#root poi

[kisskiss2u2]

person of interest (2016) // 5.04 “6,741”

► “guess you're in the mindset now.”

[terapsina]

Your favorite On-Screen Redemption story for a character?

[lightsaber-dreams]

I'm gonna slowly transfer some of my person of interest posts from my old Twitter account. I think they might do well on Tumblr lol

To start today here's one I had made about Shoot

[chick-with-wifi]

[Image description: four screenshots of Shaw and Root in the department store from Person of Interest 4x01 with screenshots of a text conversation added.

In the first screenshot, Shaw is looking towards Root with an angry expression. The text message reads 'God I do not like a single thing about u'.

In the second screenshot, Root is looking at Shaw and drinking her iced coffee. The text message reads 'Tell me more'.

In the third screenshot, Shaw is walking towards Root and looks fed up. The text message reads 'This isn't sexting'.

In the fourth and final screenshot, Root is giving Shaw a knowing look and biting the straw of her drink. The text message reads 'It's better than sexting tbh'. End image description.]

[lemonpepperworld]

Person of Interest is my favorite show even this many years after it concluded

And the fans online have made the BEST EDITS

Here is one that I am obsessed with? The way that the scenes are spliced together with the song lyrics and the lines from the show?? Specifically Root on the building ledge almost falling right after a clip of Shaw saying “you know that thing that made you flinch?” Follows up with “I don’t get that”

ITS SO GOOD I CANT EVEN

I am just obsessed with the number of clips they had to splice together to make it so fluid—WHAT MAGIC GOD DID THEY HAVE TO SACRIFICE TO??

[ampersandd7]

poi shitposts from my friend and i

more below the cut (theres... a lot.)

[allottavabassa]

Finch: …and that's why I made an artificial intelligence for the NSA, connected to every surveillance feed in the world. 😞 Root: Oh she sounds like a girlboss ngl Finch: What? Root: [looks at security camera] YOU'RE SO SEXY WILL YOU MARRY ME Finch: Don't you talk to my daughter like that! Root: YOU'RE DOING GREAT CUTIE!!! LUV U!! <3<3XOXO

[herinterface]

root in 5.05 shotseeker 

[sweetpeaches--69]

the aforementioned root doodles

[kisskiss2u2]

person of interest (2013) // 3.11 “lethe”

► root and her puppy dog eyes

[lafgl]

[lightsaber-dreams]

Root and Shaw vs Fusco lol

[chick-with-wifi]

Shoot relationship timeline

Shaw's perspective

Following their first meeting, Shaw begins hunting down Root out of anger, but there is also a definite element of fascination. Root managed to trick her completely, which is not easy to do given what we've seen of Shaw's cold-reading skills, and shares her enjoyment of violence.

Later, Root gets the drop on her again by showing up in her bedroom to kidnap her. Shaw is furious and only agrees to work together once Root proves she's getting orders from the Machine. Throughout this mission, she witnesses Root's loyalty, considerable skills and the promised violence (as well as other things in the CIA safehouse) that prove their compatibility.

While Root is in the Faraday Cage, Shaw consistently advocates for letting her help them. She still doesn't trust Root, but understands her and knows she will do what she's offering. Sure enough, Root is let out of the cage and saves Reese, which is when she earns Shaw's respect and trust.

Shaw now views her as part of the team, demonstrated by the way she easily begins working with Root when she rescues them from Control and is reluctant to leave her with Hersh, then goes to look for her at the end of the episode.

Shaw doesn't see Root again until she returns to New York in 3x17, at which point she displays concern for Root's welfare when she checks the dressings on her injuries. This could be because it weighed on her mind that the last she saw of Root was evidence she had been tortured, only to learn she had left the country with nothing but a brief message to Finch.

I headcanon that they began sleeping together again after this episode and it cements them as being on genuinely friendly terms. This is shown by Shaw enjoying the opportunity to do a relevant number with Root (including lots of violence), showing an interest in her life and suggesting a steak joint, implying that she wants to spend more time together, in 3x20.

I would also suggest it's around this point Shaw starts to realize Root has feelings for her, as Root's flirting progresses to adoring stares (3x17, 3x20), taking opportunities to touch her (3x22) and compliments ("She knows you can handle yourself." 3x22), in a way that seems genuine, rather than just trying to annoy her.

They continue as friends-with benefits, bantering and looking out for each other, until the turning point in 3x23. Upon learning Root is going into a Decima fortress alone and there's a good chance she'll be killed, Shaw stops in her tracks and decides to help her immediately. This is the moment she realizes Root means a lot to her, possibly in a different way than she's used to caring about people, and she can't stand the thought of her being in danger.

Although Shaw doesn't acknowledge this revelation in her interactions with Root, she clearly finds it difficult to walk away from her when they have to go their separate ways as Samaritan comes online.

In season 4, they don't get to spend much time together due to keeping up their cover identities. But Shaw still pays attention to and cares about Root, as she immediately knows something is wrong in 4x05.

In 4x07 Shaw meets Tomas, and is both attracted to him and intrigued by the life he's offering. But when the time comes to choose who she wants to be with, she picks Root. I would say this is the moment Shaw realizes she loves her, because although she sees the appeal of a glamorous life of crime abroad, what she really wants is to keep what she has with Root. She then goes to find Root, cites her reason for staying as "I guess there are things I care about here." and finds an excuse for them to spend time together. This is as close as Shaw gets to declaring her feelings.

Neither of them take the leap to change anything about their relationship, but their following interactions carry an undercurrent of intensity because they know what they mean to each other. Such as Root telling Shaw that "while you may not be scared about what could happen to you the next time, other people are. People who care for you." (4x09) and Shaw shoving grenades into her bag while saying, "She's going to meet an all-seeing, all-evil god by herself. That doesn't sound fine to me. That sounds like someone who needs backup." (4x10)

In 4x11, before sacrificing herself to save the team, Shaw kisses Root. Knowing it is her last opportunity to do so, she allows herself to embrace how much this brilliant, frustrating woman means to her.

Root's perspective

Root is already a fan of Shaw before their first meeting, having read her file and been impressed by her considerable skills. But, since misanthropy has been the driving force of her life, she is likely also intrigued by the idea of a heroic sociopath. And sure enough, once they meet it's a case of intense thirst at first sight, only furthered by Shaw's declaration that she "kind of enjoy[s] this sort of thing."

During their first mission together, Root clearly enjoys messing with Shaw ("Safety first." 3x06) and is thrilled to learn that she lives up to the reputation in her file. But Root also recognizes that Shaw actually listens to everything she says and acts accordingly. After a lifetime of being dismissed as crazy or a liar, that's significant.

In 3x12, when Root learns that Shaw came to look for her, she is genuinely touched and I would pinpoint this as the moment she realizes she has feelings for Shaw. She's been alone for nearly all her life, and now this incredible woman cares about her enough to come back.

When she returns to New York, her flirting is as blatant as ever but seems softer ("I love it when you play doctor." 3x17), as if she means it with more sincerity but also has something to lose. As mentioned above, this is around the time they start sleeping together again.

Root continues crushing on Shaw, but doesn't do anything to change the status quo. Until 3x23 when Shaw comes to save her at the Decima fortress, which is the first hint that Shaw likes her back. Root fully expected to die on that mission and sounds unusually serious when she says, "Admit it, you were worried about me." But when Shaw's reply doesn't reveal anything, she continues with their usual banter.

The next development happens in 4x05 when Root, again believing she's going to die, asks Finch to give Shaw a message. While unwilling to approach the subject with Shaw directly in case it violates her boundaries, she views her feelings as significant enough that she wants Shaw to know if the worst happens.

In 4x07 when Shaw chooses to stay with Root, she is clearly thrilled. Following Shaw's confession she teasingly asks, "and is that why you came to see me?", but the answer doesn't matter. She knows how Shaw feels, her actions say everything.

As stated above, neither take the plunge to change their relationship after this. When Shaw sacrifices herself, Root is devastated and willing to do anything to find her.

After they are reunited, they have both been holding onto their love for those nine months. Root never stopped looking for Shaw or believed she would betray them, Shaw viewed Root as her safe place. So I headcanon that shortly after their meeting in the park, they have a conversation about their relationship and are officially 'together'. This is shown in 5x10 by their easy, flirtatious banter ("You want to stick around, give 'em a proper welcome?" "Thought you'd never ask.") and tender, vulnerable conversation while holding hands ("This might be the first time I feel like I belong.").

[lemonpepperworld]

As a die hard Person of Interest fan, I view everything though the lens of how to connect things to it (as you do)

And it occurred to me there’s a connection between POI and The Magnus Archives

“Watching with ten thousand eyes, listening with a million ears” is a statement made about The Machine

But it also applies to TMA because of The Eye! With the sentient tape recorders and beholding, it is also listening and watching through ten thousand eyes and a million ears..

[johannestevans]

i really wish just SOME writers on tv right now had the like, really intrinsic, focused understanding of faith and religion that's present in person of interest, with Root's devotion to the machine, to the ideal of cybernetic enhancement, but also like. to HAROLD by extension

like the way she sees harold as her father in some ways because she sees him as THE father, not bc she sees him as a father FIGURE, not because she needs or wants his approval or his parenthood, but bc he is the originator of a GOD, her god

LIKE IT'S JUST. SUCH A FASCINATING DYNAMIC

like i fucking wish that anyone who wrote for a fantasy show with ACTUAL paladins and witches w faith etc had this level of depth or complexity in their presentation or exploration of the feelings involved bc i love it

[glitterandflowercrowns]

I rewatched PoI recently and went into full brainrot. The result is a short daemon AU/character study of our main heroes. John’s POV, but of course there’s Root/Shaw content in there because they’re my best girls even 7 years later 🥹