#could help him and god i think should rewatch all season to see more clues
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puppybowl sunday
summary: you spend the day cuddled up watching the puppy bowl
pairing: john b x reader x jj
word count: 1654
a/n: i got inspiration watching the puppy bowl so... here we are lol also when tf is season 2 coming i want more motivation to write and shit please anyways enjoy (also this could technically belong to the “you against the world” universe but also... idk where it would fit lmao so if you want to imagine it like that have at it)
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john b groaned as something woke him up. he had been deep in sleep, something he appreciated considering how many late night grocery or food runs he had to do for the residents of figure eight, when he felt someone shift as they laughed. he blearily opened his eyes to see you, sitting up with your back against his headboard and one of his arms flung across your waist, frozen with your hand clapped over your mouth. obviously you hadn't been meaning to laugh that hard.
"what are you doin' up so early?" he rasped, his voice kinda scratchy from sleep.
you smiled down at him and ran a hand through his thick hair, giggling when your fingers got all tangled up in it. "hon, it's two in the afternoon."
he lifted his head real quick and pouted when he saw that jj wasn't included in the cuddle pile. "shit, did i miss jj going off to work?"
"mhm. don't worry, though, i got some food into him and made sure he was wearing his mask. also put the fear of god into him if he didn't wash his hands throughout the day."
john b breathed out a laugh as he imagined you yelling at jj to stay safe at work. almost a year into the pandemic, and jj and john b had spent the whole time quaranting in the chateau to the best of their ability. it had been months since they had seen kie or pope in person for longer than a few minutes, and usually that was only when john b pulled up to the wreck to pick up delivery orders or when jj and john b helped pope's dad with grocery deliveries. at the beginning of everything, you had been spending quarantine with your boys since school was all online and your parents' restaurant was closed. a month or so in, however, regulations had been lifted and the people of figure eight all but demanded for them to reopen, and so you went back home to help your parents with the restaurant and to keep jj and john b safe from anything you could have possibly brought back to them.
you had practically locked them in the chateau, leaving them threatening voicemails if they even thought about going out, but as two months turned into three turned into four turned into five, you realized that the boys needed their jobs as there seemed no end in sight to the pandemic. so jj returned to his job at the country club, and john b got a job busing tables at your family's restaurant. you moved back in to quarantine with them as school started, and you spent practically your whole savings on getting a backup generator and high speed wifi for the chateau so if anything happened, you all would be good. and, despite living through a worldwide panda express, you were quite happy.
beside you, john b shifted his head to rest on your lap so he could see what you were watching on your laptop that had you laughing so hard. a smile grew on his face when he saw the puppies running around on the "football field" and jumping all over the "ref." he looked up at you and felt his chest blossom with warmth at the way you smiled at the puppies and giggled when they flopped over.
"did you really wake me up watching the puppy bowl?"
"hush up," you laughed, "it's a tradition, and you know it. 'sides, you can't tell me you aren't enjoying this as much as i am. i've seen how you and jj get with dogs. y'all may love them more than you love me."
"aw, honey, that's not true," john b cooed. "you know how much we love you. obviously i love you more since i didn't go to work during the puppy bowl, but you know, that's to be expected."
you shook your head and lightly swatted at his stomach. you knew he wasn't being serious. john b loved jj just as much as he loved you, and the feeling was mutual from jj. the three of you had a good thing going, a relationship full of understanding and compassion, and it had taken y'all a long time to get there. you all had things to work through, like jj's daddy issues, john b's abandonment issues, and your trauma from your previous relationship with rafe cameron, but you had gotten through it together, and this quarantine had actually brought y’all closer together which had surprised everyone.
“jj’s gonna be sad that he missed it,” you sighed.
“we’ll just rewatch it with him,” john b assured you. “and we can watch the old ones too.”
there was shuffling as the both of you wriggled around to get into a more comfortable position. at one point the two of you had to lunge to catch the laptop from falling to the floor, but eventually you settled in with john b curled around you and the blankets and pillows providing a sort of nest and elevated stand for the laptop. the room was filled with the soft sounds of puppy barks and whines, and your giggles when one of the dogs did something particularly cute, and john b let out a quiet sigh as he allowed himself to relax against you.
“i think we should get a dog,” you mumbled sleepily as john b clicked on last year’s broadcast. “we can add another cutie to our cuddle pile.”
there was some incoherent whining on your part before you dozed off in his arms. he did his best to focus on the puppies on the screen, but soon he too fell asleep with his face buried in the crook of your neck. that was how jj found you two when he stumbled into the room later that night as he yanked his tie from his neck. he stilled in the doorway, a soft smile pulling at his lips when he saw the two people he loved most in the world all snuggled up together. and then he saw what was pulled up on the laptop.
“oh you assholes!”
the both of you jolted awake, your hand smacking john b in the face as you moved to make sure the laptop wouldn’t fall off the bed. john b rubbed at his eyes and turned to blink up at jj.
“hey, how was work, babe?”
jj shook his head as you rolled over and made grabby hands, obviously asking for cuddles. he put his hands on his hips and frowned down at the pair of you.
“i cannot believe y’all are watching the puppy bowl without me.”
“um... in my defense,” john b started, “they were already watching when i woke up.”
“dude!” you turned your head to scowl at your boyfriend. “jj, baby, come cuddle with us, and we can turn it back on.”
as he kicked his shoes off and rifled around the dresser for comfy clothes, jj shook his head. john b let out a laugh when he realized what he was getting at.
“no can do, babe,” jj told you, smirking at john b as he let his work shirt slide off his shoulders. “the superbowl starts soon, and we’re watching it.”
you fell back on the bed and let out a loud groan. you had been hoping the boys would be too tired to watch the football game. you lifted yourself up on your elbows and glared at the two of them.
“i am legitimately only watching your stupid sportsball for the weeknd. after that i will be passing the fuck out.”
jj laughed and wrapped his arms around you as he flopped down between you and john b. you couldn’t keep your glare on your face when you felt your cheek hit his bare chest. you had missed him all day. there were a few laughs and giggled--and a couples groans of pain--as the three of you got all comfortable on the queen sized bed. finally you and john b sandwiched jj, john b spooning the blonde boy as you nestled in within the warmth of jj’s arms.
“don’t he kiss his kid on the mouth?” you mumbled as one of the players ran out on the field.
a wheeze left jj’s chest as john b shouted his laugh out, causing you to smirk. you had absolutely no clue as to what was happening in the game, or even had any idea as to who the teams were, because like you told the boys, you were only watching for the weeknd concert, and you were getting more and more anxious waiting for it.
“wait, i thought both teams were supposed to be good. why does one team already have like three touchdowns and the other doesn’t have any?”
“honey,” john b said, attempting to hold in his laugh, “just watch and enjoy the game.”
you rolled your eyes, making jj smile fondly. “hon, how am i supposed to enjoy a game i don’t even understand?”
“do you want us to explain?” jj offered sweetly.
“absolutely not. i appreciate it, baby, but i’m too pretty for that.”
jj snickered and pressed a kiss into your hair. “of course you are, babe.”
you nuzzled your nose against his collarbone and tugged your hand from between the boys to gently scratch at john b’s scalp. a hum rumbled deep within the brunette’s chest at the action.
“i love y’all,” you whispered into jj’s skin. “even if y’all make me watch football.”
“well we love you too,” jj returned with a kiss to your cheek and john b’s arm.
“even if you make us watch the weeknd,” john b teased.
“hey! you better appreciate abel or i swear i’m moving out!”
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S3A - E8
I’m realizing just how damn far behind I am on working on season 3, but I don’t wanna skip any episodes of the rewatch, so let’s get to it! Double time, double time!
Content warnings for discussion of cannibalism.
Forewarning, this one is a doozy, so be prepared to Read More:
Lesgo!:
First thing’s first, Derek has experience with those awful sound thingies? Can you imagine how freaked he must’ve been seeing Chris bring those out when they were tracking Boyd and Erica?
Also, Chris Argent has been hunting Derek one way or another since he was a child. Even BEFORE Kate. Why the hell do we have a Derek & Chris broness in the later seasons? This kind of shit doesn’t just go away. I can’t believe I forgot about it.
I love how awkward sweet bby Derek is trying to run through the trees and tripping on branches everywhere. It’s honestly so much more realistic for a teenager than just the crazy cgi stuff. Also, since we know Derek is comfortable in the woods, it really gives you a hint as to how truly messed up he is from fear right now. He’s off balance in a dozen ways.
DEREK HAS BEEN WATCHING PEOPLE DIE IN FRONT OF HIM SINCE HE WAS 15. I’m gonna CRY. If I wanna hurt myself even More, you could argue that the Random Beta (RB) got shot bc he stopped to talk to Derek. So...guilty minds would assume Derek has been watching people die because of him since 15. I hate everything.
PETER comin’ in clutch. Also, hilarious that they use that arrow catching move so much.
I almost like how they tried to make Gerard look younger by just having him wear a douchey leather jacket instead of the serious grandpa one he wears in S2. He swaggers over to the body of RB, and it’s hilarious.
Okay, what is this bullshit about “Bring them back alive, we go by the code?” If you were going by the code then you wouldn’t be fucking hunting them AT ALL. They’re innocent! Why the fuck are you ‘bringing them back’ in the first place? Chris, you piece of shit. This is supposed to demonstrate that you’ve always been a stickler for the code, but all it does is emphasize how little that code actually means. “We hunt those who hunt us.” Fuck off, you hunt anything you deem ‘dangerous’ and find excuses to kill them so you can feel righteous.
Gonna casually note that RB was shot in the Throat with an arrow, but bc of makeup necessities they moved the arrow down to his chest when he’s shown on the ground. It’s funny. :)
It’s seriously so hard to hate Peter, do the writers realize that? Like, yes, he did horrible shit and I’m not denying that, but when you show him running into the hunter-filled woods to save his nephew’s life at 24 years old, then hiding with him in a cellar for two fucking days when he could probably have escaped on his own, it’s hard to see him as a heartless bastard.
I’m almost afraid to find out why Cora knows the details. Can you imagine? She would’ve been, what, 9-10? Her big brother and uncle both go missing for two days after a hunt and she had to stay at home waiting for someone to say they’d found their bodies. God, the lives of the Hales are so fucked up.
The rain is really making the mood here.
I gotta say, I’m confused about this initial Cora-Stiles interaction. He goes on about everyone who’s died or nearly died, but then Cora assumes he wants Derek to do something about the deaths, and Stiles agrees? Except that Derek currently fits the COD that all the other sacrifices have hit. Missing for about two days. Everything Stiles has said implies that he’s worried Derek is also dead. I don’t get why they go with ‘I’m worried about the missing man that I’ve been helping for the last four months because I blame him for the Alphas even coming to town”?
One thing they got on point here is just how disgusting they made Gerard. The slime and the spitting and ugh *shudders* it’s just so gross.
I’m also...I think intrigued is the right word--that they shoved this whole story into the episode without ever addressing the fact that Derek IS missing and they should go looking for him or something. It starts with Stiles asking where the hell he is, but then everything else is about this past moment. Talk about going off on a tangent. I mean, I don’t blame them, but if I shoved this much character background into one chapter people would call me out for the infodump that it is.
Which is all this episode is. Info-dumped exposition. Here’s how werewolves were made. Here’s why Derek’s cranky. Here’s why Duke’s an asshole. Here’s why the Hales are ‘special’
Again, I don’t blame them. It’s just...a lot.
Just a tiny thing: Why do they both roll up their sleeves when Scott only has to touch Gerard’s hand?
It is also very hard to believe that either Allison or Scott are remotely good people when they’re both lying to everyone about Gerard’s existence.
*finger guns, bc now i have to use the tag* I think this is the longest I’ve ever gotten before using it.
Another thing: Why does Gerard make the gross noises like he’s in pain, when we know it doesn’t hurt to get the pain taken away from him? It certainly didn’t hurt that lady in the ER.
I know this is a weird thing to notice, but I find it interesting that Paige is wearing actual makeup. Not just the ‘natural’ look, but eyeshadow that’s visibly dark. *shrug*
Is she Actually playing the cello? The notes Don’t look like they match up with her bowing and fingerings.
HA that music cut in is fucking Hilarious. Derek turns around like he’s in a teen rom-com, with that casual “I never stop smiling all the way bc I’m the coolest guy around” grin and the music just WHAM. That’s right, Derek Hale used to be a JOCK. He didn’t used to be ‘a lot like Scott.’ He was a lot like JACKSON.
So, this group of cronies Derek has. What is that about? He’s gotta have that posse just like Jackson did in S1? Unnamed people to cackle at his jokes.
Paige’s face, right there? That is the SHIT for me. That’s not hidden attraction, that’s genuinely “What the fuck is my life, why are you so lame?” and I am LIVING for it.
Derek peacocking is also hilarious. Peacocking so hard he (THE WEREWOLF) didn’t notice that she’d left the hall, is even more so.
I hate to tell you this Paige, but THAT is where I could tell you liked him. Giving in to his bullshit offer was the first step, that look on your face when he said, “Hold on” was Blatant “Holy shit, my crush wants to talk to me” but then all you idiots did was make eye contact. Paige, if you’re trying to get the ball, try looking away from those pretty eyes, okay?
Derek, you always go too far. You can see Paige lose interest when she realizes that he’s not actually into Her, he’s into showing off.
OOOF, i guess they weren’t such good friends after all, cus’ they left when Paige did.
I also feel the need to point out Derek is WEARING A CHECKERED SHIRT. *inarticulate screaming* Everyone who makes jokes about him thinking plaid is disgusting owes me five bucks bc he CLEARLY didn’t think checkers/plaid were that bad when he was in high school.
I’ll admit...the instant sorry is like...really good. If they’d had him come in and be More of a dick and then end up together, I’d be a lot more bugged. But his First real introduction to her is an apology.
THEN he goes back to being a dick. But at least this time it’s not about him, he wants to know about Her.
And I LOVE the turnaround! THIS is flirting. THIS is cute teasing. She plays his game Back at him, shows her own skill and forces him to get on her level. Then he weasels out of it, but in a Cute Way.
If there’s one thing that I’m routinely impressed by in TW it’s the scoring. They’re Really good with music to fit the moods and the vibes of the whole episode. For instance, all the transition music in this episode is Cello, bc it’s about Paige.
I hate agreeing with Gerard on Anything, but he makes a good point about the Dark Druid taking and killing someone else right alongside Deaton. Why would she take 4 people when she only needed three? She wouldn’t know that Deaton got a message out or that Scott would save Deaton. Plus the addition of the mountain ash circle is kind of weird, don’t you think?
Yah, I have no clue why your body is producing anything Either. You literally make no sense and you shouldn’t be alive. Period. Bringing you back was a lazy way to have someone who could be a sub-sub plot and hand out exposition and red herrings that are totally useless.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT GERARD? You weren’t There when Deucalion found out he could still see with his Alpha Eyes (Which makes no sense btw, he doesn’t have TWO sets of eyes???) and if you’d interacted with Deuc since then he’d have ripped you to shreds.
SERIOUSLY people, why the FUCK are we getting this information from Gerard when it makes WAY more sense for Deaton to tell them this? He was THERE for the whole thing!
I get that the point of the episode is supposed to be “Unreliable Narrators” (The whole show has an unreliable narrator.) but you had that covered with Peter’s story. You could’ve Instilled TRUST in Deaton by making a contrast and having Deaton TELL THEM THE TRUTH. Show the difference between reliable and unreliable. Gerard doesn’t need to be here!
Stiles, asking the real questions.
AND GETTING THE MOST BULLSHIT ANSWER IN THE UNIVERSE.
Could these writers GET any lazier? Put some fucking effort in and give us some information about Werewolves IN YOUR WEREWOLF TV SHOW.
What the fuck were Paige and Derek into that they knew where an abandoned distillery was when it wasn’t even in TOWN? And you’re telling me they left town every time they wanted to make out? Even worse, are you implying they had SEX in that distillery? And then trying to tell me that none of the fucking Alphas and their packs noticed the smell of Derek and his girlfriend all over the building?
...what...do people seriously not remember being teenagers? What the fuck Peter? In what fucking universe is “one minute it’s ‘i hate you, don’t talk to me’ the next it’s frantic groping in any dark corner’ remotely accurate to real life?
Teenagers in the majority don’t DO that. I really fucking hate that all teenagers are made out to be like this. Like they’re “run by their hormones” and “everything is sex to you” STOP. Seriously, STOP. Saying shit like that completely negates the fact that Teenagers are Real fucking People. They’re not just buckets of hormones and sweat that need to be shaped into an adult. They’re fucking PEOPLE and reducing them to sex-crazed idiots is lazy and stupid.
Are you ALSO telling me that the hunters dragged RB’s DEad Body to an abandoned building, then strung the corpse up and cut it in half? AND that someone happened to go the abandoned building and found the body and called the cops, or that they MOVEd the two halves somewhere they would be found, Or that They were the ones to call and report the body?
Has teen wolf got even a Single brain cell?
ALSO, what the fuck is this timeline? Derek and Peter went missing for two days after RB was killed, but the packs don’t get together to discuss RB’s death until After Derek has run out of the building with Paige because he could smell blood from RB being hemisected. So, they waited at Least two days before talking to each other about RB’s death? And Derek apparently recovered Instantaneously from his two day nightmare and went right back to macking on his girlfriend and laughing freely the Day he was found? Or did they wait even longer? I’m so fucking confused!
Okay, you tell me that this place is their favorite makeout/groping spot, but they seriously just walk in the door and start kissing in the middle of the room? You guys didn’t bring some blankets and pillows here? You’re gonna stand there the whole time?
WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU MAKING PETER A PERVERT? He was fucking watching his nephew make out with his girlfriend through the wall??? WHat is WRONG with you?
ALSO, Cora was alive and active in Derek’s life at that point. She wasn’t That young. She could easily point out that Peter being Derek’s best friend is total bullshit if it weren’t actually true. Which means Peter is telling the TRUTH here. Hell, she doesn’t call out his heartbeat for lies the entire time, and while they imply at the end of the episode that Really Good Liars can just force their heart to be steady while lying so they don’t get caught, that isn’t a thing for the entire rest of the show. Derek trusts KATE when she says she’s not lying. So the evidence actually points toward Peter telling the TRUTH in this entire episode.
THAT is accurate to teenagers. Using the word “like” and “liking” so many times in a conversation that it doesn’t even sound like a word anymore.
Paige...dude, I’m so torn. Like I’m glad you’re being honest with Derek about your worries, but also it’s a complete dick move to just Assume that he’s gonna bail? To say to his face that you Know he’s leaving you and you’re just waiting for it? Fucking rude.
Ennis...bro...how exactly did your Beta “Accidentally” kill a hunter? How would that happen?
AGAIN WITH THE TIMELINE. If the packs only CAME to beacon hills because of Ennis issue with the hunters, why was RB running through beacon hills when he was killed?
Also, side note: Where are all of these werewolves staying? Are they territorial so they like, all claimed different hotels to take over? Or do they not mind, and THAT’S why the Hale house is so big for such a small family? Because they had a ton of guest rooms for packs that visited to get that sweet, sweet Hale Wisdom?
I firmly believe that werewolves are clothing-optional people. Talia straight shifts into a naked human form in front of over a dozen other wolves.
Also, where the hell is the Hale pack here? Some random chick comes up and gives Talia a robe, but that person is standing with Deuc’s pack. So....what?
I’m so curious about the formation the wolves make when they hear Talia coming. Everybody backs away, except Deucalion. And they do this weird focus on his face as he watches her come in. And her eye contact is JUST with him.
OH GROSS. DID DEUC HAVE A THING FOR DEREK’S MOM????
I will admit that watching things with subtitles sometimes ruins the surprise. There’s that little pause before “I’m just a deputy” like it was supposed to be shocking to the audience, but the subtitle on Amazon Prime just Pops up right away and it kind of ruins the effect.
Here we go! The one piece of concrete information on “Packs” and “pack members” that we’re given in the whole fucking show. Word for Word. “Losing a member of your pack isn’t like losing family, it’s like you lose a limb.”
That is....severe. Now imagine that your entire family IS your pack. And losing almost every one of them. Is it any wonder that Cora, Peter, and Derek are so messed up? That they’re so dark and wounded looking?
I s2g sometimes Peter literally just sounds like he’s a self-insert for the writers. He explains shit that the writer’s are showing Really Badly as if to wave away the fact that the Ennis flashback is pretty much Completely unnecessary. “You just don’t understand my artistic genius, it’s never just a single moment, it’s a confluence of events. I have to show you all these random flashbacks because you need to understand why Derek is soaked in MANPAIN all the time. Which is totally relevant to the current plot bc....bc....bc ART (and also Tyler Hoechlin was busy so we could only get one shot of him for the entire episode)”
That is just the cutest shit oh my god. Derek listens to Paige’s music while he’s in class and doing homework. THAT is love, you realize? He doesn’t just deal with her dedication to her music, he loves it.
THat little wince when he says “Are you sure about that?” Paige knows he’s gonna screw with her.
THAT IS A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. He gives her space! She likes studying during lunch so he Leaves her Alone. I LIKE IT.
What do you mean “Laura told you about the packs being here.” Derek KNOWS they’re here because he watched RB DIE IN THE WOODS. Seriously, I”M SO CONFUSED.
FUN FACT (that I might’ve already shared) Oak wood was liked by the Celts because it was really sturdy and hardy and bore food, but it wasn’t their favorite type of wood! Rowan was the favorite, and Irish pagan practitioners used to sleep in rowan trees so they could have prophetic dreams. After that, it was Hazelwood. :P
I...do not enjoy when they bring up the Celtic Druids. *Scuttles to get my textbook bc this is my nerd shit*
“We’re in a Nemeton” This is the correct wording, actually! A “Nemeton” isn’t a thing, it’s a “sacred meeting place” as Chris calls it. Go chris! Nemeton refers to the entire grove/area around the main tree.
I can’t speak to whether they chose a ‘Large, older tree in a grove” but it does make sense bc if we’re talking about Oaks they were a symbol of food and safety (acorns were a staple to Celtic diets) so choosing an older tree would not only look more impressive, but it would probably bear more acorns for the clan.
“It would represent the center of the world” *Puts on vine voice* THat is NOt Correct! The tree at the center of the Nemeton was called a “crann bethadh” or “Tree of Life” and it was essentially a Totem that marked the center of the tribe’s territory. It was not ‘the center of the world’ it was the center of THEIR world. Their land.
“There was a belief that cutting or harming the tree would cause serious problems for the surrounding villages” Not sure if ‘villages’ is the correct term for the era, but the rest of it sounds like a close mistranslation. See, in Ireland there were raids people would do against other clans where the SOLE PURPOSE was to destroy their crann bethadh, because it was demoralizing. It’s like graffiti-ing the front of a church. But technically, it WAS severely frowned upon to harm the tree in any way.
This is mostly because in most Celtic areas, Oak trees were considered symbols of the “Father of the Sky” or the “God of Thunder.” Of course you don’t wanna piss off Thunder man.
Also, you notice how I’m saying CELTS and not DRUIDS. It’s because DRUID isn’t a cultural label, it’s a SOCIAL CLASS. It’s like saying “The Educated”
Okay, back to the--OH WAIT. Before anyone gets any ideas, the blood on the crann bethadh isn’t human. Estonian Celts smeared animal blood on the tree roots as an assurance for rain and good harvests. This is the same concept as TONS of other religions, including Christianity. (Abraham was supposed to sacrifice his son, Isaac, to God, but God stopped him and had him sacrifice a Ram instead. So, Yes. Christians used to perform animal sacrifices.)
NOW back to the show.
THe fact that gerard doesn’t know this stuff implies that Chris is the nerd of the family.
I LIKE THIS. I hate that I like it bc it’s Gerard, but I LIKE IT. Gerard gets up from his wheelchair. He doesn’t need it All the Time.
I’ve never seen another show that bothered to have a wheelchair user who wasn’t wheelchair-bound, which is stupid because it’s Very Common for people using wheelchairs to not need them all the time.
though it does beg the question of why he’s sitting in a wheelchair when he’s in his own bedroom? Was he going somewhere? Or did he know he wouldn’t have enough chairs and didn’t want Allison or Scott to sit in his chair?
The story of Lycaon, who was considered a savage ruler of Arcadia and Zeus went to his house disguised as a human (this is v common in myth) to find out if he was batshit. Lycaon and his FIFTY SONS (he also had one daughter) wanted to know if the stranger was a human or a mortal, so they fed him human flesh in stew. Zeus flipped shit and blasted the room with thunderbolts, murdering all but one of Lycaon’s sons, and then turned Lycaon into a wolf.
So...this whole ‘myth of lycaon’ is totally fucked up when it didn’t need to be? Like, they didn’t NEED to change it to make it a messed up origin story of wolves. It already was.
There’s three major versions to choose from
Lycaon was a pius man who founded the city of Lycosura on Mount Lycaeus and used a child as a sacrifice to Zeus, thinking it would please him. Zeus flips shit and turns Lycaon into a wolf. FROM THEN ON; at every sacrifice made to zeus a man was transformed into a wolf and if he managed to restrain himself from eating human flesh for 8-9 years, he would be turned human again.
The same story as the first, except Lycaon Knew Zeus was in disguise and the child he fed him was Zeus’ own son, and it was revenge for seducing his only daughter Callisto.
If you want to make it match what you’ve already said about wolves in the show, they could’ve used the last one and it would’ve demonstrated how Ingrained the concept of vendetta/revenge is for wolves.
If you wanted to focus on the Turning Human part and working with Celtic Druids to learn to become werewolves, you could’ve used the second one.
there was no reason to add in the bullshit about Prometheus except as an excuse to make Deucalion look like he picked his name to be an asshole, which he fucking didn’t.
I’m so sorry about all the classical shit (i’m really not) but I studied it in college and I can’t just let this bullshit stand.
I’ll give them a pass on the ‘the lesser known part’ bc it’s technically plausible for the wolves to have run north to the Celts and beg for help, And the Druids (those who’s education was specifically in magic, not all of them) were known for shapeshifting (though not usually into animals. They did that to Other people, not themselves)
I cannot believe this is so long, i’m so sorry.
But WHY tho, Cora? How is an Emissary supposed to keep you connected to humanity if No ONe KNows Who They Are?? How are they supposed to do their job??
Yeah, well now Deaton is a sour bitch who has a chip on his shoulder against the Hale pack so like...fuck his advice.
I will say though! Pre-fire Deaton doesn’t give me the heebies like post-fire Deaton. He’s much more clear about the advice he’s giving, and it’s actually helpful! He still has a dumb little anecdote/parable about the scorpion and the frog (which...in most circumstances I hate. It doesn’t even match what happens) but he gives Real Advice instead of vague asshole nonsense.
“I’m an Alpha, I never walk alone.” I have an inordinate affection for this line.
Paige is clearly some kinda bad bitch if she thought nothing of going to hang out in the school in the middle of the night with Derek.
Okay, but like...why would he attack Ennis like that if he was the one who asked him to bite Paige? And why is the moment played up “A fifteen-year-old boy against a giant” Derek was literally swatted to the side while Ennis walked out of the building. this wasn’t some big showdown.
If she’d already been bitten, why was Ennis still grabbing at her??
....seriously? Peter is literally right there? And no one noticed?
Again with the “Scott is a genius now” LIsten, bro, why the fuck would Scott know a sanskrit fable? If he Did know a story like that, it would be bc Deaton taught him. In which case he would know the FROG and the scorpion. Come on, guys.
OH MY GOD GERARD DOES IT TOO. GERARD, PETER, AND DEUC all have a CHRONIC case of verbal diarrhea when they’re trying to be intimidating.
I do NOT understand this warehouse scene. It’s a GAS gerard, if you stabbed yourself with some sort of...antidote or whatever it wouldn’t save you from the GAS you’re inhaling. At the very least you would be shouting like everyone else because it HURTS going in.
why did it take so long for Talia to come? It’s implied that Peter left to get her, so why did it take so long? Even PAST peter looks fucked up at seeing that Paige is dying, it’s not like he would wait.
I’ll be real, i get weepy so i’m skipping the actual death. Just know that it hurts me. Severely.
Y’all know how much I hate this ‘innocent life’ bullshit for blue eyes. It’s very True Alpha-y in that it’s impossible to pin down the specifics. What constitutes an ‘innocent life’? What constitutes taking it? With wolf claws? With a gun? What counts and what doesn’t count? Ugh.
Eyyy, so I’m exhausted and this is so long that my computer is fritzing. There are five minutes left and nothing happens in them at all. Just Scott pointing out the heartbeat thing and threatening to kill Gerard (so he’s still fine with murder at this point in time. Good to know). Stiles telling Cora that he doesn’t think Peter was telling the truth (which she would Know if he wasn’t) and that he’s gonna ask Derek about it (which we never got to see). And Deucalion murdering his own Beta (who, tbf, tried to kill him first. Which, again, what the fuck is up with Deaton’s office that wolves are able to rip each other apart in it, but it’s still ‘hard for someone like Scott to cause me any trouble.’ I’m just so confused
Final Thoughts: This episode actually had some interesting stuff in it, which is kind of sad considering there was no PLOT, just Exposition. I look forward to tweezing the bits out that I want and dumping the rest in the garbage where it belongs. Oh, and like I said, the music was on Point.
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The Masked Singer Season 5 Episode 1 Recap: The “Game Changing” Premiere, Let’s Meet Group A (Commentary & Guesses)
Hello my fellow Masked Singer friends! Welcome (or welcome back) to Ana’s Masked Singer recap, where I, Ana, recap every episode of the Masked Singer! Woohoo, the first one of Season 5 and I am so excited wow! Season 5 was off to an amazing start, with Group A performing for the first time. I really enjoyed this one, so let’s get into the recap:
Ok, so to start, we have a new host aka Neicy Nash, and I really liked her, she was like the female version of Nick Cannon. I enjoyed her banter with Ken too so it was great I liked it a lot.
Also, let’s talk about the infamous cluedadoo or how I am gonna call him the freaking “Rooster” 🐓🐔 who is not really an actual contestant competing but he is feeding us the clues (hehe see what I did there?) ...
He was kind of mysterious and I am intrigued honestly, but I still have so many questions, will he have clues? He did say that we have to guess who he is as well so how will this work? Anyways having said that, let’s get into the main 5 of Group A which are Snail 🐌, Seashell 🐚, Russian Dolls 🪆, Raccoon 🦝, and Robopine 🦔.
Let’s start with the eliminated contestant who was
*DRUMROLL PLEASE*
The Snail 🐌
Commentary: He sang You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oats and it was good, nothing amazing or mind blowing (we’ll get to those performances later), but I didn’t expect him to go home first (I’ll explain who I expected later too). I really enjoyed it personally, the song is well known and catchy, I was bopping my head. It was a solid performance. I would give it a rating of a 7/10. I kind of felt the same way about Baby Alien last season that I felt about Snail going home.
Anyways, having said that, he was revealed to be (to my surprise)...
*DRUMROLL PLEASE*
Kermit the Frog 🐸
Omg ok, I didn’t expect that, when I tell you my jaw dropped, I am not kidding. My first impression guess was Ted Danson for God’s sake.... like I didn’t get this and I am so mad I didn’t because when I rewatched it, I totally heard the Kermit in there, and I saw people say it on Twitter, but I was like nah they wouldn’t do that, these people are trolling... and wow yeah I was wrong, I felt like a 🤡. BUT OMG IT WAS KERMIT, WHAT AN ICON. The most famous contestant on the show ever... how dope! Now, we need Miss Piggy on the show, because she’s another icon lol. I wonder what she said about this hehe 😜
Anyways, now that that’s done with, let’s go over the remaining 4 and give you my subpar guesses, the first ones of season 5:
1. Raccoon 🦝
Commentary: Ok like yikes my eardrums... this one’s one of the worst performances I have seen on the show, like it was so screechy oml. He honestly should have gone home instead of Snail, Snail was done dirty. I really don’t understand how he is still in the competition... Sorry I wish I had something nicer to say but he was just yikes, I’m sorry it kinda seems like he isn’t singing on purpose, it seems like a joke.
My guess for Raccoon is (I am 💯 on this):
Danny Trejo
Reasoning/Clues: So like this sounds stupid, but when the guy sang, Danny Trejo’s face popped into my head for some reason... idk my logic sometimes isn’t logical... but anyways the clues align:
Been in Prison for a long time= he was in prison in California when he was young because he got into a lot of trouble with drugs
Read Hunchback of Notre Dame= he said that during his time in prison acting kind of helped him survive and he would recite Wizard of Oz and... you guessed it... the Hunchback of Notre Dame
2. Russian Dolls 🪆
Commentary: ok, so I already knew how they were gonna sound but I am still super impressed. I feel like there are more than 2 people, maybe 3, I feel like I heard 3 voices in there. They sang Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson and it was impeccable, their harmonies are really great, and their voices blend together amazingly.
They are (again I am positive about this one):
Hanson
Reasoning/Clues: I know like everybody on the internet says this, but when I did the voice matching, it really does sound like them (even tho idk much about them personally)... but anyways here are clues that match:
Used to be the world’s hottest toy but then got replaced by shiner toys= they were popping off with their song MMMBOP in the 90s until they were replaced by other boy bands like *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys
Bus Stop= reference to a lyric from their song Man From Milwaukee
Sign that says Mitzfitz Toyz Store= Abbreviation of the guys’ first names, which are Issac, Taylor, and Zac aka ITZ
3. Seashell 🐚
Commentary: I am so happy that her voice is just as good as her costume, costume wise she is my favorite, and I am happy to report that her voice is also one of my faves. She sang Listen to Your Heart by Roxette and honestly she reminds me so much of Jellyfish, someone who is amazing vocally but has a bit of nerves at first. She does ease into it as it goes on and I really enjoyed it, she was great! However, at first, I thought she was someone else but then I heard her voice a second time and it sounded familiar....
My guess is (I feel good about this one):
Tamera Mowry
Reasoning/Clues: Besides her voice that made me think it was one of the twins, but the clues made me specifically think Tamera:
Hot Dog= the twins were born in Germany and Hot Dogs are German
Witch Broom= References to the Disney movie her and Tia Mowry did, Twitches, which btw is the reason I know them (that and Sister, Sister), that movie was my childhood I loved it
Chameleon= in an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Tia gets bitten by a chameleon and turns into the evil twin aka Tamera
Rooster clue: “No 2 Shells are the same”= she’s a twin lol, and she isn’t the same as her sister kinda thing
4. Robopine 🦔
Commentary: BRO I WAS SHOOK WHEN I HEARD THIS ONE SING. If you saw my costume rating, I was like meh I am not a huge fan of this costume, it’s kinda scary looking, and I just wrote it off, but BOY I WAS WRONG. My jaw was on the floor when I heard this man’s voice on the TV for the first time. He is absolutely my favorite of the night with his rendition of Never Too Much by Luther Vandross. His voice is BUTTER 🧈, so freaking smooth and wonderful. I just want him to sing me to sleep or for my birthday, like man I love him so much.
This one is so hard omg but I am gonna guess for now (it’s not a good guess, subject to change):
Eddie Murphy?
Reasoning/Clues: Ok, so I am not even gonna give reasoning, bc I don’t really know who he could be, I just threw Eddie Murphy because the man can sing and he is the age that was told... what really tripped me up was that he said he was in his 60s and has GRANDCHILDREN.... like he could be lying but it was so nonchalant that it was too good to be a lie, I was so confident at first thinking Chris Jackson but that what he said to the judges about grandchildren tripped me up, but also the judges thought he was lying but I am gonna act like he wasn’t and the only person I thought who could fit that profile is Eddie Murphy (or someone else said Terry Crews but idk I don’t think the man can sing like that)... however a lot of people say that it is Tyrese Gibson but that’s if the whole age thing is a lie but it is a good guess. Here are the clues tho:
Can of Soda Men in Black Drinking from
Spaceship Flying into Strands of DNA 🧬
He “used 411 day and night just to make a connection... until a certain angel said hello and a random call changed everything”
George Washington Figure
Now on his next mission
Anyway, that is it! I hope you guys enjoyed this recap! Don’t forget to follow, like, comment, and do all the social media-y things people do. Tell me whose your favorite performance/do you agree with my guesses? Lemme know! See you in the next recap! Bye guys 👋🏼😄
#the masked singer#themaskedsinger#celebrities#the masked singer season 5#hollywood#music#kermit the frog#snail mask
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Med Series Rewatch (#17)
S3 E17: The Parent Trap.
Episode description: After a 10-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital, Dr. Manning and Dr. Halstead disagree on how to best handle the boys parents.
Oh, joy.
Let’s get into it.
- emily is still amazingly adorable
- ava getting a huge bouquet of flowers, and smiling proudly when she tells connor (cue all those hcs of sarah sending her flowers. can you imagine?)
- connor teasing her for it - “The enchanting Dr. Bekker.”
- them teasing each other is something I live for, that also makes me anxious
- CORNELIUS SENDING HER THE FLOWERS??? oh hell no
- the way her face drops when she realizes they’re from his dad ew gross
- her trying to hide her grin again. or at least smiling small - she’s uncomfy but at least connor is also uncomfy
- SHE’S BEEN SEEING HIM??? WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN???? EXCUSE ME??? WHY DO I NOT REMEMBER THIS?
- her smiling sympathetically as he walks away
- SORRY, CAN WE GO BACK? SHE’S BEEN SEEING HIM? EXCUSE ME?
‘You’ve been seeing him?’
‘Is that a problem?’
EXCUSE ME?
WHY DID SHE NOT DENY IT?
HELLOOOOO?
- i cant stop thinking about it
- pls no. please god no. i don’t ask for much
- she’s getting close to him so she can murder him and take his money
- I wish I could say that and have it be a joke, and not some sort of prophecy
- oh god.........
- anyway
- she’s getting coffee with him??? What?
- her small, polite, thank you, which was nothing more than polite.
- she is not enjoying this, but, she sticks to her word. chivalrous, perhaps? hmm... i’ll get back to you. let me figure out what this interaction is about
- lol yeah. Ava get that funding
- she does what she has to do (don’t read into that. read into that and I’ll cut you)
- i can’t believe cornelius just tried to slyly ask her to dinner. please no.
- I don’t think I like this episode.
- she made it about connor lmao
- I really am pausing it after every line cornelius has bc he does not deserve the right to speak
- NO DON’T TOUCH HER
- oh my god
- HOLD ON
- OKAY
- so you’re telling me they did this storyline again? in s4?
- like, right here, she turns him down. already. ‘strictly professional.’
- and then, they go back. and do it again? but worse?
- MED WRITERS WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING ON???
- this has got to be a joke are you fucking kidding me
- they are so fucking dumb
- ava being annoyed, disgusted, revolted at cornelius (and maybe even herself, like that is fucking disgusting) as she walks away
- ava also helping connor consult on sarah’s dad’s heart
- her confused face
- the way med keeps making sarah interact with people who have father issues
- the way reese empathizes with people!
- at least connor respects sarah (enough) giving her space and such
- wow! they let sarah intubate! yay!!!! I am actually so happy
- YESSSSS
- OMG SHE’S CALLING SHOTS
- dude honestly when’s the last time we say her do medicine? I love it so much
- look at her! calling shots?!!
- you fucking love to see it
- ava operating on sarah’s dad. interesting.
- OH MY GOD
- That’s like the seventh time ava has opened a door for connor. SHE DID IT AGAIN. I feel like i’m losing it
- god she has such a big vocabulary
- this is where connor outright says that ava is dating his dad and honestly, that’s so fucking funny??
- like he has fully accepted that they are dating. what the fuck
- connor: “It’s not that it’s my dad you’re dating. I wish you weren’t dating anyone at all.” He is so fucking dumb???
- also that’s how the writers wanted the big ‘connor admits his feelings’ moment? with the other man being his father? WHAT THE FUCK??
- this episode is so stupid
- if they kiss here I am going to flip my shit I am going to get so mad
- this scene gives me anxiety
- i literally have no clue what they’re going to do next
- if she admits she likes him I am literally going to fight someone
- i can’t
- okay that was actually really good
- her making him go insane by making him think she’s dating his father? weird but hey it fucking worked. I love how she just doesn’t give him anything. so much crap. do y’all realize how much I love her?
Okay this episode was fucking weird. I was half scared of the Ava Cornelius thing, just the entire thing was wack.
The only major thing is THIS IS LITERALLY A DIRECT CONTRAST TO S4 EVENTS? LIKE WHAT? so in this, ava refuses to go out with Corny for money and in s4... oh come on writers. S4 is literally just trying to imitate the good storylines of s3, psychopathy, cornelius. what the fuck
Ava playing with connor’s emotions? we love to see it, but at what cost. Also the fact that connor literally did the ‘i wish you weren’t dating anyone’ thing and Ava said ‘nah’? That’s very big. and considering there are 3 episodes left, the chances of any real rh*kker happening in this season is slim, which is fantastic for me.
this episode was mostly just proving how ooc s4 really was. I mean really, come on.
Okay boys! the next episode is This Is Now! the shooting episode. This one is a big one for obvious reasons (first and only reesker interaction, ava interacting with other people) it’s just fantastic. should be exciting.
thanks for sticking with it
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atwq book four thoughts
guess who somehow got a lot of free time yesterday and made the bold decision to finish reading the last atwq book? me!
guees who feels like they jinxed qwerty’s fate from the previous book of being arrested, but alive, even though i bet daniel handler planned it from the start? still me!
guess who is rather upset netflix accidentally gave a clue/spoiler on the identity of hangfire?
also me.
okay, so first off, to get something out of the way. i love this book. i really do. it had me on suspense every chapter.
theodora figured out qwerty was in vfd (...when did she figure out? not long after sharon reveal herself as a fake vfd member? or during the period she and lemony weren’t speaking to each other?), and god she really was willing to take the blame on being qwerty’s killer. did she think maybe she once again screw up, but this time there was no going back because the screw up got someone killed? after all she seem to selfishly went to break qwerty out for a good evaluation. maybe she thought if things went different, he would still be alive. and given the schism happened, vfd while not divided yet, this is like a sign on how another librarian’s death in the long, long future, will be blame on an innocent party and things go to hell again in the pursuit of justice and truth.
also, ghede and gifford also knew of the coup as well? or at least knew the sbg was doing something and they’re like let them do this shit and we can watch it’s gonna benefit us in the long run’. also, holy shit olaf name drop take two with beatrice herself! i didn’t think while knowing each other young mean they actually hanged out with one another to think they’re possibility friends. this puts the opera night even worse. beatrice must have knew olaf’s parents. with my headcanon of olaf parents being caring parents to olaf and used their connections to get their son back earlier than others, this is just awful.
getting back on track from the mess that is vfd there’s a murder on a train (agatha christie ahoy!). i admit several weeks ago i made the decision to watch snowpiercer and train to busan so i couldn’t really take the murder on the orient express shout out clearly and kept on thinking of the wild willy wonka and the chocolate factory/snow piercer theory. and zombies in south korea.
all the damn sbts kids just thought it great to share the one brain cell to be on the same train (pip and squeak just follow in their taxi; cleo and jake had to travel through time in the dilemma to catch up with them). ornette got her time to shine with her artistic/sculpting skills and there’s some light on the subject of the lost family (of course it’s a fire that took ornette’s mom life. fires seems to be a way to kill a lot of parents). i was right to call her gung-ho working with lemony, she just agreed to make fake bb statues for moxie and kellar and was like ‘oh shit the two are sharing a brain cell. hangfire could figure something is up what have i done’ and had to make something else to give to lemony. i uh..wonder if seth has a reason to draw her baseball cap all...fuzzy. just a weird question.
kellar’s sister lizzie shows up. i’m going to be honest. she has the bad luck of appearing last and under two disguises that went over my head (she sure fooled me!). i do have some thoughts that surround her and the haines family, but that needs me to re-read the last two books to make sure i’m not imagining something . will say lizzie is much younger and shorter than i thought given her first illustration. i hope maybe a re-read will make me get some new insight on her. also, hi sally murphy. i’m glad lizzie got out with maybe your help (i mean, why else would she want to high tail it out of there).
the identity of qwerty’s killer was something i should have seen coming due to how the mitchum parents are more subdue. i want to slap stew’s parents. they spend all their time bickering they only got their shit together to see how their ‘precious’ son is really a bully and killer and working with the villian under their damn noses. i almost feel sorry for them because shit stew more or less blackmail his parents into covering the crime but at the same time...this call could have been avoid if you pay attention to how your son isn’t the angel you think he is..and you two are still fighting with one another please get your priorities straight i beg you. i admit i almost want to slap stew but i don’t slap kids, and i think if i exist in the snicket world i would get murder first by him.
qwerty’s death and the fact he’s a vfd member just hurt me so bad and i’m still kind of grieving over him. for one, i felt like i should have seen qwerty being part of vfd coming. he’s a sub-librarian. while not a sub-sub-librarian, the fact is qwerty is such so damn helpful to lemony i should have seen he was just doing his best to help lemony because theodora wasn’t honestly...wasn’t doing a good job at a chaperone. but he couldn’t blow away his cover because he wasn’t supposed to interfere in the apprenticeship and honestly he was just happy to be a sub-librarian helping children find what they would love reading.
but qwerty isn’t the only death in this book. i got to copy-paste something from an old atwq post in feburary 8, something i made as a joke, because oh boy, this part is the one negative i have honestly.
he tried to pretend to be her father! i know his voice mimicry is basically akin to juni cortez’s mimicry, but this is just cruel had ellington been there.
about a week later, i made the decision to rewatch netflix asoue. now, the first time i watch season two [edit lmao i actually don’t remember if it was season two i think i hated season two so much i could have blur two and three together i got to rewatch the show again definitely. edit two: okay, i’m certain it was season two i’m 98% certain it was was a pause and read easter egg that’s why i couldn’t remember what season exactly damn easter eggs] i honestly was like ‘so they gave nero a last name. coolio. feint isn’t a surname i was expecting but this is the netflix show this probably isn’t canon to the books’.
on the rewatch, after the austere academy part two ended, i realized something is...off, with nero now. he’s mocking people. and his voice, while not mimicking them, is like...it’s like nero could have inherit mimicry from someone but it never went through. or maybe he did got it but it’s not at its full potential without the proper teaching of someone with the skill...like a father, perhaps?
so the kronk meme is playing in my mind, but it’s the edit of him saying ‘oh no, it’s all coming together’. and given patrick warburton also voice kronk, it felt more like lemony snicket decided to materialize right behind me, be an asshole, and thought it funny to do a commentary on my possible realization hangfire, in the netflix show at least, couldn’t keep his dick in his pants and bore a bastard son in an adulterous affair and ellington has a half brother in the world she doesn’t know about and i hope she never learns about.
(given barrymore feint is just a cameo of barry sonnenfeld, i guess the bullshit gene i talked about in another post regarding a theory who netflix!h is should be renamed the feint gene.)
so reading the third book, and especially this book, i kept a close eye on any mentions to ellington’s dad and hangfire’s behavior. i kept on saying in my mind ‘please don’t be who i think you are’. and bam. armstrong feint is hangfire. i feel like if netflix didn’t have the need to make an atwq reference in nero’s surname, and if i was smart enough to have the book clues smack me in the face (i feel there are clues somewhere, and hangfire dropped all pretenses and just being ‘himself’ in book two was one), i wouldn’t be so angry and upset by this reveal. i more or less got spoil and put the pieces together due to an adaptation, and i should have known better than to do a re-watch while reading atwq. i should have consider the possibility of easter eggs to atwq.
anyway, lemony snicket thought it great to kill hangfire by feeding him to a copy bombinating beast (the tadpoles!!). with ellington right freaking there. with most of his sbts friends there to witness. moxie can’t even look lemony in the eye anymore (no more best friends anymore). everything happened just like that and after finishing the book and taking a walk around the living room, i have to say hangfire is a good villain. he achieved his goal of getting the bombinating beast, even if it’s a copy. he’s a very competent villain who succeed in almost every book in some way or form. he played everyone like a puppet and was a threat that is more akin to tmwabbnh and twwhbnb’s level of villainy. kudos to you hangfire i’m impressed.
hangfire totally got it coming too. however, i do feel...hurt in his death, if only for ellington’s sake. during the walk because i realize ellington reminded me of a character from a different fandom i’m in. there’s some differences that i won’t get into (it’s...complicated for the other fandom), but they’re cut from almost the same cloth: teenage girls with shitty fathers who are using them for their own selfish goals. thoughts for ellington and her future formed faster for me than for the other atwq kids as a result:
post-canon!ellington (a few days later when she finally gets her stuff figure out), has a simple list. 1: avoiding anyone with a vfd tattoo or give shady lemon vibes -ellington split asap after she and kit broke out and have 100% certainly no one is after them, but not before stealing some things from kit, one being notes of vfd volunteers (she thinks). 2: find a new place to live. 3: figure out a new name that isn’t an anagram, because the inhumane society once they heard the news, is probably going to try to get her if they get wind she is hangfire’s daughter and possible ‘successor’. ellington wants nothing to do with the bombinating beast. she never wants to see the statue or anything similar, or hear the words again.
adult!ellington (under a fake name of course), while accepting all that happened, hasn’t forgive lemony snicket. yes, her dad was a villain. yes, she finally understand her dad isn’t the kind naturalist and man, and used her for the biggest ‘what’ event of her life that is also a very selfish goal. many times in the past though, ellington wonders if she missed any signs of her dad’s descend to who he eventually became, or if he hid it very well to where he was wearing two masks all this time, one hiding his true nature. ellington even wonders at one point, dad was going convince her to willingly work with him without the fake kidnapping and had to change his plans to something crueler.
ellington will never know for sure. this is why ellington can’t forgive lemony and will say it to face if they ever meet again. what ellington hates the most out of her father’s death is that she can never tell dad all of her feelings about his wrong doings. she can ask all the questions burning at the back of her mind, or yell her frustrations how terrible a father he is for faking his kidnapping and getting her to do his dirty work, getting her to use her loyalty of family to do things she would never do under normal circumstances. she ask questions and yells at the only photo left of armstrong feint...
and in the end, she knows he’ll never answer, and it hurts to deal with the unknown. adult!ellington doesn’t do the yelling and questioning to the photo as much. partly because she did ‘settle’ on what might be an possible answer, but mostly because the photo is pretty faded to where it’s less ‘armstrong feint’ and more ‘hangfire’. once in awhile though, she slips up like old times.
adult!ellington with her new life (she travels a lot, pays in cash most of the time, and has no set resident; she still love coffee) tends to think of the past, especially when it came to what she had with lemony snicket. did lemony like her? was she just a question in need of solving? ellington admits to possibly liking him, but it was so long ago maybe she just thinks she liked him to have a ‘positive’ memory of the boy she haven’t seen in years that she kind of wants to see again, if only to yell at him for robbing her of something important. his name lands on her radar a lot, twice from the daily punctilio. the first one was learning of lemony snicket’s crimes, and it was an accident.
the second time, she learn of his death, though she read the daily punctilio on purpose in hopes of a name drop. adult!ellington ended up finding some children’s book, and made the mistake of going to the back of it and find a photo of lemony snicket. not really though. lemony is hiding his face (ellington hates it) and she buys it to know what it’s about. it spiral to where she bought the next two books because she wants to know if the baudelaires orphans are real (and because lemony doesn’t seem the same anymore from his writings). ellington settles on real when she pulls out kit snicket’s notes she stolen and cross references names, and even travels to the locations to them to make sure. after the third book publication, the series goes on ‘hiatus’ due to the daily punctilio and their announcement. ellington doubts he’s dead, but couldn’t help attend the funeral. ellington is certain lemony snicket is alive, because she convinced she saw him at his own funeral.
#atwq#all the wrong questions#why is this night different from all other nights#ellington feint#hangfire#asoue#a series of unfortunate events#netflix asoue#asoue netflix#lemony snicket#spoilers#this is a text post
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HOW JONSA HAPPENED IN 8X2 WITHOUT US REALIZING IT
EDIT: Clearly the show proved me wrong by ep.4, but i refuse to delete this post because I still think it makes more sense than to believe they didn’t talk before the battle. Also, their consummation before the NK’s attack is one of my old theory from the books, so let’s see if this will turn out to be an Easter Egg… By the way, thank you all for your likes and comments!
So, I finally had a rewatch of episode 2 and I really can’t believe how badly we’ve been tricked... right in front of our own eyes… This is THE Jonsa episode, and they hid it behind the omage to all the characters.
Buckle up now and let’s start from where they left, namely Sansa posing a question:
While the camera closes up to Jon we hear a door opening: it is the link to the next scene with Jorah and Dany, but also, as by now we are all accustomed to, it is symbolic, because the last time we saw a door opening was on that boat.
What is clear here, is that Sansa knows what they’re doing, to Jon’s dismay because I suppose he was sure he was hiding it well… That’s why he swallows, that’s why he looks guilty, almost like a lover caught cheating. So if you think he doesn’t answer her, you are wrong, because the door is open now, and he can’t just close it and pretend nothing happened.
And I’d go as far as to say that here they’re also acknowledging the tension between them, which they never address but that we’ve been told they have been skirting around since season 7, so they know it’s there: she has teary eyes and is heartbroken, he looks guilty and he's heartbroken too because she is hurt. The door is definitely open.
So, excluding the possibility that he lies to her face since it’d go against what they showed of their relationship in the episode, especially in this scene (if you think he lies when he says SHE’LL BE A GOOD QUEEN, that’s not a lie, and if you listen carefully to Jon’s mind, what he adds is a loud I’LL MAKE CERTAIN OF THAT…), we have only two options:
- he tells her that he’s not in love with D, implying that he’s just sleeping with her and that that has not clouded his judgment;
- he tells her about political Jon.
The opening of ep. 2 gives us the answer:
Sansa is upset for what happened with Jaime of course, but Brienne vouched for him, her own mother had trusted him… Her reaction is mostly of disrespect towards Daenerys, which means that she still doesn’t know the truth and so she is angry both because she’s in love and because she still believes Jon doesn’t think straight. How else could it be? She read this Queen at first glance, why didn’t he do the same? If she is an ally, why did he bend the knee? And if she’s a good queen, why does she acts like… that?
Since it’s been established that Sansa is clever, and knowing she trusts him and has faith in him, as she confirmed to him, the only reason why she can’t make sense of that, is that her mind is full of love and jealousy and anger and hurt and she can barely contain it in front of her.
And then comes this beautiful played moment between her and Daenerys.
As many of you already discussed, this is when Sansa finally can put two and two together, when finally everything makes sense. And you can see all the emotions displayed on her face: she is happy and relieved because Jon is not in love, he’s not been manipulated, he is the manipulator. But most importantly, she’s proud, which is something we have to take into consideration to understand what’s about to happen, because it means, especially after that impossible level of tension in the office, that now we should expect Sansa to go straight to talk to him: they are too straightforward with each other to avoid confrontation, more than that they need it. And she needs it immediately because of what she feels. And once this truth is out, do you think Jon would be able not to tell her about his real parents? Not a chance! And if the last barrier between them falls, after what we saw in the office scene, what do you think will happen?
And the confrontation does in fact happen, they simply don’t show it to us, preferring toast to them with clues spread all over the episode, following their usual favourite shock value path.
Starting from the war council: if you look attentively, you’ll notice that not once, not even for a tiny beat, Jon and Sansa look at each other.
In the first episode we’ve been shown this
and this
and this,
nevertheless, not once they look at each other during the entire scene.
Jon looks at Bran and Arya, Sansa looks at Bran and, completely ignoring Jon next to her, she looks at Arya, but they don’t look at each other and they don’t talk to each other. It makes sense if we assume that Jon, knowing he’s not her brother, the last wall helping him keeping a minimum distance, is embarrassed to look at her. But Sansa? She’s not angry anymore, we saw she’s proud, and she understands now that everything he did is for the North, so why wouldn’t she look at him?
And they are both hiding something: Jon has his gloves on and Sansa has the same posture she had with D, with her arms crossed behind her back. At a certain point Jon even seems to turn to her but immediately stops himself like he is about to do something he shouldn’t do. Why?
Also, they’re always blocked together, establishing that they are indeed a couple, but while in the Great Hall their chairs were practically glued together, and in the office they end up very close, here there’s always a safe little distance between them.
And then this happens:
This is the most close to “looking at each other” they do, and it’s subtly. Jon’s saying:
”LET’S GET SOME REST.”
Do you see Sansa carefully looking at him out of the corner of her eye? I say that she’s thinking of whatever they are going to do, except rest, in the Lord’s chambers…
Do you think I’m seeing things? Look at the boldness of D&D&co, what they shamelessly show us:
The Bear has entered the Castle!
This is not the right post to talk about it, but yeah, the bear is Jon.
Now let’s go back to the previous scenes to search for the hints, thanks to the other characters, of what happened after S&D little chat.
THEON AND SANSA REUNION:
If you think this is framed as romantic you are absolutely right, but it’s not forshadowing a love story between them, this is both a reminder of Castle Black reunion and a preview of what will happen the moment Sansa will be with Jon, far away from our eyes: a new reunion after she found out the truth, and it’s not a case that this hug resembles the one we all remember, with Theon being a stand in for Jon, like many times in the books and the show too.
Actually, Theon has one of the best political Jon forshadowing that we had on screen. Do you remember when he returns home by ship? He has sex with the Captain’s daughter and she falls in love with him. But he’s only using her, he even tells her that she could be pregnant with his child, a king’s bastard son. Then he arrives at Pyke and his sister is waiting for him…
TORMUND AND JON REUNION:
This is another enactment of Jon and Sansa reunion, from Jon’s pov this time: Tormund, a tall red head, hugs him and calls him LITTLE CROW, and you remember that S&D joked about his short height, right? Then Jon tells him HE THOUGHT HE LOST HIM because the Wall has fallen, or the door has been opened in our case; also, KH is purposefully staring at Tormund’s lips!
But happily reunion apart, there is more: Jon changed his jacket. This happened in episode 1 too, establishing a precedent: after having sex at the Waterfalls, he changes his clothes before going to talk to Sansa. And I think the same thing happened here, only he changed his clothes after talking to Sansa… plus, do you see how ill-fitting and consumed the jacket is?
This is not the only time we see something like this, and there is a reason here too: I believe this is Ned’s (it doesn’t look like the one he wore in ep.1), and probably Sansa gave it to him after he told her about his parents, not to let him forget who made him the man he is or doubt who he is, a Stark.
GREY WORM AND MISSANDEI
There are many gifs with good parallels to Jonsa, plus they had sex for the first time before a battle. Here GW performs his version of Jon’s I’LL PROTECT YOU, just in case we forgot: “My people will protect you”.
ARYA AND GENDRY REUNION:
The parallel between these two couples has been established in the first episode
but here they go even further, because before having sex Gendry reveals to Arya who his real father is. Could it be more obvious?
JAIME KNIGHTING BRIENNE WITH HIS SWORD:
I remember many gifs paralleling them to Jon and Sansa, and they are all valid, but in the books there is an important moment that helps us understand better what we have here: when they were going to King’s Landing they had a sword fight. J cut B with his sword on her “upper thigh” and a “red flower blossomed”. The scene is described with a double meaning, alluding at J breaking her maidenhead with his “sword”.
Jaime using his sword to knight B has a sexual innuendo, and if you have any doubt, you should remember what Tormund says, and the expression on his face:
“I’M NO KING, BUT IF I WERE, I’D KNIGHT YOU TEN TIMES OVER”
Well, that’s exactly what King Jon and Sansa are doing right now!
JENNY OF OLDSTONE
I think we all know that this is a reference to Sansa and to what will happen to her and Jon, but let me add something about her leather dragonfly outfit: for those of you who don’t know, in the books Jon’s LONGCLAW has a virgin leather grip (Sansa is still a maid in the books, thanks to God no marriage with Ramsey there) and it is sheathed in leather… I don’t think I need to explain why they chose this particular episode to have Sansa covered in leather.
(gif by @lokispells)
Now, there are some other clues, and there is a big one too, but first I need to tell you other things that I hadn’t planned to and that requires me more time. Is it conclusive enough what I got you here? I hope so...
Thanks for listening.
#jonsa#jon x sansa#political jon#jonsa meta#sansa stark#jon snow#got#got8#8x02#my meta#mine#JONSA TALES#SORRY TO YOU ALL#I KNOW THIS IS VERY BADLY WRITTEN#FEEL FREE TO RED PEN ME#I'LL BE HAPPY TO EDIT
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OUAT Rewatch 4X14 - Enter the Dragon
Sorry for all the delays with these reviews! I’ve really been DRAGON my feet through this whole season, haven’t I?
...You don’t come here for smart puns, Regina! XD
Anyway, there’s a nice juicy review under the cut!
Main Takeaways
Past
I love how this plays as the evil version of every “young person melts the heart of older person and convinces them to go back to doing what they love” story! While it’s not a parody -- and is in fact played deadly straight -- it’s funny as hell to watch because of that!
It’s kind of weird seeing such vague mentions of Mal’s backstory. All throughout the episode, we hear clues, but are never given anything concrete. I wonder when or even if we ever would’ve gotten a backstory for Mal and Briar Rose.
Present
Wow, I gotta say, considering how DESTROYED Mal was by what Snowing did to her kid, stealing another kid is just horrible (The fact that he’s turned back into August and she may or may not have known that is irrelevant for me since she stealing a son from his father at the end of the day) ! I don’t know if it’s exactly poorly written or not -- a case of extremism turning her into what she hates or mishandling a character who is supposed to be more balanced between being evil and sympathetic. I guess it’s up to interpretation, but given that the there doesn’t get to be a reaction from Marco to Maleficent over the fact considering how big of a deal it is that she reverted a little boy back into being a grown man, I feel forced to say the latter.
This also applies to Regina too, ESPECIALLY considering her conversations with Marco in the last episode and this is more of a problem than I realized. She’s stealing a child, putting him up against three villains, AND disposing any direct means of contact between herself and her backup. And the fact that Rumple reverts him into being August at the end of the episode changes nothing here because that wasn’t an anticipated move. It’s even more distracting given the gravitas of the moment where Emma and Regina try to figure out whether or not to steal him in the first place. Regina says she’s going to protect him and pull out if he’s in danger, but what does she think they’re going to do to him if not threaten his life? Even just the emotional duress of those kind of threats is crazy to do to a kid. And then to drop her phone so he can’t even be tracked? It’s played as this necessary evil, but is never given the payoff to back up what a horrible and reckless thing this was to do. They STOLE his childhood -- what was essentially his happy ending -- and that has to be answered for by ALL involved parties: Maleficent, Regina, and Emma too for ultimately agreeing to this.
This segment has a really interesting theme of not being overly insistent on complete control. Throughout it, Regina insists to her friends that she can handle the Queens of Darkness. Even as the stakes raise, she makes risky and riskier decisions that she says she can manage. This culminates in a horribly risky decision (See above) that, in her insistence in keeping control over the situation and her sureness that she’s right, has Regina abandon her means of getting backup. And this all ends with Regina, forced by her own hand, to relinquish control to Rumple. I think that this is an important lesson for Regina to learn, and while I didn’t like the big decision that she had to make for lack of a proper fallout (I’ll actually discuss in a bit why I choose this episode to take the issue with it), I think the rest of the story is good!
Stream of Consciousness
-Regina, you trying to KILL ME with the cut of that shirt?! Because it is working!
-Damn, Regina is AMAZING at acting evil! XD
-HOW THE FUCK DID YOU CRUSH GLASS?! ARE YOU THE FUCKING HULK? XD
-I love how Regina looks between Mal’s castle and her book like “I’m gonna get my favorite author to sign my book!”
-Wouldn’t someone just win “Don’t Be a Hero” by only saving themselves?
-I love how there were freakin’ BETS on the game! XD
-We got another Henry and Belle scene!!! Tbh, I wish there was a bit more substance here too. Belle ADORES books and this is literally a mystery surrounding a book! Why couldn’t she give him some advice on maybe where to look or just talk about the nature of books! You have two book fans sharing a scene! Why not use that?
-I would KILL to know how Regina’s night of drinking with the Queens of Darkness went! Like, they drank a whole bar! XD
-To be fair, Emma, Regina’s probably not reaching out because she’s hungover as FUCK after DRINKING A WHOLE BAR! XD
-MAL, DRUNK AS FUCK, SINGED A COP CAR! XD WHERE ARE FICS OF THIS! THIS IS THE TRUE SEQUEL TO “THE HANGOVER!” XD
-”Some drinking.” SOME DRINKING? YOU DRANK AND ENTIRE BAR! XD
-I like how Regina’s “pathetic” flame was more of a matter of nervousness than inexperience. It shows that Regina’s learned a lot during her tenure with Rumple while still having a lot of space to grow.
-Maleficent is introduced as a druggie! She literally stabs herself with something that “takes the edge off!” XD
-”You need to remember who you are.” “That Maleficent had a foul temper, and if you insulted her, she’d turn into a dragon and eat your flesh.” Holy hell! My eyes are filled with hearts!
-”Where the hell have you been all night?” I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT AS WELL!
-NOW WHAT KIND OF CRAZINESS HAPPENED IN THE VAULT?! XD
-To be fair, Emma, Regina’s been ROCKING this undercover mission so far.
-This episode is full of sexy, badass people, but this cake is the sexiest thing of all!
-”Well, look at which two survivors found a dinghy together.” ...Rumple, HOW ARE YOU SO BAD AT BEING KILLIAN? IT’S NOT ESPECIALLY HARD AND YET YOU SOMEHOW FAILED AT IT! It’s like trying to pet a puppy and instead doing a handstand! XD
-I love how Storybrooke can appear on a GPS system! Is someone in town just a really good techie or is Google our new God? XD
-”The only magical thing you’ll find here is duct tape.” Accurate! XD
-”You didn’t ask your questions more forcefully.” Oh trust me, she did. It was scary.
-”One little snafu?” YOU WOULD HAVE TO STEAL A CHILD!
-”Break some rules.” YOU ARE STEALING A CHILD!
-A Pirate’s Oath! XD What the hell? Someone’s just looking to cop a feel!
-I love the fact that it is 100% canon that Regina rode on the back of a dragon. Maleficent gave her the best piggyback ride in the UNIVERSE!
-Wait: GOLD HAS A CABIN?
Favorite Dynamic
Rump-illian and Belle. I absolutely love Rump-illian and Belle’s subplot here. Rumple, for better or worse, knows Belle and is exactly slippery enough to forge a story to get the dagger back for himself but also not infallible as to still fail to discuss things he wasn’t privy to. Major props have to go to Colin. He’s playing Rumple playing Killian and that is AMAZING! His lines and delivery are just awkward enough to capture Rumple’s failure to perfectly capture Killian, but they’re close enough that they could fool someone who’s just getting to be close with Killian like Belle. He’s always a little off center in how he conducts himself, making the reveal something that could feasibly be guessed but also surprise everyone! And the transitions -- the one at the docks the one as he walks into the pawnshop, and the one outside the pawnshop are done so well as to make the whole subplot even better!
Writer
David Goodman and Jerome Schwartz are in charge of today’s episode! So far, they’ve had a perfect season! But...well… Look. This episode isn't bad, but I do wish the present segment had some more polish. Considering that the three people involved in that final decision are all mothers and to not do more with that idea is really distracting in hindsight.
Rating
8/10. I’m torn about whether or not I should punish this episode for what goes down with Pinocchio. This episode is more setup in that regard than payoff and it’s not bad setup. But at the same time, I do have to ask myself if that payoff was ever going to happen and if it wasn’t, then the setup of something that upon inspection is so fucked up. And I do think that the payoff wasn’t intended to come up -- they had to know -- and so I do find fault with this episode for executing this idea in such an irresponsible way. Otherwise though, the storytelling is really good. Everything makes sense, the story’s engaging, the pacing works, the characters are for the most part in line, and the theme of the past segment lines up in a way that’s subtle, yet effective.
Flip My Ship - The Home of All Things “Shippy Goodness”
DRAGON QUEEN - This is my JAM! Look at Regina’s face as Mal enters the room. That is the face of a woman realizing “I am gay for LIFE!” And in the present, could these two flirt any MORE?! <3 Just look at the aspirin scene! Mal and Regina are both letting their guard down (Regina’s being more of a casual spitfire, Mal’s not wearing the jacket and is giving a bit more info), Mal’s helping Regina out a bit, there’s candles everywhere, and there’s a touch of loose tension in the room. It’s enough to make the moment pretty sexy. ALSO, they go on a mission alone and the presentation to it plays out exactly like an impromptu date! This is the BEST! I just love how Regina smiles for Mal. It’s big, but natural and just kind of happy!
Swan Queen - Dude! Emma is so worried about Regina! That panic in her voice is CRAZY and her dedication to having Regina’s back and protecting her really shows how much she cares for Regina! This as some of their best shippy moments by the sheer amount of concern Emma has for her!
Captain Swan - While it doesn’t work exactly, Killian does a really good job assuring Emma that things with Regina will be okay.
Mal/Briar Rose - “What happened to you?” “A Rose. A Briar Rose.” Mal says that line in the same way someone talks about someone who they had a bad breakup with!
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Hi!!! Thanks for reading and shout outs to the fine folks at @watchingfairytales and to the lovely @daensarah! See you all next time!
Season 4 Total (121/230)
Writer Scores:
Adam and Eddy: (34/60)
Jane Espenson: (20/40)
David Goodman and Jerome Schwartz: (38/50)
Andrew Chambliss: (22/50)
Dana Horgan: (6/30)
Kalinda Vazquez: (22/40)
Scott Nimerfro: (14/30)
Tze Chun (8/20)
Operation Rewatch Archives
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OUAT 3x05: Rewatch Liveblog
Hello, my friends! It is I, Killian-Whump, here with another Rewatch Liveblog.
This one's for episode 3x05, "Good Form" - and let me tell you right now, it might be awhile before you see another one, because it will probably take me 15 years to GIF all of the whump, angst and sexy faces that appear in this episode.
BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS!!!
I gotta watch the episode. So let's settle in, click the link below... and do just that.
Looks like we’re starting off this episode with Neal getting thrown in a cage, for all of you who are into that kind of thing.
Normally, I would be one of those people, but I'm not really into Neal... and what the hell is up with these camera angles? Meh. Could be better.
OH GUYS! GUYS! This is the Lost Boy whose face annoys me. I thought he was in S6, but here he is here. Is he maybe in both seasons? I'll have to keep an eye out for him when I get to S6 in my rewatch and spontaneously combust.
Aww, my baby’s having some unexpected feels over there while Emma's talking about her days in the foster system.
Aww, look at him trying to share his feels and connect with another human being on more than a superficial level. Bless him.
Look at him getting shot down because Emma assumes it's just an attempt to get in her pants.
Aaaaaand look at Dave telling him he's nothing but a pirate.
Like I said, I'll be GIFing this shit until sometime in the 2030s.
Oh, look! It's Navy men! What kind of flashback could this be?
Why, that looks like a Naval Officer, someone of good standing, with a jaunty little ponytail and a spry bounce in his step. Who could it-
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS, IT'S HOOK
"Perhaps you mean younger brother."
'I MEANT WHAT I SAID, BITCH'
Ummm.... So...
'Only YOU can navigate us on this hero's journey!'
'Where are we going?'
'BITCH, I CAN'T TELL YOU'
OH GOD, GUYS, THAT BRIGHT SHINING SMILE FULL OF HOPE AND PROMISE T_T
It kills me every time I see it. Colin could literally light up a city block in a blackout with that smile of his. We rarely get to see Colin's smile on Hook's face, but he uses it to such great effect right here. Bless.
...and here we are back to angsty, lusty, almost downright creepy staring at Emma XD
WHY IS HE FUCKING LIKE THIS (that’s what she said)
Hahahahaha, Snow. "Thanks for the advice." Like, she literally could not sound less dismissive if she tried. She gives so few fucks about Hook's thoughts, she might as well have walked over there and taken all of his OWN fucks away, as well. 'Nope, sorry, now NO ONE has any fucks for you. Not even you.'
My fucks... Now I have none T_T
I wish someone at the camp had answered WHY Hook had to go with David for more rope with, "You're freaking us all out, actually." XD
"What would you like to yell at me about now, Dave?"
I love it when Hook calls him Dave, haha :D
Dave: "But if I do die-"
Hook: "WHEN"
Hahahahaha, you little shit <3
Aaaaaaaaand a swing and a miss. Dave, that was the absolute lamest attempt at whumping Hook that I have ever seen, AND I HAVE SEEN THEM ALL. Multiple times.
"Mate? Mate!"
Umm, try his name? We know you know it. You used it thirty seconds ago.
LOL, I like to think Hook was, like, pouring Rum on Dave's mouth like a five year old trying to feed a sleeping parent or something.
Aww, he plays David so well.
Hook: "No, it's too dangerous."
Dave: 'Well, now I HAVE to do it.'
Liam, you ass. "Haha! That was close!"
Liam: "Employ the Pegasus!"
And all the sailors, who obviously know what the Pegasus is, all spring into action, repeating the order and following it.
So they all KNOW what the Pegasus Sail is and how to use it, while Killian, the LIEUTENANT and second in command here, has no fucking clue what's going on, what the Pegasus is, that the ship can fly, or where they’re going.
Regina: "How do we know you're not lying?"
Hook: "Oh, you don't."
Aaaaaaaaand he is.
Hook: "But I'm not."
Yes, he is.
Dave's TOTALLY OBVIOUS "goodbye forever beloved family" goodbyes XD
Ah, Liam, you stubborn arse.
Listen to the strange demon child.
Listen to your brother.
Spoiler Alert: He never listens.
Oh, look. It's time for "Conversations with Pan That Are Somehow the Most Homoerotic Thing Ever Put on Television That Aren't Overtly Gay OR Sexual at All." FYI: If sexual innuendos about Captain Pan bother you, you’re gonna want to skip to the next line break. I’m just saying.
Creepy silhouettes. Darkness.
Pan: "Come back and work for me."
Work? Is that what we're calling it now?
Pan: "Like the old days."
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE OLD DAYS.
Hook: "I don't miss the old days."
Great, but TELL US ABOUT THEM ANYWAY.
BLIP! Sudden Closeness Alert.
"We've known each other a very long time, Killian. We've done business before."
TELL US ABOUT IT IN GREAT DETAIL OR ISTG
Pan: "You know me."
Pan: *whoooosh*
Pan: *appears directly behind Killian*
Pan: "I like action."
Hook: *closes his eyes*
Hook: *licks his lips*
Hook: *hangs his head*
HE LIKES ACTION BACK THERE.
BEHIND YOU.
BUTT ACTION.
I FUCKING SAID IT. I ain’t taking it back.
Hook: *turns to face Pan*
Pan: *moves around to be behind him again*
That's... I mean... I don't even have to make the innuendos myself here, do I?
IT'S BUTT STUFF.
I'M THINKING ABOUT BUTT STUFF.
Pan: "I want to see your hook inside his body."
WHY DOES HE FUCKING SAY IT LIKE THAT?!?!
Like he's a fucking expert at things he wants to see inside people's bodies.
Get a little closer there, Pan. If you even can.
Oh, sorry. There is literally no way you could possibly get any closer to him without putting your SELF inside his BODY.
AND THEY'RE ALONE.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARY.
THIS CLOSE TALKING ISN'T NEEDED.
NO ONE NEEDS TO WHISPER.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE HUSH HUSH.
THIS DOESN'T NEED TO BE WHATEVER THE FUCK IT IS.
BUT IT IS.
JFC even though I've seen this scene a frankly very embarrassing number of times, EVERY time Pan grabs Killian's flask, I always think he's grabbing something else with that sudden jerking motion. And then he pulls the flask up into the shot and I'm like. "Oh. Oh, that's right."
Pan: "Have a drink."
Hook's reaction. GODS ABOVE...
Pan: "You know it always helps you think."
AHHHHHHHH and then we see why Pan was whispering, and why he put the flask in Killian's hand just then, because Pan knew Dave was approaching and he wanted Hook to look bad in front of him.
...and for butt reasons. FIGHT ME, BITCHES. You know I’m right.
Yeah.
Yeah, sure.
That fucking plant dripping black shit ominously looks like medicine.
Suuuuuuuuuuuure.
EVEN KILLIAN SAYS IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MEDICINE.
"You choose to believe that boy over our King?"
Well, to be fair, that boy fucking LIVES there.
Oh, Liam. Liam, listen to your brother. Liam, don't. Liam...
*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
Every. Fucking. Time. I. Watch. This. Episode.
He never listens.
Annoying face time again. I wish Regina would just rip his fucking hear-
Oh, there we go. Thanks, boo.
Snow: "The cost can't be this family."
Emma: "It won't be." As long as you stop being a judgmental stick in the mud, MOM.
Aww... My baby, giving as wide a berth to the Dreamshade as he can. I love how afraid of it he is. He's so precious.
Ooooh... Swordpoint. This is a much better attempt at whumping our pirate, Dave. I commend you for not giving up after the first try went so poorly.
AHHHHHH and Dave backs him up against the Dreamshade he's so afraid of. LOVE IT.
Oooh, suckerpunch. And Dave's out for the count.
Pan: "Maybe you shouldn't have goaded him into it."
LISTEN, YOU JUMPED UP LITTLE SHIT...
And Killian just falls right into the trap, just accepting that he's to blame and trying to explain why he did such an awful thing...
Oh, my pretty pirate baby T_T
Pan: "Don't leave the island unless you're willing to pay it."
Ahhhh, you tricky little devil. You TOLD him, but you didn’t tell him.
Also, remember how Pan said to Baelfire last episode that all the pieces were where he wanted them... I wonder what his purpose was for bringing Killian to the island and setting all this up. He likely knew the resulting cascade of dominoes would bring Killian back... and back again. But why?
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?
(Hint: It's butt stuff.)
Awwww!!! They got the message to Henry!!! :D Yay!!! Success!!!
And they only had to rip a young annoying-faced kid's heart out to do it :)
And now the show would like to rip all of OUR hearts out with a touching scene of brotherly love and agonizing death and beautiful crying faces.
"I will follow you... to the ends of the earth, brother."
T_T STOP IT
T_T
T_T
T_T
Damn show.
AWWWWWWWW. He's so cute, suiting up and "bloody hell"ing and pulling a bandana over his face for the task ahead.
Sweet peanut, facing his fears and hacking away at the Dreamshade.
Awww, the way he looks himself over afterwards, and looks soooo relieved that he's emerged unscathed. Such a fraidy cat. I fucking love it <3
"I didn't do it for you, mate." <3
Regina's so sorry she turned to see what was going on back there, lol.
Snow: "I'm not complaining, but what was that-"
Snowing: *more kissing*
Emma: "Okay, I'M complaining."
:D
Regina: "What I wouldn't give for another sleeping curse."
HAHAHAHA <3
Awwww, Dave giving his future bro and maybe kinda sorta mate some credit.
...and Hook looking so shy and embarrassed by the attention. Bless <3
Oh. Ohhh. Ohoh!!
CS Kiss Time. As kisses go, this is a damn good one, because it has Colin O'Donoghue in it and Hook in it and Killian Jones in it and... it also has Emma grabbing him by his lapels and yanking him to her forcefully and keeping him there until she's damn good and ready to let him go and that speaks to me on a deep, primal level and did I mention that Colin's in this scene?
...and the way he looks so fucking BLOWN AWAY afterwards. Like, that boy's brain is SAUCE right now and I love every second of it. THAT... That is a man who has been kissed within an inch of his life and that is how a man should always look when a Domme lady is done with him :)
"A one-handed pirate with a drinking problem."
LISTEN, YOU WALKING COAT HANGER...
By the way, this "Neal's alive and in Neverland!" cliff hanger here goes down in history as one of the lamest ones ever, seeing as Hook ends up telling the secret, like, literally 30 seconds later in show-time.
More Neal in a cage.
Pan: "Hang him up, over there. Next to the other one."
Oh, how ominous...
WHO COULD BE IN THE OTHER CAGE?!??! We'll have to wait to find out!!!
Although, thankfully, you all already know... considering it'll be over a decade before I finish GIFing this episode and actually watch the next one... T_T
Pew Pew Pew Peeeeeeeeeeeew
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hi there! i dont tend to trust sdcc interviews but i figure i'd ask this so i could get your opinion! a big thing they were talking about was the aftermath of michael on dean.. if they do this right it could be SO good and SO interesting for his character.. so i was gonna ask what you think this means for his character? after he is done being possessed by michael?
Hi! I haven’t heard the spoilers, and to be honest my enthusiasm about the show is pretty much in free fall - under a cut and sort of bitter, okay?
So, the obvious parallels that come to mind are Dean coming back from Hell and Dean being freed from the Mark, and I think the time and energy the show spent of those aftermaths is very telling of what the narrative priorities are.
If you look at the post-Hell period - was intense. I haven’t rewatched that season in a while, but I seem to remember they spent a lot of time on how broken and not himself Dean was? And the whole thing, of course, was revealed to be even more tragic than what fans expected when Dean decided to tell Sam about how he’d chosen to torture others. Ouch. That was some truly powerful stuff, especially because in the pre-Hell period Dean had mostly pretended to be carefree - scarfing down burgers for breakfast, having threesomes, and generally trying to convince himself (and others) that since he never had much of a lifespan anyway, this death made complete sense. All of that, of course, was masterfully contrasted with how Dean actually died - he never got the hero death I’m sure many were expecting, the beautiful and sexy death main characters and pretty people are mostly gifted (or burdened) with. Instead, it was terrifying, base, humiliating affair - Dean was literally torn apart by dogs as his baby brother watched (not to mention he regretted his righteous decision as soon as he landed in Hell, and found himself calling for Sam like a frightened child instead of suffering his fate in manly silence). Jesus Sycamore Christ. That was beyond sobering, as was the whole post-Hell period - and especially how Dean wasn’t, in the end, all that happy to be alive again. Again: ouch.
What happened in S11 was rather different. On the whole, I enjoyed that season a lot, but while there were some tense and emotional moments for Dean (like his conversation with God), I found it very odd - and somewhat disappointing - that nobody ever mentioned the Mark again. After all, it was implied (or stated outright? I honestly don’t remember) that the Mark didn’t exactly change Dean; its power was preying on people, and taking their worst instincts to horrifying extremes. For instance, Dean kept hunting, but where he would normally give people a second chance, or find a solution that didn’t involve a full-out massacre, MoC!Dean never cared about that at all. However necessary it was for Dean to choose this burden (and even that is debatable), it led very directly to the death of a bunch of innocent people - Charlie, of course, but also the NoHomo hunter, knockoff Draco Malfoy and Rowena’s godchild (you’d think she’d mention him again at some point, or that Sam and Cas would bring him up in a kind of ‘Hey, remember when we slaughtered an innocent teen on the off chance his beating and bloodied heart could cure Dean? Good times’, but nope). To make matters worse, those four deaths happened in the space of a couple of days? And I get that Dean had other things on his mind soon after he was cured, but I still found it bizarre that they never came up at all. I mean - sure, there were subtextual clues and all that - when are there not, amirite - but to me, it was too weak. Honestly, it looked like Dean (and Sam, and Cas) just didn’t give a damn about the trail of destruction they’d left behind. Because this is what’s never acknowledged in S11: that those deaths were on them. Whoever got killed when Dean had the Mark: on them. And, more directly and unequivocally, all those people Amara killed: on them. That’s some powerful stuff, and yet it’s never explored at all, because it’s not what the current showrunner is interested in.
All this to say: in theory, post-Michael!Dean should be huge. The fact Dean took the decision so quickly was already a narrative blunder, considering how he’d been in exactly the same situation (and worse) in earlier seasons but had decided to say no to Michael. I mean - Dean’s free will and how it clashes with his need to help others - that’s the core of the character, and yet it took one line of dialogue to erase it into nothingness. Now, heading into S14 it looks pretty likely that Dean will rid himself of Michael very early - we’re talking two or three episodes, max, and apparently that’s our fault or something (don’t even get me started), which means this Very Meaningful and Earth-Shattering thing is already losing importance in favour of - I don’t know.
(More KFC demons? Lucifer’s cousin Throckmorton? Bobby and Mary’s budding romance and how that is finally the thing that turns Mary into a Tupperware wife and removes her from the boys’ lives in a believable way? I guess we’ll see.)
Will it have an effect on Dean? Obviously I can’t say for sure, but I doubt it.
Like, for one, Michael has no beef with Dean, and vice versa. These two characters are not connected in any emotional way. To Michael, Dean is just a random and contemptible human; to Dean, Michael is just another over-ambitious freak in need of a good beheading. As for archangel possession - that’s tricky. Some guys are left empty shells; Sam wasn’t, and Cas wasn’t (and Dean is another main character, so he can’t be hurt too badly). Sam suffered a lot, but that’s because Lucifer hated him and had a personal vendetta against him. As a comparison, when Lucifer possessed Cas, he basically gave Cas a nice TV and never bothered him again, and I think that’s a more accurate description of the connection between AU!Michael and Dean. Neither of them cares enough for this thing to escalate. So whatever happens between them (Michael dies; Michael is kicked back to the AU!world; Michael finds another suitable vessel; Michael is forced into an unsuitable vessel), I don’t think there’ll be a lot of focus on how that changes Dean.
On the plus side, there are solid narrative reasons for that lack of focus to make sense. For instance, Dean’s never been the emotionally stunted troll fanon keeps pretending he is, but over the last two seasons he’s really made an effort to make his feelings crystal clear, and he’s been berated and ignored every single time. So if I were him, I don’t think I’d be very eager to confide in Sam ‘What about MY feelings?’ Winchester, Mary ‘Ew, I don’t want to be your mom’ Winchester or Cas ‘You humans make everything so needlessly complicated’ Winchester (he’s a brother now, right? even if for some reason we’re seeing him less than Jack). No, Dean is likely to keep his feelings private - despite the fact this experience should, logically, be a turning point for him. We know Dean has big issues when it comes to giving up control, and possession is - inevitably - also a metaphor for rape, which is - canonically? - a part of Dean’s past (look at Alastair’s unnecessary queering, for God’s sake). So a post!Michael Dean - he could have less confidence in himself, especially if his decision ends up doing more harm than good for some reason, or he could develop PTSD and decide to retire because he’s got nothing left to give (narratively sound, but not a place the show can afford to go to) or he could become nihilistic and even more determined to get his blaze of glory ending, and sooner rather than later (after all, we know he gets suicidal when he feels he needs to atone, so).
From a RL perspective, I don’t know how much of that we’ll see. Considering how little they used post-MoC!Dean, I think maybe we can expect some new crisis which will keep the focus off Dean’s feelings and opinions. On the other hand, S13 was basically a ‘best of’ of the Kripke era, so it’s possible that S14 will revisit the post-Hell!Dean theme in some way. I don’t know. Lately, the show seems determined to prove our heroes are Good People Who’ve Done Nothing Wrong Ever, so from that perspective Dean saying yes to Michael should turned out to be a Big Mistake, because Dean saying no to Michael is basically half of what saved the world the first time around. Then again, I’m not seeing a lot of coherence on that front (I’m on team ‘Why was the AU!world even about Mary’, sorry about that), so, really - everything is anyone’s guess. At this point, the one thing we can predict about Supernatural is that if you’re interested in the characters’ inner lives and in them actually evolving in some healthy way, you’re better off with fanfiction.
I apologize. I know that was depressing and bitter. Here is a baby owl.
#ask#spn meta#spn season 14#dean winchester#michael!dean#spn criticism#spn negativity#not a mary fan#also not a dabb fan#tbh not an anything fan atm#then again it's after midnight#and i'm having family problems again#so there's that#sorry this was so hopeless :/
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There’s no place like home - Part 8
Summary: The reader has had a unique gift all her life. While considering it a curse, she discovers the identity of her real father after her mothers passing. Journeying towards her new life, she finds herself thrown within the Winchester’s world. Is it her destiny?
Setting: End of season 13. This takes place after episode 13.18.
Warnings: Language. Some angst, fluff, drama- a typically SPN episode. POV may switch after certain sections.
A/N: I’ll apologize now, what you are about to read is a bit of an emotional roller-coaster, at least it was for me. This was not all in my original plan, but I am happy it had happened. I’ve been rewatching the series and during this time I was on Season 5 where Jo and Ellen die, tears still coming although it was probably the 10th time I had watched it. Amazing how much character’s relationships can still make your heart break years after. I promise more interesting things are on the way. We aren’t even close to done.
Any grammatical mistakes are all my own, because I am human. Remember all comments and feedback are welcomed! If you want a tag in future posts regarding this series or other writings please send an ask! As always thank you for reading! Enjoy!
Sam and Dean had shifted glances to each other, their Adam’s apples bobbing as they swallowed hard, waiting to see who was going to answer your question of why they had brought up the men of letters. You stood there patiently waiting, leaning up against the end table with your arms crossed while watching the apprehension move between them.
“Well, guys? Why does some boy band called the Men of Letters matter?”
“You said a man and woman came to see you?” Dean questioned while raising his eyebrow.
“Yeah, some British guy. Ketchup or something,” you chuckled while trying to remember what it really was.
Dean squeezed his eyes tight while shaking his head. “You mean Ketch?”
“Yeah that was it, and the girl was Campbell, like the soup. I guess I had food on the brain that day,” you laughed.
“Campbell?” Sam coaxed.
“Yeah, um Mary,” you said looking into his inquiring face. Flashes of your memory went through your head as you tried to recall the details. “She seemed a little uneasy being there… actually, her light was different like yours too.”
Sam and Dean stared back at each other again like they just witnessed a nuclear bomb go off in front of them and were frozen in place. Dean tilted his head slightly to Sam, encouraging him to speak first with his eyes. Sam gave an audible sigh and ran his hand through his hair before speaking.
“Mary Campbell is Mary Winchester, our mom.”
“And the dick with her is a part of the Men of Letters from over the Atlantic,” Dean included.
“We think that your grandfather was involved somehow, here in America,” Sam said while moving to grab the mahogany frame. “This is the outside of their bunker, their safe house if you will.”
You held up your hands to stop them. “Whoa. Back up there. Your mom? But she is…”
“Yeah not so much for a while now,” Dean interjected while sitting himself down on the end of the couch. “That’s a long story.”
“Are there any Winchester’s that stay dead?” you blurted while sitting yourself across from him in a steady recliner, feeling the tension radiating off of them by your words. You didn’t mean to say it, it just…came out. A lingering silence fulfilled the room before you spoke again. “So why do you think that is a picture of their safe house anyways. I mean it could be anywhere. It doesn’t exactly have ‘men of letters hideout shack’ written all over it.”
“Because we’ve seen it. We’ve been there. Hell, it’s our home,” Sam stated while moving to sit next to his brother. “The quote ‘There’s no place like home’ written on there, it’s a reference to the Wizard of Oz.”
“Yeah, so what? Next, you are going to tell me Dorothy is the leader,” you scoffed while shaking your head.
“Well she was definitely a part of it,” Dean replied while sitting himself back further into the cushions.
“Wait. Click your heels three times Dorothy? We’re not in Kansas anymore Dorothy?”
“Her father, L. Frank Baum wrote the stories, he was a member during his lifetime. She was trapped when she had followed him into Oz, so he left clues in his writings for her.,” Sam informed you calmly. “A couple of years ago we released her from her spell with the Wicked Witch, and as far as I know she is still in Oz. Our friend Charlie would have been able to explain this all so much better.”
Charlie rang in your ears, completely erasing the absurdity you had just heard about the Land of Oz existing and one of your favorite childhood stories. The image of her smiling face lighting up the room forced itself into the forefront of your mind.
“Charlie Bradbury,” you mumbled while moving your face towards the ground.
Dean and Sam’s eyes shot at you in confusion to how you could have possibly known. Feeling their eyes on you, you raised your head to meet their stares while giving an audible exhale. You got up to grab the old photo album that you had frantically searched and found earlier. Flipping through the pages you found the one that you were looking for. Hesitating in your steps you watched their curiosity grow for their unspoken question. Walking over to them, you held it open to Sam’s reach.
“Like I had said before, I’ve heard about you two from others.”
Sam’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at the old Polaroids. There was Charlie, with her signature full body smile and you equally as happy. Both dirty like you had just been in a fight, but cheerful nonetheless with pride of accomplishment shining through. Feeling his brother trying to see what you had given him, he leaned the book over. Dean gulped hard while focusing on the pictures, his eyes shifting furiously over the photos.
“There was a ghost not too far from where I lived,” you quietly uttered. “She came in looking for information from my mom and found me instead. We took it out together. Honestly, given the circumstances, it was one of the best hunts of my life.”
“Y/N, Charlie…” Sam started to speak with sorrow in voice.
“You don’t have to tell me, Sam. I know what happens on the job,” you interrupted while giving him a tight-lipped nod. Watching Dean still steading his eyes over the pages. “There is more too that you should probably know. Turn back a couple pages.”
You could feel the emotions from earlier rising again within you as you watched him turn back the pages, stopping when he saw the familiar faces. His mouth dropping in disbelief.
“Ash,” he whispered while leaning the filled pages to Sam. “Jo. Ellen… How is this possible?”
“Ash is a long story,” you chuckled lowly while remembering your oldest friend. “Basically we were friends in high school and stayed in contact well after. He would help me out with cases and things like that. He was actually one of the few people who knew about me and what I saw. I met Jo and Ellen when I was looking for him, finding her took up permeant residency at the Roadhouse.”
You could feel the emotions trying to push through your eyes as you spoke but you shook them off, putting on your best fake smile you could muster. Sam sat completely still lost in his thoughts, looking out to nothing in front of him. Holding onto the album tight, Dean looked up to you, his glossy eyes meeting yours.
“Y/N…I’m sorry.”
You shook your head before speaking up again. “I know, I mean… I already know what had happened to Ash from Ellen afterward. I kind of figured whatever was going on wouldn’t take long to catch up to the rest.”
“They died fighting,” Sam uttered, breaking out of his thoughts.
You shifted in your seat, feeling anger you had suppressed running through your veins as he said it, screaming at you to avenge your fallen friends by taking down the causes that sat comfort on your couch in front of you. Your gut and your heart advising you to allow yourself to just sit in the silence, remembering the lives of the fallen with them. You chose the latter, while Dean now was sifting through the album, looking to see if there was more. The old-aged open letter fell out into his lap. You went to say something but the words written on it had already caught his attention. His eyes scanning it over and over while his brows furrowed, before looking up to you in disbelief.
“I guess I was supposed to meet you a long time ago,” you quietly answered his unspoken question while exhaling back into your chair. “I couldn’t open it. I couldn’t bring myself to… not until today.”
Your anger quickly boiling over that you had worked so hard to hold back. It wasn’t just at them though, it was at yourself. If you had only been brave enough to read a god damned letter, so many things could have changed. Jo and Ellen might still be alive. Charlie would be here. Your dad? You might have actually gotten to know your real father, not just going off of others words, but actually known him. If you would have just opened the god damn letter your whole world could have changed.
Dean had handed the letter over to a curious Sam while you felt your heart beating fast and your muscles tighten as the rage grew inside of you. “Y/N, if we would have known…”
“Known what Dean?” you snapped. “That the people you drag into all of your shit have their own friends and family that you throw into danger?”
The words fell out like vomit, you had no control over them as they spilled out. His face dropped and eyes widened like you had just twisted a knife into his gut.
“You know what Dean? Save all of your apologies. I don’t want to hear them.”
“You listen here princess,” he yelled while standing straight up in his spot, face turning dark red in the heat of his rage. “That is a part of the damn job. They knew what they were getting into. Every single one of them. We tried to save but they made their choices. Don’t you dare put all of this on me.”
You could feel your breathing turn rapid as you clenched your fist to punch time right in his perfect jaw as he spoke. Looking into darkened his eyes you could see the anger, sadness, and self-hatred all mixed hiding away behind them. A sea of tears trying to escape. You saw the truth in them, not only had you blamed him, but he was still blaming himself. Your words had cut open a wound that time had not healed. You closed your eyes and took in a deep breath, trying to relax your muscles as it set in.
“There is no point in this. In us yelling at each other,” you sighed, knowing that no matter what you did, the past could not be changed. Moving forward was the only option. “There have been tough choices that we all have made, that I know we all regret.”
Sam and Dean both nodded their heads in agreement as you took in a deep breath and raised yourself to obtain another beer from the kitchen. Sam followed your lead, leaning on the counter while you popped the top off. He went to open his mouth to speak but you stopped him in his tracks.
“Not talking about it anymore Sam,” you said before taking a large gulp, downing almost half of the contents. You let out a low burp that made him quietly snicker, breaking the tension. “So what is up with the boy band you’re in? The lettermen.”
“The men of letters,” he corrected you as Dean walked in red-eyed, with an obvious tear stain on his cheek. He rubbed his face with both hands while Sam continued. “Basically there were like elite hunters. They complied almost every lore and spell book you could imagine.”
“Were?” you queried before taking another sip.
“Yeah, a bitch knight of hell, Abaddon, pretty much wiped out the membership in 1958,” Dean responded while grabbing for his own beer. “All that is really left is a few legacies, like Sam, me and well I guess now you too.”
“Our grandfather Henry Winchester was a member,” Sam added.
“Yeah, he was an alright guy. Kind of self-righteous,” Dean quipped.
You pushed your head back in confusion, squinting your eyes to Dean. “He was? You just said she wiped them out.”
“Time travel spell,” Sam responded in seriousness. “He traveled to his next of kin in the future, escaping while luring her here.”
“Through the closet,” Dean chuckled while taking a sip of his beer.
“Anyways,” Sam continued. “He sacrificed himself to stop her, and that was just the beginning of a whole other mess.”
You stood there staring blankly at you beer bottle, frozen in your thoughts. Time traveling grandparents and demons. Resurrected parents. Secret hunters club. Fucking Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy, all things that were real and happened to them. You shook yourself out of your thoughts and finished your beer in a long gulp.
“Well,” you clicked with your tongue as you pulled the empty bottle away from your lips. “I think you two would definitely be institutionalized if you ever admitted these things to other people.”
“Yeah, being honest usually gets us committed for a few days,” Sam laughed.
You gave him a perplexed glare but shook it off instead of asking further questions. The clock behind him displaying the time that could not have possibly been right, making you jump to find your phone.
“Fuck what time is it?” you groaned while moving items out of your way in the search for it.
“It’s a little bit before 5,” Sam informed while looking at his watch.
“God damn time change,” you grunted. “Look, listen guys as much as I would love to sit here and have girl talk, I have less than two hours to get ready for a stupid faculty ball at the University. I also have no idea where half of the things I need are.”
“We can help you find them,” Sam offered, glancing over at his brother that looked lost in his thoughts.
“You really don’t…” you started to reply.
“We would be more than happy to,” Dean added, stopping you from speaking.
“Fine,” you breathed as you rolled your eyes and glanced at the boxes still full of miscellaneous contents behind him. “I need my curling iron, makeup, jewelry and black Manolo Blahnik’s.”
“What is a Manolo Blahnik?” Sam questioned in confusion.
“They’re high heeled shoes,” Dean informed while moving towards the living room. He turned himself back around once reaching an unopened box, meeting Sam and yours surprised stares. “What?”
“Nothing,” you scoffed as you walked past him to another box.
“So what exactly is this thing you are going to?” Sam asked while moving to his own spot amongst the stacks.
“Basically a meet and greet amongst faculty members,” you answered while pulling away at the tape, revealing yet another box of books in front of you.
“Want some company,” Sam suggested. You gave him a puzzled look, questioning is motivations. “I mean being the new kid and not knowing anyone, might help to have friendly faces.”
You let out a short laugh, imagining yourself walking in with two handsome men head to toe in plaid and denim. “Unless you guys have a tux handy, I don’t think so.”
“I do,” Dean nonchalantly said while rummaging through his boxes contents of beauty products.
“You do?” Sam and you questioned together in amazement.
“God how many bath beads and bombs do you have?”
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“A lot. Now answer the question Dean,” Y/N commanded while folding her arms in front of her waiting for him to reply.
“What? So I have a tux in the car. You never know when you might need it for a case,” he answered while pulling out her curling iron from the bottom of the box. “One down.”
“And how often do you need a tux for a case?” she giggled while lifting and fumbling with another box to stifle through.
“You would be surprised,” he laughed, grabbing the box in Y/N’s hands to help her balance it. His eyes met hers in the motion as she mouthed a “thank you” that made his heart skip a beat. Just one look and he felt like a teenager again, sweaty and anxious about the future. What would ever become of this? Did she even feel something for him? Was he just wasting his time here?
That night, that amazing night that he found himself lying next to her, watching her chest rise and fall as she dreamed was one of the best moments he had in a long time. During the drive to her he played around with the thought of if things weren’t so complicated, for lack of a better word, he could see himself doing it every night. Just being with her. Hell, maybe the civilian life in a little house that he could escape the world with her in.
While he pulled up to her house, he couldn’t help but smile at how it looked exactly as he imagined. The perfect spot for the perfect apple pie life. His smile fading as he remembered nothing about his life would ever be perfect. Not in this lifetime at least. The question of what the hell he was even trying to do or going to do shook up his nerves. He was actually grateful that Sam had been there or else he would have probably tucked in his tail and ran back home before even seeing her face again.
She hadn’t been as spirited from the other night, maybe she had regretted everything that had happened. That thought made Dean sick to his stomach as he helped unpack the endless stacks of books. How drunk had she been? Did he take advantage of her? Oh God, did she want to gut him right where he stood? The worst possible thought flooded his mind until Sam snapped him out of it. The picture he held in his hands was so familiar like he had already seen it. When Sam spoke up he knew what he was looking at. Home. No place like it.
His brother was looking to him for answers the same way he had all his life, only this time he didn’t have them. He knew what had to happen next, he had to find out what she knew. The world he wanted to keep away from her was breaking through. Her eyes searched for the details within her memories that only made the sickness in his stomach grow. His world had already met hers, and not only that his mother had brought it to her. As Sam and he spoke, he watched her carefully as she followed their words. Her eyes were searching for reason when she as questioned how it was her that she had brought it to her. A long story he did not want to talk about because the ending still frightened him. His mother could still be alive with Jack by her side in a world he may never be able to reach again.
As a familiar name hit his ears his heart sank. Charlie. Although he had just seen her face in another world, it was not the real Charlie he had cared for, the one he was unable to protect. He could feel his heart beating faster as Y/N grabbed a book and shown his brother her past, one that included the bright smile on his friends face that he knew all too well as it still flashed in his memories. He felt his emotions burning inside of him, begging to come out when she told him to turn the pages. There they were, more of the family he had let down all those years ago. Ash, Ellen, and sweet Jo, the girl who sacrificed herself for him. His heart was now tearing into pieces.
A worn letter fell into his hands as he sat remembering, feeling the guilt that he tried to push back. Ash had sent her to them. If he had only known he would have found her one way or another if anything to honor his fallen friends' wishes for them to protect her. As he spoke he could see the anger inside of her push itself out as her words hit like acid. Out of instinct, he fought against them as his anger toward himself grew. He watched her face as his muscles tightened to attack her, she wasn’t scared. He saw it in her eyes, her anger still burning and seeing in his that he was as well. She could see it how it still haunted him, his past mistakes. The emotions in her eyes shifted as she watched him. She was still angry, but somehow she could read that he was too and she understood. Understood how the memories would keep him up at night, how given the job things happen to the ones you love, and how if he could take it all back, trading in his life for theirs he would.
He watched her walk away with Sam following, a tear escaping down his cheek. How would she be able to forgive him when he could never forgive himself? He let out a deep sigh before following them. The subject already had changed as she asked more of her questions. Somehow she was able to push all the words that were said aside and allow herself to pretend that everything was normal. Nothing was nor ever would be normal, not with him around.
Her smile gave him a sense of calm as they all spoke. She really was perfect. If there had been any chance at something more, surely all that had transpired erased them. Following her gaze to the clock, Dean knew he was running out of time he had with her. Sam offering for them to accompany her was his last shot before he knew she might be gone from him again. When she suggested that it was not going to happen unless they had a tux Dean jumped at his chance. This was it and he was not going to miss it.
“So what time should I be ready for our date?” Dean smiled coyly setting the box down from her grasp.
“Really, I’ll be fine,” she laughed as she tore through the tape to find her other lost items.
“Nonsense,” Dean stated. “You might need someone to carry you home after being bored to sleep all night.”
He watched as she rolled her eyes and chuckled, muttering a “fine” in defeat. He could feel his heart starting to beat faster, this was it. It was happening, and not only that he wouldn’t have Sam to lean on. No, it would just be her and him. The possibility of redemption from the past fueled him to work faster, tearing through the boxes and finding everything she needed.
“Thanks,” she said while taking them from his hands. “There is an iron underneath the bathroom sink if you need it for your suit.”
Dean nodded as he looked over at Sam who had a smile raising in the corner of his mouth. This was the chance for Dean to find what he wanted, hell what he needed. There was no way he would let anything mess it up.
Y/N had disappeared into what Dean could only assume was her bedroom. He heard the water from a shower run as he went to Baby’s trunk for everything that he would need. While grabbing the garment bag that held the tux he glanced at all the tools that laid organized in front of him. Knives, guns, holy water, bombs and a whole lot of other tools he would usually reach for when going into the unknown. He shook his head as he pushed the trunk back shut. There was no need for any of it, at least not tonight.
After fixing himself in her bathroom mirror after changing, he walked out to have an approving nod from his brother that was short lived as Sam’s eyes moved to what was behind Dean. He turned his head and saw her standing there in a long low cut black dress with her hair falling on her shoulders in curls. Their eyes met as they both whispered that same word in unison, “Jesus”.
“Wait what?” she asked.
“Nothing,” Dean quickly replied as he pulled out Baby’s keys. “You ready to go.”
“Ah ah, Winchester, I do believe I said the next time I was driving,” she smiled while jiggling her keys in her hand.
Dean gave a low laugh while smiling as he followed her outside. He would do anything she told him to do to see her smile and tonight he would do exactly that. Butterflies now fluttering inside of him as they reached her car. She walked to the driver’s side making Dean move quickly on his feet.
“You know, as the guy I should at least drive,” he suggested while opening the door for her.
“No chance in hell Winchester,” she laughed before seating herself in.
Closing the door gently before walking himself around to the other side he felt his smile only growing wider. Nothing was going to ruin tonight. He wouldn’t let it. Everything was just going to be…perfect.
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Bellamy Blake x Plus size reader
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Plot: You are good friends with Octavia and she shows you a place she found and you get injured and Bellamy helps you.
(This takes place in season 1 since I've been rewatching the series)
You had been one of the hundred, your crime was that you to break into the medical room in the night and steal some antibiotics for your sick mother and of course they picked you up right away and arrested you.
You had sorta kept in the background of everything that has happened since you guys landed but it seemed like someone was determined to be your friend and that was Octavia since you were one of the few people who paid no mind who the hell she was and why she was in jail.
You were sitting against the ship and was sharpening a blade with a stone when someone walked up to you "Hey, (Y/n)?" You looked up and it was Octavia, she was looking down at you and you gave one glance at her then back to your blade "Yes." She then sat down next to you, a little to close in your opinion since normally people bitch at you saying you take up to much space "Great! I wanted to talk to you." "And what is it this time O?" You guys had become somewhat friends so you call her by her nickname which only Bellamy calls her. Bellamy normally doesn't let people be friends with her which you have never figured out the reason why yet since he doesn't really talk to you probably thinks you look hideous. "Well ms grumpy I want you to take a walk with me? I want to show you something?" You looked at her with a raised eyebrow "And does Bellamy know about this?" She smirked "No and he doesn't know and doesn't need to know or find out." You couldn't help but smile "Oh? And what will you tell him why you were gone for a while?" "Oh I won't tell him anything, you will." She said while getting up you couldn't help but follow her "What? Why would I tell him?" She ducked under the opening in the wall and you followed "Because he listens to you because he likes you." You stopped "What did you just say O?" You heard her giggle and turn around and looked at you "I said that he likes you." She motioned to follow her which you did "No he doesn't trust me, I'm not his type." "Says who? Have you not seen how he looks at you?" "What? No, I try not to look at him or anyone also he never talks to me." "Because he knows your way smarter than him and he will make himself look like an idiot." She ran a little ahead so you ran after her "Yeah now you must be joking. O? Where are you going..." As soon as you caught up with her you couldn't help but stare, she was standing next to a small lake (A/n: Not the one with the sea creature, it's more like a small spring) "Wow O, how did you find this?" "I just explored and came across it and thought I should show it to my best friend." "Best friend?" You looked dumbfounded and she couldn't help but laugh "Yes, of course, you're the only one who sees me for me and not what I know for or who my family is, plus your just a hardcore babe!" You couldn't help but laugh and shake your head. "Well don't just stare there and gawk come and join me for a dip, I already tested to make sure there were no monsters were in there." You were shocked "Wait you want me to get in there?" "Yeah!" She started to undress until she as down to her underwear, you normally weren't a self-conscious person but seeing her with her toned body and skinny legs and arms make you felt self-conscious about your own body since it was bigger and rounder (A/n: Everybody is beautiful and everyone should learn to love how you look!!) "(Y/n) come on, don't be shy, you are gorgeous, and hey its just me." She was sitting on the edge with her feet in the water "Ok...you win." You said as you began to get undressed "Yes! Woah ho!" you couldn't help but laugh and was honestly thankful the underwear you had were black, old but black. You walked over and sat on the edge with her and you both slid in at the same time. The water was luck warm and it felt like heaven to you guys, the water wasn't too deep so you guys could stand and have it reached just below your guy's chest "Wow this feels amazing!" You said as you walked around "Wow (Y/n) I've never seen this excited." You couldn't help but giggle "So are you going to talk to Bellamy now that you know he likes you." "Nope." "Well, why not you like him and likes you it works." You shook your head "No...it won't work out, trust me..." Octavia sighed and was about to say something but another voice rang out as a yell and then before you knew what happened you felt a sharp pain in your shoulder and fell back into the water feeling a sharp pain in your head. "(Y/N)!" You heard Octavia say before things went black
3rd person P.O.V:
As soon as (Y/n) fell back into the water Octavia screamed her name and ducked into the water to hide she grabbed (Y/n) so her head was above the surface so she could breathe. She watched slightly above the water as the two figures ran way. She then dragged (Y/n) out of the water the best she could, covered her with her clothes to keep her warm and got dressed "Shit, shit." Octavia said to herself "Ok (Y/n) I'm getting Clarke and Bellamy, I...I can't carry you, I'll be back as soon as I can." She dragged (Y/n) to be more hidden in the bushes and ran to the camp.
As soon as she got there she was still damp from the water and started calling out for Clarke and Bellamy who both came running "Octavia whats wrong?" Clarke asked, Bellamy, looked pissed "Where the hell where you?!" "Ok don't yell at me right now (Y/n) is hurt grounders shot her in the shoulder and she is knocked out, I can't carry her here." Bellamys face dropped as of hearing this "Take me to her. Clarke grab your med kit." she nodded and ran to get quickly. As soon as she came back they all ran to where (Y/n) was.
As soon as they got there Clarke knelled down and examined her "How is she?" Bellamy asked while watching the area "Looks like it hit her right shoulder and thankfully didn't hit anything to kill her but looks like she hit her head on something and might have a concussion. We need to get he back to camp I need to take the arrow out but it's going to be difficult." Bellamy nodded handing Octavia his weapon "Hold and watch out for grounders." He bent down and carried (Y/n) bridal style back to camp.
When they got they put (Y/n) inside the ship away from everyone else, Bellamy gently set her down. "Ok I need you to roll her on her side so I can saw the tip of the arrow off, we need to remove it as smoothy as possible so it won't damage anything else and cause more problems." he nodded and did so. After Clarke got it off he rolled (Y/n) back. "Ok I need you to hold her down, she might be unconscious but the pain might wake her up, this arrow is long and will still hurt to take out." Bellamy took a deep breath and held (Y/n) down as Clarke pulled out the arrow slowly out, (Y/n) groaned and screamed out trying to move but Bellamy held her down "Can't you take it out any faster! She's in pain!" "I can't they might have more spikes on the arrow and I don't want it to cause more problems! Trust me I'm not happy she is in pain." After a few more seconds of screaming (Y/n) stopped and stopped moving "Is she ok?" "Yes, she just passed out again." Then the arrow finally came out it was almost 16 inches long. "Ok, I'm going to stitch her up and clean her wounds." He nodded and went out to see Octavia who was waiting impatiently "Is she ok?" "Yes no thanks to you, what the fuck were you thinking?" "I wanted to show her something amazing I never meant for this to happen." "Yes well it happened and (Y/n) could have died and you could I died, I have no clue I would do if both of you died!" "You know you should just tell her how you feel, she thinks she isn't pretty enough for you and she is nothing. Make her stop feeling like nothing and someone who is beautiful and is worthy of someone." Octavia walked off into the ship to help Clarke.
Your P.O.V:
You awoke with a throbbing pain in your head and as you opened your eyes you quickly went to cover your eyes but gasped at the sharp pain in your right shoulder. "Hey don't more please, here let me help you sit up." Clarke said as she rushed to your side and helped you sit up "What happened..." "Well, Octavia said a grounder shot you and you fell back and must have hit your head on a rock so you were knocked off, Octavia ran back here and got me and Bellamy to get you back here." You saw a blanket over you and noticed you were still only in your underwear which meant Bellamy saw you and carried you, 'God he must think of me as a pig now..' "Um Clarke where are my clothes?" "Oh they're drying they were soaking wet when we found you." "Oh ok, thanks." You brought the blanket closer to your chest "Your head and arm will hurt for a while but please just take it easy and try not to move your shoulder too much and no sudden movements for your head." You smiled and thanked her for her help. She nodded and left to let you rest some more.
After a few minutes, someone came walking through and it was Bellamy carrying some clothes, you brought the blankets even closer to your chest "Hi Bellamy."
He smiled and honestly it seemed genuine "Hey (Y/n) how are you feeling?" He came and sat on the edge of your cot "Um..I've been better but I guess but I'm grateful for you guys saving me." "Of course (Y/n) I-we would never leave you to die." You looked down at the blanket and playing with your hands "Well that's not true some people here think I'm just a waste of space and resources.." You saw Bellamy's large hand place on top of yours "(Y/n) look at me." you looked at him, his brown eyes seemed to look right into your (e/c) ones "You have just as much right to be here as those idiots here, hell even more so." You gave a soft smile and nodded "Thanks, Bellamy...um are those my clothes?" you pointed to the clothes on his lap, he chuckled and took his hand off yours "Yeah it is sorry, here you go." he stood up and set them on the side of the cot and got up to leave. You went to grab a shit but groaned and grabbed your shoulder. He turned and saw you holding your shoulder "Why don't I help you get dressed, you might hurt your shoulder more." You bit your lip and nodded still keeping the blanket close to your chest as you turn to get up "Hey don't be shy, I had to carry you back here, I saw your underwear." You blushed at his bluntness "Sorry if I was too heavy..." he looked confused "What? You weren't heavy at all (Y/n)." He walked over to you and helped you stand up and took the blanket from you and looked at your almost naked body, he gently caressed your arms and stepped closer "You are perfect, sure you might be bigger than some of the other girls but I don't see that I see a woman who has more for me to love." He stepped even closer you could feel his breath on you, he gently put one hit on your waist and the other cupping your cheek "I see how strong and brave you are and your so kind even when you try not to show it, you don't care what some of these people do and you still help them and you've made O so happy to have a friend she can confined into. You're the most amazing girl in the world." He gently pulled you closer and kissed you. At first, you were stunned but quickly kissed back, you could feel him smile into the kiss, you were about to wrap your arms around his neck but he pulled back "Ah ah ah nope you'll hurt your shoulder and we can't have that." you blushed and rolled your eyes "I'll be fine Bellamy." He chuckled "Don't worry we will have a lot of time to do that and other things later." You blushed, even more, you were sure you were red as a tomato "Come one let's get you dressed and back to rest so you heal faster so we can have some more fun." You looked away and shoved him slightly with your good arm and he chuckled "You know you love me." He said while helping you into your jeans "Yeah your right I do. I really do love you." He grinned at you and kissed you softly and then went to help you with your shirt. "Can you two finish soon so I can talk to my best friend! I mean I love that you guys finally are together but you can't hog her all the time Bellamy!" Octavia said from behind the curtain. You two couldn't help but laugh.
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S3A - E2
Here we go, Episode 2 of the rewatch. Honestly, even if you guys really don’t care about these, I’m gonna write them anyway, cus I need to get my FEELINGS out.
Anyway. Read More as a symbol of my love.
Thoughts:
Your pen is dry, honey. Try a sharpie.
So Stiles has literally known Heather since he was born? Nursery school is from 0 months to 5 years old, apparently. And Scott doesn’t know who she is? How does that even happen? It’s not like Stiles hasn’t seen her in ages, she recognizes him Instantly from across the room and he recognizes her back. So, Scott just never met her or asked about her or anything? Stiles never told him?
If anyone was curious, apparently Heather’s friend is named Danielle (according to Amazon Prime’s “X-Ray” thingy). She’s the same girl from Lydia’s birthday party, I think. The one who woke Stiles up? OHmygod that would be so fucking interesting. If he invited her and Heather to Lydia’s party. Maybe Heather couldn’t go, but Danielle showed up.
Awww, was Heather Stiles’ first kiss? Did they play winery as kids? Hide and seek? did they break a stupidly expensive bottle of wine?
I have personal issues with Stiles supposed canon age. I refuse to believe he’s not 17 and a year older than the others, because of repeating a grade when he was really young. I just refuse to believe otherwise. XP
PLS STOP making fun of girls asking for guys’ consent. This show would be awesome for like ten whole seconds if they stopped RUINING the girl’s asking for consent by having the guys laugh at them or treat it like a joke.
Allison, Scott’s not gonna have a single fucking clue what you’re talking about when only you hold out your arm to show the bruise.
Also. I believe in Big Dick Stiles Stilinski, bc he’s too smart not to know that wearing too big a condom is like the worst possible idea and can render it basically useless, and he wouldn’t have grabbed one (which we see he did in the next episode or something) if it wouldn’t fit. Therefore. XXL for our boy. XP
Hold up. So no one heard Heather screaming? Was she hallucinating the wine bottles breaking? Maybe it was an illusion, cus there’s no mess when Stiles gets down there? But still, the screaming is real. Scott should’ve heard screams like that even from outside the building.
Also, I feel p fucking bad for Stiles. As far as he knows, she bailed on him. What if he thought it was a prank or a joke or something? Or, even worse actually, since he’s known her for so long and she left her shoes down there, I bet he’d be worried instantly.
*snort* I looked up Derek’s loft set for research. They had to do so much editing to make it look grudgy and out of the way. This building is in the middle of town and it’s Massive and Gleaming. It’s a place where you can rent office suites. XD
I love everything about Isaac’s little venting session over getting Peter’s help, except the part where where he mentions Scott. Fuck scott. (whoops, now I need the tag. Like you didn’t see that coming?)
I find it hilarious that Peter’s intro is Rock Music.
Also. “Fair enough.” I do love this man. (took me a while though.) Like, he’s honestly pretty simple to understand most of the time. He just wants people to be honest to him, say what they wanna say to his face.
Look at Peter, giving us one of the very few hints at werewolf history. Presumably, the ability was meant to be used to share memories with pack, locations of dens or images or even scents of other packs. And though mostly Alphas do it, clearly not just Alphas do it. This is fucking Interesting, I want MORE.
Aannnd, we discover that Scott’s been lying to Allison this whole time and letting her think that Derek just randomly attacked her mother. Love it. Also, I’m still not over Allison’s behavior in the last season? Waiting on an apology, hun, and it better be good.
OH. OH NOW You can sense the werewolves, Scott? SERIOUSLY?
Why do they make every single scene with Finstock have something to do with Stiles’ sex life? Like....it’s awkward. Stop.
Also, can you imagine Stiles getting a rep around school for having a big dick bc of this? Is that something that actually happens in high schools? I had no friends, I would not know.
“No play.” The first time Scott decides that neutrality is better than actually doing something useful. I’m salty. *nods* yup. I am. I know what this scene does later on, and I hate it.
Also, can I just say that I literally hate that EVERY SINGLE time Stiles is having a good time, they make it Horrible? Stiles makes a lil joke about Derek being a Sourwolf? Derek gets claws through his lungs and spits blood. Stiles gets to play on the team? Across town Erica and Boyd are being tortured. Stiles is about to have sex? The girl he’s supposed to have sex with is being traumatized downstairs. Stiles is about to play a stupid fucking game in class? He gets taken in for questioning because his friend since birth has been kidnapped. They literally refuse to ever let Stiles be happy without making him look like an idiot or an asshole for having a single good emotion. It makes me so MAD. You can literally measure the show! If Stiles is actually smiling, then someone’s about to die.
OH MY GOD. Really? Another moment we didn’t get to see? “Derek says it’s easier to turn teenagers” WHEN DID HE SAY THAT? I‘M SO CURIOUS. Also how does Stiles know what Peter and Derek tried to do to get Isaac’s memories back? Are they reporting to Stiles? Letting him know what’s up? STILES IS HALE PACK I WILL FIGHT YOU.
I’m getting really sick of Deaton somehow knowing more about werewolves than the two born werewolves. Like, it’s really fucking annoying? They know their own species, or at least they should? It was the same with Chris helping out on the hunt. He doesn’t know werewolves better than they know themselves and I’m fucking tired of it. Let Peter and Derek have their own fucking history and knowledge about their own fucking species.
*snort* i paused at just the right time and the water effect made Derek and scott’s foreheads Really big. XD
I enjoy Stiles getting distracted now that his job is done. I feel that in my soul. The only difference between us is that he has the confidence to just Grab the shit he wants to play with, and I never did so I just zone out staring at it.
I’m not stupid. I see them suddenly throwing in the work ‘risky’ everywhere. But I still appreciate Derek reminding Isaac that he doesn’t have to do the ice tub thing.
More reflections...what’s with the reflections in this season so far?
Also, is this how people sound when they’re hypnotized. I’m on Stiles’ side actually, giving this the side-eye with Isaac’s constant “They’re here” thing. It seems really weird and overdone.
God, this scene is such fucking bullshit. Derek would never put Isaac in danger like that. Isaac’s the only Beta he’s got at the moment. He wouldn’t do that and it’s fucking Stupid to make him be so vicious and scare the shit out of Isaac. I fucking hate it.
I think it’s sweet that Isaac looks to Stiles for answers when everyone’s acting weird.
Ten hours of research, and Stiles has a little pinboard on the floor, the prototype for his big one Awwwwww.
Papa Stilinski comes through ONce Again!
If they’re supposed to meet at 5 and get to work at dark. Why is it dark when they get to Dereks??? WORK WITH ME HERE.
WHY would they patch the wall (Which is stone, so wtf did they patch it with? Concrete?) if they closed the bank down right after the robbery???
IT”S THE SCENE *heavy breathing* “Big bad wolf, yeahhh, lookatdat”
Peter looks SO DONE “I’ve been dealing with this for months, make it stop”
aaaand again. “Risk” Since when does Peter care about risk? I never understood this scene. We have evidence that Peter cares about family, and according to werewolves, pack is family. He flipped shit to find Derek when Derek was missing. This is exactly the kind of thing he would do. I just...I don’t get it. Don’t like it, either.
“Yeah, if you want me to come” “NOT you” I love this scene, because it shows not just that Stiles is fucking raring to go and help, but that he didn’t offer before only because he thought Derek wouldn’t let him. We know Derek doesn’t think Stiles is useless. He put Stiles in charge of researching this entire bank. Which means it’s not that he doesn’t think Stiles could help, it’s that he doesn’t want Stiles to get hurt. And apparently Stiles knows that Derek feels that way, and knows Derek is vehement enough about it that he didn’t even bother bringing it up in the first place.
That’s some serious trust and understanding, and even respect right there that Stiles is showing. Understanding what Derek would feel before he did it, trusting that Derek knew better about what was too dangerous for Stiles to involve himself in, and respecting him enough not to bug him about it anyway.
personal preference, I hate how much time is wasted just showing people walk down halls with weird lighting effects, or showing Allison trip over debris and pull her coat closed. Like...it’s really not needed?
Sup, Morrell? 20 seconds to get hidden? Is that 20 sec before the alphas get in hearing range or 20 sec before they actually get there? And how did the Alphas know that Derek was coming tonight? As far as they knew they took Isaac’s memory away and killed Braeden.
KALI WEAR SOM EFUCKING SHOES YOU NASSTY.
Smart girl with the bleach. I mean, I don’t know why the sudden scent of bleach didn’t tick kali off, but sure, whatever works.
I’m not even kidding. When I saw this scene for the first time I fucking burst into tears. Just that little glimpse of Erica and I was a mess
I really love Stiles and Peter chatting though. Like, Stiles gives no fucks, and Peter sounds just so used to it. Also, Derek’s couch looks sooooo comfy. I wanna sit on it. And Peter halfway through calling Stiles annoying is just like “Shit. He’s right. Again.” and there’s no physical distance. Peter once dragged Stiles around by his neck all night and nearly killed Lydia. But Stiles has no qualms about walking right up into his space and helping him out. PLUS, when Peter realizes Stiles is right, there’s no insults. Not even frustrated ones. When STiles describes the walls of the loft, Peter doesn’t say, “No, you idiot, the bank vault.” or make a quip. He’s immediately looking to Stiles for the information and trusting that he has it and will know where it is.
Then we have Scott just...whatever the fuck he’s saying. I don’t wanna hear it.
Okay, that is way more space behind Derek and Scott than Stiles said. And how is the moonlight even getting in? They had to shimmy through a shaft in the walls, there’s no windows in the walls. AND HOW THE FUCK would the ALpHA PACK KNOW THEY EVen KNOW WHERE THE BANK IS???
Derek should be able to hear the phone call. Just. Yes. That’s how that works. Also, Peter, now is not the time for gladiator analogies.
And the tears are back. All it takes is one fucking word. “Cora?”
IT DOESN”T MAKE SENSE. HOW WOULD THE ALPHAS KNOW??? If Marin hired Braeden and told her to get a message to Derek about the bank they were being kept at, then that means that it was all this really dumb double-double cross. Her making it look like she double-crossed the Alphas by telling Braeden to give up their location, but actually doing for the Alphas to trap Derek and Scott. What the absolute fuck?
FINALLY Someone holds Scott accountable. THANK you Derek.
Also, hello Lydia, I’m so sorry honey but you’re about to enter a whole new nightmare.
Final thoughts: I’m very long winded, and very frustrated and very fucking sad. I am just so goddamn sad and the next episode’s gonna make me feel even worse so I’m taking a break.
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LOST rewatch (season 1):
[follow the entire rewatch-tag here]
episodes 1 and 2 – Pilot:
Jack’s Angel Hair Pasta speech is making my eyes roll so far back up my head that it hurts
Kate speaks the first “we have to go back (for him)” around minute 39 of ep1
I forgot how incredibly sexy Naveen Andrews is
John Locke doesn’t speak his first line until minute 23 of ep2 when he explains Backgammon to Walt – his iconic Orange Smile scene and the Sitting In The Rain On The Beach scene actually both happen before he gets to speak
episode 3 – Tabula Rasa:
Oh, it’s the first “previously on LOST”
the sheer loathsomeness of that fucking US marshal… ugh
Michael: “I will get your dog back as soon as it stops raining.” – rain: *stops*
Wash Away playing in the final scene
that last shot that made John look like he was gonna be some mysterious villain character when actually he’s just the jungle philosopher who talks to the island
episode 4 – Walkabout:
yaaay, the first boar action
I can’t believe they waited until the airplane food was all eaten up before they thought about finding food on the island
that asshole from the office who’s bullying John makes me so angry
“don’t tell me what I can’t do” makes its first appearance at minute 21 and is quickly followed a mere minute later by the second appearance
totally forgot that John is actually the first one to see Smokey – and that early on in the show?!
Uuuuuuh first time we see ghost!Christian Shephard
Do we really think John killed that boar on his own or did Smokey help him?
episode 5 – White Rabbit:
there’s so many times they say “the others” before there’s even any sign of The Others™ I’m starting to wonder whether it’s intentional
the best thing about Jack-centric episodes is Christian Shephard (I got it hard for daddy Shephard okay!??!?!)
do Australians really sound like that or did they mainly cast American actors for the scenes that take place in Sydney?
aaaaand there they are, the Jears (Jack tears)
episode 6 – House of the Rising Sun:
god I love Sun and Jin, I hate how underrated all of their flashbacks are
bless the bad CGI bees
look! it’s Mother’s first appearance
episode 7 – The Moth:
ugh it’s a Charlie episode -.-‘
headcanon: Jacob made that cave collapse because he wanted to get rid of Charlie
John believing and being proud in Charlie makes this episode worthwhile for me
episode 8 – Confidence Man:
Kate is actually carrying a… bundle??? of bananas over her shoulder. What’s mote #jungle aesthetic?
John you manipulative bastard, I love you!!!! I can’t wait for Not Henry Gale to join you into an endless manipulation play-off
I honestly can’t remember whether or not Sawyer and Sayid will ever work out their issues in the later seasons and actually get a somewhat friendship?! I don’t remember any bro-scenes between them which is a shame tbh.
Boone: “She’s my sister!” – god how did I think it was totally reasonable to turn this into an incetuous romance?!
episode 9 – Solitary:
Yaaaaaaaaaasssss it’s Sayid’s first episode which also means: DANIELLE ROUSSEAU!!!
I am a big Shannon/Sayid shipper but I can really understand the folks who ship Kate with Sayid. It would have been soooo much better than the love triangle of hell.
And I hate that Sayid doesn’t speak Arabic in his flashbacks. I get, Naveen Andrews doesn’t speak it but… they made Daniel Dae Kim speak Korean even tho he couldn’t?!?! It’s a bit of inconsistency that annoys the crap out of me.
I’m moaning a lot considering this is my fav show… there’s just… a couple of things about season 1 that always been bothering me.
OH MY GOD IT’S CREEPY ETHAN!!!
Danielle looks so fucking good and so does Sayid fnfsdkgnjkngjdfh my bi senses are tingling.
episode 10 – Raised By Another:
Claire’s nightmare is super fucking disturbing
Her ex is literally the most annoying fuckboy and I have absolutely forgotten about him for a good reason. What an asshole.
Kate’s been wearing the same green short for at least the past 3 episodes… which… I get because clothing is limited on the island but it reminds me of the Simpsons’ wardrobe
The fact Creepy Ethan™ is there after Claire wakes up the second time saying she’s been attacked should have been the biggest #clue.
Hurley getting the flight manifest from Sawyer by just… talking to him… my aesthetic!
The “Ethan is creepy”-reveal is soooooo well done gjfsngkngdg
episode 11 – All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues:
More Terry O’Quinn close ups please!!!
I love that John is “of course Kate is coming along” and just hands her a knife whereas Jack is always like “no, don’t come along, this is #dangerous” – like… by now we should all know there’s no stopping Kate!
John predicting the rain is one of my fav scenes.
Wooooow they discovered the hatch THAT early in the season?!??!
episode 12 – Whatever The Case May Be:
Sawyer really shouldn’t go swimming in sweet water with his wounded arm.
I love Rose :’)
okay this episode was kinda underwhelming but that might be because I remembered what was in the case
episode 13 – Hearts and Minds:
I do not remember this episode title AT ALL so I have no idea what to expect
Aaaaaah I think it’s the Shannon and Boone incest episode which explains why I have forgotten about it – one of the most unnecessary plots in the history of LOST ever
How is Boone still friends with Locke after this whole bondage mess? Nevermind, John could do anything to me and I’d still follow him to the end of the world.
“PEE ON IT!”
episode 14 – Special:
I hate that Michael’s ex took his son away from him. She shouldn’t have put him in that position. I hate her.
What is it with Michael and car accidents?
and now she’s clearing her bad conscience with money. I HATE HER!
And now Charlie’s reading Claire’s diary – I hate him, too!
Aaaand here comes the bad CGI polar bear
Every time John Locke smiles an angel gets its wings.
Claire is already back?!?!?!?
episode 15 – Homecoming:
Wait…. Is this already when they kill Creepy Ethan? If so then I really liked this episode. Probably the only moment I truly liked Charlie.
The Scott/Steve-joke never gets old.
I love that Sawyer organised a gun for Kate. If I absolutely had to ship any combination of the love triangle of hell it’d be Kate and Sawyer… but only because Juliet isn’t in the picture yet.
episode 16 – Outlaws:
Oh it’s the Sawyer versus boar episode, I love that one!
Sayid you sassy fucker, I love you!!!
I love that they made the “I never…” scene so long.
“You’re not alone – don’t pretend to be!” is exactly what I needed to hear right now, thanks Sayid!
episode 17 - …In Translation:
How are Sun and Jin both so incredibly beautiful? Newsflash: I’m bisexual!
Hurley, my lovely empathetic sunshine!
Is it just me or is Michael’s first raft bigger than the second version?
John back at it again with the jungle philosophy.
“WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE AN THIS ISLAND AND WE ALL KNOW IT!!!!” you go John, tell them!!!
Aaaah Jin’s father aka the only good father in the entire show!
episode 18 – Numbers:
FINALLY!!!
John building the cradle with Claire for the baby is breaking my heart. Jungle grandpa Locke <3
I’d love for the monster to have been a “pissed off giraffe”
DANIELLE IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
episode 19 – Deus Ex Machina:
Awwww I forgot that John worked in a toy shop – that’s so cute
Damn he looks so much better without hair than he does with it
Anthony fucking Cooper you disgusting weasel of a human being
I just remembered that the “Deus” that’s in the “Machina” is Desmond Hume, my Scottish puppy – can’t wait for him to be there doing his thing
God that moment with the light is sooooo good! That’s when I was #hooked the first time I watched the show.
And I just remembered: that’s John saving Desmond’s life there and Desmond saving John’s life and rgkdabgdlkgndg
episode 20 – Do No Harm:
Jack doesn’t deserve this wonderful wife…. And I really don’t like the whole “fixing things” trope that surrounds his character.
Oh riiiiiight, Claire’s having the baby while Boone dies. I totally forgot about that. I love it!
Sun is soooo strong in this episode, I love her!
Jack: “Don’t tell me what I can’t do!” – I think this is the first time someone other than John said it.
god it’s so fucking tragic with everyone looking at the baby while Shannon gets told the news her brother died. it’s too much for my tiny heart
episode 21 – The Greater Good:
John it ain’t really helping that you still drowned in Boone’s blood, my guy, my buddy, my pal.
Sayid saying “I know when I’m being lied to.” is kinda foreshadowing the whole Henry Gale affaire because he was the only one who wouldn’t take any of Ben’s shit for even a second.
Sayid: “You’ve never fired a gun before!” – Shannon: *fires gun*
episode 22 – Born To Run:
judging by the title of this it’s gonna be a Kate episode
ah yes…. The horrible blond wig. I mean…. How bad must a wig be to see it’s a wig from behind?!??!?!
episodes 23-25 – Exodus:
jhbdfajksfg it’s Ana Lucia, bless her, my lovely angry smol child
it was absolutely not necessary to show Sawyer with his shirt off but I ain’t complaining
anyways… when will I ever have enough time and money to go to Hawaii?
That Walt/Shannon/Vincent-moment breaks my heart big time.
The Black Rock being an old ass ship was one of the biggest plot twists the first time I watched.
The parts of Arzt flesh raining down on our guys was really more realism than needed
IT’S SMOKEY!!!! Yaaaasssss!
Has there ever been a better finale for the first season of a show ever?
#Maddie rewatches LOST#lost show#lost abc#4 8 15 16 23 42#I'll put this in the tags in case anyone wants to check my 'Maddie rewatches LOST' tag
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Med Rewatch Series (#3)
Let’s see what we have on the slate. this should be the premiere of s3: Speak Your Truth. I am watching this during school, so let’s see how bad my focus is.
-the episode description is “The shooting of Dr. Charles moves to the courtroom and things turn complicated for the doctors and nurses of Chicago Med.” so still on brand for being all sorts of vague.
-all that really says is more sarah angst so big sad
-let’s get started
-god back to classic med, starting things off fast, just how i like it
-how tf kellogg live through the headshot. guy can’t do anything right
-connor running towards charles on the guerney screaming “what the hell happened!?” and sharon just being “he got shot.” is so fucking hilarous to me i have no clue why
-oh god i remember how much it bothered me that connor changed his hair from the end of s2 to the start of s3 lol (bc it’s supposed to be the same night, but yk, nitpicking)
-the time jump is such an interesting choice. i remember it was jarring at first. i’m sure i’ll have more to say as the episode goes on
-aw hey guys look its sarah! adorable
-also stoll
-oh god, nat taking a sabbatical was weird
-WHEN SHE LOOKS AT WILL SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS IN PAIN IM SCREAMING
-counting
-oh boy watching s3 means i get to watch noah get thrown through a glass door and also be a disappointment
-the way connor is effortlessly charming here in the beginning is maybe the only reason i tolerate his character (also more of sarah being adorable)
-horney boi. stop it.
-noah following after sarah like a lovesick puppy is funny
-sarah saying ‘he’s the reason i went into psych...’ honey, psych is not good for your mental health please stop giving him credit
-HOLD THE FUCK ON?????
-its the s3 premiere and Sarah talks about her dad and her strained relationship, specifically because noah compares charles getting shot to her dad getting shot. but like, foreshadowing... maybe i should give the med writers a smidge more of credit than I have been in terms of planning things...
-sarah: “don’t compare my dad to dr. charles.”
-long sigh. god... sarah being so supportive. and charles just being ‘No???’
-not to be weird but court room scenes always get me feeling some sorta way
-haha its peter stone! remember him? remember chicago justice?
-THE BETRAYAL ON SARAH’S FACE - she cares so much about him and he’s about to get his own shooter acquitted.
-god sarah is just fucking fantastic. she feels so passionately about caring about people
-god charles fucking hates himself so much? he should Not be ava’s mentor
-charles: “I think the shooting is affecting your objectivity.” sarah: “mY oBjECtiViTy?!”
-also they said ‘the fact he was concealing a weapon shows like fear malicious content’ or what ever. and uh,, sarah? please. please, for my sanity. (bc of what happens later in the season)
-charles- you know how you can help me? fuck off.
-lol this kid is the one who had like a tooth ache, and now his brain is rotting or something. probably will happen to me (@ my parents please let me see the dentist)
-this is where doris is like ethan is playing favorites
-the like background noises of the ed calm me down. they prob really shouldn’t
-they’re gonna fuckkkkk
-something to be said about sarah being gung ho about kellogg being off the streets and a danger to society when... her dad...
- I really like when med does the thing when one character is just standing in the ed and they transition to the next story by having the next character run past
-what is with all of the nurses drama like honestly
-hey guys look its ava! (let see if i have enough brain cells to find anything)
-heyyyy look at that. ava trying usurp some of connor’s cases. while, yeah she is being a tad undermining, connor’s gf was literally just discharged from a psych hold. this is just an interaction to keep in mind for future events.
-ava’s playing full cunning while connor’s busy fucking his girlfriend
-dont hate the player man
-because they’re both under latham, they’re more rivals than hero/villain, bc they have a common guy who is their advisor. but yeah. dont hate the player
-robin calling ava ‘cruella’ is making want to throw hands ngl. god dude chill - bc it means either robin just saw ava interacting with people and thought ‘what a bitch’ or connor was complaining about ava and either way I hate it.
-connor broke up with robin bc she was too horneyyy (ik he didn’t break up w her but yk)
-connor - reese interaction was nice. until he started blaming her bruh wtf chilll
-her arguing with connor is like. peak. (ava + sarah teaming up to bully connor and not take any of his shit?? i think yes)
-this ethan april thing is stupid. i’m just gonna say it.
-ava: “that would have been a really great idea if you were trying to kill him.” SHE TAKES NO. SURVIVORS. i love her so much
-YEAH RHODES GET FUCKED! i think one of the reasons ava was disliked at first was bc latham kind of favored her and... literally everyone else favored connor? so get fucked? but here, ava can obviously hold her own and connor is just whining. I’m glad they put them on equal ground bc connor and ava’s direct superior is on ava’s side, and literally everyone else is with connor. AND CONNORS STILL PLAYED AS AN UNDERDOG BC AVA TOOK HIS SURGERY! HOW. infuriating
-anyway, for the purposes of the theory ava is capable enough to hold her own as a stand alone, and clever enough to be entertaining
-holy shit no i think i just remembered how this storyline goes. connor gets a better surgery, right? he gets glory and stuff. this is too fucking rich, come on. let one thing go wrong for him.
-i miss ava
-GOD SARAH LOOKS GOOD IN HER FUCKING BLAZER. unfair. unmatched
-stop it sarah you have anxiety.
-SARAH NO. BABY IS SCARED.
-okay. Ava is half bickering, half flirting with him, a little annoying but we put up with it bc we love her and its not her fault she’s supposed to be his love interest. but still, it’s playful, it’s not neccesarily flirting. conceivably, she could be talking to anybody. But then, she tells him to relax, to take a day off. SHE’S STILL A GOOD PERSON. SHE’S NOT TRYING TO EXPLICITLY SPITE CONNOR, OR ANYONE. that’s what people tend to forget. she’s not malicious.
-connor thinks she is tho. maybe that’s why some people hated her, bc connor hated her
-charles: “kellogg is not a criminal” BRUH HE SHOT YOU
-HOLY SHIT. SHARON RN IS LIKE YOU WANT KELLOGG TO BE FREE BC YOU DIDN’T CATCH THE SIGNS OF A KILLER AND ITS ABOUT YOUR EGO
-AND??? SARAH’S DAD ANYONE? that was why he was so persistent of sarah’s dad. he wanted to catch the signs.
-OKAY HERE. When latham is like, wait, did ava manipulate me? is she actually sus? he was the one person on her side and then boom he sides with connor. literally do you have any idea how great ava would be without connor?
-this manstead thing is soooo exhausting
Okay so what have we learned?
Ava is getting Connor’s cases. kind of rude but also, they’re surgeons? It’s super competitive. AND CONNOR LITERALLY WON THAT ROUND BC LATHAM SWITCHED SIDES???
AND SHE STILL TOLD CONNOR TO GET SLEEP. LIKE SHE WAS BEING NICE WHILE ALSO BEING SNARKY
ava had less lines in the ep than in s2 and honestly. wtf.
not much content, but if you look at her content, come on she’s still amazing.
thanks for sticking through
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MTVS Epic Rewatch #174
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BTVS 6x20 Villains
Stray thoughts
1) Just in case you forgot, this is where we had left off…
Fun times, right?
2) So we get to the other questionable writing choice in Seeing Red, one that I chose not to discuss on my previous recap because writing about the bathroom scene had been emotionally taxing.
I’ve talked about this before so I’ll try and keep it short. (omg this is huge lie, I didn’t keep it short after all, moving on) I understand that the writers wanted Willow to get from point A (abusing magic) to point B (becoming Dark!Willow), and it was a plot that I was certainly expecting. It was a narrative choice that most definitely made sense. It was a plot twist that was a long time coming. I don’t remember exactly when Willow started doing magic, but it was as early as season 2. She did it without any guidance, and she enjoyed how useful it made her feel. Useful at first, powerful later on. Occasionally, Giles would frown upon her magic use, but he never truly discouraged it (despite the fact he himself had gone down that same path with disastrous consequences, but that’s beside the point.) My problem is with how they got her to point B. Considering she’d been going down that path for years, I think it could be argued that she hardly needed a trigger. Or, if the writers felt a trigger was needed, it needn’t be Tara’s death. I think it could’ve been a more interesting narrative choice to have a Good Character become The Villain because of her own choice - simply because she was addicted to the power the magics gave her and she wanted more. Remember this?
GILES: Do you have any idea what you've done? The forces you've harnessed, the lines you've crossed?
WILLOW: I thought you'd be... impressed, or, or something.
GILES: Oh, don't worry, you've... made a very deep impression. Of everyone here... you were the one I trusted most to respect the forces of nature.
WILLOW: Are you saying you don't trust me?
GILES: Think what you've done to Buffy.
WILLOW: I brought her back!
GILES: At incredible risk!
WILLOW: Risk? Of what? Making her deader?
GILES: Of killing us all. Unleashing hell on Earth, I mean, shall I go on?
WILLOW: No! Giles, I did what I had to do. I did what nobody else could do.
GILES: Oh, there are others in this world who can do what you did. You just don't want to meet them.
WILLOW: No, probably not, but ... well, they're the bad guys. I'm not a bad guy.
So you see, she knew that she had crossed a line, she knew she had used dark magics, but she thought because she was using them to do “good” then it was okay. She wasn’t a bad guy. Right? Well, are you still good if you use dark means to help others/yourself? That’s why I think Willow could’ve gone dark using this same logic. Doing bad things while trying to do “good” (albeit selfishly so) until she crossed the ultimate line and couldn’t turn back.
Okay, you’ll say, but she was on the way to recovery. She had been doing better and not using magics for a while. You’ll say that a trigger was unquestionably needed. Granted, you might be right. Let’s overlook the fact that Buffy was already lying half dead in the backyard, which in my opinion could’ve worked as a trigger. Let’s say Willow truly needed Tara to die to be pushed over the edge.
And so we get to how Tara was killed off. Tara is the only main character that is killed not only with a weapon but with a gun. So you see, it wasn’t just about Tara dying to trigger Willow’s darkness. The writers were trying to make Tara’s an extraordinary and exemplary death. The show had made its stance on gun use blatantly clear numerous times. Guns are bad. The baddest.
Buffy herself makes this point repeatedly. And like I said, none of the main characters are hit by a bullet, let alone die of a shot wound. So having one of the main characters being shot dead had to be a deliberate and thought-out choice. It was something they’d never done before. And they chose one of the two gay characters in the show to die this extraordinary death. Of all the characters in the show, a gay character was shot dead. Now, what was the point they were trying to make...?
(if you want to read more about what I’ve said on Willow going dark you can do it here, here, and here.)
3)
DEMON: You may not violate the laws of natural passing.
WILLOW: How? How is this natural?
DEMON: It is a human death, by human means.
WILLOW: But I-
DEMON: You raised one killed by mystical forces. This is not the same. She is taken by natural order. It is done.
I mean, this God or whatever wouldn’t bring her back right then, but what about the spell Dawn had used on Joyce in Forever? Willow still could do that… (even if it meant not knowing if the real Tara would be the one coming back…)
4) Also, how horrifying is it that while Willow was embracing her dead girlfriend her best friend was lying on the grass, barely breathing, in the backyard?
5) “He’s coming for us” How deluded was Andrew, though? I mean, he had seen Warren rape and murder his own ex-girlfriend, and he’d seen him turn on one of their own, Jonathan. What made him believe Warren would be loyal to him in particular? Was it only because of his crush on Warren?
6) I think it’s actually a great choice to have the demons at the bar not only reveal that the Slayer is still alive but also root for her to gut Warren. Like yeah! Even evil soulless monsters want to see Warren dead! I buy it.
7) This whole scene had a very Carrie vibe to it, don’t you think?
8) And then…
FYI, this is what I imagine having sex with a book would be like. I mean, it’s not that I imagine having sex with a book every day. I mean… well, you know what I mean. I hope…
9) oH GOD…
I feel so bad for Dawn here, I’m almost crying. All season she was complaining about no one paying her any attention, and now there was no one left to warn her that the only person who had been by her side throughout the past year had been shot and was still lying dead on her bedroom floor.
10) On top of everything, Warren was a megalomaniac…
WARREN: I had my own guys. The Trio, yeah, you've heard of us.
RACK: Right. What were you, a band or something?
11) “Me? What did I, what did I do to her? Okay, okay, I shot her friend...” as if that wasn’t bad enough? Gtfo warren, die already, you piece of human garbage.
12) Your best friend could never…
13) “Willow, what’s wrong?” I mean, don’t you think the Extreme Makeover From Hell is enough of a clue?
14) Okay, so the first time Willow killed Warren, she didn’t use magic, she just strangled him…
And I’ll touch on this point when I get to the other Warren-killing scene…
15) I’ll always felt Buffy’s lack of emotional reaction in this scene odd…
WILLOW: When he shot you, he hit her too. Upstairs in my room.
BUFFY: Oh my god.
WILLOW: Guess the last shot was the charm.
XANDER: She's dead?
WILLOW: She's dead. Now he's dead too.
BUFFY: Oh my god... Tara...
Like, she immediately comes to terms with the fact that Tara’s dead? She doesn’t break down? Tara was the only person who had been by her side the past year, she had been her friend and confidant since her friends had brought her back. I don’t know if the writing was poor, if this is how Sarah was directed, or if it was her own acting choice, but it feels wrong.
In fact, other than Dawn, Xander’s the one who seems to be most affected by Tara’s death and by seeing her dead body.
(btw, these were the directions on the script for Buffy’s reaction: Buffy and Xander are floored by this. Devastated. Buffy starts to cry.)
16) And then…
DUN-DUN-DUUUUNNNN!
17)
XANDER: Warren's a dead man if she finds him.
DAWN: Good.
BUFFY: Dawn, don't say that.
DAWN: Why not? I'd do it myself if I could.
BUFFY: Because you don't really feel that way.
DAWN: Yes I do. And you should too. He killed Tara, and he nearly killed you. He needs to pay.
XANDER: Out of the mouths of babes.
BUFFY: Xander.
XANDER: I'm just saying he's... he's just as bad as any vampire you've sent to dustville.
BUFFY: Being a Slayer doesn't give me a license to kill. Warren's human.
DAWN: So?
BUFFY: So the human world has its own rules for dealing with people like him.
XANDER: Yeah, we all know how well those rules work.
BUFFY: Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don't. We can't control the universe. If we were supposed to... then the magic wouldn't change Willow the way it does. And... we'd be able to bring Tara back.
DAWN: And Mom.
BUFFY: There are limits to what we can do. There should be.
If you take justice into your own hands, aren’t you becoming exactly the type of person you’re trying to take revenge on? Bless Buffy for being the voice of reason, yet again.
18)
BUFFY: Dawn. I'm serious. You've been through enough for more than one ... ever. You should be someplace where you feel safe.
DAWN: Fine. I want to go to Spike's.
BUFFY: Alright.
Alright? Really? That easy? That’s the opposite of alright!
19) At least we’re blessed with Clem’s presence in this episode…
20) Oh, my god, so much shit had gone down in the last couple of episodes that I had completely forgotten Xander still didn’t know Anya was a vengeance demon again.
ANYA: I don't need a spell. I can feel her.
XANDER: You can...?
ANYA: Feel her. Her thirst for vengeance, it's overwhelming.
XANDER: Is that like, left over from your vengeance demon days? You just sense her?
ANYA: No. Not left over.
XANDER: Oh.
21) Okay, this is for all the people who claim Anya didn’t like/care about Willow…
BUFFY: Look, Anya, we don't have much time. Which side of this are you on?
XANDER: If you know where she is, you can help us.
ANYA: I'll help. But I'm helping Willow.
She was forced to make a choice here: root for the woman seeking vengeance or help a friend not get lost in the darkness of becoming a murderer. She chose the latter. It wasn’t the first time Anya had willingly chosen to help Willow and it wouldn’t be the last. I think sometimes Anya’s lack of finesse and bluntness get confused with indifference or disregard, and most often than not, that’s not the case. She cares about Xander and all the Scoobies, probably more so than they care about her. But that won’t prevent her from telling it like it is, you know?
22) I had totally forgotten about this scene! She even makes a pun?
WILLOW: Axe not gonna cut it.
Like, I guess all I can always remember about this part of the story is what happens at the end, and the rest is kind of blurry? Like this?
Or this?
or this...?
I have zero recollection of either of those moments.
23) Now, this I remember.
24) “You’re not a bad person, not like me” And that’s the question, actually. I mean, as satisfying as this may be for us viewers…
…I think we should remember that title of the episode is “Villains”, plural. Did Warren get what was coming to him? Absolutely. But in the process, one of the good guys became a villain. Let’s rewind a little bit. Let’s go back to the beginning of the episode. Tara lies dead in Willow’s arms. Willow, devastated by her grief and desperate to see Tara alive again, calls upon Osiris. This mystical force warns her that Tara’s death is a human death by human means. And now I get to the point I was referring to early on. The first time Willow attempted to kill Warren she tried to choke him with her own bare hands. She only failed because it was a robot. But imagine if she had. Imagine Willow had actually killed Warren with her own hands. The end result is the same. Willow is a murderer. Just like Warren. But I feel like if we had seen Willow actually strangling Warren to death, it would’ve been harder for us to forgive and forget. I’m not saying fans tend to forget this moment. It’s an iconic, albeit terrifying, moment in the show. But the way it is framed, with Willow using magic and the same bullet Warren put through Tara’s chest and her voicing her heartbreak and the unfairness of Tara’s death, makes it almost okay. Almost. From a narrative point of view, of course. But it’s sudden. And it’s magical. It’s almost unreal.
But picture this. Picture Willow closing her hands around Warren’s neck. Picture her choking him and picture Warren gasping for air. Picture her reveling in watching him breathing his last breath. Picture how long it could take her to do kill him that way. Picture Willow letting Warren’s limp body fall to the ground, as a human and not a skinless, faceless body. Picture that and tell me how it would make you feel about Willow. Picture Willow becoming a murderer in that way and tell me if you would still cheer her on, if you would be able to think of Willow as anything other than a murderer, regardless of who she killed. Picture that and tell me it wouldn’t make you feel horrified and disgusted in the same way that Spike makes us feel in the bathroom scene.
I understand the writers’ choice. They wanted Willow to be the villain, but they didn’t want us not to be able to forgive her. They wanted us to still be on her side, throughout it all. And for that, I’m grateful. But we shouldn’t forget that for all intents and purposes, Willow is a murderer.
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TBC...
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Ava Sharpe Theories
Okay so I’ve seen some Ava theories and I just wanna say some are like really really good theories and then some are just an impossibility if thought about logically and then some are just out right terrifying but most likely our rightfully just paranoia speaking from a long experience….
Warning for Heavy Possible Spoilers for the last theory.
Impossible Theories:
Let’s start here first so that we can all stop an unhealthy dose of worrying. (Let me put forth that if any of these ‘impossible theories’ come true I will eat my words, my phone and vanish into the dank, dark pit of oblivion.)
1. Ava is Mallus? Mollus? Mollusc?
This one is the least unlikely and I’ll give you the biggest reason why;
- Rip Hunter, the man who lost his career and ended up imprisoned because of his obsession with revealing the truth about the demon. There is no way, especially after last episode and Rip telling Gideon to delete the file on Ava, that Rip would keep Ava as Demon M a secret. None. Absolutely none. He’s sacrificed everything to stop Mr. M why would he keep Ava safe if she was them?
So stop panicking everyone about this because this is the least likely of all theories. There are quite a few more reasons why but if the one above doesn’t convince I don’t know what will.
2. Ava is related to Sara
Alright let’s just put the kibosh on this one right here. The CW is known for a lot of shit that I could cough and sneeze my way through but this would be low even for them and downright fucking creepy but if you need a legit reason why this is an impossibility;
- Arrow. Now I’ll be honest after returning to rewatch LoT I’m attempting to get back into watching Arrow’s original couple of seasons that help link it to LoT (which let me tell you is a ride and a half and nowhere near in the good way) but Arrow is legit the reason why Ava cannot be related. There isn’t even (as far as I’ve seen) a hint within that series that Sara or Laurel had another sibling half or not, so that would be completely and utterly out of the blue.
However if I did miss a hint that they did mention another sibling because let’s be honest I skipped through each episode almost, then please do tell me and I’ll give another reason in place of this one why they most definitely are not related.
Unlikely Theories:
Okay, now onto the unlikely theories, the theories that are not quite impossible but are a far cry from being possible.
1. Ava is Rip’s Daughter
Okay, to be honest this was one of the Theories I considered putting in the next category, one because I actually love this theory because of how uncanny their appearance actually is but I decided to put it here, why;
- Well it’s actually because of 3x12 ‘The Curse of the Earth Totem’ or ‘Avalance Day’, ‘Captain Jiwe Day’, ‘The Legends are actually children and so is Gary Day’, anyway, when Rip is speaking to Wally in his drunk state as you all should know he mentions his two protégés, Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe, now this for the theory is important for two reasons; one because he could’ve worded it any other way that wasn’t protege when speaking about Ava and two because he gives the same amount of emotion about being a disappointment to Sara as he is about being one too Ava something that would’ve been a lot different if Ava was his daughter, it would’ve had a more familial disappointment vibe but it honestly only sounded mentory and friendly disappointed.
As with the other theory points, if you wish to dispute this, I do have a couple of more arguments for why this is unlikely.
2. Ava was formerly Evil and was in some way responsible for Laurel’s death
Okay, woah, this one only tinged with a little bit of plausibility before I shut that plausible feeling down like Sara Lance shuts her feelings down (unless with Ava).
The reason why this is unlikely;
- Other then the fact that this would literally, like literally be shitty story telling there is also the fact that there was that article about not tearing Sara and Ava apart but putting some tension there in their relationship. This to me would be a deal breaker for a lot of the fandom, Sara and the anti’s. Ava’s character would honestly find herself as some form of sacrificial lamb to the slaughter but with that said this is the CW and as we all know, they have been known for lying straight outright and twisting their words.
In all honesty though, I don’t have any other arguments for this, only the evidence that the show throws forth when, Sara finds out about the death of her sister and if that isn’t enough then I don’t know what will convince you people.
3. Ava will die (Permanently)
Okay, make sure you read this theory title thoroughly and accurately because it makes a big difference that last word, PERMANENTLY.
- If Ava is to die, it won’t be permanently, why because well honestly I think a lot of us would be brought up on arson charges for burning the CW to the ground but other then that honestly I see no point in them killing Ava this season. Not this late into the season and certainly not at such pivotal points. I mean I know it’s the CW but still I don’t think this is plausible for it to be perma death for Ava.
I know our trust is flimsy with the CW but honest to god I think they fear us after Lexa. There’s no way they can be that stupid and if it turns out they are I swear I’ll be the first to light the match.
Now why is this in Unlikely then instead of Impossible, well much like a lot of you, my trust in CW is fragile.
Likely Theories:
Stepping forward into the territory of plausible theories we find ourself at likely theories ‘the not quite possible but the not quite impossible either as they have a ring of plausibility to them’. For this section I’m going to try to put forth a reason as to why and why not this theory is possible. Here we go.
1. Ava is Damien Darhks other daughter
Okay this one was originally put into the Impossible and then kind of shifted to Unlikely when I read a spoiler and now it’s shifted into Likely after reading darkandtwisty83 theories and them mentioning that in this theory Rip may have kidnapped Ava and had her raised by a foster Mum. Why is this likely;
- (Likely because) Because holy Toledo Batman (I can use it he’s DC) this theory makes sense if you look at the episode in which Rip is practically almost solely responsible for raising Damien Darhk from the dead. He doesn’t care as long as he reaches his end goal in the end. So hiding the fact that Ava is Damien Darhk’s other daughter from everyone including herself is not far reaching at all, like at all if in the end it serves with him reaching his end goal, which it definitely would. This also could work because Ava would have no clue and thus would only create angst for Avalance but wouldn’t be outright catastrophic.
- (Unlikely because) This would make no sense in the overall story arc because Ava and Damien Darhk haven’t even shared a screen in the same existence together, so this would be dropped from nowhere, like out of the left field and past some goats and maybe a cassowary. They would’ve had some interaction by now if the storyline was headed this way, even the smallest of interactions to give us a hint.
With that said let me drop one more thing into the midst of this theory that comes up multiple times for me when exploring what Ava’s secret that Rip is keeping could be: the second bit of backstory for Ava we get is her 15th birthday party for paintballing, cute, date worthy story but also family related story, I’m not sure if it means something but I feel like it does. I feel like whatever Rip is hiding has something to do with Ava’s life growing up or her familial background but not him being related.
Also, if Gideon was responsible for the time loop experience Zari experienced in 3x11 “Here We Go Again”, in which everything was pulled from Gideon’s database, then technically Ava’s “tempted to change the past” moment when shes conversing with Sara in the jumpship is technically a hint from Gideon that something went down for Ava and most likely has to do with the file this thoroughly supports spoiler theory as well.
2. Ava dies (Temporarily)
Okay, like for #3 of Unlikely Theories, read the theory title thoroughly and make sure to understand that last word ‘TEMPORARILY’.
- (Likely because) Honestly this is plausible, it would serve as a catalyst for bringing Demon M, M&Ms, Malteaser, McDonald the farm and the fast food chain (okay I’m done) for bringing the Demon forth in Sara but could also serve as a catalyst for Sara fighting back against Mr. Demon. The build up for their relationship puts this in a prime place to happen.
- (Unlikely because) Well this is most likely because I feel CW knows it’s treading thin ice with Avalance already, I mean their articles hint that they are trying to tell us everything will work out fine for the time being (doesn’t mean they aren’t assholes) but truthfully they know, sink or swim when it comes to wlw on their channel and even a temporary death so close to Lexa’s death anniversary would earn them a thorough kick to the groin from all of us.
Now you may be asking why didn’t I put this in the next category or in a lower category, well because I’m still very much on the fence about this. My trust is broken in the CW but I also believe humanity cannot possibly be that stupid (don’t prove me wrong CW).
Possible Theories:
*badum-tsh* The one you most likely have been waiting for, this to me is the most likely of all theories to happen so without further ado lets get on with it;
1. Ava is an Android
Now to be honest I much preferred the post about imagining Ava as Bionic Woman because truth be told I bloody miss that show but this one has some interesting potential, why;
- The bloody title of 3x16 for one, I’ Ava. Like can they make it anymore obvious if they go this route. Also this would make a lot of sense in regards to how well she can fight against Sara Lance and few other bits and pieces I’ve picked up watching her along the way. Chances are if she’s an Android she either may not realise it or she is the greatest con-artist in the history of time with some ‘splaining to do.
I like this theory because it would give her a much bigger role to play for next season but at the same time we know most Android’s are formulated from a base or a real life person, if this turns out to be true, is there a normal, real blood and bone Ava out there and now with that being said we’ve never actually seen her bleed not even after that solid punch from Sara across her face.
2. Ava is an Anachronism
Alright this was one of those ones were I couldn’t decide where to put it but the drastic categories I could place it in where one of two - ‘Impossible or Possible’ that’s a drastic change from one or the other, so why here;
- Well because the season is based on Anachronisms and honestly if Demon M is attempting to escape using Anachronisms, then Ava is in prime position to be an undiscovered Anachronism but this also doesn’t work because how would she not know and don’t say mind wipe that doesn’t fit with being an Anachronism for Damien Darhk or Demon M or even the bloody Englishman with a trench coat (I’m talking Rip not Constantine) who is hiding a file on her, why would he if he would do anything to stop Mr. M.
Now I have a lot of reasons for why this is impossible, well why is it in possible then, simply because in light of everything happening, this seems more in line with the direction the show is heading, it would tie up so many loose ends and can open up so many doors for Zari’s brother and Sara’s sister and other storylines as such for next season because if Ava can exist in a timeline in which she isn’t massively altering it even though she shouldn’t exist in it, then who is to say the Legends can’t find a way to do it themselves.
3. Something else entirely
Alright so this is perhaps the second most plausible theory. It’s possible we are letting our imaginations run wild and it’s something completely different and something we haven’t considered. I mean it may be glaringly obvious that we all groan and curse ourselves on how we didn’t see it or it may be something that leaves us thinking WTF?!?!?! just happened.
Anyway those are some of the biggest theories I’ve seen based on Ava if there are anymore that you want to talk about or be considered throw them my way or come talk to me about them even if it’s just the theories above. I love hearing what you all think.
4. ****SPOILER ALERT****SPOILER THEORY****
**A member of Ava’s family is killed by Sara Lance when she was in the LoA**
Now this one I wasn’t certain I was going to post because this also leads into a huge and possible spoiler so I decided on the above warning plus a little bit at the beginning of this post and if you didn’t follow those warnings then please don’t complain if you end up spoiled.
Now to be honest I haven’t seen any of the future episodes but a reliable source who has been wrong about few things and even then they just seemed to have gotten the wrong person, right words, right incidents and right conversations but wrong person was mentioned that something occurs in 3x15 that suggests the above theory.
So why is this plausible;
- Simply because this could also be a catalyst for Sara. It’s possible that Ava went into meeting Sara with the intention to hate her and kill her but noticed that Sara was broken because of her past actions and also didn’t expect to fall in love with the woman (she is and she can’t deny it, I see you Director Sharpe).
As for catalyst for Sara, this is a past she is trying to forgive herself for or seek forgiveness for, something that has been brought up a lot lately, so finding out that she killed the parent of someone she loves would push her into a dark place, prime pickings for Demon M.
- This could also explain Ava’s ability to spar on par with Sara. At such a young age, Ava could very much have spent her life learning skills to fight all in the name of revenge/justice for the death of a family member. Vengeance is a powerful motivator for a lot of things.
- And like before 3x11 “Here We Go Again”, Zari’s time loops were actually information and experiences taken from Gideon’s database. So let me tell you that whole ‘tempted to change that past thing’ Ava said in her conversation with Sara in the jumpship during that episode, was a hint. Gideon knows something is up and it’s most likely got all to do with the file.
Those who are saying b-b-but Ava’s age. Honestly, it’s a show about time travel peeps, I don’t know what more to tell you. There is obviously quite a few more reasons that make this perhaps the most likely theory out of the lot of them but I’ll keep those close to my chest until at least 3x15 when you all have seen the episode.
#legends of tomorrow theories#avalance theories#avalance#ava sharpe#sara lance#ava x sara#sara x ava
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