rory. 💌

[lovedeadpoet]

my river cartwright and sid baker headcanons:

the first and second one stem from the line “‘jesus, sid’ two resurrections” in slough house because i think that’s a truly insane thing for river to say

- river was raised religious (i think rose especially would probably be quite christian and take him to church regularly) but does not believe in god. however, he still thinks he’s going to hell sometimes

- sidonie’s middle name is mary

- river, on the other hand, doesn’t have a middle name

- sid started knitting to get motor coordination back after being shot and got quite good at it, so she often gives beanies and scarves as gifts to the other slow horses

- river was an english major in university and he’s very annoying and when it comes to grammar

- river supports tottenham hotspur. that’s self-explanatory if you look at the premier league table rn (update: TOTTENHAM WAS NOT RELEGATED!! rare victory for river cartwright)

- river mostly listens to older music, especially the stuff his grandad used to show him, but sid is a pop girly and drags him along to concerts (my heart tells me they went to the short n sweet tour and river felt personally victimized by sabrina carpenter’s songs about pathetic men. they also did the juno position afterwards)

- sid rescued an orange cat and called it miss marple; river didn’t want the cat at first, but ended up really loving it and becoming the #1 cat person

- sid started to need glasses after her head trauma, but she refuses to admit she needs it, so she just goes around her day half-blind and asking river to read signs that are even remotely far away

CLOWN TOWN SPOILERS!!

- after their fight, sid had the worst headache she had ever had since being back from the hospital, and river cried himself to sleep for the first time in years

- they are having a reconciliation in the next book. mick herron told me that himself

[straytheskies]

[needafantasyforthis1]

think i might’ve found some answers in the teaser for s6. SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK

the car is very likely the same on 1 picture and the last. the number is LR59 FDC. in the teaser the flip was mirrored but we still can see the blurred resemblance in letters “LR” on the first picture.

there’s clearly Coe as a driver and judging by the 3 picture there’re River and Sid with him. the lunatic woman is the one who made a shot at the rear window.

and looks like there’s the accident with them all in the same car. no accident in the book though.

thoughts? i really have hopes for novichok and Coe death in the book sounds more suitable than just a simple car accident

UPD: alsoooo. what if the woods scene with River’s beating someone up is the next after the crash? it does look like it

[brotherconstant]

Sidonie "Sid" Baker Olivia Cooke in Slow Horses | 1.01

[tinkertailorsoldierguy]

River lying about being related to Sid in s1 to get into her hospital room and picking the porniest familial relationship possible

[snoopyhalfreturn]

just two pretty girlfriends being done with their stray labrador

[lovedeadpoet]

i love it when my ships are “active suicide risk x prettiest girl in the world” which is very clearly the case for sidriver

[snoopyhalfreturn]

[snoopyhalfreturn]

missing their chaotic duo :(((

[saulbetter]

the "river needs a hug" posts annoy me so much because he gets hugs and it's not helping, he's still this annoying, irritating guy. by s5 he's the meanest he's ever been. it's almost like there's something else missing in his life other than affection.

river needs to get his rocks off, but we have to wait for this magical woman character who will finally let him have sex - which is a normal human need that this character for some reason is being denied. and it's so disgusting that she's only allowed to exist as a love interest and a recipient (literally...) of years of river's frustrations. I can say this because we have the books and it's not only an adaptation, now it's this prophecy, the fate of those characters is already set in stone. we know what happens next and it always comes down to this: those are not very good books and we're never escaping the horrible misogyny of it all.

it's a valid interpretation if you want to think of river as aro/ace, but personally I can't ignore the river x spider scenes because it's such a rare depiction of desire on television. see: everyone is beautiful and no one is horny - SH s1-3 did everyone was beautiful and many were horny.

[fairytwles]

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

IT MAY TAKE ME A MONTH TO PUT OUT A CHAPTER BUT AT LEAST IM NOT USING AI TO WRITE IT

[lovedeadpoet]

those are father and daughter, your honour

[lovedeadpoet]

the concept of river and sid having a baby and river really really wanting a girl. he would obviously love his kid anyway but, deep down, he’s terrified that, if he has a boy, he’ll end up being too much like him (a human disaster who can’t seem to think before doing stuff) and inheriting the worst bits about him and the other men in his family, who were either outwardly terrible, like his father and brothers, or people who were so badly caught up by the errors of their ways that it consumed them, like david or river himself at some moments. he couldn’t cast his unborn child to that same destiny, to that same curse that ran through his veins. a girl would be more like sid, smart and lovely and less likely to suffer from all of these issues.

when they find out their baby is a girl, he’s so happy, like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders. one day lamb jokes that “at least she will be more baker than cartwright” and river has to pretend like that doesn’t relieve him as well, that the thought of his child being free from all the sorrow that he went through didn’t make him sleep better at night, that he couldn’t be happier that there would be no harkness in that perfect little girl, just the same qualities of the woman he loves.

but she’s a cartwright from the moment she’s born, a little blue-eyed baby whose eyes look so curious about the world around her. she turns out to be an adventurous and stubborn and erratic kid, she cannot be patient or still to save her life and she’s so brave that it’s terrifying. just like he is. he and sid raised the girl version of him, despite all his beliefs before she was born.

and he realizes that maybe that’s not that bad. that having a similar personality to him doesn’t mean she’ll be miserable or follow the awful steps of his father. she’s unaffected by the ghosts of his past, she’s a whole new person with so many chances of getting things right or wrong, but those won’t be because his family is cursed. and, especially, since he loves everything about his daughter, maybe he can be a little kinder on himself.

[lovedeadpoet]

i think i might be too woke for cartwebb/riverspider. “but aren’t they a yaoi ship?” yes, but to me, instead of the cool gay guy everything in the fandom seems to picture him as, he always read as that conservative privileged boy in your class who doesn’t know how the world works. the podcast listener who will complain about stuff being too woke.

obviously freddie fox plays him very well and he’s very charismatic, and i think people might like him for that, but his character is so bad. like the way he’s soooo excited about meeting the racist nationalist and the “at least you’ll get an interview” (among other awful things he says to louisa, like asking her to apologize for what is likely one of the worst moments in her life) line are very telling, giving slow horses is political. he’s a little better in the books, but he’s still so envious it upset me. it didn’t feel cool and sexy and erotic, he’s just a loser.

idk he’s just icks me and i felt absolutely nothing when he died. welcome to my ted talk.

[lovedeadpoet]

i think i might be too woke for cartwebb/riverspider. “but aren’t they a yaoi ship?” yes, but to me, instead of the cool gay guy everything in the fandom seems to picture him as, he always read as that conservative privileged boy in your class who doesn’t know how the world works. the podcast listener who will complain about stuff being too woke.

obviously freddie fox plays him very well and he’s very charismatic, and i think people might like him for that, but his character is so bad. like the way he’s soooo excited about meeting the racist nationalist and the “at least you’ll get an interview” (among other awful things he says to louisa, like asking her to apologize for what is likely one of the worst moments in her life) line are very telling, giving slow horses is political. he’s a little better in the books, but he’s still so envious it upset me. it didn’t feel cool and sexy and erotic, he’s just a loser.

idk he’s just icks me and i felt absolutely nothing when he died. welcome to my ted talk.

[sprinklersart]

What if it was a medical drama? (Slow Horses ‘The Pitt’ AU)

[needafantasyforthis1]

The jacket is the same!!!! 😭😍