#tulip jones

[jenna-louise-jamie]

in honour of us finally getting alex rider season 3, some memes for your viewing pleasure

[flowersforzoe11]

my favorite thing about the Alex Rider fandom is that the author and the actual fandom have extremely opinions on characters.

FOR EXAMPLE:

-AHorz realized he killed off the greatest character in his series way too soon (yassen<3) and proceeded to not only write Russian Roulette (which was not only the decades of lore we all needed BUT it was quite simply a love letter to Yassen Gregorovich) but also actively chose not to kill him off during the tv series (i'm still on S1 so no spoilers but i know that Yassen lives)

-the fandom loves us some K Unit, and what does AHorz do??? he brings back my glorious Ben Daniels for Snakehead and makes him a recurring character

-i feel like a lot of fanfic has a very softer/humanized version of Mrs. Jones. Jones is absolutely culpable for everything Alex goes through, but i feel like she's more human in most fics i've ever read, and AHorz definitely softens her up as he further develops her character (would love other opinions on this take)

i'm sure there's pieces i missed, but in hindsight it's extremely funny how much the earlier AR fic was to the later books in the series (team yassen always)

[too-many-rooks]

Osterley Park in Bridgerton (2024), and Alex Rider (2020).

[holygayrightsbatman]

ALEX RIDER SEASON 3 TRAILER

You're never too young to die.

[urjustaguyonahorse]

LOVE seeing the inverted mirror of the big three (actual agents) in the little three (the children who are victims of the British government) (you probably will not agree)

ALEX= Crawley. The active one. He's the one who gets his hands dirty when necessary but he's not a savage about it. Doesn't listen if he doesn't care. Devoted to the people he cares about and loud, but not just for the sake of being loud. Defender of people. I hope our king is as classy as Crawley as he ages.

TOM= Mrs. Jones. He's the most well rounded, he keeps everybody together, he comes up with plans nobody else could think of because he can keep a level head. FORGIVING king, UNDERSTANDING king, DECISIVE king. I genuinely think that if he stayed in this line of work he would grow into a leadership position like this.

KYRA= Smithers. The most obvious: she's a hacker. She unproblematically does what she wants. She doesn't have to be front and center to have the most important information (she generally does) and she knows when to step down. Loyal to a fault. They're so well rounded (not).

[icebluecyanide]

“They died?” “They were taken.” Alex Rider: S03E06 / Scorpia: Chapter 14

[code-iris]

“Do you really have it in you to lose another child?”

Sketches under the cut. I’ve drawn her so much recently

[imnotadogiswear]

There aren’t nearly enough fics where Alex and MI6’s actions are exposed to the world. Think of the potential! The reactions! The politics! The d r a m a

[robynator]

i'm on episode 6 of season 2 of alex rider and i gotta say... really stanning mrs jones right about now. i never really vibed with her in the books. i mean i found her a lot more sympathetic than blunt, for sure, but i was mostly indifferent to her. this one though? immediately loved her. could she do more? sure. but she is rebelling in her own way and i appreciate that

”[blunt] asked me to let him know if [alex] got in touch, not where he was” damn straight

[icebearinacornfield]

Alan Blunt, looking at a diagram of Darcus Drake's compound on Falcon's Edge looking for an excuse to use Alex again: A person can fit through there. A person can definitely fit through that window! A small person, an attack child!!!

John Crawley: ....

Smithers: ...

Mrs. Jones: ...

Mrs. Jones: What the actual FUCK Alan?!

[hightensileyoyo]

credit to this post on julia rothman wearing white in the trailer to make me realize this when clicking on season 3's page but in this image

rothman and mrs. jones who are on opposing sides are both wearing black which could just be for the theme but if you don't know who these characters are there's not really anything to tell you which side is good or bad because they look so similar. which is at this point how alex probably feels about both of them

[doctordumblesstark]

Things I loved about season 3 of Alex Rider

Yassen as Alex's mentor and guardian

Julia Rothman as the vengeful leader of Scorpia, she plays Alex and Yassen very well, pulling the strings behind their backs.

Mrs Jones. Just wow. Her scenes were so powerful, just all around impressive

Nile and Yassen's relationship

The water bottle fight. World class.

Alex being sassy and a little brat

Alex complying when Yassen declared the training over after refusing when previously told to stop.

Albert Bridge! The way they immersed Blunt and Alex in showing what really happened was a wonderful piece of film work.

The planning of the operations Alex carries out with Yassen, just gave me so many Devilverse vibes

The department actually having Alex's back and them working together. Especially the rescue mission from the home secretary.

Alan Blunt getting character development and not just being a cartoonish bad guy as he is in the books. I actually prefer this more rounded version of Blunt

The action scenes were better choreographed, more visually impactful and really well done. The overall mix of action, dialogue, stealth, drama and humour just was well done

Malagosto. Not surprising that with how they have chosen to depict the department (in constant darkness!) Malagosto would be underground, but it really worked well with the aesthetics they have chosen and makes sense in the universe. Also the rivalry between Alex and the others... I'd be worried too if the newbie gets a single room when I have to share with the others ;)

Scorpia's threat level. They are a really well balanced opponent to the department, making them hard to take down and in charge and control for most of the season with the department having to work incredibly hard to take them down

A great balance between technology/gadgets and old school spying. Really felt realistic and good use of Kyra, Smithers and Scorpia tech without it becoming a trope like Batman's utility belt

The overall more rounded off storytelling approach and more realistic character representation

Things I thought were unrealistic or unbelievable

Jay not knowing his brother is into film, when he clearly knows Tom and Alex are not going to the beach. Tom's character is shown again and again as a film buff and we all know his desire for pursuing a film career

Also felt weird of dropping that in and then never resolving that storyline. What was Jay's purpose other than some comic relief and one piece of wisdom and for Tom to show he chooses Alex over himself?

Jack saying "if Alex can do spy shit so can we". What an utterly stupid line. That's not how it works, Alex is trained and has skills you guys don't have. There are many good reasons Alex is good at this and not many for the rest of you to think you'd be too.

Kyra saying to Tom not to say anything to the police and then answering the police officer after Jack has already essentially freed them

The whole conversation between Jones and Jack in the garage was confusing. It felt like they switched roles halfway through.

[flowersforzoe11]

Alex Rider S1E8 Review

wrapping up season one before my life gets quite busy again (we'll see when the next one of these is posted heh)

-god, Tom is just so *nice.* making him a bigger factor is such a high point in this show

-a thought that just occured to me. Jones is far too normal. where is my off-putting peppermint queen

-crawley is portrayed so perfectly. honestly such an understated character but Ace Bhatti is perfect (also go Kyra telling him to shut up, iconic)

-KYRA YOU SON OF A BITCH STEALING THE CARD FROM CRAWLEY WAS GENIUS (another one of those scenes that really fits the books, vibe-wise)

-omg the washer?? SO CUTE I CANNOT

-kyra do NOT make me cry on main I REPEAT DO NOT

-i love yassen with every cell in my body but what an anticlimactic death scene for greif (society if we got the greif death pun). *however* yassen walking away from the car is ice cold and goes absolutely crazy

-GOD the john rider lore drop this early goes craaaaazy

-OMG THE MOUTHWASH CALLBACK YES SO GOOD

-julius greif is so creepy i'm obsessed

-SPEECHLESS. the clone fight scene and the aftermath?? so cool. like it's so off the book (weird mix of Point Blanc and Scorpia Rising) but i don't even care right now because that was incredible (the devil works hard, but Yassen Gregorovich works harder)

-tom wearing a shirt that says "the book was better" is so fucking funny to me (it's true). biblically accurate alex rider.

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and with that, i've finished season 1!

just some overarching thoughts:

-biggest strength of this show vs the books is that we get to see things from multiple POVs instead of Alex's limited one

-love love love how Alex has such a good support system in this show

-the tone shift between the books and show is so interesting. the books are way darker imo which is crazy bc they were actually marketed towards children while the show skews older i think. like, we barely get the level of manipulation from Blunt in the show and the Julius Greif death and honestly clone fight were way toned down. just some observations i had throughout (i think by this point in the books, Alex had killed 2 people and set his clone on fire which is crazy)

but anyways! as always, lmk your thughts and i'll see you soon for season 2! :salute:

[too-many-rooks]

Alex being like his father.

(It’s interesting to me how other people compare Alex and John on the basis of appearance, of how Alex will fit the role he played - but Yassen’s comparisons are trying to help Alex understand (at least his perception of) who John was, the thing that they are, that they do, that the three of them share.)

[mirabilefuturum]

[lastlymatt]