#eveningspirit

JESSE IS SO PERFECT, I have a few gifsets of him I'm gonna reblog now. I'm so excited to see more of him because he's so amazing and he has the best smile of all of the Pitt. I said what I said and I stand by it.

I MEAN LOOK AT THAT SMILE!

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There's two main things that make me think he's poor/lower middle class, both in childhood and now

1) He jokes with Garcia about the only difference between a serial killer and a surgeon is that surgeons charge you after. That, coupled with him saying that it was a waste of money trying to resuscitate the guy with the DNR made me think he's very aware of how the cost of healthcare is overpriced and bullshit.

2) He thought $400 was gonna get him a Birkin. When I first saw it, I was like 'damn, that's an expensive ass purse', but then I read about all of the hoops you have to jump through and millions of dollars you have to spend to even get the opportunity to buy one and it makes me think he doesn't know what goes into it and isn't familiar with high end brands like that.

OH it really, really was !!

When we got Adam staring down the barrel of a gun, I was like damn this season is starting off HOT and I thought that would be the peak of the amazingness of the episode. But no... we had THAT ending as well which was just...so fucking good for an ending.

I too knew something would be up with her, depending we had heard nothing about her, but damn, I did not think death (my brain also did forget reading the press release for ep2, otherwise it probably would've lmao) but even if I did, it DEFINITELY did not think like that.

That was cold, shocking to the system in such a very real fashion and oh so devastating for our poor boy Adam.

I really loved how they managed to settle her in within the episode, establish enough backstory and connection (especially to Adam) AND weave in the foreshadowing with the near miss and the talk of her old partner enough to actually make the death hard hitting even though we, the audience, only just met her but without overdoing it and making the episode really clunky, especially as the connection establishment was the b plot to the voight a plot.

And YES I am also still salty his shooting only got briefly touched upon last season but I'm thinking we're going to get something like we got for Kim -- a season later and the long term consequences are showing up, and I'll be really interested in seeing how the situation affects Adam differently.

And I love how the premiere already touched upon the affect of seeing your partner shot, through Adam's facing the gun (which the way he squared up to it even though now he KNOWS what it's like to feel your life fading?? Oof) and him checking on Emily after and now we get to see that becoming Adam's reality, with an extra helping of guilt because he got her into intelligence.

I am a little sad we don't get any Kim during episode 2 to see her being there to be an emotional rock for Adam, even if it's in the background (likewise that we didn't get to get a quick few seconds scene of Kim checking if Adam was a-ok himself after facing the gun this episode) but I think it's pretty clear this will be, or will lead into, Adam's storyline angst this season so hopefully while we won't get her this episode, we will get her later.

(Plus we've seen in the past with Adam that when things like this happen, in the immediate aftermath he likes to throw himself all in and just rage and dwell in his guilt and feelings so I kinda like we'll get to just focus on him this episode feeling all that to really explore how it feels to have your partner shot in the head right next to you).

But I do hope we at least get a mention of Kim (like Kim being that emotional rock for him despite being apart; which she still is because she knows the first hours are just going to be so hectic for Adam and he can't rest until at least initial justice is served for Emily and he'd want her to finish off because she can do all she can from there (except physical intimacy but yes it's different but he DOES still have Kev, and Trudy (and Mack) so he's not going to be deprived of a hug if he so needs it and he's going to be around people he has and can cry around if needed) and her coming home early may just add an unnecessary burden of guilt onto him some more - because we know our boy can really feel that guilt when he gets rolling.

And it's almost more powerful seeing how deep and secure and just loving their relationship is now that they can be there for each other without being in physical proximity. That Kim trusts him to not completely spiral, that they have a support system, that Adam KNOWS he'll get love and affection from Kim just the same even if it's days after the initial trauma so it's not a take this now or not get it at all situation.

I mean, that is, if they have Kim stay at the conference. They could just end up making her get stuck on her way home which is fine I guess.

ANYWAY sorry this took literally a whole week to get around to, I wrote up most of this last week but life really has gotten ahold of me and I didn't have the energy to complete it and I really wanted to make this a detailed answer to you, not just an 'i agree'. Better late than never?

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): Elendil (as you might have guessed from how fast I made him my icon). Maybe tied with Galadriel? I do think about both of them a LOT.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): Nori is the cutest, most precious, nobody dare hurt her. Also, Elrond. I hated the idea of him when they first promoted him as 'an ambitious politician' but he's really very Elrond-like, more and more by the episode and I love him.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): I know he's yours, but maybe mine, too, Valandil? He's obviously very important to Isildur and I'm looking forward to what they do with him in the next seasons.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): Adar? Mhm. I wanna know more about him. IDK if he's obscure, but he is a background character.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): Well, you know who. Or at least you should have expected it. :P Wait, this lil' shit deserves a visual representation:

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): Several characters, actually. Pharazon, because he deserves it. Obviously, also Sauron. And, um, Isildur, to see how he grows (or doesn't) from it.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): Pharazon. (I mean, Sauron goes there anyway. Well, so does Pharazon, I guess. I think I have a bigger problem with people whose reason for evil is nothing but greed. Ugh. I mean, Sauron's reason for evil is also partly greed, but not the sole reason. *whispers to self*: Do not turn into Sauron-apologist. Ahahahaha. Nah, there's no fear of that, I'm just having fun with 'what if' AU scenarios in my head. :D)

Thank you so much! (I did go to sleep yesterday. :P) It was hard picking for some, though. ;)

I was expecting you to ask about Power Through 😂. But Nonspeaking Alec (which is obviously a working title) is definitely one of my favorites. It’s an AU where Alec is autistic and mostly nonspeaking, Magnus is hard of hearing and almost all the Downworlders are disabled. It starts when Alec is 11 and meets Magnus for the first time and it’s essentially a series of vignettes around their relationship.

Here’s a snippet (Alec is 11 here) :)

The boy scoots back along the wall, further away from Magnus, tapping his hands on the ground. “Don’t be afraid,” Magnus says a little louder, activating his magical sound amplification system with a twitch of his finger. “My name is Magnus. What’s your name?”

The boy doesn’t answer, but he keeps staring at Magnus. Magnus frowns, trying to figure out how to get him to respond. On a hunch, he repeats his question in ASL, then in the Shadow World sign language. Just in case.

The child takes a surprised breath and his hands flutter at his sides briefly, before he seems to remember himself. He hangs his head and tucks his hands under his legs.

“Are you here alone?” Magnus asks in English and ASL. The boy looks up again at the sound of his voice. “Where are your parents?”

The boy stares at Magnus’ hands in fascination as he signs, following the movements with his eyes. As soon as Magnus stops, he brings his own hands up and makes a gesture, a clumsy imitation of Magnus’ first sign, nearly unrecognizable. He frowns and groans loud enough for Magnus to hear, clapping his hand against his thigh again in clear distress, rocking harder.

“You don’t speak, do you?” Magnus asks. The child frowns and hits himself hard enough that it has to hurt. “It’s okay,” Magnus says and signs hurriedly. “I don’t mind. I’m just worried that you’re here on your own.”

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I kind of agree! A very interesting take that I enjoyed reading. I do see Carlos as a little older than 24, though, more like 25 going on 26 because I imagine he’s been a police officer for a few years now, and at 24, he could still have been in for a few years I guess, but to me, 25 feels like the right place in his career based on my headcanon. So, I see them with a very slim age difference. A year or so, probably.  I do think it will be interesting to see the maturity dynamic because for me we haven’t seen enough of Carlos to know his full maturity levels. We’ve seen certain areas of maturity for sure, but I also want to be careful of what factors I use to judge maturity (because I think certain traits are judged as immature when they really aren’t). Though we definitely have seen some areas of maturity juxtaposed like you mentioned. We know Carlos is more mature in some ways, but at the same time, I think T.K. is probably more mature in other areas. For example, I do think that T.K. has self-awareness. The Gray scene kind of shows that he knows why he does immature things like getting into fights, which requires a level of maturity. So, it’s certainly interesting to see those dynamics in play because in some moments, Carlos does feel younger while in others he feels older.