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themetaphorgirl · 4 years

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Please deep dive into your thoughts on Alex, I don’t see enough talking about her

ALL RIGHT Y’ALL WE ARE GETTING INTO IT

So before Spencer Reid got fast-tracked to the BAU at the age of twenty-two, Alex held the record. She joined the bureau with a double major and a PhD (hello, Dr. Blake) at the age of twenty-four. So she’s brilliant. Definitely the second smartest person who’s ever joined the team outside of Spencer. And she clearly did really well for herself, she was twenty-four-years-old and she worked on the Unabomber case, and apparently quite a few other high-profile cases.

And then Erin Strauss completely fucked her over.

Someone arrested the wrong suspect in the Amerithrax case, and Alex was blamed for it, and Erin Strauss let her take the fall for it. So Alex went from being a prodigy in the bureau to resigning in disgrace and going back to civilian life.

And then we have her personal life. Her mother died at some point, and so did her brother Danny, who was killed in the line of duty. And she couldn’t handle going back home to see her father and her younger brother Scotty, so she just couldn’t bring herself back to visit.

And she got married at some point, and James Blake is clearly a great guy, and they had a baby.

Alex spent nine years as the mom to a critically ill child. That is so much. And it was a neurological disorder with no name. She says “he kept growing despite his disease,” so most likely he was diagnosed shortly after birth.

She also says “the last time I lay beside him he was almost as long as me.” Alex’s entire field is linguistics, that’s not an error. Not tall, but long. Most likely Ethan never walked. Maybe he never even spoke. And she says “he was ready to say goodbye.”

That is a lot of trauma to unpack.

And when he died, she was probably adrift. She didn’t have a child that needed her anymore. And that’s probably when James started traveling with Doctors Without Borders, and that’s probably when she went back to working at Georgetown as a professor.

And that’s when she met Spencer.

They don’t say exactly how that situation worked out, but he guest-lectured in her class, apparently on numerous occasions. And she’s still quietly grieving for her son, and this twenty-something kid in a sweater vest comes bounding into her lecture hall, and he’s brilliant and he read her thesis on metaphors and he’s so excited to speak to her class.

So they struck up a friendship before she even started at the BAU. And maybe Spencer speaking to her class was what made her reconsider coming back to the FBI. And she has something to prove, and nothing to lose, so she comes back.

And she gets to stare Erin Strauss down, and Erin is clearly embarrassed and apologizes, but this isn’t something fixed with an under-the-breath apology in the middle of the bullpen, Erin Strauss ruined her career to save her own ass.

And while she gets off to a bit of a rocky start with Penelope “I Don’t Like Change” Garcia, she clicks really well with everybody else, and finds her spot on the team. And she’s tough as nails (”I’m practically bulletproof” “Yeah, I heard that about you”) and she mumbles rap lyrics when she’s stressed and she speaks a million languages. She gets pretty close to JJ and Rossi especially.

She doesn’t put a picture of Ethan on her desk. At Garcia’s Day of the Dead party, she brings a picture of her mom instead.

And Spencer bonds with her in a way that he never bonded with anybody else on the team. They do timed crossword puzzles together. He fusses over her when she gets shot. She understands his references and he can talk without explaining himself. (One thing I’ve noticed in seasons 8 and 9 is that he places himself next to her a lot, whether in they’re in a car or a conference room, he tends to gravitate towards her.)

She sees Ethan in him, what her boy could have been, and she sees a second chance to save her son. And she also sees herself, this brilliant kid, and she wants to protect him the way no one protected her when she got thrown under the bus.

When he needs someone to drive him to the phone booth, he picks her (even calls her by her first name) and she’s concerned about him she doubles back, tires squealing and tells him she’s worried (and he goes wide eyed, his voice pitching up like a kid caught by his mom in a lie) and she can tell when she needs to take a step back, and not only does she give him space, but she doesn’t give away his secret.

(also, can we talk about her little pep talk when he’s doubting himself?

“What if she doesn't like me?“

“Why wouldn't she like you?“

“Because I'm weird! I slouch, my hair's too long, my tie's perpetually crooked-”

“Your hair's fine.”

“Really? Thanks! My mom thinks it's too long, so does my Aunt Ethel.”

“Well, you're not dating them.”

Such a sweet moment.)

When Maeve is missing and he’s so beside himself he can’t think straight, he asks Alex, out of everybody on the team, to help him sort through his thoughts. And when Maeve dies she blames herself.

And in Texas he pushes her out of the way, he takes the shot that could have killed her, and she panics. She’s usually cool and calm and collected, and she loses it completely, and she calls him by her son’s name because not only does she see Spencer as her son, but she failed again, and Ethan is dying in her arms for the second time.

She’s the first one there at the hospital. She’s usually so calm, and JJ is the one who is talking sense into her. And while we see Garcia with him in the hospital, particularly for the really big scare, she was the one with him when he woke up, and she was the one who took him home.

Spencer was the only one she ever told about Ethan. And I think he understood that her heart just wasn’t in it anymore. She’d proved all she had to prove. She was ready to go home to James. And I think she found her own closure. She couldn’t save Ethan, but she saved Spencer.

We don’t hear anything else about Blake after the season 10 opener. She transferred to Boston, and she’s teaching. And I’m mad as hell that we didn’t see her during Spencer’s prison arc, because she sure as hell would have been there with the team, fighting to get him out. But then again, we didn’t see or hear much of Morgan in that arc either.

But yeah. Alex Blake is a fantastic and complicated character and she is a QUEEN and she was a major asset to the team’s work, and she loved Spencer as much as he loved her.

in conclusion, we stan Alexandra Miller Blake in this house

#Anonymous #alex blake is a queen #it is i the queen of the alex blake stans #alex blake

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wearethecyclones · 5 years

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My YEAR END Book Update

I’m an absolute monster and may have a couple to add to this before 2020 but uhhhh y’all, 63 books down.

WHAT A READING YEAR!!!

2019 Reads:

Always and Forever, Lara Jean - Jenny Han (3/5)

The Diviners - Libba Bray (5/5)

Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden (150,000/5)

The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) - Maureen Johnson (4/5)

King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo (5/5)

The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang (5/5)

The Proposal - Jasmine Guillory (1/5)

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (4/5)

The Witch Boy - Molly Knox Ostertag (4/5)

The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (5/5)

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera (4/5)

Inkmistress - Audrey Coulthurst (2/5)

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt (5/5)

The Hidden Witch - Molly Ostertag (4.5/5, loved it)

The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner (5/5)

Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn (3/5)

The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner (5/5)

A Single Man - Charles Isherwood (4/5)

A Conspiracy of Kings - Megan Whalen Turner (5/5)

On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden (4/5)

Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur (1/5)

The Rise and the Fall of Dinosaurs - Stephen Brusatte (4/5)

Thick as Thieves - Megan Whalen Turner (5/5)

To Night Owl, From Dogfish - Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (4/5, SO SWEET.)

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston (4/5 but like 5/5 in my heart??? EVERYONE READ THIS, it’s so fun and queer and sweet and sexy lol)

Lair of Dreams (Diviners #2) - Libba Bray (5/5!!!)

SAGA Vol. 1 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (4/5, I stan forever send help)

Before the Devil Breaks You (Diviners #3) - Libba Bray (5/5 send HELP)

SAGA Vol. 2 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (4/5)

The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce (3/5)

Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng (5/5!!!!!!!)

SAGA Vol. 3 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (5/5)

Fence Vol. 1 - CS Pacat and Johanna the Mad (4/5, STAN FOREVER)

Spare and Found Parts - Sarah Maria Griffin (3/5)

Fence Vol. 2 - CS Pacat and Johanna the Mad (5/5 STAN!!!)

The Sky Fell on Splendor - Emily Henry (3.5/4)

A Study In Charlotte - Brittany Cavallaro (4/5)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (5/5)

Sadie - Courtney Summers (5/5)

SAGA Book 2 (Volumes 4-6) - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (4/5)

The Last of August - Brittany Cavallaro (3/5 - which isn’t to say I don’t like this series or this book, it was just not strong enough for a 4/5)

Haikyu!! Vol. 1 - Haruichi Furudate (4/5, good weeb shit)

Fence Vol. 3 - CS Pacat and Johanna the Mad (5/5, big fan)

The Case for Jamie - Brittany Cavallaro (4/5)

Wilder Girls - Rory Power (5/5)

Haikyu!! Vol. 2 - Haruichi Furudate (3/5, good weeb shit)

American Panda - Gloria Chao (3/5)

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater (obvs 5/5 still, I’m preparing for Call Down the Hawk lmao)

Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater (obvs!! 5/5 BTW this is the 5th time I’m reading this series)

The Trials of Apollo #4 - The Tyrant’s Tomb - Rick Riordan (4/5, stan for life)

Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater (5/5 lol)

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo (5/5)

Me - Elton John (the Taron Egerton audio book tbhhh, 5/5)

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (5/5)

The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater (lolol 5/5)

Call Down the Hawk - Maggie Stiefvater (5/5!!!!!!)

The Midwinter Witch - Molly Ostertag (4/5)

Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (5/5)

Recursion - Blake Crouch (FUCK!!! 5/5)

American Gods - Neil Gaiman (FUCKFUCK! 5/5)

Serpent & Dove - Shelby Mahurin (3/5)

The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren (3.5/5)

The Whisper Man - Alex North (4/5)

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki (3.5/5)

I had two DNFs this year, yikes. Those would be:

Of Ice and Shadows - Audrey Coulthurst (god I hated it...)

Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell (Literally couldn’t stand a single word of the 30% i read of it YIKES!!)

MIGHT READ THESE BEFORE 12/31 MIGHT NOT??

Post Office - Charles Bukowski

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me - Mariko Tamaki

#book rec #book recs

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wonderswritings · 6 years

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FAQ/Request Guidelines

To follow just my stories, go here @capslibrary To be tagged in any of my writing, go here

I’ve had a lot of people messaging me asking what my guidelines are for requesting because the one I have up does not have enough information on it so I’ve updated my guidelines:

When you request something, please Be Clear with what you want. I need more than steve rogers smut or fluff? This gives me nothing to write with.

I reserve the right to reject a request. I try my hardest to write each request I receive but it does get the best of me and I never get the chance to get around to do it. If you do send in a request and I do not either: 1) know who the person is 2) you hound me repeatedly for the story, on or off anon 3) I’m uncomfortable writing it, I have the right not to write it

If you request anything NSFW, you MUST be older than 18. I can not stress how important this is.

I will do oneshots, drabbles, imagines, mood boards, and a short series (if needed)

Please be patient! I try my hardest to write each and every request I’m sent but it is hard! But don’t worry! Your request will eventually be posted!

Now, here is the list of who I writer for:

Marvel: Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Clint Barton, Thor Odinson, Tony Stark, Logan Howlett, Loki Laufeyson

The 100: Bellamy Blake, Lexa, Clarke Griffin, Finn Collins, Roan, Raven Reyes, Octavia Blake

DC Comics: Bruce Wayne, Clarke Kent, Arthur Curry, Rick Flag

Lucifer TV: Lucifer, Mazikeen

Supernatural: Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Crowely

Arrowverse: Oliver Queen, Kara Danvers, Barry Allen, Mon-El, Sara Lance, Leonard Snart

Witcher: Geralt, Yennefer, Vesemir

Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren

Mandalorian: Din Djarin, Boba Fett

Vampire Diaries: Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore, Tyler Lockwood, Lexi, Bonnie Bennett

The Originals: Elijah Mikaelson, Klaus Mikaelson, Freya, Rebekah Mikaelson, Marcel Gerald

Fast n Furious: Dominic Torreto, Brian O’Conner

Grey’s Anatomy: Derek Shepherd, Mark Sloan, Jackson Avery, Alex Karev, Owen Hunt, Nathan Riggs

Game of Thrones: Jon Snow, Khal Droggo, Robb Stark, Jamie Lannister, Tyrion Lannister

The Walking Dead: Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Glehn Rhee, Negan, Abraham Ford

Actors: Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Henry Cavill, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Stephen Amell

I will NOT write:

Polyamory, Incest, Abusive relationships, Rape, Dark Tropes, Kinks (just because I don’t really write smut)

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blog-of-a-multitude-of-fandoms · 6 years

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Lottie’s Plans {31/08/18}

Below the cut is a list of all the characters I have plans for. Please tell me if there are any characters you’d like me to write for or anyone whom isn’t listed I should plan for.

Bad Education

· Rosie Gulliver

· Jing Hua (1)

· Chantelle Parsons (1)

Bate’s Motel

· Emma Decody (1)

Being Human

· John Mitchell (2)

Black Mirror

· Yorkie (3)

· Kelly Booth (1)

Blindspot

· Patterson (1)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

· Rosa Diaz (1)

· Jake Peralta (1)

· Amy Santiago (2)

Castle

· Kate Beckett (1)

· Richard Castle (1)

· Javier Esposito (1)

Casualty

· Tamzin Bayle (1)

· Alice Chantrey (1)

· John Denham (2)

· Polly Emmerson (1)

· Zoe Hanna (1)

· Tom Kent (1)

· Lenny Lyons (1)

Celebrity

· Elizabeth Dwyer (1)

· Grant Gustin (1)

· Trisha Hershberger (2)

· Phil Lester (2)

· Kate McKinnon (1)

· Sebastian Stan (2)

· Emma Watson (1)

Criminal Minds

· Alex Blake (1)

· Penelope Garcia (1)

· Elle Greenaway (1)

· Aaron Hotchner (4)

· Jennifer Jareau (2)

· Russ Montgomery (2)

· Derek Morgan (1)

· Emily Prentiss (5)

· Spencer Reid (1)

· David Rossi (1)

· Ashley Seaver (1)

· Mon-El (2)

· Barry Allen (1)

· Alex Danvers (8)

· Kara Danvers (13)

· Sara Lance (1)

· Lena Luthor (10)

· Diana Prince (26)

· Oliver Queen (3)

· Thea Queen (1)

· Harley Quinn (1)

· Cisco Ramon (1)

· Maggie Sawyer (3)

· Winn Schott (2)

· Felicity Smoak (1)

· Steve Trevor (1)

Disney

· Belle (1)

· Alex Russo (1)

Downton Abbey

· John Bates (3)

· Tom Branson (5)

· Cora Crawley (1)

· Edith Crawley (3)

· Mary Crawley (2)

· Matthew Crawley (4)

· Sybil Crawley (6)

· Gwen Dawson (1)

· William Mason (4)

· Alfred Nugent (1)

· Anna Smith (4)

Elementary

· Marcus Bell (1)

· Joan Watson (1)

Fallout 4

· Cait (2)

· Curie (3)

· Deacon (2)

· Preston Garvey (2)

· Robert McCready (2)

· Nick Valentine (3)

· Piper Wright (2)

Fear The Walking Dead

· Alicia Clarke (1)

· Ofelia Salazar (3)

Glee

· Sam Evans (1)

· Quinn Fabray (1)

· Kurt Hummel (1)

· Santana Lopez (4)

Gossip Girl

· Nate Archibald (1)

· Chuck Bass (1)

· Blair Waldorf (1)

Hamilton

· King George III (1)

· Aaron Burr (1)

· Alexander Hamilton (8)

· Philip Hamilton (2)

· Thomas Jefferson (1)

· Marquis De Lafayette (3)

· John Laurens (2)

· Hercules Mulligan (4)

· Angelica Schuyler (2)

· Peggy Schuyler (3)

· George Washington (1)

Harry Potter

· Marauders (2)

· Fred and George Weasley (2)

· Hannah Abbott (1)

· Katie Bell (2)

· Bellatrix Black (1)

· Narcissa Black (2)

· Sirius Black (55)

· Cho Chang (2)

· Fleur Delacour (1)

· Cedric Diggory (3)

· Marietta Edgecombe (1)

· Lily Evans (1)

· Alice Fortescue (1)

· Hermione Granger (21)

· Godric Gryffindor (1)

· Angelina Johnson (1)

· Jacob Kowalski (1)

· Viktor Krum (1)

· Frank Longbottom (1)

· Neville Longbottom (8)

· Luna Lovegood (1)

· Remus Lupin (53)

· Draco Malfoy (6)

· Lucius Malfoy (1)

· Ernie Macmillan (1)

· Marlene McKinnon (1)

· Parvati Patil (1)

· Albus Severus Potter (1)

· Harry Potter (5)

· James Potter (14)

· James Sirius Potter (1)

· Newt Scamander (2)

· Salazar Slytherin (1)

· Dean Thomas (2)

· Nymphadora Tonks (6)

· Ted Tonks (1)

· Arthur Weasley (1)

· Bill Weasley (8)

· Charlie Weasley (9)

· Fred Weasley (12)

· Ginny Weasley (5)

· George Weasley (14)

· Molly Weasley (2)

· Ron Weasley (1)

· Oliver Wood (1)

Heathers

· Heather Chandler (1)

· Jason Dean (3)

· Heather McNamara (4)

· Veronica Sawyer (8)

How I Met Your Mother

· Robin Scherbatsky (2)

· Barney Stinson (1)

How To Get Away With Murder

· Laurel Castillo (1)

· Frank Delfino (1)

· Rebecca Sutter (1)

IZombie

· Ravi Chakrabarti (4)

· Major Lilywhite (2)

· Olivia Moore (1)

· Lowell Tracey (2)

Lost

· Kate Austen (2)

· Boone Carlyle (1)

· James Ford (3)

· Sayid Jarrah (1)

· Sun-Hwa Kwon (1)

· Claire Littleton (1)

· Charlie Pace (5)

· Shannon Rutherford (3)

· Jack Shephard (2)

Marvel

· Gamora (1)

· Bruce Banner (2)

· Bucky Barnes (22)

· Clint Barton (17)

· Laura Barton (1)

· Peggy Carter (3)

· Phil Coulson (1)

· Leo Fitz (4)

· Jane Foster (1)

· Maria Hill (2)

· Daisy Johnson (2)

· Scott Lang (1)

· Loki Laufeyson (5)

· Remy LeBeau (1)

· Erik Lehnsherr (1)

· Peter Maximoff (1)

· Wanda Maximoff (3)

· Thor Odinson (6)

· Peter Parker (3)

· Pepper Potts (1)

· Rocket Raccoon (1)

· Reed Richards (1)

· Natasha Romanoff (4)

· Steve Rogers (10)

· Jemma Simmons (3)

· Tony Stark (11)

· Stephen Strange (1)

· Hope Van Dyne (2)

· Sam Wilson (1)

· Wade Wilson (2)

· Charles Xavier (2)

Middle Earth

· Bofur (1)

· Boromir (1)

· Kili (2)

· Bilbo Baggins (2)

Miranda

· Gary Preston (1)

Nativity!

· Paul Maddens (3)

Once Upon a Time

· Jefferson (2)

· Mulan (1)

· Mary Margaret Blanchard (1)

· August Booth (1)

· Belle French (2)

· Killian Jones (1)

· Ruby Lucas (2)

· Regina Mills (1)

· David Nolan (1)

· Emma Swan (1)

One Day At A Time

· Penelope Alvarez (1)

· Dwayne Schneider (1)

Orange Is The New Black

· Dayanara Diaz (1)

· Susan Fischer (1)

· Tasha Jefferson (1)

· Tricia Miller (1)

· Lorna Morello (2)

· Nicky Nichols (2)

· Maria Ruiz (1)

· Brook Soso (1)

· Alex Vause (1)

· Poussey Washington (1)

· Janae Watson (1)

Overwatch

· Fareeha Amari (1)

· Amelie Lacroix (2)

· Brigitte Lindholm (1)

· Gabriel Reyes (1)

· Hana Song (1)

· Mei-Ling Zhou (1)

· Angela Ziegler (4)

Pitch Perfect

· Beca Mitchell (1)

Pretty Little Liars

· Jason DiLaurentis (4)

· Emily Fields (2)

· Spencer Hastings (4)

· Aria Montgomery (1)

· Caleb Rivers (1)

· Dean Stavros (1)

Reign

· Francis (2)

Rent

· Mark Cohen (2)

· Tom Collins (2)

· Roger Davis (6)

· Angel Dumott Schunard (2)

· Joanne Jefferson (2)

· Maureen Johnson (2)

Riverdale

· Veronica Lodge (1)

Scream

· Emma Duval (1)

· Noah Foster (1)

Skins

· Cassie Ainsworth (1)

· Sid Jenkins (1)

· Freddie McClair (1)

· Effy Stonem (1)

Supernatural

· Dean Winchester (1)

· Sam Winchester (1)

Teen Wolf

· Scott McCall (1)

The Vampire Diaries

· Elijah Mikaelson (1)

· Klaus Mikaelson (3)

· Kol Mikaelson (1)

· Katherine Pierce (1)

The Walking Dead

· Aaron (1)

· Amy (1)

· Michonne (1)

· Negan (1)

· Tara Chambler (2)

· Denise Cloyd (1)

· Daryl Dixon (1)

· Beth Greene (1)

· Hershel Greene (1)

· Maggie Greene (1)

· Rick Grimes (5)

· Aiden Monroe (1)

· Paul Rovia (1)

· Sasha Williams (1)

· Tyreese Williams (1)

The 100

· Bellamy Blake (1)

· Octavia Blake (1)

· Jasper Jordan (4)

8 Simple Rules

· Bridget Hennessy (1)

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