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etherealyoungk · 2 months

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new beginnings - jeon wonwoo

summary: in which a certain someone starts getting extra clingy to you, leading you to find out you're pregnant.

pairing: husband!wonwoo x fem!reader

themes: established relationship, terms of endearment, pregnancy, fluffy, comfort

warnings: reader is pregnant, mentions of nausea, throwing up, anxiety, vague mentions of intimate relations, cats

wordcount: 2.1 k

a/n: just a random idea i had and thought might be cute

you come home a bit later than usual, the smell of something delicious wafting in the air, welcoming you as you step inside your cozy home. you walk in and spot wonwoo in the kitchen, busy stirring something in a pot as you discard your bag on the couch, spotting oreo, wonwoo's cat curled up on the other end in a peaceful slumber.

you slowly make your way towards wonwoo. "hey", you say, as you stand next to him, leaning your head on his shoulder. "hi love", he responds immediatily as he presses a soft kiss to your temple as you nod. "long day?", he asks, taking in your tired expression as you nod your head.

"you're home early", you point out, as you hook your arm around his, watching him stir the pot of soup carefully so that the ingredients wouldn't stick to the bottom and burn.

"yeah, i wanted to surprise you", he says, looking at you. you smile at his words and he smiles back at you. you let go of his arm and busy yourself with setting up the table. you and wonwoo had sweet love story and were now living a happy married life, and you couldn't ask for anyone else to spend it with. wonwoo was just your person and you were his.

but wonwoo's cat on the other hand was another story. you could say that she didn't really have a thing for you. oreo had never bonded with you, and you were only allowed to give her the occasional pet before she'd walk off, uninterested in you. orea never got cuddly with you like she did with wonwoo. you were bummed at first but you decided that maybe she'd grow into you later it. but it looked like you were just going to be a side character to her.

wonwoo asks you about your day as you both eat, but he's also acutely aware of how little food you've served yourself and how you've barely touched the soup he made. "not hungry?", he prompts after a while. "i am, i'm just a little tired", you tell, feeling a bit bad because wonwoo had made your favorite soup and you barely felt like eating it. you force yourself to have at least a few spoonfuls of the spoon and finish up your rice.

it's two am and you wake up feeling nauseous so you sit up, hoping that would ease the feeling but it didn't. it was like wonwoo was so in tune with you that he could always tell when you're awake and you heard him stir beside you. "are you okay love?", he asks, his voice laced with sleep.

"just a little nauseous", you tell softly, feeling umcomfortable.

"should i make you some peppermint tea?", he asks, now sitting up beside you. he doesn't wait for your answer as he heads to the kitchen to make it for you regardless. he comes up and places the steaming mug of peppermint tea on your bedside table, as he sits down next to you. his hand finds yours as he laces his fingers in your hand, looking at you, worried. after a few sips of the tea, you feel slightly better and you're now cuddled in wonwoo's arms as you lay your head on his chest, his hands holding you safe from the world.

you feel the bed dip again as oreo, wonwoo's cat jumps on the bed, walking towards you both. you look at her, ready for her to go towards wonwoo but instead, she comes up to you and settles next to you. "baby are you seeing this", you tell, shocked. "looks like she's finally warming up to you", he jokes and it was like oreo understood and she meows as she looks at you before curling up beside you.

you fall asleep only to wake up an hour late as you rush into the bathroom and throw up, feeling horrible and absolutely terrible. you feel wonwoo's hand on your back a few moments later as he rubs it gently to help you. he then helps you up and you clean yourself up before he helps you back in bed.

that whole week, you battle with nausea, throwing up either in the morning or night, and feeling tired and fatigued all of a sudden. you try to brush it off, blaming it on the stress or just the flu, but wonwoo insists on going to the doctor to figure out what is going on.

you take a sick leave the next day and you're sitting on the couch, scrolling through your phone when oreo comes up to you again, sitting on your stomach, giving you a little meow as she closes her eyes and goes into her meditation. you smile, feeling like you were being blessed by her presence lately. she'd started to get cuddly with you the past week and you were surprised but happy because otherwise you were going to think she was going to hate you forever.

you're aimlessly scrolling through your phone when you come across a video of a cat sitting on a lady, much like how oreo was sitting on you and as the video goes on, the lady explains how she found out she was pregnant because her cat started to get extra cuddly with her. your brain pauses and you glance at oreo, who's in a peaceful slumber on your stomach. you quickly open google, typing in if cats can tell if a person is pregnant and you gulp as you read articles and information that shows up and things slowly start adding up in your mind. this would explain all the nausea, the weird mood swings you've been having and the fatigue you've been experiencing the past two weeks. oh my god.

you gently move oreo off you, apologising to her as you grab a coat and slip on your shoes, heading to the nearest pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test. you buy two to give yourself the benefit of the doubt and now you're in your bathroom as you wait for the results of pregnancy tests. you stand a few steps back, nervous to see the results.

sure, you and wonwoo had talked about having kids of your own and it was something you both did want. you both had also taken care and been careful whenever you were intimate with each other. but now as you stand in the bathroom all alone, a feeling of dread engulfs you and pools in your stomach. you move towards the countertop and look at yourself in the mirror. it was going to be okay you thought ou close your eyes and take a deep breath and you finally find the courage to look down at the pregnancy tests laid out in front of you. you blink down as you see two lines on them bioth and let out a shaky breath as you try to ground yourself.

you didn't tell wonwoo that evening, still trying to take everything in but mostly because you didn't know how to. you were unsure and scared. but when he comes home tonight, you can't seem to hold onto this secret anymore as it seems to be eating you alive. when he comes home later that evening, you're quick to greet him as he shrugs off his blazer, his eyes lighting up when he sees you. you give him a kiss as you ask him about his day. he walks into the bedroom to change and you follow him. "what's going on in that pretty little mind of yours", he asks as he loosens his tie and takes off his watch. "how do you know something is going on?", you ask. "because you only follow me around when you have something you want to get off your chest", he tells, coming towards you. you find it sweet that he's picked up on his piece of information and observed, he knew you too well.

"okay fine, i do have something to tell you", you say finally as you move closer to wonwoo. you look up at him and he patiently waits for you to speak. but as you're looking at him and trying to find the right words and how to get them out, you find yourself getting overwhelmed with emotion all of a sudden and you're tearing up. your gaze flickers to the side of the room and down before you look back up but wonwoo is keen to pick up on his.

"what's wrong sweetheart?", he asks as you try with all your might to hold the tears in, trying to blink back your tears, but you can't and they flow down your cheeks and before you know it you're crying. wonwoo pulls you into his arms, his hand running up and down your back softly in an attempt to soothe you. "did something happen?", he asks, worried as his gaze softens.

you sniffle as you look at him, still in his arms. "no- i-i- don't know why i'm crying god i feel like an idiot", you tell as wonwoo cups your face, gently wiping away your tears with his thumb. "you're not", he assures you and he holds your gaze as he looks at you sweetly, not forcing you to say anything.

he gently moves you to the bedside and sits you down looking at you deeply, a hit of worry laced in his gaze. you'd been off this entire week and he was worried.

"are you okay?", he asks again, gently as he looks at you, his hand intertwined in yours.

"i-im pregnant", you finally tell softly and in the quiet room it was like your words echoed in the air. wonwoo blinks at you and you can see the wave of emotion he goes through.

"i took a pregnancy test, two in fact and they both came back positive", you add, looking at wonwoo to see his reaction.

"you're pregnant", he repeats like he was testing how the words would sound on his lips. "we're pregnant", he says again and you nod.

"i'm pregnant", you tell, tearing up again. "we're pregnant", you say again.

you find yourself tearing up again and wonwoo cups your cheek. "but what if i'm not ready, i'm scared", you add softly and wonwoo is quick to embrace you in another hug.

"i think, no i know that you're going to be a great mother love", he tells. "and remember, you're not alone in this, i'm right here and i'll be here with you every step of the way", he adds as he hugs you tighter.

you pull away, looking at him and you smile. "i love you", you say. " i love you more", he says, making you smile.

"i can't believe we're going to be parents", he says in a soft excitement as he kisses your forehead.

"you know, oreo was the first one to know", you say and he furrows his brows in confusion.

"what do you mean?", he asks, his hands resting on waist. "that's why she's been so clingy and cuddly to me these last two weeks. she knew i was pregnant, cats can sense it", you explain and his interest is piqued by this piece of information. "should we make a bet on if oreo's going to befriend our kid or not", he says and you snort, chuckling at his suggestion. god how you loved him and his silly antics. "i'm gonna bet she will befriend him, she already has technically", you add before leaning in wonwoo's chest again.

-bonus scene-

you're laying on the couch, now six months along your pregnancy and your bump is growing healthily. wonwoo's been so sweet and supportive throughout it all, from helping you when you were puking your guts out from morning sickness to getting you all your pregnancy cravings even if they were weird.

you hear the door open, wonwoo walking in with takeaway from your favourite cafe because you were craving a red velvet cake. he triumphantly lifts the bag as he walks in, putting it down on the table as he sees oreo perched on your belly.

"i think out kid is going to be a cat lover", wonwoo says. "imagine if they're not", you add as wonwoo hands you the cake box and you take it, the sweet smell already filling the air. you take a bit and sigh, content and offer wonwoo a bite.

just then you feel the baby kick and oreo looks alert, wondering where the little movement came from as she looks around and looks at you with a questioning look. "baby, did you see that?", you ask. the baby kicks again and oreo looks around again and glances at your belly before meowing at you and you chuckle. "aww she felt the kick", you tell. wonwoo smiles as he looks at you, his heart overflowing with love as he thinks about how lucky he is and how grateful he is

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void-botanist · 1 year

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Happy STS! What kind of clothes do your characters wear? Do any of them not conform to the style of their society? Do we see any character's style change over the course of the story?

Happy ST…Friday from ~ the future ~ and thank you for the ask!

The styles my characters wear is definitely skewed by me growing up in the United States, and that's something I want to work on. But more generally, every character has a vibe or a specific thing they like/do and my sense of their wardrobe is built around that. Anni wearing mostly blue because it's her favorite color is an easy example, but Dez wears only jumpsuits and rompers because he doesn't really see the point of clothes and wants them to be as easy as possible. (He also likes looking cute but it definitely proceeded from "ugh clothes" to "eh actually this looks kind of nice".) Zel is inseparable from the beanie Anni got her, at least for the winter months. In the summer it's crop tops all the way, and whatever goes with those. For almost as long as he's been a character Zalen has worn high heeled boots, and as time has gone on his wardrobe design has gotten more flowy because that fits his personality better. Brandon's wardrobe is full of Ermotlift City Works shirts, and he wears them sometimes when he's not at work because they're comfy. And so on.

I keep societal expectations pretty open because I want my characters to wear whatever I feel like, lol. That and I don't want to write stories where part of the conflict is "you're dressing wrong for your gender". But there are people who commit to the bit so hard that they stand out a little - Anni again, but also Keearo because he wears makeup as an everyday thing, Zalen because he doesn't stop wearing some kind of heeled boot unless it's absolutely necessary, Milo because although he lives on a tropical island where his fellow tree people also don't wear much in the way of clothes, his top of choice is basically just a rope net made into a t-shirt. There are also species cultural differences that may seem weird at first glance. For example, tree and mushroom people tend to have much smaller wardrobes than members of nonrooted species, because they don't sweat or have many bodily fluids to contend with in general, and they usually don't consider something with literal dirt on it as dirty. The result is that Elbas Island is full of people who are cartoonishly almost always wearing the same thing and Dez fits right in. In some cases these cultural differences blend together because of social expectations. I'm thinking of Sal and Ozen and how they both wear mid-horn rings to signify that they're married. If they had been married in Sal's home country, they would probably wear decorated extended horn caps instead, as is more common in sha-nawwen culture. But because of the social and legal complexity/impossibility of marriages between species there, they both moved away and chose to wear mid-horn rings, which are more in line with orea-nawwen style and common among sha-nawwenn in any dual-species marriage, not just between the two species of nawwen.

I can only think of one person who really changes their style in the story itself: Syndy. Previously she was in her postal uniform 24/8 because she never left the post office, and even if she had other clothes, it would have been bad if anyone caught her in them. She also had (arguably oversaturated) red hair to fit the Navaren ideal the palace was going for. But after getting turned back on and finding herself in a world where the rules have completely changed (and where she's getting advice from a blue guy with purple hair), she gets a grey wig and starts cultivating what I think of as a 1950s-flavored silhouette, among other things. I feel like regardless of whether it happens in the story, style changes mostly happen because someone gets out of a shitty situation and wants a refresh to something more comfortable/honest.

#when Anni sees Zel in a crop top: not to be a lesbian but oh my god #there are Reasons for Milo's shirt choices lol #Zalen did in fact learn how to survive northern winters in the city without changing his shoes. He has incredible balance #24/8 is not a typo. I went with an 8-day week to make things slightly weird #storyteller saturday #STS #rose meta #rose brambles #wip: tfa #c: Dez #c: Zel #c: Anni #c: Brandon #c: Keearo #c: Syndy #c: Sal #c: Ozen

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miss-musings · 6 years

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My List of Top 10 Recurring Blacklisters

For my ongoing "Top 10" lists about different aspects of The Blacklist, today I'm tackling recurring Blacklisters who weren't already included in "My List of Top 10 Blacklisters."

Just for an FYI, I'm also disqualifying Tom Keen and Dembe Zuma, as they both have been regular cast members at different points in the series. I am, however, including non-antagonist entries -- that means that some of these Blacklisters didn't actually end up being 'bad guys,' but instead, either were or later became allies of Red and/or The Task Force.

There actually weren't too many Blacklisters to work with as I'd say about 70 percent of them are one-offs (and I already did a list about them), and many of the better ones who are recurring were already on my other list. But, of the small pool that did qualify, I'm judging them based on:

How much I personally liked them / how compelling I thought the character was

How well the guest star did

How much of a threat they were to Red, the Task Force, the public in general, etc. OR if they were an ally, how much the character adds to Red's or the Task Force's goals

I don't have quite as much time to tackle these entries as I have my previous two lists, so I'm only going to put like a paragraph of explanation for each. Also, no honorable mentions this time.

So, without further ado, let's begin:

10. ISABELLA STONE

I don't really care for Isabella Stone, but it was either her or the Pavlovich Brothers, and I care about them even less. I don't remember much about Stone, other than she was played by that actress who played Jan on "The Office," and at the end of her namesake episode, Red has her chained up in a walk-in freezer or something. I don't remember what she did, or why she was a threat to the Task Force/Red. I know she was hired by Kaplan to do some bullshit, but I don't remember what it was or how she did it.

9. NICHOLAS T. MOORE

I'm not really one for all the cults that this show does. It seems like they try to have 1-2 per season; but I actually didn't mind this one and thought it might be the best cult we've seen so far. It had kind of a "The Village" vibe to it, although I'm still trying to figure out how Moore convinced all those people to join him out in the woods. Anyway, the only reason I included him is because I like the actor -- he played The Warden on "Shawshank Redemption" -- and I thought the way he tricked Aram into getting him his Bible so he could kill himself was kind of clever.

8. THE MAJOR

I also don't really care for the Major, but I thought the actor did well in his scenes with Spader. Plus, he seemed to create a lot of problems (read: drama) for Tom and Liz, with trying to tempt Tom back into a life of crime when he was trying to go straight in S3b. (Am I remembering that right?) Again, I honestly don't really care for or about him, but I thought he was around enough and played a big enough role in Tom's, Liz's and Red's lives that he deserved a spot.

7. SUSAN HARGRAVE

Another Blacklister I don't really care about. (Almost makes you wonder why I bothered compiling this list.) Don't get me wrong. I think Famke Janssen is an underrated actress, and I enjoyed her weird dynamic with Spader in their scenes. I didn't like how she ended up being Tom's mother; I didn't like her ham-handed way of telling those one random dudes about her backstory. She's so open it's like she might as well be an audio-book version of her character. But, again, I think that's more how she was written than how Janssen played her. Even though I don't care about the whole Hargrave/Tom spin-off with "The Blacklist: Redemption," I still think she was an intimidating enough villain in her own right, as she was responsible for breaking Mathias Solomon out of prison and sic-ing him onto Liz while she and Tom were trying to get married. It's interesting that Hargrave was ultimately responsible for attacking her son's wedding and almost getting him killed, and endangering her future daughter-in-law and granddaughter. It's the kind of irony you'd see in a George R.R. Martin work. So, even while I don't like her, I think she deserves a spot because of the impact she had and the threat she posed at the time. Plus, I did think it was badass when Red shot her in the arm and she barely cared.

6. TOM CONNOLLY

Okay, NOW we're starting to get into "I actually kind of like these people" territory. I mean, I don't actually like Tom Connolly. If he were a real person, I would want to punch him in the face. But, as a character, I think he's more compelling than any of the previous entries on this list. Granted, he became a little cartoonish and over-the-top there at the end, but he posed a serious threat. And even though he was introduced to us as "a little too good to not want something" from Cooper / the Task Force, I appreciate that the writers at least TRIED to make his loyalties a little ambiguous or 'on the side of the angels' when he was first introduced. Granted, I don't think it really worked, but they tried. The actor also did a pretty decent job, and I thought his final confrontation with Liz and Cooper (where Liz ends up shooting and killing Connolly) was well-done. It was certainly the most shocking death of a Blacklister I can think of. As mustache-twirling as he was, he still posed a serious threat for Liz, Red and the Task Force. In threatening to kill them or end their careers, he pushed Liz into a no-win situation where if she shot him in an attempt to stop his machinations, the Cabal won by being able to turn her into a criminal. And if she did nothing, they would still win. Okay, anyway, moving on:

5. SMOKEY PUTNAM

I really like the character of Smokey. He's a little wacky, but cheerful and light -- which is something the show desperately needed after the morbid, dark and depressing S4b. Granted, I think how the show introduced him (as someone for Red to track down as a bounty hunter-type person) was a bit forced. But, oh well. I like what Smokey brings to the show and to Red's crew. I also think the actor does a good job keeping up with Spader while also bringing his own bit of weird flair to the show.

4. MR. RALEIGH SINCLAIR III

So, I really just love John Noble, and appreciated that the show was able to nab him to play one of the Blacklisters. And a pretty unique Blacklister at that. I thought his gimmick was really cool and unique, and while I could've done without him killing off all the people he recruited to be doubles, I guess it makes sense. I actually enjoyed when the show brought him back to turn that one guy into a double of Ian Garvey -- that was a nice little twist. I thought his interaction with Spader at the end of his namesake episode was a little too long, but still a hoot to see those two sharing a screen.

3. GINA ZANETAKOS

Our first-ever female Blacklister on the show, Gina Zanetakos was a serious badass. She was clever, fast, brutal and sexy. She absolutely demolishes both Ressler and Liz in fist-fights and she nearly kills Tom. She was quite a force to be reckoned with, both in her initial appearance and in subsequent episodes, and I really appreciated when the show brought her back in S3b. (Which, side note, did she get killed off on the show? I don't remember.) If she wasn't killed off, I certainly wouldn't mind her making a return appearance.

2. KARAKURT

So, fun fact: Karakurt is actually played by two different actors -- one in S2 and a different guy for S3. Not anything I hold against the character. It’s just interesting. Anyway, Karakurt is probably the most threatening Blacklister on this list for our Post Office crew. He easily manipulated Liz into killing a U.S. Senator and even more easily set up the OREA bombing to make it look like her fault. In comparison with his S2 showings, I think his S3 appearances are less-than. He just kind of hung out as a plot device for Tom to track down, beat up and threaten. Much less intimidating, although I appreciate that he didn’t give up trying to get one over on Tom, et al, and escape whenever he had the chance. Just what I’d expect of a Russian assassin and Blacklister extraordinaire.

1. MARVIN GERARD

A weird choice to put at #1, maybe, but I really like the character of Marvin Gerard. He’s just so different from most of the other Blacklisters that we see, in no part because of the fact that HE WAS ALREADY IN CUSTODY when he was introduced. Instead of Red giving the Task Force a name so they can track them down and put them IN JAIL, Red asked for Gerard to be brought to him so that he could break him OUT OF JAIL. Unlike most Blacklisters, or hell just characters on this show in general, Marvin Gerard is very calm, collected, calculated and can talk sense into Red when few other people can. But, he also feels very grounded in reality. He just kind of seemingly wandered into a hostage situation in 3x02 like “IDK what I’m doing here. WTF is going on?!?!” and then just kind of got back into a groove with helping Red and Liz with their plans -- both in 3x02 and throughout the rest of S3a. And, speaking of: whatever happened to Marvin Gerard? I feel like Red called him in Cape May about shutting down his business or something, but I don’t think we’ve seen him since 3x10. Hopefully he makes another appearance on the show, because I really appreciated how unique he was as a Blacklister and what he brought to the show as a character and to Red’s team as an asset.

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kiss-my-freckle · 6 years

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Rederina Rewatch: Vanessa Cruz

"Our ghost has a face."

“Our ghost has a name.”

I decided to skip over to 2x18 in my Rederina rewatch because Vanessa’s hire somehow makes sense to me now. This post will include dialogues from other episodes, as well as dialogues that pertain to my memory wipe theory - since I believe Red’s shooting was the “truth” Krilov took from Liz two years ago.

2x17.

It’s important I start here, since 2x18 runs fluid.

I don’t know if this is my birthday.

This is her birthday. Red celebrates and mourns at the same time.

How’d you find me? If I can, they can. They flagged you leaving Dresden. Your passports are burned.

Tom burns the passports that are burned. Ressler put a flag on all of Tom’s aliases earlier in the episode, but Major was talking about the Germans.

Reminiscent of Red burning his burned identities during his war against Kate.

And those are the charred remains of 16 false identities that Kate has somehow compromised.

Ressler put a flag on all of Tom’s aliases -

You know, not everyone’s so anxious to leave. Put a flag on Tom, all his known aliases - he hasn’t left.

His deleted scene after their Wing Yee dinner -

Looks like Tom’s in a little bit of trouble and he’s gonna bring that trouble to you, so ... be careful.

Reminiscent of Red’s scene in 5x8 -

I believe Tom Keen is once again entangled in some nasty business, and I worry he may be involving Elizabeth.

Tom hits her doorstep. He wants his passports from evidence.

2x18.

I couldn’t come up with a theory as to why Red hired Vanessa Cruz. Her skill-set is framing people, which Red is more than capable of doing since he’s the one who created Edgar Legate. Rederina changes the view and offers a purpose.

Red after looking through Liz’s birthday photos. Tom after burning his burned passports.

Turning myself in to save you saved me. And not because the Judge let me go. I’ve been running since I was 14. It’s all I’ve known. And in that moment when the Judge let me go, I thought, “maybe there’s a world where I don’t have to run, where I could just - ”

Our Red has been running for 30 years.

Red: I understand what it’s like to be drawn to something that is unhealthy to a part of yourself that you are afraid of. But I want you to remember what your life really was with him, and imagine all that it could be without him. Liz: I don’t have to imagine. Red: Good. Because I have a case.

Red is close to tears in this scene and desperate to get his hooks into Vanessa Cruz. Putting Red’s words into context since that’s his entire reason for handing Liz this case - hiring Vanessa Cruz.

Remove the replies, and this is what it looks like:

I want you to remember what your life really was with him, and imagine all that it could be without him. Because I plan to hire Vanessa Cruz.

This is coming straight from him looking over her birthday photos.

Vanessa Cruz and Katarina Rostova.

Two women with many names. Vanessa's relationship to Abby sells it even more.

Vanessa’s husband was framed -

Thrown off a bridge to keep him from blowing the whistle. That’s when you framed him, which is why she framed you.

Ressler: Why would I feel bad for them? They’re criminals. Liz: According to Reddington, they’re innocent - Framed after months, sometimes years of planning by a woman with a deep-seated hatred for the 1%. She doesn’t just take their money, she takes their reputations, their freedom, sometimes their lives.

Ressler: Drew Roberts. He was one of Cruz’s victims. He worked at Oakside Investments. Aram: And? Ressler: That was the firm that employed Cruz’s dead husband. Aram, I might have an idea what this is all about.

Ressler: It’s not about money. It’s about revenge.

Onto Red, from 1x9 -

Ressler: So, what’s it all about then, the Blacklist? Revenge? Red: Oh, revenge is too easy and over so quickly. I would hope for more than that.

Our Red was framed himself, from 5x20 -

Similar to Cruz’s husband planning to blow the whistle, our Red planned to take down the Cabal.

Jennifer: So, you’re saying you were framed? Red: I’m saying a perfectly plausible narrative was created. Jennifer: By some shadow government called the Cabal. Red: And anyone close to a target of theirs becomes a target themselves. Jennifer: Family. Red: Especially family. (Unless given up for adoption to Sam)

Abandonment, a long-standing issue with Liz. Parallel of a faked suicide.

Hernandez: They found her folded clothing at Rockaway Beach. They never found a body, but I know she was dead. She’d never abandon me.

Red: Two months later, she went to Cape May and left her clothes on the beach, walked into the ocean and was never seen again.

Liz: Do you think she’s dead? Katarina? I know they say she committed suicide, but there was a man, Anton Velov. He was a Colonel in the Spetsnaz. He said she might still be alive. Dom: I never heard from Katarina after she left for America. What really happened to her - I think there are some people who want to keep that information a secret. And I think they will do whatever is necessary even now to keep it that way.

Same was said of Katarina. By Jon Bokenkamp.

Is Katarina really dead? I don’t know how to answer that. Is she really dead? She really walked off into the water and was never found. So there’s that. I don’t know. I don’t know how to answer that anymore. I’m sorry.

Vanessa’s ghost references.

Conway: Over 278 people lost everything because of some ghost. Aram: The detectives and the lawyers may not have found anything conclusive on their own, but if you put the photos they found together - our ghost has a face.

Liz: Our ghost has a name - Vanessa Cruz.

Red was referred to as a ghost many times throughout. Specific in 4x2 when he shoots Kaplan.

“And I will never be set free as long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see”

So was Liz in 5x9.

I think uh, she was - A ghost. Life’s full of ’em.

Opposite with men.

Hernandez: Some women make the same mistakes with men over and over again.

Vanessa’s husband was framed.

Katarina: It wasn’t your fault. He was a bad man.

Red: Men like Tom don’t change.

Cooper: I wonder what his angle is. Liz: Sir? Cooper: Reddington. Why give us this case? What’s his interest in this Cruz woman?

Kaplan: Mrs. Cruz, my employer is a longtime admirer of yours. He understands your gambit has run its course. The FBI knows what you’re up to. They’re looking for you now, which means you have one of two choices - Run and hide, or accept his help.

The only thing Vanessa has that our Red doesn’t, is her gender. Not so easy to seduce and betray both genders since he’s no longer Katarina Rostova. I believe Vanessa’s hire has everything to do with Red’s framing by the Cabal. She has no problem in the seduction and betrayal department.

To the future.

I don’t think it’s about revenge with Vanessa’s hire. I think it’s about clearing Red’s name. Her know-how goes deep. That expertise could help on the opposite side of the frame. Especially since she figured out her husband’s enough to seek vengeance. Her being wanted was the only reason Katarina had to “die” in the first place. As long as she continued to exist, Liz would be hunted and killed.

Tom and the Cabal.

Red took Hobbs’ vote in 2x17.

Red: Well, maybe you didn’t save mankind from an untimely death, but someday you may be able to spare me from one.

2x18.

Hobbs: I’ve been quietly lobbying on your behalf.

Tom sounds like Connolly in 2x19.

Connolly: I appreciate your loyalty to Agent Keen, Harold, but you have to admit there’s a possibility she’s being completely manipulated by Reddington. What if the reason he chose her in the first place is because he wanted to get his hands on this thing? What if that’s the real reason he turned himself in? All this talk about some personal connection between Reddington and Keen, why he chose her, some shared history - what if Reddington doesn’t care about Agent Keen and it’s all been a manipulation?

2x18.

Tom: You know, I’m no worse than your buddy Reddington. Liz: He’s not my buddy. And you are worse. Tom: You don’t get it. Even after all this time, Reddington Is dangerous, and he is playing you.

Interesting since Red traced the Orea bombing back to the Harbormaster trial, where Connolly allowed Tom to walk on all charges - including those committed on behalf of Berlin.

Scene cut.

From Tom trying to pin the passorts on Berlin to the Diector going off about Hobbs' betrayal.

Tom: Do you think it’s possible for uh - someone like me to start over, to become something else?

The Director: Reddington did not make you! We made you!

Tom: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I can’t. Not about this.

The Director: We put you in the game, and you betray us? You betray me? I treated you like family. I supported you.

The Fulcrum.

Hobbs: Listen to me, Red. The Fulcrum - If you have it, if you can prove you have it, do it now. Your life depends on it.

Red: This is simply about me trying to survive. I’m perfectly happy to put you in touch with someone who deals in shelf corporations, but I need the Fulcrum.

Tom: Reddington. I’ve been thinking about what you said - about needing to tell you the truth. So I’m gonna tell you the truth. The passports - the passports came from Reddington. Liz, there’s more.

Dembe: Agent Keen wants to meet regarding the Fulcrum.

Liz: Here. This is all you wanted. Now you have it. I just want this to stop. I want it all to stop, right now. Take it!

Lying to Liz about the passports was easy since they came from Red’s trusted forger in Warsaw. Hard to disprove that. The fact that one of them is for his Keen alias and Red hired him to enter her life, even more. Claiming Red issued the passports would’ve been enough. “Liz, there’s more.”

In 2x19 -

Liz: I thought you’d be gone. Tom: That was the plan. Then I thought maybe if I stayed, I’d have a shot at a normal life.

Rederina fits into Vanessa Cruz’s episode. If I’m right about the memory wipe and Vanessa’s reason for hire, then I suspect both will return in S6.

#2x18 #Rewatch

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REBBA Reform: Part 4 -- a focus on Education

This part of the REBBA reform submission focuses on Realtor education and ensuring Agents are well informed and remain well informed. Many Agents may not agree with these proposals as they would mean extra work for themselves (I’ve never met an Agent excited to complete courses, myself included) but I completely understand their logic. The better we are educated, the better service we can provide and the more professional we will be seen by the consumer.

What: Allow for specialty licensing classes

OREA: Makes sense

Me: This makes a lot of sense. Technically realtors in Ontario have the ability to trade anywhere in Ontario but many have specialty focuses and it makes a difference. Knowing that your representative has a strong understanding of how to navigate selling Condominiums, Cottages or Vacant land would be very beneficial for the consumer as a whole. This would also make a lot of Agents take more training to get that designation, which would elevate the industry as a whole and show the separation between the professionals and the part-timers.

What: Place an emphasis on direct brokerage involvement and experience.

OREA: Doing so will give new agents the ability to give better service.

Me: Most Brokerages provide training, but there’s no current requirement so this will definitely help ensure that anyone getting into the business at least has a bit of practical knowledge and understanding. This may also cause a change in the brokerage industry, forcing it to provide more services and support to their agents overall. All good things, in my opinion.

What: Stand-alone specialty courses for new registrants

OREA: help better educate new agents

Me: Similar to the specialty licensing program mentioned above. More training means better services and professionalism elevating our industry as a whole .

What: Every 2 years we need to do continuing education courses to ensure we stay up to date and aware of any changes, currently it is done online without any exam or testing after the course is completed. Many people who take these courses cycle through them. Essentially cycling through them just to get them done. There have been concerns of people not doing the courses themselves and hiring people to go through the courses on their behalf, which is illegal but very difficult to prove, hence their request to ensure proof of identity.

OREA: OREA is requesting that this is change this so that there is a full exam required at the end of it.

Me: Is this a pain? yes. I’m not sure if I agree with this one. Some people don’t necessarily test well. There should be other ways to prove completion of this or possibly a way to opt out. A person who trades regularly should not necessarily have to pass a test, in my opinion, whereas those who don’t trade at all should. Also, if this is done, the roll out is important. The last thing we need is to have people losing their licenses because there aren’t enough test dates.

What: harder final exam

OREA: Ensure registrants are properly prepared.

Me: Harder exam means less people going through and becoming licensed. With 55,000 realtors in the GTA alone, it’s not a bad thing to lessen the heard.

What: Make it so that the continuing education courses are pass/fail...

OREA: .... and not just ‘complete’

Me: OREA could also just be a bit salty for losing the course programming. I get what they’re trying to do, but there should be some sort of consideration for those who practice regularly.

What:Stop Bully offers

OREA: Ban it.

TREB: “Pre-emptive (Bully) OffersYou may have read media reports on OREA's call to ban pre-emptive offers (so called bully offers). OREA is responding to an issue raised in the government's REBBA consultation document. TREB is assessing the importance of this issue to ensure it is not a "solution in search of a problem".We understand the fairness angle, but this will also be a tricky area for the government to attempt to legislate, as it could put registrants into a conflict situation with their seller clients. With pre-emptive offers, the two scenarios the government will need to address if they move forward on this is to either require the seller to look at all offers as they come in, or not accept any offer until a certain date. We prefer less government intervention in the marketplace. The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) appears to have few complaints in this area. Total complaints closed by RECO in 2017 represented only 1.5% of all real estate transactions in the province, and presentation of offers accounted for only 6% percent of "all" RECO complaints in 2017.”

Me: I don’t see the purpose of this. I think that if a seller wants to look at preemptive offers, they should be allowed to.

To submit your letter to your MPP

If you have any questions about this, feel free to give me a shout, I’d love to discuss these!

If you are lookin’ to email your MPP, follow the link below!

https://www.rebbareform.ca/action.html

#real estate #real estate brokerage #realty #realtor #agent #brokerage #company

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kaylamatth3ws-blog · 5 years

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THERE YOU ARE

Kayla Orea, 2019

Two strangers, Zach and Kaia, meet by chance on one very fateful night for the both of them. Their brief conversation ends up doing more for each other than they could have ever imagined.

Characters:

ZACH, 21 - drinks and smokes to avoid his problems at home; lives with his abusive step-dad and his apathetic mother alongside their two pet dogs, Paw and Rez. He is intelligent but his mind wanders far for the majority of his days which makes it unbearable to attempt to hold a conversation with him. He barely attends his university lectures and he is close to academic probation with his GPA.

KAIA, 22 - unaware of the talent she possesses so she second-guesses herself, succumbing to the crushing weight from the criticism of her dance professors. She is vibrant and eccentric, yet secretive and emotional. And if she is not careful enough, she can explode at the drop of her mug; her coffee mug, that is. And anxiety. Lots and lots of anxiety.

EXT. - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - SATURDAY MIDNIGHT

The bridge is dark under the dimly lit streetlights but brightens under the accent of the moonlight and stars. There are cars driving by every now and then as it is late at night, and the few cars that pass shine the light on the one bench in sight for metres, adding to the already minimal provision of light for the person reading from a novel.

ZACH, immersed in his thoughts, lays upon the cracked bench and cries whenever the person shifts their leg too near the crack. This irritates him so he raises from the seat, waits as a car passes, and then crosses the street to the other side and begins walking down the dark walkway covered in old newspapers and coffee cups. ZACH pulls out a cigarette, flashes his lighter in front of it, inhales then exhales dramatically while looking upward.

ZACH

ZACH exhales sharply.

Would it be so bad? Would it be so sad?

A tear escapes from ZACH in the middle of this thought but he quickly wipes it away.

Who would even bat an eye for me? Or look for me? It wouldn’t be so bad, it wouldn’t be so sad…

ZACH pulls from the cigarette and then coughs as he begins to walk forward.

It would sure as hell make me glad.

A smile forms on ZACH’s face at this rhyme, just as he walks into a girl.

KAIA

ZACH and KAIA gasp as coffee splatters on them both.

I am so sorry, I-I must have been out of it, I can’t believe I didn’t see you-

ZACH interrupts.

ZACH

I wouldn’t blame this on you, I was too busy rhyming. I mean I, I wasn’t looking, I should’ve looked, I’m sure you looked but you missed me. That’s very easy to do, you know?

ZACH bends down to pick up the coffee cup.

I think that if I was more obviously in the way, then you would’ve easily stopped. Can’t put that on you.

ZACH takes out papers with writing on them from his pocket as KAIA smiles awkwardly and hands them to her.

This’ll do, yeah?

KAIA

I’m sure old papers will suffice.

KAIA starts wiping the coffee but then stops and reads a little from the paper.

“And in this behaviour we are enforced into, we are hopeless. Just like in gravity, where we float less.”

KAIA starts smiling.

I like that, that rhyme, it fits and it says something important. If these are the rhymes that make you harder to see or easier to walk into, I’m not mad at them.

ZACH scoffs and stands up abruptly then KAIA quickly follows.

ZACH

You’re lying, there’s no need. Really. What do we gain when we lie? What is the purpose? I don’t know you, you don’t know me, it’s the perfect time for you to be honest and escape the everyday routine of lying. But no, of course not, because we all lie.

ZACH goes off on a tangent.

I could lie to you right now, tell you that I work at a firm and I’m wandering around right now to distract myself from some oh-so-heavy-case but I wouldn’t do that. I’d tell you straight-up that I’m a joke, enrolled in writing courses that I don’t even show up to and living in a home with no one actually wanting me there. Maybe my dogs, yeah, but only one of them. The other has a mean vibe, he doesn’t seem to like my cigarette scent. My musk, if you will. Personally, I think the hardest element of my home is actually my stepdad’s presence but to the dogs, he’s a feeder. I’m just the one they can blame their farts on and no one will think twice.

KAIA sighs and looks hesitant, causing ZACH to interrupt the silence.

Which-which is a completely unfounded argument to make, by the way.

KAIA

You know you’re right, so I won’t tell you something different. We do lie a lot. I’m sure you lie a lot too. So much. I wouldn’t know if anything of what you just said is true or even if what you wrote is even what YOU wrote.

KAIA starts to pace with the papers in hand.

But you know who doesn’t lie though? My professors. Always so quick to remind me I’m not up to par yet, yet they never take their time to tell me when I am. I wouldn’t know. Am I ever at this point? I wouldn’t know. I swear I heard them say it’s because she’s African you know, we can’t stay still and dance “normally” because we have to always do more. As if that even correlates. I’m doing what any dancer does when they learn a dance, I’m individualizing it, I’m making it my own. But yes, commend the white students for that and then tarnish the Africans for it.

KAIA continues wiping herself and turns to face ZACH.

And I’m not even African.

ZACH

I would’ve pegged you as a, uh, a Bahamian actually, I got the vibe.

KAIA smiles.

I’m right, aren’t I?

KAIA

You are. But you know you are. And that’s because I’m not lying.

KAIA leans against the railing of the bridge.

I don’t even know why I’m telling you this, really, you wouldn’t get it.

ZACH scoffs then laughs.

ZACH

Racism? I get it. It’s blatant and systematic, and practically all of my kind are predisposed to it. But it only takes a moment to understand equality.

KAIA smiles.

KAIA

That’s correct. Lemme know when your kind gets the memo.

KAIA’s face normalizes.

You know, I would’ve never pondered the gravity thing if I didn’t meet you, actually. Actually, I wouldn’t have had the time to have pondered anything, really. My plans for tonight didn’t leave much room for an afterthought.

ZACH leans alongside her. They both look up as a plane goes by noisily above.

Do you want to fly?

ZACH smiles.

ZACH

I would wanna soar. Forget the weight of what’s dragging me down and soar. Through the clouds, to the moon, into the unknown. But I’d still come right back down here. I am doomed to be only as much, or as little I should say, as I am here. The “lousy roommate” of the family because I am not important, the bum of my lectures who pulls up every week or so, the cigarette scent you smell that tarnishes your garden－all of this is me. I can’t fly when I’m this heavy.

ZACH arises from the railing and faces KAIA.

Would you fly?

KAIA laughs briefly.

KAIA

I’d crashland. Plummet. Sink to the bottom. I appear light and I can front like I am buoyant for a bit, but the weight of everything else will drag me down. And because of that, I’ll answer you: I would fly. Knowing I wouldn’t land. I would fly, I would soar, over and over again, just to repeat the fall. I know I will sink, but the thrill isn't of flying or even sinking to me. It’s of the shock from everyone when I don’t land. Then they’ll say they swore I would’ve made it, meanwhile deep down they knew I wouldn’t.

ZACH

You’d let them continue the lie? I would’ve believed you would land just for them to announce their doubts in you, just to praise you after it.

KAIA

That’s not me. You don’t know me.

KAIA starts walking away but turns back.

I will just sink and give them what they knew. What I knew.

KAIA turns her back to ZACH.

ZACH

ZACH yells to KAIA.

So when we both plummet, what then?

KAIA

KAIA yells back while putting her arms in the air happily and smiling.

We’ll have gotten to fly.

ZACH smiles and walks in the opposite direction.

EXT. - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - SATURDAY MIDNIGHT, ONE WEEK LATER

ZACH, immersed in his thoughts, walks by the body on the bench and checks to make sure the person is breathing before he carries on. He stops and checks his watch, noticing that he can still get a coffee before the kiosk owner leaves. He walks over and purchases his coffee, then continues his walk down the bridge, noticing a familiar face. KAIA, immersed in her thoughts, is startled to see ZACH again, the stranger who did more than he knew.

KAIA

You following me?

ZACH smiles and shakes his head.

ZACH

You wish. This is my favourite time of night. It gives me a purpose.

KAIA smiles.

So, to what do I owe this pleasure? Why are you here again? I haven’t seen you much before, so I’m assuming you only started coming here recently.

KAIA

You are right again. I like it here, it clears my head. It gives me ideas too. For dance, I mean.

ZACH

Oh, I hear that, you wouldn't believe the number of times I’ve contemplated things here.

KAIA shudders at the mention of that word and ZACH notices. He then smiles and opens his mouth to answer back.

Don’t worry, I realized after.

KAIA

What? How could you have-I mean, realized what, I don’t know what you’re-

ZACH interrupts KAIA mid-sentence.

ZACH

-talking about, yeah yeah, I’ve given this same speech. Not to anyone who cared, of course, I have none of those, I just have to give this speech to my mom whenever she remembers if I’m gone then she has to walk the dogs.

ZACH smiles but KAIA remains quiet.

If it makes you feel better, I was going to too.

KAIA’s eyes widen.

Well maybe that wouldn’t necessarily make you feel better but I guess the feeling of familiarity and relativity could do something for you. That you’re not the only one with a small enough will to want out.

KAIA gets enraged.

KAIA

Small will? How could you even say that? You don’t know me or my life or anything I am going through. This isn’t about my will, I am hurting.

ZACH

We’re all hurting.

KAIA scoffs as ZACH lights his cigarette. He takes a drag then extends his hand to KAIA.

ZACH.

KAIA

KAIA shakes his hand.

KAIA.

KAIA takes a sip of her coffee. ZACH and KAIA remain in silence for a bit before ZACH clears his throat.

ZACH

Thanks.

KAIA looks confused.

For spilling the coffee.

KAIA smiles.

KAIA

Thanks for rhyming.

Both KAIA and ZACH smile before ZACH finishes his cigarette and KAIA, her coffee.

#ifyourereadingthisitsinorder

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rebeccahpedersen · 6 years

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Home Energy Rating & Disclosure Program Will NOT Be Tied To Property Listings

TorontoRealtyBlog

Phew!

We dodged a bullet there, right folks?

Or, am I wrong? Do some of you out there want all properties listed for sale in the province of Ontario to have a forced energy audit before they can be listed?

This might be a new topic for some of you, so let me explain the program, trace back the roots, and then show you the final(?) nail in the coffin…

Is now a bad time to share a great column by the legendary Rex Muphy?

In Tuesday’s National Post was this beauty:

“Rex Murphy: Trudeau still gives green fanatics cover as they strangle Trans Mountain”

For those who are too busy to click on the link, here’s Rex’s intro:

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The question is: Who has authority to decide Canadian energy policy?

Governments or Green-machine protesters?

That is the question: Which bunch will it be, Canada’s parliaments, or those who self-appoint as the green guardians of whatever place on Earth — usually in Canada — they choose to exercise their very particular kind of media-and-protest-pressure politics? Will it be government? Or Green end-of-days monomaniacs? We had an answer on Sunday when Kinder Morgan announced that the relentless harassment of its proposed pipeline has moved to the company to the very edge of outright cancellation.

And it wasn’t government.

The Kinder Morgan pipeline project is very likely going the way of Energy East, Northern Gateway and Petronas. Jobs by the tens of thousands, energy security and support to the whole Canadian economy have been turned to dust due to the righteousness and fervour of one-issue fanatics. Up till Sunday, the Trudeau government’s preferred role was to sit mute and complacent as an indifferent spectator to the concerted attacks on the Canadian energy industry, while vaingloriously proclaiming its “global leadership” on the global-warming file.

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I love Rex Murphy, unapologetically.

In a very strange time in society, where everything that everybody says is offensive, Rex continues to say whatever he wants, and I respect that about him.

I don’t know enough about the Trans Mountain pipeline, so I won’t comment.

But I do know that when a dozen vegans decide that it isn’t okay for the other 7 Billion people on the planet to eat meat, and they decide to protest outside an entrepreneur’s restaurant that employs thirty people, they, what? – expect that the dozen of them and their opinions should be adopted by the rest of the world?

It’s such an awkward time in society, and I have no idea where this is all going.

In any event, the “proper” way to slaughter a deer wasn’t the point of today’s blog, nor was the potential cancellation of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

It was, rather, the “Home Energy Rating & Disclosure Program,” that was going to be tied to property listings, but not, it would seem, is not.

I never thought it should be tied to property listings, for what it’s worth.

But then again, I have a deep mistrust of the Provincial government after what’s gone on during the last fifteen years, so when they propose essentially any new program, my spidey-sense starts tingling.

I wrote about this back in 2016, and to my surprise, I think a small majority of readers supported the HER&D Program, essentially coming to the conclusion that “More information is a good thing, not a bad thing.”

I felt like, after that 2016 blog post, that I stood corrected.

Here’s the 2016 post, in case you’re curious: Home Energy Rating Disclosure Program: Yay Or Nay?

I looked back at the comments, and this one still makes me laugh, two years later:

So what happened with the HER&D Program?

Why will it no longer be tied to property listings, as was the plan?

Well, if you ask the Ontario Real Estate Association, it’s because of them.

Here’s an email I received, along with the other 70,000 Realtors in Ontario:

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Dear David,

We did It!

We have successfully fought back against the Home Energy Rating and Disclosure (HER&D) program.

Since 2016, OREA has been fighting to stop HER&D.

If implemented, HER&D would require a home seller to conduct an energy audit before listing their home. The program put home owners of older homes, like seniors, at a huge disadvantage. Receiving a low energy score on an older home could cost an owner thousands of dollars in hard-earned equity.

The program also unfairly forced REALTORS® to post the energy score on the MLS® listing. There are other methods for selling a home, and yet only the MLS® was targeted.

After a lot of hard work from your government relations team led by Chair John Oddi, we have successfully fought back against this proposal!

This week, we got a letter from the government which stated, “The province has decided not to proceed with the implementation of a HER&D program at this time.” This means that the province has listened to OREA and put the brakes on HER&D.

While this is another big win for REALTORS®, this issue has been a wakeup call. Governments at all levels are struggling to address issues relating to climate change and the housing sector is being asked to play a part in that work.

We must be thoughtful and propose alternatives to programs like HER&D, or we will be steam rolled by them.

We will continue to provide you with updates if this issue progresses.

To get involved with more issues like this, that matter to your business and Ontario home owners, visit www.ontariorealtorparty.com and sign up to the Ontario REALTOR Party. When you want a government to make the right choice for your business, there’s nothing like strength in numbers.

Sincerely,

David Reid 2018 OREA President

A wee bit much, no?

A little too much gloating, back-patting, and self-congratulations?

Yeah, it’s not my cup of tea either.

It’s way too political, and there’s too much rhetoric. The original “letter” from OREA to the Ontario Ministry of Energy from back in 2015 was a bit too grandiose for my liking as well. You can read that HERE if you’re interested.

That letter was 28-pages long, and not to sound a bit too Jerry Maguire here, but they had me at “hello.”

“Don’t force home energy audits – encourage them.”

That’s what was written on the first page of the letter, and I whole-heartedly agree.

Another reader on my 2016 blog post commented:

“In a hot, sellers’ market like Toronto currently, there will be certain energy audit firms who will become known in the market for doing slap-dash audits for cheap prices. And what is the buyer going to do — complain? However, I disagree that the solution to this is more regulation of home energy audits. So long as it remains a sellers’ market, cheap useless energy audits will now be the price of listing a home. When the market is more balanced — or if and when buyers really feel an energy audit would be useful — then quality energy audits will be used.”

And once again, I agree.

I’m not a fan of government (over?)regulation, and a “forced” energy audit, tied to the sale of a listing, doesn’t sit well with me. It never did.

But the idea of “more information” is something we can’t ignore would help consumers, and just as I continuously voice my objection to TREB and CREA’s archaic structure and set of self-serving rules, I think any information on a home’s energy rating can be a tremendous asset in this market.

When I list a home for sale, I always pay for a pre-inspection, and I use Carson Dunlop, who is a high-end, brand-name firm. There is one inspector that I know and trust, and who has a respected name in the industry. I make copies of that inspection and leave them on the dining room table of the house for sale, and I upload a copy of the inspection to the MLS listing online.

The more information that’s available, the better.

The more comfortable a buyer feels, the better job I’m doing for my seller.

So when it comes to the HER&D Program, I see the value, no question about it.

I just still don’t think they should be forced, and the idea that a property cannot be listed for sale in the Province of Ontario without the audit doesn’t sit well with me.

The idea of a “mandatory” energy audit has been around for some time.

The Green Energy Act, 2009, made the audit a potential reality.

“Ontario A Step Closer To Mandatory Energy Audits,” wrote noted real estate lawyer and columnist, Bob Aaron in October of 2009.

The details back then were a bit more loosey-goosey than they were when the idea gained some momentum in 2015.

From the column:

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Section 3 of the new legislation is the only part of the law that has not yet received royal assent, but when it does it will give anyone who is making an offer to purchase a residential property the right to receive an energy audit from the seller. Regulations, which have yet to be released, will describe the type of information and reports the purchaser is entitled to receive.

The new law allows the government to establish rules setting out how energy audits will disclose the energy consumption and efficiency ratings for the house.

The Green Energy Act also states that, before accepting the offer, the seller must provide the prescribed information, reports or ratings to the buyer.

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As we all know, the Provincial government eventually tidied all that up, and gave us the HER&D Program in 2015.

Objections spewed in through 2016 and into 2017, and I remember reading this article in the Financial Post last summer:

“Coming Soon, Another Costly Burden On Harried Homeowners — Mandatory Energy Audits”

Here’s an excerpt from that article that seems oh-so similar to Rex Murphy’s tone in the first article:

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Earlier this month a coalition of environmental advocacy groups headlined by the Pembina Institute released a set of 10 demands directed towards the federal and provincial governments regarding the construction industry. The group says these changes are necessary if Canada is to reach its overly-ambitious (some might say impossible) 2030 targets under the Paris climate change agreement.

While this energy policy manifesto covers many aspects of residential and commercial buildings, the item most likely to affect current homeowners is its call for “universal benchmarking and home energy labelling across the country.” In other words, mandatory energy audits. While new homes across Canada may feature “Energy Star” federal government certification or similar programs, this new proposal goes much, much further by making an energy audit a requirement for every house to be sold, including older dwellings.

Mandatory pre-sale energy audits are being promoted as a harmless bit of information for home buyers and sellers. “It’s just another way for a home to be valued,” Karen Tam Wu of the Pembina Institute told the Canadian Press. That’s one way to look at it. Here’s another: This will become yet another time-consuming and costly requirement laid at the feet of harried home owners. Alongside all the other myriad legal, financial and practical issues that must be sorted out prior to listing a house, you may soon have to add the need to arrange a bothersome home energy audit to the list.

If governments follow up on this demand, the impact will be felt by everyone who owns a house. And with audits typically priced at $400 to $600, this is not an insignificant obligation (although rebates sometimes cover part of the cost). This burden will inevitably fall hardest on modest-income homeowners. Mandatory energy audits will also punish owners of older, less energy-efficient homes. If you own a heritage home today, be warned that your house will become harder to sell in the future, as disclosure of energy costs becomes yet another item to be obsessed over by prospective home buyers along with local schools, commuting routes and potential neighbours.

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Okay, so clearly this is an opinion-piece, made obvious with the words “demands” and “manifesto.”

And I believe that if I looked hard enough, I could find another dozen articles that fall into the “nay” column, and a dozen that shout “yay.”

So let me open up the floor here, folks.

When I wrote about this in 2016, it seemed a lot of people were in favour of the mandatory home energy audits. Do you still feel the same way?

Or would you say that you love the idea, but you don’t feel it should be mandatory?

Or do you make a special trip to Nova Scotia each and every year just to dump all your plastic water bottles in the sea?

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kiss-my-freckle · 5 years

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End of S2 timeline: Part Three

We’re still on ten days, but we’re about to skip on over to eleven. Bear with me as I try to explain this because from what I’m looking at right now, I see four - maybe five timeline cue reminders.

Timeline cue one: The 2x20 double-up

Masik: He recorded a conversation for us last night. (2x20)

Aram: The conversation was recorded last night, so we pulled all the receipts and found a late dinner for two paid for by a Leo Andropov.

Timeline cue two: The wardrobe change

Kimberly: Hmm. Interesting look. Purposeful, but still feminine. You should try a darker shade of lipstick. I bet you could get away with a gloss. Red: Lauren, we’re going to have to forgo the makeover today. We’re in a bit of a pinch.

Pinch me, make sure I’m not dreaming. That word stuck out to me. Straight from this dialogue about Liz’s look, to the car with Red. Between the car to the memorial, an entire night passed. Two timeline cues here. First, that wardrobe change cue from Dr. Kimberly. Even Karakurt pulls a wardrobe change and gives himself a makeover.

Eleven days.

Now I’m gonna add Aram’s timeline regarding the college student.

Aram: Bethesda General sent tissue samples to the CDC a few days ago. A suspicious death of a college student. The Center’s just starting an investigation.

Since 2x20, two days have passed, so this was three days ago. A few days can be as low as two. This was three.

The morning of 2x20, the student was infected.

The morning of 2x21, Tom and Liz at the diner.

The morning of 2x21, the Orea memorial.

Timeline cue three: Tom’s dinner reservation

Second tell, what you see after Liz infects the senator. Back to Tom’s voicemail, now leading us to Tom being at the the diner, waiting on Liz to join him.

Tom: So I wanted to see if you would join me for dinner tomorrow. Uh, I made a reservation at 7:00 at this great little place on the corner of 32nd and M.

By the way, I consider this dialogue and Red’s 24 hour reminder after Liz’s escape as a double-up dialogue. Both proving only one day/one night had passed.

A focus on this reservation, and I focus on this for a reason. It’s the timing. How you view this is how you view this, but perhaps you’ll share your opinions with me. The reservation was made for 7:00, and Tom didn’t call Liz back to warn her of a time change. To me, 7:00 am is breakfast. 7:00 pm is dinner. So here, I expect this to be 7:00 pm. Tom made dinner reservations.

There isn’t much left. Red meets with Anton Velov. They continue blood testing everyone who attended the memorial, and a lot of people attended, so I expect that to take time. Then we’re given Red’s dialogue when he realizes Liz was set up.

Eleven days.

2x22 -

Liz: I’m being framed. Red: Yes, and by the end of the day, they’ll identify you by name. Liz: Anyone could have infected Hawkins. He must have shaken dozens of hands at that memorial. Red: [[Within hours]], they will all have tested negative for the virus.

I don't know whether or not I add Red’s estimation on how long it will take for the tests to come back negative. “Within hours.” Even two hours would then take us to 9:00 pm. And we tack on more time with the next section of scene, Liz being blood tested and interrogated.

Interrogator: You left the Orea building minutes before it was bombed. Liz: Yes, and so did my partner! At no point was I ever anywhere near that truck! Interrogator: Maybe not that morning, but your partial prints were on the device.

Maybe not THAT morning. Yet another timeline cue: That’s four. Those three mornings: The college student in 2x20, the diner in 2x21, the memorial in 2x21. Back to 2x21 when they first meet the Orea agents. They show Karakurt setting up the truck bomb, inserting a phone in the car charger. The bomb would’ve been placed the morning of Liz and Tom at the diner, so it was the second morning.

Their interrogation is longer, but I don’t feel like adding the dialogue. How long would it have taken, Liz’s blood test and interrogation? Because we’re digging into 9:00 pm. Her escape from the Post Office takes 60 seconds, so that’s not a problem. Your opinions on this section of timeline. Because if we take it to 9:00 pm and so much as add an hour for it, we’re then at 10:00 pm.

I’m not sold on these interrogators being in the Cabal, but rather seeing what the Cabal wants them to. What I don’t understand, is how they can explain a print surviving that bomb blast. Perhaps part of the phone or the car charger, idk. And maybe the Cabal actually planted Liz’s prints to better sell it.

Timeline cue five: Back to Liz being infected

Liz escapes the post office, and we get that final timeline dialogue. Red basically confirming that only one day/one night had passed since the Orea bombing. You can see daylight through the windows. There’s no way that’s 9:00 pm, but perhaps I’m wrong? Anyway. Cooper, Red, and Liz trying to figure out how they infected her with the virus.

Liz: How could I possibly be carrying the virus that killed Hawkins? Red: Infecting you is not something they’d leave to chance. They want you alone, isolated. In the last 24 hours, what was out of the ordinary? When did you change your plans, make a diversion? Cooper: Union Station. Liz: Coming out of the tunnel, I was chasing Karakurt. He blindsided me. Cooper: To infect you. Liz: We need to pull the security tapes at Union Station. If we can find footage of Karakurt, maybe we can prove they infected me.

"In the last 24 hours ..."

Liz and Cooper just placed her attack at Union Station as being a diversion they made in the last 24 hours. We are at eleven days. Her attack at Union Station was ten days. Now, depending on the deal with the dinner reservation, we’re fine. The issue I have with it is this: If the dinner reservation was for 7:00 pm, and a night actually passed, then this conversation just deleted an entire night. And if it’s 7:00 am, why on earth would Tom call it dinner? Then I consider mirror scenes in The Blacklist lately. Alternate views. Because when we’re in this conversation with Red, Cooper, and Liz ... that’s when Tom decides to call her.

Dembe: He’s insisting. Red: Yes? Tom: Where’s Liz? I can’t reach her. Red: I can’t help you with that. Tom: I can keep her safe. I can help her disappear. Red: Your assistance is not necessary. Liz: Who was that? Red: Tom. Tom is calling to take you away, start a new life with a new identity. But if you run now before clearing your name, there is no place you can go where they won’t find you. Face this - now, fight it, and you’ll be free to make any choice you want.

Tom’s wardrobe change comes off normal to me. If the dinner reservation was at 7:00 and we dipped into 9:00, there’s no reason for Tom to wait on Liz for two hours. What I don’t get, is the amount of daylight for 9:00 pm. And here’s where it gets even more messed up. Let’s say Tom was referring to 7:00 am. His breakfast is dinner. Okay, fine. We dip into 9:00 am with all of those blood tests coming back negative. We even have Liz interrogated. Add so much as five hours if you want. That would dip us into 2:00 pm. Liz heads to Union Station to grab the tapes. That would’ve been quick, she was a wanted fugitive on the run. She has a short conversation with Cooper about his medical condition. From there, she went to Anton Velov. Answers about her mother. And Andropov’s location. Anton was quick since he wasn’t all that helpful. From there, back to Red, upset that he silenced Anton. Liz and Red wouldn’t have taken long, she told him she could do this on her own. From there, to Tom’s boat looking for help, which didn’t take much convincing. Then off to Andropov’s safehouse. That was quick because they had to chase him. Off to Andopov’s shooting. Now that wouldn’t take long, Tom had a fast blue car. Then back to Tom’s boat. Now it’s supposedly night time, but it’s actually not. Whether am or pm I choose, there’s far too much daylight. So here’s where I land. One additional timeline to show you where I place THAT night.

What "evening" on the boat?

Breakfast has to be dinner. There’s no way Liz is talking to Cooper outside Union Station in broad daylight at 9:00 pm, and that’s not including her blood test and interrogation. They run it from 7:00 am, have her making all these stops, and who cares whether it’s daylight when they’re back on Tom’s boat.

After all, Tom did speak of making crappy pancakes -

Tom: I know you’re going through a bad breakup. But from what I heard, the guy’s a total loser. Couldn’t cook, made crappy pancakes.

I know this may seem like a strange side-by-side, but bear with me. Notice Liz waking on Tom’s boat, what the tv reporter states. They’re not specific to hour.

Reporter: At [[this hour]], police continue their search for FBI Agent Elizabeth Keen, who authorities have named a person of interest in the death of Senator Clifford Hawk.

No worries. Connolly’s gonna do that for us. She leaves Tom’s boat and heads to see him once she learns Cooper’s doctor is on Andropov’s flashdrive.

Connolly: Look around. [Yes, look around.] Why do you think I’m here? There’s a banquet [[tonight]], fraternal order of police. I’m the keynote speaker. [[Four hours from now]], I’m going to be on that stage, announcing that my office has secured an indictment against the members of a rogue task force.

What I’m not going to believe, is that Liz woke up in the morning on Tom’s boat after a night of sex, then four hours from that moment of wake-up, it was night again - according to Connolly’s dialogue. In the opposite of that, I’m not going to believe Tom made dinner reservations at 7:00 pm, and four hours later, Connolly would be announcing a rogue task force at a banquet. That dips them into 11:00 pm lol. Four hours added to 2 pm would be 6 pm. That’s if Liz’s blood test and interrogation took five hours. Add hours however you like. There were a lot of people at that memorial to be tested. I only chose to add two because Red handed me a plural noun. So let me explain my theory on this side-by-side.

After Andropov gets shot, Liz gets knocked out and taken for her memory wipe session with Krilov. She didn’t sleep on Tom’s boat, she was made to believe she did. When she wakes, it’s because Krilov’s nurse injects her and leaves. Again, Ressler’s dialogue. “Damn it, Liz, wake up.” Wake up? She never slept. Still high on Krilov drugs just as Ressler was for his, she heads to see Connolly. There was to be a banquet that night. That’s THE night. They never hit those “four hours from now” because Liz shot him. So basically, Liz went from having her memory wiped, to shooting Connolly while still doped up on Krilov drugs, then spent the night asleep on Red’s shoulder - where she actually felt safe.

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