#avadeborah

YES I LOVE THIS COMPARISON. especially scully being in xena's role and mulder in gabrielle's 🤣 scully's fierce protectiveness of mulder is one of my favorite things. we usually see mulder's protectiveness as very bodily, literally shielding scully with his body, or he goes & does the dangerous thing convincing her to stay behind (die hand die verletzt & firewalker) and this is one of the times we see her do it. she stays up to guard him & hold him. usually it's more doctorly, or emotionally for scully. hugs, touching, actual medical treatment, standing between him & someone who means him harm.

It would be so cool if Season 4 of Hacks could start with the song “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus. Most of the words fit how we last saw their relationship (possibly) heading.

I came in like a wrecking ball

I never hit so hard in love

All I wanted was to break your walls

All you ever did was wreck me

Yeah, you, you wrecked me

I put you high up in the sky

And now, you're not coming down

It slowly turned, you let me burn

And now, we're ashes on the ground

Don't you ever say I just walked away

I will always want you

I can't live a lie, running for my life

I will always want you

Vaniels won the last poll, but the other options hadn't been mentioned in it and the post also hadn't been tagged with them because I hadn't been aware of them yet, so it would be unfair to the people who like those versions and wouldn't have seen the poll in the search results... So here's another one to make it fair :)

Just goes to show that deciding on one shipname would be quite helpful for the fandom, not just to name my new blog but also so everyone knows what to tag and what to look for, without having to check so many name combinations it's hard to remember them all!

(also for my other ships as always, but the muse really seems to be partial to VanceDaniels atm so everything else might be slower)

You can just send me your own prompt, or if you like pick something from one of the prompt lists I've reblogged, just be sure to mention which list it's from or just send me the entire copied prompt instead of just the number, that's easiest for me :) also pls make sure to mention the ship in your ask!

No guarantees for if&when I'll write something for any prompt, I'm not a machine and the muse has to strike right and all, but I'm trying to pull myself out of writer's block and VanceDaniels seems to be the way for my brain to go Yes right now so chances are good :D and if you want to improve your chances above other prompts in my inbox, make sure to reblog some of my other Hacks posts or other things I made and/or comment on my fics (Ao3: lilolilyrae) and send your prompt ask off anon so I know it's you!

I also take prompts for moodboards and manips, less likely to fulfill any visual prompts as quickly as fic prompts though.

I have this theory that Deborah doesn’t sleep with strangers. Ever. 

Part of it is because she and Ava are so frequently diametric opposites when it comes to aspects of their lives, as Ava is shown willing to have more one night stands. But the other part is because I feel like Deborah has such trust issues and such a fraught relationship with her s3xuality, that she doesn’t want to get into bed with anyone she isn’t familiar with. 

I personally believe Frank was Deborah’s first s3xual partner. 

The timeline would kind of add up. She must have met Frank anywhere between 18-21. DJ looks to be about 4 by the time Deb is 25, so she must have been between 19-21 when she had DJ. Pretty young, but in line with Baby Boomers typically having children in their early 20s. Not a whole lot of time for her to explore her s3xuality before she got married. Plus, her teenage years was likely taken up with taking care of herself and Kathy, so not much time to date. These are all just guesses though. 

But if it’s true I feel like it would help explain why Deborah keeps sleeping with Marty. She doesn’t enjoy the s3x, so the question is why doesn’t she just go out and find a partner who will please her? 

Familiarity. 

She doesn’t have to be in a relationship with them or even officially dating, but she at least needs to have known them for a while. 

Marty is garbage, but at least she knows him. I think Deborah has met all of her s3xual and romantic partners through her career. First, there was Frank. Then her gay ex-boyfriends were likely either fans of hers or other entertainment industry workers she met during her career. She met Marty because of her residency. Makes sense because Deborah doesn’t really have a life outside of work, so she looks for all her emotional needs within it. 

She works so much, she doesn’t really leave time to meet other people. And even if she did, she has such trust issues, I’m not sure she’d be all that willing anyway. 

So once again, let me put my rainbow tinfoil hat and say that Ava is literally the perfect potential s3xual partner for Deborah. All the pieces fit.