#like zoe and wade is definitely IT for me

[brins-rogers]

BULLY: Future Job Headcannons

Argue w/ ur mama not me

If I’m missing any pls lmk in the comments I was too lazy to look them all up

Nerds:

Earnest - Definitely a scientist.

Fatty - Apple Genius at Apple

Algie - Co-owns a comic book store

Beatrice - Botanist!!

Bucky - teaches science and chemistry at a university!

Cornelius - WRITER!! Writes romance novels.

Donald - hmm … don’t know him that well so BAM owns a small business

Thad - owns the company his brother is a janitor at hehe

Melvin - magic the gathering but make it professional. Professional gamer.

Bullies:

Wade - Takes over his dad’s restaurant for sure. Hates it, but it’s money.

Davis - just works at a retail store tbh

Tom - Wade is his bestie he works for Wade supplying fish

Trent - MOVIE STAR. Not like super famous but does commercials. OR possibly a theater teacher.

Russell - I actually think he would work at Yum Yum Market as a butcher!

Jocks:

Casey Harris - Army. He even says it in his voice lines “the Army’ll take you if you can’t read!” dumb blonde <\3

Ted - He’d be the sorry ass football coach of a mediocre high school.

Luis - Y’know what Navy Seal. Attitude as one.

Juri - Oil rig in the ocean to be far, far away from women.

Mandy - Definitely either an RN or works at a boutique. Mean girl jobs.

Bo- Announcer for MLB!

Dan - works at Thad’s business making minimum wage 💔

Kirby - Nothing fancy, works at a sports equipment store.

Damon - ONLY guy to go pro. Carries the team. NFL linebacker.

Townies:

Edgar Munsen - Line Cook. Think about it. ANGRY, yelling, fighting? Yuh, he’d be a lead line cook. I’d like to think he would be in a pretty swanky restaurant.

Omar - King of robbing gas stations! Doesn’t work but definitely scams.

Clint - He’s too clinically insane to work an actual job. Gets disability.

Gurney - Def a dock worker/ex-dock worker

Zoe - GIRLBOSS DOES WELDING.

Duncan - works at the comic book store Algie co-owns

Jerry - also works at a comic book store as a clerk.

Greasers:

Johnny - Dare I say … racer? Dirt bike racer, or NASCAR if he got the opportunity!

Ricky - New owner of Shiny Bikes. I like to think he worked there during school too.

Norton - Construction, y’all see how that mf swings around a sledgehammer easily?!?!

Lola - COSMETOLOGISTTTT

Peanut - HVAC. I see all greasers having blue collar jobs actually since they’re all handy.

Vance - Works with Lola in a barbershop! Barber.

Lefty - Mechanic at Ricky’s bike store.

Hal - Food critic. Pry this from my cold head hands.

Lucky - Actually made something decent of himself since he has drive, maybe a carpenter or an electrician.

Preps:

WE KNOW THEY ALL TAKE OVER THEIR PARENTS BUSINESSES BUT ILL TRY TO SAY WHAT IS WHAT

Derby - OIL. Harrington Oil

Bif - I have to say shipping. You can’t tell me he doesn’t own Blue Skies

Chad - Hard one … I’d like to say computer company!

Tad - Me thinks Tad daddy owns something new, hence the new money fake accent. Like something similar to Amazon, something that JUST came up.

Parker - Definitely supermarkets, something big similar to like Trader Joe’s (shoutout Trader Joe’s)

Gord - TEXTILES TELL ME IM WRONG

Pinky - French-ish last name … thinking international … thinkingggggg airlines!

Justin - HATE THIS MF. But he absolutely makes me think with Vandervale that it’s something like bonds or stock. Maybe owns a line of banks?

Bryce - After working odd jobs, he’d own the casino his dad gambled their money away.

[chenfordsbby]

"The Pilot"

Welome to the very first drop of "Get in the Shop" !

Welcome to the start of “Get in The Shop!” The Rookie Re-Watch Blog! I am not sure how I plan on going about doing this blog, but there is no time like the present to start.  I have to warn that this is one of those figure out as I go type of ordeals; I have never done this before and I did brief research about the “dos and donts” of blogging, especially one of a tv show recap so I truly am just going to go with the flow.  I think I am going to post a new blog drop every Sunday and if I have any extra time during the week, maybe a Tuesday?!

If I try one thing and it doesn’t work, I will move and and try the next best thing with the end goal of having the best blogging/re-watch system that I can create for myself.  I am not an expert in any way.  This blog is solely a fan based one that I am choosing to do for my own mental health to get me, myself and I through whoever long this summer (plus) hiatus may last and if I happen to find friends along the way that will read my thoughts and interact with me then I couldn’t ask for anything better!

I think I will take notes as I watch the episode and then immediately following it, I will expand on those notes or should I watch the episode in its entirety in full and then type up everything I want to say about said episodes…

I want to preface the beginning of my re-watch by saying that I had no idea that this show even existed prior to me finding it on Tik Tok.  I saw a #Chenford scene from Season 5 Episode ! That was blowing up on TikTok and I immediately started watching it so I can obsessed over a new OTP without realizing Tim & Lucy weren’t even a though until Season 5.  So I did start it because of them but stayed because of how much I love this show.  

I am going to try my best to do this re-watch as if I don’t know anything that is to come in later episodes/seasons but I make no definitely promises!!

Let’s get into it!!!

Season 1 Episode 1: 

Title: “The Pilot” Original Air Date: October 15th, 2018

Synopsis: After a life altering incident, a small town guy (Nathan Fillion) peruses his dream of being a police officer.

First Impression of John Nolan: Eager

First Impression of Jackson West: Naive

First impression on Angela Lopez: Badass

First Impression on Talia Bishop: Out of Place

First Impression on Lucy Chen: Hotshot 

First Impression on Tim Bradford: Hot! #IYKYK

First Impression on Wade Grey: Seasoned

First Impression on Zoe Anderson: Authoritative

The episode begins with a bank robbery.  Which is fitting given there needs to be something to correlate this show with the premise of it: “A Silly Little Cop Show”.  John Nolan was definitely at the right place at the right time. Without knowing he goes on to become a cop after the bank robbery- you can tell that John has a passion for helping people.  You have to want to help people in some capacity in wanting to become a police officer right? 

The very first showing of The Rookie theme song.  It is a not even 10 second snippet of a full length song but man does it work.  It works so good that I am glad they never got rid of it.  There were shows that I watched in the past who had a whole opening credit scene/song which eventually faded out for it to just be a title card of the show (One Tree Hill I’m looking at you) so for The Rookie to have just ended its 5th season and to still have the little opening credit is cool!

After the cold open, the timeline jumps to “Nine Months Later”.  The first day on the real job.  No more training wheels, no more tests (so Lucy Chen thinks), no more papers and skills labs.  The beginning of the rest of their lives.

The introduction of Lucy Chen. She isn’t even clocked in for her first day of work and she already makes an arrest.  Way too cool for us or way too over eager to make a lasting first impression to everyone at the station?  Only time will tell.  But do you know what did make a great first impression? Her car!  Let’s hope this isn’t the last we see of that thing!  

I know we are focusing on the present but it doesn’t mean I can’t wish that we saw any kind of flashbacks of the time that not only John but Lucy and Jackson were in the academy. How did they get there? How did they excel or did they fail? What happened in the academy that John, Lucy and Jackson all became friends?!  It would’ve been cool to see!

Enter the infamous roll call room and the immediate jokes of John Nolans’ age. I really have no background regarding anything police related but I am assuming that someone of John’s age normally isn’t a rookie cop.  More so of the age of Lucy and Jackson.  So I don’t think this will be the last we hear of any ageist jokes of John Nolan and being a Rookie.  You can tell it is all in good fun and John takes it in stride. We all love our enemies to lovers storylines, but will there be an enemies to friendship between John and Wade Grey? This first episode shows no, but only time will tell.  We all have to be forever grateful to Watch Commander Wade Grey for playing the “Training Officer Match Game” and matching up rookie Lucy Chen with Training Officer Tim Bradford. (Thank you writers!)

The very first day gets off to a start.  The T.O’s teaching all of their boots the basics of the shop.  The ins and outs of the shop, what to do every morning, before going out on patrol to start your shift.  The basics and less than exciting aspect of being a cop.

Tim and Lucy. Or what we only knew then: Officer Bradford and Boot.” Lucy had no idea what to expect, not form her first day on the job and certainly not from her T.O. I think she immediately wanted to try to create some sort of bond/friendship with Tim but quickly realized that went out the window when he did his very first, what we all have come to learn and love, “Tim Test”.  “I’ve been shot! Where are you boot? I’m bleeding to death and you have to call for help. Where are you?” We will get back to that later on..

Side Note: I am trying very hard to pretend I have never seen any other episode besides this first one.  It is hard to compare Tim and Lucy then with what we know about their relationship now and just how their friendship progressed. I want to recap the episodes as if I was watching it for the ver first time.  It is hard but I ma going to do it!!!

Food Trucks! I never eat at food trucks much but do they officers of Mid-Wilshire make me want too!  The scene at the food truck was a nice way to show the two separate trios separately but together.  You have the experienced, veteran officers: Tim, Talia and Angela and then you have the brand new rookie officers: John, Lucy and Jackson. It’s smart TV. Yes this show is about John Nolan but it’s also about so, so much more.

You quickly start to see how much John cares about wanting to be a cop but in hindsight really has no idea just how to be one.  He thinks he does, mainly because of his age, but he doesn’t, not really.  All he knows is the 9 months he was in the academy. That’s it and it is evident the amount of training that he does need. He hopes he’s doing all the right things in order to succeed but in reality he is not: Using the baton to try to break the car window repeatedly even though it didn’t work the first few times; not putting on his gloves when going to help the husband of the domestic violence call- Blood Bourne Pathogens anyone?  Throughout this whole episode you quickly see how eager John is to be “a cop” but not HOW to be a cop. One thing is for sure is that John knows his way with words. The potential is there- it just needs to be taught.

The comedic relief of this show is introduced and it is much appreciated.  “I just got a disturbing video.  I’ve never seen anything so horrific..so prepare yourselves” said one Grey Wade and turns out it was the body cam footage of John trying to hop the fence.  There needs to be some light hearted fun in a profession where it can be serious most of the time!

I am immediately intrigued by this already established friendship between Lucy Chen, Jackson West and John Nolan. We already saw them interact in their work life so now we see them interacting in their personal lives.  It is a nice storytelling aspect of this episode.  The premise of the show is about the lives of newbie police officers but what happens after they clock out for their shift? And now we get to see it! The karaoke bar cuts right into the morning after where they make us want to believe John called the badge bunny and they spent the night together but SURPRISE! John wakes up to Lucy Chen!

(Please don’t hate me for what I am about to say)

The first time I watched this- I have to say I wasn’t turned off entirely by the brief relationship of John and Lucy. (Considering at this time, the romantic side of Tim and Lucy wasn’t even a thought, to anyone and that John really had better chemistry with literally anyone else). I am not opposed to have seen this relationship continue for a bit longer, if this was the only romantic option for either Lucy or John, I think I would have been okay with this relationship, I think it had potential.  John wants their relationship to become public and Lucy doesn’t. Lucy has every right to feel those feelings. Lucy knew from the start that no matter what she did in her career she would always have to fight for her place in the force where John would never be questioned twice for it and rightfully so: sexism. Talia seeing that little moment between Lucy and John at the end of the episode after the shoot out was on purpose.  It just confirmed to Lucy that she was correct in her feelings and reasonings as to why she wanted her and Johns relationship to remain a secret. 

It’s only the second day on the job and we already start to see Lucy’s frustration with Tim.  She quickly sees that Tim’s training methods are not conventional.  I don’t think we know that they are called Tim Tests yet, but outside of the liquor store, we witness Tim Test #2 and as Lucy is cuffing Ghost Head we meet an Isabel.  The Tim we saw is gone. The second he lays eyes on Isabel he becomes a shell of a person. The tears well up in his eyes and his voice cracks. He is no longer Officer Bradford, he is just Tim Bradford; a man that is desperate for his wife who he hasn’t seen in over a year. That does something to a person and Tim hides it well. Does Isabel recognize him at first? It’s hard to say but what is clear is that Tim is helpless when it comes to her.  I mean wouldn’t anyone who hasn’t seen their WIFE in over a year be, no matter what their profession is. He does exactly what she asked him to do: give her money even though its the last thing he wanted to do.  The quick glance back to Lucy? What does that mean?

You can’t have a cop show without actual action scenes right?!  And this one literally started with a bang!

I never expected Tim to get shot at in the very first episode but it was smart storytelling.  Tim’s first “Tim Test” paid off well because there was zero hesitation when Lucy called in Tim being shot. She knew what to say and how to say it and she did it with fierce conviction. It’s only been two days but Tim knew what he was doing when that first test was executed.

We didn’t see much of Jackson or Angela this episode in the field until the very end. And what a way to end this episode for Jackson, which left us all scratching our heads at the cliffhanger question: Why did Jackson freeze up in the middle of the field?  We can’t get all of the answers in the first episode and the confrontation between him and Angela in the locker room was a nice segue to what’s to come for them.  Not only for them but for the rest of the ensemble! It was a stellar first episode of the start of an amazing series!

At the end of every recap I am going to do an honorable mention that I did not discuss at all in my above rant as well an episode “peak” the high point of the episode, what made the episode great among other things and a “pit” the low point of the episode, something we could’ve done without and just a few random thoughts I need to get off my chest!!

Honorable Mention: The long sleeve uniforms!

Episode Peak: The introduction of “Boot”

Episode Pit: John Nolan’s Hair

Episode Rating: 10/10 (It was the Pilot Episode I would be a troll if I rated it any less!)

Random Thoughts:

I have never heard of Melissa O'Neil until I watched this show and it's safe to say my life is changed for the better now that I know that precious of a human exists. She was made a lasting imprint on my life in the best way possible. I will be a forever fan of hers.

Eric Winter ages life fineeeeeee wineeeeeee

I would love for these posts to be an open dialogue! I want to connect with other fans and hear your thoughts and opinions! What do you agree with? What do you disagree with?!  Is there anything I should change for my future blogs? I want this to be not only a fun hiatus but a fun thing for all of us to do together!

Until next time on “Get in The Shop”!

[julibernardo]

I started rewatching Hart of Dixie (since I never finished it like 5 years ago) and it still amazes me to this day how they managed to pick a main cast where literally everyone have chemistry with everyone. 

[strideofpride]

what do you think Zoe and Wade are like as parents?

I think they’d be really good parents! Wade had some practice with Vivian’s Harley and Zoe’s had lots of experience with kids over the past four years as a GP (plus I would think she’d have to do a peds rotation during her residency as well) so out of all the Yeehaw Six, and despite me calling George and AB the Dilf and Milf of all time in Bluebell, I think Zade were already the two most prepared for parenthood, except of course Lemon, who has basically already raised a child.

Which the more I think about it the more insane it makes me. Like you’re 17, you have your whole future in front of you, and now you’re a surrogate mother to this 2 year old?? And yeah Brick’s around sort of, but that support is implied to be more financial than actual sharing childcare duties a lot of the time and just…ugh it makes me sad. I really wonder how Lemon’s life could’ve turned out if Alice didn’t abandon her children.

Anyway anyway I headcanon that if they ever do have a second kid (and most times I feel like they don’t), it’s not for a long, long time, so for a while it’s just them and Jack and they become this really tight little trio living in that carriage house together and it’s super cute and Jack is basically that kid who’s best friends with his parents. (But of course he grows up with Lemon & Lavon’s kids as basically his siblings, all living on the same property together, and George & AB’s gaggle of children are also family as well).

The one real challenge I headcanon is that I love the idea of Jack being femme! I think Zoe would handle that really well, but it would definitely be a challenge for Wade. (And if Lemon has a butch daughter, and Lemonade have to help each other accept that your children are their own people independent of you…even better)

[tellmeourstoryy]

Not that anyone cares to know but here is a list of my favorite ships from the shows I watch

Chuck: Chuck and Sarah. My absolute favorite ship ever!! The most pure and genuine couple ever. I love them with my whole heart

Pretty Little Liars: Spencer and Toby. Love them to death. The first ship I ever cared about and they’ll always hold a special place in my heart

Friends: Ross and Rachel. Obviously there could be some better writing between the two but I’m a sucker for this will they won’t they

Gilmore Girls: Rory and Dean... I know I know but hear me out I like Rory and Dean before he got married. I wish that he would have never got married and that they found each other again later down the line and ended up together. I realize they don’t work with the actual storyline they went with

How I Met Your Mother: Ted and Robin...I know but hear me out again I also wish the storyline would have been different. I thought Robin and Barney made no sense and were absolutely toxic. I wish Barney and Robin never got married and Ted and Robin both grew and found their way back together. But I do think it was terrible for him to have a wife and then kill her off basically just to put him and Robin together but that’s just bad writing.

One Tree Hill: Lucas and Peyton. I love them a lot and did in fact stop watching the show once they left because it wasn’t the same without them.

Revenge: Daniel and Emily!!! I don’t even care if you don’t agree cause they were absolutely adorable. I think she genuinely fell in love with Daniel and should have just been friends with Jack.

The Vampire Diaries: Stefan and Elena. Again Damon and Elena were toxic. Stefan ALWAYS put Elena first and they deserved so much better.

Prison Break: Sara and Michael. I don’t even remember any other significant ships from that show but they were adorable.

Hart of Dixie: Zoe and Wade. I really love them together and loveee to see both of their character development.

White Collar: Sara and Neal. I thought they were so cute together.

Baby Daddy: Ben and Riley. Don’t get me wrong I love Danny but I think Riley goes better with Ben. I loved Ben’s character development and seeing how much he changed for the better after Riley. I really did love them and am still upset they didn’t end up together.

Parks and Recreation: Leslie and Ben. Honestly this was hard cause I like several of the ships on that show but the absolute sweetness of Leslie and Ben makes them take the cake.

Dawson’s Creek: Joey and Dawson. I know that this is probably my most unpopular opinion but oh well. I do think there should have been some better writing leading up to it and things made better with that better writing though. Honestly I was absolutely so confused and shocked when she ended up with Pacey. Might have been the most upset I’ve been about people ending up together. I mean even if she would have ended up with no one or even Eddie but I was just really upset she ended up with Pacey. Sorry not sorry.

Once Upon A Time: Hook and Emma. Absolutely adore them. They are so pure and adorable and have character development and ugh I love them so much.

The Night Shift: TC and Jordan. I really liked them so much and am upset the show was cancelled before we got to see them get back together.

New Girl: Schmidt and Cece. Also hard because I also love Nick and Jess but if I have to choose it’s Schmidt and CeCe.

Bones: Booth and Brennan. Absolutely LOVE them.

Blacklist: Ressler and Liz. Honestly conflicted about this rn cause I don’t know if she deserves him but I have always liked them together.

Stranger Things: Steve and Nancy. I loveeee Steve and could not believe she got together with Jonathan. Like did everyone forget about him taking photos of her????

The Good Place: Eleanor and Chidi. Literally so adorable love them both sooo much. They deserve the world.

Psych: Shawn and Juliet. Seriously how cute are they?? I’ll go ahead and tell you... the CUTEST.

Grey’s Anatomy: Derek and Meredith. You already know I’m team MerDer because honestly who isn’t?

Arrow: Oliver and Felicity. So prefect together love them

The Flash: Barry and Caitlin. I saw Barry and Iris as siblings especially since Barry called him dad which is why I don’t ship that also I feel like she didn’t actually start to really like him until she figured out he was the flash. And I think Barry and Caitlin are super cute and honestly thought they were gonna date way back in season 1. But I’m content with them just being friends I just wish we could see some more of that friendship because they’re adorable.

The Walking Dead: Glenn and Maggie!!!!!! Love love love love them! What’s better than falling in love during a zombie apocalypse? One of the bests ugh my heart. That ending was too sad and definitely made me quit watching the show.

A Million Little Things: Honestly I don’t know rn. I still like Katherine and Eddie but that might just be because Katherine is my fav. I just wish he would have told her about the pills right away and how he was struggling or something. I just have a hard time rooting for him because he’s put Katherine through so much. And then Rome and Regina are so adorable. And I adore Gary and like him with Maggie and Darcy and like Maggie with Gary and Jamie. So yeah I’m all over the place with this one. Honestly can’t pick a fav but felt like sharing those thoughts.

Well this has been fun and there’s more shows and couples but that’s all for now

[brooksdavis]

Thank you for answering me..I just got annoyed with that whole storyline because it made it seem like wade was in love vivian and over Zoe so quick? I don't know the back half of s3 was drawn out with separated zade. I agreed with everything you said tho.

np nonnie! no don’t get me wrong i still hate it but i NEVER got the feeling he was over zoe, the same way i never got the feeling that zoe got over wade. there was just a lot of hurt between them and people run from hurt! it’s only natural, if even if is frustration.

well i mean there’s no like PROOF it was drawn out but i know they had to make some different writing decisions because jaime was pregnant and missing for like 6/7 episodes. she was one of the leads after all, so in my head it was definitely easier to lean on the already established relationships i.e. zoe x joel, wade x that hoe,  and the falling apart of another, ab x lavon, for plots in the absence. also if anything was gonna happen badly with v*vian i feel like zoe AND lemon had to be a part of wade’s dealing with it, tho i love the writing in those eps and think it’s flawless.

anyways, yeah, my biggest thing is that i wish s3 was a little more squished in term of storyline occurence, some relationships, and then drawn out when it came to the response of events emotionally skhgjsg. thank you for hitting me back!

[royalreef]

(( As much as I love Monster Prom, some of its decisions as it comes to canon are just... boring. Disappointing and kind of a letdown in comparison to what was previously implied. They aren’t necessarily bad, and even in another story they could be perfect and impactful, and they’re all written nicely - but it’s just... A letdown in comparison to all the other possibilities.

Like I remember when the only lore ending we had available for any of the ROs was Damien’s Hairstylist ending, and the RPC was FULL of unique takes on lore for all the other characters! Like the old idea of Liam and Polly being childhood friends, or lore with gorgons, or even just how Zoe would behave after becoming a student. I’m not mad with how they all actually turned out, as again, I do think they were written well and were impactful in the intended ways, but at the same time... They feel like simple answers. Answers that don’t play as much in the idea that, these are monsters, in a world where magic and utter nonsense are commonplace and nearly anything is possible so long as you have the stats for it. It’s boring. It’s simple, and easy, and not too unusual once you get the gist of it.

Maybe it’s just the fact that the rest of the game is so wholly based in anything other than realism that having the serious lore be realistic just... I don’t know, feels strange?

As odd as it is, I feel like I lucked out with Miranda. The Bellanda ending was just bad, providing next to nothing lore-wise, coming off in a way that I’m sure wasn’t intended, and fumbling everything that’s been implied with Miranda up until then. Most of my Bellanda lore was developed before its release, since Bellanda herself was known about before then and I know someone had looked through the game files to find the picture for that one ending, so other than getting the other sisters’ names and adding a few chunks of things for me to work with, not much with my lore changed. Hell, the entire ending was just about lampshading how Miranda had no character nor lore nor motivations, and it just.... Felt like the worst possible way to explore Miri in any further detail?

Especially because she’s not a boring character!!! Once you start looking at her, laying out the consistencies and all the little things that we’ve been dropped, it paints a wonderfully interesting picture with a lot of fascinating things at play! She’s mega-rich in a way that even existing monarchies aren’t and weren’t even historically, she mentions things which have no business being in a fantasy kingdom, what is implied about her culture is bizarre and suggests that the Merkingdom has been isolated from other influences for far longer than even monsters and humans have from each other, what we hear about the Vanderbilts themselves and Miranda’s upbringing and all her little traits is sincerely concerning, and even the most obvious “ something is most definitely going on in a way we can’t see ” trait of her having eating serfs and not eating for herself is entirely undiscussed and never touched upon. She’s a character with a TON of vague, interesting concepts and a whole lot of unknown space between, and canon’s answer of “That space is totally empty, Miranda has nothing going on whatsoever” just feels like a copout!! There are so many interesting ways you could take it, and to completely dismiss that is BORING!!!

Like... I don’t know, maybe it’s me fanning my own flames, but I feel like it makes sense that the blog I really stuck with and the blog that’s been active in the MonProm RPC the longest would be a Miranda blog. She, out of all the characters, has the most big, interesting concepts behind her, and canon has almost entirely abandoned her. To be a Miranda blog, you have to deal with those concepts one way or another, and you have to wade into all the implications of them to continually write her, and with canon and fandom both ignoring her, you have to be very internally motivated to keep going with her. While I’m sure any other character had the same possibility, that they could’ve been the one in my place who got started at the beginning of the RPC and stuck around as long as I have - it just feels fitting to me, that Miranda was the canon character who it happened to. Canon didn’t really have a chance to kill her lore with a boring answer to who she is and why, and even in being canon divergent in the way that I am, it’s still less canon divergent than how a lot of the older ideas on lore would be anymore.

Maybe this is wholly me connecting red string on a corkboard. I’m willing to accept that, and it’s probably the truth. But it feels like a lot of wasted opportunities to make really unique, complex lore that just fell through the cracks because canon played it safe. 

If anything, I’d liken it a lot to the monster designs themselves. There was a chance to create beautiful, unique, horrifying monsters that you can date and be your worst self with, and while what we ended up getting is still good, they’re also kinda just people in face paint.     

[sarahwyland]

For the Fanfic Writer Ask Meme: H, I and U.

(Definitely answered a few of you privately instead of hitting the “post” button. I blame my kidney stone).

H: How would you describe your writing style?

It’s very visual. I like to be able to “see” what my characters are doing, which is part of why I’m over pivoting my career into television writing. I also like my characters to feel real. I don’t love when an “I’m sorry” and a kiss makes it all better. I like when characters have to go through ups and downs of relationships and decide what’s worth it to them. Even when I’m writing something with a fantasy aspect, I still want the characters to have a human element. 

I: How many fandoms have you written in?  Do you have a favorite?

Let’s see... Sabrina, Vampire Diaries (Delena all day), Gossip Girl (Chair), The 100 (Bellarke), Hart of Dixie (Zoe & Wade - Zade?), Grey’s Anatomy (MerDer - those fics are sadly long gone) and my OG from way back, Falcon Beach (Jason & Paige - I think these are gone, too). 

Favorite... I really think its Sabrina. The characters are so dynamic and layered, particularly Nick and Sabrina. I can’t help but fall in love with them. 

U: Is there a pairing you would like to write, but haven’t tried yet? 

Hmm... Not really. I hadn’t written fanfiction in a while before Sabrina came along. Nabrina was the first pairing of a TV show that really stuck with me. 

[simplylove101]

Random Tangent About Ships & Cheating SLs

So, I was talking with my friend Lauren (@backtothestart02) yesterday about how when it comes to watching our shows and seeing certain ships of ours having cheating sls & how that affects how we feel towards them. This convo kinda came about cuz of the recent development we’ve heard about on Riverdale where Betty & Archie are gonna be cheating on their respective significant others with each other in the next episode... Which, okay, at this point I don’t even watch the show anymore since it sounds like it’s pretty much on crack these days (at least more than usual lol) so this isn’t your typical rant about “OMG HOW DARE YOU MESS WITH MY OTP LIKE THAT” in regards to that sl (re: yes, Bughead was my ship when I watched it but my investment in the show has been pretty much non-existent for way over a year now so that’s not my goal with this rant fyi lol) It’s just more the frustration of the excitement I’ve seen from people being all “YAY CHEATING” Cuz, yeah ok, it’s a silly TV show. Obviously. I get that lmao It’s just the reactions I’ve been seeing that are funny cuz there’s people who talk about toxic relationships and normally how cheating is a dealbreaker but in this one specific case we’re all suddenly cool with it... Okay lmao but yeah, if the ship has to happen because a character died or cheating is involved... doesn’t that already cheapen that new relationship too (and their character development along with it? lol)

Anyway, I actually just really wanted to use this as a chance to rant about my ships that made me deal with cheating sls and why those are basically the worse “obstacles” a show can throw at ships. At least that is, if you want people to root for them long term. lol Cheating obviously happens in real life, but then that’s usually the end of a relationship. Which is why I don’t think it’s surprising that when it comes to fiction, I find the element of cheating to be something that kinda taints my otps for me if it occurs in the story. 

I can think of a couple of cases where I was able to accept it cuz the show mostly did right by them after the situation by showing the growth and how that would never been an issue again. But the cases where the cheating happens and it just feels like this thing that makes it so you can’t enjoy any of the things that came before it with that couple? That sucks. It feels cheap and like, really bad writing.

I think my thoughts on this subject stems all the way back to my very first TV ship: Jackie & Hyde from That 70′s Show. Anyone who really watched that show remembers that 2 episode arc of where Hyde thought Jackie cheated on him with Kelso (she hadn’t ofc but he did see her comforting him in a way that would be suspicious considering Kelso had wanted her back) so he cheated on her with a random nurse as payback. I remember watching the next episode heartbroken at the scene where Hyde has to tell her what he did after he realizes that he pulled that move for no reason at all and Jackie ultimately breaks up with him on the spot. Which I applauded her for. Because the girl had gotten cheated on by Kelso so much that she vowed that she wouldn’t let that happen to her again. Her relationship with Steven was supposed to be different, and up until that point, had been. It was a step back for all the development they had spent with them all season, but with how raw Hyde was during that scene and the scene where he tells Jackie that he loves her (evidenced by the fact that he actually isn’t wearing his usual sunglasses in either of those scenes), it can be said that it was clearly just a momentary regression. Do I think they could have handled it better towards getting them back together? Yeah. But then it was a sitcom so you gotta keep that in mind too. lol Otherwise, they mostly did right by them once they were back together until things got shaky again. But then this rant isn’t about how they deserved the endgame they were supposed to get and were robbed of. LOL But yeah, this is one of the rare cases they weren’t completely tainted for me.

(For those of you that have never seen this ep....)

Another case of a ship where cheating happened, but in this case did have my ship pretty much tainted for me at the time was Joan & Adam on Joan of Arcadia. This is more a lowkey scenario cuz nobody who sees this will know them basically but I loved them dearly and I watched that show (pun not intended at all lol) religiously when it was on so when that sl came very much out of nowhere I was (I’d say) rightfully upset about it. There was no reason to have Adam cheat on Joan. It was just plain character assassination of a fan favorite, and for what? Drama??? I still have no idea. All I know it was a far cry from the boy who charmed his way into Joan’s heart in S1 who wasn’t even thinking about sex when they got together (Heck, *she* was the one who thought they were supposed to have sex in S1 at one point and again, that wasn’t even on his radar at the time lol). Enter later S2, he makes her feel pressured about them doing it a bit and then later he cheats on her with this random girl that we saw a couple times talking to him because of this... Um?? That’s just bad writing cuz it’s OOC. lol What’s worse is that Joan found out about this in the 19th episode of the season so when the show got cancelled, there had been barely any development after that. There was some since there was like 3 episodes or so after that, which meant there was just enough time to get them to a sorta neutral place with each other since they had the same friend group but otherwise, not much closure for shippers. Which was frustrating. You can’t just take that sharp of a turn in the story that late in a season with an unguaranteed next season with your main couple, especially if the cheating is coming out of left field. You just can’t, not if you want me to root for them at least. So.... yeah. That was bad. lol Definitely an example of why sometimes cheating does not need to be a storyline on a show.

(For context...)

I was trying to think if there were any ships before this one that i would want to mention, and there might have been, but I can’t think of them at the moment. Which means next on the list is Zoe & Wade on Hart of Dixie. They’re still a big otp for me, which does show I was able to move past their cheating sl but again, they did get tainted a bit too. In some ways, their sl gave me some deja vu with Jackie & Hyde. At least in the way that the guy chooses to sleep with someone in a very rash way, and you just know this is gonna lead to an automatic breakup the second the girl finds out. There was no denying Zoe was gonna break up with him. It was heartbreaking to watch her come to the realization that he had cheated on her. And it was frustrating because it felt like they only got to be a proper couple for like maybe 4 episodes and then they pulled that move. It was like, you’ve been setting me up to root for this couple and... now what? They had undeniable chemistry so I guess the writers always counted on that for when they would ultimately bring them back together and they were right. I was able to root for them again, and it helped there had been some time that had passed (a whole season of them not being together!) and I was missing them a lot. But that said, it still felt like a misstep. Because when you wanna write a breakup, we should just throw in a cheating sl then? There were plenty of other ways to break up Zade, but they went in that direction. It just felt very lame, lazy and pure character regression in a way that didn’t make sense with the story they were telling imo. They were able to show that Wade had matured later on so it worked out, but this is one that made me upset so thank goodness they made up for it. lol

(I dare you not to tear up lol)

Okay, the last ships I’m gonna mention briefly are both on The Bold Type. 

Everyone in that fandom has expressed their frustration with how they handled the Kadena sl where Kat cheated and then they tried to have a open relationship to let her explore a bit or whatever in S2. I actually get where it wasn’t that bad cuz Adena told her she could see the other girls. Enter the next season, Kadena have sex when Kat is still in a relationship technically (I don’t care if she got the approval to see if there were still feelings there or not from Tia, that didn’t mean sleep with the ex. That meant talk) This is one of those cases where for me, cheating is never the ideal way to bring a ship back into the story. I know it happens but this didn’t make Kat or Adena look that great as characters for me. I know shit happens, just saying from a preference. Not gonna get deep into the awkwardness of S4 between these two, beyond saying that after S1, it does seem like the writers don’t fully know how to write them now still. They were a fan favorite ship for the show, and I think despite the bad writing for them sometimes in these later seasons, still are, but they really gotta start being more consistent with them if they want them to be rootworthy again. And please write Adena in character my goodness. The way they wrote her in 4x07 was just not it.

 Which brings me to Janestripe,

They seriously dedicated a whole first half of a season dragging out the reveal that Ryan did more than kiss the lady he cheated on Jane with. I know beforehand the majority of the fandom hated Ryan already and thought Jane should have been with Ben instead, which honestly... ok, whatever. I still say Jane was having doubts about Ben so she was already starting to check out of that relationship a bit before Ryan declared his feelings for her at the end of S2. That said, once again, cheating isn’t ideal so I liked that Jane turned him down until she broke things off with Ben. I think people forget that the person in the middle of a triangle is making a choice and just cuz it’s not the choice you the viewer wanted doesn’t necessarily mean that it has to be the wrong one. Frankly, Ben was kinda dry for me. Idk. Anyway, I appreciated that they were trying to tell a story of growth for Ryan... Until they weren’t. lol They really could have kept it as a kiss but they started planting those little signs that it wasn’t between Ryan looking guilty during convos and then him telling the story again about what happened & it sounding like bullshit. We all knew but they made us wait 9 eps for Jane to figure out. Which was frustrating. I get what message they were trying to send in the end and I respected that but they couldn’t do it faster?? They were sending a lot of signs they were making them endgame by showing how serious they were getting but now? I don’t see them ever interacting again, unless they did find a reason to bring Ryan back but Idk. I just don’t get painting them in that kinda light if you were just planning to tear them down before the season was even over, you know? They could have just ended them in S3 and I would have got it. But they dragged it out into a whole another season and why??? lol

I’m trying to figure out what more I wanna say about this topic. lol Beyond just thinking that I can’t stand cheating sls. I can barely stand any kinda love triangle sls as it is. Why must these tropes exist?? All they do is cause drama in fandoms. Which is prob why I don’t do them in the first place. lol

Anyway, I’m done now. lol

[thetourguidebarbie]

Okay I officially can’t wait for this story! Also I really like how you’re creating a mix of wade and lemon in Caroline’s characterization because off the bat you can totally picture Caroline as lemon the head belle in charge of every committee knows everyone and also as this scrappy gives no shits bar owner (though I’m curious how you’ll mix in the wade aspects too). Speaking of...how did you feel about season ones Zoe/George storyline? Cuz rewatching it I find myself really annoyed by it lol

Thank you!! I’m super excited to post it once it’s done. It’s like...halfway there lmao. 

And I hate george and zoe. So, so much. To be fair, I was basically hooked on zade after watching them interact for five seconds because I love ships that snipe at each other and then end up in love. It warms my heart. But there was something manufactured about zoe and george’s chemistry that really really bothered me too. They were definitely not my favorites lol

[schreichters]

just 2 get way too in depth about my own headcanon because like. literally i have that power heehee just thinking about the age difference between my favorite couple, zoe and wade’s son and AB and george’s son. like they need to have a Growing Up Together thing and ideally i think they’d be one year apart, but since zoe and wade’s son is already born, that can’t be because there’s no way AB is getting pregnant 3 months after the finale! but i can see george and AB moving fast and getting married sooner than ppl might expect--george waited forever with lemon because it wasn’t Right, now that it is right why wait, and AB is ready to do something she considers impulsive because it makes her happy--so yes to their sons being about 2 years apart? which gives me more Thoughts on when they get together which i definitely will detail at some other point but basically: it’s cute.

[snigora]

How Nancy Drew characters would do in Squid Game (Part 6)

ASH

-Toni Scallari: like a real politician she would rally the crowd, but the crowd would be divided and she’d get killed

-Alexei Markovic: if he was younger he might be like Jun-Ho and investigate the pink soldiers, otherwise he would not call the number

-Deirdre Shannon: isn’t she like rich or something

-Brenda Carlton: would die of daily news deprivation

TMB

-Abdullah Bakhoum: I hate him so much I like to think he’d die before he even gets there

-Lily Crewe: has the potential to do well, just like she has the potential to be a good character in the game but alas it doesn’t work out

-Jamila El-Dine: she’d get saved by the aliens

-Dylan Carter: good looks and an accent aren’t gonna get you far here buddy

DED

-Niko Jovic: is already dead

-Ryan Kilpatrick: is so bubbly that even the pink soldiers can’t bring themselves to kill her when she creates some kind of machine out of the bed frames

-Mason Quinto: he’s the one who turned down tenure so really it’s on him that he’s in the game. He loses obviously

-Ellie York: very zen. Definitely keeps her cool the whole time

-Gray Cortright: doesn’t join any alliances which ends up being his downfall

-Victor Lossett: also has Deok-Su vibes. Definitely gets taken out by another player

GTH

I’ve only played this once so bear with me

-Jessalyn Thornton: I think she’s cool enough to win

-Harper Thornton: is a loner like Gray but does it better

-Clara Thornton: is too sad to participate properly

-Wade Thornton: is probably sensible enough to not call the number

-Colton Birchfield: is murdered for having the name Colton

SPY

-Zoe Wolfe: easily wins

-Ewan MacLeod: joins because he can. Regrets it later on

-Moira Chisholm: is too sentimental to win

-Alec Fell: plays smart and has the potential to win

MED

Let’s be real, every single character in this game except Sonny wants to be famous. Once they realise they can’t manipulate public opinion to their advantage they try to opt out because they know they can’t win honestly, but then freak out more when people start actually dying

-Sonny Joon: also gets saved by aliens

LIE

-Xenia Doukas: absolute girl boss. Definitely wins

-Niobe Papadaki: is a wimp but would get through the honeycomb level no sweat

-Thanos Games: literally is the front man

-Grigor Karakinos: like Dylan, being a flirt will get you no where

SEA

-Magnus Kiljansson: unfortunately Squid Game is a nice guys finish last type situation

-Dagny Silva: isn’t even in debt but joins for the prize money anyway. Girl bosses her way to the top. She and Xenia definitely win together and head to Jeju island to get married

-Elisabet Grimursdottir: gets into the wrong place at the wrong time :(

-Gunnar Tonnisson: becomes like everyone’s unofficial dad

[strideofpride]

S, love, you’ve probs already talked about this elsewhere but what do YOU think TBD Hart-Kinsella’s name actually became?

Also if you have any further HoD kids hcs I would love to hear them.

Oh there is no doubt in my mind that they named that baby Jack after Wade's mother, I refuse to accept anything else lol. And of course I do lol!

I put this in my fic, but George and AB accidentally have four kids in very quick succession, three boys and a girl, Will, Henry, Simon, and Jane (Jane for Jane Austen, the boys' names because they are both British in origin - let's not forget AB is a canon anglophile! - and basic enough for George lol)

Also I said this before, but Jane grows up to be a lesbian firefighter like Jaysene lmaooo

Lemon and Lavon have two kids, a boy and a girl, the girl named after a flower of course

I go back and forth on whether or not Zoe and Wade ever have more kids tbh, so I don't have a definitive headcanon on that but I do really love the idea of Zoe, Wade, and Jack being this tight cute little family trio living in the carriage house forever lol

And I sent those to you already, but I am obsessed with the headcanons another blog came up with about Wade having a feminine son and Lemon having a butch daughter, and them helping the other deal with that, it's just *chef's kiss* I love to think of the characters still being challenged post canon

I don't think Crickett and Jaysense would have kids tbh (Crickett was married to Stanley for 10 years, if she really wanted kids she probably already would've had them) but you just know that they are the favorite aunties of all those kids cause they spoil them rotten lol

(Also let's not forget that Tom and Wanda's baby is only a couple months older than Jack - Wade and Tom are TOTALLY dad friends lol and one year Zoe and Wanda compete to the death to be room mom rip)

The kids all grow up really close in age - Jack, the oldest, and Jane, the youngest are only 8 years apart with the rest of the kids somewhere in the middle there (I think with previous headcanons I have Lemon & Lavon's first kid being born about two years after Jack, and then AB & George's first kid being born about 6 months after that kid lol)

But anyway so lots of family brunches and events and holidays spent together as well as one awful group vacay lol. Pictures before school dances, picking each other's kids up from school, Jack and Lemon & Lavon's kids basically growing up in the same house together...yeah. It's about the found family!

On the one hand, they would be practically raised like sisters, but on the other...imagine Lemon & AB's daughters dating...Blairena energy (okay wait also Derena energy tho rip)

distract me from me

[misssophiachase]

Tag Games

Tagged by the awesome Kennen @childoftimeandmagic thanks lovely lady!

Rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions

1. Friends

2. The West Wing

3. Hart of Dixie

4. Roswell New Mexico

5. The Resident

Favorite character in 2?

Of course I can’t pick just one they are all amazing. But I’ll pick CJ as my female fave and Josh as my male fave. They are both larger than life and have some of the funniest one-liners in the show. 

Least favourite character in 1?

Ross, I don’t think many people would dispute this,although I did love him with Rachel. 

Favorite season of 5 + 2?

For West Wing- Season 2 because I loved Ainslie Hayes and even though she wasn’t in many eps I loved watching her and Sam spar. Still salty they never got together. 

The Resident - Season 2 for sure especially with all the QuoVadis drama. 

Favorite couple in 2 and 3?

The West Wing - none really, maybe Jed and Abby?

Hart of Dixie - it’s a tie between Zoe and Wade and Lemon and Lavon

Favorite episode of 1, 4, 5

Friends - The One Where No One is Ready (Season 2). Ross is receiving some award and they are all going but are running late. It is so good.

Roswell NM - I love Songs about Texas (season 1) because Maria sings and it is the first real interactions between her and Michael. 

The Resident - The Germ (season 2). It made me bawl like a baby as the hospital staff try and help a little kid have some fun experiences before he dies. 

How long have you watched 1?

FOREVER (or it feels like it)

How did you become interested in 3?

I’m a big fan of Rachel Bilson so it was a no-brainer to watch it. It is just such a fun and quirky show, definitely good at the moment as a bit of a pick-me-up. 

Favorite actor in 4?

Michael Vlamis (plays Michael) is such an awesome actor. He reminds me of Caroline Forbes in that he has chemistry with every character. Both of his ships (Malex and MiLuca) are amazing for different reasons. Plus he’s pretty cute. 

Do you prefer 1, 2, or 5?

Deciding between Friends and The West Wing is like choosing between my favourite children (if I had any). 

If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Maria DeLuca - she is feisty, gorgeous and sings like an angel. 

Would a crossover between 3 and 4 work?

I’d say...no

Pair two characters from 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely ok couple

I don’t think anyone except the usual pairings. 

I’m going to tag..... @she-walked-away @megansarah11 @austennerdita2533 @arrenemris @lilacsandorangeblossoms if you want and anyone else who wants to do it : )

[cloud9in]

A Stellar Collision (Zoey x Mc)

Summary: Zoey and Bea encounter each other one night in Paris. A stellar collision takes place. 

French Zoey??? I say yes. I nerded the hell out with this fic, but I think it’s amazing and beautiful.

Word Count: 1.9k

Zoey Club: @samanthadalton @penda-bear @robintora @satrinadia @tyrils-star @brycesgirl @gay-dinosaur-banana-milk-carton

Stellar Collision; ‘A stellar collision is the coming together of two stars caused by stellar dynamics within a star cluster’

                                                        ***

Paris, France. Bea never thought that she’d travel alone, but here she was standing in front of the Eiffel Tower under the moonlight. This particular night was more magical than ever, the stars covered the sky like a light show. She gazed up at the celestial bodies that casted a heavenly glow on her face and smiled. France. She was really here.

 “Oh that’s perfect! Stay just like that..”

 A low voice startles Bea out of her thoughts as she yelps at the intruding stranger. “Oh my god you scared me!” The woman in front of her..who is insanely good looking, (very nice observation Bea), clamps her hand over her mouth to stop a giggle. She looked absolutely divine, Bea thought. Nothing compared to the stars. 

 “Forgive me miss! Or...er I didn’t get your name?” Her honey-filled, thick accent reminded Bea of a harmony probably only played at the gates of heaven. It took a few minutes for her to stop staring shamelessly, eyes wandering every inch of the mystery woman until it stopped at the paintbrush in her hand. Her face felt hot as she looked up directly into the stranger’s deep brown eyes, who winked in return. “...It’s Bea...or..honey...darling maybe?” Wow so smooth.

The brunette internally cringed at her attempt to seduce the stranger, but she was caught off guard by the sweet laugh earned in response.

  “Ah..well darling it is. You may have the privilege of calling me Zoey. Zoey Wade.” The darker woman grinned brightly, a pearly white smile contrasting her purple shade of lipstick. She wore a white long sleeve turtleneck which was neatly tucked into a tight, perfect fitting leather skirt. Her beret matched the color of her lips, and a nice pair of Louboutin black patent leather pumps were on her feet. Zoey was drop dead gorgeous, and she knew that. She could tell how attracted Bea was by the way her mouth hung open. Nice job Bea. 

 The brunette raised a single eyebrow in curiosity, “privilege huh? I’ll say…” She cleared her throat and straightened up, “well what I meant to ask was...what were you saying earlier? Before I jumped out of my boots.” Zoey peered down at her paintbrush and back to the woman in front of her amusingly. “Oh yes well, I like to take part in street art occasionally when I’m not in the studio or managing a fashion week.” Oh so she must be a fashion designer? Well of course she is Bea, look at her.

 “...and the way you gaze up at the stars reminds me of a certain love and intensity, I just had to capture it on my aisle.” Zoey gestures towards her setup behind her which went unnoticed by the brunette. In fact, everything was quite a blur for Bea in the moment. Uhhh earth to Bea Hughes? The most beautiful woman in the world is talking to you, the least you could do is respond. Zoey smiles silently, patiently waiting for the flustered girl to ground herself, once more. And when she does, the only word she can muster is, “..wow.”

 “Wow? But I haven’t even begun to paint you yet my darling! I think you would be quite satisfied with the results but only if you listen to my wishes.”

And so Bea did. She looked up at the sky again and relaxed her shoulders, a blissful feeling already beginning to surround her. The stars looked different now, she couldn’t focus as much, but when she did, Bea swore there was a faint outline of the darker woman’s features up in the sky. Maybe she was going crazy. Or maybe she just couldn’t get her out of her mind. The pair stood in comfortable silence as Zoey painted away, stopping occasionally to “study” Bea’s eyes, lips, and volumized curls. It’s all part of the technique. The brunette felt self conscious whenever she caught Zoey staring but it would immediately melt when their gazes connected, a feeling of warmth and affection fluttering like butterflies in her stomach.

 “So... Zoey right? That doesn’t sound very French.”

 The darker woman stroked her brush against the aisle skillfully, a light chuckle escaping her lips. “Indeed. My father was actually American, and well being his only child, he did the honours. My mother wanted to name me Zoé, (pronounced zaw-eh) but father already figured I’d have so much of my french roots and he wanted to contribute to at least something.” Zoey concentrates thoughtfully, her eyes softening at the mention of her parents. 

 Bea peels her eyes off of the sky and watches the woman with fondness. “He would be really proud of you...I know I may have just met you, but you have this gift of luring people in. Of...making them want to stay. You’re like home...I- I don’t know how to explain it...”

Zoey stops painting and observes the brunette, whose eyes only cast a shadow of love. 

 Bea looks away at the intensity of Zoey’s stare. Her voice breaks the silence, it sounded more soft and vulnerable, with a hint of that smoky accent. “Look at me.” 

 When their eyes met for the millionth time that night, it felt different. Bea felt complete. Like she was sharing her soul with the woman in front of her. She felt comfortable, with herself, and with everything around her. Zoey started to paint again as Bea watched her closely, formulating the right thoughts in her head. “Hey Zoe?” She subtlety moves her head towards Bea to hint that she’s listening, and the brunette’s eyes twinkle with delight. “Do you believe that we are all connected somehow?” 

 Zoey folds her arms in thought, “Yes...I do. There is...something called a human energy field. And within that field lies the magnetic pull of human hearts.” She looks tenderly at the brunette, “some may feel a strong pull in their hearts even when miles away. And when the two individuals finally meet, their energies combine like a stellar collision.” Bea stares at her with a certain passion she never felt before. Beautiful, incredibly intelligent, and a poetic flirt? Now that’s a woman.

 Zoey sets her paintbrush down and rotates the aisle so it's in full view for Bea. The brunette gasps loudly, her breath catching in her throat. The painting portrayed a stunning image of Bea with the Eiffel Tower behind her, the vibrant golden lights reflecting off her curls and silhouette. In the back, a depiction of maybe a million self-luminous stars painted the sky, and if you looked closely, some were constellations. What stuck out the most was the look on Bea’s face. Her expression suggested that she was looking at something mesmerizing, her eyes sparkling with wonder. And that was true, Zoey was otherworldly. Bea admired the portrait in awe, “It’s perfect Zoey, oh my god.”

 “You have a knack for stars eh? Such a nerd.” 

 The brunette laughs in joy as Zoey teases her. She raises a hand to her chin in thought, “You sound like a natural born American. Who are you and what have you done with my Zoey?” 

 “Oh your Zoey huh?” She smirks when Bea’s face turns impossibly red. Zoey detaches the portrait and struts towards the brunette, holding out the newly finished gift. “For you darling, to remember this night like no other.”

 Bea hesitates to grab it, “Are you sure you don’t want to keep it? I mean what if we never see each other again? I could be the mystery person that you tell people stories about when they come to your gallery one day.” Bea wiggles her eyebrows playfully at the suggestion.

“Well first off, there’s only so much to tell about one night. And a gallery? I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves.”

 “Oh we’re definitely not!”

 Zoey laughs pleasantly at the brunette’s confidence, brushing away a few strands of curls that fell out of place. She looks carefully at Bea and then to the painting, “Darling, the memories of tonight are enough to last me quite a while. I’ll never forget it and I don’t need this to remind me.  I’ll admit, if I kept this then everytime I look at it, it would only make me think of you.”

 “...and that’s a bad thing..?”

 “Yes.”

 “Ouchhh Zoe.”

 She chuckles gently at the pout on the brunette’s face. “Oh you baby I didn’t mean it like that.” Zoey as she takes a deep breath, gathering her thoughts, “It’s just that after tonight, wherever you go in the world, I hope you don’t forget me so easily. I only wish that you would be by my side just one night longer every time I stare at this painting.”

 “Is that what you tell all of your clients?”

 That earned Bea a nice smack to the shoulder. Good job, you deserve that.

 “Whattt I meant to say is that the night doesn’t have to end! We’re just getting started Zoey. I want to have an adventurous night out in Paris with you. You can show me how the French do it. And maybe paint me like one of your French girls next.”

 This time Zoey was the one blushing a deep dark red. She dipped her head away before Bea could catch a glimpse of it. Zoey clears her throat before sitting in thought, “well... I always believed that you should do what feels necessary, and what feels right. Being here with you certainly feels right.” She glances not so discreetly at Bea’s lips, and wets her own in anticipation. The brunette can feel her burning gaze and follows the darker woman’s eyes as they scan every inch of her. A jolt of energy starts forming in her lower belly, her heartbeat steadily increasing while her knees went impossibly weak. There was a literal shift in the atmosphere and Bea swore they weren’t this close before, but the feeling of Zoey’s breath on her cheek told her just how close they became. “...Can I do something that feels right?”

 When Zoey nods, Bea wastes no time in pulling her against her body, one arm wrapping around Zoey’s lower waist and the other caressing her dark bronze cheeks. The kiss felt electrical, a burst of pleasure surging through their chests as they finally connected. Bea let Zoey take control immediately, her tongue pulsating in the brunette’s mouth as they french-kissed. The feeling was so overpowering as they both gasped for air after a few minutes. Zoey placed open-mouthed kisses along Bea’s jaw and neck and she moaned in pure bliss at the feeling. Don’t worry there’s probably nobody around to see them. Maybe. 

When Zoey pulls back and looks at Bea, she smirks at how dilated her pupils have become. Someone’s excited. The brunette doesn’t let her tease any longer, sliding her hand gently across the french woman’s cheek, to the back of her neck, and pulling her hair until her neck is exposed. Their lips connect once more until both are too weak to stand any longer. 

 Through her shallows breaths, Bea smiles over at Zoey who has a dazed, yet look on her face. Yep. Nothing compared to the stars.

                                                                   ***

Part 2 ???

[leesh]

fun fact hart of dixie is based on where i live (location-wise, they mention my city a bunch) lol they get so much wrong but it's cute they try. i actually never watched the last season, is it bad?

omg really? and the last season is definitely the worst of them, tbh. a lot of it felt very.....forced, like they tried to give everyone a “happy” ending by making them be in a relationship. i mean, COME ON! annabeth and george? an absolute mess of a pairing if i ever did see one! i love annabeth with all my heart and george really fucking annoyed me, so i did not like to see it one bit. imo, annabeth and lavon should’ve been endgame smh. i guess at least my faves zoe and wade got to be together