#ununpredictableme

Hope you're enjoying the series! 😁

thank you! I am, I think evidenced by how many gifs I've been making per episode, haha. the downside, of course, is it makes watching a lot slower of a process when feeling compelled to make 3 gifsets an episode along the way 😅 but I like being able to pluck out an interaction or moment and shove it out there and like "hey, I feel something about this," and in a way that maybe other people also might appreciate.

Appearance

Blonde hair // I prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // I have one or more piercings // I have at least one tattoo // I have blue eyes // I have dyed or highlighted my hair // I have had plastic surgery // I have or had braces // I sunburn easily // I have freckles // I paint my nails // I typically wear makeup // I don't often smile // I am pleased with how I look // I prefer Nike to Adidas // I wear baseball hats backwards

Hobbies and talents

I play a sport // I can play an instrument // I am artistic // I know more than one language // I have won a trophy in some sort of competition // I can cook or bake without a recipe // I know how to swim // I enjoy writing // I can do origami // I prefer movies to TV shows // I can execute a perfect somersault // I enjoy singing // I could survive in the wild on my own // I have read a new book series this year // I enjoy spending time with friends // I travel during school or work breaks // I can do a handstand

Relationship

I am in a relationship // I have been single for over a year // I have a crush // I have a best friend I have known for ten years // my parents are together // I have dated my best friend // I am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // I have a long distance relationship // I am an only child // I give advice to my friends // I have made an online friend // I met up with someone I have met online

Aesthetics

I have heard the ocean in a conch shell // I have watched the sun rise // I enjoy rainy days // I have slept under the stars // I meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // I enjoy the smell of the beach // I know what snow tastes like // I listen to music to fall asleep // I enjoy thunderstorms // I enjoy cloud watching // I have attended a bonfire // I pay close attention to colours // I find mystery in the ocean // I enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

Miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs

for your Garcy prompt? 👀

episode tag for Chinatown

Garcia “Do It Yourself” Flynn decided that he would be the only one qualified to stitch his wound. He might curse his way through it, but it would get done. And done…fairly well.

Everyone was dazed, and rightfully so. Losing a team member, losing family really, was the biggest punch in the gut. Flynn cursed the fact he couldn’t take that hurt away from her. From Jiya. Connor ran after Jiya, Denise was discussing details with Wyatt and Lucy was just standing off to the side. Blank look on her features. The swelling around her eye was only getting worse and some trickles of blood still leaked from her lip. It hurt to see her like this.

He walked over to her, careful not to startle her. “Lucy?”

She hummed but didn’t look up at him. She took a ragged breath.

“Come on.”

He took her by the hand and lead her towards their makeshift medical bay. It was cold in every sense. It wasn’t comfortable but it got the job done. He had her sit down, grabbed the first aid kit and stood in front of her.

The sound of it hitting the metal table seemed to break her trance and she watched him pull out the alcohol wipes and butterfly strips. She realized just then he hadn’t tended to his own wound.

“Flynn, your shoul-“

“It’s fine,” he said softly. “It’s not bleeding much, the pain is as tolerable as it can be.”

“No, no.” She starts to get up but he stops her. She gestured to his arm that was still in the sling. “You’re literally down one hand, Garcia. You need to take care of yourself. I’m fine, really.”

He’s almost startled by the use of his first name but he recovers just as quickly. He gives her a look. They both know she’s not fine. “To hell with that right now. Let me help you.”

She wants to protest but she knows it wouldn’t do any good. He was set on doing it and he was going to stop at nothing. So, he cleaned the blood up - and pretty damn well for only having one hand - and carefully placed the butterfly stitches to help close the cuts. Lucy’s eyes flutter closed as he works. His hands are rough, the result of working hands, but somehow feel so soft against her cheek and her chin. It was very… soothing.

“There you go. You just need to put some ice on that eye.”

She almost wonders if he’ll kiss the top of her head. He lingers there for a moment like he had the same thought. Neither of them move.

Finally she just says, “Now. Take care of yourself. Please.”

He smiles ruefully and moves to get the stuff he needs.

“Sit down. You don’t have to get up, I can get it for you.” She hops up and moves the trash from her own bandages. “What can I get for you?”

He tells her what he needs and where it is and she gathers it all quickly and lays it next to him. She helps him unhook and remove the sling but lets him remove his shirt. He’s now only in an undershirt and his trousers.

Lucy clears her throat and takes a small step back. “I’d help you stitch up but… I don’t know how. And if I did, I don’t think I could actually stomach it.”

He chuckles with her. “I just about couldn’t stomach it the first time, either. I’m definitely not a doctor but I can get by.”

Lucy watches him work, what she can stand anyway, and admires his steady hand. His jaw was set and his teeth were obviously clenched but otherwise didn’t show any emotion. Didn’t even flinch. He finishes the stitches and reaches for the bandages. Lucy can definitely help with that and steps forward to help him place it. With no spike e words they effortlessly decide he holds it, she tapes.

They’re in a comfortable silence but she wants to say something. Something about what happened. Anything. She doesn’t know where to start. “Thank you,” is all that comes.

He looks up at her as she finishes the tape. “For what?”

“For…” Lucy pauses. She realizes that she doesn’t know what she’s thanking him for in this moment because there’s so much to thank him for. She realizes that maybe she’s taken him for granted this entire time. Him being there, being there for her, helping the team. They haven’t exactly made it easy on him but he still stayed. He still helped. She could feel the sting of tears in her throat. “I’m sorry.”

Flynn furrows his brow, now concerned. Her eyes get glossy. She’s trying her hardest to not let the tears spill over. “Lucy, Lucy… what, what’s wrong? Are you hurt anywhere else?”

Of course he would be concerned about her well-being right now. That’s so…him. She lets out a sort strangled sob. He stands up to hold her arm, steady her a little bit. “Lucy?”

“I’ve been so…so selfish,” she says it with such fury and anger at herself that he’s almost taken back by the time. “I was screaming at Emma, asking what do you do…when someone has taken everyone you love and you… that’s what you’ve been doing this entire time. I’ve been wallowing about my own losses for weeks but you’ve…”

She laughs at herself and angry wipes away her tears. He pulls her, carefully, to his chest and rests his chin on her head. He’s not sure what he can say to comfort her but he definitely knows what she’s feeling, what she’s dealing with. “You don’t have to apologize. Not to me.”

They stand there for a while in silence. He holds her and she hangs on as if her life depends on it. She cried silently for a little bit. When she decides she’s done, she comes to her senses, notices he’s still only in his undershirt and blushes. She pulls away and wipes her face. “Sorry. Again.”

He shrugs it off. “We’ll figure it out, Lucy. We always do.”

She nods, decides she’s comfortable with that for now. “Well, uh, guess I’m gonna go change. You probably want to, as well. I’ll just uh… yeah.”

In true Lucy Preston fashion, she awkwardly lingers at the door before actually leaving.

“Don’t forget the ice!” Flynn calls after her.

Thanks to @ununpredictableme for being such an awesome person and a staple of the garcy fandom!! We love you all and hope it shows in our gifts to you (under the cut):

I'm intrigued by your comment about sloppy writing because I didn't pick up on it.

I won't go into plot because there were issues in the first two seasons and I don't want to be hypocritical. After all, it is fiction and not a documentary. (Well, the Carter being demoted furing the investation by internal affairs, which, did it happen? was kinda weird)

However when it comes to characterisation? Carter’s final episodes? Her lone ranger arc, her not telling anything to anyone? Yes, I consider it sloppy writing, because the creators managed to do it by having Harold and John (JOHN) just nodding willfully to whatever she said. Which brings us to the gotcha moments that instead of being written as natural progress of the storyline, they were used as "ha! you didn't see that coming? Did you?" 1. Carter knowing about Lansky's role (and did she kill a corrupted cop? why, yes she did) 2. Carter actually calling Harold and John to inform them where she goes instead of what they showed to the audience. Because? Deus ex machina. John ex machina. and the worst of those moments? 3. John and Lionel saving Harold, Shaw and Arthur in Aletheia. But instead of showing that part of the story (if they could) they wrote an unbelievable ridiculous fight scene between Reese and Fusco as if John couldn't beat Lionel hands tied behind his back, plastered to the seven seas.   Should we discuss John's turn it on/turn it off relationship with alcohol. Nope.

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Now, imagine Shaw's first apperance in the standard episode POV. Now I am aware that people in the internet loved it, but it made no sense as to why it was told that way. Even less sense made the fact they offered her a job. The first episodes of the same show, presented in detail how much Harold followed John's career and life (I know exactly everything) before offering him a job, we saw them trying with trust and friendship. It's what made the show. And then Shaw appeared and they fell over their feet to get her. Because all of the sudden, and for no apparent change, they needed her.

It's as if you take in a stray, that keeps insulting you, feeling superior to you and bites your hand when you feed it. And you have to thank it & being grateful. And they showed no explanation of why and how... They (writers/creators) just wanted her there.

@esteefee People are expected to forget that Root straight up tortured and murdered Denton Weeks. I didn't forget that or that she kidnapped, drugged, and tortured Finch, who had to watch that. She isn't a good person despite being forced into better behavior by TM. So as useful as she was as an ally, I didn't appreciate her insults toward John, no.

@ununpredictableme precisely this! I don't want to say more or I'd spoil it for you, but definitely yes to that. Finch was so against Root's methods of coercion and outright murder. So it was totally understandable that Finch doesn't trust her at all.

And finally, Root. Yes! Hersh has a better character development than Root, it's organic, it's slow... 

But Root? Root is a sadist, who kills, maims, tortures people for her own gain; and amusement. Her backstory didn't justify anything. She abused Harold, physically and emotionally for days and we have no way of knowing what she would do to him, if John hadn't found them. She begins as a character with zero redeeming qualities -I can imagine her pulling wings out of butterlies as a child- and remain like that so far.

And Harold? he put her in a hospital and didn't run a check for the physicians? I realise the writers got excited with the actress but did next to nothing to take her from point A. to point B other than she's now in point B & the most important person in the story because the Machine also took a shine to her. For no clear reason that was actually written and shown to their viewers.

67: Good luck charm(s)?

Ironically, a clover necklace I got from my grandma and grandfather. Every time I have a test or important thing I need luck in I wear it, especially after he passed.

(The promised blurb that I write while eating dinner, inspired by talk of Timeless, the Boys, and AoS that has chilled me to write)

“How is security for tonight’s event?” Benjamin Cahill asked.

Denise Christopher glanced toward the exits, where agents were already stationed. “All prepared and on alert. We have uniforms and undercover operatives as you requested. They’ve been vetted thoroughly.”

“Excellent,” Cahill smiled. “You’ve been an excellent asset to us. I’m pleased that someone at the department is willing to extend my party the same treatment as the other two.”

“You’re on the ballot, it’s owed.” responded Denise as they passed by the stage. “Good luck out there tonight.”

“Thank you, Agent Christopher. Now if you’ll excuse me.”

Cahill walked off, leaving her on her own. Denise turned around and stared at the chairs and bleachers behind her. Banners with the pale gold Rittenhouse Party logo hung from the ceiling. A strange feeling washed over at her, one that made her feel sick looking at those banners. Denise couldn’t stand straight for a moment, nearly dropping to the ground. It was gone as quickly as it passed though. She wasn’t even sure why it had come over her...