Me: It's Wrong To Assign Children Stigmatizing Labels Due To Antisocial Behavior Implying They Were Born

me: it's wrong to assign children stigmatizing labels due to antisocial behavior implying they were born with some sort of evil condition when in reality these behaviors result from abuse, neglect, peer influence, or a combination and can be best resolved with proper support before the child reaches adulthood. instead these children are isolated and punished at school and have trouble seeking help later in life.

someone: op this is a lie I literally know a 5 year old who is actually a sociopathic narcissist

things that scare rossi:

nothing. he's been in the bau since the beginning; he's seen the very worst of humanity and nothing phases him anymore.

roadtrip with reid

(sidenote: politely asking for no criticism/advice on these gifs. i know they're bad, it's the first time i've put literally any effort into making them. down the line i'll be happy to hear it, but right now i just want to practice).

so u kinda mentioned this- how do u think spencer and ethan broke up? i rlly love ur insights into the characters :))

oh god now im realising i have way less thoughts on their breakup than i thought i did SORRY. also i totally forgot that @thereiddepartment also asked in the comments of the reid/ethan post i made so sorry!! hope it's okay to tag you

anyway so. we know from canon that ethan quit the academy after the first day. i like to headcanon that he left a letter apologising (because people like doing that to reid) but saying that they could try long distance. and they do.

and they can't.

ethan has his own stuff going on and reid is busy with the academy and then with work. maybe theyre even still together a couple months into reid being with the bau, but at some point, they break up. the distance is too much. reid doesn't feel like he can talk to ethan about the things he sees because ethan has his own demons to contend with. ethan feels like he can't talk to reid about his demons because of the things reid is seeing every day. they just drift.

i think it's ethan who rips off the bandaid. they have weekly phone calls to catch up and without even thinking, ethan picks up the phone one day and says "this isn't working." it ends quietly and anticlimactically—both of them find some small part of themselves wishing it had been more dramatic, more explosive. it was reid's first relationship and ethan's first serious relationship, and it just feels wrong that it just...fizzled out.

maybe they get back together after 2x18. maybe they don't, but rekindle their friendship. maybe there are occasionally benefits.

(also i love the reid/ethan headcanon you shared in the tags here and i can very much see that as well LMAO. just two guy best friends who live together and are planning to spend their lives together <3 my bestie is planning on following me into a dangerous career his heart isn't into just so he can be with me <33 why does he keep looking at me like that)

the face of a man about to yap

whats wrong with him. why is he running like that