#i'm down with FTGIII

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My Final Thoughts on 7x03 (taken from Shattering’s latest A/N...)

Before I begin, I'd like to thank everyone who has kept reading this story because it's been 150 chapters! I totally didn't notice until I saw a couple of reviews and I was like: oh, yeah...LOL! Seriously, thank you. I write for me but it's always dope to know that folks enjoy my stuff!

703 was fucking AWE-SOME. It really was. Seeing Fitz outside of DC's POWER madness was refreshing and quite compelling in places. I know he misses his Livvie just like we do but he's really trying to make a life for himself, trying to be happy. I'm rooting for an Olitz happily ever after or the groundwork laid down to one in the endgame but still...yay, Fitz!

Also, 703 reinforced why I stan him. Fitz is not flawless. Sometimes, he can be a privileged asshole and a pouty broody brat BUT he is willing to grow, willing to learn, and willing to accept & work past his flaws. He is self aware and genuinely humble. Nobody else on the show is like that! His interactions with Marcus (who I still adore and SR better not fucking kill or ruin him, I swear to God!) showcased the good and the bad of Fitz in a way that made me happy. Pretty much, Fitz is acting like TG does IRL when it comes to social issues now & that makes what's left of SCANDAL worth my time.

Fitz makes what's left of SCANDAL worth my time. Always.

The best part of the great episode was when Rowan showed up. I hate Rowan with the fiery passion of a 1000 suns. Every time I see him or hear one of his hotep, bitter old "woke" man standing on the corner monologues, I foam at the mouth but hearing him literally beg Fitz to go back to DC to save Liv from herself (and acknowledging how shitty of a father he is), after all the disrespect towards "the boy", after all the hateful and deadly bullshit he happily did to help Liv in tearing Fitz, herself, and Olitz apart? It was amazing. I always love it when a bully has to swallow a slice of humble pie and Rowan had to eat the whole fucking thing! YAAASSS. SUFFER, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!

704 is already shaping up to be pretty damned dope, too. None of the good things we see between Olitz will count until the Series Finale but Fitz is gonna drag Rowana/Fauxlivia Rhimes kicking and screaming back to reality, back to humanity and it's gonna be lit AF. Is it Thursday yet?

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My Final Thoughts on 5x08 (taken from Shattering’s latest A/N...)

5x08 was good to me. I am not mad at The Creator or her enablers this week. I got sense in the overall SCANDAL-verse (mostly...) and Olitz didn’t break up so I’m happy.  I enjoyed Liv finally seeing and calling Joke out for the little Lifetime Movie Hero Game spitting, Pressed bitch baby he is. I enjoyed seeing Eli/Rowan scared out of his mind and chasing his own tail. I enjoyed the endlessly Pressed Cyrus and the defending Abby. I enjoyed the very small amount of Mellie we got. I enjoyed OPA and Marcus doing the damn thing. I enjoyed Susan Ross and y’all know I dug the all United Olitz we got to see, especially the State Dinner scene. Most of all...

I AM HERE FOR FITZ BEING CRAY. I AM SO FUCKING HERE FOR FITZ BEING CRAY AND IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT, GET OUT AND DON’T YOU SLAM MY SCREEN DOOR BEHIND YOU. I know that there’s a split in the fandom (what the hell else is new?) about 5x08 Fitz but I dig him. The man has been through hell and back and hell again and he’s always held it together. He’s never gotten to really lose his shit. Everybody else gets to lose their shit and Fitz has to hold it together and take it dry? Unh-unh. No. It is his turn. He is long overdue and Liv’s latest stunt, no matter how well intentioned it was (and I believe it was well intentioned. I will give Liv the benefit of the doubt to the grave!) was just too damned much. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back and set the whole farm on fire. I’m surprised that Fitz hasn’t snapped sooner, honestly. 

I expected the return of post Defiance FitzVader. I was waiting for it and after that Scene in the Pentagon, that goddamned Scene where Liv finally told him the truth that ripped everybody’s heart out and stomped on it (which I still want the audio for!), I was just waiting for him to tell Liv to get out and never come back. And so was Liv. She knew that she fucked up. She knew in her bones that she fucked up and was so sad about it (that Scene with Abby, man...that bedroom scene, man...) but he didn’t. He didn’t. FitzVader is back but he is not after Liv. He did not kick her out and HE DID NOT TAKE HER PRISONER! I REPEAT: OLIVIA IS NOT A PRISONER IN THE DAMNED WHITE HOUSE! SHE CAN LEAVE ANYTIME SHE DAMNED WELL PLEASES. THE ONLY SHACKLES (I’m still side eyeing Yahoo TV for that quip) THAT LIV HAS ON ARE IN HER OWN HEAD! 

He is taking control of the situation. He moved her in, not just because he loves her and wants to protect her from impending doom but also because he wants to keep a closer eye on her.  He loves her and he still respects her but he doesn’t trust her not to do anything else shady to screw him and them over so he’s taking the goddamned wheel. He’s not delegating it to Joke or some other sucker, anymore. He’s Handling Liv and her ways himself and I’m here for it. 

Now, that being said, if Fitz goes full on Misery or Kiss the Girls on her, Liv should run like hell and not look back. I’m here for Cray Fitz but if he gets malicious like Joke, she’s gotta get out of there pronto. But, I don’t think he’ll get malicious. I don’t think it’s in his nature for him to get malicious. The Creator better fucking not make in his nature to be malicious! There will hell to pay if she does! Is it Thursday, yet? Thursday needs to bring its ass on!

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#TEAMFITZ 4, 5, and 6ever. I will always love my FTGIII, no matter what evil and sadness befalls him! #ScandalFinale

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@topgooner100: Whatever Happens tonight #TeamFitz Forever & Ever He may not be perfect But he's a man trying to be Better 😚