#areyouserial

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JUST IN CASE YOU WERE INTERESTED IN AN UPDATED MOOD BOARD OF JAMIE REAGAN'S MISERY 👍I think I'll be top-left forever. 🌽

My initial thought was I’m bottom left but actually also middle left and bottom middle. And lol 5ever @ bottom right tbh this is some of your best work. Look at this miserable corncob gazing at the Love Of His Life. Such passion. Much longing. A++.

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MEL. I was a Dr. Carter girl all the way too! 😍

Yahhhhsss!

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Are you mad that we didn't talk all weekend, and then when we did, it was me asking you which guy from O-Town you'd have sex with? Oh well ~that's what friends are for~. I still love you, you know.

Mad, no. It’s so you to drop some ‘who would you’ on me. I know how you roll girl. lol Besides, I’m learning to accept the fact that we’re just Monday - Friday friends now. And your random inquiries always keep me on my toes. It gave me a chance to share a nsfw pic of the living Ken doll with you, so. I still love you too, you know.

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IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FOR THE SUPPORTIVE COLUMN, JAMIE THROWS A BASEBALL GLOVE AT EDDIE SO 👍

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT. This is the missing link I needed to complete my analysis. Updated table attached. 👍

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Lol we should discuss Jamie and Noble's love languages. Which do you think are applicable to them: 1) words of affirmation 2) quality time 3) gifts 4) acts of service 5) physical touch? I think Jamie's definitely an Acts of Service giver of love, yes? Thoughts and feelings?

Jamie’s totally an Acts Of Service giver of love, but what’s his favorite type of love to Receive? Don’t @ me. (It’s physical touch of the 🌶 variety natch)

Noble’s a little more complicated, I think. He barely knew Jamie/Jimmy and tried to give him a Porsche, so gift-giving is definitely a thing. He’s overall a generous guy. But I think that’s more ~shallow~ and once he’s on the Next Level with someone, either romantically or friendshipally, he’s mostly about physical touch to express his affection. But words of affirmation come naturally to him too. And of course, when he’s far from Jamie and physical touch isn’t an option, it’s easy for him to compensate with (more personal/intentional/thought out) gifts.

I have follow-up questions about how they deal with having different love languages day to day. But they’re probably more applicable Down The Road when they’re living together 👀 so I’ll save them for later.

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areyouserial replied to your post “Rewatching Stranger Things (again)  Preparing myself.  Also preparing...”

GIRL I'M READY

VERY READY. :) 

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Genuine question... why do you think they gave the Dangers Of Fraternal Organizations/Joe conversation to Danny and not Jamie for that scene with Eddie? Sub question: would it have been more Impactful/Meaningful if that revelation had come from Jamie and would it have lessened some of the bullshit from his behavior in that episode?

Would it have been more meaningful for Jamie to have the Joe Conversation rather than Danny? Yes absolutely. That would have been (something close to) an admission that his Concerns were rooted deeper in his fear/PTSD/what have you. It would not have excused his behavior, but it would have explained it in a way that earns him a little more justified sympathy. Between that and a legitimate apology, maybe we could have come away from the episode not hating Jamie Reagan’s immature, emotionally constipated guts. 

But that’s not how things went. There are two factors that gave viewers the idea that Jamie’s Concerns were Joe-related: 

The synopsis. Using the wording “fraternal organization” automatically brought to mind the Blue Templar, whereas saying “softball team” or anything else wouldn’t have carried the same association. 

The Danny scene. Seeing that scene beforehand as a sneak peek further rooted the idea in viewers’ minds that Jamie’s entire position in this episode would be related to Joe. And it’s the only actual mention of Joe in the episode. 

Without those two things, would the audience have made that connection so readily? Would they have jumped from softball team to Blue Templar so fast to justify Jamie’s bullshit? PrObAbLy NoT. There was no subtext to Jamie’s scenes to indicate any Deeper Reasons for his actions, beyond just what was obvious on the surface (ie he’s a controlling asshole, The End). It was the audience’s own, mostly unfounded projections that Jamie’s behavior was related to the loss of his brother, and people were quick to minimize or write off his shitty treatment of Eddie because of it. 

So why did Danny get that scene instead of Jamie? Who tf knows. Maybe the writers wanted to give Eddie and Danny a chance to bond, since we’d gotten Eddie/Erin scenes but no Eddie/Danny moments. Maybe they didn’t think Jamie was That Bad, with his FeMaLe EmPoWeRmEnT and his No-Go bullshit, to need more than that final scene to polish things up; or maybe they truly didn’t realize how one-dimensional Jamie’s scenes came across. 

Alternatively, if they did leave that conversation to Danny, then Jamie should have outright acknowledged the Joe Thing in his apology rather than bullshitting his way through some “I’m not you. Only you’re you” crap. Either way it’s a disservice to everyone to insinuate Jamie is acting out of Joe-related concern without ever having Jamie so much as hint at it himself (again, it was all based on those two factors, with no Jamie contributions at all). 

Basically it was all gross and pathetic, and Eddie deserved better. The good news is I plan to touch on this Injustice in my latest Jamko fic because yes, that’s a thing and it’ll hopefully fix all of our problems in a way that leaves no question as to whether Jamie and Eddie make a good couple. 👍👍👍 

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ARE WE REALLY GONNA GO ALL SEASON AND NOT SEE WILLIAM N. ESTES WITHOUT A SHIRT LIKE ARE THEY KIDDING? DO THEY THINK THIS IS A JOKE? Jamie Reagan is just going to be *fully dressed* all season and all we have to look at is his *face* and his Hand Of Reason? --totally anonymous fan who's never complained about this show in her life

Hey man, take some comfort in the fact that Eddie hasn’t gotten to enjoy that body either. IF they’ve ever had sex, which I’m not convinced they have (peep a season’s worth of engaged hesitant awkward kisses come on shouldn’t y’all be better at this by now?) it’s official that Jamie fucks with his shirt and socks on. He also shaves fully clothed. I can assume he performs every other daily activity, including showering, sleeping, changing clothes, and/or exercising without revealing any skin except the arms (from the elbow down) and neck/chins/facial area. So no, we won’t see him shirtless ever again. But why would you need to see him shirtless when we’ll get to watch him suffer (he represents all of us) through more in-law adventures, a Family Planning Big Talk, and the Jamko Wedding: A Reagan Affair? Honestly we’re getting so much GrEaT cOnTeNt, you should probably check your attitude and try to appreciate what we’ve got. 🙃🙃🙃