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Reid mimicking how Gideon positions his legs then goes to also mimic the position of his arms but feels self-conscious at the last moment so he crosses them instead.

Thinking a lot about pre-BAU Reid and Gideon again

#oh Spencer....

you got an ao3 for any future reid angst?

I do! But I hadn't wrote on it for a while, as I am now writting Huskerdust :) but Ibhave posts of Reid angst on it already if You are interested, I am Princess Froslass

dying of heat but a short sleeved shirt and slacks is the least amount of clothing he can manage

@snarkylinda please say more 🎤 (if you wish)

Baby Spencer that was always shy and reserved and insecure about how thin he was he wore a millón sweaters and soon found out the pressure helped him feel secure. Like a tight Hug.

Baby Spencer whose's clothes were violently tear out of him and recieved pure mockery for it, as he was too confused to understand what he did wrong.

Older Spencer that slowly gained some confidente in himself as those around him stopping being a full on threat.

Until they were again.

Spencer who constantly wore his mom's Cardigan whenever he needed confort.

Spencer who was violated 1, 2, 3 times and decided the soft sweater has to stay at Home. He is an seasonated Agent and has to look crisp at all times, regardless of the weather.

Spencer who had to undress in front of other men for three months, and thus never felt quite secure on his own shower aftermath.

#oh I can make this angsty #I can make this so angsty #but beyond that this is so cute!!

dying of heat but a short sleeved shirt and slacks is the least amount of clothing he can manage

also (and I am surprised this hadn't been brought up) Reid was 28 in Instict/Memoriam, around the age that where he is *just* getting out of the most vulnerable timeframe for schizophrenia to rise its head....and he is doing *all of this* after days of acting off, of having weird dreams.... Hell, Even Diana goes full "don't say that" when he tells her he had been "seeing things"

Like the team always came out to me like they knew Spencer was prompt to suffering a bazillion mental illnesses after learning of his relationship to his mother and his already VERY OBVIOUS neurodivergent traits, but pretended to be casual about it so he wouldn't worry or feel alineated....

But, the though of "He is Losing it" never left

Wow, you kinda opened my eyes a little. it never occurred to me to think of Memoriam in the context of that timeline. Truthfully my main idea of what was going on in the team’s head at that point is that this is a mix of “We don’t know what William did” + “this is one of these cases that hit close and really show how emotionally stunted Spencer is from growing up with no stable adult”

But to go back to your point yes, somehow I always thought of it in terms of a slow build-up with individual characters like Penelope was the first to know about his mother, Derek knows too how much that ‘deadline’ worries him. I can’t think of other examples with other characters on the top of my head (I’m sure there are) yet but Morgan and Garcia stood out to me the most as “we’ll act chill about it so he won’t feel alienated”

Ofc by S11 everyone is definitely exposed to all of his fears, and fortunately Morgan stopped acting too chill about it 😩❤️

#by season 11 the dialogues around the elephant on the room were that subtle lmao

Post s11 Moreid all “I know this shit scares you, but I love you regardless of what happens, and I´ll always come to your aid.” “Thanks Morgan” “....and if you want me to go with you to get....something else checked...” “Goodnight Morgan.”

It's probably not that deep, but I think alot about how when Spencer was insolating himself after Maeve's murder, Derek referred to himself in the recorded messages as...well, by his first name. I dunno it felt alot more personal, like "I am not your teammate here, I am your friend." Type of shit.

#he just wanted to see him again :((((#criminal minds #spencer reid #derek morgan

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Little animation meme I did today!

#every baby and older Spencer parallels makes me want to cry

Insticts/Memoriam Moreid just hits like Crack.

There is soooo much delicious Moried dynamics in there from the screaming Morgan's name while having the nightmare, Morgan trying to protect him from the angry parents he just woke up, staying behind in Las Vegas to help him with something he has no idea about etc etc ...

But one of the funniest moments to me is when Reid is trying to get the local detective to bring in his father for questioning and the guy doesn't give a flying fuck and Reid can't understand why this detective isn't intimidated by him and he gives Morgan this look of "this guy is not scared of me help what do we do"

But the cherry on the top of the cake is when the detective keeps rage baiting him about his dad Reid starts standing up and I honest to God thought he was going to lunge at this guy because suddenly Morgan is physically in between them (I think he thought it too) 🤣

Derek watching his precious baby boy commit a felony for the 15725 time that day

I’m crying that was literally his expression standing over there 🤣

#Spencer why are You so neurodivergent #criminal minds #spencer reid

The PATIENCE this man had that episode was amazing to be honest. Like bro your partner (love how can use that term here lmao) is antagonizing everyone in Vegas with his badge on full display because it came to him in a dream.

I also appreciate the fact that, despite knowing his boy-friend was 15272% out of line, he never have William grace lmao like he has such "Hey sorry about that man- hey why the fuck is your extremely tímid son lossing his speech in the mere though of seeing You?" Vibes. The fact this tales place after Elephant's Memory, Aka the "After being assaulted by a group of physopaths, I came Home to realize nobody was there to confort me" episode- yeah....

I love that Spencer is perfectly capable of not losing his cool while debating. Like he knows he is right, so he doesn't need to even raise his voice.

But when he DOES raise it he feels incapable of arguing without breaking on angry tears.

Insticts/Memoriam Moreid just hits like Crack.

There is soooo much delicious Moried dynamics in there from the screaming Morgan's name while having the nightmare, Morgan trying to protect him from the angry parents he just woke up, staying behind in Las Vegas to help him with something he has no idea about etc etc ...

But one of the funniest moments to me is when Reid is trying to get the local detective to bring in his father for questioning and the guy doesn't give a flying fuck and Reid can't understand why this detective isn't intimidated by him and he gives Morgan this look of "this guy is not scared of me help what do we do"

But the cherry on the top of the cake is when the detective keeps rage baiting him about his dad Reid starts standing up and I honest to God thought he was going to lunge at this guy because suddenly Morgan is physically in between them (I think he thought it too) 🤣

Derek watching his precious baby boy commit a felony for the 15725 time that day

Call me a party pooper, but I will never, EVER like how Penelope made a light-hearted jab at the woman who sexually assaulted her friend in Date Night.

Like I know they put random bits of funny haha dialogue in between cases to lift some tension up- but it just makes the characters look very insensitive toward their FRIEND.

Date Night has its asinine moments but the entire tone shift that happens after Cat is dropped off to jail is what makes it unsalvageable for me.

I get the intent of like. This woman has constantly brought misery into his life so we want to end it on a good note but the execution of it …. head in hands.

The whole tee hee haha aspect of the reveal just cheapened everything to me. Like oh it wasn’t that bad it’s like a mean girl on a playground you see.

And he had a panic attack at the sight of her earlier in this episode. Okay. What the hell sure.

#like Say what You Will about how botchered the Deluid thing was. at least nobody made an quip about Hankle

OH SHIT YEAH I FORGOT THE PANIC ATTACK-

Is like half of the episode KNOWS this woman has hurt him horribly, and the other half wants to joke around the idea of a ""love triangle"" like it was a buddy cop comedy. Can we fucking not.

Remember how Gideon groomed Reid to be a profiler and then abandoned him with nothing but a letter and they couldn't even finish their last chess game? What the fuck.

*raises hand* Can I just add that Gideon getting Reid into the BAU specifically kept him far away from his mom because the BAU HQ only has one location? Why did Gideon think he had the right?

I love the Gideon lashings because Even the show itself seemed aware of how fucked up everything was in a certain point. Like 40-year-old Spencer was still inside of his own mind watching Gideon's grave and going full "Holy shit....You ruined me 😀" but still not being able to actually Let go of his love and grief.

Call me a party pooper, but I will never, EVER like how Penelope made a light-hearted jab at the woman who sexually assaulted her friend in Date Night.

Like I know they put random bits of funny haha dialogue in between cases to lift some tension up- but it just makes the characters look very insensitive toward their FRIEND.

The writers on this show love to give Reid shit and then handle it terribly for no reason

Specially when it comes to what is very clearly SA. I already knew they murdered his girlfriend before watching the episode; what I DIDN'T expect was for the murderer to randomly feel him up and push her tongue down his throat before she did.

Call me a party pooper, but I will never, EVER like how Penelope made a light-hearted jab at the woman who sexually assaulted her friend in Date Night.

Like I know they put random bits of funny haha dialogue in between cases to lift some tension up- but it just makes the characters look very insensitive toward their FRIEND.