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[lightthewaybackhome]

I enjoyed watching the Game and the Ark together because they stand in contrast to each other as the best and worst of Sheppard and McKay.

In the Game we see McKay's arrogance and Sheppard's aggression unmitigated by any of their other virtues spread through a whole culture. Both of them are plagued with stubbornness and unwillingness to see the other side of the picture. Sheppard and McKay have to work overtime to try and keep their worst sides from hurting each other. I think this is a major part of their friendship.

McKay has almost no friends because he's so hard to work with. It's shown in such a hysterical way when Nola refuses to believe that Baden's citrus fruit is anything but an insult.

Sheppard too struggles in the friend department because he's aggressive and doesn't follow the rules. Baden actually cheats at the game and orders the attack on Nola and her people. This shows Sheppard as a man who, mostly before the responsibilities of Atlantis settle on his shoulders, might have just been a bit too quick to pick a fight.

Oddly, McKay finds a friend in Sheppard, and Sheppard a friend in McKay. They are proof that Nola and Baden aren't one dimensional, and can not only get along but thrive together.

(Also, I will always love Sheppard beating McKay at chess at the end and I will always love LORNE! and Radak playing the game.)

The Ark stands in total contrast to the Game. It is Sheppard and McKay's qualities dialed up. It is Sheppard talking McKay down from panic, calming Ronon with a promised fight to the death, knowing Atlantis (LORNE!) will come for them, fighting to save his team, and then willingly sacrificing himself for Teyla. The look on his face when he's breaking through the door is gold. He is a determined man ready to kill if you touch his people, which you did, so prepare to die.

The episode ends with Sheppard reiterating yet again that he would willingly give his life for any of them, even McKay.

Rodney is also at his best. Excited to explore, quick on his feet, comes up with solutions, listens to Sheppard, tries to save everyone, and tries to talk Sheppard out of risking his life. I love the moment he tells Lorne he's not going back to the Jumper because they don't leave their people behind, and Lorne gently agrees and explains that he's not leaving anyone behind.

Rodney may be quick to panic and quick to tell you how you're going to die, but he too will do anything for his team.

Watching these two episodes back to back is great because of the contrast they provide. Sheppard and McKay at their worst and then Sheppard and McKay as they are, which are two men who have worked against their worst traits for the sake of others.

...and next is Sunday. Big, sad sigh.

[atomicfanboy]

The emotions I feel every time I watch Sozin's Comet and see Sokka jump to cover Toph on the airship

[flowergirlie7]

I have some things to say about 3×16 episode of criminal minds, the elephants memory, and the entire storyline of his addiction.

I'm already pissed because when reid was still on dialudid and was clearly struggling and basically begging for help (s2e19 "it would be almost impossible for him to quit without help" he says looking at the team) nobody helped him. They didn't even had to do it officially, they could have just visited him, took care of him when he was throwing up from withdrawal, privately.

When he says "it seemed like everybody just stood there watching you suffer and not a single person even tried to help" he could be talking about his bullying, but most likely because the episode stared with the meeting, he was talking about his problem and that he felt hurt that "not a single person even tried to help".

And the thing is he has been having cravings since that kid died in s3e12. So he is going through withdrawal, remembers a serious trauma from his past therefore relating to the unsub and people are suprised that he is angry??? My breaking point was when hotch said "I'm using you" yeah using his trauma that he is NOT OVER. Sure he tells reid to catch the rest of the movie (meaning to go back to the meeting) but for me that is not enough.

And even in the beginning of the episode when he says he was in the 'movies', everybody just laughed it off (I also wanna go into what derek said "I hope it was a she" but not now). So everybody ignores his problem.

When emily came back to life and he was having his fight with JJ he says "What if I started taking dialudid again, would you have let me?" "You didn't." "Yeah but I thought about it" he was not out of line. The entire thing was threatening the most precious thing that he has, his sobriety. He almost relapsed but again, after the fight the team ignored it.

Back to the episode, at the fight with hotch they are having two seperate conversations. While hotch is arguing about how reid acted when they gave the profile, spencer says "they could have seen the signs" and "they could have done something". He was having an addiction and the team saw the signs (they are plofilers for god's sakes) and they could have acted, but for some reason they didn't. Spencer is pissed, angry, and the bau refuses to see his point of view, and just think that he's cranky, acting crazy, irrational (like with his and JJ's argument)

But I am not objective on the subject so I would like to hear other POV's.

[saltedsolenoid]

in dt-17, there is a very strong possibility that Scrooge McDuck is a god.

[bigforeheadbaddie]

felicity. ben is a loser little bitch. noel is literally your best friend and offering you a great job and you’re turning it all down for BEN???????

[stefyjonas1]

They made a gay joke 😐

[sitcom-thoughts]

CRINGE I’m up to the part of the show where Troy and britta are gonna get together 🤢

So sorry but I can’t get on board with Jeff/Annie and Troy/Britta. The age gaps are weird

[agirlinsearchof]

You know, I really think if the Mayor weren't evil, he'd be a good father-figure for Faith!

I also really respect him for turning down Faith's flirting attempt. For all that he's evil, at least he takes no interest in underage girls.

He's an interesting villain. He's a genuinely pleasant, affable man... even though he's making deals with demons and trying to ascend to a higher state of being for ambiguous but surely nefarious purposes.

[dr-fizzovich]

YAYAY THANKIOU FOR THESE SCREENSHOTS OF ME ^_^

im boutta draw smth right now mootsie... stay tuned. :3

[azurelum1]

I don’t know how to feel when my friend has only watched season 1 to 3 and s15 e20 of Supernatural - like you saw Dean get dragged to hell and was not interested in to know what happens next but curious enough to know how the show ended so you watched the last episode which he dies on a rebar

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[x-files-polls]

Episode Descriptions:

Piper Maru: When a French salvage ship sends a diving crew to recover a mysterious wreckage from World War II, the crew falls prey to a bizarre illness and Agents Mulder and Scully join the investigation. The investigation leads to the discovery of a familiar face, and to Skinner's life being threatened.

Alpha: An Asian dog, called the Wanshang Dhole—thought to be extinct—is blamed for several killings. Mulder and Scully join an obstinate Sheriff, a seemingly eccentric hunter, and a reclusive canine expert to find it. However, there is more mystery to the expert than meets the eye.

The information from this poll is collected from Katy DeCorah's mapbox of Jane Robert's "Mapping the X-Files"

Episode Descriptions are taken from wikipedia for neutrality.

[the-binge-watcher]

[soulerflaire]

I understand that she's not real and can't affect anything, but it's still grating that they're once again making T'Pol weak and pitiful.

[lavendette]

My husband and I have been (re)watching One Tree Hill (he's never seen it and I watched it religiously with my friends in grades 6/7/8) and we just got to one of the saddest episodes of the show :'(

[389]

Twin Peaks S3 E16 (2017) Longlegs (2024)

[little-fat-hamster]

I hate seeing him go through what he was going through here but I also find angry Reid extremely attractive 😓

Criminal Minds S03E16 Elephant's Memory

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