I saw you did Callian already, so 07 Gillian Foster ;)
002 | Give me a character & I will tell you
How I feel about this character: WHERE DO I START. I LOVE HER THE MOST.
All the people I ship romantically with this character: Cal. 100% Cal Lightman. But I will admit I did have a moment in S2 when Cal was being a douche that I was entertained by the thought of Gillian/Reynolds. Because Reynolds was brilliant and honourable and he respected her.
My non-romantic OTP for this character: Emily. I wish we’d seen more of them together, but the scenes we got were perfect.
My unpopular opinion about this character: How is it possible to have an unpopular opinion about Gillian Foster? If you don’t like her then I can’t talk to you.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: BACKSTORY. How is it possible that in three seasons all we know about Gillian's past is that her father was an alcoholic? That was one line, too. We know absolutely nothing else. We know so much about Cal's past. We know more about Ria's past than we do Gillian's. Gillian and Loker were so underdeveloped in that sense. IT MAKES ME BOTH SAD AND ANGRY. IT MAKES ME SANGRY.
my cross over ship: OH. Well, I've never been any good at this question. But back when I was watching both Lie to Me and Bones, I thought Gillian and Cam would have made great friends.
a headcanon fact: Gillian became a psychologist as a result of growing up with an alcoholic father and a mother who was incapable of changing the status quo. In the bad times her mother would offload her feelings onto her daughter who was wise beyond her years and always tried to offer her support, and her father would always seek her reassurance in the morning that he hadn't been that bad. She spent her childhood trying to fix him, only to realise that it was outside of her control. So instead she attempted to fix others, thought that perhaps not having a personal connection might make her more useful to people who were hurting the people they loved and wanted to stop. Might make her more qualified to help those who were being hurt by those they loved, or even themselves. Because her father had wanted to stop, he just didn't know how. Alec had wanted to stop, he just didn't know how. She isn't blind to the fact that Cal is not just a partner, a friend, the love of her life, but that he's also someone she desperately wants to fix. It's the broken child within her who just wants to heal the people she loves. When she's being totally honest with herself (and that isn't as often as it should be), she can admit that she's actually pretty broken, too.