#major crush on boyle

[fulboyle]

“You know how she wants to have individual meetings with us to assess our ‘personal strengths’ and help us 'achieve our goals?’ I say we use those meetings to figure out why she’s really here.”

#gifs #brooklyn nine nine #brooklyn 99 #b99 #s07e02 #captain kim #season 7 #jake peralta #charles boyle #g1 #major crush on boyle #how cool is cool charles? #b99gif

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Biden's Right to Repair will include electronics, too

The Biden administration teased a sweeping antimonopoly executive order last week, including a Right to Repair provision that was to be aimed at agricultural equipment — a direct assault on the corporate power of repair archnemesis John Deere.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/07/instrumentalism/#r2r

But it turns out that the executive order goes far beyond tractors and other agricultural equipment — it also applies to consumer electronics, including mobile phones, and this is a huge fucking deal.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d5yb/bidens-right-to-repair-executive-order-covers-electronics-not-just-tractors

The Right to Repair fight reached US state legislatures in 2018, when dozens of R2R bills were introduced, and then killed, by an unholy alliance of Apple and other tech companies fighting alongside Big Ag and home electronics monopolists like Wahl.

But the R2R side had its own coalition — farmers, tinkerers, small repair shop owners, auto mechanics and more. If the Biden order had stopped with an agricultural right to repair, that would have weakened the R2R coalition.

Divide-and-rule has long been part of the anti-repair playbook. In 2018, farmers got suckered into backing a California R2R bill that applied to agricultural equipment, only to see the bill gutted, denying them the right to fix their tractors.

https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/

The reason Right to Repair has stayed on the agenda even after brutal legislative losses — the Apple-led coalition killed every single R2R bill in 2018 — has been its support coalition.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/02/euthanize-rentiers/#r2r

That’s why the early news that Biden was giving farmers their right to repair was bittersweet — breaking the coalition might snuff out the hope that we’d get right to repair for our phones, cars and appliances. It’s why the news that the EO covers electronics is so exciting.

It’s a hopeful moment, following other triumphs, like the automotive R2R 2020 ballot initiative that passed in Massachusetts with an overwhelming majority despite Big Car’s scare ads showed women literally being murdered by stalkers as a consequence.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/13/said-no-one-ever/#r2r

Right to Repair got a massive boost this week when Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made a public endorsement of the movement and described its principles as fundamental to the technological breakthroughs that led to Apple’s founding.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57763037

Seen in that light, all of Apple’s paternalistic arguments about blocking independent repair in the name of defending its customers’ safety are exposed as having a different motivation — blocking the path Apple took for future innovators, so that it can cement its dominance.

And repair is just one element of the antimonopoly executive order, which is broad indeed, as Zephyr Teachout wrote for The Nation. All in all, there are 72 directives in the EO.

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/biden-monopoly-executive-order/

They encompass “corporate monopolies in agriculture, defense, pharma, banking, and tech,” ban non-compete agreements, and direct the FTC to go to war against the meat-processing monopolies that have crushed farmers and ranchers.

And further: they direct the FCC to reinstate Net Neutrality, the CFPB to force banks to let us take our financial data with us when we switch to a rival, and open up the flow of cheaper drugs from Canada, where the government has stood up to Big Pharma.

Teachout points out that some of this is symbolic in that the agency heads don’t have to do what the president says, though in practice they tend to do so, and FTC chair/superhero Lina Khan has publicly announced her support for the agenda:

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/biden-monopoly-executive-order/

Teachout calls this an historic moment. She’s right. The Biden admin is refusing to treat agricultural repair as somehow different from automotive, electronic or appliance repair. More importantly, it’s refusing to treat tech monopolies as separate from all monopolies.

This is crucial, because the same kind of diverse coalition that kept R2R alive is potentially a massive force for driving an antimonopoly agenda in general, because monopolies have destroys lives and value in sectors from athletic shoes to finance, eyeglasses to beer.

The potential coalition is massive, but it needs a name. It’s not enough to be antimonopoly. It has to stand for something.

As James Boyle has written, the term “ecology” changed the balance of power in environmental causes.

Prior to “ecology,” there was no obvious connection between the fight for owl survival and the fight against ozone depletion. It’s not obvious that my concern for charismatic nocturnal birds connects to your concern for the gaseous composition of the upper atmosphere.

“Ecology” turned 1,000 issues into a single movement with 1,000 constituencies all working in coalition. The antimonopoly movement is on the brink of a similar phase-change, but again, it needs to stand for something.

That something can’t be “competition.” Competition on its own is perfectly capable of being terrible. Think of ad-tech companies who say privacy measures are “anticompetitive.” We don’t want competition for the most efficient human rights abuses.

https://doctorow.medium.com/illegitimate-greatness-674353e7cdf9

A far better goal is “self-determination” — the right for individuals and communities to make up their own minds about how they work and live, based on democratic principles rather than corporate fiat.

https://locusmag.com/2021/07/cory-doctorow-tech-monopolies-and-the-insufficient-necessity-of-interoperability/

That would be a fine position indeed for the Democratic Party to stake out. As Teachout writes, “[Democrats once] stood for workers and the people who produced things, and against the middlemen who sought to steal value and control industry. They understood that anti-monopoly laws were partly about keeping prices down — but also about preserving equality and dignity, and making sure that everyone who contributed to the production of goods and services got a fair cut.”

#pluralistic

[peralta-guaranteed]

you did a fic about jake and his insecurity but what about charles? I'm not sure if you do only peraltiago related fics but yk charles is really precious

(that is a very unique and interesting prompt! I've never done a non-peraltiago fic for b99, but I do love to include the squad if I can! I have a bit of love-hate for Charles, but I can definitely think of a story:)

They're here to celebrate a win of Charles, actually. It's a rare enough moment, and Jake has decided to push it to the top, the fact that his buddy helped solve an incredibly convoluted case for the 7-8 with his insider knowledge. So he's invited everyone to Shaw's, offering to pay the first round despite Amy giving him a stare that said 'Don't'.

But the celebrated detective doesn't seem to feel as elated about it as he usually would. After the initial toasts and props, he's slunk off to a booth, and nobody even really noticed as they swarmed across the place like always.

Except for Jake, who drops into the seat next to him now, placing a new bottle of beer (the cheaper option, but Charles likes the overly hoppy taste anyway, he knows) in front of him.

"Hey bud." Jake grins, but there's worry in his eyes. "You doing okay? Enjoying your party?"

"It's great, Jake, thank you so much. You're the best."

It sounds like his usual praise, but it misses all the pizzaz and the high-pitched bits inbetween, so Jake leans forward some more to give them a bit of privacy.

"What's going on, Charles?"

"Nothing."

"Don't gimme that, we both know I'm a better detective than to fall for those lies. Something's bothering you. Is that new East-German restaurant you love so much closing already?"

"No, but they did change the menu because they can't get those cans of sauerkraut anymore due to a radiation warning." Charles sighs and plays with his beer bottle instead of sipping it and smacking his lips to get a proper first taste, so Jake definitely knows something must be wrong now.

"It's just... working with the 7-8. Not as great as  working with the 99... they're a bit rude."

Jake tenses up. He knows the voice of a bullied kid well enough to recognise it even in his adult best friend.

"What did they say?" He growls, a bit overprotective of his sensitive partner maybe, but promptly justified.

"They kept calling me 'garden gnome cop'. Wondering how I got through the academy with my pug-body. But mostly they just joked about how soft I am."

"Dude, you can outrun pretty much anyone in our squad, you're like Sonic the Hedgehog. And surprisingly bendy, thinking about your yoga. What does it matter if you're a bit less strong than-"

"No, not that kind of soft." Charles finally takes a sip of his beer, but there's only one little lipsmack and no elongated 'Aaaah', so Jake's face doesn't stop its worried look. "Like, emotionally. I think I talked about Nikolaj and Genevieve too much. And you."

"They were making fun of you for liking your family?!" Jake asks nonplussed before realisation hits him. He's heard these kinds of jokes before, usually from frat-boys-turned-cops, or actual frat boys when they worked that case at the college. Granted, Charles can be a bit too over the top when it comes to proclaiming his love for things and people, but the fact that douchebags keep zeroing in on that and mocking him for simply being an emotional person is the worst.

“It’s their own fault if they’re so insecure that they can’t imagine someone saying I love you without making it a joke.” He grumbles, and Charles smiles at least a little bit.

“I don’t just say I love you though, do I? I always go full Boyle. I guess it’s not very... police-appropriate.”

“Charles, I wish at least half the force would be as empathetic and caring as a full Boyle.”

Charles’ head perks up at that, and he stares at Jake with definite surprise on his face.

“You do?!”

“Yeah, I mean - okay, full Boyle is something you need to get used to, I guess, and maybe could be dialled down sometimes. But in all honesty, you’re the kindest, most loving, excitable person I know, and it makes you a much better detective than those douches at the 7-8 will ever be. There’s not a single kid witness or victim I don’t immediately want to hand over to you because I know you’ll have them laughing and not crying in minutes. Not just kids, even. People trust you because they can tell you genuinely care about them.”

Charles needs a good, long swig of his beer after that, it seems - and Jake realises he’s still trying to keep himself from going full Boyle right now, still nervous that it’s too much and inappropriate.

“You know”, he continues to make him realise all that shit he keeps getting told is not true at all, “I didn’t really hug anyone for years until I came to the 99 and you almost crushed my ribs after solving our first case together?”

“What?!” Charles sputters. “But you’re such a hugger, Jakey! Physical touch is totally one of your major love languages! We did that online test and everything!”

“Exactly.” Jake nods. “But I learned that it was ‘not cool’ during the academy, and then as a beat cop too. So I just stopped... hugging people at all.”

“That’s horrible.”

“But you didn’t care.” Jake puts a hand on his best friend’s shoulder, gives it a good squeeze. “You hugged me all the time, even when we barely knew each other. And you were still a great detective and did awesome work. So I learned that it’s totally okay to hug people and be emotional at work, because of you.”

“Oooh, Jakey-!” Charles wiggles in his seat while a big smile finally spreads on his face, and before he knows it, Jake’s getting pulled into what is definitely a patented 5-minute-Boyle-hug. And he definitely hugs him back just as tight.

“I love you, Jake.” He hears a bit more quietly than usual, but with the same elated, high pitch.

“I love you too, Charles.” He pats his back and continues hugging him. “And I love how much you love everything.”

They finally join the rest of the squad after their 5 minutes, and Charles is squealing and clapping and laughing all through the rest of the evening. And the next time they run into someone from the 7-8, Jake resolves to give Charles the biggest, longest hug he’s ever had, and then solve whatever case they’re on in record time, just to prove a point.

#B99 #Brooklyn 99 #jake peralta #charles boyle #ficlet #my writing #best buds 1 + 2

[contextualizd]

So it's my first time ever to try writing a short story/fan fiction. I'm a huge fan of B99 and I've read so many amazing fics here and on AO3, so I tried writing one. I love the jealous/pining Amy plot cause I feel like we don't see that a lot on TV, so that's what I went for. This is a little sad but hopeful. I've read some fics of the same plot so I may have gotten some inspiration from them. I also used Of Monsters and Men's version of the song ”Circles” as inspiration: Run away, but we're running in circles.

And again, it's my first time EVER to write a fictional short story so please bear with me. I mostly just write poems and essays so this is all very new to me. I'd be happy to hear your thoughts though. But please be gentle. Haha. Anyway, here it goes...

NOTE: Also posted here and on AO3.

"Run away, but we're running in circles"

Plot:

Set after Det. Majors, where Amy told Jake about her rule of not dating cops, and before Johnny and Dora.

Caroline, another detective friend of Jake's from his old precinct comes to the 99 to work on a research.

They reconnect and Amy learns from Caroline herself that she really liked Jake and now that he's single, she's hoping that something could finally happen between them. And Amy starts regretting her decision of telling Jake about her stupid rule.

Amy looked up from her computer for the nth time. The desk opposite her is still empty. It's almost lunchtime and Jake hasn't come in yet. She's wondering if he's called in sick or something. She can just text him to ask of course, but since that day she told him about her rule of not dating cops, things have been kinda awkward between them.

She doesn't want to ask Charles cause he'll just tease her. He hasn't stopped teasing her since he found out she had feelings for Jake. It's not really helping with the way things are right now.

Rosa probably won't mind but she's certain that she doesn't care so much about Jake's whereabouts either.

Terry is out on a workplace seminar.

And she's too intimidated to talk to Gina.

Her only other option is to ask Captain Holt, but he's not in his office as well. Something about a meeting in One Police Plaza.

Why does she care so much anyway? Oh yeah, it's because she still likes Jake. But she can't tell him because of her stupid rule. She keeps telling herself that it's for the best. She doesn't want to risk whatever friendship they have just because of a stupid crush.

After about an hour, the elevator dings, and out came Captain Holt with Jake and a very pretty blonde girl.

She's so pretty and her face is so charming. Her hair is so straight and swishy. Her eyes crinkle when she smiles and she has a tiny dimple on her left cheek. She seems to be leaning closely to Jake while talking and laughing animatedly. Amy was so focused on her and how she seems to know Jake so well that she didn't even notice that Captain Holt was talking to the squad.

"..and so we agreed that they can research the system in a number of preselected precincts via observation. Which is why Ms. Caroline Gomez here from the Information Technology Bureau will be joining us for a few days to observe and study our day-to-day processes. Do make her feel at home."

"Thank you, Captain." Caroline smiles sweetly at him.

"I hope you'll find the squad to be helpful for your research. You could maybe start by taking a tour around the precinct. Detective Peralta can help you with that."

"You got it, Captain." Says Jake.

"I'll be in my office if you need anything. Good luck."

After Captain Holt retreated to his office Jake started to introduce Caroline to the squad. It turns out that Caroline was an old friend of Jake's from his old precinct. She's been transferred to the Strategic Technology Division and is researching a project that her team is working on. She reached out to Jake when she found out that he's working at the 99 to see if they can arrange a meeting with Captain Holt. The project is confidential but it was discussed with Captain Holt during the meeting. Jake came with him to One Police Plaza out of curiosity but he was "excluded" because according to him, "They probably thought they won't be able to handle my inputs."

"You remember Gina?" Jake asks Caroline.

"How could anyone ever forget Gina?"

"I know right? What's up girl?" Gina winks at her.

"I'm great. This is great. I'm so lucky that I at least knew some people here. I was so worried about doing this research cause I don't know how the precincts would feel about an 'outsider' snooping around."

"Nonsense! You're not an outsider. Plus Captain totally approves of that project. Whatever the hell that is. Anyway, come on, I'll show you around. First up, the best part of the precinct: the breakroom." Jake says, pulling Caroline to the direction of the breakroom.

"She hasn't changed one bit. She still runs after Jake like a little puppy." Says Gina while shaking her head slowly.

"What do you mean?" asks Amy.

"I remember when they were still working together, I'd be hanging out with Jake at Nana's apartment, the one where I live now, and she would just show up out of nowhere talking about work or something. Then she'd just stay there and hang out with us completely forgetting about the work thing. Jake kept saying they're just friends but I know there's something between them. Sometimes she would stay behind even after I left. I bet they hooked up a lot." With that, Gina left.

Charles turns to Amy with a worried look. "Are you okay?"

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" Amy tells him, though she's not entirely sure if she is.

First on Caroline's To-Do list that day was to study about the 99's process when it comes to reports and paperwork, so Captain Holt assigned Amy to help her.

Amy loves talking about paperwork but for some reason, she feels uncomfortable about this task. But Caroline was actually really sweet and funny, so she started to slowly feel at ease.

"I'm so sorry. This is probably too tedious for you," Caroline tells Amy.

"No, not at all. I love paperwork. Like you have no idea."

"Really? That's so cool. Although Captain Holt did say that you're the best person for this task."

"Really? Captain Holt said that?"

But Caroline wasn't able to answer her cause she was too busy looking at Jake who just passed by engrossed in a case file.

"I'm sorry, you were saying?"

"You and Jake are pretty close huh?"

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. Though, we weren't able to keep in touch after he was transferred. That's why I was so excited when I found out that he's here at the 99. I missed him a lot."

"Do you... like him?" Amy blurted out, immediately regretting her question.

"What? Oh god. Am I that obvious? Haha."

Well... Amy just shrugged.

"I.... do. Yeah. I've always liked him. Even before, when we're still working together. I just never thought I was his type. Do you think he'll like me back?"

Oh. "Um...." She didn't have any problem admitting it huh. If it's so easy for her why am I finding it so hard? Amy thought to herself.

"I'm sorry that's a stupid question. But.. do you know if he's single? Is he dating anybody? I mean, I was kinda hoping that maybe something could happen between us this time."

"Uh.. yeah... I think so. None.. that I know of."

"I'm so sorry about my silly questions. I should be focusing on my research. It's just that I think you guys are so close. And I felt super hopeful especially now that we're hanging out again. It's amazing. We're actually heading out for lunch. You wanna join us?"

"Oh. No... no... I'm fine. Thanks."

"You sure? Well, it's almost lunchtime, I'd better go check if he's ready to go. Thank you so much for your help."

"Sure thing. No problem at all."

"Okay, see you later."

Amy watched as she goes to Jake who immediately put down his case file and got ready to go. They left the precinct laughing at something, probably a clever joke that Caroline told him, while she just stared at them till the elevator doors closed.

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The next day, Jake.. and Caroline are nowhere to be found. Amy hasn't seen them since she came to work this morning.

"They went on a date."

"What?! What are you talking about Boyle? Also, why are you sitting so close to me??" Amy tells Charles who's suddenly by her side.

"You're looking for Jake and Caroline, right? I'm pretty sure they went on a date last night. That's probably why they're coming in late today. I'm telling you, Amy, you should do something. I mean, I like Caroline but I like you better for Jake." Charles said with a wink.

"Okay, first of all... I'm not looking for them. Second, never ever wink at me again. And third, I'm not gonna do anything because I made up my mind and I would never date a cop again. Let him date Caroline if he wants to."

"Fine. If you're gonna choose to break your own heart, then fine." Charles tells her leaving her thinking once again. Is that what she's doing? Is she really breaking her own heart?

At around 10:30, they finally arrived together and Jake is carrying Caroline's bag.

Such a boyfriend move. Are they together now? This girl works fast. Amy thought to herself.

Gina who seems to be thinking the same thing as Amy is, went to Jake's desk while Caroline went straight to Captain Holt's office.

"So I guess, chivalry really is not dead huh?"

"Hmm? What's that now?" Jake asks her.

"You carrying her bag when you came to work together. I didn't know you were such a gentleman. Are you like this with all your girlfriends or just her?"

"What? No-no-no. I mean, of course, I'm a gentleman with my girlfriends, but Caroline is not my girlfriend. I'm just carrying her bag because it has the files about this 'confidential' project that we picked up from One Police Plaza this morning. I was hoping I could get a peek but I never got a chance. I am dying to know what this project is about!"

"You picked up the files for her?" Amy couldn't help but butt in.

"Well, I volunteered, but she wouldn't let me pick them up myself. So I just accompanied her this morning to get them. And when I saw that they look heavy, I saw an opportunity. So I offered to carry the bag but I never had the chance to take a look. She's watching it like a frigging hawk!"

Still a boyfriend move. I wonder if he’d carry my bag for me if it looks heavy. He probably would if I was his girlfriend. Which I’m not. Amy thought, once again imagining what might have been.

"Well, this has become a work story, I'm no longer interested. Buh-bye!" Gina says as she returns to her desk leaving the two of them staring at each other. And for some reason, things have suddenly become awkward again.

"Classic Gina," Jake tells her with a shrug and a shy smile.

"Yeah. So.... are you guys dating?" Amy asks him, unable to help herself. She just really wanted to know.

"Me and Caroline? No." Jake answered almost too quickly.

"Why not? I think she likes you."

"What? I mean, I dunno. I think she's great but I never really thought of her that way before."

"Maybe you should ask her out."

"Oh... You think so?" Jake looks genuinely surprised by what she said. And to be honest she's surprised by her own question as well. Maybe she really is breaking her own heart.

"Ooh! You think she'd tell me about the project if we end up being together?" Jake asks her.

"Jake!" Amy scolded him shaking her head at him. Though that actually made her smile a little bit. He's such an idiot sometimes.

"No. Yeah I know. That's such a dick move. But seriously... do you really think I should ask her out?" Jake asks her again but this time there's something in his eyes as he stares at her. Like he's looking for something. Confirmation maybe? Like he's asking her if that's what she really wants him to do.

"Mhmm. Yeah." Was all she could manage.

"Okay. Yeah.. maybe." Jake answered, much to Amy's dismay.

And they both fell silent after that. Focusing on their computer screens, trying to avoid the longing gaze from each other's eyes.

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That night, Amy went out for drinks at Shaw's with the squad. Except for Jake and Caroline. Jake had to work on a case and Caroline kept him company. She cares for him a lot. She's really perfect for him.

But I can do that too. I also care for him a lot. I wanna be the one waiting for him while he works on a case. Maybe even help him cause we work so well together. I wanna be the one he comes to work with and the one he goes home with.

She's always wanted to be that person for him. When he broke up with Sophia, she saw that glimmer of hope once again. The feeling that something might happen between them. If she's being honest that feeling never really went away. She's just too scared to face it. Plus she's certain that his feelings for her were all gone now, after she turned him down twice because of Teddy. Though every once in a while they share a moment that makes her think maybe there's still something between them. But anytime that happens, one of them seems to pull back, too scared to jump in.

Amy tries to shake those thoughts away. Rosa finds her with her bottle of beer that's no longer cold.

"Hey. What's going on with you?"

"Nothing. I'm fine."

"Is it Jake? What's the matter with you two? Why are you not dating still? You both like each other. Just go out already."

"It's too complicated Rosa. Dating a cop is too messy. It could ruin everything like how it ruined everything with Teddy. I don't want that to happen between me and Jake. Plus there’s Caroline now. I’m sure he’s better off with her.”

"You're the only one that's making it complicated with your stupid rules. You keep pushing him away. Then you'll realize that you really like him. But then he's already with someone else. You guys are running around in circles. Now you're sitting here looking so lonely. You look pathetic."

"Gee. Thanks a lot."

"Look if you don't want to date Jake because it's 'too messy', maybe you should go out with someone else. That guy looks cute."

Rosa points to a guy sitting alone at the other side of the bar who does look kinda cute.

"Yeah. Maybe I should."

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It was Caroline's 3rd day at the 99 and Amy had to help her with some case files that she needed to study. There's only the two of them inside the evidence lock up and it was getting kinda awkward, for Amy that is, so she tried to start a conversation.

"So how's it going with you and Jake?" She couldn't think of anything else to talk about. Unfortunately, Jake was the only thing she can think of that they have in common.

"Oh... it's great. He finally asked me out. We're going on an actual date tonight." Caroline tells her.

She's so happy and giddy, Amy couldn't help but feel happy for her as well. Though she knows that a part of her wants to be in her place.

"I'm happy for you."

"Thank you, I really can't wait for tonight. I'm so excited."

Amy tried to give her the best smile she could muster.

When Amy went to the break room to get some coffee, she found Jake eating his breakfast.

"Hey" Jake greeted him awkwardly.

"Hey. Um.. so I heard you finally asked Caroline out."

"I did. Yeah."

"Great. Good for you." She can tell that Jake isn't comfortable talking about this either.

"Thanks."

"I'm also going out on a date tonight."

"Really?" Jake was genuinely surprised. And for a moment Amy thought that she saw a hint of something in his eyes. Is it sadness? Pain?

"Who's the unlucky guy?"

"Someone I met from the bar last night. He's actually really nice. We talked a lot. So he asked me out on a proper date."

"Well, good for you as well then. Did you check if he's a cop? You know, because of the rule."

"No. Yeah, I probably should do that. Better be safe, right? Haha."

"Well. Um.. have fun."

"Yeah, you too."

Truth is, she doesn't really have a date. She didn't even know the name of that guy from the bar. He was cute and he seemed great but she just couldn't find her interest in dating anyone else right now. She just said that to make Jake think that she's totally fine with him going out with Caroline. And that she's not regretting her stupid rule about not dating cops for even a second.

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"So how's the date?" Amy asks Caroline the next morning.

"It was great. But..."

"But what?"

"Well.. he doesn't like me back."

"What? Why? What happened?"

"It was really great. We talked a lot the whole night. We laughed so much. It was fun really. But when the night was over and I tried to kiss him.. he didn't kiss me back."

"Oh god. I'm sorry."

"It's fine. He was actually really sweet about it. He apologized to me, and he said he was genuinely sorry. Said he thinks I'm amazing, but that he just couldn't find his interest in dating right now."

"He said that?"

"Yeah. But to be honest, I think he likes someone else."

"Really? Why would you think that?"

"I dunno. I just kinda felt it. Like he's longing for someone but he can't be with her and he just doesn't want to date anyone if it's not her."

"He told you this?"

"No. I don't think he'd ever tell me anything about it. But I can feel it. I can see it in his eyes."

They were both quiet for a while.

"Um... I don't know what to say. Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine." Caroline smiled at her.

Amy feels bad for her. She really does. But in a way, her heart feels light with relief to know that Jake doesn't want to date anyone else either.

When she went back to her desk, Jake was burrowed deep in paperwork. But he looked up when she sat down and smiled at her.

"Hey, so I heard the news from Caroline. What happened?" Amy asks Jake trying to find out what he's gonna say about it.

"I dunno. I guess I just realized that maybe you're right. Dating cops can be messy. I didn't want to ruin what we have." Jake shrugged.

"Right. Of course. No dating cops. The best rule, right?"

Jake stares at her for a while before answering. "Sure...Yeah."

Amy wanted to say something. She wants to take it back so badly. She wants to tell him that it's all bullshit and she doesn't care how messy it could get just as long as she's with him. But she didn't.

She doesn't know what's holding her back. Maybe she's too scared. She's never felt like this before. She's always been sure about her decisions. Always calculated every step. But with Jake, her entire system just seems to fall apart. It's so bizarre and it feels good but it's also so scary. Because for the first time in her life she's not sure what to do next.

They didn't say a word after that and just went back to focusing on the work in front of them. Trying not to think of what could have been if they were not cops working together and falling for each other. Or if they would just stop running around in circles.

#brooklyn 99 #b99 fic #fan fic writing #b99 fanfic #fan fiction #jake and amy #jake peralta #amy santiago #jealous amy #pining amy #pining peraltiago #peraltiago #pre peraltiago #b99

[benjamingates]

Brooklyn 99

ty for sending something!!

the first character i ever fell in love with:

Amy 100%

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Uh honestly idk if I have one? Maybe Gina. I like her, but I would’ve been much sadder to see some of the other characters go before her

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not:

Charles/Rosa loll, I didn’t necessarily ever ship them but I did think Charles’ crush was funny and it would be interesting to see them date, but now I’m just like no I can’t see it at all and I’m glad he’s over the crush haha

my ultimate favorite character™: 

Amy 🥺

prettiest character: 

see above can you tell I love her

my most hated character: 

maybe Wuntch, she’s a good opponent for Captain Holt but man is she awful

my OTP: 

Peraltiago 

my NOTP: 

Amy and Teddy! eww

favorite episode: 

Hm maybe “Jake & Amy” I love their thrown-together wedding so much and there are so many good quotes

saddest death:

uh there haven’t been any major character deaths so none really loll

favorite season:

maybe season 3?

least favorite season:

I’m sure there’s a season I like less than the others but I can’t think of one so none loll

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate:

Not one I hate but I do think Gina was kind of annoying at times loll

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave:

Adrian he’s so funny

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave:

Jake, he just deserves everything good in the world <3

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship:

Not one I can think of loll

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship:

Boyle and Genevieve

Send me a fandom!

#why did tumblr screw the formatting uppp #will fix it later lmao #ask game

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Oh, celebrity crushes! Okay, I’m a fun lil ace/bi combo so my attraction matrix, so to speak, is often a bit different. But not for ladies. Like, name a celeb lady crush, and I will get it for sure. Guys, on the other hand... I don’t fully understand the appeal of a lot of the common celeb male crushes, like Harry Style or Timothee Chalamet (or however he spells it).

But major crushes are probably Taylor Swift, Darren Criss, Anthony Boyle, and Dodie Clark, at least right now. I’ve found I’m very attracted to talent and competency. I also realized in writing out that list that I’ve met 3 out of 4 of them...

ooh, which ones have you met? i’d love to know your taylor story if she was one of them! 

and i haven’t heard of dodie clark but she’s so cute. i’m a sucker for women with dark hair and thick brows like her, lily collins, or camila mendes. and women who are super confident/independent, so i totally get the ~competency kink~

[myriadimagines]

Preference: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

— first kiss

Characters: Amy Santiago, Charles Boyle, Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz

Warnings: mentions of injury

Requester: @notarealauthor

Request: “Hi can I request a Brooklyn Nine-Nine preference for your first kiss for Jake, Amy, Rosa, and Charles? Thank you so much❤️❤️”

A/N: i hope you like it!!!

Amy Santiago

Amy was stressing out over an exam when you kissed her for the first time. You came to work early to find her in the break room, doing some last minute revising. You made her a cup of coffee -- you’ve memorized the way she likes it -- and was trying to ease her nerves. She had a bit of a breakdown, rambling to you about how she can’t fail and she’s sure she’s forgetting to go over something. You tried to get through to her, tried to reassure her that it was impossible for her to fail something -- all you wanted was for her to see how amazing and smart she is, but when she was too anxious to listen, you leaned over to kiss her. It took both of you by surprise, and you immediately apologized afterwards, worried that you had just screwed everything up, but much to your relief, Amy smiled. She had feelings for you almost as long as you did for her, and your kiss managed to calm her down. 

Charles Boyle

Charles and Jake were talking about his obvious crush on you before the two of you kissed for the first time. Jake was trying to convince Charles to make a move, tired of hearing pine after you for what felt like months. Charles seemed content with not making a move straight away, because he insisted that insistent that his ‘flirting techniques’ were effective and just needed time, although in reality, you had no idea Charles was trying to flirt with you. Jake was trying to persuade Charles to just directly ask you out, because he’s pretty sure you like him back, when you walked out from the interrogation room and came up behind them. You heard most of the conversation, smiling to yourself while listening to Charles gush over you, before you finally showed yourself. Charles tried to remain calm, pretending like he wasn’t just obsessing over you, but you simply walked up kissed him to show him you very much liked him back.

Jake Peralta

Jake kisses you for the first time after coming back to the Nine-Nine following his undercover mission with the FBI. During his time undercover, he found himself thinking a lot about you, and how much he missed spending time with you in the precinct, making silly jokes and messing around. He realized how much fun he had with you, and how happy you made him, and he wanted nothing more than to tell you his true feelings for you. When he finally returned to the Nine-Nine, he was a bit awkward at first, unsure of how to articulate his thoughts, and through his flustered blabbering about how much he liked you, he decided just to lean over and kiss you, before nervously pulling away. Much to his relief, right before he pulled away and was about to blurt an apology, you pulled him closer to kiss him back, and he couldn’t stop smiling knowing that his feelings were reciprocated, and he had to fight the urge to celebrate. 

Rosa Diaz

Rosa kisses you for the first time after you get injured. You and Amy were working a case, and when you went to go arrest your suspect, he was unexpectedly armed and managed to shoot you in the arm before Amy disarmed and arrested him. You were rushed to the hospital, and although it was nothing major, Rosa freaked out when she got the news. She had always suppressed her feelings towards you, hoping they would go away, but in that moment, she abandoned everything to immediately rush down to the hospital to make sure you were okay. You were surprised at how scared Rosa was, and after you reassured her you were okay, Rosa reluctantly opened up to you about how she would be devastated if something worse had happened to you, and this incident forced her to come to terms with her feelings. She confessed her feelings for you, and when you told her you liked her too, she kissed you. 

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julian santiago and the case of the sister’s mystery boyfriend

so, finally, finally, i finished my assignment for the @b99fandomevents fic exchange! i was assigned @397bartonstreet and i chose to include the prompts 'amy's brother finding out she's dating someone from an instagram post' and 'peraltiago from a third party's perspective'. thank you for the creative prompts and thank you so much for your patience!

read here on ao3

DECEMBER 2014

Julian Santiago considers himself to be pretty close with his only sister. He's only two years older, they've gotten along throughout most of their childhood, and still do today. They're piano portrait buddies, although he accepted a while ago that he’ll always be a little bit closer to the stairs than she is. They shared a room as well as secrets growing up, and she's the first person he tells when he meets his first real boyfriend. Likewise, Julian is the first Santiago brother to learn when Amy gets together with Sergeant Teddy Wells and the first to learn when they break up. They're close, and out of all the seven competitive brothers, Julian likes to think he's the one who knows and understands his sister best.

It's a mystery on multiple levels when he can't figure out how okay she seems about the breakup. His sister, the person who cried for days straight when she broke up with her college boyfriend, his sister who has never been known for taking relationships lightly or being far from tears when she’s going through something, is sitting in their parents’ couch a mere five days after her breakup and seeming fine. She’s laughing and grinning in the most genuine way he recognizes, nodding with surprise when he asks if she’s okay, and Julian understands if she wants to appear strong in front of their hyper-judgmental parents, but this is eerie. She’s too okay. It’s mind-boggling, and either he’s not getting an answer or he’s not asking the right questions, but eventually, he makes the educated guess that there must be someone else in her life. She must have wanted for this to break-up to happen, he figures, and a new mystery lover could very well be the reason. Julian simply has to figure out who it is. 

It doesn’t take him many hours - two, actually - before he has a guess. He’s heard his sister talk about her detective partner, Jake Peralta, before, but this is excessive. It starts with a retelling of some funny anecdote he’s told once, continues with her mentioning how she won over him in a confusing set of games and ends with further repetitions of Jake said this and Jake told me that until Julian is as certain as can be. They're dating, he knows it, but he has to be sure - he has to find some way to dig this secret out of her and be the first of the brothers to know - so he brings it up.

Not in front of everyone, of course. He’s made that mistake before and it ended with Amy being too furious to speak to him for weeks. No, he waits until his dad suggests the siblings go out on a walk while Camila finishes up what is sure to be a delicious roast dinner, and while he’s not by definition alone with his sister, it’s the maximal amount of primacy which can be had during Santiago family gatherings. David and Victor are power-walking fifty feet ahead of anyone else, Luis and his wife Emma are walking thirty feet behind with their three-year-old twins. Tony, Isaac, and Christian are close but too deep in conversation about different kinds of protein powder to listen to anything else, their respective girlfriends are deep in conversation about what Julian thinks is a reality show but might as well be politics, and Simon is trying to keep up with David and Victor while holding a camera in front of his face. It’s chaos, but Julian finally has a chance to have a conversation only with Amy, so he jumps on it.

 “So, that Jake guy, huh?”

“What?” Amy flinches, looking at him like he just started speaking Russian to her. “Why are you bringing him up?”

“You two are definitely dating, huh?”

“What?” She nearly screams this, earning herself a confused glance from everyone nearby, and Julian almost jumps to the side in shock. “What - why are you - what would make you think that?”

“I don’t know”, he shrugs, “maybe because you’re mentioning him once every five minutes?”

“He’s my work partner.”

“Who you talk about constantly.”

“I don’t talk about him constantly!” Amy’s still gaping, nose scrunched and eyes clearly judging him for his apparent stupidity. “That’s - you’re - I don’t.”

“You do, though.”

“I don’t!”

“Sure”, Julian grins. “I know you just want to keep it a secret from mom and dad, that’s fine, but you can tell me.”

“Jake and I aren’t dating!” She’s wheezing her words, looking anxiously around her before lowering her voice further. “We’re not. We’re really not.”

“But you’re… something?”

“He has a girlfriend, Julian.”

“Ohh…” He contemplates this confession, the cogwheels in his brain working and immediately jumping to the next guess. 

Except she wouldn’t. His sister wouldn’t. Or would she?

“Are you, uh -”, he whispers, “are you the other woman?”

“JULIAN!” They’re earning themselves looks and raised eyebrows again, now also from an older lady walking past them. Amy shoots her an apologetic smile before returning to the conversation. “Trust me, I’m not in love with Jake. And even if I like him - it wouldn’t matter.”

“Why wouldn’t it matter?”

“Because I would never date someone I work with, dumbass! It’s unprofessional.”

“You dated that pilsner guy -”

“Teddy and I worked at different precincts. Jake and I work at the same. It would be...” She grimaces. “I don’t know. I just don’t think it would work. Either way, it doesn’t matter because I don’t like him.”

“You’re talking about him a lot, is all I’m saying.”

“Julian”, she says his name like it’s a warning about life and death. “Let. It. Go.”

“Like the Frozen song?”

“You’re hopeless”, Amy declares, walking away from him in a pace so rushed he has to jog to keep up with her. 

“Fine! Fine! You don’t like Jake!”

It pains him as an older brother to give his sister that much privacy when he could be repeatedly teasing her, but Amy’s threatened to beat him up once before and Julian knows from experience his sister is strong. As tempting as it is to do the opposite, he lets it go. 

OCTOBER 2015

Julian doesn’t ask his sister more questions about her love life for the year that passes by. Jake the work partner must still be dating someone else, seeing how Amy steers clear of him bringing up for the next months. Whether she has feelings for the guy or not, Julian’s still unsure, but asking seems to do no good and eventually, he gives up.

He can’t shake the suspicion that she’s dating someone else, though. Every time they meet up that summer, Amy is in a better mood than ever. She’s practically glowing every time someone asks her how she’s been, laughing and participating in every conversation even when she says she’s tired from work, and there seems to be an air of confidence and happiness around her that he’s not seen since his sister was promoted to Detective. Whatever - or whoever - is causing it, Julian can’t help but be happy for her. She still mentions Jake now and then, but nowhere near the frequency she once did; whatever unrequited crush was once there, he figures it must have calmed down. 

In the end, Julian doesn’t give much thought to the possible mystery boyfriend. If it was serious, Amy would surely tell them, or at least tell him. Therefore, it comes as a pure shock when a late October evening, his half-hearted Instagram scrolling leads to a major discovery. 

Julian recently moved in with his boyfriend of five months - Lucas - and while he usually doesn’t have as much time to spend on social media as he’d like, he’s found that during an episode of Game of Thrones is his best shot. Lucas is too into the show to care what Julian does as long as he can rest his head on Julian’s shoulder and have his hair played with, and the episodes are long enough for Julian to thoroughly go through his own Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram feeds. So thoroughly, in fact, that sometimes he has time to go down the rabbit hole of random accounts and comments discussing Broadway shows or veganism, or simply do some benevolent stalking of his loved ones. Go through what accounts his sister follows, for example, and see if there’s anything juicy there she’s not telling him during their weekly phone calls. 

There are a lot of inspirational accounts about books and studying, even an account that seems to be centered specifically around laminated documents. She dutifully follows simon_says- the Instagram created by their youngest brother to advertise the supposedly successful YouTube channel no family member truly understands the point of - as well as a bunch of her friends from college and what seems to be every single Santiago family member who has social media. She follows a single account for a handmade jewelry store that Julian quickly scrolls through, and then she follows her co-workers.

Jake Peralta’s Instagram is frequently updated. Mostly with quirky selfies of himself, but also with pictures of chicken wings, Taylor Swift records, and pictures taken together with a short-grown man in beige clothing tagged as charles-foodie-boyle. He’s posted a single selfie in which Amy appears as well, grimacing behind her desk, but Julian doesn’t make anything of it. Considering there’s a twenty-to-one ratio of pictures Charles is tagged in versus pictures Amy is tagged in, he would almost consider it more likely that Jake’s dating him. He checks out Charles Instagram, simply out of curiosity. That’s when the heart attack occurs.

Charles Boyle posted a picture merely an hour ago. It’s taken in a gruff-looking bar, the lighting a little dim and the details a little out of focus, but he can see the three people in it clear as day. Charles is in the front of the picture, smiling enthusiastically and doing a thumbs up, but Julian’s attention is drawn to what’s happening in the background. His sister, wearing a purple blouse he’s seen at many a family dinners and her hair up, is pictured kissing the one and only Jake Peralta.

Julian has never been so angry about an application lacking a zoom function before. Not that he needs it; it’s clearly his sister and it’s clearly Jake Peralta, he’s looked at the man’s face in enough selfies to be certain, and they’re clearly kissing. She even has a hand on his shoulder, displaying more PDA than Julian had ever thought his sister was physically capable of. There are two beers next to them on the bar table, but it’s a work night and Amy’s not the type to get black-out drunk on weeknights. Not black-out drunk enough to be kissing random people. No, Julian has to get the bottom of this, and he has to get to the bottom of this now. 

“Lucas?”

“Yeah?” His boyfriend’s voice is distant, his green eyes focused on their television screen.

“I have to make a phone call. Family emergency.”

“Okay,” Lucas mumbles, squeezing Julian’s knee when he disentangles himself and leaves for their bedroom. “Be back soon?”

“I promise!” He half-shouts, unsure if he’ll be able to stick to the wording of soon. He has a lot of questions for the person he’s about to call, and he’s still formulating most of them in his head as his phone searches for and calls up Amy Santiago.

She answers after three signals. She must still be at the bar, he judges from the odd clinking glass and the muffled conversations in the background, and there’s a confused tone to her voice when she speaks.

“Julian? Did anything happen? Is there an emergency of some kind?”

You bet there’s an emergency, he wants to say. You not telling us about your dating life. 

“You’re dating Jake Peralta, aren’t you?”

There’s silence on the other end of the phone. Then, a yet more confused, but also curious, voice.

“How on Earth did you figure that out?”

“I, uh, Instagram-stalked you,” he admits, somewhat sheepishly. “I was bored, and I.. I went onto Charles Boyle’s account? He had a picture of you and Jake, that he posted like an hour ago. You two were… kissing.”

Yet more silence, then a loud and angry statement, shouted at someone else on the other side. 

(“Charles! I’m going to kill you!”

“Ames, why are you killing Charles this time?”)

“Sorry,” she says when she returns to the phone, not with as much background noise now; she must have walked a bit away. “I’ll yell at him later. But yeah - uh - it’s true, I guess.”

“So you’re dating?”

Amy sighs. “Please don’t tell mom about it. You know how she is about everyone I date.”

“Yeah, yeah, you don’t have to remind me twice,” he assures her, “but now tell me everything. How long have you been dating?”

“A little over four months,” she admits. “I mean, I almost thought it was obvious - I feel like I’ve talked about him a lot.”

“You talked even more about him before you were dating!”

“Did I?”

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“Yes. You literally didn’t shut up about him,” Julian snorts, thinking back to when he first questioned her about it on that winter walk. “Either way - I’m… happy for you.”

He can’t see her reaction on the other end of the call, but he has a distinct feeling that she’s smiling, the kind of shy but genuine smile often accompanied by blushing cheeks.

“Thanks, Julian. I’m really happy, too.”

“He’s treating you well and all those things, right?”

“Obviously.”

“Because I’d beat him up otherwise. Or I’d send Tony to do it,” he offers. “Or pay Simon to make a video about him? Point is I’d find a way.”

This makes Amy laugh, a burst of melodic laughter that reminds him of inside jokes and morning cartoons when they were younger.

“I think I’m good, thanks. Jake’s amazing. I can tell you about him over lunch next week?”

“Lunch next week sounds great.”

“Talk to you later?”

“Absolutely. Have a good night, Ames.”

She hangs up on him. After making a single victory gesture in the bedroom mirror, Julian immediately phones Tony to inform him there’s a winner in the bet on whether Amy would ever date a coworker.

JANUARY 2016

Julian meets the famous Jake Peralta for the first time four months later. At that point, he's built up so much curiosity it feels like he's bursting at the seams, itching to actually meet the person he's heard about since the day his sister transferred to the Nine-Nine. He's excited, but he’s also wary. Amy's talked about this guy in every single phone call and meeting he's had with her for the last months, insisting that you’d love him, Julian, I really think you’d get along until Julian had started to question whether she was trying to pair him together with Jake. 

The information Julian has gathered is that Jake is supposedly brilliantly funny with a sweet personality, an amazing detective, worthless at math and basketball and an intense fan of Die Hard and Taylor Swift. (The last piece of information, Julian’s gathered on his own through more professional brotherly Instagram stalking. It’s the same method he’s used to discover that Amy doesn’t, for once, have horrible taste; Jake Peralta actually is cute when he’s not grimacing in pictures. Not Julian’s type, but cute.)

It’s overwhelmingly positive information. Then again, Amy described Teddy Wells with nearly as many positive adjectives to a beginning, and the hours Julian spent listening to that man talk about pilsners are hours he’ll never get back. Therefore, it’s a positive surprise when Jake shows up to the casual siblings-and-partners dinner and lives up to Amy’s description.

He’s far more handsome in person than his Instagram feed makes him out to be, which Lucas seconds before mentioning to Julian that someone should give Jake a proper lesson in taking non-quirky selfies. As a service to the world, he says, and Julian punches him in the shoulder before agreeing.

Jake is visibly nervous to meet so many of the brothers at the same time, seeming tense and giving short replies to a beginning, but once he relaxes, Julian is fully prepared to agree with his sister - Jake is funny. He’s genuine, a natural in conversations, and he chimes in with the jokes or comments no one else would think of. He’s effortlessly nice, almost remembers every different brother’s name, and it’s clear that he meets the most obligatory criteria; he makes Amy happier than Julian’s seen her in a long time. She’s almost shining, grinning and laughing and watching her boyfriend with a gaze so enamored it would have made Julian nauseous if it had been anyone else. He later catches Jake looking at her in the exact same way.

The new couple sticks together for the duration of the evening, never leaving each other’s side for more than a couple minutes. It doesn’t even seem like they’re thinking of it but simply gravitate towards each other without a second thought, seeming displaced once the other one leaves. Julian watches them share secret smiles, looks and squeezes of hands without having a clue what the two of them are communicating, only that they seem to be checking in with each other, speaking a sort of private language. It’s all kinds of cheesy and it’s all the lovey-dovey-ness he can stomach for a day when he can see them kiss through the window the moment they’ve left, but he loves his sister, so he lets her be. He’s happy for her.

NOVEMBER 2017

Because Julian now follows Charles Boyle on Instagram, he finds out about the engagement through an excessive number of insta-stories the moment he wakes up on November 1st, 2017. Amy doesn’t answer her phone for a full three hours after Julian’s first tried to reach her (he does not want to know why), but when she does, she facetimes him on his lunch break to show off the ring and tell the slightly insane story of how the proposal went down. 

The proposal follows almost immediately upon Jake’s release from prison. Even before that, the couple had already spent six months apart while he was in witness protection and Amy told all her brothers they were broken up but whispered the truth into Julian’s ear late at night after a couple of glasses of wine. From the stories Amy’s told him, he’s wondered more than once how many more brutal hurdles this couple will have to face, and it’s with great happiness he congratulates her on the engagement. She deserves this. Jake deserves this, they deserve this, and he couldn’t be happier for them.

“So I win the craziest engagement for the year,” Amy brags when she’s told him everything, and Julian has to agree that she does. Then he starts sketching up plans for a private two-person heist he can surprise Lucas with. 

MAY 2018

Julian isn’t at his sister’s wedding. He was going to be, thank you very much, he wasn’t intending to miss it, but apparently, nothing’s ever simple in his sister’s life and a bomb threat interrupts the planned event and sends every member of the Santiago family back to their respective homes and hotel rooms. The actual wedding, he learns, takes place outside their precinct with the couple’s colleagues and a few gawking New Yorkers as witnesses, while the real family has to be happy with an impromptu dinner at a nearby restaurant the next day. 

It's a chaotic dinner. Luis, Christian’s and Isaac’s kids are spilling food and getting overtired, Roger Peralta and Victor are massaging their own shoulders while shooting each other threatening looks, Simon’s filming and there is definitely a hint of competition to every toast held by the bride and groom’s parents. Still, it's pleasant, and there is laughter and smiles all around when the just-married couple tells the story of how their wedding day went down. 

They're almost sickeningly in love, Julian notes, acting like they're part of their own private universe where they can finish each other's sentences and give each other glances that he supposes are meant to be secretive but definitely isn't. They were only a couple of minutes early to the dinner - late in Santiago measurements - and the buttons on Jake’s shirt were clearly buttoned in a haste. Julian loves his little sister and all, but he did not need to think about that image of her.

In the end, he's happy if she's happy, and just-married Amy is by far the happiest Amy he's seen in his life. She barely listens when he tells her he and Lucas are leaving, watching Jake with googly heart-eyes as he's telling Tony some story and glancing back at Amy about every tenth second. 

It's what she deserves. As much as he doubts any man could ever be good enough for her, the way Jake watches Amy with awe every time she speaks is everything Julian could ever wish for his sister.

#my writing #b99fandomevents #b99 summer 2019 fic exchange #b99 fic #brooklyn 99 fic #brooklyn nine-nine fic

[thepatricktreestump]

Miracle: jake peralta x reader

A/N: hey guys i know i’m not a brooklyn nine-nine blog or anything but i really fell hard for this goofball and couldn’t help but write this after an adorable dream i had about him... hope you enjoy (and maybe give the show a chance!) more naughty or nice chapters and touch me p2 is coming up soon as promised. much love to you all and hope you have an amazing week xoxo  

             Slightly groggy, definitely hungover, you groaned, rolling over in bed. That’s when you felt two warm arms reach around you and pull you closer to their chest, making you scream, rolling over once again, and eyes widening once you realized you weren’t in your bed. You were in their bed. “Come ‘ere,” a sleepy voice mumbled and you screamed again, making him open his eyes.

               “What the hell?” you stared at him, instantly shoving him off of you, looking down and realizing you were naked once the cold air hit your body, making you snatch the sheets off of the bed to cover yourself.

               “Woah, y/n you okay?” he laughed a bit nervously, grabbing sheets himself to cover his lower half, sitting up in bed. You blinked, scared and shocked.

               “W-wait no way,” you shook your head as you came to the realization, half disgusted and half embarrassed. “Did we really-?” You swallowed uncomfortably. “Are we-?”

               “Did you wake up in my bed in my arms naked?” he smirked. “Yes, yes you did.”

               “Peralta,” your entire face flushed red.

               “What?” he tilted his head to the side, naughty smile spreading across his lips. “I mean, considering just how much you were practically begging for it last night- I can’t believe you’d be this flustered and bashful in the morning.”

               “W-what? Pshh, no I wasn’t,” you argued but he just chuckled to himself.

               “Jakeeee,” he imitated your voice with exaggeration, whiny and desperate. “God, you’re such a sexy detective. Please, please, I want you to fuck me.”

               “Oh shut up,” you sobered, narrowing your eyes. “I would, I would never-” For a second you stopped, staring at him. Did you really…? “Jake, I don’t even like you.”

               His warm brown eyes stared back at you, goofy smile still on his face, fluffy hair with slight curls, shirtless and draped in wrinkled white sheets, chest heaving up and down with little spurts of laughter. “Y/n, you can’t possibly convince me that you don’t like me,” he rolled his eyes, still coming down from his amusement. He licked his lips, pressing them together, and your breath hitched. His lips were so pink. So plump. So small. So- “You’re in loveeee with me, y/n.”

               “Jake,” you scrunched up your face, still clutching the sheets to your bare chest, but he softened his eyes, almost pouting with a frown.

               “Come on,” he sighed. “Don’t play this game. Come here.”

               “Jake,” you still persisted, but he held open his arms, giving you puppy dog eyes.

               “You can’t possibly convince me you hate me,” he insisted. “Not after last night.”

               “Okay,” you rescinded, sighing, returning to the bed and letting him wrap his arms around you. He kissed you on the cheek, making you blush, and then whispered against your ear.

               “Try to deny it all you want but I know you’re crazy for me,” he mumbled, making you feel all tingly. “Like it or not.”

               “You’re getting cocky,” you hummed, turning to look at him in the face, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

               “I don’t think you’re complaining,” he hummed. “In fact, you probably find it hot.”

               You rolled your eyes and giggled, unprepared for when you somehow instinctually gravitated towards him, pressing your lips to his, letting him moan against your lips and deepen the contact, slipping his tongue into your mouth, letting his fingers disappear into your hair. He tasted good. He tasted great. You wanted more.

               Sure, you’d thought of Jake as attractive from time to time, but this? He wasn’t- this wasn’t- he was your coworker. It was strictly professional. Much less, he was the goofball, the class clown, the immature jokester and prankster, the one everyone complained about. He wasn’t some sort of stud or lover, he was just a small casual crush. Both of you had been working together for years, detectives and occasionally partners in crime, nothing…

               He pulled away and stared into your eyes and you felt yourself melt, both of you still undressed, what had happened the night prior remaining undiscussed.

               “So…” you drew out the word uncomfortably, finding it hard to match his gaze. “Um, if you don’t mind me asking about what had happened…”

               “Yesterday?” he raised an eyebrow. “Wouldn’t you love to know?”

               “Friday,” you swallowed hard, nodding. “Uh, I assume I was-”

               “Drunk?” he wondered. “Slightly.”

               “Mind filling me in?” you asked shyly, leaning your head on his shoulder.

               “Hmm? What’d you ask for?” he teased. “You want me to feel you up? Fill you up?”

               “Fill me in, dumbass,” you playfully punched him in the arm as you corrected him. “Come on, Jake.”

               “Come?” he continued his immature dirty jokes and you groaned. “Come on what, exactly?”

               “I assume we went out for drinks…” you prompted him, hoping for him to pick up where you left off and forget the playful banter, and thankfully, he did.

               “Yeah, day ended regularly, I offered to pay for drinks, and uh, it was you, me, Rosa, and Boyle,” he explained. “Terry and Santiago had plans, so did the others, and I guess after a couple drinks Rosa bailed and Boyle’s a lightweight so-”

               “It ended up being just us,” you connected the dots.

               “Pretty much,” he replied. “You were going to head home for the night but then I challenged you to a drinking game and easy to say, you lost. Then we started playing truth or dare, and you admitted you liked me, and I told you I liked you, and we started getting handsy, we got kicked out of the bar, we took it back to my place-”

               “Woah,” you stopped him abruptly. “We got kicked out of the bar?”

               “Yeah, I told you, you don’t know how to keep your hands to yourself,” he chuckled.

               “Oh. My. God.” You buried your face into the crook of his neck. “Please spare me the details.”

               “Tell you all the juicy details?” he continued to tease. “Which parts? The time when you persisted in giving me a lap dance or you got on top of the pool table and started to strip?”

               “Peralta!” you shot up, eyes wide, and he burst into a fit of giggles, making you infuriated. “Oh shut up! You’re such an ass!”

               “You believed me!” he giggled and you groaned, clearly unamused.

               “Seriously, Jake?” you whined and he died down.

               “Alright, alright,” he sighed. “We had a long day, decided to go out for drinks, the others couldn’t make it, we took it back to my place to watch some Die Hard, had a couple more drinks, and you confessed to me that you had a major crush on me.”

               “N-no I didn’t,” you insisted but he stared at you, smirking. “O-okay maybe I did.”

               “Come on, I know you’ve been crazy for me since the day we met,” he crooned. “We both knew.”

               “Uh huh,” you tried to brush him off but he wrapped his arms around your waist and tugged you closer to him, making you double as self-conscious as you remembered you weren’t covered in anything but the white sheets atop both of your bodies.

               “Why are you in such denial?” he sighed. “Can’t you just come to terms with the fact that you’re oh so hopelessly in love with me?”

               “Oh god,” you gagged, laughter fading as he frowned and your heart began to crumble, realizing you’ve probably hurt him. “No, Jake, I didn’t mean to-”

               “You really think I’m that annoying?” he wondered, staring to give you puppy eyes, arms slightly sagging around your hips. “What? I’m incapable of anyone ever liking me? I’m that bad?”

               “No, Jake I don’t mean-” you began but he shook his head.

               “I’m sorry,” he mumbled, chewing on the side of his inner lip. His arms went limp.

               “Jake,” you argued, using one of your hands to tilt his head up, to look at you. “You’re right, okay? I’m sorry, I just…” You took a deep breath. “I’m an idiot, alright?”

               “Huh?” he tilted his head, confused.

               “Sure, I might have been a little drunk last night, but maybe that’s a good thing,” you insisted. “Because maybe if I wasn’t, then I would have never had the courage to tell you how I truly feel.”

               “So… you do like me?” he wondered.

               “I love you, Jake Peralta,” you confessed. “You were right. I was crazy for you the day I met you, and ever since, I’ve just been falling more and more in love.” You ran a hand through your hair, blushing and embarrassed. “Look, I know I denied my feelings, and I’m an ass to do so. I let the peer pressure of others get to me, and just because we were coworkers, I had promised myself not to let my feelings get in the way of my work. I tried to push you away as much as possible, even if that meant lying to you, and even myself.” You took a deep breath, still flustered. “I’m sorry.”

               “Y-you love me?” he stuttered, a bit shocked.

               “Yeah,” you admitted, face red. “I really do.”

               “But y/n-” he began, but you shook your head.

               “I know, I wish it went over differently,” you agreed. “I wish it didn’t go around like this, I wish I was brave enough to tell you sober, I wish that I remembered last night, I wish-”

               “I wish you’d shut up and kiss me,” he pressed a finger to your lips and you giggled, looking up at him. “Cause y/n, believe it or not, I love you too.”

               Before he could even finish the last word, you were kissing him, your body on top of his, his lips on yours, both of you eyes closed and arms wrapped around each other. It felt like a dream. When he pulled away, both of you burst into a fit of giggles, and you stared at him, forehead pressed against his, sighing.

               “Peralta, how the hell did I end up naked in your bed this morning?” you raised an eyebrow.

               “I honest to god do not know,” he replied. “Must’ve been a miracle.”

               “You know…” you drew out your voice, naughty smirk tugging at your lips. “There’s still a whole lot more that went on last night that I forgot about. Mind refreshing me?”

               “Oh really?” he hummed.

               “Yeah,” you gave a small smile. “I’m thinking this whole naked bed morning thing could be a potential weekend routine.”

               “Let’s change the word potential in that sentence to a consistent,” he flirted.

               “How about you convince me?” you purred.

               “I would love to,” he smiled, making you giggle. He kissed you softly, and then harder, before pulling away, going to catch his breath.

“What?” you tilted your head to the side, eyes gazing up at him.

“You’re a miracle,” he grinned to himself as he kissed you once again. “Goddamn miracle.”

#jake peralta x reader #jake peralta fanfiction #jake peralta imagine #jake peralta drabble #jake peralta fanfic #jake peralta x reader fanfiction #jake peralta x reader imagine #jake peralta x reader drabble #jake peralta x reader fanfic #jake peralta fluff #jake peralta x reader fluff #brooklyn nine-nine fanfiction #brookyln nine-nine fluff #brooklyn nine-nine x reader #b99 fanfiction #b99 fluff #b99 imagines #b99 x reader

[supernerdgirl24]

My Top 100 Ships Pt I

As stated in my bio, I have a shipping problem. So welcome to

Shipping Sundays! ❤️

Where I list 100 of my favorite ships in a series of 10 parts.

Some things to remember before we begin:

NONE of these gifs belong to me!

Ships listed in alphabetical order of the fandom

Some are canon, some aren't

Some are popular, some aren't

These are my personal shipping opinions

One person can be in multiple ships

Some have an explanation, some don't need one

😍 marks an OTP

Most importantly, this is just for fun 😁

⚠️ SPOILER WARNING⚠️

This post may or may not contain MAJOR or minor spoilers for the following:

Agent Carter

Alexa & Katie

Anastasia

Andi Mack

Boy Meets World

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Enjoy this week's ships!!

1. Agent Carter: Peggy and Daniel 😍

2. Alexa & Katie: Alexa and Dylan

3. Anastasia: Anastasia and Dimitri

4. Andi Mack: Buffy and Marty

5. Andi Mack: Bex and Bowie

6. Andi Mack: Andi and Jonah

7. Andi Mack: Cyrus and T.J.

8. Boy Meets World: Shawn and Angela 😍

9. Boy Meets World: Cory and Topanga

10. Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Rosa and Charles

Ok, so I know these two never happened. But Charles and his crush on Rosa in the earlier seasons was pretty cute to me. Plus, thought this quote was extra cute, "you've been extra nice to me because you thought I risked my life for you. But I just did what any good cop would do. When you finally go out with me, and you will, it'll be because I do things that only Charles Boyle would do."

Next Installment

Part 2

#shipping sundays #agent carter #peggysous #alexa & katie #alexa x dylan #anastasia #anastasia x dimitri #andi mack #buffy x marty #jandi #tyrus #bex x bowie #boy meets world #shawngela #corpanga #brooklyn nine nine #charles x rosa #fandoms #ships #otp #fangirlish things

[fulboyle]

Wait, if you were gonna use Diaz the whole time, why didn't you just tell us that? Because you two would have given it away with your terrible acting.

#gifs #s06e09 #the golden child #season 6 #brooklyn nine nine #brooklyn 99 #b99 #charles boyle #terry jeffords #rosa diaz #raymond holt #g1 #CONFIDENT CHARLES IS MY FAVORITE #major crush on boyle #this scene gets me every time

[emoboijk]

flora & fauna series

Flowers and humans, and the way heartbreak can inextricably link them together. —hanahaki disease au, non-idol au, angst

p.cred

(i do not own the hanahaki disease concept; all members below cut)

ksj | tulips

“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different.” (Marianne Williamson) You don’t think he loves you and that can have disastrous consequences. —3,071 words :: professor!seokjin, student!reader

myg | roses

“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.” (John Boyle O’Reilly) Being with someone doesn’t guarantee that you know they love you. —3,619 words

jhs | carnations

“But carnations? Oh, what a beautiful flower. They come in every color. True, some are painted, but that doesn’t mean they are less beautiful, and they never wilt.” (Ruth McLeod-Kerns)—2,510 words :: friends with benefits au

knj | dahlias

“There is nothing like the first hot days of spring when the gardener stops wondering if it's too soon to plant the dahlias and starts wondering if it's too late.” (Henry Mitchell)—coming soon, series part 7

pjm | hydrangeas

"A dead hydrangea is as intricate and lovely as one in bloom.” (Toni Morrison) He’s willing to die for love and for the act of loving.—2,717 words :: major character death

kth | daffodils

“Daffodils are an optimistic flower, and foolproof.” (Tasha Tudor) Sometimes denial is the brain’s way of protecting itself.—4,388 words

jjk | calla lilies

“The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion.” (Katherine Hepburn) or You’re trying to help set him up with his boyhood crush and things don’t go according to plan. —6,222 words :: friends-to-lovers au

#rosynamjoon #bts #bangtanbuds #hyunglinenetwork #hanahaki disease au #bts x reader #kim seokjin #jin #jin x reader #min yoongi #yoongi #suga #yoongi x reader #suga x reader #jung hoseok #hoseok #hobi #j hope #j hope x reader #hobi x reader #kim namjoon #namjoon #namjoon x reader #rm #rm x reader #park jimin #jimin #jimin x reader #kim taehyung #taehyung

[thefilmsnob]

Yesterday: *** out of 5

The end credits of a film are usually an afterthought to most viewers. Yet, a great film-to-credits transition can really enhance the overall product. Stanley Kubrick was a master at this and Danny Boyle gave us possibly the best example a few years ago in T2: Trainspotting. Now, he follows that up with another doozy in his latest film Yesterday. The problem is, it’s likely the most rousing moment of the film.

As the movie ends, we hear Sir Paul McCartney sing the first lines of ‘Hey Jude’, widely considered one of the greatest songs of all time, and we perk up immediately. The song is sung in its entirety to the delight of the audience. The credits aren’t elaborate, but this hit is all you really need…besides love, of course. The same can’t be said for the rest of the film. We needed more.

That’s a shame considering the unique premise, especially in the hands of an Oscar-winning director like Boyle. The veteran filmmaker has tackled some pretty unusual stories, many involving false realties; for instance, his characters’ hallucinations in Trainspotting, The Beach and 127 Hours. In Yesterday, Boyle brings this to the forefront, creating a world where The Beatles don’t exist which, to many people, is more terrifying than any drug or hunger-induced vision.

There’s no explanation—scientific, magical or otherwise—for this phenomenon and the film is better for it. Basically, as our protagonist Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is leaving his latest music gig on his bike, he’s hit by a bus during a short power outage. And, poof! The Beatles are gone! He learns this while recovering from his injuries, playing ‘Yesterday’ for his friends who think he actually wrote the iconic song. Initially, he assumes they’re joking until his Google search results bring up insects and Pope John Paul II when he searches ‘The Beatles’ and ‘John Paul George Ringo’. Other things are missing from this world too, but they’re mentioned only in passing.

Naturally, this event causes Jack to panic until he realizes he’s the only one who knows one of the most beloved musical catalogues in history. What else is there to do but make the financially and professionally genius though dubious decision of passing those songs off as his own on a path to fame and fortune? It’s not out of the question either considering he’s a talented, albeit struggling musician, illustrated in a hilarious scene where his only audience members at a music festival include some children playing in the grass, a few pets and their distracted owners. This motivates his questionable plan, if fame and fortune weren’t enough.

It’s a neat premise and, for a while, quite charming and whimsical. For a while, Patel is also pretty charming, playing a mild-mannered, talented artist who often looks defeated and hates the thought of going back to teaching; you can practically hear the ‘wa waaa’ noise every time he takes a step. We still root for him, though, for the most part.

As Jack continues playing the Beatles’ songs, he rakes in the money and fame and even attracts the attention of Ed Sheeran, played adequately by Ed Sheeran, who helps him become a global phenomenon. Unfortunately, as Jack feels increasingly guilty, Patel’s performance becomes increasingly rigid. He settles into a mood of contrition from which he rarely emerges, which makes sense to a degree, but becomes frustrating for the audience.

Thankfully, Lily James adds some pep as a counterbalance to the angst. She plays Ellie, Jack’s almost unrealistically loyal manager and childhood friend who always shares a sweet smile and a word of encouragement. She’s also had a crush on him since they were young, but Jack’s none the wiser nor has he reciprocated; honestly, this seems harder to believe than the business with The Beatles. James is a delight here; if Patel has his charming moments then she’s the embodiment of charm. Wake up, Jack!

On the other hand, Kate McKinnon is the embodiment of sleaze, playing the greedy, opportunistic Debra Hammer, the agent who Mr. Sheeran introduces to Jack. She’s the funniest part of this breezy musical fantasy. Whereas Ellie cares mainly about Jack, Debra cares only about what Jack can do for her, which is add to her fame and fortune.

The degree to which he provides these luxuries is unconvincing, though, which brings us back to the impact of the end credits. If you’re going to make a movie featuring music that’s considered brilliant by the vast majority, you better make the music sound pretty damn brilliant. And, although Patel has a nice singing voice, neither it nor the music itself reaches Beatles caliber. If the band didn’t exist and you heard this music for the first time in Yesterday, would you fall in love with it? Would this singer and his work be considered legendary? My guess is no, despite the likelihood of them being at least well-received. This is where the premise shows its weaknesses; we don’t quite buy Jack’s rise to stardom and the fact that McCartney’s rendition of ‘Hey Jude’ at the end serves as such a stark contrast doesn’t help.  

This leads to another intriguing concept: What if the music wasn’t well-received? Maybe The Beatles’ success depended less on the quality of music and more on the musical tastes, politics, social issues, etc of the ‘60s. Listing more alternate scenarios may spoil the film, but such a promising setup had the potential to take some unexpected turns and explore some complex ideas, yet the writers settled on a relatively safe one with too much focus on a generic love story. There is a surprise toward the end, which is kind of neat if slightly confusing.

Yet, there should’ve been more, especially considering the headrush that was Rocketman. To Yesterday’s credit, it is a light and enjoyable couple of hours that you share with some fine company onscreen. It’s nice to see Boyle continue to tell unique stories and there’s still Beatles music throughout. Nonetheless, you can’t help but walk away from the film feeling that a great opportunity might have been squandered.  

#yesterday #the beatles #danny boyle #movie review

[the-paris-of-people]

top 5 jake and amy pre relationship moments?

I just rewatched Johnny and Dora last night so this is perfect

1.) WHEN TEDDY OUTED AMY’S FEELINGS AT DINNER WITH JAKE AND SOPHIA! Like wow, I definitely felt bad for Sophia and Teddy because I despise emotional cheating but also… oooo that chemistry when Amy says “I don’t know, maybe” and Jake responds with the biggest heart eyes in the world

2.) THE WHOLE SCENE AT THE RESTAURANT IN JOHNNY AND DORA! I particularly adore when Amy kisses Jake’s cheek and he shoots back his heart eyes! I also love “He makes me laugh” “There’s no one else’s opinion I care more about than hers” 

3.) THE STAKEOUT ON THE BET AKA when they became everyone’s OTP “Crushing debt” “You do know me” 

4.) Amy’s double tuck in “Det Dave Majors when Jake walks away”... what an adorable little mannerism!! I hate how they never brought that back 

5.) Amy’s fake proposal before Boyle and Linetti’s wedding! “yes, yes a million times yes! 

#peraltiago #b99 #ask #answered #sergeantames

[fly-pow-bye]

Powerpuff Girls 2016 - “Brainlord”

Written by: Jake Goldman

Written & Storyboarded by: John Martinez, Andy Cung

Directed by: Nick Jennings, Bob Boyle

Should have done the noodle dance.

This episode starts with Townsville under attack by a monster. If the Narrator was here, this could be an opening of an original episode. It's not just any monster either, but it's Gothra, a monster that first appeared in Bucketboy. Giving the reboot some credit; the original never really had a recurring monster in their rogue’s gallery, the reboot introduced two of them. For this episode, they add something else to this potential beloved villain other than his looks: vocal cords!

Gothra: Roooooar. Once I destroy you poser humans, you will finally understand how sad and empty life is!

Honestly, the monotone and yet loud roar would have been just fine, but they really wanted to show off that Gothra is a goth. At least he has a personality, and he will hammer in with every line he says.

Also like the original, the Powerpuff Girls show up to beat the stuffing out of him. Blossom tells him that they're going to turn his frown upside-down. Smiles are a goth's worst enemy...I think that's what she were going for?

Unfortunately, the Reboot Puffs show their usual failure here, as, of course, this leads to a Monster Punch, Girls Down. Womp, womp. Not even a minute into the episode, this even including the opening theme song, this living pun manages to punch the Powerpuff Girls into a crater, them completely helpless from the wrath of a goth moth.

One of two things can happen from this: the Reboot Puffs get up and use a different strategy than just rushing in and punching him, or they stay helpless before someone else gets to save them from their peril. If you picked the former, welcome to the reboot. Before Gothra can crush the Reboot Puffs like his dreams, get it, goth, he gets blasted by this episode's knight in shining armor.

In comes Brainlord, a superhero that can shoot lasers out of his gigantic brain, wearing a costume with white and purple stripes and a big purple cape. Using his almighty brain power, Gothra explodes in an explosion of justice. As in, the cloud even spells and whispers the word "justice."

The Powerpuff Girls awaken to see their savior, and before you can say "Major Competition", which is not exactly what this episode is ripping off but I wouldn't blame anyone for assuming at this point, we get to hear his origin story.

He was the hero of a planet called Braintopia, beating up the bad guys, and rescuing the overly large brained people. Unfortunately, the Braintopians had a custom to keep their heads super shiny, which blinded them all from a meteor bigger than their entire planet. He survived, not because he was chosen to be put in a rocket before the big cataclysmic event, but because he was in another galaxy to get his car washed.

In other words: Superman’s origin story, except with jokes!

The Powerpuff Girls didn't find it funny, though. In fact, they found this origin story so sad that they get tissues, and Buttercup outright says that this is the saddest origin story she's ever heard. Even sadder than Bliss's origin story, apparently! Yes, it is pretty sad to know that all of his friends and family are dead, but why show this? Is it a joke on how the Powerpuff Girls are saddened by this silly story? Is this just a way for them to force a tear jerker moment? It's not working.

After hearing that sad, sad story that they really wanted to let you know is sad, Blossom decides to offer this total stranger dinner at the Powerpuff home. I mean, he's a fellow superhero, and he just saved them from that 90's Hot Topic customer! What could possibly go wrong?

To be fair to Blossom, there is no hint that something is up other than this person's costume looking a little similar to a certain arch-nemesis. They can drag this on until a big reveal in Act 2, but they don’t wait that long.

Brainlord: Yes, see you tonight...

Discount Jojo: (changes face back to his own) ...for your doom! Hahahahahaha!

...they just reveal immediately that Brainlord is actually Discount Jojo in disguise. There is a point to this: it's to make this episode a Discount Jojo-focused episode where he gets to live along with his arch-enemies. It's just like Not So Secret Service or Quarantine, and those episodes were so good that I was overjoyed to see another one of...I can't even complete that sentence.

Even in the Brainlord costume, his voice is just Roger L. Jackson doing a different voice. There are a few times where he goes a little too close to the Jojo voice, and that actually works in this episode's favor.

His main plan is to infiltrate the Powerpuff Girls' home, earn their trust, enter the Professor's lab, and blow up the Professor's black hole machine with a bomb. This is all shown with pen and crayon drawings. I kind of like this, actually, it reminds me of that other arch-nemesis.

The first thing Brainlord does at the dinner table is ask where the Professor's latest invention is, as he claims he was a minor celebrity on his formerly existing home planet. The Professor decides to show him exactly that, though it turns out he invented something else since the black hole machine: spaghetti and meatballs a la Utonium! He is not too thrilled about this, until he decides to take a bite.

We then get the "Buttercup really liking Jojo's waffles" scene from Not So Secret Service, except instead of stock footage, it's a bunch of random scenes where Jojo is happy. It is better. After that glorious dinner, the Powerpuff Girls decide to sing him a song teaching him all about the place they live. Wait, could this be some much needed worldbuilding?

The Puffs: Welcome to Townsville, Brainlord!

We hope you're not plain bored!

Too late! They then sing the many different reasons why Townsville is great. They mention that the beach should be checked out, how the mall is neat...and that's it. No, not the song, but that's the only two reasons we get to hear, as they instantly skip to number 487, which just says that’s the end of the song. Missed opportunities all around, I'd say.

What gives this "overly long song" joke far less of an impact is that Brainlord was not even phased by the length. In fact, he was so charmed by this song and dance, that he asks for an encore! Before we can get a song about the 487 reasons why Citiesville sucks, Brainlord says that this song was such a blast, reminding himself that he had a Powerpuff-destroying scheme to do! He asks to go to the little Brainlord's room.

Brainlord turns his face back into Jojo, and he tells himself that while the Powerpuff Girls being such great hosts almost makes him not want to, he wants to go through with this plan anyway.

The Professor really had to step the security down from the one he once had, because the only thing between dastardly villains and Chemical X, dangerous transmogrification rays, and black hole machines is a security question. Specifically, it asks what the Powerpuff Girls' favorite thing is. Jojo, using the utmost of his genius, decides to make a perfectly reasonable guess.

Discount Jojo: The Powerpuff Girls' favorite thing is...being destroyed by Mojo!

Obviously, that wasn't the answer, and if he gets the question wrong again, the lab goes into total lockdown. Suddenly, Bubbles shows up, and Jojo has to put on his Brainlord face. He puts on a facade that he's just thinking about his home planet and how much he misses it. Bubbles tells him he can stay at their house, and maybe they can show him their favorite things! Brainlord responds by evilly laughing, but Bubbles doesn't pay it any mind. In fact, the scene just changes immediately after he laughs; we couldn't even get a joke out of Bubbles' obliviousness.

The next day, we get montage #1, where Brainlord goes to a carnival. There's really no jokes here, it's just Brainlord and the Reboot Puffs having fun on all the rides. It's very pedestrian; I would have loved to see them enjoying these rides and games in a superhero way, like, say, Brainlord attempting to use his brain lasers on the bottle game. Maybe they were worried about copying Despicable Me...but when has that stopped them?

After all that fun, the Powerpuff Girls suddenly start talking about how family is so important to them. Oh, and Buttercup says this.

Buttercup: Yes, blood is thicker than water, blood rules!

I get it, like related by blood, but I can't say I didn't enjoy how they just shoved in the phrase "blood rules" into at least one episode. Bubbles ends this family talk by saying family is their favorite thing, and Brainlord suddenly runs off to the Powerpuff home.

Thanks to Bubbles' big mouth, Discount now knows the secret password and gets it right the second time, giving him full access to the lab and that black hole machine. Using a stick of dynamite with a timer on it, he's going to destroy the people that gave him entertainment, because he is a bad ape!

While cheering, Bubbles calls down to Brainlord that they're going out for ice cream! Wow, the Powerpuff Girls are just having the best day of their lives, and Jojo doesn't want to miss out on any of it!

We get another montage that has the same purpose as the carnival one, with most of the same problems. The only difference is that we get scenes where Jojo has to keep extending the clock because he just doesn't want the fun to end.

Well, okay, I guess there is a scene where Brainlord gets his fingernails painted. Oh, that Discount, while he's learned a few more jokes, he's still finding some way to do something feminine.

In the end, the Powerpuff Girls offer this scrapbook of all the times they had. This is the part where Jojo finally decides that maybe the Powerpuff Girls aren't worth destroying after all. I mean, being with the Utoniums has been a total blast for him! After saying something along the lines of that, Brainlord suddenly realizes he may have forgot something.

It's here that the episode finally figures that there has to be some sort of problem that isn't caused by a one-joke moth, as the bomb explodes, causing the black hole generator to make a black hole. They don't seem to think about how this black hole generator suddenly activated or got destroyed, though that might have taken a backseat to them holding on to a door frame to save their own lives.

The black hole generator can only stop if someone goes in the vortex and blows it up. The Professor also happened to be carrying a bunch of dynamite just for this purpose. That's just something he carries around. You know what they say, better to have it and not need it than vice versa.

Blossom: I'll go!

So Blossom decides to let go, not realizing that everyone was holding her leg. Thanks to Blossom's mistake, everyone goes into the vortex and ends up floating around in the vastness of outer space. Discount and Sitcom Dad die, and eventually, the Reboot Puffs stopped thinking. Oh wow, I guess there really was a satisfactory finale for this series!

No, I'm just kidding, of course it's Brainlord that ends up taking the dynamite and sacrificing himself. For all the Powerpuff Girls knew, their family friend just had the time of their lives, and is now going to suffer what is most likely a painful death...or is that really the case?

There is a slight twist to this, and I usually don't spoil the twists, but I have to talk about this one. Right before Brainlord lets go, Bubbles drops this bombshell.

Brainlord: Remember me!

Bubbles: We will, thanks, Mojo!

Brainlord: Yes, and never for, wait, you knew?!

Outside of this one little scene, nothing is made of this sudden revelation that Bubbles knew this whole time. It feels more like something they just threw in in the last minute to give the episode some sort of a big twist.

Some may also ask how Bubbles knew Brainlord was Jojo. Honestly, with his constant yelling of his plans throughout the episode, the Powerpuff Girls would have to be deaf to not figure it was probably him. If that was the case, why did they not do anything to stop this from happening? Whatever.

Oh, and that black hole just leads to a dumpster. This reboot sure loves putting their characters in the garbage; feels like a hidden message.

Does the title fit?

Name of a character, and one that doesn't even use his brains.

How does it stack up?

Out of all of the "Mojo Jojo has to live with his arch-enemies" episodes, this is probably the least worst one, but it's still not anywhere near mediocre. While Not So Secret Service couldn't find a plot and stick to it, Quarantine was just horrendous, this one's just mostly boring.

I debated on giving this a really low Neutral or a really high Disgusted. I wouldn't lie and say the montages weren't charming, if they were a bit too pedestrian to my taste, but that’s really all this episode has. Sorry, Brainlord.

Next, it can't be worse than Foodfight!, can it?

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Game of Thrones: Why Sansa could win it all

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, JOSH BOAK and PAUL WISEMAN.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Where most “Game of Thrones” fans were horrified by the beheading of the beloved Ned Stark and blamed it on a ruthless king, Columbia University business professor Bruce Craven saw a lesson in failed leadership.

The northerner Stark was simply too proud to adjust to the cutthroat nature of King’s Landing as it became mired in a scramble over royal succession. His execution set into motion battles, intrigues, romances and resurrections that will culminate this Sunday with the show’s highly-anticipated final season.

In the AP’s weekly “Wealth of Westeros” series, we’ll be delving into the latest plot twists and analyzing the economic and business forces driving the story. We examine the show’s central question in Part 1: Who will win the Iron Throne?

The judgment of Craven and other academic minds may surprise you: Sansa Stark, Ned’s eldest daughter.

Sansa has grown from a once-helpless princess with dreams of lemon cakes into a wily strategist. She has endured marriages that were degrading and abusive, finding ways to adapt and survive that her late father could never manage.

“She’s had probably the closest involvement with the widest array of different leaders,” said Craven, who has written a new business book, ”Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones .”

Sansa has learned from Littlefinger’s manipulations. She’s seen the pitfalls from what Craven calls Cersei’s “transactional” approach to leadership. And she’s seen her kinsman Jon Snow’s idealism transform him from a brooding teenager into a military commander capable of challenging the zombie army of the Night King.

This education might be the ultimate advantage, even if she lacks the firepower of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons or the Valyrian steel sword wielded by Jon Snow.

“She doesn’t have dragons. She didn’t learn to become an assassin,” added Craven, who admits his prediction is just a hunch. “Everything she’s gone through, part of me wants to see her leverage that in some unpredictable way.”

Sansa does enjoy a major edge in terms of resources, said Mark Wright, research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. From the U.S. Civil War to World War II, victorious armies have often gained a decisive edge by having the best equipment, stable supply lines and multitudes of soldiers. Her perceived rivals for the throne are running close to empty militarily and economically.

Thanks to her feeble cousin Robin Arryn, the Knights of the Vale are under her command. Her troops are the freshest and arguably best provisioned, given the Vale’s rich soil that provides for wheat, corn, barley and enviously large pumpkins.

Her rivals have suffered the destruction of their farmland and the depletion of their armies after years of warfare and the occasional scorched-earth dragon attack.

“I think it was Napoleon who said an army marches on its stomach,” Wright said.

Not everyone, however, is convinced that Sansa will rule.

The betting markets have picked Bran Stark, her mystical and disabled brother.

He might also seem like an unexpected pick. Bran has the ability to journey through time. This gives him an oracular power, but it has extinguished his former emotional warmth for cold prophecies. He seems too detached from humanity to sit on the Iron Throne or establish the personal connections that a ruler would need to rally a weary populace.

But to economists, his popularity on the betting markets matters a lot.

The market is the closest thing the public has to a three-eyed raven. It can forecast the future by distilling the wisdom of the crowds. The stock and bond markets do this daily.

He has no charisma and can’t fight, and the show suggested last season that he’s no longer even a Stark. But Boyle Sports gives him 4/5 odds. He’s the top pick on Bovada, too. And on Oddschecker. And Gambling.com.

But of course, markets can be wrong. So can experts.

Carolyne Larrington, a professor of medieval European literature at Oxford and author of ”Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones ,” doesn’t think Sansa wants to sit on the Iron Throne, any more than her father did.

Instead, she sees Daenerys as the most likely choice, with her dragons and Dothraki hordes.

Larrington said the show, once known for its moral shades of gray, has become more clearly a fight of good vs. evil as it nears its end.

“I think that’s why they’ll play it safe, and give it to Daenerys,” she said.

Craven credits Daenerys with having developed superior leadership skills: She inspires people by walking into flames and surviving. She frees slaves and tries to rule for the benefit of others. Plus, she has dragons.

She is “the queen we chose,” in the words of her interpreter and adviser, Missandei.

It’s a surprisingly positive lesson from a show that has relentlessly crushed so many beloved characters.

“All the leadership that goes forward successfully against the odds — with the exception of Cersei — involves leaders that are motivated by helping other people,” Craven says. “Their leadership isn’t strictly about their own achievement or standing at the top of the org chart.”

Let’s hope that leadership style works against the army of the Night King.

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