Jan 8
bracken makes me so unbelievably angry. unfathomable rage.
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bracken makes me so unbelievably angry. unfathomable rage.
The way Bracken loses all composure when Kate appears in that doorway is so fucking satisfying.
Prompt: Post season 8 What if Mason Wood had framed Bracken for JB's murder from the start? How would Kate handle sending an innocent man to prison only for him to be murdered.
Rogue One: A Caskett Story
Favorite Kate Beckett Scenes 2/? ↳ We had an agreement, a truce. Live and let live. I held up my end of the bargain, I even saved your life. (6x22 → Veritas)
Castle telling Bracken he would have stood back and watched him die if he were in Beckett's shoes is such a chilling yet satisfying moment. It just reinforces to Bracken that he is not playing the usual game.
He has never seen the likes of Kate Beckett, she is fundamentally different from the sorts of people he understands. She can't be bought and she can't be corrupted and she can't be held off forever. I think that's the moment Bracken begins to understand that he isn't as safe as he thought he was.
But it's also a moment of clarity between the two of them. Castle is--or thinks he is--more like Bracken than Beckett. He is not righteous or selfless. He is not driven by justice in the same way she is. He's driven by love, and it's not the same kind of driver at all.
He has a cold and ruthless streak when it comes to people who hurt those he loves. And this is one of the few moments where we see it. He is telling the absolute truth in that moment. He would have let Bracken burn, and slept well that night.
CASTLE 6.22 VERITAS