#nancy drew 2x18

[hucklebucket]

nancy + scarves

#cw nancy drew #ndcw #nancy drew #nancydrewedit #this took me forever #if I missed one please pretend I didn't #2x07 #2x11 #2x13 #2x15 #2x17 #2x18 #3x01 #3x02 #3x03 #3x06 #3x10 #3x11 #4x04 #4x05 #4x09 #4x11 #4x13

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

2x18 | 4x13

#SCREAMING #im not crying you are #sobbing #my heart #this parallel is everything to me #nancy drew #nace #naceedit #nancy x ace #ace x nancy #alex saxon #kennedy mcmann #soulmate things #endgame feels so good #gif #gifs #gifset #4x13 #2x18 #kiss #kises #kissing #hug #hugs #hugging #ace hardy

[nacesource]

2.18 || 3.13 requested by @ohthathayley

#nancy drew #nancydrewedit #nace #naceedit #nancy x ace #gif #multi #s2 #s3 #2x18 #3x13 #ours #request #by rachel

[nancydrewcentral]

george + her crowbar

1.02 - The Secret of the Old Morgue 1.09 - The Hidden Staircase 2.18 - The Echo of Lost Tears 3.13 - The Ransom of the Forsaken Soul 4.06 - The Web of Yesterdays (tire iron honorable mention)

#george fan #1x02 #1x09 #2x18 #3x13 #4x06 #admin george #nancy drew cw #cw nancy drew #nancydrewedit #nancy drew spoilers #requested

[conceptualkaleb]

Eye. Contact.

#ndcw #nancy drew #nace #the cw #nancy x ace #nace nation #kennedy mcmann #nancy drew spoilers #ace [redacted] #4x03 #nacesource #alex saxon #nancy and ace #ace and nancy #ace nancy drew #ace hardy #2x18 #3x13 #4x01 #nancydrew #man i love bread

[andsjuliet]

NANCY DREW PARALLELS

the sign of the uninvited guest (1x14) ⇾ the witch tree symbol (3x12)

#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nace #naceedit #nancydrewedit #tvedit #cwedit #feeling a lot of things currently #thinking about how ace tells laura that he's not going to leave horseshoe bay #because he has found purpose there and would regret leaving #then in 2x06 saying that everything they've done with nancy has given him a sense of purpose #discovering his skills with forensics #then in 2x18 when leaving on the road trip with amanda saying he feels like he's left something behind #to agreeing with ryan when he said that nancy makes him want to be a better person #to admitting his feelings for nancy #and telling her that he doesn't regret telling her #and also carson telling nancy that he didn't regret loving kate even though they didn't get to spend forever together #thinking thoughts over here and they all hurt #i miss them so much #tv: nancy drew #creations: gifs #edits: nancy drew parallels #otp: i couldn't lose you

[pluckysidekick]

Nancy Drew Episode 218: The Echos of Lost Tears

I wrote a little essay about how amazing this episode is for the HAND Discord server, where we’ve been doing brackets for the show’s episodes (the brilliant idea of @binancydrew). But it got kinda long-I had a lot to say 😂. So I’ve posted it here along with a few gorgeous GIFs from some amazing Nancy Drew fan creators (with credits). I hope you enjoy it!

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218 is the zenith of the best season of TV ever, Season 2 of Nancy Drew. The Wraith storyline, hidden in plain sight throughout this incomparable season, comes into focus and allows Nancy to work through her deep trauma and learn to accept all of the parts of herself, even the ones she doesn’t like e.g. Nancy Hudson. And her friends, her soulmates, are there, in real life AND in her dreamscape, to support her, to defend her, and to love her just as she is.

218 is also the culmination of Nancy’s journey to find out what kind of person she wants and needs as a partner in life. We see hints of her being amused by Ace, being attracted to Ace, and increasingly relying on Ace, throughout Seasons 1 and 2. But only in 218 does she finally admit to herself that Ace is her *person*. There’s a reason that in 403 she tells Ace that she knew she had feelings for him when they fought the Wraith.

GIF by @andsjuliet

“You’d been there for me so many times before, but that was…” She was overwhelmed by how supportive Ace was throughout their fight to defeat the wraith, while he asked nothing in return. He tells her “All this time, the wraith made you think there was no separating you from it- you just proved that wrong”*Swoon*. He kept her safe as he drove her to New York in Florence, and held her up when she was weak. He held her hand, and rubbed her back, when she was fighting the wraith. He helped her to stand when they’d defeated it but she was still weak. When Nancy expressed surprise that she was strong enough to hold the trauma, Ace is the one that said, “I think you always were, Nancy,” as he helped her stand up, and with that look between them.

GIF by @nacesource

But 218 also has growth for every character. Bess saying goodbye to Odette, and George’s generous offering of love and friendship to allow them a passionate kiss before Odette goes inside forever, with Lo Moon playing, was so beautiful I want to cry just writing this.

GIF by @booasaur

George takes a huge step forward by proposing to Nick after she hadn’t even wanted to pretend to be his fiancée, and Nick has found someone that loves him for him, and we see him preparing to open the Youth Center. Carson helps Nick to lay Celia to rest, signs away his right to be Nancy’s dad, and invites Ryan to move into the Drew house. An incredible turnaround in their relationship, and the foundation of Dad #1 and Dad #2!

The ending, as heartbreaking as it was that Nancy just missed Ace (for now), Nancy ending the episode claiming herself as a Hudson and deciding to break up the company and provide reparations to Everett’s victims is a powerful statement. And while the wraith is a fantastic supernatural monster, it’s also an amazing metaphor for depression, and feeling a lack of self-worth. Nancy’s breaking up with Gil is so powerful and meaningful for many people who’ve been in difficult relationships.

GIF by @hucklebucket

And so many classic moments! “You drew a fish!” “I hate zebras!” The look between Nancy and Ace at Odette’s antics outside Myrtle’s house- silent communication at its finest. The Myrtle/Temperance reveal! The Dads and knuckleball! And of course, “You weren’t born broken- the only way to heal is to let that pain become love.” “It’s time to kick the monster out of your house.” “Will you hold me?” “I thought you’d never ask.” “Knock ‘em dead”.

GIF by @hucklebucket

Speaking of which, the dreamscape was an amazing sequence technically, writing-wise, and emotionally. The progression through Nancy’s different selves, the support of her friends (George and her crowbar), the realization that she loves Ace and that amazing dream scene at the bluffs (the first almost kiss!). And the way it ties together so many moments from past episodes - tween Nancy and her first big case, her birth at the bluffs, her adoptive mother’s death, the evolution of her relationship with Nick into deep friendship, her low point of the kidnapping of Everett. AND the little touches of everyone wearing outfits from earlier episodes - Ace wearing his 212 outfit e.g. the Grant episode where Nancy saves him at great cost (“I couldn’t lose you”), was a personal favorite touch of mine. All in all, brilliant storytelling, perfectly executed.

GIF by @nancydrewcentral

I haven’t said enough about Ace’s growth. He starts the episode wanting to get away, but not being able to leave Nancy when she’s in trouble. And then he’s the most supportive friend he (or anybody) could be. But he’s loyal, and he doesn’t suspect that Nancy has developed feelings for him yet (remember he thinks it didn’t happen until DetectiveCon). So he is able to put his hurt feelings about Gil aside, and apologize to Amanda, and go on the road trip. But when he tells her “I feel like I left something behind”, while Nancy is simultaneously going to his house to confess her feelings, while “For Me, It’s You” plays- AAAHHHHH. *Weeping*.

GIF by @wandasviz

313 is an amazing episode with iconic scenes, the Nace scenes specifically. I advocated for it as one of the strongest episodes of the latter half of the series. But some fans found the pacing is challenging, and the fakeout deaths of Ryan and Ace (beautifully) painful, and can be hard to rewatch. 313 is a jam packed, excellent episode of television. But 218 is a beautifully constructed, emotional journey for Nancy, the Drew Crew, and her Dads, and a cap to what many, including Kennedy (on Twitter), think is the best season of the show. It’s a superior episode overall from a superior show and fantastic season. Vote 218!

GIF by @drewcrewdaily

#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nace #ndcw #ace hardy #2x18 #author: pluckysidekick #cwnd #cw nancy drew

[horseshoe-bay-ledger]

NANCY DREW || 2x18: The Echo of Lost Tears

“Time to kick the monster out of your house”

#Ace’s mum gave Nancy like four hundred cookies lol she definitely heard her practising #nancy drew #2x18 #the echo of lost tears #RR #ace [redacted] #george fan #ned nickerson #nick #george #bess marvin #bess turani #bess #ryan hudson #carson drew #nancy drew cw #cw nancy drew #gifs #very brown #re-watch retrospective

[scarletslippers]

Working from home this morning.

And by working from home I mean watching ‘You drew a fish’ and crying.

#nd 2x18 #nace #nancy and ace #nancy drew cw #more like ​the echo of MY lost tears #why are they like this #her voice is so *fond*

[flythesail]

YOU DREW A FISH?

#2x18 FOREVER SAYING NACE RIGHTS #nace #nancy drew cw #nancy drew #flythepost

[dragonsareawesome123]

Leah Lewis's lesbian characters + kissing women goodbye

Leah Lewis and Alexxis Lemire as Ellie Chu and Aster Flores in The Half of It (2020) dir. Alice Wu

Leah Lewis and Maddison Jaizani as Odette Lamar and Bess Marvin in Nancy Drew (2019-2023), 2x18 - "The Echo of Lost Tears"

#the half of it #ellie chu #aster flores #ellie x aster #nancy drew #nancy drew cw #odette lamar #bess marvin #odette x bess #thehalfofitedit #nancydrewedit #ndcentral #filmedit #dailylgbtq #romancegifs #wlwsource #userlyra #userbbelcher #userstream #cinemapix

[hucklebucket]

Nancy Drew + Reductress Headlines pt 2

#cw nancy drew #ndcw #nancydrewedit #nancy drew #bess marvin #celia hudson #ace [redacted] #1x01 #1x04 #2x16 #2x18 #4x06 #4x12 #ndreductress

[missflufffanfics]

Having popcorn while rewatching 2x18 of Nancy Drew.

I am being fed some SUPERIOR Hurt/Comfort Nace content tonight ;)

#Nace #nancy drew

[nacesource]

10 DAYS OF NACE Season 4 Countdown → Day 8

#nancy drew #nancydrewedit #nace #naceedit #nancy x ace #gif #ours #by rachel #s2 #2x18 #10 days of nace

[windowsandfeelings]

Top two nancy looks?

OK, I thought about it a lot, and I simply cannot narrow it to just 2, so how about 2 from a variety of categories:

2 Typical Nancy Looks (disappointed in myself that neither of these include a neck scarf, but you should just consider the neck scarf broadly my favorite Nancy accessory)

I am partial to this pink blazer and chucks look from 2x18, even though she looks like death for much of the time she spends wearing it:

She's a classic, she's an icon, she was sorely missed in season 4: Claw Nancy:

2 Fancy Drew Looks

Singles Night Nancy from 4x05. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm so glad Ace got to see her looking this hot:

Long Night Ball Nancy from 3x10. Sleek:

2 Coats. OH THE COATS. I could go on and on about the coats.

The blue plaid from 3x13 and 4x13. So glad we got her back:

The herringbone, also from 3x13. (I thought she made a reappearance in 4x13, but it was actually a different herringbone coat. Because who needs just one?):

(Runner up to the red coat, also from 3x13. A perfect episode as far as coats are concerned.)

edited! Because of course I instantly remembered this outfit from 4x04, which is maybe my all time fave because I saw it and immediately thought "is this my all time fave thing she's ever worn?" It was definitely my favorite thing about 4x04, which I was generally pretty meh on. So this probably outranks the pink blazer look from 2x18:

#nancy drew #should I rank every single coat? #maybe #I'm thinking about it #I'm probably forgetting something perfect and iconic but IDK what. It'll come to me tomorrow. #sorry these screencaps look like shit #I used to be better at this?

[winterlovesong1]

For your ask game - Nancy Drew! 🖤

favorite male character: Ace Hardy *I can’t believe I can say that last name now but he’ll always be Ace [beloved] in my tags*

favorite female character: Nancy Drew – never have I felt as close to a female protagonist as I have Nancy Drew - I will love her forever

least favorite character: Gil…

prettiest character: Tie between Ace and Nancy for me

funniest character: my instinct was to say Bess but then I thought, actually, Nick has some of my favorite humorous lines from the show, so Nick.

favorite season: season two

favorite episode: 2x18 – I feel like it encompasses a lot of what is partially the thesis of the show, is which is loving yourself, loving all the parts of yourself, and also being willing to be brave to lean on those around you for strength. (also this asks says favorite episode and that’s nearly impossible so this is one of my favorites…)

favorite romantic ship: Nace forever

favorite family ship: Nancy and her two dads <3 the growth with both the Nancy/Carson dynamic and the Nancy/Ryan dynamic is wonderful but then together is just…it warms my heart.

favorite friend ship: the Drew Crew <3 one of the best found families on television in my opinion - but then for a duo within that group - Nancy and George – I can’t believe we got that ending scene in the final episode – the writers knew that this relationship started and grounded this show in the beginning and we got so much more than a nod to it in the end – we got acknowledgment and accolades in the name of it.

worst ship: I don’t really like hating on ships so I’m just going to go with tying it back to my least favorite character and say Gil and Nancy…I feel like most would agree that was the worst.

Send me a tv show and I'll answer the above questions

#ask answered #tv: nancy drew