Just Wondering How Everyone Got Into The Shows They Watch, And If There Are Some Funny Or Random Stories.

Last song: I have had Popular from Wivked on the brain since I saw the movie, does that count!

Favourite colour: teal, purple and red, but honestly, I like most colours so rainbow 🌈

Last Book: last one I remember was the last volume of The Seven Sisters, which was about the father who adopted the aforementioned seven sisters. It was probably the bes5 book in the series.

Last movie: A French film about Sarah Bernhardt’s life. It was really boring, my dad and I both fell asleep during it!

TV Show: Currently watching Season 19 of Law and Order SVU. I am really enjoying the new characters, especially Carisi. Rollins is great too, she reminds me a little bit of Jeffries ( Munch’s partner in S 1 and 2) and it’s great to have a female friend for Olivia, as well as having anothe4 female character to look up to. Fin continues to be brilliant and I love Olivia a lot. Barba took a while to warm up to, but I think he is pretty great. At first he was v much a serious guy who was there to just do his job and he came across as a bit cold.

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy: I am a spice wimp, so, depending on my mood, either savoury or sweet, though I do always have to finish a meal with a dessert, so mainly sweet.

Relationship Status: chronically single!

Last thing I googled: Peter Scanavino’s age and what his children are called. He’s only a couple of years older than me!

Something I am looking forward to: My niece’s first birthday in May and my parents’ Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration extravaganza with the whole family in August.

tagging @themetaphorgirl @sergle @thestuffedalligator @sequinsmile-x

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Last song: Same Old Song by The Lumineers

Fave Color: Orange 🧡

Last Book: I finished: das Kalendermädchen by Sebastian Fitzek; currently reading Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

Last Movie: Deadpool & Wolverine

Last TV Show: NCIS Los Angeles (still watching)

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Sweet 🍩🍨🍦🎂🍰🍫

Relationship Status: Married 💍

Last thing I Googled: how the Deadpool movie was called 🤣🤣

Looking Forward to: visiting concerts and musicals this year❤️

Current Obsession: Lou Ferrigno Jr, Bucktommy

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The Gotch friendship in Route 66. Hotch’s tendency to suffer alone and Penelope’s insistence on helping everybody and how much she cares for him. We deserved more of him leaning on the team, but the way this dynamic could’ve been utilized so much more makes me angry.

Route 66 is a great episode and I love the softness of the bright bundle of joy that is Penelope Garcia dealing with her stubborn as a mule boss. I would kill for more demonstrations of the unique types of trust he was in each of them.

Even more, I'd love for some more of the soft way the two of them function to effortlessly together

This moment on the show encapsulated their whole relationship perfectly. Almost no words necessary to communicate all his gratitude and thanks. And yes, it’s the first time in a decade of partnership that they’ve hugged. Such a powerful moment in the show that gets me teared up every single time.

1) cherry 🍒: straight, possibly ace

2) lollipop 🍭: eyebrow mascara, mascara, eyeliner, concealer and maybe blush!

3) daydreams 💭: A writer, an illustrator or a translator of children’s/YA fiction

4) October: January ( New Year’s Day baby)

5) caress: yes, I’m a cuddler/very physically affectionate

6) ivory: flannel or fleecy, long sleeves and legs in winter, short bottoms and tees in summer

7) golden: writing paper with matching envelopes, and a really nice pen to write with! 

8) freckles: jeans, tracksuit bottoms, hoodies. My dark cherry 🍒 red Doc Marten’s that look almost black at first-on my third pair, I love them!

9) twilight: a friend from uni, an ex work colleague and a former neighbour. 

10) silk: haven’t actively listened to it.

11) poppy: lilac/lavender 

12) dimples: Eyes, followed by nose!  13)sunkissed: spring 

14) buttery: fajita-flavoured tortilla chips with guacamole 🥑 for savoury, plain M&M’s or Smarties for sweet.

15)whisper: not as much as I should, oops!

16) pencil ✏️: no, though I kept a diary in my teens

17) cupcake 🧁: I can follow a recipe and am good at being creative with leftovers, so not too bad!  18) honey 🍯: I call the children I look after darling, my angelfish, sausage... For me, my best friend calls me hon, my mum still calls me darling or love sometimes!

19) clouds ☁️: being with my cousins in a big mansion, we find a treasure chest after much exploring, I wake up just as it’s being opened-had that one several times throughout my childhood!

20) velvet: TV/film/animated crush: Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid ( I still like tall, dark-haired and blue-eyed guys who have a sense of humour and like animals). Real life: When I was 12/13, the short, funny guy in my class who dated all the girls in my year after turning me down.  21)paper: most of Roald Dahl’s books, Little Women and the sequels, Anne of Green Gables series, Babysitter’s Club, Nancy Drew...

22) peaches 🍑:facial wash and a scrub a few times a week, serum, Nivea moisturiser and eye serum. Night cream and Nuxe lipbalm before sleeping

23) mochi: My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service were both very sweet and charming

24) backyard: yes, she was my doll Jemima, if that counts

25) strawberry 🍓: bananas 🍌, followed by pineapple 🍍, mango 🥭 and raspberry

26) kiss 😘: on the cheek(s), top of the head, shoulder, yes.

27) nightlight: as a child, yes, always, couldn’t sleep otherwise. Nowadays, not always.

28) shampoo 🧴: no sense of smell, so nothing!

29) skin: my cousin Ruth. We’re only 9 months apart in age and were super close growing up.

30) aphrodite: I love Drew Barrymore, Meryl Streep and Jake Gyllenhall

31) cuddles: not at the moment. I have had a rabbit and guinea pig, then a cat, followed by a gerbil, growing up.

32) lace: the one I found on my birthday to wear to my youngest sibling’s wedding ( wrap style, in shades of purple with fluted/flouncy sleeves and hem) and the one I have purchased for my brother’s in August 2021 ( black, scoop neck with a leafy/floral pattern in shades of green)

33) sheets: sanrio is Hello Kitty and friends, right? If so, that one!

34) cream: chocolate, always chocolate!

35) watermelon 🍉: on a regular basis, even the ones I know really well!

36) sapphos: Carol Ann Duffy or Emily Dickinson

37) plush: I have a microwavable bean-bag fox that I like to cuddle, even if it’s not heated up

38) roses 🌹: I love sunflowers 🌻 and deep dark red roses ( almost black!) 

39) sweetheart: my big Friends Central Perk one, as it’s perfect for soup, oatmeal, hot chocolate...

40) sunset 🌅: she/her

soft asks:

cherry - what is your sexuality?

lollipop - favorite makeup products?

daydreams - if you could be anything or anyone, who would you be?

october - what month were you born in?

caress - do you like to snuggle?

ivory - describe your pajamas?

golden - favorite stationary product?

freckles - most-worn article of clothing?

twilight - best friend?

silk - do you like k-pop?

poppy - favorite pastel color?

dimples - most attractive features of a person’s face?

sunkissed - autumn or spring?

buttery - favorite snack?

whisper - how much sleep do you get?

pencil - do you own a journal?

cupcake - are you a good cook?

honey - favorite term of endearment?

clouds - describe one of your favorite dreams?

velvet - who was your first crush?

paper - favorite children’s book?

peaches - do you have a skincare routine?

mochi - favorite studio ghibli film?

backyard - did you ever have an imaginary friend?

strawberry - favorite fruit?

kiss - have you ever kissed a friend?,

nightlight - do you read before bed?

shampoo - favorite scent?

skin - what distant relative are you closest to?

aphrodite - favorite actress/actor?

cuddles - do you have any pets?

lace - if you own any dresses, which is your favorite?

sheets - sanrio or san-x characters?

cream - frozen yogurt flavor?

watermelon - do films ever make you cry?

sapphos - favorite poet?

plush - how many stuffed animals do you still own?

roses - what flower do you find most beautiful?

sweetheart - favorite mug/cup?

sunset - what are your pronouns?

SVU Season 19 thoughts

Some great episodes so far!

Loved Carisi and Amanda investigating at the out of state bar, they have such a great rapport and OMG, they nearly got together! Carisi’s face when he saw Amanda coming out of her room with a guy broke me! Poor poor woobie! 

However, Amanda is still working through some issues, like how to be vulnerable. Carisi is trying to encourage her to do that, and their friendship/partnership is so good that I am quite happy to enjoy that for the moment. 

Barba is growing on me, he actually joked ( though he did have to explain that he was joking, which kind of defeated the point). 

And he was so very kind to Olivia when Noah was missing, so calm and just listened to her, which is just what she needed. He has asked her out for a drink several times, I think it would be good for her to accept. He understands the demands of her job, is clever and kind but I think he is a little bit boring for her. She’s also got chronic normalitis, as diagnosed by Dr Elliot Stabler, but she deserves to be happy and to have a stable relationship. Barba would definitely give her that!

I snorted out loud at Carisi and Fin’s expressions when watching the missing daughter and her family being interviewed. They definitely did not believe a word she or her brother were saying! 

Also when Dodds comes by the office and Fin’s expression and words are v friendly and polite, but you can.tell he’d thinking just the opposite. 

Loved the end of the kidnapping episode with Olivia surrounded by almost all the people she loves/us close to, but her little wistful glance made me think she might be wishing Elliot were there. 

The episode with the dodgy rehab centre made me very sad, and this episode with the special needs children is really gripping too. I am always happy to see Coroner Warner ( yes, I know she’s a Mediczl Exsminer/Forendics specialist, but I like the rhyme!). 

Looking forward to the rest of the season and the rest of the series. 

Criminal Minds rewatch William Reid

I am currently re-watching Season 4 and have got to the start of the Riley Jenkins episodes.

I am struck by Diana’s repeated assertion of “ You were in danger. A mother knows” and how it could relate to William Reid potentially sexually abusing Spencer, which has been discussed here in quite a lot of detail. He comes in, sits on Spencer’s bed and Spencer pretends to be asleep, plus some other details I cannot recall make it seem “off” , coupled with Spencer having completely blocked out his childhood and perhaps now, subconsciously pinning the blame on the male he is genetically related to for Riley Jenkins is his way of dealing with it. The fact that William just leaves and that Diana, in her lucid moments, never thinks to have Spencer spend time with him just makes me suspect that perhaps she thought William could be molesting Spencer. 

Garcia and Hotch's friendship is top tier for so many reasons, but specifically because Hotch took one look at this petite, sparkly women with a heart of gold and Garcia just glanced at this broken man who bares the weight of the world on his shoulders, and immediately they both went "i must protect them." It's very pure.

It’s absolutely adorable. 

He towers over her and I guarantee that if Garcia even thought someone was making fun of him she’d get into a fistfight for his honor. Could he address it much calmer and get a better outcome? Yes. But Penelope Garcia would kill for him.

Hotch also probably pulls some strings so she can remain to dress the way she does. Not to mention, the heat he probably takes for all the crazy things she does

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Thoughts on Season 17 of SVU

What an opening episode! My hate for Dr Yates is immense, it has no limit! He must have been investigated when Stabler was still there, somewhere between Season 5 and 8, as it was apparently 10 years ago. However I can find zero episodes that feature him during that time frame! 

Yates is so creepy, so calm and so sleazy! 

Carisi is an excellent cop, he works really hard, has excellent instincts, takes instruction/feedback well and takes initiative when appropriate. He also sometimes spots things that his colleagues have missed or has a novel way of approaching the case/victim/suspect.

He is always actively observing how his colleagues handle situations ( victims, suspects, the big cheeses in charge…) and everything that’s going on in the courtroom. He’s obviously really into his legal studies as he’s accompanying Barba when he’s dealing with that side of things.

In a few years ( I stopped watching when S 12 finished), everyone seems much more accepting/open-minded and mindful of the language they use regarding trans females/males ( currently on episode 2 with the trans teen girl) and sex workers/drag queens… Some of the language used by the team in the first few seasons is really shocking, and some of them are really judgemental ( yes, Stabler, I’m looking at you!) when it comes to mental health and sex/gender issues. 

The tech is also much improved, as the earlier seasons were all about the dangers of this new-fangled internet and Stabler didn’t even have a cell phone until quite late. 

Wish Fin had taken the sergeant’s exam, would have meant no nepotism from William Dodds and his spy of a son taking on the job. I haven’t met him yet but hate him on principle! 

 I remember how annoyed Fin was that Munch took and passed the sergeant’s exam behind everyone’s back, possibly on a dare/because he lost a bet, so nice callback/continuity there. 

Lots of big names in supporting/guest roles: Sean Robert Leonard and Whoopi Goldberg that I can name, but lots of faces that are familiar to me. 

The pronunciation of some names in French is still appalling!

In the overworked social workers episode, the dubbers made Keisha/Keysha sound like Petit Chat ( Little Cat, which is used a lot as a term of endearment from French parents towards their little kids) and Keith sounds like a cross between Kiss and Keys ( the “th” sound is notoriously difficult for French people to master).

Just watching the baby shower episode and snorted at Fin’s comment about not having any idea how Mike Dodds got the sergeant’s job. He always seems to say what everyone else is thinking but doesn’t dare to say.

So far, Dodds seems competent and not too annoying, so that’s good. His dad however really got my heckles up by telling Olivia how to organise her team and do her job. 

Really not fans of Amanda’s mum and sister, they are walking disasters.

Was also disappointed by Carisi’s gift to Amanda for the baby shower. A wipe warmer is just so impersonal even though it is practical and recommended by his sister. I feel a bit cheated as we haven’t seen Carisi being awesome with his niece, or at least mentioning her from time to time.