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Nothing to say abt S1E14's 'Ride the Lightning' except that I love Gideon even more, emotional case fics my beloved, and my heart hurty

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Maybe with exception of Ted Bryer, S1E9's 'Derailed' is a little funny in that the clothes the people are wearing on the train match exactly the clothes in their identifying photos (licences, articles, etc.)

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"And how is it having Gideon around?"

"You can have him back whenever you'd like."

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If I were a gif-making person I'd do the scene where Hotch and Gideon are talking right before Gideon goes into the interrogation room in this episode.

Hotch is Concerned about this friend/agent going in the room ('he looks like he's got a little slack [handcuffs]', 'Let's not give him a weapon [as he takes Gideon's pen], he's kinda strong').

And Gideon so casually reassures him ('If Morgan says he's secure; he's secure', 'Hey Hotch, I'll be okay').

Just

I don't know the words I want but they're very full of emotion. There's nothing like the genuine care the early seasons writing has.

I like that they really seemed to highlight that regardless of how unhinged (said with affection) Gideon could be, he was on another level about getting the job done while also being a great leader.

Yes, he told Derek not to take the shot while Hotch had a garrote around his throat (S1E8' 'Natural Born Killer' in my rewatch), and if Derek took the shot then Hotch would be safe sooner, though they really needed the dude alive.

But as soon as was practicable he went over to Hotch, loosened his tie ('Take your tie off for once in your life, huh?'), and let the handling of the unsub be handled by everyone else while he checked in on him.

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I like that they really seemed to highlight that regardless of how unhinged (said with affection) Gideon could be, he was on another level about getting the job done while also being a great leader.

Yes, he told Derek not to take the shot while Hotch had a garrote around his throat (S1E8' 'Natural Born Killer' in my rewatch), and if Derek took the shot then Hotch would be safe sooner, though they really needed the dude alive.

But as soon as was practicable he went over to Hotch, loosened his tie ('Take your tie off for once in your life, huh?'), and let the handling of the unsub be handled by everyone else while he checked in on him.

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so. this scene has been talked about a lot:

I think this scene is a really interesting example of the criminal minds writers giving tiny pieces of character backstories that are never elaborated upon, (or, more broadly, forgetting early established character details) because unlike a lot of examples where lines are said and immediately forgotten about, I do think this revelation informs a lot of Hotch's character. I'm not necessarily saying that the writers always had it in mind when writing Hotch that he experienced childhood abuse, but I do feel like you can see the ways in which he was affected. I don't know—this made more sense in my head, but it feels a little less forgotten about and a little less thrown in than some other examples. I think a big difference between this scene and some later ones is that:

The trauma happened pre-series

and

It was established in the first season.

criminal minds isn't great at letting their characters be affected by their in-series trauma for more than a few episodes (and then maybe it'll come up once or twice down the line because the writers remembered it happened) and a lot of later instances* of characters being revealed to have some major pre-series trauma suffer because the impact it would have reasonably had on them isn't consistent with earlier portrayals and sometimes even contradicts established information.

not that it can't be interesting to look at those earlier portrayals of their characters with the backstory that is added later. again, this all made more sense in my head: essentially, the reason i think this feels different to me is that the writers knew when they started writing hotch that he was abused as a child, while other characters who have traumatic backstories revealed have those backstories added much later, and so the writers have a not-great choice between showing the effects their trauma had on them when there was no sign of it later on, or moving on with their character as if none of it ever happened.

*i'd like to quickly establish that i'm not talking about morgan here. that was also a pretty early reveal and feels consistent enough with early characterization that i wouldn't be shocked if the idea was first floated while season one was being written

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Do you ever read a fic, enjoy it greatly and once finished, you press the kudos button, only to find out that you have already left them before but you have no memory of ever reading the fic before?

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Let’s just take a moment to admire the angry expression on Penelope’s face when someone tried to mess with her baby genius 🥰

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MGG and Shemar Moore invented cuddling the homies

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Let’s talk about Spencer Reid’s love for Penelope Garcia.

From season 1 Garcia and Reid always had a special bond that Reid didn’t have with the others. She teased him and scared him like a younger brother and he never seemed to be confused about her intentions; he always knew she was teasing and he responded accordingly. He wasn’t afraid to be annoyed with her or to respond, he seemed really comfortable with her.

Whilst Reid was comfortable all of his team members eventually, in season 1, especially at the beginning, he seemed to have some sort of hesitance towards how he responded to them sometimes but he never showed that with Garcia. She also never showed the same hesitance with him: she didn’t treat him like the weird little nerdy kid but rather how she treated anyone else, she treated him with the same teasing and flirtatious remarks and she was never careful around him. They both were perfectly comfortable with eachother’s weirdness, whether it was Reid teasing her about her illegal hacking or Garcia teasing him about being in a ‘haunted’ house

We see it in bits and pieces through seasons 1-5 with Reid being by Garcia’s bedside the entire time after she was shot in season 3. Then in season 5 they were left together because Reid couldn’t travel due to being shot. Reid is seen doing Garcia’s work with her and the entire time they’re bickering like siblings. Again, we show a comfort between them that we rarely see Reid show. He isn’t nervous in his bickering, he’s willing to meet Garcia right where she is and she’s more than happy to have him there

We begin to see more from them from this point, with Reid matching Garcia’s phone call energy; ‘I will be eagerly awaiting your call’ and their teasing remarks between them; ‘what is he doing with their lips?’ ‘maybe he’s eating them’ ‘that image will forever be burned in my memory’ ‘you asked.’

Then season 7 episode 9 you have them both gushing about a friendly ghost together; again just completely enthralled in eachother’s oddness. In season 9 you have them needing to take the fit test together, here their dynamic is amazing. Again, we see a side to Reid we don’t normally see, where he’s willing to talk smack with Garcia and one that really stood out to me was when he touched Garcia’s arm and said ‘you work out? That’s cool I dont’. Considering he is very not physically affectionate, this was quite cute to me considering how comfortably he did it

When he gets shot in season 9 she’s with him the entire time and even protects him by shooting someone which I’m pretty sure is the first time she’s ever actually shot a gun

You have them going to conventions together and breaking the law together by breaking and hacking into Government files

Then we have him bringing her a croissant because he heard she was hungry to which she responds ‘oh you love me and I love you!’ To which he nods; again, up to this point he’s never shown such comfort with someone

Then you have him kissing her head and hugging her in season 12; again, consider the fact that he’s a huge germphobey

You have them getting kidnapped together and stressing to eachother how important to the team the other is

And then in season 15 you have her being at the hospital with him and being in charge of talking to Diana about his injuries, further showing how close they are

‘I will not be dancing at this wedding by myself, do you understand me Dr Reid?’ ‘Yes’ he says with no hesitance or embarrassment

Sorry if I rambled but I just love their relationship so so much

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sobbing i miss them so bad 😭😭😭😭

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kirstenvangsness:

I can’t wait for everyone to see everything else @criminalminds but for now please enjoy a close up of this mug I bought from @katieabey (totally pre approved by her to use on the 📺 ) for Penny and her rocket pen and fancy rings & things from our spectacular prop & costume department and these NAILS talents of @micheleinmakeup