#taken 2009

[likeadarkstarr]

[gean-grey-blog]

What makes White Collar hold up so much better than other police procedurals:

It was part of the "pretty happy shows with gorgeous ensemble casts and a charismatic weird guy" USA network era but it somehow used that to be about stuff that is so REAL

What is justice? Is our system fair? Can you be a criminal and still be a good man? Can you be a good man and still work for the system?

The bad guys are rich assholes, and people defrauding families out of their homes, and unethical pharmaceutical companies. People manipulating energy supply out of greed resulting in blackouts which are showing *harming a dog,* aka how to show something is monstrous in a pg show written by a white person. Class exists in this universe in more ways than having a cardboard concept of a "rich guy."

The bad guys include police, FBI agents, prison staff, judges, senators. Those people cause real harm, obstruct justice, plant evidence, kill people. It's shown how the system protects them and harms regular people.

The harm that causes the main character to go from wanting to be part of the system, to subverting and working against it, is him finding out about an act of police corruption, brutality, and murder--and what's more, that if he became a cop, that's what he could become.

The harm that causes the main character to be outside the white picket fence is that the system failed his family after that act. What happened to Neal's mom? Why did nobody besides Helen step in? They had to check in with US Marshals, did nobody notice this kid didn't have an adult fit to parent?

So Neal turns to found family. And let's be real, heavily polyamory coded found family at that. But he keeps chasing the idea of a girl who will be everything. But he's got all this attachment trauma so he never does. But because found family is real family, even the people who freaking played the characters are still connected a decade later

[aq2003]

found these images in my drafts (i completely forgot to post them)

[nostalgicfun]

Guest room for Grandma, 2009

[fixated-n-all]

Sloppy

I have no shame

[digitalmemoriez]

✫･ﾟ*.2009･ﾟ✫*.

[emotinalsupportturtle]

"What a piece of work is a man!"

Hamlet (2009) Act II Scene 2

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Belgian Grand Prix - Kimi Räikönnen(ft. Giancarlo Fisichella & Sebastian Vettel)

[dalloneveryday]

day 184

[theresamouseinmyhouse]

i know we like to clown on tim for the rr cowl but we should also not forget that the initial reason behind wearing it was to protect the massive fucking burns he got after getting caught in a warehouse explosion where two kids died

[dailyrickastley]

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[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I just looked at the price on the back of a book I’ve had for a bit over a decade and it was four. fucking. dollars. Just four with no taxes. No extra 97cents or something before taxes. Just a round number that you would add taxes to.

I googled the price of a new edition and it was almost thirteen! Not an even thirteen, it was like 12.96 or something. Close enough that it’s basically thirteen but if you’re adding multiple items together to try and get the price on a purchase with more items it would add more confusion.

[bodyfeels]

was going to repost a video from niconico of Crystal Kay covering Utada Hikaru's DEEP RIVER but I found a (very crunchy quality) video of Crystal Kay performing it back in 2004. starts at around 2:40 and ends at 5:05.

anyways, happy birthday to Utada Hikaru!

[kommabortsig]

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[niku30]

PARKER SELFRIDGE | HEADCANONS

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• Uses others to make himself look more intimidating than he actually is - because of his smaller frame. Pretty much always surrounded by SecOps soldiers to have a sense of control. His very intense and passive-aggressive attitude definitely makes up for his physique.

• Hates seeing blood. Very prone to feeling dizzy at the sight of anything graphic.

• Very cleanly and probably obsessed with disinfectants to some extent. Doesn’t really like meddling with the marines or the jungle because both are absolutely NOT clean in his opinion.

• Almost always cold. Very cold hands.

• Can’t sit still, his brain is always active and he needs to move or keep himself busy in order to stay calm.

• Actually misses life on Earth to an extent - perhaps the golf courses / tournaments in particular - and the thought of being on a foreign planet intimidates him because he feels like he is on his own, and vulnerable at that. His deep emotional connection to the life he knew on earth is represented by the many trophies and trinkets displayed in his office at hell’s gate.

• Won’t easily admit his insecurities and weaknesses towards others because he feels like he has to keep up the image of being a respectable authority figure, which is hard enough given how different he is from all the SecOps soldiers surrounding him.

• Will talk for hours about corporate topics such as money and statistics and interrupt you constantly. Very engaged and emotionally charged when it comes to important conversations. However he is not really used to talking about topics that do not involve work and direct confrontations about more private topics might startle him a bit.

• Hates being touched whenever tense/stressed. Physical actions without permission leads to sensory overloads for him in most cases.

• Incredibly scared of death/dying, and being on a hostile planet doesn’t help lessen said fears.

• Mostly eats his meals on his own because the sheer idea of sharing canteens with both soldiers as well as scientists who all talk over each other is a nightmare for him.

• Very passionate cook, incredibly interested in good cuisine.

• Likes when others bring up his career journey and corporate status. It boosts his ego a lot and he enjoys bringing up his hierarchical position a lot in conversations in a desperate attempt to maintain respect and dominance.

• Deep down he may experience remorse for the actions he decided to support thanks to the pressure Quaritch applied on him before the battle of home-tree but he’ll probably never take the opportunity to express that remorse openly. He will most likely always put the RDA’s interests over his internal conflicts because he feels like he has more control over the administration than over his own mind.

• Quaritch knows exactly what makes him tick - and he uses that knowledge to manipulate a conflicted and stressed out Parker into making the “right decisions”.

• Very known and popular in his work environment but rather lonely and reserved when it comes to his private life. Doesn’t have many real friends. He has a heavily corporate mindset, which he applies to any situation or conversation, which makes him a very difficult personality to remain patient with.

• Easily becomes very teary-eyed and startled whenever he is put into a situation that makes him feel vulnerable, which is a big contrast to his otherwise direct and aggressive nature. This applies to both positive and negative emotions.

[skitskatdacat63]

I feel weirdly compelled by this