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THE LETTER- written by Rupert Friend himself

“Carrie - I guess I’m done and we never happened. I’m not one for words but they are coming now.

I don’t believe in fate, or destiny or horoscopes but I can’t say I’m not surprised things turned out this way. I always felt there was something kinda pulling me back to darkness, does that make sense? But I wasn’t allowed a real life or a real love - that was for normal people.

With you I thought, ah maybe, just maybe but I know now that was a false glimmer. I’m used to those, they happen all the time in the desert but this one got to me and here’s the thing, this death, this end of me is exactly what should’ve happened. I wanted the darkness, I fuckin’ asked for it.

It has me now so don’t put a star on the wall for me, don’t say some dumb speech just think of me as a light on the headlands, a beacon steering you clear of the rocks.

I loved you.

Yours for always now - Quinn”

justalina

Such a great character and actor.Quinn was so awesome.

I can’t watch #Homeland without him.

hellyeahomeland

“For once in your life, you need to listen!” requested by anonymous

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Well my theorie is that Quinn is alive and right after the ‘death’ she called Dar to take care of Quinn. By doing so, he took him away from all the stuff that endangered him and away from Carrie. Carrie has no idea where Quinn is and what his new identity is and never will (for now). Quinn is somewhere out there probably already recovered and starting fresh with the help of Dar.

In my head it all makes sense with this theorie and I’m gonna keep thinking that: Hop is in another place, she said nothing at the memorial because he’s not dead, the floor creaking was her hoping he had come back after all this time, but sadly he hasn’t. She sees of photo of her and realizes how them together will never happen. (So heartbreaking 😢)

If this is the case, they’ll maybe mention that in the beginning of s7 but nothing further. If they want to bring him back, they can easily do that by having Carrie discover his location at the end of the season and have her look for him in s8.

God I hope I’m right 😁

hellyeahomeland

The Letters - By Request

I (Cynthia) accidentally deleted an ask that was requesting the official letter to compare to Rupert’s unedited version.

Here’s the aired version:

“Carrie. I guess I’m done. And we never happened. I’m not one for words, but they’re coming now. I don’t believe in fate, or destiny, or horoscopes. But I can’t say I’m surprised things turned out this way. I always felt there was something kind of pulling me back to darkness. Does that make sense? But I wasn’t allowed a real life, or a real love. That was for normal people. With you I thought, ahh. Maybe, just maybe. But I know now that was a false glimmer. I’m used to those. They happen all the time in the desert. But this one got to me. And here’s the thing: this death, this end of me, is exactly what should have happened. I wanted the darkness. I fucking asked for it. It has me now. So don’t put a star on the wall for me. Don’t say some dumb speech. Just think of me as a light on the headlands, a beacon, steering you clear of the rocks. I loved you. Yours, for always now, Quinn.”

Here’s the unaired version:

“Carrie, I guess I’m gone, and we never happened. I’m not one for words, but they’re coming now. I don’t believe in fate, or destiny, or horoscopes. But I’m glad things turned out this way. I think we’re bad for one another, Carrie [Obscured text] chemicals that shouldn’t be mixed. [Obscured text] after your father’s funeral [two blurry words] it shouldn’t have happened. I’ve thought about this Carrie, so I want you to really take it on board. Only live, Carrie, for you. Just hear me! I always felt there was something kind of pulling back to darkness. Does that make sense? But I wasn’t allowed a ‘real life’ or a ‘real home’ or real love. That was for normal people. With you, I thought, ahh. Maybe, just maybe. But I know now that was a false glimmer. I’m used to those. They happen all the time in the desert. But this one got to me. I allowed it to become my [meditation ??] - [two blurry words] Should we? Round and round it went. And here’s the thing, this death, this end of me…”

hellyeahomeland

Peter Quinn + smiling requested by @frangipaniflower001

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Right now, we try answer all the asks. But there will be new gifs soon.

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THE LETTER- written by Rupert Friend himself

“Carrie - I guess I’m done and we never happened. I’m not one for words but they are coming now.

I don’t believe in fate, or destiny or horoscopes but I can’t say I’m not surprised things turned out this way. I always felt there was something kinda pulling me back to darkness, does that make sense? But I wasn’t allowed a real life or a real love - that was for normal people.

With you I thought, ah maybe, just maybe but I know now that was a false glimmer. I’m used to those, they happen all the time in the desert but this one got to me and here’s the thing, this death, this end of me is exactly what should’ve happened. I wanted the darkness, I fuckin’ asked for it.

It has me now so don’t put a star on the wall for me, don’t say some dumb speech just think of me as a light on the headlands, a beacon steering you clear of the rocks.

I loved you.

Yours for always now - Quinn”

hellyeahomeland

I think what is so painful is that the writers just never wrote an epitaph for Quinn. I feel like the fandom is just desperate to find something from other fans, misc articles, Rupes himself, to help us deal with this. It's just so disgraceful that Gansa skipped over any grieving for Quinn. Even minor characters were given reactions to their deaths & mourning time. Fera, Ayan, Javadi's victims, Astrid, etc. But barely anyone grieved Q, the star of the show!! Gansa showed NO sensitivity to fans.

I think they were trying to show us how Carrie can only deal with her grief by putting her emotions in her emotional freezer.

She told the shrink during her psych evaluation that she couldn’t lose another one.

And she did.

The only way for her to keep it together is literally not to go there - not to visit the basement, not to explore her feelings, not allow herself to grieve. It takes Max’s visit to enable her to go into the basement and open herself to the brutal reality of all what she and Quinn never had.

But it’s very sad that we weren’t allowed to witness Quinn’s memorial and only learnt about it through Saul - of all people. The time jump just sucked - as HL time jumps usually do.

As Rupert said:

“As someone who got to be effectively at their own funeral, the guy didn’t even get a bottle of whiskey on his grave? A firework or two? I would have sung a song. Said a poem.”

Well my theorie is that Quinn is alive and right after the 'death' she called Dar to take care of Quinn. By doing so, he took him away from all the stuff that endangered him and away from Carrie. Carrie has no idea where Quinn is and what his new identity is and never will (for now). Quinn is somewhere out there probably already recovered and starting fresh with the help of Dar. In my head it all makes sense with this theorie and I'm gonna keep thinking that: Hop is in another place, she said nothing at the memorial because he's not dead, the floor creaking was her hoping he had come back after all this time, but sadly he hasn't. She sees of photo of her and realizes how them together will never happen. (So heartbreaking 😢) If this is the case, they'll maybe mention that in the beginning of s7 but nothing further. If they want to bring him back, they can easily do that by having Carrie discover his location at the end of the season and have her look for him in s8. God I hope I'm right 😁

#peter quinn #homeland #carrie mathison #quarrie #dar adal

hellyeahomeland

I agree with Rupert no memorial, no send off makes me sad as well. They had time to waste on a 5 minute scene of the CPS lady walking through Carrie's house but couldn't give Quinn a proper memorial? Instead they did a time jump. That was cruel and uncalled for. That's unacceptable. You can't sugar coat this at all. I too was laughing at Carrie crying at her own picture, crocodile tears. As Rupert said she's psychopath. Plain and simple.

I respectfully disagree with Rupert Friend and with you… even if I totally understand (and share) your pain and frustration.

The episode was badly done. Time was wasted on unimportant scenes and the finale felt cold and unworthy of five years of Quinn’s storyline development.

But Carrie is not a psychopath. She’s a deeply screwed up person but I felt they did a good job with her grieving. She was ravaged by Quinn’s death and simply couldn’t deal with it - it felt genuine to me.

To me it felt as though Carrie was crying over unexpressed love, lost opportunities. Because of what will never happen.

As we all do.

hellyeahomeland

When Quinn died so early in the show, I thought for sure he was coming back at some point by the end. There was so much possible evidence of this. (You know it all.) There's no way he's dead! But when we see C in front of the Capitol, and the credits roll, THAT'S when I felt the punch to my heart from Gansa. Did you watch the same way? Devastated and shocked beyond belief, 24 hours later. Thanks for being here!! Time for a comedy, I think.

I found the pacing of the episode to be very weird and cobbled together. The action was so rushed and yet the CPS visit was so long.

As for “that” feeling… yeah I had a moment when Carrie came into Quinn’s room and she heard the voices around her. Didn’t you just want Quinn to come out of the bathroom - newly showered in a towel - and say, “hey, Carrie.”

wthomeland

Ok, here we go with all the nervous nellies thinking about the symbolism behind the new promos showing the cast with flags. If Q was waving it with a smile, they'd still find a reason to predict his death. Which has me wondering why none of them are predicting Saul's death considering the folded flag he's holding. 👻

LOL true. If Quinn was smiling people would be like, “OMG if Quinn is happy it means he is free from suffering which can only mean he is in heaven!!” 😱

I don’t get the folded flag thing either. That is the proper way to fold and hold a flag. The kids in my son’s cub scouts troop handle folded flags all the time and nobody is dead 💁.

It just means Saul is showing respect for the flag (and, thereby, the country), unlike the other three, who are playing around with the flag like a fucking prop, SMH at all of them.