really love characters who have varied panic responses. kirk stating himself that he does not panic outright, externally, not in high-stress dangerous situations, but instead becomes tense and level like a wound string, on-guard: mostly because his role as captain necessitates that he maintain level rationality even when facing potential death as his training as 'the guy who tells you what to do when shit hits the fan' requires, but also because his childhood experiences taught him early that drowning in the desperate haziness of panic won't help you survive. especially as kirk already follows his intuition so deeply. he learned to grasp and contort the feeling. spock is the main person who represses his emotions, of course, but kirk does it to those deep-set, personal ones (this includes how he doesn't reveal anything truly personal about himself willingly 90% of the time, only what others already know/shallow anecdotes) in a much more subtle way that's really interesting to me. certified expert at avoiding the subject as long as he isnt caught out on the lie. professional bluffer.
in terms of past or parents we dont know much!!! hes known as the heart-on-his-sleeve guy!!! like yes he yells, he gets irritated, excited, hes a whirlwind of quick-thinking and plans and intuition, he goes out of his way to connect with his crew and shows it, when he puts on a little act or bluff he puts his heart into it and clearly enjoys the dramatics so much, at times he wears his heart on his sleeve, he laughs openly and is honest to spock about what he means to him, he's very sun-coded to me in a burning, passionate way, always intertwined with the stars and seeking them out, but when it comes to genuine deep-set turmoil? we dont actually know all that much about him??? hes so full of emotion and character (i love fics where spock characterises jim's mind/bond as a whirl of colour and sensations, hes a quick thinker!!! intuitive!! lively!!!) and yet its still so outwardly surface level. tarsus iv gets mentioned like twice? so especially here where kirk gets briefly jumpscared by the creature, because like:
its subtle but his eyes. his eyesss!!!!! kirk commands with his emotions but there's always some sort of level of control to it, or he transforms them into something that spurs on others or uses them to ascertain a goal: seeing unguarded fear/distress in his eyes even if its faint and brief (in this instance) makes me go insane every single time. like!!! its such a small moment!!! he isnt even panicking!!! really, he just got jumpscared!!! its insignificant!!!!!!! but seeing a two-second flash of actual, naked apprehension is just...oughhh,,,,,,,,,
oh god, and dont even get me started on the galileo seven episode where he assumes a tense level-headedness throughout the whole thing, irritated and apprehensive but not panicking, making sure he maintains intelligent rationality, even when he has to leave them behind, but when spock and the crew are confirmed safe and the bridge is occupied the camera pans to him and his eyes look like they're fucking watering and he's so achingly relieved. don't even talk to me. im. fuck.
he shows so so much but at the same time reveals so little.
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My completely OOC headcanon is that Will is actually a really great and interactive professor. We don't ever really get to see him in the middle of a teaching session where he doesn't have so much shit going on in his life or someone else waiting to talk to him.
You could argue that in the first episode when it seems like he's bored and frustrated giving his lecture that he hadn't seen Jack right away, but what if dude was just having a bad day? What if Will is one of the best teachers at Quantico and he just really fucking dislikes interacting with the staff? He was just tired and wanted to get through that lecture that day but then Jack showed up and Will knew it was probably about his "imagination" so he was just feeling ugggghhh.
And yeah there's other instances of it seeming like Will is dismissive of his students, I get that, but pretty much after that meeting with Jack he was being put into the field that (at that point didn't quite yet fully excite him and) plagued him with nightmares and stress and headaches.
That girl that came up to him after class to ask a question? Most days he would've put down his papers and asked what she needed, but (I don't remember who exactly was waiting to talk to him then) someone was waiting to talk to him, and he had a "disinterested profiler" persona to uphold if he wanted to not be forced around. So he ignored her.
And the other times we see him teaching? Well he's trying to figure out what Hannibal means to him and how to care for Abigail and who the copycat and all these killer of the week murderers are, and that's enough to make even the brightest professors seem a little lackluster, especially given that when we see these moments, Jack or Hannibal tend to be watching.
But I love the idea that Professor Graham is a good professor who will go on random rants and show pictures of his dogs and maybe he doesn't make the effort to learn every student's name and face because that is a little too social for Will Graham, but during those lectures if you have questions and you seem genuine well that's exciting for him!
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Watching Eddie Begins with Buddie-colored glasses on is already crazy enough, but I just caught something that I never really thought about before. Athena tells Bobby that the news crews showing up before she leaves for another call might turn the call into a nationwide story. And then Buck absolutely LOSES it when 30 feet of wet earth falls on top of Eddie. So yeah, maybe Bobby pulls Buck away to stop him from futilely digging for Eddie with his hands, but maybe he also does it because he doesn’t want his kid’s grief and fear and love for Eddie being broadcast across the country. Especially not when Bobby thinks that Eddie’s probably already dead. And not only does Bobby pull Buck away from the well, he pulls back right into his lap. This is the closest we get to Bobby cradling Buck in his arms until the lightning strike, and it’s because he doesn’t want Buck to be in pain, and he most certainly does NOT want the tragedy of Eddie’s death to be made even worse by Buck’s pain over it being broadcast to the entire country.
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Guys I am SO ready for the next season I feel like I have absorbed so much 9-1-1 info I am prepared with all the quotes and all the parallels and the set analysis things I AM READYYYYY BRING IT ON TIM MINEAR
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