And I Can See That And On Some Level I Agree But I Dont Think Its Intentional - Tumblr Posts

frankiebirds
11 months ago
In the woods at daytime, a man in a blue sweater and a man in a brown and white striped button-up, both wearing brown coats, look down and offscreen. There are two other men in the background, one taking photos of what the other men are looking at.
The man in the blue sweater turns to look at the man in the brown and white striped button-up, who continues to look sadly down and offscreen.
The man in the brown and white striped button-up turns to look at the man in the blue sweater, clearly upset.
The man in the blue sweater has his arm around the man in the brown and white striped button-up, pulling him in for a side-hug. They have both returned to looking down and offscreen.

this scene makes me need to lay down. goddddd.

sometimes i get the sense that reid is more attached to gideon than gideon is to reid. obviously they both serve as surrogates for the family member each is estranged from (gideon is estranged from his son and reid is estranged from his dad) but.

you know. reid clings to gideon, not physically but emotionally, and i think a lot of his wellbeing at the start of the series relies on gideon's presence. gideon almost certainly knows the most about reid out of anyone on the team—i don't think canon ever says that reid has told gideon about diana, but i would imagine he has—and i think reid feels understood by him in a way he doesn't by other people, even compared to the rest of the team who (mostly) try their best. i think he also tends to try to be as good and deserving as possible of gideon's presence, since he definitely at least partially feels like his father left because he wasn't good enough.

on the flipside, while gideon definitely sees reid as a son, he's...not the best dad. i think we see him repeating a lot of the mistakes that drove a wedge between him and stephen with reid, and i think that had mandy patinkin stayed on, we would have gotten a larger parallel there. he holds him at arms length, trying not to get too close, although he definitely cares about him more than he lets on and the mask slips sometimes, like this moment and on the plane after ldsk.

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not fic criminal minds criminal minds rewatch criminal minds s01e12 what fresh hell spencer reid jason gideon spencer reid & jason gideon character analysis scene analysis i guess theres a darker argument that gideon lets himself show these moments of affection to keep reid attached to him and i can see that and on some level i agree but i dont think its intentional while reid tries to make himself good enough for gideon to stick around gideon naturally tends towards distance and being quite aloof but knowing that that's part of what drove stephen away he lets these small moments happen in hopes that reid will stick around in the hope of more they are mirrors do you see the vision fucked up old man who needs therapy + fucked up young man who needs therapy = ideal father/son relationship a decent amount of this is extrapolation and personal feelings abt the characters hopefully its not too out there gideon & reid favourites criminal minds 1x12
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frankiebirds
9 months ago
In the woods at daytime, a man in a blue sweater and a man in a brown and white striped button-up, both wearing brown coats, look down and offscreen. There are two other men in the background, one taking photos of what the other men are looking at.
The man in the blue sweater turns to look at the man in the brown and white striped button-up, who continues to look sadly down and offscreen.
The man in the brown and white striped button-up turns to look at the man in the blue sweater, clearly upset.
The man in the blue sweater has his arm around the man in the brown and white striped button-up, pulling him in for a side-hug. They have both returned to looking down and offscreen.

this scene makes me need to lay down. goddddd.

sometimes i get the sense that reid is more attached to gideon than gideon is to reid. obviously they both serve as surrogates for the family member each is estranged from (gideon is estranged from his son and reid is estranged from his dad) but.

you know. reid clings to gideon, not physically but emotionally, and i think a lot of his wellbeing at the start of the series relies on gideon's presence. gideon almost certainly knows the most about reid out of anyone on the team—i don't think canon ever says that reid has told gideon about diana, but i would imagine he has—and i think reid feels understood by him in a way he doesn't by other people, even compared to the rest of the team who (mostly) try their best. i think he also tends to try to be as good and deserving as possible of gideon's presence, since he definitely at least partially feels like his father left because he wasn't good enough.

on the flipside, while gideon definitely sees reid as a son, he's...not the best dad. i think we see him repeating a lot of the mistakes that drove a wedge between him and stephen with reid, and i think that had mandy patinkin stayed on, we would have gotten a larger parallel there. he holds him at arms length, trying not to get too close, although he definitely cares about him more than he lets on and the mask slips sometimes, like this moment and on the plane after ldsk.

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self rb <- my prev tags theres a darker argument that gideon lets himself show these moments of affection to keep reid attached to him and i can see that and on some level i agree but i dont think its intentional while reid tries to make himself good enough for gideon to stick around gideon naturally tends towards distance and being quite aloof but knowing that that's part of what drove stephen away he lets these small moments happen in hopes that reid will stick around in the hope of more they are mirrors do you see the vision fucked up old man who needs therapy + fucked up young man who needs therapy = ideal father/son relationship a decent amount of this is extrapolation and personal feelings abt the characters hopefully its not too out there not fic criminal minds criminal minds rewatch criminal minds s01e12 criminal minds 1x12 what fresh hell spencer reid jason gideon spencer reid & jason gideon character analysis scene analysis gideon & reid
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