#that's weird coz i feel like we have a lot of thomas here

[mywritingonlyfans]

WE NEED MORE HORNY FOR ETHAN AND THOMAS PPL, bc 80% of ur askbox consists of Dami, maybe some Vic in the middle. WHERE MY TORCHIHOES AND THOEMAS AT

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[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

This is a funny episode to me. Back when I was obsessed with Seasons 1 and 2 and struggling to warm up to 3, I thought this episode was the worst. (Or at least pretty cringey.)

Now that I've conquered 3-6 and am even venturing into The Forbidden Realms beyond... all the sudden "Trust Thomas" doesn't look so bad, haha.

Also, I appreciate getting to just think about the episode on its own. When I don't think about it in the context of Season 3, I have a lot less to object to.

But I'll never really be over James having tricked Thomas just like six episodes before with a blatant lie and now he does it again.

And Thomas falls for it again. *headdesk*

Season 3 just cheesed me off with this whole thing where "and this episode Gordon and/or James are going to be awful in *spins wheel of caprice* this way." Like yes, they usually do cause conflict, but it just seemed really silly in Season 3. Gordon is throwing tantrums about *checks notes* not wanting a wash-down? WTF?? And James skivving off work? Ehhhh, they just got typecast.

And then Thomas is just this smiling bland innocent... pah!

That said, I do buy that Thomas has plenty of cheery sunshiny days as well as his grumbley ones. I also do love the notion of a story called "Trust Thomas" because I do buy that he wants and needs to be relied upon to be "the fixer" very badly.

Also I think this is where his RWS backstory as the most senior engine on this railway comes in handy. That motivation makes sense of his Season 3 behavior of Wise and Angelic Tank Engine Role Model. When TVS portrays Thomas as "the kid" on the cast, however, it just becomes kind of weird and depressing. (Sometimes kids do act like parents but that's not a good thing, ugh.)

All my venting aside, there are things enough to like in this episode. Thomas's accident is ridiculous, but memetic—it was always fascinating to watch as a kid though the contrast between this bit of incredible silly and the artistry of "The Flying Kipper," oof, let's not think about that now.

I also always felt warm and fuzzy at the glimpse of Thomas and Edward interaction here. It's so much lighter a touch than the in-your-face "MENTORING" of TAB and the subsequent CGI development of that relationship. This is one of the few scenes that I think works well in Season 3, where Thomas is... well, basically going around acting like Edward. It makes sense that in this context that sometimes he still has to turn around and get some comfort and support himself!

I feel like we don't talk about Gordon's canonical recommendation to Sir Handel to feign illness enough, so I'm glad "Trust Thomas" gives that tendency more visibility. Like, surely this implies that Gordon himself has done this? Where is the fic on these instances?? When did he do this??? Am I to suppose that he got away with it???? (coz otherwise he wouldn't recommend this course of action to his mini-mes... right?)

Ahh, this response is a mess, sorry. Anyway, it's impossible to end this without a link to @shinygoku's improved version.

[sherlolly-siya]

Magnum P.I. S02xE18-20 spoilers and tidbits

I thought i’ll give a prologue first 😅 Remember i pet project where i was trying to decipher the episode names? yea i didn’t get very far on that.. but i have come to a conclusion, that each title is a convention for what the clients in that episode, and/or our P.I. is going through. Eg. S02xE16 : Farewell To Love

Episode starts with Gladys and Bert who had given up on love but eventually found it in one another. The fact that Gladys narrated this part makes it poetic in a sense that she was the one who had to say bid farewell to Bert.Then TC and Teresa, they found the one that they always loved. The one who made them happier, but TC had to let her go go, he bid farewell to his love, instead of ruining 3 lives.In the beginning of the episode, we see magnum all in for online dating, but after what happened with Dylan, we see him coming to an abrupt conclusion that online dating is just isn’t the thing for him, also adding to the fact, the girl who met through an app (Abby) had just recently broken off with him. So magnum kind of bid a metaphorical farewell to finding love online.

Spoilers for S02x18, S02x19 and S02x20 under the cut if you wish to continue. Warning: My rant got hella long, longer than i planned and there are lots of pics and links below. Thanks @maggiesoa​ and @lizzysfavs​ for providing some food for my thoughts  😊

So.. lets begin with S02x18 : A world of trouble I’m just grouping together the pics that I’ve found so far which seem to be related to episode 18: Perdy and Bobby discussed about having a scene together ignore jay’s comment here, I’m all for #TeamJin and I will riot if they ever kill him. I believe the episode starts with Jin, showing up at Robin’s nest, where he ends up in a situation where he has to change in magnum’s clothes (note the t-shirt magnum is ironing... (Edit: DIDN'T HAPPEN!!?? I MEAN!! This could have been cute.. didn't have to be a total BTS for once!!) Where we get this scene, All i can guess right now is that is a tab in Jin’s had, and he’s being a fair judge for miggy while they prepare for their visa interview, or he could be here with today’s case

Which takes us to to the primary promo for 2x18, where they solve the case at hand. Now my guess is that the case doesnt take up entire 47 minutes, because this promo also exists. What this secondary promo also shows is them at a office(?) guessing visa or may be its a school where the current client works? where magnum/higgy blurts out that they’re marrying and some lady says that they don’t look like a couple. We also see Katsumoto warning Higgy about the consequences of marrying their business partner. (Edit: this did happen and fueled Higgy’s resolve to back out.. nothing wrong there..but as Jin said.. may it be with Magnum or TC, u’re still breaking the law Mrs. I can figure out how pretending with TC is going to get good results? if anything.. it only comes out of nowhere) I’m sensing a connection here again with the title of the episode: A world of trouble:  - The current client, the case was definitely given to them by some one else because they approach the lady coz Higgy says “You’re in trouble, we just want to help you.”, which means she might have refused help at one point. - Literally 2 people in a 2 min worth promo have commented on their wedding, does this not sound like trouble to you?

When magnum is possibly heading out to go to La Mariana, (Edit: DING! DING! DING! This was indeed before the bar scene.. which kinda broke my heart.. but we’ll talk about that in detail later) she tells him that she’s reconsidered her decision that she will be marrying TC instead (which is weird, but for the sake of it, OK). Which also implies that she’s going to have a heart to heart with TC how she had one with Rick before in 2x13. (Edit: Umm.. i would have liked to hear the entire convo here.. but i guess its going to come back a flashback some day?) Magnum than heads to the bar, with Jin where he meets up with his friends and we get this, going by past experiences, this is going to be the last scene where he’s with his friends. Now what leaves me confused is this guy below, the one that magnum rescued and now has a food truck (Rem S1x01, they got him all the way from there now). He’s not listed for 2x18, but the actors caption says 2x18? So is he like the caterer for the wedding? (i thought kamekona was doing that?) or he’s there for entirely other reason?

Now this all leads up to S02x19 :  May The Best One Win Again the title is the synopsis here,

Magnum and Higgins are each hired by a different spouse who are in the middle of a contentious divorce to dig up dirt on the other, and Thomas and Higgins soon find themselves competing over resources. 

But i don’t think them competing again each other is the only thing here, remember this gem from TV guide magazine? - Jay mentions there being an odd jealousy there, and there is something percolating between the duo which magnum doesn’t want to address just yet. I think the competition is not just between Magnum and Higgy, for magnum it is also between him and TC. May be he’ll be still trying to show her that he is the one she should be marrying, even if that’s fake.  - And for the implied element we also have this garage fight, where they’re up against “just one guy, but a very big guy”. This again i don’t think takes forever to solve since, there’s an upcoming wedding everyone has to attend, we’ve all seen the famous pics, but this:

Him again!! And looks like he is in fact catering the event. Now since S02x19 and S02x20 are to be merged into one mega episode, lets slip into: S02x20 :  A Leopard on the Prowl 

Magnum and Higgins help Rick when his father figure, Icepick , just out of prison and battling terminal cancer, gets double crossed on one last score. Also, Magnum makes one last bold move to help Higgins stay in the country.

This is the rick centric episode the viewers were promised, Adding pics of Zac coz he looks great here:

But do you see anything missing here? My sleep deprived brain does. Icepick seems to be have fallen pray to something on the run, nothing pre-planned, the guy has terminal cancer, he’s dying any day now, why would someone spend any time to plan something against him? (He’s probably going to die in this epi..he only had few months.. the article says “reluctantly try to help him” seriously guys why do you have to be reluctant? And below pic is probably of the same related fight scene Jay talked about in the TV guide snippet:

And if the video Jay uploaded is even close to the actual scene, it could be because the guy hit Rick/Higgy and Magnum picked up another fight with him.. or that’s just for insta.. I’ll leave it open. There’s a fight scene with TC as well i suppose. Now what does the title have to do with the episode? Here’s my theory: - Remember Dr. Kim i already mentioned twice above. He’s gotta be here for more than just “catering the wedding”, magnum said he was a code breaker, he was mentioned in one of Robin’s books, he instantly identified the co-ordinates which Nuzzo left for Magnum, (which is duh!  u’re telling me that magnum was a navy SEAL and can read waves but cant piece together actual co-ordinates?!!). Magnum was kidnapped by Ivan’s people coz he needed something from him which was in the books, later Ivan had magnum delivered to himself on a secret mission of retrieving Hayek, who was a weapons dealer but he got away with drones instead.. I think this is all related somehow, there has to be something in this episode that points to this.. I thought may be its in Robin’s books.. but they have never mentioned the same book twice.. I’m still looking for answers though.. But going ahead, see this ,

“ Magnum makes one last bold move to help Higgins stay in the country.” “You see Higgins in a unexpected position, which magnum is very uncomfortable with and where he is not sure about his place”

Soo.. the wedding didn’t happen? So that’s not helping her stay in the country? 

It didn’t bother me much before.. but think about this, what if since the wedding plan backfired, she has to go back to London until her visa is renewed/reapplied for : an unexpected position since she has found something in Hawaii she doesn’t want to loose. Which leaves magnum as the in-charge of Robin’s nest and Zeus and Apollo and part of the deal [I can almost see my HC at the horizon]. An uncomfortable position where he has to manage the estate and the hounds of hell without his “professional better half”. I think there is a beach good-bye scene on this day, may be an actual hug between miggy? Supporting evidence as follows:

Now the last attempt Magnum makes, does he offer her a job? Does he confess? But that wouldn’t automatically land her in an unexpected situation , that would be magnum putting her in that situation while being full aware of his position. I bet lenkov has got pretty good plan for this to play out. Now this doesn’t back up my crack where Higgins leaves, because

This story was posted along with the one where magnum is boating.. so they’re probably from the same episode.. where the last ditch effort has paid off but Magnum and Higgins roles have now been shifted a little and lenkov’s quote makes sense “Nothing really changes”.. has anyone ne noticed that there are no Juliet pics from 2x20 yet? 

I cant wait to see that though.. and for a 100% i know there is a season 3, its a gut feeling i have. Thank you for stopping by.. sorry it was too long  😘

[chuffyfan87]

Hiding. Part 56e

"Leave me alone!" Peter screamed as he pulled himself free of his dad's grasp. "Mum is gunna die and it's all your fault!"

“I know you’re upset and angry.” Charlie replied, “You can blame me all you want.”

"Good, coz I do!" Peter ran off again.

Charlie followed him, “Come back. You can’t stay out here on your own!”

"I'm old enough to do what I like."

“You’re still a child.” Charlie sighed, “Your mum wanted another baby, Peter. It was me who didn’t at first.”

"Yeh, blame her! Everyone always blames her."

“I am not blaming your mum! I blame me, ok? Me!!” Charlie sighed sadly.

"If she dies I'll never forgive you!" Peter shouted as he turned to run again. Not looking where he was going he tripped over a low wall and went flying, rolling towards the main road.

He came so close to being hit by a car but Charlie managed to stop him from being hit again. This time, Charlie wouldn’t let Peter go even though he was fighting against him.

Peter momentarily stopped struggling as he noticed a smear of blood on his sleeve from where he'd scraped his arm as he fell. He froze briefly until suddenly the memories of earlier came flooding back and he began to shake uncontrollably.

Charlie noticed the way Peter reacted and sighed sadly. He’d been through such a traumatic experience - it was traumatic for Charlie, never mind his fifteen year old son. “Son, it’s alright.” He reassured.

The driver of the car who had narrowly missed them had stopped and gotten out. "Oh my gosh, is he OK? I swerved as best I could but he came out of nowhere! I thought I'd missed him." She babbled frantically.

Charlie smiled reassuringly to the woman driver, “It’s fine, it’s ok. You didn’t hurt him. He’s— he’s got a lot on his mind at the minute.”

"Do you want me to go get someone to help?" She asked.

“No, no we’ll be ok thank you.”

"If you're sure?"

"Absolutely." Charlie confirmed.

The lady nodded and got back in her car.

Peter stopped shaking and lay blinking slowly in confusion at his dad.

Charlie touched Peter’s cheek, “Did you have a flashback?”

"I don't know. There was blood and screaming." Peter mumbled.

Charlie kissed Peter's forehead. “Sounds like you had a flashback.”

"Please say she won't die!" Peter begged softly.

“I wish I could son but I can’t tell you something I don’t know.”

Peter hissed in pain as he lent on his arm to get up.

Charlie helped him up of the floor. “Let’s go back to the hospital so I can check your arm? Then maybe we can see your mum together?”

Peter nodded, his anger having disapated once more into fear and confusion.

The journey back to the hospital was mostly silent until Charlie said gently, “When you’re angry, I want you to come to me ok? Shout at me. I won’t mind, ok?”

"I don't like feeling angry." Peter mumbled.

“Its not a nice feeling but it’s a perfectly natural emotion.” Charlie reassured.

"Anger hurts people though."

“It depends what you do with the anger. I get angry with your mum but I don’t ever hurt her. And she gets angry with me too. Ask Auntie Megan about your mum’s famous temper. She’ll have a few stories to tell.”

"I will." Peter replied, a small smile forming on his face.

“You’re allowed to be angry Peter. There’s always choices of what to do with that anger.” Charlie smiled, “You’re a bright lad. You’ll know what’s right and what’s wrong.”

They walked back into the department. "You won't tell mum how I hurt my arm will you?" Peter asked.

“No I won’t.” Charlie smiled. He cleaned up Peter’s arm, it needed steri-strips on the small gash but other than that, it wasn’t too bad. They went back to see the baby and all three of them, went to see Duffy in the intensive care unit.

Peter hesitated as they reached the door to Duffy's room.

“I’m just as nervous as you are.” Charlie said gently, the baby in his arms.

"I want to see her but..." Peter swallowed. "I'm scared." He added in a whisper.

“It’s going to be scary. I’m scared too. But we’ve got each other.”

Peter nodded and followed his dad through the door.

With the baby in one arm, Charlie squeezed Peter’s hand.

Peter's eyes widened as he took in the sight of his mum surrounded by so many wires and machines. When he'd previously seen his mum in hospital it had been after she'd been moved to a general ward so although he knew she'd been seriously ill in the past he'd never seen the full extent of things til now.

“If you want to go back to my office, you can.” Charlie squeezed his hand reassuringly.

"No. Can she hear us? Does she know we're here?"

“Your mum can hear us.” Charlie smiled, “Why don’t you talk to her?”

"What should I say?"

“Anything, you can talk to your mum about anything.”

"OK. Um... You were right. The baby was a boy. He's way bigger than the girls were. Um..." Peter looked up at his dad.

“You can hold her hand.”

Peter reached out to do as instructed. He quickly flinched back.

“What’s wrong?”

"Her hand is cold."

“Your mum’s always got cold hands.”

"Yeh. It's been a while since..." Peter's voice trailed off, he looked a little ashamed.

“It’s been a while since what?” Charlie encouraged.

"I'm a bit old to be holding my mum's hand any more." Peter shrugged.

“Usually yes, but in this situation, you can hold your mum’s hand.” Charlie smiled, “Your mum’s hands are always cold. She places them on my body every morning!”

"Urgh, dad!" Peter complained.

Charlie chuckled softly. “Sorry son.”

"Mum, wake up and make him stop. Please!"

“Hey, I’m not that bad! There are worse things I could say.” Charlie moved closer to Duffy and placed the baby on Duffy’s chest, careful of the wires.

The baby nuzzled closer, sleeping contentedly despite his surroundings.

"I think he knows she's his mum." Peter remarked.

“He does.” Charlie smiled.

Peter fidgeted nervously with his mum's hand. "She's not wearing her rings." Peter suddenly realised.

The baby’s cheek was against Duffy’s chest, listening to the sound of his mum’s heartbeat.

"Where are they? She'll be really upset if they're missing."

“She’s not?” Charlie frowned, “I’ll ask the surgeon. I can’t remember if she was wearing them at home.”

"I can't remember either. Maybe Megan will know."

“I’ll ask her in the morning when she’s woken up, ok?”

"I was thinking of using some of my pocket money to treat her to something nice. She's been really great while you've been away."

“Megan?”

"Yeh, she's been amazing."

“She’s been an amazing presence throughout mine and your mum’s life.”

"She and mum don't argue like mum and gran sometimes do. Well, not in the same way. Mum doesn't get so cross when Megan tells her to do stuff."

“Your mum and gran are too similar but don’t tell your mum I said that.”

"I thought you said mum could hear us?"

“Yeah she can but the chances are, she might not remember what we’ve said when she wakes up.” Charlie smiled.

"OK." Peter considered the thought for a moment. "Mum it was me that broke the vase not Jake." He confessed.

Charlie found an extra chair and pulled it up along side Peter’s chair. “Ah, so you’re the one who broke that vase? How did you break it?”

"Threw my bag on the table without looking first." Peter shrugged.

“And your brother got the blame?”

"Yeh... Mum started yelling at Jake thinking it was him and, well, I just didn't correct her."

Charlie shook his head fondly. “That’s naughty!”

"Yeh, I get that but she was yelling and I didn't fancy getting in the shit with her."

Charlie laughed gently. “Peter?”

"Yeh?"

“I’d like you to see a counsellor.”

"What?" Peter pulled a face.

“A counsellor. I’d like you to see one.” Charlie met his son's gaze, “You’ve been through a traumatic experience.”

"One of the girls at school had to see a counsellor coz her mum went mental."

“Did it help her?”

Peter shrugged. "She doesn't come to school much."

“What’s she called?”

"Ella. She lives round the corner from Sarah."

“Are you close to her?”

"Sarah knows her better than I do. There was tons of police there when it happened. Sarah could see them arriving from her room."

“When what happened?”

"Her mum totally lost it."

“She hurt herself?”

"I think so. Everyone at school was talking about it."

“Mental health issues aren’t great. I have depression sometimes as you know.”

"Yeh, but you wouldn't do something like that while we were in the house?"

“No but sometimes you don’t have a choice.” Charlie admitted, “When your head is too loud, sometimes you need to get it to be quiet.”

"I guess that makes sense."

“That’s why I want you to see a counsellor.”

"Coz you think I'm gunna do something like that?"

“No. But I want you to talk to someone about how you’re feeling because I don’t want you to bottle everything up.”

"OK. Can I think about it?"

“I can come with you, if you like?” Charlie suggested and nodded.

"Maybe. I don't want mum getting upset about it."

“Your mum will understand, trust me?”

"I don't want her to feel bad. Like it's her fault coz it's not."

“She won’t feel bad because she’ll understand it’s not her fault. These things happen.” Charlie smiled.

"You say that..."

“Leave your mum to me ok? Please don’t stress.”

"OK." Other than the beeping of the machines there was silence for several minutes. "Its weird seeing mum this quiet."

“I know. She’s never ever been this quiet in the twenty years I’ve known her.”

"Its unnerving."

“I agree.”

"Oli seems to like it though."

“Oli?”

"I heard mum and Megan talking about names. I don't really like Thomas."