Self-rbing This With My Own Tags Screenshotted Because Rahhhh Derek Morgan Character Of All Time. Also

self-rbing this with my own tags screenshotted because rahhhh derek morgan character of all time. also the post im referencing is this one.

morgan's face when reid brings up having nightmares is gonna make me cry. he goes from teasing him over the amount of sugar in his coffee to concerned so quick. i need to lay down.

he is the best friend and he has so much love in his heart he can't contain it. derek morgan i love you dearly.

you are though!! you are!!

this scene just makes my head explode. the instant switch from teasing to concern. the facial expressions. telling reid to talk to gideon and then doing it for him when it becomes clear he's not going to. what if i collapsed.

i really like this episode, in large part because of this line and how that feeling continues throughout the episode. i appreciate cm's attitude towards it in general, as the concept of the "less dead" is something that i feel very strongly about. that's not to say cm never plays into it, or into Missing White Woman Syndrome. Even in this episode, the victim we're focusing on, Maggie, is an attractive White woman with nice hair and teeth (possibly a little justified as she's a sex worker and i believe not unhoused? but it's still worth commenting on that the victim we follow in the episode about victims who are considered disposable has traits that make her more "palatable" to the audience).

I hope I'm making sense lol. There are definitely people better than me to talk about these concepts and associated tropes and how cm both plays into and averts them, but it's on my mind a lot and I really like episodes like this one where an effort is clearly being made to not only avoid but to comment and criticize them.

early homo sapiens b like help i cant stop making bowls . help i cant stop domesticating plants and animals. help i cant stop developing language and architecture and religion

anyway: last thing about the fox.

I think the order in which the team reacts to frank fielding* hurting himself is pretty interesting.

Gideon and Morgan are first, simply because they're the ones closest.

Hotch and Elle are next, with Elle a little behind...

But when it comes to actually restraining Frank, Elle, who is still new and less experienced, lingers behind. If you watch the scene carefully, she actually backs away, too.

And finally, Reid stands at the very back. He enters the room but doesn't go any further, and the camera pans down to show him rocking back and forth on his feet, like he can't decide if he wants to run into or out of the room. I think it's possible that Diana self-harmed at some point in the past (although granted, the self-harm in this scene is a different "type") and he may have been having some unpleasant memories.

*the brother of one of the victims, who goes to her house despite her husband not wanting him there, is seen by her through the window, and thinks she mouths "go away" at him when she actually mouths "help me"

okay. what if i cried. what then!

Lord help me. I've been given three manageable tasks. all at once