#ncis-verse

[mashmaiden]

The long story no one asked for!

So, my trip to LA. Holy crap what an adventure! Absolute whirlwind experience but totally amazing!

So last Tuesday, at like noon my time, the main casting director for NCIS and NCIS: LA posted on Instagram about an NCIS-Verse themed picket event the following day at 9am. Now, I live in Phoenix, which is about a 7 hour drive away from LA. It's doable alone, but a bit hard to go there and back in a day by yourself. But I decided I'd do it if I had to!

As an alternative, I looked at flights and buses, and found that Greyhound prices were about the equivalent of what gas would cost me, and that sold me. Bought the ticket and had about 5 hours to get ready to leave on an overnight bus. So I left my house at 10pm, parked at my friend's house, took the light rail to the bus stop, and got on a way too cramped bus at 11:30pm and headed to LA!

We got into Downtown LA at 8am. I caught an Uber to a neighborhood adjacent to Paramount Studios, got some coffee and walked toward the gates.

A little preface before we get to the rest of the stuff you guys ACTUALLY want to hear about. So, when I posted the Rosa pop on Instagram before the series finale, Natalia (the actress who plays Rosa), followed the account, and reached out, mentioning she would love a Rosa Pop of her own. I told her I could make her one if she wanted. When I posted to my insta-stories about potentially coming to the Strike that day, she messaged me with a "I hope I'll get to see you there!" So part of the 5 hours I had to get ready included finishing painting the Pop I'd created for her.

AT THE STRIKE

After checking in, I got a SAG strike sign and started wandering around. I saw Medalion (Fatima) and Kavi (Shyla) and Gemmill from afar, but was too chicken to approach any of them at that moment. I reached out to Natalia via IG and she said she was nearly there. A few minutes later, she and her boyfriend Nick arrived, and I went up to them. I presented her with her pop but offered to hang onto it for the time being (she only had a small bag with her, and the pop was in a box). She in return, had a gift for me! She framed a copy of the call sheet and sides (that day's script pages) from one of the days of filming the S13 finale episode! Totally unexpected and so sweet!

So the three of us walk around in the circles in front of one of the gates for a bit, and then we wandered over to the writer's strike checkin booth, where there was a small sign, indicating the "NCIS" meetup was at the OTHER gate. We head over there, and Natalia immediately spots a few of the writers/actors and we head their way. She introduces me to them - I think at this point it was Justin, Matt, and Duncan (Castor/COD's stand in -- he loved the Hetty pop!) - and we chat for a bit. I mentioned how my desire to do film work was started by all of our "ideas" we'd come up with for alternative plots, and one of them actually asked me what my favorite idea was! I half blanked, half chickened out, and kinda fumbled my way through the question.

After that, I ended up behind Kavi while we were stopped at the crosswalk, and I actually worked up the nerve to introduce myself to her. Told her how much fun I found Shyla, etc. She loved the Pops, and was so shocked that I came from Phoenix, that she started telling EVERYONE she saw about it. Around this time, we noticed Dani was on the corner, talking with other NCIS peeps (I think this is when she was taking the pics with Vanessa, Brian, etc), and Kavi asked me if I'd met her yet. I said no, and she was like "well we have to change that".

A few minutes later, Dani starts walking the circles with the rest of us, and as she passes us, Kavi gets her attention, literally DRAGGING me by my arm to follow her. She again repeats my bus tale, and I get to show her the Kensi pop. This moment was captured as a beautiful candid pic by one of the photographers who has regularly been taking/posting pictures of the strike.

Dani asked if the pop was for her. And, I'll admit, that was not my intention when I went, as the wedding Kensi was a little beat up, having traveled across LA with me 3-4 times by now. But, how could I say no?! So, now wedding Kensi is in the hands of her inspiration! *squee*! Beyond that, Dani and I talked a bit about working in the industry, I mentioned how I wasn't quite decided on where I'd end up, but was looking into writing and creative producing. She admitted to not being so into the writing side of things herself, but she enjoyed the directing/producing/acting side.

As we were standing there talking, we were surrounded by mostly NCIS: LA cast/crew members and someone suggested doing a group picture. I was in the middle of the mass of people, and no one made me move, so I somehow got to take part in the super cool group pic! lol.

I also managed to get one-on-one pics with with Erik Palladino (Sabatino), Don Wallace (Navy SEAL Frank Wallace), and Kavi. I got one with Natalia too, but not on my phone. I saw so many people I recognized from behind the scenes of the show, but didn't get to talk to everyone.

About noon-time I got picked up by the wonderful @anonkp who took me to a delicious lunch in Larchmont Village. Then she dropped me off near the bus station when she had to go back to work. But I had a few more hours to kill until the bus came, so I rode the metro line down to Santa Monica, took a few pics at the beach from far away, made my way back, and got on my bus!

I was REALLY hoping to sleep on my way home. By the time it got dark, it was 9pm and I was running on the short spurts of sleep I got on the super cramped bus on the way in. I wasn't as cramped on this bus, and I had the row to myself this time, so I started to try to nod off for a few hours... and then our A/C died. Just as we entered Arizona, of course. So we made an extra stop on the way home just so we could cool down from the hot bus. I finally pulled into my house at 3am, 29 hours after I'd left the day before.

And that's the crazy adventure I had! But it was an absolutely wonderful experience, and I'd happily do it again if given the opportunity! lol. (Even if I'll probably be remembered as "the girl with the dolls" from here on out!) I'm probably forgetting 800 things, but this is already too long! 😂😂

[tivajunkie]

I won’t lie, the way Sam and Callen came out was hella cool.

[renegadesstuff]

SHE IS GONNA COME BACK 🥹😍

[xwandawidowx]

I miss them ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[writeandsurvive]

My fav people ✨

I'd love to see what kind of lyrics Gary could come up with! 😁 also, what are those moves at the end? 🤣 Anyways, I love one (1) old man 🫶🏻❤️

[hay-389]

Alright, nothing can top the fact that we are getting Ziva and Tony back on our screens together, like an actual couple, with their daughter!!!

This is the best news we’ve had in 4 years. 😭

[house-of-slayterr]

Greetings and Salutations,

And welcome to The House of Slayter. I’m Your Host, Fang, and I’ll be your guide through your Fandom Fantasies. So buckle in as I take you down your path of choosing…

Pick Your Poison:

Slashers/Horror

Harry Potter-Verse

Spider-Verse

MCU

DC Comics

Gotham (TV Show)

Criminal Minds

NCIS

Baulder’s Gate 3

The Vampire Diaries-Verse

The Lost Boys

Teen Wolf

Hannibal

IZombie

Adventure Time

Twilight

An: Will continue to update the list as I join more fandoms.

Side Blogs:

Little Blog: @little-buggy-beetle

@sammyhatesklowns

Vampire Role Play: @auroraofsaints

The Slayter Family 🥰:

Moonbeam🌙: @mothmans-kingdom

Bubbe🐳💙: @kados-of-chaos

Greenie🐸🌿: @emeraldfangs

Platonic Soulmate 🫀: @joelsgeetar

Wifey 🥺: @myers-meadow

Beetie 😊: @ajarofpickledtears

Petit Rat🐀: @the-limp-linguine

Grand-mère🥰: @gabrielle-de-lioncourt-anon

My Queen👑: @oceansrose2002

Pretty Willow🥀: @willowbrookesblog

Mothman🦋: @x-littlemoth

Onion Boy 🧅: @frenziedslashers

Pretty Penguin 🐧: @keffirinne

[wcrdswritten]

I'm looking for more blogs to follow, so if you post about something of the following, or have recommendations feel free to let me know.

Criminal minds

Arrow verse

NCIS verse (mainly LA and Hawaii)

Old "teen shows" (ie. OTH, The OC, Glee, BH 90210)

Station 19 +Grey's

[mashmaiden]

Is anyone here gonna be around watching/chatting about the 1000th episode special tonight?

I'm trying to figure out if I should pull up the east coast feed to watch jointly with everyone.

I'd love to get to live blog with y'all again! *sniffle*

[ncruuk]

Writing and Life update

So, I've nearly finished the Seven/Janeway centric post Picard epic that my brain decided was exactly what it needed to preoccupy itself with while juggling a medium sized health crisis and moving 120 miles (translation for US readers - in UK terms I have moved 3 states over and yes, the admin is MONSTROUS and everyone looks at me like I'm an alien).

Medium sized health crisis is now a more manageable significant health issue so my brain is therefore starting to multitask despite the whole moving into new place is not the same as finished moving (unpacking, admin etc) and deciding that it's probably forgiven NCIS Hawaii for the last two episodes of s2 making a muddle of my Kate backstory headcanon stories I was merrily writing before everything went sideways for Kate in the s2 final eps and me in RL. I am hoping to resume writing that (already 8+ chapters deep into it) in the next month or so once I've finished my Seven/Janeway detour.

And for those that wonder about my Station 19 puppy series....

...the really good news is I have managed, due to all of the above, to completely forget about all post-pandemic show canon and am therefore feeling it safe to reread my own fic without immediately hating everything about it. [Despite writing one baby fic for them, I'm really not a baby!fic storyline person for any pairing - it's the reason I never progressed beyond episode one of the original L Word (the first line of dialogue had me wanting to turn off, but like an obedient under-represented minority I bought the DVD anyway so the show wasn't cancelled due to lack of interest inside the first 10 minutes...oh those sweet, innocent mid 2000s...)].

And for those who have got this far going yes, but what about Kate and Osgood? Good news is I have had my interest piqued by the 60th anniversary trailer release and haven't been alienated by silly 'let's kill off UNIT' plots anymore. Hopefully, assuming we can get to 2024 without me being reminded of the nightmares a 10 year old me had after reading Z for Zachariah (yes, seriously, I had adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi on my school reading list that summer, and I'm sure it doesn't take too much analysis to work out why I have a hot/cold relationship with sci-fi ever since and really didn't do well in the first part of the COVID pandemic which is why I stopped writing my light-hearted 'aliens regularly try to end humanity but UNIT stops them with paperwork and science then), I will get back to Kate, Osgood and their global adventures too.

Promise :-)

[And apologies for not replying to asks here and comments on AO3 - the aforementioned health hiccups rather did a number on my humaning skills]

[renegadesstuff]

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE COMING HOME 🥹🤍

[xwandawidowx]

Wifeys 💍🩷

[cat-blob]

I've put together a list of only one character from shows/movies that I've seen that almost always have food in their hands.

Character - tv they are from

Atticus Aemilius Pulcher - The Chosen

tek - titan a.e

rusty - ocean 11

mark Watney - Martian

chunky - goonies

arthur - merlin

tony dinozzo - ncis

hunk - voltron legendary defender

jack o'neill - stargate sg1

kaylee - firefly

rygel xvi - farscape

Larry - eureka

nemesis - infinite dendrogram

maple - bofuri

pinkie pie - my little pony

sokka - avatar the last airbender

joey - friends

buford - phinease and ferb

Ron - harry potter

tucker - danny phantom

Dakota - milo murphy's law

plagg - miraculous ladybug

bandit - bluey

Peni parker - spider-man: into the spider-verse

[ltghsta]

☾ ─── ⋆ head is pulled back and a hiss escapes his lips. eyes narrow up at bucky , who was busy cleaning the cut above his brow. theo had tried his best to come in quietly , but he knew it would be pointless when he spotted ellie asleep on the couch and the super soldier on the other. he'd heard him of course. ❛ will you quit it ? ❜ he practically whined , swiping at his hand. ❛ you're not as gentle. ❜

☾ ─── ⋆ @wnterslder : liked for a starter

[lloydmustache]

Rest in peace David McCallum. 💔 you'll be forever loved Dr. Mallard 🥺

[burygods]

lucy tara : you're welcome to stay, if you want.

it was an amazing night --- didn't think it would have been, but it was a case of not judging a book by it's cover. the food was incredible, the wine was flowing, and the company ... well, @eternaldark never failed to make her laugh, or smile. honestly, kate was starting to not care where she was, if only lucy would be there to.

she's up before the ncis agent. thus her routine, and that didn't change no matter where she was. in lucy's kitchen, dressed and ready for the day, coffee in hand and the blonde smiles over at the other. heels tap as she walks towards lucy, the softest of kisses to the corner of her lips, free hand resting against the brunette's side. " can't. " kate speaks once pulling back a little. " big debrief first thing. " always a little vague with her answers. old habits die hard.

" though i could always stop by after work. "