#spencer responds!

[thewritingofspencerrose]

i could just see ellen adoring how much clem loves jack and luke. and it probably makes ellen feel so much better knowing her boys have someone who’s loves them so much

clem was worried that ellen wouldn't like her when jack first suggested she meet his parents at the hockey game they were flying in for.

she agreed to, after some convincing from jack and luke, but she was nervous. she's not the sunshiney person with the happy job. she's complicated, her jobs complicated, and most moms don't want that for their kids.

but God does ellen love clem from the moment they meet.

it's the big hug on arrival that's the first clue, followed by the uttering of "Luke and Jack have told me so much about you. Thank you so much for looking out for them, i know they're kind of hopeless."

and it's the enthusiasm ellen shows to listening to clem's studies and job, but what clem doesn't know if that ellen is genuinely interested in something she is so clearly passionate about, even if she's already heard every detail from jack.

but its when the game starts that ellen truly sees, in person, how much this girl beside her and jim truly cares about her sons, based on every jump of joy, every lip bite of anxious, and every grumble when the opposing team gets too close.

it's after the game, when the boys exit media and the lockerroom to join them that ellen knows the girl she's grown so fond of will be around a while, seeing the look in her sons eyes.

she knows she has no reason to worry anymore.

her youngest two are loved, and that makes her a happy mamma.

[ice-sculptures]

i wanted to make this poll because as a gifmaker, i'm perplexed at the way the like reblog ratio on this site has gone down significantly in the past few years and i'm really interested in getting some insight as to why that happened.

*just to clarify, this poll doesn't apply to mutuals' personal posts, tag games, or responses to asks you sent to people!! it's about creative posts like fics, gifs, art, fan videos, etc etc.

[spoonmoment119]

can i perhaps get a shawn spencer doodle... (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

the thinkerrrrrr

[arrowheadedbitch]

Love the idea of Shawn Spencer and Spencer Reid trauma bonding over their eidetic memories but I love more that everyone else is on the same page as me here

[snarkylinda]

Imagine being dragged by a man that looks as if he puts his head outside the window of a speed-driving car in golden retriever fashion.

[bauslut]

professor!spencer reid won't leave my mind

time to rewatch criminal minds so i can write about professor!reid

[frankiebirds]

maybe (definitely) reading into it but oughhhh having thoughts about spencer saying "close enough" when rossi says the odds of something must be "a billion to one". and then later when morgan is on the phone with hotch when they find katie's body and he says "i don't really know which river this is, hotch." while reid is standing right next to him. and come on. reid definitely knows. but he says nothing. because it doesnt matter. because it didnt matter.

[rainbowskittle]

Hahah funny enough not fan of cops but sooo I like crimes, true crimes and first responder shows. Send me recommendations ?? Thanks !! ❤️‍🔥

[aeterna-auroral-avenger]

*gasp* omg psych is on peacock! you know what this means tb

I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT IM NOT TELLING THE TRUTH I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT I JUST CANT GET A CLUE-

🍍🍍🍍

- @askazara

Let’s goooooooooo!

[not-so-superheroine]

okay, latter day saints (of all flavors)

in your opinion, who is the/your most based latter day prophet and why?

[disasterwriter]

Look at her I beg of you

This is the ugliest most obnoxious shirt I’ve ever seen

I bought it immediately

She’s all I’ve ever wanted

[emberfrostlovesloki]

Aaron and CM Survey [a ramble]

Photo credit: @beelmons

Good evening all! I hope you are doing well this week. I'm sure ready for it to be the weekend over here.

I'm posting this ramble to see if anyone would be willing to take a short survey to help me build a data set for the freshman English class I teach. Our current paper is a statistical analysis, and well, I need some stats to analyze as a sample set. The survey will be anonymous and it's about Criminal Minds viewers, fanfiction readers, and writers. I don't think it will take you long to answer. If you're down for that I'd be eternally grateful for you! Feel free to spread the link if there are others that you think would like to answer as well. I might write something more academic with the data later (but I address that in the survey.) Thanks for your time and I hope you have a great Thursday! ❤️

Link to survey:

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Tag list: @tgskitten @geminitapestry

Also tagging my lovely moots if you are willing to respond (if not, no pressure at all) @criminalskies @sadgirlzluvdilfs @citrusiove @softhairedhotch @hotchs-big-hands [✨ILY✨ ]

Want to be added to the tag list? Please see this post, CM tag list (linked)

[murderofsomeone]

re:oc ask game . Purghaps . 7, 17, 25 and 34 for Spencer neuman?

7. he really likes bugs, it counts. particularly moths, beetles, and mantises

17. haven't thought about this

25. his hearing is average, his eyesight on the other hand isn't great. he's nearsighted

34. I think he'd call himself sane, but the truth is nobody in this town is normal

[bklynmusicnerd]

Spencer: "You're a vibrant person. You're an empathetic person. And you've completed parts of me that I never even knew needed to be completed"

Here he goes with this wedding vows shit again 🙄. No but in all seriousness, this dialogue is really strong with a lot of callbacks to their past but also their growth.

Love that they had Spencer describe Trina as "vibrant" for a second time since the spring ridge scene. It's a perfect description because, well it's true, Trina's character exudes a warmth that the people around her cherish (sometimes to possessive degrees).

And it's also just continuing the theme of Trina being this light in Spencer's life. She is light, she is optimism, she is happiness, she is hope. She's symbolic of all these things that Spencer had given up on believing that he could have in his life.

He's accustomed to darkness and tragedy and the idea that nothing good lasts, and Trina's simple presence in his life challenges all of that.

Oh, and as for the Jerry Maguire "you complete me" line on steroids. I think it's really interesting that Spencer has gone from this belief that he was never going to be worthy of Trina, to admitting that he only feels whole when he's with her. This is "soulmatism" rhetoric to quote @anyathefandom 's preferred word for these two.

And you can tell it resonates with Trina because it's confirmation to her that it wasn't all in her head. She has had an impact on him. Lastly, it's just a really nice summation of the opposites attract dynamic of Trina and Spencer. They challenge each other, and they complement each other.

[miidnighters]

@tewwor sent ⛓️ to find my muse bloody, bruised and restrained

All things considered, this is not the worst day Flynn's ever had. It's pretty close to up there, but the way he's tied to an old radiator, bones aching from a beating, doesn't really hold a candle to the day he crawled out of the ocean.

He has no idea who brought him here, though he knows why. His backpack has been tossed in a corner, but it's clear to see it's empty - his sealskin missing.

They'd caught him while he was vulnerable (as if he was ever anything but), coming up behind him in the peak of day when his vision was the worst. Flynn had heard them coming, of course - and stepped to the side to let them pass, like the polite boy his aunt had taught him to be.

And look where it got him.

There's been no noise for hours now. Probably whoever tied him up has what they want now and doesn't care about the body the seal coat belongs to. In the beginning - when he'd realised his backpack was empty - he'd thrashed and thrashed and thrashed, trying to get loose, trying to get back the part of himself he'd only had access to for the briefest moment since he'd been on land. All he'd succeeded in doing is rubbing his skin raw where the ropes bound him.

It's been silent for so long that when there is noise he's instantly on alert, feet scrabbling to sit a little more upright.

The person who appears is not one that Flynn recognises. Not, of course, that this situation would be made better by Danny deciding trussed up is the perfect way to have him for dinner, but at least he wouldn't have to worry about introductions in this state. Tear-stained face turns towards them, glad at least he can see in this lighting.

"Help me get out of here, please. They took my- I have to find it."

[puella-peanut]

I wish you would write Daniel flirting with some other guy while Terry is jealous and trying to get his attention. They're not together yet so Terry really has no claim and they're in public so he's trying to remain socially acceptable lmao. Daniel being oblivious or not is up to you

Oh my god, I love this. Terry trying to remain socially acceptable, Daniel being oblivious to the effect he has on people men. Some real potential for comedy here folks. And let Terry get his comeuppance for once, hehe. Here are some thoughts...

—Terry has always been a planner, always has something up his tailored sleeve. Which is why he’s at a total loss for how badly his plan for the afternoon has gone awry. He’d intended to sweep Danny off his little feet at this fancy afternoon garden party he’d cordially invited the boy to—to give the poor darling a taste of the finer things in life, and of course to show what he, Terry, would be giving him when he made things official (because of course Daniel is his already, he just doesn’t know it yet).

—But, well...maybe it had been a mistake to buy Daniel that gauzy, see-through summer shirt, and those matching slim-cut trousers (in full white to set off that delicious tan skin), and have him parade about the garden, growing more sun-kissed and lovely by the hour. The boy is turning heads with a vengeance which is one thing (and Terry does so love to show off what is his)...but the problem remains that these upper class louts don’t know that Daniel is his. (Neither does Danny-boy.) Fuck.

—And really, this is stoking Terry’s ego to see how everyone desires his boy, but also—he’s pretty much done nothing but swat these men away from Daniel since they’ve arrived. Just like keeping a swarm of bees from an especially attractive flower. Whoever knew taking the boy out would be such a job and a half? Terry’s not had such an exhausting time in a while—he’s had multi-million business deals less stressful!

—And well Christ on a stick just what he needs—here comes the buffoon of the hour, Spencer James-Edgar Lovejoy-Phillips the Fifth with his idiotic name, too many hyphens, his Swiss Bank Account(s), hideous love of pinstriped suits, and—

—...Apparently an interest in Daniel that runs deeper than just lust. (!!!) Terry’s gaze sharpens, he immediately shifts so his body is as close to Daniel’s as possible without having an arm around him. If only, but that might scare him off, skittish thing that he is. Anyhoo, Terry sends Spencer an ice cold smile as he sips his 5000 year old wine—all while fantasizing about Spencer’s (slow and painful) demise. 

—Meanwhile, Danny innocently prattles on, and clumsily flirts (and it would be so utterly adorable if Terry had been on the receiving end!)—but Spencer looks too damn charmed for his own good, and so smug that the boy is clearly interested (un-fucking-believable!!) in him. Terry silently fumes and wonders if he should round kick him into the bubbling fountain nearby. Maybe he can pass it off as an accident? Man accidentally dies after falling into garden-fountain and snapping his neck: he can taste the headlines now. He shoves a fist into his pocket. This is not happening. (Except that it is.)

—...Terry can’t believe the thought crosses his mind as Daniel and Spencer chit-chat, but, does Daniel have a thing for blonds? Sure, Spencer is tall (though not nearly as tall as Terry, hah), with golden-blond hair (so what?), grey-eyed (Terry preferred his own blue), broad-shouldered and fit (nothing on Terry though). He’s so jealous that even though he’s grasping at straws at this point he’ll do anything to soothe his ruffled feathers. 

—And FOR FUCKS SAKE did Spencer just brush Daniel’s arm? And did Danny lean into it a bit?! 

—Anyway, Terry breaks his wine glass since he’s holding it so tightly. What a pity it isn’t Spencer’s neck. (At least Danny is concerned that he hasn’t cut himself too badly. Take that, you blond fuck.)

—Terry gets his boy to bandage up his hand (so the party isn’t a total loss). And Danny does fuss over him in the privacy of a secluded gazebo, wondering innocently if Terry has heatstroke, or maybe it was the wine? The moment is sweet, and Daniel looks like a wood-nymph in the afternoon sun. If only Spencer were here to stew in jealousy, it would be perfect. Heh.

—Somehow the afternoon ends with Spencer falling into the garden fountain, spraining his arm badly. The guests wonder what happened, and Terry just shrugs. He was probably tipsy, the Lovejoy-Phillips family could never hold their liquor, could they? Terry just soothes Daniel, anxious thing, while Spencer departs to nurse his wounds. Terry just grins as he leads Daniel away--no one even noticed his scuffed shoe, did they?

—In the car, Daniel can't stop babbling about what a good time he had, and how kind (the men) had been to him. His obliviousness is totally adorable, and Terry's jealousy is soothed. Until he says that Spencer did give him a private number, and told Daniel to "expect a call" later on that week. 

—It's a good thing there's a driver, because Terry would have dissolved into road-rage by now. 

—When night comes, Terry has one hell of a migraine, as his pale-Irish ass has been deeply fried by the sun. He had assumed that he might be leaving with something along those lines—but a rival?! For Danny’s heart?! Unacceptable. He’s going to destroy Spencer. In fact, he’s going to start planning his demise tonight. Just as soon as he gets an icepack and some fucking aloe vera first. Damn it.