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Undercover

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why is NOBODY capable of being normal about neal caffrey. he's everybody's blorbo

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no but like literally neal caffrey is soooo autism i know this. special interest: human socialization (also the art/forgery stuff that's a later post). he does not socialize normally; he socializes like somebody who figured out alllll the rules and tricks

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everyone is such a wet blanket to neal about all of the thefts and the heists and the cons and the grifts it's so mean god forbid gay people have hobbies

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The more I think about it, Neal’s final con of faking his death was definitely just a huge thing in order to get Peter and Elizabeth to name their kid after him

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Just started watching white collar and fuck guys, the energy on this. I love it already.

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Season 1 is almost jarring with how strict Peter used to be 😅💛

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The Burkes are going to Washington - White Collar rewatch (134/?) 5x11 Shot Through the heart

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White Collar Musings

So, now I'm a few episodes into Season 4, but I'm slowly losing the will to carry on, which has already happened a couple times before, all the suit!porn, Matt Bomer, and queer deliciousness (both canon and otherwise) notwithstanding. Neal's character development is happening, albeit too slowly for my tastes, but all the subterfuge and second-guessing is killing my soul. I understand that there has to be conflict because that is what makes for a good story, but I feel like there are better ways of creating conflict than rehashing the same cat-and-mouse schtick they've been carrying on with.

Near the end of my last episode where Neal was saying that Peter's trust was too important to him (to betray), I was like, Yes, this is it, what a character moment, cue the hearteyes, I cry. Then the next scene is Peter expressing doubts about whether that moment was genuine. And I'm just tired. Is it even worth watching anymore? At some point the drama HAS to become about something else.

I don't know if I'm just too delicate for binge-watching whump right now (I thought that I've found a happy medium between serialized agony and zipping through Everything in 5 seconds, but that's a whole other story). I don't know if they're just into the realism of the messiness of growth and human emotions. I know that White Collar, by its very premise, will always stick with conflict of the Man vs Himself + the Man vs Others variety, but if Peter and Neal are really the Found Family that they supposedly are, it should stop being so Peter vs Neal so much of the time. So much so that I'm wondering whether I should just wash my hands of canon, put myself out of my misery and just read the Wikipedia page before staying firmly in AO3 and Tumblr. Does White Collar canon age better than the comeback of the fedora??

But I'm definitely blaming Leverage for making me expect better character, narrative, and relationship development.

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Had this conversation with @cherilynde and I now have a great need for Neal and Peter bears.

If someone made these, I would buy them immediately. 👀

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Happy Caffrey-Burke Day!

Thirteen years ago today, we met Peter and Neal and fell in love with them for the very first time. If that’s not a reason to celebrate, what is?

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- White Collar rewatch (135/?) 5x12 Taking Stocks

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Little girl, asking about Neal’s anklet: Where’d he get his?

Peter: It’s part of a federal work release program. Where—uhhh. I gave it to him. It’s so I don’t lose him.

Little girl: Oh, are you his grandpa?

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I stand by this

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Neal Caffrey is how a cat golden retriever would be and no one can convience me otherwise

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- And you can completely be there. - In the photos?

White Collar rewatch (112/?) 4x07 Compromising Positions