#i love nora and charlie and i see so much of myself in nora and i just love the way EH writes about grief
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books read in 2023
hi, hello! inspired by a few mutuals, i decided to do a reading thread of 2023! you can find my goodreads here, and my bookstagram here! as always, askbox + dms are open if have any questions or would like to chat about books!
january
book lovers by emily henry (reread; ★★★★★)
convenience store woman by sayaka murata + translated by ginny tapley takemori (★★★☆☆)
a wish in the dark by christina soontornvat (★★★★★)
so you want to talk about race by ijeoma oluo (audiobook; ★★★★★)
highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert (★★★★☆)
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid (reread; (★★★★☆)
if not, winter by sappho + translated by anne carson (★★★★★)
when you wish upon a lantern by gloria chao (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
this time it's real by ann liang (ARC; ★★★★★)
love, theoretically by ali hazelwood (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
hell bent by leigh bardugo (★★★★☆)
everything i know about love by dolly alderton (reread; ★★★★★)
the fraud squad by kyla zhao (★★★☆☆)
masters of death by olivie blake (★★★★☆)
enter the body by joy mccullough (★★★★☆)
the stranger by albert camus (reread; ★★★★★)
you'd be mine by erin hahn (★☆☆☆☆)
a hundred other girls by iman hariri-kia (★☆☆☆☆)
bloodmarked by tracy deonn (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
fearless by mandy gonazales (★★★★☆)
february
the roommate by rosie danan (★★☆☆☆)
wuthering heights by emily brontë (book club pick; ★★★★☆)
the nanny by lana ferguson (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
the writing retreat by julia bartz (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
exes and o's by amy lea (★★★☆☆)
not here to stay friends by kaitlyn hill (ARC; ★★★★☆)
chloe and the kaishao boys by mae coyiuto (ARC; ★★★★☆)
isha, unscripted by sajni patel (gifted; ★★☆☆☆)
conversations on love by natasha lunn (★★★★★)
meet me at the lake by carley fortune (ARC; ★★★★☆)
emily wilde's encyclopedia of faeries by heather fawcett (★★★☆☆)
where echoes die by courtney gould (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
vintage contemporaries by dan kois (gifted; ★★☆☆☆)
how to be perfect: the correct answer to every moral question by michael schur (audiobook; ★★★★★)
half a soul by olivia atwater (★★★★★)
ten thousand stitches by olivia atwater (★★★★☆)
longshadow by olivia atwater (★★★★★)
between the world and me by ta-nehisi coates (audiobook; ★★★★★)
infamous by lex croucher (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
the lord sorcier by olivia atwater (★★★★☆)
the latch key by olivia atwater (★★★★★)
made of stars by jenna voris (ARC; ★★★★☆)
march
when broadway was black: the triumphant story of the all-black musical that changed the world by caseen gaines (audiobook; ★★★★★)
leave it to the march sisters by annie sereno (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
once more with feeling by elissa sussman (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
moorewood family rules by helenkay dimon (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
fleabag: the scriptures by phoebe waller-bridge (★★★★★)
fake dates and mooncakes by sher lee (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
vera wong's unsolicited advice for murderers by jesse q. sutanto (gifted; ★★★★☆)
emma of 83rd street by audrey bellezza and emily harding (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
how to read now by elaine castillo (★★★★★)
constellations by nick payne (reread; ★★★★☆)
ching chong chinaman by lauren yee
devil in winter by lisa kleypas (★★★★☆)
the passing playbook by isaac fitzsimons ( ★★★★★)
infinite jest by david foster wallace
our wives under the sea by julia armfield (★★★★☆)
mrs. nash's ashes by sarah adler (ARC; ★★★★☆)
study break: 11 college tales from orientation to graduation edited by aashna avachat (★★★☆☆)
the love match by priyanka taslim (★★★★☆)
a lady for a duke by alexis hall (★★★★☆)
love and other consolation prizes by jamie ford (★★★☆☆)
april
spoiler alert by olivia dade (★★☆☆☆)
all the feels by olivia dade (★★☆☆☆)
ship wrecked by olivia dade (★★☆☆☆)
float plan by trish doller (★★★★☆)
yellowface by r.f. kuang
the ex hex by erin sterling (★★☆☆☆)
the kiss curse by erin sterling (★★★☆☆)
siren queen by nghi vo (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
chloe and the kaishao boys by mae coyiuto (reread; ★★★★★)
wandering souls by cecile pin (gifted; ★★★★★)
heavy vinyl, vol. 1: riot on the radio by nina vakueva & carly usdin (★★★★☆)
heavy vinyl: y2k-o! by nina vakueva & carly usdin (★★★★☆)
never ever getting back together by sophie gonzales (★★☆☆☆)
book lovers by emily henry (reread; ★★★★★)
miss aldridge regrets by louise hare (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
if the shoe fits by julie murphy (★★★☆☆)
blackmail and bibingka by mia p. manansala (★★★★☆)
murder and mamon by mia p. manansala (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
icebreaker by hannah grace (★☆☆☆☆)
alone with you in the ether by olivie blake (reread; ★★★★★)
may
beautiful country: a memoir of an undocumented childhood by qian julie wang (★★★★★)
the other black girl by zakiya dalila harris (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
check & mate by ali hazelwood (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
if i'm being honest by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (reread; ★★★★★)
always never yours by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (reread; ★★★★★)
do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (reread; ★★★★★)
romeo and juliet by william shakespeare (audiobook, reread; ★★★★★)
joan is okay by weike wang (★★★★☆)
technically yours by denise williams (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
first position by melanie hamrick (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
the boy from kyiv: alexei ratmansky's life in ballet by marina harss (ARC; ★★★★★)
the boy you always wanted by michelle quach (ARC; ★★★★☆)
woman, eating by claire kohda (★★☆☆☆)
immortal longings by chloe gong (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
heartburn by nora ephron (★★★☆☆)
a merry little meet cute by julie murphy & sierra simone (★★☆☆☆)
the deal by elle kennedy (★☆☆☆☆)
the mistake by elle kennedy (★☆☆☆☆)
the score by elle kennedy (★☆☆☆☆)
the goal by elle kennedy (★☆☆☆☆)
the legacy by elle kennedy (★☆☆☆☆)
open water by caleb azumah nelson (★★★★★)
painted devils by margaret owen (gifted; ★★★★★)
playing for keeps by kendall ryan (★☆☆☆☆)
june
the final revival of opal and nev by dawnie walton (★★★☆☆)
the missing of clairedelune by christelle dabos (audiobook; ★★★★★)
happy place by emily henry (reread; ★★★★★)
iris kelly doesn't date by ashley herring blake (ARC; ★★★★☆)
ghosts by dolly alderton (★★★★★)
you don't have a shot by racquel marie (gifted; ★★★★☆)
thank you for listening by julia whelan (audiobook; ★★★★★)
if you still recognize me by cynthia so (gifted; ★★☆☆☆)
imogen, obviously by becky albertalli (gifted; ★★★★☆)
for never & always by helena greer (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
all the dead lie down by kyrie mccauley (gifted; ★★★★☆)
one hundred days by alice pung (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
much ado about nada by uzma jalaluddin (★★★★☆)
thieves gambit by kayvion lewis (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
deep in providence by riss m. neilson (★★★☆☆)
the burnout by sophie kinsella (ARC; ★★★★☆)
small worlds by caleb azumah nelson (ARC; ★★★★☆)
we ship it by lauren kay (★☆☆☆☆)
foul heart huntsman by chloe gong (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
the memory of babel by christelle dabos (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
pride and prejudice and pittsburgh by rachael lippincott (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
a british girl's guide to hurricanes and heartbreak by laura taylor namey (ARC; ★★★★☆)
the reunion by kit frick (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
queer by william s. burroughs
when grumpy met sunshine by charlotte stein (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
july
the storm of echoes by christelle dabos (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
will they or won't they by ava wilder (★★★☆☆)
fiona and jane by jean chen ho (audiobook; ★★☆☆☆)
business or pleasure by rachel lynn solomon (★★★☆☆)
teach the torches to burn: a romeo & juliet remix by caleb roehrig (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
a man called ove by fredrik backman (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
exciting times by naoise dolan (audiobook; ★☆☆☆☆)
the hobbit by j.r.r. tolkien (audiobook; ★★★★★)
the year of magical thinking by joan didion (★★★★★)
such a fun age by kiley reid (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
tis the damn season by kimi freeman (ARC; ★☆☆☆☆)
august
a very nice girl by imogen crimp (audiobook; ★★☆☆☆)
bliss montage by ling ma (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
the raven boys by maggie stiefvater (reread; ★★★★★)
freshwater by akwaeke emezi (audiobook; ★★☆☆☆)
the dream thieves by maggie stiefvater (reread; ★★★★★)
i'm not done with you yet by jesse q. sutanto (gifted; ★★☆☆☆)
blue lily, lily blue by maggie stiefvater (reread; ★★★★★)
the raven king by maggie stiefvater (reread; ★★★★★)
bellegarde by jamie lilac (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston (reread; ★★★★★)
some mistakes were made by kristin dwyer (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
september
beta read (★★★★★)
dogs of summer by andrea abreu lópez (audiobook; ★★☆☆☆)
in these hallowed halls: a dark academia anthology edited by maria o'regan and paul kane (ARC; ★★★☆☆)
together we rot by skyla arndt (★★★★☆)
stay with my heart by tashie bhuiyan (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
before we say goodbye by toshikazu kawaguchi & translated by geoffrey trousselot (ARC; ★★★★★)
the dead romantics by ashley poston (★★★★☆)
the seven year slip by ashley poston( ★★★★★)
you, again by kate goldbeck (★★☆☆☆)
serpent & dove by shelby mahurin (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
harlem after midnight by louise hare (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
witch of wild things by raquel vasquez gilliland (gifted; ★★★☆☆)
the luis ortega survival club by sonora reyes (gifted; ★★★★☆)
blood & honey by shelby mahurin (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde (audiobook; ★★★★★)
for the throne by hannah whitten (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
the wake-up call by beth o'leary (★★★★★)
the book eaters by sunyi dean (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
october
the moth keeper by kay o'neill (★★★★☆)
a fragile enchantment by allison saft (ARC; ★★★★☆)
just kids by patti smith (audiobook)
cult classic by sloane crosley (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
the atlas paradox by olivie blake (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
the goodbye cat by hiro arikawa (gifted; ★★★★★)
the appeal by janice hallett ( ★★★★☆)
the twyford code by janice hallett ( ★★★★☆)
wildfire by hannah grace (★★☆☆☆)
the roaring by t. katarina tayler (★★☆☆☆)
curious tides by pascale lacelle (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
the tempest by william shakespeare (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
murder on the orient express by agatha christie (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
canadian boyfriend by jenny holiday (ARC; ★★☆☆☆)
november
better than fiction by alexa martin (★★★☆☆)
the christmas appeal by janice hallett(★★★★☆)
kaikeyi by vaishnavi patel (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
finale: late conversations with stephen sondheim by d.t. max (audiobook; ★★★★☆)
cleopatra and frankenstein by coco mellors (★★★★☆)
the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen (audiobook; ★★★☆☆)
december
how to stop time by matt haig (audioboook; ★★★☆☆)
the wake-up call by beth o'leary (reread; ★★★★★)
the break up tour by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka (arc; ★★☆☆☆)
bride by ali hazelwood (arc; ★☆☆☆☆)
the getaway list by emma lord (arc; review withheld due to st. martin's press boycott)
same time next year by tessa bailey (★☆☆☆☆)
the mountains sing by nguyễn phan quế mai (★★★★★)
normal people by sally rooney (audiobook, reread; ★★★★★)
the night circus by erin morgenstern (reread;★★★★★)
funny story by emily henry (arc; ★★★★★)
les misérables by victor hugo (★★★★★)
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 202
#post: 2023 reading thread#starting out the year with a reread of book lovers 🤍 (which imo is emily henry's best)#i love nora and charlie and i see so much of myself in nora and i just love the way EH writes about grief
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My Emily Henry Rankings
@brekker-by-brekkerr you asked here if I had a ranking of the Emily Henry books and couples, so after way too long, here's my opinions, along with some really bad explanations. <3 Spoilers ahead!!
Books:
Happy Place. This was the first Emily Henry book I read, and the first book that ever made me cry. Harriet was so relatable, and it was probably my favourite setting out of the four books. The characters were all so interesting, and they had such a great dynamic. I love the found family trope, and she absolutely nailed it.
Book Lovers. I loved the plot so much, and Nora was also so relatable in a different way. I loved how even though she isn't perfect, she doesn't have to change and give up her job to get what she wants. Her relationship with Libby reminded me a lot of me and my sister, which was so nice to read about.
People We Meet On Vacation. I really liked the structure of this book, and I think it made the reveal so much better. I also loved reading about all the places they went to.
Beach Read. I loved this book so much, so the only reason it's ranked in last place is because I somehow loved the other ones even more. The plot felt a little slower, but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that I only managed to read about 5 minutes a day.
Couples:
These were much easier to rank for some reason.
Nora and Charlie. I just love them so much, I don't even know what to say. I love how they respect each other's choices and make their decisions according to what they want/need, not what the other one wants. I usually really like the quiet, more mature relationships where they know they love each other without needing to shout it from the rooftops.
January and Gus. I though the way they learned to communicate without pushing each other was really sweet, even if it led to some misunderstandings. Enemies to lovers is always great, especially if one if then doesn't even realize they were never actually enemies.
Harriet and Wyn. I was a little annoyed at Wyn for most of the book to be honest, and so frustrated with their miscommunication. That's not to say I didn't like them. I think they were so sweet and had some of my favourite lines.
Poppy and Alex. Again with the terrible communication skills. I get that it's an important trope for the genre and it made sense in this book, but I'm a very impatient person. I did love how well they know and understand each other, but I think I preferred the scenes when they were just friends.
I'm also going to do main characters, because why not:
Nora Stephens.
Harriet Kilpatrick.
January Andrews.
Poppy Wright.
The reasoning here is purely relatability. I can see a bit of myself in all four of them, but some more than others. As I was writing this I realised the ones at the top I find relatable because of more negative things, like my insecurities, or qualities I have that I don't like. I share a lot of qualities with the ones at the bottom, but at the end of the day, I like reading about people who share my struggles and doubts because it's comforting to know I'm not alone. I don't know if this makes any sense, but it was very interesting in my head.
So anyways, these are my opinions. How would you rank them?
#emily henry#happy place#book lovers#people we meet on vacation#pwmov#beach read#nora stephens#charlie lastra#january andrews#gus everett#harriet kilpatrick#wyn connor#poppy wright#alex nilsen#books#brekker-by-brekkerr#background agent 3
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I re-read the story, you are 100% right my brain just doesn’t like to read words properly 🤣.
Man finding out Nora was a red head nearly broke me 🥺 I also LOVE her sense of humor. Her implying she needed a drink (heavyweight hc mode activated) or how mad she’d be if Charlie either cheated or divorced her 11/10. We only got crumbs but I feel feed.
Also Cody not talking to Frankie for a week afterwards 😭
Very understandable, reading words really sucks sometimes dhhdhdh
AND YES, plz that story made me go “I only had Nora for a day and a half but if anything happens to her I’ll kill everyone in this room then myself” mode, god i love her character, it’s so easy to see how much of a bright light she was for her family, which makes the thought of her dying even more damn painful ugh 😭
(Also you’re so right she’s absolutely a heavyweight <333)
AND OH MY GOD DONT REMIND ME DHHDHD, it’s so understandable cause Cody is like what? 10? And he gets to meet his mom for the first time, and the fact he immediately just wants her in his life, only for that to never happen, just MAN that was rough for this poor kid
I think Cody just wanted to blame someone and well, considering Frankie is the one who suggested that when they get back that she might be in their timeline kinda puts her in the position to be blamed (not that i think she should be blamed at all, she’s honestly right the timeline shouldn’t be messed with more than it already is) but Cody’s emotional state and the experience he had doesn’t help him at all to realize that
Honestly seeing the besties ever fight always hurts my heart </3 but there’s no relationship without it’s ups and downs, i know that they got back to be the best besties ever <333
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mischief cast in the hatchetfield series (version 2)
hello. in january, i did a series of "mischief members cast in starkid shows" posts, which i did for most of their shows. i did a casting of hatchetfield during this series, but i only based the castings on the guy who didn't like musicals and black friday, as at this point in time, it had been a while since i had watched nightmare time season 1, i hadn't yet watched nightmare time season 2, and nerdy prudes must die hadn't come out yet. but now that i've watched everything, i figured i should update my casting. quite a few of these roles have been switched around from how i originally had them, because of how additional roles changed my perspective.
some notes that i made in the original series but will reiterate now, plus an extra one:
vocals did not play a part in the castings because i didn't want to limit myself and also because i can't tell what vocal types people are. so this is purely based on acting abilities.
i only used cast members from filmed shows because they're who i'm familiar with. so basically tgws and mmni cast members only. (there is a single exception to this).
now the extra note. i have cast all of them as if they're taking over a starkid members parts (aka someone will be playing all of jon matteson's parts, etc). however, if two different starkid people play a character during different shows (most notably the recasting of r*bert m*nion's roles in nmt2) i have changed it so that only one mischief actor plays that part. for which actor i gave these doubled up roles to, i gave priority to the stage shows over nightmare time. a good example of this is the lords in black - i have counted their actors as the person who played them in npmd, no matter who played them in nmt. the only character that this is a little complicated for is peter spankoffski, as he's been played by three different people, but i've put him as joey's character over r*bert's, as he has a more prominent role in npmd than in tgwdlm. hopefully that makes sense!
also you can see my original casting here. just so you can see what's changed. i would recommend reading this one first because the ones i kept the same are mostly just "see previous explanation".
casting under the readmore!
paul matthews / wiggly / gary goldstein / paul 23 / roman murray / boy jerry / daniel / richie lipshitz: jonathan sayer
this was hard because i moved my first choice for this role to a different character, but i think jono could do it! dennis has the awkward vibes paul does, and i feel like from what we see of him in mmni, jono is unhinged enough to play every other character /lh. my personal favourite character for jono to play is richie though.
emma perkins / donna daggit / linda monroe / madame iris / emdroid / mary / courtney / ruth fleming / blinky: nancy zamit
listen. nancy as linda monroe could fix me. okay. i just think she'd smash any and all of these characters.
bill woodward / frank pricely / solomon lauter / jason jepson / pokey: harry kershaw
this one is the same as my old casting, so i won't spend much explanation on it, but it's perfect, okay?
charlotte sweetly / nora / deb / colonel schaffer / sherman young / jane perkins / pamela foster / sheila young / marco: charlie russell
this is also the same as before, but the addition of sheila is the one that solidified this for me. we know she can play sexy villains. we've seen it in mmni. the prime minister in star paws, madame castaway in a dice with death (i know she isn't the villain in that one but she's got the same vibe). this also goes for jane. charlie russell playing villains for the win.
ted spankoffski / dan reynolds / wilbur cross / cineplex teen / malone / ezekiel / thrash / peter spankoffski: dave hearn
although he wasn't who i landed on previously, i had already strongly considered him for this role, and i eventually decided that he did fit this role better after all. i mean, we love villain dave in this house, so wilbur and ezekiel are covered. i also think he has the range to play pete as well, as we've seen him play those awkward kind of characters in mmni. i think he's definitely right for the part.
professor hidgens / ethan green / tony green: joshua elliott
same as previous casting and not much to add.
mr davidson / sam sweetly / general macnamara / barry swift / chumby the ape-man / papa sniggle / andy kilgore / gabe / skud: henry lewis
okay hear me out on this one. the initial reason i considered him for this role is because mcnamara's voice in tgwdlm reminded me of his chesney hawkes voice in light over the rocks. then i thought about it some more and i feel like he could really rock all of these roles? idk i just think he could do it.
alice woodward / greenpeace girl / melissa / zoey chambers / stephanie lauter / webby: rhyanna alexander-davis
same as previous. i think the added characters are really great for her as well. like rhyanna as steph??? come onnnn.
tom houston / gerald monroe / bob metzger: chris leask
okay listen. chris leask has that rugged dad kind of vibe that tom has. i said what i said. it works sooo well. you cannot tell me you don't see where i'm coming from on this one.
becky barnes / sylvia / jenny / miss holloway / girl jeri / karen chasity / miss mullberry / stacy / nibbly: lauren shearing
this was perfect casting the first time and i stand by that!!!
lex foster / lucy stockworth / snigglette / willabella muckwab / hailey / grace chasity: ellie morris
i also stand by this one! i feel like once again, she isn't the obvious choice for any of these, but i think she has a range that i want to see explored.
hannah foster / tim houston: susan harrison
idk how to explain it i just think it's a role i'd love to see her in.
howard goodman / jonathan brisby / duke keane / zach chambers / lumber-axe / eddie chiplucky / mark chasity / officer bailey / kyle clauger / tinky: greg tannahill
once again another example of perfect casting the first time. i am a genius /j. the most notable addition to me is duke, and i think he absolutely has the heart to play him.
xander lee / bob morris / watcher world barker / river monroe / noah / charles: niall ransome
it still fits. not much to add tbh.
rose / sophia / detective shapiro / brenda: bryony corrigan
okay, of all of these the only one i struggle to imagine her as is rose, but even then i don't think that's beyond her capabilities? like idk i just could really see her as shapiro tbh.
ziggs / kale: scott hunter
i did say there was a single exception to the "only tgws or mmni rule"! because ofc i have to cast non-binary icon scott hunter as non-binary icon jae hughes.
max jägerman: henry shields
this role was super hard to cast. partially because will branner hasn't played any other characters yet so i haven't seen his range, and also because will brings such a specific energy to this character that i think is hard to replicate? he's an excellent addition to starkid. anyway i thought shields was probably the best bet for casting this role, purely because max reminds me very slightly of kyle from primary cape crusader. there's just a specific vibe and shields was the only one i felt could fit that.
#hope you enjoyed!#not gonna tag this because i can't be bothered#but if you have any alternative castings i would love to hear them!!!#or if you just wanna judge my casting. that's chill.#also i spent far too much time typing this up lmao
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wow i think eras tour live stream cured my depression!! i mean seriously. i went over to the bday girl party and it wasnt just a lot of ppl it was the usual group and i felt less like i didn’t belong and i actually wasnt freaking out about the guy. actually i wasnt uncomfortable at all and it was wonderful. idk what happened but i feel like i see clearer now. he IS just a regular guy and just being nice to me and i blew it up in my brain. but wow hanging out today changed it. i even know his ex’s name and a lot of things about her and i didn’t spiral. i saw how he close he is w her but i also see how hes close w the rest of the group too.
and him. i dont want him anymore. i dont want to steal him away and keep him in a pocket. i dont want to murder all the girls he surrounds himself w and more. i really dont. i truly don’t have much in common and we don’t have good conversations nor do we know how to joke with each other. and quite frankly he’s just back to regular guyy and not like hANDSOMEST guy i’ve ever met in my entire life. wow. this feels insane. i guess i’ve shed enough tears eh? maybe that intense cry i had at 3 am on monday was enough to knock me to normal again??? even if we dated it’d be NOTHINNG. i wouldnt be happy and i can’t believe i am at this point.
the only alarming thing i learned about his ex is that she HAS a line down her back......and i feel super unoriginal. i really love the idea of a thin line tattooed down my back to go with my line around my arm but ugh i can’t believe its not original at all. (if it was ever an option) i would never date him because i know that about his ex lol.
im wondering what changed. maybe next time i feel anxious and lusting after a guy i should put on something more dressy to feel confident. or maybe after talking to my friends and getting their perspective, i feel more validated about my initial feelings. also knowing if i am uncomfortable I can leave. mayybe it’s knowing that i can make friends and *i* can decide who i let into my life rather than someone else letting me in their lives. idk what changed but i feel so much more level headed now.
and i feel more hopeful. maybe i will get my first kiss soon. maybe i’ll meet someone who will light up my world (and not make me a rolling ball of jealousy and insecurity like this poor guy i projected intensely onto) and just--fantastic to talk to and be as witty as Nora and Charlie in Book Lovers. idk, i think i can find him. i have a lot in common w a lot of ppl here already so theres bound to be someone eventually (right??? [panicked]). i think i’ll spend some time with myself and also be firm about my life choices and what feels right to *me*.
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i came here to write about jake but i dont think i want to. and i wasn't going to write that i miss him or im sad. the exact opposite actually. i thought to myself today, i dont even miss him. like at all. im not sad. at all. it's perplexing. we dated for almost 3 years and im happy. im at peace with the choices i've made. i haven't even kept myself super busy. i probably havent really let myself think about certain things too deeply, but also why should i? i made my choice and i dont want to look back.
im talking to new guys on dating sites. yeah its fucking shit, but theres one guy im actually really excited to meet. it could go south so quickly and i might not even end up meeting him cause thats how these things work 80% of the time. and im honestly not even sure ill like him when i do meet him. he seems uptight lol. but he knows A&B. he listens to group therapy and nora en pure's podcast. which is so refreshing, to talk to someone who's not a raver dude but likes anjuna. he's got a serious career. idk how he feels about cats.. but either way. its going well so far. and its not like im looking to get into another serious relationship right away. but its nice. im excited to be single and go on dates, good or bad, and just live my life. make personal connections with guys. have SEX. god i need sex.
every time ive been in edmonton while jake and i were dating i missed him so much. i never miss him on my trips, but here was always different. this time, i really dont. of course i think of him and i hope he's enjoying his time back home with his family. but i also have no interest in knowing what he's doing. cause its probably some fucked up shit tbh lol.
i think ive really turned a corner in my life. ive never ever been this happy after a breakup. i also have never been the one breaking up when ive been in longterm or serious or super in love in relationships. this is new territory. it feels healthy. makes me think and believe jake and i were never gonna work out. but i kind of knew that the last couple months of our relationship. i fell out of love. it's real. it's a thing that actually happens. i really didn't think it did. i thought once youre in love with someone, that's it. you never fall out of love. and honestly, with charlie and especially ryan, i'll always have a soft spot in my heart for them. but i can see myself completely moving on from jake and never giving him a second thought. well, i settled. it was never passionate. jake also never hurt me like they did. but i cant believe that that kind of love only comes from hurt. because i know before all the hurt how deeply in love i was with them.
well, here's to a new year. a new city. a new job. a new chapter.
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watched legends of tomorrow 4.13 a couple days ago it was good :) “egg macguffin” is such a funny title it made me laugh. i like how this episode is somewhat more low stakes and is more character focused rather than plot focused (at least till the climax). in that way it reminds me a bit of 4.10 which also had a decompressed low key feeling that worked well since the preceding episodes had been very action-filled and plot-heavy. 4.13 gives us a chance to take a breath, and pays off some of the subplots that have been simmering throughout the season.
the various storylines of the episode work well together in my opinion. for the most part the moral of the story is that repressed things will never stay repressed: zari & nate have to confront their feelings for each other, ray has to deal with the consequences of his actions (getting possessed by a demon), mick has to finally come out as rebecca silver, and gary has to deal with the bitter feelings that have been bubbling up since the start of the season. a nice neat through line!
nate/zari romance is like fine its fine its nice whatever. i do still like the new side of zari that this romance brings out but i gotta be honest ever since i jumped on the #zarlie train i just cannot bring myself to be like actually invested in nate/zari. still zari was super pretty in the dress and it was kinda cute to see them flirting. whatever. despite being the a plot this was the storyline that i found least interesting in part because i have never seen an indiana jones movie. i did enjoy the golden egg. AND the reveal that it was NOT simply an egg maguffin after all but possibly a game-changing plot element???? who wouldve guessed!
wait i just remembered the nate/zari romance WASNT the a plot bc the a plot was ray being possessed by a demon. i have to say i had high hopes for this storyline and i was a bit disappointed. i think maybe it just isn’t very interesting to see ray arguing with himself? like you just kind of see this 1 guy in a room talking to his hand. the physical acting was very good but still i think the way neron manifested was not the most interesting or engaging choice. i did love the tension of his scenes with nate where hes trying to keep from killing him and nate is totally oblivious. the way this episode puts ray’s love for nate on the same level as his love for nora is insane like WHAT exactly are you trying to say here....i will never not be perplexed by the ray/nate pseudo-romance.
mick. oh mick. genuinely he is a homosexual man. this episode is literally about him “coming out” as acclaimed romance novelist who uses a female pen name and he is insecure and afraid of letting everyone down but everybody loves him just as they always have. in real life i know there is a common experience of gay men relating to female characters and i think that might come into play with mick’s storyline here. but i’ll save that for another post. but literally like all the gender stuff of this storyline is so interesting. charlie can shapeshift and style herself into a woman who looks exactly how people expect rebecca silver to look but that doesn’t make her rebecca silver. only mick can channel the true rebecca silver energy because he is her. plays with ideas of authenticity and presentation we love it.
gary reveal was fun. in that one scene transition where sara is telling ava who she thinks was the murderer in the novel and she says “it’s always the doormat” and the scene changes to gary and ray and the camera lingers on gary just a little too long.....in that moment i knew he would betray them. and i was right! this direction for gary isn’t one i was expecting but i think it works. i mean honestly i think it makes gary seem like a more rational person because if people were that mean to me all the time i would make a deal with a demon too. the nipple inching toward him was genuinely such a horrifying visual i love it so much. i like how the nipple symbolizes gary’s loss of innocence, and he wants to go back but he can’t go back but he doesn’t realize that yet. i was kinda hoping neron would possess gary just bc it would be so creepy to see but i guess not yet. well all in good time. i like that it’s constantine’s impersonal manipulative way of using people that pushes gary to the dark side. oh constantine dont you know youre on a show where they defeat the bad guys by using the power of friendship? excited to see gary go ham next episode.
book club subplot was really lovely. first of all i love that mona and nora and ava have a book club together and second of all i love that they did the book club at nora’s bedside even though she was unconscious because it wouldnt be book club without her and third of all i love that ava doesnt actually read the books she just participates because she likes having friends. i’m glad the show picked up the friendship between these 3 women after it was established earlier in the season instead of just dropping it. it’s nice! it’s a nice friendship. we love female friendship.
also i like that even though this episode is light on the avalance content (which is totally fair considering last episode was so focused on them) it still has these very sweet moments between them. sara committing to read the book for book club cause ava asked her to is so sweet and thoughtful. i think it does show that their relationship is moving forward in a healthy way after the events of last episode. also i was right that sara likes to read cheap mysteries and thriller novels! i was right i was right i was right
#legends of tomorrow#zari tomaz#gary green#legends constantine#sara lance#ava sharpe#avalance#syl posts
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How do you think the avalance wedding will pan out? If your dream wedding for them isn't what you think will actually happen, that's fine too, eithers good. :)
Hey! tysm for your question, it made me go deep into my dream wedding for them...
I have no idea of what it will actually happen, because is Legends and I never know what they'll do but I've been thinking about it and I have a story in my head now...
I think after everything they just want to get married, like immediately, I don't think Sara had a dream wedding as a child and since Ava's memories are programed she didn't either and I don't think she ever thought about getting married when she started making her life in 2018 or whenever Rip brought her to the present.
So they don't care much about the wedding they just want to get married... but of course Nate, Behrad and Zari can't allow that.
"You didn't even got to do what you had planned for the proposal."
"After everything that happened you deserve a big wedding, or at least something really special."
"Come on, a wedding is supposed to be an event, your love deserves to be celebrated in a bigger way."
So they decide to have a wedding, not too big, after all, the most important people are already in the ship. But of course, in my headcanon Quentin has to be there, also Laurel, even if she's not her real sister, she's still important (and maybe she will invite Dinah, but more as Laurel plus one, is still a small wedding so...), Felicity has to be there and maybe William and Mia too, but from 2040 (I don't think kids have a great time at weddings). Obviously Ray and Nora, Mona, Lita, and Jax. Charlie should come too, and Gary will definitely be there even if they try to stop him lol. I would love to have Leo and Ray from earth x there too.
I agree it should be a winter wedding, hell, make it a Christmas wedding, her relationship changed in Christmas after all.
(I think it's a good moment to say that I have no idea how weddings are and I never dreamed of one in any situation, except maybe a Disney wedding but that's another thing, my point is that I never thought of a wedding, I never even thought Avalance would get married but now we're here and I want a winter wedding).
Nate and Zari do the planning. Behrad helps a little and Gary keeps trying to get his ideas in, but as Sara said, he's not planning the wedding. Mick sorts out arguments. Everything has to be approved by Ava and Sara, they fully trust Nate and Zari but it's their wedding and they are very protective of that, they're also getting a little excited as the preparation goes on.
I'm not sure on the venue, I think John's house is good but I imagine the ceremony in an open place with nature around.
There's white and blue flowers everywhere, the chairs are naivy. The altar is also covered by dark blue flowers with a small white flowers. Is the evening and there's fairy lights around that give everything a bit of warm to level the cool colors.
Quentin walks Sara down the aisle and Ava is already waiting (the boys offered to walk her down, Spooner said she'd look better, Zari said that if they weren't going to be traditional then she could walk her, they were closer anyway, they all started arguing, Astra rolled her eyes and Charlie said she was literally a shapeshifter and Ava could choose anyone who ever lived to walk her down the aisle, Ava smiled foundly at them but chose to go alone).
There's the mildest snow falling, and they're both wearing their hair down, the snow makes everything seem like a magical dream or something.
I don't know about the dresses, I keep imagining warrior princess wedding dresses, if that makes sense.
There's the typical emotional family moments there. Sara has lots more but everyone makes sure to let Ava know that she has a family in them, that includes Quentin (even Laurel and Felicity).
Mick will be the one to officiate, he writes a beautiful speech before letting them say the vows, they either just do something about decisions (I can explain if you like) or something more emotional depending on what happens in the next episodes.
It's all really cute and everyone cries a little. Ava and Sara both get their father-daughter dance with Quentin.
Later there's some tipsy speeches from almost every Legend, except from Zari and Behrad, Zari's speech is incredible and makes both Ava and Sara cry. Behrad is high but his speech is wonderful and Nate and Ray start saying they want a do-over.
After everyone gets really drunk Sara is sitting alone looking at her very drunk wife dance, there's so much love in his eyes. Ray smiles when she sees her and goes to sit with her, Mick and Jax join them a few moments later and they start talking about how different their lives were when they first got in that ship, and how different they were back then...
I was making myself cry so this is it!! thank you so much for asking, seriously.
#legends of tomorrow#avalance#ava sharpe#sara lance#ava x sara#avalance wedding#headcanons#legends of tomorrow headcanons#ty for the ask!
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My everyday text (2) - Owen Joyner
(gif not mine! credits to owner)
owen joyner x oc
summary: oc goes to a party for halloween and calls owen drunk. he’s worried
warnings: underage drinking (bc rowe’s 20), swears, mentions of sex
a/n: this has a part one that i recommend you read to read this one and a part three that you can decide if you wanna read
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It was a day before Halloween, and I was debating on whether to stay in my apartment dressed up and with a marathon of Halloween movies and a bunch of sweets like I used to do with Mads, or go out with Nora and her now boyfriend and some friends to a college party. Nora was very adamant on the second one.
“I’m just saying, you’ve been very stressed lately and you deserve to let go and go crazy. Get in a hot or cute costume, have fun, get drunk if you want to, maybe meet someone” she gave me a suggestive look and I rolled my eyes “Oh come on, Rowan! You need to get laid!”
“Nora!” I laughed, this time getting her to roll her eyes “I don’t know if I want to meet someone, even if it’s just for a one-night-stand”
“Are you serious?! Rowe, you spent all last year with one-night-stands! Believe me, I know. I have a list”
“No you don’t” I gaped, but Nora only hummed nonchalantly “Why would you have that?!”
“Well, people were coming in and out of here at least three times a week, and I was thinking that maybe I should’ve started to make them pay rent, ‘cause they always ate something from our cupboards. But then I thought that that would technically make you a prostitute, so I decided against it” while I still looked at my friend with a slacked jaw, I found myself not finding it that weird. Conversations like this were normal around here.
“Doesn’t matter. I don’t want a one-night-stand, it feels wrong for some reason”
“Is this because of that boy you talk to on FaceTime?”
“Which one? I talk to Owen, Char and Jer” it was true.
I had talked to all three boys on FaceTime. I didn’t talk to Charlie or Jeremy as much as Owen, but we had still had our times when we’d kick Owen out of his own call and talked with them alone, and I liked to think of them as my new friends too. Other times I’d just hang up on him and call any of the others —that I knew, because apparently there were a lot of people in this secret project I didn’t know about—, and most of the time I talked with them it was just a massive group call of us being stupid. Same thing happened when Jadah joined Madi and I.
“Which one?” Nora asked incredulously “The blond! The one that flirts with you! The guy! You fucking wrote him a song, Rowan!”
“I wrote you a song too. And he can’t flirt for shit”
“But it’s different! You like this boy, there’s deep feelings in that song. Mine is literally about how much you love me because I bring you pizza”
“Okay so maybe I have a crush on Owen!” I admitted “It’s not like I’m gonna do something about it, you know what happened the last time I had a crush on a friend. I don’t want that to happen again”
“Sweetie, you can’t just block romantic feelings for everyone” Nora sat down next to me and placed her hand on my knee “You were bound to fall for someone again, it’s not something you can’t control”
“Yeah, I know” I sighed “Okay, so what kind of costume did you have in mind?”
The blond smiled excitedly and jumped up, running to her closet.
[...]
“Happy Halloween!” Madison cheered on her side of the screen “What are you gonna do? We’re going to have a party over here, I’m dressing as a devil and Jadah is going as an angel”
“Fitting” I nodded “How much candy have you had?”
“None. But I did have three coffees. Day started early, and I was basically falling asleep while I was standing”
“God, Dee. Anyways, I’m going to a party at a faculty. Nora lent me a black dress and bought me a pair of black feathered wings. Her words were “Rowan, you’re going as a raven”. But just in case, she also bought me some Maleficent horns, because I’ll probably end up losing the wings”
“A party? You going back home with someone?” she arched a brow as she whispered the las sentence, eyeing around her.
“Why does everybody think I’m taking someone home? I’m not!”
“Who’s not taking anyone home after a party?”
“Jeremy! My man! Can you please take my side? Is it really that weird that I’m not having a one-night-stand?”
“He doesn’t count! He doesn’t know how you were last year”
“I don’t, but I’d love to know” he quickly sat down, completely ignoring my offended look.
“You’re such a gossip. You already know about my famous crushes you don’t need to know about my love life status”
“Hey, you told me about them” he pointed his finger accusingly at me.
“But you didn’t stop me! You even made comments about some” I crossed my arms.
“Is it because of Owen that you’re not taking anyone home?” he arched a brow, smirking when he saw my blush and sharing a look with Madi.
“What about you, Jer?” I quickly changed the subject “What’s your love life look like? Girlfriend? Boyfriend?”
“He’s way passed that” Madison smirked “He’s engaged”
“No he’s not!” I gasped as a small smile and a giant blush appeared on the boy’s face “How did I not know that? You’re supposed to brag to everyone about your fiancée, dude. I wanna know about them”
“Her name’s Carolynn” he started, and once he started, there was no stopping.
I ended that call knowing the whole story about how the soon to be husband and wife met, how they had started dating, how wonderful and amazing she was and how happy Jeremy was with her. I couldn’t help the smile on my face as I watched him talk about Carolynn, it was very obvious he was very much in love with her and that he couldn’t wait to be married to her. Madi looked exactly like me, it was impossible not to smile at him.
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“Hello?” I couldn’t quite comprehend the tiredness in the other person’s voice, but then again, I couldn’t quite walk straight “Rowan? You there? Why are you calling me at- four in the morning?”
“Owen! ¡Hola!” my tone was probably too overly cheery and happy, but I could care less in that moment “How are you?”
“Are you okay?” there was shuffling heard from his line, like he was moving on his spot.
“Of course I am! Why wouldn’t I be?” the words came out slurred.
“Are you drunk?” if I had been in a normal state, I would’ve probably identified the disbelief in his voice, but like I’ve pointed out a couple of times now, I wasn’t.
“Just a tiny bit” I neared my thumb and index fingers and narrowed my eyes, ignoring the fact that he couldn’t see me.
“Where are you, Rowes?”
“I’ve been walking around campus for a while now” I giggled “I can’t find my apartment. It’s usually with the residences, but I can’t find those either”
“Okay, uh... Rowan? I need you to listen to me, are you listening to me?” I hummed, nodding my head along “Okay, you know where the apartment is. I need want you to get there, can you do that for me?”
“Of course silly. I’ll do whatever you want” I smirked.
“As much as I like you flirting with me, it’s really not the moment”
“You’re no fun, I’m gonna call Milo. Maybe I can find him around here and we can go somewhere” I frowned and pulled the phone away from my ear, ready to hang up and call the funny tall boy Nora had introduced to me two days before and was now my best friend.
“Wait, wait, wait! Don’t hang up please! I just want you to get home safely. If you need to flirt with me while you do it, you can. I’m just worried”
“Aw, Owen, you’re such a softy. It’s one of the reasons I fell for you” I cooed “Don’t worry, cutie. I’ll get home just fine” and then I hung up.
I ignored all the text messages that popped up in my screen from different people, let all the calls ring and just kept walking. I did eventually get to our little apartment, and fell face first on my bed, not bothering to take my make up or contacts off. I was sleeping within three minutes.
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I woke up the next day with a massive headache, and with a lot of trouble to open my eyes. “Fucking contacts. Fucking party. Fucking Nora. Fucking drinks. Fucking stupid brain.”
My phone rung in that moment, making me groan. I picked it up, answering the call.
“So loud. Cállate. Shut the hell up” I whined at whoever called me.
“You picked up. Oh my God, guys! I have her!” I furrowed my brows as I recognized Jadah’s voice, forcing myself to get up and make my way to the bathroom.
I rummaged the cabinet trying to find a pill for my headache. I placed my phone in speaker as I took my lenses off.
“Rowan María Flores! What the hell were you thinking?!” I knew that voice. That was Mr. Reyes, using his dad tone on me.
“H-Hey, King” I said hesitantly.
“Do not “King” me, señorita. Do you know how worried we all were?”
“What are you talking about?” I asked “I hardly remember anything from last night” I admitted embarrassed “But I just woke up, so it should all be coming back in the next half hour”
“You called Owen drunk, saying you were lost in the campus, Rowan” Charlie spoke, calling me by my name instead of the nickname he was adamant in using “Then you just hung up on him and never picked your phone up again. He woke me up in the middle of the morning worried sick and stressed out”
Guilt washed over me like a waterfall. When had I done that? Why had I done that? “Dammit drunk me”
“We didn’t know what to do, so we called Madi and Mr. Reyes and the others” he continued “We’ve all been trying to call you since. Your phone probably has millions of messages and lost calls”
“Are you okay?” Madison’s voice sounded broken, and all I could do was stutter out a “Yeah”. “Thank God. We were so worried, Ro-Ro”
“I’m so sorry” I whispered “I didn’t want to make you all go through this. Oh my God, what have I done” I ran my hands through my hair, looking down at the sink “Is uh- is Owen there?” I cleared my throat.
“I’m calling you” he stated instead of answering. He didn’t sound happy.
The phone call ended and two minutes later his contact name was requesting a FaceTime. I gulped. I didn’t care in the slightest of my appearance with my messy hair and smudged dark make-up, but I knew how he had been feeling for the past hours, because I had experienced it too with some friends. It was a terrible feeling of being worried for them and slightly panicking, scared because I couldn’t go save them, as I didn’t know where they were. He knew where I had been, but he couldn’t exactly jump on a plane to come save me.
I shakily hit the “Accept” button and breathed in.
“What were you thinking, Rowan?!” he all but exclaimed when he appeared on the screen.
His hair was the messiest I’d seen it —and I’d seen it just out of bed— and he had bloodshot eyes with bags under them. He only had a pair of sweatpants on, like he hadn’t bothered changing at all.
I couldn’t utter a word, my throat had completely closed, and he took it as his cue to continue.
“Do you know how worried we were? How worried I was? You call me at four in the morning, telling me you can’t find your place while you’re drunk, alone, after a party and on Halloween! And then you hang up and you don’t answer anymore! You’ve no idea what kind of scenarios were going through my head! I was this close to hop on a plane to make sure you were okay! Fucking hell, Rowan!”
“I-I’m sorry” I repeated, tears about to spill from my eyes “It’s just, it was Halloween, and I wanted to have fun, release all the stress and forget about the problems, a-and I lost track of how many drinks I was having, and next thing I knew, I was super drunk. I shouldn’t have called you, I only made you worried. God, what was drunk me thinking?”
I shut my eyes closed for a second and let my breath go, hearing him do the same. His voice was softer the next time he talked.
“It’s fine. I mean, it’s not, but I get that you wanted to let loose” he rubbed his face “I shouldn’t have yelled at you, I’m sorry. Shit, it was just so scary, you know? Not knowing what would happen to you”
“I get it” I assured “I’ve been through it too. So I know how it feels, and I can’t believe I made you feel it. I am so stupid”
“Hey, no. Let’s talk about something else. How about you get all that make-up off and freshen up? You look a little dead”
“Hey!” I shouted, only to hold my head and wince “I hope the pill kicks in quickly, otherwise I think I’ll die for real”
I took some cotton pads and my make-up remover, looking at my mirror to make sure I got it all off. I then left the camera to change into comfier clothes and came back to Owen with a sweater on and fiddling with his fingers.
“Rowes?” he called, and I hummed to show him that I was listening “There’s this thing you said yesterday, and I didn’t notice it at first, but I kinda ran over the conversation a million times in my head-”
“Owen, what did I say” I chuckled “It can’t be that bad”
“You said I was a softy” I rolled my eyes, but then he continued “and that it was one of the reasons you fell for me”
My mouth fell into a perfect “o”, and I felt my cheeks and neck get hotter. He was red too, but had a small smile on his lips. I stuttered trying to make out an excuse, but his chuckle cut me off.
“A drunk man’s words are a sober man’s thoughts” he said with a smirk “Or a woman’s in this case. I knew you were crazy for me, Flores” I furrowed my brows at his teasing. Was he really making fun of me for having fallen for him? “Don’t look at me like that, Rowes. I like you too. A lot” he laughed a little “But it’s always me that is left stuttering whenever you flirt with me, so I thought I’d take advantage of it” he shrugged.
“You little shit!” I laughed “I’d kiss you if I could” I grinned, causing his smile to get bigger, if it was possible.
“First thing I’m gonna do when we meet, after squeezing you in a hug”
“Deal. I’ll sing you your song”
“Can’t wait”
“Yeah, me neither”
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reactions again. i have a lot to say and there’s nowhere better to dump it all than my online blog which i treat as a stream-of-consciousness public diary/liveblog of my love affair with this fictional character.
episode 7
ah yes, the memory headaches are back, sooner than ever. i hope this means FMC will be regaining her memories sooner in this route too. i think it would be more interesting to see her navigate a route while remembering everything about her life from before, for multiple reasons. after all, every route ended with that, so far, and we didn’t explore much about what that means. the route that centers on 2/3 of the triad seems like the perfect opportunity to do so.
so Arin used to have panic attacks, confirmed? precious anxiety baby
love the Humpty Dumpty bit
i love how they reference giving her the moon again. “I gave it to you, and it’ll ground you” and it’s a secret between her and them how they did it. augh, too romantic. (also, blush count for this set: 1)
“Yikes, do you even sleep?” i ask myself this every day, Jackie. does Arin ever use that plush-looking bed? a mystery for the ages. she’s right though, Arin is far too busy for their own good. they know everything except for the meaning of the word “relaxation”
i see we’re speaking in code now. i love Ever After Academy, the series where frogs are really head librarians and rabbits are actually cat-dog-rabbit-dragon-things, and men named Wolf aren’t actually werewolves
“Arin constantly skips meals due to being too busy” headcanon regretfully confirmed. Arin nO
“FMC is always trying weird new flavors of desserts” headcanon also confirmed lol. this girl, always so adventurous. but also, “better than getting the same thing every time”? it’s true, novelty is necessary. a woman after my own heart.
oh yes, now i can check “heart scene where you help Arin relax and have fun” off my wish list. right above that is “pluck the coffee right out of their hands, march them straight to bed and tuck them in, and maybe cuddle a bit”, and right below it is “plan a special date where you block off a full 24 hours of free time for Arin so you can spend the whole day together”. (Voltage, i have great ideas, hire me now)
Arin blush count: 2. oh look at these two shy idiots who can only dance around their feelings. surely they have to have some clue that their feelings are mutual? they keep trying to stop themselves from kissing the other. it’s driving me nuts. these fools! i push them together like a child pretending to make their dolls kiss.
episode 8
i’m sure they wrote in the explanation for the terrarium as it’s a holdover from Ezra’s route, but i think it’s funny to think that the siblings kept the terrarium all these years and Arin never knew about it. Arin ur not the only one with secrets
again, i do like how Arin keeps referencing the moon. moon rabbit. moon rabbit!!
oh here comes the angst from Arin keeping secrets from FMC for good reasons but not even being able to tell her the reasons. we all saw this coming from a mile away, but it still hurts. :(
wow i cannot wait to find out all of Arin’s secrets :D including their personal ones. (does that make me sound creepy? oops)
more dragon lore, and a debate between Nora and Lucas about dragons? yes please.
as an aside: i can’t believe it’s taken me this long to mention it, but i’m peeved at how the writing in this route keeps referring to Arin as “themselves” when they’re singular. “themself” may not be a familiar word, but it feels the most correct when referring to an individual. “herselves” and “himselves” isn’t a thing.
“Arin is a terrible singer” headcanon confirmed. Arin has a lovely voice but is a rubbish singer, i love it. keep the doors coming, Charlie, i’m on a roll today.
oh god, more embarrassing Arin stories, i am living for this. Arin blush count: 3, maybe 4. what exactly did they wind up on top of, FMC? do tell.
i cannot believe Arin has early 2000s boy band music on their phone. is this the real life? lmao this is probably the most surprising fact i’ve learned about them in this entire set, if not the whole route so far. Arin’s dignity: dropping like a stone. this is hilarious, i love it. god. seriously though, which song was it—
episode 9
can’t help but try to read ulterior motives into Jackie’s every move, and failing because we don’t know enough yet. trying to book a tutoring session with Arin, peeping into FMC’s house’s window, tipping off FMC about Darla’s scheming, being overly invested in the fairytale friends’ well-being? she’s the prime suspect for being the Big Bad of this route, and possibly the Queen of Hearts from the Alice duology, yet she hasn’t done anything outright villainous yet. she’s actually been fairly friendly and helpful. Jackie, what is your deal
Arin blush count: 5. wow careful Arin, your face will get stuck like that and you’ll pass out from lack of blood flow to the rest of your body
it’s still hard getting used to the knowledge that Arin is and was FMC’s best friend. it boggles my mind.
but also i want to imagine them as kiddos hanging out in her room and having fun. adorable. teen flashbacks when :’(
“you’re special to me” wow surefire arrow to my heart oof. Arin blush count: 6.
oh no, again with the holding back, you clods. you lovestruck idiots. you silly dumdums. being a 20-something and having feelings for your best friend is hard. it’s hard and nobody understands. :( when are they going to talk about this? when are they going to come out and say something?? normally FMC is much more straightforward than this, but i guess when it comes to a friendship you’ve cultivated for years, even the bravest people hesitate to rock the boat. but it’ll be all the more satisfying when they actually reach that point.
watching Arin put up the walls again, i can just hear them thinking “conceal, don’t feel”. “remove all magic, but leave the fun” ahahaha alright that’s enough
it’s nice to see FMC seeking out the company and advice of the fairytale trio in this route, especially Nora. those girls, always so close. she really is the only female friend FMC has, until Darla becomes her friend.
so much for hiding magic from MMC! cat’s out the bag sooner than i thought, and Arin’s not going to be happy about it. now they’re going to be pulling double duty trying to keep both siblings from a-sploding their heads by accident. poor Arin
did FMC explain the plan for making things right (whatever “things” are) and restoring their memories? or did she just leave them to wait it out indefinitely? oh no
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Mind & Soul (6/10)
The story of how one man fell out of love and into it again
Charlie (Marriage Story) x Reader
6.8k ; Warnings for angst, mentions of stitches (but there’s some sweet family fluff in here too don’t worry lol)
Tumblr masterlist for previous chapters // Available on AO3
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Time after time I tell myself that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
So lucky to be
The one you run to see
In the evening when the day is through
Charlie thinks that if he never steps inside a courtroom ever again, it’ll be too soon.
He’s sitting on his side, and Nicole is sitting on hers, between them are asshole lawyers that Charlie knows he can’t trust. He can’t, and yet he has to, has to trust that this jerk will say the right things, do the right things, to help him win. He doesn’t think he’s winning, but he just has to trust.
He doesn’t trust anyone but you.
Charlie is sitting on his side, and Nicole is sitting on hers, and you’re up at the witness stand. It’s surreal to have you there, he thinks. Surreal to see you dressed so nicely for court.
If he thinks about it, he knows that you go to really important meetings, he knows you need to dress up for pitch presentations, he knows. But he’s only ever seen you casual, only ever seen you undone. There’s something delicious, about seeing someone so casual, be so dressed up. You’re in a very smart suit, you look more put together than Nicole does. Charlie wonders what that says about her, if it says anything at all.
He doesn’t bother to look at her and gauge her reaction to the way you swear to tell nothing but the truth, although he can imagine the sharp betrayal she must be feeling. Good, he thinks, let her be betrayed, let her have a taste of her own medicine.
He doesn’t bother to look at her, not when his eyes are glued to you.
“Please state your name.” Charlie’s new lawyer, Jay approaches the stand, begins his examination of your testimony.
“(Y/F/N), (Y/L/N).” You say easily, meeting his gaze evenly.
“Ms. (L/N), why are you here?” He asks, formalities, protocol.
“I’m here to act as a character witness, on behalf of Mr. Barber.” You reply, and if Charlie listens he can probably hear Nicole’s jaw clenching.
Once upon a time, you and Nicole had been friends. Not nearly as friendly as you had been with him, but still. Friends. And now here you are, siding with him.
“And why should we take your recommendation of Mr. Barber’s character into consideration at all?” Jay shrugs, crosses his arms as if he’s showing the judge that he won’t go easy on you just because you’re on his side.
“The Barbers moved into the house next door to mine, and over the course of the two years they lived there I acted as a baby-sitter for their son, Henry.” You explain.
Somewhere in the background, the stenographer types away, her nails clicking on a keyboard that doesn’t make any sense to Charlie. He’s laser focused on you, tries not to think about those two years, tries even harder not to think about how he spent half that time fucking you.
He knows the judge can’t read minds, but sometimes the way the judge looks at Charlie says otherwise.
“So it could be said that you were privy to observing the Barber’s family life.” Jay asks, and you have a little knowing smile that quirks up the corners of your mouth.
Charlie sweats, watching you up on the stand, tries not to think about just how privy you were, tries not to sweat.
“I wouldn’t say observing in any conscious sense, but yes. When you live next door to someone you become friendly with them. Certainly when you become their babysitter, you become friendly with the child.” You smile coolly, innocently, genuinely.
And that was the big thing, wasn’t it? That you were genuine, always, in all things. That’s what had drawn him to you initially, that sincerity. As a friend, as a babysitter, and as a lover.
“Who asked you to babysit?” Jay asked, because this was really the most credible part about your testimony, the babysitting.
“Mr. Barber, I only ever really spoke to Mrs. Barber in social settings.” You replied honestly.
“Did Mrs. Barber speak of Henry often, in those social settings?” Jay asks, the leading questions already beginning.
“Objection your honor, leading the witness.” Nora, Nicole’s bitch of a lawyer stands up then.
“Sustained, the witness is to provide testimony on Mr. Barber, not Mrs.” The judge nods, making Nora sit down with a smile.
“Alright, then did Mr. Barber speak of Henry, outside of the conversations where he asked you to babysit?” Jay asks, and you nod quickly.
“Yes, very much so. We spoke about a lot of things, you know. But he was always very very proud of Henry. He would pull out his phone and show me pictures, of Henry or drawings that he made, that sort of thing. He was always a very proud father.” You reply.
“How frequently did you babysit for the Barbers?” Jay asks, just trying to form a narrative. Charlie knows this, but if he thinks about it, if he thinks of all the times he’s asked you to watch Henry simply so that he can come over to your house and steal a kiss or two (or twenty) upon picking him up, if he thinks too loudly then the judge will hear.
“About once a week, on nights where rehearsals were running late at the theater company, or they knew they’d be in meetings, that sort of thing. The odd party now and again.” You brush it off as if it were nothing.
But it isn’t nothing, it isn’t.
“Once a week is fairly often, I imagine you grew quite close to Henry.” Jay prompts.
“Oh yes, I like to think he trusts me. He’s so bright, that boy, and he picks up on a lot, you know? Sometimes if Mr. and Mrs. Barber had a fight, he’d find some subtle way to ask why grownups have to be mean to each other. Or when Mr. Barber was told to sleep on the couch a couple months before Nicole left, he would ask why parents don’t always sleep in the same bed.” You say pointedly, trying to make the point that she left. She left.
“Did Mr. and Mrs. Barber have fights often?” Jay asks, as if this is new knowledge to him.
“Through the entire time I knew them, yes. They fought often.” You nod, chewing your lip.
“Did any of these fights turn physical?” Jay asks, but your eyes widen at the thought, at the implication that Charlie would do anything like that.
“No, not to my knowledge. Just, raised voices. I mostly heard Mrs. Barber yelling, when the fights would happen. There was a lot of yelling at Mr. Barber.” You say and you fidget with your hands for a moment, before continuing, “I try not to listen but, the houses are so close and sometimes the fights would be very late, so the sound wasn’t drowned out by the traffic.”
“Ms. (L/N), what can you tell us about Mr. Barber, his character.” Jay says, wanting to get to the point. “It’s clear that you’re someone around him, around his child. It’s clear that you’ve seen the way he interacts with his family. If you were to make a judgement call, how would you describe him?”
“Mr. Barber is a very hardworking man. He’s the type of person who remembers to take care of everyone that depends on him, he remembers things about the people who depend on him, and even about the people who don’t. He is the kind of father you wish every child has – compassionate and playful, but strict in the right ways.” You say, try to keep it as much to the point as possible.
“He is well respected in the community, is active in both the theater sphere as well as locally. I’ve never seen him lash out or become violent, in all honesty I don’t think I’ve ever heard him yell in an angry way. His son loves him very much.”
You look right at Charlie when you say that last part, and Charlie has to look away, because he can’t help but feel the tight ache in his chest at the mention of Henry’s love, not now. Not when there’s such a possibility of losing him that he can nearly hear the goodbyes.
“No further questions, your honor.” Jay says, before returning to his seat next to Charlie.
Nora stands up then, and Charlie nearly wants to hold his breath, but you don’t. You look at her evenly, and Charlie thinks you’re so brave for that, that’s not something he’s still managed to do.
“Ms. (L/N) this is all well and good, but I’d like to bring up the fact that a primary reason that you are here, is because on the night of a home-visit by the state-sanctioned case worker to observe Mr. Barber and his son, you were present.” She says, as if this is a bad thing, as if you’re breaking some sort of rule.
“Yes, I was.” You reply, your shoulders square and your chin raised.
Because, yes, you were.
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The next day felt like a blur, to Charlie. He woke up with you by his side, kissed you for what felt like an eternity before the alarm even had a chance to ring. He held you in his arms, and for the first time in a long time, woke up with a smile on his face.
He asked you to stay in bed while he went down and made breakfast for Henry, got him dressed and ready for school, and when he came back home from dropping him off, you were still there.
He had hoped that you’d let him crawl back into bed, settle himself against your naked body, let him have a drink of the sweet wine that spilled forth from your lips. But you only eyed his arm, the cut which stung, which needed proper stitches.
So to the hospital you had went, and stitches he had gotten, and after a normal amount of painkillers he had fallen back asleep with his head next to yours on the pillow, dreams a swirling mess of colors and sounds.
He doesn’t remember what they are, when he wakes up. It’s late, in the afternoon, he can tell. Can tell by how rich the sunlight is coming through the window. Maybe it’s three o’clock, he doesn’t know, he can’t see the numbers right now, eyes half-closed still.
You come into the room gently, upon hearing him rustling. You’re so beautiful, he thinks, as he carefully opens his arms for you, groggy and yet still so pleased to see you.
“You’re still here.” He says. He’s not so sure that he hadn’t dreamt your being there, the pain medication addling his system just a little.
“Mhm,” You smile, sitting on the edge of the bed and teasing, “Good morning.”
You reach a hand out and softly brush your knuckles against his cheek. Charlie grasps your hand and gives it a little tug, pulls you down down down until your noses are touching, until he’s nearly smiling against your mouth.
“Can I kiss you a little?” He asks, and your smile lights up his entire world, when you flash your pretty teeth at him.
“Yeah, but then you’ve got to go pick up Henry from school. They’ll freak out if you’re late, it won’t look good for you.” You whisper, rubbing your lips over his, the ghost of a kiss, the ghost of a touch.
“I know, will you come with?” He chases you, careful of the stitches in his arm as he maneuvers you onto your side, on top of the covers.
“Nah, I’m going to stay here, I’ve got to get the most kick-ass dinner made for tonight.” You smile again, and Charlie lets his eyes close in gratitude as your mouth opens for him.
Kissing you is almost as intoxicating, as dangerous as the painkillers. They’re out of his system now, he can feel it from the twinge in his arm, the sting of it. But he doesn’t need them, not when your tongue is so hot against his, not when your hands roam over the width of his body. He wants to have sex with you, but there’s no time today, not right now.
That’s alright, he thinks. Soon this will be over, and you two can have all the sex you’d like. He huffs out a little laugh, post-dream-glow starting to fade only to be replaced with the euphoria of kissing you.
“You’re literally a life-saver, you know that?” He grumbles against your lips as he stretches the sleep from his calves. His nap is over, he knows, he’s got to go get Henry, he knows. But he doesn’t want to leave your side, not right now.
He never knows when the next time he might get you will be.
“I do, but tell me anyway.” You smirk just a little, before sitting up once again, detangling yourself from him. You give his cheek a playful little pat and attempt to lure him out of bed with your body and, “Come on, you’ve had your kisses.”
Charlie sits up too, and for the first time really takes in the sight of the bedroom around him. The last time he was here, it hadn’t even had a bed. Now it was fully furnished to his tastes, and he remembers, he knows you’re the one who did that.
“Do you like it?” Charlie thinks aloud, abruptly.
“What honey?” You ask, rifling through the closet, tossing some clothes onto the end of the bed for him.
“The house.” He says nervously, palms gone clammy for a minute. “You know, do you think it’s nice?”
He hopes you do, hopes Henry does.
Hopes the social workers does.
Hopes the judge does.
But most importantly, he hopes you do.
“It’s a gorgeous home, Charlie. I was impressed even when it was empty, but you know that.” You reply.
And of course he knows that, because you were there with him when he bought it, the house. You were the one who helped him look for a month, when Nicole had made her grand return and served him the papers. They had to sell the house, he needed a new one, and you had helped him find this place.
“I bought it for you, for us.” Charlie says, and he doesn’t know if it’s the way he can just be so himself around you, or maybe it’s the fear of rejection that makes him so overly casual about it, he doesn’t know. But he doesn’t look at you when he buttons on a crisp white shirt, “I was hoping, after all of this, you and me and Henry…we could all live here. If it works out that way.”
“Do you really mean that?” You ask quietly, stunned.
“I really do.” Charlie swallows around his nerves, immediately rushing to say, “But I don’t want you to think I’m pushing you to do it or anything – ”
“You’re not being pushy.” You shake your head, sitting down on the edge of the bed, lightly picking at nothing on the comforter before admitting, “I’d really love that. I’ve sort of, well. I’ve selfishly started thinking of this as my house too.”
“What will you do about your house in the old neighborhood?” Charlie tries tries tries not to jump and scream and shout with joy, tries to keep it cool, tries to keep himself rational. “I don’t want you to uproot yourself.”
“I’ve been thinking about selling it for a long time, to be honest.” You smile sadly.
“Really?” He frowns, the very thought of you being too far away making him nervous, worried.
“Yeah, I’ve sort of outgrown it.” You shrug, blinking away tears of relief at Charlie’s want of you, “I wasn’t thinking of moving far away or anything! But just into a bigger space, a blank canvas. Somewhere with an office. I’m so tired of working at the dining room.”
“There’s space here, you could have an office here.” Charlie says, tucking his shirt into freshly ironed pants.
“I could.” You say with a smile, you ironed those pants.
“I love you.” Charlie says, simply because he has to.
“I love you too.” You reply, because you can. And then, when Charlie’s all dressed, you lean in for one more kiss, one that Charlie lets himself get lost in, before you pull away with a devious smile and a, “Go get Henry.”
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I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new
And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
You’re in a damn good mood, in the kitchen. There’s music playing off the bluetooth speaker, volume turned up high enough that it fills the whole house as you cook up a storm. While Charlie had napped off the pain from his stitches, you’d browsed the internet for the most impressive recipes you could think of.
Nothing too flashy, nothing that says you were trying too hard, but definitely something nicer than a simple box meal, or something. You wanted this social worker to see how well cared for Henry was, home cooked meals and maybe if he’s good, there’s a chocolate cake you need to frost cooling by the oven.
You whistle along to bright jazz, trumpets and saxophones harmonizing with the sizzle snap crackle pop of spices and vegetables in the skillet, fat rendering away into thick sauces for this grand dinner.
You’re wearing a nice outfit, made sure Charlie had been dressed nice too. You knew how important this was for him, you knew how important it was to come across as put together as possible. Henry had a good thing going here, you needed to prove to her. He had a huge house, all his toys. Friends from school could come over and play in the backyard, you and Charlie would be there to make them all food the way that you did when Nicole was gone and away for those six months.
This wasn’t about you, you shake the thought from your head. No matter how idyllic of a picture it painted, you knew you were here to help make the case for Charlie, for Henry. You loved them both so deeply, cared about them so much, you had to help. You can think about being a family together again after Charlie wins the case, after Charlie is told he can officially keep his son.
Because isn’t that what you had become, a family?
The kitchen smells incredible, and you’re thanking the insanely long recipe for that, thanking the random food blogger you had stumbled upon.
You add a pinch more salt, before wiping your hands down on the kitchen towel that’s slung over your shoulder the way Charlie tends to do. The music is loud and happy, and you’re in a good mood – until you hear the doorbell ring.
Shit! You think to yourself, casting a glance to the clock above the oven. It’s only four o’clock, you hadn’t been expecting anyone until five at the earliest. You scramble to get yourself presentable, calling out, “Just a second!”
You make sure that the stove is set low enough that nothing burns in the few minutes that you need to step away from it, slipping your feet into short heeled house shoes, smoothing down your hair. You make your way through the big gorgeous house and open the door, smiling at a woman in a nice grey pant-suit.
“Hello, my name is Katherine Gonzales, is this the residence of Mr. Charlie Barber?” The social worker checks her clipboard, clearly surprised that you’re there.
“It is! Please forgive me, we weren’t anticipating you until a little later, Charlie’s just picking Henry up from school now.” You offer her a hand to shake and a warm smile, “My name is (Y/F/N) (Y/L/N), please come in, make yourself comfortable.”
You stand to the side and she steps into the house, you close the door behind her. You wince, the music is still so loud, and you quickly pull out your phone to try and lower the volume. You hope you don’t look as frazzled as you feel, as you walk her back to the kitchen.
“Ms. (L/N) – ” Katherine starts, but you laugh good-naturedly.
“Please, call me (Y/N).” You ask, halfway wanting to make that old Ms. L/N was my mother, joke, but thinking better of it.
“Of course, (Y/N).” Katherine corrects herself, standing kind of awkwardly in the kitchen. “Pardon my bluntness, but I wasn’t aware you’d be part of the evening.”
“I’m very sorry, it was a last minute decision. Henry asked that I be here, and well.” You assumed your spot by the stove, giving the stir-fry a nice zhuzh so the vegetables don’t get too charred. “I didn’t think it’d be fair to say no to him, during all this.”
“I understand. And are you and Mr. Barber…?” Katherine prompts, making your heart flutter.
“Oh just friends.” You lie easily. It was an easy lie to make of course, you’d made it a thousand times over the course of a year and a half, “I used to live next door before he moved into this house. Ever since the separation, I’ve been helping out. It takes a village, and all that.”
“That it does.” Katherine concedes, looking around the house.
She’s got a great poker face, if she’s impressed you can’t tell. But how could someone not be? With the open floor plan and high vaulted ceilings, the chandeliers, the tall wide windows that let the light spill in beautifully?
“Can I offer you anything to drink? Really I’m so sorry, they should be here any minute.” You say, checking the clock again.
“If you had any bottled water?” Katherine smiles apologetically but you nod happily, go over to the fridge.
“I’m afraid I’ve only got sparkling, is that alright?” You pull out a bottle of Perrier, and thankfully, she’s the kind of person who drinks that sort of thing.
“Yes of course.” She accepts it with a, “Thank you. Do you cook dinner for Charlie and Henry often?”
You smile about the thought, about cooking for them. The truth of the matter was yes, you did. For six months you all cooked together, ate dinners together nearly every day. In many ways, this felt like falling back into the old routine, the comfort of familiarity making you smile some more.
“Sometimes, yeah. I work from home, this house is only ten minutes away from their old house where I live, so it’s easy for me to help out.” You try to appear as only a good friend, nothing more. You wouldn’t do that to Charlie, you think, you wouldn’t compromise this with your own musings. The timer dings then, and you happily pull out an appetizer from the oven, transferring it to a serving platter on the island. “Here, please have whatever you’d like.”
“I already ate, really I’m fine.” Katherine says out of politeness, but you see right through her.
“Oh but I made it special.” You frown, looking at the beautifully crispy bubbly cheesey dip.
“Well if you insist.” Katherine smiles, and you smile, and you think that maybe she’s only so severe because she has to be, maybe you’ll be okay, maybe you’ll get through this and on the other side there’ll be some positive news.
Katherine has had exactly three tortilla chips when the front door opens and the comforting peace of the kitchen is disrupted by the loud sounds of laughter.
“Ha! I win!” Henry is out of breath from it, bright belly laughs that immediately bring a smile to your face.
“Oh no you don’t -- !” You hear Charlie reply, and then some sort of playful scuffle.
“That must be them, they always race to the front door.” You explain to Katherine who is already writing down stuff on her clipboard, already making notes.
“Hey something smells good.” Henry bounds into the kitchen, throws his arms around your middle for a hug and a, “Hi (Y/N)!”
“Heyheyhey, shoes off.” Charlie calls after him by the front door, his voice stern yet kind. You can imagine him running a hand through his hair, toeing out of his own sneakers.
Henry gives you an exaggerated look that’s got you stifling a laugh as he steps out of his shoes and runs them back to the front door in just his socks, before coming back into the kitchen.
“Hi kiddo, how was school today?” You greet him properly as you let him peer into the skillet for what they’re having.
“It was good – hi, I’m Henry.” He takes notice of the social worker finally, offers her a hand to shake in the way that you know he must’ve learned from Charlie.
“Hi Henry nice to meet you, don’t mind me I’ll just be over here.” Katherine takes his hand and gives it a firm shake.
Kids always had a funny way of showing their manners, you think as Henry does just ignore her and turn back to you immediately upon the permission to do so.
“I was asking dad if I could enter the science fair this year, would you help me?” He asks, eyes wide. His hair is getting long, you think, because he keeps blowing it out from his eyes.
“Science fair huh? What sort of experiment are we thinking?” You ask happily, tending to dinner.
“Something with legos, dad says there’s tons of stuff to do with them.” Henry goes to the fridge and gets water from the filter, chugs it down. You smile and shake your head, they really must have ran ran to the door this time.
“Why don’t you go set the table and we talk about it while we eat.” Charlie hints as he comes into the kitchen, looking handsome as all hell. He too shakes the social worker’s hand, voice warm when he greets her. “Hello, pleasure to meet you.”
“Katherine Gonzales, you must finally be Mr. Barber.” Katherine smiles, and Charlie winces.
“I’m sorry, if I had known you’d be here earlier I’d’ve – ” He starts, but Katherine only waves it away.
“Not to worry. (Y/N) was keeping me company.” She says kindly, before taking her purse and clipboard. “But really, just go about your business as usual. I’ve got to just do a little walk through of the place before dinner, you won’t know I’m here.”
Charlie nods, and when Katherine is out of sight, he sidles up next to you, wraps his arms around you from behind for a moment. He steals the softest kiss against your cheek before stepping away and asking, “How can I help?”
“Nah there’s nothing to do, why don’t you and Henry go wash up?” You ask after him, “How’s your arm feeling?”
“Stings but I’m okay.” He swoops down for one more secret kiss that has you laughing, has you pushing him off of you playfully in case Katherine comes back and sees. He grins, is in a good mood as he claps his hands together and goes into the dining room, “Henry! Great job honey, come on we need to wash our hands otherwise we’ll get sick, let’s go.”
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Later, when everyone is washed up and dinner is served, the three of you sit at the dining table. Charlie, being big man of the house and all, sits at the head, with you and Henry on either side. You don’t know where Katherine has gone, but you know she must be close by watching, listening. You and Charlie had both been worried that maybe Henry would act differently, or strangely with her being there, but it seems as though he’s already forgotten about her.
Or at least, for the moment.
“Alright so tell me about this science fair.” You smile as Henry serves himself a big helping of potatoes.
“Um, I know what I want to do but I’m worried about it and messing it up so I was wondering if you and dad would help me.” He says apprehensively, and you frown.
“Why worried, because of the reading?” You ask softly, not wanting to upset him.
“Yeah.” Henry sighs, pushing a fingerling potato around on his plate.
“Has someone been giving you trouble about it?” Charlie frowns now too, concerned, wondering why Henry didn’t say anything earlier.
“There’s this girl, Jenny Henderson. She was making fun of me in the library today during media.” Henry explained, and you and Charlie immediately look at one another.
“Is Jenny in your class?” Charlie asks, jaw clenching, already wanting to get up and call the teacher, wanting to call someone.
“No, she’s in the gifted class.” Henry shakes his head, takes a big sip of water.
“Was she saying anything to you or just…?” You prompt gently.
“She pointed and laughed to her friends.” Henry looks at you, and then at Charlie, and then back down at his plate, voice very small when he says, “And then her friends laughed. She called me dumb.”
Charlie puts down his silverware with enough seriousness that Henry looks up at him with wet eyes.
“You are not dumb. Everyone learns at their own pace, and everything has their own strengths. So what if Jenny Henderson can read more advanced books? That doesn’t make her better than you. And in fact, because she made you feel bad about it, means that she’s definitely not better than you.” Charlie goes to get up, puts his napkin on the table. “I’m going to call up the school and – ”
“No!” Henry says suddenly, “No don’t, that’ll only make things worse.”
You and Charlie look at each other, torn with what to do.
“Honey we aren’t going to sit by and do nothing. She needs to know that there are consequences for her actions. People aren’t allowed to make others feel bad like that.” You say, and remembering how often kids made you feel like garbage at school, knowing Charlie must remember it too. You don’t want that for him, neither of you do.
“But what if she gets mad?” Henry asks sadly.
“Then you tell me, and I’ll handle it, okay?” Charlie says seriously, wanting his son to know that he’ll always be there for him. Charlie sits back down, puts the napkin back on his lap, picks up his silverware again. “How about I wait until Monday, we can call together.”
“Okay.” Henry nods, feeling infinitely better already. You can tell just by the way he’s not hunched in on himself, sitting upright and actually eating happily.
“Since it’s Friday, what do you say we leave homework until tomorrow and do something fun after dinner?” Charlie asks, to get him into a better mood.
“Can we start the project? I can go get my legos!” Henry perks up immediately, looking between the two of you.
“That sounds like a plan to me – but heyheyhey finish your dinner, (Y/N) worked hard on it.” Charlie chuckles as Henry nearly gets up to go bolt.
He sits back down with a sheepish smile, but you only give him a friendly wink to let him know it’s all okay.
No matter what, it’s all okay.
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Charlie steels himself for this, for the grilling.
Nora has approached the stand and is walking back and forth in front of it with her hands steepled together like he’s got something up her sleeve. Charlie doesn’t like it, and neither do you.
But you’re strong, so much stronger than Nora expects.
“What were you doing there that evening to begin with, Ms. (L/N)?” She asks you.
“Henry asked me to be there, so I went.” You reply easily.
“If you’re just a babysitter, why did Henry want you there?” She counters.
“If I may speak frankly, I spent a lot of time around Mr. Barber and his son when Mrs. Barber abandoned them.” You try not to feel insulted, Charlie tries not to feel insulted for you, but that barb hits Nora, hits Nicole deep.
“Abandoned is a – ” Nora starts, but you’re not having any of it.
“For six months while she was off galivanting around Los Angeles with not even so much as a phone call, Mr. Barber needed someone to help him get adjusted. We didn’t know if Nico—if Mrs. Barber, would ever come back, and I wasn’t going to stand by and watch them struggle.” You say coldly.
“Struggle how?” Nora turns it on you, twists your words. “Are you saying Mr. Barber was unequipped to raise his son on his own?”
“I’m saying it’s not easy to adapt when you’re blindsided the way he was, equipped or not. Given no warning, no notice, nothing. I heard the argument when she left, in the middle of the night in the pouring rain. He’s my friend, I wasn’t going to make him go through that alone.” Your gaze is hard, and it’s a shame, Charlie thinks. Maybe in another life, you and this lawyer could have been good friends, you both match each other’s wits.
“Did you or Mr. Barber ever think to reach out to Mrs. Barber?” Nora points out.
“I can’t speak on behalf of Mr. Barber, but why would I want anything to do with someone who abandons their family?” You raise an eyebrow.
Nora’s jaw works, and then she turns to Nicole. Charlie does too, tries to read their mental exchange. Nicole gives the slightest hint of a nod, and he wonders if the judge sees it, if the judge sees anything at all.
“In those six months, did you witness anything happen to Henry while he was under Charlie’s care?” Nora asks, but Jay is standing up before you can answer.
“Objection, leading.” Jay calls.
“Overruled, the answer is important.” The judge dismisses it, and dread slips into Charlie’s stomach.
“Not to my knowledge, no.” You reply, trying to keep your tone light.
“Did Mr. Barber do anything reckless in those six months, that could pose as a danger to Henry?” Nora continues.
“No.” You don’t budge.
“What about in the two months that Mrs. Barber has been in communication with Mr. Barber?” She knows, somehow she knows about his arm.
“I don’t – ” You start, but she gets in your face.
“Did Mr. Barber do anything reckless in the two months that Mrs. Barber has been back in communication? It’s a very simple question.” Nora presses.
You and Charlie look at each other, and even though it’s been weeks, even though he’s fully healed up now, you both know you have to mention it, you’re under oath, you have to.
“There was an accident.” You say softly, very softly.
“What sort of accident?” Nora blinks, as if she doesn’t know exactly what she’s doing.
“He cut himself, but it was nothing serious, he only needed a couple stitches – ” You rush to say, and Nora gasps in mock concern.
“Stitches? My god, what did he do to cut himself deep enough to require stitches?” She asks, pushing pushing pushing you.
“I – well Mrs. Barber got him a – ” You start, and even though he’s starting to spiral, he loves you so much, loves you for trying to save him, even now, even here.
He doesn’t know if he deserves to be saved, but here you are, trying trying trying, fighting for him.
“Ms. (L/N). What did Mr. Barber do?” Nora asks, all pretense gone, nothing but a vicious lawyer.
“He used to have a thing, where he’d pretend to cut his arm with a boxcutter, but he’d retract the blade so he wouldn’t be hurt, to make it look like he was invincible.” You say through nearly grit teeth.
“You mean to tell me, Mr. Barber joked about self-harming oneself in front of his young, impressionable son?” Nora scoffs.
Charlie’s blood rushes in his ears, his hands sweat, he’s dizzy. He reaches for a glass of water that’s near the little desk he sits behind, and he’s almost afraid he’s going to drop it, hands too slippery.
“No! it wasn’t – ” You try, only to be interrupted again.
“What if Henry got a box cutter himself and didn’t think to retract the blade, and next time it was him who had to get stitches, or worse?” Nora says, and those are perfectly good arguments, which is why he doesn’t do that anymore, why he got rid of the fucking knife, why he --
“Henry’s not allowed to handle sharp objects – ” You speak, trying to backtrack, trying to fix this mess.
“Maybe so, but children emulate their parents, don’t they? And Henry looks up to Mr. Barber, doesn’t he? Is it not outside the realm of possibility, that he might take Mr. Barber’s boxcutter and do the ‘trick’ on himself?” Nora’s voice remains calm and maybe that’s the most infuriating part, Charlie thinks.
He wants to scream.
It’s tense, in the courtroom, so tense.
You and Nora look at one another, a stare-down that’s going to result in an answer one way or another.
Charlie hates her, hates Nicole.
God he hates her.
Especially when she’s the one who thought the trick was so fucking funny in the first place.
“It’s not outside the realm of possibility, no.” You say softly, not able to lie, not here, not now.
“And that would be considered quite reckless behavior, would it not?” Nora asks.
“Mr. Barber is a good person, and a good father, and that was one accident.” You shake your head.
“All it takes is once, Ms. (L/N), and from the way it sounds, this happened more than once. I wonder how many other funny tricks Mr. Barber showed Henry. No further questions, your honor.” Nora pats the wood of the witness stand before returning to her side of the courtroom, and you are asked to leave.
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Charlie floats through the rest of the character witnesses. Nicole has brought someone in, some guy. Charlie doesn’t know who he is, he doesn’t care. He’s too wrapped up in his own head, too stunned that Nicole would have told Nora about that.
He’s got one more day, one more chance in this trial to prove his case, one more. And then that’s it. And then the judge decides.
He’s going to have to play dirtier, going to let Jay dig up as much as he can on this serpent of a woman he shared a decade of his life with, her and her crocodile tears.
Tears so unlike yours, when later after they’ve been dismissed, your face is streaked with hot salt as Charlie collects you in his arms there in the lobby.
“I’m so—I’m sorry.” You whisper out a little sob, tuck yourself against his neck as he moves you both out of sight. The lawyers are talking about going out for drinks later, and Charlie wants to scream.
How can they be so civil, when they’re tearing his life apart?
“Don’t you dare, don’t you apologize.” Charlie says, soothes you, whispers into your hair, “You did nothing wrong.”
Charlie catches Nicole’s eyes from across the lobby, and she sees the two of you embracing in the comfort of one another, your suits creasing from it.
He stares at her hard, hopes she can feel the venom he has for her. She turns away, hurries down the steps and out the front door of the courthouse, off to who the fuck knows where.
Charlie doesn’t care, not when he’s got you right here, in your pretty court clothes and your heart thudding against his. He doesn’t care, only rubs calming circles on your back, tries to get your tears to subside. You both have to go pick up Henry from school after all this, it won’t do to be salt-stained.
It’s the only reason he’s not a mess right now.
Well, that and you.
“I’m sorry.” You say again, but Charlie shakes his head, and when the two of you step apart enough to look into each other’s eyes, he assures you and reassures you,
“You didn’t do anything wrong.”
You nod, and you walk out of the courthouse, hands brushing but not quite holding onto one another.
He’ll ask you to stay again, he’ll ask, and you will, and it’ll all be okay.
Won’t it?
He passes justice with her scales and her blindfold, and now…now he’s not so sure.
The way you look up at him with sad eyes, he’s not so sure.
I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You've kept my love so young, so new
And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
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AVALANCE AU
AU: Sara is attending CU Boulder, she plays soccer and lives with her teammate Zari and childhood best friend Ray. Ray’s best friend with Nate but Nate is in a frat. Charlie is on the team and has a massive crush on Zari who has a massive crush on Nate. Ava attends CU Boulder as well, she plays basketball, she’s lives with her best friend Nora. Gary is friends and is in the same frat as Nate, has a massive crush on Ava but will soon have a sexual awakening.
Part 9/? The Game I Was Talking About The Game
“You’ve got to admit she’s really good,” Charlie tries to make conversation as the game finishes. Boulder wins their first scrimmage which Ava loves because she’s as competitive as they come.
“Right Sara?” Zari looks at Sara who is still sitting down in a bit of shock. A shock that for once she is actually enjoying basketball game and that nobody else has gotten her attention but Ava.
“Yeah, c’mon we’ve got a party to go to.” Sara gets up from the chair and starts to head for the exit.
“Wait why dont we go say hi?” Zari pulls Sara back and heads towards a welcoming Nora and a nervous Gary “Hey guys,” Charlie awkwardly greets digging her hands down deep into her pockets
“Hey guys glad you could make it, what’d you think?” Nora smiles knowing that Ava will soon come out from the locker room
“It was good, they’ve got a lot of fans don't they?” Zari jokes
“Yeah actually, its crazy how much people love basketball--Ava hey!” Nora smiles and waves Sara immediately stiffens.
“Hey guys, Z, Charlie---Hi Sara.” Ava fixes her hair and joins the group circle
“So basically, when people say ball is life--you actually meant it” Zari puts her hand up for a high-five. Ava chuckles and nods, “You could say that” she adds
“Alright good game, Nora I was wondering if I could pick your brain about that one class we’ve got all together.” Zari lies and everyone seems to catch up on what she is hinting at
“Of course, we’ll meet you guys outside” Nora smirks, Z and Charlie wink and Gary fan girls not so subtly
“That felt like a set up” Ava chuckles as they start walking to where there friends
“You’re telling me, when we’re you going to mention that you were the star player? Let alone have two awards for being the athlete of the month by gatorade?” Sara makes conversation hoping that Ava finally takes her bait
“When we’re you going to tell me? I saw the big banner of you, Charlie, Zari and 2 other people but I saw you Sara. You were right in the middle.”
“Oh is that so? Because last time I check I wasn’t nominated nor did I win an award.”
“We’re doing this? Fine I'm going to look you up right now-” Ava pulls out her phone and types in Sara’s name “L A N C E right?”
“Wai--wait a minute.” Sara tries to take her phone away by reaching over to Ava. But Ava simply pushes herself up against Sara while creating some distance between Sara and the arm with her phone in it. The girls chuckle for a while and Sara had the urge to kiss Ava but shakes her head.
“You won't find much.” Sara pulls away and puts her hand in her pockets
“Funny because-” Ava clears her throat to recover from the moment they shared “-It says you were the first freshman to be voted as captain, every summer since college you’ve trained with the US national women's team. What’s that about Lance?”
“I--look its not that big of a deal. I’m just happy we’re finally having a conversation.” Sara smiles knowing how she missed her and Ava’s playful banter even though they’d only known each other for a week
“Are you telling me you missed me?”
“ You are good. You are so good--the game---I was talking about the game.” Sara stutters trying to recover knowing that she wasn't talking about sex.
“I think you’ve already mentioned that but thanks, thank you for coming to my scrimmage.”
“I actually enjoyed myself-”
“Why do you sound shock?”
“I don’t know, I love sports and all but I never clicked with basketball”
“Did I sway you?”
“Not you personally but the game was definitely good.”
“Ah--alright what are you doing right now?”
“Heading--to--why?”
“Well seeing that you took me to a party, its only fair you come to one of mine. Right guys?” Ava turns to their friends seeing that they’ve finally caught up
“Right about what?” Gary wonders
“They should come to a party with us since we went to a party with them last weekend.”
“Yes! We’re going to Kappa Sigma” Sara stops in her tracks hearing that familiar frat house
“Wait why there?” Sara wonders
“Some of the girls on the team are “dating” some of the brothers. So are you down?” Ava looks at Sara who seems a bit unsure but surprisingly replies with a nod.
“Great I’ll see you in an hour. C’mon guys.” Ava waves goodbye and the two follow them
“What was that all about? You were so confident and honestly hot.” Gary rambles earning weird looks from the two girls
“You just had to make it weird didn't you?” Ava jokes ignoring what Gary said
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At the party ;)
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RNM 2x13 - Mr. Jones
EPISODE SUMMARY:
SEASON FINALE — Having realized that a deadly threat has infiltrated CrashCon, the busiest event of the year, Liz (Jeanine Mason) realizes that she can’t save everyone she loves — and with Max (Nathan Dean) facing immediate danger, she and Isobel must make a heart-wrenching choice. Meanwhile, Michael (Michael Vlamis) finds himself caught up in the conflict between Jesse (Trevor St. John) and Alex (Tyler Blackburn) once again, even as Maria’s (Heather Hemmens) life hangs in the balance elsewhere, and Kyle (Michael Trevino) faces a moral dilemma when the enemy requires medical attention. Jeffrey Hunt directed the episode written by Christopher Hollier & Carina Adly MacKenzie (#213). Original airdate 6/15/2020.
DETAILS:
The episode opens with Isobel trying to hold back the fire. They don't actually show Rosa convincing Liz to go stop the explosion. But she runs up to Isobel and explains her science:
"I have to activate the ingredients first, but once I introduce my solution to the system it should kill the cellular matrix."
Liz literally squirts the console with her "solution".
Rosa is doing CPR on Max and praying. Max wakes up just as Kyle runs up. Immediately Max directs Kyle to Flint instead of himself. It's interesting. When Max previously killed with his hand, in 1x06, he instantly knew that he killed the drifter. This time he wasn't sure (and he didn't. We eventually learn). Rosa and Kyle take Flint to the hospital.
Meanwhile Helena is saving Charlie's life.
"Jesse Manes was the only one supposed to get hurt."
Which is...not what happened. Jesse, Flint, Max, Maria...even Liz got hurt. She burned her hand on the console.
Maria is being rolled into the hospital. She got there really really fast. Cam is by her side.
Liz is still squirting her solution onto the console. It turns red. Liz asks Isobel to get people away but Isobel refuses to leave Liz alone.
Jesse, Greg, Michael, and Alex are still mid-standoff.
"Gregory, listen. You and I have had our differences in the past, but you should stand with me now."
"You're not well, Dad."
Jesse hits Gregory with the atomizer and appears to knock him out. He tries to shoot Michael, but Alex tackles him.
"Guerin, get the atomizer! Get it away from my brother!"
"Alex, I can't."
Jesse gets the upper hand in the fistfight with Alex and steals Alex's gun. Turns to shoot Michael again.
Liz makes more solution and squirts more of it on the console. This time it starts to crack. Isobel pulls Liz to safety and the console shrivels and dies.
The dying console just doesn't work as well in still form, so @maxortecho giffed it for me! Thank you!! 😘
Max runs up to them.
"You disabled it. You saved everyone."
"Is Flint dead? Did you kill him?"
He looks at Liz with some heavy heart eyes for her being the hero. She looks at him with fear.
Back to the Maneses and Michael. Jesse has a gun on Michael. Michael has the atomizer.
"Drop it, Guerin. Drop it!"
There's a gunshot. Jesse Manes falls and Michael has blood on his face. Gregory shot Jesse from behind.
"I should have defended you from him a long time ago."
"There are no more Manes men left."
Jesse dies.
Indeterminant time jump. Liz is late for work.
"Sorry, Javi. I just...I haven't really been sleeping."
"You've said that every day since CrashCon. You still having nightmares? …Did you read the papers this morning."
"Oh, I've kind of been trying to avoid the papers."
"Did you hear about that veteran who died at the carnival? They're going to have a parade, build a statue. Did you know he was disabled?"
Customers at the counter are discussing CrashCon:
"The CrashCon discourse is saying aliens invaded and killed the guy."
"That should be good for tourism."
"Newspaper said it was smoke inhalation though."
"He was making sure all the kids got out safely and the smoke overwhelmed him."
"We need more people like him."
Soooo much to unpack here. And most of it is addressed by Helena and Rosa's exchange at the end of the episode. But the big question to me is… who is spreading the rumors and covering this up? Is it Flint? Is he even well enough to take the lead on that? Is it someone else with Project Shepherd that we haven't met? The mayor? I mean, Jesse was shot! There was a lot of blood! Plus, remember what happened in 1x11 and 1x12: it's a small town. People notice gunshots.
Liz goes to take a table's order and, surprise! It's Diego. Who had gone back to Denver after CrashCon. He brought Dr. Margot Meyerson to Roswell to meet Liz.
Michael is visiting Maria at the hospital:
"What are you doing?"
"Oh they cut your bracelet off during surgery. How are you? You look better."
"Liz has been dropping by every day to inject me with witch serum."
"Ooh the synthetic nucleotide excision repair genomogenate? We're lucky you're only part alien, otherwise there wouldn't have been enough left of you for her to save."
"Listen, do you think you could use your telekinesis to open this box? Mimi left it when she visited. It's a family heirloom, but she forgot the key."
"Mimi hasn't exactly been leading you in the right direction lately. Her psychic visions led you toward a bomb instead of away from it. Seeing you like that -- all sick and pale and quiet -- I started praying."
Max and Isobel are at Max's house. Isobel is studying the photos of the console and alien symbols.
"I wish I understood why Louise and Nora would spend a year building an alien weapon of mass destruction."
"I don't think it was a bomb. I think it's a communication device. It's like a remote, you know, it just happens to be combustible."
"Are you mad at me, Max? Did I do something wrong? Is it that we're not related, or are you upset about the abortion? Because I…"
"Whoa, hey, God no."
"Because you're not talking to me."
"You're not the only one. I didn't want everyone to worry, you know, 'cause I've been taking some of Liz's antidote. And things are coming back to me. Little flashes, sort of, mostly. Like vague memories."
"Michael said that you kind of zoned out when you touched that alien bomb...remote thing. Did it trigger a memory?"
"When I touched the console, I heard whispers that I could almost understand. All right, it's like the same with those symbols. I mean it's like their meaning is just beyond reach. Except for one word. I took this from Graham Green's display at CrashCon. See that? It's an aerial photo of some crop circles from Roswell in 1948. This farm belonged to a guy called Jones. Pretty sure it says savior... This is my name. Maybe that means you and Michael's parents weren't the only ones that survived the crash. Right, maybe I had a family too. You know, maybe my mom was just across town."
"Max. I really wish that you could just focus on the present. You know, I mean, as a recently deceased man, I really feel like you should be enjoying the simple pleasures in life, you know, like reading nerdy books, the smell of leather, and that feeling when you wake up before your alarm and the person you love is still asleep and they're kind of snoring a little bit. It's like the best thing that ever happened to you. Stuff like that."
"I want all those things too. But I feel like if I only know half of myself, I'm only half living. And I know you understand that, Iz, because I've watched you this year become your entire self. And it is so beautiful. Okay, I am not at all mad at you. Are you kidding me? I am so proud of you. I am so proud that you're my sister."
Michael and Alex in the shed. For all that the shed is such a key location in this show's canon this is the first time we've seen it since 1x06.
"Maria made me bring food over. I gave it to Gregory. Seems to be holding up okay."
"Everything my family touches turns to crap. My dad used to talk about how my Grandpa Harlan built this she'd with his bare hands when he was, like, seventy. For a long time it was my safest space. And the one night my dad destroyed it."
"You're right. This place sucks."
Michael and Alex start destroying the shed. In the next scene Michael breaks a floorboard revealing a skeleton. The skeleton is wearing dog tags, so Alex grabs them. In his shirt pocket Michael spots and grabs the key to Maria's box. The tags say Eugene Manes III. So this is Tripp's body. Which confirms for Alex that his grandfather killed Tripp.
Max and Liz are walking in the plaza.
"I don't understand the violence, Max. Flint could have had brain damage given how long he wasn't breathing. You risked your life to hurt him and he had already thrown the weapon away, Max, so why? I can't get that image out of my head. You trying to kill Alex's brother."
"I know. I snapped. Last year Noah told me that we were energized by killing and not by healing. Even then I knew he was right. I… Obviously I can usually fight that, but I guess this time my better angels just didn't show up."
"We have to stop keeping secrets from each other, Max. There's a scientist in town. She's a supervisor at Genoryx. She has a job for me in California. She's offered to sponsor my dad's citizenship. And it could put me in a position to help Rosa too. I mean, I'd be able to do a lot of good with the grant money they're offering, and I know that all sounds too good to be true, but…"
"It sounds like someone finally realizes how valuable your mind is."
"I think that a change of scenery will be so good for us. I mean, we could get a place by the beach and you could write."
"You want me to come with you?"
"Of course I do."
"Well, I mean, I just told you I have this killer instinct, and you want me to come to California with you."
"We'll figure it out. Okay? We'll figure all of it out together. Run away with me, Max Evans?"
"Anywhere."
Max goes to see Cam at work. She picks on him for getting arrested and has his mugshot as her desktop background because friends!
Max asks about Charlie.
"Yeah she texted me from a burner phone that she was all right and then she vanished again."
Max tells her that he has a doctor's appointment and then asks her to do some undercover work for him.
Michael visiting Maria at the hospital.
"So Alex thinks Harlan found out that Tripp was an alien sympathizer all that time and he offed him."
"So Mimi must have known that you would find it. That's why she left the box. Look, I know you don't trust my mom's visions, but I was the only one who could grab that atomizer and run with it. If it had been you, you'd be dead."
Maria takes off the bracelet.
"What are you doing? Maria, that prevents brain damage."
"I'm only part alien, but it is a part of me. Even if it's dangerous I can't just turn off a piece of myself."
"So I'm supposed to sit around helpless as you fade away? Maria, I cannot watch you disappear. I love you."
"I love you too."
"So can we just let this go?"
"You have it wrong. Mimi hasn't disappeared. Yes she can be inconvenient, she can make people uncomfortable, but maybe she's supposed to be an uncomfortable inconvenience that saves lives. And now I need to be inconvenient, and I don't want to be someone that hurts you. I think that we should find out what's next, apart from each other."
"Wait, so you think that if we break up, I'm gonna be able to stop caring about you?"
"I learned so much, being with you. You sacrificed yourself without hesitation when Alex needed you."
"I would have done the same for you."
"I know. I don't doubt your capacity for love, 'cause you made me so happy this year. And I loved being someone that made you happy. I just think that we should leave it be, before I wonder if someone else could make you happier. Open the box, Guerin. Let's see what comes next.
Skip forward to the Crashdown where Michael has the box in a booth with Alex and Isobel. He opens the box and pulled out a journal, which they in turn read aloud.
I did a separate post on the journal's content and the Tripp and Nora flashbacks here:
Kyle visits Steph in the hospital
"What do you think will happen?"
"What do you mean?"
"When I die, idiot."
"You know, Socrates thought that death was a blessing, because only one of two things could happen. Either consciousness ceases, and it's like falling into a dreamless sleep. Or you go to where all who have died before you have gone. Your loved ones, people you admire. If you lived a good and just life, you will be surrounded by goodness and justice, in a place without fear. Sorry. I thought a lot about this when my dad passed, so I…"
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I'm putting you through this again."
"No...I want to be here."
Liz interrupts them. She clearly wasn't expecting Kyle to be there and comments on Max's appointment. Kyle gets up to leave.
Diego and Margot are talking in the Wild Pony:
"I was very impressed with her work when we first pursued her, but when I met her today, not so much."
"Why? 'Cause she had a little ketchup on her uniform?"
Undercover!Jenna staggers up to them and spills her drink on them, tells Margot that she's beautiful, and plants a listening device.
"Anyway I think we should move on."
"Okay, wait a sec. Liz has been working on something recently, but she signed this NDA. Although I guess she can't be blamed if we took a peek, you know? Without permission."
The line that will haunt me for the next year. Kyle to Max while showing him what appears to be chest X-rays.
"You know what I'm saying here, right Max?"
Cameron calls:
"You were right. It is too good to be true. Diego just told some woman he can get her access to Liz's lab. He must have followed her there."
"Well, there's a security system."
"The way he's talking, it sounded like Diego's pretty certain he can get access. They just left here, Evans. You need to tell Liz to get anything incriminating out of there - now."
Max arrives at the lab and immediately sees that the security system was manufactured by Genoryx. He uses his powers to break the system and get into the lab. He quickly searches through all of Liz's records and then pours what appears to be gas or lighter fluid or some other flammable substance all over the place and then uses his powers to set a fire.
He listens to the notes on Liz's recorder, which by the way has 22 minutes of recording on it. Some of what we hear:
This is my record of the dissection of specimen NB.
... immunoglobulin harvested from alien DNA can be transferred to a human recipient.
Commence dissection of the dorsal side of the spinal nerve.
I hypothesize that the female specimen's plasma…
Bracken's seminal cells indicate a pH level double that of a human counterpart.
I'm now extracting the grey matter to measure alien voxel signals.
Note that Max doesn't seem to have any chest pain this time when he uses his powers.
Right as Diego and Margot show up the lab explodes.
Max comes home to find Michael and Isobel waiting for him. He's clearly exhausted and upset after the lab.
"Can whatever this is wait until tomorrow?"
"Jones? That's the guy who grew the crop circles in the shape of my name."
"Nope. We spent the day reading Tripp Manes' journal. Caffeinate, Max... Okay, so, when I asked Sanders about this photo of Nora, he said he didn't know whose hand this was. He was all, Mr. Bernhardt, Mr. Jones, Old Man Gibbons. Could've been anybody."
"Ten points to Hufflepuff."
"So in October '48, Nora decided not to finish building the ship with Louise. She decided to go to the reservation with Tripp."
"But then little Walt convinced her to go to the fall festival, where after successfully avoiding him for a year, she finally ran into the alien stowaway who had crashed the ship. He'd been masquerading as a farmer."
"Mr. Jones."
"Tripp saw Jones approach Nora, and he recognized him from the night of the crash, but he didn't have a chance to ask Nora about it before Harlan called for a raid on the farm."
"Yeah. And after the massacre, Jones was never heard from again. Crop circles were all that was left."
"If you were in hiding, why would you grow corn in the shape of an alien symbol?"
"Maybe they just grew that way. It's the same way that this symbol just shows up everywhere, you know?"
Michael reveals his tattoo and it's the first time Max has seen it.
"Wait, when did..?"
"Oh, I got it when we weren't sure if you were coming back. It didn't feel like it was ever gonna be the same again."
"All right. There. Now can we all cowboy up and focus, please? Let's feel our feelings after we've solved the mystery of the unknown alien. After the raid on the farm, Nora was held by Project Shepherd."
Note...not actually accurate. Michael didn't get the tattoo until Max was out of surgery.
See Journal and Flashbacks post for the flashback.
Jenna and Charlie reunite. Relevant quote to remember:
Liz and Rosa find the destroyed lab. Liz sees the fractal burn that indicates that Max is the one that destroyed it.
"I fought so hard to become who I am, and I just trade her in every time I get scared? No. I don't want to be on the run anymore."
Back to Max's house:
"Whatever happened to that thing that she and Louise were building out in the desert? I mean, did she ever tell him where it was or what it was?"
"Nope. And when Tripp asked Louise about it, she was silent."
Liz walks in and interrupts.
"Why'd you do it, Max?"
They go into the bedroom to fight.
"I'd been asking you for weeks to clear out that lab, okay? I knew it wasn't safe."
"Alex installed a military-grade security system."
"A system designed by Genoryx, okay? Diego could have hacked it. He could already know everything."
"And his nefarious plan is to what? Set us up with a condo in L.A.? Give my family a second chance?"
"Okay, I have a family to protect too."
"Yes, and you could have stopped Diego without destroying a year of my work!"
"I had to act fast."
"So your first instinct was to go with the one method that would break my heart?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking about your heart when I'm staring at jars with Noah's liver and his brain. I mean, what else did you harvest from us, Liz?"
"Those are just cells. I wasn't hurting anyone. I don't know what you thought love was gonna be like when we were 17, but it isn't just sunsets and horseback rides."
"You can't put this all on me. Okay you were sneaking around behind my back…"
"I apologized. I stopped. Max, you died this year. I was all alone because of a choice that you made, but still every single thing I did was for you and about you and with you. So when you were back, when I could finally touch you. When I could finally breathe. I needed to take just one moment to remember where I end and where you begin. To just be whole in who I am. I am a scientist. I am fighting for something that is bigger than me. I am trying to leave this world a better place. And I am in love with you. And right now, I hate it."
Liz leaves and Max takes another dose of the antidote.
Time jump. No idea how long or what has happened in between. Liz and Rosa on the Crashdown roof saying goodbyes.
"Dad is checking your oil and making sure you have enough chile...also you left this in our room. Mom's been texting."
"Trying to come up with a better response than, go duck yourself… You should come with me. The Ortecho sisters take California."
"I wish. But I can't. I'm going back to rehab tonight. I want to see the program through. Sorry."
"Don't be. It's the best possible thing you could have said."
"You know… Max should be your road trip buddy. You love him. You're gonna forgive him. Besides, we both know if you try to leave town without him again, he's just gonna show up with some big, grand romantic gesture to stop you."
Open mic night at the Pony. Alex and Kyle have a drink together.
"So how does it feel to have your father's murder officially avenged?."
"Feels like my dad's still dead. Flint should be okay. He'll live to become the new Jesse Manes."
"No he won't. I'm not gonna let it happen."
"After everything you still believe in redemption?"
"Well, I have a pretty good example of it right in front of me."
Alex sings his song. Michael, Isobel, Greg, and Forrest are all there listening.
Flash to Kyle going to Steph's hospital room. The bed is empty...because she's up doing her makeup, her hands steady.
"Your hands are better. Did they give you morphine?"
"I woke up this morning feeling incredible. Look at my chart. My numbers are up. It's a miracle."
"Or just really good science."
Liz is preparing to leave, her suitcase beside her in the empty Crashdown as she stands at the juke box one last time. Kyle runs in.
"What you did was reckless. And dangerous. And unethical, Liz. Thank you."
Back at the Wild Pony, Michael watches Forrest listening to Alex sing. He turns to leave. Isobel tries to stop him.
"It's a sad story, me and Alex. I have to walk away so we can start a new one someday. It's not our time right now."
"But it will be."
"I think so."
Rosa walks up to a bar. She hesitates before going in, her hands shaking.
Liz buckles into her car, ready to leave. She looks in the rearview window and waits. She's clearly expecting Max to come. But he's at home studying his alien symbols. She gives in and pulls away, leaving Roswell. Her season ends with her looking out over the ocean.
Alex finishes his song and Greg and Forrest are still there and are proud of him.
"Well, damn. How do you feel?"
"Like I just sang a song about a guy in front of a bunch of cowboys, and...I don't care."
"Oh, lucky guy, with a song like that."
"Yeah it was a long time ago…can I?"
Alex and Forrest kiss.
Rosa walks into the bar. Helena is there.
"If you came to tell me what I did wrong, your sister already texted."
"Did you get what you wanted, Mom? Is your score finally settled?"
"No. I wanted everyone to see Jesse Manes humiliated and weak. I wanted him to die knowing shame. But the papers say it was a tragedy. People like him - bad white men - they die heroes, no matter what they've done. People like us - we die villains."
"Yeah I know. I've done it. But I also got a second chance. So I get to leave a different legacy. The last time that I saw you, I said that I hated you. That's not true. I love you, Mom."
"I love you too, mija."
"I also told you to leave and I was right about that. Liz was free and it should have stayed that way. Manes is gone. There is no revenge to be had. No closure and no redemption. Don't come back, mom. Don't bother Liz again. I really hope you get better. Maybe you can have a second chance too."
Another possible time jump. Michael and Isobel pull up to where Max is out in the desert.
"How'd you guys find me?"
"Freaky twin thing. What's going on?"
"I took more of the antidote. Sorry, I should have called you guys."
"Save it. We are sick of being pissed at you for being so obnoxiously yourself. Why you look so scared?"
Pod Squad is investigating a cave. There's a door or opening covered by alien text with the alien symbol on it. It sorta looks like there's something behind it.
"Um, well, when I touched the alien console at the fair, something happened. I heard whispers that I couldn't understand...until now. I think when I touched it I unlocked something... Like a cage? The whispers led me here. I know it sounds crazy, but would you guys help me find a tunnel?"
"It's sealed up."
"I feel like we should learn more before we just busy that door open."
"Yeah, you're probably right."
There's a knocking sound and a voice calls out.
"Help! Is someone there?"
"If Max unlocked something at CrashCon, whoever that is has been down here for days without…"
"I need water. Please."
"There has to be three."
Note that we now know which symbol represents each of them.
The door shatters and they all react (Isobel's face is priceless).
We flash back to the mysterious stowaway/alien hoodie dude/Jones. Louise fighting him. Now we can see that it's Max. Nora kneeling after the crash with the hand on her shoulder. It's Max's face. He attacks/burns the military men/Hector Valenti.
The stowaway/Jones looks exactly like Max. Only with a really bad beard.
"Howdy partner."
MUSIC:
1. Hootie & The Blowfish "Time"
2. Tyler Rich "Leave Her Wild"
3. Clay Rigdon "That Kinda Kiss"
4. Marc Danziesen "See Yourself"
5. Gloria Hart and Art Kassel "Frankie And Johnny"
6. The Score "Legend"
7. Sarah May Byrom "Rhythm Of A Memory"
8. Tyler Blackburn "Would You Come Home"
9. The Well Pennies "The Echo And The Shadow"
10. Valerie Broussard "Dark Side"
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thoughts on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 3x01-3x05 (I watch this show backwards, deal with it xD)
I’m loving watching Zari getting to know the team (and tricking them! LOL), being the outsider one, etc. Especially after how in s4 she was often the one to welcome Constantine, the new outsider, in (yes, this are my Constantine/Zari feels coming in. At this moment, I’m side-eyeing fandom for not fully appreciating this ship after the last episode xDD). I love how excited she is about time travel (and how she hacks Gideon lol. Another character that should receive more shippy attention, js. I loled when she used a pic of herself on that dating app to hack all the phones --that strategy worked for comics!Tony too lol. Now I want them to meet xD), or about the food in the ship (when she said she wanted to eat like a queen *-*) how Ray is the first one she really bonds with (I’m going to miss him soooo much). Seeing how much he mourned her brother and her family first hand is making me even more happy that she got them back in s5. I hope she gets her memories back and she gets to enjoy all that emotional payoff.
I liked what little I saw of Jax on The Flash, but now that I’ve met him properly... can we trade him for Ava or Gary (or Mick, though so far he’s a lot less annoying in s3; likely because he has no plot of his own yet and so doesn’t take space from everyone else. And I LMAO when he pulled that stake out of nowhere and was so gung-ho about vampires xD) so we can get him back, please?? I love him. I might even concede and watch s2&s1 to get more of him. I love that he’s the most vocal against the Time Bureau, or in favor of not returning Zari. And I really like his dynamic with Sara (add him to the pile of people I rather she was paired week, smh). It’s bullshit that he’s no longer in the show. And he does look good on any era. I’m also curious about his mental link with Martin (that he said “well done” when Jax got laid asdflaksdfja. Also, I love they took their shot and made the Titanic joke with the actor, btw), and I’m pre-mourning what I know is gonna happen :/. I’m actively trying not to like Martin to protect myself lol, but it’s hard because I love the actor, and he‘s pretty endearing.
After Jax, the old-but-new-to-me character I’ve liked most is obviously Amaya. The actress does a really good job (not that I’m surprised. She made me feel breifly interested in Rebekah Mikaelson in The Originals --where she ALSO played too different characters, albeit in a shorter span--, that’s a miracle xD), because she and Charlie feel completely different. I’m looking forward to seeing more about her and her family (Kuasa’s totem’s powers are THE COOLEST). BTW, Nate acting all fixated on her is clearly his less attractive look RME; let’s hope he doesn’t get like that with Zari, ever, because I prefer how he was written in s4 tbh. OTOH, that said of him provided us with the hilarious moment of Amaya telling him that her fate was interwined with someone else’s on the ship... ZARI XDD (yet another gr10 rareship. This show is so good at those and then fails to follow through :/).
Kid!Ray was absolutely adorable. Of fucking course he befriended an incredibly dangerous baby alien. O-F-C. I love him. Now Nora’s been introduced too (possessed!Nora was sooooo creepy. I loved it), and I’m really looking forward to seeing them together.
Since I mentioned how many rareships this show provides, here’s some that I’ve liked in these episodes: Jax/Sara (their friendship is so so good), Amaya/Sara (their scene when Sara asked for her help was SO SOFT. And I loved how they looked on that 80s car lol), Amaya/Zari (duh), Sara/Zari (the Tension(TM)), Nora/Zari (I liked the reading scene idk), Gideon/practically everyone ofc (mainly Sara, Zari, and Jax)... probably more I’m forgetting. I even enjoyed Rip/Sara a bit --he’s dull and nothing to write home about, but I enjoyed their scenes and I liked it when they betrayed each other and Sara sold him out xDD.
Ava makes even less sense as Sara’s partner the more context I get. I can’t stand her, man. When she clearly didn’t gaf about the future being screwed over by A.R.G.U.S. and wanted to put Zari back in prison smh. And please nobody come at me about how she’s “evolved” or something. She learned NOTHING from that because she had the same deplorable attitude with the prisoners in season four (which she didn’t even apologize for or even acknowledge as wrong, IIRC). I despise her and I want her gone gone gone.
Okay, I know he was only in one scene so far, but I don’t like how this show writes Wally lmao. He ~felt more like an idiot jock, not like himself (that he took his mask off in public doesn’t help...). I hope it improves because I was looking forward some good Wally rareship content too smh.
Some of my fave random moments of these episode: Julius Caesar hitting on Sara and wanting to rule the world with her when she goes to him for advice xDD, and the saber tooth tiger. I love saber tooth tigers (one day we can talk about my Feels(TM) about the Ice Age franchise lmao), but seeing one miniaturized was extra cute lol. And well, not a “fave” one, but my brain exploded when I heard the words “King Arthur got stuck in the Spanish Civil War” omg. I don’t even want to imagine how that would go O_O
#dc's legends of tomorrow#zari tomaz#jefferson jackson#amaya jiwe#ray palmer#martin stein#nora darhk#wally west#my thoughts#talking to the void#dc thoughts#gideon#antiavasharpe for ts#antiavalance for ts#shipping#patriotic tag
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Here’s a collective anonymous asks dump, regarding this post
anon #1: I think the fandom is also quite biphobic when it comes to Sara and her past relationships. Even the character of Ava is written pretty biphobic about Sara being with Oliver and hooking up with John that one time. I know Oliver sucked and all but Sara did care about him and Ava put her feelings about him over Sara's. Stuff like that just enforces biphobia in the fandom.
anon #2: i totally feel u on the john/zari thing. i also think it's in part bc straight fans hate to see a bi man date a woman bc it doesn't give them their uwu precious gay babies and also because like... this fandom (and the main dctv fanbase at large) tend to um... hate woc like i think it's a lot of really bad + harmful things at once.
anon #3: oh it's ok, i got your point and i know people have other opinions, i just wanted to voice mine as somebody who only knows him by the show, sorry if it came out the wrong way! in other note, i think a lot of people shit on ava as a girlfriend just because they don't like her (and because she became co-lead), calling her abusive and stuff and i think it is because they still want sara to end up with a man (captain cold mostly). if you say something they say "i liked her with nyssa". any thoughts?
I put these three asks together to 1) stop spamming my dash so much and 2) because they're quite similar in topic and I thought I could best express myself collectively.
I've talked about this before, but this is what can happen when you [general you] conflate your shipping preferences with your advocacy for representation. They can go hand in hand, I would never suggest otherwise. Seeing healthy relationships on screen is such an important part of representation. But ultimately, only one of these can be your absolute top priority. And unfortunately there is also a harmful belief across fandom spaces where queer rep only counts as rep as long as characters are dating people of their same gender. And we've definitely seen this in Legends.
Fandom has always had strong opinions about the idea of Sara being with a man, even if CC was a fairly popular ship (a lot of the backlash that got was also surrounded by 'don't go back on her bisexuality by having her be with a man'!) And I'm always a little wary of the 'but she said she prefers girls' argument because if we look at it in context we know they made her say that during that period they were actively trying to backtrack on her attraction to men. And we know this because we heard it directly from Greg Berlanti himself. We can love that Sara is a bisexual woman with a canonical preference for women, because that's 100% valid, while acknowledging the iffy origins of that development.
We've seen it with John, too (who also is a bi with a preference for women). Only John/Woman ships seem to cause the most upset in the fandom (first they worried about Sara, then it was Zari 1.0, then Nora, then Charlie, and now Zari 2.0). People don't seem too worried about his cooties when it comes to Gary, for example.
We saw it this season with Charlie. I'll concede that Charlie's pansexuality could've and should've been handled better, but her hookup with Behrad does not by any means erase her queerness, but some people were acting like it did. Like her queerness only counted if she got to kiss Zari. And I often wondered, what would've been these people's reaction if Charlie got with Astra for example. And that's my point about the conflating shipping with advocacy: are you advocating for Charlie to have a female love interest in the name of representation or do you just want your ship to be canon?
Cause honestly? That's what a lot of this boils down to. People trying to use moral high ground to justify their ship preferences. In the case of Sara she gets this shit from both ends, let's be clear. Her affairs with men are Bad, but then on the flip side you 100% have the people to who use these arguments I've been laying out to hate on Ava and avalance. To be clear, that's not a conversation I want any part of. I've had to block people for hijacking my LOT critical posts to shit on Ava and avalance.
I don't hate Ava at all. It was a bit of a slow burn between us but I enjoyed her so much this season, after being neutral on her for the previous two. But I have to say I was a bit disappointed with how the writers chose to write her reaction to John back in season 3 because they could've written the same story without making it about Sara's sexual past. I get that the point was to address Ava's insecurity with where she stands with Sara. And John is the first object of Sara's attraction that she meets and he is everything she's not. But the wording of 'who sleeps with a warlock and then turns around and starts calling me her girlfriend' and 'maybe Sara isn't a one woman kind of woman' felt loaded. And I hated it. I don't hold grudges against the character for that, but it's true that some people who are already inclined to be prejudiced can take things like that and run with them. On both sides, actually.
We could keep talking about this all day. But I think I'm gonna leave it there. Hopefully that clarifies some things.
PS. ANON #3: To your first point, I completely understood where you were coming from, don’t worry.
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My thoughts: RNM Season 2
I just finished binge watching Roswell NM season 2. I found its the best way to watch the show and enjoyed it so much better than the week by week viewing I did for first season. My general thoughts below:
Overall I really enjoyed the season. It was so entertaining and I especially loved the alien story/background with Nora, Louise, Tripp etc. I love how the writers conneted all the dots and then connected to the characters in the current timeline. But still so many questions leaving me eager for next year.
One fantastic thing about this show is that I really care about every single character. Sure I may love some more than others, but I don’t find myself skipping scenes because I dislike a character or have no interest. I truly love them all and that’s rare for such a large ensemble show. Season 2 didn’t change that, in fact I felt even more for each character.
A big shout out for the incredible growth experienced by 2 of the characters: the kick ass Isobel Evans & pure hearted Alex Manes. Throughout the season I was so proud of them I just want to stand up and applaud them both!
I also enjoyed Michael’s journey this season & loved learning about his Mom, the connection through Walt/Sanders etc. He is still probably a fav for me and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Season 3 ( I have way too many thoughts and expectations). As usual loved Liz, but wow she really has some work to do in Season 3. I understand her ambition, I truly do, but she becomes blinded and so razor focused that she doesn’t think through the consequences of her actions. I would like to see Liz connect more to Maria and Alex. Are they even still friends with her at this point?
I’m so glad they connected Maria to the alien story, and wish they had focused more on Maria’s alien powers and effects on her family. I’m sure we get to see more of that in Season 3. As for Kyle, I just adore him though he was totally sidelined this season & felt so passive even in his own story line. The biggest reason Steph was introduced was for Liz to give the miracle treatment. Season 3 will probably include the consequences of that miracle.
Max remains the character I have the most issues with. There are parts of Max that make me want to hit my head against the wall and parts that I love. I really want his character to deal with his anger issues, his whole savior complex that ends up hurting everyone around him. Its like he hasn’t learned anything in 2 seasons. Agh come on dude do better!
I liked Rosa’s story as well. She just broke my heart in almost every scene. But I’m proud that she is determined to get better. Charlie was a nice addition & loved that we got to see Jenna’s story continued. I want a Liz, Michael, Charlie genius team up next season!!! And Greg though late season addition was all kinds of awesome.
This season reaffirmed my love for Malex. Having the writer’s actually spend so much time to create the characters of Nora and Tripp and have their relationship parallel Malex with the whole cosmic thing was beautiful. And like Michael, I have so much hope they will find their way back to one another.
I like Echo too, though not with the same intensity. But those two really need to figure themselves out and having them break up and go their separate ways in the finale was definitely a good idea.
When I watched the season 1 finale, I was so disappointed and will admit had decided to stop watching the show. Every single character in the finale disappointed me (every one...well except maybe Kyle). But Season 2 really turned things around and ended in a much more hopeful place. I really enjoyed the journey so far and can’t wait for Season 3. Over a year wait now....
#Roswell New Mexico#michael guerin#Alex Manes#liz ortecho#Isobel evans#Kyle valenti#maria deluca#max evans#malex#echo#my thoughts#season 2#RNM
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