Shannon Whitney Messenger: The Trifecta of Awesome Giveaway

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Criminal Minds: This could break my heart or save me, nothings real until you let go completely.

So, Criminal Minds this week was fantastic as usual. I wasn't so much into the unsub as I normally am, but Craig Scheffer does seem to pull off teh evil pretty well. 

I don't really have a lot of thoughts about it, but there were a couple of scenes that I found pretty amazing. One thing my show does amidst all of the evil, killing, death, and violence is showcase the relationships between the character's and how they relate to one another. And it's totally no surprise how much I love the friendship between Morgan/Garcia. It's definitely one of my FAVORITE things about the show. 

THIS a thousand times over LIKE FIRE!!! I love that he knows her well enough to know what she needs to hear when she needs to hear it, so that she can do what she has to do to get the job done. And they get to be so freakin' adorable every single time they do it. THIS is why I LOVE them so much. To me, their relationship is absolutely perfect the way that it is right now and I don't honestly think I want the writer's to screw it up with something more, unless they're ending the show and it'd be nice to see a "what might have been" scenario play out. 

Garcia is just really amazing in any scene that she has, but these two on my screen together being all cute and adorable, makes me happy. Oh my pretties, you are so lovely.

You see that smile on Garcia's face?! That smile makes me smile, too. I adore any episode where Hotch gets to truly appreciate each member of his team and actually gets to tell them in his own way, job well done. And the fact that he acknowledges that he always knew that Garcia was unique made my little heart burst, because really how could she not be?! 

Oh and Prentiss with that gun, nice play bb. Srsly, can't hide the fact that she's just epicly fierce like that.

30 Days of Dawson's Creek

DAY #001;;

Wanna know something, Miss Josephine Potter? I think the world may just surprise you yet. I mean, you fall in love and it doesn't work out, and you think it may never happen again, but it does. Believe me, it does, in the strangest place.

;;Dawson's Creek, 3.13 Northern Lights  

There were a ton of things  to love about this season that made it my favorite, out of the six.  Things like  the friendship between Jack and Jen, the fact that Jen was a cheerleader for a little while and that for a little while she found someone to make her happy in the craziest of places, and the slow sweet build up to Pacey and Joey. I even mildly enjoyed the Pacey/Joey/Dawson messy drama while still spending most of the season being frustrated with him. It was a season full of very well scripted and well written episodes that just did not disappoint and still, Pacey ended up with his girl if only for a little while.

Dawson's Creek: The ballad of a short life, well I've had just enough time.

MOMENT #23;;

Joey: Well she looks beautiful in the water.
Pacey: This morning was just a formality. We still don’t know if she’s seaworthy.
Joey: She looks pretty solid.
Pacey: I don’t know. She hasn’t seen any stormy weather yet.
Joey: Pacey…
Pacey: It’s over, isn’t it?
Joey: It has to be.
Pacey: You should be the one to go first this time.

;;Dawson’s Creek, 3x20 The Longest Day

You know what, screw Dawson and his stupid crap ultimatum's, when the truth was he NEVER ONCE saw her the way that Pacey did until he saw that SOMEONE ELSE wanted her and then he threw a tantrum and demanded like a little child that he be chosen OVER someone else (Pacey) who actually gave a damn about Joey and saw the beauty that she possessed BEFORE it was too late. Besides, he really can't say anything anyway, because he's the one who rejected Joey at the beginning of the season, asked Pacey to spend the year watching out for her, and then he has the gall to turn around and play the victim and act over-possessive of her like she's some sort of trophy to be won and put up on his mantle to take down whenever he feels like admiring her? Fuck no, it doesn't work that way.

But this, THIS, is one of the many reasons why I love Pacey and Joey. Neither one of them really wanted to say goodbye and you can certainly see on Joey's face that she didn't want to be there doing this, but she didn't want to hurt precious little Dawson's feelings either nor did Pacey. This is why I spent a great portion of this show during the whole Pacey/Joey/Dawson years (seasons) truly frustrated with Dawson, because he never once saw her the way that Pacey did and yet he still felt like he had every single right to lay claim to her and clearly he didn't deserve friends like these two, who were willing to put aside their happiness and sacrifice exploring what was between them in an effort to keep from hurting their friend Dawson's feelings.

To Dawson, I say freaking grow up and realize that you could have been there, you could have had her, if you would have just opened your frakking eyes, instead you didn't and now you don't or well rather you shouldn't have gotten a say in this.

Dawson's Creek: I was only looking for a shortcut home, but it's complicated.

MOMENT #024;;

Joey: No loitering, Pacey.

;;Dawson’s Creek, 3x03 None Of The Above

Their sharp witty banter is was so very easily ALWAYS one of my favorite things about them and their relationship. It was like for either one of them, the other one would always be the last person on the face of the earth that they would ever choose to be with, and yet they ended up together because it wasn't something that they wanted from the beginning but there was always some underlying feeling there beneath the surface, there was always something that was there between them, a reason to care or a reason to just aggravate the other until one of both of them gave in.  

Dawson's Creek: Then I made a map and knew that somehow I could find my way back.

MOMENT #025;;

Pacey: What I said last night was way out of line. And yes, I was drunk. But more to the point, I was just plain wrong. And I want you to know that I’m really sorry.
Joey: Well, I was worried about you too, Pacey.
Pacey: Me? Why?
Joey: Well, because I mean, Satan himself could lead Dawson into the fiery pits of hell, and he would still emerge with his moral code firmly intact. But you, maybe I think that nobody is worrying about you right now.
Pacey: So then, what you’re really saying then is, given the highly dysfunctional nature of our relationship, this is how you express concern for me.
Joey: You gotta learn to read between the banter, Pacey.

;;Dawson’s Creek, 3x14

This is largely a big part of the reason that I LOVE these two so much. This is Joey pretty much admitting that she cares about Pacey, cares what happens to him, and even when he acts like a world class jackass and doesn't really deserve it - he still comes to her front door to apologize and she still tells him that she cares in her own way. I think it's pretty much safe to say that these two did their level best to put the "fun" in dysfunctional, but I'm glad they got their own version of a happy ending.

Various Fandom Things: I'm not perfect but I keep trying, 'cause that's what I said I would do from the start.

There are a few things that are making me happy right now and since I'm a big fan of lists (it's true), I'll just go ahead and list them.


001. The current book that I am reading, not because it's an easy read but because in all of it's simple-ness it's still a complex story thats being told. Other's I know would probably pick it up, read the brief summary on the back of it and go "but that's just your basic generic supernatural-y type story being told over and over" and maybe it is, but it's generic with a funny ol' twist to it and it's definitely relateable too. And the important thing, it's making me happy at the moment.

002. This season of Smallville, even if it's the final one. I love more than anything, that they're really pulling out all of the stops with this one. My biggest thing I want to see before it's all said and done, is Clark Kent really coming into his own, embracing his true destiny, and actually donning the Superman outfit. That and flying, I've had enough of this Kal-El can fly, but Clark Kent is grounded. It worked for the first few seasons, but this is the final season and it's time that boy takes to the sky like he was sent to Earth to do. 

Also, Clark and Lois, and how beautiful they are together. I really do enjoy Tom and Erica on my screen, and  how they work so well together at showing just how amazing Clark and Lois can and should be. It took me a while to come around to Erica as Lois, but once I did I fell hard and fast. Plus, it helps when you have pretty like this gracing your screen.

Lois smile makes me smile, too. That and the fact that Terri Hatcher is going to be playing Lois Lane's mom this season, which totally has me geeking out already. lol. From one Lois to another, it's going to be super-fantastic. (See what I did there? *winks*) 

And Supergirl being back to save the day is just one of the many reasons WHY I LOVE/HATE THIS SHOW do damn much! See, the pretty?!

Oh show, I will NEVER be ready for you to be over, despite all of the past grievances I hold against you that we simply WON'T get into now.

003. THIS!!! ALJFALJDFALKJFADLJKFDALJFAKDFA!!!

Olivia: You’re not real.
Peter: Real is just a matter of perception. I am here. And I’m a part of you that you have to hold onto. You can’t forget who you are Olivia. You can’t forget where you’re from. You can’t forget this.

;; 3.03  The Plateau

I just, ljadlfjadfdjalkfd! I mean, seriously, at some point Peter's going to have to realize that the Olivia that he's been with isn't the real!Olivia. But god, I've wanted this for so long. And randomly, alt!Astrid kinda creeps me out a bit.

004. Damon and Elena over Stefan and Elena any day. But, really...for me it just seems too easy to ship Stefan/Elena when they come across as Buffy/Angel 2.0. I'm more for the crunch of bones and the "I hate you," that actually means, "I really dislike you right now, but I could see myself possibly loving you sometime in the far away future maybe." It's not that I don't like Stefan or Elena, don't get me wrong, I just don't like them together. 

I think it's probably because I have this story of them that the books told me vs. the story that the show is currently telling me coupled with the fact that I always originally shipped Damon/Elena and Stefan/Katherine. It's been so fun watching Katherine and the games that she plays with both of the guys, but it sucks so much for Damon that she toyed with him the way that she did and then turned around and bit him in the non-proverbial sense. But, I think it's pretty telling that she could have and did use compulsion on Stefan up to a certain extent, but when it  came to their feelings she never compelled him once to love her and he did. And I believe that she loved him, as well.

This using each other for whatever means necessary gets kind of old after a while, so that's why I guess a part of me is so anxious to see how the're going to further develop the relationship tentative almost non-existent but barely there friendship between Damon/Elena. I'm just waiting for my ship to get a chance to sail and probably sink spectacularly well, too. 

005. Sara Bareilles song, Breathe Again. It's absolutely the MOST GORGEOUS song that I've heard in a LONG LONG time, true facts. It reminds me of two of my main ships right now (Clark&Lois and Damon&Elena), but mostly Clark and Lois. I have this image of the two of them in my mind, the rain coming down, there's a window pane and an out-stretched hand, maybe even a taxi pulling away from the curb as someone steps down and water splashes and it's the most beautifully tragic or tragically beautiful image I've associated with them and it totally fits this season so far. 

"Out of breath, I am left hoping someday I'll breathe again. I'll breathe again..." 

I don't know, but I know that I have it on continuous play and I cannot stop listening to it. Somebody NEEDS to make a Clark/Lois fan video to this song LIKE FIRE NOW!!!


On a totally non-fanon note, I've decided that the day is what you make of it. It can be good or it can be bad, it's all up to you, because you're the one in the driver's seat. I think I've decided to just be and let be. Whatever happens is gonna happen and whatever doesn't wasn't really meant to be. Things are just there and if they're not, then maybe you won't miss them and if you do then you'll know next time what not to do so that they'll be there when you turn around and finally look. I'm tired of being weak and letting the anger, the frustration, the stress, and the pain take me over. I want the sunshine on my face and the happiness that comes along with it. I want to look  back and be able to say, that day was what I made it be, and it was happy because I made up my mind to let it be happy and to not let anything drag me asunder.


Okay, I guess that's it for now. Good night blogger world. Good night Twitter. Good night Facebook. Good night livejournal. Good night fandom. Good night friends.


Good night world.