#john crawley

[introvertedpedant]

Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt in Series 2 Episode 5 of Alex Rider - Set Six

Yet more incredible expressions on display. He is so expressive! Gif 2 has me 🥰

[universe2snumber1fan]

Team '96... um... Sub Bosses?

[animalsandanimals]

Roseate Spoonbill

John Crawley

Instagram: @jc_wings

[urjustaguyonahorse]

LOVE seeing the inverted mirror of the big three (actual agents) in the little three (the children who are victims of the British government) (you probably will not agree)

ALEX= Crawley. The active one. He's the one who gets his hands dirty when necessary but he's not a savage about it. Doesn't listen if he doesn't care. Devoted to the people he cares about and loud, but not just for the sake of being loud. Defender of people. I hope our king is as classy as Crawley as he ages.

TOM= Mrs. Jones. He's the most well rounded, he keeps everybody together, he comes up with plans nobody else could think of because he can keep a level head. FORGIVING king, UNDERSTANDING king, DECISIVE king. I genuinely think that if he stayed in this line of work he would grow into a leadership position like this.

KYRA= Smithers. The most obvious: she's a hacker. She unproblematically does what she wants. She doesn't have to be front and center to have the most important information (she generally does) and she knows when to step down. Loyal to a fault. They're so well rounded (not).

[mitzpe-rimon]

I just spent twenty minutes of my life on this

[imnotadogiswear]

There aren’t nearly enough fics where Alex and MI6’s actions are exposed to the world. Think of the potential! The reactions! The politics! The d r a m a

[icebearinacornfield]

Alan Blunt, looking at a diagram of Darcus Drake's compound on Falcon's Edge looking for an excuse to use Alex again: A person can fit through there. A person can definitely fit through that window! A small person, an attack child!!!

John Crawley: ....

Smithers: ...

Mrs. Jones: ...

Mrs. Jones: What the actual FUCK Alan?!

[callsigncub]

something i find occasionally frustrating in the show is that they really downplay MI6's cruelty. in Stormbreaker, Blunt makes it very clear he doesn't care whether Alex lives or dies as long as his goals are met. in Skeleton Key, Crawley approaches Alex at an after-school football game to recruit him as undercover security- something which is less conspicuous but honestly more appalling considering Crawley brought his dog along so that any adults would assume Alex is just talking to some guy about his dog, and worse, Crawley did this because he's going to ask a child to do an adult's job.

to be clear, i love the show versions of Crawley, Smithers, etc., especially because the books get pretty bleak at times, without any support for Alex. but i do think it's important to note the difference. Blunt isn't the only one directly responsible for turning Alex into a child soldier!