white collar renaissance

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[whitecollarrenaissance]

the thing about neal caffrey is that’s baby girl

[whitecollarrenaissance]

neal would eat down the dracula trend on tik tok and peter would try his best

[troublesome-bog-beast]

Do you guys want to hear my pitch for a white collar episode? Of course you do here it is. The actual case takes like the first 5 minutes and involves Neal having to seduce a man. It goes off without a hitch- actually, it goes so smoothly that Peter concludes Neal is hiding his bisexuality and starts dropping increasingly contrived hints that this is a safe space to come out. He's not very good at it, though. In fact, he's so bad at it that Neal picks up on him acting weird and concludes that the inevitable has happened- Peter has finally developed a crush on him. Cue miscommunications of Shakespearian proportions as Peter grows increasingly distressed that Neal feels like he needs to hide this and Neal grows increasingly frantic trying to let him down gently. They both separately confide in El, who figures out exactly what happened halfway through the episode, laughs till she cries, and doesn't tell a soul

[just-your-average-tangerine]

The reason Neal and Peter's dynamic in White Collar works so well is because they respect each other. Lesser writers and actors would have written/played Peter as viewing Neal as just another criminal and Neal seeing Peter as just another cop, and it just wouldn't have worked. Peter respects what Neal can do, and as far as Neal is concerned Peter is a worthy opponent, possibly his only worthy opponent, hes not just the agent who caught him, hes the only one who could have. And thats the beautiful thing about the show

[mycatwalkspassme]

[whitecollarrenaissance]

the revolutionary spies episode of white collar = the jfk assassination episode of bones

[cashmerecorey]

what did they lace white collar with oh my god. they don’t make found families this messy anymore

[girlfailurefrancis]

has this one been done?

[franticyoohooing]

I don't think Neal Caffrey would have been able to pull off a heist as big as the one in the finale of White Collar if he hadn't spent time working for the FBI. The Neal we meet at the start of the series is an exceptionally charming person, a skilled forger, and a self-taught art history expert, but it's not clear he's actually been much of a success as a thief yet. We know he stole Adler's Raphael, but that was probably easy to scoop up in the chaos of Adler's escape. He stole an expensive diamond ring for Kate from a museum that was so lacking in security they had no idea it was missing. The Antioch manuscripts: that was him. But the amber music box, the thing that was supposed to make his name, wasn't his work at all.

It's also pretty telling that none of the really talented, established thieves seem to know who he is. Gordon Taylor recruits Mozzie, not Neal. Mozzie's the one with the active, useful underworld contacts. If Peter asks for a lead, Neal just asks Mozzie.

Season One Neal is very green. The heist from the Panthers requires the audacity, forethought, and leadership Neal's been able to hone in his years of working for Peter. In short, working as a CI made Neal a better thief.

But that's ultimately a good thing, I think. What does Neal need to be able to walk away from the life that will end up with him in prison? Enough money to live happily, and the kind of really big score that will make his name for good. I picture him, wherever he ends up after the finale, telling himself, "You can pull this con if you can think of something more spectacular than the last one." It's a little trick he can play on himself until he doesn't have to anymore; until the old addiction dwindles into looking for flaws in the security of any museum he visits, without any intention of exploiting these flaws.

I don't think Peter would be happy about this theory, though.

[troublesome-bog-beast]

The beginning of season 4 is really funny from Collins perspective. Like ok you're a ruthless bounty hunter type tasked with retrieving a recently escaped convicted conman. So far it's Tuesday. You ask the last FBI agent who caught said conman (twice!) what you need to know about him. He refuses to tell you anything useful but gets a far away look in his eye when talking about him. You've never been homophobic before but you think it might be time to start. Ok whatever you pursue your conman to the remote island where he's hiding out. The agent gets put on leave and follows you there?? He's underfoot every time you turn around and some of the shit he's pulling to protect this guy is definitely illegal, not that you're one to talk, it's just weird. You're not really sure what's going on between him and the conman but they're invested in one another to a kind of unhinged degree. You learn they've only been apart for six weeks. You're definitely considering the merits of homophobia. THEN they make the arrest of a lifetime and offer to frame it as YOUR WORK!! You say to the agent ok you probably want shared credit huh. He says no I want to be handcuffed to my favorite criminal again. You ask the favorite criminal if he wants like his freedom or something in exchange for this he says no I want to be handcuffed to my favorite cop again. You realize they're serious. You realize you hate them. You take the offer.

[franticyoohooing]

The biggest lesson of White Collar is that if your smart friend doesn't have a relationship with a relative, maybe there's a really good reason why, and you shouldn't talk them into giving their relative a chance because they seem apologetic.

[tocappuccinosintheclouds]

so. hear me out. Peter and Neal as a comparison to Orpheus and Eurydice.

“If Peter really loved Neal he would trust him. He wouldn’t turn around to constantly check on him” 🚨wrong. Peter loves Neal too much to not turn around, to not look over his shoulder, to not watch his location, to find hope every second Neal seems to be doing good because that means Neal will still with him, and to find dread every time there’s ambiguity because it could mean Neal’s taken away from him.

[matt-murdockk]

free my boy he for sure did everything but he was just feeling silly

[tocappuccinosintheclouds]

White Collar plot points as AITA posts (1/?)

come join the discord, where this silly bit got started 😂

[srsly-idontknow]

4.10 "Vested Interest" / 6.06 "Au Revoir"

[myfairkatiecat]

I’m watching white collar w my mom and my favorite character is Jones. However. when I learned his first name (clinton) I had a visceral reaction, that can NOT be his name 😭😭😭 do you have any better suggestions because I need to replace that knowledge in my brain </3

His name is Clinton Jones :P you could always just call him jones in your head though lol. Or give him some silly nickname headcanon, probably smth Neal or Diana calls him!

[pilipalabutterfly]

Because, the thing is, the thing is, THE THING IS!! Neal admitted, right? He takes things he shouldn’t and doesn’t feel guilty about them at all. Laws and morality based around them can’t reach him, BUT. His THING, his thing that is always, ALWAYS a core component for him is protecting his ‘people’. He doesn’t do law or morals, but loyalty he does very well indeed (i know i know, roll with it i don’t have time to explain the intricacies) And so then?? It’s like he doesn’t really understand WHY he should feel guilty or bad about pulling a con, and he gets a thrill out of it, BUT he is willing to harness that addiction if that is what it takes to stay close to his people, right?? But THEN. Then his people all treat him as though all he’ll ever be is a criminal anyway and so it’s like. What. What’s the point. AGHSHDBFUEJDB. I’m not even getting my point across here but I am FEELING things