#white collar

[megalokiodinsonlove]

We never had sick neal in the show, we were truly robbed 😩

[brothebro]

So Ive been watching White Collar

[maya-caffrey]

everyone saying peter and neal are boyfriends, like, no, peter is literally neal's dad, that's his son right there

[suburbonlegends]

So I’ve only seen up to 5x01, so my future thoughts might change, but I cannot stop thinking about how fucking destroyed Neal would be by the “You’re a criminal. I forget about that.” conversation after Peter was released from prison.

Like Neal spent the entire time of James being around trying to convince both himself and Peter that having James around was a good decision, would lead to a good outcome. He desperately was trying to convince himself that he was more than just the criminal he felt destined to be. Peter was always trying to convince him that he was more than a criminal, that he could change, and with the possibility that James was framed, Neal finally felt like that could believe Peter. That maybe he could be more than just an ill-fated conman.

And then James murders someone, and he frames Peter for it.

So not only is Neal’s hope of not being a criminal by blood absolutely shattered, but the one person who’s always believed in him is directly harmed.

And then Peter gets out of prison and comes to Neal basically saying “I take back all those times I said you were more than a criminal, that it wasn’t in your blood, that I thought you could change. I love you in spite of that believe, but fundamentally my believe in you has changed.” Peter shows up and blames Neal, indirectly, for his time in prison, for James murdering someone else, by saying he keeps letting himself care too much about Neal. Neal already is blaming himself, and Peter just confirms that Neal should blame himself.

How could Neal ever think he could be more than a criminal, that he could ever be a meaningful person to this found family, after that? How could he not be completely consumed with grief and guilt and self-hatred? How could he think Peter had any faith, let alone trust, in him to be able to be Better?

Peter burned the bridge Neal was standing on with that.

[gonnadosomethingwmylife]

peter burke is so funny bc he’s a completely normal guy except he’s been obsessed with two people to a point of stalking (his wife and the conman he chased for years) but it’s fine bc they’re just as obsessed with him 😭???

[slythevillain27]

My favourite ship dynamic: straight passing bi couple, and their guy™️

[awkwardanxiousasexual]

Currently two seasons into white collar and I think my favorite part is whenever Neal says he knows a guy and then that guy is always Mozzie

[cuwalli]

bonus points if they're absolutely pathetic

[ndcgalitzine]

WHITE COLLAR | 2.15 "Power Play"

[jackharkness]

| WHITE COLLAR | 2.13 “Countermeasures”

[cogentranting]

I love the basic contrast set up in White Collar between Neal and Mozzie's style of conning.

Neal's the stereotypical, 'I'm going to get people to do what I want my being very likeable and charming and beautiful.'

Meanwhile Mozzie is, 'you know what's distracting and gets people to react without thinking? Being insane and super annoying.'

[goddammiteverythingstaken]

one of the funniest things about the small but very real white collar fandom is that there’s a split right down the middle where half the fandom adamantly believes that Peter is Neal’s dad, and half the fandom swears that Peter is Neal’s bi poly boyfriend. and neither of them are really wrong????

[maya-caffrey]

psych and white collar crossover i will wait for you forever

[fr3sh-c0rn]

there's just something about crime shows made in the early to mid 2000s man

[i-used-to-be-a-spy]

The club? No I'm meant to be with my criminal found family whose plot armor means we will never go to prison and always defeat the bad guys