#wheel of time 2.04

[connectingsparkingwebs]

ok well now I am even *more* curious about who Selene’s ex was. (don’t tell me!)

#selene (wheel of time) #wheel of time show #wheel of time #wheel of time 2.04 #…oh shit was it lews guy #wheel of time spoilers #not liveblogging #i write #has comment #literally thought of that doing this

[demenior]

The wheel of time TV show committed to the book series universal truth that RoJo had a deep-seated need to be dominated by mean women and I respect that commitment to the source material

#literally everything kinda weird abt the books #can be traced back to this #RoJo wanted his ladies mean and he wanted them to dom him so bad #wot #wheel of time #wot on prime #wot spoilers #this is about ep 2.04 but i bet this will be an evergreen statement

[swanmakes]

GIF PACK UPDATE ! + #34 gifs of Priyanka Bose in The Wheel of Time (2.04) have been added to the gif pack page, bringing the new total amount of gifs there to #124! Click the source link or visit my directory to be directed to the gif pack.

#priyanka bose gif pack

[spoilertv]

#SpoilerTV

[pynkhues]

The way Rio pulled up her dress and her leg. I CAN’T. I still can’t believe it’s real. This is the hottest Brio scene we’ve gotten so far in my opinion

It’s so sexy, anon, oh my gosh, haha.

One of the things I love about it is that while it calls back on the sex scene of 2.04, it in a lot of ways feels more balanced and less focused on Beth’s pleasure, which is really interesting given she’s the one being, ahem, seen to in 4.06.

Eric Galileo Tignini directed 4.06, but he was also the first assistant director on 2.04, and I think it really shows! It’s really specifically blocked to feel – I think – like an evolution of the scene in 2.04, and one that signifies the more equal footing Beth and Rio have found themselves on.

Screencaps below the cut!

From the lead-up which in 2.04 focused on distance, and 4.06 on the lack of it (and interestingly put Nick and Rio in Dean and Beth’s positions – this time, Beth was the third wheel to the relationship with conflict, not Rio).

To the build up to the scene focusing on them meeting in the middle, and then Beth coaxing him behind her, to Rio crossing the distance and them once again standing side-by-side.

To the intimacy starting front-to-back versus front-to-front

To Rio pulling Beth’s thigh back into him versus forwards and in towards him.

And the sex scene focused on side shots where both their faces are in-focus instead of focusing in on Beth’s (hell, we even got an over-Beth’s-shoulder shot on Rio in 4.06, even if his head’s down).

To Rio’s head being more in frame for the O shot, and the side flipped.

To getting to see some of the aftermath, which we got none of in 2.04.

The whole scene is designed to simultaneously repeat the steps of 2.04, but to evolve them – Beth and Rio are the same, but different, and they might repeat be repeating the steps to this dance, but this time, they’re showing up together, not meeting by chance on the night.

And to me? That evolution is pretty magic, haha.

#beth x rio #beth boland #rio #gg 2.04 #gg 4.06 #callbacks and parallels #bathroom breaks #welcome to my ama #Anonymous

[blysse-and-blunder]

in lieu of a housemas holiday gathering

7:50pm, sunday, dec 12, 2021

am i 100% ready to fly home on tuesday? no! am i spending today entirely on recreational movies / dnd / meals with friends? yeah.

reading god i have no idea what i've been reading. trying to continue and finish the sunne in splendour, there's a slightly weird romantic scandal subplot happening. also trying to keep an eye on the ebook loan of terry pratchett's sourcery, which i got as a filler comfort read for bedtimes.

watching been watching more succession (up to 2.03 so far, sorry @raulsparza! will alert you when i hit 2.04!) and wheel of time (that 1.05 made me so emosh wtf), but no thoughts on these apart from the continued enjoyment. we made our housemate who hadn't seen it watch the grand budapest hotel with us today. it's always so interesting to revisit things you first saw years and years ago, and frankly this held up for me in a lot of ways-- the twee aesthetic combined with sudden irreverent or wry or absurd or dark humor is, like, my catnip. this remains a moment of delight:

"You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... . . ...oh, fuck it."

listening revisiting some old playlists from the last two years which are rich in stomp 'n holler and new americana and shit, because they feel like old friends and also get my energy up without distracting me too much. having the worst time trying to track down whatever song contains a certain line about frames of mind-- this is the problem with shuffle/spotify radio suggestions-- but this ivan & alyosha song has been speaking to me this week a lot, the group-sing vibe in the chorus, the high-energy combined with the jaunty (and arguably kinda well-adjusted attitude to failure) in the lyrics "searching for my trouble, but my trouble finds me/ everybody breaks, everybody breaks, everybody breaks sometime" have just lately been very good to me, personally.

playing i'm literally at dnd right now, and while we've been in the same combat for three sessions and are taking hours to fight through some draugr, i never laugh harder than i do with these people. it's the last time we'll be able to play in person for probably a month (maybe longer bc omicron hahahahaha fuck) and it's...it's good.

making i said earlier today 'i've sort of gotten off the baking train,' and my housemate was like '... you literally made a pie this week.' and i was like :shocked pikachu face: oh yeah. i did do that! it honestly didn't feel like it counted in my head, because it was so little effort. i had frozen pastry ready from thanksgiving, and (i discovered) frozen pie filling leftover from the summer. and i was wrangling student participation grades and mourning the possibility of having to fail some lovely folks because they hadn't submitted their shit, and the best answer to this did seem to be to make pie about it. which was great, because then there was strawberry-rhubarb pie in the chill of december, a glow of warmth and breath of summer.

working on three more projects in one class to grade, probably 20 essays in the other one. four late essays already graded, 40+ participation/comprehension grades already entered, which only took like 10 hours because the busy work system worked out by this prof should be outlawed by the geneva convention tbh.... but one way or another it's almost over!! i have a three+ hour flight on tuesday to spend grading, and...i would ideally get my diss proposal sent to the faculty concerned before i take off fuuuuuuuuck but that's a problem for monday me. i do feel like the high intensity switch flipped on wednesday last week, where i stopped panicking and started just... going, and if that keeps up at least until the end of the week, i'll be so fucking grateful.

#in lieu of a commonplace book #ilcb #food #bit of a panini mention sry #fucking off to the bosom of the family on tuesday wish me luck #so obviously i'm 5% packed and 75% stressed #but today has been full of delights so! it's probably fine? #Spotify

[himbo-buckley]

Intimacy, Sex and Buddie (better known as I have a lot of feelings about this show, some of which are related to the before mentioned topics) - Part 2

G’day friends, family and lost travelers! Welcome back to another instance of: I read too much into things!

This is where we really dive into the Character analysis and it’s gonna be a fun ride!!! (well, maybe. For me at least because thanks to 3.16 I am living! That episode validated me so much and now I truly believe I am right)

This is part two of a three part Meta / Character Analysis, and while you probably don’t need to read part 1, I would recommend it, so here is the link:

part 1

Also:

I should preface this by saying this meta was supposed to be a lot shorter and only talk about how both Buck and Eddie use sex to distract their respective partners from whatever topic they actually wanted to talk about but since I decided to rewatch the show to make sure I don’t miss any such scenes, it has exploded a bit and taken on more topics.

I should also mention that I am a Buddie shipper and while I tried, you will find several references and arguments for the ship in this Meta, not all of which necessarily call for a romantic pairing but just: These two are deeply connected and you cannot look at one without discussing the other and they are each other’s strongest emotional connection.

I should also preface this by saying that the whole of the 118 has some obvious intimacy / commitment issues except Bobby (which is sort of surprising) but *John Mulaney* voice we don’t have time to unpack all of that!

On another note I cuss a little in this Meta because my parents let me listen to TicTacToe as a small child and after that it never stuck that cussing is wrong so, uhm, parental supervision is advised or something?

This Meta will so far have three parts (this is part two), one for each season and is organised by episode so you could technically follow along

So here goes nothing, Season 2: (Also called „Why is Ryan naked so much?“)

Episode 2.01:

I’m not gonna talk a lot about this episode, because I feel like it’s been analysed to death already. Important to know is that Buck hasn’t yet given up on Abby coming back (see the shower scene), he is very lonely and there is a lot of homo- erotic tension.

Basically this episode goes like this:

Buck *after meeting Eddie*: nooooo, Dad, I don’t want a brother! He’s better than me! Put him back where he came from!

Eddie *takes one look at Buck*: Ui, you guys lied, he’s an ass - I like it! This is way better! We’re gonna be friends!

And then Buddie decides to something stupid to prove themselves (to each other) and they end up saving the day and bonding.

Also Eddie saying: „You guys hungry?“ after the Ambulance blows up? Iconic! He is such a little shit.

Episode 2.02 / 2.03:

(I’m putting them together because two-parter)

This episodes truly proves how hard they’ve already bonded, despite Buck not even knowing Eddie has a kid yet, especially from Eddie’s point of view: I actually think he started seeing Buck as his partner first. 

I love how he always takes charge, even in his first episode and expects Buck to go along with it - which Buck does (after some initial reluctance), because Buck is good at following orders and trusts Eddie. It might be an army thing, probably is an Eddie likes control thing. What is truly unique about Buddie, is the fact that Eddie defers to Buck’s judgement as needed, something he doesn’t do with anyone else, I think, unless the chain of command tells him to. Just look at how annoyed he is by Ali and her interfering.

That being said it really isn’t all to relevant for this meta, except to say: Interest- ing how fast they trusted each other and became a unit - I guess it’s true what they say: birds of a feather flock together.

Episode 2.04:

Here we get our first real insights into Eddie’s character (aside from that he is a little shit and likes to take charge) as well as some very nice shots of the man’s body, proving my theory that someone in charge really wants to get busy with Ryan Guzman. Which I am not exactly complaining about.

I do think however it’s a very noticable shift from the way they treat the other young, attractive guy in the cast. I talked about this a little in the first part of this Meta, how they went out of their way to hold Buck accountable and make him relatable, but refused to bank on his sex appeal, aside from a few scenes which mostly were about explaining why Abby reached out to him (and uh, we do not need to talk about how creepy that really was, do we?). Eddie though really gets sexualised from the get go. Or maybe that’s just me and I missed something? (Someone with more insight on such topics take the wheel? Because that really isn’t my area of expertice and I don’t wanna say anything false)

A main difference between Buck and Eddie at this point (or in general) is that Buck is always looking for connection. He craves emotional intimacy but it scares him because he cares too much and people keep leaving so he searches out physical intimacy - or he used to. Actually by Season 2 Buck is actively looking to connect emotionally with another person.

Eddie on the other hand isn’t even on the same level as Pilot!Buck, because he avoids both physical and emotional intimacy (except with Buck because, you know, steam engine). The episode implies that it might be caused by Shannon leaving, but the rest of Season 2 and specifically Season 3 show us that it’s an Eddie thing (likely caused by his upbringing if you fast forward to 3.15). And it really makes me want to know how Shannon and Eddie met and how long they had been dating before she got pregnant. Probably not that long tbh.

One thing to notice about the episode is that it parallels Eddie both with Buck (neither wants to date one of those girls, both deflect about their reasons) and with Abby - watch 1.03 and 2.04 back to back, both are about a character taking care of a special needs family member, both have another family member consider them stuck when they themselves do not and both feature Buck trying to help (passively by talking to Abby on the phone vs. actively by having Eddie and Carla meet)

Also as I pointed out in another post the conversation about dating is kind of similar to the car conversation, and I really am clowning now - which is why I will not try and parallel the conversation between Maddie and Buck with the one between Bobby and Buck in 1.09!

I still don’t fully understand the need for that scene (you know which one) aside from being another instance where the boys get sexualised and giving us our first insight into Eddie romantically and also the first time he uses Christopher as a shield (also not the last).

The general take away from the episode is that Eddie is bad at asking for help and Buck is bad at asking for permission which means they fit really well - because Eddie doesn’t have to voice his needs and Buck doesn’t have to feel bad about steamrolling him.

In terms of the overall theme of this meta your main takeaway from this episode should be:

Buck - no longer substituting physical intimacy for emotional intimacy but also not seeking out emotional intimacy, both because he has a connection through Maddie and is building one with Eddie but also because he still considers himself spoken for, though the episode ends with him realicing he might not be (and then he keeps realising, because he is one stubborn mf).

Eddie - avoiding both physical and emotional intimacy and using Christopher to deflect, mainly because he doesn’t have the time for either (but still getting a connection through Buck, thanks to someone just punching right through his boundaries)

Episode 2.05:

no relevance, our boys are barely in it

Episode 2.06:

Well, if you want to write about Buddie crumbs than yeah, definitely important. Also, you can draw a definite parallel between Abby and Taylor, because Buck knew both their voices before he saw their faces and built an emotional connection to those voices. This fits because, well, Buck is afraid of emotional intimacy, but when it’s just a voice it’s easier for him to let himself be vulnerable cause it’s not an actual person.

Plus, considering the thing with Taylor is one sided prior to their meeting, he isn’t actually cheating on Abby. Or so Buck thinks. (Also Taylor doesn’t have a chance to hurt Buck and leave him because you know, she is not aware he exists?)

Also Eddie talks about becoming a firefighter because he missed the camaraderie of the army - aka the emotional connection he had with his squadron (is that the right term?). So technically he did actively try and seek it out - to a point at least. Because, as I will discuss in Part 3, Eddie may consider the 118 his family but his relationship with the other three firefighters in not on the same level than the one he has with Buck.

Episode 2.07:

Let’s all give a warm welcome to Shannon Diaz! I like Shannon, I think she is great (I also think she and Eddie are similar because they both run away from problems which is why they would never work out - unlike another possible relationship mentioned sporadically in this Meta, hint hint ;) ... okay, moving on)

We learn that „not in the picture“ means Eddie is still married, which begs the question how much Eddie has told Carla and the 118 about Shannon up to this point (as little as possible), what they assume about her (probably the worst) and if Eddie ever sets the record straight (I’m assuming yes, because while Eddie doesn’t share - Eddie is also protective of his family and Shannon is his family for better or worse - I really wish they didn’t kill her off and instead played out the divorce storyline because there was so much chance for growth! Although that was probably too similar to Athena and Michael, which is why they didn’t do it. So they fridged her. Damn, and I am still salty about it.)

I really love when she comes to the house, because we learn so much about them as a couple. Like how her eyes grow warm when he opens the door but Eddie’s don’t but then he goes in to hug her (and you can really tell that Ryan Guzman is an athlete in the way that he always acts with his whole body and conveys so much through movement). And the fact that Shannon immediately pushes to meet Christopher (probably because with Eddie you need to push, because he is very stubborn and also in need of control), and her saying she never thought Eddie would be into something so fancy? Yet another insight into Eddie’s character and into his upbringing, which while probably not poor seems to have been fairly modest.

Also love how they fight almost right from the get go, implying that it is their normal (as proven in 3.15). They really never stood a chance!

There is a lot of backstory we get through their fighting, both at the house and at the school, most notably that even in marriage Eddie was never able to fully open up to Shannon - aka be emotionally intimate with her. Which made her feel very alone.

And I don’t wanna defend Shannon and her actions because other people have said it before and this is not what this Meta is about but I can see her point of view. With Eddie and the way he just always needs to be in control and make the decisions she probably thought she had to do something drastic to get him to notice her and her struggles.

Interestingly enough Eddie is emotionally vulnerable with Shannon at the end when he tells her that he understands why she left and that he misses her, but then he immediately kisses her and look, we don’t know what happens next  but we can guess from the latter episodes.

And look, tbh with Eddie it’s a little bit harder to draw the line between physical and emotional intimacy than with Buck because Eddie’s love language is touch and actions, so technically in a way he is always emotionally intimate when he is physically intimate (probably why he didn’t wanna go out with any of the girls in 2.04 - Eddie, different to Buck, can not just separate feelings from sex, while Buck has a hard time reconciling the two)

On Buck’s side of this Meta he finally comes to terms with Abby leaving, which doesn’t have too much relevance for this meta except there are a lot of parallels between Buddie in terms of: how long is too long to wait - because while Eddie pretends to have given up on Shannon, he actually hasn’t, whereas Buck outwardly is still waiting for Abby but on the inside has given up hope - something they both come to terms with in this episode

Episode 2.08:

Fun fact: The german title of this Episode is Lovestorys. Can you guess if there is anything of relevance in it?

Okay, first off for the millionth time, in case you haven’t read part 1 or you aren’t convinced yet or maybe you just forgot: Evan „Buck“ Buckley was never a sex addict. Kay? Good.

Also, remember when I said the show doesn’t sexualise Oliver the way it does Ryan? Yeah, this episode exactly. Buck has sex twice and we see less of his body than of Eddie just getting out of bed. Is it a contract thing? Was Ryan always running around naked on set? Did Oliver refuse to take his shirt off? Is he always cold because he’s vegan? Should I figure out Twitter just to ask the cast these questions?

(Also, remember when I said with Buck it’s mostly Girl on top, yay, it stays true)

In terms of actual relevant story, there’s that woman on the freeway (highway? Idk guys, I’m not from the US) reinforcing that Buck has finally accepted that Abby and him are over and then there’s the Taylor Kenny - story, which is sort of just beating the bush of sexual vs emotional intimacy with Buck trying for the latter and only finding the former (remember the Brunette from the Pilot? Yeah, that’s why I’m reminding you).

What I like is the fact that, after spending so much time calling out Buck 1.0 (and they should, because stealing a fire truck? Twice? Babe, for realsies?), this episode went: look, maybe girls like meaningless sex, too? Although, technically they have been telling us from the the beginning, that those girl were using Buck in the same way he was using them (again with the Brunette) - Buck just never understood that until Taylor.

We also get the soulmate scene with the very sweet couple, once again, rein- forcing how lonely Buck is and how much he is craving love and a connection and stability. That really is what his character boils down to at the end of the day: a lost kid trying to find his place in the world. And now I’m sad.

As for the Ali storyline, oh man, I’d really rather ignore it? Not because I have anything against the character per sey it’s just - we get to see their first meeting and then 5 episodes later their first date and by the end of the season they are in love love except by Season 3 she is gone? And in between she is hardly ever mentioned? So I really don’t know how to comment on their relationship in terms of this meta and what it means for Buck except: I think it was one of those right times right moment kind of things and Buck is sort of transfering a lot of his wishes and needs and feelings onto her, but their relationship has a weak foundation, which is why it ended so fast (except we don’t know how fast it ended because there is a 5 month gap between Season 2 and 3 and the breakup gets mentioned one (1) time. Soooooo...)

And Eddie, well, he was in the episode.

Episode 2.09:

I like this episode a lot and it tells us so much about Hen’s issues, but in terms of this meta: no relevance!

Sidenote: I do always forget they did Hen before they did Chim. Then again this episode in general feels very disconnected because there was no prompting, no connection to the present.

Episode 2.10:

Ah, yes, that one! The gift that keeps on giving in terms of Eddie and this meta (and also Buddie, but I’m trying not to be ship-y around here)

(One tiny sidenote though, I do think we see Eddie roll of off Shannon, and, while I don’t want to reinforce some stereotype about Top and Bottom, because I am not a gay man and therefore not qualified to comment, with Buck it’s generally girl on top? So Buck usually lets his partner set the pace while Eddie prefers to be the one in control? Okay, you know what, let’s just say it fits with their characters and maybe they match and leave it at that?)

(also, again with the Ryan shirtless, I mean, not that I am complaining, it’s just ... yeah, please, someone who knows this stuff come talk to me about it and explain because I don’t know and maybe I am seeing things?)

(sidenote #3 with actual relevance: They did not mention Buck’s girlfriend even once. They never do until the final.)

First of, this episode proofs what I said before: With Eddie there is no separating Sex and feelings. It is interconnected („We are working things out.“).

Also there is a point to be made about Eddie and control. So far we have always seen Eddie be the one in control and make decisions and this is our first real indicator that it actually bothers him, that maybe he wants someone else to tell him what’s right or wrong, too.

I’m gonna fast forward a bit, because we are nearly at the end of Season 3 irl and so far we have seen Eddie ask for help several times but only with two people - Buck and Lena - he actually takes the advice. I don’t want to say too much because it really fits better in Season 3, but wether you ship them or not, it is noticeable that out of everyone Buck is the one Eddie let’s help the most. The one he trusts the most.

(Man, they are both just two lost boys looking for their home, aren’t they? (and now I am sad again.))

There is also the topic of trust brought up, which you know, we hear about a few times from Eddie, and it really is such a big thing for him, isn’t it?

To fast forward again, that is one big difference between Eddie and Buck. Both struggle with self worth and trust but while Buck’s biggest problem is that he doesn’t trust people to like him, if they actually get to know him (or if they even want to get to know him), Eddie just plain old does not trust people? Because Eddie is a pessimist, so he doesn’t even try to connect, while Buckeroo trusts way too much and too easily and he is such an optimist and gives away everything and then he still isn’t enough - and then and only then does he give up hope (which is something we see happen in canon maybe twice? With Abby, maybe with Ali, and with Christopher, but again, Season 3 you guys!)

These two really are the different sides of the same coin, huh?

In relevance to this Meta, Eddie is trying very much this whole episode to be open and vulnerable and he struggles so much because he is very scared. The main issue with Eddie is always (and specifically with Shannon) by making himself vulnerable, he opens Christopher up to getting hurt as well (and vice versa because he can’t let Shannon into his son’s life without letting her into his own life) and this is what we see him struggle with in this episode and also what intensifies his already existing issues with intimacy throughout the show in general, his need to protect his son. 

It should be noted that in the end Eddie puts Christopher’s wishes above his own well-being which is in fact what he will always do because Christopher is the most important person in his life.

As for Buck in this episode, well, after having so much development in his last episode, he really was there more as a sounding board for other characters. However I will mention that, after the show points out the whole thing is none of his business twice, Eddie then turns around and makes the Shannon thing Buck’s business, because well, connected and all that. Trusting and giving up control. Emotional intimacy. Just repeating myself now.

Episode 2.11: No relevance.

Episode 2.12: No relevance.

Episode 2.13: No real relevance.

There is the scene in the hospital between Buck and Eddie that reinforces the peas in a pot thing they got going on and a reverse from the Christmas Episode when Eddie asked Buck about what he should do. Here Eddie acts as the sounding board (even though Buck has already done the thing but then so has Eddie by hiding Shannon).

This is also yet another instance of Buck trying to help another person with no regard for his own safety but I’m with Eddie here: I have sisters as well. I too would do countless stupid things to save them with no regard to my own safety and I’m a girl - I was not raised on the believe that is was my job to protect them from harm like both Buck and Eddie probably were (because gender rolls).

Also Buck thinks it’s his fault that Doug even found Maddie and Eddie explains to him why its bull. To reinforce the whole connection thing, it is very noticeable that these two always give each other exactly what the other needs - with Eddie from the get go always working on building up Buck’s self worth and Buck always lending a hand to Eddie and taking control when needed (remember Carla? That was Buck taking control for Eddie because Eddie didn’t know what to do).

There is also the short scene when Shannon comes to the hospital and it prob- ably did a lot to help rebuild Eddies trust in his wife.

Episode 2.14:

STOP MAKING EVAN BUCKLEY WORRY ABOUT HIS FAMILY 2k21 (because it’s too late for anything before that)

It’s also our first real: Eddie can be a dumbass, too sighting and there is that one scene (you know which one) which in text is not shippy at all, but ended up in every gifset because Oliver is looking at Ryan like he wants to eat him alive.

Aside from that, this episode really isn’t about them and that’s okay.

Episode 2.15: Crime is hard. That is all.

Episode 2.16: No relevance.

Episode 2.17:

First of all, Eddie is not shirtless? At the beach? Damn, what’s wrong, 911? Is it because Gavin was there? Have you used up all your contracted shirtless scenes by now? Did Ryan find out he was the only one running around set half naked?

Also poor Eddie, you know, you’d think getting married your done having those: what are we - conversations and then bam: there it is again. He really can’t catch a break, can he?

Also I know it’s been said before, but I’ll say it again: Eddie Diaz is not in love with Shannon. Maybe he has never been or maybe he just stopped at some point, but right then and there he isn’t in love with her. He does however love her deeply (she is after all the mother of his son) and she is his family which is sort of where the problem in their relationship lies. Because Eddie, who has problems with trust and intimacy, frankly doesn’t care enough about Shannon (and also doesn’t trust her enough) to try and be open and vulnerable with her, which is what he needs to be in order for them to work, a fact that Shannon seems to be aware of and have accepted.

(Because if you have to wait for a sign on what to do in your relationship, yeah, you already know - you’re just not accepting it.)

And this episode is so heartbreaking and I just had to stop myself from ugly crying because Shannon loves Christopher so very much. And I just hate that they killed her off, so in my mind I have already half plotted a fix it fic in which she survives because that was just unnecessary angst.

Though that’s the topic of another post.

In terms of the relationship-story I am similarly floored as I am by the „Help!“ scene because (at least for me) this is the first time I have seen media really address that yes, you can be a good parent and still not be ready for a serious relationship because those two things are very different. Sure, you sometimes see examples of it through subtext but never before has it been so outright stated.

And I like that both Shannon and Eddie ask themselves that question, but come to a different conclusion - or actually they don’t. Like I said above, for Eddie this relationship fits because it’s easy and he doesn’t have to change or better adapt. He can just keep avoiding the hard stuff (being vulnerable) and still have the good stuff (sex). And then Shannon might be pregnant again and look at his speech at the restaurant: He is basically saying our child is awesome, so we should get back together because if we make such awesome children than we can’t be that bad together. And that is so very wrong, which Shannon understands.

The problem is, that Eddie doesn’t fully understand why their marriage hasn’t worked in the first place. If you tie it into 3.15 Eddie Begins, I think for Eddie, the reason why Shannon left him was a little to get back at him for leaving her and a lot about feeling left alone and being unable to cope with raising their child alone, but all of that is gonna be different now because he will be there for her physically and emotionally as he is no longer in the army! So the issue is solved. They should be a family again. Even without a new kid. After all: they love each other.

And look, those are all fair reasons and true but the thing Eddie doesn’t understand about relationships in general and his marriage to Shannon in particular is that she also needs him to be emotionally vulnerable with her. Shannon needs Eddie to let her be there for him, just like he is trying to be there for her. Because relationships are always a two way street.

SO obviously this is where the episode ended. There were no more scenes af- ter that. Nope. Bit weird how it was so short but you do you, 911, you do you!

And well, Buck was there too.

Episode 2.18:

I’m just gonna come out and say it: Ramon and Helena are bad parents. Flying to your daughter-in-law’s funeral only to bad mouth her and then try to take your son’s son away again? Yeah, I do not like your style. I wonder how much of Eddie Begins was already planned at this point or if they built that plot about his family for 3.15 based on this episode. Huh. We might never know. (except Twitter)

Also me thinks Eddie choose LA because of Pepa and Abuela, not because of Shannon. She was probably just a bonus.

As for Buck (and Ali): the actors seem to have had fun doing those scenes? I guess? Other than that it’s a little cringy and very out of nowhere and probably more caused by the show having money left over and deciding to built a new set. ANd damn what a set. I wonder how Buck is supposed to be able to afford that because that apartment has probably about 50-75m2 considering there is a kitchen and a living room as well as a room behind the living room and probably an extra room in the upper floor as well (someone do a floorplan and also tell me why Buck needs so much space and wether they think I could move in with him. My apartment is not this nice and LA isn’t that long a commute).

Point being I don’t know why they brought Ali back in the first place, especially in this episode. She was never mentioned after their first date, so why? Just to give people something to discuss during hiatus?

There was no point to have those two incredibly lovey dovey scenes only to have that scenes about what he wants to do next because all those scenes? Would have worked just fine with, you know, his sister (except a little different because incest). Who actually has the what if you can’t go back to being a firefighter - scene with him. So why have a girlfriend you barely introduced and never used before? I’m not mad, 911, just confused! (Fuck me, I really am getting twitter)

As for the topic of this meta, there really isn’t much too tell. Ali honestly doesn’t figure into things except to create more abandonment issues.

I should point out that this episode reinforced the whole Buddie connection thing - from Eddie holding Buck’s hand the whole while he’s pinned to saying „Almost (back to normal)“ to Buck going to Eddie’s ceremony despite probably still being on somewhat of a bed rest.

Other than that, that’s it for Season 2. Whew!

Before I let ya’ll off the hook, though (look, you’ve read it this far, you can now just bear it a bit longer) I wanna comment real quick:

Compared to Season 1 Buck barely had any character development (mainly because he had so much in Season 1 and sometimes stuff like that needs to settle - real life would be the same way)

Eddie however has nearly no development at all and in fact as of Season 3, not a lot has changed in that regard. His issues just became more obvious. Which is something I actually like a lot, because one: he went through a lot of shit in a fairly short amount of time and two: he is such a stubborn and reserved character, anything else wouldn’t be in character and ultimately feel rushed. Plus, because this is his personality it’s feels like we’re actually getting to know him like you would a person in real life? Piece by piece, no unnecessary exposition. Or maybe that’s just me, I don’t really know anything about storytelling.

I also want to comment on Buddie real quick because it would be dishonest if I didn’t and also it’s just glaring me in the face:

The thing is, while I do not necessarily believe they have any intention of making them romantic (because I have been burned too often and just recently by a show that liked to praise itself for its diversity (so a heartfelt fuck you to Sera Gamble and who ever decided to kill off Quentin Coldwater, because that character mattered so much and you destroyed it)), I do think we are right when we talk about connection and parallels and being each others person and just generally being each others closest relationship. Because they parallel their stories so much and they connect them so often and they did do it from the get go like as early as Episode 4 - which was already written and probably already shot by the time Episode 1 aired. So there. I said it. Buddie is real, wether it’s platonic or romantic, it is real. And that also matters!

(although of course if they went with romantic? That would matter a bit more! Tim Minear, listen to me, you could make TV history! This would be bigger than Supergirl making the sister gay in the second season! Ya’ll would be legends, revered by fans for years to come! Also I’d bake you a cake?)

And there you have it! Season 2! We made it! And only like 2000 words more than Season 1.

Can you believe at this point I have written nearly 10.000 words on these two exceptional characters and their issues? And it’s technically only one issue, like I’m ignoring so much stuff just glaring at me right now!

(also on a side note, this is where I tag @angelcamael , who asked me to do so and @greyhello because she inspired me to write this meta in the first place and while it is now ... no longer about that original topic, I’m still gonna tag her)

#buck meta #eddie met #911 meta #evan buckley #eddie diaz #buck #buddie #911 #911 fox #mine #textpost #season 2 #buddie meta #meta #my meta

[thevampirediariesdiary]

SEASON 2 MUSIC MOMENTS

below the cut, you will find a list of (some of) the songs that are used prominently in season 2, with snatches of lyrics and some helpful context.  I’ve also included a few songs that are only used in the background, if I think the lyrics are interesting enough.

reblog and tell me your top 10! tag your friends to share their top 10! =)

2.01, The Return

an instrumental version of “Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)” plays during the “now I’m hurt” scene 

“The River Has Run Wild” by Mads Langer plays at the beginning of Damon’s confrontation with Katherine, “it hurts to see you burning so bright”

“Come Home” by Sara Bareilles and One Republic plays over Damon and Elena’s scene, “everything I can’t be is everything you should be, and that’s why I need you here”

2.02, Brave New World

“Animal” by Neon Trees plays during the carnival scene where Elena tells Bonnie that she’s human and needs to do human stuff or she’ll go insane: “what are you waiting for, take a bite of my heart tonight”

“All This Time” by One Republic plays during the stelena ferris wheel scene, “all this time we were waiting for each other / all this time I was waiting for you / we got all these words, can’t waste them on another / so I’m in a straight line running back to you” 

2.03, Bad Moon Rising

“Under My Bed” By Meiko plays while Caroline is stuck in her bedroom hiding from the sun while Matt knocks on her door.  “here I am with my heart on the floor and my love out the door”

“Ashes and Wine” by A Fine Frenzy plays while Caroline pushes Matt into breaking up with her, while Alaric and Jenna reconcile, and then into the scene where Elena tells Damon he’s lost her forever: “Is there a chance, a fragment of light at the end of the tunnel, a reason to fight? Is there a chance you might change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?”

2.04, Memory Lane 

Tyrone Wells “Time of Our Lives” plays while Stefan and Elena fake fight for Caroline’s benefit, “It’s hard to walk away from the best of days, but if it has to end I’m glad you have been my friend in the time of our lives”

Sara Bareilles’ “Breathe Again” plays over Katherine’s flashbacks to telling Stefan they’ll be together again, “my burden to bear is a love I can’t carry anymore / all I have, all I need, he’s the air I would kill to breath / holds my love in his hands, now I’m searching for something / out of breath I’m hoping someday I’ll breathe again”

2.05, Kill or Be Killed 

Trent Dabbs’ “Counting Sleep” plays over the Stefan and Elena scene in her bedroom in which they plan their fake fight, “tell me everything will be alright, I’m worried about nothing”

The Naked and Famous song “Punching in a Dream” plays over their fight, “Wait, I don’t ever want to be here, like punching in a dream, breathing life into my nightmare”

“I Need To Know” by Kris Allen plays over Elena’s discussion with Damon (“Are you leaving me? Or are you leading the way? Can you hear what I’m saying? I need to know.”) that leads into Elena’s decision to let Stefan drink her blood, you and me, always: “Will you take my hand?  Feels so far away, want to see your face, are you even there?  Can you show me?  Can you make me believe?”

2.06, Plan B 

The Script’s “This=Love” plays on overlapping scenes of opposing couples, Stefan and Elena and Mason and Katherine: “This is why we do it, this is worth the pain, this is why we fall down and get back up again, this is where the heart lies, this is from above, love is this, this is love”

The Black Keys’ “Tighten Up” plays over the scene in which Jenna calls out Stefan and Elena for fake fighting, “tighten up on your reins, you are runnin’ wild”

“Wires” by Athlete plays over the scene where Elena breaks up with Stefan for real, because Jenna got hurt, continuing into the part where Damon takes the blame and Elena doesn’t hold it against him, “I see it in your eyes, you’ll be alright / running down corridors through automatic doors, got to get to you, got to see this through”

2.07, Masquerade 

Digital Daggers’ “Head over Heels” plays over the Steferine slow dance scene, “You keep your distance with a system of touch and gentle persuasion / I’m lost in admiration, could I need you this much? / oh you’re wasting my time, you’re just – just – just – wasting time”

“People Change” by Joel & Luke plays over the angsty longing glances exchanged between Caroline and Matt, “will you be there if I call? will you leave me in the rain? if I say it’s all my fault, will you still walk away?  I understand if you’re afraid, but people change”

“Brave” by Tawgs Salter plays over the final scene between Stefan and Elena when she says she needs to wake up and Stefan says he understands, and lets her go, “I think I’ll be brave, starting with you, but I’ll fall away if you want me to..I think I’ll be brave, say how I’ve wanted you” 

2.08, Rose 

Dragonette’s “We Rule the World” plays over Caroline’s conversation with Damon wherein she explains that she covered for Tyler, “we’re not the ones with the big guns, some kind of shiny secret weapons, but lets pretend that we rule the world”.  the song cuts off when Damon tells her not to be Tyler’s friend. 

While Stefan is interrogating Damon in the interests of road trip bonding, asking if he’s helping his little brother save the girl he loves or if he loves her too, “Blood” by Editors plays: “There’s nothing believable in being honest / so cover your lies up with another promise / blood runs through your veins / that’s where our similarity ends”

“In My Veins” by Andrew Belle plans when Elena receives the message that Damon and Stefan are coming for her: “all that you rely on and all that you can fake / will find you in the morning but find you in the day / oh, you’re in my veins and I cannot get you out / oh, you’re all I taste at night inside of my mouth / oh, you run away cause I am not what you found” 

“Love Song” by Cruel Black Dove plays in the car when Stefan tells Damon that he’s been drinking Elena’s blood, “I’m alright, I’m alright, can’t you see can’t you see / he’s just like me”

“Ocean Wide” by The Afters plays when Elena returns home to Bonnie and Jeremy, “If love is an ocean wide, we’ll swim in the tears we cry / they’ll see us through to the other side / we’re gonna make it” and then fades into the scene of the Salvatores at home, making their truce to protect Elena and Stefan apologizing for the past and admitting he just needed his brother. 

“I was wrong” by Sleeperstar plays during the scene of Damon’s love confession in Elena’s bedroom: “last night we fell apart, I broke to pieces / our love was in a hall, packed all in boxes / and I saw what it was that I did to you / I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong”.  

2.09, Katerina 

“Precious Stone” by Pete Yorn plays while Caroline has lunch with Stefan and asks why he’s such a good friend to her, “come on, I know you’re feeling better, I know you’re feeling in control”

“Puritan Heart” by Matt Duncan plays I think for a hot second in the coffee shop while Slater lists his many degrees,  “I almost said ‘you used to be a lot of fun’ / but so did I…oh please melt my puritan heart”.  I only mention this because it’s a travesty that this song wasn’t used in a Stefan scene. 

“Light Love” by Free Energy plays in the continuing Stefan and Caroline scene, “Light love, don’t everybody want that love? And it’s hard sometimes cause everybody’s uptight, love” 

“Amen Omen” by Ben Harper plays while Damon and Rose talk about how it might be better if Damon turns off his emotions because caring gets you dead, Elena tells Stefan that everyone is in danger because of her, and Katherine looks at the drawing of her family. “Will I see your face again? Can I find the place within to live my life without you?” 

2.10, The Sacrifice 

Our very own Kat Graham’s “I’m Only Happy When It’s Raining” plays when Matt apologizes to Tyler, Caroline and Matt fail to make up, and Caroline brags about her organizational chops as a way of offering her help to Tyler, thereby setting up a brand-new love triangle: “I’m only happy when it rains, I’m only happy when it’s complicated, and though I know you can’t appreciate it, I’m only happy when it rains”

Joel and Luke’s version of “Love’s to Blame” starts to play as Caroline tells Tyler she doesn’t want him to be alone, and continues through Matt’s awkward entrance, “Can’t be near you right now, cause I know you’re no longer mine” 

“No Way Out” by Rie Sinclair and Mike Suby plays during the Jeremy/Bonnie scene when he says he was willing to take the chance he would die to protect her, and continues during the scene on the doorstep with Damon and Elena where she says he shouldn’t question why she would try to save everyone, and through their fight in the tomb. “you’re the very thing unwinding me / no one ever will love me better than your everlasting love / I found only one way in and no way out”

2.11, By the Light of the Moon 

“Longest Night” by Howie Day plays while Caroline runs to Tyler after he changes back to a human, when Stefan gets out of the tomb and kisses Elena, into the scene where Damon tells Rose he’s happy the legend was fake and she says she’ll stay and help him save Elena, “You and I, caught in a fading light on the longest night / it’s enough just to find love, it’s the only thing to be sure of / so hard to let go of, a thousand times or more” 

2.12, The Descent 

Anberlin’s “Impossible” plays while Tyler thanks Caroline for helping him, “you’re impossible to love or leave, so impossible to win or please / I’m wearing you out, just wearing you out, but I’m wearing you down / take what you want from me, it means nothing now / take everything from me, it means nothing now / not so easy to forgive, harder to forget, take what you want” 

TV on the Radio’s “DLZ” plays over Damon’s existential crisis speech, “congratulations on the mess you made of things…you force your fire then you falsify your deeds / your methods dot the disconnect from all your creeds…your victim flies to high all to catch a bird’s eye view of / who’s next” 

2.13, Daddy Issues 

Adele’s “Don’t You Remember” plays in the Grille while Elena exhorts Damon not to be stupid and to be the better man, “but don’t you remember? don’t you remember? / the reason you loved me before / baby please remember me once more.”

“Stay” by Hurts plays while Elena accuses Damon of blowing off Andi, and he says it’s in the best interests of women everywhere, “we say goodbye in the pouring rain and I break down as you walk away / stay, stay / cause all my life I’ve felt this way but I could never find the words to say / stay, stay” 

Natasha Bedingfield’s “Strip Me” plays while Elena fights with John, “take what you want, steal my pride / build me up or cut me down to size / shut me out but I’ll just scream / I’m only one voice in a million / but you ain’t taking that from me”

“Losing Your Memory” by Ryan Starr plays while Stefan brings the girls over Caroline’s house, and then when Damon tells Andi he’s in love with a woman he can never have because she wants him to be something he’s not, and she tells him love changes us, “all the best of what we’ve done is yet to come / wake up, it’s time, little girl, wake up / just remember who I am in the morning / you’re losing your memory now.” 

2.14, Crying Wolf

“All Die Young” by Smith Westerns plays while Caroline tries to make her excuses to Matt, “I wanna grow old before I grow up, I wanna die with my chin up / and definitely maybe I will live to love”

“You Wait for Rain” by Kyler England plays while Stefan and Elena wander around her parents’ cabin, “it’s like we’ve been drifting along pretending nothing’s wrong / we play the game keep up the charade, but when the river runs dry, we’re on different sides / you wait for rain and I chase the storm, we just don’t see it the same way / you say you want change but you’re never sure, we can’t go on like this anymore”

“Family Tree” by Matthew West plays while Jeremy and Bonnie kiss, while Tyler tells Matt that Caroline was there for him more than anyone’s ever been there for him, but she loves Matt and she needs Matt and she deserves someone like Matt, and subsequently leaves town. “You’re gonna find real love, and you’re gonna hold your kids / you’ll change the course of generations / this is not your legacy, this is not your destiny / yesterday does not define you / this is not your legacy, this is not your meant to be / I can break the chains that bind you” 

2.15, The Dinner Party 

“Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People plays in the Grille while Bonnie and Jeremy awkwardly flirt and lie to Luka.  I only mention this because it’s such a weird choice.

The Airborne Toxic Event’s “Happiness is Overrated” plays while Damon finds Katherine in his shower, having successfully maneuvered him into killing Elijah and almost killed Damon himself in the process, “speaking of little Miss Katherine, I feel swell, oh well / because losing you was something I always did so well”

2.16, The House Guest 

Angel Taylor’s “Epiphany” plays during the girls’ night scene, and Caroline and Jenna discussing whether everyone deserves the truth or if sometimes protecting someone without consulting them is the right choice, “and this epiphany just hit me and now I’m finally realizing / you’re all I never needed / I’m so perfect without you…a true love is surrounding, clarity abounding / you were never my epiphany” 

s.o.stereo plays in the Grille, first “I’ll take the bullet” while Jenna and Alaric fight about his secrets, “and if we want each other / cock it and pull it / you run for cover and I’ll take the bullet”, then “Eternal Flame” with Candice Accola, “do you feel the same, or am I only dreaming? / is this burning an eternal flame? / I believe it’s meant to be, darlin’”, and finally “Hello Miss Heels”, the lyrics of which I cannot find anywhere.  

“Broken Strings” by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado plays when Bonnie tells Jeremy she has her powers back, and then while Katherine tries to crawl into bed with Damon and he rejects her, “but we’re running through the fire when there’s nothing left to save / it’s like chasing the very last train when we both know it’s too late / you can’t play on broken strings / you can’t feel anything that your heart don’t want to feel / I can’t tell you something that ain’t real” 

2.17, Know Thy Enemy 

“Give Me Strength” by Snow Patrol plays while Matt reports back to Liz, and John tells Elena why he put his faith in Isobel, “you give the strength to me, a strength I never had / I was a mess you see, I’d lost the plot so bad / you dragged me up and out, out of the darkest place/ there’s not a single doubt when I can see your faces.”

2.18, The Last Dance 

“Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)” by Patrick Stump plays while everyone prepares for the dance – Matt, who’s pretending to be compelled, Jeremy and Bonnie, who are fighting about what using her powers would do to her, “Every wound can be forgotten in the right light / oh, nostalgia, I don’t need you anymore”

“Hush” by Kula Shaker plays while Klaus!Alaric enters the dance, “well I got a silly little girl, she’s on my mind / look at her, she looks so fine / she’s the best girl that I ever had / except that she’s gonna make me feel so sad”    

Klaus dedicates “Dedicated to the One I Love” by the Mamas & the Papas to Elena: “while I’m far away from you, my baby / whisper a little prayer for me, my baby, yeah / because it’s hard for me, my baby / and the darkest hour is just before the dawn”

“Last Kiss” by Trent Dabbs plays while Jeremy and Bonnie dance, Stefan hands Elena off to Damon, Stefan cuts in on Caroline and Matt, and Damon cuts in on Jeremy and Bonnie, “I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss / I found the love that I knew I would miss / but now she’s gone, even though I hold her tight / I lost my love, my life that night / oh where oh where can my baby be? / the Lord took her away from me / she’s gone to heaven, so I gotta be good / so I can see my baby when I leave this world”

Birthday Massacre’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” plays while Stefan scolds Damon, leaving Elena and Bonnie separated from the group and vulnerable to Klaus, “trying to get away into the night / and then you put your arms around me / and we tumble to the ground and you say / I think we’re alone now / there doesn’t seem to be anyone around”

“I Wanna Be (Your Everything)” by the Manhattans plays while Jeremy gets beat up in the hallway, “I wanna be your lover and your honey / I wanna be your good luck and your money / I wanna always be by your side / I wanna be your protector and your guide”

“Dream Lover” by the Dollyrots plays while Elena looks for Stefan in the dance, “dream lover, where are you / with a love oh-so true / and a hand that I can hold / to feel you near as I grow old” 

2.19, Klaus 

“Helena Beat” by Foster the People plays while Katherine’s drinking in Alaric’s apartment and Damon and Andi drop by, “sometimes life it takes you by the hair / pulls you down before you know it / it’s gone and you’re dead again” 

“Get Some” by Lykke Li plays while Katherine dances drunkenly. “got you ‘round my finger like a lonely lover’s charm”

2.20, The Last Day 

“Not” by Cheyenne Mize plays when Tyler comes back to town to see his mother in the hospital, and when Matt kisses Caroline in the Grille, “heavy is the burden of truth / how can I say to you, I’m sorry / cause these words can’t change our mind / how can they change your heart? / I’m not the one, you think that I am”

“Wolf Pack” by The Vaccines plays when Damon admits he screwed up, and Klaus walks into the Grille to introduce himself and warn everyone off doing anything they’d regret, “I don’t even know you / you’re just someone new I don’t want to talk to / you’re wild / I don’t find you crazy at all” 

2.21, The Sun Also Rises 

Birdy’s “Skinny Love” plays after Jeremy tells Elena “I still have you,” during Jenna and John’s funeral, as John’s letter is read: “all your love was wasted / then who the hell was I? / now I’m breaking at the britches and at the end of all your lies / who will love you? / who will fight? /and who will fall far behind?”

2.22, As I Lay Dying 

Ingrid Michaelson’s “Turn to Stone” plays when Damon has a last drink and prepares to face the sunlight, “let’s take a better look beyond a story book / and learn our souls are all we own before we turn to stone / let’s go to sleep with clearer heads and hearts too big to fit our beds / and maybe we won’t feel so alone before we turn to stone / and if you wait for someone else’s hand, you’ll fall, you’ll fall”

“Speakers” by Days Difference plays while Alaric finds out that Damon’s dying, and while everyone congregates on the lawn to practice living one more day until it’s not as hard anymore, “now I’m trying and I’m dying to see you / I know I hurt you but I really didn’t mean to / got my pain on the mic, laying it all out tonight / I’ll do it again and again till I get it right” 

“I Should Go” by Levi Kreis plays during Damon and Elena’s last conversation, as he tells her he made choices that got him here, but it’s okay because he met her, and he knows she loves Stefan but he loves her and she should know that, and she tells him she likes him now, just the way he is: “all we have in common, and your company was just the thing I needed tonight / somehow I feel like I should apologize, cause I’m just a little shaken by what’s going on inside / I should go before my will gets any weaker / and my eyes begin to linger longer than they should / I should go before I lose my sense of reason / and this hours holds more meaning than it ever could / I should go, baby, I should go”

#s2 #music moments #tvd #index #yes this was a lot of work #but I like to have everything in one place

[seasinkarnadine]

11 with catradora ?

11. Things you said when you were drunk2.04 AM Incoming call: NOT WORTH ITShe’s especially pissed because she has goddamn insomnia and she has to be up early tomorrow morning and she had for once actually manages to fall asleep but the awful buzzing of her damn phone woke her up and it’s not even somebody important, it’s–

She lays on her side and turns the phone towards her face, the blue light stinging her eyes. She shouldn’t answer. She’s so mad. There would be more justice in ignoring the call. 

But she’s never been one for passive retaliation.

She gets as far as “Why the FUCK–” when she cuts herself off. There’s a breathy little sobbing noise coming from the receiver. “Catra?” She slurs her name. There’s a hitch in her breath. It’s loud, wherever she is. There are overlapping voices muffled in the background. “Catra…I…there’s…some’s wrong.”

She wants to be vicious. She wants to be biting and cold and cruel and it’s so EASY, normally. It’s like breathing and walking. Anger and hurt are friends she’s held close to her chest for her entire life. She wants them. But at the sound of that broken voice they abandon her. All that’s left is something indescribable that’s raw and aching.

 “Where are you?”

“I….ahdunno. Idaho. Hehe. I the ho.”

“Who’s with you? Do you see Glimmer or Bow?” She’s so worried about Adora she doesn’t even remember to say their names wrong. 

“No, no, I c'mere b m’self….ahsee…theeereesss….Loook? Luke.” Who the fuck is Luke. 

In the background she hears shouts of delight and celebration. ‘Alpha—’ Beta? Omega? Fucking greek houses, they all sound the same. 

“Are you at a frat house party?” 

“I’m at a…a…pdyeah. Missoo. You. Miss you. Catra?” It comes out as ‘cahra’ because of her drunken slur. “What happen? T’us? When’d….when did other people b’come…more…when’d things start to matter more’n us?” God, if she had an easy answer to that one she wouldn’t have Adora’s name typed as ‘NOT WORTH IT’ in her phone.

“Hang on just a sec, Adora,” she says, removing the phone that’s otherwise been glued to her ear so that she can toss a tank top over her skinny frame. “Okay I’m back. You with me?” She grabs her keys from the bowl by the door.

“Catraaaaaaaaaa! You’re here! You’re…nodeere, I mn…you’re aaa…here.” No. What the fuck does that mean. “Wheres Glim?” As if Catra has ANY fucking clue. As if asking that under normal circumstances wouldn’t rip Catra’s still beating heart out of her chest and grind it under the wheels of a semi truck. But these are not normal circumstances. 

“Do you have Glimmer’s number? Or Bow’s?” She only asks because they might have a better idea than Catra does. She gets the feeling she won’t have time to search all 8 houses on frat row before Adora…before who even knows. 

“I can looook? Check m phone… godda hang up tho…”

“NO, Christ, okay, don’t hang up, I’m coming.” She gets the feeling that Adora is not articulate enough to navigate her phone for anyone else’s number. It’s like her thoughts are jello sliding off a hot car. 

She races down the steps of her building and clambers into her jeep, phone still pinned between her shoulder and head. 

“Cahra this guyyy wanna play pong wi’me…godda gooo…I…hesay…showme somthn? ohhh he says youre heereee!” She giggles. “In…where? Sh’supstars? up? Hahaha yeaaaah…”

“Adora? Adora? Do NOT go upstairs! Stay with the other people! Adora!” Jesus christ on a pogo stick. She blows through a redlight and someone honks at her but she barely notices. 

“Gonn be otherpeople! you! people! You’re m’people, Cahra. You’re m….safe. Home. You’re always …m’home. Oh!”

There’s some shuffling, a brush of static over the receiver. 

“Hi, this is Luke. Adora is pretty fucked up, so, I’m gonna take her back to her dorm.”

“Alpha Si Zeta!” Someone yells. Alpha Si Zeta. Alpha Si Zeta.

“Don’t you FUCKING TOUCH HER you FUCKER I’ll pull out your goddamn entrails and–” He hangs up.

She drops her phone and floors the accelerator. She has to get there. She can’t be too late. She won’t be.

#she ra #spop #ask #anon #prompt #12 #prompt game #ask game #catradora #modern au #drabble

[mittensmorgul]

Today on the tnt loop: How To Sell Your Soul To Hell 101. 2.08 Crossroad Blues.

Dean’s been worried since 2.01 that John may have traded his soul for Dean’s life... and this is the episode where he gets the proof. He’s spent the season to this point on his “What’s dead should stay dead” streak, like with the Nice Guy™ in 2.04. Even the first few people they run into in 2.08, Dean feels justified in looking down his nose at them-- people who sold their souls for material gain, fame, and fortune.

First the architect who designed beautiful buildings, sure, but they end up talking to a colleague because he didn’t even have any family. Just his career. Then the surgeon, who yeah gained fame and fortune, but at least she saved a heck of a lot of lives, right? She was already a surgeon, she just wanted to be chief surgeon. She wanted to be in charge... and the only person who she shared her life with was apparently her housekeeper. Ambition that meant very little when the hounds came to drag them away.

It’s easy to feel like those folks were greedy, and therefore deserve what they got:

DEAN: Great. So we've gotta clean up these peoples' mess for 'em? I mean, they're not exactly squeaky clean. Nobody put a gun to their head and forced 'em to play Let's Make A Deal. SAM: So what, we should just leave them to die? DEAN: Somebody goes over Niagara in a barrel, you gonna jump in and try to save 'em?

But Sam persists, so Dean goes along with him. They find the guy who summoned the demon in the first place, who’s spent the last 10 years regretting not only his deal (he traded his soul for artistic talent, and he’s about to die penniless and alone with nothing to show for his life but a bunch of art nobody wants), but the fact that the demon stayed and made deals with a bunch of innocent people who didn’t even really believe or understand they were literally going to hell in ten years’ time for it. That guilt weighs on him, too...

GEORGE: Listen. I get that you boys want to help. But sometimes a person makes their bed, they've just got to lie down in it. I'm the one called that demon in the first place.  DEAN: What'd you do it for? GEORGE: I was weak. I mean, who don't want to be great? Who don't want their life to mean something? I just... I just never thought about the price.  DEAN: Was it worth it? GEORGE: Hell no.

And Dean gets just a bit more validation (or reverse validation? what do you call it when someone gets proof they’re unworthy?) that he wasn’t worth it, that John should never have made that deal.

And now we’ve arrived at the next Winchester Family Sacrifice Go Round, and the narrative wheel spins again. Feeling supremely justified and morally righteous, they find the final man who sold his soul. Dean coldly mocks the guy for selling his soul to get a girl, but...

EVAN: No. He's right, I made the deal. Nobody twisted my arm, that... woman, or whatever she was, at the bar? She said I could have anything I wanted. I thought she was nuts at first, but... I don't know how to— I was desperate. SAM: Desperate? EVAN: Julie was dying. DEAN: You did it to save her? EVAN: She had cancer, they'd stopped treatment, they were moving her into hospice, they kept saying... a matter of days. So yeah, I made the deal. And I'd do it again. I'd have died for her on the spot. DEAN: Did you ever think about her in all this? EVAN: I did this for her. DEAN: (advancing on him) You sure about that? I think you did it for yourself. So you wouldn't have to live without her. But guess what? She's going to have to live without you now. But what if she knew how much it cost? What if she knew it cost your soul? How do you think she'd feel? SAM: (putting a hand on DEAN'S chest, pulling him back) Okay, that's enough. You just sit tight, all right? We're going to figure this out. 

Just like John did for him, and would’ve likely done again... so would Evan.

(brief aside to lol that the demon Dean summons knows who he is, and tells him “I get the newsletter.” The demons have had a weekly Winchester column in their paper forever, haven’t they?)

Dean has a plan though... and he’s got a plan B as well. Plan A is almost clumsy for him, like he wanted the demon to think the obvious devil’s trap under his car was the best he could do, wanted her to underestimate him and let her guard down, so she’d follow him into the real trap-- which she does while she’s rolling along delivering the taunts about how John sold his soul for Dean’s life.

DEMON: No. I don't think so. I'm not going to put you out of your misery. DEAN: Yeah? Why not? DEMON: Because your misery's the whole point. It's too much fun to watch. Knowing how your daddy died for you, how he sold his soul. I mean, that's gotta hurt.  (DEAN is backed up against a wooden railing) It's all you ever think about. You wake up and your first thought is, "I can't do this anymore." You're all lit up with pain. I mean, you loved him so much. And it's all your fault.  (DEAN recoils as she gets more in his face.) You blew it, Dean! I could have given you what you need. DEAN: What do I need? DEMON: Your father. I could have brought him back. Your loss. Seeya, Dean. I wish you a nice long life. DEAN: Hold on. She stops, smiling.

His misery is the whole point. well, she’s right about that. This is all part of the longer game of breaking Dean enough to sell his own soul, giving him all the tools and knowledge to do it, but also destroying his self-worth in the process.

(and another aside to lol at a woman associated with darkness and death has told Dean that what he “needs” is one of his dead parents... this time John, but in 11.23 Amara actually does give him back Mary)

DEMON: I could give you ten years. Ten long good years with him. That's a lifetime. The family can be together again. John, Dean, Sammy. The Winchester boys all reunited.  (she advances towards him) Look. Your dad's supposed to be alive. You're supposed to be dead. So we'll just set things straight, put things back in their natural order. And you get ten extra years on top. That's a bonus.

“Proof” that Dean is “supposed to be dead.” Kinda hits hard.

But Dean had no real intention (at least not right then) to accept that deal. It did maneuver the demon into the actual trap, where Dean bargained to trade HER life/freedom for Evan’s. Rather than be exorcised and banished back to Hell, she agrees, and seals the deal with a kiss. But Dean has proof about John’s deal now (and that demons are creatures of their word... no doubting she was telling him the truth, or at least the most painful possible version of it)

SAM: He did it for you. DEAN: Exactly. How am I supposed to live with that? You know, the thought of him... wherever he is right now. I mean, he spent his whole life chasing that... yellow-eyed son of a bitch. He should have gone out fighting. That was supposed to be his legacy. You know? Not bargaining with the damn thing. Not this.  SAM: How many people do you think Dad saved? Total? DEAN: That's not the point, Sam. SAM: Evan Hudson is safe because of what Dad taught us. That's his legacy, Dean. But we're still here, man. So we gotta keep going, for him.

And here we have talk again of “legacies” and what that means to them, which becomes a big theme again in s12 (I mean it’s the whole point of 12.18, yes? selling out everything for the good of the family legacy?)

And we don’t yet know the Big Terrible Secret John told Dean before he died... that’s gonna linger out there all through 2.09 into cliffhanger territory before finally being revealed for the horror it is in 2.10...

Lies, manipulation, Dean’s crumbling self-worth, stripping away his cavalier facade that everything is fine and he’s coping fine (which we got a glimpse of when Andy forced him to tell the truth in 2.05, but has been getting consistently shakier as he’s forced to face the truth of what John did and his scrambling to adjust to life without John out there to tell him what to do as things so much further above their pay grade begin organizing a targeted campaign against the Winchesters for purposes as yet unknown). This is something John in no way prepared him for, and it’s all now suddenly on his shoulders as the world goes to literal hell around him.

Like Chuck doing the same thing in abandoning his angels... but more about that in the 2.10 report. This one’s getting long enough already. But just bear in mind that ALL of this was Chuck’s design anyway... his manipulation, these sorts of deals, familial sacrifices, and a bigger and bigger cosmic picture as the narrative spiral spins again.

#spn 2.08 #spn 12.18 #s14 hellatus rewatch #spn 14.20 #it's spirals all the way down #the ghost of john winchester #if you say 'mysterious ways' so help me i will kick your ass #spn 11.23 #spn 2.04 #performing dean #spiders georg of the tnt loop

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Aaron Hotchner // Thomas Gibson David Rossi // Joe Mantegna Derek Morgan // Shemar Moore Emily Prentiss // Paget Brewster JJ Jareau // AJ Cook Luke Alvez // Adam Rodriguez Matt Simmons // Daniel Henney Penelope Garcia // Kirsten Vangsness Spencer Reid // Matthew Gray Gubler Tara Lewis // Aisha Tyler

Criminal Minds

Season 1: 1.01 Extreme Aggressor 1.02 Compulsion 1.03 Won't Get Fooled Again 1.04 Plain Sight 1.05 Broken Mirror 1.06 L.D.S.K. 1.07 The Fox 1.08 Natural Born Killer 1.09 Derailed 1.10 The Popular Kids 1.11 Blood Hungry 1.12 What Fresh Hell? 1.13 Poison 1.14 Riding the Lightning 1.15 Unfinished Business 1.16 The Tribe 1.17 A Real Rain 1.18 Somebody's Watching 1.19 Machismo 1.20 Charm and Harm 1.21 Secrets and Lies 1.22 The Fisher King: Part 1

Season 2: 2.01 The Fisher King: Part 2 2.02 P911 2.03 The Perfect Storm 2.04 Psychodrama 2.05 Aftermath 2.06 The Boogeyman 2.07 North Mammon 2.08 Empty Planet 2.09 The Last Word 2.10 Lessons Learned 2.11 Sex, Birth, Death 2.12 Profiler, Profiled 2.13 No Way Out 2.14 The Big Game 2.15 Revelations 2.16 Fear and Loathing 2.17 Distress 2.18 Jones 2.19 Ashes and Dust 2.20 Honor Among Thieves 2.21 Open Season 2.22 Legacy 2.23 No Way Out, Part 2: The Evilution of Frank

Season 3: 3.01 Doubt 3.02 In Name and Blood 3.03 Scared to Death 3.04 Children of the Dark 3.05 Seven Seconds 3.06 About Face 3.07 Identity 3.08 Lucky 3.09 Penelope 3.10 True Night 3.11 Birthright 3.12 3rd Life 3.13 Limelight 3.14 Damaged 3.15 A Higher Power 3.16 Elephant's Memory 3.17 In Heat 3.18 The Crossing 3.19 Tabula Rasa 3.20 Lo-Fi

Season 4: 4.01 Mayhem 4.02 The Angel Maker 4.03 Minimal Loss 4.04 Paradise 4.05 Catching Out 4.06 The Instincts 4.07 Memoriam 4.08 Masterpiece 4.09 52 Pickup 4.10 Brothers in Arms 4.11 Normal 4.12 Soul Mates 4.13 Bloodline 4.14 Cold Comfort 4.15 Zoe's Reprise 4.16 Pleasure Is My Business 4.17 Demonology 4.18 Omnivore 4.19 House on Fire 4.20 Conflicted 4.21 A Shade of Gray 4.22 The Big Wheel 4.23 Roadkill 4.24 Amplification 4.25 To Hell...

4.26 ... And Back

Season 5: 5.01 Faceless, Nameless 5.02 Haunted 5.03 Reckoner 5.04 Hopeless 5.05 Cradle to Grave 5.06 The Eyes Have It 5.07 The Performer 5.08 Outfoxed 5.09 100 5.10 The Slave of Duty 5.11 Retaliation 5.12 The Uncanny Valley 5.13 Risky Business 5.14 Parasite 5.15 Public Enemy 5.16 Mosley Lane 5.17 Solitary Man 5.18 The Fight 5.19 Rite of Passage 5.20 ...A Thousand Words 5.21 Exit Wounds 5.22 The Internet Is Forever 5.23 Our Darkest Hour

Season 6: 6.01 The Longest Night 6.02 JJ 6.03 Remembrance of Things Past 6.04 Compromising Positions 6.05 Safe Haven 6.06 Devil's Night 6.07 Middle Man 6.08 Reflection of Desire 6.09 Into the Woods 6.10 What Happens at Home... 6.11 25 to Life 6.12 Corazon 6.13 The Thirteenth Step 6.14 Sense Memory 6.15 Today I Do 6.16 Coda 6.17 Valhalla 6.18 Lauren 6.19 With Friends Like These 6.20 Hanley Waters 6.21 The Stranger 6.22 Out of the Light 6.23 Big Sea 6.24 Supply and Demand

Season 7: 7.01 It Takes a Village 7.02 Proof 7.03 Dorado Falls 7.04 Painless 7.05 From Childhood's Hour 7.06 Epilogue 7.07 There's No Place Like Home 7.08 Hope 7.09 Self Fulfilling Prophecy 7.10 The Bittersweet Science 7.11 True Genius 7.12 Unknown Subject 7.13 Snake Eyes 7.14 Closing Time 7.15 A Thin Line 7.16 A Family Affair 7.17 I Love You, Tommy Brown 7.18 Foundation 7.19 Heathridge Manor 7.20 The Company 7.21 Divining Rod 7.22 Profiling 101 7.23 Hit 7.24 Run

Season 8: 8.01 The Silencer 8.02 The Pact 8.03 Through the Looking Glass 8.04 God Complex 8.05 The Good Earth 8.06 The Apprenticeship 8.07 The Fallen 8.08 The Wheels on the Bus... 8.09 Magnificent Light 8.10 The Lesson 8.11 Perennials 8.12 Zugzwang 8.13 Magnum Opus 8.14 All That Remains 8.15 Broken 8.16 Carbon Copy 8.17 The Gathering 8.18 Restoration 8.19 Pay It Forward 8.20 Alchemy 8.21 Nanny Dearest 8.22 #6 8.23 Brothers Hotchner 8.24 The Replicator

Season 9: 9.01 The Inspiration Part 1 9.02 The Inspiration Part 2 9.03 Final Shot 9.04 To Bear Witness 9.05 Route 66 9.06 In The Blood 9.07 Gatekeeper 9.08 The Return 9.09 Strange Fruit 9.10 The Caller 9.11 Bully 9.12 The Black Queen 9.13 The Road Home 9.14 200 9.15 Mr. & Mrs. Anderson 9.16 Gabby 9.17 Persuasion 9.18 Rabid 9.19 The Edge of Winter 9.20 Blood Relations 9.21 What Happens in Mecklinburg 9.22 Fatal 9.23 Angels 9.24 Demons

Season 10: 10.01 X 10.02 Burn 10.03 A Thousand Suns 10.04 The Itch 10.05 Boxed In 10.06 If the Shoe Fits 10.07 Hashtag 10.08 The Boys of Sudworth Place 10.09 Fate 10.10 Amelia Porter 10.11 The Forever People 10.12 Anonymous 10.13 Nelson's Sparrow 10.14 Hero Worship 10.15 Scream 10.16 Lockdown 10.17 Breath Play 10.18 Rock Creek Park 10.19 Beyond Borders 10.20 A Place at the Table 10.21 Mr. Scratch 10.22 Protection 10.23 The Hunt

#tags masterlist #disregard this post just need it for myself #so so sorry if the read more doesnt work it's giving me issues

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Alanna and her Wardens (and Lan here) are best, love Aes Sedai and Warder stuff (omg that guy Warden flirting with Nynaeve also), some more ‘this show is really good!’

#wheel of time show #wheel of time #…is there a ship name #wheel of time 2.04 #not liveblogging #etat #i write

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January 2022 Monthly Media

* = Rewatch/reread

Anime/Cartoons

Bob's Burgers 12.11

Centaurworld 1.01-1.10

Legend of Vox Machina 1.01-1.03

Books/Novellas

Hola, Papi: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

Me and Patsy Kickin' Up Dust by Loretta Lynn

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Where the Wild Ladies Live by Aoko Matsuda

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Here We Go Again by Betty White

If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White

Comics/Manga

One Piece Volumes 7-9 by Eiichiro Oda

Closer to Home (ongoing webcomic)

The Four of Them (ongoing webcomic)

Oglaf (ongoing webcomic)

Order of the Stick (ongoing webcomic)

Paranatural (ongoing webcomic)

Wilde Life (ongoing webcomic)

Movies

Encanto (2021)*

Podcasts

Dungeons and Daddies

TV Shows/Web Series

12 Monkeys 3.01-3.05

Call Me Kat 2.01-2.04

Critical Role 3.09-3.11

Dimension 20: Space Odyssey 1-3

Next Level Chef 1.01-1.06

Top Chef 13.01-18.14

Queer Eye 6.01-6.10

The Untamed 1-22

Wheel of Time 1.01-1.08

#monthly media

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Casino, originally, a public hall for music and dancing; by the second half of the 19th century, a collection of gaming or gambling rooms. Both of these specialized casino security departments work very closely with each other to ensure the safety of both guests and the casino's assets, and have been quite successful in preventing crime.Other examples are wholly automated and enclosed versions of games such as roulette and dice, where no dealer is required and the players bet by pushing buttons. When it opened in 1989, The Mirage was the first casino to use cameras full-time on all table games.

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[pynkhues]

begging for headcanon please: Rio being jealous of Dean being with/around Beth because I definitely felt some bitterness from him when Beth asked him not to tell Dean.

Hahaha, I think this is probably my most common request for a headcanons post! I actually did it here back at the very start of the season, but I’ve had Feelings about it since 2.04, so I decided to do it again. I’m not entirely happy with it, but I hope you like it!

1. He knows she hasn’t told him before he even asks from the stupid look on her husband’s face, and the colour of hers - always pale, but never this ashen, her breath visibly caught in her throat, even from across the lot. And look, sure, he’s not exactly proud of the gleeful tick to his grin at the thought of actually being there for this part, but whatever. He’s never pretended to be better than that.

2. Because really, there’s something he’s always found a little too satisfying about taking things that don’t belong to him. About the challenge of loosening a person’s grasp on something just enough to slip it out from between their fingers and into his, no matter what that is. About the look on the asshole’s face when they realise Rio’s got everything that used to be theirs. Not that he thinks Car Man’s grip was ever that tight on Elizabeth anyway, but whatever. Rio knows what gets him off.

3. Only she’s saying don’t, her voice small and her eyes unblinking, and there’s something desperate enough in her tone that tampers all that glee, and that? That ain’t fair. 

4. His eyes find Car Man and he thinks he probably knows it somewhere deep down, but can’t believe it. Can’t imagine his pretty, suburban starter wife with her big blue eyes and too-soft skin getting bent over by somebody who looks like him, and Rio would be open to a demonstration if he didn’t feel like Elizabeth would bolt. 

5. So he bites his tongue, and then bites it again when she tells him he can have whatever he wants, and hopes she realises what it takes to let her get into that asshole’s car instead of getting her into his. 

6. And so what if he maybe grips the steering wheel a little harder, missing the tire iron, so what if he gets home, feeling almost jittery in his restlessness to the point he goes out again, thankful his ex has Marcus for the week, and heads straight to the 24-hour gym a few blocks away, strapping his fists and hitting the speed ball until his knuckles bruise. It doesn’t get the image of her lifting her skirt out of his head, of her husband behind her at their painfully middle class bathroom sink, of his hands - - 

7. And nah. He’s not doin’ that. 

8. Or maybe he is, because he drops by the dealership during opening hours, mostly out of sight as her husband sucks the oxygen out of any possible sale (and Jesus, that’s going to be something he’s going to have to deal with soon. He’s got timelines, after all) and he sees her out there too, all mama sweetness as she shows somebody else’s wife how to get a stroller into a minivan that could be hers, and everybody’s smiling in that glossy magazine ad way, and something’s tightening low in his gut that he doesn’t want to give a name to. 

9. And something must happen, because the next time he’s there ready to tell her he’s handled her little body problem, planning to tell her that the next thing she’ll be doing is handling her little rotten egg problem, the husband ain’t anywhere in sight. It’s just her, too-sweet and awkward on the little screen, and then pissed off and firm in front of him, and there’s something sparking in her he ain’t seen in a while, and so instead of telling her what she’s got to do, he’s asking her what she wants to call them, and then it’s business until someone’s calling her Mrs. Boland, and his toes are curling in his shoes, and he has to touch her, has to lean in, to remind her all the ways that she isn’t. 

#beth x rio #nbc good girls #gg headcanons #beth x dean #beth boland #dean boland #rio