I'm not sure yet about life, about love
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grimorieI found this interesting post on genius wranglers by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thelana and it made me realize, it is kind of a popular trope today, innit?
Even Crews and Reese fell into it (although I don't think Crews was a genius, just a guy with a different perspective and social skills) and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But it does make the dynamic in Fringe even more interesting.
It's because in this team Olivia Dunham isn't the genius wrangler, it is Peter and Astrid but mainly it's Peter who falls into the role (aside from his frequent Distressed Damsel role:)). Olivia can also focus Walter too but during those times things tend to be dire and Olivia... angry.
(Did I mention how much I love Olivia and Walter's dynamic? I did? Well, I wanna repeat it again because it is fantastic and complicated.)
This show subverts many of the gender tropes and that just adds to all the things that makes Fringe so good. Well, not the science, since most of it is really the science of Handwave Skience variety.
Oh, no. I am really getting attached to this show.
Maybe I should start repeating Crews' 'I am not attached to (place object you are not attached to)' because it works for him.
...okay, maybe not.
-/-
I haven't seen the new Leverage yet but the 'Not Sure Yet' song has been stuck in my head all day and it reminds me how much the song fits Nate and Sophie. I still remember the scene in second season premiere where Sophie leaves the bar and Nate orders an 'Irish' and contemplates the drink but leaves it behind.
-/-
Look guys, it's an awesome ficathon!
I may have missed... well, a lot but these are the ones I've managed to catch!
Fringe
i am not a robot byineffort(Olivia, Post S2)
Shoulders sink, too tired to swim, and her heart might follow suit.
Maybe, it floats out of habit. Maybe, that's her saving grace. Maybe, it's her downfall too.
The Stronge Ones byhjea (Olivia, Post S2)
In some ways, coming back from the other side is easier the second time than the first. In most ways it isn’t.
Through A Glass Darkly bymalo_malo
There had been a time when Olivia was younger that she had thought that if she only pressed hard enough on a mirror that maybe she's be able to fall through too, that maybe it would be better over there with her reflection. She stopped when she broke the mirror in the living room by accident, and her mother told her that she'd have seven years of bad luck because of it. She was nine then.
the seraphim and the magi bytwistomatic (Olivia Dunham/Emily Prentiss | Fringe/Criminal Minds)
The problem with the FBI is that it's so big.
So often they pass each other in the hall, on the way to their respective wings, departments, to do the jobs they're meant to do. Every so often there's an exchange of hellos between them, usually when they're just by themselves, the words echoing in the empty corridor. At most times they simply nod at each other, just a slight bob of their heads.
Life
i know what i am byausten (Reese/Crews | Post-series)
The first week back is the hardest. Stares and smiles that scream false sympathies and every now and then a hand on her shoulder that she flinches away from (don't touch me don't). But she feels naked without a gun strapped to her hip and a badge shining from her belt, and so she grits her teeth and bears it without really baring anything at all.
SG-1/SGA
Joint Mission to Aessuma (The One With the Shiny Rocks) bynomadicwriter
Mission Report, Teyla Emmagen: Joint mission to Aessuma with SG-1 to study potential new power sources and strengthen trading ties with the Aessu people.
Mission Report, Vala Mal Doran: That one where Sam and Rodney wanted to look at the shiny rocks.
Vampire Diaries
Take the safety off byimpertinence
Bonnie was okay with people thinking she was crazy, but she wanted the really dangerous ones to look at her and know who they were messing with.
Veronica Mars
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics bybluerosefairy (Veronica Mars/Law and Order: SVU)
Veronica opens the file, scans the information about her, and laughs when she reaches a particular line. "I never dated Eli Navarro, you know. He'll be flattered by the insinuation that he was my love muffin and a 'notorious gangster'."
thelana and it made me realize, it is kind of a popular trope today, innit? Even Crews and Reese fell into it (although I don't think Crews was a genius, just a guy with a different perspective and social skills) and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But it does make the dynamic in Fringe even more interesting.
It's because in this team Olivia Dunham isn't the genius wrangler, it is Peter and Astrid but mainly it's Peter who falls into the role (aside from his frequent Distressed Damsel role:)). Olivia can also focus Walter too but during those times things tend to be dire and Olivia... angry.
(Did I mention how much I love Olivia and Walter's dynamic? I did? Well, I wanna repeat it again because it is fantastic and complicated.)
This show subverts many of the gender tropes and that just adds to all the things that makes Fringe so good. Well, not the science, since most of it is really the science of Handwave Skience variety.
Oh, no. I am really getting attached to this show.
Maybe I should start repeating Crews' 'I am not attached to (place object you are not attached to)' because it works for him.
...okay, maybe not.
-/-
I haven't seen the new Leverage yet but the 'Not Sure Yet' song has been stuck in my head all day and it reminds me how much the song fits Nate and Sophie. I still remember the scene in second season premiere where Sophie leaves the bar and Nate orders an 'Irish' and contemplates the drink but leaves it behind.
-/-
Look guys, it's an awesome ficathon!
I may have missed... well, a lot but these are the ones I've managed to catch!
Fringe
i am not a robot by
ineffort(Olivia, Post S2)Shoulders sink, too tired to swim, and her heart might follow suit.
Maybe, it floats out of habit. Maybe, that's her saving grace. Maybe, it's her downfall too.
The Stronge Ones by
hjea (Olivia, Post S2)In some ways, coming back from the other side is easier the second time than the first. In most ways it isn’t.
Through A Glass Darkly by
malo_maloThere had been a time when Olivia was younger that she had thought that if she only pressed hard enough on a mirror that maybe she's be able to fall through too, that maybe it would be better over there with her reflection. She stopped when she broke the mirror in the living room by accident, and her mother told her that she'd have seven years of bad luck because of it. She was nine then.
the seraphim and the magi by
twistomatic (Olivia Dunham/Emily Prentiss | Fringe/Criminal Minds)The problem with the FBI is that it's so big.
So often they pass each other in the hall, on the way to their respective wings, departments, to do the jobs they're meant to do. Every so often there's an exchange of hellos between them, usually when they're just by themselves, the words echoing in the empty corridor. At most times they simply nod at each other, just a slight bob of their heads.
Life
i know what i am by
austen (Reese/Crews | Post-series)The first week back is the hardest. Stares and smiles that scream false sympathies and every now and then a hand on her shoulder that she flinches away from (don't touch me don't). But she feels naked without a gun strapped to her hip and a badge shining from her belt, and so she grits her teeth and bears it without really baring anything at all.
SG-1/SGA
Joint Mission to Aessuma (The One With the Shiny Rocks) by
nomadicwriterMission Report, Teyla Emmagen: Joint mission to Aessuma with SG-1 to study potential new power sources and strengthen trading ties with the Aessu people.
Mission Report, Vala Mal Doran: That one where Sam and Rodney wanted to look at the shiny rocks.
Vampire Diaries
Take the safety off by
impertinenceBonnie was okay with people thinking she was crazy, but she wanted the really dangerous ones to look at her and know who they were messing with.
Veronica Mars
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics by
bluerosefairy (Veronica Mars/Law and Order: SVU)Veronica opens the file, scans the information about her, and laughs when she reaches a particular line. "I never dated Eli Navarro, you know. He'll be flattered by the insinuation that he was my love muffin and a 'notorious gangster'."
