#latika

[crazyrichxplainr]

Freida Pinto for Swarovski x SKIMS

[free-to-be-impaled]

[angelswatchingover]

They missed a golden opportunity for Latika and Carlos to exchange money when they saw John and Mary kiss. 

[lookingforketrick]

[minalblood]

And finally , long awaited ep 12. Sorry guys !!!

- We start off with one of the characters not wanting to deal with whatever they're dealing with. That's not gonna be relevant throughout I'm sure...

- Have I mentioned that I hate clowns? Cuz hate clowns

- Ah yes! Dean discussing lying to yourself, also gonna be relevant. But I'm even more intrigued that he ties this need for dishonesty intrinsically to hunting.

- John is completely lying to himself and projecting hard on Mary. Not that Mary isn't also lying to herself. Interestingly, John and Mary are the most evenly split here between Sam or Dean coding.

- ok, as someone who has a veritable collection of tarot decks that I also use, I'm so fucking happy to see the Minor Arcana mentioned in fiction. Especially since most just add in Major Arcana cards with little to no relevance or meaning as to why those cards drawn are Majors. And yeah, the witches here aren't doing a reading, but I still love to see Swords and Pentacles mentioned! Might even be a cheeky hint as to how the main witch operates since swords are commonly related to the mental aspect and pentacles to the material/monetary (Known in some decks as coins even). And what is she doing if not playing a mind game in order to win the game and gain the reward for it.

-God, she's an asshole to Ada! No one is an asshole to Ada!

- Well, Limbo def is an apt name. He def acts like a type of inbetween state where you're not dead but you sure aren't living either. I also find it fascinating in the context of Purgatory. Because to Dean Purgatory was pure (or better put for our purposes here, was unfiltered truth) whereas Limbo here is pure avoidance. Essentially ,if Purgatory worked as a place where Dean could be as uncomplicated and true as he could (which yes, that's very much an oversimplification) then Limbo is pure pretending/fake.

- And Mary is once again trying to take command, only here John is refusing, is pushing back against it, where before he'd have gone along or even tried to get the others to fall in line acting as mediator.

- The misdirect of the brother is hilarious in hindsight, they gave him such menacing music as background.

- Love that we have clear signs that if at all possible witches will try to hide.

- ROWEEEEENNNNAAAAA!!!!!

-John & Lata, hell yeah! Love that she's checking in with him and that she makes sure to clarify that she's the one asking. And gives him the space he's clearly asking for, not pushing against his lie.

- Meanwhile, Mary& Carlos have a much more direct convo but no less empathetic though still focused on John interestingly enough.

- Adore that Carlos was so so shocked by her outburst and then again that she was faking.

- Love a soul trade that is basically a trap

- The way Carlos just forgot their cover. Hahahahaha OMG!!! I love them!

- And the echoes of Sam begin in earnest - parents dead, older brother trying to parent but not having the tools to do so, younger brother running away...

- It's interesting that Limbo was trying to remain in a perpetually happy state (and targetted those he saw as needing the same) but Clarence ended up essentially in a state of perpetual grief. He says he wishes he'd helped Roger through his grief but he himself just traded the grief of his parents death with that of Roger's being taken. An interesting contrast between Limbo & Clarence, and a clear echo of SPN!John there also - mild but present.

- Oh, Carlos,you absolute sweetheart! And no argument against the "you were just a kid too" statement, love to see it!

- OK, now comes me trying to argue that this Rowena is our Rowena. Exhibit A: she was so clearly lying about the Grimoire and not the fact that the MOL stole it - her facial expressions to me read very much like she just made up an excuse to be there and help Ada. We've seen how Romena acts when she's actually trying to get a powerful Grimoire, this was not it. at all. This felt more like her keeping appearences than actually working an angle.

- Neverming, forgot she literally spells it out for us. In other words though, I was right.

-I choose to believe that the demon trapped in the plant is somehow, someway related to her getting Crowley back. I love Crowley so I will not accept any other meaning here. I'd have loved to see what they wanted to do with Rowena later on. Ugh every day I mourn that we didn't get more of this show.

- I take back John projecting. I would actually like to formally apologize to John here cuz Mary is doing the tried and true "dealing with emotions" approach that Sam uses everytime aka she is trying to dictate how John should be reacting to kyle's murder just because he isn't reacting like how she thinks he should be. I do love seeing them fight here, It's a whole mess they've found themselves in and haven't dealt with it at all so far. Make sense it'll all come to a head in this away. John is actually our Dean-mirror here. This fight also echoes the fight between Sam & Dean at Mia Vallens place (word for word even, in some places).

- Also love that John pushes back. And especially that he puts to words what I think a lot of the fandom has said some variation of. That as long as there's one more hunt, a world to save, people in danger then considering an alternate future

becomes that much harder to go towards... And that's not to say this applies 1 to 1 to Sam and Dean, because they quite literally didn't have a choice, but it does speak to the fact that you can't really move forward until you let go of the past that's holding you back or more so even -  though we're moving away from what this ep has to say with this - that you can't really heal from trauma til you're out of the traumatizing situation.

- And continuing our Sam echoes here, it's in fact Mary who's 1st approached by Limbo, Mary who's pain calls out while all the eyes were on John (and once more I'm reminded of the

Werther Box and how it was Sam who nearly killed himself due to a Rowena hallucination via the Box that got so much worryingly closer than Dean who we saw from the start got hit by the spell)

"John: Mary wait for me

Mary: Nope! I do what I want (proceeds to get taken by monster) " oh how the turn tables...

- I gotta say, this wasn't John's fault here. Mary wasn't ok far before their fight and if it had just beenmthe fight then John would've been taken too then. I actually think Limbo might've been honing into people who were, yes in crisis, but refusing to deal with it just like he had been, people looking to bargain away the negativity in their life for even a false sense of happiness.

- I also gotta mention this is the...2nd monster who's source of power is a mirror (Loki/Gabe being the 1st) Are there others that I'm missing? Is this a pattern?? I don’t remember, pls lemme know.

- Carlos you absolute king! Once more being the one to offer the practical solution, Lata is our theoretical queen though, let it be known,

- FFS! Rowena literally says she's looking for info ABOUT CROWLEY! Is my memory so bad or is my subconscious so active?

-Oh Rowena, there was no need to hurt Ada. Why must two bad bitches fight eachother?!

- Ah John, there you are, stumbling straight into danger. Couldn't let Mary have this one, could you?

- Hate clowns!

- Don't mind Limbo that much right now.

- Wait!!!. John cheated his way here... like he cheated his way into the army, like he, technically, cheated his way to hunting (he's MOL legacy afterall)

- "We never have to fight again about my future or your anger" jesus christ, skinning me alive would hurt less than this line. After all, what causes the whole fight in SPN to occur if not Mary's lack of a future and John's resulting anger (spurned by grief) My god, this fucking line from Mary.

- John is truly our Dean mirror here "it wouldn't be real" echoes so much Dean's feelings about heaven

- Also the pain in John's eyes, even as he is forced to smile might haunt me almost as much as Dean faking a smile in season 7. And I legit cannot look at that scene with Dean.

- Nooo, not the clowns ...

- Carlos and that big heart of theirs saves the day. I love it.

- Lata is however absolutely hilarious here though.

- l love Rowena so much. And she's gorgeous as always!

- Of course we'll be dealing with souls being used up, tiny Jack and Lily Sunder echo, nice!

- Exhibit B for Rowena, she just vanishes into thin air, not her usual way of leaving prior to Queen of Hell status

- Ugh, the "it's been 30 years" since Clarence has seen his brother. The Mary resurection of it all. And John with the "better than never seeing them again" hits hard man!

- Oh Mary, sweetheart.

- I like their resolution a lot. And Millie just giving them all the good news

- Yes Lala you figured it out baby!

- And Ada, I know she ends up telling them, but god when this first aired the Winchester stupidity was fresh to mind so I was soooo concerned for her.

Just the finale left now, I am sad 😔 but excited!

See y'all then!

@noybusiness - thank you for the encouragements! Its finally here!

@shallowseeker - I love reading your thoughts on SPN and had a fantastic time beta reading for you so here's something for u to hoefully enjoy! Hope you feel better soon!

[aphrostiel]

sun and stars

I'm planning on drawing every main char from The Winchesters. Previous one was Carlos, so here's Latika! I love her so much <3

[shallowseeker]

Day one billion of wanting more The Winchesters.

[shirtlesssammy]

Winchesters 1x1 Bullet Point Rambles

Poofs back into the real world again - WE'RE BACK! Hi ya'll!

I LOVE seeing all the Robbie Thompson credits in the beginning! Just gonna cry in your faces. I'm so happy for him.

And DEAN!!! We thought we were ready, but we were not.

Excellent Indiana Jones scene at the start

Loving the John and Mary dynamic. Also now I want candy.

John’s mom is a stone cold hottie, you guys

“Library? What are we doing here?” SO HAPPY TO HAVE LIBRARIES BACK

John’s having some hard core PTSD visions. He thinks he’s haunted (weeping)

“So, is breaking and entering a big part of hunting?” “Who’s breaking?” LOL

You can’t kill demons - Boris: just wait. Your second son will figure it out

Oh hey I’m adoring Carlos! AH-doring. What a great entrance!

Boris: He comes in like a hurricane

“There are no secrets in the Campbell family 😬

Carlos and Lata are super cute

"Paranormal freemasons." Love it. Highly accurate

“She’s really a lot meaner when you get to know her.” #goals

Mary’s just trying to shove everyone back outta hunting! Worth a try, Mary

The only thing worse than the beginning of a hunter is how they end. We KNOW TOO MUCH

Bonding in a cemetery. Who HASN'T done this?

Mary intends to leave hunting behind once she finds her dad. She just wants to live her life! (ouch)

Side note: Remember when it took sam and dean like 16 episodes to find their dad?

I love the creepy underground cemetery complex. Is it a minotaur??? (It’s a loup-garou and it means business.)

DAMN John just pulled out his friend's silver necklace from his arm. Reckless and over the top from day one

Mary emerging from that tunnel thing = truth coming out of her well dot gif

Ooo I like the magic monster catching box. Very ghostbusters. 

John and his mom have a reckoning. “You’re mad at me? I’m the one who stayed.”

Oh hey! It’s Henry Winchester’s ACTUAL VOICE! omg nice casting

“Saving people, hunting things - I was born to do this” - STAHP (don’t stop)

We wonder if John’s mom was still alive when John died, since he wasn’t that old.

Ada fills John in on what she knows about his dad...but all the Men of Letters she knew disappeared 15 years ago. PHEW I love that we get to play with this lore, and that it wasn't that long ago.

Akrida is an invading creature from another dimension? (Dean voice) Are there tentacles?

Oh it’s Mary Winchester’s merry band! Love the tune playing this episode out. 

LOOK AT DEAN! He’ll keep picking the music. The samulet’s hanging from the rearview… Green cooler in the back. Yes, all my stuff is back in its proper place.

We're on board :)

[clairedelune-13]

The fact that Mary, Carlos and Latika have nicknames for each other is so cute. 🥺

Carlos = Losy

Latika = Lata

Mary = Mare

[outofthecavern]

RATE THE WINCHESTERS ON IMBD!! There’s a lot of mass downrating happening!

PLEEEAAASSEEE

[crazyrichxplainr]

 Freida Pinto for Story + Rain (ph: Matt Sayles)

[inmyworldblr]

Gopinath (1948)

dir. Mahesh Kaul

starring: Raj Kapoor, Tripti Mitra, Latika

[jc-writes-bullshit]

“You ever notice dad had a falling-out with just about everybody?” (season 2, episode 2; “Everybody Loves a Clown”)

Shit is about to get so bad WHERE IS ALL OF THIS GOING

[rnainframe]

game: has a 100% female cast

me: but what if they transed their genders

DO NOT TAG AS GENDERBEND, THEY ARE TRANS MEN

[orpheustiel]

i'm rewatching 01x11 you've got a friend and lol this lata storyline is so..... there's nothing there? it's almost funny. her WORST MEMORY the thing that's making the bracelete KILL her and carlos is that...she feels compassion? empathy? that her parents sucked? the way lata's acting like this is the worst thing ever doesn't really match the story.

[imayauu]

Hoping Nida Khurshid joins conventions too. Lata is my fave in The Winchesters 💕💕