serendipity

i wanted a writing blog but got too much into the pitt don't let my horny kingdon opinions blind you, I'm a Santos defender to the end she/her

[migratorybirdie]

No but, Langdon taking off his stethoscope when listening to Mel as a sign that he let go of his doctor-that-knows-it-all persona, because he’s so intrigued by her in a genuine way that’s behind the expectations he put on himself in this essay i….

[sincenewyorks]

every time there’s a sudden increase of kingdon hate i already have a fic drafted where they fuck nasty in every room of the er and langdon is still married btw

[samirasystole]

funny little headcanon is that i believe if victoria ever came out to her mom that shamsi would be like 'okay, that's fine. but i still don't understand why you do not want to go into surgery. all the other gay women are in surgery; do you not want to be a gay surgeon like yolanda and emery? what about your lesbian friend trinity, doesn't she want to do surgery as well? you can do better victoria'

[divorcedfranklangdon]

A remake of my first Kingdon gifset, first posted a year ago today

[migratorybirdie]

i'm gonna be honest... i don't want s3 langdonmel codependant bffs, i want awkward coworkers that sometimes cross the flirting in workspace line and don't know how to react to that

[francislangdon]

mel giving blood THE PITT 01.12 "6:00PM"

[migratorybirdie]

my sacrificial girl always giving part of herself to others

[yoebellow]

Langdon comforting Mel

[fellowshipincynicism]

frank langdon + louie cloverfield's death

[migratorybirdie]

I have some thoughts on the way Louie is shown in relationship with Langdon, his addiction and marriage, so let me ramble here for a little.

Louie, who didn't want to be a father but got exited with the accident baby (winkwinkwink), whose life entered into the addiction circle when he lost the woman he was married to.

Louie, whose emergency contact was the hospital because the Pitt was the only place that he had.

And we know Langdon is having marital problems. Look, I want kingdon to happen, and I could talk for hours about how the show is telling a romance story, but here, in this case, I think it's showing us how Langdon thinks that the break of his marriage would imply him getting worse.

Let's not forget that Louie is the patient that Langdon used to rely to steal from, his death representing Langdon's addiction "dying" (at least story wise), which would explain why he wants it to give him a good rest, a place to to put all his mistakes, to respect his own illness, to let it go for good.

[migratorybirdie]

still thinking about latino mom ! langdon, going to the ER to see his son post divorce, just to check on him, and asking "donde esta la rubia bonita de la que tanto me hablas?" (where's the pretty blonde you keep talking about?) and Langdon is like mom, spanish is common language here, please don't embarrass me and of course princess listens and soon everyone in the ER is calling Mel "la rubia bonita", which everyone mispronounces a little because these doctors are fucking idiots

[mikesseleven]

OTP Meme: When They Became an OTP → First Heart-to-Heart in The Breakroom (The man powered through chronic back pain to sit level with her on the floor)

[migratorybirdie]

latino!langdon is canon to me

[migratorybirdi]

I need more Mel/Robby parallels so here is my opinion:

There's a lot of talk about how Mel is Becca's caregiver, but not enough about how her mother died of cancer, somewhere 6/7 years before s1. She probably spent a lot of time in the hospital with her sick mother, talking about the next steps, how to take care of her sister, how to be responsible, all while her mother was dying. Mel didn’t have time to grief, to be sad, to understand what was happening to her. Taking into account her age, she didn’t even take time off school - just go go go. 

(I think a lot about the last scene of s1 we see of Mel. After the pittfest shooting, literally hell for your first day at a new job, Mel is very visibly tired but locks in and immediately goes into caretaker mode when Becca appears - she even suggest two options for food and a movie she hates)

When someone dies in the hospital, Mel revives her whole experience, and doesn’t even have time to process what it means. 

Suddenly, Becca is sick. She’s back in the hospital, with her only family member in a gown. It probably brings a lot of memories to Mel. She's a protector, a listener, all she thinks she needs is to keep her sister safe. 

But Becca is living her life. She has a partner and a place of belonging beyond Mel’s control. She’s finding happiness outside everything Mel has built the last 6 years. Mel’s not Becca's mother, she's her sister, and she should be a supporter alongside her, not a protector.

I don’t think Mel necessarily needs to find hobbies or who she is besides being a takecarer. I think she needs to grieve. Grief her family, the opportunities of love and partnership that she never got because she was too busy with school and a sister with special needs. To process the trauma that she never dealt with.

And how does the Pitt tell us, all the time, how to process grief? With friends and family. Mel’s has neither. 

Robby, whose mother abandoned him, his father probably never present. His grandparents are dead (or like… 100 years old). He doesn’t have any family left. Robby, whose mentor, who was like a father figure to him, died 4 years ago. I don’t think I need to write about Robby’s lack of time to grief, the show is about this.

S1 is all about Robby’s grief, but Adamson died very close to Mel’s mother. 

And Langdon? Robby's golden boy. Robby saw a young doctor with a very pregnant wife and a future that Robby always wanted, staying late and being capable and intelligent and also funny. The last 4 years have been great, he works hard, he's fast, smart. A great doctor, a future teacher. 

At the start of his R4 he fucks up. He lied, endangered the patients and betrayed him. Suddenly, Robby cannot project himself in Langdon. He’s not his kid, he’s not his family. Langdon is just a man who makes mistakes. Robby needs to grieve the relationship he built in his head with Langdon. 

It's 2026, it's a shitty day for everyone but especially for Mel and Robby. Both feel betrayed, the people who were supposed to be on their hands fell through the cracks. Robby cannot understand Langdon and Mel cannot understand Becca. Both are individuals with their faults, mistakes and thoughts. The relationship is broken, and in need of remake. 

Mel and Robby need to create their individuality without the relationship with others. Mel is no longer Becca's protector. Robby is not Langdon's teacher. But they don't know who they are.

Robby trying to find his identity by being a motorcycle guy is so funny to me. I did the same 3 years ago. The wind, the velocity. The reasonable danger, the controlled chaos. 

AAAAnd repeat with me: how does the Pitt tell us, all the time, how to process grief? With friends and family. Support system. But do not build your identity in one person, it is a group project baby. 

[migratorybirdie]

when s3 promotional pictures eventually come out and langdon has his hand in his pocket or something hiding his left hand, i will personally email mr.hbo with a "you pussies"

[coffeealwayshelps]

Every day we're blessed with more astoundingly beautiful kingdon art and every day I'm in awe of the talented artists we have in this community.

[migratorybirdie]

“Poker face is good, but you are still drooling”. A still very married Frank Langdon was standing on central station when Garcia approached him, taking off her gloves.

“I’m not drooling” he responded, unconsciously bringing a hand to his chin.

“Sure, hun. I’ve seen you standing there for like, ten minutes” 

Langdon took a second, crossing his arms, looking at the general direction of the ED.

“Her scrubs shrinked”

In front of them, involved in a heavy conversation with her attendant and other residents, Mel King was holding a tablet. Her face flushed, hair damped by sweat. If you were really looking, and you had to, and Langdon clearly was, her scrubs looked smaller. Slightly pressure in her armpits, more arm showing, pressure in her thighs, ankles visible. The surgeon chucked.

“Yeah, she got sprinkled with a laceration. We all did, big man, crazy case ". For the first time in this whole exchange, Langdon took his eyes from the doctor to watch Garcia. She was sweaty too, small drops of blood all over her scrubs. “She probably had to change”.

By habit, Langdon wet his lips. 

“Shit Dino, go spray some water on your face or something” she said as she was leaving for the stairs.

“Dino? I’m younger than…” but Langdon couldn’t finish, as Mel leaned on one of the nurses tables, stretching her arm to grab something Perla was handling her, her assets fully pronounced in the snug pants.  

Langdon did rush to spray some water on his face in the bathroom. Getting turned on on the clock was not it.  ---- I'm writing a bigger fic (still on the process, but I'm already at 20k words and still on act 1 so... it's going to be long). I don't want that fic to be eternal so I'm taking a couple of scenes out. This one I thought didn't fit the tone, but I LOVE Garcia, couldn't just delete it.

[whitakers-intern]

[migratorybirdie]