't be sure, but that's what it looks like to me. See why I’m excited?

This house also had a lot of canned food in it. That's similar to both the funeral home from Alone and also from Carol and Tyreese's cabin in the Grove. It also reminds me a lot of the cabin we saw on the Red Machete miniseries.

Just cans of food out on the counter.

Alicia picks a green one and a blue one. It doesn't show us the labels on either one of them, so obviously what’s in the cans isn’t terribly important for us to know. But the color scheme is there. I also noticed that in this part, there's a water bottle on the left that says Green Valley Springs.

When Alicia finds Charlie in the house, she tries to leave because she doesn't want to end up hurting Charlie.

The sequence with the car was really strange. Alicia had the keys and tried to open the car door, but for some reason, the door stuck. I watched it several times and I'm still unclear on why the door wouldn't open. There is what looks like some sort of strap on the inside of the door, and I thought maybe it was some sort of bungee cord holding the door shut. Looking more closely, I honestly think that might just be decoration on the door. The door randomly wouldn't open and as a result, Alicia ended up with a mild head injury.

It just smacks of Beth to me. I'm not sure if we should be interpreting it literally—like something about Beth being left behind in the car had to do with the door not opening—or if it's more just the "please associate cars with head injuries" kind of thing. I don't know, but that seemed really suspicious to me.

Of course the cabin has the Grady lighting, where the inside is dark but light is coming in from the outside. We also see pictures of plants in the laws, which I think we seen before in a few different places in TWD. (Btw, on TTD, Chris Hardwick said we should be looking at the lighting, the pictures and things in the background, the shots, etc. So we’re totally justified in reading into this stuff. ;D)

Onto the dialogue. Charlie wants to save the pictures. Alicia is against it. I thought this was a really interesting way to do this theme. Alicia keeps telling her that the people are gone. (“Just gone” theme) and saving the pictures won’t bring them back. To which Charlie replies, "You don't know that!"

Exactly what Beth said. So once again, Charlie equals Beth and Alicia equals Daryl. The Alicia later says, "No one's gone until they're gone. And "When they're gone, they're just gone." Another Daryl line.

Remember that the “just gone” line specifically means that someone is not dead, but just missing. Daryl said it about Beth in 4x16. Also, 4x08 of Fear where Madison “died” is called “No One’s Gone.” So we’re seeing this a lot and to me it always means that someone who is presumed dead is not truly dead and will return.

The candlelight dinner Alicia and Charlie share reminded me of both Beth and Daryl’s in Alone and Carol and Tyreese in 4x14. We’ve seen other similar candlelight dinners as well, but none quite as potent as those two.

The basement was flooded, which reminded me a lot of the food bank in 5x02. At one point, Alicia has flashbacks to Nick and Madison's deaths.

That reminds me a lot of Sasha in 5x13, when she flashed back to Bob, Tyreese, and Beth's deaths. But it occurred to me that we actually have kind of an opposite thing going on here from Sasha. I found this episode to be very powerful. Charlie and Alicia, much like Beth and Daryl, came out of it in a much healthier emotional place. They found forgiveness and healing.

That was not the case for Sasha. At least not when she had her flashbacks. She was a great deal of pain and having the flashbacks did not heal her. So, kind of an antiparallel there, but still similar to S5.

The walker in the tree. This is pretty huge too. There's a walker impaled on a tree outside the upper window of the house, which Charlie keeps looking at. We can only assume it got there because the wind picked it up and flew through the air and it ended up being impaled on the branches of the tree. I wondered while watching it, if perhaps we could relate that to Beth in some way. It occurred to me that this was a type of crucifixion. The walker was up on the tree, just hanging there. It's not uncommon for Christ's cross to be referred to simply as a tree because it was made of wood. But I also wondered if I was reaching. Looking at something that wasn't there.

Then, near the end of the episode, that walker fell out of the tree and onto the basement door. Apparently, that made it possible for Alicia to push the door open and for them to get out. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure how that was supposed to work. The door was chained from the outside, and I'm not sure how the walker falling on it actually freed them. It could be that it's weight, and possibly the weight of a tree branch simply broke the chain. Still a little unlikely if you ask me, bordering on unrealistic. It doesn't actually bother me, though. I think the whole point is the symbolism.

Because Christ is seen as the Christian savior, I think it's important that this walker was hanging on a tree, and then ended up being the thing that saved them. There are some major Christian themes in this episode. And does this point it Beth? I don't know. It might. We have the Rottweiler references and now a reference to someone who was crucified. (Remember that Beth wore the cross bracelet at Grady to show that it was her crucifixion and Father Gabriel talked about how one of their own was “sacrificed”) will save them. I hope it refers to Beth. It may be more of a Christian theme than anything else, but Beth has also been set up as the Christ figure in TWD. So either way, it makes me pretty excited.

It's also worth noting that when Alicia shot the crucifixion walker, she shot it exactly where Beth was shot.

A look! A bunch of burials. Alicia buried a bunch of walkers that nobody actually knew or cared about. And who that we did know and care about didn't get the burial?

This brings me to another theme that we saw both in 4x13 and 4x14. Charlie said she wanted to leave the photos for anyone who might come later. That theme really came together for me at the end. After burying the walkers, Alicia said she done it for the people who might come later. I mean, this cabin could BE the cabin that Carol and Tyreese went to. It's not, but in that case someone else came before them and buried the people they found there. So when Ty and Carol got there, there were already graves on the property. Alicia’s set up was like a prequel to that. She stayed in the house, and ended up bearing the people she found there

This theme was also in 4x13 because Beth wanted to leave the thank you note in case anyone came back. It's a theme about doing something, leaving a message for anyone who might come after them.

I think it's a really interesting and powerful theme. Oh, and there's the “friends and family” sign behind the graves. Almost as if to show that friends and family always get burials.(Sorry this pic is a little blurry. My internet connection was being a chump at the time.)

Alicia passes the weapon her signature weapon to Charlie. Kind of reminded me of Daryl giving Beth his crossbow.

Alicia and Charlie are now looking for the others. Just as Beth and Daryl did in 4B.

I’m not going to say too much about the beach theme. It does suggest something about the coast, and possibly Oceanside, but I'll leave it at that.

Alicia drives back to Strand’s mansion but everybody is gone. I did notice one thing that I didn't notice last week. I don't know if we never got this angle or if I just missed it, but there is a black and white horse artwork over the mantle.

The school bus is now on its side. We know from last episode that nobody was actually there when that happened. John and Strand are out looking for someone and Luciana went chasing after Charlie. Meanwhile June and Al are in Al’s truck. But the overturned truck reminded me a lot of 5x05 when the short bus crashes. Even in 4x10, Inmates, the bus wasn't on its side, but Maggie, Sasha, and Bob did find the bus wrecked on the side of the road.

And back to the “just gone” theory. At the end, Alicia tells Charlie that the others are “gone.” Once again, this is an example where we (the audience) KNOW the other characters are still alive. Alicia and Charlie don’t know it, but we do. And they’re being described as “gone.”

I think that's all I have for now. This is structurally REALLY feeling like a mirror of TWD 4b, and that’s where Bethyl first happened, so it gives me tons of hope. I really loved this episode and Fear is really given me the TD tingles lately. How did everyone else like the episode?

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