I want them both to be completely aware of their feelings for each other, they are adults (tm) and know how to deal with their emotions in a professional settings okay? They're not normal about each other in every other way tho, which means that they are both in desperate need for enrichment and provide it for one another by for example challenging or simply insulting each other in increasingly ridiculous ways. They hold hands, they break each other's noses, they are both so very neurodivergent and see the most bizarre things as a way to show affection or delight.

Obi-Wan is delighted by Cody simply ignoring his dramatics (almost like a cat would be), and is increasing his ridiculousness by the hour to get a reaction. Prime feral time and enrichment for him.

So how long will it take that Blutbad to freak out?

Episode title? So i am assuming they will attempt to kill a 3rd Blutbad?

If it's Monroe I hope Nick uses his Grimm powers (and his gun)

Oh that is Hap??!

Oh my God! Nick promptly ignoring everything and focusing on Monroe? The almost silent communication and instinctive understanding?

And Hap calls them 'Schätzchen' in the German dub. That means something like baby, darling or sweetie.

He definetly assumed they fucked.

And Monroe looking back and forth like "no don't tell my bf about our past" while Nick is left staring.

Please I love this show

Monroe is already regretting all the lifechoices that let to this point.

Hap don't guilttrip him!

Oh this is that episode:

Also very incharacter that Nick goes for his gun and not like, a machete

Lmao. "Is this legal?"

Monroe regretting his life some more. (And he feels that he needs to clarify to Nick specifically that he is single!)

And Monroe protecting Nick from his ex no matter how she tries to get at him

Oh no. Nick is mad! (Your bf still loves you, don't worry! He just doesn't want you to see how he was in the past)

"Or he could have killed you"

"What would have made you sadder?"

Monroe looks like 'well, i don't want to hurt your feelings, but'

Holy Shit. If the pheromones of Blutbaden work like I think they do she all but drugged him

Very rude. (And very dumb)

Weird scene to remind us Monroe is straight (bi people exist)

I wish we could have seen their fullshift forms though. Like with the Jägerbär -woman

Nick getting himself in trouble. Idiot! And he got knocked on his ass the second time this episode

Monroe regretting some very specific choices

And dead Hap. Sad.

Nick was very briefly worried for his bf.

Hank really flirting with all Wesen-women he meets

Aww. Best friends.

Nick is jealous.

Monroe don't deny it! You love him

Girl I don't like you, but you're gonna get yourself killed.

I really like the scentview

Did.. did Hank just assume the guys Angelina killed raped her or were trying to? I mean that would be a good defense I guess. Good for her.

This would be easier if Nick and the Captain could talk openly about Wesen stuff. Jeez

Also Monroes yellow rubber gloves are too funny. Do people actually use those?

Monroe feels all the guilt. Aww

Oh this will go badly

Oh a Wesen that doesn't freak out at a Grimm!

Also sorry pig, but his alliance is to his boyfriend and to justice!

"I should get you a key" lol. Love them

Jealous jealous jealous. Nick. Everyone can see that!

Oh this is bad! I already want to lock them (Nick and Monroe) in a room so they can talk about emotions. For most ships that takes me at least a season.

Also I wanna just squish them into each other

Did I mention that Angelina has a theme song? Because I do.

Girl you're gonna get arrested.

No he deserved that.

Monroe regretting his life choices part idk 10?

Also Bauernschwein, now Nick really has a reason to arrest you. And he won't hesitate.

If he even still has to. Orson kinda deserves to die

Ohhh creepy bathtub.

Ohhh. Something new: Nick regretting his life choices

Nope Monroe again. He... he isn't gonna get shot right????

I've seen this happen many times, where a character in a piece of media that quickly becomes popular is written in such a way where it is very easy to read them as transfem, and in some cases its more logical than other interpretations. But outside of characters actually written by transfems themselves, a confirmation of their trans-femininity almost never happens, and, at best, their potential transness is left ambiguous till the end.

The reasons for this phenomenon are varied, but its reductive (and I think naive) to assume that its just out of simplistic, TERF style transmisogyny or something. Many people that in the political, material sense, not only have no opposition to transfems but in fact support us against are actual adversaries, people that would otherwise be considered "good allies" in most regards, have no real interest in the interiority of transfem people. Not out of malevolence or explicit bigotry, but usually out of a combination of implicit biases, and their own lack of stake in the matter. Transfem people, are to a lot of our ostensible allies, an oppressed minority, yes, but also a tiny, totally distinct and ultimately peripheral one. One who can maybe be a lesson to others about gender and the value of protecting the rights of those different than us, but never through the lens of actually seeing themselves in our shoes, actually being interested in our experiences as women outside of just being "transness personified".

This view is not incompatible with thinking that transfem people are unjustly oppressed, desiring to materially support transfem people, or even being a political advocate for transfem people, although it certainly can affect the efficacy of these actions, and can to some extant call into question the sincerity of these positions.

I think its ultimately just a recipe for disappointment to assume that a non-transfem creator is actually going to create a subtly transfem protagonist, especially one whose transfeminity is revealed through interpreting their interiority and internal conflicts. Most people, allies included, that are not transfem, do not think of transfem people as complex human beings whose transness is characterized by the same internal conflicts that exist within the collective human experience. They don't write these stories thinking "ah this might be relatable to the internal experiences of being transfem" because they don't conceive of the unique internal experiences of being transfem as something that even could be relatable.

I think in a lot cases, they actually think this position is them being better allies! Because otherwise they would be assuming they could actually know what we feel or something, that to write a story with a transfem protagonist would be presumptive because we are "fundamentally different" and to write a story with a transfem character whose interiority is explored would mean it had to be a story about transfeminity made by someone who wasn't transfem. We are too fundamentally different to tell a story about, without it being a story that is about how different we are.

something I'm learning about myself as a confirmed adhd lad is that there are gonna be moments where you think you aren't having a too hyper, fidgety, or anxious moment- but all signs are showing that you might be.

How do I know? 20 minutes ago my body felt like it was twitching out of control and tense at the same time. I've been worried about my homework all week and the fact that I can't seem to get myself to do it even when I need to. I grabbed my weighted blanket thinking it'll prove I'm not anxious and you know what happened? I stopped twitching. I calmed down and relaxed more than I have in the last couple of hours.

So if you're feeling too hyperactive, anxious, fidgety, or whatever- find something to weigh you down and bring you back. Something like that helps in these moments where we aren't sure what is happening but know something is. Take care of yourself out there. Punishing your body isn't going to help you in the long run.

Also if you're wondering why I'm talking more about adhd than anxiety; its because my adhd is causing me stress, and now it's triggering my anxiety. This is just my experience. Plus, a situation like this (am really fidgety ---> distracts and or distresses me ---> grab weighted blanket or something to ground me ---> is calmed by it) has happened multiple times in the past.