#i mean the s6 hug did something to me

[catofoldstones]

was thinking a lot and realised that i like the girl in grey theory so much because it’s symbolic that sansa’s finally home, that all the starks will be v soon home. it’s the red flare signal in the fog that this is where things start getting better

[fandomout]

hi babe! ur a great writer, just letting u know

can i request a carl x reader where when they get kicked out in like s6, shes like this rich kid who bribes the bank into getting their house back? like the cops are kicking them out and she just pulls up with a notice, shoves it in their face and the cops leave? i think it’d be hilarious

lots of love🤍🤍🤍

Sorry about the late reply. I'm trying to get back into things. I hope you enjoy it.♥

Rich Reader helps Carl when they are getting evicted

Carl couldn’t stand what was happening to the house, but he wasn’t going to bring you into it.

He thought with Fiona’s loan looming over his head it seemed possible. After the auction, he didn’t want you finding out.

That particular early morning, you heard the sound of your parents popping champagne in the kitchen, and you walked up to them and asked, “What are you guys celebrating?”

You dad answers, “You know our top salesmen got a house bought in the area we are trying to buy out; When any of them go down, it just means another one, and another one, and ano-”

“I get it.”

Seeing yet again no response from Carl, out of sheer boredom you look over at the stack of papers on the kitchen counter top and you ask, “Do you mind if I take a look?” Your moms eyes go wide and reach for the papers, which causes the papers to fall.

In distaste, your mom says, “Look what you did.”

You apologize and help pick them up and a familiar picture catches your eye. It was the Gallagher house, having been sold and marked with the day before.

You stand up and shout, “What is this?!”

Your father responds nonchalantly, “Don’t get all riled up…”

“Why the hell would you do this?”

“Not us. It’s just apart of the workload. We didn’t do it personally.”

“Yeah I’m sure. You hate Carl.”

“Yes, we don’t like that boy you hang out with. However, we didn’t go looking to do this. It’s just a bonus.” You shake your head at them and leave the house.

You are on the way to the Gallagher house when you see Carl sitting on a bench at the school track with Nick.

You go up to him and shove him before screaming, “Why didn’t you fucking tell me, bone head?”

Nick stands up, and Carl waves him off. Nick goes onto his bike and begins to ride the track. You shove Carl once more and wait for a response. He yells, “What are you on about women?!”

“Don’t fucking start, Carl!”

The threat calms him down as he lowers his voice and says, “What is it Y/N? Geez…”

“Uhmm…I don’t know. Your house being sold.”

“Shit.”

“Yeah, Shit. Why didn’t you tell me?””

“I didn’t want to worry you.”

“Carl...It’s me.”

“You wouldn’t have this problem.”

“Ouch…However, fair.” He snickers. You put a hand on his shoulder and comment, “You can tell me anything Carl. I’m here for you whatever you need.”

“Well, really there isn't much to do. They outbid us last night…Even after Fiona getting a loan, and everyone else scraping up what they could.”

“I could’ve helped.”

“No. Fiona didn’t want my money. I doubt she’d want yours. She wouldn't’ have taken it.”

“But, still-”

Carl's phone rings. It was Debbie, and she was freaking out. You could hear it as she yelled, “I need you like fucking now!” Carl looks over to you and says, “The cops are taking our stuff out.” You stand up and tell him, “Well, let's go.” Carl waves Nick over, and you head over to the house.

You can’t believe the sight of the he cops just taking their things out the house and throwing them like nothing. Carl notices that you haven’t moved from your spot and asks, “You’re not coming?”

“I have to do something. Before i go-” You hug Carl close, which gave you the chance to grab at Carl's gun.

You weren’t sure you’d need it, but something instinctive told you to take it,

Getting home, your quick to find the paper from the morning, you call the new owners, as you get ready to print a new contract that you’ve seen your parents make time and time again.

“Hello, thank you for your latest purchase without us. I was just calling to see if we could finish some final things today.” As they agree, you continue to say, “Great. Where can we meet?...A cafe? Would you mind texting the address to this number? Okay. I’ll see you there.”

Having all you paperwork, you rush to your room clearing out your savings and grabbing your checkbook. Then, you head over towards the city.

The couple look at you surprised, and they say,

“I’m sorry I thought we were supposed to be-”

“Meeting my parents?”

“I’m sorry for all the confusion.” You present an envelope to the table. “You recently bought that house; Now, my friend is going to be homeless. I know this isn’t your problem. However, I can still make this even better. I’ve got about 300,000 its way more than the cost you paid for the house and with that you could probably buy a new house. I have this contract of you releasing the house and your money from the auction will be given back. You just have to sign.”

“I don't know about this.”

You put on your best Carl impression before showing the gun in your pants and say, “Your going to fucking sign before I pop you right here.” You were shaking on the inside at all of it. However, they were quick to sign and rush out of there with the money. You let out air before grabbing the papers and trying to rush back to Carl. This had to have worked.

The police stand in front of Fiona, Carl, and Debbie. You take your keys out the car and slam the door shut and shout, “Stop right there!”

They all look at you funny.

You pull up the papers and look to Fiona before saying, “Fiona, I need you to sign this!”

“What is it?”

“Trust me.”

Fiona does so, and you unconsciously shove the papers at the cop. The cop asks, “What's this?”

You respond, “An agreement from the buyers. They've changed their minds about the house.”

“That means nothing.”

“It does when they sign the house off to Fiona, who has the means to pay any debts on the house and buy it back in full with this check.” You hand it off to the guy. “Getting the bank off our backs.”

They all cheer before Fiona comments, “Please leave my property. I’ve got cleaning to do.”

With grim faces, the police leave

Fiona hugs and kisses you in the cheek. Carl pulls you in right after and asks, “How is this even possible?”

“A combo of my parents and you.”

“Me?”

“Yeah. You.”

You pull out his gun and hand it back to him.

“Shit.” He said before laughing and hugging you again. “Hey, Y/N?”

“Yeah?”

“Forget your parents…You're one of us…Thank you.”

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s7 spoilers ✨✨

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ok

"death alive" fucking snipe me the insane death motif that seems to be present here is killing me pun intended

GRAAAHAHAHHGROWLS IM SO EXCITED I CAN TEVEN

"i don't want to be separated again"

"i don't want to be separated again"

stop it right tf now bc this is literally what i have been wanting one of them to say so badly. also smooch. dear christ

the fact that terry wants so badly for him and claudia to be free that he is pleading with fucking archmage aaravos himself. like ik they're partners in crime atp but still my guy has balls. the dedication. poor thing 😭

aaravos fucking leading claudia on with even more hope of viren being saved - his own backstory making the way he's manipulating her grief 10x more twisted - and terry seeing right through his bullshit..... im foaming at the mouth

fuckin.g- FOR ME?!?!?!?!?!?

CALLUM SOBBING OVER EZRAN??? (dreamer's nightmare was prepping us for this huh)

SOREN APOLOGIZING TO CALLUM?? (for what i do not know) EMOTIONAL CALLUM/SOREN HUG DEAR GOD ALL IVE EVER WANTED

the making of a primal stone, more moon magic, a quest for an ingredient, insane biblical imagery... once again, FOR ME??!?!?!?!??!

"AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!!"

NECROMANCY!! just what this show needed omg

astrid my love. i was a little worried post-s6/pre-date announcement that we really wouldn't see that much, if any, of the celestial elves, but oh ho ho i can't believe i ever doubted you tdp. like you're telling me that astrid is tired of watching, of being the wise observers (especially now that her own brother has been so far removed from, well, being a non-all-seeing prophet), and that all she wants is to, for once, do something about all the tragedy she knows is coming and hasn't been able to do anything about? christmas fucking morning i tell you

goddamn the true extent and emphasized tragedy of katolis has been brought up enough that you just know they're not messing around

NO STOP SEEING SARAI AND HARROW NEXT TO GROWN AND CURRENTLY FCUKED UP EZRAN IS GOING TO FUCKING DEMOLISH ME

obviously ez being angry is just wow omg teehee but just. immediately being so vengeful and wanting to "destroy him" with zero hang-ups is.......... yeah wow omg teehee

"it's great!" i genuinely trust that with my life

ok hello this will most certainly be the most incredible visual to ever exist holy shit. also this is making me realize that we've never actual seen ez on the throne in arc 2 and i mean that's insane enough

this is incredible what can i say. i can see it now: rayla shoving worms in his face like "JUST EAT THE FUCKING WORMS ITS GOOD FOR YOU ASSHOLE" and runaan fighting her like a toddler refusing to eat his vegetables (except it's the opposite bc it's a vegetarian father refusing to eat his grubs)

i love how out of touch aaravos is (makes sense after centuries underneath inside of a rock) bc in what world is this normal. i highly doubt they have snow white or the bible but still it's just human nature to be weirded tf out by that. also yes @zuppizup ur so right his affinity for fruit being played on is amazing

also corvus: yeah yeah uh huh right and what exactly is your name, sir? aaravos: ah yes my name! it's uh uhh i mean it's uhhhhhhhhhhh. jofus

TWO IN THE FIRST EPISODE (which worries me but anyhow) IN THE FORM OF A GOODBYE AND A REUNION AND IN FRONT OF EVERYONE TOO???? AS A TREAT??????????

i'm all for ezran ripping runaan to shreds but i can't exactly say i see the correlation here. although that is kinda funny. it's like when i can't find my phone or smth so i just look at my dog and go "whiskey did you eat it" (she's been asleep this whole time and also she has never eaten/chewed on an object in her life)

also help inigo montoya ahh

ok 1) i, much like everyone else, kinda presumed that the tension would mostly be between ezran and callum and he wouldn't really hold anything against rayla, but the act of straight up arresting him really makes me wonder how rayla's gonna react 2) i really need to see callum's reaction (mainly out of defending rayla, but also because i can see him kinda being like "HEY i JUST freed him bro fuck you") and 3) the way that it is emphasized that soren is the one to arrest him..... idk i just figured that between his love for rayla, his own daddy issues (+the fact that viren was the one to imprison him so it would kinda be like righting his wrong), and that harrow was in fact not his father so compared to ezran he'd have a lot less resentment (he was of course still his king and soren had to actually watch it so still some but like. comparatively) i didn't think he'd be this combative but i'm certainly not complaining. the more angst the merrier

AW YEAH BOYS SHES COMING TO KATOLIS!!!!!

this has been your incoherent, feral mars commentary.* thank you

[mostowa]

_This might not be popular, but I really think that something shifted in their dynamics in late S5 (and I genuinely believe it was also always partially missing) and I think the break-up really helped to dig into this problem._

Please could you write more about this? What do you think has changed between them? When did this start and why?

Hello Nonnie!

So... Yeah. It's quite a hard topic for me, because I really don't like being the one to stand out in a cheering and positive crowd that this fandom has been. But, I will do my best to explain what I mean, too.

Disclaimer is that I binged The Rookie until 6x04 and I really believe that when you binge things you might miss the details, that with this pairing has always been important. In short: disclaimer is that I might be wrong.

I also need to say that my views come from a place of being an anxious person that has often been dismissed regarding her feelings and even belittled.

With all that in mind, let me try to explain my mindset a bit. Some of the parts I have already explained in this post. So if you've read it it might be kind of repetitive.

While I've loved Chenford since 3x12 and Green Dress, I've always found it disturbing how Tim approaches Lucy in her low moments. It's not that he approaches it bad. I just honestly think that his approach has always been quite bantery (17st place) and definitely more action than words style. There is nothing bad with that, I just don't truly believe this is good for anxious Lucy. I really think that Jackson was always the best kind support for her. I think the core thing for me was that Jackson always acknowledged her feelings and tried to be supportive, before providing solution. For me the part of "acknowledging her feelings" is the part that I haven't seen that much in Tim.

I think I noticed it hard in the documentary 5x18, when it almost felt like Lucy was in denial about being so optimistic about their relationship, while Tim was grumpy and protective over himself and his image. I think this is where I saw this shift (not sure if it was also the shift in the characters), that maybe Tim might have some serious doubts about their relationship.

For me, this is this surface level relationship problem that dr London called him out for. It is that he does not know how to be together, how to be deep in a relationship. He tried that once and look where it got him (it was not his fault by any means).

For me, it carried in the late S5 and early S6 so much so that it led to their break-up. That Tim chose to put up some walls instead of finding resolution. And, again, it's not that I blame him for that. Hell, with kind of childhood and past that he has it is incredibly in character. But he is also a grown up man that needs to take responsibility of his life and people around him. That's why 6x10 made me so excited: the dynamics are a-changing. He is starting to tear down his walls brick by brick and learn what does being together actually means.

Because I feel that as anxious as Lucy sometimes the "being together" is what she understands at her core. Hence the hug, the jump and all the big things she's been doing for him (after the break-up and before too, of course). Of course, she is not crystal (Nyla is, lol! sorry for the dad joke). She jumped on this train very quick and very enthusiastically and they never really had a real convo about their feelings.

I think it really blew up with Ray, when Tim just ghosted Lucy and kept her in the dark for so many hours. It's not a good communication, let's say straight forward it is just a really encyclopedic example of bad communication. He gets wrapped up in his own world and cannot quite wrap his mind about what Lucy needs. I hope that will get changed, because, well Tim was not a good partner then.

Just to sum this all up. I've already started to see some progress with Tim's character and I really really hope they keep on showing this in S7. This is my biggest hope for S7, actually.

I really, really hoped I answered your question. Y'all! Tell me if I'm wrong, please!!!

[outcastpack]

Thiam are so like Touch starved BF x touch is my love language BF.

I'm currently in a phase where Theo is so incredibly touch starved and takes touch as bad things to come. He was only ever touched before by the doctors and that brought pain(which he just didn't feel anymore) from punishment to more experiments to perfect the Chimeras.

Like I definitely believe the only reason Chimeras are resistant to alot of wolfsbane and can cross mountain ash is because they did all these experiments on Theo.

Anyway before I get off topic. Theo takes touch as bad things to come. Enter Liam who's love language is physical touch and who also uses it as an anchor. Theo can't understand it, everytime he gets so confused.

Everytime he's touched Liam he just doesn't understand it. He yearns for it and he doesn't know why, but it's Liam how does he even say plz touch me plz don’t let go. Liams meant to hate him and Theo just can't ask for that so he causes fights, ie the zoo and the sheriffs station. Sure Liam and him are fighting but Liam is touching him. He's like this normal this is bringing pain but then he knocks Liam out. 5 times.

He carries Liam back to the truck and he's so confused. How could he touch something so precious as Liam, with care when he was built for pain and causing suffering qnd touch meant nothing good.

Yet here he is gently lowering Liam into the passenger seat, strapping him in and cleaning him up. Rubbing the blood off his hands and using his hair gel to brush liams hair back. Like look at the pics Liams hand is clean, hair pushed back and I'm running with that continuity error and saying that Theo did that.

Theo broke through his conditioning and let himself touch, to clean Liam up because this is Liam. He's terrified the whole time Liam will wake up and punish him or something but he can't stop once he's started.

After S6 I'd say Theo will learn that Physical touch is liams love language. He watches Liam run up hugging everyone. Holding a hand over a pulse point. Always making sure he has atleast one body part touching someone.

Theo panics the 1st time he does it to him. Its so simple. A simple brush over his arm. Theo panics and Liams not an idiot, he notices. Liam spends a long time easing Theo into it, getting him used to being touch while Theo yearns and yearns for it while still not knowing why.

Liam teaches him it's ok. That not all forms of touch means bad. Liam also only ever touches him with Theo's permission. Asking is this ok with a hand hovering where he will touch.

One of the times Liam’s slowly tracing shapes on Theo's back sending shivers down Theo's spine. Instantly stopping whenever he can detect a bad reaction coming on and only continues when Theo tells him it's ok.

Ok so like I'm rambling but I hope you see it. Theos so touch starved while Liam shows his affection through it and eases Theo into it, teaches him it's ok and that his own hands won't bring Liam or anyone else pain from his own touch. That touch can mean good too.

[theawkwardanglophile]

What are your top 5 episodes??

I should have seen this coming! 😂 Thanks for the ask, Sarah, and I’m sorry I didn’t get this out sooner. My brain was mush the past couple of days and I wanted to give this my full attention when I made my decisions. And, man, I DELIBERATED on this! My criteria were episodes that were Chenford-heavy, so some eps that have like one big amazing Chenford scene (4x18 for example) were left out. And I'm sure this might change at some point, but I feel pretty good about where everything landed for now. So here we go….

5x12 Death Notice This ep just has EVERYTHING: the end of their era of riding together, being flirty at work, ridiculous married vibes (the lint picking??), LUCY LESSON (how did it take them 5 years to come up with the greatest term to counter Tim Tests? Bring back Lucy Lessons in S6!), the lengths they both will go to for each other, Tim's talk with Grey, and of course, NAKED TIME. And that doesn't even cover all of it. I just love it to pieces.

5x10 The List The absolute high this episode gave me, after a full month of bliss already with them being canon. The most delicious rom-commy cold open that I could have hoped for, trying on their entire closets and then being so painfully, adorably awkward on their date. Then Tim and Lucy being ANYTHING but subtle at work, which is just so hilarious considering they can be so stealthy when needed on the job, but trying to hide their relationship? Umm, y'all weren't fooling anyone. Maybe Nolan. And the precious first/second date at the end. The GRANDKIDS, the SMILES, the KISS. Perfection!

4x09 Breakdown An Eric Winter master performance. I just wanted to hug Tim throughout the ep. Luckily, Lucy was there for that job, and what a hug it was! Tim lets go completely and sinks into her, all his walls down. He felt so safe with her. I love how her opinion of him means everything, and she was quick to offer reassurance (I truly believe her words in 4x08 were just a slip of the tongue). But I also love how Lucy is just doing life with Tim, the things that matter. Where was Ashley, hmmm? It's Lucy that's there helping with such a significant job of remodeling Tim's childhood house, and doing some wonderful future sister-in-law bonding with Genny. Also, Tim and Lucy power-walking through the station in plain clothes? A VIBE.

4x12 The Knock The most insane double date ever? My gosh, this ep has so much fun stuff in it, so many little details, that even though Lucy started dating Chris, and Ashley decided to turn a blind eye and continue dating Tim, after watching this I had never been more convinced that Chenford was endgame. Every part of the double date is gold, and Tim and Lucy's scenes on the job beautifully showcase how seamlessly they work together (and their total lack of personal space). LOVE IT.

2x13 Follow-Up Day This ep was an early fave, and still holds a special place. TIM GAVE UP A PROMOTION FOR LUCY. Way before Court Liaison there was THIS. Lucy is his biggest cheerleader this whole ep (and, you know, always), and Grey's knowing looks during the test score scene is *chef's kiss*. And the scene outside the bakery is everything. Their faces say so much! They were being such flirts in S2, to the point that I originally wondered if they might actually start something later that season. THAT'S how powerful that scene was.

Honorable mentions:

2x11 Day of Death I know, I know, and part of me feels like it should be in the top five. I mean, it is without a doubt one of the best episodes, if not the best, they ever made. It's so powerful, and was the turning point in my shipping, because I'd only been mildly intrigued by Chenford in a few S2 eps, but DOD cemented me as a full-fledged shipper (little did I know it would become my best shipping experience of all time). But it can be a hard one to watch, and I just love those others a tiny bit more.

5x08 The Collar There are so many moments to love in this ep. It truly changed everything with Tim and Lucy, and the more I've seen their talk outside at the end, the more it grows on me. It really is so them. Even though they become CANON in this one, I think because there is so much clueless Chris, and the tough scene with the first bomb victim, it just didn't quite make it to the top 5.

3x09 Amber Anyone who was around when this aired knows we all lost our minds pretty good with this ep. It grew on me more and more over time, and I love it so much. The whole confession scene still might be the longest uncut Chenford scene...ever? Just them talking in the shop. It's insanely wonderful! And this ep gave us Parking Garage Face and the beginning of a brand new chapter with Tim and Lucy.

5x01 Double Down Editing to add this one, because I started questioning everything, and it did NOT feel right to leave this one out. What a fantastic collection of moments. The airplane kiss is top tier, HANDS, the gorgeous shots of them in the car in Vegas, it doesn't feel like pretend, etc. And even though I'm so glad they didn't cheat, I'll never be over the fact SHE OPENED THE DOOR FOR HIM AND HE WENT IN.

[raylasrightbraid]

TDP S5 PREDICTIONS / hcs kinda

made by me lolz

- we’ll see possessed callum again in some way

- rayla 2 year journey flashback?? or at least a mention of something she did or saw

- some sort of conflict in katolis while ezran being away

- opeli getting screen time pls

- sorvus?? 👀👀

- callum vs pirates (my bets on callum)

- this is rlly specific but soren talking to rayla about the coins and how sorry he is for viren imprisoning them in the first place (this should be a fanfic fr)

- zubia and domina big archdragon argument

- zym saying his first words?? literally like mama or something

- nyx constantly annoying and embarrassing rayllum (and in some way will probably help them yk? in her own way ofc)

- captain villads comeback?? we see his same boat from s5 posters

- nyx stopped stealing for good because she was inspired by rayla after she saved her in s3 (but rayla isnt so convinced)

- claudia and viren will argue

- claudia teaches terry some spells

- sir sparkle puff will hug viren or claudia or terry (he needs some love :))

- epic showdown claudia vs callum 🗣️🗣️

- again super specific but one of the pirates will insult rayla (call her a bloody-thirsty monster for ex since yk callum knows she hates that) and callum will just snap and boom fight sequence (i just want a callum fight tbh)

- blood banther will injure either amaya or rayla

- callum discovers how to get raylas parents + runaan back but knows neither he or rayla will like it (aka dark magic)

- ezran and rayla will not see eye to eye for some time due to the whole mess about runaan and king harrow now that rayla has the coins

- soren will fill in on nyx about the whole rayllum situation

- queen aanya comeback?? i RLLY wanna see her timeskip design

- idk if i count this as a prediction but more as a need that i just wanna see ellis and her silly little wolf ava again ☹️

- and lastly aaravos will be freed by the end of the season (i mean why else would s6 be called “star” its his season fr)

thats all i have for rn but PLEASE lmk what predictions you might have as we sail the hype boat!!

[matan4il]

Good morning Alice! I was gonna wait to send this till after the finale, but then said duck it I'm not predicting anything. I'm just curious about your feelings.

So I always felt like if the network was to cowardly to make Buddie Canon it would only end 2 ways, them maybe dating women or just ambiguity single as a family. Basically I never expected to see an actual fleshed out love story written for either.

And well, S1 Buck is single, S2 Shannon is dead, Ali leaves, and we get good montage hug, S3 single and great party montage. OK S4, if that was the series finale we got Buddie walking into a party, Buck not fullying entering, Eddie uncomfortable and the will reveal. As shippers, we would have never bought it. The general audience would have just shrugged. Again, they weren't left in love with women but did leave with a crazy strong bond. S5 single, and now we approach S6. I have no clue what will happen with Marisol and Natalia, but I think we can all guess it would resemble the S4 ending if anything. So again, if they were unsure about renewing and left it open-ended, the GA would shrug, and we would be like "well then here is what really happened".

So I watched that Love in the Air montage like it was approaching a series finale and felt exactly like I thought I would. I was laughing at how vapid these relationships look on Buddie vs the others. 911 love stories are built on adversity. Couples that don't get a lot of representation because maybe some don't think they are sexy enough. That's what makes me love them is how strong their foundations are. They are not built on meet cutes, you know. You can't write a love story for these 2 that approaches touching the bonds and experiences they have already experienced together. I will use the word again. it seems almost vapid!

So no clue what will happen in the finale with these girls. My gut instinct is not a lot of focus. But I'm already excited to move to ABC, where I think they will actually be invested in.

As always, I loved your meta!! Stay safe, and I hope you are feeling OK and made headway with your new treatment!!!

Hi sweetheart, thank you so much for this lovely ask! And for the kind words about my 617 meta! *HUGS*

I agree with you, if Buddie doesn't go canon, the show would never be able to develop a fully fleshed out and satisfying love story with any other Love Interest, so the show would either use really lame LIs (where it's easy to see that they'd go in the way of Ana and Taylor a short while after the cut off point of the show's finale) or Buddie would be chronically single (and each other's life partners). I admit, I prefer the latter. The former just means a break up to get to the latter, and then in both cases I'd just headcanon that Buddie finally had a feelings realization and confession, getting together at some point in the future that we don't get to see. It's inevitable with their love story.

But without a doubt, when we know that the whole (or at least majority of the) finale is the one call during which the 118 will be going down, that means there won't be much room to develop anything with either Natalia or Marisol. And I feel like that's exactly how 4a left off with Ana, and 4b did the same with Taylor. They exist, something has started there, but it's built on such shaky ground (they really did give us less than nothing for why Marisol or Natalia would work out with Eddie and Buck), we KNOW that this ground would collapse under these new LIs after a short while.

I do think the move to ABC has a lot of potential. I'm thinking ABC bought the show from Fox knowing that things are a bit rocky, so they KNOW they need to bring in more viewers, and I'm sure they understand that letting Buddie go canon has the potential to do just that, make TV history, create buzz and bring in more viewers.

On a personal note, I'm just still blown away that my HMO actually approved this treatment, but it's gonna take another week (exactly) until I get my first treatment. Which sucks, I have to cancel guiding students from Harvard in order to make this appointment, but yeah. Health before anything else, right? If I kept the Harvard tour, the next appointment is mid June.

Thank you, darling! I hope you're having a great day, too! Love you tons. As always, here's my ask tag. xoxox

[nebulouscoffee]

for the ask game star trek voyager!!

Thank you sm friend! I already answered a couple of these, but the great thing about being very indecisive is I can give different answers each time <3

Favourite character: B'Elanna Torres, although Kathryn Janeway is a close second (I do have a Janeway-themed url, after all😌)

Second favourite character: okay, I'll talk about Janeway here! Gosh what a deeply flawed individual. She's awesome, and yes, incredibly charismatic and badass, but she's also haunted, complex, and scarily capable of hurting those closest to her (which she does. Like, a lot.) She ends up in charge of a seemingly endless mission, and she cannot afford to crack- not in front of her crew, and not even really in secret- so she begins this seven-year process of what basically amounts to dehumanising herself. Her arc is almost like a long-form merging with Voyager the ship- she is Voyager, and Voyager is her! She will protect her crew and bring them home. She will ensure they get to survive. (What happens to her? Well, she knows she can and will never be the same, but she can't and doesn't think about that right now). She made a mistake and her crew paid the price and the guilt of this eats at her every day, but she cannot afford to acknowledge it or she'll go insane. She tries so hard to stick to her principles but once she's violated a few she starts thinking of her soul as this already-corrupted thing- she knows she can live with it, so why not do something else that's a bit messed up! Better me than any of my crew, right! Like- no wonder she couldn't move on with her life once Voyager reached the Alpha Quadrant in the Endgame timeline. No wonder she had to travel back in time to die in the past. She is so changed by the events of this show that the past the only place she can truly belong. Ugh!!!! I have so many feelings about her!!

Least favourite character: I dislike voyager!Q so much I actually skip all his episodes on rewatch lmao. And I'm someone who actually quite enjoys him on TNG! He's this all-powerful all-knowing omnipotent being who could literally be off anywhere any time doing anything he wanted, and yet he chooses to keep coming back to this one starship just to flirt with the most boring man alive. He literally got kicked out of the Q Continuum for having too much of a hyperfixation on his blorbo. That's funny! And compelling! Unfortunately the Voyager writers did not understand what made this work and decided his only trait was *irritates everybody* (including the audience lol). What he and Picard had was a funny back and forth, a snarky Quodo-style "these horrible old men deserve each other" rivalry. What he and Janeway have is sexual harassment played for laughs 🙃

The character I'm most like: Kes - I went into more detail here :)

Favourite pairing: B7 if we're talking non-canon ships! From canon, uhhhh I guess whatever was going on between Janeway and Chakotay in 'Resolutions' & Tom/B'Elanna before they got together

Least favourite pairing: I don't know if I have one? C7 is the popular answer but I literally straight up forget it exists because it's such a small part of the show, like it doesn't even show up for reals until the finale. I'm not a fan of the way they wrote Tom/B'Elanna for basically all of S5 and S6, and the damage control they did in S7 wasn't bad imo but also felt too little too late. I also dislike Kes/Neelix, though I do think it had potential to be a really interesting breakup arc lol

Favourite moment: That scene from 'Year of Hell' where Janeway has given the order to abandon ship and everyone else is so reluctant to desert the bridge and it looks soooo banged up but she still won't abandon it.... and then Tuvok gives her that hug goodbye..... and she glances at that little gift Chakotay made for her which she didn't have the heart to recycle..... and she talks about what Voyager means to her, and why she has to go down with the ship...... my heart😭

Rating out of 10: Objectively an 8/10, I think the early seasons are GREAT and around midway through they do sort of run out of ideas thanks to their commitment to being as episodic as possible and sidelining more than half the main cast as well as refusing to let the guest cast build up or develop. The show genuinely suffers for it imo! There's a lot of wasted potential, as well as biases of the time that prevented it from reaching true heights- I also wholeheartedly think this show ruined the Borg lol, now 75% more human and 200% less intimidating! However it's also got so many positives- I adore all the main characters so much, and the premise itself gives me so many feels that in my heart it's an 11/10🥰

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Scripts - S6 - Episode 28 (1 of 2)

Note: If you stuck and Elliot’s leaving, he’s the one who’ll talk to you about Flo and tell you about the love note. Otherwise, it will be the LI who was formerly coupled with Amelia.

Thank you @longbobmckenzie!!!

NARRATOR: Welcome back to the villa everybody! I hope you enjoyed your little holiday in Casa Amor!

NARRATOR: We’ve got a new couple in Amelia and Marshall. A still-together couple in Grace and Ozzy.

NARRATOR: A friendship couple in {0} and {1}! And of course we said goodbye to Hamish, I’m gonna miss that one!

NARRATOR: Finally, {0} decided to twist with vet Andy!

NARRATOR: Finally, {0} decided to twist with free spirit Francis!

NARRATOR: Finally, {0} decided to stick with gamer Elliot!

NARRATOR: Let’s find out if she made the right choice!

PLAYER_HAPPY: So I’m sticking… with Elliot.

{0} happily looks over at you as you say his name.

GRACE_SURPRISED: Go on, Elliot. Are you twisting or sticking?

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I won’t lie, this is the easiest decision I’ll have to make in here.

ELLIOT_SAD: I thought I’d lost this girl for good when she was dumped.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: But when I found out she was back in Casa, I knew I had to hold out for her.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Goes without saying that I’ll be sticking with…

ELLIOT_HAPPY: {0}.

PLAYER_HAPPY: So I’m twisting… with Andy.

ELLIOT_SAD: Oh.

ANDY_HAPPY: I’m so glad to finally be in a couple with you, {0}.

ANDY_HAPPY: This might be the start of something really special.

PLAYER_HAPPY: So I’m twisting… with Francis.

ELLIOT_SAD: Oh.

FRANCIS_HAPPY: This might be the start of something truly beautiful.

{0} moves closer to you and holds out his arms.

Kiss

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Get over here you!

You and {0} embrace.

Give him a snog

You wrap your arms around {0}’s shoulders and hold him tight as you press your lips against his.

You can feel how much this kiss means so much to him.

You push your chest against his and feel the comforting warmth of his body against yours.

As the kiss finishes, you plant a few quick extra kisses on his cheek.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I’ve really missed being close to you like this.

{0}_FLIRTY: Well that was quite the warm welcome.

Give him a gentle peck

You place your hands on {0}’s cheeks and lean forward slowly.

You can feel him smile as you place a delicate kiss on his warm soft lips.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I’ve really missed being close to you like this.

{0}_FLIRTY: This is a great start to villa life!

Keep it on the cheek

You lean forwards and give {0} a gentle kiss on the cheek.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Let’s see if distance made your heart grow stronger.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I’m sure you’ll find out.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Welcome to the villa, {0}.

{0}_FLIRTY: Glad to be here.

Hug

You open your arms and let {0} embrace you.

{0}_HAPPY: This has worked out perfectly.

You hold each other for a moment.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It’s great to have you back, {0}.

Double high five

You hold your hands up in the air.

PLAYER_HAPPY: We made it!

You and {0} slap your palms together in celebration.

{0}_HAPPY: We sure did.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It’s great to have you back, {0}.

AMELIA_IDLE: Looks like we survived Casa, girls.

GRACE_HAPPY: I’m so relieved.

AMELIA_IDLE: And you made the right choice, {0}. You did what was right for you.

GRACE_HAPPY: We all did.

{0}_HAPPY: I’m just happy that we’re all still here.

{0}_SAD: It’s sad to see people go but I’m glad that my summer is gonna continue.

{0}_HAPPY: Especially with you still here, {1}.

{0}_FLIRTY: Especially since we chatted about exploring things more…

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Me too. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

{0}_FLIRTY: Maybe we’ll get a chance to take it up a notch tonight after it all settles down.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Interesting.

{0}_HAPPY: Excited to keep it casual and see what happens.

{0}_HAPPY: Just like we chatted about.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, me too.

{0}_HAPPY: Something tells me there’s still lots of twists and turns ahead.

{0}_HAPPY: Glad my bestie made it back into the villa.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, me too.

MARSHALL_HAPPY: It feels so good to be in the main villa!

AMELIA_FLIRTY: It feels good to have you here.

OZZY_SURPRISED: Still can’t believe you’re here too, Marsh!

MARSHALL_FLIRTY: Couldn’t let you have all the fun, could I?

OZZY_SERIOUS: I guess you worked your magic in Casa.

MARSHALL_HAPPY: It was an eventful few days for sure.

OZZY_SERIOUS: As long as you’re not bringing any drama in with you?

MARSHALL_FLIRTY: Why would you think that?

OZZY_SERIOUS: We both know what you’re like.

MARSHALL_SERIOUS: Seems like maybe you’re the one starting the drama!

GRACE_IDLE: Chill, boys.

AMELIA_IDLE: Yeah, Stick or Twist was dramatic enough!

From the villa doors Andy and Francis emerge and walk toward the Firepit.

They look over at you, feigning smiles.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Andy… Francis!

ANDY_SAD: Hey, {0}.

FRANCIS_SAD: No hard feelings.

A phone pings.

ANDY_SAD: That’s me.

Andy reads out the text.

LITEXT: Andy and Francis, as you’ve both been left single your time in the villa has come to an end. {0}HomewardBound {1}StillAFreeSpirit

ANDY_IDLE: Well, that’s that.

ANDY_SAD: Can’t say I’m not disappointed, I thought me and {0} had something.

FRANCIS_SAD: Can’t say I’m not gutted, I felt a vibe with {0}.

ANDY_IDLE: Time to say goodbye then.

FRANCIS_IDLE: Yeah, it’s been a fun ride. My soul has been enriched.

ANDY_HAPPY: Guess I’ll just have to go home and cuddle up with a puppy instead.

MARSHALL_HAPPY: We’ll go for beers when I’m out of here, Andy. I learnt a lot from you.

ANDY_HAPPY: For sure, mate. You’ve brought the entertainment!

MARSHALL_FLIRTY: I aim to please.

FRANCIS_IDLE: The stars just weren’t aligned for me and {0} this time…

FRANCIS_FLIRTY: But if the universe gave us another chance, who knows?

FRANCIS_HAPPY: It’s been great getting to know you, maybe I’ll see you on the outside.

ANDY_FLIRTY: Yeah, it’s been memorable, I’ll never forget this experience.

ANDY_IDLE: Time to go get our cases, Francis.

FRANCIS_HAPPY: And move onto life’s next adventure!

ANDY_HAPPY: Let’s go, buddy.

ANDY_HAPPY: See you later, guys.

Say goodbye

PLAYER_IDLE: See you later, guys.

PLAYER_HAPPY: It’s been great meeting both of you.

ANDY_HAPPY: Later, {0}. Enjoyed getting to know you.

Sassily tell them to leave already

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Get a move on, guys! That plane won’t wait all day!

ANDY_SAD: Bit rude.

FRANCIS_SAD: You should drop those negative vibes, {0}.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, boys!

ELLIOT_HAPPY: It’s so good having you back, {0}. I’m pumped you stuck with me.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I hoped you would after what you said to me before you went to Casa.

ELLIOT_IDLE: But I was still stressing you’d walk back in with a Casa boy.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Well, I didn’t.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I hoped you would, but you seemed unsure about me before Casa.

ELLIOT_IDLE: So, I wasn’t sure, but I hoped for the best.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I guess it paid off.

ELLIOT_SURPRISED: Although I’m pretty surprised after you said your head wasn’t with me before Casa.

ELLIOT_IDLE: But I guess something changed your mind while you were away.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: And I’m not complaining.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I can’t wait to get to know you better. We still haven’t had long together.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I guess we haven’t really.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: We have all the time in the world now!

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Guess you’ll want to be saying hi to everyone though, let’s chat later?

PLAYER_HAPPY: Ok.

He shoots you a flirty glance as he walks over to the others.

You turn around and see {0} sidling up to you.

{0}_HAPPY: Hey, {1}. Just wanted to say welcome back to the villa.

{0}_HAPPY: It’s good to have you back, happy you weren’t dumped.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Thanks, {0}.

{0}_HAPPY: I realise you’ve been away for a while…

{0}_IDLE: A lot got chatted about while you were gone.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Like what?

{0}_HAPPY: Like what Grace and Ozzy’s fight was about the night before you got <i>dumped</i>.

{0}_IDLE: Plus, I know who wrote the love note you’ll have found in your bag.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: You know that?

{0}_HAPPY: Yep. I could give you the goss on Flo too.

{0}_HAPPY: She’s a great girl, I think you’ll really like her.

{0}_HAPPY: I thought I’d offer the scoop to help you navigate the new villa dynamic.

{0}_HAPPY: Want me to spill the tea, {1}?

*Spill the goss!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, {0}, sounds like I need to hear this.

{0}_HAPPY: Great, follow me.

You and {0} head to the swing seat as everyone else catches up.

I’ll pass

PLAYER_SERIOUS: I think I’ll pass, {0}.

{0}_SAD: Ah ok, thought you might want to be clued in.

{0}_IDLE: Especially about that note.

{0}_IDLE: Obviously it’s your call if you’re not interested, {1}.

{0}_IDLE: But it seems like everything’s still up for grabs in here.

{0}_IDLE: And this might help you work out how to play it.

*Ok, spill the beans!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Ok, {0}, sounds like I need to hear this.

{0}_HAPPY: Great! follow me.

You and {0} head to the swing seat as everyone else catches up.

I’ll pass

PLAYER_IDLE: I’ll pass.

{0}_IDLE: Fair does.

{0}_HAPPY: Welcome back anyway! I’ll see you around.

As Elliot leaves, you hear the sounds of an argument starting by the pool.

You head over to see what’s going on.

From the villa doors Francis emerges and walks toward the Firepit.

He looks over at you, feigning a smile.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Francis!

FRANCIS_SAD: Hey, {0}. No hard feelings.

A phone pings.

ELLIOT_SAD: That’s me.

Elliot reads out the text.

LITEXT: Elliot and Francis, as you’ve both been left single your time in the villa has come to an end. {0}GameOver {1}StillAFreeSpirit

ELLIOT_SAD: Can’t say I’m not disappointed, I thought me and {0} had something.

FRANCIS_SAD: Yeah, I thought me and {0} had something, too.

You thought wrong

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Well I guess you thought wrong there.

ELLIOT_SAD: I guess I did.

FRANCIS_SAD: I guess I read it wrong too.

It is what it is

PLAYER_IDLE: It is what it is.

ELLIOT_SAD: I guess it is.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Time to say goodbye then.

FRANCIS_IDLE: Yeah, it’s been a fun ride. My soul has been enriched.

MARSHALL_HAPPY: Loved getting to know you, Francis. Enjoyed the chill energy you brought.

FRANCIS_HAPPY: Enjoyed your entertaining shenanigans, Marsh!

MARSHALL_FLIRTY: I aim to please.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Guess I’ll just have to go home and reconnect with my fans.

FRANCIS_IDLE: The stars just weren’t aligned for me and {0} this time…

FRANCIS_FLIRTY: But if the universe gave us another chance, who knows?

FRANCIS_HAPPY: It’s been great getting to know you, maybe I’ll see you on the outside.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Yeah, it’s been memorable, I’ll never forget this experience.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Time to go get our cases, Francis.

FRANCIS_HAPPY: And move onto life’s next adventure!

FRANCIS_HAPPY: See you later, guys.

From the villa doors Andy emerges and walks toward the Firepit.

He looks over at you, feigning a smile.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Andy!

ANDY_SAD: Hey, {0}.

A phone pings.

ELLIOT_SAD: That’s me.

Elliot reads out the text.

LITEXT: Elliot and Andy, as you’ve both been left single your time in the villa has come to an end. {0}GameOver {1}HomewardBound

ELLIOT_SAD: Can’t say I’m not disappointed, I thought me and {0} had something.

ANDY_SAD: Yeah, I thought me and {0} had something, too

You thought wrong

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Well I guess you thought wrong there.

ELLIOT_SAD: I guess I did.

ANDY_SAD: I guess I read it wrong too.

It is what it is

PLAYER_IDLE: It is what it is.

ELLIOT_SAD: I guess it is.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Time to say goodbye then.

ANDY_IDLE: Yeah, it’s been a fun ride. Loved getting to know you all.

MARSHALL_HAPPY: We’ll go for beers when I’m out of here, Andy. I learnt a lot from you.

ANDY_HAPPY: For sure, mate. You’ve brought the entertainment!

MARSHALL_FLIRTY: I aim to please.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Guess I’ll just have to go home and reconnect with my fans.

ANDY_IDLE: The stars just weren’t aligned for me and {0} this time…

ANDY_FLIRTY: But if the universe gave us another chance, who knows?

ANDY_HAPPY: It’s been great getting to know you, maybe I’ll see you back home.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Yeah, it’s been memorable, I’ll never forget this experience.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Time to go get our cases, Andy.

ANDY_HAPPY: And move onto life’s next adventure!

ANDY_HAPPY: See you later, guys.

Elliot smiles as he whispers to you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: We might not have had much time together, but what we shared was great.

ELLIOT_IDLE: I enjoyed getting to know you, even if your heart was set on someone else.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Thanks for being a huge part of my time here.

ELLIOT_IDLE: I’d love to share a proper goodbye with you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Maybe you could let me know why you re-coupled? If you’re cool to share.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It seemed like you were into me before you went to Casa Amor.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: If you still are, a private goodbye could be fun.

He shoots you a flirty glance.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Plus I’ve got some interesting info for you before I leave.

ELLIOT_IDLE: A lot got chatted about while you were gone.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Like what?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Like what Grace and Ozzy’s fight was about the night before you got <i>dumped</i>.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Plus, I know who wrote the love note you’ll have found in your bag.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: You know that?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Yep. I could give you the goss on Flo too.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: What she’s looking for. And where her head’s actually at with {0}?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I thought I’d offer the scoop to help you navigate the new villa dynamic.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Want me to spill the tea, {0}?

*Spill the goss!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, Elliot, sounds like I need to hear this.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Great, follow me.

You and Elliot head to the villa entrance.

I’ll pass

PLAYER_SERIOUS: I think I’ll pass, Elliot.

ELLIOT_SAD: That’s a shame. I thought I’d make the offer anyway.

ELLIOT_IDLE: You’re a great girl, {0}, and I want to help you make the most of your time here.

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: Obviously it’s your call if you’re not interested, {0}.

ELLIOT_IDLE: But it seems like everything’s still up for grabs in here.

ELLIOT_IDLE: And this might help you work out how to play it.

*Ok, spill the beans!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Yeah, Elliot, sounds like I need to hear this.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Great, follow me.

You and Elliot head to the villa entrance.

I’ll pass

PLAYER_IDLE: I’ll pass on this.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Fair does.

As Elliot leaves, you hear the sounds of an argument starting by the pool.

You head over to see what’s going on.

You arrive with {0} at the swing seats. You take a seat beside him.

{0}_IDLE: I’m really glad you’re back, {1}.

PLAYER_IDLE: Really?

{0}_SAD: Yeah, it wasn't the same without you here.

{0}_HAPPY: And now you’re back with Elliot!

{0}_HAPPY: I think the two of you will make a great couple by the way.

PLAYER_HAPPY: You do?

{0}_HAPPY: Yeah you’re a good match!

{0}_HAPPY: I can tell he really cares for you.

{0} smiles at you.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: So, are you going to spill the tea like you promised?

{0}_IDLE: My pleasure. I guess I’ll start with the Ozzy and Grace fight.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Yeah, what was that about? Ozzy said she broke his trust?

{0}_EMBARRASSED: Well, it was kinda about Elliot. Grace told him that Elliot turned her head.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: What?! When me and Elliot were coupled up?

{0}_SERIOUS: No, no! It was before then. He had a chat with her before he coupled with you.

{0}_FLIRTY: Apparently there was a tiny bit of a flirt but nothing hectic.

{0}_IDLE: His head was with you already apparently.

{0}_IDLE: They were just having a laugh, more of a friends vibes really.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Then why did she tell Ozzy that Elliot had turned her head?

{0}_EMBARRASSED: Honestly? I think she was trying to make him jealous.

{0}_EMBARRASSED: She could tell that you’d turned Ozzy’s head. I think she wanted to turn the tables on him.

{0}_IDLE: Plus, apparently she told Elliot some personal stuff about Ozzy. I think that upset him.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: What personal stuff?

{0}_SAD: I think Ozzy’s got more insecurities than you’d expect deep down.

{0}_IDLE: I think that’s why he comes across a bit unsure of his own mind sometimes.

{0}_SAD: He’s an overthinker and gets in his head.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Interesting.

{0}_HAPPY: But I chatted to Ozzy a lot during Casa Amor. He’s a good guy.

{0}_HAPPY: He’s got serious morals, even if he makes some mistakes.

{0}_SERIOUS: And I think if he could’ve twisted with you, he would’ve.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

{0}_FLIRTY: For sure. He might still be coupled with Grace but I see you two ending up together.

{0}_SERIOUS: If you want that, of course.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Interesting hearing your take. So, who wrote my love note then?

PLAYER_IDLE: Grace thought it was Elliot...

{0}_FLIRTY: It was {1} who wrote the letter.

{0}_FLIRTY: I think she felt a bit upstaged by Ozzy and {1} making big plays for you.

{0}_IDLE: She’s a much less showy person than them.

{0}_IDLE: She told me she wanted to do something more intimate.

{0}_HAPPY: She wanted to make you smile when you were unpacking at home.

{0}_IDLE: That’s when she thought you’d been dumped.

{0}_HAPPY: Did you think it was her that left the note?

I thought it was {0}

PLAYER_HAPPY: I always thought it was {0}. It feels very her.

{0}_HAPPY: Yeah, absolutely. It’s her all over.

{0}_FLIRTY: She’s fun and loud, but when it comes to feelings she’s slow-burn and intimate.

I thought it was someone else

PLAYER_IDLE: I always thought it was someone else in here.

{0}_IDLE: Fair enough. You’ve got enough admirers to be fair.

{0}_HAPPY: But I can confirm it was {1}.

{0}_FLIRTY: It was Ozzy who wrote the letter.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

{0}_SERIOUS: 100%. He opened up about it after he thought you’d been dumped.

{0}_HAPPY: He wanted to make you smile when you were unpacking at home.

{0}_IDLE: And I think he wanted to let you know how much he liked you in a more intimate way.

{0}_EMBARRASSED: After all the drama with you and Grace after he told you how he felt.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Yeah, that was intense.

{0}_HAPPY: He was pretty cut up when he thought you’d gone home.

{0}_FLIRTY: It was {1} who wrote the letter.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

{0}_SERIOUS: 100%. It can’t surprise you that much.

{0}_HAPPY: He’s been your day one. His head hasn’t ever turned.

{0}_HAPPY: Jamal’s all wild and carefree, and doesn’t like being tied down.

{0}_HAPPY: Or at least he didn’t before he clicked with you.

{0}_HAPPY: I think you’re bringing out the secret romantic in him.

{0}_HAPPY: Plus Ryan’s always been a romantic. He wears his heart on his sleeve.

PLAYER_HAPPY: That is true.

{0}_HAPPY: Lewie might not be the big showy romantic type. But I think you bring it out in him.

PLAYER_HAPPY: You think so?

{0}_FLIRTY: I know so. He wouldn’t be making big gestures if he wasn’t serious about you.

{0}_HAPPY: You’ve had Roberto’s full attention since your hot tub date.

{0}_SERIOUS: He likes to play hard to get and flirt around.

{0}_FLIRTY: But he’s all about you, {1}.

He opened up about it after he thought you’d been dumped.

{0}_HAPPY: He said he wanted to cheer you up when you got home and unpacked.

{0}_FLIRTY: I think he wanted to let you know he’d be true to you until he got out.

PLAYER_IDLE: Wow, that’s a lot of info.

{0}_FLIRTY: Did you want the flo-down?

PLAYER_IDLE: The flo-down?

{0}_HAPPY: The low-down on Flo!

Tell me about Flo!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Tell me about Flo. I haven’t had the chance to speak to her properly yet.

{0}_HAPPY: I think you’ll like her. Chilled but no nonsense and lots of fun.

{0}_FLIRTY: I think you two have similar vibes.

PLAYER_HAPPY: And what about you and her?

{0}_HAPPY: It’s going really well, she’s a great girl!

{0}_IDLE: But in truth there was a bit of an ulterior motive to coupling up.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Oh?

{0}_EMBARRASSED: The postcard.

PLAYER_EMBARRASSED: Oh yeah?

{0}_EMBARRASSED: Seeing Amelia getting vibey with Marshall… I kinda knew she would twist.

{0}_HAPPY: So me and Flo decided to give things a shot.

{0}_IDLE: But I think Flo isn’t closed off. Which is fine, neither am I.

PLAYER_IDLE: Interesting.

{0}_IDLE: I also think I’m not quite her type.

PLAYER_HAPPY: What is her type then?

{0}_HAPPY: Who knows.

{0}_FLIRTY: But she described the type of girl she’s into too…

PLAYER_FLIRTY: And…

{0}_FLIRTY: And she basically described you.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

{0}_HAPPY: Yep…

I’m good thanks

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m good thanks. I’ll work her out in my own time.

{0}_IDLE: Sure thing.

{0}_HAPPY: Think you’re all caught up anyway, hope that helps.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Thanks, {0}.

Suddenly you hear the sounds of an argument starting inside the villa garden.

PLAYER_IDLE: What’s going on over there?

You head back over to the lawn to find out what’s happening.

You arrive with Elliot at the villa entrance. He lets go of his suitcase handle and turns to you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: I really didn’t think it would end like this.

PLAYER_IDLE: You didn’t?

ELLIOT_SAD: No, I thought maybe I had what it takes to last longer.

ELLIOT_SAD: I really hoped I’d make it to the final couples.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Make it there with somebody like you.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I didn’t come in here with a gameplan or anything, but…

ELLIOT_IDLE: I really thought that I’d at least find somebody to develop something with.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Always the bridesmaid, I guess.

Elliot smiles to himself.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: What are you smiling at?

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I was just thinking about my late arrival.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I’ll never forget you opening that treasure chest.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: When I jumped out and saw your face, I knew I was gonna be in for a wild summer.

ELLIOT_SAD: Just wish it had been longer. Maybe if I’d been your day one?

Elliot trails off.

ELLIOT_SAD: If you don’t mind me asking, what made you re-couple?

{0} is the better choice for me

PLAYER_IDLE: I made the right choice by re-coupling with {0}.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: I have a stronger bond with him than I ever did with you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: That’s a pretty great reason. I can’t compete with that.

It could have gone either way

PLAYER_IDLE: To be honest, it was a tough decision.

PLAYER_IDLE: I might as well have tossed a coin.

ELLIOT_SURPRISED: Well, that’s unexpected. I guess small decisions can have big consequences.

I don’t think we click, Elliot

PLAYER_IDLE: I just don’t think we click.

ELLIOT_SURPRISED: Really?!

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Is it really that surprising!

ELLIOT_SURPRISED: I guess not, I just thought we had a pretty good connection.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Agree to disagree I guess.

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: I guess so.

I’m not gonna tell you

PLAYER_IDLE: Elliot, I’m afraid you’ll never know.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’ll be keeping my reasons to myself.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Fair enough, your reasons are your reasons. None of my business.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: So, are you going to spill the tea like you promised?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: My pleasure. I guess I’ll start with the Ozzy and Grace fight.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Yeah, what was that about? Ozzy said she broke his trust?

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: Well, it was kinda about me. Grace told him that I’d turned her head.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: When? When we were coupled up?

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: No, it was before then. I had a chat with her before I coupled with you.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: We had a bit of a flirt, but nothing hectic. My head was on you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: And we had a laugh, it felt more friends vibes really.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Then why did she tell Ozzy you’d turned her head?

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: Honestly? I think she was trying to make him jealous.

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: She could tell that you’d turned his head. I think she wanted to turn the tables.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Plus, she told me some personal stuff about Ozzy. I think that upset him.

PLAYER_EMBARRASSED: What personal stuff?

ELLIOT_SAD: I think Ozzy’s got more insecurities than you’d expect deep down.

ELLIOT_IDLE: I think that’s why he comes across a bit unsure of his own mind sometimes.

ELLIOT_SAD: He’s an overthinker and gets in his head.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Interesting.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: But I chatted to Ozzy a lot during Casa Amor. He’s a good guy.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: He’s got serious morals, even if he makes some mistakes.

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: And I think if he could’ve twisted with you, he would’ve.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: For sure. He might still be coupled with Grace but I see you two ending up together.

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: If you want that, of course.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Interesting hearing your take. So, who wrote my love note then?

PLAYER_IDLE: Grace thought it was you.

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: It wasn’t me, sadly.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It was {0} who wrote the letter.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I think she felt a bit upstaged by Ozzy and {0} making big plays for you.

ELLIOT_IDLE: She’s a much less showy person than them.

ELLIOT_IDLE: She told me she wanted to do something more intimate.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: She wanted to make you smile when you were unpacking at home.

ELLIOT_IDLE: That’s when she thought you’d been dumped.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Did you think it was her that left the note?

I thought it was {0}

PLAYER_HAPPY: I always thought it was {0}. It feels very her.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Yeah, absolutely. It’s her all over.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: She’s fun and loud, but when it comes to feelings she’s slow-burn and intimate.

I thought it was someone else

PLAYER_IDLE: I always thought it was someone else in here.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Fair enough. You’ve got enough admirers to be fair.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: But I can confirm it was {0}.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It was Ozzy who wrote the letter.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: 100%. He opened up about it after he thought you’d been dumped.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: He wanted to make you smile when you were unpacking at home.

ELLIOT_IDLE: And I think he wanted to let you know how much he liked you in a more intimate way.

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: After all the drama with you and Grace after he told you how he felt.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: Yeah, that was intense.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: He was pretty cut up when he thought you’d gone home.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: It was {0} who wrote the letter.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: 100%. It can’t surprise you that much.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: He’s been your day one. His head hasn’t ever turned.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Jamal’s all wild and carefree, and doesn’t like being tied down.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Or at least he didn’t before he clicked with you.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I think you’re bringing out the secret romantic in him.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Plus Ryan’s always been a romantic. He wears his heart on his sleeve.

PLAYER_HAPPY: That is true.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Lewie might not be the big showy romantic type. But I think you bring it out in him.

PLAYER_HAPPY: You think so?

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I know so. He wouldn’t be making big gestures if he wasn’t serious about you.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: You’ve had Roberto’s full attention since your hot tub date.

ELLIOT_SERIOUS: He likes to play hard to get and flirt around.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: But he’s all about you, {0}.

He opened up about it after he thought you’d been dumped.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: He said he wanted to cheer you up when you got home and unpacked.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I think he wanted to let you know he’d be true to you until he got out.

PLAYER_IDLE: Wow, that’s a lot of info.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Did you want the flo-down?

PLAYER_IDLE: The flo-down?

ELLIOT_HAPPY: The low-down on Flo!

Tell me about Flo!

PLAYER_HAPPY: Tell me about Flo. I haven’t had the chance to speak to her properly yet.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I think you’ll like her. Chilled but no nonsense and lots of fun.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I think you two have similar vibes.

PLAYER_HAPPY: And what about her and {0}?

ELLIOT_IDLE: I feel friend vibes between them. Not sure there’s much of a spark.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Then why did he re-couple with her?

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: The postcard.

PLAYER_EMBARRASSED: Oh yeah?

ELLIOT_EMBARRASSED: I think seeing Amelia getting vibey with Marshall did the trick.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: But I think Flo isn’t closed off.

PLAYER_IDLE: Interesting.

ELLIOT_IDLE: I also think he’s not quite her type.

PLAYER_HAPPY: What is her type then?

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I think she’ll like someone charismatic and wild.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I saw her checking out Marshall when he came in.

PLAYER_SERIOUS: I wonder what Amelia will think of that.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Time will tell.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: But she described the type of girl she’s into too…

PLAYER_FLIRTY: And…

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: And she basically described you.

PLAYER_SURPRISED: Really?

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Yep, so if she catches your eye, you two could be a vibe.

PLAYER_HAPPY: Thanks for the heads up.

I’m good thanks

PLAYER_IDLE: I’m good thanks. I’ll work her out in my own time.

ELLIOT_IDLE: Sure thing.

Elliot smiles at you.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I know {0} might be the better choice for you, but…

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: If I really was just a coin toss away from staying…

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I’m never gonna know the reasons why I’m leaving, so…

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: How about sending me on my way with a reminder of you, {0}?

Kiss Elliot goodbye

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Absolutely.

Snog

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Get over here, Elliot!

Elliot steps towards you.

You lean into him and push up against his chest.

Your lips meet and you kiss him knowing that this is your last chance.

You feel naughty kissing him without anyone else around.

Elliot’s tongue brushes gently against yours as he kisses you back.

You move your hands down his back and to his hips.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: This is so hot it’s really making me wonder why you didn’t pick me!

You feel his toned abs pressed gently against you.

You caress his cheek, ending the kiss with a soft and sensual peck.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: Now, I really wish I was staying.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: You won’t be forgetting me anytime soon.

Peck

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Get over here, Elliot!

Elliot steps towards you.

You lean into him and push up against his chest.

You press your lips gently against his, knowing that this is your last chance.

You feel naughty kissing him without anyone else around.

Elliot’s soft lips push lightly back against yours.

You move your hands down his back and to his hips.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: This is so nice it’s really making me wonder why you didn’t pick me.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I kinda wish I was staying now.

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Don’t worry, you won’t be forgetting me anytime soon.

Cheek

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Get over here, Elliot!

Elliot steps towards you.

You lean into him and push up against his chest.

You press your lips gently against his cheek, knowing that this is your last chance.

You feel naughty kissing him without anyone else around.

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: That was so nice, it’s really made me wonder why you didn’t pick me!

ELLIOT_FLIRTY: I kinda wish I was staying now!

PLAYER_FLIRTY: Don’t worry, you won’t be forgetting me anytime soon!

No kissing, no way!

PLAYER_IDLE: No kisses for you, you’ll remember me as I am.

PLAYER_HAPPY: I’m unforgettable!

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Yeah, that’s true.

Elliot grabs the handle of his suitcase and smiles at you.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Well, I’ll hopefully see you on the outside.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: If not, be sure to check out one of my streams.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: I look forward to seeing you in the chat one day.

ELLIOT_HAPPY: Later, {0}.

PLAYER_IDLE: Bye, Elliot.

Elliot walks away from you and out of the villa.

As you turn back you hear the sounds of an argument starting inside the villa garden.

You head back inside to find out what’s going on.

[metabolizemotions]

This season has been steeped in irony and parallels. The mental health arcs of Maya and Jack, addiction, the captaincy drama, Dixon's villainy // those in s3 esp. They made things more extreme and took them further.  

I understand the choice to isolate Maya and the team’s lack of support or compassion for her since her demotion, and the non existence of the union were plot devices for her mental health crisis storyline. But they supported Ross wholeheartedly, no questions asked? And what was the actual point of the union again?

Ross is a flawed and complex character, just like Maya. But the framing of their actions were different. They both made questionable decisions but there was only acknowledgement of what Maya did. Not Ross. Not Beckett. Their part in Maya's mental breakdown?

For the long build up since s4’s finale of Maya's demotion and the aftermath in s5 & s6, this feels like a cop out non-resolution. And this whole storyline ending with Ross's scandal framed entirely as feminist triumph is self-contradictory for me.

I liked the slow burn of Marina’s storyline - the breakdown and reconciliation and the many //. Though I didn’t necessarily agree with the characterisation entirely, the performance of D & S were emotionally resonant for me. But I thought they dropped the ball in 617. Carina's scenes were more for the benefit of Ben and Ross. It didn’t help with the way they phrased the locker room conversation as a direct causation. It was a clever use of symbolism to encapsulate so much in ~ 1 min of screen time. But I hope they don't spoil the finale in wanting to tie up the loose ends. (Also, does that mean they won't ever change their duvets now that they are probably not moving?)

There seemed to be deliberate comparison b/w Maya and Theo - their demotion, initial captaincy, single-minded obsession and mental health issues. Also some similarities about how their partners have been affected. Although Theo's behavior was more flipped-switch than organic transition and it was mainly directed at Vic. With what happened to Beckett and the toll it would take on Vic, would she have her breakdown and Theo his wakeup call? Vic needs a hug.

Did anyone else find the kisses b/w Travis and Eli awkward? Or was it cos I think Travis had much better chemistry with Michael and Emmett?

It is interesting to see Brooke, a sort of nature/ nurture comparison to Jack. Similar DNA, dissimilar upbringing. Brooke seems more emotionally mature. Jack lacks boundaries and his way of caring is to impose his values on people and help them on his terms. While Brooke’s trying to meet him where he is - like finding Lila instead of springing their bio family on him. 

Since they made such a big hoo-ha about the forbidden love affair b/w Sullivan and Ross and Dixon’s villany this season, and both storylines are not resolved, I suspect the finale would have something to do with Dixon and the two lovers. But why should we care about Sulky & Tash again? They aren't even on the same page. Sulky has been consistently w/o much growth. Ross has been consistently inconsistent. Sulky is so much like Derek and Owen. Tash keeps pulling a Meredith with her "pick me, choose me, love me" speeches...

They love to hand Sulky the redemption arc he doesn't work for and somehow frame him as the hero... Maybe he pushes Tash away from falling debris and something happens to Dick in the process. Poetic justice. Or something something…?   

Somehow I feel that Andy still wouldn't be captain. Stay tuned for another season of captaincy musical chairs...?

[isca-rambles]

5x03 Not even a hug or kiss between Lucy and Chris. Oh girl. And also oh Chris, how could you not notice she wasn't as into this relationship as you. Also Chris is allowed to process and deal with his trauma however he wants, but the fact that he keeps pushing Lucy into taking part by reading the motherdoc, that he's using her story in his conversations with them, it's not a great look. Again, acolyte/fanatic vibes. But also, the fact that he's giving them details of the case. Fucking idiot. Grey giving our girl all the praise. He really is such a proud pseudo father. Even in S6 when she's sorely lacking support from her people, Grey is still there for her. I really hope we get more of them in S7. She had such a wonderful relationship with Captain Andersen that we never got to properly explore, and she needs a mentor who can support her. She looks so uncomfortable with public praise, fiddling with her thermos (I need a fic about that thermos. it's like her safety blanket when she's in the briefing room) but she also thrives on it so much. I get that 100%. I'm definitely far more uncomfortable with praise and compliments than her, I actively just fight back against them out of distrust and insecurity, but god there's a part of me that just lights up inside when I get a hint of approval. Aaron looking proud, Nolan too, all the nameless or named background characters giving our girl her dues. And Tim...ach Tim, that soft little proud smile he has just for her. The heart eyes that boy is giving out in front of everyone. Celina you sweet cinnamon roll! I'm so sorry she's had such a rough time as a rookie, being bounced around and mainly having Nolan train her. Again, I don't think Nolan is terrible at being a TO. I just don't think he was ready. I know they were literally out of TOs at this point (which is why I think they might have Lucy become a TO too in S7 since she can't be a detective yet without something big shaking things up for her, and I don't know how much they'll be putting her in UC without it taking her out of episodes completely), but I just don't think he was ready. He could've done with shadowing a TO and their rookie for a month or two, honestly. Or co-TOing. But yeaaah. Poor Celina.

Aww, Lucy and Jan having a little catch-up in the background. I do love the named background characters who are just always there. And Lucy just proudly watching Nolan and Celina because that's who she is, and promptly jumping in to offer help and friendship because she's a literal angel. But good god, Lucy not having stripes while Nolan does is just gutting. There is no way she should be without stripes all the way into S6 and probably S7. It's wrong. If they maybe did it to point out how difficult it can be for women and POC to advance in their careers, even without all the 5 player trade stuff, then maybe it'd feel less gutting but they don't. That look between them. Ahhhhh. Lucy and Wes being buddies yes I need more of this please. His little smile when he sees its her calling. Yes I know she's mostly calling to ask about Chris but this obviously isn't the first time they've spoken on the phone. Just let them be buddies. Lucy and Wes and James chilling out after work and saving the world while their partners watch on adoringly at their smart sunshine human beings. I need these fics until we get it in canon, please and thank you. I'm really surprised they didn't make more of Lucy being trapped in that small space. Maybe she's worked past that now but it would've been a good peek into her and how she's still handling her trauma. It didn't need to be a big thing, just something little. But eh. I mean there are notes of her being uncomfortable about the situation, but that mostly seems like frustration.

Nolan is just too gentle with her as a rookie. Don't get me wrong, Celina shouldn't be doing things against her TO's say-so, but he's just not being commanding enough. Lucy is a gentle TO too but she's still got a better handle on talking to people. Okay so this is nothing against Chris' actor but I feel like he just...smiles way too much. In every scene, he's either smiling or on the brink of smiling. I think that's what unsettles me so much about his character.

God, Lucy is so smart. She's got that document for all of an hour, barely that, and she's cracking the case.

Okay so where are all the Tim playing PS5 fics? I feel like he'd get way too frustrated by COD or something multiplayer along those lines, so I wonder what he'd play instead. Sports games? Idk, I just play point and clicks and chill games. God Tim's face. I wonder how long he's been sat there willing her to check in on the radio. Trying to tell himself they just missed her while they were up with the teenager, or that she'll call in any second now. How he's been listening to her little check-ins all day, subconciously making note of each and every time he hears her voice so he knows she's okay. How long does he wait before he can't stop himself. He's calculating all the hundred things that could go wrong and lead her to not call in, and he is wound so tight. And the more he talks to Aaron and dispatch, the more he just completely crumbles under the weight of all the many things that could've happened to her. Man is distraught and frantic and just about keeping himself in check.

And I know the parallels have been pointed out before, but him getting the door open vs him getting the barrel lid off. His heart is probably going like a fucking jackhammer, even if it is slowing down a bit now he's heard her voice and knows she's alive. She barely looks at him. She does look at him but there's so much tension in there. She's spiralling because she's been trapped and she's got this information about Rosalind and has had no-one to tell except a smiley face, but he is just transfixed by her. He's probably only just allowing himself to breathe, now that he can see her and see she's not hurt.

Lucy is such a smart bean. Honestly she'd fit right in with the FBI folk. I do think, before she gets to captain (c'mon, she has to get to captain, even if we don't see it in canon), that she would be an amazing teacher. It could start as TO (I know, I know it's a step back for her but realistically unless they give her a golden ticket too or shake things up massively, she's not making detective any time soon) but then she could teach UC. She's so empathetic and she has a great ability to connect with people, and she's so insightful. Teaching what she knows, the way she does things, I can definitely see that for her. Maybe there's an LAPD-FBI liaison position, so she can still be on patrol but she can be the go between. She can use her smarts and her badassery. A good bridge too for if they want to bring the Rookie: Feds folk in more too in S7 now their show's been cancelled. Nolan, this really should've been something you called for back-up on. Or even let Angela and Harper know about ahead of time. Because now you've got a rookie, already proven to act impulsively, out there on her own and no-one to secure the scene or victim. I know there was no guarantee they'd find anything there but still.

We need some Celina and Lucy sparring. Lucy passing on the lessons that Harper taught her about being a woman, especially a woman of colour, on patrol and against foes a lot bigger than them.

Ah Nolan. He is trying. And I know it's part of the plot but I just still think it was too soon for him to have a rookie dependant on him. Tim being a sweetie. No way that S1 Tim would've done all this, especially listening to Aaron, without Lucy's influence. Hah 'Something's not right' Lucy being like 'the fuck haven't you gone in already?!' I mean, tell me Lucy doesn't look good with that FBI badge on her vest? Ya know, I can see why people thought there was going to be more from Rosalind involving Lucy and Tim from the blood lettering. The TIM in Time does seem to be a lot bolder, but I guess you can blame that on her running out of blood. I'm more focused on the LUC in Luck and how close the K is to a Y. But that's just how those letters look. Idk. I'm not upset that Lucy missed being traumatised even further, but I do think Rosalind wouldn't have let Lucy get away from all of this so easily. Chris near-death or not. And Tim would have absolutely been on her radar after he was the one who, on video, opened the barrel and was her fierce protector at the prison. Maybe the writers did have other plans that they had to change because of Annie's illness, which is completely understandable. I'm glad that they could get Annie back for the next episode to wrap up her story, even if it wasn't as satisfying as it could've been.

[mothgardens]

Prefacing this by saying: I mean absolutely ZERO hate towards destiel truthers or people who don’t ship sastiel, but this is a shining opportunity for me to yap and yap and yap <3

Ok, so i’m currently on my second watch through of supernatural (currently im on 07x10), and I have noticed plenty of moments that make them ship-worthy, so:

Reasons I ship Sastiel, xoxo

1. Obviously i’m going to compare the Destiel first meeting to the Sastiel first meeting.

When Dean first saw Cas he attempted to stab him and attack him. He argued and threatened him. (I understand they thought he was a threat and all, but Dean’s attitude didn’t change for like half of season four)

Whereas when Sam first saw Cas he was in aw. He reached his hand out in hope, he stumbled on his words, and their handshake OMIGOD- Cas wrapping his hand over Sam’s, sandwiching the man’s hand in an embrace.

Sam was (probably, not definitely) the first nonviolent physical contact Cas got.

2. When Anna starts hunting Sam down and Cas says, “Because Sam is my friend” and “If you come near Sam Winchester, I’ll kill you”

3. In 05x13 “The Song Remains The Same”, Sam is far more worried about Cas than Dean is. Dean shows concern when he spots Cas, but after that it really doesn’t seem to bother him.

4. Cas being the first one to believe in Sam when it came to his strength to trap Lucifer into the cage.

5. Castiel CHOSE to raise Sam, it was an ORDER to raise Dean.

6. Cas being concerned over returning Sam’s soul through Death because of the possible effects, “i want Sam alive.” That line along with Cas being pissed at Dean for going through with the soul transfer bc it could have killed Sam.

7. Cas showing up immediately to Sam’s prays once his soul is returned. (I head-canon Cas never showed up for Soulless Sam bc he felt so much guilt at not having enough power to raise all of Sam).

8. Sam saying “I’d die for him” about Cas.

9. Cas saying the same perdition line to SAM in s6.

10. Sam still having hope in Cas (during his Godstiel arc) even when Dean is pissed off and unforgiving.

Sam praying to Cas and saying, “I don’t know if any part of you cares, but I think you’re still one us”

Cas showing up and begging Sam for help.

Now onto the segment of random Sastiel moments that live in my head rent free:

SEASON NINE SASTIEL IS THE SASTIEL OF SASTIEL !!!!

1. Dean letting a random ass angel (which he shouldn’t trust knowing his history with most angels) possess his brother through means of trickery and deceit.

Lest us not forget that possession is an allusion to noncon related content, and Dean gave permission to a stranger to do that to his brother. Said brother who has a history of losing his bodily autonomy, and hating it.

Then, Dean telling Cas that he cannot stay with them because it might reveal that “helpful” angel. Which is Dean sending Castiel off in his most vulnerable state (human) to just fend for himself (something Cas has no idea how to do properly).

Doesn’t sound too romantic to me <3

2. Cas being against Dean letting ANOTHER person (Crowley) possess Sam to get rid of Gadreel.

Cas reluctantly burning of Sam’s anti possession tattoo

3. Then Sam and Cas staying together after Dean has his “nobody needs me” speech and leaves

4. Literally all of 09x11, the quotes and scenes in this episode EAT.

i. the domesticity of the pb&j convo

ii. the intimacy of the healing scene right after that convo

iii. The fact Sam doesn’t get annoyed by Cas the way Dean does, he finds it more amusing and plays off it (like the “can i ask a question” “technically u just did” scene)

iv. “I want Gadreel to pay as much as you do, but nothing is worth losing you.”

v. “You know, being human didn’t just change my view of food, it changed my view of you.”

vi. “The only person who has screwed things up more consistently than you, is me.”

vii. THE FUCKING HUG AND FACE PAT UGH-

5. Also we should not forget the other Sastiel hugs, like the one (my favorite) when Dean and Sam escape the prison and Sam hugs Cas immediately. No hesitation.

6. Sam making up his and Castiel’s ship name

7. The iconic “go to my room and watch Netflix” line, plus a few others that point to Cas is staying with Sam in his room.

8. Cas and Sam being Jack’s dads (Dean is NOT)

i’m gonna end it here bc I totes can keep going, but I won’t <3

I legitimately don’t get sastiel, like we watched the same show right? Cas only has eyes for Dean.

[alphinias]

I have a confession to make. I love many ships with my whole heart, i'm obsessed with Jiara/Rivusa/Chenford/Nace ets, BUT i dont think i've ever felt the sheer joy and whiplash like i felt in the 2x05 Bellarke hug scene. It was the scene that made me fully obsessed with them, i was Bellamy in that scene seriously. I dont know what it was, but it was the most perfect scene. Her running and jumping to him, the music, his reaction, everything was perfect and i've never felt so good. pt1

Yeah, I know what you mean. That scene…. Yeah that was just one of those scenes that’s gonna hold up forever. It was SO good. Easily one of the most iconic ship scenes of all time. I think Bellamy’s reaction touched me the most. The genuine surprise that she was in his arms and cared that he was alive. Bellarke in the early seasons did enemies to reluctant allies to best friends to lovers more perfectly than any ship I’ve ever seen and I think that scene perfectly encapsulates that.

S1-S2 Bellarke really did nail the tension of “do you hate me? Do you care about me?” the best but I genuinely think all Bellarke S1-4 was… something else. And I am someone who went absolutely feral over S6 Bellarke but it was never 100% the same post time jump. I loved them but it was two different people.

In conclusion. We deserve to see a true Bellarke done right.

[esther-dot]

I was seeing the Jon and Sansa hand grabbing in S6 and it made me remember of the directing choices D&D made re their scenes. As I'm not good at analysing them I wonder what do you think it was D&D intention in these kind of scenes, like the welcome hug in S8 (especially the take that was not aired), that always bugged me, why they chose to use it in the teaser trailer but not in the actual episode.

It doesn’t seem strictly necessary, does it?

The minimum that can be said is that we were meant to see the power Sansa had over Jon, that in a way, he was emotionally dependent on her. That is all in the dialogue too. Jon’s “I’m tired of fighting” is poignant because his loss of purpose is totally understandable after trying to do what is right and being betrayed. But, Sansa comes and gives him purpose with his instant desire to protect her, and then with the goal of reclaiming their home, saving their brother, protecting the North. Sansa is the one with determination and drive, and Jon needs that. It doesn’t really go away which is why he is so upset when she disagrees with him in s7 and why even in s8 he just keeps looking to her. S6-8 he not only notices her touching him, but we’re prompted to notice it too with how they filmed it, and he has a unique response to her the whole way through, even in the finale when he first sees her at the docks and again when he hugs her goodbye. Even if we’re doing a strictly platonic reading, it isn’t overstating things to say that to Jon, Sansa is a gravitational force.

What’s weird about this is that it means their dynamic wasn’t a fluke due to unexpected actor chemistry. D&D made sure that their impact on each other was felt in the dialogue and the visuals. After the finale, it seems ridiculous that they wasted that much effort when Jon could have hated Sansa and he still would have killed Dany to prevent her from harming the Starks. In fact, that would have made it more surprising, so it goes against their preference too. Instead, they emphasized how much Sansa mattered to Jon so much that Jon’s kill bill siren moments when men mentioned Sansa to him in s6-7 became a meme before s8 ever aired. I suppose that means they did adequate setup for Jon killing to protect her, but again, it’s unnecessary if it was all only for stabbity stab.

So, personally, I have always gone full blown conspiracy theory on this. I do think the intent was to convey that Jon had confusing feelings for Sansa, that he was hyper focused on her for that reason, hence the weird love triangle stuff in s8. All of us complained that Jon would have stopped Dany without having a personal motivation, but they chose to play s8 like Jon had to choose between the two queens, the two women, and as gross as we might find it (we do, we have all complained about this!), I do think the ending was meant to be a revelation of some kind to the audience. But, it’s only a revelation if it’s something we didn’t already know, and we all already knew Jon and Sansa cared about each other and that Jon would protect her, so what else could it reveal? The nature of their love.

I think so many people disliked Sansa (and many Sansa fans disliked Jon when I first started being active) that they took the tension in the Jonsa relationship in an entirely negative way, but to me, the volatile nature of their interactions conveyed how much they mattered to each other. And, in spite of their frustration and pain, their conversations would be sprinkled with words of assurance/affirmation. Let’s think about how much contradictory nonsense went on in s6-8 and then think of those standout Jonsa lines from across those seasons:

“I’ll protect, I promise.”

“You are to me.”

“You’re good at this you know.”

“You know I do.”

We get the pay off for all of this in the finale.

Think about that.

Jon protects Sansa because he loves his family more than Dany, chooses the Starks over the Targ because he is one, he tells Sansa she will be a good leader for the North, and in spite of all the bs, Sansa’s faith in Jon is justified. It’s a damn check list!

Obviously, D&D handled it in a horrible way and we all hate the finale, but even so, looking back to s6, you can see intention there. So, if D&D were paying this much attention to the dialogue seasons before we would get the true pay off, I’m not going to believe that the filming of their scenes was less intentional. Just as I cant ignore the NedCat cosplay or all the parallels they created between Jonsa and every other romantic couple, I can’t ignore this.

So to me, it was meant to convey not only how Sansa affected Jon, but the true nature of his feelings for her.

[thewalkingdeadband]

Thoughts on 11.21...

Caryl: i really dont know what to think anymore. I think i'll wait for the show's end (unless something really BIG happens for them before) to give an overall review on how it "ended" for them, because right now i dont know what to think anymore. But yes, Daryl is the most important person in her heart/life and it showed in her speech to Maggie, and yes, the holding hands moment was more than nice. But i sooo want to tell her "stop thinking you re not good enough for him! Stop it!" That's all i can say for now.

As for the rest of the episode:

- as i've said in my sort of review for 11.20, its been apparently confirmed by AK and/or others that Rosita and Gabe have broken up somehow sometime off screen. And it kind of showed, its true, in this episode. That said, i still feel the love between them. Of course if you dont like them u wont agree and thats fine but since they grew on me, i believe they re still very much connected, and you can feel how much he loves her. As for her, she's colder, but to me she's always been using this kind of cold attitude as a coping mechanism before (with Eugene, Sasha...) so it doesnt mean that she doesnt care. If anything, it means she does. Hard to explain. Plus it was kind of cute how they were sort of bickering "lets follow the train" "but there is no train" . I dont know. I loved them seperately and wanted nothing more than to see them happy after the mess that was Abe for her and Jadis/Anne for him, so it wasnt hard for me to love them together.

- Again, Gabriel is amazing, the way he acted towards the soldier... i remember when he finally tried to make things right back in S6, how Rick was rightfully still not trusting him, and i was thinking please persevere Gabriel dont give up and im so glad that he came around and now everyone trust him fully. That hug with teary Carol? Could u have imagine this back in S5? Im so proud of him

- Maggie and Carol moment was all i wanted since 6.13. I remember when i used to think: ok she is close mainly to Daryl, Rick, Morgan, Zeke, and its great, but what abt Maggie and Michonne? What abt female friendships?After 6.13, we were starved of scenes between Maggie and Carol, and we litteraly had to wait til 9B to see her really starting to interact with Michonne (correct me pls if im wrong). So im glad in s11 we have all those little meaningful moments between her and Maggie

- seing Kelly so lost and scared and sad broke my heart. Can someone hug her please? Im glad Zeke stopped her from doing something stupid, though u cant blame her for trying. He literally saved her life here. Its nice to see them having scenes together. And then Connie saying we need to find her coz i know she's scared...💔

- Negan/Ezekiel: u have no idea how emotional it made me to have Ezekiel, without giving names, mentioning what Negan has done to Dwight, Sherry (and many other women/people). Especially if you follow ftwd, u might understand why it made me emotional. Also, having Negan say "yeah i havent forgotten either and i know i dont deserve shit" ... i was like fiiinallyyy... i feel we 're slowly, thanks to Annie and the baby, going back to the Negan from Here's Negan. Which means a man with flows, but not a monster. And it was abt time somebody mentioned in the show that the pb with Negan wasnt only what he did to Glenn and Abraham (whom i love dearly), but also everything else. And no, i dont even hate him anymore. But what Zeke said was much needed for me.