#8.13

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EDDIE DIAZ 8.13 | Invisible

[lower-the-volume]

8.13  Everybody Hates Hitler

[chenfordsbee]

buck: gives the most crazy advices eddie: yeah that can work 🥰🥰🥰

[balfeys]

You guys have more then made up for missing my birthday. You're all forgiven.

[deancasforcutie]

Dean complimenting fellow queer people on their game

Bonus inverse, trying to out-game someone to vicariously flirt for/with your presumed-but-not-at-all-straight friend who has no game whatsoever:

[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.

[bremiddleton]

Height difference 🥹🥹

-The Rookie 8.13 Promo still

[ardentpoop]

this shot is so goddamn funny. they love to put too fine a point on it