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We're like 80% there, I swear. I'm overthinking this like I never overthought anything else in my life

Lily. Finish that oneshot Lily. Come on. Stop staring at that Google Doc. Kick your own ass harder

#the crowd is silent #the crowd has vacated the premises years ago

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I don't feel strongly one way or another about Greencia as a couple but the thing that can make me give up completely is the introduction of a possible love triangle at Luke's expense.

Just make Garvez happen or don't. But let him exist outside of a love triangle I beg.

#criminal minds #luke alvez

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I'm back from my drawing hibernation babeyy

Here's a Reid with no context.

#boop

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I'm back from my drawing hibernation babeyy

Here's a Reid with no context.

#criminal minds #spencer reid #pls perceive me and accept my offerings

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I saw it as Gideon feeding is own ego, with a protege of his own after being one to Max. He definitely was someone who could read people well (i mean he was a PROFILER). He found a young gifted man who didn't have anybody and paid attention to him and convinced him to join him in his career. I believe he tried to do the same with Ethan since they mentioned he was at the academy at the same time, but Ethan dipped to become a jazz musician. Gideon had the power to push Reid through the processes of joining theBau and Reid was essentially his pet project. Reid got someone who wanted him around and Gideon got praised for scouting him and their department running smoother than ever. Ultimately Gideon didn't really help Reid through anything, and then abandoned him with a letter instead of actually saying goodbye to him. He KNEW how much that would hurt someone like Reid and did it anyway. He set up a chess game and never showed and made him seek him out. (tw for MCD) Though, to be fair, it is surmised by some that they changed the script at some point, possibly due to Mandy's demands at the time. It's been said the original intent was for Gideon to have committed suicide and that Reid was supposed to have found him there along with a note. Which would have been WORSE, obviously. That all playing out just as Reid was also finally sober and had no other parental figures in his life, it would have been even more devastating.

I'm not looking forward to them bringing back someone with a connection to Gideon on the show, and without Reid being there who was arguably the closest person he had in the seasons he was on seems kind of dull. Then have Rossi bring him up, someone we only ever saw him talk to in flashbacks of their youth. He left the show in 2007 and died in 2015 I'm tired of Gideon. Are they going to just rehash Gideon drama forever?

Tbh, to me, it was Gideon assuaging his own guilt towards Stephen.

Gideon is a flawed flawed man, and a running theme they seemed to have with him is that while he takes those actions, with no malicious intent, he can't foresee their terrible consequences : the 6 agents, Elle in the Fisher King, Reid in Revelations, and in the grand scheme of things, bringing Reid into the FBI thinking he's doing right by him, which didn't turn out so good depending on how you look at it. When the consequences really catch up to him, he seems to be in way over his head and can't follow through. He didn't show up for his son to the point where Stephen thought he wasn't wanted (and was quite detached at the news of his death, in a striking contrast to Spencer). But Gideon is also compassionate and he genuinely cares, he bought Reid these tickets for his birthday, he walked him through that (not) date, through his first kill, told him he was proud of him. For me at least, the reason they gravitated toward each other is that for awhile they filled a void in each other's lives of the absent father and the distant son, and it was his way of compensating for abandoning Stephen. But I also think he cared nowhere as intensely about Reid as Reid cared about him, and even that too was not out of malice (which makes it kinda more sad)

He was right to leave, and he was wrong in the incredibly convoluted way he did it. He could have answered Reid's calls, he could have sent a text saying that he's safe but he's leaving, hell he could have MAILED that letter, because people loved him and were clearly worried for his well being and whereabouts at this point. But to make someone doing the whole guesswork of going to a cabin in the middle of the woods to fetch a letter? That looked bad. I would have had a heart attack. 

I admit liked him a whole lot as a character, I particularly enjoyed seeing him walking in circles in Hankel's bathroom telling himself that he did the right thing. I genuinely like watching character's fuck ups play out, but I agree that Gideon at this point seems so detached from the show, and without Reid there either to act unhinged at the mention of him ... eh ..... we'll see I guess.

#criminal minds #spencer reid #jason gideon #interesting point about ethan! i almost forgot he and spencer went through it together #i will proceed to overthink thhis #ask

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@frankiebirds i have nothing of value to add except that you say good words and I agree

One thing I keep thinking about is that Reid joined the FBI below the minimum required age right? But he also failed a bunch of qualifications in the academy. So he was not only the wrong age but also not exactly qualified and it's safe to assume Gideon is the one who got him in despite all that since he is the one who convinced him to join the FBI. Reid certainly couldn't have forced his way in lmao

But why? What was the hurry when it seems he could have used those extra years of experience? It always felt to me like he was very much pressed for time to get this job Right Now, and the only reason I can think of it that maybe it was immensely difficult to pay for Diana's care in these years ever since he was 18, and perhaps Gideon was sympathetic to that while also seeing potential in him.

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Sorry for the spam, just dropping here to say your fanarts made my April

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Don't worry about spamming! I'm always happy to see the same username several times in my notes. I'm so glad it did 🥹💕

#ask

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You can ... but only if you also promise to squeeze him until he makes a squeaky toy sound from time to time.

One thing I keep thinking about is that Reid joined the FBI below the minimum required age right? But he also failed a bunch of qualifications in the academy. So he was not only the wrong age but also not exactly qualified and it's safe to assume Gideon is the one who got him in despite all that since he is the one who convinced him to join the FBI. Reid certainly couldn't have forced his way in lmao

But why? What was the hurry when it seems he could have used those extra years of experience? It always felt to me like he was very much pressed for time to get this job Right Now, and the only reason I can think of it that maybe it was immensely difficult to pay for Diana's care in these years ever since he was 18, and perhaps Gideon was sympathetic to that while also seeing potential in him.

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One thing I keep thinking about is that Reid joined the FBI below the minimum required age right? But he also failed a bunch of qualifications in the academy. So he was not only the wrong age but also not exactly qualified and it's safe to assume Gideon is the one who got him in despite all that since he is the one who convinced him to join the FBI. Reid certainly couldn't have forced his way in lmao

But why? What was the hurry when it seems he could have used those extra years of experience? It always felt to me like he was very much pressed for time to get this job Right Now, and the only reason I can think of it that maybe it was immensely difficult to pay for Diana's care in these years ever since he was 18, and perhaps Gideon was sympathetic to that while also seeing potential in him.

#criminal minds #spencer reid #jason gideon #also the way he's paranoid about losing his job in S1 #i have connected the dots #18yo Reid was counting cards and getting kicked out of casinos

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tiny progress .... 🤏

Lily. Finish that oneshot Lily. Come on. Stop staring at that Google Doc. Kick your own ass harder

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Sorry for the lack of drawings btw. Situations keep happening to me!!! Hopefully situations are done happening!

#i know i know that no one is asking or expecting me to draw #but I really miss it too #😭😭😭

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Emily: "ugh not looking forward to this case"

Spencer: "-so all my issues started because Rossi was too horny"

calling it as she had an affair with rossi and thats why they divorced and why rossi REALLYY~ left the bau the first time etc. i absolutely can see them trying to make up weird love triangles no thanks

fascinated at the idea of such a train wreck happening

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Rossi being unable to keep it in his pants causing 2 dead, several injured

calling it as she had an affair with rossi and thats why they divorced and why rossi REALLYY~ left the bau the first time etc. i absolutely can see them trying to make up weird love triangles no thanks

fascinated at the idea of such a train wreck happening

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calling it as she had an affair with rossi and thats why they divorced and why rossi REALLYY~ left the bau the first time etc. i absolutely can see them trying to make up weird love triangles no thanks

fascinated at the idea of such a train wreck happening

#ask

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mommy issues indeed! i haven't seen any news recently for cm is mgg coming back?

Aaah I haven't either so I really don't know. I'm just living with my little wishful thinking.

#ask

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If we're gonna bring back characters from 20 years ago. I need Ethan to shoot his shot at joining the fbi again. Thank you

#criminal minds

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either the son will or they'll make his ex wife suddenly be proficient in behavioral analysis. "Runs in the family!" exclaims CBS. "but the wife wouldnt be blood related...??" IN THE FAMILYYYYYY

Anon do i have news for you

#ask #what is the complicated history with Rossi #oh Lord #is she about to become the 5th wife