Did Anyone Else Think That Nolans Scenes/story/lines Were Much Better In 6x9? He Was A Real Cop Actually

Did anyone else think that Nolan’s scenes/story/lines were much better in 6x9? He was a real cop actually investigating without corny or fluffy or ridiculous lines or behaviors.

Any thoughts on why?

Coooooould it be that he didn’t have any scenes with Bailey? Does their lack of chemistry and forced-feeling relationship bring down his character? I suspect this is a good part of it.

Nothing against Jenna. They just don’t have good on screen chemistry. IMHO.

Why is it, when your muse returns, that she has to throw you the same scene a dozen different ways all during your sleep in a crazy sequence of dreams that each wake you up? And it’s a scene 3 chapters ahead of where you’re currently writing.

Seriously?

But at least she’s coming back. I guess I’ll take what I can get since I couldn’t find words for that story for almost 2 weeks.

Everyone prepare your clown makeup 🤭

With the finale right around the corner, what are your wildest predictions for the episode? Feel free to clown as much as you want. 

And if you could have one scene in the finale, anything you want with any of the characters, what would it be?

Clown around, huh? Hmmm...

Okay, my most ridiculous but plausible suggestion for the Big Bad Boss is Nyla. She would make an amazing criminal mastermind. I know it isn't her, but I could even see her rocking super heroine style full body spandex well. A super, super villain. Am I right?

Slightly more realistically, the Big Bad could be Bautista's wife. She plays the fashionista by day and is a criminal mastermind by night. But her husband has no idea that she's doing any of it.

Le Fiera and Abril and Rosalind were all great villains, but they're all dead, so I guess those aren't good options.

It would be a fun twist if Ray was also working for the Big Bad or was the Big Bad Boss. Ooooo.... Or Greer who started all the dominoes in motion for Tim's fall/breakup/emotional implosion and then skipped town with no consequences. What if Greer was the Big Bad? Hmmm...

Not clowning - I think Elijah is most likely, but I want it to be Primm. And I want him to be caught and for everything he's done to be critically analyzed, including the detective's examinations.

I'd like to see Celina screw up (like she's been doing all along), and for there to be actual big consequences. She needs a push to start following the guidelines/protocols better, and Nolan needs to see he's not that good of a TO.

I'm looking forward to the Tim/Lucy action scene that we've seen snippets of so far. I hope it leads to an open, honest conversation about their feelings. I don't think they should be totally back together yet, but I'd like some actual conversations and honesty and forward progress.

Well, I've got 6 hours and 15 minutes to go until it airs at my house. Decent chance none of the things I mentioned above will happen. But it's fun to guess.

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I am definitely not the one in charge around here.

What are your thoughts????

Happy watching!

THE ROOKIE PARALLELS

6x09 The Squeeze | 2x12 Now and Then

What’s your biggest pet peeve regarding fanfiction story lines, like what is one thing you hate writers doing

Thanks for the ask, Anon.

Happy Mother’s Day, everyone.

Although my typos don’t always show it (Sorry. I do try to catch them), I think grammar and using words correctly (their vs they’re vs there) is important. For me it distracts from the story if I’m constantly editing in my head.

As far as storylines go? Hmmm… I’m not a big fan of over the top, melodramatic stories - the type when the writer goes a bit too far into hyperbole.

I really love stories that are written in character and feel like another episode of the show.

Now, obviously AU is not going to feel like the show, and I love a good AU (and have written over 250k words of AU), but I love an AU where it just feels like the characters were zapped from The Rookie universe into another one. I think that’s one of the great aspects of fanfiction: you already know and love the characters, so it’s easy to jump into another story about them since you know their foundation and personalities.

Thanks for the ask!

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