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Breakdown - Re-Review #16

Sorry for the couple days of silence! So here is the next part of the series and then I’ll be throwing up some more of my March Prompt Series tonight too. I also just wanted to say a massive thank you for the support to this series! Thank you everyone who reads, reblogs and lets me know what you think! You all keep me going.

But for now let’s stick with this gem of an episode.

So today people, is actually Sunday August 15th 2060 - no, I really want you all to imagine this with me let’s forget about the C-virus for a moment (just a moment because this isn’t me saying anything to do down the situation, rather enjoy your next five minute read and then think about it if you wish to) because we’re obviously still standing in 40 years time or IR would serve no purpose! And we are presuming the brothers have planned a surprise party - oohhh... (did anyone else think it seemed a little mean to start with)! And they’ve even managed to end up with a real rescue (I bet the distraction plan otherwise would have involved Gordon and Alan in some way)! And they’ve even stretched so far as to getting him a cake - from Paris, France! So I want to know how Virgil didn’t manage to find said cake, because they had to have picked that up in advance considering the travel time really and to factor in that they couldn’t have accounted for a rescue popping up with such appropriate timing... okay, birthday party issues out of the way- let’s go on!

If you haven’t already sussed it out, this episode is really all about Virgil. Screensaver materials, right here everyone (just doing my pubic duty for the day by pointing that out).

So we start out with everyone ‘forgetting’ Virgil’s birthday and then a rescue being called in.

And so of course, Virgil responds and heads out there to help.

“Thunderbirds go were other tow trucks can’t.”

“It will be a quick one. You’ll be there and back before lunch.”

“It’s beautiful! It looks like a... huge frosted birthday cake.”

“What was that?”

“Nothing.”

And rescues this guy - hooray!

Who said ‘Breakdown’ 6 times in the opening scene (and it’s said about 17 times during the episode in total - so no wonder it’s the episode title).

“We’ll soon have you toasty as a teacake. Hmm... cake.”

And then he goes home, has a lovely birthday party and some great cake! For anyone who doesn’t know me that well and has yet to realise, I Love cake. My best friend now has her own business and that is great, but at the same time, makes me eat loads of cake!

Anyhow, Virgil had a lovely birthday party, all was well, end of review! See you tomorrow :)

Yeah, not what happened (though what we might have liked to happen), as well all know. A birthday party isn’t a rescue and clearly the writers thought we wouldn’t want to watch that - I would have, thank you very much, but hey - so on we go with the rescue, part 2.

So because Virgil is really good at thinking, he realises there is a tunnel and goes down there! I mean, I think this is another one of these ‘red button’ moments... just because you can see one, doesn’t mean you have to press it. Likewise, just because there’s a tunnel...

But it’s his birthday so I won’t criticise!

“Did someone call a tow truck?”

I think Thunderbird Two is a little more sophisticated than that but that was Virgil’s choice in words.

“Perhaps we should change our name to International Breakdown?”

“International Breakdown, we have a situation. Hmm, doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.”

It was a good call to go down there though because he meets Dr Peck (whose also in red - there’s so many red uniforms in this episode). First time I watched this episode, I was like: ‘You’re an idiot man’.

I still feel a little like that, but I really do understand where he was coming from. It was a pretty valid cause to be undertaking something like this, unlike some we know *cough*Lemaire*cough*Fischler*cough*.

“It’s incredibly inconvenient!”

He sounds a bit like them though, but better cause, still I remind myself.

I still think Virgil’s heavy lifting equipment would have caused the ice to crack further after he nearly fell... but that’s not my are of expertise.

“Thunderbird Five, does the big book of saving people say anything about saving someone who doesn’t actually want to be rescued?”

“Does he seem like he’s lost his mind or acting against his will?”

“He’s weird and rude and kinda frustrating.”

“I’m due a little birthday luck.”

That you were Virgil, and that was such a close call. Any later and Thunderbird Two would have fallen down with the ice.

Rescue count: 22

“He’s on his way back.”

“Hooray!”

And then hours still pass before Virgil comes back.

And Doctor Peck (standing up now despite his injury) kindly rings Virgil which was a really nice touch and ends up being the only person to actually wish him happy birthday, which is both yay and aww and I still don’t know which one I’m leaning towards it being for me.

But do you mind ringing him back Virge and asking if he can;

1. jump 40 years into the future

2. Jump out of a fictional tv show and become real

3. Find us a cure?

Because he owes you right?

I’ve had to resort to my birthday collage from my original review, because 5 years later and it is still impossible to find good photos of these scenes. The balloons just gradually giving up over the course of the episode made me chuckle.

Also - anyone else notice the party hats? This is kinda a small image, but go back and watch it if you want to see properly, although you can sorta see it in the image below;

Basically, Scott’s is blue and red, Gordon’s is yellow, Kayo’s is black, Alan’s is red - matching the colours of their Thunderbirds (or in Scott’s case, the ones he pilots/co-pilots). Grandma’s is purple - matching what she wears, and Brains I didn’t quite get to. I wonder if Virgil’s would have been green and John’s orange...

So... on like a final note, I’d also kinda like to have known what was in the presents....

I mean, let’s face it, it probably couldn’t have been worse than Alan’s 21st birthday present in TOS ‘Attack of the Alligators’.

Yeah... that present was no a success...

See alligators (it’s a pygmy alligator pictured), I don’t mind so much, but crocodiles creep me out. I’ve studied them (because Orinoco crocodiles are critically endangered) and I’ve seen a Black Caiman (just think large, like really large for both - so Orinoco’s are the only crocodiles bigger than BC’s in the neotropics).

As a huge dolphin/whale lover, I was heartbroken to see a dead Amazon River Dolphin (also endangered) from the continued impact of BC crocodile’s teeth, and I stayed with a family out there whose son had a run in with one and was lucky to escape with his arm after being pulled under by one. The scar was horrific! If you want any context, these things have the bite force to shatter a turtle shell so... Anyhow enough that relates to my work - if anyone really does want to hear any more about anything above, just let me know and I will post about it.

[nightshade-sage]

The Seven Guys You'll Date In Collage.

The 7 guys you’ll date in collage.

My first writing for this site.

Features BTS

Contains a bit of suggested smut, fluff.

A/n: A short imagine for my best friend. She knows who she is. Sorry for any mistakes again this is my first time posting my works.

Jungkook-the Highschool dream.

You would date all throughout highschool and he’d definitely be your sweetheart. You’d share everything with him and become completely under his spell. You’d plan on marriage and kids, your life’s intertwining as you tried your best to imagine the kind of ways your futures would go. He’d be your first on many things as you would be his. He would have known you for years and he’d definitely be your number one fan for collage but as soon as the future did come you didn’t expect it to go so wrong. Both of your relationships before this had been in a safe bubble. But as time grew on the further you grew apart. Studies and friends coming in between your dates. One night in particular you decided to surprise him, waiting in his dorm room with a movie and popcorn … What happened next was a surprise for sure. You had been waiting for hours slowly trying to kill time before passing out on the bed awaking to a light turning on as you saw the beautiful girl now gracefully draped in his arms and sinfully playing with his lips as if the snake in your little garden of Eden. It was the first time your heart was broken…. The first time you cried way more then you thought your body could contain…. It was the first time that soap bubble had been broken…. A future didn’t seem so bright to you anymore. Relationships sick to you now. But really what relationship last past Highschool. It was all a dream.

Taehyung-The fun guy.

You’d met in a club, one of your now many past times as school became a bore and your friends managed to finally get you out of your long study sessions alone in your dorm. You’d met under the pretenses that it would be a simple fuck and the smile on his lips as he moaned your name ment nothing more than a small desire to rid yourself of the man you once knew. But yet again once turned into twice, three times, weeks of now actually getting to know your “one night stand” and those nights where he shared your bed had been the most passionate you had felt in years. You’d get to know his cute box smile and just what to do to keep it on his face. You’d met his mom and talk of the little boy he once was, his fuckboy side seemingly subsiding as he got to know you and what you thought was love, But like the say, you can’t change a playboy. He was and only will be a fun guy…. For a second time your facade of being unbreakable was up and clubs now only left a distant taste of regret as it entered your mouth.

Yoongi- Black and white realist.

He’d seem like the type to be dark and mysterious and parts of you were interested in knowing what exactly he kept in that little notebook of his. He’d always have that calm cool collected smirk on his face when you talked but bringing up the notes in said book always made a sour face appear. You’d meet him in your English and the dark disinterest eyes he kept intrigued you. You’d be assigned a project to which you would peer edit each other’s work and his would be unlike any you have read. Even after the time you decided not to get to close, yet again you couldn’t help the feelings you received when you did talk to him. You’d exchange numbers and for a time everything seemed to finally go right in the world. Taehyung now forgotten as many a date occurred with Yoongi even if it were just napping in-between classes and talking about poetry or classical music. You learned that he loved playing piano and as you grew closer he let you finally see inside his little black book. Filled with nothing but genius music. He’d let his ego get the best of him when you said such things though and eventually his snide comments would turn you disinterested in the conversations you had yearned for before. Just like most things the comments and his lack of trying made you frustrated till the point you broke and here you were yet again with your head hanging low as yet another beautiful man slipped out of your life. But really, could a future happen with someone who only saw everything as black and white and a waste of his time.

Seokjin-The prince/the one that got away.

He was always the guy you could count on to have your back and someone who was constantly keeping you in a considerate manner. You had been extremely close since Sophomore year of college over a found mutual joy out of food and instruments. As well as multiple dad jokes and bad puns that would have you rolling for hours and the fact he always was a savior and put your needs before his own made him all the better. You started to believe in love once more thinking you finally had it right. Feeling so over joyed in your accomplishments you could only smile to yourself as a feeling of I told you so was just beyond the horizon, But alas his nice manner and inability to say no would prove so many countless dates forgotten. As time went you’d realize that sometimes prince charming is best left for fairy tales. It was mutual but you missed him like crazy. They never tell you how awful it is to lose your bestfriend and boyfriend when you make them one person. Missed calls and text messages left you numb. You finally realized just what slipped your grasp and the heartlessness settled deep inside you.

Jimin-the popular one.

How he chose you out of multiple fucks you could never understand.Somehow he managed to aways greet you everyday since freshman orientation. He had been the more popular kid of the hell you, he, and Jungkook attended. You two never grew close but with the factor of his family being your parents mutual friends must of helped. Along with the occasional dinner invitations that lead to desert in your new apartment since it being your first year to live off campus. Just like many other girls he tried to trick you with dates and gifts to keep you satisfied, a sugar daddy of sorts but as soon a real feelings did arise the deal was broken off, it did make dinners harder to bear but due to your previous agreement to not grow close it made it easier to fake this time. He was like Jungkook in that way. He introduced you to a world just out of your reach with possibilities only you could dream of just to take away those beautiful objects to leave dark and jagged edges called truth. It was funny. They were bestfriends after all. In that, it was how you expected the truth. One in the same. You were feeling weary and slowly giving up on love.

Namjoon-the nerd/long term.

You’d bump into him in the halls knocking everything out of your hands. He’d scramble to pick them up frantically trying to apologize but you knew it was sorta your fault for having been daydreaming. He was the clumsy sort so he was always the one to think it was his fault but you didn’t mind. He was sweet and shy always helping with your studies as a simple bump turned into a great friendship. He’d understand your convictions about love because in his own way that he didn’t like talking about he was exactly like you. He’d be the type to be a complete dork, breaking things or mishaps being his specialty. Even though he never pushed you knew he wanted more and after a long heated night between the two of you (yes the term you now came to love (daddy) used more then once that evening was involved) you were inclined to give him just that. You grew more invested with each other, going on dates to the park or just to watch the stars but you both assumed it wouldn’t last. When winter came to end your summer fun it was a mutual agreement. Your faith in love grew you still had your wall but Namjoon proved not all men were as awful and before long it was your last year.

Hoseok-the one.

It was your last year and you had months to heal, your friends proud as you slowly came out of your shell, you started going to a cafe to study instead of being alone in your dark apartment that was just cold and hazed your attention anymore.It couldn’t hold a candle to the warm atmosphere the cafe provided which filled you inspiration that now had your finally starting the book you planned since freshman year. The smell of cinnamon warmed you and left you missing home as hours were spent on wrapping up your research paper and thesis and begining on the chapters you now religiously wrote. He had caught your eye the day you walked in. His smile brighter than the sun and his personality always bring a smile to your lips. You never thought about him in a relationship way because he wasn’t your normal type though his sly flirty comments kept you buzzing as he always made sure to keep your cup full. He worked here with Yoongi who even though never sought more with you was now a close friend. He found a great girl after you broke up and you were happy for him. They were to be engaged soon and it left you in awe as the man had changed so much since you two happened. It left you hoping for something like that yourself and with his constant nagging on you and Hoseko made your face heat up and imagine him in different lights. What if it did happen. One rainy day such things did occur. He finally gained the courage to talk to you for a date and you were more than happy to accept. It was weird looking back at it now. So many years and so many dates later how it all lead to marriage was beyond you. He was like a secret that you never thought would be yours only to keep. A small boy working a cafe and a down on her luck collage girl seeking warmth within it’s walls. Seemed out of a fairy tale of such things existed. He was out going, funny, smart, and extremely loyal. Who would have known. You smile to yourself now. He out of all would be the one.