#malex meta

[jule1122]

March for Meta Season 4

March Meta Day 4 Season 4: Sometimes Alex gets the words right

With Alex missing so much of Season 4 and the drama of the last few episodes, I tend to forget about the first few episodes of the season.  They tend to be eclipsed by all that comes later so distant from the ending that it’s hard to remember they matter.  But Alex was very clear with Michael as they moved their relationship forward.  It’s amazing to see the transition from the early seasons where his regard for Michael was almost spoken in metaphor, Michael maybe missing the “I love you, you matter to me” in “I want to know who you are” and “You asked me to.”  There is no subtlety in S4, I think it’s Alex’s romantic equivalent of “I left nice behind in the Middle East.”  He is no longer hesitating in saying what he means and mostly what he means is Michael is the most important person in his life,

In 4x01 he tells him:  “Hey, I can live without that gazebo.  What I can’t live without is you.”

It’s a lovely way of telling Michael he prioritizes their future over nostalgia for one of the few positive memories of his childhood.  He trusted Michael with the gazebo, and Michael takes it to mean he trusts his with it physically, but I think what Alex was really doing was trusting him with it emotionally.  He was letting Michael see his vulnerabilities, sharing a dream he never told anyone else about.  Michael might have broken the physical gazebo, but he didn’t break the trust Alex placed him, he didn’t break the feeling of safety and support he gives Alex that allowed Alex to share that with thim.  Alex lets Michael know that he is the important part of the story not the gazebo.

4x02 is not a favorite of mine, but I am going to focus on something that makes me smile.

Alex: “Like a piece of alien tech, I don’t like being parted from my alien.”

Is it cheesy?  Absolutely.  But that’s what I love about it.  I love seeing Alex and Michael in a place where they can be cheesy with each other, where it’s not all shouted love confessions but bad puns that let them know how much they love each other.  Also, I think it’s important that Alex let Michael know why he wants to take the console.  His priority is getting back to Michael as soon as possible.  He is focused on Michel and being with him.  Michael is his alien and I love that for them.

#rnmmarchformeta2023 #malex meta #rnm 4x01 #rnm 4x02 #I love openly in love Alex #Could write a whole other meta about his telling Michael the house was his #He really goes all in in S4

[angrycowboy]

you know what i have enjoyed about this season?

the different ways michael refers to alex.

my boyfriend.

the man i love.

my soulmate.

like... is it really out of the realm of possibility that he adds “my husband” to the list before the season is over?

in 4x01, even after just moving in with alex officially, michael still asks max how he knew it was the right time to propose to liz. but what this season has shown is that max didn’t actually have the right moment. twice the proposal didn’t happen. the moment wasn’t right.

because what michael fears is a fear that he’s had since childhood. that he’s never going to be enough for someone. he was left behind at the group home. he was bounced around foster families until he was homeless and lived in his truck. and now, for the first time in his life, someone is giving him that home he’s been yearning for. alex is proving to him, time and time again, that he is choosing michael. that he will always choose michael.

but that fear michael has, the need to get back to the planet he left behind, the belief that there may be family there who want him, who love him - he’s still struggling to let it go, and to grow past it. because that dream has been such a huge part of his life, and who he is as a person, it was never going to disappear immediately. it’s now a work in progress.

and it’s not that he doesn’t trust alex now. they’ve taken those steps where alex has expressed in his words how important michael is to him (”you are the one piece i cannot go through life without” and “what i can’t live without is you.”) and has shown it in the two of them beginning to officially cohabitate, by alex giving michael a house key. he stresses that the house is michael’s, not just his. i wrote a little about this after s3, about how alex’s house is the grown up version of the shed. it’s their safe place together.

in 2x06, alex admits that he used to believe they’d end up together. it’s a long overdue final break-up for them, but it reveals something else about them. neither of them have ever stopped loving one another, but alex has finally made the revelation that michael had back in 1x13 and 2x01 that they needed to find a new way to love each other. that the way they were before wasn’t working in a sustainable way for the kind of relationship they wanted. 

and then 3x09, after michael pulls alex off the ledge, after everything has calmed down, there’s a moment where they’re in the exam room together. and there’s a tension in the air - the expectations that they still hold, particularly alex. he still feels the need to fix everything his father broke, the responsibility still falling on his shoulders, and this episode was really the moment it truly could have killed him.

alex: i wanted to fix this for you. i just wanted to clear it up so that-

michael: so we could have a “normal picket fence life.” any way you slice it, manes, our picket fenced yard is gonna hold aliens.

followed by:

alex: i guess i just couldn’t get the fear of the rocky path we have ahead of us out of my mind.

michael: i spoke to sanders about the same thing. he said “you don’t walk away from a broken engine. you find a way to make it purr again.”

and while the larger reference here is to the two of them working on the lockhart machine to make it work correctly, and remove project shepherd’s interference - this is also talking about their relationship. for years after the shed, their relationship was broken, and neither of them knew how to fix it. it took time, and energy, and communication for them to get back on the path to the point where they have this conversation, where they both are eager and ready to put the work into themselves and relationship to move forward. they want to be together, they both want a life together - they just had to figure out how to make the pieces fit first.

(i know we can’t take word of god to mean anything, but something that i always thought was important to the overall arcs of the ships was something CAM said way back during s1, i believe. that these characters are adults, they’re exploring and discovering and trying to figure out if they want to spend the rest of their lives together. and i think especially in the case of echo and malex, when placed next to their journeys throughout the seasons, is important to keep in mind.)

we heard alex finally talk about his plans for the future a bit in 3x08 (”i joined deep sky for you”) which also goes along with why he joined the air force at 17 (”after what my dad did to you - i wanted to win battles.”) and we hear him re-iterate it in 3x09 - “i spent a year cleaning up my father’s messes and i made sure that not one of them touched michael.” for alex, it’s always been about carving out that safe space, first for himself and then expanded at seventeen to include michael.

but what happened in s4, and one of the reasons it angered me that the show had michael apologizing (particularly to liz and max) so quickly is... michael expects people to leave him. it’s why finding a losing nora hit him so hard. it’s why losing max on top of that caused the worst spiral we’ve seen for him. even in 3x01, michael admitted that despite maria breaking up with him, despite alex taking off for a year without a word - he was still happy because he had max and isobel. it was enough.

so for a moment, if you will, imagine that in that time between learning alex is missing and alex reaching out to connect with him to assure him i’m still here there is a moment where michael thinks now alex has left him... again. and this time, possibly for good. right when they’d gotten to this good place, right when they’d made this huge step towards the life they’d always dreamed of having together. something else came along and tore them apart, and got in the way. it’s the shed and noah all over again.

“i lost sight of the home i was trying to build with him” is just... he’s beating himself up for thinking that the dream he’s held onto since he was a child compares to the real thing in front of him. the person that loves him, and chooses him day after day, who wants to build a future with him.

maria once told alex, “home doesn’t have to mean a white picket fence house and a family - it can be a person.” and for alex, that person has been michael. this is long before anyone really knows about malex, before malex was ever really able to see what a them could be. before alex started to push back against his father, where he began his own journey of self-discovery and acceptance. 

so after all this, it doesn’t feel like it would be out of left field for malex to get engaged or even married. the two of them, together and apart, have been working on answering that question - if this is what they want - since we first met them in the pilot. through every up and down, we’ve seen them grow closer and grow apart, but we’ve never seen them truly choose someone else over each other.

and maybe, in a way, michael asking alex to marry him is a bit of a trauma response - but after everything they’ve been through. the times they’ve been pulled apart and external forces have said that they can’t make it work, they’ve still dug their heels in and picked each other. over and over again. tezca sent alex to an alternate dimension, and alex still found a way to communicate with michael. like kyle said - that’s powerful. and in the end if an external force trying to tear them apart is the thing that makes them both hold on a little tighter? i’m okay with that.

and hey, who knows. maybe alex will be the one to propose to michael. to see just how done alex is with being away from michael as we’ve seen michael is with being away from alex. 

“like a piece of alien tech, i don’t like being parted from my alien.”

#roswell new mexico #malex #alex manes #michael guerin #malex meta #notso writes meta #i guess this can appropriately be called #notso's malex gets married agenda

[alex-guerin]

Michael and Alex, I swear...these two....they're gonna end up being that ridiculously adorable, sweet little old couple that still holds hands and are still just as in love with each other at 90 as they were when they were 17. They'll still be kissing and staring at each other lovingly and embarrassing their kids with how much they love each other and showing how much they love each other because they spent too much time not able to do it that they spend the rest of their lives making up for it.

Their grandkids will just watch them in awe as they dance in the kitchen and Alex sings for Michael and just be fascinated with how different their PawPaw and Poppie are from the other grandparents around -- and not because they're both men, but because of how freely they show their affection for each other and still tease each other and PawPaw gives Poppie certain looks and sasses at him. And Poppie just looks back at him in exasperation and goes, "Y'know what, Manes....." and they dissolve into laughter and smiles and kisses.

And when the day finally comes when one goes, the other kisses them softly and promises to follow them wherever they go and days later does exactly that because they haven’t been and can’t be apart from each other for more than a couple of days in over 50 years and they aren't about to start now. 

#Malex meta #Malex #Michael Guerin #Alex Manes #Roswell New Mexico

[ripmalex]

The biggest failure with the Michael and Alex’s storyline this season isn’t that Alex has been missing so long (since we know this is most likely due to Tyler Blackburn’s health issues.)It’s that this show doesn’t know how to drag out storylines properly. Like realistically the “this isn’t a violation of trust” Michael who broke into Alex’s house after 1 day of not hearing from him and the finds one crashdown napkin on the ground outside his bunker and goes on a rampage looking for Alex Michael would definitely be concerned that Alex has been MIA for so long. Alex’s friend’s mom dies and Alex doesn’t call; Michael get sick for the first time in his life and loses his powers and Alex doesn’t call, and Michael is what, lightly peeved? What would make more sense is Michael noticing that Alex is missing earlier on and looking for him over several episodes, it would easily fit into the spiraling that Michael’s been doing lately and would better align with the character they’ve built. Instead, this show is so often all about instant gratification in its storylines. Liz comes up with a scientific solution in less than 24 hours. Tesca immediately reveals herself to be a shape shifter. Bonnie gets purposefully arrested the second they realize she took Michael’s powers. I wouldn’t be surprised if it only takes Michael 1 (2 at most) episodes to find and save Alex once he finally realizes he is missing, which will make it all the more frustrating that it took him so long to discover Alex was taken in the first place. The show has forever had the problem of not knowing how to realistically have characters like Alex and Kyle missing from an episode because of the actors’ contracts, but this is almost next level. You can’t establish how much Michael cares about Alex and how fast he has come to his aid in the past and then have him act unbothered when Alex goes missing this season. If the show was better at long term storylines they would have Michael already looking for Alex. Not only would it make more sense for what’s been established with Michael’s character, but it would also create more build up and a more satisfying pay off for when Malex is finally reunited.

#rnm spoilers #malex #rnm meta

[castalianspring]

I only just started watching this show, so I barely go here, but these are the thoughts that keep me awake at night and I might as well type them out so they get out of my head before they're probably jossed on Monday night.

Ok, so it looks like Theo is going to guide Dallas through whatever mindscape/alien dimension/alien consciousness thing he, Alex, and presumably Bonnie are trapped in, right? Unless that wasn't really Theo, but let's say it is, or at least his consciousness/spirit.

So, what if Nora is the one guiding Alex? What if she's the one helping him to reach out to Maria? Bonding with her future son-in-law? Showing him how he'll be able to help the others defeat Tezca, Jones, et al?

Season 3 already established how much Alex has Nora in his thoughts, even if it's an idealized version of her he wants to preserve for Michael. And how much he still subconsciously feels he isn't really supposed to touch alien things. How much would I give to see him get the chance to actually know her, to experience more alien stuff and maybe even team up with Dallas for it (they're already besties, I'm putting that out there in the universe). For Michael to come to the rescue and get to have a conversation with her as well. For them to have her blessing. If they're going to be apart for so much of the season, then let Alex interact with alien stuff on his own and have some semblance of an arc during it so that he's not just a pawn or simply leverage to be used against Michael.

Idk, I just want that. Nora's in this season, and she hasn't been in any of the flashbacks yet. So maybe her story could be helping Alex get back to Michael. The whole thing gives me Stargate "ascension" vibes, so let Nora be Oma Desala and let Alex be a badass and Daniel Jackson his way out of this.

#roswell new mexico #rnm meta #malex #alex manes #i love him so much #give him cool shit to do

[metaphoric-aliens]

ok ok ok!! here's my roswell playlist!!

descriptions/lyrics for why I chose each song:

Come a Little Closer: "come a little closer then you'll see // things aren't always what they seem to be" also I get a little kick out of "at first you were my father // now I love you like a brother"

Not Dead Yet: this is a Michael Guerin song. point blank.

Mine Forever: "don't wanna die // but I can't live without you" / "we will always be together //in my mind, you're mine forever" to me this is an Echo song

Love Me Like You Used To: verse 1 is Echo; verse 2 and 3 is Malex

Gold: "I could leave. I know I ought to, but there's gold in them hills." small town vibez

Disarm: "the killer in me is the killer in you" this is a Max song

AM Radio: "long as you run // I couldn't give you up"

You're Somebody Else: "you look like yourself but you're somebody else // only it ain't on the surface"

this is me trying: I’ve always associated this with malex

Survivor: "see I wanted you to stay and show you the world's a better place" this is an Alex song !

She Talks to Angels: somebody used this for a Rosa edit and now I very much associate it with s1/s2 Rosa

Everything and Reckoning: I know Alanis is a Liz thing, but these 2 songs I heavily relate to Isobel

Hanginaround: "I been bumming around this old town for way too long" small town vibez

Rain King: this is a Max song

Alien: bc why not

Wash it Clean: MALEX!!! "all my life I tried to let you go // would you stay?" and "soak my hands in gasoline // I can't wash it clean // bathe my days in revelry // I can't wash it clean"

Dust Settles: this is a pod squad song <3 "here we are now // lonely together"

Unicorn: MALEX all around, like every line - "you came from another star" / "love, love is a cosmic thing"

#roswell new mexico #music #roswell nm #roswell new mexico meta #roswell nm meta #the music on this show is superior #malex #echo #echo rnm #malex rnm #michael guerin #liz ortecho #isobel evans #alex manes #rosa ortecho #max evans #Spotify

[alexguerinappreciation]

MARCH PROMPTS

Theme: Power Dynamics Inspiration: "Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." - T.S. Eliot Words: Passenger, Murky Spotlight: Alex's Canon Relationships (Forlex, Malex) Musicspiration: Truth of My Youth - New Found Glory (Original Version from 2004)

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Truth of My Youth lyrics below

there was a time and place where I never thought I'd leave my own hometown but those days finally are dead and gone it was never my intention to stay there, oh no

there was a conscious effort played by me to disown anything I see there was a girl I knew way back when who says she doesn't know me anymore

these are the lies the things you never mention these are my past mistakes I'll stay away from these are my thoughts written down on paper it's my only savior from not saying what I want to say

these are the thoughts that are on my mind moments that haven't yet been defined and I don't know if you could ever understand these are the things I can't say when we're alone

there were countless hours on the telephone my ears were ringing from the dial tone there were flashing lights, people staring there was nothing I could ever do

these are the lies the things you never mention these are my past mistakes I'll stay away from this is the truth, the only time you'll hear it I'll write it down because it seems so hard to say it

these are my thoughts written down on paper it's my only savior from not saying what I want to say

these are the thoughts that are on my mind moments that haven't yet been defined and I don't know if you could ever understand these are the things I can't say when we're alone

#roswell new mexico #alex manes #alex guerin #roswell nm #rnm #malex #kylex #forlex #alexguerinmonthly #alexmanesmonthly #prompts #2023mar #you are welcome to still fill prompts from february #try to indicate somewhere if you're filling an old prompt #so that we can tag it properly in the blog

[dr-lizortecho]

it’s kinda cool that Michael parallels Louise better and Isobel parallels Nora better, and that Louise and Roy is a stronger parallel to Malex than the heavy handed attempt of Nora and Tripp- and some day when I have the actual energy to discuss the Golden Triad in a neutral way I’ll write a meta about it, cause it’s so cool how well the pieces click together

#roswell new mexico #for real though malex and Louise/Roy is scary good #and Michael and Louise as battle hardened and softened by living a human who showed them kindness #it’s good

[ober-affen-geil]

March for Meta Day 1: Season 1

Ship: Malex | Song: "We Belong" by Pat Benatar

It should come as absolutely no surprise to anyone familiar with my RNM meta that my ship pick for season 1 is Malex. It's the ship that got me into the show and it's the ship that ate my brain and spat meta out at a feverish pace in the first few months of the first hiatus...it's the ship that put me in this fandom.

"We Belong" represents Malex, especially season 1 Malex, to me because it's about a romantic relationship that is....rocky? It's actually unclear if the relationship is actually in progress or is only past tense, and how the other person feels about the relationship at all. But what is clear is that the two people have had issues of communication, have hurt each other, but ultimately are linked inextricably.

The language of the chorus states not only "we belong together", but also references the natural; unavoidable elements of living. Elements specifically found in a storm (light, thunder). Cosmic elements. It's this in the chorus and the specific lines throughout the verses speaking about how uniquely they can hurt each other, and acknowledges they are both wrong.

It's also that the song is a classic pop ballad sung with a powerful voice and a slow but driving and inescapable percussive rhythm in the back.

Lyrics: Many times I tried to tell you Many times I cried alone Always I'm surprised how well you cut my feelings to the bone Don't want to leave you really I've invested too much time to give you up that easy To the doubts that complicate your mind Chorus: We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder We belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen under Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better We belong, we belong, we belong together Maybe it's a sign of weakness when I don't know what to say Maybe I just wouldn't know what to do with my strength anyway Have we become a habit? Do we distort the facts? Now there's no looking forward Now there's no turning back When you say [Chorus] Close your eyes and try to sleep now Close your eyes and try to dream Clear your mind and do your best to try and wash the palette clean We can't begin to know it, how much we really care I hear your voice inside me, I see your face everywhere Still you say [Chorus x2]

#a riley special #roswell new mexico #rnm #malex #alex manes #michael guerin #rnmmarchformeta2023

[jule1122]

March for Meta Season 2

March Meta Day 2 Season 2: Sometimes Alex gets the words right

I am so excited because I get to talk about one of my favorite scenes between Michael and Alex and definitely one of my favorite moments in S2.

Let’s talk about 2x09

Michael “You came.”

Alex: “You asked me to.”

That’s it, just a quick exchange, but one I am obsessed with.  I think it is a crucial moment in their relationship, one I firmly believe is necessary for both of them.  This is the first time they’ve seen each other since the end of 2x06 when they effectively put the last nail in the coffin of their future together.  They both admitted that while they had believed they would somehow end up together, they no longer thought that was true.  And then Alex walked away.

So while they were clear on what they weren’t, what their future wouldn’t hold, they didn’t establish what they would be.  Would they be friends?  Would they be bitter exes who share friends but do their best to avoid each other?  Would they become acquaintances who work together when necessary but never share anything personal?

Michael’s reaction to seeing Alex seems to indicate even he isn’t sure.  He asked Alex (and we know it’s not easy for Michael to reach out but that’s a different meta) but wasn’t sure he would show up.  

And Alex gives him the most wonderful, perfect response.  “You asked me to.”  That’s it.  No further explanation, no qualifications.  “You (Michael) asked me to.”  That is all Alex needed.  In that moment, it’s not about their past, it’s about figuring out how they move forward.  So Alex establishes that Michael asking for him is all he needs.  It’s not about a promise or hope of a future together, it’s about their present and working to build their friendship.

#rnmmarchformeta2023 #malex meta #rnm 2x09

[angrycowboy]

my mind has been going a million miles a minute since that episode. it was so good! i swear all i need to be fed some good malex scenes, less overt pop culture references, and i’m a happy camper. but of course, this meant i went into full speculation mode regarding what’s happening to alex...

the liminal space or “pocket dimension” is an interesting concept. but what i think we may actually be looking at right now, is some form of alex’s mindscape.

alex has spent his entire life in survival mode. first with jesse, then in the air force. and this liminal space reflects that. when we see him, he’s in survival mode yet again - this time from an unknown element causing his death. he assumes radiation because chemical warfare would match up with his military background and upbringing.

why the 1940′s? given this is the only instance of the liminal space we’ve seen, it might be because that’s when it all went wrong in alex’s mind. that’s when the ship crashed, that’s when his ancestors began their targeted genocide of the aliens. 

(could this also be indicative of theo’s hand, where the setting of the liminal space for anyone would be the same? it’s possible. when alex fell through, the “open” symbole illuminated on michael’s console. perhaps the liminal space only takes the shape of the mindscape of the first person dropped into it? perhaps that’s why nora and louise locked jones up - to make him the first one to use it?)

alex sets up the faraday cage trap at the drive-in. this is another method of his survival - gain the upper hand on anyone who may be dangerous. 

all of alex’s scenes take place at the drive-in. and in alex’s mind, his first date with michael was back in 1x03 at the drive-in. to alex, we learn, it didn��t matter that it ended poorly, he still has fond memories of it, and it holds special importance to him. 

one of the first things dallas asks about is the fruit, to which alex answers that he’s seen a grove of weird looking trees. it’s only after this that bonnie and dallas return later saying the grove has been burned down. this is information that had he known about, alex surely would have provided. 

alex mentions is that he’s noticed a drop in barometric pressure - something he’d also referred to in 4x01 right before the st. elmo’s fire happened. the presence of an electric magnetic storm is “new” he says, but it’s not the first time we’ve heard about one on the show - in 1x12 alex mentioned it outside caulfield.

the fractals on his chest appear similiar to the ones that appeared on liz’s arm in 4x09 while she was in her mindscape and under the influence of the mist. liz’s mindscape adventure was for her to try and work through her internal conflict regarding the science and max, and whether max was holding her back. in alex’s case, he’s faced with michael’s ongoing decision - stay on earth with him and give up seeing the planet he’s been looking for, or travel back to oasis and the home he’s been searching for since he first crawled out of the pod. the alex we’re seeing in the liminal space right now is seemingly making the decision for michael - alex gets the shred of happiness he believes he’s allowed, and he’s also freeing michael from having to make that choice.

so why would tezca need to throw alex into the pocket dimension as a contingency plan? well in 4x11 we learn that anyone with the triad symbol can’t make the jump to oasis through the portal. it’s entirely possible that jones found out not only about max’s tattoo but michael’s as well. so when jones found out about alex (”there is someone you care about as much as nora”), he realized if he was going to try and use liz to bypass theo’s lock, there needed to be stakes. trapping michael in the pocket dimension knowing he would go after alex means that liz will be unable to say no any longer.

and lastly, sometimes this show still gets music right. the lyrics playing at the end of the scene where alex begs michael to let dallas marry them? “it’s all in your head”

#roswell new mexico #malex #malex meta #rnm speculation #alex manes #notso writes meta #i dunno if this makes sense #but i have been thinking about it a lot today #i'm probably wrong but i had a lot of fun capslocking today about this

[neeterloveschenford]

I didn't think I would feel this way over the end of RNM. I thought I had dealt with the disappointment of my silly little alien show ending. It hit me pretty hard last night. I'm going to miss Malex so much. They got me through the pandemic. In the beginning of the pandemic I was working at Walmart. I live by myself so my only interaction with anyone was with combative customers and equally traumatized co-workers. The only thing that gave me any sense of happiness was this show and the hope that Malex would find their way back to each other. I had every intention of doing my traditional day after review on Tuesdays. But my heart just isn't in it this year. So I've decided I'm going to stay in the background this season. Hopefully I can find my voice by the finale and be able to meta the heck out of this season.

#roswell new mexico #just dealing with my feelings #i'm going to miss this dumb show so much

[im-the-punk-who]

tw: discussion of Alex’s trauma

Okay but can we talk about how that entire scene with Alex battling his subconscious is the perfect metaphor, how Nora even *says* ‘should we talk about how this is a metaphor?’

Alex’s greatest fear has always been that his father’s hatred would overshadow his ability and capacity to love - to love Michael. And those fears have driven him to the knife’s edge so many times before, although perhaps not as literally as this. But this has been Alex’s life. Letting his fear of his father drive him away from Michael, into war - it led him to completely shut Michael out and to shut himself down for fear that he will mess things up and inadvertently become his father. It led him to cut himself off from the people he loved for a *year* trying to fix his father’s mess.

Alex’s greatest fear has always been his loss of humanity. To lose the thing that Michael cherished most in him - that defines Alex as a character.

And I love that as we get deeper into this season we’re seeing how Alex can no longer hide this from himself. His father may be gone, but his ghost is still haunting Alex, and for all the running and fighting Alex has done, eventually he is going to have to turn around and fight it.

And into this, Michael comes and pulls him off the edge. Saying ‘I’ve got you - I’ve always got you.’

Michael is Alex’s reason to fight, but he’s never understood what Alex is fighting - or why. But now that he does, we’re seeing him trying to be Alex’s port in the storm he’s trying to sail through. Now that they’re communicating - and now that Michael knows enough and is secure enough in how Alex feels to not be threatened when Alex hides things.

I love that we saw Michael immediately understand. There was no yelling, there was no ‘how could you’s’ - there was no accusation of lying or hiding. Alex told Michael why, and Michael accepted it, and opened up that he has been having the same fears.

Alex’s greatest fear is a fear of loss - and I love that we saw Michael step up to the plate, recognize that, and reassure Alex that not only is he not alone, but that Michael is as committed to them as he is. ‘Any way you slice it, our picket fence is going to hold aliens.’ was such a cheesy thing to say, but it reassured Alex that Michael wants that life as much as Alex does. That vulnerability and reassurance is what Alex needs to be able to dig deeper into his own trauma - and I love that, especially directly after the last few episodes of Alex helping and comforting Michael through his troubles, we see Michael being able to return the gesture.

‘Home doesn’t have to mean a white picket fence and a family. Home can be a person.’

But maybe it can be both. And maybe, that home, future, fence can hold aliens.

#roswell new mexico #rnm spoilers #rnm season 3 #malex #michael guerin #alex manes #ANYWAY THEYRE VERY CUTE YOUR HONOR #rnm meta #malex meta

[djchika]

I have such an appreciation for how Michael takes care of Alex and vice versa.

Michael knows Alex is capable of defining his own limits, he knows Alex’s strengths, he doesn’t treat Alex with kid gloves (particularly adore how he didn’t help Alex at all in climbing over that fence at the Long farm lmao) because making Alex stop doing stupid things is not his decision to make.

Alex is the same way with Michael only more verbal about it. He calls out Michael on his bullshit, tells him they’re doing this his way, but when it comes down to it he let’s Michael make his own decisions. He’s just there to guide him along the way.

They know that the other will make the stupidest decision possible 90% of the time but still they respect each other’s boundaries. I love me some idiots in love.

#malex #malex meta #alex manes #michael guerin #roswell nm #tv: rnm

[metaphoric-aliens]

i am asking you to go listen to Unicorn by The Lone Bellow bc every line is malex related peace and love thank you. here are the lyrics:

#malex #michael guerin #roswell new mexico #alex manes #roswell nm #roswell nm meta #roswell new mexico meta #music #the music on this show is superior

[sunflowerdigs]

Just a smidge of negativity

I'm trying to be positive, ya'll, but I hate coming on the tag and seeing that every post is about Michael trying to fix his hair because it was the only Malex moment we really got. Except for Isobel and Michael acknowledging that Malex was a thing that happened which I feel shouldn't really count because that's just basic storytelling.

It's s3. The bar isn't quite in hell but it may be subterranean, which is kinda sad. Why does Michael think it is Malex's time? Were they at all in communication over the past year? If not (which I'm assuming, since Michael didn't know about Forrest), how did Michael know Alex was coming back? Did Alex text him to tell him? If so, why? Alex made no effort to see him. Does Alex even want a friendship with Michael, or is that all in Michael's head? Is friendship even what Michael wants or was he hoping to move straight to romance? It seems like the latter, but if that's the case, I have to again ask...why was that his expectation after not seeing or speaking to Alex for a whole year after dating someone else and pushing Alex away (and making him think Michael's feelings were all in the past) for the year prior to that? Like...we need some actual conversations about Malex to occur so that we're not just sitting here making things up and hoping they're true. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE headcanons and fanfic, I'm so grateful to everyone in the fandom who posts them. But...idk. I just want to see a coherent story actually play out.

You'll notice that we know exactly what pages Max and Liz are on with each other, even if those pages aren't the ones that shippers want. Because they weren't just mentioned to each other in one-off comments. There was the scene where Max listened to the tapes and cried, and the part where he made sure the girl he slept with knew it was a one-off. And there was also the part where Kyle made Liz admit she wasn't dating because of Max. Liz and Max are still clearly into each other but Liz is trying to move on while Max is mourning but won't go after Liz because he's dying. Easy.

I'm not being negative just to be negative. On the contrary, I'm thrilled that this was a C*rina episode because it hopefully represents what we're leaving behind, which is Malex fans having to fill in all of the blanks themselves because no one ever specifically acknowledges the ways in which they affect each other.

#malex #rnm spoilers #sorry for the negativity #malex meta #rnm 3x01