For week two of the Jotch Appreciation Month over at @jotch!
Okay, so I have a lot of scenes between them that I love - and a lot of those scenes are the ones that have already been spoken in great length (and much more eloquently than I could) by everyone this week, so I’ve decided to go for some of the more subtle moments between JJ and Hotch. Because secretly, they’re the ones that grab me and make me flail. It’s those quiet moments that aren’t focused on in the scene where they really shine.
This moment (and then when she’s getting out of the ambulance) is such a subtle one, but for me it speaks volumes. There’s no hesitation on either part, it just happens - of course he was going to help her into the ambulance, and of course she was going to lean on him for that support. It’s a subtle moment, but I think it shows so much about their characters.
THIS WAVE. How adorable is this little wave they do at each other??? Again, it’s such a small moment, but it’s just so cute that I couldn’t leave it out.
God I love it when they plot things together. I have so much fun when they do this. Because in context, this is such an “omg look our plan is working but let’s be chill about celebrating so we don’t give the game away” look. HOWEVER out of context, it most definitely looks like they’re checking each other out.
OH LOOK ANOTHER OF THEIR SCHEMES. I love so much how JJ played that detective, but it’s the look she shoots Hotch (and the little nod of approval he gives her) that kills me every time. It’s scenes like this that make me think AJ completely hit the nail on the hand by calling them Batman and Robin. Because they have such an awesome working partnership, that’s entirely based on how well they GET each other. Ugh. I wish we had more scenes like this every week.
THIS MOMENT OMG. I don’t even know why I adore it so much. It’s such a tiny moment in the background, not one you’re supposed to focus on at all, but it draws my attention every time. Because I love any occasion where they have a conversation without speaking, but also because it’s such a domestic little moment? I LOVE IT.
Ugh I can’t even put into words why I love this little moment. I think it’s something about the way she’s sat and the look she gives him, but there’s just SOMETHING about it that makes me want to write all the fic about them. I also really want her to hook her leg around his seat and pull him closer.
GAH. Okay. So, she’s having to stretch a little to make this contact, and she doesn’t slow down or say anything to him, but it’s like she couldn’t NOT touch him. It’s like she had to reassure herself that he’s actually here and okay. I hate that we got the stills from the episode before where he collapsed and we can see JJ and Rossi hovering over him and JJ holding his hand BUT THEY CUT THE SCENE because I think that would have fit so well with this. Her need to just reach out and make sure he’s really there. Ugh. I’m making myself so emotional about this…
THIS ENTIRE DAMN EPISODE, I SWEAR TO GOD. But this bit in particular. I mean, there is literally no reason for them to lean so close that their eyelashes are almost brushing the others’ face. No reason at all. And yet, here we are. It’s almost as though their bodies just kept leaning in, and they just rolled with it. I don’t have a gif of it, but there’s another moment not long after this that I love - after Hotch has jumped down into the hole to save the kid, when he’s lifting him out of it, JJ is hovering with her hands near Hotch’s back the entire time, waiting to help if he needs it, and it’s such a protective move that I flail every single time. And yes, @lilygarlands, THIS IS 10x05 AKA THE EPISODE I KEEP TELLING YOU TO WATCH!!!
Okay, I think that’s probably enough for now. I could literally go on forever about these subtle moments, but I need to stop myself now. I just love these two crazy kids.
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