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Rip - always Rip. What they did to him in (Episode 6?) of Season 3 pissed me off so much I’m not watching LoT S3 until it’s on Netflix. I love Rip so much and I miss him.

Lauriver almost wedding episode. The whole thing is so B E A U T I F U L and Perfect and WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALL!

“This is so unfair,” Buffy grumbled, “and slimy, and on our anniversary, too, when we should be at home making out on the couch, not slogging through weird magic slime looking for some dumb necklace to put in a dumb warehouse with other dumb stuff!”

Ooh, great choices, thanks! Also, [insert ‘both is good’ gif here]

“Morgan, he’s in the- oof!” Elle’s voice over the radio was cut off by the whooshing sound of someone having their breath knocked out of them, and Morgan immediately broke into a run, angling towards the corner of the warehouse that she had been clearing. He hurdled a stack of pallets, skidded around a corner, and got a brief glimpse of a running figure in the distance before rounding one final corner and finding Elle curled up on the floor in the middle of the next aisle.

He holstered his gun, and crouched down beside her.

“You okay?” he asked. Elle nodded quickly.

“I’m fine, I’m fine,” she wheezed. “He went that way.” She jerked her head in the direction of where Morgan had seen the running figure who was undoubtedly their unsub. Morgan kept a hand hovering by his holster and his head on a swivel, but he didn’t stand up. “Didn’t you hear me?” Elle said, still breathless but her grimace of pain had turned into more of an annoyed frown. “He’s gonna get away- go on without me.”

“Not a chance, Greenaway,” said Morgan, extending a hand and pulling her up into a sitting position. “Hotch has got this place surrounded- scumbag’s not going anywhere, and I’m not leaving you alone when there’s a chance he could circle back. Get your breath back, and then we’ll get him together.”

“I’m a big girl, Morgan, I can look after myself,” Elle said, irritably, retrieving her gun from where it had fallen on the floor in the scuffle. “Plus, I’m armed.” She gave the gun a small wave before holstering it.

“I know,” said Morgan. Elle held out her hand this time, and Morgan pulled her to her feet. Knowing that Elle didn’t much like accepting help, he shot her his most charming smile in an attempt to cheer her up. “But I’ve got a rule about people getting the drop on my friends- if it happens once, it doesn’t happen again.”

“Oh, we’re friends now?” Elle joked. Her tone was still cranky, but she couldn’t quite keep a small smile off her face. Morgan clutched his heart and pantomimed being wounded.

“Ouch. Not if you’re gonna hurt me like that, we’re not,” he said. Elle grinned briefly, shaking her head in amusement and punching Morgan gently in the shoulder.

“Don’t think I won’t beat you up if you use this as an excuse to try and baby me,” she said, as she pulled out her gun and moved so that she was covering Morgan’s back. He unholstered his own weapon, covering her in return.

“Wouldn’t dream of it.” He glanced over his shoulder one last time. “You good?” Elle nodded.

“I’m good.” A pause. “Thanks, Morgan.”

“Anytime. You know I got your back.”

“I know.” She tapped his shoulder and they moved off as one. “And I’ve got yours.”

ugh I am forever bitter that dutch and pawter didn’t talk more. they had the occasional interaction but pawter’s primary purpose was to be d’avin and then johnny’s love interest. and she had her own independent storylines outside of that, but it’s not the same thing. I would have liked to see them become proper friends and dutch actually defend her about the whole wall thing because she gets being morally grey and she actually seemed to take pawter’s side on the issue anyway. 

Garcia

3. how do they feel about touch?

Touch is good, and one of Garcia’s favourite ways of showing affection. She’s a huge hugger. Also, touch is one of her biggest stim things- her office is full of tactile stim toys and good textures, and she’s almost always fidgeting with something while working/thinking.

6. how do they feel about music?

She’s… somewhat lacking in musical ability, to put it diplomatically. She enjoys music, though, and has made various (unsuccessful) attempts over the years to pick up an instrument. As for listening to music, she usually does it to relax or distract herself. It’s too much input when she’s working, and she’s more of a white noise sort of person when she needs to concentrate. The many ambient sounds of computers in use is her personal favourite, and she can find it hard to concentrate when there aren’t fans running in the background.

9. if you hc them as self diagnosed how did that impact their life? 

Garcia kind of had a vague notion that she might be autistic, but it wasn’t until she joined the BAU and talked to Hotch about it that she took the possibility seriously. Since then, she’s gotten pretty heavily involved in the online autistic community, and also just in general has gotten more comfortable with her own quirks and more forgiving of herself when she has difficulties with things.

11. how do they prefer to communicate? are they non verbal/have periods of being non verbal? do they use sign language? do they talk? do they prefer text, etc?

Garcia is pretty verbal, but she prefers talking to people over the phone because there’s less additional input. All the information comes from words and tone of voice, rather than also having to read and communicate through body language. Plus, she doesn’t have to worry about making too much eye contact. (Eye contact doesn’t make her uncomfortable and she doesn’t understand the rules of it too well, so she tends to overcompensate and stare at people.) Also in general she just prefers communicating from the other side of her screens, and when she’s emotionally overwhelmed that preference gets even stronger. (Although she also gets tactile when upset, so it’s a balancing act between needing her space and needing proper human contact.)

12. Is there any senses they struggle with particularly? (hearing, taste, etc)

She doesn’t exactly struggle with it, but nothing ruins Garcia’s day faster than a Bad Texture. Whether that’s something she touched or something in her food, she always has to spin around in circles and wave her hands and go “ick ick ick” or “gross gross gross” before she feels better. If it was something she touched, she always goes in search of better textures, and that can mean (among other things) stroking the fabric of her clothes or playing with one of the stim toys on her desk.

Reid

3. how do they feel about touch?

He’s Not A Fan of touch from strangers. He hates shaking hands (both for touch averse and germophobic reasons) and random contact with people in crowds and the like is The Worst. 

That said, he’s really huggy when it comes to his friends. It takes him a while to get there, but there’s a point at which he becomes comfortable with a person, after which he’ll happily attach himself to them and not let go. Generally he relies on other people initiating things like hugs, though, because he’s still a bit unclear on the rules. (Although there’s this one time when he just straight up launches himself at Hotch- who is equally touch averse and awkward about hugging- and it’s the only time they ever hug on screen and it still makes me emotional.)

6. how do they feel about music?

Music with words is distracting. If he’s going to listen to music at all, he prefers classical music (and occasionally movie soundtracks), because his thought process is very verbal and easily sidetracked by external verbal input. He can get really into instrumental stuff, though, and is prone to waving his hands around in conductor-like motions while listening.

9. if you hc them as self diagnosed how did that impact their life?

This is a complicated one to answer, because I don’t have a definitive headcanon for Reid re: diagnosis? Because it’s obvious in canon that he’s not even considered it, but I refuse to believe that he could work alongside profilers for years and not have someone point out that he’s Obviously Autistic. So I like to think that either Gideon or Hotch or both of them nudged him into getting a proper diagnosis (either an official one, or just going through the DSM or whatever with one of them) not long after he joined the team.

As for how it would impact his like, I think a diagnosis would help him deal with a lot of the stress he gets from not really trusting his own brain. Like, he’d actually recognise sensory overload for what it was and not automatically assume his headaches have to be connected to potentially inherited schizophrenia. (Me? Bitter about Reid not being diagnosed in canon so the writers can milk the ‘Reid is scared of his brain’ subplot for all the angst it’s worth? Never…)

Also, I like the idea of him finding a comfortable place in the autistic community (although his general reluctance to use the internet for communication means his version of the ‘autistic community’ would probably consist of himself, Garcia, Hotch, Gideon and eventually Blake) and getting into autism acceptance activism now that he’s got a name for his own weirdness.

11. how do they prefer to communicate? are they non verbal/have periods of being non verbal? do they use sign language? do they talk? do they prefer text, etc?

Already answered [here]

12. Is there any senses they struggle with particularly? (hearing, taste, etc)

1.) One would think Amy is the tattoo artist, but no, it’s Willow. She may be one of the most chipper, upbeat tattoo artists around, but if you request some weird skulls on fire with death metal speakers next to them or whatever, she doesn’t bat an eye. Amy is the one who owns the flower shop. She may be a bit unsociable and snaps at stupid customers more often than she should, but her flower arrangements are works of art, so she gets a lot of referrals for big events like weddings and whatnot.

2.) Initially, they mostly just greet eachother in passing - but Willow’s shop opens around noon and stays open later, sometimes to midnight, while Amy’s opens at eight and closes at six. People just don’t tend to need flowers as late. But they end up seeing more of each other at the local narcotics anonymous meeting after one opens up in the area near where they work (Amy goes after work closes, since the meeting is at seven, Willow just adjusts the hours a bit one day a week where she’s gone for a chunk in the middle of the day)

3.) Willow was a heroin addict - she started in college and it nearly ruined her life (and did end her relationship with her college girlfriend, Tara) but in part thanks to the help of her best friend Xander, she was able to get herself to check into rehab and she’s been clean for six years since. Amy, on the other hand, was a Benzodiazapine and Ketamine (among other depressants) user, mostly. She started in High School, actually, thanks to Mommy dearest. She never ended up going to college - she started with the flower arrangement stuff in Rehab (she hit serious rock bottom first) and ended up getting a job from the elderly owner of the flower shop after she got out - and when said owner eventually decided to retire to florida, she actually gave Amy the shop free and clear.

4.) Still, that might have been that if it hadn’t been for the fact that (in another fun coincidence) a lesbian bar/club a few months later opened up in the same general area where they worked, and one night, after Amy (who is Bi but tends to prefer women) worked late on an especially difficult order, they ended up there at the same time. They ended up talking well into the early hours of the morning until the bar closed - though they didn’t end up doing more than share a slightly hesitant kiss that night.

5.) A few days later, a very nervous Amy (who hasn’t actually asked someone *out* in like... ever) manages to get out a mostly coherent ‘wanna go out with me’ to Willow. They have a fairly low-key first date at a nice, but not fancy, resteraunt, and in general, take things slow. But after about a year and a half, they get engaged (Willow proposes)

Sure. Bear in mind that on my original watch a few years ago I only got up to Season 10 then lost track, and I’m on Season 7 on my rewatch now.

Favorite character: Spencer Reid

Least Favorite character: Gideon - so overrated.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): I don’t really have ships for this show? I mean, I kind of shipped Emily x Spencer for a while at one point, but even then it was more in a very passive sort of way.

Character I find most attractive: Emily Prentiss, JJ

Character I would marry: JJ

Character I would be best friends with: Reid

a random thought: I don’t really follow Mandy Pantinkin’s logic for leaving the show, but I’m glad he did because Rossi is more fun.

An unpopular opinion: Elle who?

My Canon OTP: N/A

My Non-canon OTP: N/A

Most Badass Character: Emily Prentiss

Most Epic Villain: I don’t think any of the unsubs on Criminal Minds count as ‘epic’

Pairing I am not a fan of: Derek Morgan x Penelope Garcia, I suppose; and I’ve seen JJ x Emily fics in passing while I’m looking at Criminal Minds crossovers (the only kind of CM fics I read) and I... just don’t really get it.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): I dunno

Favourite Friendship: The whole team

Character I most identify with: Reid, to a great extent

Character I wish I could be: Honestly, JJ

speaking of - my late night crack brain decided Jenny meeting HG (from WH13) would be an amazing crossover

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