Just One More

An amalgam masquerading as a person. Unrepentant Fangirl, writer and coffee enthusiast, held together by an eclectic mix of nonsense, sprinkled with rare, marginally coherent bits. I regret nothing!

[arleendoeswords]

All on board!! We are 1/2 way through the first episode this season and I’m all ready flying…

The present. The ease with the other. The convenient male rival in less than 20 mins into the first episode. God I can’t wait for the rest of this season. 

[flym]

16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere

[ilovedirt]

never seen that show but I did watch it on tumblr

[arleendoeswords]

Did she even call him magnum directly this episode? I don’t know. My brain only heard the three ‘Thomas’ in the first five minutes.

The fixing of the clothes. Saying she liked the scent… Saying she is happy for him because one of them should have a love life with that forlorn look on her face when he wasn’t looking.

God. It is beautiful.

[arleendoeswords]

This is the season for Miggy!

Ah so many thoughts about 4x01! Besides the obvious fun with the book and kiss, there are so many great set ups for this season which we are going to have a blast seeing come to fruition. I'm sorry, this is a lonnnng post. More after the cut.

They are openly respectful of the other:

It has been three hard-earned seasons of development and progress, but our children are finally in a place of mutual respect. Also, they BOTH feel they can fully rely on the other. The mutual 'favor' scenes are there to show this.

This is further shown in the scene where Thomas asks her not to do go after the vaccines, but he knows she will. Because he knows her and what she 'really needs' he knows he can't stop her. He instead tries to reason with her by using her name, showing the seriousness of the conversation but in the end simply asks her to be careful. Believing in her ability to take care of herself and getting the job done. This softness is also shown the care they have with each other when he asks her to be safe and when they say they miss the other.

We need them to be in this place, a place of mutual, and acknowledged respect.

They were building all throughout last season, but was fully firmed up with Higgins leaving at the end of the last episode.

Also, can I tell you, my favorite part of the episode part sentence, when Higgins is talking to the MI6 scary woman, and was talking about Magnum finding out because he was "a very good detective."

This really stood out to me, because it is showing how much she thinks of and believes in Thomas' abilities and they are enough to that she knows she is going to have a VERY HARD time keeping the MI6 thing from him.

The seed of 'them' has been planted in their minds:

Yes, the mention of them being a thing isn't new. At some point any character who isn't part of the case of the week has made a remark to either Thomas or Juilet that there is something more than 'friendship' between them. However, either one of them has ever been ready to really entertain this idea.

Before you can think of a friend that way, you have to really have a solid foundation in your friendship first. Often when this happens you see that person in a certain way and any other perceptions are rejected. Again, this is even more true because both Higgins and Thomas were still not on equal footing. Thomas is obviously the more open of the two and able to express and respect Juliet without a great deal of trouble. That is how he works and how he loves.

In this case, the person who needed to grow the most is Juliet, who has been closed off from any relationships (friendship or romantic) for years. First, she finds him an immature moocher who is questionable and not worth her time. Then they become friends, but there are always the remarks, the barbs to keep a distance. Then there were the moments she had to admit she was wrong and be vulnerable with him and realize, while he may joke, he could be trusted with her thoughts and emotions. He could be trusted and that for her was a massive step forward.

Which is why that line about him being a "very good detective" delivered to a shadow figure in a major intelligence office with complete sincerity is such a fantastic jump to how she views her relationship with him.

For Thomas, he had always removed the possibility of them being more than friends because, in the back of his mind, he doesn't think there could ever be a way for them to be anything but that. She is Juliet and so beyond what he can even think of as a romantic partner. Until Kumo says the thing about them hooking up in Chapter 9. His immediate reaction was, "Ekk no!" because that is what we do when are presented with an idea that we secretly really want (often without knowing it) but never allowed ourselves to think of it. We deny it, vehemently. He is still thinking about it when he talks to her and they have that fun misunderstanding. Again, going a step further and saying he was going to rip the pages out and not read it.

Thou, protests too much, my dear Magnum.

Then, when he has a lull of time and his girlfriend is arriving any minute at his place, he can't help but give into the curiosity of what-if and open the book.

And sweet merciful heavens, what a wonderful, campy, but the hot little scene he reads right before the REAL Juliet calls and throws him off.

Now, we have the idea of them together, kissing and leading to other things, romantic and erotic in nature, immediately connected to her in real life, calling and telling him she is coming home.

He will deny it and push it far back. He may even regress, friendzoning her and pushing his relationship with Lia as proof he doesn't want to be with Higgins, but oh, that is going to blow up in his face so hard and it going to be glorious.

So much angst and bad timing coming our way:

We have multiple levels of angst and tests coming our way and I am living for it.

The secrets

We have two sets of secrets. One for each of them. And neither one of them likes keeping secrets from the other.

The secrets will be a test of their ability to forgive the other and how much they can rely on each other.

Romances

I expect Ethan to be gone by episode 3 or 4 at the latest. Lia will most likely be with us for most of the season. She is the foil we had with Ethan last season. Again, this mainly forces Higgins to grow and evolve in her ability to connect with Thomas. Ethan was her first real attempt to be in an actual long-term relationship. Magnum can't be the endgame at this point. She isn't ready for them to be more than friends.

Until now. Now, she has tried the relationship. Ethan and she will break up because they aren't on the same page. Talk about pages, she will read the chapter in the book and it will plant the seed for her to see Magnum in a different light.

Then in true romance writing 101 when you want a character to realize their true feelings about someone, often you will make them really unavailable. This time it will be Magnum who will seem to be in a happy relationship. One that may work for him and one that seems to close that possibility of a romantic relationship with Magnum door in Juliet's mind.

Except it won't. And she won't be able to stop herself. I won't be surprised if she is the one to tell Magnum first about her feelings. Remember the "cold" description she didn't like about T.R. Bell, which will be off played by a 'warm' action by her much later in the season.

I expect Juliet to realize her feelings first, be pining most of the season (god yes please), and then Magnum having moments where the idea of them keeps coming up in his mind. Obviously, it will be the end of his relationship. Again Lia is a foil, so lots of comparisons and things she does which might seem like she gets Thomas but she doesn't in the same way as Juliet. Just like Ethan doesn't really get Juliet.

Then we will have great, awesome life and death moments where the bullshit will be stripped away and these two wonderful idiots will literally try to die for the other.

I can't wait. Going to be an awesome ride!

[magnumdays]

Don’t forget the “I wonder what Magnum thinks.” I thought that was pretty telling on whose opinion matters to her...

Love the point about how Higgy protests at the “cold and distant” bit and how great it would be if they turned it around and had her be the one confessing feels first!

(Also, wonder if we’ll get a non-kiss parallel to the “I wouldn’t take the risk for your side, I’d take the risk for you” with Magnum offering to help her with something for MI6...)

[arleendoeswords]

Yes! Love that line as well.

I completely agree that we will see some variation of that part of the scene in ‘real life’ with Thomas to Higgins!

I’m with you and also believe it will be part of the MI6 plot. Something is shady and when they find out the truth, they will try to stop it. Higgins will tell Thomas that it isn’t his responsibility and she can’t drag him into it but he will say he doesn’t care about the UK or US, he’s doing it for her.

Then I’ll be dead and you can say nice things like, “At least she died happy.”

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

oh cool. we are closer to the year 2050 than 1990. nifty beans

[just-a-random-reblog-blog]

I’m sorry, but w h a t

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

has been for almost a year now :D

[brachslap]

fuck you

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

2040 is closer than 2000

[arleendoeswords]

That it. I’m done for today.

[arleendoeswords]

This is the season for Miggy!

Ah so many thoughts about 4x01! Besides the obvious fun with the book and kiss, there are so many great set ups for this season which we are going to have a blast seeing come to fruition. I'm sorry, this is a lonnnng post. More after the cut.

They are openly respectful of the other:

It has been three hard-earned seasons of development and progress, but our children are finally in a place of mutual respect. Also, they BOTH feel they can fully rely on the other. The mutual 'favor' scenes are there to show this.

This is further shown in the scene where Thomas asks her not to do go after the vaccines, but he knows she will. Because he knows her and what she 'really needs' he knows he can't stop her. He instead tries to reason with her by using her name, showing the seriousness of the conversation but in the end simply asks her to be careful. Believing in her ability to take care of herself and getting the job done. This softness is also shown the care they have with each other when he asks her to be safe and when they say they miss the other.

We need them to be in this place, a place of mutual, and acknowledged respect.

They were building all throughout last season, but was fully firmed up with Higgins leaving at the end of the last episode.

Also, can I tell you, my favorite part of the episode part sentence, when Higgins is talking to the MI6 scary woman, and was talking about Magnum finding out because he was "a very good detective."

This really stood out to me, because it is showing how much she thinks of and believes in Thomas' abilities and they are enough to that she knows she is going to have a VERY HARD time keeping the MI6 thing from him.

The seed of 'them' has been planted in their minds:

Yes, the mention of them being a thing isn't new. At some point any character who isn't part of the case of the week has made a remark to either Thomas or Juilet that there is something more than 'friendship' between them. However, either one of them has ever been ready to really entertain this idea.

Before you can think of a friend that way, you have to really have a solid foundation in your friendship first. Often when this happens you see that person in a certain way and any other perceptions are rejected. Again, this is even more true because both Higgins and Thomas were still not on equal footing. Thomas is obviously the more open of the two and able to express and respect Juliet without a great deal of trouble. That is how he works and how he loves.

In this case, the person who needed to grow the most is Juliet, who has been closed off from any relationships (friendship or romantic) for years. First, she finds him an immature moocher who is questionable and not worth her time. Then they become friends, but there are always the remarks, the barbs to keep a distance. Then there were the moments she had to admit she was wrong and be vulnerable with him and realize, while he may joke, he could be trusted with her thoughts and emotions. He could be trusted and that for her was a massive step forward.

Which is why that line about him being a "very good detective" delivered to a shadow figure in a major intelligence office with complete sincerity is such a fantastic jump to how she views her relationship with him.

For Thomas, he had always removed the possibility of them being more than friends because, in the back of his mind, he doesn't think there could ever be a way for them to be anything but that. She is Juliet and so beyond what he can even think of as a romantic partner. Until Kumo says the thing about them hooking up in Chapter 9. His immediate reaction was, "Ekk no!" because that is what we do when are presented with an idea that we secretly really want (often without knowing it) but never allowed ourselves to think of it. We deny it, vehemently. He is still thinking about it when he talks to her and they have that fun misunderstanding. Again, going a step further and saying he was going to rip the pages out and not read it.

Thou, protests too much, my dear Magnum.

Then, when he has a lull of time and his girlfriend is arriving any minute at his place, he can't help but give into the curiosity of what-if and open the book.

And sweet merciful heavens, what a wonderful, campy, but the hot little scene he reads right before the REAL Juliet calls and throws him off.

Now, we have the idea of them together, kissing and leading to other things, romantic and erotic in nature, immediately connected to her in real life, calling and telling him she is coming home.

He will deny it and push it far back. He may even regress, friendzoning her and pushing his relationship with Lia as proof he doesn't want to be with Higgins, but oh, that is going to blow up in his face so hard and it going to be glorious.

So much angst and bad timing coming our way:

We have multiple levels of angst and tests coming our way and I am living for it.

The secrets

We have two sets of secrets. One for each of them. And neither one of them likes keeping secrets from the other.

The secrets will be a test of their ability to forgive the other and how much they can rely on each other.

Romances

I expect Ethan to be gone by episode 3 or 4 at the latest. Lia will most likely be with us for most of the season. She is the foil we had with Ethan last season. Again, this mainly forces Higgins to grow and evolve in her ability to connect with Thomas. Ethan was her first real attempt to be in an actual long-term relationship. Magnum can't be the endgame at this point. She isn't ready for them to be more than friends.

Until now. Now, she has tried the relationship. Ethan and she will break up because they aren't on the same page. Talk about pages, she will read the chapter in the book and it will plant the seed for her to see Magnum in a different light.

Then in true romance writing 101 when you want a character to realize their true feelings about someone, often you will make them really unavailable. This time it will be Magnum who will seem to be in a happy relationship. One that may work for him and one that seems to close that possibility of a romantic relationship with Magnum door in Juliet's mind.

Except it won't. And she won't be able to stop herself. I won't be surprised if she is the one to tell Magnum first about her feelings. Remember the "cold" description she didn't like about T.R. Bell, which will be off played by a 'warm' action by her much later in the season.

I expect Juliet to realize her feelings first, be pining most of the season (god yes please), and then Magnum having moments where the idea of them keeps coming up in his mind. Obviously, it will be the end of his relationship. Again Lia is a foil, so lots of comparisons and things she does which might seem like she gets Thomas but she doesn't in the same way as Juliet. Just like Ethan doesn't really get Juliet.

Then we will have great, awesome life and death moments where the bullshit will be stripped away and these two wonderful idiots will literally try to die for the other.

I can't wait. Going to be an awesome ride!

[largishcat]

ive been crying over this for ten minutes

[givemeinternet]

This is a theater stage for a play

[tenofswords618-deactivated20140]

no thats a boss battle

[dexthorn]

[catgifsinthesenate]

This is the Bregenzer Festspiele opera house, and it’s worth noting that this is not a one-off. Every single one of their productions looks like a boss battle and/or smash bros stage

[whatsajulian]

These are all horrifying. Thanks for sharing

[tess-mercer]

not to be boring but I like when evil characters.... well not become “redeemed,” more like they become domesticated. its just delightful when like an evil monstrous little bastard man goes from committing murder to getting mad someone misplaced their costco card or left the jar of mayo on the counter all day.

[madtumbleson]

I just needed to preserve these tags. For reasons.

[aziraphaleisagender]

Writer: There Was Only One Bed…

Smut fans: *gasp!!!!!*

Writer: So They Spooned All Night And The Brooding One Allowed Themselves To Feel Vulnerable For The First Time In Years And The Chirpy One Got Some Quality Snuggles

Fluff fans: *GASP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[rainwasheseverythingaway]

Alternatively:

There was only one bed and so they lay there together, only inches apart physically but it may as well have been miles for neither could muster the courage to tell the other the true depth of their feelings and so they lay there sleepless in their mutual pining

Angst fans:

[beautiful-thensad-thensadder]

There was only one bed. A carried B to it and gently eased them down. They were both badly injured but B’s conditions were much worse and A wouldn’t rest until they knew B was going to be alright. So A sat down next to B and brushed their hair back, holding their hand as B shivered through the night, their only comfort A’s presence by their side.

Hurt/Comfort fans:

[aziraphaleisagender]

Dear god you’re right, you’re so right

[rebelmeg]

I feel like this needs to be a writing challenge… How many different ways can you write this one trope.

[e-spexially]

There was only one bed, but instead of making a big fuss, the tired pair went the fuck to sleep and got a full 8 hours.

My sleep deprived ass:

[aziraphaleisagender]

OH YEAH THAT’S THE GOOD STUFF

[cobraonthecob]

😹😹😹

[osointricate]

There was only one bed. This is normal. They’ve been married for a decade and have a small child. The child has climbed in bed to snuggle with them because thunder is scary. They have their baby curled between them and they share soft, warm smiles over his sleepy head as he snores little kid snores.

Me, who just wants domestic curtains found family fic:

[pisshandkerchief-deactivated202]

I AM ALL OF THIS I WILL LITERALLY READ ANYTHING

[funeral-rights]

There was only one bed, the two characters argued and bickered begging for them not to have to share it, but they somehow are here still. They agree that there both going to pick a side and stay on it. This was going fine until in the middle of the night A woke up screaming and crying, B gets them to calm down and they end up falling asleep next to each other feeling safe

Enemies to lovers fans

[rabidchild67]

There was only one bed. A noticed B’s exhaustion and lifted them easily. “You don’t have to carry me like a child,” B noted, despite being clearly pleased by how matters were progressing. “I think we both know that’s not true,” A replied with a grin. The bed was warm, inviting, and yet something was missing. “Is this a private party, or can just anyone join,” C called from the doorway, clad only in their underwear and a smile. “Only if it’s you!” A and B replied in unison as they drew the covers back.

My OT3-loving ass:

[river9noble]

There was only one bed.

It turned out to be a defective Murphy bed and it trapped them in the wall.

Crack fic fans:

[nellie-dritz-official]

This entire thread is delightful

[dontliveinthefuture]

thinking about this again

[joshpeck]

[theconcealedweapon]

[durkin77]

Like I get that it's a dick move if it's not necessary. But if you break down in tears because you have to actually go to work you're a massive fucking pussy.

[creation-of-pokerus]

It's more like they were given a brief, happier, healthier alternative to being stuck inside a small space for 8 hours a day for a year and a half and going back to that is realizing how awful it really is.

[all-hail-trudos]

Calling someone a "pussy" for breaking down in tears over being subjected to fresh, unreasonable misery is contributing to the problem of letting corporations dictate our lives and sounds a lot like deep throating the boot. (Aside from the casual misogyny of saying tears, Feeling Things, and apparently not wanting to go to work are feminine and not something a manly man would do).

Dude literally had a year of freedom. He could go outside, go to the park, stay home, just generally go where he pleased. Like a fucking adult who understood he had work to do, and obviously still got it all done because he hasn't been fired or "laid off". Now he's got a collar back on his neck and a chain keeping him at a desk between a set of beige walls and an equally boring ceiling, which was there before, but now he sees it for what it is. And why is it there? Because his boss has a deep insecurity about letting people work without oversight. Because his manager starts to look a little redundant if people can do their jobs without touching base, attending meetings, and generally doing stuff that makes said manager look like a Leader and not just a pen pushing busy body. Because there's people who think "this is the way my parents did it, and their parents did it, and presumably (but actually not) how their parents did it, so it's good enough for me and you, and let's have no more talk of this change nonsense".

This is why there's talk of a literal Great Resignation coming, as people who've come to appreciate their freedom give the bird to unreasonable bosses who want them back in an office. And other people who actually preferred the structure and routine of the desk look for another one when their own bosses decide to keep the work-from-home model going. Covid has caused a cultural shift, and ridiculing our fellow man for wanting something better is the stupidest thing you can do.

[a1-b2c3-deactivated20230114]

why are star wars planets more boring than earth and our solar system like sure we’ve seen desert, snow, diff types of forest, beach, lava, rain, but like… 

rainbow mountains (peru)

red soil (canada/PEI)

rings (saturn’s if they were on earth) 

bioluminescent waves

northern lights (canada)

salt flats (bolivia, where they filmed crait but did NOTHING COOL WITH IT except red dust?? like??? come ON)

and cool fauna like the touch me not or like, you know, the venus flytrap.. and don’t get me started on BUGS like… we have bugs cooler than sw aliens

BASICALLY like???? come on star wars you had one (1) job where are the cool alien species

[wearethesparkk]

I KNOW!! I did a report on filming locations in Star Wars last year and just made a list of places that looked so surreal they could make a convincing other planet. You covered some on my list but if I could just add a couple more:

Tsingy di Bemaraha, Madagascar

Zhangye Danxia, China (similar to the Rainbow Mountains in terms of appearance)

Chocolate Hills, Philippines

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

So many missed opportunities with cool ass things on Earth, Lucasfilms smh…

[memcjo]

Earth is effing amazing!

[isnerdy-deactivated20190101]

Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina

Lake Retba, Senegal

Tepui, Venezuela

Tianzi Mountains, China

[bunjywunjy]

these would make amazing Star Wars planets OR fantasy material:

Tsingy du Bemaraha, Madagascar again (but a different part)

(those are razor-sharp, if you were wondering. very little of this area has been explored because YIKES)

Lake Natron, Tanzania

(looks cool, but is alkaline enough to Kill Your Shit)

Lake Baikal, Russia

(the deepest lake in the world, seriously)

and I’ll wrap it up with Son Doong Cave, Vietnam, the largest cave in the entire world.

it puts anything Dagobah has to offer to absolute shame:

(seriously, the largest chamber is 660 feet high. you could jam a fucking skyscraper in there and still lose it) 

anyway I really like caves thanks for coming to my ted talk

[death-threat-collector]

If I’m ever gonna make a movie with cool weird alien features I’m first gonna ask the internet for weird, wonderful places on earth to look at for inspiration.

[hallowed-be-thy-ween]

I’d like to contribute!

Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia

Cave of Crystals, Mexico

Socotra Island, Yemen

Crooked Forest, Poland (look at their funky little trunks they look like they’re doing the Michael Jackson lean)

[memcjo]

WOW!

[micdotcom]

[i-am-mx-monster]

I will reblog this every time I see it.

[alittlemonster]

FUCK YEA

[ithelpstodream]

[cookie-sheet-toboggan]

so is Victory

[ashermajestywishes]

LOVE TRIANGLE

[bsparrow]

Don’t forget Truth (Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind)

[justrollinon]

This must be why the Trump administration hates them all 

[acciowine]

The Four Horsewomen of the Trumpocalypse.

[krustybunny-deactivated20221129]

I’ve never reblogged anything so quick

[spectrometon]

The Ultimate Squad, comin’ to wreck your shit and save the world

[quentineliot]

Rb for that art doe

[identicaltwinhalfbrother]

Dignity here to join the girl posse.

[brainwad]

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

[becomeunsolved]

reblogging for the second time

[athelind]

ALWAYS REBLOG

[cydonianlady]

Reblogging because I don’t think Dignity was on it last time I saw it.

[thenightling]

Dignity is rare on this site. 

[soupydoobydoo-deactivated202602]

THAT LAST COMMENT THO

[time-to-slay-queen-deactivated2]

Very rare indeed

[neithy]

Persephone illustration, step by step

Artwork @ Neith