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Spring | Montreux, Switzerland || Nikolai Matveev

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being an adult is just saying to yourself “this is the weekend i’ll clean my [x]” and then proceeding to not do that because it’s the weekend and you deserve to relax, goddamnit

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Do I hate that ship or do I just hate the shippers, a novel by me

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This is so kind. I think this was my first fic. 💛

“She also told me that the people who are going to judge me are going to find a reason to judge me no matter what. So, I shouldn’t let them dictate my happiness, because they aren’t my people.” She worried her lower lip between her teeth nervously. “I feel happiest when I’m sitting next to you on a bench, drinking coffee, and watching our dog chase a ball. Or at the bar when you make me recount all of the day's calls just to make sure I’m retaining all your training.”

-Happiness (Grab it Where You Can) by @crose84 (submitted by @timandlucy)

#chenford fanfic quotes #chenford fanfiction #chenford #the rookie

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The Rookie

#the rookie #chenford #this is so messy I love it #I wish the show was this messy 😂

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sometimes…….things that are fanon��……are worse

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Just quietly dropping this here.

#chenford #the rookie #lucy chen #tim bradford #fanfic

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A little slice of Hawkami, written ages ago never shared. It is always missing them hours.

#evan hawkins #violet mikami #hawkami #chicago fire #is miss them and want them back #ficlet #written ages ago and never shared #i don't think

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One trope I really dislike in love stories (mostly common to fanfic and romance novels but it can be found elsewhere) is when the author goes out of their way to (a) establish that a protagonist had absolutely no significant positive feelings for their previous sexual/romantic partners and (b) presents this chiefly as proof that the other protagonist is uniquely Worthy and that the main romance is True Love. This is a pretty specific scenario; I’m not talking about, say, the hero who has no romantic or sexual experience, or the heroine who married young and her husband was shitty in a specific way, or the protagonist who enjoyed their past relationships but they never totally clicked. I’m talking about “the hero has slept with so, so many women, but don’t worry! He never felt so much as slight fondness for them or admired any of their non-physical qualities. He might as well have been using a blow-up doll every time.” Or “the heroine has only ever loved the hero. She has never looked upon another man with lust in her heart. If she ever dated anyone else, she never felt affection or respect or admiration for him. This is proof of true love, not the result of dating only shitty guys or maybe being kind of a tool.” I promise, it’s not going to ruin a romance if the hero is like “my ex-girlfriend was a good person” or the heroine is like “I enjoyed having sex with the guy I dated for five years.”

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So in the interest of engaging in a respectful way, I wanted to put my thoughts into words about why this situation with the picture is far bigger than the picture for me personally. I also don't think the picture is that serious. I do think the pattern I talk about below is problematic.

If you love everything about the show and how Tim and Lucy got together, I think that’s wonderful. 

But before getting annoyed that people are voicing their opinions and concerns, I hope that people at least try and consider these are layered issues. 

Lucy is a woman of color in the LAPD who ended up in a relationship with her former boss, despite knowing it could come at a price for her professionally. 

For me, it is important to see a story where Tim and Lucy choose each other, respect each other, and support each other. Equally. 

And, for me, that is not at all the story we got in seasons 4 and 5 (and the end of season 3). These are my issues, and why I think it’s important the show be more balanced in its storytelling going forward: 

What we got for Lucy: Multiple instances of Lucy being petty, jealous, immature and unprofessional at work (and mind you this is a character that is hyperaware of how hard it is to be a woman in the LAPD, and specifically the optics of romantic relationships between officers, and I think it's shitty that the writers chose to portray her like this not once, but multiple times)

The Katie Barnes storyline

Webb and the cat personality test + vocally reacting in roll call in front of her fellow officers when Tim chose Smitty over her to be his aide

Being clearly invested and heavily focused on bets and competition with Tim

What we got for Tim:

a retcon of his bad behavior in S1 being because he needed to show Lucy the world could be a scary place. Because, as a woman who was literally threatened with sexual assault and a car jacking in the pilot, she was too naive and inexperienced and "empathetic" to know that.

Tim putting Lucy in her place and reminding her about the seriousness of their work by calling off the bet

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What we got for Lucy:

Obvious jealousy over Ashley (you're in a relationship? you're dating a lifeguard? break up with her! the reaction to the proposal, etc.)

What we got for Tim:

Setting Lucy up with another man without a second of hesitation.

Encouraging her to end things with Chris (a WHOLE other issue I won't get into), after Ashley had dumped him

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What we got for Lucy:

Being seemingly more invested in and concerned about Tim's relationship than her own (Tim's planning a vacation with Ashley, while Lucy doesn't want to meet Chris' parents and is very concerned about whether Tim is going to propose)

Dumping Chris, not of her own accord, but because Tim was able to “open her eyes”

Specifically dumping that guy FOR Tim, in a way that made her look like an asshole 

What we got for Tim:

being in a relationship with a woman he was absolutely into, despite their clear incompatibility (we heard from Eric himself that Tim was genuinely interested in Ashley, happy and invested in his relationship with her; we heard Tim say he could see himself marrying her)

Choosing not to break up with Ashley despite all of the indications they weren’t right for each other and being willing to cheat on her

Not being willing to retire for her, but still not ending the relationship

Being made into the victim when Ashley dumped him in a way that made her look like an asshole

Only pursuing a relationship with Lucy after he'd been dumped, while she was still in a relationship

If you don’t feel the story was lopsided and unfair to Lucy, or have a completely different perspective (I'd genuinely love to hear it!!), just don’t care, or find it that serious, that’s great for you, but it’s completely valid that people feel this way.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to see a woman in a relationship be valued and treated well. That has nothing to do with insecurity or jealousy. That has to do with respect and representation. We all come from different perspectives and have different backgrounds that reflect in our perception of how women of color are portrayed on TV.

#chenford #the rookie #lucy chen #tim bradford #tim x lucy

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The only reason Lucy is buggin about the detective exam in the first place is because she put her career on the line to help Tim ....... .... she put her career on the line for a guy who put a photo of him and his ex wife up in his office... HA ha🤡🤡🤡🤡

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Set 👏 details 👏 matter 👏

Do I believe that it was a mistake, albeit a petty careless one? YES, and I am willing to move past it. But stop saying it's just a prop that they thought no one would see. It is directly in the damn shot, at times pretty clear. If props didn't matter, then set decorators would be out of their jobs.

People are allowed to be frustrated especially when this show has consistently shown a lack of effort in storytelling as of late. Set design goes hand in hand with that, and it isn't too much to ask that they care.

K, Thx, Bye.

#how does the rookie get progressively worse with each passing season #details matter #and anyone who says otherwise is justifying because this fandom can’t handle criticism of the show

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hey i’m nosy

there’s uuuuh obviously a lot i could’ve listed, so pick whichever category’s closest

#kidney stone #hands down worst pain ever

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instagram | katrin_im_garten

#flowers #floral

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#I have never felt more represented

#barbie #barbie 2023 #this scene

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reblog if the first musical you listened to was not Hamilton

#RENT