#8.11

[theflyindutchwoman]

'The Rookie' Sneak Peek: Celina's Worried About Lucy & Nolan Gets Warning About Bailey (VIDEO)

Plus, Celina's worried about Lucy after what happened at Westview.

[soft-pine]

he let charlie call him handmaiden! for a whole episode! he got to play dress up and hang out with her and actually talk about his feelings for the first time in a long time! and she called him handmaiden and he was so cute and happy!

on his birthday!!!! HANDMAIDEN!!! on his BIRTHDAY!!!!!

i could say a thousand more things than this but larp and the real girl you are the love of my life

[missyoudean]

we all should rewatch larp and the real girl today!!

[heavenlywinchester]

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[buckleysibz]

such an underrated scene. it's so funny. bobby's dramatic ass just casually being like yeah that's my mother :/ the funky cowyboy duel-like music in the background. the team's utter confusion and shock. the way they glance at each other like they're confirming they heard him right. framing bobby's mother like she's jesus. all in 15 seconds.

[yearround-xxv]

Vladimir Nabokov, from Letters to Véra.

[scoobydoodean]

God the Dean/Aaron moment is so good. Jensen plays it so delightfully. Dean’s flustered and shocked at Aaron’s interest; but he’s not embarrassed. He’s flattered and he lingers. I sincerely doubt this is the first time Dean’s ever had another man casually express interest in him in a restaurant or bar—he’s an extremely attractive man so it’s bound to have happened a few times. It should be something he has pre-prepared responses for. But Dean is just totally caught off guard, and in all his sputtering, he never says he’s straight. That is literally the first thing a straight person says in this situation. It’s an easy way out without hurting anyone’s feelings. Dean’s also said he’s straight before! When Boris’s rapey ass creeped him out, Dean immediately said “I don’t play for your team” (6.05). He’s used “I don’t swing that way” when antagonists got too close for comfort as a way to try and throw them off balance (2.09, 3.12). But in this episode where Dean is relaxing into a safe home, calling and checking up on people he cares about, and enjoying small comforts—what he gives Aaron is surprised, flustered, flattered, and… interested? Like he really thought about it for a second. He really thought about saying yes. It’s great. (Also see: Commentary by writer Ben Edlund about the “potential for love in all places”).

This is also a few weeks after hanging out with Charlie at Moondoor, where Jensen also plays the “Dean around gay people” direction in a very interesting way. He stares when Charlie and Gilda kiss, and it’s expertly played because Jensen manages to bring across surprise and almost a sort of curiosity, without ever looking like he’s leering at them in any way. His surprise doesn’t come from some sudden realization that Charlie’s gay—he already knew that, and had lightly teased her about maidens checking her out (and again not in a weird way—in the way an older sibling would). In that same episode, Dean and Benny’s relationship was also hinted at (by Charlie) as a breakup in parallel with Sam and Amelia.

[scoobydoodean]

This is always happening but because I haven’t specifically pointed out one of these instances in a while: once again in 8.11 LARP and the Real Girl, Sam is doing random plot things while Dean bonds alone with a recurring character, forming a deeper connection with them than Sam.