#peterrose

[filmtvtoday]

THE NIGHT AGENT (2023–) 2.09: CULTURAL EXCHANGE

[kestrel-of-herran]

my thoughts on peterrose in season two + predictions for season three

i want to preface this by saying that i ended up enjoying season two wayyy more than season one, and i think it came down to the bigger complexity of the storyline, the unpredictable alliance switches and twists, and the depth with which the afterglow of peter and rose's experiences and relationship in season one was handled. this season's focus on angst and exploration of the psychological impact of the work on both of them and what it means for their relationship really elevated the love story for me from a pretty clean-cut "us against the world" vibe to the messiness of both of them being used to blackmail the other and their relationship straining because of the secrecy around the missions and the contradictions of rose feeling safe with peter but being constantly endangered by his work and peter needing rose around for his peace of mind but rose suffering psychologically from her proximity to the morally grey aspects of his work. chef's fucking kiss where's the next course

peterrose things i loved in season two + development from season one

rose having the option to leave anytime

while in the first season both of them had little actual choice about whether to stick together or not, circumstances that created a kind of bubble around them and aided the romance, this time around rose could have backed out repeatedly, making every time she chose to stay a decision that had as much to do with peter as with the help she thought she could give to the investigation. not only was she there at the beginning to help him gain some trust in people back and make sure he didn't steer off the ethical path, but later she also discovered for herself that even in the thick of danger (the party, the air vents situation in the last ep) she prefers to try to help rather than back away. it's a mode of thinking that will definitely lead her to sharing some of the danger of the job longer-term if the show lets her explore it.

closeness without labels

this is one aspect that i thought was handled with so much care and delicacy in a way that felt very satisfying to watch. they haven't seen each other in ten months, but she still has scores of photos saved on her phone (the show could have easily gone with one selfie, the fact she was always showing a different photo really shows they dated for a while before his posting, and were happy enough during it to constantly take pics) and doesn't hesitate to ditch her job and track him into danger because she's worried sleepless about him. she doesn't hold not calling her back over him even though she's clearly hurt about it because she knows it's out of his control, but he still apologizes and makes it clear again and again how thankful he is that she's there and how she's helped him both emotionally and logistically, like with noticing an attacker or planning the party heist. even as he wants her to leave to be safe, he doesn't make her feel like she's intruded or endangered his mission, but follows her advice and always gives her credit when she contributes to the work. they're comfortable enough with each other to cuddle and hug and kiss spontaneously, but they never discuss exactly what kind of relationship they're in because it's obviously a closeness both of them enjoy and initiate and they care more about being together than giving their relationship a label or discussing a future together at a point when he's so involved with his work and she's still sorting out how she feels about it. she doesn't pressure him about quitting and he doesn't force her to stay, he notices whenever she's upset and talks things out with her, and gives her space to process her feelings even if it means she might realize she's better off out of his kind of life. they both try to give the other whatever they might need in terms of emotional support and space to change their mind, even if that contradicts what they each would prefer the other to do or want or if it would result in emotional pain for them personally.

domesticity

i was absolutely treated to this trope this season. sharing clothes, him casually bringing her drinks while she's working, buying her food and knowing her preferences by heart, all the little jokes and fights that just made them feel like a family throughout the season. it shows clearly that their dynamic goes beyond needing each other in dangerous situations, that they were having a swell time just teasing each other. it's a quieter dynamic than the previous season, because they're both more aware of the constant and repeatedly chosen danger of the situation that is now a way of life rather than a crazy few days before things would go back to normal, but it's also more profound in how it acknowledges the trauma while showing they're still really compatible in the little safe haven of their nights at home.

partnership

they really felt like an agent couple in this season, not only in the way their skills complement the other's, but also in how they're both on the same wavelength of thinking during high-stakes situations and are able to brainstorm through them together or understand each other without words. peter didn't hesitate to tell the guy blackmailing him with rose's life to fuck off because he has faith in her ability to evade the attacker if he warns her. rose's involvement saved several of the missions from going south, and as much as he's uncomfortable with her choosing danger over safety in the moment, he clearly admires the effectiveness of her contribution. moments like when she noticed the comms being overheard and when she ambushed markus and showed peter what she'd do just by counting with her hand really show how perfectly they work as a team, and how much smoother operations in the future would go if they're both there to have each other's backs and think through problems together.

your life for hers

fuck me uppppp i love this shit soooooo much. i think one of the main jobs a writer has when developing a plotline is to explore all likely scenarios emerging from the goals and feelings of the character until that point, and the emotional development when it comes to peter protecting rose here is spectacular. while in the first season he was focused on protecting her partly from a feeling of friendship and because he wanted to do right by her and felt responsible for her, in this season it's as clear as day that he's protecting her because he values her life more than his and he's completely aware that if something happens to her it'll wreck him completely. he spends the better part of the season processing the loss of a mission partner and blaming himself for it, and it only serves to bring into focus how much worse things will be for him if rose gets hurt. she's no longer someone he's protecting because it's the right thing to do but someone so precious to him he's fraying at the edges just imagining something happening to her. she's his priority to the point that he doesn't hesitate to throw the mission and put himself in the position of a traitor that he has so much trauma about because of his father, because her being alive and safe is worth every sacrifice to him. the look on his face every time he was blackmailed is 1000000/10.

separation parallels

i really felt the upgrade of the separation scene this season, from the neat wrap-up of the hero flying off into the sunset while his girl waits happily for his call to both characters showing their emotions with all their bitter aftertaste and just feeling through a situation they can't amend right now. i absolutely love how worried rose was whenever someone slipped that peter had done something he could be charged for and all through peter explaining his decision to her, because it's not just that he loves her but that she was used against him and as long as they love each other this can happen again. peter was just excellent here, from taking the time to tell her himself to checking his urge not to get to the bottom of his feelings and taking her hands as he told her the full truth of what he feels for her. rose just breaking down crying and him hugging her and that head kiss was just sooooooooooo perfect in capturing how much they care for each other. rose's expressions as she watches him leave in the taxi and her going towards it are particularly telling, as is her struggle to maintain her smile and carefree tone while talking to noor. her reaching out to noor in the first place speaks volumes to me already, because if she didn't want to be involved with peter's world anymore i doubt she'll want to meet with anyone from that stage in her life now that she's managed to break away from it. noor wasn't buying any of her statements, and from the scene when she sensed something was wrong with her family leaving iran from rose's facial expressions alone, i think she's pretty good at reading her, and the lingering shots on her face leave little doubt rose isn't as fine as she'd like her to think.

predictions for rose in season three and beyond

my thoughts on statements of the writers and actors

the two things that are on my mind when i'm reviewing all the interviews that have addressed rose potentially not continuing with the show are that (1) the showrunners have the right to change their mind about the focus of the show whenever and although it would be like shooting themselves in the foot if they drop her that's their (very unreasonable bc i love rose to pieces) call to make, and (2) no one involved with the show would reveal a major twist before the season has even finished shooting. let's look at some statements of the cast and crew in light of that.

"We don’t want to artificially create a situation where characters have to be part of a specific season on a regular basis. We want to tell the story that feels true in that moment. I am very aware that one of the big strengths of Season 1 — and what I think is a big strength in Season 2 — are Peter and Rose together. I think the relationship is really strong. [...] Their shared trauma from these first two seasons has built this incredible bond. But is it enough to overcome the difference in their lives and their lifestyles Is something that we spend a lot of time talking about. So, not trying to duck the question, but we’re still creatively looking into all that. This, hopefully, with the success, will be a long-running show, and the question you raise is something that we talk a lot about in the writers room." (source)

they're clearly still writing the season and figuring out where they want to place rose in the story without compromising her moral code, and i think they might have wanted to hear the audience's and critics' responses to this as well before they wrap up this season's plot. journalists keep bringing this up in interviews and i think that's very telling to how the public as a whole and not just the shipping fandom views the show as about the both of them, so i hope that interest makes a difference in how they perceive the future of the show as a successful one as well, since they do need people to stick around and characters are a huge draw (case in point i started this for the couple rather than the plot, and didn't even find the plot engaging until season two, but i'd never spend hours of my morning writing an analysis for their excellent handling of plot only). they're clearly aware of peter and rose as a huge boon to the show, but also want to make sure that either of the actors not being able to continue with the series isn't going to put the whole thing out of business. one way i see this playing out is with rose having reduced screen time in season three but coming in as a regular in season four for example, if another season of peter doing agent stuff while she develops something (a program, fighting skills) is what's required for her to fit smoothly in the events surrounding him. i can also see they're anxious not to repeat plot points and make copies of previously successful seasons, so i expect rose's future involvement in the plot to be more creative and not replicate her previous actions, e.g. her not seeking him out on her own in a similar way again, but likely coming in as a partner already in some official capacity.

"That will be a part of Season 3, him trying to emotionally and logistically deal with the unintended consequences of his actions in season 2. [...] The goal isn’t darkness but what I would say is — and I’m involved in a coalition that talks a lot about how mental health is portrayed on TV — one of the things that we wanted to do in Season 2 was model Rose’s behavior as being how you want to approach trauma and violence in your life. She’s seeking professional help, and she’s making progress. Peter, on the other hand, is approaching it in a very old fashioned, very masculine, frankly, way of burying it, ignoring it, and that doesn’t often work. I’m always adamant that I don’t want the show to become so dark and impenetrable, so I think you’re going to see a lot of sides of Peter in Season 3 in the same way that you did in Season 2. I hear your question, and no, the show isn’t about going to the abyss with Peter." (source)

kuddos to them for that honestly i absolutely loved the ptsd portrayal in season two, but the main thing i'm getting from this response is that it's very unlikely for rose to be killed off to remove her from the plot at this point, or to double down on peter's trauma, because that's how peter would define "going into the abyss" imho.

"I would say that that moment, that breakup scene, felt true to us, the writers, as we were crafting the second season. That they live in two very different worlds, that he wants to be in this world that's dangerous, that she doesn't particularly want to be in a world that's dangerous, and yet they have this incredibly strong connection forged over living through and helping each other through these traumatic events. So there's always going to be this incredible connection between the two. What that will mean for their onscreen pairing I think is something that we continue to talk about and will figure out. So, I don't know yet, because we haven't definitively decided what it means for the characters. I will just tell you that we love the character of Rose. We love the character of Peter. We love Luciane and Gabriel as actors. I think they're tremendous together. When we started to work on season 2, I came back to the writers with what I felt were strengths of the show from season 1, and the very first one I wrote down was Peter and Rose together. So we don't take that lightly. At the same time, we don't want to craft something that feels inauthentic just to be a fan service, to keep them together in ways that might feel unrealistic. So that will be the responsibility and the struggle of the writing staff and myself as we craft further seasons." (source)

i think bringing them on the same page about the work can be done with the kind of emotional development they pursued when they explored the impact of trauma and morally grey choices on both of them, so i see this mostly as a matter of narrative time and writing effort, providing they're willing to put those in, rather than the characters being naturally incompatible in terms of their life goals. case in point, rose's characterization in season one came down to happy to break the rules, threaten people with arms, steal things, and kill to protect others or to avenge her loved ones. it's only in season two that we see her struggle with threatening people and endangering lives, so that was a very conscious narrative choice and a huge pivot for her character arc from a tiny daredevil (aspects of her we still see in the party scene for example) to the voice of reason in ethically dubious situations. this kind of major change of heart can happen easily with sufficient screen time and the kind of plot points to inspire it, and is completely within the writers' abilities should they want it to take place.

"I have no idea [whether Rose will be back in season three], and I can’t spoil anything. I wish I could tell you, but Peter does say ‘No, don’t come looking for me,’ and I don’t think Rose takes well to direction; she does whatever she wants. So you never, never know." (source)

it's worth seeing the video of her answering this question, because honestly to me she seems happy to give a little hint of something bigger. it's either her character sixth sense talking (and she's right), or she already knows she'll be brought back to wrap-up the season. i think rose showing up unexpectedly, and prepared, when peter's been spending the season dealing with choosing her safety over remaining clean, is only going to contribute to that theme.

"You can have love for someone without physically expressing it. I think that’s, I don’t want to say trope, but a lazy way of showing that two people care about each other is having them hook up. Sacrificing your life for someone or putting your life at risk to save someone, I think, is a bigger testament of love than giving them a kiss or something like that. The relationship is important to both of them, and you see that through their commitment to one another and keeping one another alive, regardless if that means they’re going to be together, at least they’ll have done what they can to protect the other." (source)

turn this shit upppppppp i love this so much... but this brings me to the fact that as long as they're in love they will be used against each other, so it's time to develop some scenarios from there (and i don't mean them not being in love anymore bc that's just unrealistic at this point; it would require either of them making choices the other can't understand and the entire series becoming more dark, "you can't love anyone"-style, than the writers seem to want it to; giving peter another love interest instead also just seems like undoing a ton of hard work and audience interest just to pull a james bond, and i think they care about being original way more).

plot-realistic scenarios

i'm using this term (likely made-up by me, a writer finishing a book atm btw) here to indicate scenarios that need to be followed for the plot to feel satisfying, e.g. ignoring them would require some disbelief suspension and might make the audience doubt they're seeing the logical development of events and characters as they have been built up so far.

rose is going to continue being used to threaten peter

if part of his goal next season is to eventually turn against the guy holding rose's life over his head, peter needs to make sure she'll survive that plot point, either by protecting her again or warning her and making sure she's in a safe environment while he takes the guy down, for which we need at least a cameo, though that is the laziest way to wrap this up imho. i think the guy will absolutely keep tabs on her so he can use that if peter goes astray, so she'll be involved in this as long as peter's an agent even if she's living a normal life, and i doubt peter will be able to make anyone believe that he doesn't care about her since all it takes for the truth to come out is for someone to point a gun at her head.

rose would benefit from some combat training or security if she's going to make it through this show alive

at the very least, keeping rose out of the show without killing her means also providing her with the means to protect herself as long as peter is being blackmailed with her life, which is one of the few plot points that seems to be a given for the next season. a basic agent training course that would allow her to rebuff attackers, or security trailing her to make sure peter isn't compromised because of her, are the least catherine can do to make sure her plans for peter are successful.

catherine doesn't seem to be done trying to use rose

at multiple points throughout this season, catherine was impressed with rose's coding and recruited her help for a job, and i doubt she'll just let an asset go if she thinks she can be useful. she knows peter's a weak spot for rose that she can utilize to put pressure on her (like with the security cameras, the consequence of rose's choice not to join would have been peter being exposed to more danger, so she changed her mind), and since peter is pretty central to her plans for season three, it makes sense to keep rose closer rather than further. she knows rose can get through to peter when no one else can or take him out of the path she's set out for him, so risking her being too far out of sight to influence strikes me as unreasonable. and what better way to bring rose back into the action than with a bang, by placing her in the middle of a covert mission in later eps (preferably without warning peter to amplify the emotional climax of the reunion) with the kind of skills that would make her at least competent in avoiding capture when things go wrong.

the show has barely scratched the surface of rose as an agent

i mean this seriously, there's so much to work with when it comes to her becoming an agent or helping out with some of the jobs or even if she's joining the action as a voice on the comms while she's hacking some system. peter won't always be in the position to make sure she's safe, and she's been showing so much resilience, quick thinking, and willingness to pull a gun or stab someone during a fight. she's smart, a creative and smooth liar, and refuses to give up even when the odds of her making it are slim. she'll be an asset to any mission the show involves her in, and keeping her in a california office is a huge waste of potential.

rose's arc is far from wrapped up

the thing with rose as a character is that her arc could have been wrapped up in season one without bringing her into season two and the show would still have made sense despite the (disappointing for me the rose fan) shift in focus from romance to political intrigue. the showrunners seem keen to be making that shift anyway, but they decided to keep peter and rose's relationship as not only a subplot but the driving force behind peter's moral conflict and the starting point of him becoming a double agent in season three. rose received a great amount of screen time, agency, and emotional development, but it wasn't enough to feel that she exited the story cleanly and permanently. she clearly still has a lot of processing to do when it comes to both her feelings for peter and whether she wants to join the action and save lives (at multiple points in the show she turned back and rejoined dangerous situations not only out of love for him, but because i think she knows that without her input, chances of things fucking up increase exponentially) despite the danger to her safety, mental health, and moral integrity, and the way to conclude these plot points is to give her more screen time to get full closure or process her trauma and decide to become more involved with night action. even with new storylines and characters appearing, the show will only benefit from keeping rose and peter's relationship as a subplot and exploring the shift in their dynamic and feelings if she's cleared to join the missions on par with him or becomes an agent on other postings unbeknownst to him at first (night action picking up the phone when he has a crisis in season three or her appearing in a completely unrelated undercover mission happening in the same place he's working his target so both of them are thrown off-balance by the proximity). how will their romance develop if she's as competent a fighter as him, if she puts herself at risk as regularly, if their superiors try to use them against each other to manipulate both to their ends? now that's something i'd kill to watch.

[eggsaladstain]

Peter + hovering while Rose works, requested by @sarmaarmour

PETER SUTHERLAND & ROSE LARKIN | The Night Agent (Netflix)

+bonus virtual hovering:

[natk2002]

Febuwhump 2025 - Day 21

Read it below the line, or here on AO3 (appreciate all kudos, feedback, comments)!

Peter stumbled into his apartment, mentally listing what he needed to grab before he headed back out, before the trail went cold.

Rose had been snatched less than three hours ago, and he was determined for that number to not go higher.

He fumbled for the light switch, the dim light illuminating his living room.

Trashed and rummaged through.

What the…?

He froze as he noticed someone sat on his couch, facing away. He would recognise that hair anywhere.

Rose.

He rushed around, shock and anger crashing into him like a freighter when he came face to face with Rose’s now lifeless body, her clothes bloodied and tattered, but her body placed almost delicately on the couch, like she was a display piece.

What had they done? WHAT HAD THEY DONE?

He lay her down on the couch, trying to feel for a pulse that he knew wouldn’t be there.

His eyes drifted up, and he noticed the blood smeared on the wall, a message for him in jagged, uneven letters:

| YOU CAN’T PROTECT THEM. SHE’S JUST THE FIRST.

She’ s just the first.

[brizzlovesyou]

I shipped PeterRose so much at the end of season 1 but they have me fully spiralling by the end of this season 😭

SAME!!! i loved them s1 but something about s2 hit different. also just absolutely crazy that they'd be apart for so long and just snap back into the same banter and affection and protective instinct and tension like askjdfakljdsf that's love bitch

[34to42]

Hey, please say you’re still working on your peterrose fic? I can’t stop thinking about them

I absolutely am! I’m about halfway done and while I wish I could write faster, I can’t help going over each sentence multiple times to make sure it seems in character and flows well. Sorry it’s taking so long!

[dangerousconnoisseurdonut]

Here we are, officially in 2024, and here's hoping it will be a great year!

And for those like Elon Muskrat and the mutant orange, this sums up my feelings quite well.

@persephoneblck @nsfwitchy2 @nostalgic90s @cannibalgh0st @peterrose @magneticvision a special wish to you all to have a great year! 🎉 🎊 🎶 🥳🎈🍻🎆🎇🧨✨🎰🎲

[roselarkiin]

thanks for the tag @chenfordswopez

last song I listened to: wet - dazey and the scouts

favorite color: currently green, but it changes a lot

currently watching: sirens

last movie: final destination bloodlines

currently reading: witchcraft for wayward girls - grady hendrix

sweet, spicy, or savory: depends on my mood but usually sweet or spicy

relationship: living with my gf

current obsessions: chenford, stardew

last googled: egyptian hieroglyphs (a friends family member got a really stupid tattoo with hieroglyphs and we were trying to decipher what it said. shocker, it does not say what they think it says.)

currently working on: too many things. chapter 3 of someday, maybe (i'll wake up there with you, baby), chapter 7 of all because you loved him first, multiple chenford fics, another peterrose fic

tagging: anyone who wants to do it.

[jojameswinter]

Please watch the night agent :) I would die of happiness if you wrote a peterrose fic

Anon, thank you for your lovely words - I'm sorry it's been so long, and I really, really, thought I'd have watched by now, but I still haven't 😭 I am back on writing and updating though, so who knows where the inspo will lead!!! ❤️

[kestrel-of-herran]

I’m so upset you’re not writing any peterrose fics! I could read your thoughts aboutall day!!!

plsssss this is so sweet 🥺💗 i love sharing my thoughts about them and thank you always for reading!!!

fics just take 3000x more time than text posts 😭 writing means a lot to me so i can't write fiction without investing a lot of time and planning everything carefully, and i'm currently dedicating all that effort to my book because i'm writing really important scenes and need all my energy to be going there 💖 i'm happy to keep discussing scenarios and analyze the show but writing is a whole job to me and my book is the priority right now 🥹 (i've posted a little sneak peak here and a blurb here)

[natk2002]

Febuwhump 2024 - Day 25

Link to AO3 here, or read down below!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Night Agent (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rose Larkin/Peter Sutherland Characters: Rose Larkin, Peter Sutherland (The Night Agent), Diane Farr (The Night Agent), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Febuwhump, Febuwhump 2024, Double Drabble, Episode: s01e06 Fathoms (The Night Agent), Canon Rewrite, Hurt Peter Sutherland, Short Series: Part 24 of NatK - Febuwhump 2024 Summary: Febuwhump 2024, Day 25 - Waterboarding, He won't give up Rose's location.

@febuwhump

As soon as he felt the wet cloth leave his face, he sputtered the small body of water he’d managed to somehow keep in his mouth out, his lungs burning with every forceful cough that forced its way out.

“Hmm, you surprise me, Sutherland. I thought you’d be spilling your guts right about now, or I’d be cremating your body. Maybe you can tell me your secret?”

“Spite.” Peter rebutted, even that one-word answer making him want to puke.

Puke what exactly?

It’d been at least three days since he’d been caught trying to escape the White House and Farr had promised to make him disappear. Well, she was getting pretty darn close.

If there was one thing that he agreed on with his interrogator, it was that he should have been dead.

That could be rectified easily, couldn’t it? But he knew that he wouldn’t be dying, at least not yet, not until Farr had the answers she sought, or he did end up dying prematurely.

In that case, he better learn to accept his impending death.

Nobody was coming because nobody knew where he was. Peter Sutherland was dead on paper, and soon to be dead in reality.

[jendolynn]

My The Night Agent head canon is that when he is away on missions, Peter texts Rose a picture of a troll from every new burner phone so she knows he is okay.    I am looking forward to S2, I hope they don’t shoe horn her in like Kim from 24, but I also don’t want them to forget her.

[dangerousconnoisseurdonut]

How many Disney Characters can you name?

I found this really fun quiz; if you have seven minutes, list as many Disney characters as you can and reblog with your score in the tags.

To get things going, I got 81/811.

My dad got 72/811.

My mom got 60/811 (she doesn't do well when put on the spot).

And my sister got 103/811 and it would have been even higher if I could type faster.

This is not my quiz but it was really fun and I think you all would like it but, to help it get noticed; @persephoneblck @nsfwitchy2 and @nsfwitchy (sorry, I can't remember which one's your real blog) @nostalgic90s @cannibalgh0st @the-scarecrxw @peterrose @magneticvision

These names are just to help get the ball rolling but everyone who sees this, don't be daunted by the 811 number; my parents grew up as these movies were being released (anything after 1954) and my mom could only get 60. Seriously; have fun!

Oh, and a little help - it's spelled Maleficent and Pinocchio; those two stumped me twice before my dad spelled it and even afterwards. And be careful as it accepts answers as you type, even if you mean another character; so you go to write philip and you get phil from hercules.

[experience788081]

The following account of my experience is completely and entirely true. I have not embellished details, and I have not added any kind of additional information that I did not directly observe and be part of during the experience. I have no particular religious’ affiliation, and I would like to make it very clear that at no point should my experience be considered something “magical,” or “religious,” or “ghostly.” What I observed was a conscious, obvious, and direct event which I wish to share for the first time. The reason I am sharing my experience now is two-fold: One, I have carried this burden my entire life and have not been able to disclose it to anyone in my life, save for the individual whom I shared this experience with twenty years ago, and one or two other intimate friends and acquaintances. I have now realized that what I experienced was a real and true phenomenon, occurring in this reality, and witnessed by myself. I have now come to the conclusion that it is time to share my experience. The other “fold,” being that if I die without informing the world of what happened, I may have created a great injustice to humanity by holding this information personal. To give some background on myself I was born in Guyana, South America and enjoyed a very comfortable life with a loving family. I received a very elementary education, which was normal for women at the time, and did not consider myself worldly or overly intelligent at this point in my life. I now hold a degree , and a Diploma from Loyalist college and a few other accreditations after a lifetime of work. However, at the time of the experience, I was a young and naïve 14-16 year old with very little knowledge of the world around her, let alone of any experiences such as what I was about to experience. I was not being abused, I did not smoke, I did not do drugs. I lived and idyllic childhood with maids and luxury, happiness and support. I am not brining up the wealth to evoke envy, but rather to prove that at no point would my imagination have been strained by a desire to “live a different life,” for all intents and purposes my life was very lovely. My mind was clear, and I was not recovering from or experiencing any trauma at the time of the incident. Many may ask why I do not remember my exact age: After the experience occurred, I had no other witnesses who would believe me. Coming from a culture which was highly superstitious and highly suspect of mental illness, I ran the risk of being branded as someone who could see “ghosts,” or as someone who was severely mentally ill. Neither camp was a pleasurable choice. In order to cope, I suppressed the story, and the memories for the majority of my life, until I began discussing the experience with a confidant approximately 20 years ago. The story has never changed So to recap: I was a single, happy, sober teen who had no reason to seek solace in imagination or suffer from delusion and psychosis. I was a normal girl. That normalcy aspect was also something that bothered me. After the event I felt like I was taken advantage of, that I was used and abused. To refer back to the culture of superstition and avoidance of mental illness, I again had strived to be “normal” and “nice” my whole life, and then to have this abnormal and bizarre experience thrown upon me with no choice of my own, was something that bothered me and hurt me greatly. There was a lot of “why did this occur?” I just wanted to be normal, and this felt like an assault on that dream. Location Country: Guyana City: Georgetown Division: Queenstown Intersection: Peter Rose st. and Crown st. Coordinates: 6.813000, -58.148279 The Event I was visiting my aunt in the capital, away from my rural upbringing, and enjoying every moment of it. My parents always felt safe sending me and my sisters there. During this trip, I shared with my aunt a room that contained a small bathroom. The room had a double bed with a table and chair and that was about it. The accommodations were not luxurious, but more like a dorm setting. One day around noonish I was lying on the bed reading a magazine and not really focusing on anything in particular. Suddenly, without anything else changing in the room, a strong buzzing sound, similar to what a large group of bees would sound like began to come from the top left hand corner of the wall that my head was pointing towards. Obviously startled by this, I shot off the bed and stood up. In the top, right hand corner of the wall to my right, I could see what looked like a cross between a funnel and a hose, with the mouth of the funnel point the parallel wall with myself in between. The aperture of the funnel was small as it moved slowly through the air, continuously growing in size as it moved from the top corner of the wall in a straight direction before making an abrupt turn towards my direction. I stood frozen there. I had never seen anything like this, heard anything like this, or experienced anything remotely comparable to what I was witnessing. As the funnel drew closer to me, It grew in size with the aperture becoming large enough for me to stand up right in, however I did not advance. Other than turning in my general direction, there was no reason for me to suspect that the funnel was “looking” at me. When it started in the top corner, it was about a foot in diameter, by the time it turned towards me, it would have been over 5 feet in diameter. It was composed of what looked like the material a bee’s hive would be made out of, with that same drab grey colour. It was as if I was looking into a honeycomb, that was rotating extremely rapidly. As I stood there and observed the funnel, a sudden and immense “force” came over me. When asked to describe this “force,” the only thing I can compare it to would be a feeling of having electric current running through my body. Not painful, but immensely powerful. This “Force” lasted for a few seconds and when it finished, there was a woman in the room. A beautiful, Caucasian woman in her 40s, sitting down at the desk I mentioned earlier. She glanced at me, reached down with her right hand and pet what appeared to be a dog and then turned towards my direction and again glanced at me. I always said that she “looked” at me, however as she did not acknowledge me in anyway whatsoever, I may have simply fallen into her line of sight. There was no mystical light, no loud recognizable sound announcing her arrival, nothing. As the tunnel began to go lower and lower with less force towards the ground, to the point where it almost touched the ground but not quite. I stared at the tunnel and quickly glanced at her with the tunnel almost in my face, she looked up in my direction but with no emotion. And just as suddenly as it appeared, it was gone. It did not “disappear” in the conventional sense, but quite like the lady, it was there one second and then simply gone. She suddenly disappeared. Again, not with a flash of light or by acknowledging me in anyway, but rather, she was simply gone. I immediately ran out of the room and ran into a common area where some of the other girls were, hoping to hear them discussing the sound or the buzzing, or something similar, but I heard nothing. I dare not bring up the experience as the fear of social shame was that strongly ingrained in us. I returned to the room, and it looked as if nothing had happened. The table nor chair were moved, nothing was out of place, the immense force almost pulled me into the “funnel” however,  nothing in the room was moved or out of place except for the items that I moved. To this day, I do not fully understand what I witnessed, but I know what I witnessed was real, I know it was something I experienced first hand, and I know that there is a logical, scientific explanation which can be provided, as nothing about this scenario was mystical, magical, or religious.

[dangerousconnoisseurdonut]

Tagged by @nsfwitchy

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Now to tag people!

@persephoneblck @the-scarecrxw @sheiko @peterrose @cannibalgh0st @carolv3 @nostalgic90s @sailwiththedragonsatdawn @foxes-in-love @jeromiah @jeremiahsfashionsense

I might remember more people later but for those I have managed to remember, happy holidays and I'll add an ornament to your trees too.

I stole this from someone else's post to make my own post

To play:

- Decorate the tree in the post you were tagged in (and you can leave a little message in there for the OP, that will be opened on Christmas Day); 🎄

- Create your own tree, post it and tag others; 🎄

- Tell us how you'll be spending the holidays (or don't tell us, also fine 😉);

- Link to the post(s) that tagged you so that others can decorate their trees too! 😍

My tree:

Tagging (no pressure): @twigg96 @ir0n-moon @nsfwitchy @robinsnest2111 @miroyuuu @impsynia @basu-shokikita @klokateer15647 @a-dope-fiend

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

That would actually be a pretty reasonable explanation. Could be 100%. Especially for Gotham and all that goes on here.

But the entity I call Skinner came with me from England. So that crosses experimentation off the list.

Just had the guys come into my room looking very confused. Asked if I had been out without them knowing again and just got back.

Told them I had been in my room all night watching YouTube, (running out of paranormal channels at this point) and they had mixed reactions.

Edward claimed I was flat out lying to them just to try and scare them.

Jervis is currently looking up ways to get rid of ghosts.

Jonathan is currently interrogating me on all the odd things that happen in the house.

Apparently the front door open and closed by itself again. Only difference between this time and last it that the door was locked. They thought I had gone the stairs without making a sound. Something only Jonathan is able to do.

So this is fun.