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strideofpride · 3 years

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Okay so something that people may not know is that when a show is trying to get picked up for a new season, the showrunner usually has to pitch an entire season arc to the network. Obviously, a TV season is a living thing that changes as it goes along, but typically a season premiere and a season finale will mirror/bookend each other, at least with the main characters. In season 1, when Dan and Serena are the main couple, the pilot is their first date, and they break up in the finale. In the season 2 premiere, Chuck and Blair have become the main couple. The premiere sets up the main arc of the season "Can Chuck tell Blair he loves her?" In the finale he finally does. The season 3 premiere sets up the question "Can Chuck and Blair's relationship survive his womanizing ways?" In the season 3 finale, the answer to that is a firm no. In season 4, the main question is "Can Chuck become a better man?" I obviously say no, but I believe the writers' intentions were that Chuck letting Blair go for happiness with Louis is supposed to show that Chuck is a "better man" now. Skipping ahead to season 6, the question is "Can Chuck and Blair ever get it together and get married?" and well, we all know how that ends.

But season 5...season 5 is an outlier. The premiere and the finale don't mirror/bookend each other at all. Chuck and Blair are separated the entire episode (in fact, it's probably the only episode post s1 where Blair never even utters Chuck's name). Chuck is trying to move on from Blair and has gone on a thrill-seeking kick. Blair meanwhile is consumed with her royal wedding and all that that life will entail. We're only reminded that her story with Chuck might not be over when her pregnancy is revealed at the end (and it's not even his baby - though the audience didn't know that yet).

Instead, the emotional peak of the episode involves Dan and Blair instead. When Blair wants to run away, thinking Louis will never put her first, she goes to Dan. When she learns that in reality Louis was just helping Dan, she's upset and asks why Dan didn't just tell her the truth. Of course, the audience knows that Dan's in love with Blair, but he can't bring himself to tell her that.

All this to say...I feel like the season 5 finale was initially supposed to be more about Dan and Blair. I think maybe what we got at the end of 523, Dan telling Blair he loves her and her not being able to say it back, would've been the original ending of 524. Because that would've been the perfect mirror/bookend to what they had set up in the season 5 premiere.

Now does this mean we would've gotten Dair endgame? Probably not. I'm personally not convinced Safran was on the Dair endgame train, given how much of season 5 still was about Chuck and Blair, especially the first half of the season. BUT I do really think now that the Chair fanfiction episode that was 524 was NOT supposed to happen the way it did. I really am going full conspiracy theory now that that ep was rewritten after Safran left. We already know they changed GG's identity from Nate to Dan after he left...it's not that far fetched.

#hi i should be in bed but im going full truther on this tonight #gossip girl #dair #anti chair #gg meta #joshua safran

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momowoah · 2 years

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Was too lazy to make three posts so here are my thoughts on the last trio of GG eps

Spoilers under the cut

Episode 10

Julien's smile when she looked at Zoya <3

Audrey being worried bc Max skipped classes and wanting him to be around + Julien supporting throuple is the best

Also Max not wanting to talk with or be around them...

Kate is hilarious sometimes

Nice change to see Audrey and Monet in the same place and not fighting lately

Aki's TikTok lmaoooo

That's so embarrassing, poor him

Max's smile after teasing Aki

Also Audrey and Zoya being completely friendly?

I will absolutely love to watch Monet and Julien fighting for the crown next season but rn I'm loving watching all of them be friends

Zoya really is becoming Luna's scheming prentice

Wasn't Julien crying every 3 seconds last week? Why is she so cheerful now?

Them pretending they're not in love

"You promised you wouldn't come" stop breaking my heart

Why is he screaming

Her hair is pretty now

Jor-Jor lmao

Luna in denial and Monet trying to hold it together

ELEANOR AND CYRUS!!!

Wait, so Blair and Chuck got Cyrus's mother's house before they moved to Paris or did they just decide to hold Derena's wedding there?

Vanya in the background too

DOROTA!!!!!! The truly best character of gg

Calloway is mentioned and suddenly Audrey doesn't know anything about them

Thought the lines Monet couldn't cross would be, idk, but it's literally inviting Ju-lions lol

These two shouldn't be teachers. Actually no teachers in this show should be teachers but whatever.

Luna really is in full denial

Why is Julien talking like she's also twelve

At times like this, I do not like Julien at all

"You weren't even supposed to be here" "Why do you keep saying that?" Aaaaaaaa

"I told you not to call me" I KNOW I SAID I WANTED ANGST BUT STOP

Aki sitting in the chair and looking up at the officer before smiling lmao

Bad timing but I love Jobie

The Max Aki scene was so casual but so good

More Blair mentions

I don't even know who was right in Julien and Zoya's fight, but Julien is annoying me more these past days so I'm going with Zoya

Roy saying he came for his son when he came for Gideon... No

Also I wish Aki wouldn't have let Max hear that

Why can't Max be happy

I like that Kate cares about Julien

The cellphone was a perfect catch... Did they combine a video of Kate throwing it with one of Scott holding it?

Finally Aki getting posts about him! Not truly GG until everyone gets a post

Still don't get why Zoya risked her scholarship

Yeah, Audrey and Zoya are right

Audrey and Aki, I love you, but leave Max alone until you realize how the three of you actually feel

Yeah, Lola is kinda meh

Call them out yes

The three were almost crying though

WHY DELETE HONESTLY

Ep 11~~~

Aaaaaaa Aki and Audrey just stop and apologize

Is Gideon like 2 meters tall or is he always wearing heels? I swear he looks way too much taller than everyone else

"and whichever sister you're dating now"

"They're just not, uh..." THEY'RE JUST NOT MAX

I loved her straight long hair btw

Ouch Julien, that must've hurt

Max talking about Heidi while Obie tries to pretend he's not listening

Did they ever interact before? I like this

Okay I like Shan

Why didn't Jordan just change the password or deactivate?

Wendy is Obie but teachers version

Shan is at the same time a bad and amazing influence

I feel like I know Julien's grandma actress

The fact that they called Jamison over will never not be hilarious

Still don't get why or how Aki and Audrey went from "something's missing" to "we only need each other" to "something's missing" again in like a month

I didn't even realize Z did her nails the first time watching, they are pretty

Also hopefully next season will be fully Zoya and Shan being besties bc I'm absolutely adoring her

Someone said Zoya was in her Jenny Humphrey phase and like yeah she is

The way Heidi had been back for what, two days and realized Max was in pain before any of his friends did is just...

Is this supposed to be two stock photos or young Julien and Audrey?

"The mood is dessert" lmao

Is it bad I can't understand like a single reference they make in this show?

Audrey crying bc JC is leaving is breaking my heart rn

I don't know if Shan is just improvising but if she's not then she's really good at noticing what others feel

And a really good friend

Then why did you go through with posting it Kate?

Why is everyone saying Nick's actor is terrible? There has been worse on this show

I really love how Julien and Zoya smile when they see each other

I hope we get more of Pippa and Bianca too lol

Max stop plz be happy

Again, genuinely thought Pippa and Bianca were going to kiss

"Some thing isn't missing. Is it?" "He's missing" "He's missing. It's him." And now I'm crying, best scene

Why did you give it to him Gideon? Wtf? Why would you say that?

Last time this took five seasons

Why were they so nervous, I don't think most of them ever sent a tip

No Lunet :(

Now EP 12 yay! Season finale!

Brutal! Yes!

Pausing the show to read the tips sent in is totally worth it

Absolutely hate this Max scene

There are 1263 tips of Audrey + Aki? Wow

And 8578 of Max

Is he wearing eye makeup?

"And we didn't get arrested in the process"

Everytime someone says "I gotta go" all I can think about is Serena, lmao

Luna and Monet suggesting Julien seduces Aki and sleeps with him + Audrey and maybe Max what

what was exhibit C..?

I don't really like how Audrey and Aki don't care about Max unless they want him but whatever

Still rooting for throuple, they are cute together

Also when they do care about him it's the best thing in the show

I have said this before but I really love how Aki and Audrey just try to figure it all out always together. She promised this in ep 4 and never even thought about doing it any other way

I still ship Julien and Obie idc idc

It's weird how Luna and Monet just invite the school to a house that's not even theirs

Camille speaks just like Monet

Cannot understand the rule of only walking but ok

Grace is cute

The way Audrey flipped her head to Aki when Max came in lmao her expressions are always gold

Zoya lmao

Cute couple (but um just to confirm how old is he?)

"Lulu" aaaaaaa

Zoya's look when she saw the Roger picture lol but like same

I would also be completely lost

"I only play emotional games"

She didn't get Frida Kahlo? Girl...

"Let us mean girls turn her into a mean girl" I love the way she says mean girl

Davis Calloway is acting weird

Audrey trying to smile when she calls them a couple

This episode has so much Lunet, I love it

Who sent Davis the blackberry? Was it supposed to be Julien returning it or is his lawyer going to be a big plotwist or something

Best scene in the show I don't make the rules they look so good all dancing together

Is it Audrey singing these little bits?

Still don't get how Audrey and Aki thought this idea would work

Don't know how but I'm still surprised by how JC Luna and Monet treat people sometimes, even if it was always like that

Zoya too apparently

"All or nothing"

"If you're in, we're in"

My throuple aaaaaa

The one for all rule scares me tho

Bc tv shows aren't exactly known for their not on-and-off, long lasting relationships

And if they breakup it will be harder for them to get back together

And two of them can't just come back together as a couple

So, no Akiaudrey, Maudrey or Akimax ever

Please don't break them up

Grace's "You think staying it's winning?" was probably the best line of the show, we rarely see the group as the villains, even in the og

"Three, Two, One" Lumax friendship ftw

Zoya is always making points

And Julien acts like she's in a completely different planet

They really need the truth to smack them in their faces to listen to it huh

Why didn't Kate just pay for the cab. Why confront her.

Camille is a biotechnologist and complaining abt schools closing in the pandemic?

Camille was right about GG (even though she sent tips herself so I guess not really)

Camille destroyed Kate and she still think that counts as standing up for herself

Julien really thought that would work?

Also Obie do you love her or not just stick to your choice

"I just told Camille de Haan off" you didn't

Kate literally just shut up

Go Nick

"One for all or none for none"

finally, throuple

The hug aaaaa

"Now remember, one of you gets me at midnight, and the other one gets to go to the station alone"

Julien and Zoya finally making up

"Anyone could have been it, even me" and the way her face lights up finally Monet as queen JC was too nice anyways

Please tell me they are going up against each other. I need the drama.

Cute throuple

Also the boss fight song while Julien does her speech and declares war on gg

Monet queen

Julien really just apologized for being a bad friend only to betray everyone she knows

Mutually assured destruction

Julien's "I know you love me, XOXO" yes

What was Kate's condition

What did JC send her

"I'm Julien fucking Calloway"

"Did you miss me? I know I've missed you"

Does real Gossip Girl start now?

#gossip girl #gossip girl reboot #new gossip girl #gossip girl hbo #gg #gg hbo #gg reboot #gg rb #new gg

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mrs-nate-humphrey · 3 years

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I am curious: what are your favorite scenes from your main ships (date, dair, derena...)?

scenes involving milo don't count, sorry!

for me, it's really not just scenes, but body language & just in general, how they are with each other, you know? dan and serena grin at each other and hug SO much, you can tell that being around each other in s1 made them both so happy, and even after that glow fades the way they look for comfort in each other... top level stuff. the way blair looks at dan... we never see her as radiant at any other point. she was not looking at anyone else like this. and gosh, dan and nate. they're both so comfortable around each other that there's absolutely nothing weird about like. discussing that one ex girlfriend whom they both share AND both were in love with. there is literally no other duo who trusts/enjoys each other's company so much that they're comfortable in a love triangle. (probably because they're more in love with each other than with the girl, but that is not the point. or is it?)

anyway, more specific answers. under the cut. this is one of the longest answers i've ever written on this blog possibly but you KNEW that would happen when you sent this ask, didn't you? (affectionate)

derena: i tagged one of my ds reblogs as 'the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one' and like. look at them! this hug from 1x10 kills me in the best way. they are both the literal embodiment of :D when they see each other! i love 1x10 as a whole moment, their entire thing at cotillion is so sweet and they're both so happy. the fact that he is talking about his chemistry teacher during this kiss in 1x07. that bit at the end of 1x05 when they talk about their siblings (being there for their sibling because of fallible parents being a derena parallel makes me simultaneously really sad and really soft, tbh). 1x05 gives me SO MUCH SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT but the way they walk off together arms around each other does something to me - these are two people who are still getting to know each other but who really like what they see, and who trust each other and. are just having a good time together! back when derena was my OTP, the 1x11 "your story's about me?" was absolutely a fave, too, and i still adore it, albeit in a different, more nostalgic way. i like a dan who writes cute stories about serena. no empty shell sabrina van skoneker bullshit. she is so much like you, daniel! you'd be shattered if she did this to you. don't do this to her. tbh, most derena moments from s1 are just A+ romance. the bit in 2x02 in the jitney is so funny, they're SO bad at being exes. the bit in... 3x03 i think?? i don't remember... on the contrary. when they're talking about dan's fling w/ georgina and serena's relationship with carter, the ease with which they talk and how happy/supportive they are of each other's new relationships... yeah. love to see it.

i also really like any instance of them having honest/open conversations. 1x13, talking about how serena is concerned about blair. 1x08, serena talking to dan about feeling jealous of vanessa. this bit from the touch of eva or whatever that episode is. 4x04 i think. this is the conversation everyone is trying to get dan to have and he's avoiding EVERYONE else. derena interactions in 3x21 (can't find a gif right now) - the fact that dan is with serena when her dad abandons them, the fact that he goes all the way there with her. 2x07, "i'm really glad you're nate's friend. he really needs someone like you right now" (though i'm cheating, that's technically a d/n moment too klhdflkgf). there's a bit in s4 where he's advising her against having an affair w/ colin, i don't remember the ep number, but the way he takes her side so easily and naturally and puts due blame/responsibility solely on her professor... yeah. 4x10 i think this ep is?? idk. but like my tags say, im sentimental about this moment because while what dan was doing was irresponsible, sneaking her out of the ostroff, he was the only person in this episode who was actually talking to her and listening to her and taking her seriously. nobody else was doing that!!

i probably have more moments i'm not remembering, but we're only 1/3 into this answer and LOOK AT THE WORDS, good lord, i'm sorry.

dair: my favourite dair episode is hands down despicable b (5x21) which i have heard is an uncommon answer. i just love the conflict resolution of it all, okay!!! 1x04 & 2x08 are like. standard answers any dair shipper will give, and i'm no different. i love dan being able to give blair advice and blair actually taking his advice even though they're not friends yet!!! be right back, yelling at the intimacy of it all!! 5x16, with their getting together (this little kiss and dan being so startled by it), blair admitting a flaw she genuinely does have and dan saying it's not awful because it's her, which is just. romance at its finest. those vows, good lord. 5x18.... they're having fun! blair showing up at the loft in lingerie for dan... the delight on her face.... (i know this moment blows up in their face but when she's there she looks so happy and proud of herself and this was like THE moment when i was like. oh. dair is really the heart of this garbage show huh).

i think for me, the thing that really sells dan & blair together is the serena of it all. both of them love serena more fiercely than anyone else, and that is what brings them together. (fwiw i definitely think nate loved serena this much and this deeply, too; the writers just wanted to pop the serenate balloon, which even i think was extremely unnecessary and ooc.) but (& i have so much meta about this) their relationship grows beyond serena. their entire s4 arc is SO good. i love how comfortable around each other they are, in such an adult way, in the sense of like. they both bring so much stability to each other? morgan tagged this edit "the marrieds" and like. yeah. b offers to help him shave. they're having breakfast & reading the paper together.

all the love declarations we got that weren't a simple 'i love you.' be your charming wonderful self (how could she not love you/ tell me what would make you happy, dan) i told chuck he doesn't have my heart anymore (you spent your life earning the keys to set you free when you were free all along!!!!) dan's pep talk to blair in 5x21 (already linked a gifset earlier, here's another one if you want i guess). there's definitely more... but honestly, the way the dair arc was executed was so good - while i do have my complaints, i also think keeping those aside, it was SO close to perfect. i love dan & blair's banter and gradually becoming closer and closer and closer. it felt very organic and real and GOSH. the way penn & leighton looked at each other while playing dan and blair...... it's just SO MUCH.

date: this is the hardest, because it's. *screams*. maybe you saw me losing my mind over those 2 seconds of nate handing dan a waffle? i love almost every scene with these two, even the hellish s6 breakup scene. my favourite episode for d/n (& also favourite gg episode in general) is 2x06 - i love the homoerotic subtext of it all. nate pretending to be dan because dan's name is the first name that came to his head. dan flirting w/ nate while tied to that thing, in his underwear. them becoming friends. and 2x07 as a follow-up to that! dan getting nate to live in the loft with the humphreys for a while. i am so soft.

4x09 is a terrible episode in general, especially for serena my beloved, but the d/n moments in that one? off the CHARTS. this weird overly macho flirting, in some ways THE most iconic d/n line. this entire finish each other's sentences nonsense. someone (i think it was ana but im not sure?) compared the energy of those scenes i just linked to the book blairenate love triangle resolution, blairena choosing each other over nate in the books, date choosing each other over serena in the show (if only! RIP.) after the saints & sinners ball, this cute little moment of 'youre the only one who understands me. please tell me they went home together. i mean. how could they not have.

3x07, them watching vampire porn together. a tag i used on ao3 (& also on here, once) is 'nate brings out the himbo in dan'. here is a prime example. 'is she levitating?' i don't fucking know, dan, what do you think?? (i was telling my partner that that's what i love abt dair vs date. around blair dan is an intellectual, a librarian, an art historian, a museum curator. around nate it's like dan is competing to be #1 himbo on the show. can my girlfriend actually fly? i don't know, dan. i can't believe you're seriously asking such a question.)

3x12 pep talk. (sorry about the shitty quality!) essentially nate telling dan that he (dan) is hot and that he shouldn't talk himself down so much.

dan making nate gay in his book. you know. his book from which blair found out he was in love with her. nads (who i will not tag in this billion word long gushy meta, because i value her sanity) once called inside "wish fulfilment' and. i mean. yeah

nate checking dan out at the derena wedding continues to be hilarious. hilarious in the same way as dan sexually fantasising about nate. canon really went 'let's give ivy some special easter eggs' and i appreciate them a lot!

i love the way they are around each other - so quietly attuned to each other. i showed my sister my date!husbands gifset, and she was like. yeah they're so married. and it's just stuff like how dan looks for nate over his shoulder, it's not even an active action, it's as easy and natural and intuitive as breathing, checking to see if nate is still there.

oh, that wasn't as hard as it could've been! okay. cool. im SURE there's more things i could scream about, because it's DN, the fact that they're non-canon makes me THAT much fiercer about them than dair/derena, to be honest. so many dots to connect!! anyway.

#meta #derena #dair #date #anon #this is SUCH a gushy essay but like. what did you expect #how else could i have answered this #this took. an embarrassingly long amount of time #but i had SO much fun so #citations for my ships #don't mind me *whistles under my breath*

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gossipgirls · 4 years

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what are your most unpopular gossip girl opinions (if you have any)

ohhhh god okay. i’ve voiced most of these already but having them all bundled up in one post feels like holding up a big “COME DRAG ME” sign. but here we go.

serena is a good character. a lot of people who hate her just either don’t get her or don’t care to try (which is fine haha but don’t go around saying she’s just a shit character then).

serena was never a worse friend to blair than blair was to her. they balanced each other out.

dan was the only appropriate choice for the identity of gossip girl and i’m not all that bothered by the inconsistencies/plot holes (i.e. “but he was surprised when he saw that one blast!”) - this is definitely because i am an infp and i barely care about details as long as the big picture makes sense to me lmao. eric wasn’t a relevant enough character for it to matter, dorota would’ve been funny but would have made absolutely no contribution to the show’s messaging and would have been way too campy of an ending, georgina was too obvious, nate would have been ooc (particularly since, god love him, he’s just not smart enough to pull it off honestly).

on that same note, derena’s endgame was not ooc for either of them. she definitely deserved way way way better and it’s not my desired ending for her, but it was the most logical way to end the show considering its messaging.

dan and blair were good in s4. i enjoyed them as friends with some unexplored romantic tension and dan having a small crush. it suited them well, and it should have stayed that way for the rest of the series (and would have stayed that way if she hadn’t been depressed and lonely in s5, but that’s not an unpopular opinion lol). but i’ve never been opposed to their s4 kiss or the s4 connection in general.

the majority of the most difficult parts of the show to watch are blairena’s fights. i know a lot of people think of chair as the driving force of the show and like... i love chair and the show was always way more interesting to me when they were together, but i think it’s kind of undeniable that the show just genuinely didn’t work as well when blairena were on the outs after s1. thus, THEY were the central and most important relationship of the show, not anybody else.

jenny and vanessa aren’t that bad. i actually like jenny at several moments, while i just think vanessa is hated way more than she deserves. she was annoying, i guess, but never a truly bad person.

i love ivy. 🤷‍♀️

while i ship serenate above any other serena or nate ship, i often think a van der baizen endgame would have made serena happier than a serenate endgame and would have been truest to the wishes she had expressed since season 1.

beatrice grimaldi is kind of an underrated char, probably because she wasn’t in many eps and because she was working against blair. she was awful but, like, deliciously so.

as a feminist and a fan of serena, i want serena to have a career and succeed and be stable and happy. but her career-based plots were dreadfully boring (so were most characters’ though).

i never minded eva/cheva lmfao. they lasted for like 4 episodes so i don’t care enough to either ship them or hate them, like how anybody even has a strong opinion on them is beyond me. like it just happened so fast that idk why they’re either passionately hated as if they were meant to be a serious ship, or shipped as if they were anything but a symptom of chuck’s escapism.

dan/georgina > every single other dan ship

tripp sucked but the entire s3 tripp plot was honestly absolutely STELLAR.

this is probably just unpopular because nobody but me is thinking about it, but i would have liked for alison humphrey to stay in nyc and be a recurring character (not in every ep like rufus, but just every now and then like harold or cyrus).

juliet could have been a really fucking cool character and i loved her at first sight in 4x01 before i saw the end of the episode. she was snarky and funny and challenged nate in a way that gave him some more depth for a minute. the whole ben plot ruined her, obviously, but she was kinda exactly the kind of woman i’d want nate to be with if not serena...?

i didn’t mind louis at all until he started scheming with chuck’s therapist and then obviously his behaviour at the wedding reception. i didn’t love him and didn’t find blair/louis shippable, but like... they weren’t bad... i’ve never minded watching them together...

i, uh... i didn’t mind sage spence either... she did the same sorts of things that blair and serena did at her age.

the pact with god plot was totally one of the worst blair plots but honestly... not as unrealistic as everyone says and not as out of character as everyone says.

i’m sure this is actually popular, but it just needs to be said: raina should’ve stayed on the show after s4.

jack bass was neither funny nor interesting.

#answered #anonymous

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lawandorderforevercsi · 4 years

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Their Feelings Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I don't own Forever, the show belongs to Matt Miller and ABC.

Author's Note: Rediscovering Forever randomly and for the first time since I started watching the show when it debuted in 2014, I realized how much I love the show!

A/N 2: Not beta'd so any errors that appear are my own.

Post Ep: Last Death of Henry Morgan (1.22)

"What am I to you?"

"You're my friend, my partner. Someone I care very deeply about"

"But not enough to trust, huh? Here's what you've been to me. You are someone who has frustrated me and confused me and made me look at life in a different way. Most importantly, you have me made feel again. For that, I will always be grateful. Get out, Henry!"

For Detective Jo Martinez, today of all days had been a long and tough day. Tough because of the homicide case of Blair Dryden. But long because of something else entirely.

As the case they have put the pieces of the case puzzle together, Jo figured out that Henry was hiding something big. She was none too happy that he couldn't trust enough to tell her of his secret. Saying what she wanted to say, Jo asked him to get out of her car but regretted it as she didn't give him a chance to come clean. It took her to give him his watch, and a nudge from Abe a dated photo back for him to tell her. Henry began the long tale of his life.

Once she finally heard the whole story suffice to say, it overwhelmed her. Bidding them good night, she left the antique shop made it home on autopilot, and after a quick shower and salad for dinner, she was on the couch, and she thought over what he said to her. The most major the bombshell was his age and how he can get killed by never die, well not yet.

She thought Henry is over 230 years old? Mind-boggling for sure.

Finally, the adrenaline wore Jo soon fast asleep on the couch. However, as luck would have it, Jo had barely fallen asleep when he heard, "Ms. Josephine, it's time to wake up. You're getting married this afternoon."

Jo shook his head as he opened his eyes and thought, 'Huh... wait a minute, me getting married? I just got home!'

He woke up and realized he was not in her townhouse in NYC but a big Antebellum home, and there were several antiques in her room. As day and dream progressed, she learned she was the daughter of a wealthy banker in South Carolina and that she was to marry someone of equal importance in society. Everything was a blur, and before long, she was in a gown about to walk down the aisle. There was no expense spared. There were roses decorated everywhere, every nook and cranny. There she had seen the groom standing. She realized it was a replay of her and Sean's wedding with Sean but with more grandeur. However, when she arrived at the altar and saw the groom, it wasn't Sean, it was Henry's. Suddenly Jo was awakened by a distant sound, the knock of a door. Jo was drawn back to reality. She looked around and saw that she had fallen asleep where she sat.

Stretching and redoing her hair quickly and went to answer. Having her gun near her, she checked and saw it was Henry. She asked, "Can I help you, Henry?"

When Henry saw her in a form-fitting top and shorts, he was gob-smacked. He knew that Jo was beautiful inside and out. But what he saw her in made him speechless. Half irritated, and half-amused Jo asked, "Henry?"

Shaking his trance, Henry cleared his voice and said, "After you left, I thought about my actions. Jo, I am profusely sorry I wasn't able to confide in you when we were in your car. I just wasn't sure if you would believe me. It took my last encounter with Adam to make me realize one thing."

Jo asked tersely this time, "And that is what?"

Henry stepped closer, invading her personal space, which he knew could backfire for him. But he didn't care; he now knew what he wanted. He said, "I want you in my life. Not just as a colleague or a friend, but as a...well, this will help."

Henry steps even closer, invading her personal space, places his hand on her waist, pulled her in, and kissed her hard. While Jo was surprised, she did a mental victory dance. Yes, she was mad at him for taking a long time to her his secret, but he was the one who helped her feel again.

Just as she was about to respond when he pulled away, she thought darn it Jo. Your timing is getting slow.

Henry pulled away, thinking he screwed it up. He said, "I guess you don't feel the same way. I don't blame you. I will go and in the morning put in a request for a transfer."

Jo was not about to let a good man walk away. Before Henry could move away and go back home, he felt Jo pull on his hand and into her residence. Once they were in, Jo had Henry pinned to the wall closest to the door. Holding him in place with her hands, she fused not only her body to him but also returned the favor and crushed her lips to his setting a sizzling kiss. Henry responded by wounding his arms her waist and settled them on the small of her back and passionately made out like horny teenagers.

When they parted lips to get air, the new-minted lovers rested their heads together, and he saw that Jo had the biggest smile on her face. Jo spoke, "I love you too, you lug, and from now on, we don't keep any secrets, okay?"

He said, "I completely agree with you, my dear Jo."

Hearing him call her dear made her heart leap. Following a brief moment of silence, Jo said, "Henry, also thank you for helping me fulfill a fantasy."

Intrigued, Henry asked, "What fantasy would that be?"

Jo explained, "I have always had the fantasy of being an ordinary girl being kiss the popular boy."

Henry smiled. He leaned in for another kiss, which Jo didn't even hesitate to deepen. However, before it got to heated, Henry broke the kiss, causing Jo to whimper at the loss of his soft lips. While he wanted to take her to bed now, he wanted to do it the right way. He spoke softly, "Jo, I want this done properly. You deserve to be courted and treated like a queen. You deserve to be worshipped. I want to do that and show how much you mean to me."

Jo smiled. There were no words to describe Henry except the gentleman who wanted to do things the right way. She asked, "Dr. Morgan, are you asking me on a date?"

Henry replied cheekily, "Why indeed I am Detective Martinez. Be ready tomorrow night at seven. The dress is formal. That is all you get from me."

She walked him to the door, and after pulling him in for another kiss and they bid adieu. When Jo closed the door, she knew her heart belonged only to one Henry Morgan.

A/N 3: Thanks for reading "Their Feelings". Keep an eye out for the missing scenes for this story.

#Forever #jo martinez #Alana de la Garza #henry morgan #ioan gruffudd

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youreonyourown-kid · 4 years

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ALL STARS 5ep3

I always watch the new episode a day late so i get spoiler, people were saying this episode was terrible so I had low expectations and actually enjoyed it lol

this challenge was weird, especially cause it was a lot like the club episode in as4 and i thought most people hated that episode?

ngl i love cracker and alexis clashes and i think it shows alot about how early season girls played the game vs later season girls

like honestly im not playing any of this “villian” business and just appreciate the good tv we are getting and u should 2

im still mad at how the show/fans treated vixen so i refuse to buy what other people sell as a villain, and try to support those girls extra hard.

Also i love Shea standing up for cracker.

ANYwho yeah the challenge itself was actually pretty dull

i dont get how blair and mayham had the best thing but juju won? WHat?

Im glad Mayham did well this episode tho, i do like her I just feel like she finally has a spot and she didnt the first couple eps

I knew ru is a huge fan of golden girls, so i thought that would be a great idea, but it was lacking any energy..

Okay i love shea but honestly i did think she did so bad in the challenge. Maybe just cause I have such high expectations??

THE LOOK THO I feel like it didnt get enough respect i was hypnotized. Like it’s burned in my minds eye. And I feel like her expressions worked so well with that make up.

I really hope alexis wins a challenge soon. SHe’s so good and I worry about fans turning on her (choosing shea’s lipstick, conflict with cracker. I love her for these things but..)

OKAY I MOSTLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT MONET’S LIPSYNC MY GOD

I LOVE MONET

ONE OF MY FAVE QUEENS. THE LOOK. THE FACE. THE ENERGY. THE TALENT.

NGL sometimes when I listen to Bob and Monet’s podcast (sibling rivalry go listen if you havent) I always find myself more in love with Bob, and Monet I still love but do think of her as more of the little sister lol.

BUT THAT LIPSYNC I AM A MONET STAN THROUGH AND THROUGH.

I just love her. And her and craker running up to eachother and hugging made me so happy.

I’m gunna miss Mariah, she is such an amazing Queen.

#as5 #rpdr #rpdr as5 #shea coulee came too slay #alexis mateo #monet x change #i just love them all #except blair idk what it it #shes been gettin on my nerves #the moment with her mayham and juju was so sweet tho

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bisexualdaemon · 5 years

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Winterlude

a/n: HAPPY BIRTHDAY @harryandmolly! She has no idea this is coming. That bitch loves surprises. I’m not gonna get too gross but like...I love my Molly. She’s the Serena to my Blair. The Blair to my Serena. The light to my dark. The syrup to my waffles. The gin to my juice (yeah I went there). Thank you for listening to my many neuroses and insecurities and for being positive when I can’t be. I feel like I’ve known you my whole life (even if it’s only been like six months) 💜

warnings: 1.1k of pure, unadulterated fluff

The snow on the balcony was starting to collect in drifts. It was coming down in sheets of bright white when Shawn finally opened the door. He could see it through the windows in his living room, the lights on the CN Tower barely visible through the thick haze of snow. He stomped out his boots on the entryway rug and shook out his curls, splattering the walls, the heat of the hall having already melted the flurries into droplets clinging desperately to his hair.

As he crept further into the living room, he inhaled deep, the spicy, warm scent of winter candles burning filling his nose. He smiled wide. You were home. His steps quickened. He noticed a faint glow and could hear the low hum of your favorite Christmas album floating from the stereo. Even though he knew you like the back of his hand, nothing could have prepared him for the sight that met him as he turned the corner.

Sitting at the base of the Christmas tree he’d just picked out yesterday, you sat wrapped up in dozens of tangled, multi-colored lights. They were everywhere. Wrapped around your hips, hanging around your neck like a necklace and framing your torso. Your torso that was clothed in a onesie. With hearts on it. You were concentrating hard, checking every light in a dark strand, trying to find the faulty bulb. You hung your head and groaned in frustration, causing your purple sparkly Santa hat to slip off and fall in your lap. It was such a pitiful, dejected look that he couldn’t help but snort at the sight, swallowing a burst of laughter behind his closed fist.

Your head shot up and swiveled around, eyes wide with surprise. He lost control, a wave of giggles bubbling in his chest and exploding through his open mouth. You just stared at him, still tangled in lights. You hadn’t expected him home until much later. He’d been spending long hours at the studio, putting the last touches on a Christmas EP due to release next week. He took a few cleansing breaths and cleared his throat, wiping the tears of mirth from his eyes.

“Baby, what are you doing?”

“I...I’m trying to find the bad bulb...what are you doing?!” You shot up off the floor and scurried across the hardwoods to him, trailing lights behind you. Colliding with his chest, Shawn wrapped his arms around you and squeezed tight, missing you just has much as you missed him. He pressed his still chilled and rosy cheek to the top of your head, wrapping himself in your scent. Humming his content, he pulled away and took your chin between his fingers, pulling your eyes up to meet his, “I came home early to be with you. The EP is done so I basically ran here. I didn’t want to miss it.”

Sniffing loudly, the frustration of the day settled in, even though it was supposed to be stress-free. A tear welled in the corner of your eye, “I know we said we would decorate together later tonight, but I just wanted to make time for other things.”

You bit your lip, knowing exactly the effect it would have on him. The corner of his mouth quirked up. Even though it was set to a whine, your inflection wasn’t lost on him.

“Other things, eh?”

He cupped your face with his large rough hands, fingers spreading, searching out your pulse point, wanting to feel the effect his presence had on you. Slowly, he brought his lips to your forehead and placed a chaste kiss there.

“Like this?”

You murmured your approval, your skin tingling even after his lips left your skin. He ran his nose along the side of your face, keeping contact but not enough to give you an idea of where he was going next. He tilted your head back and placed another kiss at the base of your throat, wetter this time, pulling a little gasp from you when he started to suck.

“God, I love you,” he whispered against your skin, so softly you weren’t sure he meant to say it out loud. His hands slid down your neck, headed farther south, but they got stuck in the strand of lights still hanging onto your shoulders. He tried to play it cool, but the strand wouldn’t cooperate. Disconnecting his mouth from your neck, he fiddled with the twisted cord, unraveling his fingers from its clutches.

An errant curl fell in his face with the force of his frustration. You pushed it back, running your fingers through his curls, and in the same motion wrapped your other arm about his shoulders, bringing the tail end of the light strand around him. His face lit up with red and green and blue twinkle lights.

“How are you gonna get out of this one, Mendes?” You stood up on your tiptoes and startled him with a kiss, quick but forceful, “I’ve got you now.” His face split into the most beautiful smile, you’d ever seen, one that made his eyes glitter.

“Oh, I know how.”

He quickly scooped you up in his arms, causing you to squeal loudly, echoing down the hallway toward his bedroom. Deftly removing the uncooperative strand of lights from your body and his, he stepped over them in one stride. You clung to his shoulders, surveying the state of disarray around the minimally decorated tree.

“Shawn, what about the decorations?”

“I think we can make time for them after those other things you were so excited about earlier.” He leaned his head against yours and carried you toward his room, unable to keep his mouth from your skin for more than a second. You moaned at his implication, excited that this night, your night, had finally come, knowing instinctively that he’d been planning every moment of this day for weeks.

He didn’t tell you that he’d been somewhere other than the studio that afternoon, didn’t tell you that there was a different gift in his pocket for you. Something permanent. A tangible promise that would shine as bright as the sun reflected off the snow. But that was for later. First, he was going to love you until you screamed his name.

When he finally made it to the bed and set you down, he took your face in his hands again, pulling your long hair over your shoulders. He brought his lips to your ear, tickling the skin with his soft breath.

“Happy birthday, honey.”

I LOVE YOU! 😘

#shawn mendes #shawn mendes imagine #shawn mendes fluff #shawn mendes blurb #shawn mendes fanfiction #shawn peter raul mendes #my writing #HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY

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I see the similarities with barchie, however I don't think veronica is anything like Serena. They both have heart sure, but Veronica has so much fire and shes a total BA. I didn't get that vibe with Serena. I see so many Serena/Betty vibes. imo Barchie and Serenate are more similar. Had the whole "first love" thing ish. I don't think nair was anything like archieronnie either but arichieronnie have real deep conversations. didn't see that with serenate.

okay but… serena was a wild child with a bad girl reputation who came back to town looking to redeem herself and vowed to be better to everyone around her. this included her pushing aside her feelings and things that had happened with the boy she found a connection with (nate) just to make her best friend (blair) happy because she had the idea that they were each others first loves since they were dating since kindergarten, even though nate thought this was a forced path between them and never felt the same way for blair as he did for serena. blair was initially super jealous of this because she was under an insane amount of pressure from her mother to be ‘perfect’ and pushed serena away because she almost effortlessly sparkled and drew people’s attention to her. i mean… this is very much veronica/archie/betty in the first few eps of riverdale…

serena also had a hell of a lot of daddy issues throughout the seasons and spent a fair bit of time acting out against her family because of this (cough, veronica, cough). this culminated in her throwing herself into work and trying to make a name for herself there because she felt like she needed to separate herself from her family and their legacy to forge a name for herself - very much what ronnie is now doing in riverdale! to add to this serena struggled a lot with committing to dan because she struggled to believe someone so good could love her without being ruined which is very 2x08 veronica lodge. plus if you crossed serena she would take it to your face without any sneaking around and plotting, and she could be a cold-hearted motherfucking badass like remember when she took blair’s crown back just because she could? that’s just reminds me very much of ‘sorry cheryl bombshell, you wanted fire? my specialty is ice.’

i do think serenate had a deeper connection than was often acknowledged, like they were each other’s beacon in the night when everything was bad around them, and in dark moments they turned to each other. that’s very varchie. but yes, maybe there weren’t as many deep conversations because serenate were constantly dismissed as just sex and a physical connection, and varchie actually are too, so even how they’re viewed by the fandom is a massive parallel.

of course they are different characters, i’m not saying they’re alike in every aspect. i’m just saying that when you stop and think about it there are actually a lot of parallels between veronica and serena and varchie and serenate, which i often feel is dismissed because serena is boiled down to the ‘blonde nice girl’ and her hair colour shouldn’t really make her parallel with betty.

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What are your thoughts on jughead x betty and veronica x archie and who do you think is the masked killer and give opinions on the characters because they are so annoying oh my goD

lolol okay well i just want to preface this with saying that i binged all of riverdale last week so my opinions are very fresh and i haven’t really had time to let them settle, but as for my opinion on everyone regardless of that, it goes something like this:

okay so with archie, i think i’m just a basic bitch bc i love him lmao. idk i think i just have a thing for muscular red-heads, see ian from shameless & now archie. but he’s just a very cute boy next door type of thing. he’s nice to everyone and has good intentions. he has kissed almost every girl in riverdale tho… except for betty. but this is the cw, they will kiss before the show is over - without a doubt

jughead is cool. i’m always here for the emo, in his feelings, quiet boy. although he does get a bit too pissy sometimes, but really all of the characters do, which has to do with the sub-par writing which i’ll get to at the end

betty, okay so i totally thought that i was going to hate betty when i watched the first episode. but idk like what happened with the character development in season 1 but she definitely flipped on me, and i really do like her character a lot. she does get too involved in people’s business sometimes without them even asking her. i get that she has good intentions but still

with veronica i definitely thought that i was going to get serena van der woodsen syndrome from her. if you guys don’t know gossip girl is one of my favorite shows, and i just could never stand serena. i just hated the dynamic of her getting everything she wanted without trying while blair just got shafted. i mean i’d be a bitch too if that happened all the time lmao. so i definitely thought we were going to get something like that when it came to the veronica / betty friendship, especially with how early that whole love triangle thing happened with archie. but i’m very happy with how she turned out

cheryl… idk what to say about cheryl lol

as for the pairings. well i’m actually completely okay with them except i need archie to finish making his riverdale rounds and get with betty at least once lmao. but i do like jughead and betty so them being endgame is still fine for me. but i did just finish watching the ep that came out yesterday, and idk what it is but veronica & archie just seem… strange? like the chemistry feels a bit off? idk if that’s just me, but yeah

overall though i get why you say the characters are annoying bc the writing for the show isn’t that great or even good i’d say. the characters do things that make you go wtf you’re being so not yourself and this is clearly just for plot convenience. plus just the way they have those kids speak is so eye roll worthy. too many metaphors, and let me just say when archie told betty he couldn’t be with her in the first few eps bc she was too good for him in that dramatic ass post-dance scene i nearly quit right there lol. i really like the show, but it would be much better if they got new writers

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lonnyrocketreviews-blog · 6 years

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Rupaul’s Drag Race Season 10 Power Rankings - Ep. 5, The Bossy Rossy Show

I haven’t said this yet, so I guess I will now. I don’t base my ranks only off of how well they do in the challenges. I factor it in, but mainly it comes down to how they do on the show at large, in and out of the challenges and runway. I think screentime, backstory, and backstage buffoonery factor just as much into the final vote as challenge wins do, especially if the fans get a say.

10. Monet X Change I was wondering when this would happen. The queen I would consider the weakest wasn’t the one that went home. This happens often on the show. Sometimes the queen who sashays isn’t the one who did the worst. Trinity and Dela in season 6, Trixie and Katya in 7, etc, though those are all more egregious examples, Monet is easily the weakest in the competition right now including Mayhem. In this episode, I think she was the only one who’s performance AND outfit were bad. Her lipsync gimmicks weren’t quite as impressive as last week, either. It was all sloppy. Could’ve been a double elim for all I care. Whatever. Monet probably is a great and hilarious queen (Cracker’s “best queen in NYC”). She’s just not showing it on the show. If she lands in the bottom again, she’s toast.

9. Mayhem Miller I’m kinda used to this phenomenon. Sometimes queens who shouldn’t be in the bottom 2 end up in the bottom 2 and then leave. Mayhem by no means did great this week, but I think the Vixen and Asia did worse. I would’ve put Asia and Monet in the bottom 2, but it’s not my show. I’m sad to see Mayhem go cuz I was super excited to see her on the show, but alas, this was bound to happen sooner or later. RIP. -Mayhem is my first major candidate for Miss Congeniality.

8. Kameron Michaels I feel like the second I start to like Kameron, she’s gonna leave, so I won’t! She didn’t do too bad in the challenge, and her outfit was pretty good. They have been pretty good for the most part, but Kameron still gets no screen time in the work room and hardly any in Untucked and absolutely NONE in confessionals. Who the fuck is she? Things we know about Kameron Michaels: 1. ‘hot’ out of drag, 2. can get rid of spiders if needed, 3. likes Shania Twain. That’s it. I GUESS there’s an outside chance that she snipes her way to one of the final episodes but I will be VERY surprised and VERY bitter if she does; it’s a reality show and they seem to think being sexy outta drag is worth keeping someone in a drag competition.

7. Blair St. Clair I really really like Blair, but she’s starting to remind me of Farrah Moan. Not that she’s whiny, but because she’s just like a lovely fruit that hasn’t quite ripened. She’s a talented queen, for sure, but is still getting eclipsed by bigger, louder, crazier and more mature queens. Unless she’s hiding something fantastic up her sleeve, she won’t survive her first lipsync.

6. The Vixen I’m glad that the Vixen has cooled her jets some. Showing a more docile side will help her a lot if she wants a shot at the crown, but the damage she’s already inflicted might be fatal. For all I know there could be another fight or two in the future. Her enemies Aquaria and Eureka are sailing ahead, and that might trigger some hostilities. I see two futures for the bomb that is the Vixen (and neither are her winning): either she explodes on someone and self destructs and that stress sends her home OR she totally fizzles out of drama and relevance and it sends her home. Either way, she has until the rest of the fodder queens are gone before she herself gets gone. 5. Asia O’Hara I’m kinda worried that Asia’s high point/win might’ve been just a one-time thing. I mean, it pretty much just was her making funny faces. Two week in a row now she’s been kinda weak. I’m not sure if she’ll crush Snatch Game or not. Maybe she’ll pull a Kennedy and fuckin nail it. Maybe it’ll send her home. I hope not. I really like her. I want her to be top 4, but I think right now she’s drifting between the frontrunners and the middle-of-the-pack queens.

4. Aquaria Aquaria’s drag isn’t QUITE my cuppa tea, but she’s undeniably doing quite well. Her looks are strong. Her performances are usually solid. She BABBLES (like a baby) but she’s getting a story line. We know who she is. She’s been ...nice?... in Untucked here and there and everyone makes a big deal about it. They did the same with Violet. I wouldn’t totally hate seeing Aquaria in the top 3 tho. She’ll definitely look good for it, but I don’t think she’s gonna win.

3. Monique Heart #TeamMonique. Monique and Cracker are still tied for my favorite. I love it when I kinda roll my eyes at a queen during preseason but then they knock my socks off during the show. Sorry I doubted you, girl. I think she’s doing well so far. Please please please survive Snatch Game. Fuck what I said last week, I need her to be in the top 3. Let a strong showing for Monique be the justice that Jaidynn Dior Fierce never got.

2. Miz Cracker Woohoo! Always happy to see Breanna back in the top, but she still hasnt FUCKING won anything yet (Snaaatch Gaaaame?). I was expecting her to really crush this challenge and she ONLY did great. Sigh. She’s a fucking crazy dork and her sense of humor is so stupid and I love her but I think she’s getting a little in her head. I’m kinda nervous that she’s gonna get the Katya treatment (like they blame her elimination on her insecurity but in reality they kick her off over something arbitrary like a catsuit (Pearl shoulda gone home (but I’m not bitter))).

1. Eureka I HAVE NOT LOOKED UP ANY SPOILERS ON REDDIT so I don’t know if I’m right, but I’m like 97% sure Eureka will be in the top 3. I think she’s gonna win. I guess I’m repeating myself at this point, but Eureka is getting all the screentime AND has a win under her belt now. It’s pretty clear. Eureka, Miz Cracker, and Monique Heart look like an incredible top 3. With Eureka winning, it leaves the other two open to All Stars. This is what I want to happen. Will it happen? Probably not, but whatever. I still watch this stupid show. Goo goo ga ga stick a pickle in my mouth and a cactus in my butt. I laughed a lot during this episode. They really didn’t suck at improv, which is great cuz S10 doesn’t actually have a ton of ACTOR queens (Dusty and Blair, that’s kinda it?). Anydangway, I’m enjoying this season for the most part so far. There’s just enough drama to keep it from being boring, and the challenges are going pretty well. There hasn’t really been a jaw dropping moment yet, but the season’s hardly even halfway done. Still plenty of time to fear the dreaded Twist. I just hope there’s not a stupid lipsync tournament like in S9...

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