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walpurga-nacht-academy · 3 years

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Djinn’s Bride! ~A Celebration of Love~

Part 4

[Walpurga Nacht Academty]

[Prefect Meeting Room]

Rosa: [cough] Is- [cough] Is this for real?!

Cass: [cough] Th-There’s- [cough] so much smoke in here! My- [cough] My eyes are burning…

Agatha: [cough] Annoying… [cough]

Blanche: Wait- [cough] the smoke is clearing.

Diana: …

Rosa: E-EH?! Isn’t- Isn’t that a-

Diana: A djinn.

Rosa: He-He’s huge!! And is that smoke?!

Blanche: Djinns are elementals that take the form of smoke to facilitate easier travel. They do not have a body per se, but they are still capable of interacting with the material world.

Marcia: …

Rosa: Isn’t that kinda like cheating?!

June: HEY!! YOU SHITTY GHOUL! WHY ‘HE ‘ELL YA GONE AND DID ‘HAT, HUH?!

Vita: Hm~? My apologies, beanstalk. It seems that I am incapable of understanding that horribly awkward accent of yours. Perhaps speaking less like a swine might help, hm~?

June: YOU FUC-

[ROAR]

[GROUND SHAKING]

Cass: Eek!

Rosa: Woah, woah, woah! Wh-what’s going on?!

Blanche: Th-The noise!!

Diana: … Ugh.

June: It’s too fuckin’ loud!!

Vita: My~ What a great pair of lungs this creature has at his disposal~

June: Don’t ya smile, ya freak!

Agatha: Don’t… threaten… Big… Sis… !!

June: Haaaaaa?! Ya want to get pummeled, ya shit?! Outta my way ‘fore I-

Rosa: I-It stopped!

Blanche: … Finally.

Cass: Mi-Miss Dion! Are you alright?! Um, you suddenly collapsed-

Blanche: I’m fine, Cassandra. No need to worry. It was merely the noise.

Cass: Th-That’s such good news to hear!

Rosa: Eh? Diana? Are you ok? You’re holding your head.

Diana: Mm. Just wasn’t expecting that. But now it’s fine. I got it memorized.

Rosa: Me-Memorized? Huh?

Diana: Mm.

Rosa: … I-I don’t really get it, but you seem to have things under control! Still, that roar really freaked me out. Seriously, what the hell is up with that lamp, Marcia? You just said it wasn’t magic, but then it suddenly started spouting smoke and now this djinn came out? That’s way too- Marcia? Marcia? Hey! Are you listening to me? HEY!

Marcia: … [mumble]

Rosa: Huh? What was that?

Marcia: … a djinn…

Rosa: Eh? Don’t tell me you’re just realizing it?!

Marcia: It’s a djinn!!

Rosa: Ye-Yeah! I noticed! So what are we-

Marcia: AND I WASN’T THE ONE WHO SET IT FREE!

Rosa: .... Huh…?

Marcia: Shit! I can’t believe I missed a chance like this?! Aaaaaaaah!! This is so frustrating!!

Rosa: …

Marcia: Senpai, switch with me!! I’ll give you anything you want in exchange for that lamp!! Name your price! I’m begging you!

Rosa: SHE ACTUALLY DID IT! SHE’S PROSTRATING HERSELF ON THE GROUND! HAVE SOME DIGNITY AT LEAST, MARCIAAAAAAA!

Marcia: You moron!! Dignity means nothing in the face of such things! I’m throwing it all away! So, please, senpai!

Vita: Oh my~ How exciting~ To see you kneel before me like that certainly sends a shiver down my spine~

Agatha: Hehehehehehehe… dumb… chowder… finally… learned… its… place… Hehehehehehe!

Marcia: That’s right! That’s right! I’m just dumb, lowly chowder that should be trampled over! Oh, great senpai! Great sinister presence! I’m not worthy to stand before you! So, please, just the lamp and I’ll be gone!

Cass: Mi-Miss Pyroeis!

June: HEEEEEEY! YA DUMBASS STAND UP! THE ‘ELL YA DOIN’?!

Marcia: SHUT IT!

June: ?!

Marcia: I’m not letting this sort of opportunity pass me by! Those wishes are gonna be mine!

June: … Ya really askin’ for a beatin’, ain’tcha? ‘Hat’s fine by me.

Cass: Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Miss Himalia! Ple-Please don’t fight right now, um!

June: Don’t hold me back, Cass! I’ll pummel ‘his one and ‘hen the shitty ghoul’s next!

Vita: My, you certainly are like an enraged bull. Not surprising, considering your level of intelligence~

June: YA BI-

Diana: ENOUGH.

All: !!!

Cass: Mi-Miss Arrow…

Marcia: Di-Diana…

Diana: Vita. June. Fighting among ourselves makes us better targets.

June: …

Vita: …

Diana: We have other problems now.

Djinn: Oh? You’re talking about me? Yeah, I think you’re talking about me. About time, I’ll say! You really took your time getting me in this story, didn’t you?

Blanche: Story? Just what-

Djinn: But nevermind that! It’s all water over the bridge! Or water under the bridge? You know, I can never keep these things straight at all! You’d guess 100,000 years in a lamp would make you better at remembering stuff, but let me tell you, it sure doesn’t! Hahahahahaha!

Cass: Um…

Djinn: A-ny-way~ Can’t tell you all how glad I am to be finally out of that thing! I mean sure, the place’s great and all, and the landlord’s a real sweetheart - handsome, to boot too, not wanting to brag - but the room service sucked since you have to do everything yourself! Get it, ‘cause you’re all alone in there?

Rosa: …

Djinn: Wow, tough crowd tonight, isn’t it? What, a kappa sucked out your sense of humor? HA! Kappa joke! Get it?! Hilarious, right?

Diana: …

Djinn: Yeesh. Got a warmer reception by the Moss Fairies up in the Mountains. HA! Though let me tell you those girls can partaaaaaay! Wooo, most fun I had that entire century!

Agatha: … Annoying.

Djinn: Woah, woah, woah! That was seriously rude! Didn’t your parents teach you better? I sure hope you’re not the one who summoned me if you’re just gonna act like that. Speaking about that~

Rosa: Woah! Way too close!

Cass: Eek!

Djinn: Which one of you loooooovely ladies just so happened to wake me up from my nap, hm?

Rosa: Eh? Ah, that was…

Marcia: SENPAI! PLEASE! I REST AT THE FEET OF YOUR GLORIOUS SELF AND BEG FOR MERCY!

Vita: Oh, if ‘tis be the case… Hm~ Very well~

Diana: …

Blanche: You’re just going to hand it over like that?

Vita: What a distrustful gaze~ Do you think me so heartless that I would viciously ignore such an earnest cry?

Agatha: Big… Sis… is… really… kind… hehehehehehe...

Rosa: Aaah, that’s somehow really hard to picture…

Agatha: That’s… because… the… amoeba’s... brain… is… too… small...

Rosa: Why-

Marcia: YAHOOOOO! Alright, alright, alright! After everything that happened… all the hardship… all the hard work… I’m finally getting my well-earned reward! Aaaah, it’s like I’m floating with overflowing happiness~

Rosa: She’s definitely gone…

Blanche: It seems so…

Marcia: Djinn!

Djinn: Hm? What’s up?

Marcia: Yo-You’re kinda more informal than I imagined… But nevermind that! You asked about your master, didn’t you?! Well, here she stands!

Djinn: Oh? It’s you?

Rosa: Hey, is it just me or does this guy sound kinda disappointed?

Djinn: Hm~ I was hoping it would be that buxom, long haired one over there, but I guess a tomboy with short hair works well too~

Marcia: A-Ah, the standards for Masters are kinda… Uh, nevermind! I’ll have my three wishes now, please! First, I want a super huge vault filled with money that keeps filling up no matter how much you take out of it! Next, I want a potion that can cure any ailment in existence and give you eternal health! Then, I want-

Djinn: Oh, about that… No can do.

Marcia: Hu-Huh?! What do you mean “No can do”?! You’re a djinn, right?! You fulfill your Master’s wishes, don’t you?!

Djinn: Well, normally, yeah…

Marcia: Then what’s the problem?! I’m your Master, aren’t I?!

Djinn: Hm, I guess I have to settle for you… But, you’re wrong about the wish-granting thing.

Marcia: … What?

Djinn: Sure, us, djinn, usually do that sort of stuff. Granting wishes. Making people rich. Getting them the date of their dreams… However, I’ve decided to leave all that behind!

Marcia: …

Djinn: It’s all become so passe, you know? It’s more the stuff your grandparents would do, and I’m just not about that. So, I said screw it. After all, you’ve only got an eternity, right? Why waste it on a soul-crushing job?

Marcia: …

Rosa: Mm, is it just me or is he making sense here?

Blanche: Rosalia…

Djinn: That’s it! You get it, strawberry shortcake! I gotta be a free man! Make my own choices!

Blanche: Is that so… ?

Djinn: Oh, yeah! That’s why I decided to pursue comedy instead!

Rosa: Eh?! Really?! Me too!

Djinn: No way! Guess it was fate that brought us together, cutie pie!

Rosa: Eh! Th-That’s way too close!

Djinn: So, tell me a little about yourself! What do you like to do? Besides being drop dead gorgeous~!

Rosa: Ugh!

Agatha:... Gross.

Vita: My~ It seems that our dear acquaintance fancies himself a bit of a charmer~

Marcia: …. No way.

Vita: Hm~?

Marcia: No way…

Cass: Mi-Miss Pyroeis?

Marcia: NO WAAAAAAAAY!

Cass: Eek!

Blanche: !!!

Djinn: Hm?

Marcia: You’ve got to be kidding me! What kind of twisted joke is this, huh?! To have the rug pulled from beneath my feet just when I was about to reach the promised paradise! What sort of being would take such pleasure in this cruelty?!

Vita: Fufu.

Djinn: Hey, hey, girlie! I feel like that is a dig at me, ain’t it?

Marcia: Dig?! This is more a questioning of your entire existence! If you were just planning on being useless from the beginning then why’d you even come out of that lamp, huh?!

Blanche: Marcia! Calm down.

Marcia: I refuse to! This sort of trauma can’t be overlooked just like that! Aaaah! I’ve never wanted to become more like the paint on the walls than now!

Blanche: She’s completely stopped making any sense…

Djinn: Woah, just chill, won’t you? Can’t believe I’m getting a reception like this from my own Master. Talk about bad management, huh? Sure, you ain’t getting those wishes. But who cares?

Marcia: I do!! I very much do!! It’s my whole reason for existing! Now I’m just a spineless jellyfish carried by currents! What’s the point in even existing like this, huh?!

Cass: Mi-Miss Pyroeis!

Djinn: Yeesh. That’s a bit over dramatic… Listen here girlie, you’re not getting those wishes. You’re getting something even better!

Marcia: … Huh? Really?

Djinn: Oh yeah! Drum Rolls please!!

[Drum Rolls]

Djinn: You’re getting the ultimate, most coveted, chance of a lifetime opportunity ooooooooof…

MARRYING ME!

Marcia: … Eh… ?

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH?

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nightglider124 · 3 years

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Are you still writing 🥺?

I am, friend! Promise. 💕

I have been unusually inactive recently as in like quite a few months and there is no specific reason as to why that is, I think it is just with everything going on this year, I haven't been feeling super motivated with writing and stuff. For example, when all the initial lockdown stuff happened, I was still working and continue to still work basically through this pandemic (don’t ask why; I don’t see a library as being essential but hey ho.) so I haven’t had like a huge chunk of time on my hands to just sit and write like some of the world has XD.

It’s coming to me tho. I finished a delayed chapter of Subscribe the other night and that was the main WIP that had me stumped. Its a super long one (23 pages on google docs) so I had to fight to finish it but the thing is done and edited. I'm waiting til I have the other delayed chapters written until I post them all. But now that I’m feeling more excited to write and that other monstrosity of a WIP is done, I can probs get the others finished quite quickly.

As for Bound, I’m sort of waiting to come back to it until I’ve got Subscribe as updated as I want it and I also kind of want to take a bit of time and pre-write some of the chapters for Bound, just to be organised. 😂

I also have a oneshot still half written waiting on my Google Docs which was a request waaaaaaaay back when I last had requests open and I didn’t get to it. That’s waiting to be finished. Which it will be but I can’t give a specific date on when. XD

I have a few other projects and WIPS both in my head and on paper, including something bigger for Christmas BUT that may not actually happen this year; depends on what I get done this month tbh.

I have also just managed to get full time hours at work (yay; more money! XD) which... in theory shouldn’t actually ruin me for free time too much since it is only 7 hours more than I used to do but... I will be getting used to working those extra hours. Like I said, shouldn’t be too bad but if I’m not active right away this month, that’s likely why. XD

But, rest assured, I am still writing and I will be updating again soon; I just need to get up and write and get my butt in gear.

I’m actually having a writing day today since I’m off and it’s like 10am so Ima go grab a coffee and then sit at my laptop and write; maybe get Alexa to play some rain sounds or something calm to help me focus.

God, sorry, this turned into like... a whole damn update. >.<

#asks #anon #nightglider124

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mscaptainwinchester · 3 years

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Cap Catches Up: Internetless Edition

The series finale has aired and your girl's too close to the finish line to let herself get spoiled, so we're commenting in long form on a text file.

s15.01 - LOV-ING demon!notJack. He flirts with Dean. He has dumb sunglasses that weirdly work really well for him. If we can't have the sweet baby boy back, I'll take it. - I get that the girls in the Bloody Mary scenario are supposed to be playing with the one girl's mom's shit, but it looks like they're playing an elaborate game of Pretty Pretty Princess and waaaaaaaay too old for it - At what point did they decide Gacy clown needed to just... be around a bunch? - Cas with a shotgun will never not be sexy, and I don't even like guns - This husbands fight is already going on too long. I know Dean holds a grudge like a toddler on a piece of candy they don't want to give up, but forgive him and have a normal convo please - I've seen enough gifs to know that 'Dean and Sam against all the ghosts in Hell' isn't where this is going, but I'm okay with that. We've already seen that show

s15.02 - WOW, they called soccer moms being mask-deniers six months early. Good for them - Sam Winchester knows how to Project His Voice. Don't pretend he doesn't. That boy can be just as loud as he needs to be at all times. - AMERICANS NOT DOING AS THEIR TOLD EVEN IF THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER? Pah! We'd never be that crazy *looks into the camera like she's on the Office* -I'm having a hell of a hard time buying this ghosts are the only souls in hell thing. Ghosts aren't supposed to be the same thing as souls in hell. - Rowena (and Mary) might be the only side character(s) who's improved with time? I like her more every time I see her on screen. And I was *skeptical* for the first two seasons. - Not opposed to Rowena fucking Catch's brains out and then leaving him out to dry. - AMARA - Amara's getting a massage at a spa in full make-up? Okay, sure - Watching this season already knowing where it's going is hitting a LOT different than it would have had I been watching while it aired. The conversation between Dean and Cas about the entire thing being meaningless and free will not being a thing because God's just been writing the story for them? The entire time, you can SEE Cas visibly struggling not to say 'OUR LOVE WAS REAL. THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT YOU IS REAL. And God has fucking NOTHING to do with it.' - The ghosts plotting amongst themselves is really a weak point of this season. I'm into all the rest of it, but the ghosts? Ugh. I know they don't last, and I can't wait until they're gone. - Catch and Rowena peacocking around each other is fucking DELIGHTFUL. Please actually fuck. PLEASE. - Amara looks FAB-U-LOUS

s15.03 - Rowena and Catch didn't get to fuck NOOOOOOOOOOO - Note, I'm not upset about Catch dying. I just really wanted them to have kinky, kind of angry sex first - They killed Rowena for good in that cheap-ass pink dress the seamstress clearly sewed up in half a day using a made-up pattern that barely worked?? SHE DESERVED RICH GREEN VELEVET WTF - I've never said this before, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Dean *insists* on using a decanter - Good for Cas standing up for himself, but fuck was that a brutal break-up, and I was *not* expecting it

S15.04 - OH DAMN - OH DAAAAAAAAMN - BENNYYYYYYYYYYYY WHAT - WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT - DON'T GIVE ME BENNY AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE HIM AWAY WTF - Please tell me Dean's looking for Cas - He's probably looking for Sam, but fuck would it be good if he was looking for Cas - Sam looks boring as shit compared to Dean in this episode, and I'm here for it. Dean looks like the best wet dream. Sam just looks... boring. - He doesn't even have a good sinister face - BECKY YES I can't wait to see how this plays out. I've seen a hundred gifs of this scene, but never watched it - If I don't go back online and find just a MOUNTAIN of meta about that scene being an allegory for male vs female fans' approach to fandom from creating, to the types of stories we're drawn to, to the life of a fandom after the source material has ended, I will be *very disappointed* in our fandom. I don't have time to do this shit myself, y'all. I've got 70+ books I'm obligated to read before end of January - Also the evolution of a fan girl who grows up, but doesn't lose her love of fandom. The idea that you can be a successful soccer mom and still have a fun fandom life is such a departure from their original approach to the fans, and using the same character they treated like a psychopath. It says a lot about how the interaction with the fans has evolved and grown since the early days.

s15.05 - Calling it, the not-Andy is definitely a werewolf

s15.07 - I might have been so caught up knitting I didn't have commentary until now, but EILEEN - Also it is TELLING that Dean peaces out to find a case when Sam finds some love happiness. Maybe go find your angel, dummy?? - SAM/EILEEN YES YES YES YES YES - I feel like Sam should be more advanced in his signing. He picks stuff up quicker than this - SHERIFF IS A HOTTIE HELLO - DID THE SHERRIF JUST TELL DEAN HE'S HOT WHAT - WAIT. Dean leaves the Bunker while Sam gets his romance on and he *immediately* gets hit on by a hot dude?? - GOTTA MAKE SURE WE REMEMBER DEAN'S SUPER STRAIGHT - I know I should know this guy, but fuck if I have a terrible memory and have no idea who he is - LOVE SUBTLE EILEEN - CAS SHOWS UP NOW HOW CONVENIENT - Not blaming Cas for being a cockblock, but it is SAYING SOME SHIT that Dean leaves because Sam's romancing the lady hunter and Cas shows up as the lady hunter nearly succeeds in seducing Sam - Cas at least should be speaking in ASL. He speaks All the Languages - I think I hate this singing thing. Also this Leigh guy is definitely the bad guy - Oh, he definitely did it and the lady bartender knows and is not having it - "I like this new Castiel. He's very... Russian." Well shit, they *know*, guys. We've been had. - THEY REALLY ENDED THIS EPISODE WITHOUT A SAM/EILEEN KISS - REALLY

S15.08 - That right there is my drink. Poor lady having to serve it, but hot damn do I love me a sunrise - Is this fucking Lucifer. Because I will RIOT if this is fucking Lucifer - Never thought I'd say it, but thank fuck it was God - GO EILEEN - IF THEY AREN'T MAKING OUT BY THE END OF THIS EPISODE I SWEAR TO FUCKING CHUCK - I notice ASL has gone out the window?? - Is Eileen actually supposed to read their lips when they talk that quickly and barely move their mouths?? - This might be my favorite set design for Hell - ROWENA THE QUEEN LONG LIVE THE QUEEN - LOVING the hair, LOVING the dress. She looked 5000x better that she did when she died

S15.09 - I am loving this Cas has no fucking filter and is no longer taking Dean's shit even a little bit. If they have their heart-to-heart get over your shit talk in Purgatory, that's so damn poetic - Good God was that a perfect forgiveness scene

S15.10 - GARTH READS 50 SHADES OF GRAY - I love that Dean keeps marveling at how strong Garth is, like he keeps forgetting he's a werewolf - Half of them are immortal, babe, of course c4 wasn't going to destroy all of them

S15.11 - AGENT LIZZO

S15.12 - "Monologue Time", huh? Real tempted to skip this one right on over. The fact that I've looked directly into Rob Benedict's eyes and seen how genuinely sincere and kind-hearted he is is keeping me watching - The fact that God seems to be a low-key Wincest shipper is... uncomfortable - DO. NOT. LIKE that God specifically said he's cancelling failed spin-offs and we go straight to Jodi and the girls. - DO - NOT - LIKE - Dean: [Death] was right about Rowena - Me: Or was that a self-fulfilling prophecy? - Dean and Cas drinking scotch with a fancy ass decanter between them? The gayest shit on this show - Did Cas have to pee in a cup? Or shit in a cup and then dry it into flakes? Because it looks like Cas just had to pee in a cup for that ingredient - Are they using real Enochian, or did they just make it pretty? Because it sure is pretty - This is some Unity Candle shit. I might be super into it?? - Did Bad!Kaia live in Oz? Those looked like some fucked-up flying monkeys [It was only as I was editing typos to post that that I remembered actual Oz was a thing on this show they made a big deal of 6 seasons ago and promptly left on the cutting room floor after]

S15.13 - Jack's in the Garden with the creepy not-child, and I can't help but think the flowers look like dicks. Pink phallic shapes was maybe not the way to go?? - Man, this is so much shit to put on a 3-year-old

S15.14 (officially in Pirate Mode. We ran out of Netflix 😢 ) - Things I have learned about Dean in the first 3 minutes of this episode: He thinks Mario and Luigi when you say the word plumber; he thinks killing Hitler means you can fix a circuit breaker; he is an IT nightmare (I knew this, but nice reminder); he has Scooby Doo boxer briefs - LOV-ING the wood nymph - Never thought I'd say this, but I am suspect of those milkshakes. They look delicious though - THIS BITCH called my sweet baby Jack a Monster. DEAN KILL THIS BITCH - You know what could have solved this whole issue? CAS - JACK: I know I'm supposed to be the one to kill God, but she got me. I was stupid. - ME: No, baby, you were naïve and trusting. There's a very important difference - Well, now I want to read 300 aus where Dean bakes his kids terrible birthday cakes while Cas looks on fondly

S15.15 - Why are these kids being garbage? I'm not surprised young and chinless is the one being sent to be the most garbage. Like a young Mitch McConnell. Hot pastor at least put them in their place. - OOOO Creepy build-a-bear - DEAN: She and I, you know, used to have a thing. *keeps walking* - CAS: *stops walking and stares after Dean like he wants to smack him* - ME: *is highly aware that Cas confesses his eternal love to Dean not three episodes from now, which makes this infinitely funnier than it already was* - OFFICER, about Jack: You look greener than Baby Yoda - ME: HEARTEYES HEARTEYES HEARTEYES - JACK HAS A TEDDY BEAR BLESS - THIS IS THE REGULAR EPISODE REMINDER THAT JACK IS LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD - JACK'S GETTING A FACEBOOK. This is the gifset that made me come back to the show. YES - Zack is a douche. OMG FAKE ACCENT YOU DUMBASS - Cas has zero time for 'work-life balance'. Someone send him to a seminar. - It should be said that I love a vindictive villain, but I'm not here for this SAW shit. At. All. - While I don't like these rich bitches, I do like that they styled the Black girl as both visibly super rich and rocking braids. And not Brandy style braids that have traditionally been 'more acceptable'. The kind of patterned, stylized updo braids that have been (and in some places still are) considered 'unprofessional' and disallowed by both the military and most work environments for blatantly racist reasons. - CAS TALKING WITH A PASTOR ABOUT A GAY KID WORKING FOR THE MINISTRY AND CAS' SOFT SNORT AT 'A Saint is a Sinner who's always trying' implying that being gay is a sin WAS EVERYTHING - AMARA LOOKS AMAZING - I am a glass box of emotion right now. My sweet baby Jack. No.

S15.16

- This is the most half-assed they've ever gone with casting kid Sam and Dean. I'm blaming the pandemic. - So we're still hardcore reminding everyone Dean's super straight two episodes before Cas confessed his Big Gay Love for him, huh? Sure, why tf not - BILLY. I can't wait to see what kind of hoops they're going to jump to hide her being like 8 months pregnant shooting this. That jacket's already pretty fucking big - Casting for this whole episode is a mess. Kaitlin's supposed to be the older sister, but she looks maybe 38, and the (dead) brother looked 40+ - Was Baba Yaga just like the last White Whale they hadn't gotten to hunt yet? This feels like not a necessary episode for the last 5 of a 15-year season. We shouldn't be at skippable episodes at this point, but this was definitely skippable. It didn’t really add anything to their characters. We know Dean’s a hot box of trauma and bad memories. - Lotta focusing on lies not helping. Are we actually going to ALL use our words by the end of the series?? That would be amazing. -Well, we used our words and now someone's mad. Maybe we (DEAN) could have also included a better timeline? Yes, I knew this before you, Sam, but Cas told me literally before we left the Bunker, and Cas only found out a day before he told me. You've (SAM) been out of the loop for all of 3 days. CHILL. Cas went looking for another way, but there's no time now. This is the plan we're stuck with. It sucks. I hate it. But we don't have a choice.

S15.17 - I recoiled as hard as Sam did when Dean said Jack's not family. For the record. Dean's on the shitlist for today. He better fucking redeem himself, because that was Not. Okay. - I'm not a fan of Amara's silk 80s power suit, but loving that she's dressed in angel aesthetic and bringing him to Heaven - Oh, I'm BIG MAD that Dean fucking THANKED JACK HE'S NOT EVEN THREE YOU TOLD THAT TO A LITERAL TODDLER JUST TRYING TO PLEASE HIS PARENTS JUST LIKE YOU DID ASSHOLE - This whole find the thing that could save us might be like 500x easier if anyone had ever bothered to, I don't know, archive the collection in the Bunker?? - LOVING MEG AS THE EMPTY - I'M GOING TO MURDER EVERYTHING MY SWEET BABY JACK

S15.18 - MOTHERFUCKER - MOTHERFUCKING MOTHERFUCKER - I'M SO PISSED OFF - This episode is really about gay love and death, huh? Weird message. They're really skittering the killing your gays line hard. And they don't even have the excuse of not realizing that's a thing. It's 2020. They know that's a thing. Also they already did it and got BIG backlash for it. Learn. From. Your. Mistakes. - They might be justifying this by making it the killing all the love interests episode?? - But only IF Dean eventually reciprocates. And they bring them all back. - A MILLION SAD GIFS

S15.19 - Dean, having to tell Cas' kid that he's gone: Kid, I'm sorry. - Also Dean: *Probably never gonna tell anyone ever that he went down confessing his eternal love* - Jack and I are at about the same level of depression, I see. - Taking full advantage of the pandemic making people stay home, I see. - Dean ascended those stairs faster than I've ever seen him run, and he runs FAST. That's not the look of a man NOT in love with the man he thought was on the other side of that door. - WELP, LOVING THIS ENDING. LOVING THIS FOR CHUCK. All the snaps.

S15.20 (It's 11:15pm. - I'm already confused because the file I have is 41 minutes, but I thought 20 was a two-episode special? Did that not happen? - DEAN HAS A DOG

- What

- the Actual

- Fuck

- Was That

#supernatural #spoilers #cap catches up #still fucking confused

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idealisticrealism · 6 years

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Blindspot 3x01 recap

Okay so honestly, until the episode actually aired I wasn’t sure this recap would happen. This hiatus has been all too easy for me, because the finale-- or, specifically, the time jump paired with the realisation that Weller really was going to have a kid-- really made me question whether this was still the show I fell in love with, and if I really wanted to dedicate any more of my time to it. Plus, since I avoid spoilers, there were some serious concerns-- for example, whether Weller even knew why Jane left-- that I had, that I didn’t have the answers to yet.

Which meant that basically I went into this episode not really expecting to feel particularly positive about it. But instead-- like with the second half of S2 after that rather unpleasant start-- damn Gero managed to pull me back in, as he somehow always does.

So here goes. Recap time. But fair warning: this review is about my personal feelings towards the show, and therefore you may not agree with what you read. Feel free to come and talk to me about it anyway.

Honestly I (like everyone else) knew a wedding was coming, but unlike everyone else I wasn’t all that interested to see it. I mean, I’m happy for them and all, but I’m more interested in seeing the being-married part than the actual getting married. But then the flowers, and the music, and the family looking so beautiful, and Patterson OFFICIATING, and Hirst and Stuart being there (side note: I am only now recognising Stuart as an actor from Gero’s old show the LA Complex, along with about six other actors who have been on this show over the years lol). But anyway, considering my biggest problem with S2 was the baby fiasco, I was expecting to feel the same nausea when seeing the baby onscreen as when I thought of it at any other time (it’s literally one of my least fave tropes, guys, so I’m sorry but I will always hate the existence of the baby), but it was fairly easy to just ignore it. I was bummed not to see Sarah or Sawyer, who would literally have never missed this wedding and tbh would have been a waaaaaaaay better inclusion in S2 and 3 than the unwanted offspring, but whatever. #Foreverbitter

That said, seeing the team laughing and dancing and having an amazing time was just the best. And of course the Jeller lovey-doveyness was so great, and maaaann I really wish we could have heard those speeches. Reade and Tasha dancing was a little bit borderline for me-- they’re so cute and I love them as best friends but PLEASE GERO JUST LET THEM BE BEST FRIENDS. DON’T PUT THEM TOGETHER. PLEASE DON’T.

Ngl I don't at all like that Jeller moved to Colorado. Big nope for me, though I understand why it happened, and god I did love the scene with the fam helping them pack and then tough-as-nails Tasha crying??? Let me die. But I also identify with her the most rn, bc she GETS it. With Jeller gone, their family will never be the same. The roadtrip montage was cute, and the carrying over the threshold???? Ughhhhh save me. I love that they took on the project of the house, the two of them making the perfect team (was there a baby in this montage? Nope, not that I saw. No babies here. Maybe just Allie’s new puppy that they look after from time to time. Yeah, let’s go with that. Bethany is a puppy they babysit and no one can force me to view it as anything else).

So as much as I’m enjoying this montage of domestic bliss, I’m kinda ready for it to end because GUYS PLEASE I’M TOO USED TO ANGST AND SLOW BURN, YOU CAN’T OVERLOAD ME WITH FLUFF LIKE THIS. And then phew it ends, leaving us in the new Jeller residence with Weller just returning from napping in the laundry beside Bethany’s basket because she still howls when she’s left alone and so he had to pet her until she fell asleep. Awwwww, so nice of these two to look after Allie’s puppy while she works nightshift. I love that Jane cooked dinner-- I bet Weller’s been teaching her and lots of sweet and sexy kitchen times have ensued. Jane gushes about the puppy’s cuteness and Weller suggests maybe they should get one of their own. Good thing they’re talking about a puppy and not a child because wow “one of our own” sure had a very exclusionary implication, like Jane was not at all connected to any other puppies/babies that might exist. But anyway I gotta move on before the world I’ve carefully constructed in this Matrix starts glitching. Saved by the bell, or rather the phone-- it’s Keaton with a warning that their lives are in danger, and here’s yet another topic that threatens to glitch my reality. Keaton tortured Jane for THREE MONTHS. Brutally and without true remorse. He should be persona non grata with literally everyone (the team and the fans alike), but instead the writers have turned him into the team’s new buddy. This is the biggest issue I’ve had with the show, I think-- not Keaton specifically, but what he represents. Because honestly when I think about certain plot points in theory, I feel very strongly and very negatively about them; but when the show goes “no it’s fine everything’s actually great” it somehow sucks me in and I just go ‘oh okay cool everything is great, that’s good then’’, and I just?? For example, I really enjoyed watching Keaton in the finale, and then I thought about it after the episode ad was like ‘wait no I hate him, how did I forget I hate him?’ Like I stg Gero is a wizard, and like anything truly magic related, that’s both a good and a bad thing. But anyway rn I’m appreciative of Keaton because he just helped save Jane and Weller’s lives. So I guess he gets points for that, though technically Jane has saved his life a couple of times already now. Jeller proceed to beat the crap out of their attackers, and aaahhhh, isn’t this so much more THEM than painting walls and picking out cushions? Their Colorado life was a nice little holiday but it wasn’t them. Naturally the gunshots wake little puppy Bethany who is now barking in distress, but they check on her and she’s fine. Keaton rocks up to explain that some Sandstorm member has put out a hit on Jane for $10M, and now no one can stop a shit-ton of mercenaries from coming after Jane. Keaton and Jane are in agreement about putting Jane into a version of WitSec-- hopefully with much more comfortable lodgings than the last time she was put up by the CIA. (#Yesstillbitter). Weller tries to reject the idea, then decides he’s coming too, bc “You’re my wife” ughhhhhh, but Jane can’t let him walk away from the rest of his life. She knows what that’s like, after all, though lbr giving up her life as Remi was the best thing she ever did. Unfortunately for Weller, he has a very hardheaded wife and he sleeps very heavily when he’s cuddling a fluffy puppy, so Jane bails in the middle of the night, and nope nope nope I never needed to see her crying as she pulled off her wedding ring, thanks Satan (I mean Gero). But lbr, Weller is Jane’s everything, and she would do anything-- including break her own heart-- to keep him safe. Oh, Jane, you noble idiot. At least this whole scene has allayed one of my concerns going into this season-- Weller definitely knows why Jane had to go, so he knows it was done out of love, and not for the lack of it. I still think she could have kept the ring, but I suppose by leaving it she was telling him that she was okay, that she was leaving of her own accord and hadn’t been kidnapped or murdered or anything.

Have I mentioned lately how much I really hate time-jumps??? After the finale, I desperately hoped that they had been married the majority of that two year gap and that their separation was only like three or so months. I even mostly-completed a oneshot postfinale fic along those lines, but then we found out about the 18 month thing and I was like “well screw you too, show” (#yepdefinitelybitter) and abandoned the story entirely. Plus, it’s been otherwise proved non-canon now, so that was rather a waste of time. But anyway, it’s now 18 months after Jane disappeared (undoubtedly aided by Keaton) and you just know the whole family will have been scattered to the winds. Another reason to hate time jumps. Speaking of the team, Hirst shows up at Weller’s apartment-- which he somehow still has; renting it out, I guess?? But damn he’s clearly richer than I thought he was. He’s about to sell it though bc he’s spending all his time and money searching for Jane, just as he has for the last 18 months. And on one hand, I can totally be like “awww he loves her so much” but on the other hand I want to be like “wtf you sadistic writers, you’re literally going to rip apart a couple who loves each other for A YEAR AND A HALF, which is a FREAKING LONG TIME (seriously where were you 1.5yrs ago? Think about that and how much of forever ago it was) and then also literally have the love of Weller’s life disappear into thin air, when he had already spent 25 years of his life searching for the last person he loved who disappeared, and OH YEAH, WHO TURNED OUT TO HAVE BEEN DEAD THE WHOLE TIME???” Legit, if you actually take two seconds to think about it, this entire plotline is freaking awful and upsetting and yet the show will literally brush it off like it’s nothing, or merely a tiny insignificant blip in their lives. Just watch. And so again, this is one of those moments where Gero bedazzles us into not being upset by things which very much should upset us. But ANYWAY, Hirst is there because the team has been kidnapped, and I use the word ‘team’ lightly here, because they literally haven't seen each other in like a year because everything fell apart after Jeller abandoned them to go puppysit in Colorado. Anyhow, a mysterious box with Jane’s name on it (or her maiden name at least, no one can convince me that the woman for whom Weller is her home wouldn’t have taken his name and the belonging that went with it) was left in Reade’s apartment, likely because he’s the only one left in NYC because all the others bailed. Seriously I feel like this team’s breaking apart has given ME abandonment issues, so I have no idea how they’re all managing. But anyway the other nifty thing about the box is that it has coordinates on it, very possibly leading to Jane’s location. Congrats, Weller, looks like you don’t have to sell your apartment after all. And you totally have all the info you need to go find Jane, plus an excellent excuse, given that only she can open the box and help them save their friends (who they completely ditched two years ago). Fun times.

Jump to Nepal, and the scene from the finale. Now we know for sure that the hug was because Jane had never wanted to leave him, which is nice. Also that whoever left the box (lbr we all already know it’s Roman) literally made it so the two of them HAD to solve this together. Looks like someone ships his his sister and brother in law lol… Aaaand okay now Jane is glowing. She admits that it must have happened when she was in an accident some months ago that had her in and out of consciousness for days, and wow how must that feel for Weller? Hearing that she literally almost died months ago and he would never have known about it? Dammit Jane, I know you suffered without him too and that you were doing it for ‘good’ reasons, but I still think you were wrong to do it. If anyone has a time machine up their sleeve, please donate it to these guys so they can go back and make better choices.

But all realistic feelings aside, the pair are straight back into tattoo solving mode (admit it guys, you’ve missed this) and quickly figure out that the first clue is a reference to the place that Weller proposed to Jane-- St Mark’s Square in Venice. Which on one hand is ugh so sweet and romantic but on the other is… kinda unoriginal? Lol. But regardless I need to hear more about his proposal. How long were they in Venice? How long had they been together? Did he intend to propose the whole time or did it just happen? Why did they holiday in Venice as opposed to other locations? Tell me EVERYTHING, GERO. But anyway Jane’s like ‘It’s happening all over again’ and it’s easy to assume she’s unhappy about that, but then again, maybe she’s actually not? Technically working with the team on the tattoos was the best time of her life (with some exceptions here and there). Weller offers for her to stay out of it if she wants to-- which is big of you, Weller, it really is. I mean we all know you're desperately hoping she comes with you, but then again you want her to be safe, so… this must be conflicting lol. But of course Jane is down to rescue their best friends (again, friends that they abandoned #irrationallybitter), and lbr is probably super sick of climbing that damn cliff, PLUS can’t face leaving her hubby a second time, so together they set off to Venice. Yay!

Weller has taken some full-body shots of the new tatts (I feel like that had to be slightly awkward for both of them) and sends them through to the lab, where they are received by Stuart (onya for moving up in the world, buddy), Hirst, and… RICH DOT FREAKIN COM. I mean, we’ve all known for a while that he was returning, and suspected long before that, but honestly this is the moment that makes the episode for me. My fave is back and is making jokes about nudes, and all is right with the world. Jane is like ‘wtf’, and so Weller gives her a rundown on all she missed-- namely, that her entire ‘family’ has become estranged-- Reade is working in a position that tbh feels above his ability and experience level, give that his predecessors are the superhuman Mayfair and the wonderboy Weller; Tasha the CIA-hater is now working for the man who tortured Jane; Patterson has literally moved as far across the country as she can, to do work as far from their FBI work as possible. See what happens when parents abandon their children, Jane?? Everything falls apart, so you better go fix it. Also, two things: first, I wanna know all about Rich’s dealings with the FBI in the last two years. Give me a spin off just about that, please. Secondly, did Rich and Patterson try to find Jane after she disappeared and how did they feel about their (apparent) lack of success? But anyway ugh literally every line of Rich’s is pure gold. I love that he’s staying in the same safe-house she did?? Keeping it in the family lol. And then ugh for all his jokes about the nudes etc, you can tell he’s legitimately concerned that they’re about to walk into a trap. Oh my baby loves and misses his friends and wants them back in one piece and I juST LOVE HIM SO MUCH

Meanwhile, in the fun bunker, Reade and Zapata wake up after being drugged, and while he’s all business, she’s like “it’s good to see you, even if it takes being kidnapped for it to happen” and we discover that they haven't spoken at all in the year since Zapata went to the CIA. Dammit Jeller, see what you did??? Everything is broken!!! And now a long-haired Patterson is herded into their cell, and is understandably all ‘wtf’ about it. Well, at least they’re all in the same room again, right?

Seeing Jeller in Venice is weird. I walked right there in the spot where they're walking, many times. I saw everything they’re seeing now. And ugh Jane says it seems like forever ago that they were last here, whereas for Weller it feels like it just happened. Which subtly demonstrates how they’re no longer in sync, and then ugh Weller tells her that this was the first place he came to after she disappeared, going straight to the place that only they knew about, hoping that she was waiting for him. But she wasn’t, and ugh you can tell how much that hurt him, realising that she was never going to come. How long did he wait for her before he realised that?? Ugh. But I appreciate that she immediately stops to apologise and try to explain herself, including making it clear that her love for him was the driving factor behind everything she did. The choice of language by the writers is clever, though, because we (and Weller) hear her say ‘loved’ and neither of us know for sure if that love is still present tense or not. Which of course it is, but still, the suspense… But ugh poor Weller. He’s still so hurt. Jane can you just give him another hug please? For longer this time? Like, say, forever?

Also sidebar: I’m holidaying in Vanuatu atm, and there’s an old guy swimming in the pool that I’m sitting beside, and he looked up at me as I was writing that last sentence and at first I thought maybe it’s because he’s a man and I’m female in a bikini, but then he goes (in a cute, accented voice) “Don’t work so hard. You’re on holiday! You should be relaxing!” hahaha. Don’t worry, buddy, I’ve been lazing by this pool for hours now, and I’m currently writing about some of my favourite fake humans. I’m all good.

Meanwhile back in the Blindspot world, Jeller find a case on the roof that has her tattoo on the side, and while Weller is all ‘wait for the bombsquad!!’ Jane ignores him and immediately opens it. Ah, Weller, did you miss this? I mean it’s just like old times. Inside the case there’s a phone, and Jane calls the number, and Roman answers almost too eagerly. He’s clearly pleased to be interacting with them both, and proud of himself for his genius plan for ‘tormenting’ them (while also bringing them back together, freeing Jane from the hit on her, and giving him an excuse to interact with them whenever he wants). Aw, my psychopathic lil boy just misses his family. Honestly it sounds like he’s gone through a fair bit of trouble to get to the guy who holds the hit out on Jane and give them a way to take him down… a way that involves kinda almost killing Jane but eh, could be worse? And then ooooh they realise from the bells that he’s right there in the square too, and omg as Jane is asking him how they get their friends back (answer: apparently they don’t) she’s spinning around looking for him, and right behind her is a walkway with a snack bar on one side of it, and man I have such clear memories of walking along that walkway to our hotel or stopping into that snack bar for gelati. Ugh, I miss Venice. And then he says her name again (dude it’s Jane WELLER, not Doe) and she spots him and takes off after him and Weller suddenly panics because he doesn’t know where she is (ugh my poor boy) but luckily he manages to take the exact right turn to find them (do you know how easy it is to get turned around in Venice????? He’d have never found them) and he jumps onto Roman’s getaway boat which is badass, and after what seems like several minutes of an unpleasant upper-body workout he manages to pull himself up on the boat and attack Roman. Meanwhile Jane, who got left behind earlier, has managed to just about catch up to them despite having commandeered what appears to be the Italian version of a motor-pontoon. Also Roman manages to keep his sunnies on throughout their fight which is pretty damn impressive considering that Weller has bodyslammed him a couple of times as well as punching him full on in the face more than once. But eh. Weller does manage to dislodge Roman's jacket as he gets literally kicked off the boat, though. Good thing Captain Jane and her trusty vessel aren't far behind, and pick him up. I like that she called him Weller; that’s right Jane, just because it’s your name now too doesn’t mean you can’t still call him that. Oooooh but rather than being grateful for the rescue, Weller is too busy being upset with Jane for ditching him, which he’s understandably just a tad sensitive about these days. Looks like these guys have still got a little bit to go in terms of getting their groove back. And while Jane is lamenting Roman’s escape, Weller shows her the phone from the pocket of Roman’s jacket, his voice all proud. Yeah, son, you did good.

Back at the lab, Stuart is still being antagonized by Rich, who I have to say pulls off those flowered shirts better than I would have believed possible. Though lbr, I gave up on trying not to be inexplicably attracted to Rich a long time ago. While they’re cracking the encrypted phone, Jeller go ahead with Roman’s plan to get rid of Jane’s bounty. Not that the munchkin is happy about it, of course, but Jane is determined to have her life back-- lbr, after getting to see Weller again after all this time, there’d be no way she could ever let him go again. While Weller’s super against the death-mimicking drug, it gets support from Stuart and Rich, the former in simply confirming that it does what Roman says it does, and the latter detailing his own uses for it which include faked-death border crossings and, of course, ‘some sex stuff’. Not sure I wanna hear the sex stories, but the border crossings one sure has me intrigued. The guys do bring up one catch: if she doesn’t have the antidote within 90 mins, she’ll actually die. Weller is NOT down with that, but before he can even get past the opening statement of his list of all the reasons why this is a Bad Idea, Jane stabs herself in the leg with the needle. His face is the most hilarious thing, like ‘Aaaaand she did the thing. Of course she did the thing. Why do I even ever try to talk her out of the thing, she always just does it anyway.’ lol. But let’s not forget there, he could literally grab the antidote right out of that case and stab her with it right now, completely counteracting the drug’s effects and preventing the plan from being able to go ahead. But she begged him to do it for her-- for them-- and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her. Especially if it gives him the love of his life back. And come on, it’s not a true Jeller moment until one of them does something the other tells them not to, nearly dies, and is saved by the other, so…

In the fun bunker, the (now loosely defined) team is trying to figure out where they are (no clue), and why they were taken, and Reade immediately assumes it’s something to do with Zapata’s work at the CIA, and the two of them are immediately at each other’s throats about it before Patterson plays mediator, trying to get everyone to focus. On one hand I agree with Reade, bc the CIA is pretty shady and I don’t trust them, but Zapata’s probably right when she says that it must be about their time in the FBI since all three of them are here. However some Spanish-accented military dudes appear a moment later and tell them to break into a fancy safe or die, and hmmmm that is not quite what I expected. While Patterson assesses the crackability of the safe (fairly easy apparently, and dude how could I ever forget how much I love Patterson) Reade gets his wet-blanket on, and starts preaching about how they shouldn’t open it bc it’s a government safe and might have dangerous secrets inside etc, whereas Zapata is all “pshh, that’s a problem for another day. Today’s problem is not dying” which I fully support. And then they’re at it again (and not ‘at it’ in the sexy way, which in this moment would be uncomfortable for all kinds of reasons) but in the squabbly bickery way, but Patterson interrupts with some much needed truth bombs: Reade is mad at Zapata for leaving, Zapata’s mad at him for freezing her out after she left, and the team fell apart after Jeller left and they’re all still trying to deal with that loss. And ughhh everyone missed each other and they’re all unhappy in their separate lives and clearly the solution here is for everyone to come back to the team and stay together forever and never let Gero break them up ever again ugh. But anyhow, like all Patterson rants, this one results in everyone being like ‘sorry mom what do we need to do’ and ugh I’ve missed themmmmmm

Back in Venice, Weller is rolling a duffel bag with his estranged wife’s death-adjacent body inside. Act natural, Weller, because this would be a really awkward time to get stopped by the cops. Also sidenote, he’s rolling that bag like it doesn’t weigh much at all, which I'm going to pretend is just because he’s jacked and not because there’s actually nothing in the bag that they filmed with lol. Anyhow, the bag is now up on the altar in a church filled with bad guys, and time is running out before Jane needs the antidote. Of course the bounty guy is late. Thanks for my blood pressure issues, Blindspot. Also another sidenote, but the guy who greets him is totally a silver fox. Too bad he’s soon to be either arrested or dead. Finally his boss arrives-- he got caught up watching a glassblower, which tbh I completely understand, bc that kind of thing is awesome-- and then lolllll he listens with a stethoscope for like 2 seconds and then does a blood pressure and then declares Jane dead?? Um, no. As someone who has certified the deaths of many people in the last three years, and also interacted with a lot of death-adjacent people, let me tell you that a) a blood pressure is useless, b) he would need to listen for at LEAST two minutes with the steth, and c) there are several other simple checks he should have done that totally would have given Jane away. But whatevs, his lack of any medical understanding totally works in our favour. Weller is all “cool I love that she’s dead and that I’m getting all the moneys for it, hey can I have a sec with the body please?” but nope, the dude has his cronies ready to take her to the in-house crematorium (wow, talk about a one-stop shop) and Weller’s al ‘coolcoolcool’ *punches the dudes out and stabs Jane’s body right through the bag before being pulled away and having his ass handed to him*. And okay Jane would not have woken up instantly like that but DAMN if it doesn't look cool with her slowly emerging from the bag like an avenging angel (cool parallel with the pilot, of course) and then she’s all ‘how dare u hurt my man’, leading to a shot like in those cartoons where two characters are brawling inside a closed room or building and all you see is like the door bending outwards and clouds of dust puffing up and windows rattling etc, and then BAM BABY, JELLER IS BACK AND KICKING BUTT and also looking like they’re both a little turned on by it which is kind of awkward but at the same time I fully support it and Idk there’s just a lot of emotions going on rn

Rich excitedly confirms that Roman’s plan actually worked and Jane is now free, and ugh I like to think that it’s not just because he can’t believe it worked but more that he’s just really happy for them bc he ships them so much and it also means that they’re going to be coming home and basically I just want the whole gang back together ugh. That might be a little difficult though, as Rich informs them of the not-so-good good news-- Roman sold the other three into slavery, but thankfully he’s freaking awesome (and knows it) because he’s managed to figure out where they were taken. Lol at Weller's “Ugh he’s worse than Patterson” hahahaha. Ugh I just LOVE THESE GUYS. And so the others are apparently being held by the Venezuelan government, and Rich tells Jeller where, but they can’t have any official help (Oh Stuart: “shouldn't we just call the president or something?” my sweet summer child) and so Keaton is there to hook them up with some of his contacts and goddammit why is hating him so damn hard. And awww I love that lil baby Stuart is getting to play with the big kids these days, and awww Hirst is determined to get their ‘friends’ back (not their ‘agents’ or their ‘team’) and ugh this FAMILYYYY. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the original family of five has now been joined by the cool wine aunt, the awkward and often annoying but also kinda useful uncle, the wacky flamboyant cousin, and the shy young nerd cousin now added into the mix.

In the fun bunker, Patterson is casually cracking the safe while snacking on her MRE, while Reade whines about his own food and Zapata messes with him for entertainment. Ah, good times. Then Patterson opens the safe-- literally the others seem to be barely there for anything other than moral support-- and they realise that the safe contains a government computer, probably with a bunch of dangerous secrets on it. Uh-oh. Before they can argue more about the merits of dying for the cause, though, the baddies arrive. They want Patterson to decrypt the computer which is gonna take a hella long time. Awww ‘we paid for the best computer specialist in the FBI’, and ughhh she really is. And then it turns out that Reade and Zapata are literally just there as incentive for her to get crackin’ or they’ll be killed. Eeeep. But our Patty Pat is a genius, and the baddies made the epic mistake of providing sustenance in the form of MREs. Basically if they use the hot packets from the food to turn the computer into a flashbang, they can distract the baddies long enough to overpower them and escape. Ugh I’m so proud of my lil baby genius. And she makes Reade apologise to the food for badmouthing it hahaha. Man I have missed this lil team so much!!

Up in the sky, Jeller are rushing to save their buddies, but also having The Talk-- aka the ‘what are we now?’ talk, bc lbr Jane so desperately wants their life together back, both as a married couple and as kickass FBI agents, but she doesn’t know if she has the right to have it back or if it's even what he wants, and then he’s all ‘yep let’s be married again we can just sweep this past 18 months under the rug please I’m good with that let’s just do that’ and ugh Jane admits that leaving him and their life was the hardest thing she’d ever done, but-- and man does he feel the ‘but’-- she really found herself after she left him. Oh man, what a kick in the guts. I totally get what she’s saying-- it’s not that she doesn’t want to be with him, or that she can only truly be herself without him, it’s that the puppy-sitting life in backwater Colorado is just not for her (Well, duh). She did it once to make him happy, but she can’t go back to it again or she’ll go stir-crazy. Well, good thing these new tattoos have given them both the perfect excuse to go back to their lives of kicking ass in NYC! Poor Weller though, he doesn’t understand yet, and the way his voice gets a little choked up just kills me. Oh Weller, just because she discovered who she is as a person without you (bearing in mind that pretty much her entire life that she can remember, you’ve been there), doesn’t mean she doesn’t love you with all her heart!

Now Jeller are at the compound, about to search every building individually when the others save them a bunch of time by causing a hell of a ruckus (exploding computers, gunfire, all-round hell breaking loose-- you know, the usual) and so Jeller have to adjust their plans. In a big, kick-ass way. I love the three making their big escape and then seeing the tank a roll up and aim towards them and they’re all ‘shit alright you got us geez we surrender’ and then BAM, the tank destroys the bad guys’ vehicles and probably everyone’s eardrums as well. I just love the wtf moment that these three must have when Weller suddenly pops up out of the tank-- dad’s here guys! Time to go! And then they’re inside and mom is driving and they all probably think that they’re hallucinating from something in the Mexican Style chicken stew and ughhhh they must be so relieved and Jane literally drives over a car bc ain't nothing getting in the way of getting her family to safety. Also lol Patterson must have been raking it in with the app designing because she’s all ‘I gotta buy me one of these’ haha. I’d love to see her cruising around NYC in one hahaha. And then ugh Jeller are all in sync again , taking out the baddies following them and the team is half-confused, half-happy and they have so many questions and then Reade’s “We got time, this tank is slow as hell’ lolllll. Well he’s not wrong…. wonder how long it took for things to get awkward??

Aaaand the team is safely back at the NYO, and Jane is in the scanner again, and Keaton is there again for whatever reason-- oh, because he wants the CIA to take the tattoo cases, while Hirst is all ‘bish please” in her excellent southern accent. So lemme guess, this is about to be a joint task force… and yep, Reade is all ‘this is the most sensible option’ like he totally doesn’t just want Zapata back. Haha yeah Keaton, you get me on this. It’s nice to see Reade stepping up and going head to head with the big kids, though I still don’t think he’s ready to be in this position (Are we forgetting the whole Jones thing and the drug binge??). But whatevs. Reade goes to tell the team about the joint task force and they’re like yeah duh, we’re all already in’. Well, except Patterson, who is playing a little hard to get. Maybe she’s still struggling to deal with all the Sandstorm trauma? And then omg “Rich is gonna brief us in Stuart’s lab” was the perfect sentence to say right then to convince her to stay haha. Well played, Reade. Patterson is not happy at all about Rich being involved, though Reade defends him which feels kinda weird but I also like it. I wanna hear more about their interactions. Again, spin-off, anyone?? Weller is all ‘oh god please where is the briefing just give us the briefing’ so after a lil more Patterson/Rich bickering (ah how I’ve missed that), Stuart tells them what they already know-- lots of tattoos to crack, so they better get…. Cracking (*insert finger guns here*). Patterson is now all in, refusing to leave this to Rich and Stuart (“No offense Stuart” hahahaha), and Jane is in too, despite Hirst offering for her to be free if she wants. Aww, Hirst. You are a sweetie pie. And then Rich: “Backstreets back alright! Six best friends and Stuart!” And UGH YES. Give me all the Rich, and all the Patterson and the Stuart and the ughhhh all of it. I do love that all joking aside, Rich does very genuinely tell Jane it's nice to see her again. He loves his Jane and he would do anything for her ugh

Oooh Jeller in their old apartment, and he’s all unsure whether she really wants to be there with him and she makes it clear that there’s nowhere else she wants to be, and yaaaas my boy acknowledges that the move to Colorado really didn’t fit her and that she’d given up a lot of her own happiness and personal meaning just to make him happy. So now they just need to strike a balance, which is all she wants-- to be there with him and be happy and in luuuurve while also kicking butt and saving people. And then ugh he pulls her ring out of his pocket and he’s been carrying it EVERY DAY since she left and he rushes to tell her that she doesn’t have to put it back on until she’s ready and ugh she takes it and kisses him and then lord save me from how husky her voice goes when she tells him she’s missed him so much and ughhhhh he’s missed her too and ugh my babies are about to have reunion sex on multiple surfaces in the house and I’m so happy for them. Damn Gero yet again you have managed to make the thought of 18 awful months completely disappear in the face of this excellence, and it’s all too easy to just let you make me forget, and ugh I want to stay upset about it but I just can’t. Damn it you crafty wizard, how have you gotten me so under your spell….

Lol Aunty Hirst checking in with Reade, seeing if he’s okay with all his fam coming back, but also warning him (and us) that none of these people are the same as they were two years ago. And to prove that point, uncle Keaton and Zapata are having their own, much shadier little conference about one of the tattoos, one that clearly points to something related to either them or the CIA in general, but it’s something they’re both very familiar with and won’t let the others find out about. Oooh, secrets. Speaking of secrets, Rich and Patterson have apparently been interacting regularly over the last two years??? And before anyone goes there, NO, I I don’t think their relationship is at all romantic or sexual. I think they’ve been business partners of a sort (probably with Boston as well, since he and Patterson kinda became buds) and I also think that Patterson has been secretly helping Rich help the FBI with their cases. But again, I want to hear ALL about whatever they’ve been up to bc ugh I love these two and their dynamic though I also kinda wanna give Rich a hug and tell Patterson to be nicer to her weirdo cousin haha. Oh wait, you thought we were done with the secrets???? Nope, Jane is looking unhappy and hiding a bunch of passports (probably given to her by Keaton) away the moment Weller leaves, and he steps outside their (apparently-renovated) building and immediately encounters Roman, who basically blackmails him to help him with tattoo-related stuff or he’ll tell Jane about ‘what happened in Berlin’. Weller is agrees to help immediately, which kinda makes it seem like whatever happened in Berlin was really, really bad. And again NO IT WAS NOT SOMETHING ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL. Geez, people. Neither Jane nor Weller would have slept with anyone else during their separation. To think so would be to have no understanding of either of the characters, or their character growth. Far more likely Weller did something that would be considered illegal or amoral, like killing someone, or something. Personally I think he and Roman encountered each other in Berlin and had an altercation wherein Weller injured and very nearly killed Roman, and Roman only survived by pure luck? That feels like a thing he’d want to keep from Jane, that he nearly killed her only family? Plus then he would kind of ‘owe’ Roman as well,. But idk, maybe it was something even shadier. Guess we’ll find out….

And so okay, I admit it. You've won, Gero. You’ve done a ton of things that have upset me or that I object to on multiple levels, but try as I might I can’t escape from your web. Looks like I’m stuck with this show, which means you guys are stuck with me and my recaps...

#Blindspot #Blindspot recap #Jeller #goddammit show how do you pull me in like this

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His Greatest Steal (Part 14)

Authors Note: Hey guys! Look what I finally did! It only took 12 cups of coffee, 1 Netflix payment failure, and 2 lovely asks from you guys! Not bad eh?

Yeah, I’m kidding. It was bad. This took waaaaaaaay too long to finish, and I really struggled with getting back into writing it, even though I love the story and love reading the tags and comments you guys leave. I really really appreciate the following this series got, and thank you for the messages! I did start to feel like giving up on this a few weeks ago, but you guys helped me get back on track. So as a reward, here is part 14! I’m sorry if it’s a bit off, but I tried and the next part will be better. Theres maybe 2 more parts after this? I’ve done most of the last part so I only really have to write one part for it to be finished in writing, and I’m starting that part as soon as I post this one. So assuming I don't get too lazy with it, you’ll hopefully have the whole thing within the week.

Anyways, time we got back to the story, so here it is! Thanks for reading!!!

You knew where Rafe would be heading, so you didn't waste any time as you started jogging through the jungle, hoping for to run into Shoreline and steal a car to get you there faster.

Apparently the world didn't feel sorry for you though as you found no sign of anyone for miles, which was not helping your bad mood. If Sam led Rafe to the treasure, he'd outlive his usefulness and be dead before you arrived. Tempting as killing Sam sounded after the stunt he'd pulled, you knew you might forgive him in time... Which would be hard to do if Rafe put a bullet in his skull. So you kept on, trying not to think about the heat and how exhausted you were. You could get some sleep in a room with an AC once you and your friends were safely off the island- You didn't even care about the treasure anymore.

Eventually you heard voices ahead and slowed down, trying to control your breathing as you crept closer to the sounds, praying whoever it was had some sort of transportation.

Peering through the trees, you breathed a sigh of relief. There was only two Shoreliners, and they had a jet ski- Even better than a car.

Carefully you clicked the safety off your gun and moved forward, keeping your eyes on the men ahead, ready should one of them notice you. Your caution was unnecessary however, as you managed to sneak up and take both of them out quietly, stealing their radios and throwing their weapons into the water before speeding off on their jetski, heading upstream towards New Devon.

Progress was much faster on water, and for a moment you actually thought you stood a chance of catching up to the others. Naturally, your luck didn't hold and you only managed a few miles before your progress was impeded by a waterfall. Slowing, you looked for another way round, but upon finding nothing, you sighed and headed for the shore. You were gonna have to climb again...

Looking up at the climb that awaited you, you allowed yourself a second to regret not staying with Nate and Elena. Knowing them, they'd probably found a boat or plane and we're already in New Devon.

Sighing deeply at the thought, you began your ascent.

It was hard going- your wet shoes slipping around and your sweaty hands making it hard to grip, but you made it half way and stopped to catch your breath, perching on a small outcrop of rock. From there you could see how far you'd came, and you knew it had to be close now...

Allowing that thought to spur you on, you continued your climb, finally making it to the top in one piece and almost laughing when you saw that you were practically at the front gate.

You weren't the only one though. Shoreline were there, but there was no sign of Rafe or Sam. The men you saw were probably just a precaution against you and Nate, so staying out of sight, you made the count.

There was far too many for you to take on alone, so you'd have to try and sneak by them undetected. You were just about to try when your radio buzzed and someone was speaking into it. Nadine.

"All right boys, we've found an underground path, and it seems to be leading us back out of the town... I have a feeling I know where it leads, so meet us by that mountain, and search for a ship... Oh and if you see the other Drake or the girl, shoot them on sight." She finished talking and you rolled your eyes as you heard the cars starting up behind you.

"Fuck you too, Nadine," You breathed, switching the radio off and watching them.

As you expected, one Jeep stayed behind to keep and eye out, and you smirked as you realised how easy it was going to be to rescue Sam. Steal the Jeep and drive back to the creepy mountain, hopefully meeting up with the others on the way.

There was only a handful of men left behind so if you took them down quietly, you knew you'd have less problems.

But you were exhausted. Your whole body was aching, and you weren't sure how much longer you could keep going. These Men were well rested and strong. If you slipped up, you'd be dead before Sam could find the treasure, and then you wouldn't be able to save his ass. Though if you took too long, you'd have the same problem. So you sighed and did another quick headcount, figuring your odds were as good as they were likely to get, you rolled out of cover and headed for the sole jeep, almost half way there when one of the mercs noticed you. Knowing it was going to get violent, you wasted no more time and started firing in their direction as you sprinted for the jeep.

Bullets flew overhead, but you made it into the jeep in one piece, slamming the car into drive and putting your foot down. More bullets hit the back of the jeep, but then you were out of range and relaxed a little, not slowing down as you hoped to catch up to the others and take some of them out, or at least know what they were going to do. They wouldn't be looking for you in a Shoreline jeep, so you'd likely not have any problems, so long as no one looked too closely at you.

That's how it worked in your head at least. But you'd forgotten about the radio. They probably knew you were on your way before you were out of shooting range, which was how you never saw the ambush coming, the RPG blowing you off the side of the cliff before you even saw the other jeep.

You managed a short scream before your head hit the windscreen and the world went black. ***************************************************** Sam

Her face. God the way she'd looked at me... I fucked up. God I fucked up so bad... It was hard to concentrate on anything he was supposed to be doing, as his head was filled with you. The way you'd looked at him... It was what he deserved, and he knew that. But that didn't make him feel any better. Especially when you'd only just began to look at him in the same way as you had before, and some of your light had returned. But what had he expected? That you'd find out about his lie and just accept it? No. He knew the fairytale would come to an end. Maybe for real this time.

Sam was so preoccupied with thoughts of you that he almost forgot where he was walking. Until Rafe grabbed the back of his shirt that was, pulling him back to himself, and away from the switch he'd almost stood on.

Yanking himself free, he shot Rafe a dirty look and walked on, stepping over the floor switch. Amused, Rafe chuckled.

"Still angry, Samuel? Don't you think that's a little childish? After all, you were the one who betrayed me. And after everything I did for you too."

Sam ignored him and kept going. They'd been walking through the dark for a while, and the whole time, Sam had been worried about you and Nate. Had you survived the fall? Was Nate ok? Where would you go?

He knew Shoreline were looking for you. Rafe wanted to take you alive, but Nadine did not, and after the trouble the three of you had caused them, Rafe agreed.

Still, he found some comfort knowing that you and Nate were together. His little brother would look out for you and keep a cool head, so you'd be fine as long as you stayed with him.

And maybe if you all made it off the island alive, you might find a way to forgive him... Maybe.

But first, he had to get away from his captors... There was plenty of traps, but it wasn't worth the risk until he knew the way out.

He was just about to call back to Rafe when he heard a radio come to life and someone speak into it, sounding smug. "We located the girl, Ma'am. She stole one of our jeeps after taking some of our men out..." Sam whirled around, grinning at the thought, and the look of mild annoyance on Rafe and Nadines faces.

"And..?" Nadine pressed, looking ready to throttle the nearest bystander at the news. Sam was just about to make a comment when the voice came through again.

"Dead," he confirmed. "We shot her off a cliff and she went over the waterfall in the car. No possible way she survived." Sam felt like he'd had a hole punched through his chest as he heard what they said over the radio. Y/N was... Dead? As the words hit him, he staggered forward slightly, his hands braced on his knees as he tried to remember how to breathe.

"Y/N," he gasped, unable to think of anything else. "Shit, Y/N. Y/N, Y/N..." He trailed off as a fresh wave of grief hit him and he went down, no longer caring about any switches he might activate. He didn't care about who saw him either as tears trickled from his eyes and his head fell forward, between his knees. It's my fault. Y/N, it was all my fault. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. He thought as he sat there, numb to the world around him, and content to stay that way. Rafe had other ideas though and clicked at two mercs who hauled Sam to his feet, holding him there while Rafe approached.

Still Sam couldn't bring himself to care, staring at the ground, seeing nothing but you. Panicking as he realised how few memories he had of you. He'd been gone for so long, and now you'd never get to make up for the lost time. You were gone, and never coming back.

The devastation on Sam's face even had Rafe hesitating for a moment, truely understanding what he'd come to realise over the last two years. Sam had loved you. It was more than just flirting, and a bit of a chase. He was well and truely in love with you, and your death was going to break him.

But Rafe couldn't have that. A broken Samuel was of no use to him, so he'd have to fix him, and quickly, the only way he knew would work. He had to make him angry.

Gesturing for the two men to let Sam go, Rafe stepped closer, his usual smirk in place as he approached, ignoring Sam's faint mumbling.

"You really did love her... Didn't you?" He drawled, tapping his fingers on his leg as he looked down at where Sam was slumped on his knees, nothing of the cocky Drake he'd come to know. He'd need to work hard to get him back. "I can see the appeal. I truly can. That girl was a heart breaker. She broke my heart, and she broke yours... Are you really sure you want to be wasting your tears on that kind of girl? I mean, is she really worth it all?"

He knew he'd caught Sam's attention now as he'd stopped mumbling, so he'd only have to press a little harder to find Sam again. Maybe time to change tactics a little.

"Though I guess you wouldn't even know... It's sad really. You've known her since you were kids, and yet you never told her how you felt? It's pathetic! But do you want to know something? While you were rotting in prison, I was with Y/N. It was me who took her out and bought her nice things. I was the one who told her that I loved her. And at the end of the day, she'd come back to my bed, and believe me when I say, it wasn't your name on her lips. All because you didn't sack up then. So how about you stop being so pathetic, accept that you never were and never will be good enough for her, and help me find the damn treasure..."

Something had sparked a reaction as Sam went completely still for a moment before raising his head and slowly getting to his feet. Rafe smirked and clapped once as he took a step back. "There we go, Samuel! On your feet. Now let's go find so-"

Sam's fist making contact with his jaw shut him up, and took him by surprise enough that he went stumbling backwards into Nadine, giving Sam the opportunity to run, which he did, without hesitation. The others chased him, but he had the element of surprise, and had seen things they hadn't known to look for, avoiding the traps they so clumsily ran into. Explosions and gunfire sounded behind him, but he just kept running, seeing the end of the tunnel ahead and knew he'd have a better chance of escaping if he could get out of there fast enough.

The pain in his chest was almost crippling, but he knew if you were there you'd be mad at him if he gave up, so he pushed on, launching his body out of the cave as more gunfire sounded and the wall beside his head got peppered with bullets. Swearing, he covered his head and kept running, hearing more gunfire outside, somewhere to his left.

It took him longer than it should have to realise that they weren't all firing at him, but he didn't have time to stop and look, so hit the beach running, seeing that he was surrounded. The grief made him somewhat reckless, so when he saw the armed man ahead of him, he barely hesitated before tackling him to the ground, knocking him out quickly and stealing his weapon.

Now that he was armed, the others weren't as willing to come so close, so he took cover in a ship and regained his breath, finally risking a look at where the other gunfire was coming from. He saw Nate jump down onto another ship, tackling a guy from the air. He was just about to go offer his aid when he saw the woman jump down first. For a moment his heart stopped and he was filled with hope that Rafe had somehow been lying and he'd been set up. But then he got a good look at the woman and felt his heart shatter all over again. It wasn't you. It was Elena. You truly were gone.

He felt like he was having a panic attack as the realisation hit him all over again and he gasped for breath, feeling like his own body was betraying him, not allowing enough air into his lungs while his heart rate increased enough that it was all he could hear over the rushing sound in his ears. He knew he had to move though, or he really wouldn't be breathing when Shoreline caught up, so he ran and jumped for a rope ladder hanging from the ledge ahead of him, hauling himself up and pulling the ladder up after him. There was no men behind him, just the few between him and the others, so he took up position and tried to steady his breathing before standing and taking out any others.

Nate and Elena had spotted him and made their way to his position, just reaching him when the ship was suddenly blown up and the three of them went crashing into a lower level. Sam was too numb to know if he was hurt or not, but he was still alive and so were the others, so he grabbed them and pulled them with him as they sprinted for cover.

He thought they might have made it, but then Nate was flying backwards into the water, trapped in a sinking ship.

"NATE!" He and Elena yelled together, both twitching forward as they debated jumping in after him. Upon seeing how fast the ship was sinking, Sam grabbed Elena's wrist and pulled her back. "He's going to be fine. He'll get out of it, but we need to get out of here too..."

Elena's face clearly showed her hatred of leaving Nate behind, but she'd been on enough adventures with her husband to know that Sam was probably right about him. So she went without a fight.

The two of them fought through the remainder of the Shoreline mercs, hearing an explosion ahead and running towards it, knowing that was the easiest way to find Nate. As they got closer, Sam heard the sound of his brother talking to Sully, and slowed down, leaving Elena run ahead. Now that the fighting was over, he had time to think about things he'd rather not. Not only that, but when he saw the others, he'd have to break the news to them about you. He'd have to say it aloud, and for some reason that made it more real to him.

Still, he knew even if he didn't tell them, they'd just ask about you, or go to find you, so he clenched his shaking hands into fists and rounded the pillar, seeing the three of them look up at him. Before Sam could even say anything, Nate knew something was wrong, and automatically reached for his gun.

"Sam?.. What is it?" He asked cautiously, looking around for any danger.

For some reason that was funny to the elder Drake and he chuckled without humour, waving his brother off. "It's not that... It's..." He didn't know what to say. How could he tell his baby brother that you were gone? How could he make him feel the same as he did? It wasn't fair. Nate watched him struggle with words for a moment before Sam finally gasped one word through his pain. "Y/N."

A flicker of relief went across Nate's face as he misread Sam's pain as worry, and he shook his head. "She split off from us and came to find you. She's fine-"

Unable to hear the words that he knew weren't true, Sam grabbed his head and shouted. "No!" Cutting his brother off, mid sentence.

Nate frowned, looking confused, but Elena knew and her hand went to her mouth as her eyes went wide. "Oh god," she whispered, tears gathering in her eyes.

Nate turned to her, confusedly looking between his wife and his brother while Sully also figured it out, staying silent as he worked through his emotions alone. "Lena? What are you... Sam, what's going on-" He stopped as he finally understood what he was trying to deny. "No. NO! She's fine... She went to look for you, she's not- No," he babbled, shaking his head as he struggled to process what he found out.

Sam felt his heart break all over again, but he was unable to offer any words of comfort to his brother as he watched his denial turn to anger as he turned and kicked a crate behind him, hard enough that it shattered into the wall and took some of the bricks out with it. Then he yelled as he fell to his knees, the brief fight leaving him as Elena rushed to comfort him, wrapping her arms around his shoulder as he found his own words. "It was my fault. I got her back into this... It's all my fault..."

Sam watched his brother in silence, aware that Y/N's death had nothing to do with Nate at all. All the blame lay with himself. Himself and Shoreline.... And someone had to pay.

A new calm settled over the elder Drake brother as he realised exactly what he was going to do. You'd been taken from him by the same sonsofbitches that had been hunting him and his family for months. But he was done being hunted now.

He'd take the fight to them.

He looked up at the monstrous mountain behind him and knew exactly where he'd find not only the treasure, but Nadine and Rafe too. In that instant his mind was made up, even if it meant the end of him too. He was going into that mountain to take them down... Every last one of them.

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