#greys 2x05

[forbescaroline]

235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 93. derek shepherd and meredith grey - grey's anatomy

[winnie-the-monster]

“So pick me. Choose me. Love me.”

[lysjb03]

"Okay, here it is: Your choice.. it’s simple: her or me. And I’m sure she’s really great… But Derek, I love you... In a really really big, pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window.. unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you...

So pick me. Choose me. Love me."

GREY'S ANATOMY 2.05 "Bring the Pain"

[calisverse]

𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀 𝐃'𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐘 as 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐍𝐘𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐄𝐍

House of the Dragon. Rhaenyra's blue and grey night gown.2x01/2x05.

[the-quiet-youve-been-longing-for]

Okay so Daniel brainrot once more

In 2x05, we see that when Louis was draining him he started to become grey and sickly, almost to the point of death, then he gets thrown into the wall by Armand where he stays there for several minutes, enough for Louis and Armand to have their fight, Louis to go outside, Armand rescues him and then plops him back inside

The next time we see Daniel he's in the chair, being flung around, but alive and awake. Awake enough to talk with Armand in a coherent way when he was basically a splat on the wall a few minutes before

What happened in that time? I'm not sure Armand drugged him to wake him up, he wouldn't have been as coherent (even if rightfully terrified). Did Armand gave him his blood to heal???

[goodwhump-temp]

Natsu Whump | Fairy Tail (Ep.01 - 150)

Ep.1 Motionsick x2, tackled, manhandled Ep.2 Angry, squished, daddy issues, motionsick, slips, thrown, uneasy (17:20) Ep.3 Face kicked x2, motionsick, hit, kicked to the ground Ep.4 Daddy issues, scared (Erza) Ep.5 Shoved, scared (Erza), motionsick x3, comforted/knocked unconscious, abandoned, knicked x2, headbut, slapped Ep.6 Motionsick, comforted, weak, carried, unconscious Ep.7 Punched, scared (Erza), thrown x2, head bonked x3 (while falling) Ep.8 Knocked down, freaked out Ep.9 Poisonous mushrooms Ep.10 "Imprisoned", reckless, imprisoned, punched unconscious, squished/restrained, kicked Ep.11 Reckless any%, motionsick/passed out Ep.12 Passes out, encased in ice, kicked away/tumbling Ep.13 Ice case, boobytrapped, warped pain Ep.16 Beaten by Grey (flashback) Ep.17 Beaten by orbs, scared (Erza) Ep.18 Scared Ep.19 Scared, trapped in Loki's body, practically blind (glasses), panicked confusion Ep.20 (Childhood) Angry, beaten Ep.21 Annoyed Ep.22 Kicked x2 Ep.23 Restrained (Grey), body manipulated/punched x2, kicked down Ep.24 Punched, motionsick Ep.25 Beaten (offscreen) Ep.26 Power drained, pain, thoroughly pissed Ep.27 Punched to the wall, pain, uppercut, knocked down, fist hurted, headbutted, bruised, punched multiple times, painful lance attack (but not impaled), knocked down, painfully dragged, unconscious, daddy issues/crying/dragged (flashback), smacked Ep.28 Thoroughly pissed, collapses Ep.29 Shared daddy issues, 777 overload/headbutted, headsmacked Ep.31 Face smacked (very aggressive pillow fight), bandaged Ep.32 (bonus: loki whump; he's literally dying) Ep.33 Crying/frustrated (gamba), shot, unconscious (12:55) Ep.34 Motionsick Ep.36 Thrown Ep.37 Motionsick, SWALLOWED, unconscious Ep.38 Dazed/unconscious, carried, motionsick x2 Ep.39 Punched x1000, weak Ep.40 Knocked back, muy weak, choking/poisoned, berserk, collapses unconscious, comforted/carried, weak, emotional Ep.41 Emotional denial, restrained, crying, bandaged, 3 day coma, shoobedoobah'd x2 Ep.42 Tired, sick, starving, struck by lightning, unconscious, trapped Ep.43 Smacked, punched Ep.46 Kicked, punched x10, forced down x2 Ep.47 Punched, zapped to the ceiling, gutpunched, beaten, struck by lightning x3, carried, weak Ep.48 Weak, angry, battered around, struck by lightning, almost killed, full body banadged, bromance triangle

2x01/Ep.49 Punched, depressed, motionsick, comforted 2x02/Ep.50 Slapped 2x04/Ep.52 Motionsick x3 2x05/Ep.53 Large fall, head bump, kicked, beaten, unconscious 2x06/Ep.54 Knocked down x2 (bonus: jalaal unconscious & majestic) 2x07/Ep.55 Briefly motionsick, knocked unconscious, covered in rubble, kicked out of the air 2x10/Ep.58 Motionsick trap, pinned, practically dead the whole episode 2x11/Ep.59 Motionsick torture, protected 2x12/Ep.60 Motionsick, attempted comfort, almost dies (fall damage), knocked back, punched, gutsmack 2x13/Ep.61 Exhausted, smacked x4, dazed, knee'd, hand burnt, slowly numbed, dropped, motionsick x2, face numbed x2, fully numb/weak 2x14/Ep.62 Fully numbed/weak, motionsick, captured/dragged 2x15/Ep.63 Briefly trapped (rubble) 2x16/Ep.64 Smacked, bonked, electrocuted, knocked unconscious 2x17/Ep.65 Unconscious, weak, hit by magic whip x4, knocked down 2x18/Ep.66 Weak/bruised, painful magic shot, knocked down, beaten, 2x19/Ep.67 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓾𝓶𝓮𝓭, trapped, daddy issues, missing, nervous 2x20/Ep.68 Restrained, bandaged 2x21/Ep.69 Bandaged, motionsick, crying throwing up dying (background noises), daddy issues, knocked back 2x22/Ep.70 Uppercut, kicked, punched x8, imprisoned, knocked down, trapped, electrocuted, extreme pain, power draining 2x23/Ep.71 Electrocuted, extreme pain, (bonus: grey unconscious/carried), trapped, power draining/tired 2x24/Ep.72 Electrocuted, pain, hallucinating/schizo 2x25/Ep.73 Motionsick, sad 2x26/Ep.74 Motionsick self-inflicted torture, nausous, collapses 2x28/Ep.76 Nightmare denial, thrown, (flashback; crushed), daddy issues 2x30/Ep.78 Large fall, powerless, smacked, guilt/confused 2x31/Ep.79 Scared, noogied x2, manhandled, elbowed, kicked, scared, emotional, sobbing, comforted (SO CUTE), motionsick 2x32/Ep.80 Launched, manhandled, 2x33/Ep.81 Punched, pinned, motionsick, (opposite: scared/crying) 2x34/Ep.82 (Opposite: scared/crying), restrained, captured 2x35/Ep.83 Imprisoned, doomed/betrayed (opposite: scared/crying, manhandled) 2x37/Ep.85 Restrained, unconscious, experimented on, extreme pain, screaming, 2x38/Ep.86 Unconscious, manhandled, coughing, weak, panic 2x39/Ep.87 Motionsick torture, incapacitated 2x41/Ep.89 Captured, unconscious, hostage 2x43/Ep.91 Thrown, knocked down, pain 2x44/Ep.92 Knocked down 2x45/Ep.93 Knocked down, hit multiple times, weak, 2x46/Ep.94 Kicked/punched multiple times, knocked unconscious,

4x02/Ep.96 Bullied (both worlds), knocked down, sleeping weird, 4x03/Ep.97 Exhausted 4x04/Ep.98 Motionsick 4x05/Ep.99 Punched x2, elbowed, knocked down, thrown, sliced/dissasembled, (flashback: punted x2, knocked down multiple times, passes out), dizzy, overwhelmed/scared, sobbing 4x07/Ep.101 Caught in tornado 4x11/Ep.105 Punched, overpowered, knocked down, hit with powerful blast, unconscious falling, scared, gutpunched, trapped, great pain 4x12/Ep.106 Collapse, unconscious, unresponsive to healing 4x14/Ep.108 Falling, motionsick, hit by multiple balls, knocked unconscious 4x15/Ep.109 Kicked x2, punched multiple times, manhandled, knocked down, pinned under rubble 4x17/Ep.111 Crushed 4x18/Ep.112 Human-pancake, knocked down, pain, head forced down, thrown 4x19/Ep.113 Thrown, bonks head, pinned 4x20/Ep.114 Weak 4x23/Ep.117 Thrown, shot multiple times x2 (magic bullets), head crushed, weak 4x24/Ep.118 Struck by lightning 4x25/Ep.119 Berserk, exhausted, collapses, weak, pain, comforted, knocked down, carried 4x26/Ep.120 Punched, kicked x2, collapses, passes out, carried, bandaged, punched 4x27/Ep.121 Mega punched, dragged, crying (it's ok) 4x28/Ep.122 Knocked down, dragged, emotional, thrown 4x29/Ep.123 Unconscious, trapped under rubble, bandaged 4x30/Ep.124 Motionsick, depressed

5x01/Ep.125 Spun/dizzy 5x02/Ep.126 Very motionsick x2, comforted (nice jiggle butt-man), unconscious/carried, kicked 5x05/Ep.129 Instant KO, headache 5x06/Ep.130 KO'd, weak, motionsick, grabbed, slammed, body manipulated, punched x10 5x07/Ep.131 Motionsick, knocked down, punched, weak, punched multiple times 5x08/Ep.132 Thinking overload, kicked, punched out the window, shrunk, stepped on 5x09/Ep.133 Tiny, motionsick/dying x3, drowning, flung 5x10/Ep.134 Burned hand, falling x2, slams into pillar 5x12/Ep.136 Stepped on 5x14/Ep.138 Pinned, grabbed, motionsick x2 5x15/Ep.139 Punched, bodyslammed x2, kicked, beaten x2, dropped, knocked down x2, weak x3, head slammed, carried 5x16/Ep.140 Punched multiple times, knocked down, wakes from unconsciousness 5x18/Ep.142 Punched, trapped, thrown, smacked (aquariaus) 5x19/Ep.143 Struck by lightning 5x20/Ep.144 Punched x3, knocked unconscious 5x21/Ep.145 (Hostage/imprisoned) knocked down, restrained 5x22/Ep.146 Explodes x4, pain, knocked down 5x24/Ep.148 Knocked down 5x25/Ep.149 Restrained, thrown against the wall, weak 5x26/Ep.150 Devoured, trapped, punched

[phrynefishersfrocks]

Hats & Hairpieces Recap

Season Two

Phryne wears a total of 36 hats and hairpieces throughout the second season, nine more than the 27 items in the first season. Her headwear ranges jeweled hair slides to elegant cloches to feathered headbands. The clear favorite of both this season and overall is her breaking and entering cat burglar beret with sixteen uses - ten of which are in season two alone. Coming in second is her linen detective hat, with seven uses this season and fourteen appearances overall.

1.Spanish Hat - A traditional Spanish hat in black felt with a wide brim and black ribbon hatband - 2x01, 2x01

2. Hello Jack - Blue straw hat with a curved brim, and antique ash-brown, blue, and black feathers attached to the black hatband - 2x01

3. Burlesque Headpiece - Spiral headpiece adorned with strands of glass beads - 2x01

4. Sequined Headpiece - Headpiece made in-house by the costume team stringing sequins onto very fine pieces of wire - 2x01, 2x01

5. Cemetery Hat - Black straw with green and white feather detail - 2x01, 2x02, 2x06 (base seen in 1x13)

6. Cat Burglar Beret - Classic black French beret made in a circular fashion - 2x01, 2x03, 2x04, 2x05, 2x05, 2x06, 2x07, 2x11, 2x12, 2x12 (also 1x05, 1x05, 1x06, 1x09, 1x10, 1x10)

7. Tan Straw Hat -  Finely woven straw hat with a modest brim and brown ribbon trim with a matching wide hatband - 2x01

8. Grey Summer Hat - Grey straw hat with blue overtones, organza petal detail and pearl decoration - 2x02

9. Beaded Headband - Black headband with black beaded detail - 2x02

10. Detective Hat - Tan linen wide-brimmed hat dyed to match her car coat - 2x02, 2x03, 2x04, 2x06, 2x07, 2x10, 2x12 (also 1x02, 1x02, 1x04, 1x06, 1x08, 1x09, 1x13)

11. Spiral Hair Slides - Jeweled spiral hair combs - 2x03 (also 1x12)

12. Beach Holiday Hat - Cream straw hat with pink and white silk organza band and button - 2x03

13. Beach Sunhat - Cream wide brim summer hat with raffia embroidery detail - 2x03, 2x03

14. Harlequin Hat - White felt with original Victorian twisted raw silk trim, osprey feathers, silkworm thread, and velvet bind with crystal buttons that match the coat - 2x04

15. White Felt with Bronze Motif Hat - Cream felt hat with bronze period flower motifs and hand-painted ‘pearlized’ beads - 2x04, 2x07 (also 1x05, 1x07, 1x12)

16. Pearl Headdress - Silver headdress made with glass beads and pearls - 2x04

17. Pom-Pom Hat - Plum felt hat with a 1920's silk pom-pom, navy vintage feathers, and antique navy ribbon - 2x05, 2x08

18. French Navy Hat - Antique silk moire band with buttons on a French Navy felt hat - 2x05

19. Showstopper Headband - Yellow feather pom-pom attached to a black headband - 2x05

20. Navy Velvet Hood with Tassel - Lucious navy velvet with silk satin insert and tassel - 2x06 (also 1x03, 1x07)

21. Red Flower Cloche - Burgundy red felt with cut out flowers and feather detailing - 2x07 (also 1x01, 1x01, 1x02, 1x04, 1x04, 1x05, 1x06, 1x09)

22. Red Felt Circle Hat - Red felt hat with black, red, and cream felt interlocking circles set on matching ribbons - 2x07 (also 1x05)

23. Racing Cap - Tan leather driving cap with metal guides at the sides to hold googles in place - 2x07

24. Leopard Print Cloche - Cream cloche with leopard spots, thin black ribbons holding cream and black feathers - 2x08

25. Maroon Day Hat - Deep pink felt hat with a pom-pom decoration of colorful modern and antique feathers - 2x08

26. Hollywood Felt - Chartreuse felt hat with pink velvet hat band, pink and black feather detail and bronze leaf - 2x09

27. Golden Girl Headpiece - Antique metal leaf with diamantes and black feathers - 2x09

28. Blue Feather Cloche - 1960's navy felt hat modified into a cloche, with 1920's feather band added - 2x09

29. Director's Hat - Green felt fedora with a matching hatband - 2x09

30. Vineyard Hat - Hat quality felt with green and black antique feathers with a black hatband and crystal button - 2x10

31. Radio Station Hat - Pink felt hat with brown hatband and a variety of colored feathers - 2x11

32. Green Velvet Hood - Green velvet hat with green silk organza insert - 2x11

33. Butterfly Hair Slide - Jeweled hair slide with a butterfly shape in the center and two loops extending to either side - 2x11

34. White Cloche with Grey Swirl - White felt cloche with icy grey velvet swirls - 2x12

35. Dr. Zhivago Fur Hat - White faux fur circular hat with felt insert - 2x13, 2x13

36. Christmas Party Headband - Dyed orange and black feathers with a 'nest' and small egg-like bead inside - 2x13

Hat and headpiece photos from the official Pinterest, official Facebook, Screencapped.net, Alekino Plus (now defunct) and various sources (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x).

[bronx-bomber87]

Happy Tuesday evening! Finally getting chance to get away from work and do something I want to do. This review ha Not a ton of Chenford but what they have is really good and its an excellent Lucy ep. We meet her mother who I like even less than her dad...

2x05 Tough Love

Ep starts off with Lucy complaining to Jackson about her dating life. She says its like Goldilocks. This one is too hot or too cold. Too frat bro or screen writer. How she’ll never find someone. Oh sweets just wait few more years you can do it haha it’ll be so worth it. Jackson’s reply is primo. ‘What you need is a grown man.’ Ain't that the truth....She does have one it's just they’re both just not ready yet LOL

They’re scrambling out the door when she opens it and there is Lucy’s mom…..As you remember I wasn’t fond of her dad. Now we get to meet her mom and get the other part of the puzzle piece. She tells Lucy how she and her father are getting a divorce. Lucy doesn’t look worried almost like this happens all the time. Her parents sound dysfunctional af. No wonder Lucy has the issues she does honestly.

She refuses to tell Lucy what happened or what’s going on. Completely dismissing Lucy and her questions. (Just like her father..) Off to a great start. Her mom stares at their couch and says how great it'll be for her back. Jackson gives up his room when Lucy offers a hotel room instead. She Looks like she wants to murder him for doing this baha I can not blame her. Nothing worse than a parent staying with you as an adult. Least that's always been the case for me. They make you feel well at least hers does as do mine like you're a child all over again they can berate and tear down.

The amount of issues I have with my own mother are not unlike what Lucy has. I feel her on this. Her mom takes a pot shot at her on the way to Jackson’s room. Her face says it all. I’ve always loved Lucy’s sense of style BTW. She always looks great to me. But I’ve been there my mom also likes to take little shots like that at me too. I relate so hard it pains me. Can't just show up and be kind...no no has to tear you down a bit before 5 minutes have elapsed. It looks like she gets it from both barrels with her parents. Another thing I can relate to as well. No reprieve.

Grey brings up CI’s in roll call and how they need to cultivate their own. Tim instantly is mouthy about them. Grey tells them they’re good tools. Tim pipes in ‘They’re definitely tools…’ Of course he has a POV that is diametrically opposed to Angela's. He thinks they need to be dominated and never in control. Where she believes they need to feel like they're apart of the team. Why am I not surprised at both of their POV’s? Ha Tis the theme of this ep for them least from a work standpoint. Harper pipes in says they're both wrong they all need to be handled differently.

Lucy already has her CI all picked out. Are we shocked our girl did her homework long before this came up? She’s chosen a pawn shop owner named Opal as her first CI. Lucy has picked this specific one cause they’re never called in help from the cops about illegal merch. Meaning either they're a saint or keeping illegal stuff without reporting it. Tim seems impressed with her strategy. (won’t tell her that of course) but lets her know it’s not easy to bag a CI.

What I love about this first scene is Lucy’s complete control. Her calm demeanor during this whole thing. Not one thing rocks her boat. Tim just sits back (Looking fine as hell btw) and lets her do her thing. He is as proud as can be while he does. I don’t know what’s cuter her little spin around being all proud of herself or Tim’s cute smile behind her. He is beaming but trying to keep it in check. He's enjoying watching her do her thing that's for sure.

Lucy commands this situation entirely. Opal clearly doesn’t want to bite so Lucy forces her hand. Tim just stands back and lets her work her magic. You can see how proud he is of her taking control. Owning this situation and ultimately getting what she wants. I mean he’s seen that in action a million times with her. Usually it’s her battling him haha So I’m sure he’s more than happy to let the shop owner be the recipient of her driven energy for once haha

Opal cracks and Lucy asks for something that has come through recently. No petty misdemeanor crap haha Tim is just sitting pretty literally and figuratively while she does this. Look at him in that second gif. The way he is watching her. He is impressed with her and its showing. Opal presents Lucy with a designer bag worth at least 6k. She starts digging into the bag and Tim is confused as to what she’s doing. He decides to speaks up for the first time and ask.

Lucy tells him these high end bags usually have serial numbers sewn in. It’ll link them to the original buyer. She finds this and proudly shows off her good work to Tim. She is beyond adorable with how proud she is of herself right now. Tim’s little smile is his stamp of approval. First time we get to see Lucy confidently command a situation with no help from Tim and even get his approval during it. Major growth for Lucy and I’m here for it. ❤️

The serial number leads them to an address where they speak with the woman who it belongs to. Lucy tells her that her bag was at a pawn shop as stolen property. The lady is awful and assumes it was her housekeeper and fires her. The step daughter Olivia walks in and fesses up to selling them. Says she wouldn’t have even noticed.

The step-mom (we soon find out she is to this girl) wants her arrested. Says it'll be only way she'll learn. Lucy is appalled by this woman’s behavior. Asks her if that’s really what her father would want? She continues to be terrible and says he wants whatever she says. Tim and Lucy have no choice but to arrest her.

They bring the step daughter back to the station for processing. Lucy asks where her mother is? She lets her know she passed away last year from cervical cancer. Her dad was cheating on her mom while she was in hospice. You see Lucy’s empathy kick right in. The need to help and need to fix things. Something she doesn’t know how to turn off. I’m with her on that. I too am a very empathetic person it’s hard to turn that off when you see someone hurting.

Goes from processing this girl to trying to guide her a bit. Letting her know she shouldn’t go home tonight. Olivia tells Lucy she doesn’t much of a choice. She has no access to the money her mom left her till she graduates college. That her father is withholding it. Lucy says that can't be legal? Olivia lets her know she's too broke to hire a lawyer to know if it is. Lucy sighs tells her stealing isn’t going to make her situation any better. Olivia looks so lost then asks what will? Poor girl that sucks. I can not imagine being in her living situation.

Nolan’s son shows up with his fiancé at the food truck all in love and happy. Lucy already in a funk about dating says how happy they look and she wants that. All in good time my dear all in good time. You most definitely are not ready yet for Tim and vice versa. But breaks my heart to see her longing for that so much. It really is foreshadowing for what happens to her this season with Caleb. *Heart clutch*.

Lucy is on the phone with her mom and she is belittling her about her grocery list (eye roll) when her convo gets interrupted by Opal. I love her calling for Tim and him instantly replying. Said before it’s the little things I love and this is one of them. She goes on to tell him Olivia returned to the shop. Was selling more of her step moms stuff. This time she didn’t want money she wanted a gun.....

Tim and Lucy go back to Olivia’s house and hear gun shots. She’s shooting up all her step mom's hand bags. Saying how she turned her dad against her, that she ruined everything. Sadly they have to arrest her again. Lucy is telling Olivia she made everything so much worse. The step mom starts to go off saying how she’s going to pay for those. The sweet house keeper walks in asking what’s going on? Step mom asks why she is there? That she fired her. She says she was grabbing last of her things when she heard the commotion.

You can see how annoyed they all are with this nasty woman. The house keeper then asks Tim and Lucy if they’d like to see where she hides all her drugs? Amazing. Epic really. Way to return the favor for firing her for no damn reason. Look at them all tall and small looking like a power couple. How can two people who are just standing there exude so much chemistry?

Lucy wakes up next morning to her apt out of order. It’s such a violation to have what should be your safe space messed with. Her mother just did this without asking. Something my mom would do. So this irritates me to no end...Just another comment on what she thinks Lucy is doing wrong. Drives me insane.

Poor girl she looks so betrayed by Jackson agreeing with the new set up. Thankfully when they arrive back home they see her mom's suitcase by the door. Says they made up and her father is coming to get her. As her mom is leaving she levies one last pot shot. Telling her to come by the office to see why she isn’t dating anymore? After she is gone, Lucy makes a comment about being 28 and still single cause of her parents. Jackson challenges her and says you sure that’s why?

I love Jackson so much for bringing this up. It’s why Lucy isn’t ready for something ‘Tim level’ yet. She still is a commitment-phobe. Also she goes for things that are safe right now. Almost like a placeholder for her till she is ready for the real thing with Tim. Goes after men that’ll never really last for her. Or that she doesn’t take seriously enough for it to. Like with Emmett we'll see later on.

Her face in that gif is too funny. She knows Jackson has her pegged. She still has a ways to go but all part of her journey and the process really. Just like Tim it is fun to watch her grow personally and professionally ❤️

That’s all she wrote for this ep. Not a ton of Chenford content but good stuff none the less for our girl and our couple.

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Side Notes-Non Chenford

Fun to watch everyone get their CI’s and Jackson get out of the hole but that’s a bout it nothing major this ep.

Thank you to all reading and commenting/liking/reblogging. Especially during Chenford week when we have an onslaught of goodies to read and look at appreciate those who read these reviews appreciate you all :)

[chenfordsource]

Hi there wonderful girls. I know we'll get better views next week, but can ye juxtapose Tim finding Lucy's ring, inspecting the glass shard on Grey's desk, on one knee in the new promo, tossing the ring to her after dod, and any slow dance clip? LIKE, NO PRESSURE, JUST (in @queseraone's words) A FRANKENSTEIN PROPOSAL PLEASE???

Hi hi of course! That 6x02 promo is dreadful quality but once we get a better version I'll update it. Also, hope you don't mind that I added that 2x05 moment, I just think it works so well!

Thanks for requesting, here you go!

[thoughtfulchaos773]

Continuing on, Natalie must know Claire and Carmy are official now. In 2x05, Sydney had no problem telling Natalie that she needed Carmy. But now, this conversation about needing each other needs to be private since Carmy has made his relationship with Claire exclusive. Why does it need to be a secret that Sydney needs his focus?

Sometimes I wonder if they're aware of their feelings for each other. But this has me leaning towards they know there's a grey area, and they know that regular boundaries need to exist if this were a regular business "mentor/mentee" to the prying eyes.

[movedtonewblogcheckpinnedpost]

P.S. This is an answer to your post, but I took the opportunity to talk about the fandom and my feelings in general because you made an interesting point.

So, the way I feel about this show/adaptation or these stuff in general is quite particular. And I wouldn't say it's better or worse, but it's different and I usually find myself being the unpopular opinion, even among other unpopular opinions.

I agree that they were probably trying to pave the way for it with 1x05, 1x07, 2x05 and 2x07, specially for non-readers. Those episodes were some of their best in terms of quality, but also the worst considering the heaviness. And they don't come close to the length or explicitness of Lestat's transformation. So, as awful as they were, I'm kind of glad they did it because I know what to expect and believe I can endure it. If this show was all sunshine and rainbows and then that happened out of nowhere, it would be way more harder to digest.

I'm always saying that people who watch or read the books should know what they're signing up for, specially for their own sake. If it's too triggering for you and might make you regress in your recovery/healing journey, just drop it. No entertainment is supposed to affect your own well-being. If you can deal with all the hard and ugly parts and like 50% of it, then yeah, consume it all you want. If you're mostly disappointed than satisfied with the content, then you should try something more enjoyable because that's just wasting your time and I don't see the point in it.

That said, I don't find reservations a bad thing. If people agreed with the writers all the time, it would just be lack of personality and critical-thinking. It's good and healthy to have complaints sometimes, as well as elaborating those arguments, imaging alternatives and solutions, it all makes the fandom discourse so much richer and stimulating for me.

The thing I want from the show as an adaptation and its own story is to have quality, make all the changes they're able to make without affecting the story, be unpredictable at some level, be sweet, romantic, dramatic, sad, painful, complicated, confusing, uncomfortable, understandable, keep being grey instead of black and white and keep me rooting for these characters and their relationships. I don't want them to be only monsters who spend immortality just emotionally, physically and/or sexually hurting other people because I'd probably end up hating them. I don't want them to be perfect, always showing love, knowing exactly what to say, never raising their voice, never having arguments etc because... It's just not realistic to the individuals or even species that they are and how their bodies and mind operate. And it wouldn't provide any conflict to keep the story going anyway.

I guess it's about finding the right balance. I'm perfectly fine with changing parts of the book if they don't make sense, or are too disturbing or even offensive, or if they just found a way to make it better (Louis is a good example of that). I'm okay even if they don't use some parts of the books at all. But what can be used on a television format, what can be relevant, what is indeed necessary... They could, should, have to or otherwise it won't be a good adaptation. An adaptation that is so loyal to the original source that you know exactly what will happen, how, when, what for and with whom is a bad adaptation. An adaptation that takes so much liberties to the point you don't even recognize the story anymore is a bad adaptation. Again, it's about finding the right middle.

I'm mostly neutral about horror and gore. I usually don't watch it because I find them lacking depth or even a point most of the time. This show made me accept and sometimes even enjoy it, specially on episodes 1x01, 1x07 and 2x06 because the way they did was so artistic that made me see the beauty in it. Still, while I embrace and admire a lot of this show, including the ugliness, I have some deal breakers. Not many, might be just two or three things, but I have them. Genre and style don't matter to me, there are qualities and flaws in every category and it's a proper execution that counts. I don't believe you're supposed to love everything about art. But you're not supposed to hate everything about it either. And, at least so far, they found a way to achieve that with excellence and exceed my expectations.

About Lestat's transformation specifically: They have to do this. They can use their freedom to make it a little lighter/shorter, but I'm afraid they can't change it that much or it will fail at explaining the character. They can also take liberties to make it even worse/longer and I find that possible (they already made it longer with Magnus keeping him there for a week). Do I specifically want that? No. Would I be against it? No. Because it would make sense and I'm confident the writers will properly explore the consequences of his trauma. I'm not asking them to add SA to it, but the undertones are there and they are so vivid that the lines get blurry and it feels like you're reading that exact kind of event, so I wouldn't condemn the writers if went all in. I would, however, criticize them if it 1x06 is all we get and we never fully explore it. Or if they showed a long, graphic, brutal scene, checked that box and never show how that affected and probably still affects him nowadays. Because either option would be a major disservice for the character and story as a whole. But so far they have given me good reasons to trust their work.

I once broke 4 toes all at once and it still was better than whatever the hell I just read

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AARON HOTCHNER OUTDOORS | 2.05 “AFTERMATH”

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Pain comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain, the normal pains that we live with everyday. Then there's the kind of pain you can't ignore. A level of pain so great that it blocks out everything else; makes the rest of your world fade away until all we can think about is how much we hurt. How we manage our pain is up to us. Pain. We anaesthetize, ride it out, embrace it, ignore it... and for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it. Pain, you just have to ride it out, hope it goes away on its own, hope the would that caused it heals. There are no solutions, no easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time pain can be managed, but sometimes the pain gets ou when you least expect it, hits way below the belt and doesn't let up. Pain you just have to fight through, because the truth is, you can't outrun it, and life always makes more.

Meredith Grey, Bring the Pain

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