#daphne finch

[booasaur]

The Company You Keep (2023) - 1x02

[imjustwritingg]

Like this is the tiniest moment and it hit me like a freight train. What is happening??

[otp-armada]

Having seen the Daphne/Charlie kiss, I am unbothered and unmoved.

I think Charlie cares for Daphne insofar as she has divulged enough humanity for him to recognize a kindred spirit on some level.

But Charlie was stiff as a board during the kiss, the passion one-sided, with him pulling away almost as quickly as she initiated it. Why?

Four reasons.

One, because to get romantically involved with a member of the criminal enterprise he just dug himself and his family out of their reluctant tangential association with is an all-around bad idea.

Two, to be with Daphne fully aware of her ambitions via illegal means is the stark opposite of the straight and narrow life he's considering leading.

Three, Charlie is an honorable man with a good heart who balks at the duplicity of giving into intimacy with Daphne when he's aiding in a conspiracy to incriminate her.

Four, because of Emma.

"If he can't see you - I mean, like, really see you, appreciate that - I say, screw him, you know?," is a line Charlie says to Daphne to ease the sting from her father's rejection of her. Beneath the contextual surface, coupled with the frustration he unloads at Emma for her (allegedly, to him) continued blind eye to his motives, his overtures are not about Daphne. It is not Daphne he wants to understand him; it's a plea for Emma to see him, see that his love for her is and has always been genuine, secrecy notwithstanding.

Here, with Daphne, Charlie is his usual reserved self. With Emma? Whatever tight lid he tamped down on his emotions to stay focused blew clean off with the force of a lit match in a gas leak. She has always been the one to unravel him.

I do feel sorry for Daphne. Underneath her dispassionate bravado is a woman seeking familial love. It is tragic for her to experience the double whammy of the one person in her vicinity who seems to care for her rejecting her, too, before learning he's been working against her with the feds. Though her feelings are clearly hurt, sympathy for Daphne isn't inspiring me to ship her with Charlie.

Despite the muddied waters of mistrust and misunderstanding keeping Emma and Charlie from reconnecting, he loves her, and she loves him, and so they are whom I am rooting for.

As a matter of romantic chemistry, a few silent seconds of tense longing gazes shared between Emma and Charlie surpass whole episodes of Daphne and Charlie working cons for me. I still believe that, not only do Emma and Charlie hold the key to each other's happiness, they can shape each other into better people. If nothing else, their love is as present and visceral as ever, obstacles immaterial. And that further helps me settle the question of whom to ship.

Daphne and Charlie make an effective team when their interests align for the job they're working on, and it's been good seeing her open up about her past and current turmoil as she navigates a family unwilling to welcome her as their own. As long as they stay on the same side, I'd like to see them become genuine friends. They do have an interesting push-pull to their dynamic (even more so when the Morality Gradient Comparison includes Emma as a data point), but it isn't one I want to see a romantic relationship emerge from.

I guess one's interest depends on a matter of perspective intrigue. Do you prefer to potentially watch Charlie influence Daphne to her better angels (or Daphne appeal to the devil on his shoulder), or would you rather theoretically see Emma and Charlie harness the good in each other and work through the flaws as an honest couple?

When put in those terms, I suppose Daphne/Charlie is a fair dynamic to want to see play out through the complexities of a romantic angle.

For me, though, pound for pound, it's still Team Hiletti all the way.

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

I am LOVING “The Company You Keep” even more with every episode!

...Although, last night’s episode surprised me because I didn’t think Charlie would find out Emma was CIA so early...? I thought they’d find out about each other around the same time, now he’s the one with the major secret and she’s just kinda being pushed more into the role of Unknowing Girlfriend of Guy With a Double Life. Show me Emma the Badass CIA Agent who can beat up bad guys, not The Girlfriend who happens to be CIA! It just feels a little like they’re giving more Girl Power to Birdie, Fran andDaphne then they are to Emma, and Emma’s the lead female character, damnit!

I love the con jobs, though, they are always so fun to watch. This one on the yacht seemed even more Ocean’s Eleven than ever and I was HERE FOR IT.

 Worried about Papa Leo, though. I love him and they already have his memory as slipping, but I want him to stay on the show!!! I love him!!!!

And is it weird that I also kinda love Conner Maguire? I know he tried to kill Charlie and everything, but I still find myself liking him more than Daphne.      

[sasaofastora]

One day, quite by surprise, Harry received a letter from his father’s cousin, David West. The letter contained some sad news- Harry’s grandmother, Mary Finch, and her dearest friend Beatrice, had both passed away. They had always been very close after losing their husbands in the war, and passed peacefully within hours of each other. David was unable to get in contact with Lillian, and so he decided to adopt the twins now that Mary was gone. 

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[direwolfrules]

Bridgerton Memes Part 3, because they make my mom laugh

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Oh, wouldn't it be lovely to feel somethin' for once? Yeah, wouldn't it be lovely to feel worth somethin', huh? [x]

[dramioneasks]

The Darkwood Wand by ThebeMoon - M, 69 chapters, Words: 201,107 - Draco Malfoy is harsh and cold and hated at Hogwarts. And Draco is fine with this. He’s even casting the Vanishing Cabinet spell again, although for a much less nefarious purpose. This time he's using Harmonia Nectere Passus to link his bed with the bed of a willing witch. But something goes horribly wrong, and instead of the buzzy flirt Draco's been secretly meeting, his bed keeps delivering an extremely unamused Hermione Granger.So begins Draco’s travesty of an Eighth Year on probation, where nothing ever goes to plan and good deeds NEVER pay. His Divination classes are a disaster, his mother owls him daily prophecies of doom, a rabid she-weasel stalks him through the castle, and his mad roommate from Durmstrang plots to avenge the Dark Lord.Each day sparks an internal battle between Draco’s calculating Malfoy nature and his reckless Black side. Every night brings Granger back again, wreaking havoc with his body and mind. Draco is convinced he's headed straight back to Azkaban and he’s almost looking forward to the trip. COMPLETE!(FYI: This story is not part of “The Gloriana Set” universe. This is a whole new castle full of crazy.)

[simsatlantic]

olive invited her family over to see the new house, and this is pretty much how it went

[booasaur]

The Company You Keep (2023) - 1x02

[imjustwritingg]

The absolute power couple that Daphne and Charlie could be is making my head spin…

[fortislumen-archive]

❝  quick,  this  way.  before  they  see  you.  ❞   lucia  opens  a  door  that  if  she  had  studied  the  property  truly  as  well  as  she  thought,  it  would  lead  to  an  exit  not  many  knew  existed.    she  had  noticed  the  other  woman  wandering  around,  and  could  only  guess  she  was  here  doing  something  she  wasn't  supposed  to.    just  like  lucia  herself,  but  with  the  many  years  doing  just  that,  she  learned  to  mask  her  true  intentions  very  well.    nodding  towards  the  door,  she  waits.

@burygods​    //    [  SC  ] 

[sasaofastora]

Mary set Lillian up in Robert’s old room, which had not been changed since he was a boy. It wasn’t long before, with Mary’s help, Lillian gave birth to twins- a boy and a girl who she named Eric and Daphne. Though she was thankful for all the generosity and assistance of her grandmother, Lillian looked at her babies uncomfortably, and began to worry that motherhood was not for her. Perhaps she would need even more of Mary’s help. 

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[nidamae-approvedhpfanfics]

Fanfic: The Marriage Contracts Redux Ch 1, Harry Potter | FanFiction

The war is over. The side of the Light has won. Voldemort is well and truly dead. This is a short story of the aftermath when Harry Potter is attempting his first few steps toward independence. Everything in his life so far was focused toward the war. Now that the war is over, Harry is, for the first time focusing on himself.

Word Count 70k+

No horcruxes. Harry and Neville never tell how they took out Voldemort (before their 7th year) but have fun creating stories to see how many times Dumbledore will fall for it.

Takes place year 7 with flash backs to year 6-again no horcruxes, no Death Eaters entering the school, and Dumbledore is alive.

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Transcript:

Daphne: You doing okay there..? Oscar: Eh… Daphne: Another nightmare?

Oscar: Uh-huh. Daphne: They’ll fade, don’t worry. Oscar: Soon, I hope.

Daphne: Hm, your blood pressure is still pretty high; though I doubt the nightmares help much, we’ll keep an eye on it for now… Do you think you can stomach breakfast today? [Oscar grimaces]

Daphne: It’ll be ready in an hour; you need to try and eat something. Oscar: I guess. Daphne: Come on, a shower ought to wake you up.

…

Franklin: What are you doing? Oscar: … Franklin: Are you hallucinating again? Do I need to fetch someone?

Oscar: I’m okay… Franklin: He said, staring at the wall. Oscar: [sighs]

…

Tristen: Rough night? Oscar: Yeah. Tristen: I sure ain’t missing those wacky fever dreams.

Amy: It’ll get better soon… You should get some waffles. Tristen: They even come with a happy lil’ face on ‘em today. Oscar: I don’t wanna make a habit of puking in the cafeteria.

Amy: Ugh.. I was blocking that out. Tristen: Rather that than Frankie’s fucking whinging. Franklin: I’m bored of waffles, is there nothing else?

Dominik: Nope. Franklin: Can I have extra syrup at least? Tristen: I’ll give you some extra syrup.

Franklin: Must you be so vulgar? Dominik: Let’s save the squabbling until after breakfast, shall we? Franklin: [grumbles] Fine.