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crepuscularqueens · 1 year

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on my gosh please tell me about rnm cap quartet??

omg thank you!!! this was such a strange little project i never quite cracked because i kind of... skewed it a whole bunch but it was so fun to tinker with

June 8th, 2012. Three teenage girls die in a horrible car accident, reported to be the result of drinking and drugs. The sleepy desert town of Roswell, New Mexico is never quite the same after losing Margaret Carter, Sarah Wilson, and Claire Temple. Families left grieving and broken, a town divided and those with anger in them pointing it in all the wrong directions.

steve - max nat - isobel bucky - michael sam - somewhere between alex and liz. sarah died in a crash when he was a senior in high school. he and bucky had a relationship they weren't ready to go public with, bucky had his left arm severely injured when they were caught together. Sam’s father all but forced him to enlist after Sarah's death, Sam took the escape from the small town even though it was never what he wanted. riley - kyle valenti. he and sam had grown up together, their friendship growing strained in high school joaquin - crashdown, his grandmother runs it. his cousin was claire temple, died in the crash with Sarah. Sam spent a lot of downtime there in high school, something of a haven from his family and peers, but him and joaquin fell apart after the crash when sam enlisted.misty - maria, runs wild pony, good friends with Sam Clint - steve’s partner at the sheriff’s department the last couple years, on again off again kinda deal that’s ultimately unsustainable sharon - cop, (somewhat fill in for jenna/liz) gets transferred to town after 10 years away, originally left because her cousin (peggy) was in the crash

(so the problem is that both clint and sharon are jenna but sharon is also kinda liz BUT joaquin and sam are also. kinda liz. except that sam was definitely alex. i was having fun though)

“Of all the people to up and resurrect, you chose Joaquin Torres and Sharon Carter?” Natasha threw the words at him, viciously, full of accusation, “You know, I heard Sam Wilson was back in town, too. Why didn’t you just make it a three for one special? Just in time for the reunion, we can be hauled off by the government! We’ve been keeping this secret for ten years, Steve, what the hell is wrong with you?” “You're making it sound like a choice, Natasha, the alternative was letting the both of them bleed out on the floor in front of me! I can’t do that, not after what happened.” Bucky was standing now, hands wrapped around the bars of the holding cell as he glared out at Steve, “You call for an ambulance, Steve! How are they different from anyone else that gets shot in front of you while you're on duty?” “You know what makes them different! How could you ask me that?” Steve shot right back, “After what we did?” "I can't believe you would do this to us- do this to Natasha? That's your family, Steve," Bucky's voice was full of accusation, the implication wasn't at all lost on Steve. The self-righteous act sure as hell didn't sit right on Bucky, and Steve was sick of it.

#ask #nymhciv #thank you SO much for this ask this fic is my baby even though it's been a WHILE since i tinkered with it #the only straight translation from the show was nat/steve/bucky as the pod squad which i thought worked very well #mine

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wheeler-beretta-harwood · 2 years

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So I’m writing in your inbox because this is easier than making a new comment on each of the fluffy number request you have made so far. Last night I had the worst panic attack I’ve ever had after getting into a huge fight with my husband. so I’m legit laying in bed all day watching cartoons, eating Chinese food, coloring and reading these magical golden nuggets you keep writing.

#30 I have been watching AEW for over a year now and I still don’t know which one of Matt and which one is Nick

#29 This is giving me seriously 😻 for Mox. Of course he has always been hot, but this is making me vibe hard.

#25 See above

#21 Kyle looks like he got hit in the face with a shovel when he was 12 and it never healed all the way, but this made me swoon. “His cheeks turn a soft shade of pink, but now he is confident enough to mouth a silent 'I love you' in your direction”

#1 this is something that I would dream about happening to me in high school 💕

#15 love this. Do you think Kenny is a dog or cat man?

#6 I was grinning like a fool reading this

#7 I always feel so inappropriate crushing on Hook, but I’d totally be down to being the big spoon.

#11 I need to hear OC giggle.

#20 Are you a mind reader? The last day and half Ive been all about Chuck. I watched like two interviews of his and I need more. This just made it a legit crush. And know I have to write a story or something with him. In my mind he can’t draw and the reader just figures out what he meant with time and the caption

#18 your such an amazing writer you have me cheesin over Bobby fish

#5 oooooh Trent 🤤 🙌🏼

#14 Ricky as the bragger makes perfect sense

#24 this is why I’m so ashamed of having a max caster crush because this would 100% be him in real life. No shame at all grinning at that old lady like he just didn’t honk his ladies tits 😂

Your the best and I can’t wait to read more sweet tits!!!

Okay first of all: Are you feeling better yet? I am freaking out right now! Message me if you want to, I am here.

Also: Do I need to fly over and take care of your husband? Because I'll do it! (I've saved enough money for a flight to the US...I just can't get back to Germany then, so you'll be stuck with me.)

And now, trying to make you think nice thoughts (WTF?! Weirdest sentence I've written in....ever.)

#30: Ah, the Bucks Dilemma. I see you're familiar with it. Took me forever to tell them apart. I now know that Matt is the one that annoys me, and Nick is the one I like. Super not helpful for you, though.

#29: at some point in life, I have fallen out of love with Mox. But this little fluff game has put him back in my head. If he's staying there?Time will tell

#21: Poor Kyle!! (I actually laughed harder than I'd like to admit.) I think he has his very own, sweet charm. At least it is working on me.

#15: Kenny loves them all. I know he has a cat, so maybe he's leaning more to cats, but he'd just be as delighted if you brought home a dog one day. Kenny and animals is the kind of thing that warms my cold, dead heart. I actually have a few pics of him cuddling dogs.

#6: Girl, let me tell you. I am not an Adam Cole person. He pisses me off. Which is good for him, I guess, he's a heel after all. But everytime see him with Britt, I think he must be an adorable boyfriend. Which then melts my brain, because guy's a douche...the duality is too much for me to comprehend.

#11: I'd kill to hear OC giggle at this point.

#20: I don't know why, but Chuckie has never crossed my mind. Until now. I feel like writing these little notes would be totally Chuck...but I also don't know much about him. Please, please write a story with him. Make me fall in love 💗

#18: writing for Bobby Fish was actually a tough one. Not that I don't like him, I do. And I wanted to include him in this game, so I'm happy you enjoyed this little bit about him.

#5: Goddamn Trent 🤤 he's creeping his way into my heart.

#24: Max Caster.....that's it. I don't have anything else to say. 💚💜

#my best girl #shower her with love #i love you so much

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khaleesiofalicante · 2 years

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"I suppose i love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.”-Andrea Gibson

Amira is so smart and badass and I'm love her😍😍😍

I am terrified for the magical blackouts :)

Poor Rafe kdhdkdjdk, he wanted to keep it a secret and now everyone but Anjali knows 😂

“I think we’ve been taking warlocks for granted,” LOUDER FOR EVERYONE!!!

No attacks since David went to the Silent City is DEFINITELY not a good sign....

Mundanes are not to be fucked with bc we are scarier than demons, and that's not a compliment....

Kyle and Victoria getting married?!?! Really?? Right in front of my salad??

It was all very confusing. I feel her on a feel level...

Amira and Selena's friendship>>>>>

I NEED to know more about Kamran!! Plis I'm begging!!!

But then she had healed slowly.

She remembered how it wasn’t easy. She remembered how her family had been with her every step of the way.

I say go off girl!!! You've hot this shit and your family has your back😎

Amira is an AMAZING centurion!!! With her and Gigi, shit is about the get real!!!

“You have to find the time to do your own shit or it will never get done otherwise.” This applies to everything actually

Mama had told Gigi that there was nothing and no one more dangerous than a man who refused to admit he was wrong. So, yeah. Screw him.

She is the only valid one😎😎

Amira and Selena, Gigi and Camilla... I'm being blessed with amazing friendships🥺🥺

AHHH LOVEHOLLOW!! MY UNPROBLEMATIC FAVES😍😍 THEY RAE THE CUTEST ISTG-

It's finally coming together!!!!

Some people were born to use magic.

David knew Max was one of them.

He would never ask Max to give it up for him or for anyone else.

I just KNOW this is foreshadowing!!! I feel it!!!

A girl. A girl who wanted to hurt David.

A man. A man who had hurt David badly.

I am ready to commit murder 🔪🙂

But his necklace started to pulse faintly.

No.

No!

“No!” David yelled. “No! Go away! Leave me alone! Please!”

Fuck!! It's also something demonic, this is NOT good at all!!!

I am once again grateful for Magnus Bane's existence!!!

He knows about the dark prince!!! I read some theory about it being Lucifer and now I am fearing for their lives!!! 😭

Magnus can't under any circumstances lose his magic, or I will kill everyone in this room and then myself 🔪

David shook his head. “I felt…I felt I don’t know how to explain it, um-” Free? Unrestrained? Reckless? Brave? I...am still fearing for him, don't get me wrong, I am all here for feral David, but this can go south...

Chopin in its little dog bed. Chopin in its little dog bed. Chopin in its little dog bed. Chopi-

“It wasn’t a ghost or a demon. Someone has been intentionally poisoning you.” Maybe the name starts with M and ends with alloy... Just saying... Although that was an intelligent plan, damnit!

He knew if she came inside his house, she wouldn’t be able to do that. They had tested it after all. I don't understand this and I feel it's so important 😭

Rafael had tried to do something good and had monumentally fucked everything up. DON'T BLAME YOURSELF!! I mean it's so sexy of him to take responsibility of this plan, but still!! I don't want him to suffer 😭

Rafa and Mila🥺🥺🥺

The shadow world needed magic. It would fall apart without it – that much very clear. Warlocks and magic are the backbone of society huh?

Rafael be like: yeah the bride was beautiful, I wonder how beautiful Anjali would look like in a wedding dress😍

Anjali took a deep breath. “I don’t know. But we’ll have to figure something out."

“Then we will,” Rafael promised. “We always do."

She pressed a soft kiss to his lips. “I know."

What is better than a couple of hot, badass people that get shit done??💙💙

All the fucking scene with Marcus!!! Omfg that was INTENSE!!!

He didn’t even deny it. “I have to make people see." EXCUSE ME SIR, WTF????

He knows. He knows everything about us. There is no scarier villain than the one that knows a little too much of the characters...

Don’t fear the ignorant people, Rafe, the man had said. Fear the arrogant ones. Alec speaking FACTS AND WISDOM as usual I see😎

Anjali grabbed Rafael by the arm and pulled him back. His hand immediately went around her waist and pushed her behind him.

Rafael: I will protect you❤️

Anjali: No, you🔪❤️

Anjali shook her head. “We’re not those people, Rafael.” I wouldn't actually mind, morals out of the window if it means protecting them🥰

Rafael chuckled and laced her fingers with his. “I wouldn’t have let it happen.” *crying softly* they are so beautiful I can't😭

He looked at her.

He smiled.

She smiled back.

It seemed enough.

IT IS ENOUGH!!! FORGET THE 8 PAGE ESSAY!!!

On one side HOLY SHIT YESS NICOLAS THORN IS COMING!!!

On another: really???? He was so close😭😭

Your reaction made me realize that LBAF has a lot of 'women support women' and girlboss friendships and I AM FUCKING HERE FOR IT BRO.

Like it wasn't even intentional lmao. I just like it when women >>>

SEE YOU SOON x

#that quote tho oof #lbaf

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lovecolibri · 2 years

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SaL anon here bestie, having enjoyed your morning salt. Tragically I'd call this one of the best episodes this season, thanks the Kyle, as always, setting everyone straight and focusing on what matters (who do you think is the heart of the show again writers?). Looking forward to more of your salty thoughts later, but as usual I'm here to provide RNM bullshit: science edition. So first off any well researched science points the episode might have had (it had none) are automatically null and void

due to Liz bringing back the cursed phrase "the science". I look forward to never having to hear that again when the show ends. Next, in the Liz and Max scene with the pods she mentions "Hawkins radiation" and "Lagrange multipliers" which are in fact real things. Sadly they have absolutely nothing to do with Liz's current resurrection research unless her plan was to detect and throw the dead frog into a black hole to bring it back to life (probably a plot the writers considered). Here's the thing writers, being a scientist doesn't grant you mystical in depth knowledge if every field in science. Liz is not an expert in general relativity because she has a degree in biochemistry (and after the "ionized proton" remark I have serious concerns about the chemistry part of that). Finally, the second Liz and Shivani talk. *me seeing the chemical structures on the whiteboard* "NO! BAD WRITERS!! You can't have an carbon partially unbonded like that!!" *me, all of 0.5 seconds later looking at Liz's tablet while hysterically laughing* "What the actual fuck is THAT!!" There so much wrong in those notes it would take minimum 10 asks to cover. Who's in charge of the science props of this show? Please writers, put any freshman student taking chem 101 in charge and offer to buy them a pizza. They will do a better job in the time it takes them to eat it. As an aside, Liz and Shivani vaping poorly CGIed alien mist made me laugh. Enjoy my friend!!

Hi bestie! Sorry this took me so long to get to, but that reviewer wasn’t lying when she called this an energy vampire of a season and I just haven’t been able to bring myself to deal this week. I agree that out of this mess of a season, this has been one of the best episodes so far and it really is down to Kyle being back, dropping truth bombs on Max, snuggling into that hug with Isobel while deftly turning Michael’s comments aside and keeping Isobel’s confidence about what happened with them (not that Max and Michael won’t figure it out, but Kyle is so good at not being *totally* obvious unlike Michael who cannot hide his 🥺 face about Alex like, ever), and being THEE captain of the Malex ship and Michael’s cheerleader and refusing to let anyone give up on Alex. 100% the heart of this show.

I can’t wait for this show to be over if only so I never have to hear “The Science” ever again. Even Jeanine’s brilliance can’t save that line. At least she mentioned so real science things, but I’m with you on being confused on why she didn’t throw out some science babble from her related field, though I suppose the answer is “the mist made her brilliant about everything”. Though I thought it was implied it helped “free your thinking” to come up with out of the box ideas, not “implanted knowledge you never had directly into your brain” but it’s not like the writers know or care about how anything on this show, including the passage of time, how long it takes to get places, or how friendships work so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Honestly, I’m seriously doubting they bothered to hire a scientist consultant at all, but you’d think that googling terms and pictures of chemical structures would lead to them being at least a little right sometimes. But that’s also like saying that with the set up of a major main character like Alex being kidnapped they’d have to stumble on an emotional beat at some point, even accidentally, and it’s starting to feel purposeful that they haven’t. Was someone on the writing staff dumped by a scientist at some point and all this stuff is done purposefully wrong out of spite? Because BOY does this season feel like a lot of spite-writing for pretty much every character. Except for m*ria who supposedly ends the series getting “everything”, so we have that to look forward to 🙄

I can’t decide which is worse, another episode without a Malex reunion, or a Malex reunion directed by someone who called people’s genuine triggers about consent “noise” that they needed to shut up about. Fingers crossed whatever the reunion is and whenever we get it, that it’s entirely free of m*ria mentions, that Vlamis and Tyler’s work to make it worth it comes through and isn’t trimmed down in editing, and that if it has to be in that god-awful blue filter, it’s at least not at the dead of night since the scene at the end of 4x10 was partially visible.

Three more episodes until these characters do not belong to that joke of a writers room anymore.

#my sweet nonnie friends #sleeping at last anon #roswell nm #roswell spoilers #roswell nm my behated #roswell nm writers room my beloathed #anti maria deluca #we haven't even gotten to do SONGS this season 😭#this was supposed to be the season of domestic malex!#after 4x02 this was supposed to be the season of feral michael and angsty songs like West #maybe 4x11 or 4x12 will give that to us?#at least the vlambase drop will give us some good malex pics and merch #someone give them a spinoff series #i would put up with that blue filter forever if they wanted to stay there #far away from their so-called friends #kyle dallas and sanders can visit and i'm sure they will allow isobel as well #but that is IT

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maycanady · 3 years

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How did I end up on your couch? You passed out after I healed you. Figured you’d rather wake up there than in the bedroom.

+ bonus gif of kyle holding max the alien stuffy

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ravens-words · 3 years

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Could you maybe write jones actually using Alex against Michael cause it was such a missed opportunity.Also just wanted to say I love your writing!

I'm glad you enjoy what I write!

Here you go, Nonnie! Hope you like it 💛

all for you (AO3)

Michael's return to consciousness was akin to someone dumping a bucket of ice-cold water on him. He jerked forward, letting out a gasp that ended on a cough, and immediately groaned when the pain in his side intensified.

A small hand rubbed at his back, and his head swiveled to look at Maria. "How long was I out?" He demanded, struggling to sit up.

She frowned. "Maybe five minutes- Guerin, what are you doing?"

"He saw Alex,” he told her frantically, struggling to pull himself up the ladder.

"Jones?"

"Yeah."

She followed after him, and steadied him when he fell to his knees. "What's going on, Michael?"

"He knows I love him," Michael snapped, desperation and fear translating into anger. Maria moved away from him. "He's gonna use him against me-"

His phone rang, interrupting him.

A private number.

He stared at it, letting it ring twice before he cautiously answered. "Hello?"

"Hello, son," Jones drawled out, "I have Alex Manes here-"

His blood ran cold. "If you hurt him-"

"Relax," Jones told him dismissively, "I'm not gonna hurt him."

"What do you want?" Michael growled, heart in his throat.

"The Lockhart machine. And the serum Liz has made."

"She hasn't-"

"Don't bother lying to me, boy. I know she's finished it. You have exactly twenty minutes to get to the location I just sent you. If you're not here by then, of you send someone else- I will kill him."

"Michael?!"

He ignored Max and just grabbed the machine, then all but ran to the elevator.

Max ran after him, and just barely managed to slip through the doors before they closed.

"You mind telling me what's going on?"

Michael clenched his jaw and ignored him.

"Michael-"

“Jones has Alex.”

The elevator doors opened and he stepped out, then burst through the lab doors. "Liz," he called out. "Liz!"

Liz came into the room, eyes wide. "Hey, where's the fire?"

"Are you done with the serum?"

She frowned. "Yes, but I still-"

"Give it to me," he demanded, hand outstretched.

She, very cautiously, grabbed the syringe which was on the counter.

"Give it to me."

She shook her head. "Not until you tell me why you want it."

Michael huffed angrily. "I don't have the time to tell you."

"How do I know it's you? He's been in your head, he knows-"

"He has Alex," he interrupted her, and she reeled back as if struck.

"What?!"

She put her hand on the desk to keep herself steady, and Max came to stand beside her. He seemed concerned, too.

Kyle just looked pissed. "Why the hell would he take Alex?"

"Leverage. He wants the serum, and the machine." Tears gathered in his eyes, and he stepped back and away from their outstretched hands. “He’s gonna kill him if I don’t give him what he wants. Please.”

"We can’t just give him what he wants," Heath said, inching closer to Liz, who seemed to be frozen in place.

Michael glared at him. "That’s exactly what I'm going to do."

Max took a step towards him. "Michael-"

"Give me the serum, Liz."

Liz closed her eyes.

"Liz, please."

Max put his hand on his shoulder and he shrugged it off, turning to face him. "I'm not changing my mind. I'm taking the serum."

Max nodded. "We're not- Michael, we want to save him, too."

"We do," Liz assured him, wrapping her hand around his elbow, "we just want some time to figure out how we're gonna deal with the fallout."

He looked down at the timer he had set on his phone, and swallowed thickly. "I'm all out of time to give, Liz," he told her quietly, "it's Alex. I can't lose him."

When their eyes locked, he saw concern, but mostly fear, in her brown eyes. Then she nodded and stepped back.

Heath grabbed the syringe before she could. "Think about this,” he pleaded with them, "this is our leverage."

Michael felt his anger bubbling to the surface. "I don't give a damn about leverage."

"Heath, give it to him," Liz said quietly.

"Liz-"

"Give it to him."

Michael huffed. “I don't have time for this," he muttered, then lifted his hand and used his powers to float the syringe closer.

Heath shook his head and slammed his hand against one of the tables. "This is idiotic."

Michael spun around and hurried out of the room.

"If it were Max," he heard Liz say, "I'd be doing the same thing."

"That's great, Liz! That's just great."

Michael entered the elevator, and as the doors closed, the sounds of the argument faded into nothing, and he slumped back against the metal wall. He clutched the syringe desperately, and closed his eyes. "Please, let him be okay."

Michael didn't know what he would do if he lost Alex.

We never got to go on our first date.

We never walked down main street holding hands.

I never told him I love him.

"Where's Alex?"

Jones just hummed, sitting back to take a look at him. "Better make yourself comfortable."

His blood boiled, and between one second and the next, he had slammed Jones up against the wall and kept him there. "Where the hell is Alex?! What did you do to him?!"

Jones laughed, and to Michael's surprise, didn't retaliate. "He's fine," he told him, rolling his eyes, "I just have to make sure what I just injected myself with isn't going to kill me. Because if it does- if I die, Michael, Alex dies with me."

"It's not a trap," he told him through gritted teeth.

Jones cocked his head to the side. "No, I suppose it's not. You wouldn't risk his life."

Michael said nothing.

"You know," Jones began, "he didn't think you'd do this. Didn't think your little band of misfits would let you."

"He knew I'd come for him," he told him confidently.

Jones shrugged. "I don't think he did. But it doesn't matter, does it?"

Of course it matters, Michael wanted to scream. Had Alex really believed that they, that Michael, would abandon him?

"You have fifteen minutes from now to get to him, son."

"What?"

"If you leave now, you just might get to him before he turns to ash."

Michael forgot how to think, how to speak, how to breathe. His head was full of white noise.

"Chop, chop!"

He took off in a run.

The location Jones sent him was exactly fifteen minutes away, and he was going as fast as he could.

I'm coming, Alex.

I'm coming for you.

Alex was in the middle of nowhere, in the desert, and he was surrounded by a ring of fire. He was in a chair, ropes tied around the length of his forearms and his legs.

"Alex!"

His boyfriend's head shot up, and his eyes widened.

Michael ran, and he got to him in what had to be seconds, but felt like hours.

"Michael, don't come any closer," Alex shouted.

Michael shook his head. "It's okay. It's gonna be okay."

"Michael, don't-"

He stepped through the fire, and emerged on the other side, untouched by the flames.

He immediately used his powers to untie him.

Alex raised an eyebrow. "You're fireproof," he stated with a giddy laugh, "forgot about tha-oof."

Michael hauled him up and into his arms, then buried his face in Alex's neck, holding onto him a little too tightly. "I'm so glad you're alive," he whispered into the too hot skin of his throat.

Alex pressed a kiss to his temple and hugged him back. “I knew you'd come for me,” he told him, and Michael could tell it was the truth.

Jones had been lying, he thought, relieved.

He smiled at him. "Let's get out of here, huh?"

Alex's hands tightened around his. "Sand," he told him.

"What?"

Alex rolled his eyes. "Put the fire out with sand."

Michael raised an eyebrow in surprise. "I didn't think about that."

Alex laughed.

Michael raised his hands, screwed up his face in concentration and lifted up a wall of sand all around, then let it down and over the fire, extinguishing it. "Alright, let's-"

He didn't get to finish, because Alex turned him around and pulled him into a bruising, passionate kiss.

Alex pulled away, and Michael leaned back enough to look at him, a smirk on his face. "You liked that, huh?"

Alex rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

Michael laughed. "You like it when I use my powers."

"I'm leaving," he informed him, then started walking away.

"You think it's hot when I use my powers!" Michael called out after him, then jogged to reach him. Once he did, he wrapped his arms around him from behind, and breathed him in. "Admit it," he whispered into his neck.

Alex slumped back into his arms. "Fine," he said breathlessly, spinning around. His arms settle around Michael's neck, and he pulled him close, "I think you're really," a kiss to his lips, "really," another one, "really," and another one, "hot when you use your powers. Happy?"

Michael nodded, dazed, and nodded rapidly. "Very."

Alex huffed out a laugh and shook his head. "Where to now?"

"You have no idea how much I want to take you home," he whispered.

Alex brushed a curl out of his face and nodded in understanding. "I know."

He leaned his forehead on Alex's and let himself take a breath or two.

"It's gonna be okay, Michael."

He let out a shuddering breath. "I hope so."

"And once it's all over, I'm taking you out on a date."

Michael laughed fondly, and pressed one short kiss to his lips. "Okay."

I love you was on the tip of his tongue, and by the time he gathered the courage to say it, Alex had already turned around and was walking away.

Tomorrow, he vowed. I'm going to tell him tomorrow.

#malex fic #malex #michael guerin #alex manes #ejwritesmalex

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roswelldetails · 4 years

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RNM 2x05 - I'll Stand By You

So just a little note from me, the person behind the season 2 detailing. I am trying really really hard to keep emotion out of these posts...which is really really hard for me because I'm an inherently emotional person. I'm a glass case of emotion, ready to shatter at any given moment. (#dramatic) But I want to be true to the intent of this blog and keep my feelings, biases, and, you know, shipping out of this blog.

It was really really hard to do with this episode. Because I straight up ugly cried for like, 45 of the 60 minutes. 😂

So I guess, the point is, I'm proud of myself and sticking to the details here. My regular blog is where I'm doing the emotional flip out thing! 😂

EPISODE SUMMARY:

ACCEPTING REALITY — The discovery of some complications with Max’s (Nathan Dean) pod forces Liz (Jeanine Mason), Michael (Michael Vlamis) and Isobel (Lily Cowles) to confront the possibility that they may not be able to save him. Elsewhere, Maria (Heather Hemmens) and Alex (Tyler Blackburn) make amends. Kimberly McCullough directed the episode written by Alanna Bennett & Jason Gavin (#205). Original airdate 4/13/2020.

DETAILS:

Max/Isobel/Michael reunite at age 11 according to what Michael tells Alex in 1x10. So that would make the opening of this episode set in 2002ish.

Michael tells Max and Isobel, "I remember you. I don't know you."

"After nobody adopted me for a year they just stuck me with the name of that trucker who found us."

"I didn't ask you for anything."

This is like the thesis statement of Michael's whole history with Max in the flashbacks.

"Don't pay more than you collect, kid. Passing credit back and forth is a good way to get stuck with somebody forever."

Rosa's art.

What I can see says: "...what they all told me, but I didn't listen" and "Stand the shelter".

Rosa on her dreams

"I have not had any freaky dreams in weeks. Okay, Max is probably off haunting Isobel now that they're strong enough for their psychic twincest weirdness."

"How long has that been happening?"

"Um, I don't know. It's an old boom box."

"Rosa, have electrical appliances been malfunctioning around you?"

"I really thought it was just a side effect of the handprint."

"If being in the pod introduced a new protein into your system it could have altered your DNA too. You could be developing abilities."

"Liz, look. The handprint is changing. It's smaller."

"It's fading."

"Tell me this is a good thing."

"I don't think so."

Michael and Liz theorizing on why the pod shorted out:

"The pod's got a charge. It's like a battery powering the preservation process. This one's gone dead."

"Did the generator blow the electromagnetic threshold?"

"I think a surge came from the pod itself. But that pod has lasted almost a century. It shouldn't glitch out."

"Okay, well, then, this one did."

"All right, stop. It doesn't matter why the pod is broken. It just is. So how long does Max have?"

"My theory is that being tethered to Rosa through the mark is what kept Max from going brain-dead, and in turn the stasis process is what kept the mark from fading. So he could be gone by tonight."

"Okay, well, we have three more pods. So let's just put him into another pod."

"No. He's just gonna do it again. I haven't told you everything. I didn't want to scare you. I didn't want to be the one that took the hope away."

"Talk now, Rosa. Right now."

"I was seeing Max in my nightmares months before I told you about it, and he was begging me to stop you. He said that he was in a lot of pain in there."

"That's Noah's pod. Noah told us it was broken. It wasn't keeping him in stasis. He could feel time passing. None of us thought of that."

"We've been doing everything we can to make Max stronger. He pulled his own plug."

Note...as far as we know Isobel was the only one who knew about Noah's pod being broken. In 1x12 it was before Liz arrived at the house that he told them about the broken pod, so only Max and Isobel heard that part of the story.

Alex on his training. "NSA intelligence cryptology training".

Monitor screen in the secret lab:

Noah's heart is still too weak to transplant. Kyle says it needs at least eight more weeks

"I wrote a paper for a bioethics class on patients in vegetative states who feel pain. Sometimes it's all they feel."

As a non sciencey person, I was wondering if bioethics class was a real thing. Tonight I saw an interview on the news with a UC Berkeley bioethics professor on COVID. So yes, it's a thing.

Alex on Michael that summer post-Rosa's death:

Starting fights with jocks

Broke into the drugstore

Not going to UNM

Hasn't hung out with Max all summer

Got busted for stealing hubcaps (Kyle's hubcaps, we learn later)

Became a walking bar fight

Was in jail when Alex left to enlist

Michael on Max in 2008:

"It's more than that. And it's less than that. We were friends when we were kids, but now Max reminds me of a bunch of stuff that I'd rather forget. The only thing that we have in common anymore is Isobel."

Max's yearbook had a pencil stuck in the page with Liz and Max's photo in it. (The one we first saw in 1x03).

"Biology Club. Max hated science. He was in that club for four years just to watch your sister chew on the end of her pencil."

Max's mindscape:

First just desert, clouds, and then lightning strikes (destructive energy?)

Liz's antennae -- they disappear from Isobel's hands

Rosa describes it as broken

Crashdown special is Max's favorite "Little Green Man milkshake".

The Crashdown counter is kind of merged with biology lab equipment.

The juke box is there

The Crashdown booths

Jeep

Neon Crashdown sign

One of those claw drop game machines (from the Crashdown) but it's filled with baked good displays.

The yearbook

Later, everything else is gone except the one Crashdown booth, the Jeep, and the neon sign.

The distorted music they follow to find Max is the Cactus Groove song in the music list...just, messed around with. See @angsty-nerd's post here:

"I'm the hothead. You are the hero. It's always been that way."

"You stole the hubcaps off Kyle Valenti's graduation present. Both his parents are cops. Do you want to end up in jail tonight?".

👀 Tonight, specifically.

Michael seemed excited about the job at Foster's Ranch until he found out that Max set it up for him. Max found out about it from his dad (only like the 2nd or 3rd mention of his dad in the series so far).

"When I got back in town I asked Max why you and your brilliant mind hadn't changed the world yet. He said you didn't care about the world enough to bother changing it. He believed you could."

Max and Isobel in the mindscape:

"You're okay. I could feel something was wrong with you. Everything felt…"

"Cold. I know."

"You can't be here. It's finally ending. I can feel it. But I don't know what happens if you're in my head when I die."

"So it's true? You want this?"

"I could feel my connection to the outside world getting stronger, so I snapped. I couldn't take it anymore. I released a surge. You have to let me go, Iz."

"I can't take it anymore."

"Okay."

"I am so sorry."

"I just want to memorize this."

"Okay. Okay. I need you to tell Liz something."

"You can tell her yourself. She and Kyle are prepping for surgery. They're going to use the faulty heart. She just wants to talk to you before you die."

"No. No."

"You won't be suffering. They're just gonna bring you back and then let you go."

"No you have to stop this. You cannot bring me back under any circumstances."

"Max? What is really going on?"

"I am dangerous. Whatever Liz is bringing back is not me. It's just some broken shell."

Maria on her mom's computer

"Her nurse said that for the two weeks before she went missing, when she wasn't trying to escape, she was talking to someone online."

The 21st birthday flashback

Isobel gets Michael to help move Max after getting drunk on tequila. He passed out in front of the tattoo parlor. It's the same tattoo parlor Michael goes to at the end of the episode.

Max's weird drunken statement.

"The thing is, there has to be there. Okay? There's always three. Until the very end. I'll show you...What it means is you should be here…'cause it's all broken without three. So we'll figure it out. You'll find your way back."

👀 Until the very end. Interesting.

On Max becoming a deputy:

"You know he did the whole police academy thing because of you, right? He thinks you're gonna get into the kind of trouble you can't get out of if you don't know someone."

Back in the mindscape:

"I figured it all out. She, there's an energy to suffering, there's an energy to death, and when I heal people, I absorb that energy. So when I resurrected Rosa, I took in ten years of emptiness. So if you resurrect me, you will be bringing back an infection. Don't want… I don't want to come back as a monster. I don't want to hurt anyone that I care about."

"That's what this is about? We've been hurting, Max. We don't work without you."

"You will! You will. You are stronger now than when I died. All of you are. You, Michael, Liz, you will survive this. The three of you. No, you need to stop them, Iz. Now."

"Okay. I love you."

"You too." Isobel disappears.

Max is using pretty similar wording to his drunken rambles in the 21st birthday flashback

We don't see that Max is chained down until this next exchange with Rosa. Isobel didn't see that detail as far as we know. Didn't hear the chains clanking when they stood and hugged. Only after Isobel left.

"I'm sorry this is happening."

"Isobel is lying. She is buying time. You know she'll never let me go. But you can feel the darkness too, right? That's why you don't like being in my head. Because you know it's real."

"I didn't want that to be true, but yes."

"I know my sister and I know your sister and they'll never give up. So you have to be the one to stop this surgery, okay? Or I will destroy everything that we love. You have to stop them to save them. Now go. Please, Rosa. Go."

Isobel explaining to Liz

"When he saved Rosa he absorbed all of that dark energy. He's gonna have to expel it."

"And he's afraid he's gonna kill someone when he does."

"Yeah. So we just need someone stronger than Max to take that hit...if he thinks he needs to protect us he obviously doesn't know how capable we are. Bring him back, Liz. I'll handle the rest."

"I get it now. It's gotta be the three of us."

"He would never pull his plug to end his own suffering. Unless he thought he was saving us from something. And I'm a little sick of his heroic martyr crap."

In case you missed it, Michael did not know that. At the beginning of the hospital sequence Isobel is telling Liz what she learned in Max's mindscape and says that she hasn't been able to get ahold of Michael. Michael figured it out on his own. He finally "got it".

The pacemaker:

Isobel with Max at the end… everything is gone except the Jeep. And Bright Eyes playing (the song he and Liz danced to on their first date back in 2008). And then his eyes close and Bright Eyes fades away.

“First thing I remember is the three of us. We woke up terrified and lost. But together. And then all of the sudden I was alone. I got real good at being alone. I had given up on people entirely. And then you found me again. Hell of hero move. You showed up just in time. When you are a kid who nobody loves, kindness is a currency. Friendship doesn’t means jack. Family just lies, and hurts, and leaves. I’ve only ever known love to be temporary. So yeah, I push people away. Every time someone threatens to care about me I test their love until they have to leave. Connection is conditional. Everybody eventually gives up on the guy who refuses to be rescued. But you were the only one who I couldn’t run off. You never believed me when I tried to be something I wasn’t. So this thing in your chest, it might give your heart a pretty solid kick every once in a while. Consider it payback. It’s my hero move, Max. If you wake up, you consider us even, okay? If you wake up, we can be a family.”

Good visual parallels during Michael's speech. Alex and Kyle drinking together during the "and then you found me again". Maria walking up on "the guy who refuses to be rescued"

Max is in the coma for three weeks. Wakes up at the secret lab (instead of his house, which is where he was previously. I'm guessing it was a planned wake up because he's no longer plugged into all of the IVs and whatnot.

"I begged you to understand."

"Max, it's gonna be fine."

"No… I told you to let me go. I can feel it inside me."

"It's...it's symmetry, okay? It's just energy for energy. We can deal with that. Fight it, Max. This isn't you."

"I don't want to hurt you. I need to get out. I need to get away from you, from everyone."

"I can't let you do that."

Max shoves Isobel and runs. When he shoves her there's a slight ringing like the sound they use when the aliens use their powers. Isobel follows and stops him with her powers.

"I made a promise that if you came back and you weren't Max, and you were actually going to hurt people that I would kill you. I figure, hey, you got to play God. Make life and death decisions all on your own. Well it's my turn now."

MUSIC:

1. Letters To Cleo "Here and Now"

2. Lady Antebellum "Love Don't Live Here"

3. Cactus Groove "Fallin"

4. James Talley "Big Thunder"

8. Ross Copperman "Stars Are On Your Side"

5. Lindsey Ray "Keep You Safe"

6. Tommee Profitt feat. Sam Tinnesz "With you Til The End"

7. Bright Eyes "First Day Of My Life"

The Cactus Groove song is the first song this season that I haven’t been able to find on Spotify… let me know if any of y’all had any luck with it!

#roswell new mexico #rnm season 2 #episode details #long post #rnm 205 #i'll stand by you

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space-malex · 4 years

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I figured Maria wouldn't come out of this triangle looking great but for the life of me I don't understand why she isn't allowed to have some self respect by the writers? Both Jenna and Kyle, people Max and Liz very much care about, took one look at Echo and knew they couldn't compare. And Maria has to be weirdly clingy. It makes no sense. Between the 3 of them, Maria was the one who was taught to love herself. Does she want Michael that much? But she still can't say anything nice about him???

I find the writing uncomfortable. Particularly because Maria is the only black character on the show, and they keep doing things that make her feel unlikable. Like one moment I’m like “omg I love this” (like her confrontation of Liz in 2x03, her moments with Isobel in 2x02 and 2x08. Her stuff with Alex in 2x06 (prior to the threesome). I’m never a fan of her moments with Michael, because they worked so well as snarky friends and this romance is just so cringey to watch, but in s1 I liked her moments with him until the last couple of episodes. But then we have stuff like her pursuing Michael without talking to Alex (I mean he found out from Michael and not her), acting like they were “even” on the alien thing like please, how is this Alex’s fault or responsibility to tell you? Michael or Liz I get but no one told Alex either, he found out on his own. And of course the threesome, which for me was hard to watch, and the next day clearly no one seemed happy. She listened through the window and checked to make sure Michael was “choosing” her again while Alex was sadly walking away, and now the weird hanging onto Michael’s arm pda in the promo pic which looks...so...awkward. And maybe it’s not her acting possessive or insecure, we cannot say without context, but it sure looks that way since it’s so out of place for the situation they’re in. It just comes across as insecure high school girlfriend or something idk.

The writing for Jenna and Kyle (even with his criminal lack of screen time this season) is much better, you’re right. Alex is also technically an ex, at least right now lmao, and his writing is also good. Idk what to say other than idk what the hell the writers are thinking.

#anon #shut up kelli #rnm discourse #ship drama

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iamknicole · 4 years

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Stop Playin' With Me

HAHN

"He did what?" Lainey asked pulling her hair into a ponytail.

Oliver nodded, "He tried to throw me in front of the bus then he berated me in front of everybody."

Lainey's tongue clicked against the roof of her mouth.

"Where are they, Baby Danny?"

"They're having a meeting in the oval."

Lainey nodded and walked pass Oliver headed towards the oval. Kelis and Priscilla tried to stop her but quickly backed away when they saw the glare she gave. Max stuck his arm out to stop her, Lainey looked at his arm then back at him.

"Do you like me, Max?"

"Um ... yes ma'am."

"Good. I like you too," she said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes, "You like having two arms?"

"Yes ... yes ma'am."

"Then you have about 2.5 seconds to move it outta my way or I'm gonna break it. And you know I will, you saw what I did to Kyle."

"Yes ma'am, " he said quickly moving his arm allowing her into the oval.

The door swung open, banging against the wall starling the four men. All of their eyes were on her as she slowly approached her husband. The carpet felt plush under her bare feet with each step she took.

"Hey beautiful. What's up?" Charles asked with a smile.

She folded her arms, "You tell me."

"First Lady, I'm sure whatever you need Kelis can take care of," Landen interjected.

Lainey opened her mouth to say something smart but Charles cut her off.

"Conley, Hunter, you two remember my wife, Alaina."

Hunter's eyes roamed the younger woman's body for a second, "Who could forget such a beautiful face? Nice to see you again."

"Right, Alaina, it's nice to see you. Looks like your baby is growing and healthy," Conley spoke politely.

"Hunter. Conley." She said curtly. "Now back to you, Charles. What's going on?"

"Nothing that you need to know about. Do you need something, Lainey?"

Taken back by his tone, Lainey shifted her weight and frowned, "What?"

Hunter whistled, "I know that look. Wife is not amused or pleased."

"I'm so sorry about this Attorney General and President Franklin," Landen remarked with a smirk.

Lainey glared at Landen momentarily then looked at Charles and snapped her fingers.

"You, up now. We need to talk."

Charles looked up at his wife, "Not right now, Alaina. I need to finish my meeting. Now if you don't mind."

Lainey pinched the side of his neck making him hiss and pop her hand, "I'm not leaving. Get up."

"Stop it, Alaina. Go wait for me in the bedroom. I'll be there when I'm done."

Conley laughed, "Joys of being married. Being in the white house changes nothing."

"You mind your got damn business," she snapped.

Charles jumped up and ushered his wife out of the oval. He walked her out of the oval straight to their bedroom. He closed and locked the door.

"What the hell is the problem, Alaina?"

"You are my problem! For starters, who the hell do you think you were talking to? Like I wont tell my brothers."

Charles stared at her, his jaw muscles ticking.

"Then I hear you let that pissy ass bastard berate him and try to throw him under the bus! What the fuck is that? I told you I wanted his pissy ass gone!"

"Is that it?" He asked smoothly.

"No," she scoffed, "It's not! I thought I told you that Conley would NOT be attorney general! You got them big ass ears and still can't listen!"

"Aye, aye! Enough! That's enough, Alaina! I am fine with you dictating our relationship but you will NOT dictate the way I run my white house, my staff or who I pick for my staff! Is that clear?"

"You don't talk to me like that!"

"Yeah, I do when you start to overstep your boundaries, Alaina! And as far as Baby Danny, Olover whatever the hell his name is, he doesn't report to you, he reports to me. If he doesn't like something then he needs to tell me, not you! And that will be handled," Charles explained harshly staring his wife directly in her eyes. "He will no longer accompany you unless you and I are together and there will be zero communication."

"You better not fire him, Charles!"

"Again, that's my business, not yours! Stay out of it!"

Alaina started to grab pillows off their bed throwing them at him then moved onto her night stand throwing her crystal candy dish, the staff phone, and clock at him. Charles was able to duck most of it and approached his wife, backing her into the wall.

"I don't know what you think this is or who you think I am but cut it out," he said through gritted teeth, "I am not Mitchell or Benny, you will not jump on me, hit me or throw shit at me! And you are not Victoria or Veronica! Act like you have sense, Alaina! Are we clear?"

Before she could answer, Oliver poked his head in after knocking lightly and unlocking it.

"Is everything okay? Landen told me I should check on you guys."

"Tell that pissy ass bastard to mind his fucking business," Alaina spat ignoring Charles' glare.

He held his hand up to Oliver without turning around, "Disregard that. Let them know that I'll he there in five minutes, Oliver."

"Yes sir. I'll stay with First Lady until you're done."

"No, you won't. You go help Max. There's zero communication between you two from now on. Is that understood,' he asked still looking at his wife.

"Yes sir," he said quickly before bowing out.

"Stay in this room until I come back. Do not leave this room. Do not text Eddie. I'm gonna ask this question again for the third time and you know I hate repeating myself," Charles spoke in a low tone, "Is. That. Clear?"

Lainey nodded looking around. He took a long, hard look at his wife them backed away a less than pleased smirk on his face.

"You gon stop playin' with me, Alaina. This isn't over," he said loosening and taking off his tie, "When I get back we'll talk annoy it in greater detail. Yeah?"

Again she nodded.

"Can't hear you."

"Yes, Charles."

Nodding, Charles turned to open the door. He chuckled to himself. "Throwing my damn candy dish. Just wait."

#hahn #hahn x the oval #have and have nots #the oval #charles & lainey

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