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Criminal Minds Season 13

The “Wheels up!” scene made me cringe so badly. Fair enough, it was the phrase that got Prentiss through her traumatic experience, but to make everyone else say it was just silly!  Other than that, I am quite enjoying the cases themselves and the interaction between team members is good. Morgan coming back briefly was great, his scenes with Penelope made me cry, but it also made me wish Hotch had been able to come back too. 

Thoughts on Season 17 of SVU

What an opening episode! My hate for Dr Yates is immense, it has no limit! He must have been investigated when Stabler was still there, somewhere between Season 5 and 8, as it was apparently 10 years ago. However I can find zero episodes that feature him during that time frame! 

Yates is so creepy, so calm and so sleazy! 

Carisi is an excellent cop, he works really hard, has excellent instincts, takes instruction/feedback well and takes initiative when appropriate. He also sometimes spots things that his colleagues have missed or has a novel way of approaching the case/victim/suspect.

He is always actively observing how his colleagues handle situations ( victims, suspects, the big cheeses in charge…) and everything that’s going on in the courtroom. He’s obviously really into his legal studies as he’s accompanying Barba when he’s dealing with that side of things.

In a few years ( I stopped watching when S 12 finished), everyone seems much more accepting/open-minded and mindful of the language they use regarding trans females/males ( currently on episode 2 with the trans teen girl) and sex workers/drag queens… Some of the language used by the team in the first few seasons is really shocking, and some of them are really judgemental ( yes, Stabler, I’m looking at you!) when it comes to mental health and sex/gender issues. 

The tech is also much improved, as the earlier seasons were all about the dangers of this new-fangled internet and Stabler didn’t even have a cell phone until quite late. 

Wish Fin had taken the sergeant’s exam, would have meant no nepotism from William Dodds and his spy of a son taking on the job. I haven’t met him yet but hate him on principle! 

 I remember how annoyed Fin was that Munch took and passed the sergeant’s exam behind everyone’s back, possibly on a dare/because he lost a bet, so nice callback/continuity there. 

Lots of big names in supporting/guest roles: Sean Robert Leonard and Whoopi Goldberg that I can name, but lots of faces that are familiar to me. 

The pronunciation of some names in French is still appalling!

In the overworked social workers episode, the dubbers made Keisha/Keysha sound like Petit Chat ( Little Cat, which is used a lot as a term of endearment from French parents towards their little kids) and Keith sounds like a cross between Kiss and Keys ( the “th” sound is notoriously difficult for French people to master).

Just watching the baby shower episode and snorted at Fin’s comment about not having any idea how Mike Dodds got the sergeant’s job. He always seems to say what everyone else is thinking but doesn’t dare to say.

So far, Dodds seems competent and not too annoying, so that’s good. His dad however really got my heckles up by telling Olivia how to organise her team and do her job. 

Really not fans of Amanda’s mum and sister, they are walking disasters.

Was also disappointed by Carisi’s gift to Amanda for the baby shower. A wipe warmer is just so impersonal even though it is practical and recommended by his sister. I feel a bit cheated as we haven’t seen Carisi being awesome with his niece, or at least mentioning her from time to time. 

Rice and pasta/flannel shirt/ art/ocean/posters/Capricorn

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Ideas for Eli and Becky’s son’s name on Law and Order Organized Crime

Seeing as how we don’t yet have a name for Eli and Becky’s baby on Law and Order Organized Crime, and the next two episodes seem to be stand alones in which Nicky Torchia ( who plays Eli)  does not feature, it sounds like we might have to wait a little longer to find out what it is. I would be interested in hearing everyone’s ideas/suggestions.

I think they might use Elliot as a middle name, then maybe something Irish ( like Maureen and Carl’s boys, Killian/Kieran and Seámus), from the Bible or just a bit old fashioned/traditional. 

So maybe Aiden, Jonah/James/Nathaniel ( I think Noah Stabler sounds so good, but that is Olivia’s kid’s name) or Jack, Oliver, Sebastian… Not sure about S names as they could be a bit much with Stabler as a surname.

We know nothing about Becky’s family, but it seems like they aren’t supportive of her current choices but maybe that’s not the case and the name will be from her side of the family.

Of course, they could honour nobody and go for a modern name with a made up/illogical spelling, but I hope they don’t do that! 

Or maybe the upcoming episode will give us a name reveal, which would be great!

hotchner or prentiss? Reid or Morgan? season 3 or season 6? garcia or jj? cruz or strauss? dad bod hotch or athletic hotch? season 1 reid or season 15 reid? profiler prentiss or unit chief prentiss? megan kane or the reaper? haleyor beth? profiler jj or liaison jj? jack or henry? sean hotchner or aaron hotchner? jotch or jemily ( neither)? Tara or Kate? matt or luke? domestic aaron or unit chief aaron? reid’s long hair or reid’s short hair? Gideon or Rossi? Suit Hotch or quarterzip Hotch? 

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hotchner or prentiss? reid or morgan? season 3 or season 6? garcia or jj? cruz or strauss? dad bod hotch or athletic hotch? season 1 reid or season 15 reid? profiler prentiss or unit chief prentiss? megan kane or the reaper? haley or beth? profiler jj or liaison jj? jack or henry? sean hotchner or aaron hotchner? jotch or jemily? tara or kate? matt or luke? domestic aaron or unit chief aaron? reid’s long hair or reid’s short hair? gideon or rossi? suit hotch or quarterzip hotch?

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I love these scenes, I adore how Stabler is physically affectionate towards his children, especially when they are crying/upset. 

Knowing what we know about his upbringing/childhood, I think it’s apparent that he is actively trying to parent differently from the way he was raised.

His mother was erratic, unreliable and unpredictable ( in Season 10, Swing, he mentions her trying to take him to Paris in the middle of the night, as she had decided she wanted to become a painter, as well as how she tried to shoot him and his dad during a manic episode, as well as driving too fast in ice and snow, which crashed the car and broke Elliot’s arm) and his father was physically and verbally abusive ( Season 7, episode 4, Ripped).

Stabler also mentions in another episode that his parents, like most Irish parents at the time, didn’t say I love you to him or give him praise.

So I think it is very telling that Stabler often apologises to his children when he overreacts, handles a situation badly which causes them pain. 

Once Maureen has apologised in Sophomore Jinx in Season 1, he says he is sorry too, he also apologises to her later in Season 1 when he reads her e-mails in Chat Room, then he also says sorry to Dickie in Season 11, when his interactions with Shane’s mum mean that Dickie can’t attend his best friend’s funeral, and I am sure there are more instances. 

Stabler is also very quick to hug his children when they show signs of emotional distress, even when they are older. Kathleen, who is late teens or early 20’s in the Season 12 episode Gray, gets upset thinking her dad would be angry with her for leaving her friend for 10 minutes at a party, who she was supposed to be a sober buddy for, and he notices her voice crack, and pulls her in for a hug, reassuring her that she didn’t screw up. 

Maureen gets upset in Sophomore Jinx when he tells her he doesn't want to pick up her body parts in Jersey, she lets out a shocked « Daddy! » and he opens his arms to provide her with physical affection, and he repeatedly hugs Kathleen after her various mishaps too.

I appreciate how freely he says « I love you » to his children. In Season 1, when Wanderlust, it seems like it is a tradition for him to kiss his kids goodbye and exchange I love yous before he leaves for work, as Kathy talks about knowing the drill, which makes sense, seeing as he could be injured or die on the job. 

 I was listening to a podcast about the show, which had Allison Siko ( who plays Kathleen from Season 3 onwards) on as a guest star, and she said Chris Meloni is an excellent hugger and she always looks forward to their scenes where they do so.

She also told the listeners an anecdote about being at a writers’ strike/protest recently, and she spotted Chris Meloni from some way away, and instead of calling out his name, she said « Hi Dad! », to which he responded and came over to talk to her. I just thought that was very sweet and shows the great rapport between the cast. 

I got five kids. If it were me, I’d let the world burn to protect any one of ‘em.

1. No lighter!

2. Probably Cheeto orange

3. Yes, it is one of my favourite carbs!

4. Every day, pretty much

5. Nope

6. Criminal Minds fanfiction/picture/meme/theories/opinions and arty ones 

7. Yes, it is my favourite sport!

8. Yes, lots, I have refilled my flask 4-5 times already.

9. Cotton candy, though it’s a sticky mess!

10. Someone can ask me this!

11. Bass

12. The John Lewis Christmas advert with the boy counting down the days until Christmas, or the one with the penguin, or the rabbit and bear one…

13. Someone can ask me this!  14. Yes, I like how diverse they can be, from the colours of the clouds and sky and the shape of the clouds. Useful for predicting the weather too.

15. Moving abroad, age 6 and having to learn a brand new language!

16. I really enjoyed My Unorthodox Life about a mum and her mostly grown up children who ended up leaving the ultra strict Jewish community they were part of near/in New York. Firefly Lane was also really good.

17. As a young child, I used to like playing with worms and frogs! Aged 8, I was a massive Greek/Roman/Norse mythology fan and also really got into crime fiction via Nancy Drew!

18. Not really, but I play games on my 3DS sometimes.

19. Neither, but if I have to choose, vampires.

20. Someone will have to ask me this! The answer will probably be no, though I may have heard of the band!

21. Ben Affleck!  22. No

23. Introverted, creative, loyal, organised and patient

24. That it is OK to ask for help, I enjoy my own company and am good at entertaining myself

25. No

26. No

27. Books, though I adore going to the cinema!

28. Solitaire by The Carpenters

29. Prawn cocktail flavour crisps

30. Someone can ask me this!

31. No

32. Pen

33. The nursery rhymes I sing to/with the children where I work

34. Tranquility, love, end of war/conflict

35. Languages. Primary/grade school: art and English

36. Just one

37. Sometimes

38. I often daydream, or am told I am in a world of my own, so having my own little space here with my name seemed fitting

39. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”

40. Someone can ask me this!

41. Yesterday, Hey Jude, Here Comes The Sun…

42. Speaker

43. Playing by myself or with my brother, doing drawing/arts and crafts, my mum making play-doh, baking with my mum, my dad telling my brother and me made up stories

44. Fridge magnets. I like ones of paintings or that have famous quotes on.

45. Earl Grey or English Breakfast. Lemon and ginger is good too, with honey.

46. On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…

47. Book stores are my jam!

48. Some of them were a little unusual!

49. No sense of smell, so none!

50. Someone ask me this!

weird asks because i’m bored

if you have a lighter, what color is it?

pepsi box blue or cheetos bag orange?

do you like pasta?

how often are you on tumblr?

are you only doing this because you’re bored?

what blogs do you mostly interact with?

can you swim?

have you had water today?

which do you prefer, cotton candy or funnel cake?

have you ever [insert question]?

bass or drums?

favorite tv commercial?

can we be friends?

do you admire the clouds and color of the sky?

what’s the weirdest thing that’s happened to you?

a netflix series that’s your favorite?

an earliest obsession you remember?

do you play video games?

zombies or vampires?

have you listened to [insert musician/band]?

your first celebrity crush?

do you have a collection of cool rocks?

five words that describe you?

what have you learned about yourself?

can you tie a cherry stem with your tongue?

do you believe in aliens?

books or films?

an unusual song that’s your favorite?

the last thing you ate?

do you have a favorite [insert question]?

have you gotten bit by a dog?

do you write better with a pen or a pencil?

a song that gets stuck in your head?

when you hear “ peace ” what do you think of?

a school subject your good with?

how many alarms do you have set?

do you shop at thrift stores?

what’s the meaning behind your url?

is there wise words you live by?

what’s your favorite [insert question]?

you gotta have a favorite beatles song, what is it?

earphones or a speaker?

what do you remember from your childhood?

do you collect anything?

favorite tea?

a christmas song you secretly like?

book stores or record stores?

how weird were these questions?

what scents do you like?

is there [insert question]?

send me some!

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Marchwhumpness fic challenge

Written for @marchwhumpness ‘s fic challenge: Appendicitis.

Probably more comfort/fluff than whump, but kid in pain causing dad emotional distress counts, right? This is a few missing scenes from a Season 6 Law and Order SVU  episode, where Stabler is off the case as his son has appendicitis. 

“ He’s got a fever of 101, he hardly ate any dinner last night, and you know how Dickie feels about my mom’s mac and cheese! Then he vomited everything up again. I’ve made an emergency appointment with Dr Archer, for tomorrow morning. The patient wants to talk to you, El, I’ll pass you over now.”

Elliot sighed, waiting for his wife to pass the phone to his son. It really sounded like Dickie was sick, as his kid had no energy, was off his food and was complaining of a stomach ache.

“Hi Dad. I don’t feel good at all. Please can you come and see me if I have to stay home from school?” Dickie implored, using his most pitiful tone.

He sounded so young and so sad, and Elliot just wanted to scoop him up in a hug. He swallowed thickly before replying.

 “Yeah, of course I’ll come see you, kiddo. It must be bad if you’re turning down Grandma Ruth’s mac and cheese, it’s the best. Mom’ll give me a call when you’ve seen the doctor. Until then, Dr Dad says rest and make sure you drink lots of water, OK?” 

Elliot hoped his attempt at humour would help his son feel a little brighter. 

Dickie let out a giggle at the idea of his father being a medical professional.

“Yeah, thanks, Dad. Hope you solve the case.” Dickie replied.

“Thanks, buddy. Hope you feel better soon. I love you” 

“Love you too, Dad. Do you want to talk to Mom again?”

Elliot responded in the negative and hung up, before returning to his mountain of case files. 

The next morning, after Kathy’s call to the precinct.

Elliot grabbed his jacket, his wallet, phone and keys before dashing to his car. He hesitated for a fraction of a second, considering taking a police car to St Luke’s hospital, sirens blaring and thus having to avoid all the traffic lights. He was sure Cragen would understand, but the IAB would probably have something to say about it, so it wasn’t worth the headache.

The journey seemed interminable, and why were all the traffic lights red today? Elliot honked impatiently at any driver who paused for a fraction of a second before moving away from the light. 

He finally pulled into the hospital car park, threw some coins into the parking meter, ensuring it was enough to cover a whole day of parking, though the price made him wince.

He ran inside the building, and only stopped when a nurse called out to him with a warning that he couldn’t just barge in without his identity being verified.

“I need to see my son, Dickie Stabler. He has suspected appendicitis!” he barked at the nurse.

She frowned, checking the in-patient list.

“I’m sorry, sir, we don’t have a Dickie Stabler here”

Elliot’s heart pounded as if it were going to burst out of his chest. His palms felt moist, his head was spinning, he couldn’t breathe… Where the hell was his kid?

“We have a Richard Matthew Stabler though” she continued, unaware that the man in front of her had nearly become the latest casualty on the ward.

“Yes, that’s him!” Elliot gabbled, having extricated his ID from his jacket pocket.

The nurse carefully and quickly checked it before handing it back to him, then giving him the room number. Elliot thanked her quickly. 

As Elliot made his way down the corridor as fast as his legs could carry him,  untying his tie as he did so , while also listening intently for the sounds of Kathy or his son’s voice. 

A familiar chatter reached his ears as he rounded the corner.

“ Yeah, he’s the coolest! He’s super brave, really smart ‘cause he always solves the case. Olivia, his partner is super cool too, she helps him too. When I was little, he came to my school and showed everyone his badge. He said if kids didn’t have a safe adult to talk to, they should talk to me and I could tell him about it and he’d fix it… He’ll be here soon, you’ll see” Dickie chattered away to the nurse who was taking his temperature.

Kathy was sitting in a chair on the other side of his bed, her hand patting his leg affectionately. 

The nurse finished her ministrations and moved away from the bed, revealing Elliot standing in the doorway.

Kathy offered him a small smile and a hello, followed by thanking him for coming so quickly.

His son’s face lit up, his grin almost splitting his face in half. 

“Dad!” he exclaimed, wriggling so vigorously that he almost dislodged his IV.

“Hey, kiddo, how are you feeling?” he asked, pulling up a chair opposite his wife, before cupping his son’s face with his hands, then pressing a kiss to his still too warm forehead and smoothing his hair off his pale face, soothing and stilling  him. 

“My stomach still hurts, Dad. Like, a lot. I have to have an operation! And I’m starving!” Dickie complained, grabbing hold of his father’s hand, seeking comfort and reassurance. Elliot squeezed it gently. 

“ You’ll feel better once you’ve had your operation, buddy. And once you’re allowed to eat again, you can get whatever you want, I promise.” 

Dickie nodded and tightened his grasp on his dad’s hand. 

Whatever medication Dickie had been given started to take effect, as his boy’s eyelids fluttered closed, his grip slackening as he drifted off.

Once he was asleep, Kathy quickly explained that their son did indeed have appendicitis and would be operated on later that afternoon.

Eventually, the doctor came to explain the procedure to them and Dickie, and gave them a surgery time. 

Then the nurse came in to give Dickie an injection of pain meds. 

“Hey, look at me, Dickie. You can squeeze my hand as hard as you want, if it hurts. Do you remember that summer we went to the beach? You and Lizzie decided to dig to China, we had swimming races and we found the best ice cream stand…” Elliot said, trying to distract his son from what the nurse was doing, knowing how much his son hated having injections. 

“Yeah, and Grandma B and Kitkat made that massive sandcastle! They covered it in seashells and seaweed.”

“Ah yes, the sand palace. We’ll have to look for a picture of it in the photo albums when we get home.” Elliot continued, as the nurse caught his eye, letting him know the procedure she had been performing on Dickie had been completed. 

Kathy then came back with  coffee and some lunch for herself and Elliot, as Dickie had been  most insistent that his father not leave his side even for an instant. 

Elliot promised him he’d be there when he woke up from his operation.

After the operation

“Hey buddy, it’s OK, everything went fine” Elliot told Dickie, whose eyelids were fluttering open as the effects of the anaesthetic wore off. 

Dickie eventually got the all clear to go home, where he would have to stay for a few days to fully recuperate before returning to school.

At Dickie’s insistence, Elliot was going to be staying with him for that period.

“I’ll swing by my place and pick up what I need while you get settled with your movie and ice-cream, OK, buddy?” Elliot told his son, who was clinging to him like a limpet to a rock.

Dickie nodded, still reluctant to be apart from his father. 

Elliot pressed a kiss to the top of his son’s head, gave him a final gentle hug as Dickie squeezed him hard before letting go and heading off with Kathy to her car.

Elliot quickly returned to the family home and packed a suitcase for himself with everything he would need for his stay at his mother-in-law’s house. Sleeping on the couch was going to suck, but his little boy needed him, so that’s what he had to do.

He swung by the supermarket to stock up on cookie dough ice cream for his recovering child, as that is what he wanted to eat. 

He hated having to ring the doorbell to see his kids, but his mother-in-law opened the door for him and took the bag full of tubs of ice cream from him. He abandoned his suitcase by the coat rack and made his way into the lounge, after removing his jacket and hanging it up.

Dickie was sitting on the couch, a blanket draped over himself, and his hands full with a gigantic tub of ice cream and a spoon. He was so focused on the movie playing on the TV screen that he didn’t notice Elliot settling down next to him.

Elliot slid his arm around his son, tugging him closer and smoothing his hair.

Dickie leaned his head against his shoulder, tucking himself into his father’s side.

“What are we watching, kiddo?” he questioned.

“It’s called Jackass, Dad. It’s the best!” Dickie replied.

For the next few days, if Dickie wasn’t sleeping, he was eating cookie dough ice cream and watching the seriously overrated so-called comedy. Even Lizzie had begun complaining about it. 

SVU missing scenes/parent-child conversations/home life fic ideas

Post Season 9 AU where Kathy died from complications soon after giving birth to Eli. Stabler ends up being a stay at home dad for a while, Olivia helps him out a lot and they eventually get together, by about season 12-ish.  They have/adopt Noah a little earlier than in canon. Lots of Stabler kid drama ( teen rebellion, self imposed parentifying, dating drama like Swing and Turmoil being canon). Stabler retired early and Liv gets to progress in her career, maybe becoming Captain a little earlier. 

Pre-show:

-Maureen turns 10, her sleepover and day out with her friends is cancelled, her dad takes her for a day out (mall, gets her ears pierced, Little Women movie, lunch, bookstore…)

-Elliot helps Maureen with her homework, she writes him a note on an origami heart to say thank you. Elliot creates a drawer at work for all the notes and pictures his kids write and do for him. 

-Elliot and kid(s) bump into Olivia early on in their partnership, Olivia gets invited to come for dinner

-Olivia comes for dinner at the Stablers’, meets Kathy and the kids

Season 1 

-Wanderlust, Maureen asks her dad for money as she’s going to the mall for her prom accessories 

She returns from prom and talks to her dad about it over hot cocoa

Family dinner out in Wanderlust  but Elliot has to work. The kids get him his favourite dessert to go and write him notes/draw him pictures to leave for him when he gets back. 

Season 2

-Dickie forges his dad’s signature for a test ( mentioned in a later episode) and aftermath

Season 3 or 4-Maureen’s high school graduation

Season 5

-Home Dickie waiting for Elliot to come home so they can hang out, then when he has to go into work kitchen conversation with cookies

Season 6

-Dickie had appendicitis, Elliot goes to hospital and stays at Kathy’s mom’s to look after him. 

- Contagious Maureen and Olivia’s plan for Elliot’s birthday surprise

Season 8

-Scheherazade Lizzie and Dickie talk to their dad after their 1st Communion and ask Kathy if he can join them for lunch. 

Dickie’s fight and suspension talk with Elliot

Season 10 

-Paedophile who has pic of young Lizzie. Lizzie talks to Elliot when she’s home and he’s suspended. Lizzie and Eli spend some time together too. 

Season 11

- Turmoil missing scenes  Dickie and his sisters and with his dad, then apology to Olivia. Plays with Eli and his dad. 

- Perverted ( Lizzie in The Sound of Music, surprise, she’s Maria!) and flashbacks to when she was in Anne Frank as Edith and was unrecognisable and brilliant. 

Carisi and Rollins

Their first dinner together when she tells him they’re going shopping for ingredients and he’s cooking. Supermarket scene ( outrage on his part that she doesn’t buy fresh ungrated Parmesan and of course pays for everything). 

He takes her home after the kidnapping, cooks for her, they hang out with Frannie and Jesse.

Amanda asks him to be Jesse’s and/or Billie’s guide parent. He talks with Olivia about being chosen. Is he good enough?

Looking after Jesse while Amanda is giving birth to Billie. They choose a present for Billie together and he gets her a present « from Billie » after. 

Carisi talks to his dad about his feelings for Amanda, they discuss relationships, marriage etc

Baby Sonny supermarket theft story

Baby Sonny helps his mum in the kitchen, they talk about his future plans. 

Young Sonny finds out about his mum’s pregnancy, her abortion and how he looks after her following it ( she says she’s had a miscarriage). 

Carisi plays sports with his dad. 

Let me know what you would like to read or if you have any other ideas?