blessed are the broken

INFJ. Australian.

[monisse]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Night Agent (TV) Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland Summary: Peter and Rose have been exemplary partners so far, but tonight’s mission might test the line between work and personal feelings. They’ll be forced to keep their emotions in check and control the instinctive reactions born from love.

For Rose Larkin’s Birthday Challenge

[sarmaarmour]

Rose and Peter glam it up during a mission that just happens to fall on her birthday!

Go read it! 💜

[eggsaladstain]

what can i say, i see two characters who are fiercely protective of each other at first sight and i lose my mind a little

PETER SUTHERLAND & ROSE LARKIN | The Night Agent, Season 1 (Netflix, 2023)

[sarmaarmour]

No words.

[lydiaas]

sutherkin + height difference

[sarmaarmour]

These two, just up in each other's space.

[corporaloretsev]

Let me tell you something. One of my Delta COs talked about having a moral anchor for me. It's my little sister. When I start playing this game, I think about her, you know? What would she say about what I did? Would she agree I tried to do the right thing? And if she would, I'm not saying I sleep easy at night, but it helps. Maybe you should think about who this person is for you.

[sarmaarmour]

I miss them.

[sarmaarmour]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: The Night Agent (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland Characters: Rose Larkin, Peter Sutherland (The Night Agent), Catherine Weaver (The Night Agent), Jim Wilson (The Night Agent), Artoun Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Smut, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Declarations Of Love, Love Languages, just lots of love Summary:

3 x they express their love without saying "I love you," and 1 x they say the words.

Canon divergent - set straight after S1.

Rating doesn't kick in until Chap 4 at this stage.

[34to42]

I have been a bit distracted by Daredevil recently but thank you to @monisse for bringing me back to my original obsession and looping me in on this because I have some THOUGHTS.

https://deadline.com/2026/04/the-night-agent-season-4-cast-titus-welliver-li-jun-li-1236867650/

Let's start off with the good:

- I like the plot they're hinting at. Accountability is always interesting to watch and I'm curious how a program like Night Action could ever fall under some sort of judicial review given how they operate almost entirely extra-judiciously and without oversight.

- I also like the concept of seeing a married Night Agent because we haven't heard mention of that since Rose's aunt and uncle

...

THAT BEING SAID.

How was someone like Titus Welliver's character not introduced after season 1?? Or even season 2? The vice-president had an assassination plot against the sitting president and actively tried to take over the presidency with the secretary of state assisting him in the cover-up and there was NO overhaul of the Night Agent program at that time? Especially since two Night Agents were murdered as part of this all unravelling? This plot would have been *perfect* as a season 2 storyline but bringing it up now makes little to no sense. An assassination attempt, or a terrorist plot in New York didn't do it but a President covering up violating campaign finance laws did?? No fucking way.

And while Peter's new partner may help him and show him a life beyond all this, instead of introducing even more new characters, I would much rather hear about Rose's aunt and uncle as characters and learn more about their backgrounds and their relationship, hopefully FROM Rose. Imagine Rose coming back into Peter's life and the example of her aunt and uncle being used to show how they can be together and are better together. Wouldn't that tie things in well?

Secondly, I'm not sure if I'm the only one but the end of season 3, in my opinion, set up either Rose or Chelsea as Peter's partner going forward. Why are we getting additional new characters?? Is Chelsea disappearing again with no explanation? Her arc in season 3 shows her becoming disillusioned with her job and learning how quickly things can change at the White House (like what happened to Peter in season one) and transitioning to working with Peter would make sense, no? What was the point of all that talk of balance between Peter and Mosley if there's going to be more new characters introduced and Rose isn't going to be brought back?

And finally... Zoe. I cannot begin to explain how mad I am that out of ALL the characters they've mentioned and all the characters we love and would like to see more of, they chose Zoe. WHY. What possible story reason could there be for this? And even if there is one that you could come up with, why bother?? You're not gonna give the fans more scenes of Cisco? Of Diane Farr, or Chelsea, or Maddie, or President Travers, of Jim, but you're going to bring back fucking Zoe???

So blazing mad.

And can I say, of course she's fucking blonde and white. She's never been shown on screen before but the entire fucking fandom, small as it is, just knew she was blonde and white. And I am so fucking mad that we were right. I loved that Rose, Cisco, Farr, and Chelsea were people of colour in the original series but it feels like such a shitty choice to make Zoe white and blonde and I have literally no interest in any storylines involving her character.

Despite what the showrunners seem to think, this show has ALWAYS been about Peter and Rose and I feel comfortable saying that we don't want anything else.

[sarmaarmour]

Well said.

[letthewhumpbegin]

The Night Agent, s3e10

My GIF masterlist

[sarmaarmour]

Chapters: 1/4 Fandom: The Night Agent (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland Characters: Rose Larkin, Peter Sutherland (The Night Agent), Catherine Weaver (The Night Agent), Jim Wilson (The Night Agent), Artoun Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Smut, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Declarations of Love, Love Languages, just lots of love Summary:

3 x they express their love without saying "I love you," and 1 x they say the words.

Canon divergent - set straight after S1.

Rating doesn't kick in until Chap 4 at this stage.

[sarmaarmour]

So I know we didn't get any Peter, literally, opening doors for Rose this season and we're all hurting. But... S3 Ep3 (yes THAT scene), is he not still showing his love by trying to commit "acts of service" to her even when they're not a couple and she isn't even present? Not to mention the figurative doors that he is opening for her by trying to make her his beneficiary? Convince me otherwise! 😆

[hypotenussy]

the number 1 rule of fanfic is have fun and be yourself. the number 2 rule is the average healthy adult male can lose roughly 2 liters of blood before dying.

[monisse]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandom: The Night Agent Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland Summary: 

Peter had spent the better part of his life chasing after the nostalgic happiness bound to the taste of an ice cream. It felt almost cosmically ordained that Rose was the one who found it for him.

An alternative ending to season 3.

[sarmaarmour]

My queen has done it again! Brilliant idea, beautifully executed with some lovely phrases and lots of detail/references to S3. Also, a fantastic characterisation of Peter. Get on it Peter x Rose peeps!

[eggsaladstain]

“He still loves Rose,” [Basso] said. “I don’t think he is this character that’s like, oh, Rose isn’t here, so I’m gonna do this. I think he wants a relationship, but at this point in his life and how important he sees this job and rooting out corruption and doing the right thing, I think that ultimately is more important to him than having a relationship. But I think if anyone, he would probably try to find Rose again and track her down and see what happens with that.” (x)

PETER SUTHERLAND (& ROSE LARKIN) | The Night Agent, Season 3 (Netflix)

[sarmaarmour]

Really appreciated all the Rose references this season. Missed Luciane, but happy with how they treated her character's absence.

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[sarmaarmour]

@monisse

[disease-danger-darkness-silence]

[tronmike82]

I don’t mean to be rude; but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this, does anyone have any examples?

[darkshrimpemotions]

Supernatural

Doctor Who (Steven Moffat specifically)

Sherlock (Steven Moffat specifically)

Actually Steven Moffat is basically just this sentiment given human form.

A version of this happened with The Magicians, tbh. Though instead of expectation: men, reality: women it was expectation: smug nihilists, reality: mentally ill queer folks.

Arguably Game of Thrones.

If we broaden it outside of television…I think Star Wars falls into this, at least the sequel trilogy. Maybe the MCU as well. And I can’t help but think of every band that’s ever complained that their fanbase is mostly women. 5 Seconds of Summer comes immediately to mind.

In general, most white male creators seem to have this massively entitled mindset where they want–and think they deserve–the time, attention, and enthusiasm that creative fandom (i.e. the side of fandom more dominated by women) is known for.

They want our eyes for ratings, our word-of-mouth for free publicity, our metas for social media buzz, and our spending power for merch and cons. But they don’t want us. And they don’t really want the responsibility of telling a story to a thoughtful, engaged audience, regardless of that audience’s demographic makeup. They just want to be praised for whatever schlock they cough up.

And like any other spoiled brat, they will break their toys before they share them.

[pessimisticfanboi]

It goes all the way to the top for kids shows. Toy sales will crash a show. Makes sense, but if those toys are gendered for boys instead of the female viewers, they won’t usually switch up the marketing and move them to the girl aisle. They cancel the show outright.

Mind you it is perfectly possible to make the switch in marketing, but execs would rather throw it all out than have something that doesn’t perform well with male viewers. For example the Rey merch was not expected to be popular, for some reason, there had to be public outcry to get merch of one of the main 3 protagonists. A PROTAGONIST. The fact that she wasn’t a huge part of the 1st launch says a lot already.

And what happened when female fans got too invested in the Sequel Trilogy? The entire writers room didn’t necessarily lash out, but they sure forgot how to behave.

Young Justice

Paul Dini: Superhero cartoon execs don’t want largely female audiences

#WhereIsRey (initial)

#WhereIsRey (ongoing)

'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' owes its box-office success to women

The older, male generation of 'Star Wars' fans may be losing interest in the franchise, but female fans are stepping up.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was designed to be the opposite of The Last Jedi

[drunkenhills]

You’re all sitting on the hot take of the decade tbh

[vbartilucci]

And yet when they fond out that boys were watching MLP:FIM in droves, they had NO PROBLEM with it.

[jediorgana-deactivated20260403]

#SONS OF ANARCHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!#LITERALLY SONS OF ANARCHY IS THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THIS LIKE EVER#kurt sutter wrote that show for MEN and ended up with an overwhelmingly female audience#because he’s actually a good writer and knows how to develop characters well and wrote excellent female characters#but once he realized that his audience was almost entirely women he literally took it out on tara and gemma in the show#but like tara specifically#he resented her character for being a huge draw for female viewers so he tore her development to shreds and killed her#in the most brutal gut wrenching way possible#kurt sutter you will pay for your crimes#i actually wrote a manifesto about this on one of my old blogs i should try to find it sldkjsldfjsdljf#long post (via@m-oonknight)

OMG YES. I LOVED Sons of Anarchy, especially the women and then I got to season 6 and it was like - everything was just tossed in the trash? And like, why did Sutter hate that Tara drew tons of attention? That should have been a good thing! He should have been like “Hey folks, this girl’s getting us more viewers, let’s put her in more scenes!” It just doesn’t make sense to me. MEN don’t make sense to me.

[geraltcirilla]

The 100 too. I’ll never forget how Jason Rothenberg would attacked female fans on Twitter and mock them in interviews, and then post links to male fan discussions on Reddit to praise and thank them. In his goodbye letter to the show he SPECIFICALLY thanked Reddit and it was so disgusting.

[annaknitsspock]

Star Trek from TNG on was also a boy’s club, even though the TOS fans were mostly women. Women, in fact, who literally created modern fandom with their zines. But after TNG it was all, “Women don’t understand Star Trek, only smart men hur dur.”

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

I think it would be harder for us to find examples of when this DIDNT happen than when it did. It happens all the time.

[nova-arcania]

Doesn’t stop it from boggling the mind

(though it could probably start to make some sense if you follow the money past audience bases to maybe a couple of investors or like a rich patron … 🤔)

[ridleymocki]

Stooooop I just wrote a masters thesis on this shit. Media creation and distribution is a means by which dominant power structures consolidate their hegemony. Dominantly situated creators get upset when the audience they attract isn’t the audience they wanted, because they view the whole creation and sharing of the fiction as an exercise to sustain kyriarchal conditions that benefit themselves. When the audience is Other, they see it as a failure of those efforts and lash out.

Simply, they’re trying to assert a particular worldview via fiction, and upon getting confronted with something else, begin foot stamping. It’s not just men wanting male attention and gatekeeping. It’s that the fiction in the first place was an attempt to curate dominance and whoopsie! they miscalculated.

(anyway if anyone wants to read 35k words of philosophy about this, hmu)

[nerdsandthelike]

I think a lot about an interview I heard with Bo Burnham a few years ago, where he talks about this phenomenon with his own work. He gained a large audience of teenage girls, and people in comedy spaces would look down on him for that or say what a shame it was, but he responded differently:

“The real truth is, I would perform my show and I would meet kids after and young girls would come up to me and they understood what I was expressing in that bit onstage way more than guys my own age. Way more. So if there was a bridge between us that I had to cross to write the movie [Eighth Grade], it was built to me by them. I felt understood by them before I presumed to understand them.”

Instead of trying to change his comedy, he decided to lean into and celebrate the audience that he actually had by making a movie specifically about the experiences of a teenage girl. It’s fascinating to hear him talk about how he got there, but also to acknowledge how rare that reaction is.

[breelandwalker]

Slight tangent - all of this is true of the sports (and related entertainment) industry as well. Female fans drive so much of the event attendance, media hype, and revenue, but it’s still viewed as Just For Men.

[sarmaarmour]

I fear this is what's happening with The Night Agent and our beloved Peter x Rose @monisse

@charmingwords23 @34to42 @cherrycourage

[sarmaarmour]

So... every single episode in both seasons starts with a flashback that is related to the overarching season storyline and the plot or character development of that specific episode. Surely the writers will continue that style choice. Which has me really excited - thinking about where Peter's arc is going in S3 and what they're going to use for his flashbacks?

[monisse]

I'm such a sucker for these flashbacks!

And since it seems that two kids were cast for S3, one being the President's kid, I wonder if the other is a young Peter for a flashback.

[sarmaarmour]

Intriguing! I'm still convinced there's more to tell about Peter's dad so that would fit, if they're going to do a young Petey flashback!

[sarmaarmour]

So... every single episode in both seasons starts with a flashback that is related to the overarching season storyline and the plot or character development of that specific episode. Surely the writers will continue that style choice. Which has me really excited - thinking about where Peter's arc is going in S3 and what they're going to use for his flashbacks?

[monisse]

WHEN THE STARS ALIGN - CHAPTER 3 >

Chapters: 3/10

Fandom: The Night Agent (TV)

Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland

Summary: Rose and Peter make a secret agreement to meet in different safehouses while she lends her skills to help his mission as a double agent. Their emotional bond grows with each meeting, but so do the risks.

Chapter 3: Rose’s unstoppable force meets an immoveable Peter in New York City.

Post-Season 2

[sarmaarmour]

Chapter 3 = Peter x Rose reunion! Yay! Rose in good form arguing for her case. There's also some key declarations in there and a kiss!!!!!! So much to love about this story!