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ober-affen-geil · 2 years

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Whatever I do this morning I'm definitely not going to think about Michael having a small crisis about moving in with Alex and reverting to sex to deflect from it.

No, I'm going to think about Dallas being the only one who could understand Michael's feeling of alienation because they had similar foster experiences.....wait.

No no. I'm going to think about Max and Liz respectively making themselves small for the other but both ultimately being on the same page about being uncomfortable with "normalcy"........no wait.

Actually I'm going to think about Isobel's crisis with Anatsa mirroring Michael's with Maria and that she might not be able to tell Anatsa on her own terms like she couldn't with Noah........hold on.

No, I'll think about Maria losing something she's had from childhood without really knowing and finding out because Dallas, a relative newcomer, did something she used to be able to...............no dammit.

I'll definitely think about Kyle retreating to his medical WAIT FUCK

#roswell season 4 #roswell new mexico #my roswell meta #a riley special

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angrycowboy · 2 years

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ok so.

alex sends messages to maria to let her know he’s alive. then he gets a message to michael through maria to let michael know he’s alive. that leads to alex leading michael to the sinkhole he went through. but max stops him because he believes it’s dangerous without a plan. so michael doesn’t follow alex.

now this episode there’s this portal. that opens up because michael put his console on the holder (no one found this thing in 70+ years? not the air force, the greens, no one?). bonnie points out that there is a place for the star map (currently in clyde’s possession along with the fuel fruit). michael goes through the stargate, and no one (finally) tries to stop him.

and what do we see down in the pocket dimension? alex leaving clues. dallas finds alex’s necklace. on the sign bonnie sees alex has left a clue “AM WAS HERE.” dallas shows up with a backpack. bonnie immediately finds food nearby. what are the chances these are all supplies and clues alex left for michael, believing he was going to come through the quicksand that night he led him there? so that michael could find him.

but now michael’s console is sitting out in the middle of the desert. just there for clyde to find and for him to set up the star map and feed it the fruit fuel and open whatever portal is part of the plan. and the funny thing is, the thing that is making me laugh SO HARD right now is it feels like tezca’s contingency plan was STOPPING whatever plan jones/clyde had. because if alex had succeeded and michael had followed alex down through the quicksand, if max hadn’t stopped him, the console wouldn’t be sitting out there in the open desert waiting for clyde to do whatever it is he wants to do.

just some thoughts.

#roswell new mexico #rnm spoilers #malex #is this meta? i dunno #it's rambling at this point #but i'm just laughing at this point #and making notes for my rewrite of this season

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dr-lizortecho · 10 months

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The thing that stings the most is that season four didn’t just give Liz senseless and nothing plots, they also removed her importance and relevance to the narrative. Because getting down to the bare bones of what the show was at the start, the symbolism and driving forces behind the plot, she was always at the top of the list. She’s uncovering the mystery of Rosa’s death, she’s discovering the fourth alien, she’s bringing Max back to life, she’s saving Max and battling an evil dictator.

Cause underneath all Max’s chosen one- savior symbolism and relevance to Oasis, they’d always painted that narrative with Liz. Used her as the God character, who always pulled through and directed, inspired and shunned. Her relevance to the plot always existed. Then season four turned her from God to a glorified lab assistant.

#roswell new mexico #liz ortecho #rnm salt #sorry had the audacity to start pulling up references to the third installment of my rnm/christianity meta

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thesquidkid · 2 years

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Operating in the realm of realism

A Roswell, New Mexico meta on alien powers, part 1.

Have you ever wondered, as you were watching this amazing little alien show, what the science behind the alien powers was? Whether it was pure fiction, of if it followed rel-life physics? Well, I have, and this essay might be for you! Don't worry, if you know nothing about science and physics, I will do my best to be as clear as possible.

This is basically a follow up to my three part meta on the science in the show, where I kept saying that one day, I was going to dive into the aliens powers. Well, that day has come.

Just like for the previous meta, this is mostly going to be my thoughts, while I'm rather sleep deprived. So apologies in advance if it's messy.

Disclaimer, I am not a native English speaker nor have I ever lived in America. What may seem obvious to me, may not be as straightforward for everyone, and vice versa. If anything is not clear, feel free to reach out! I am also not an alien, and thus can only theorise about the powers definitely not something an actual alien would say.

This meta will be structured similarly to the previous one, as I will go through every episode and describe / explain the alien powers as their are shown in the show. There will be more detailed explanations every "new power", and obviously I will try not to repeat myself every time Max makes lights explode when he's angry.

This post is then about season 1 (which I binged in hopes to finish this before season 4 aired), and there might be a few slight spoilers (I tried but sometimes I forget what we aren't supposed to know yet).

1x01 Pilot

Max saves Liz using his powers. We see him press his hand over the wound, and channel the energy towards the wound, thus healing it. The science behind it? Using electricity to shift the molecules together, and close up the wound. (theory)

He feels sick afterwards: he is using his energy to heal Liz. (More on this in next ep)

Why is Max sick after using his powers but not Michael? Is it only because of Jones? or is there something else, to do with the amount of energy needed to heal ppl being a lot greater than what is needed to move things telepathically. To be compared with working out, and doing more than what is our physical limit. However, we must also note that we have only seen Max heal people, and not Michael and Isobel. So perhaps, the fact that Max is so sick afterwards is simply due to the fact that healing requires much more energy that telekinesis. (Manifesting a Michael healing Alex scene in season 4, purely for science).

Michael moves the keys with his brain. My theory here is that he can move the molecules in space, which on a greater level allows him to move objects. I’m guessing it’s the same for shutting off the cameras, pressing a switch to control it with his mind.

Michael explodes the car windows. From a physical standpoint, I would theorise that he compressed the molecules together, putting the glass under so much pressure that it collapses on itself, exploding.

Side note, but Grant Green talks about his alien wave detector going off the charts since the blackout. My guess here, is that he in fact does not have a machine that allows him to track down the actual aliens, but more like a machine to pick up electromagnetic waves.

Electromagnetic waves are waves that are created as a result of vibrations between a magnetic and an electric field. There is electricity all around us (in electrons), and the atoms (which contain electrons) are attracted / repulsed by each other via magnetic forces acting on the electrons. In other words, when the magnetic forces are being changed (i.e. with Michael exerting his powers to blow up car windows, or Max healing Liz), it creates vibrations between the electric field of the atom and the magnetic field of the air. Therefore, such waves would be picked up by Grant Green’s machine.

Pods. We know that the pods kept them safe during the crash, meaning that the membrane is strong enough to resist extreme conditions (shock of the crash, atmospheric pressure, fire from the crash? Cold in space?) I guess the closest comparison to the pods we could find in our daily life would be an egg, or the membrane sac inside the uterus of a pregnant person.

Obviously, a pregnant person does not become bulletproof overnight, but there is still quite a lot of padding between the outside world and the foetus.

The amniotic fluid for instance is a slightly yellow fluid that surrounds the foetus, absorbing pressure in a similar way to a water bed.

We also notice that the people in the pods float. This is similar to a foetus in a stomach. Hence, the liquid inside the pod (unspecified) is somewhat close to the amniotic fluid.

Sharing memories. Max puts his hand over the handprint on Liz’s chest, allowing him to share his memories of meeting Liz, and hanging out with her. My theory here is that by putting a handprint on her, it’s like a part of his DNA made its way to Liz, and since it’s alien DNA it would create a connection between the two of them. We already know that aliens can communicate telepathically, so I’m guessing that when an alien puts a handprint on a human it allows the human to share some of that telepathic communication, and feel what the other feels (as Max says).

Now, I don’t think telepathic communication is truly with words in English, especially since I find it rather suspicious that on another planet far far away, english is a spoken language. So, if telepathy is more with feelings, emotions, memories, then it would mean that during a handprint, a human would be able to get close to the alien experience. And since Michael, Isobel and Max have more practice, they can block each other, and distinguish their feelings from the other’s. But that can’t be said about Liz and her connection to Max.

1x02 So much for the afterglow

Michael uses his powers to lock the door of the Crashdown, and to stab a knife into chocolate (please ignore the line “I’m a chocoholic”, I hate it).

Max is clearly not fine, he’s angry. Consequences of his actions, namely healing Liz. Since the handprint is a connection between two beings, shouldn’t Liz also be impacted by the anger that is coming off of Max? Especially as we see in season 3, when Max gets hurt, the people who have a handprint feel it too. Unless it only works for physical pain and not emotional pain.

We then see more memory sharing between Max and Liz, namely memories of Rosa. Like Liz says, she doesn’t just see the memories, she feels them. Thus telling us once more that the handprint serves as a portal into someone else’s mind.

When confronting Wyatt Long, Max gets angry (again), and we hear the radio crackle. This just follows from the fact that Max controls electricity in the air, and loses control of his powers when angry (or horny). We see this again when Max tries to kill Wyatt and all the lights explode. As he tries to kill him, his hand glows red, meaning that he is doing the same thing we see him do in 1x06. My supposition here is that he is doing the opposite as healing: instead of forcing the molecules to move closer to each other, to repair damage fabric, he is moving them away from one other, causing a rip in someone’s body (small enough that we don’t see blood, but big enough to cause death).

Another theory (albeit similar) would be that he is making someone’s heart stop, shutting down all internal organs. This would still be done by moving the molecules away from each other, breaking neurotic connections, stopping all communications between the brain and the organs, eventually leading to death.

However, that second theory seems to me to be more on Michael’s powers (or at least, the powers that he has mastered the most, as aliens all seem to have the same powers, as seen later on in the show). We indeed see Michael making Max’s heart beat again in 2x05, so it wouldn’t be too far-fetched that he’s able to do the opposite.

In the end, Max doesn’t kill Wyatt Long, as he is interrupted by Michael, who uses his telekinesis to push Max away (similar to what happened at the police station).

– Not alien power, but Isobell knocking Wyatt out with a taser is really cool.

And finally, Max admits that there is something going wrong with him, since he healed Liz, that he has all this dark energy in him. See the very famous apocryphal quote by Lavoisier: “Nothing is lost, Nothing is created, every is transformed”. (Note that apocryphal means that this quote is attributed to Lavoisier, even though he never said those words in that way).

We then have that the energy from the wound (okay, this is all fictional, last I checked there wasn’t such a “dark energy in wounds” kind of thing in humans, but please bear with me in this totally realistic scenario) has to go somewhere. It cannot simply vanish into thin air, and so, Max absorbs it when the handprint heals Liz.

Alien glass. This isn’t quite related to alien powers, but it does enter the category of “real of realism (with a sarcastic voice)”, so I will talk about it now. The glass has symbols on it. I’m pretty sure that it’s alien alphabet (otherwise why would it be random symbols?). We can also see that the glass is somewhat organic here, as it changes as Michael touches it. (It is indeed confirmed that the alien tech is organic, and has the same compound as alien dna, see my meta on the science in the show for more details).

1x03 Tearin’ up my heart

Liz basically confirms what I said just earlier. She says that “Max’s ability to manipulate electromagnetic energy gives him the power to heal and also to harm”. So indeed, the healing is done by manipulating electromagnetic waves, which leads to moving molecules.

Max then adds that he’s not sick, but angry, in rage. To sum up: bad vibes.

The more Liz interrogates Max, the faster his heart beats (relatable), until the Holter monitor (machine to monitor heart rate) explodes. I can understand how annoying it must be to make electric devices every time you feel anything.

(I won’t describe every time Max makes lights explode because honestly it’s really all the same. The dude is angry. We get it.)

Isobel uses her powers to infiltrate Liz’s mind. This is the first time we properly see a landscape, except, instead of talking to Liz, Isobel sees Rosa too. Perhaps an old memory. This also emphasises the fact that Isobel cannot decide on people's action against their wishes: Liz doesn’t want to leave, and so she won’t.

Isobel is sick after using her powers, so the updated theory is once again that Michael is the only one not to get sick, because of Jones. Note also that the way Isobel feels after drinking acetone reminds me of (an extreme version of) a diabetic person drinking sugar during a hypo (this is a personal observation). So really, acetone doesn't heal aliens, only helps to make them feel better.

The blackout. The release of all of Max’s bad into the universe. Again, this is due to the electromagnetic pulse that he releases as he lets it all out.

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy. It can occur as three forms: electromagnetic field, electric field, or magnetic field. The electromagnetic interference can disrupt communications and damage electronic equipment. An EMP can be weaponized, and used in a war, to collapse an electrical network of a country for example.

Within an EMP, there are different characteristics, which will influence what is affected. There characteristics can be defined by:

The mode of energy transfer (via radiations, or electric / magnetic waves)

The range of wavelength / frequency present in the pusle

The form of the wave: shape, duration, amplitude.

We are not given so much detail about the pulse emitted by Max, so I don’t really have much to go off on. But. We know that a pulse of electric energy will always be accompanied by a pulse of magnetic energy, and vice versa. What matters the most in defining the field of the EMP is which one is dominant. Here, I would assume that both forces are fighting for dominance (sounds like some fanfiction here), and hence we obtain an electromagnetic field. This supposition is purely based on the fact that it is already established that aliens can manipulate electromagnetic energy.

Now, to dive deeper into this EMP, we need to explore its type. There are three main categories of EMP, namely natural, man-made for a civil use, and man-main for a military use. I won’t explain all the differences between each type, and will only go into the natural cases, as this seems to be closer to what we see here.

So, when we look at natural EMPs, we notice that most of them happen close to the sun (a result of the radiations emitted by the sun). I don’t think this could relate to the blackout in Roswell. The other possibility is what is called an electrostatic discharge.

An electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a sudden and momentary flow of electric current between two electrically charged objects (here I would assume it to be Max and the air?). The two objects don’t need to be in physical contact.

Note that even though ESD usually produce electric sparks, those sparks are not required to be visible or heard by humans, hence, the fact that we don’t really see or hear any sparks doesn’t quite discredit my theory.

One of the main causes of ESDs is static electricity (which is present when you rub a sweater against a plastic material for instance). Here, I would assume that the static electricity is coming out of Max, who has been under pressure from the “bad vibes”, who somehow produced an electric field around him.

(I am aware that this is very vague and based on my hypotheticals, but considering this is about alien powers, I am doing my best to make it make sense).

All in all, the blackout caused by Max relieving the dark energy is similar to a real-life natural scenario.

1x04 Where have all the cowboys gone

When Maw tells Michael and Isobel that Liz found out that an alien killed Rosa, Michael gets angry and lets his powers loose. However, we notice that the only thing that moves is Max’s car. He doesn’t touch Isobel and Max, he purposely avoids hurting the people he cares about. Even when he ‘loses’ control, he makes sure that no one gets affected by his powers. We see more of that (and the reason why Michael is the one to seemingly hold more control over his powers) later on.

We see that following the blackout, every transformer in town has a Lichtenberg figure. A Lichtenberg figure is a natural phenomena which exhibits fractal properties, and is known to occur on or within solids, liquids, and gases during electrical breakdown.

Fractal is a term used in mathematics (I promise I will try not to go on a maths rant) to describe geometric shapes containing a very detailed pattern at an arbitrary small scale. This means that regardless of how much we “zoom in” on the figure, we can see a pattern.

The burns on the transformers in town are fractal patterns, as we can distinguish a pattern at every scale we look at. This is usually the case for lightning strikes and other electrical breakdowns, which is basically what happened with Max letting go of the bad vibes.

Then, at the Wild Pony, Isobel practices her powers. We see her influence Hank to order some fancy drink, and donate money to an immigration organisation. Since we know that Isobel can’t make anyone do anything they don’t wish to do (as seen with Liz), that must mean that Hank deep down wanted to do so (or at least, didn’t not want to do it). Note that this is still quite a large invasion of privacy. So I would not recommend doing that.

Similarly, we see Isobel getting inside Maria’s mind, to find out why she doesn’t like her. She accesses a memory, where we see Maria and Rosa are talking and Rosa mentions that Isobel acts differently when she’s with her and when she’s with others.

We can then conclude that the mindscape allows somewhat full access to someone’s memories and emotions. As well as being a place where no one can lie, or at least no one except for the person in charge.

We also have that Isobel passes out after being in Maria’s mind, which could either be a result of the necklace, or of Isobel having tired all her energy on Hank. Especially since we see her stagger, like if she was drunk. (I would assume a combo of both).

Then, Max reboots the power in the hospital. My guess is that he is acting more or less like an eel (see my meta on science for a detailed description of eels and electricity). Basically, Max is concentrating the electricity from his body into his hands, which are in contact with the transformer, thus transferring electricity to power the hospital.

Again, using his powers is exhausting, so he passes out.

We see Isobel lying on her couch, and clearly feeling sick (following getting into Maria’s head). She is sweating, and her nose bleeds. This is a common trope in science fiction: a character who overuses their powers gets a nosebleed. Nothing new.

1x05 Don’t speak

Mind control. Wyatt Long shoots at Grant Green and Liz. We clearly see that this is Wyatt acting on his own accord, since really, why would Wyatt care about Grant talking to Liz. (We later found out he’s being mind controlled by the fourth alien, but I’ll get to that later on).

We know that victims of mind control need to have passed out in order to be mind controlled (as seen later on in the series). I’m guessing either Wyatt was simply asleep (since Isobel tells Max that Liz is near Long farm), or passed out drunk.

1x06 Smells like teen spirit

The scene with the drifter. (Aka the scene that started it all if you think about it). Also the scene where Max kills someone for the first time. He pressed his hand on the drifter’s chest and he “suddenly knew he could”. It’s pretty much the opposite as healing someone, taking the energy from their body.

Michael then buries the guy with his mind.

We see the pod squad at Sanders auto, where Michael throws cans in the air, while Max shoots. This is also the first time we see Isobel “act” differently. (Since she is feeling like she’s losing the people she cares about the most).

(I won’t really dive into the differences between who Isobel is, and who she is when she is mind controlled, cause that’s not really the point of the meta per say. More on mind control later).

Rosa’s death. We first see Michael and Max feel that something is wrong with Isobel, a telepathic calling for help (as you do), and rush towards her. When Michael arrives, Isobel has her hand over Rosa’s mouth (where we have previously seen the alien handprint). Considering Isobel’s hand isn’t glowing, this means that Michael arrived too late; Rosa was already dead.

This is the first indication we have that all aliens share the same powers, since until now, we only see them use a single power (but not, Isobel seemingly has a glowing hand too, and can kill in a similar way to Max).

Then Max tries to bring her back. His hand on her chest, and it is glowing red, but he can’t heal her (as he says, he’s not strong enough to bring her back).

Michael then moves the bodies in the air, and the car towards the tree (which we already knew had happened). This also shows the precision at which Michael controls his powers, turning on the car, shifting the gear stick, pressing the accelerator.

Then, Max puts his hand on the hood of the car, and sets fire to it. Again, similar to an eel. Concentrating electricity to his palm, which leads to the car being on fire. Physics.

1x07 I saw the sign

We are introduced to Mimi DeLuca. (Okay, spoiler alert for seasons 2 and 3) She is seeing the past, the present, and the future all at once. And she also technically knows about aliens. (More on Mimi in 3x08 and maybe a bit before).

1x08 Barely breathing

More mind control: Isobel getting Kyle to inject her with the serum. It’s not the same kind of mind control as with Isobel and Rosa’s death, since we see before that Kyle already thought about punishing Isobel for what happened.

Max feels something is wrong with Isobel, that the connection is lost. He feels “cold”. We know that aliens have telepathic connections, and my theory about why Isobel and Max have a deeper connection than with Michael is mostly due to the fact that they were separated as kids, that Michael went through so much abandonment that he closes himself off from Max and Isobel, and thus doesn’t feel the cold of Isobel injected herself with the serum.

We see that the serum indeed works as a blocker for the alien powers, when Isobel tries to get Kyle to take his shirt off, but fails.

Side note, but I have a lot to say about Michael’s speech to Liz about stripping Isobel of her powers. Because where Isobel wants to be normal, human. Max and Isobel have lived a life where they belonged, where they had a family, where they were accepted by humans. Michael didn’t. (However that is not the purpose of this meta)

The serum is degrading Isobel’s cells, and Max tries to heal her, but it’s not working. Because Isobel is not sick, the serum attacks her cells from the inside, they’re degrading by themselves. This isn’t like a virus attacking. This is like an autodestruction. That cannot be stopped.

Michael uses his telekinesis to move his trailer and open the door to his secret lair. And we finally get a first look at the alien science that Michael has been working on. We see pieces of alien tech scattered around, plans to rebuild a ship.

We also get confirmation that Isobel cannot control people, just influence them. Meaning that it’s not entirely mind control. Just a mind nudge.

If you want more about the alien science that Michael and Liz come up with, feel free to read my previous meta. I am not going to dive into it once again, I already lost too much of my sanity with sci-fi science.

1x09 Songs about Texas

Another display of Michael’s precision when it comes to his powers: he unwrapped the cord from the tent to open it. And more of Max getting emotional and making sparks fly (and frying Arizona’s glowing hand.

1x10 I don’t want to miss a thing

Isobel gets a memory of her and Rosa being friends. This is technically not alien powers, but a result of the cure that Liz and Michael invented. But still, more alien related than science. Liz even says that it’s a result of her cure, of the cells that went dark because of the blackout in her brain regenerating, and reforming the memories.

Then, Isobel uses her powers to move the anti stem cell research crowd. Showing that she indeed is back to her full alien self.

Maria (who isn’t wearing her necklace), finds out about Alex and Michael. (Spoiler if you haven’t watched season 2:) I’m guessing one of the reasons she asked about Michael Guerin was not only because they just hooked up and she somehow puts him at the same level as Wyatt Long, but maybe because she felt it from Alex. Because she wasn’t wearing her necklace.

The active shooter at the hospital, more mind control. A way for the fourth alien to stop Isobel from getting her memories back. (I’m assuming if you’re reading this you’ve finished at least the first season? Otherwise don’t read what’s next) Noah is really powerful, as we can see in this scene. He controls someone, makes them move around, shoot at people, destroy Liz’s lab, all while being conscient, walking around with Isobel, getting shot. (I wish I could multitask as well as him).

1x11 Champagne supernova

Isobel confirms that the fourth alien is a lot stronger than her when it comes to mind control. That she wasn’t even there when she was possessed. That he had full control over her body.

Max and Michael are trapped in Michael’s bunker, with the yellow powder which inhibits their powers. My guess is that the powder acts as a reaction inhibitor.

A reaction inhibitor, just like the name suggests, is a substance that decreases the rate of, or prevents, a chemical reaction.

We then have more mind control by Noah on both Isobel and Maria (which I won’t go into detail on as that would be repeating). We do see that when Liz injects Noah with the serum, he still is in control of his powers: Isobel is frozen in place, he uses his telekinesis to keep Liz where she is, and he even gets a glowing hand as he tries to kill Liz.

My theory is that the powder would then “fix” itself on the surrounding molecules in the air, which would counteract the effect of alien powers on electromagnetic connections between atoms. Hence, making Michael unable to use his powers, and Max unable to make things sparkle in the bunker.

But that doesn’t last long (because Liz is a genius).

1x12 Creep

Noah wakes in the pod. Which is technically not possible. My first theory is that it’s connected to the handprint he left on Liz. That there is still a tether connecting him to the real world, to the normal passage of time (since time freezes in the pods).

My second theory is that,as Noah mentions that his deficient pod made it impossible for him to get out, we can conclude that he came out the pod they put him in because he knew how to. Because he was already an adult when they left their planet, and therefore would know the ins and outs of pods.

In front of Caulfield, Michael explains the psychic connection between aliens, that he gets flashes of emotions from Max and Isobel, and that, namely at Caulfield, he hears the other aliens scream.

He also struggles to open a door with his powers. It isn’t explained here why he cannot, so my personal theory is that the door is made of yellow powder.

Isobel then brings Noah into her mindscape. The only place where she has total control (as Liz says). I absolutely hate the fact that he violated Isobel (and so many other people) in that way, so I won’t really go into detail into Noah’s mind control and abuse.

We then see that Isobel can bring people into her mindscape, like here, with Max. And Noah tells them that killing makes them stronger, that this is how he healed. Which Max felt after he killed the drifter. The research is backed up by experiments made in Caulfield, as said by Flint.

We then have that the most that Michael can do about the prison cell holding his mother is crack the glass. Once again, my main theory here is that the cells are made (or dosed) with yellow powder, to hold the aliens in.

Finally, the scene between Michael and his mother (yes I cried rewatching it). When their hands are both on the glass, Nora’s glowing, this is what I suppose to be something like a handprint connection (but not lasting, if that makes sense?) What I mean by that is that during that short moment of connecting with her, he knows that she is his mother, and feels her love, and her telling him to get out of here.

This once again shows that the aliens on the show are a telepathic species (at least when communicating with their own), that words are shared via feelings and emotions. That aliens of the same family (not necessarily by blood, as seen with Max, Isobel and Michael) can communicate without words needed.

Noah mentions the aliens having a purpose, which is never mentioned again, and will now be my villain origin story (I’m holding hope for season 4, but that may be useless).

1x13 Recovering the satellites

Max heals Michael from the stab wound he got from Noah. Somehow that didn’t leave a handprint. The logical conclusion to make here would be that aliens can’t give handprints to other aliens.

The pollen that Liz left with Noah in the freezer was not enough to stop him, further proving that Noah is more powerful than the Pod Squad. That, or the dosage was really much lower than what Noah gave Max and Michael in the bunker.

But the fact that Noah is stronger is clearly seen when he dodges the bullet that Max shoots, or when he ties his intestines together.

Even as Isobel is unconscious, she sends out a telepathic sos call to Michael, meaning that deep down, her subconscious is still there, calling out to her brother for help.

Noah then talks about the Alightnight. Which, by the way, if we don’t know more about that in season 4, I will riot.

He also mentions Max being the saviour. Makes sense, as he is the one that has mastered the healing power. But Noah also says that Max has only unlocked one power, further confirming that all aliens more or less share the same power.

And then, Max is playing God, part 1. Taking the electricity of the lightning in his hands, and directing towards Noah. Basically like an upgraded eel, since he isn’t directly touching him.

Before Noah dies, Isobel brings him into her mindscape, to finally tell him what she thinks of him. And then, Noah collapses on the ground, dead, struck by lightning. We see in the moments following Noah’s death, that Max is indeed stronger, or at least feels that way.

Max playing God part 2. Note: I hate this so much, the clear lack of consent as Michael literally begs Max not to do it. The fact that this was none of Max’s business to even begin with. The fact that it’s basically never mentioned again. Ugh. They better address it in season 4 (which airs in just a few hours as I’m writing this).

Once again, we get confirmation that aliens do not mark other aliens, as Michael doesn't have a handprint.

We then have a consensual handprint scene (the first and possibly the only one of the show as of pre-season 4) between Max and Liz. I’ve already talked quite extensively about handprint connections and what they entail, so I won't elaborate more.

And to end the season on a bang, Michael and Isobel discover Noah’s pod, with inside it, none other than Rosa.

We then see Isobel train her powers, and start to develop telekinesis. A little insight on the fact that indeed, all aliens somewhat share the same powers. Pod Squad hasn’t unlocked it all yet.

To end the episode, and the season, we have Max playing God part 3. Resuscitating Rosa. And killing himself in the process. My logical explanation here (other than the fact that it’s illogical) is that it’s a swap of energy in a way. Since nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed.

Conclusion (spoiler free for future seasons)

To sum up on all the alien powers in season 1, we see that each alien has a “predominant” power:

Max with healing and controlling electricity (all technically related as both boil down to controlling the electricity part of electromagnetic connections between atoms);

Michael with telekinesis;

Isobel with her mindscape and influencing people’s actions;

Noah, who seems to be able to use full extend of his powers;

Subject N-38, who can give stage 4 tumours to anyone and anything he touches.

As we see with Noah, and as he confirms, the aliens who we have so far only seen master a single ability (excluding N-38 from that list, as we do not have enough information on him to conclude anything about the full extent of his powers), simply haven’t unlocked everything.

We also see that Max and Isobel have both gotten sick after using too much of their powers, but we haven’t seen the same for Michael.

Alien powers can be inhibited by a yellow pollen that comes from a rare plant that seems to only grow in a part of the desert in Libya (I will go back to that plant in season 2, since then the show actually gives more details about it).

#I'm back with another meta!#considering s4 airs in less than 10h #and that it will be 2am for me #and that ive spent most of my weekend binging season 1 to get this done #i wont do season 2 for a little while #but it will come dont worry #along with the science meta for season 4 #roswell new mexico #rnm meta #tell me youre a nerd without saying youre a nerd #thesquidkid does meta #thesquidkid writes

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burntotears · 2 years

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Things that always bugged me the most about Alex's story:

Not getting any info on what happens to Flint in two whole seasons. Regardless of how much of a dick he was, Alex still believed in him and wanted to put him on the right path without his dad around to influence him. And then his whole storyline was dropped.

Greg being introduced just to be left twisting in the wind. He was supposed to be the one brother in Alex's life who cared about his well-being, his one lifeline. They started out with that and it was great and then he became Maria's love interest and then nothing after. I'm not sure if in S4 the actor just didn't have a contract or if Dallas becoming a new Maria LI meant that Greg was no longer needed regardless of the fact that he was important to Alex separate from Maria.

I'm not terribly surprised by any of it because many similar things happened in Teen Wolf, which I was heavily involved in while it was actually on air. Whenever contracts are involved it always gets messy and for whatever reason the writers can't seem to handle writing characters out well.

#meta #emmie says things #dunno why i wrote this #just random thoughts on my brain #roswell new mexico #alex manes #fandom #it does give me a little bit of idea for my next marriage installment though #which i was a little stuck on #roswell new mexico

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dhmis-autism · 20 days

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im new to dhmis tumblr do you have any dhmis blogs you recommend i check out?

OH HIIIII HI HI HI OKAY SO. I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE LIL. tumblr dhmis sphere and theyre all great and lovely and I'll introduce you to them all and YOU can decide who you want to follow okay? OKAY!!

First up is my lovely friend Lulu @lulu-draws-stuff who has a cute very crayony pastelly style! :] They also have a keen fashion sense and love drawing the guys in new and fun outfits! They also have some very cute funny comics in there that I very much reccomend -v- )b

Next is my good friend Sodie.. @mtsodie who also runs the account @dailydogdadduo and he has a very textured, experimental style with a lot of variety! Very fun! A lot of his pieces like, you could swear were by different people if you didnt know better, that's how good he is at it!

Also my friend @its-mayo0 draws a TONN of great DHMIS stuff, their style is very loose and colorful! It's extremely funny stuff and I love the way they mix cartoonish antics/proportions with sincerity, their stuff is SOOO FUN!!

theres also @carehounds which is run by my buddy Fio! Theyre most well known iirc for spurring off the little fandom thing of people making their own versions of the trios? Though if you're new you might not know that. Good stuff, esp if you want to see a new spin on the old guys!

There's also all these great pieces from other friends of mine who aren't necessarily DHMIS centric blogs!

On the more written side of things, one of my friends Pere ( @marsupials-of-mars ) is actually writing a pretty good fanfic atm that's still currently updating- but they also do art as well if youre SOLELY looking for that.

Then there's Am @gnomeniche who I believe is mostly well known for their DHMIS analysis posts, they break down a lot of different aspects of the characters and the show (usually with a twinge of meta in the analysis) and, like Pere above, also make fanart on top of that! Though I will warn you a bit that their analysis is very… academicy? Lots of complex concepts and big words that you might not fully get on the first go round. But thats okay! Theyre lots of fun to reread! ^_^ )b

Also in the analysis sphere is my friend Gray @yellow-pig! They also do a pretty good job breaking things down and they talk often about theories and parallels and reoccurring elements in the show, some that I didn't even notice myself! Very fun. As with my other analysis friends, they ALSO draw some! Isn't that wonderful! How the love of this show supersedes mediums!

Also on the writing side but more on the funny side I would say is definitely Roswells' DHMIS blog @joepelling , lots of headcanons and jokes and fun info about the people BEHIND DHMIS. Their side blog, @dailythreeofthem is also really good if you want references for drawing the main three yourself!

I hope this was helpful and I hope it was a good start!! :D

#my dhmis postings #kind of #ANYWAYS CHECK OUT MY FRIENDS I LOVE MY FRIENDS

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vineofroses · 3 months

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I miss supernatural being on. I feel like that's the one show I know everything about which made covering it weekly so fun. The most informed my tv episode reviews have been haha.

I'm going to tie this to how short tv seasons have gotten. When I was writing about Supernatural every week, there was so much show knowledge to fall back on that it made the reviews more fun to write. I mean, sure, Supernatural was already in season 12 when I started covering it, but having a show be on that long and have that many episodes in a season made covering it feel like an investment. It was so much fun.

I don't feel like shows last long enough anymore to hold deep knowledge of, like I did with Supernatural. Covering shows weekly that only have 8 episodes a season is fucking boring now. Especially if they do double or triple premiere episodes drops, then well, the season's practically half way over at that point.

Give me those long ass seasons back so I can write about them weekly like I'm trying to solve a fucking mystery or something. I want to track character arcs across 22 episodes again. I want to write about my favorite lines of dialogue or the narrative structure of an episode, or how an episode does meta commentary.

The closest I got to replicating my Supernatural reviews were my Roswell, New Mexico ones.But that show was a) not as good as supernatural, b) only had like 13 episodes per season and c) only lasted 4 seasons!!!

#criticism #tv criticism #supernatural

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I do reblog my own posts; self-reblogs are denoted with the srb tag.

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vicontheinternet · 10 months

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Hi, I'm Vic welcome to my corner of the internet. Below is a list of things I'm interested in. I do mood boards, fashion aesthetics, meta's, and more.

I need more moots here’s what I’m interested in.

Winx club

W.i.t.c.h

Power rangers

Marvel animated universe

Dc animated universe

Atla

Dance academy

Bonnie bennett

I have a hate love relationship with the tvdu

The magicians up till the last season

Charmed

Roswell

Twilight

Travelers

Cobra kai

911 lone star

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Warning I'm a anti of these things

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#will add more later #be patient with me on power rangers i’m just getting back into it #power rangers #winx club #w.i.t.c.h.#the twilight saga #bonnie bennett #tvd #911 lone star #roswell 1999 #charmed 1998 #the magicians #dance academy #atla #netflix travelers #siren freeform #blog intro #blog introduction #ouat

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ineedahugesticktobeatyou · 1 year

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Random toughts 911 Lone Star Edition.

Post-episode 4x01 I have decided to approach this season of LS with as much detachment fandom-wise as I can, meaning a "yes" to the pretty gifs and a "no" to most meta!post and fanfics of the hour. Because I remember too well how the last summer went for me and I don't really want a repeat.

See, last summer, I watched the fourth and last season of Roswell New Mexico and I had an horrible time lol

It was really frustrating to watch how people treated Alex's absence and entire existence on and off screen. It was an eye-opening experience to realize how a character can be heavily misunderstood and mistreated if it doesn't serve the main protagonist or the main story in the way some people want.

So, me being aware of this, I knew that Carlos' secret would have been accepted poorly. I don't particularly like the storyline because I find it unoriginal but, again, LS doesn't shine for his unpredictability (unless it about the most gross rescue of the week possible 🐸). In the show universe though, I can understand Carlos' actions e I don't have a problem justifying the reasoning who led two lost, unhappy, and scared kids to make that decision. We know Iris' troubles and we know Carlos' mindset in regards to the relationship with his parents. Every single one of his insecurities stem from the chasm that his coming out created with his parents, who loved him but didn't know how to treat their son's truth. It's not a situation who inspires the best decisions 🤷🏻‍♀️

I agree that it's hard to believe that Carlos kept this secret for so long but I can buy it, with a little effort on my part, because this is a character that doesn't talk about his problems unless it's inevitable.

Now, with eight weeks before a possible wedding's date, it's inevitable. Before this, I can imagine Carlos wondering for a right moment to speak but never finding it, what with all that happened to T.K. and to them as a couple. And let's be real, in real life the more you put off a thing the more you end up not doing it at all. It's a very human thing. And this is the real problem with certain people treating Carlos like a cheater and paragoning him to Alex or to the poor parenting of Owen.

For a side of the fandom Carlos is wrong and terribile the very moment he steps out of the line of the "perfect boyfriend" he has to be for T.K. The same people who justify every mistake of T.K., with his past and trauma and everything in between, don't allow the same courtesy to Carlos. Because everything has to be about T.K.: his storylines, the Tarlos ones, even Carlos'. G*d forbid, the attention shifts just for a minute to someone else's mess.

Carlos has a moment of doubt after they get drugged? How unfair for T.K., how dare Carlos? Carlos made a rash decision and got married "in name only" when he was young and afraid and struggled to find the right moment to tell T. K? How awful, he's a cheater, he doesn't want to marry T.K., he's the worst. Carlos, the one who has been steady and present and never wavered in his commitment to T.K., even when T.K. ran and self-sabotaged at every turn for a long time. Do you see my problem with this kind of famdom's reasoning?

Even more 'cause I don't think T.K. has to let this go without telling how he feels, considering it's a huge secret to be faced with. But, at the end of the day, if he can make sense of things and understand that it's not a menace to him in any way, how people - who knows it's just another insane and useless road step to the tarlos' wedding - can't? I mean, it's not like we are talking about a romantic ex, it's a platonic relationship stranded in the past, it poses no real threat to T.K.

It's a dumb storyline, but if it paves the way to a Carlos heavy string of episodes I'm gonna be happy. I've waited a long time to see him shine for himself and not only as half of Tarlos. Everything else it's going to fall in line and lead to the wedding and everyone will be good with Carlos again. Like with Alex in Roswell NM. Ah, the power of the ships…

#my toughts about 911 ls #911 lone star #carlos reyes #tarlos #911 ls season 4 #roswell new mexico #alex manes #my toughts #english is not my first language

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ober-affen-geil · 1 year

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March for Meta Day 3: Season 3

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Ship: Echo | Song: "Bop" by Dan Seals

Echo has honestly been one of my favorites since episode 1, but they're my pick for season 3 because this season was about them repairing their relationship. About finding a way to really make it work, and reconciling after their first try went so wrong.

"Bop" represents Echo, from Max's point of view, because it's basically just a guy singing about how much he loves his partner. It's sappy, it's a little old school but not in a bad way, and it's endearingly a little cringe. It's about a current relationship, but it's reminiscing as well, which fits with how Max thinks about Liz.

Most importantly to me, for this being about Max, is that it's...not quite pop and not quite country. It's definitely poppy and it's definitely country, but it's a little too much of both to be either. This, for me, fits with Max's desire to really be able to fit in as "just a guy from Roswell" but being unable to.

Lyrics: Put on your Bobbi-sox baby Roll up your old blue jeans There's a band playin' down at the armory Know's what rock and roll really means I want to ride in your '55 T-Bird Drive through some old memories I ain't after your body baby I just want you to dance with me Chorus: I want to bop with you baby, all night long I want to bop the night away I want to make it a night like it used to be When our hearts were young and our souls were free I want to bop with you baby, all night long I want to be-bop with you baby till the break of dawn I want to bop with you baby all night long I got an old photograph in my pocket We were still in our teens Lord knows I feel a lot older now But you still look the same to me Honey, you don't ever laugh like you used to And I don't want to see you blue If you ain't busy tonight and you think it's alright This is what I want to do [Chorus] Let's twist and shout Oh, just like in the good old days Baby, watch out You know I just can't stand it when you look at me that way [Chorus x2]

#a riley special #roswell new mexico #rnm #echo #max evans #liz ortecho #rnmmarchformeta2023

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thesquidkid · 2 years

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Who says science isn't exciting?

Disclaimer, I am not a virologist. I just like spending my free time researching subjects that are very far from my major.

Episode 4x06 Kiss from a Rose

I skipped episode 4x05 since the only science there was Liz separating Cam's cells from Tezca's. I talked about this in the 4x04 science meta, so I won't repeat myself again.

Michael is sick and his powers are gone. The first theory that Liz emits is:

"The regenerative protein that keeps you from getting sick is the same place where you derive your powers."

Meaning that when Bonnie kissed Michael, she would have "deactivated" that protein, both inhibiting his powers, and rendering his immune system useless. Hence, he would then be affected by every bacteria surrounding him.

Then, at Shivani's lab, Liz finds out that in fact, Michael seems to have an alien virus. Shivani is the one to point it out, that the virus has a triple helix. This then means that Bonnie would have taken Michael's powers away by giving him some sort of alien virus which would then enter the regenerative protein that gives aliens their powers.

(Later we discover that Clyde reverse-engineered a way to steal the powers that Bonnie has ever taken. I do not want to even think about that, but I will. When the time comes. For now, our local scientists don't know that, so neither do I. I'm simply delaying the inevitable)

The next science scene is once again between Liz and Shivani. (I have strong feelings about her, but right now I am tired of figuring out the vagueness of what she's saying). Shivani and Liz reach the following conclusion about Michael's illness:

"This virus was clearly built to replicate inside of a host, but it's not replicating in this sample." "Which means your friend can't spread it."

I personally find it quite worrying that up until that point, they didn't know if Michael could spread the virus, and still didn't take any protection. It is a know fact that a virus can mutate, and attack people who don't even seem at risk (just look at the covid, it's a perfect example). You'd think that everyone would take precautions not to spread whatever Michael has, while still making sure he is not alone.

On a second note, the part of "this virus was built to replicate inside a host but it's not in this sample" is very interesting to me. (I will get back to it when I talk about Clyde stealing powers more in details. This will either be in the science meta dedicated to that episode, or in the alien powers meta for that season; I haven't decided yet).

Liz basically says here that the virus lives inside of Bonnie; that it replicates regularly, and by extension (I think) it is safe to say that it then produced by the protein that regulates alien powers. It is then a personal ability; the virus is only replicating in Bonnie, in someone else it will only attack the host, but not try to expand into other people (unlike covid and most of other viruses).

There are viruses that we know do not spread easily, but there is still always a risk of contagion. Which circles back to my earlier point about Michael not being a some sort of quarantine.

When Michael confronts Bonnie at the police station, she says

"You're sick? That's never happened before."

That is a very interesting sentence. Because we know that Bonnie has infected other people, taken away their powers (her mother has she later tells us). But the fact that Michael is the first to get sick is due to the fact that they are on Earth and not on Oasis. (This is not confirmed but I really don't see any other option.)

We can then conclude, or at least hypothesise, that Oasis is not an environment in which bacteria and viruses would survive easily (if at all). Because if this was only due to the alien DNA, it would follow that the people whose powers Bonnie took would fall sick too. Which doesn't seem to be the case.

The fact that there are less viruses on Oasis could be either a technological, a biological, or an environmental improvement. We know that alien tech and alien biology have close similarities, so it is not that far a stretch that the environment on Oasis would be somewhat similar.

(Side note but Bonnie saying "I can't use the powers I take" and then cut to Clyde using said powers is my villain origin story)

We then see Liz stab (is that the correct verb?) Tezca with the machete,

"Which is why I tipped that machete in Bonnie's virus. Then I added a chemical accelerant to speed things up a little bit."

We aren't given a lot, but I will assume that Liz used the samples she had from Michael to separate the virus from his cells. Which is possible, but the different techniques depend on whether the virus has a single-stranded or double-stranded RNA. Here we have a triple helix virus, which we do not have (yet) in our world. (I am not a biologist, even less a virologist, so I won't even try to understand the science behind this. I just know it's a thing)

Then, another Shivani science scene. She hands a woman a vial and says,

"The regenerative protein we've been looking for. It's damaged, but it's a start."

I am guessing she got that protein from Liz, who took it from Michael. (For the sake of my sanity, I will ignore all the ethical problems in this episode -- in this entire show even)

I do not know whether it is possible to repair proteins from a sample that have been damaged by a virus. I have found a few articles on the regeneration of proteins after a virus in the human body (most articles were written post covid so I had to use my uni details to read them, it felt weird 😂), but as for outside of a body, i.e. in an artificial, lab-like environment, I haven't found much that I could actually understand.

For the sake of the show, I will say that Shivani has hired a ground-breaking scientist who does in fact know how to repair proteins artificially.

And this is the end of the science in this episode! I have never in my life thought I would read so many articles on viruses, but here we are! As always, if you have any question, if there's anything that I got wrong, or if you simply wanna talk about science, feel free to reach out!

#why are you a maths major looking up articles on viruses and targeted transmission of viruses?#i knew watching this ep that the meta was going to be the death of me #and it was actually worse than anticipated #i did not think id have to get my uni card out for this one lmao #i really hope they don't have access to a history of the articles i've consulted #would be mad funny tho #anyway this was fun #roswell new mexico #rnm #rnm meta #rnm 4x06 #thesquidkid does meta

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angrycowboy · 2 years

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Hi hi. I suppose this will be my last message as the 👨🏻 anon, as mustache has driven off into the sunset with the love of his life and soulmate, Alex Guerin. I have been putting off watching the finale, just because I didn’t want it to end. That, and I knew that there would probably be loose ends. Overall with the thought in mind that they were expecting a season 5, I’m satisfied (enough) with the ending 🫣. I really wish Liz and Max would get their happy ending, but I’ll let that live in my head. I wanted everything to be wrapped and tied into a neat little bow…but how often do cancelled shows get that chance? Anyway, I hope I’ve provided some amusement during the last season, and who knows, maybe I’ll show my real self eventually (though, this is way more fun.) -👨🏻 anon

Hello anon!

Thank you for the messages all season, for sharing in my dislike of the mustache, and brightening my day when I'd see a message from you after a new episode aired. You made this season so much easier to deal with, so thank you thank you thank you 💜.

I feel like the loose ends are manageable for the most part, at least. I do feel bad for the Echo fans, because it sucks that you're left with what is obviously incomplete character and relationship arcs. But I also wish people would stop comparing it to Malex, because the wedding was never meant to be any sort of completed arc for them. It FEELS like it is (and I'm sorry you're getting my salt here) because society has engrained that norm in our minds that wedding/marriage is a happy ever after, but that was never their narrative close.

Leaving Liz at the end there, with that shot of her alone at the portal, hopeful for Max's return one day reminds me of Alex at the end of 1x13, sitting outside Michael's airstream, hopeful for them and their relationship after he'd finally said the things that needed to be said the night before. And Max choosing to go to Oasis, reminds me of Alex leaving to join the Air Force at 17 out of a sense of obligation to protect Michael, leaving Michael behind and alone in Roswell all those years.

But yes I was over the moon that canon decided to give us Alex Guerin. I've been hoping and wanting and wishing for it since S1. For all the bad writing, for all the complaining I made about overused pop culture references, and slow moving plot, the show did give me something I have wanted for years, and that alone made it all worth it.

I wish there was a way to get that S5, but I'm trying to make peace with what we've got. I'm working on a lore meta with @im-the-punk-who because we've discovered some really interesting narrative threads that do hold up from the pilot right until the finale. It makes me wish we'd gotten to see CAM's vision to completion, but I can live with what we got. I've got lots of fic planned, so if you're into that sorta thing keep an eye out!

Anyway, thank you again. 💜💜💜

#ask notso #guerin mustache haters unite #roswell new mexico #malex

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salmonthestoryteller · 2 years

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Salmon’s Meta and Salmon Rants Masterlist

Because apparently, I’m back to making Masterlists. And apparently, I regularly write Meta and general Writing Rants now. When did this happen? (Since Tumblr will only let me have one pinned post at a time. If you’re looking for my Fanfic Masterlist go HERE.)