#otp: partners in crime and life

[castlefinest]

Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary 💕

Happy 3rd Wedding Anniversary, Castle and Beckett. November 10th, 2014.

[spidercatshipper]

Spider-Man & Black Cat

[badnewswhatsleft]

qppp2 save me... save me qppp2

no fr literally save me qppp2 !!!!!!!

[wordbunch]

flawed galadriel im obsessed otp durin and disa partners in crime im obsessed elendil and miriel queen of the sea im obsessed tom bombadil im obsessed 'many who die deserve life' im obsessed manipulative bitch annatar im obsessed and I am not ready to have only 2 eps to go!!!!

[courtmartialme]

Okay okay I am FASCINATED by your Roy hating?? I have not seen that in this fandom and I am desperate to know w h y (in the most positive way possible). Pls convert me to being a Roy hater

this is so funny HELP yeah sure

i honestly don't really hate roy or else he wouldn't be half my otp. but i only like the version of him in my head so i don't want other people to talk to me about him lol therefore it's easier to say i hate him

when i first got into fma in 2018 i actually liked both roy and riza the same amount, you could even argue i liked roy more considering i drew him more(hes easy to draw) LOL but with time in fandom i gradually grew a distaste for him because of how a lot of his fans treat riza for his sake

riza is so interesting and full of personality, and it's clear arakawa has a lot of love for her considering riza has a whole backstory as a side character while the vast majority of others do not(she has said in an interview riza is her favorite character after resembool trio). but i too often saw her being reduced to only "girl who is there to point a gun to roy when he's being silly xD girlboss babysitter xD" or she's just there to comfort roy in his manpain as if she didn't go through the exact same shit as him and Even More, but her feelings tend to go ignored ... i think a lot of royai shippers would benefit from selfshipping instead if you're just gonna use riza to explore roy as a partner LOL

realizing that made me a lil sad, but to each their own ig having bad taste isn't crime yet. so i started to focus my own work on riza since i didn't see that often. what really made my roy allergy skyrocket was trying to make things focused on riza and get people coming at me like "wow i like this thing you made about riza but what if it was about roy :)" ??!!???!!?? why are you buying clothes at the soup store!!!!!! roy is already infinitely more popular and has so many fans who make stuff focused on him and yet you come to the riza guy wanting to make the riza works about roy!!??!! it really annoys me and i still get comments like that sometimes despite being irritatingly loud about disliking roy focus to try to avoid that and it doesnt even work!!!!!! so its why i feel bitter towards roy fans

seeing riza being used as acessory to prop roy and her own feelings sidelined for the sake of focusing on roys so often by people who claim to like her too made me incredibly tired of content focused on him and of his fans lol so it's my life goal to make him the accessory for riza instead, he doesn't exist to me when he's not standing next to his wife

[dxppercxdxver]

so I hear you have 'instead of brain there is rifleman harris' syndrome. Tell Me About.

BOY DO I :D

how i feel about this character: oooo you Know i'm insane about firstname rifleman lastname harris you Know It. what a guy i can project so much historical transgenderisms onto and then Make Myself Sad About. serves cunt in every scene has never once flopped that's my favorite guy

all the people i ship romantically with this character: honestly basically just hagman, given that i think harris's relationship with most of the other chosen men is Don't Get Involved It's Not Worth It (sharpe, harper) or Friends With Occasional Freaky Transsexual Sex Benefits (cooper, tongue). or Best Pals (perkins)

my non-romantic otp for this character: HARRIS/PERKINSSSSS they're literally transgender best friends and like. i know a lot of their onscreen dynamic is influenced by the fact that jason salkey and lyndon davies were partners in crime boy best friends for life on set but also that energy Carries they're literally ride or die for each other

my unpopular opinion about this character: in the broader scope of The World. basically any of my headcanons about harris being gaytransgender would be received with varying degrees of Shock and Awe given. you know. the Dads. but within this here tumblr-based sharpe fandom i'm not suuuure any of my takes are all that controversial lmao

one thing i wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: is it a copout to say i wish he hadn't died at waterloo. is that a copout. if it is i do wish he and hagman had been allowed to be a bit textually fruitier. or have any more screentime really

[lurkingshan]

Teacher Jung (School 2013)

Truly the best of women.

How I feel about this character

I respect her so much. She's the kind of teacher that is rare in the public education system: one who's idealism and dedication to saving as many kids as she can sticks even in the face of serious setbacks. Her perseverance through endless barriers and hardships to help those kids no matter what was so inspiring it changed Teacher Kang's life and inspired intense loyalty in her classroom of students.

She's the heart of School 2013's narrative and without her as the moral center of the show, it would be empty.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

One of my favorite things about her story is there was no romantic ship, and I like it that way. School 2013 is not a romance and that's how it should be.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Teacher Kang, her closest ally and eventual partner in crime.

My unpopular opinion about this character

I'm not sure there are any dissenting views on her. I know some choose to focus on the teen bromance story in this show to the exclusion of the story with the teachers, and I definitely disagree with that. You only get Nam Soon and Heung Soo finding their way back to each other because they had Teacher Jung bolstering them the whole way through.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon

I was happy with where we left her and Teacher Kang. They knew they couldn't fix everything or rescue every kid, but they were resolved to keep showing up and keep trying. It was a beautiful message about the mission of educators.

Give me a character ask game

[grislyintentions]

SHIPPING INFO. Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse(s)?

Geto/Gojo (current brainrot) but tbh i have a lot frfr

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

Where shipping is concerned, I'm generally rather down to explore different ideas/plots. With the exception of: infidelity, pregnancy (breeding kinks are fine just not actual carrying of children), constant relationship angst with no reprieve and break ups.

I struggle heavily with Bipolar 2 + Cluster B comorbidity and certain themes make emotional regulation really difficult.

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

Anything past 10 year age gap** And even then I'd personally prefer for the characters to be above 25 y/o if the age gap is going to be an important factor of the thread.

Are you selective when shipping?

Yes. I prefer to go off of chemistry between the characters portrayed + if I am able to have an healthy line of communication with my writing partner. It's really important to me for my writing partners to feel comfortable with discussing boundaries or if they've changed their mind/are no longer interested. Especially with the nature of what I write (Yaoshi etc)

Shipping, and by extension rping as a whole, is a collaborative experience. I would rather prioritise being able to have fun doing so.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

Anywhere between getting handsy to dry humping counts I think?? ^^;;

Who are other muses you ship your muse with?

I'm pretty flexible with that as long as our portrayals have chemistry together. I don't mind crackships, unlikely ships etc as well.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

I am unfortunately pretty dense when it comes to picking up on other people's shipping interest 😭so please give me a sign. Like a "hey i think they'd be neat!" type of message is enough. Most of the time, I observe the threads until potential is made obvious before I approach to discuss bc I just...do be dropping balls left and right OTL.

How often do you like to ship?

Not as often as I'd like 💀

Are you multiship?

Yes. Verses are all kept separate unless planned otherwise.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

I think I'm a ship more-or-less in my own eyes? I love writing shippy stuff but honestly slice of life, comfort and goofs are what commonly appears here. Or...yknow degenerate crimes but dw about that.

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Kafka/Blade, Kafka/Sunday, Wriothesley/Clorinde/Neuvillette, Candace/Dehya, Candace/Cyno, Cyno/Tighnari, Sampo/Natasha, Sampo/Gepard, Natasha/Serval, Xiao/Traveler, Wanderer/Layla, Wanderer/Traveler, many many more tbh

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Write with me! Send me stuff, tell me about your ideas and I'll do the same.

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[make-friends-with-the-rats]

For the ask game, what about Snitch and/or Spot? Not much is said about Snitch but I’d still like to hear your opinion on him anyway

neva fear, Brooklyn is here!

and Snitch is here :)

How I feel about this character: It's Spot frickin Conlon, y'all. The legend him/herself! 92sies Spot specifically has some of the best one liners in the entire movie and I think it's really interesting that Spot Conlon is given such a larger-than-life reputation. What really makes Spot so influential? Does Spot have a 'escaped on the back of Roosevelt's carriage' story? Spot respects Jack and sees him as a brother. That's what makes Jack's betrayal so hard on Spot. (I seriously think we need more Spot and Jack sibling dynamics, come on y'all.) Spot is also a very strategic thinker and would kill you at chess. 92sies Spot reminds me of a chihuahua.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Race and Spot because 92sies Spot (kinda) canonically thinks Race is pretty. It's just silly and they are partners in crime. Plus, why are you going all the way to Sheepshead Bay every day to sell papers Race? Aren't you a Manhattan newsie? Uksies Sprace is also so special to me. [fanart!] And for your consideration: Sarah and Spot! Most underrated pairing of all time both romantically and platonically. I need more people to talk about them. [fanart!]

My non-romantic OTP for this character: SARAH AND SPOT!!! You can't tell me that Spot wouldn't love Sarah Jacobs. Spot meets Sarah at the rally and is immediately impressed by Sarah "my father and I are socialists" Jacobs and they bond to David's utter bafflement. Spot and Sarah are literally going to take over the world together guys, I'm telling you. Spot and Race is also great platonically. And then there's uksies Spot and all of her girls. I just love them all so much and they have each other's backs.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Spot Conlon and Brooklyn being girls adds so much depth to Spot as a character in the stage musical version of Newsies. I honestly don't know how Spot could be better improved upon given the musical script as it is. Long live the Brooklyn girlsies!

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: The real Spot Conlon may or may not have been a leader of the Brooklyn newsies at some point, but he was definitely from Brooklyn and he wore pink suspenders [x]. I wish that they'd kept those pink suspenders in the movie. Granted, the red suspenders are meant to distinguish leadership/power (like Jack's red bandana), but arguably his pink suspenders would have served just as well as a symbol of leadership in historical context. Give him back his pink suspenders! In the stage musical version of Newsies, I really, really, really wish they'd adapted Spot's character better. There's just so much of Spot that we lost in adaptation.

Thank you for the ask! And let me know if there's anything I missed that you wanted to know in my Snitch opinions post :)

ask game

characters answered: David Jacobs, Jack Kelly, Blink and Skittery, Bumlets and Swifty, Sarah Jacobs, Specs and Dutchy, Les Jacobs, Crutchie, Snitch and Itey, Mush Meyers

[hatsunevitu]

man i LOVE kenman brotp (that goes along with kyman otp) so here’s an au

ok cw death

i was randomly thinking about an au where cartman got immortality too.

(idk how exactly tho, i think it had something to do with satan or jesus who wanted to teach cartman empathy and sympathy so he can understand how does it feel to live a life of less fortunate who suffer every day or smth like that)

so he got immortal and that’d be the funniest thing on earth because he definitely thought about it as a blessing, not a curse. because now he can do stupid things and not worry about it because he’ll just get back to life. and it’d save him a lot of time, he’d be like uhhhh going from school is sooooo long i guess i’ll just kill myself to respawn at home.

and that kinda helps kenny because for the first time he starts seeing his immortality as something remooootely positive?

and kenman are a partners in crimes brotp in this au because you can’t tell me cartman wouldn’t use their powers to rob banks and punish those he dislikes. and kenny just has to keep looking after cartman so he doesn’t kill himself too often.

(btw cartman TOTALLY would get killed in front of the guys on purpose once and recorded it on a video because he wanted to know their reaction and then he saw kyle literally almost CRYING and it made him feel kind of guilty… but he expected everyone to forget his death, like they forgot kenny’s, and so did happen, with one minor exception – kyle remembered… heheheh i’ll definitely write something about kyman in this au later)

anyway cartman convinces kenny that they can make BIIIG money if they use their superpower to rob a bank. kenny didn’t want to tempt the fate at first, but then cartman told him how he could save his family with the money and kenny finally agreed.

they’d be like:

kenny: (Now we divide the money we stole in half, equally, right?)

cartman: Actually, I think I deserve 60%, Kenny.

kenny: (What?! How come?)

cartman: I died twice during the mission!

kenny: (THAT’S BECAUSE YOU SHOT YOURSELF FOR FUN AND I HAD TO WASTE TWO HOURS TO WAIT FOR YOUR RETURN.)

cartman: I suffered more!

kenny: (Give me the money, asshole! We had a deal!)

cartman: Ugh, fine, fine. Take it, Poor Kid. Buy your sister a fucking doll, for all I care☹️

kenny would waste more time on calming cartman down than on actually doing crimes on the missions come on, ‘cause mf risks his life constantly due to his immortality.

he would come to a bank employee and start insulting and teasing him, and kenny would have to pull cartman away until this stupid ass got shot again.

cartman to the security guard: Ha! Try and stab me! Stab me, you pussy!!!

kenny, standing behind him with a threatening look: Do not.

AND ALSO KYMAN IN THIS AU because kyle does not remember kenny’s deaths but he DOES remember cartman’s so drama drama drama

and if cartman was immortal and kyle found out about it he’d get like super overprotective, because he doesn’t want to lose cartman forever just because this stupid asshole doesn’t take anything seriously and thinks that dying is fun.

so yep it’s basically brotp!kenman and kyman crime au and it’s been rotting my brain for like hours and now i want to write a fucking slowburn fanfic for 100k words.

[pisces-swirlix]

And here we have Katherine “I don’t want to pretend” Beckett bringing up her and Castle getting married completely unsolicited

Alright. So, you and I are married. We’re not married. Relax. It’s just pretend. I don’t want to pretend. Scared you’ll like it? Okay. If we’re married, I want a divorce.  329/365 days of caskett

[spidercatshipper]

Merry Christmas from Spider-Man and Black Cat

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[negative-speedforce]

Bucky Barnes and Barry Allen for the character thing

1: sexuality headcanon

Bucky is a deeply closeted gay man. He flirts with girls and is seen as a womanizer because he doesn't want people to know he's attracted to men.

Barry is bi, with a preference for women. There's just no way he's not, with the chemistry he has towards every single man ever.

2: otp

Steve/Bucky is one of my OTPs of all time and I will not be changing my mind about that, they are in love your honor. Endgame? What Endgame?

Westhallen my beloved. I don't know what you're talking about, Eddie didn't die, him, Barry, and Iris are all living together as happy partners and raising their kids together.

3: brotp

Sam and Bucky are The Best. They always bring the drama, they argue like an old married couple, and they both absolutely loathe each other. They're besties.

Barry and Cisco are one of the friendships of all time. I love them so much when they nerd out together and fight crime and- man I miss Cisco.

4: notp

Well I hear they might be shipping Bucky and Yelena in the new Thunderbolts movie and that just gives me the ick on so many levels. First, Yelena is aroace, second, they've both been under mind control for most of their lives, let them find themselves before they find a partner, and finally, it just seems so "You're a good guy now! Here's your assigned heterosexual relationship!".

Snowbarry, I'm sorry. I just don't get it. They're nice as friends, but I just don't see them getting into a relationship.

5: first headcanon that pops into my head

Bucky gets chronic migraines from having his brains zapped constantly.

Barry has ADHD and becoming a speedster just made it worse.

6: favorite line from this character

"How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you."

"Rule number one of having a secret identity is to not take pictures of yourself"

7: one way in which I relate to this character

Identity issues, 100%. Bucky's got 'em, I've got 'em, anyone who grew up queer in a conservative religious environment probably has 'em.

The feeling that you can't slow down because your life is moving so fast- except for Barry, it's literal.

8: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

Bucky getting sidelined for Peggy AGAIN. AND AGAIN. AND AGAIN.

Barry letting Thawne get away again and again and again. It's absolutely bonkers.

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

Both, but leaning towards cinnamon roll.

Absolutely a cinnamon roll.

[typingtess]

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch:  “Best Seller”

The basics:  A crime cartel goes after Sam’s friend Tom Olsen.

Written by: Kyle Harimoto wrote "Omni", "Merry Evasion", "Chernoff, K", "Command and Control" as episode 150, "Granger, O.", "Ghost Gun", "Kulinda", "767", "Se Murio El Payaso", "Assets"/"Liabilities", "Venganza", "Superhuman", "One of Us", "Let Fate Decide" (season 11 premiere), "Decoy", "Answers" , "Watch Over Me", "Cash Flow", "Fukushu", "Bonafides”, “Come Together” (season 13 finale) and “Of Value”.  He co-wrote "Three Hearts", "Leipei", "Humbug", both ends of the "Matryoshka" two-parter, "Smokescreen" part two, "Searching", "A Fait Acompli" and "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale).

Directed by: James Hanlon who directed "War Cries", "The Grey Man", "Kolcheck, A", "Driving Miss Diaz", "Command and Control" (number 150), "Angels and Daemons", "Where There’s Smoke", "Black Market", "Tidings We Bring", "Can I Get a Witness?", "Cac Tu Nhan", "A Diamond in the Rough", "Into the Breach", "Human Resources”, “Commitment Issues”, "The Nobel Maidens" and “Murmuration”.

Guest stars of note:  Erik Palladino as Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Vostanik Sabatino was back from season 13’s “Hard for the Money”; Bill Goldberg as DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton is back from season 13’s “Bonafides”; David Paul Olsen as Tom Olsen is back from season 11’s “Human Resources” where people were trying to kill him there too; Lesley Boone as Nina Barnes in back from the prior episode, “A Long Time Coming” crossover episode; Natalia Del Riego as Rosa Reyes is back from “Survival of the Fittest”; Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor is back from “Blood Bank”; Gianni DeCenzo as Luke Austin; Eddie Kaulukukui as Army Col. Tuivasa; Daya Vaidya as Marina and Katrina Begin as Lauren Olsen.

Our heroes:  Save Sam’s buddy.

What important things did we learn about: Callen:  On loan to a joint taskforce out of town for an undercover sting operation. Sam:   See Callen. Kensi:  Missing out on a girls only weekend with Rosa. Deeks:   See Sam. Fatima:   No Daddy Issues. Rountree:   Keeps full outfits in work desk drawers. Kilbride:  Unknown to those in the “Twitter-Tok universe”.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen:  Absent. Sam:  Absent. Kensi:   A fan of Tom Olsen’s novels. Deeks:    Absent. Fatima:   Introducing Rountree to a veterinarian not a vegetarian.  Rountree:   Shorts for brunch is an interesting fashion choice. Kilbride:  Surprised a SEAL would do publicity for a book.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  Not a mention.

Who's down with OTP:  Happy in life Kensi was looking for the same for Lance.  Lance, not looking. 

Who's down with BrOTP:  At the very end, Sabatino passes Fatima a beer and without making a big deal of it, Rountree quietly passes her a mineral water.  Nice taking care of your partner.

Fashion review:  Kensi wore a long-sleeve blue sweatshirt with a white vertical stripe running down the sleeves.  In the field, she had on a grey long-sleeve henley.  Fatima jogs into the episode in black running gear. She wears a long-sleeve, dark blue sweater for the rest of the episode.   Rountree starts the episode in brunch gear that honestly looks like men’s medium blue summer pajamas.  They’re shorts.  At the office, he changes into a long sleeve, dark red tee-shirt and jeans.  Kilbride wore his Kilbride uniform – dark blue suit, pale blue dress shirt

Music:  No music today.

Any notable cut scene:  Not today.

Quote:  Nina:  "All right, get out here." Sabatino leaves the food truck:  “I mean, man, those, those are great in there, huh?” Nina:  “Oh, thanks.  I was wondering why people were lining up and giving me money for them.  Mystery solved!”

They needed to find Nina a few seasons ago.

Anything else:  Sam’s buddy Tom Olsen is bow and arrow hunting in the mountains.  There are animals around.  He takes a shot and gets his deer.  As he tries to retrieve the animal in a valley, a coyote makes an odd noise and moves away.  Suddenly from the top of a hill, a man opens fire on Olsen.  Olsen uses his trusty bow and arrow to stop that but a second gunman starts to fire.  Taking a bullet to the shoulder, Olsen pulls out his own gun and makes quick work of the second gunman.  Leaving his backpack behind, Olsen takes his bow, arrows and gun as he moved deeper into the valley.  Four more gunmen come from the top of a hill and start to track Olsen.

Fatima is jogging back home when Rountree gets out of an Uber.  She’s dressed to work out, he’s dressed for brunch.  Fatima, Rountree and a veterinarian pal of Fatima’s have brunch plans but that’s tomorrow, not today.  And that’s a good thing since they hear from Kilbride.

Walking into the boat shed, Kensi is apologizing to Rosa.  With Deeks out of town, it was supposed to be a weekend of food, movies and fun for the two but now Kensi has to work.  Rosa is fine with Kensi working – it isn’t Kensi’s fault.  Kensi asks if Rosa is okay going to the beach with her friends before realizing how silly that question was.  Kensi gives Rosa an EDC bag that includes a knife, first aid kit and a lot of things a teenage girl probably doesn’t need for the beach.  As she’s leaving for the beach, Rosa asks Kensi if they could get a raincheck for the day.  Kensi is so happy Rosa asked.

Fatima and shorts-wearing Rountree arrive at the office.  He pulls out clothes from his desk drawer – he keeps a change of clothing everywhere after “the Speedo incident”.  As he changes, Rountree asks about the veterinarian, who is a comedy club fan but isn’t really funny.  Asking about hobbies, Rountree is told the veterinarian loves magic.  Wondering why Fatima thought they’d be a pair, Rountree is shown a video of the veterinarian.  Suddenly, he’s a magic fan.

Lance Hamilton joins Kensi in the boat shed.  She explains that Callen, Sam and Deeks are on loan to a joint task force for an undercover sting operation.  It is Kensi and Lance today – which the last time the two were paired up, he had to go to the hospital.  He just remembers the sushi.

On the plasma screen, the Admiral welcomes Lance to the team for the day.  Rountree starts the case review.  A park ranger found two men dead with assault rifles in their hands in South Valley, Utah.  It is privately owned land.  Worried about the owner, the park ranger went to Weber Yamada’s cabin and found Yamada dead.  In the cabin, there were personal items belonging to Tom Olsen.  The shooters were looking for Olsen but he took out the shooters. 

Lance explains DOJ put him on the case because they want to know why two men are shooting a former SEAL.  The dead men are not on any  DOJ databases.  Kensi mentions Olsen’s writing career taking off and while he has a large social media presence, there haven’t been any threats according to his publisher.  Fatima heard from other park rangers – there are multiple boot prints following Olsen.  He is not safe.

Kilbride gives some background on Olsen – former SEAL who worked in the CIA with Vostanik Sabatino.  The Admiral wants Fatima to work with Sabatino while Kensi and Lance go to Utah to find out what is going on.  If Tom Olsen “is on the right side of this”, Kilbride wants him brought in safely. 

Kensi goes to a switch on the wall and shows the funding upgrades the Admiral got for the boat shed.  An armory comes from the ceiling.  Lance jokes that it is where Deeks keeps his haircare products.  Kensi thinks he’s jealous.  The two each grab a backpack and prepare for their trip to Utah.  Kensi wants to ID the dead men.  Lance is more worried about Olsen not being “on the right side of this.”  If he’s not, they’ll have to arrest him.

Sabatino is looking at the Porsche as Fatima leaves the office.  He scoffs at the car – what kind of man owns a vehicle like that.  Fatima asks what if it is a woman.  He scoffs more – obviously a woman with Daddy Issues.  Fatima tells him to get in, she’s driving.  Sabatino says he loves the color, Fatima says she loves her Daddy, no issues.   And they’re off.

On the plane to Utah, Kensi talks about having an “instant teenager” with Lance.  Kensi noticed Lance mentioned “we drove down to Austin” so is “we” a possible girlfriend.  No, just his dog Francis.  It was Jessica’s decision to name the dog Francis, Lance preferred “Zeus”.  Jessica thought it was pedestrian and obvious.  Kensi thinks she would have liked Jessica.  Lance agrees.  Francis, by the way, is a rottweiler.   Kensi starts to ask Lance about dating again but he mentions that he can’t see himself dating another woman.  He’s sad.  So is Kensi.

On a video call, the Admiral talks to Col. Tuivasa, Tom Olsen’s former commanding officer, about his new career.  Nobody at SOCOM on JSOC had problems with “Lt. Olsen’s works of fiction.”  In fact, the members of the military are some of his biggest fans.  Reviewing his work with the SEALs, they can’t find any obvious reason there would be a hit on him but everyone is checking to make sure.  With a career in the SEALs and CIA, Olsen likely had enemies.  Kilbride remembers a time when SEALs would keep a low-profile returning to the civilian live.  Tuivasa tells him “Things are a little different these days.”  Besides, there is nothing wrong with making a good living once out of the service.  Kilbride agrees but is proud that nobody in “the Twitter-Tock universe knows who the hell I am.”

In the boat shed, Castor introduces Fatima and Sabatino to Lauren Olsen, Tom’s wife.  Castor brought her to be boat shed.  After the introductions, Fatima tries to reassure Lauren they believe her husband is alive but it is not needed – Lauren is sure he’s alive.  When Fatima asks how, Sabatino tells Fatima that Lauren knows what her husband is capable of.  Lauren explains he is comfortable in the South Valley in Utah – he has homefield advantage.  Fatima asks about security concerns since the career change.  Lauren things they are blessed, Olsen loves to write and now is getting paid for it.  He loves to write but not do any of the publicity around selling a book but they both understand that’s now how publishing works.  While Olsen wasn’t worried that someone would come after him, he was worried about Lauren and Robbie, their son.  Fatima arranges a safehouse for Lauren and Robbie.

Back in Ops, there are no threats against Olsen from the SEALs, the CIA or the publishing world.  That changes the investigation from the why, why are people after Olsen, to the who – who are the people after him.  The Admiral wants to know everything about the shooters.  Rountree found IDs for the two men but the IDs go back to men who have been dead for five years.  The Admiral wants them tracked down.

Kensi fangirls to Lance about Olsen’s books.  His hero is a normal man – he gets hurt, he gets scared.  She’s read them all and recommends them to Lance.  Lance is a “wait for the movie” kind of guy, which doesn’t surprise Kensi.  Reading from her satellite phone, Olsen’s footprints disappeared about 20-yards from the shooting location.  He disappeared.  That makes sense to Kensi since Darren McCall was trained by the best tracker in Colorado.  Lance asks about Darren McCall and learns that’s the hero in Olsen’s books.  She thinks that the detail and expertise that appears in the books are the same expertise Olsen has.  With four against Olsen, he is in for a hell of a fight – so are Kensi and Lance.

As Fatima makes tea, Sabatino complains about the year 2009 magazines in the boat shed.  Fatima likes 2009, it was the year she got her drivers license.  “Oh geez, I have jeans as old as you,” Sabatino replies.  Fatima congratulates him – they’re coming back into fashion.  Castor arrives with a woman named Marina, but he didn’t get her last name.  She didn’t offer it, Marina says.  Sabatino jumps up from the couch – he and Marina go way back.  He hugs her and she throws him to the ground.  Revenge for Kyoto.  Fatima asks Sabatino if anyone likes him.  The best he can come up with is his third wife. 

Marina worked with Olsen, and “this moron” meaning Sabatino who is still trying to stand, at the CIA.  She learned that there was a threat against Olsen at a book signing about a month ago but security diverted the threat before Olsen arrived.  He likely never knew.  The threat was a man named Austin.  Finally off the floor, Sabatino teases Marina that she misses him.

Rountree arrives in Kilbride’s office with some updates.  Kensi and Lance landed in Utah.  The threat at Olsen’s book signing was a man named Luke Austin.  Austin is in LA with four handguns and an AR-15.  He’s big on guns and motorcycle clubs even though he doesn’t have a motorcycle license.  Fatima and Sabatino are going to check out Austin.  The Admiral is concerned that maybe some bikers have an issue with Olsen.  He also wants to talk to Olsen’s publisher – Kelsey Shore.  She lied to him about the threats against Olsen.

Kensi tells Lance that they found Olsen’s backpack full of deer meat but nothing else.  The two guns used in the attack against Olsen had no numbers – they’re ghost guns and untraceable.  Lance figures out the attack on Olsen based on what he left behind.

Waiting for Austin by his work, Fatima asks Sabatino what gives – everyone in the office says Sabatino talks all the time and Kensi finds him “straight up hilarious”.  But he won’t talk to Fatima.  Sabatino said that he was like that as a younger man but he’s different now.  Fatima rolls her eyes and leaves the car.  Sabatino follows her, explaining that it isn’t Fatima but it is everyone her age.  They’re all so serious.  If he said something funny, she might get offended and then he’d get “that call.”  Then, the NCIS HR lady with the one good eye calls him and tells him the joke is going into his personnel file.  Fatima argues her generation has a sense of humor. 

Tracking through Utah, Kensi remembers that Darren McCall would follow his own tracks to change direction.  Kensi walks back a few steps and finds blood on a large stone.  A test on the blood comes back as B-Negative, Olsen’s type and rare blood type to boot.

Fatima and Sabatino approach Luke Austin, who is a bit nerdish.  When they mention Tom Olsen, Austin freaks out about the rent-a-cops at the book signing.  Austin is unhappy about the treatment of the Andre Gane character in “On My Six” – the character was killed off despite being the moral compass of the entire series.  Sabatino makes sure Austin didn’t want to hurt Olsen.  Austin says look at me – could he really hurt Olsen?  Asked about the guns, Austin is a fan of guns.  Asked if he’s left the state in the last five-days, Austin confesses he hasn’t left Orange County in the last five-years.  He also has issues with millennials who identify with specific houses in “Harry Potter”.  Fatima is offended. 

Kensi and Lance come across another failed assassin.  This one also has been shot by a bow and arrow but is impaled on a fallen tree limb.  Kensi thinks Olsen saw the gunman sitting in a tree waiting for him to come by.  Olsen got him first.  The dead man’s walkie-talkie goes off with someone speaking in Portuguese with a Brazilian accent.  Lance is surprised Kensi speaks Portuguese.  She answers in the language.  The walkie-talkie goes off again.  The man on the other side is angry, they want to find and kill Olsen so they can all go home.   The walkie-talkie reports that the three remaining hitmen found Olsen and are moving in on him.

The Admiral is reading the riot act to Olsen’s publisher.  She did not believe the threats were “relevant” to the investigation.  He calls her a moron.  Rountree arrives to hear the Admiral complain that New York publishing executives are worse than Hollywood executives.  “Good to know, sir,” is all Rountree has for that comment.  Rountree found one of the shooters passed through a small entry station between Mexico and California a few days ago.  Reviewing video of everyone – and that meant old people, families with kid – that passed, five men with a similar profile passed through the entry station.  They are all young, fit, with no luggage.  Their names trace back to people who died in the last few years.  “Someone with means is funding this.”  The Admiral wants to hear from Nina Barnes – she’d know who could get those style weapons, the ghost guns, to the gunmen.  Rountree is a fan of the red velvet cupcakes.  He started following her on Instagram and shows it to the Admiral.   Nina has a food truck and updates her offerings daily with a video.  “I feel a deep sense of embarrassment for Nina.”  Fatima and Sabatino are on their way.

As one of the gunmen comes close to Kensi and Lance, she signals for Lance to “choke him out”.  Lance doesn’t understand.  He picks up the gunman and drives the man into the ground.  There are now just two gunmen left.

There is a long line of cupcake fans but Fatima and Sabatino have to take Nina Barnes away from her cupcake food truck.  With her foot in a boot – a spelunking accident – Barnes thinks she should be in a better place with Kilbride.  Looking at Sabatino, she asks “what are you”, wanting to know his background.  He claims Italian but she disagrees – Armenian.  On his mother’s side.  They ask about the ghost guns and the shooters being from Brazil.  Fatima takes over the cake truck with Sabatino ‘s help as Barnes makes some phone calls.

A gunman starts walking toward Kensi and Lance before collapsing with an arrow in his back.  “It’s about damn time the cavalry arrived,” Tom Olsen tells Kensi and Lance.  Tom is bleeding from his shoulder.  Kensi introduces Lance.  Olsen notes that they are making DOJ agents bigger than they use to.  As she tends to his wound, Kensi asks about Tom’s cane.  After four years of physical therapy with a team of professionals, he’s finally walking without it.  Kensi is impressed.  Olsen isn’t – he and the physical therapists will all be back together as they try to heal his arm.  With one gunman left, Olsen doesn’t think it is a far fight for the would be killer.  Lance gives Olsen a mix of water and electrolytes to drink.

Sabatino is impressed by the cupcakes.  Barnes was wondering why people were lined up to give her money for them – “mystery solved.”  This program needed her after season six.  The ghost guns were sold by a rival to Barnes’s contact.  Ten ghost gun rifles and survival packs were supplied.  There are four more assassins out there.  They also have an Airpeek Professional Drone with a five-pound payload.  It is carrying C-4.  Everything was delivered to a ranch – Barnes sent the details to Kilbride.  As Sabatino walks away, he asks for a cupcake and gets one – just one.

Ronaldo Campos is running the ranch.  While most of it is classified, Kilbride tells Rountree that SOCOM said Campos is in the kidnapping business.   A SEAL team killed Campos’s brother seven-years ago when they were rescuing a kidnapped executive.  Olsen was a SEAL seven-years ago.  SOCOM is investigating how Ronaldo Campos learned about the SEALs involvement.  Fatima, Sabatino and Rountree are being brought to the ranch by a helicopter to capture Campos and find who is controlling the drone.

Kensi, Lance and Olsen are going to a rescue site to be flown out of the valley.  As they move on, a drone is following them.  With a helicopter five minutes out from their rescue site, Olsen thinks he’s two-hours away from a nice ribeye.  If Olsen makes it three ribeyes, Lance will bring the tequila.  As they wait, a series of gunmen come out of nowhere and open fire. 

Fatima and Sabatino take out the two guards watching the ranch.  Rountree gets a look inside the house.  There are two guards and a drone pilot in the middle of the room.  Rountree drops a flash-bang into the room. Fatima and Sabatino fight with the two guards in the room but the drone pilot runs away.  Rountree is following him.

While the gunshots keep coming, Kensi is trying to figure out a way to get them to safety. 

Rountree tackles the drone pilot, tossing the drone controls to Fatima.

Kensi opens fire on the bad guys but runs out ammo.  Tom is out of ammo too.  Kensi sees the drone coming and is trying to get a shot off with a different weapon.  The drone makes a sudden turn and blows up around the killers.  One survives with Lance taking him into custody.

Arriving back at the office, Fatima and Rountree listen to Sabatino complain about the helicopter ride.  Sabatino brings Greek-Armenian food and passes out some beers.  When Rountree hands Fatima some mineral water, Sabatino asks if that’s a health thing or a Muslim thing.  She mentions HR and he laughs.  Rountree is going to go with her to HR.  Sabatino doesn’t know if they are serious or not.

No ribeyes on the plane, just some boxed sandwiches and salads.  Olsen toasts his friend Webby Yamada, “a good dude.”  Sad, Olsen says that all Yamada did was invite him to hunt on his land, he didn’t deserve what happened.  The book publicity put Olsen on the Campos’s radar.  SOCOM is looking to see who leaked the information about Olsen.  Campos is in custody – he’ll never be a free man. 

The Admiral calls with kind words for Kensi, Lance and Olsen.  Kilbride turns the phone over to Rosa.  Kensi apologizes for being out of touch.  Rosa had a great day bodysurfing.  She and the Admiral are having pizza until Kensi comes back to LA.  Kensi tries to thank the Admiral, it means the world to her.  “Why must everything be about you Agent Blye?”

There is a card at the end with a photo of longtime series director Terrence O’Hara, who passed away during the season.  “Our brother, our teach, our friend.”

What head canon can be formed from here:    A good episode with limited resources.  Early in the program’s run, there was a need for outside characters.  Sabatino and Hamilton provided that while everyone else was wrapping up the crossover episodes.  Throw in Nina Barnes and while Sam not being around to rescue his buddy Tom was noticeable, the people around to help were up to the job.

While she had just one scene, Lauren Olsen was exactly the wife Tom Olsen would have – Sabatino nailed that.  She knew her husband would stay alive until he could get to help or help could get to him.

Nice callback to “Let It Burn” with “the Speedo incident” for Rountree.   Nice callback to “Decoy” in season 11 to the sushi with Lance for Kensi.    Nina Barnes’s red velvet cupcakes brought to the office by Kilbride got a mention for the second consecutive episode.  Those must be great cupcakes.

The cool armory from the ceiling, like the back deck of the boat shed, should have been in the program for several years. 

Lovely tribute at the end to Terrence O’Hara.  O’Hara directed 29-episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles, 56 episodes of the mothership and four-episodes of NCIS: New Orleans.  He also directed an X-Files episode, my first fandom.

Episode number:   This is the 11th episode of season 14, the 313th episode overall.

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Jaden Yuki/Yuki Judai

How I feel about this character: My monstrous little card game fella who I love SO much. Came into my house and kicked me in the ribs by being the actual textbook example of the "Aw! What a silly little guy!" to "He's a little bit fucked up actually" pipeline. I love how absolutely insane and messy he's allowed to be for a main character, not only did most of his arcs hit FAR too close to home, but it's just such a good example of how to take the archetypal plucky protag and deconstruct it a bit to add layers to the character. My second favorite yugioh character of all time, if I'm being subjective, my #1 fave if I'm being objective. Levels of queer neurodivergent swag I aspire to match.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: I just can't deny Jaden his funky southern rock boyf. I read him as somewhere on the ace spectrum, in a QPR with Jesse/Johan that all their friends assume is a traditional romantic relationship. Also, Yusei Fudo, because I am a sucker for narrative parallels, celestial imagery, stupid aces with the social skills of a tennis shoe.

My non-romantic otp for this character: I think he and Chazz have this relationship where Chazz gets up in the night, goes down to his kitchen, flips on the lights, and Jaden is just there eating his cereal. They are BEST FRIENDS and Chazz will not admit this even if you put a gun to his head.

My unpopular opinion about this character: Man, I wish we'd gotten more time with Yubel, but I never really got the feeling that Jaden felt any strong romantic/partner emotions towards them. Him choosing to fuse with Yubel is less a "And I will now give up everything for you, my One True Soulmate", and more just a simple acknowledgement of "You've been hurt really horribly because of me, so I'm offering you kindness and accepting responsibility for our relationship, because you don't deserve to be in pain" Which, personally, I think is a lot more impactful and fulfilling of his personal arc.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: I kinda wish he hadn't actually graduated high school? I mean, obviously they would never do that, but I remember watching the final season and thinking "Yeah, there's no way he's going to graduate." Idk, he's just got Highschool Dropout energy to me and I almost wanted to see that. Let him fail out of school because he was too busy sorting out his mental health! That's very valid of him!

Crow Hogan

How I feel about this character: Trans king! I look at one picture of Crow and my brain just maxes out "Trans! Bird! Guy!" He commits crime. He has five kids. He literally named himself after a yugioh card. There's just so much good big bro energy in this funky dude. I would trust him with my life.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Uh, probably no one? There's not really any named character in the series I feel he had romantic chemistry with. He and Broder probably dated for a bit then broke up and remained friends.

My non-romantic otp for this character: The first ep. he was introduced and we actually see Yusei smile for almost the first time all series and duel and have fun with it, the big hug and the way each others face lights up when they see each other for the first time in years. Your honor, they are very important.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He's older than Yusei. Yeah I don't care what canon says, Yusei is the family Babey and Crow is a full six months older than him.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: Some more exploration on what Crow gaining his signer mark actually meant to him. Did he feel like a replacement? What exactly did it mean to him that the tail mark jumped to him just so the head could move to Yusei? He's kind of the only one who doesn't get a whole plotline on how they feel about being a signer, so I always feel like there's some untapped potential for an arc there.