Are Pinky and the Brain still trying to take over the world? Because at this point, I'm willing to hear the Brain's platform.

At this point, I'm willing to hear Pinky's platform.

Pinky 2028 🇺🇸

so a very long time ago, my dad worked with an arson investigator

this guy was often one of the first people on the scene following a suspected arson, once emergency services had done what they needed to do. at times, there were also civilians on the periphery. often, they were freaking out, and understandably so; their home or workplace had just, quite literally, gone up in smoke

this investigator wouldn’t try to calm them down. he wouldn’t comfort them or be a shoulder to cry on.

instead, he’d walk up to the person most visibly losing their shit, hand them a fire extinguisher, and say “hey, can you keep an eye out for any other fires, and if you see one, can you put it out with this?”

of course, there was no actual risk of another fire. he wouldn’t be on the scene investigating if there was even a chance that the fire wasn’t completely put out. but the bystander didn’t need to know that

because that person, without fail, would immediately pull it together, take the fire extinguisher, and stand guard. they were, at least temporarily, calm enough for this investigator to do this job

my dad has told me the parable of the fire extinguisher a hundred times, and i think about it a lot. i think about what it says about people and crises. i think about what it says about the grounding power of having a purpose. and i think about the importance of letting someone help me through something, even if that help is just going to be another casserole to throw into the freezer, because useless or not, that fire extinguisher might be the only thing holding them together

Design for Living (1933), dir. Ernst Lubitsch.

Current situation…

See also: government shutdown…

Ok, if there’s a gif set for it, I have yet to find it but can we just talk about the Morgan Gillory short-skirt-lean?

At crime scenes, at the office, always just leanin’ away. I mean, Karadec does an excellent job of pretending like he doesn’t see (or care) but are we buying that? Man would have to be wearing Spanx every day just to keep himself from embarrassments.

High Potential 2.07: The One That Got Away Promo

Re: make out scene

I mean, it could also be one of those “what if” scenarios that Morgan always sees in her head but no one else is privy to (i.e. Karadec spilling coffee)

But also, get it girl. Karadec is a slow burn, end game. Nothing says you can’t have a little fun in the mean time.

*For the record, hot French guy is way more enjoyable to watch than EMT Tom.

SIR! That stare is illegal in 22 states and really fucking inconsiderate in the other 28... 🫠🫠🫠

Morgan Gillory & Adam Karadec

High Potential Season 1

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Instead of saying “Hollis, let’s talk,” Gibbs does THIS. ⬆️😡

Hollis, you’re a soldier — you should’ve punched him. I would’ve, if he pulled that stunt on me.

By the way, look at Hollis’s face right before he pushes her toward the elevator — it looks like she’d already processed Ducky’s story about Shannon and Kelly and took Gibbs’s silence about them as a given. Doesn’t seem like she was planning to pry.

So why do some fans keep blaming her for “pushing where she wasn’t invited”?

I hate injustice!

And look at her face when he shoved her into the elevator. She looks like she’s not expecting anything good — there’s literally shock in her eyes. And him? With that “I don’t care” expression, staring at the ceiling.

Gibbs asked her, “You’re going to tell me? What’s bugging you.” (Man! He couldn’t even say, “Tell me what’s bothering you.” He practically came at her.)

She answered honestly.

What the hell do you want from her — lies? Tricks? She told the truth.

He shut the elevator down. He asked the question. She answered. Then he smirked silently and turned it back on — a clear sign he wasn’t planning to talk.

He was the one who started this talk, hello?!

He might feel uncomfortable with the conversation, but those silent flicks of the elevator were just plain disrespectful. You can’t expect a grown, self-sufficient, self-respecting person to just swallow that. That’s not how it works, Gibbs. She didn’t. She held her ground. That’s what makes her strong, and why fans blaming her for “pushing where she wasn’t invited” are missing the point.

If he hadn’t kicked off that little “demonstration” with the switch — fine. But he literally kept flicking it on and off — like he was mocking her.

Of course she flipped it back — she’s never backed down from him. That’s what he liked about her in the first place.

You’re dealing with a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, man. You really didn’t expect her to just throw up her hands and go, “Oh, Jethro, you win,” did you? You knew from the very beginning who you were dealing with. From the very first meeting on the golf course.

And yet — the moment he made it clear that it hurt and he didn’t want to keep talking about Shannon and Kelly, she accepted it. She didn’t push.

Enough defending Gibbs, folks. He doesn’t communicate like a healthy person. And he tries to communicate that way with a healthy, mature, whole person — and guess what? He gets exactly what he asked for.

He asked the question, but he wasn’t ready to hear the answer. He wasn’t ready to take responsibility. That’s not okay, people. And yet we, the fandom, sit there cooing, “Oh, lonely wolf Gibbs, mwah mwah.” Arrr!

And in that same episode, Ducky tells Hollis, “You won't find a better man than Jethro.” Save me, help me, oh lord. 🙄🤦‍♀️

What about a good guy, a trauma surgeon, Ducky? How about Alden Parker? (Okay, Ducky, you don’t know Parker yet, fine.)

P.S. I still love Gibbs. But run, Hollis, run — Hawaii’s waiting for you, baby.

Good Lord, the fanfic I’ve written and devoted to just this sentiment is obscene.

And then years later, thinking she owes him the apology?

But do I still think she might have been able to make it work with him? Abso-fucking-lutely. I’ll die on that hill. I mean, they don’t call her The Gibbs Whisperer for nothing…

please make out a little bit as a treat for me. longing looks and casual touches will work to tide me over for now

Nothing like a new episode with a ton of juicy canon morsels to fuel my ADHD fanfic writing brain.

But also- I’d like to request a slow burn, your honor. I’m unable to fully process the amount of nuggets with my current metabolic rate.

"What are you reading right now?" My own wip because apparently I forgot my own writing style

Full on dementia some days🤷🏼‍♀️

Being a writer is more about googling words to make sure they absolutely mean what you always assumed they meant than simply writing.

this is me all day

Am I not the only one?

Soon! 🍂🎃

Canon in 3…2…1….

This is about the sexiness of The Golden Girls but I really feel the need to remind the world of how fucking progressive this show was.

In the episode 72 hours, we find out Rose may have contracted AIDs during an emergency gallbladder surgery.

In Isn't it romantic? we find out Dorothy's childhood best friend is a lesbian who recently lost her partner. She confesses she has feelings for Rose. Rose turns her down but makes it clear that she still wants to be friends even though she doesn't return those feelings.

Ebbtide's Revenge gives us Phil's funeral, and Sophia addressing him wearing women's clothes.

Sister of the Bride, where Blanche's brother Clayton brings his boyfriend to town, because they're planning on getting married.

There are so many episodes I could sit here and quote but this show is still so important. It isn't perfect, there are jokes that definitely don't land that I will not sit here and defend, but in the context of when it was created? This show is a fucking masterpiece and deserves respect for that.

After all that, and I never thought I'd say this, I am so damn grateful the mothership was too gutless to ever go there with tiva. We'd have got some PG snapshot wedged between other characters' storylines and the case of the week, and we'd never ever have had this.

Gutless?

Ohhhh…

you mean like Gibbs and Kate.

Or Gibbs and Jack.

I mean, at least Hollis saw some actual action?

(Bitter? Me? Surely, you jest 🙄)