#nixer

Welcome back! :D And wow, thank you so much for this really well-researched timeline *__* I never really calculated all the dates, so that's why I'm a little insecure about it all, but what you calculated here does make sense :) And I absolutely agree with everything you said about Esposito and Beckett's brother/sister relationship :) I really like their dynamic and I think Espo's loyalty plays a big part in that. I really love the entire team dynamic, though, cause they're all like family and one of my favourite parts of the show where that becomes especially clear is in 3x01 when Beckett is obviously heartbroken and Rysposito are trying to cheer her up. But yeah, back to Esposito and Beckett: I don't really know whether I want flashbacks or whether just getting to know some more about their past would be enough for me... I think I'm more into the idea of flashbacks for the simple reason that you actually get to SEE their dynamic back then and there are more details you can pick up on than there are when you just hear about it. But I'd be fine with both really :P Also, about your theory: I did think about the possibility of Beckett having been cheated on some time before season 1 as well, because she keeps making comments about the cheating husband in 1x02 that sound a little like she's had to experience it herself. And if anything like that happened I could also imagine Esposito being the only one knowing about it, though I guess that would almost take the speculating a bit far. After all, even if that affair had happened (which we don't know either), there's still the possibility that Beckett didn't really tell anyone *shrugs* But yeah it's definitely imaginable, and I'd love for something like that (or more of her backstory in general) to come out some time. Now that she's together with Castle, it would be amazing to see her opening up to him even more by telling him about some things in her past she didn't mention to him before. (And vice versa ;) ) Thank you again for your lovely messages and don't ever apologize for them being "too long". ;) Believe me, there's no such thing as "too long" and I am really happy about every message I get :) I'm sorry for taking a few days to answer though. Everything was kinda chaotic here the past few days and when I got your message I was just so overwhelmed by all your research, I needed some time to actually sit down, read it, think it through and think of an appropriate answer ;) And about the thing with the replies: Well there IS an option for replies when you have a tumblr account, but that reply option is pretty sucky, cause you've got even less characters than in an ask. However, there's an option for private asks, where one person can always answer the other one's message in private (however one can not reply directly to a reply, so one person always has to write an ask first). And there's also a fanmail option, where you can basically write really long messages and reply directly, though they look a little unaesthetic. They do their job, though, so I don't have a problem with them :P But I'm cool with the asks, too, if you don't wanna get a Tumblr account. Whatever suits you better ;))