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renegadesstuff · 7 months
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From watching her dance to dancing with her 🥺❤️
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robins-nest-mpi · 2 months
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bluestarsandclouds · 4 months
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thisgameissonintendo · 11 months
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a few words on lockwood..
some of you may know that it takes me ages to sit down and make edits for a show. a few come and co - like tyler from wednesday, and some stay forever - magnum pi is a good example for that. now, with lockwood & co. it is different.
usually, i watch a show, make about 1-2 video edits of it and then get bored. but for some reason my lockwood & co. folder has more than 50 videos already. in the time span of about 100 days. so, this cancelation weighs a lot heavier on me than the usual. locknation is my found family, my happy place. and i will not let family down like that. i’ll get my rapier ready and fight. i hope you’ll help me with this?
now, my main inspiration for all of this is cameron chapman - for those who don’t know: the one who plays anthony lockwood, 1/3 of the leading iron trio. he has a charm and a way to portray and feel his role like no one i’ve ever seen before. he is anthony lockwood. he makes you believe that. and given that this is his first show is absolutely mindblowing to me. he’s the inspiration, the main ’source’ (👻) behind my extreme joy and happiness lately. and the reason for my countless ideas of video edits. 
to know that such an incredible show with even more incredible books got canceled out of the blue is absolutely not understandable for me. it was top show in various countries for longer than most of these ‘popular shows‘. the crew and cast (and fans!) poured their souls into it. and we will get it back. i wish i could promise you that. i cant, but i 100% believe we will. we will get it  back for them. 
i’m literally heartbroken right now, i’ve cried for the past two hours. i refuse to let my happy place go like that. my comfort show. we will have a second season. i believe in us.
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magnumdays · 6 months
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Magnum PI - S05E11 - Hit and Run review
We're back. I guess. It feels strange knowing these are the last ten episodes it seems likely we're getting but judging from just this first one it's going to keep on being one heck of a ride at least for that :P
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(Full honestly, something is wrong with my internet so I watched this with like 1 million little lags and annoying loading bits so... may have affected my viewer enjoyment. Also gotta go to bed because I gotta work tomorrow so this is a little short and 5% spell checked...)
Miggy
Wham-bam, thank you, ma'am. It would have been more shocking if we hadn't gotten the "I'm late in the promo" but still, it was fun to explore this for an episode. They didn't touch back on what Juliet said about not being sure if she wanted a baby or not, but from how the discussion went today she seemed to have changed her tune. Would have been good to have addressed. I thought the would with Magnum being incredibly award when she told him. (This was low-key a favorite part of mine because not knowing what to say Magnum is pretty rare.)
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Loved that they're keeping the Miggy banter and Thomas Magnum logic going strong even with big life-changing-ish news looming on the horizon.
"Yeah but if you are pregnant you will be more pregnant tomorrow."
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"Just like how you said you weren't scared of spiders?"
I think this was a big set-up for how the series is going to end. Which I think is going to be very Mentalist and we kind of needed to have them talk about and want a baby, even if not right now. (Seriously, if the show doesn't end with a Miggy wedding and baby on board I'm going to be annoyed.)
So yeah, I'm glad they had the baby talk and that it leads to Confessions! (have I been watching too much K-drama? Maybe. Yes.)
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And is it weird that I cried there with them being all "I love you" at the end? Like I thought, kind of that I'd gone through my mourning process for this both with thinking season 4 was the end and during the past few months knowing season 5b is the last. But apparently, I was wrong. I still have tears left.
Watching this episode just kind of made me realize how much I love this show (all over again) and that I'm going to miss it and my babies sooo much.
TC being sad = sadness
It's was kind of hard to watch our favorite guy going through tough stuff. I feel like the *protect TC at all cost* society will sue someone :P no but I was really thankful things seem to be going in the right direction for him both with emotionally dealing and getting some feeling back!
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Rick + Piper...
So Rick's got a new GF? I feel like she gotta have some connection to something bigger. Like she's for sure a spy or something right? Wasn't her being all "that dump never" just too great of a start? I mean Rick is cute and all, but just introducing her as a love interest would be a little frivolous? Though they have done that before with Ethan and Lia.
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Anyway, Piper is cute and I can't wait to see what happens with it.
The Case!
I really liked this case, even if it the excitement was somewhat lost because my internet kept lagging. It's pretty classic "hitman decides to save victim" only with a Magnum and Higgins twist. It could have gone a lot of different ways and in a way it felt a little too quick for it to end. (I think this might be another K-drama symptom where most things just keep going throughout the season.) I was hoping/thinking when I heard "boarding school, sick mom" that we'd get a Juliet/kid bonding moment.
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I would have liked Mr. Hitman to not have died so unceremoniously. I mean this poor kid, her mom is dead, her dad is dead, her brother just tried to kill her with 2 hitmen and now the guy who saved her (even if he was a hitman to start) dies? I mean come on! Couldn't he have gotten caught and she'd be like "I'll come visit you in jail" or something?
The Jin + Book
Are we going to get more flashbacks of Jin imagining the White Knight with superpowers? Because that was so weirdly hilarious. I was like? What? What? WHAT? Then I totally cracked up.
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But yeah, hope we have something more with the TR Bell + White Knight. That kiss back from early season 4 is still one of my faves of theirs (even if it wasn't actually 'them'.)
Next week seems fun! Like, repo a fish? What a strange world, but it sure going to be amusing.
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ailelie · 4 months
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I really love how the new Magnum PI handled Abby.
Backstory: Thomas Magnum lives on the large, Hawaiian estate of the man who turned his life into bestselling novels. The estate is managed by Julia Higgins, former MI6 agent, now majordomo. Their relationship is rather antagonistic at the start, but develops into mostly fond antagonism with a steel core of mutual trust.
Other than some looks when one realizes "oh, this person is more than I thought" (mostly on Higgins' side), this is not portrayed romantically. When they feign to be a couple for a job, nothing is played for romance. In fact, they discuss dating. Higgins helps Magnum make up with Abby (who he had gone on a date with as a persona for a job). When Higgins has a date, Magnum only asks to tag along because it is with a baseball player he admires.
At the same time, they are growing increasingly in sync and it is developing into a lovely "everyone sees it but them" scenario.
So, Abby, begins to notice this at the end of season 1, but doesn't say anything. She doesn't question Magnum or make demands of him. She recognizes that Magnum/Higgins isn't a thing and that Magnum would never be unfaithful (especially not after his experience with his former fiancee), but she also sees that Higgins is very important to him.
In season 2, Abby realizes that a man she helped defend (to the point of a hung jury) is guilty (his newly published book contains details she'd known, but had never shared with him). Enlisting Magnum's help (to be fair, it isn't her who asks and she does tell him she wishes he hadn't said 'yes') and helping Magnum goad her client into revealing where he buried the bodies go against her ethics as a lawyer. (She even tells Magnum at one point. He says that putting the author in prison is the right thing to do. She replies "Morally? Yes. Ethically? No.")
At the end of the case, her license is revoked. She tells Magnum she is moving to the mainland to open a pro bono legal clinic (and points out that she can no longer practice in Hawaii). He immediately starts strategizing for long distance, but she stops him.
I don't think this case was a test, but I think, after it was over, Abby reflected on it as if it were--not of Magnum, but of herself. If she stays, her life would be like that case over and over again. She would have to find a way to fit into the private eye business alongside Magnum and his new partner, Higgins.
(Magnum had spent the last few episodes campaigning Higgins to become his partner in the business, rather than just the person he hit up for technological favors and occasional back-up).
I think she realized that they could work, but working required sacrifices of her own identity she wasn't willing to make to fit into a mold someone else (Higgins) was already occupying.
She tells Magnum "good-bye" and that he'll find his match, that the perfect person for him is closer than he thinks. Then she leaves.
I love this because Abby/Magnum was a fun pairing and Abby did not leave Magnum because his job was too dangerous or he wasn't who she thought or she was jealous of Higgins. Instead, she leaves because (a) she has to if she wants to keep practicing the law, and (2) she realizes they aren't right for each other, that fitting into each other's worlds would require too many changes.
She is never villainized. She is always classy. Her relationship with Magnum was super in the background, but it mattered to them both. It just wasn't the right relationship for either of them.
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whumpslist · 1 year
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A bunch of answers 4 and recap
Hi everyone,
I’m sorry for my lack of answers, I’m trying to keep up with the current airing whumps’ lists but also completing the finished shows’ one and the new seasons’ episodes’ ones:
* The current airing shows’ lists are all updated: Law & Order SVU, The Flash, Magnum PI, Taxi Driver; I’ll soon watch Carnival Row and update it with the first two episodes aired as well;
* I am doing a whumpslist for Will Trent, which is currently airing, and the books by Karin Slaughter the TV show is based on, I'm still undecided whether to publish it or wait to complete them all. What would you prefer?;
* I have to update the Titans' list with the first part of the fourth season;
* I’ve finally updated the Prodigal Son's list with the second season (I will reblog it right after this post); The Boys' one has already been updated with the third season;
* I’ve recentely updated Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Strike (TV show and books) too, and posted a new K-list, The Veil;
* I have started to watch the second season of The Witcher (I’ve watched the prequel Blood Origin and enjoyed it so much);
* I have K-drama The K-2 list to complete from... forever, I will gather my courage to finish it and goodbye one of my favorite character; same for The Musketeers, only a bunch of episodes left to review...
You can find all the lists and the links into the Whumpslist’s links Sheet here. Plus, I've made another sheet to include all my gifs, short clips and audios posted as Tumblr allows only a certain amount to links into a single post.
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Meanwhile I’ve received many messages, I’ll gather the answers here into a single post.
Have you ever seen doctor who or torchwood? cuz they have a lot of whump, especially jack harkness
Doctor Who would take an eternity to be watched from the first episode, besides it’s not my kind of show so I’ve never watched it. Neither Torchwood, and that’s because I don’t like John Barrowman very much.
in your endeavor post, what ep was the second to last gif from?
Hi Anon, I suppose you mean the post of January 12th. It’s from Endeavour 1.00 “The Origins of Inspector Morse" when he’s listening at the Rosalind Galloway’s disc.
Ooo have you watched ER I’ve wanting a whump list for John Carter
Sorry @marahm30, I’ve never fully watched it back in the days, only some (whumpy) episodes already reported into The Whumpapedia.
I love love love your lists! Do you think you'd ever do Stargate SG1? I have a list of the daniel whump eps from the first handful of seasons, I'd be happy to help if you wanted to make a list
Maybe, @ravenwingdark, but surely not in the foreseeable future, my hands are full.
would it be possible for you to do Rise of the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Series and the movie? I saw that you had done the 2003 version and was wondering if you would do the 2018-2020 one
You’re mistaken, @the-true-alpha-04, I’ve never watched nor compiled a list for it neither I will do it in the future, sorry @rachealwolf25.
Clay Spencer
Nope, as I’ve already answered it several times: I will not do a list for SEAL Team, I've only made a gifset for episode 2.17. Despite the potential, it’s pretty lacking in whumps (even if the last season had some improvements). The ones shown are widely reviewed in The Whumpapedia, though.
Do you know any good Chloro Man scenes from shows?
Interesting trope, Anon! Not one of my kind, so I can’t really recall some specifically, but I report it in my lists when it happens. Maybe you can use a selected filter to serch it into The Whumpapedia, though.
Could you do whump lists of…Forever, TVD, The originals, Legacies and other crime sci-fi shows?
It’s highly unlikely it will happen, sorry @anonymous-persona, especially the vampire shows, because of the immortality things, whumps are almost pointless...
Hi! would you be able to make a list for the Mandalorian? specifically pedro pascal’s character! thank you
I’ve thought of making one while I was watching it, but they are just a few, plus Pascal always wears the mask and it’s limitating.
do you know of any whump from All Saints, the '00s australian medical drama? the stabbing episode whumpypepsigal posted was amazing, but the whumpapedia doesn't have much to offer for more... i don't know if the show just isn't very whumpy or if it hasn't been combed through yet, but maybe you'd know, or people in the notes would? thanks!
Nope, I don’t know the show. After receiving your message, I’ve looked for it but I was unable to retrieve it. Please, let me know if you have more luck.
That’s all, folks!
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the-eh-team · 9 months
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There is an article too: https://deadline.com/2023/06/magnum-pi-canceled-nbc-season-5-part-2-final-season-1235423630/
This is so devastating for the cast, crew, writers and fandom that worked so hard to save the show.
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travialpursuit · 1 year
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Magnum, PI S5E01 “The Passenger”
We’re back baby!  YYYYYYYEEEEESSSS.  And we start off FANTASTICALLY.  Shower scene?  Oh yes, yes please.  Talking and handsy in shower scene?  Oh yes, more please. 
So it is quite evident from the morning banter and the shower discussion that Thomas and Juliet are vibing.  Vibing with early morning-after banter.  :-D  I be happy.  Quite happy.  I love that both appreciate the possible repercussions of a relationship, but they’re both also willing to risk it anyway because it might just work out. 
We had to have someone come in, so Kumu it is!  Funny scene, Kumu wondering where Juliet could be...
Anyway, client time.  So possible cheating spouse, but from a quick search of his office by the duo we find some stuff, but we’re not quite sure what it means contextually.  And because we’re 15 minutes into a new season, we’re going to get arrested!  Woo-hoo misdemeanors early!  And we’re introduced to Gordon’s (not sure temporary or permanent) replacement.  When the word ‘boyfriend’ is dropped, the hilarious ‘Oh we’re not/He’s not...’ reaction as the Det. just watched, amused.  And he won’t be charging them?  Breaking and Entering as well as Impersonating an Officer?  Not going to bother because it’s paperwork?  Huh? 
Nice car seat.  Thought we had stopped or at least slowed to a trickle with the running jokes of ‘Thomas Magnum the mooch’ and ‘I need a favor’.  Guess not.  Higgy pays for the car seat and Thomas is already asking for favors.  Lovely. 
I like the attention to detail that Magnum memorized Detective Childs’ badge number and uses it to impersonate him.  So, misdemeanor #3? 
Hmm, Captain Greene.  I thought he was married...I remember his son dying with the Triple Frontier episode where he betrays Magnum to Ivan...We’ll see where this storyline goes.
Magnum and Higgins find the acrylic nail in the SUV.  Did we need the reference to Magnum’s dating history?  He dated 2 manicurists?  Higgy was mostly joking and he casually drops the ‘2, actually’ line.  Quick personal side note: I’m not a fan of a character (TV/Movie/whatever) having a dating history so long you need to start numbering the pages.  Assuming the character is not just a slut (male/female/I don’t care, the adjective applies).  Presumptuous, but I’m going with it.  That says one of two things: the person has a major character flaw and can’t keep a relationship, or the other person recognizes quickly that they really don’t want to be with the character and cuts it off quickly.  Either way, it doesn’t really reflect well on the person.  And yes, I am generalizing, but I really hope Magnum isn’t portrayed as going through a TON of relationships.  A few, sure. We’ve seen him date Lia and fairly seriously date Abby, and his relationship with Hanna was...something, yeah.  But other than that, we see one instance I can remember (early in Season 1) when we see someone he’s had at the guest house.   Personal side note/thought completed. 
Cute little discussion on the way to the car about how they know so much about each other, that a relationship just kind of happens organically and they didn’t really ‘court’.  Higgy’s pessimism followed by her line: “For what it’s worth, I think I might actually have enjoyed being courted by you” is such a great way to introduce how their relationship might go.  I look forward to it.
Damn right Katsumoto better fight for his badge.  I don’t think the line about Thomas not turning him in had he pulled the trigger is such a great one concerning Thomas, but...  
Could we have just Magnum talk to Kimee off-screen and/or not in front of Higgy with Kimee being quite flirty?  Or are we just trying to make Higgy jealous right away?  Anyway, we get a client name.  And after talking with the woman and her high-powered realtor husband with possible ties to organized crime groups...lovely.
From the conversation with the Parkers, Higgy realizes that the wife is being abused and the Doc was trying to help her get away when the husband’s ‘security’ was chasing them.  And Detective Childs’ played them!!!!!
 Breaking Melinda out of her domestic prison!  Convince her to testify against him, get out of there and use reason.  Hmm, it works!  Magnum beating down three guys was pretty impressive before Higgy disarms the husband and does a really nice hip-toss as the approaching sirens announce HPD is coming!  I do enjoy Higgy beating people up.
I really like Detective Childs smirk after Magnum and Higgins confront him about playing them.  Childs could be a really fun character.
Gordie!  Fight it!
 Oh man, Higgy’s smile when she heads through the gate in the wine cellar to see Magnum’s setup for them.  They are so together hard. 
Hmmm, Captain Greene.  Kidnapped.  About to be tortured for the identities of Magnum’s team...this is going to be interesting. 
Small question: in the first season, wasn’t the team interviewed publicly upon their escape and after medical recuperation from their Taliban captivity?  So their names would already be publicly known...?
 Anyway, very good episode and a great way to start Season 5!  I LOVE the added layer of interaction between Thomas and Juliet.  Their decision to keep it private for now is going to create so much chaotic fun.  Let the mayhem commence.  
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twwpress · 3 months
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Weekly Press Briefing #80: December 31 - January 6.
Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from December 31 - Jan 6. Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 
Challenges/Prompts:
There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.
This Week in Canon:
Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.
Season 1, Episode 11: Lord John Marbury aired on January 5, 2000. Season 6, Episode 10: Faith Based Initiative aired on January 5, 2005.
Photos/Videos:
Here’s what was posted from December 31 - January 6:
Amy Landecker posted a photo of herself with her dad and Brad at a University of Michigan football game, along with a message about her connections to University of Michigan. 
Janel Moloney posted photos of herself with her twin Carey in Brazil. 
Janel Moloney posted a video of walking through the fire for the new year from her trip to Brazil. 
Marlee Matlin posted a video of herself signing a new year’s message. 
Melissa Fitzgerald posted a promo image for Dule Hill playing for All Rise on Celebrity Jeopardy this coming Tuesday (January 9). 
Peter James Smith posted photos from the set of Magnum PI. 
Donna Moss Daily: December 31 | January 1 | January 2 | January 3 | January 4 | January 5 | January 6
Daily Josh Lyman: December 31 | January 1 | January 2 | January 3 | January 4 | January 5 | January 6
No Context BWhit: December 31 | January 1 | January 2 | January 4 | January 5 | January 6
@twwarchive: December 31 | January 1 | January 2 | January 3 | January 4 | January 5 | January 6
Edits/Artwork
#joshdonna: the exit by @nacejisbon [VIDEO EDIT]
Editors’ Choice: 
This week we’re featuring some fics about getting snowed in! To make sure we’re including some rarer pairs, we have repeated a few recommendations from way back in Briefing 24, where we recommended fics about snow, but we’ve also made sure to bring you some fics we have not recommended before.
baby, it’s cold outside by crossingdelancey | Rated T | C.J. Cregg/Andrea Wyatt | Complete | ‘Well, how about this way? I love that you get cold when it’s seventy one degrees out, I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich, I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts, I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of the life to start as soon as possible.’ The Wedding Cottage by JediAnnieScrambler | Rated T | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Ex lovers, CJ Cregg and Toby Ziegler, are shocked to find each other at the wedding of their mutual friends Josh and Donna. But when they're tasked to decorate the honeymoon cottage- together- they can't stop fighting. Will getting snowed in change that?  It Must Have Been The Way You Kissed Me by octothorpetopus | Rated G | Danny Concannon/C.J. Cregg | Complete | Snowed in at the White House, C.J.'s life is less of a fairytale than ever. That is, until her red-haired, suspenders-wearing prince sweeps in with one too many questions and all the right things to say. since we've no place to go by pumpkinpatch95 for joshatella (shuuuliet) | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | A snowstorm leaves Josh and Donna stranded on a road trip up to New Hampshire. When Donna realizes it's also the first night of Hanukkah, she's determined not to let it pass them by. Cold Dark Night by ETraytin | Not Rated | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | A sudden snowstorm leaves the staffers of the Bartlet Administration stranded at work for the night. It's not the first night they've spent in the West Wing, and at least tonight they have supplies laid in.
Fics:
Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. 
Josh/Donna
Give me your hand, and I will love you forever by ProportionalResponse | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
Errors and Omissions by Chinesepapercut | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
University of Life by Shonio | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
Fairytale Ending? by Tyrols | Not Rated | Josh Lymn/Donna Moss | In Progress
Locus Amoenus by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress
Optics and Blackboard Politics by satelliteforsomebody | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
Come Back, Be Here by MatthewsMary | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete [Editor’s Note: While this fic is listed on AO3 as complete, it has continued to update and appears to be a WIP]
Tell Them I’ve Got Your Back by vialethe | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete
CJ/Danny
after the crowd’s gone, I’ll be the last one by Luppiters for onekisstotakewithme, krazykitkat, miabicicletta | Rated G | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete
A Vague Recollection by whatsuptheregail | Rated E | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | Complete
Other Pairings/Gen Fic
What to Do in the Natural Aftermath by satelliteforsomebody | Rated G | Jed Bartlet, Leo McGarry, Toby Ziegler, C.J. Cregg, Josh Lyman, Sam Seaborn | Complete
it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress
Stand So Tall by vialethe  | Rated G | Abbey Bartlet & Donna Moss | Complete
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renegadesstuff · 4 months
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they weren’t even together- 🥹🤍
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robins-nest-mpi · 2 months
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Another fun season of Magnum PI really glad they were able to find someone to give them a home to finish of the series with another 2 seasons
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magnumdays · 1 year
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Magnum PI 5.08 ‘Dark Skies’ review
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Is it just me or were we getting serious “White Knight”/ Dark Thomas vibes this week? Like very serious determined and even broody/mysteriously feeling? Like normally I KNOW exactly where his head is at but this one I feel a little unsure. And I kind of loved that. It’s almost giving me ‘Higgy when Thomas has been kidnapped’ vibes. Only slightly less die this minute and more cat thinking very hard about how to kill another cat...
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“I don’t think I was very clear; I’m not asking!”
So dramatic!
So for this week I felt like three very separate plots and stories without any real common theme or link. Which because they have been doing a swell job of having that lately I’m a little disappointed even as I did enjoy the episode.
Higgy and TC on adventure was a really good contrast to Rick and Magnum being very serious with their Greene investigation to make the episode less dark and for there to be a case of the week. TC and Shammy’s thing while sweet felt a little random, even though Higgy was too adorable about the whole quiz thing at the start.
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Also my poor shipper heart just melts whenever we get our faves just being adorable and soft with each other be it on the phone or in the same room.
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Higgy and TC going all cowboys on the drone was fun, wacky and none sympathetic client was a nice change. Feel like they could have done a little more with him and the whole adventure, but surely TC having guns in the chopper has to be a Chekhov's Gun sort of thing for the midseason finale.
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Rick and Magnum and the Greene case is getting some traction and just as Juliet warns, it feels likely not getting rid of their new “friend” might come back and bit them in the ass. But we all knew our boys weren’t going to shoot the guy, even if it would have been a very interesting and dark turn if that did happen!
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I like that it seems we’re not going for terrorists are after them but some part of the very same organisation/part of the government that ran their team or gave orders to someone. How they’re going to make sense of the ones after them not knowing their identities I don’t know...
Guess we shall see, but it does feel like someone really went in to this with a plan, so let’s hope it’s not another SUV-plot fail!
Anyways, liked the episode but even with the Greene development this felt little bit like a filler. Like a good filler, that might even be fun on the re-watch but not more than once probably. 
Now let’s talk about NEXT EPISODES PROMO!
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My goodness, we got a proposal, someone getting blown up(?) and Higgy bleeding and freaking out in a padded cell. 
Genuinely curious what the proposal is about; a dream (Magnum’s or Higgy’s?), Higgy hallucinating at the mental hospital, them on a case or an actual proposal? I’m decently confident we’re not getting actually Miggy engagement until the very end of the season if at all but you never know even if I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t spoil it in the trailer! Feel like it would make sense for a case somehow even if it seems to be just them, so perhaps a dream?
But being the angsty “I love trauma for my faves” b*tch that I am, I’m kind of more excited to see what the bloody on her hands Higgy scene is all about. It looks like she’s utterly devastated and yeah, want to see what f*ckery can make Juliet Higgins lose her shit to this level. 
Very annoyed we have to wait 2 whole weeks for it, that’s for certain!
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dragonnan · 6 months
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list 8 tv shows for your followers to get to know you ★ i was tagged by @disappearinginq
Psych - My first true obsession since the X-Files went off the air in 2001. My biggest obsessions of the past were all WELL before streaming was a thing which meant you HAD to be in front of the TV when it aired or you simply missed out. For example, I missed the final episode of the OG MacGyver. I didn't get to see it until I bought the complete DVD box set decades later. (special mention of Monk which led me to Psych back in the great days of USA Network)
Sherlock - I was late to the party and didn't start watching until after the last season ended. This is, since 2017, my biggest current obsession. I have a strong attachment to detective shows and can't believe how long it took to finally watch. I love, in particular, the portrayal of the characters by Benedict, Martin, Amanda, Mark, Louise, Rupert, and Una (rip).
Fullmetal Alchemist (OG and Brotherhood) - Same, @disappearinginq! My love for this world never ends! Like you there are things I love about both versions. The way Brotherhood developed characters and the wider world (plus the ending) are so so good!! Meanwhile the first series handled certain emotional episodes SO much better!!! I'm sure you know WHICH one in particular. This was also one of the only times I took part in a writing group to help develop the multi-arc vision of a writer who goes by Heathenesque. I didn't write much as most has been created by her but it was so much fun! It still exists on LJ, as well as Mediaminer and The Pit (FFN).
Cowboy Bebop - The first anime anything I ever saw. My brother-in-law had it on VHS back in the day and was watching it at our house. I took an interest and was immediately hooked. I have lost track how many times I've rewatched episodes and there's a reason its considered one of the best anime series created.
Good Omens - WE NEED SEASON 3!!! Entirely quirky and initially feels like just comedy. But my GOSH there is so much depth under the humor and it poses very solid questions about faith and religion as well as friendship, love, what being human means, etc. And that was just the first season. I'm still not emotionally recovered from season 2.
Star Trek - Again, like @disappearinginq I love this show - TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager. I even had them on VHS back when cassettes were sexy lol. Star Trek was one of my earliest fandoms and I had such a crush on Spock.
Doctor Who - Thank goodness for streaming cause I watch this on repeat aaaaaall the tiiiime!! I consider it a comfort show and I don't get tired of it no matter how often I rewatch. It may be packed with, often, silly effects (particularly early on) and deeply questionable science. But I also haven't cried harder from the most wrenching scenes and emotion it triggers.
My Foundation - I'm dedicating this last one to the shows that built the tastes I'd have as an adult: MacGyver, Simon & Simon, Hart to Hart, Remington Steele, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, The A-Team, Magnum PI, Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Beauty & the Beast, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Moonlighting, as well as Saturday morning cartoons, The Electric Company, and Sesame Street.
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starseneyes · 2 years
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Miggy - Magnum PI - S4 Ep 20
Those who read this blog know I love to break down ships and go in-depth with Metas. I’ve done the entirety of the first season of A Discovery of Witches. I’ve covered Theloise (Theo and Eloise) in Bridgerton Season 2, and today I want to do a MINI Meta of Thomas Magnum and Juliet Higgins in the Season Finale of Magnum PI.
SPOILER ALERT: This is a Meta, so I will spoil the entirety of this episode. Yes, I’m taking it from the Miggy point-of-view, and I’m obviously a fan. But, I’m also going to dive into the performances because I feel like Perdita Weeks and Jay Hernandez gave their all to this.
Considering his very vocal objections to this ship as anything other than a series finale send-off, I respect the heck outta him for not holding anything back from the performance.
Ready? Steady... Let’s Go!
“Juliet, do you want a romantic relationship with Magnum?”
Juliet starts her morning off running, her music turned up loud. But, despite the adrenaline rushing and the endorphins coursing through her body, she can’t distract her mind. There’s too much noise in there, considering the events of the day before.
Yes, it was one day earlier that Thomas Magnum stood nervously in the wine cellar, gathering his courage to extend a vague enough offer to gauge Juliet’s interest.
Yes, it was one day earlier that she shattered his heart with news that she had other plans.
Yes, it was one day earlier that she called up her therapist for an emergency session because she couldn’t shut out the feelings anymore.
Today is a new day... a day of action.
“It’s better than the alternative.” “Which is what?” “Saying no to what you really want.”
Juliet is at a standstill, which is so poetic. All season she’s been running... running from her thoughts. Running from her dreams. Running from the realization that Magnum, yes, THOMAS MAGNUM is the one she wants.
The words play back in her mind, and she comes to a terrifying decision... she’s going to do this.
Juliet takes a deep breath, then sets off-camera. She’s no longer running. She’s no longer drowning it all out. She’s ready.
Now, I want to pause for a moment to acknowledge that from what we’ve seen of Higgins and relationships, the early stages are not her forte. Even with Ethan, she was terrified of getting hurt, and even wanted to run a background check on him.
Thomas is not unknown in the same sense. She knows who he is at his best and his worst. She’s walked by his side when she could barely stand him, as they formed a functional partnership, and as they transitioned to best friends.
The unknown is what comes next.
If he wants to be with her, then they have to navigate their partnership, their friendship, their ohana, and their own emotions. If he doesn’t, then she will feel awkward and embarrassed for ever broaching the subject. If they try it and fail, they could lose everything.
But the noise is too loud for her to shut out any longer. She has to try.
“Thomas?” “Higgins.”
Juliet takes one more breath, then knocks before slipping into Magnum’s Guest House. It’s obvious from the get-go that she’s feeling extremely awkward. But, she’s committed to this. Let’s go.
“Uh, normally, you know and wait for a response.” “But some people use knocking as a heads-up.”
He smirks at this, but he can already tell something’s off. It’s not like the two of them seek each other out often without reason. The day before, it was him seeking her out to ask her out. Today, it’s her turn. Of course, he doesn’t know that, and she doesn’t know who he has in his bedroom.
Okay, I know that sounds more salacious than intended, but if you’ve seen the episode, you know it works out in the end.
“Are you okay?” “Me? I’m fine.”
Juliet feels completely awkward, here, but he’s also a little guarded. At first, we don’t know why, but a part of him must know that Higgy’s going to be caught off-guard to see Lia back in the Guest House.
“The reason I came over is... Well, I want to tell you something. I just want to make sure that I, that I get it right.”
She’s already avoiding his gaze, fiddling with her fingers. He’s intrigued, but guarded. There’s no way he can guess what she was about to say. In fact, he looks like he’s bracing for bad news.
“Thomas, have you seen my jacket?”
And every shipper shouted expletives in one voice, so loud the world briefly tremored with its power. Juliet, herself, feels the shock.
She backs away from the counter, putting distance between herself and the perceived couple on the other side. 
“Excuse me for a second.”
Lia turns to get some coffee (and for those who were paying attention, Thomas did have two coffee mugs out at the very top of the scene... a little early warning system I know I missed the first viewing).
Thomas walks around the counter, separating himself from Lia and trying to reconnect with Higgy.
He doesn’t know what she was about to say, but he can tell that whatever it was, the walls that came down to open her up to whatever it was are going back up fast.
“Higgins, do you want to talk privately?”
She can’t even look at him. What she was about to do was so hard for her... to muster the courage to risk everything... and here he is... with Lia.
“No, no, no. It’s fine. Don’t worry. It’s not important.”
She’s deflecting. It really is important—and she knows it—but she can’t go there, now. She has to retreat, to refortify, to recover.
“Bye, Lia. It’s good to see you.”
She takes the out.
Higgins retreats outside the Guest House, giving herself a moment to catch her breath. As she does, reality sets in...
She was too late.
“Nothing happened. You know, the only reason why she spent the  night is because she drank too much... I actually slept on the couch. So, like I said, nothing happened.”
Thomas is absolutely on the defensive. He knows that Higgy had a strong reaction to Lia, and he doesn’t know what it was.
“When Higgins saw her, uh, she had this look. It was, it was very subtle, but it was like she was disappointed. And I didn’t even do anything wrong!”
Thomas is perceptive. I remember at the beginning of the MI-6 story line I kept wondering when he’d sort the whole thing out. I was so happy when he did.
Thomas is capable. He’s not the world’s leader on emotions, no, but he’s a solid detective, and he knows Higgins better than anyone.
“I’d be thankful that you found out about Higgins and Cole before you said anything.”
The thing that stood out to me the first time I watched this scene was how casually the three of them were talking about his love life, even so far as Higgy was concerned. We all witnessed the confession to Rick, but at some point TC was looped in, as well.
It serves as a nice call-back to the end of Season 3 when TC and Rick were encouraging Magnum to shoot his shot with the newly-single Higgins.
Thomas nods to Rick’s declaration. So, he’s got it in his head that Higgins and Cole are definitely a thing. So, there’s no way he knows why she was really disappointed.
“Hey, um, about last night. I just wanted to say nothing happened. Between me and Lia. I know what it looked like. And, uh, yeah, nothing happened.”
Seizing his moment, Thomas wants desperately for Higgy to know that nothing happened between him and Lia. In the back of his mind, despite the “Cole” obstacle (that’s a non-obstacle), I think he’s still hopeful.
He’s hoping for some sign from Higgy that this is the source of her discomfort... some level of jealousy. But, she shuts him down with some nonsense about him being a grown adult.
“It just seemed like you were bothered or... maybe not bothered, but... something.”
Her defenses are on high alert. It took a lot for her to be vulnerable that morning, and her walls have snapped back into place. Firewalls upon firewalls. But, Magnum sees it as a brush off. He doesn’t understand the internal battle she’s experiencing. Instead, he thinks that she isn’t interested, so he lets it go.
“Good luck.” “You, too.”
It’s not that they don’t face dangerous situations all the time. They do. But most of them are spontaneously dangerous—being discovered mid-job by bad guys, getting ambushed, a situation turns on its head.
This time, they’re walking into danger headlong fully aware that none of them may make it out alive. It’s not the time for speeches. They’re both too professional for that. But this little exchange shows their headspace—they’re concerned for the other, but know they have a job to do.
And should we get a Season 5, I really think that’s the proper headspace for the pair of them going forward... but I’m getting ahead of myself.
“Go!”
Thomas finds Higgins and Whelan, and they tell him where Gordon’s gone.
There’s no hesitation on Higgins’ part. She’s a capable woman who can hold the position well no matter what comes at them. Gordon needs Magnum in that moment, and they both know it.
Again, there’s no hesitation on Magnum’s part because he knows Higgins has it handled. Their respect for one another is a huge component of what makes them work in a partnership. They’d hammered out a lot of the kinks in how they work together, and there’s a complete trust, now.
“Just... suddenly got a bit overwhelmed.”
Higgins has never been an overly emotional human. She tends to attack things in life with her head instead of her heart. We have seen before that it was hard for her to make friends, to make connections, to embrace her found family.
The events of the day have been overwhelming, and now everything is catching up to her. The walls that insulate her so well are feeling constricting, so she goes outside to catch a breath of air.
But Thomas is hyper aware of her right now, and he follows to ensure she’s okay.
“I’m lying. I’m not alright.”
This is always a huge admission for someone who usually brushes aside their emotions and keeps going. Even with MI-6, Higgins lied to Thomas and only told the truth when she was caught.
And she could have deflected, again, but in the emotional moment of reunion in the hospital between mother and child, and this ohana that has grown a little larger... the walls started to crumble.
Facing him, out here, alone, no interruptions, no other people, no reason to pretend... Juliet chooses to be vulnerable.
“I wanted to tell you something, but then I saw Lia there, and I just couldn’t.”
Higgy is avoiding eye contact during most of her confession. She feels uncomfortable and exposed.
 It’s a terrifying thing, to open yourself up completely to another person, risking very personal injury in the process. He doesn’t know it, yet, but he is about to have the power to hurt her in a way that can never be erased. The fear of rejection is one of the most debilitating fears, I believe.
But, Higgins pushes through.
“So, uh, I came to tell you... that I have feelings for you.”
She meets his eyes long enough to try to read him, to gauge his reaction. Shock registers on his face, absolute surprise that that is what she wanted to say to him that morning. It’s not what he expected to hear.
“I tried to deny it, and I just can’t anymore.”
Thomas starts putting the pieces together in his mind, a sly smile crossing his lips. No doubt, he’s thinking about the day before when he asked her out, and how confused he was by her initial reaction, then the backpedaling to the picnic with Cole. It’s all starting to make sense.
He thought she was in deep with Cole, but now it’s apparent that was never the case. He has a shot. He freakin’ has a shot!
Higgins misreads the expression because she has no idea what’s going on inside his head. (and, heck, I don’t know, either... but it’s fun to try to figure it out, right?)
“Yeah, right. I bet this is just doing wonders for your ego.“
I love this line. It’s so Higgins that even in a vulnerable moment she’s going to call out his ego.
She evades her eyes, again, waiting for the pain to come. Waiting for the rejection. Waiting for the inevitable moment where her vulnerability doesn’t pay off, but proves a foolish venture.
But, that’s not what’s happening here.
“No, no. It’s... It’s not that.”
He’s stammering here, gathering his own thoughts before looking back up to meet her eyes. She instinctively meets his, genuinely confused... but too afraid to hope.
“When you were in the wine cellar yesterday, I wanted to spend the day with you... because I wanted to say the same thing.”
I love his read on this.
The emphasis on wanting to spend the day with her is so important, because in the previous episode he brushed it off when she asked... It was because everyone else had things to do... Right? Just two friends hanging because it was there, right?
Here he’s admitting there was intent. There was an active decision. There was a reason.
“Wait... what?”
Look at her face. She’s watching him intently, now, no longer evading his eyes. The “wait” registers confusion, but on the edge of “what” there’s pain. The pain of hope. The expectation that she’s wrong, but that tiny sliver of belief that she’s understanding him correctly... that he’s saying what she’s secretly wished he would say for months.
Higgy’s still unsure of what he’s saying. She want to think that what she thinks she is hearing is true... but maybe it’s not what he’s saying. Doubt is at play here. Higgins has had plenty of time to fill her head with it while weighing the many cons of even accepting her own feelings, let alone sharing them.
He registers her confusion, and realizes he can’t beat around the bush. He can’t talk in circles. He has to just... go for it.
“I have feelings for you.”
The emphasis on this is so fun. The emphasis is on “I”. It’s not about feelings. Feelings are already on the table. She put them on the table. The emphasis is on the “I” because this is reciprocal. This is shared. This is returned.
The empty vacuum of vulnerability fails to consume Juliet. Instead, she’s gobsmacked by the words she’s hearing.
“I think I have for a while. I just didn’t know it.”
Watch. Her. Face. Watch the words sink in. Watch her try to think of what to say besides, “Oh.” She can’t. In her wildest dreams she was terrified to think that this could happen, that he would be on the same page in the same chapter of the same story.
A moment passes, each of them regarding the other, wondering what the next move is.
Higgins is the first one to gather her thoughts, but she’s had a lot longer to consider this. Yes, she’s been fighting valiantly against her emotions, but it has given her plenty of time to process and consider. Plus, the conversations with Dr. Ogawa have no doubt illuminated all her possible fears. It’s her default position—I need to think of what could go wrong.
“I mean, of course I have my reservations.” “So do I, yeah.”
I love how she meets his eyes again, on that. It’s almost, “Okay, so you’re scared, too...” She goes through the possible things that can go wrong... all the things they’ve both expressed to others, but never each other.
“... Maybe we shouldn’t go there.” “I think you’re right.”
She nods, but she also looks away. There it is. There’s the pain and heartache she was expecting out of this conversation. It’s right there, cutting into her.
“We probably shouldn’t.” “Right. Yeah.”
The line is drawn. Higgins’ walls are going back up. Thomas watches her, completely aware that that isn’t what she wants, either. Sure, it’s easier to never go there—but is that the right call, here?
He looks to her lips, then to her eyes. His own eyes slightly narrow as the choice is made. And I LOVE her reverse shot, because I’m 90% sure it’s from a different part of the conversation (Jay Hernandez’ jaw is moving in the shot, suggesting talking), but it’s edited in beautifully.
Editors are magicians. And good editors can change the entire flow of a scene to bring it to its best point before airing. I love bringing her eyeline back to his before Thomas makes the move to close the distance between them.
He holds her gaze the whole way, waiting for her to give him a sign she doesn’t want this. But, she can’t. She’s wanted this for so long.
Lips meet, but this isn’t some thin-lined kiss. His lips part automatically, and hers part to meet him in response as they feel their way through their first kiss. It’s the magic of a first kiss that has a bit of awkwardness to it because, in real life you don’t know how another person kisses until you’re actually doing it.
Think about it... the WhiteBell kiss at the beginning of the season feels perfectly choreographed, complete with bare-chested manliness, his utter control of the situation by moving her head where he wanted it, and every tongue in place.
This isn’t that. This is the real Juliet and Thomas meeting mouths for the first time. This is learning how another person kisses, and feeling your way through. By the second kiss, they’re finding a rhythm, and her hands move, first to his jaw, then to his neck.
She’s not holding on, yet. She’s not committing, yet. She’s cautious... but she can’t keep her hands off of him.
He deepens the kiss, and she responds, matching him move for move.
We know from Higgins’ relationship with Ethan that she can take control when she wants to. But, right now, she doesn’t want to be in control. To be completely vulnerable means the release of control, to an extent.
Right now she’s letting him take the lead because she’s the one whose scared and he’s the one who dared.
They pull apart, and he’s quick to check her... to look for her reaction. To see her response. She looks to him, nerves on high alert. Was this a kiss to what might have been? Or is this the beginning? She has no idea.
Her fingers drop off his jawbone, her hand falling away from his neck. He pulls away from her, but as he does there’s a smile on his face—a satisfied, excited, celebratory smile.
Juliet glimpses his face and cannot help but smile herself. The light falls upon her, and I swear she glows in that moment, basking in it. All the dread and worry of their conversation is replaced with a cautious hope.
As his footing settles, he’s clearly given her space... but they are closer than they were through the duration of the scene. There’s no going back.
We end the season on Thomas, pressing his lips together as he looks at her anew—as though seeing her for the first time.
What’s next? Heck if I know! I don’t even know if we get another season, at this point. I do hope we do. This was one of my favorite episodes of the season all the way around. The teaser was sensational and getting to see Gordon unravel was played elegantly by Tim Kang.
I do believe these two can sustain a relationship and keep the show going. Like Brooklyn 99, the show is not about this ship. It’s about the ohana and the cases and how they navigate life as this found family.
So long as that’s kept in view, I think that Thomas and Juliet can exist in a romantic relationship while remembering that they are each capable, intelligent, bad*ss people.
I mean, they proved with that final scene that these characters can still be true to themselves and share a romantic moment. Higgy commenting on his ego was perfectly in-character. Magnum drawing a line in the sand only to immediately, trample it is so him! It’s possible to do this right, I believe.
But, again, this is all just my opinion. I’m one fan in this sea! But, I’ve loved being on this journey with each of you. Thanks for reading.
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