#me: I've connected the dots

[extasiswings]

As someone who never watched bones, the bones blueprint???

What is the Bones blueprint? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU. So Bones is the show with one of, if not THE hetero slow burn ship of classic Fox procedural shows in the mid-2000s-early 2010s. (Pretty much every main network had at least one major procedural slow burn at a time. Fox had X-files, then Bones. ABC had Castle. CBS had NCIS and The Mentalist…you get it). So, let me set the stage with our characters:

Seeley Booth, played by David Boreanaz. Booth is an FBI Agent and former Army Ranger (with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart and a certain amount of PTSD that he doesn’t like to discuss). Catholic. Complicated relationship with his family. More than a little repressed. Definitely needs therapy (and gets it eventually—at first when he’s required to go, and voluntarily in later seasons). Good at and devoted to his job. Single Dad who feels like he missed out on a lot of the early years of his son’s life and worries about being a good father (he asked his ex to marry him when she got pregnant, but she turned him down even though she loved him—at least early on in the series even though they aren’t together it’s discussed that they have a tendency to fall into bed not infrequently) [I swear I’m not making this up]. Anyway, you get the picture.

And behind Curtain No. 2, we have:

Temperance Brennan (Bones), played by Emily Deschanel. Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. Super smart, super scientific, doesn’t have great social skills, but definitely has the whole “perceived as cold but actually feels things very deeply” thing going on. Tragic backstory. She’s also a novelist.

So! Booth and Brennan. They work together, they’re partners, they solve murders. And, naturally, they have the whole opposites thing that works for them—she’s very book smart, he’s very street smart, she believes in facts and science and logic, he believes in intuition and gut feelings and faith, etc. etc. As is often the case with the aesthetic of the crime procedural slowburn ship, they start out sort of reluctantly working together, but eventually develop a real partnership built on trust and friendship (and love!).

Early on, she has some things in her past with her family that she asks for his help investigating so that she can get answers. There’s also a time in the second season where Brennan gets kidnapped by a serial killer and buried alive while Booth is stuck trying to find her, which in addition to still being just An Episode(™) remains one of the great, classic, early-in-the-slowburn “I almost lost you and it made me feel Some Kinda Way, but no no we’re just friends really, nothing to see here” defining arcs, especially since Brennan starts dating someone not too long after. The same serial killer returns in season four and snatches Booth that time, and then it’s Brennan’s turn to find him (with the help of Booth’s younger brother). Anyway, classic slow burn—there’s a lot of Implication that you could read into if you wanted throughout the first several seasons, but not necessarily super concrete (although they get caught under the mistletoe once), and there are several rounds of saving each other in various ways as over the years they just become closer and closer until they’re Partners(™) in every way (even when they’re dating other people).

What’s making me yell and scream today though, is: the S4 finale and S5. In the S4 finale, Booth is in a coma after having brain surgery. He has a wild coma dream where he and Brennan are married and they run a nightclub, but there still ends up being a murder—ANYWAY, irl Brennan basically spends the whole time he’s in a coma at his bedside, but then he wakes up and he has no memory of who she is. Pivot to S5, Booth remembers her again, and also feels like he might have romantic feelings for her, but (in part because of some third party commentary) questions whether they’re real or just a side-effect of the surgery. He sort of tells her anyway, but flubs it massively. Later in the season, we get Booth’s son being concerned that his dad doesn’t have a girlfriend, both Booth and Brennan separately getting relationship advice from third parties, and Brennan getting asked out by a new guy. And then! The 100th episode.

The 100th episode, which reveals the start of the series wasn’t their first case, they worked together once before and kissed and almost slept together, but hadn’t ended up going all the way. And after they’re done telling their story, Booth finally stops and kisses her and gets to give his big damn love confession, lays it all on the line, tells her he’s always known she was the one and wants to really try…and she freaks out and cries and turns him down, and he accepts it but says he has to move on. And then they both date other people before fully running away from each other for many months (Brennan on an anthropological dig, Booth back to Afghanistan for the military). (And then, when they come back, she’s ready to put on her big girl pants and give it a shot, except that he went and got a girlfriend who he seems happy with so we all get to suffer through a season of angst and pining while he proposes to someone who isn’t Brennan etc while everyone else is like “you’re still in love with her though” but they do sleep together by the end of S6 and ultimately get married and have two more kids (not in that order)).

So, yeah—the blueprint! Making me especially crazy because here we are with Buddie on a Fox procedural, 4 seasons since they really started trying it seems to make Buddie something potentially real, and Buck is heading into a coma where he's about to hallucinate another life, and the 100th episode is coming up near the beginning of next season (and I really hope Fox learned from Bones that there's such a thing as dragging out the slow burn too much and just lets them be happy after the big damn feelings reveal but XD).

#chapel talks #chenfordsblog #me: I've connected the dots #everyone: /backing away slowly

[primedtrashcan]

What the FUCK did I just watch on the Tennolive stream???? I thought I had a small idea of where the story was headed,,,, HAH, NOPE! Guess again!

I don't think I'll ever be normal ever again

#legit had to go lay down afterwards #warframe #me: I've connected the dots #DE: you didn't connect shit #warframe 1999 #I'm so fucking confused but also REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WHATEVER THE SHITFUCK THAT WAS #madly cackling in the clan discord trying to process THAT

[stormyoceans]

they may have cut the scene with jay but the world shall never forget that he was supposed to appear in the one episode foei shows up looking all disheveled

#me: i've connected the dots #the cutie pie writers: you didn't connect shit #me: i've connected them #cutie pie the series #cutie pie 2 you #jayfoei #m: txt

[fearsomeandwretched]

#me: I've connected the dots #tumblr.com: you haven't connected shit

[dorianpavus]

THE DEAD THREE Baldur's Gate 3, 2023.

#don't mind me i'm THEORIZING on main #this might be super wildly off base!!! i might have them mixed around!!! #they might associate with/belong to all three!!! #i might laugh at this later BUT. this is my pepe silvia #baldur's gate #bg3edits #gamingedit #baldur's gate 3 #ketheric thorm #enver gortash #orin the red #i know ketheric was a sharran but... HE'S GOT LOTS OF BONES ON HIS ARMOR HEAR ME OUT and he Changed™ #dead three... three main villain... i've connected the dots #bg3 spoilers #my edit #btw this post brought to you by me and lauren gautiersylvain obsessing with each other lol

[bellamuertes]

Saw a comment that said “he probably talks you through it” and I haven’t been the same since. (x)

THE LAST OF US (2023—) TRIPLE FRONTIER (2019)

#the last of us #triple frontier #pedro pascal #cygifs #1k #pedropascaledit #ppascaledit #thelastofusedit #tlouhboedit #pedrohub #dilfgifs #filmedit #tvedit #dailyflicks #userconstance #userallisyn #userairam #useraurore #userscary #me: i've connected the two dots #y'all: you didn't connect shit #me: i connected them

[mitchmotch]

my friend @revalito and i made an anastasia inspired au =]!

#wei wuxian #wei ying #lan zhan #lan wangji #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wangxian #wen ning #wen qing #anastasia au #most of these aren't like as finished as i would've liked them to be. basically the ones that don't have color are the ones that like #i would still consider Sketches and stuff #but if i kept working on these until they made me happy i would get tired of working on them. HEHJKSHKJDS #im really satisfied w my zhen yazhu design teehee #idk how it would work in like. chinese characters but hades and i had the joke of like. wwx seeing zhen lin's name and being like 'a-jie. #'we just have to replace the vowels with a's and switch around the names and its lan zhan' #'i've connected the dots' 'you didn't connect shit' 'ive connected them' #there is like so so so so many more ideas we've had for this its crazy HEKJDSHK maybe i'll draw some more and make another post .. #after finals that is #a special rundown for those w the patience to read my tags HEJKSDHKJSD #nie huaisang and mianmian are the ones helping lan qiren in the search for lan wangji. lan xichen is the one who put out the search #for him initially but he's been so discouraged by his little brother being missing for 13 years he can't really take being the lead anymore #so lqr stepped up #the wens and wwx dont really Want to participate in the search. what with the spotlight on them n everything #but they desperately need the money to try and relocate to a much safer and more secluded location. attacks and all that #when they were younger wwx found lwj outside of the gentian cottage waiting for his mom and offered to wait w him and brought him a blanket #and sumn warm to drink. i think that implies wwx's parents died sooner but. the idea is sweet so . HJWHDHHSJDSHGDSHGHJ #all the servant stories hades n i came up for them. god. so cute #lxc absolutely knew about lwjs crush and did what he could to encourage them spending time together trust

[owari-no-suffering]

shoutout to lan wangji and luo binghe for being endlessly tormented by their love interests' mixed signals, reaching their breaking point, and then proceeding to never be normal about their (always reciprocated) crushes (turned husbands) ever again.

#like obviously binghe and wangji are not on the same level. but they're certainly not opposites! #just got to wangxian's first kiss and like. #if my silly gay crush showered me in flowers and pointed out how pretty i was and always hung around me. #but then was like ''wow i love talking to boys don't you love talking to boys S?" #i would also be driven so insane as to just start punching trees #lan wangji epitome of control being pushed past his breaking point and hating himself for it . . . you are so dear to me #luo binghe driven absolutely batshit bonkers by his shizun who cares deeply for him and fears (or used to fear) the idea of him . . . #mm yes i'm connecting the dots. mxtx has a flavour she likes. i see i see #TBD on whether hualian fits into this nonsense at all but from what i've heard: not really #mdzs #rzfzx #svsss #scum villian self saving system #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wangxian #bingqiu

[warped-paranoia]

i'm all armored up, i've got my old helmet on keeping out an eye, puffing all my feathers up

#uh. hi. #i remembered i had tumblr and decided to post some of my old bangers #this came to mind because i've been thinking about kharkiv lately and i've used a photo from khariv as a ref for this pic #so i connected the dots and dug it up #2021 was a much happier year... for me and definitely for kharkiv #miss it terribly #aaand that's it for today's tmi #tfp #tfp soundwave #transformers prime #legit tried to write it as 'transformers pride' #soundwave #transformers #украрт #укртамблер #укртумбочка #darium_art

[pencileraser1]

top 10 richard cameron moments i guess

man door hand hook car door

him being second to join the new dead poets society right after charlie when neil asks whos in

i love the clarinet

his and charlies relationship is really something like cameron really was following charlie everywhere the whole time acting like he didn't want to (he did) (i'm totally not reading too much into everything he does for a tumblr post (i am))

he really was just trying to keep all the poets safe like i know he did the wrong thing in the end but like. he joined the poets knowing how dangerous it was and the whole time he was pointing out the things that could go wrong and warning them about specific things and they all told him he could just not join and he did anyway and maybe i'm just reading too much into it but like. he could've stayed home. and he didn't.

when keating was whispering "carpe diem" to them and he looked at keating like wtf are you doing cause honestly he was right for that

him graphing dr. j. evans pritchard's graph with a ruler

when knox was talking about chris and he was like. damn that sucks. let me help you with trig.

"where did you get that???" about the magazine charlie brings "what are you guys doing????" about neil and todd running around their dorm

the walking exercise what keating had to say about how he was overthinking how to walk cause that was relatable

#this is nonsense. this is complete nonsense. #personally i blame auxctor for the 2021 surge in cameron likers (phenomena that 100% happened i was there) #no clue if it actually was speak low that did it for people but it was for me so i've definitely connected the dots here #(maybe i didn't connect shit but Who Knows) #richard cameron #dps #hopefully coherent

[agentark]

I never realized how batshit insane it is that in order to get the Epsilon fragment, The Director tells Alpha that Wash died.......AND THEN THEY GO STICK EPSILON IN WASH'S HEAD

#I feel like this is an obvious conclusion to make #but i've always been more focused on epsilon showing wash memories of allison as he self destructs #and in my defense this past week was the first time i've watched s9-10 since like 2015 #just took me 9 years and 7500 detours to connect those dots #imagine that your last moment (right before you forcibly jettison all your memories to protect yourself while being tortured)-- #--is spent learning that 2 agents died because of your 'mistakes' #and then that personification of memories you created gets plopped down into one of the aforementioned dead agents #who is APPARENTLY NOT ACTUALLY DEAD #rvb #abchats #agent washington #project freelancer

[odetokeons]

i know they would be besties

#I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS (you didn't connect shit) I'VE CONNECTED THEM #kid me having a crush on ryuk 🤝🏻 adult me having a (platonic)crush on alastor #ryuk #shinigami #death note #alastor #alastor the radio demon #hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel #parallels #niche posts that cater to me specifically

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: THE GREAT CITIES DUOLOGY by N. K. Jemisin.

#books #books of 2024 #the great cities duology #the city we became #the world we make #nk jemisin #book photography #my photography #i SO MUCH LOVE jemisin and i'm SO EXCITED to read these!! #fifth season was world changing for me (especially on the POV front) #i own everything she's written but unfortunately i started collecting them in paperback #and now i am Trapped In Paperback lol #so i had to wait a while for book 2 to come out in paperback #and i KNOW i annihilate her series so i wanted to have them all in hand when i started the first one #but yeah i preordered the first one and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since XD #the springboard here is kaiju preservation society started and ended in NYC and had eldritch sized monster creachers #this is ALSO NYC and eldritchy monsters lmao #*I've Connected The Dots* #i do like threading my TBR for some flow/continuity #(also as a weird aside: i need to read these soon because they have to fit on This Shelf of ~Read This Year~) #(because they're too tall to fit on the next shelf down of ~Read This Year~) #space is a little tight rn lmaooo

[cowboyhorsegirl]

wait a minute... steve holding thor's hammer and tony wielding the infinity gauntlet.... something something men bearing the burden of gods....

#me: 'i've connected the dots!' everyone: 'you didn't connect shit' #mcu #stevetony #my employer's opinions

[imminent-danger-came]

Curse MK: "Hey no no no- I get it man. You want to get back to our monster of the week adventures, get back to our simple missions with Mei, mastering all of Monkey King's powers and delivering noodles for pigsy. Right?" MK: "Yeah...yeah actually that's exactly what I wanna-" Curse MK: "But we can't! Not after all we've seen! All we know and all we don't? *sigh* Right friend?"

MK: "You're not my friend...you're NOT me!" Curse MK: "Sure I am! I'm your best friend—well, closest at least. I know more about you than you'll even admit, to yourself, or to others."

(4x07 Pitiful Creatures)

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Azure: "Look what he's done to you! Reduced you to a mindless, savage, animal!" MK: "Oh, there's nothing mindless about me, friend."

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MK: "That's what you were pretending to be, right? To be my friend—to care about me? When really you were just using me to get what you wanted!"

(4x13 Rip and Tear)

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Friend.

Actual pic of me rn:

#the writers are literally INSANNEEEEEEEEEEEE #me lovingly transcribing these scenes and sobbing while doing so: :'D #"I've connected the dots!'' ''You didn't connect shit'' ''I've connected them!'' #Hate the use of the word ''using'' (ha) #like. ''You don't use a weapon. You ARE a weapon!'' #Yeah okay. From season 1 huh #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk parallels #monkie kid #lmk Azure Lion #lmk MK #lmk ink mk #lmk spoilers

[spacedustmantis]

thinking yet again about pretzel as a stand in for edyn (edyn as gillion's only real support system, at least for a long time, pretzel as quite literally a service animal), pretzel originally being a gift from edyn to gillion when she stopped being able to visit as often and finn had just left the undersea "because [he] seemed so lonely", thinking about pretzel being taken from gillion and him having the most painful emotional response we'd ever seen from him at the time, thinking about how edyn promised she was safe but then gillion found out she's working with the navy and he has no way of reaching her, thinking about parallels and themes and i am not liking the conclusions i'm coming to

#i've had this in my brain for a long time #got reminded of it again bc raz' post is making the rounds again #this was what inspired me to send that ask #also charlie and grizzly bring back my girl!!! #pretzel or edyn #i'll take either #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #edyn tidestrider #pretzel jrwi #buggy thoughts #connecting the dots #silver screen #jrwi spoilers #riptide spoilers