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And, when you do eat, make sure you have food with a bit of salt content, as if you’re drinking lots of water, and therefore urinating more, you’re losing salt and other minerals. I had sushi for lunch, it was so good!

It is nearly 40C here today, it’s hideous! 

🐨 Yo! Saw there’s a heatwave coming at you—it’s been in the 90s (F) here in my part of the US lately, so I sympathize. Luckily, as someone who bikes and treks through the heat with small children on a regular basis, I’m an expert in avoiding heat exhaustion!

1) Windows and fans are the best. The last thing you want is stagnant air. Some circulation is always good.

2) Water! You should be drinking more water than usual. Ideally, you want to drink before you actively feel thirsty. You’ll be sweating most likely, so your body will become dehydrated quicker. Better to pee a lot than pass out!

3) Make sure you’re eating. Sometimes heat can mess with your appetite, but you need to fuel your body since you’ll already have less energy than usual thanks to the heat.

4) Don’t be a hero. Maybe you CAN work out/go outside/other strenuous activity, but that doesn’t mean you have to. My mom is driving me to work on the worst days of the week for this reason. A chill day won’t hurt you, but heat stroke will.

5) Feel free to treat yourself. I like iced coffee or ice cream. It’s cold, and lifts spirits!

Hang in there!

I converted it to C and we're pretty much at the same temperature then... good luck to you, especially since you're working- I got lucky and one volunteering position is closed and the other should be when it's cooled down a little hopefully

These are very helpful and good tips, thank you so much!

If you're like me and suck at drinking water: put a straw in the glass. I don't know what it is about having a straw in my cup, but I've already drunk more water than I would in a day.

The food thing is so important as well. I know eating isn't always easy or fun, but you deserve food. Now and always. It isn't something you have to earn, it's simply something that you should have because you are a person and you need it. Eating something is better than not eating anything and there is no such thing as bad food.

A CHILL DAY WON'T HURT YOU, BUT HEAT STROKE WILL!

Please, just because it's hot does not mean you need to go sunbathing or to the beach. There will hopefully be other days where there isn't a threat to life but are still warm enough for all of these trips.

Funny story: my window of tolerance for lactose has increased e.g. I was able to eat some pizza and chocolate without feeling unwell, but it would appear that ice cream is still very much off the table... it was not good...

Iced coffee is good though! We have syrups so I may have some :)

You're the best, good luck with the heat and the children! We're in this together so if they share any other tips on the news/the internet I'll let you know (even though you'll probably know all of them since you're better acquainted with the heat lol)

The Hotchners in Into the Gotchaverse! ( minus Jack). Inspired by a prompt for Hotch’s birthday week, called “Daisies”. Hotch and Penelope have taken the triplets ( Scarlett, Stella and Theo) for a picnic and Penelope has taught them to make daisy chains, with resounding success. 

Into the Gotchaverse!

Because @hotchley has just celebrated a birthday, I thought it was the perfect time to post this! I have taken inspiration from several writers @themetaphorgirl from her PSOLC series for the triplets’ nicknames and Spencer not being able to master pronunciation of foreign languages, @hotchley or someone else I think came up with the strawberry allergy and any similarities to @winterscaptain a joyful future series are accidental ( and can be changed if needed). 

Birthday

Hotch yawned, stretched and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Rolling over, he found his wife’s side of the bed empty but still warm.

As he awoke, he tuned in to the sounds of chatter, laughter, giggling and cupboards and drawers being opened and closed that carried up the stairs from the kitchen.

« Mama! We have to put chocolate chips in! They are Dada’s favourite! » Scarlett ordered loudly. «  Oh, and strawberries too, of course! », she added.

Hotch had come to expect nothing less of his Type A, opinionated four year-old daughter who would quite likely be running the country someday.

« Maybe we could put banana in instead, Lettie? », Stella suggested, looking for middle ground and a way to keep everyone happy.

«  No, not stwawbewwies! Dada’s super ‘llergic, ‘member! We don’t want him to have to go to hostipal, not on his biwfday! » Theo piped up, sounding worried. Hotch could picture his son pushing his floppy blonde hair out of his eyes and biting his lip.

“ If you three don’t quiet down, you’ll wake your Dada up!”, his wife reprimanded his three youngest gently. “ And definitely no strawberries in the pancakes, Scarlett. We do not want a repeat of the 4th of July picnic, thank you very much.”, she added.

“Yeah, hard pass on that one! And we all know that Dad’s a grumpy bear before he’s had his morning coffee”, his eldest added.

It was enough of a birthday gift to have his eldest home from college, though he wasn’t far away, between his studies, his long distance girlfriend and enjoying life, visits home were not as frequent as he would have liked.

“Who wants to help me make coffee? Unless you’ve already made some, Penny?”, he questioned his stepmother, attempting to keep at least one of his siblings from making too much mess.

“ Not yet, sweetheart, I’m still on my herbal tea health kick, but you go right ahead. Stella, you go and help Jack, OK?”, she replied.

“Yes, Mama!”, Stella replied.

Hotch could picture her grabbing Jack’s hand and could hear them move her step-stool over to the proper area of the counter.

“We need, coffee beans, water in the jug, a mug, a spoon and a… filter, right, Jack-Jack?”, she enumerated.

If anyone became followed in his footsteps and became a profiler, it would be her, Hotch mused, as her attention to detail was second to none and her memory could rival Reid’s one day.

His thoughts were interrupted by a blur of short, dark, wavy hair flinging itself at him. The owner of the hair looked up at him, frowning slightly.

“Uh, Dada, you should be sleeping! But you’re awake, so you can read me books, right?” Scarlett declared. “Happy birthday, by the way!”, she added, rushing out of the room before he could answer, then dashed back with an armful of books.

Hotch proceeded to read all about Peppa’s adventures with her brother George and the well-meaning but pretty incompetent Daddy Pig.

While they were in the middle of yet another story about Peppa being bossy, Stella knocked on the door, waiting to be told it was OK to come in. Hotch nodded and gestured to her to join him on the bed. She entered, with Penelope following behind, wearing her purple silk pyjamas, matching robe and co-ordinated glasses. Her hair was pulled back in a simple braid, but she looked beautiful. She was bearing the special breakfast tray, which had a plate of pancakes on it ( thankfully strawberry-free), a glass of juice, a mug of coffee that bore the inscription that the drinker was the world’s best father, a vase with a small sunflower in it, plus all the cards that his children and his wife had made or bought him. Jack arrived a moment later, carrying Theo.

Penelope settled the tray in front of him, deftly scooping Scarlett up and out of the way before kissing him and positioning herself next to him, then placing Scarlett in her lap. Stella cautiously reached out from his other side to put her arms around his neck and give him a gentle kiss.

“Joyeux anniversaire, papa chéri! Bon appétit!”, she whispered excitedly. “ Auntie Emily helped me learn it, it means happy birthday, darling daddy. And bon appétit means bon appétit, of course!”, she explained eagerly.

“Why thank you, principessa”, Hotch replied, using the nickname that Rossi had chosen when Stella was born. “ How’s my Italian accent? Is it better than Uncle Spencer’s?” he asked, smiling at his clever daughter.

Stella just smiled and nodded, twirling one of her long brown curls around her finger, ever tactful about his former colleague’s ability to actually speak foreign languages that he could read and understand perfectly.

Meanwhile, his boys had settled by his feet.

“Happy birthday, old man!”, teased his eldest, grinning cheekily.

“Jack Thomas Hotchner! Don’t call people old, it’s wude! Happy biwfday, super young Dada!”Theo countered indignantly. “ Oh, and careful with the coffee, it’s hot!”, he added, brown eyes wide with concern as his father lifted the mug to his lips.

“Thanks for the compliment and the heads-up, buddy”, he replied, smiling at his children’s antics.

Once he had finished his delicious breakfast and the tray had been safely placed on the nightstand, out of the way, he began opening his cards. Scarlett got bored and burrowed under the covers, while Theo, still sitting near the end of the bed with Jack, had wrapped himself in the throw that was there, wearing it like a hooded cape.

“Oooh, present time now, Aaron!” his wife declared cheerfully.

“Oh look, I think you have some gifts already, as those strange lumps weren’t in our bed this morning!” she added, indicating the spots where Scarlett was hiding and Theo was sitting.

“Ah yes, bed lumps, just what I always wanted!” Hotch declared, prodding and tickling the bulge closest to him as his wife went to get the undoubtedly enormous stash of presents she had purchased for him.

The strange comforter-covered gift let out a giggle and poked out its head.

“ Am I a good surprise, Dada?”, she enquired.

“Yes, passerotta, you’re always a great surprise!” he replied.

“ Now, how about that lump that’s growing next to Jack, hmm?” he announced to the room.

He patted it gently and the fleecy dome wriggled, dislodging the blanket.

“Oh, a Theodore Atticus Morgan Hotchner, what a lovely surprise!”, he declared, which made Theo smile widely, activating the dimples that all of his siblings had inherited from him.

“ I fink Mama has some weally weally good pwopew pwesents fow you too” he added, regaining his usual quiet and serious tone.

As if on cue, Penelope returned, arms laden with beribboned gift bags and several deftly wrapped boxes. Every year she outdid herself, and, by now, he was starting to get used to being thoroughly spoiled, hugged, kissed and made a fuss of all day.

Into The Gotchaverse characters/life updates from end of Season 15/2020

Jack Thomas Hotchner: starts High School back in Quantico. Likes soccer, swimming and baseball. Has a chocolate lab called Hershey

Aaron Jacob Hotchner: local university professor in law and criminology

Spencer: local university professor ( physics and criminology). Has a gender neutral partner called Taylor ( teaches linguistics and literature )

Morgan: house renovator. Charlotte Penelope born 2021. Lives in Chicago with Savannah and Hank.

Emily: interpreter for immigrants. Dating Andrea, a middle school math teacher.

Tara: high school psychologist. Single.

Rossi: remarried Hayden, not Krystall in Season 15. Joy has two more boys ( Dylan and Lewis). Rossi writes crime fiction.

Penelope Grace García: works as tech support at schools/businesses, gives internet safety talks/coding classes at elementary/middle/high schools. Marries Hotch in 2021, has triplets Scarlett Emilia Grace, Stella Elizabeth Gabriella and Theodore Atticus Morgan later that year.

JJ: stay at home mom in New Orleans. Has baby Noah Jeremy at the same time García has her triplets. Also has Henry William and Michael Andrew.

Luke: opens gym with Matt and girlfriend Abigail.

Matt: co-owns gym with Luke. Kirsty has baby number 6 Adam George when Penelope has triplets.

Kate Callaghan: baby boy Joseph Christopher born end of Season 10. Teaches self-defence, lives in NYC suburbs.

Alex Blake: linguistics professor at Harvard. Foster parent with James  to Samuel (15), Clara (12) and Joshua (9).

Elle Fields: married to Dan, lives in NY. Counsels rape/abuse victims. Has twin girls, Callie and Cassie ( 12).

Into the Gotchaverse

Halloween Season 9 additional scene

« Oh, Sir, you don’t have to do that! », Penelope exclaimed, seeing her boss pick up the now full trash bag and deftly closing it with the plastic tie.

« It’s fine, Penelope. You’ve just hosted a wonderful evening, so the least I can do is help you clean up. », he replied, donning the bright purple gloves with feathery trim used for doing the dishes.

He swiftly filled the sink, added dish soap to a sponge and began washing the plates, glasses and silverware that had been used over the course of the evening.

Penelope busied herself putting away leftovers and they worked in companiable silence, occasionally bumping shoulders as Penelope got containers out, opened the fridge and put away unused utensils.

Once she was satisfied that everything had been satisfactorily stored in its proper place, she came to join him at the sink, drying what had already been washed.

Hotch began humming quietly, earning him a surprised look from Penelope.

« Sorry, Penelope, I’ll stop if it’s bothering you. I always seem to sing or put music on when I’m doing chores, it makes them less boring somehow. » he apologised.

« No, please don’t stop, it’s lovely! I had no idea you were so musical! You also have great taste, Blackbird is such an underrated Beatles song! » , she trilled, grinning widely.

As the two of them finished tidying up the kitchen, they sang together, voices harmonising on ABBA, Queen and Beatles songs.

« Well, I think that’s everything. I’ll take the trash out for you on my way out. » said Hotch. « Thank you again  for a wonderful evening, Penelope. » he continued.

« Thank you, Sir. Please don’t leave yet, I’ve got something for you, for your birthday! » Penelope replied, rushing to her bedroom and rapidly opening and closing cupboards and drawers before returning.

« It’s not much, but I hope you like it » she announced, handing over a red gift bag with a flourish. «  And yes, I know you don’t want a big fuss made of you and your day at the office, but it and you should definitely be celebrated! » she uttered, gesturing wildly with her hands and smiling broadly.

Hotch blushed and smiled, activating his dimple.

« Thank you very much, Penelope. You’re so thoughtful, and I appreciate your discretion. If your presents for Jack are anything to go by, it will be perfect! » he replied, opening his arms for her to hug him.

She squeezed him tightly, reaching up impulsively to kiss his cheek and leaving a scarlet lipstick mark there.

«  You’re welcome, Sir. Now let’s get you home before the witching hour and I turn into a pumpkin! Drive safe! » she declared, releasing him from her embrace and guiding him to her front door, then ushering him into the hallway.

« Goodnight, Penelope, see you at work tomorrow », he replied, waiting until the door had shut behind him to touch his cheek and discovering the vibrant red makeup mark she had left on his cheek.

His technical analyst certainly was one of a kind, he mused.

Criminal Minds Season 15

For a final Season of only 10 eps, there was a lot packed in to it.

It was cool to see all the flashbacks to earlier seasons, when the cast were so much younger and all their family moments through the years, though they missed out the cooking session at Rossi’s from Season 9, I think it is.

The dénouement involving The Chameleon was pretty epic, it was really interesting to see it all play out. The Reaper still has the most intense/thrilling arc though, and Season 4 is probably one of my favourite Seasons not only of the show, but of TV in general. Seeing Penelope and Diana bond was very sweet, and Reid is definitely right to call them the smartest people he knows, and Penelope’s brain, heart and guts analogy was spot-on ( she is the emotional intelligence or heart, she goes by her gut instinct a lot and Diana is knowledge/learning represented by the brain).

Everyone’s speeches to/about Penelope made me tear up, and I sobbed at the end. She is honestly one of my favourite fictional characters ever, and having her have the last scene just made it so much more special to me! 

Criminal Minds Season 15

Figured out the first episode unsub almost immediately. The JJ and Reid storyline was beyond stupid/ridiculous!  Looking at pics from earlier episodes, Emily’s hair looks atrocious. I think I remember hearing she had a wig in later seasons, and I think that might just be the case!  The Chameleon arc is interesting, hope they catch him soon.

I am enjoying Penelope in this episode, taking charge of an investigation!  I hope Spencer’s mum doesn’t die, but I have a feeling she might.

CriminalMinds Season 14

Just finished it! Some engaging episodes, a mention of Hotch that was appreciated and an out of nowhere declaration of love for Reid from JJ that I do not get at all. Throughout the course of the show, those two have been nothing but friends and it just seems so out of character for JJ!  I think Emily is an excellent Unit Chief, love Tara- she has a very fun sibling-like relationship with Luke. Wish we got to see more of the Simmonses home life, as  I like Matt and Kristy immensely, as it is refreshing to see a functional, loving couple on the show.  Only 10 more episodes to go and it will all be over, but then I get to rewatch from the start again and see the cast in their 2005 baby-faced glory!

Criminal Minds Season 14

There have been several episodes with characters having flashbacks and none of them feature Hotch at all, which makes me sad! No-one even mentions him anymore, which just makes me sad! They could have little moments like “Do you remember when we worked a similar case and Hotch did/said X to help us figure out who the unsub is”… 

The episode focused on JJ’s hometown and her relationship with her sister was an interesting one. I mostly just have it on as background noise, though some episodes do draw me in.  One of my best friends bought Seasons 2-8 after I got her Season 1, which she has yet to finish. I am so excited for her to watch the finale, it is excellent! 

Criminal Minds Season 13

Barnes as the person in charge is just awful! She makes Strauss look like an angel and gives me serious Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter vibes ( “Order! I will have order!”).  Seeing the team in different roles just makes me so sad, especially Penelope.  JJ as Unit Chief is just about the stupidest decision I ever heard, really not a fan of her character, and haven’t been since she stopped being liaison officer.  Alvez and Simmons have more depth and are more interesting.

Love Spencer and Emily’s relationship, they have such a lovely older sister-little brother dynamic.  Still missing Hotch and Morgan! Some of my favourite episodes is when the team is at its smallest in Season 4, which is one of my favourite Seasons overall. 

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. 

Criminal Minds Season 12

About halfway through Season 12 now and am so over the Reid prison arc!  If only Hotch were still there, he’d go back to his roots and would have prepared an airtight case to get Reid set free! It’s so traumatic to see him suffering at the hands of the other inmates, like he did with Tobias Henkel and the bullying he was subjected to at school.  I miss Hotch a stupid amount, and Morgan too, but mostly Hotch.  Steven Walker is OK, but doesn’t seem to have any particularly notable character traits so far.  Luke Alvez is growing on me, he gets on with everyone on the team and he tried to comfort Penelope, so he’s better than Gideon by a long shot!

Criminal Minds Season 12

Just started watching Season 12, as I got Seasons 12-15 for a decent price!  So far the episodes are pretty good, some of the unsubs surprised me, and the stories are pretty engaging. Tara is incredible, love her, having Emily back is wonderful ( and I think she will make an excellent Unit Chief, much better than non-techy, bossy Rossi), Spencer’s mom is making me sad ( I’m guessing she dies at some point in the next 4 Seasons), I like Luke ( I think he bonds with Tara, what with them both being army brats and thought his conversation/connection with Emily was great), and Garcia continues to be my favourite. I am confused about her family set-up though, as I thought her step-father was Garcia and he was the one who died in the car crash with Penny’s mum, leaving Penelope and her half/step-brothers parentless. Also grrr to Penelope not being able to keep a secret, back in the Season 5 premiere, she tells nobody about Hotch being unfindable/uncontactable when Emily asks her to keep it quiet. She struggles but manages not to tell anyone ( on a phone call, Morgan or Reid asks her if she’s OK, she hesitates, then says she’s fine).She also gets the gift for Roxy so completely wrong, which seemed out of character, as she normally does a great job. Her conversation with Rossi in the episode Hotch steps down/goes into wit sec made me tear up. I love Spencer and Emily’s relationship, they have a big sister-little brother bond that I adore. 

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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Happy birthday 🎂 🎈🎁 to me! According to the updates I get via e-mail, I have been on here just over a year.

To celebrate, I would like to answer or fulfil any asks/questions/fic or drawing ideas or requests people have for Criminal Minds… Anything to mark the occasion, really! 

Anyone know what episode this is from, please?

100 Reasons NOT To Kill Yourself

1. We would miss you. 2. It’s not worth the regret. Either by yourself if you failed or just simply left scars, or the regret everyone else feels by not doing enough to help you. 3. It does get better. Believe it or not it will eventually get better. Sometimes you have to go through the storm to get to the rainbow. 4. There’s so much you would miss out on doing. 5. There is always a reason to live. It might not be clear right now, but it is always there. 6. So many people care, and it would hurt them if you hurt yourself. 7. You ARE worth it. Don’t let anyone, especially yourself, tell you otherwise. 8. You are amazing. 9. A time will come, once you’ve battled the toughest times of your life and are in ease once again, where you will be so glad that you decided to keep on living. You will emerge stronger from this all, and won’t regret your choice to carry on with life. Because things always get better. 10. What about all the things you’ve always wanted to do? What about the things you’ve planned, but never got around to doing? You can’t do them when you’re dead. 11. I love you. Even if only one person loves you, that’s still a reason to stay alive. 12. You won’t be able to listen to music if you die. 13. Killing yourself is never worth it. You’ll hurt both yourself and all the people you care about. 14. There are so many people that would miss you, including me. 15. You’re preventing a future generation, YOUR KIDS, from even being born. 16. How do you think your family would feel? Would it improve their lives if you died? 17. You’re gorgeous, amazing, and to someone you are perfect. 18. Think about your favourite music artist, you’ll never hear their voice again… 19. You’ll never have the feeling of walking into a warm building on a cold day 20. Listening to incredibly loud music 21. Being alive is just really good. 22. Not being alive is really bad. 23. Finding your soulmate. 24. Red pandas 25. Going to diners at three in the morning. 26. Really soft pillows. 27. Eating pizza in New York City. 28. Proving people wrong with your success. 29. Watching the jerks that doubted you fail at life. 30. Seeing someone trip over a garbage can. 31. Being able to help other people. 32. Bonfires. 33. Sitting on rooftops. 34. Seeing every single country in the world. 35. Going on roadtrips. 36. You might win the lottery someday. 37. Listening to music on a record player. 38. Going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. 39. Taking really cool pictures. 40. Literally meeting thousands of new people. 41. Hearing crazy stories. 42. Telling crazy stories. 43. Eating ice cream on a hot day. 44. More Harry Potter books could come out, you never know. 45. Travelling to another planet someday. 46. Having an underwater house. 47. Randomly running into your hero on the street. 48. Having your own room at a fancy hotel. 49. Trampolines. 50. Think about your favourite movie, you’ll never watch it again. 51. Think about the feeling of laughing out loud in a public place because your best friend has just sent you an inside joke, 52. Your survival will make the world better, even if it’s for just one person or 20 or 100 or more. 53. People do care. 54. Treehouses 55. Hanging out with your soul mate in a treehouse 55. Snorting when you laugh and not caring who sees 56. I don’t even know you and I love you. 57. I don’t even know you and I care about you. 58. Because nobody is going to be like you ever, so embrace your uniqueness! 59. You won’t be here to experience the first cat world emperor. 60. WHAT ABOUT FOOD?! YOU’LL MISS CHOCOLATE AND ALL THE OTHER NOM THINGS! 61. Starbucks. 62. Hugs. 63. Stargazing. 64. You have a purpose, and it’s up to you to find out what it is. 65. You’ve changed somebody’s life. 66. Now you could change the world. 67. You will meet the person that’s perfect for you. 68. No matter how much or how little, you have your life ahead of you. 69. You have the chance to save somebody’s life. 70. If you end your life, you’re stopping yourself from achieving great things. 71. Making snow angels. 72. Making snowmen. 73. Snowball fights. 74. Life is what you make of it. 75. Everybody has a talent. 76. Laughing until you cry. 77. Having the ability to be sad means you have the ability to be happy. 78. The world would not be the same if you didn’t exist. 79. Its possible to turn frowns, upside down 80. Be yourself, don’t take anyone’s shit, and never let them take you alive. 81. Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. Be your own hero. 82. Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. 83. One day your smile will be real. 84. Having a really hot, relaxing bath after a stressful day. 85. Lying on grass and laughing at the clouds. 86. Getting completely smashed with your best friends. 87. Eating crazy food. 88. Staying up all night watching your favourite films with a loved one. 89. Sleeping in all day. 90. Creating something you’re proud of. 91. You can look back on yourself 70 years later and being proud you didn’t commit 92. Being able to meet your Internet friends. 93. Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate 94. Sherlock season three. 95. Cuddling under the stars. 96. Being stupid in public because you just can. 97. If you are reading this then you are alive! Is there any more reason to smile? 98. being able to hug that one person you havent seen in years 99. People care enough about you and your future to come up with 100 reasons for you not to do this. 100. But, the final and most important one is, just, being able to experience life. Because even if your life doesn’t seem so great right now, literally anything could happen

IF that isn’t enough:

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Aaron Hotchner Appreciation Week

Dates: Monday, November 1st - Sunday, November 7th

Who are we?: You guys are probably wondering who the hell we are but you've probably seen us around! I'm Mimi and my writing blog is @shmaptainhotchner and my lovely mutual Neveah ( @lilacprentiss ) has helped me put this together as well as make the awesome icon and header!

What is it?: This appreciation week will be a chance for creators to showcase their talents and their love for our BAU Unit Chief! Each day will have a prompt specific to either writers or GIF/Graphic makers to follow so we can see the diversity of things that come up from one idea

How does it work?: Pick a day or multiple days and create something based on the prompt for that day, then tag this account and use the hashtag aaronhotchnerappweek

What is this account for?: We'll be reblogging all the content you guys create through here so everyone has a chance to see all of your wonderful contributions

Rules: Only one! Please keep it SFW (we've got one minor on the blog) and it also makes it inclusive for everyone to enjoy what's being shared

Now let's get to the fun stuff!

Prompts:

For Writers:

Monday - Alternate Scene or Episode Ending

Tuesday - Birthday

Wednesday - Backstory

Thursday - Hotch & Jack [or a larger Hotchner family!]

Friday - Post-BAU [during or after witsec]

Saturday - AU

Sunday - "I don't deserve you,"

For GIF, Graphic, & Moodboard Makers:

Monday - Favourite Hotch-Centred Episode

Tuesday - Birthday

Wednesday - Favourite Quote

Thursday - Favourite Look

Friday - Favourite Iconic Moment

Saturday - Favourite Arc

Sunday - Holidays

If you have any questions send them to our ask box and we’ll be happy to clarify things for you!

Tagging some friends under the cut for a no pressure signal boost!!

@ssahotchie @arsonhotchner @hotforhotchner11 @hotchnerz @mrsh0tchner @heliotropehotch @doctorstethoscope @ssa-ki99

Criminal Minds Hotch writing and art week

I saw a post a month or so ago which had a series of writing and drawing/gif prompts for Hotch’s birthday week. I cannot find it anywhere, though I am sure I hearted it and reblogged it!  If anyone could send it to me/repost and tag me, I would be really grateful, as I have so many ideas for both categories!

Modern Languages ( French and Spanish with Italian), Capricorn, Spring

rb with your major/degree, your sign and your favorite season

I love her, she is just so sweet! Her relationship with Hotch is really special, they clearly care for eachother a lot. I adore all the different names she gives him, like Bossman, My Liege, Oh Captain my Captain… as they are always said with such affection. I like that they listen to eachother too, as she asks him very early on to not call her sweetheart ( though he meant it in the nicest way possible) and, later, he tells her to not call him honey. Neither of them uses that particular term of endearment when speaking to the other ever again! 

penelope garcia, known hotchgirl

Her smug/cat got the cream expression in the last picture is everything! I love super smart Penelope, they sometimes dumbed her down as she doesn’t know the word for vomit-causing ( emetic) or something like that ( haemo-somthing and it being blood-related, maybe?)  in one episode. I love that she is intelligent, really fashionable/dresses super well, is really good at her job, is nerdy and plus-sized! One of my favourite characters on TV ever!

bau’s resident genius, spencer reid penelope garcia.

I can imagine Penelope writing this for Hotch after the “you’re a narcissist” and all the other criticisms Hotch heard during the Tobias Henkel arc.

The text reads as follows:

To my brilliant and beloved Bossman, I think you are the best!

However, if you feel the need to attain complete perfection, you should start by taking better care of yourself! Also, you seem to have confused work less and smile more, as you tend to do the opposite-oops! I realise this is hard for you, but I believe you can fix it 🙂!  I will love you and leave you with two quotes:

“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum” *

and “ No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent” ( E. Roosevelt).

Your devoted technical analyst, Penelope ❤️   * in case your Latin has failed you: Don’t let the b-words ground you down!

If you’re still doing the asks:

20 - what is your favourite song at the moment

33. something you want to learn

20- favourite song is hard, as I don’t really listen to modern music, but I liked the new James Bond theme song and the two Abba songs from their new album

33- I would love to learn to sing in tune and dance, or speak another language, preferably one with a different alphabet ( Greek, Russian or Arabic)

REBLOG IF I CAN MESSAGE YOU 'HEY' AND START A FRIENDSHIP.

Criminal Minds rewatch Rossi grrrr

Currently rewatching Season 4, which is much worse than I remember it being, as there are so many sup-par episodes. The finale, however, is epic, I know that for sure!

Anyway, I am struck by how empathetic and kind Rossi is to Jordan Todd, who is having serious self-doubt about the job, and he tells her she doesn’t have to do anything she doesn’t want to do, asks after her mental/emotional wellbeing and gives her some pretty sound advice. As far as I can tell, they aren’t particularly close and haven’t known eachother that long.

So why oh why is Rossi such an insensitive jerk to Hotch when he blames himself for the Foyet bus situation? This is someone he has known for years and considers a friend, so how can he be so callous and unfeeling, basically just telling Aaron to snap out of it? It just makes me angry!

Maybe it was just writers not talking to eachother or reading the other person’s work and maybe filming episodes out of order, or actors having input/improvising, but ugh!

Criminal Minds rewatch William Reid

I am currently re-watching Season 4 and have got to the start of the Riley Jenkins episodes.

I am struck by Diana’s repeated assertion of “ You were in danger. A mother knows” and how it could relate to William Reid potentially sexually abusing Spencer, which has been discussed here in quite a lot of detail. He comes in, sits on Spencer’s bed and Spencer pretends to be asleep, plus some other details I cannot recall make it seem “off” , coupled with Spencer having completely blocked out his childhood and perhaps now, subconsciously pinning the blame on the male he is genetically related to for Riley Jenkins is his way of dealing with it. The fact that William just leaves and that Diana, in her lucid moments, never thinks to have Spencer spend time with him just makes me suspect that perhaps she thought William could be molesting Spencer. 

Criminal Minds rewatch Grrrr Rossi

I have currently started rewatching Criminal Minds, currently about halfway through Season 3.

Firstly, I was struck by how much more I understood Gideon’s character. He can sometimes be rude when he doesn’t introduce himself to the LEOs when the team arrives at the crime scene, it’s not great, but he is just intensely focused on getting started on solving the crime. However, he remains a team player, unlike Rossi, who has to be given a “there is no I in team” speech by Hotch. He also gets angry with Penelope and calls her stupid, which I didn’t think was a very good way to handle things, but Rossi getting all up in Penelope’s face and yelling at her to remember what happened in the episode bearing her name was just totally out of line! Both he and Gideon are equally bad at remembering her name and probably couldn’t pick her out of a line-up, however!  Gideon would also never have done what Rossi does to Morgan when Morgan quite clearly states he is not comfortable talking to the priest and Rossi states that he will be doing the interview. I couldn’t remember the scene very well ( I binge-watched and sometimes dozed off during eps in previous viewings) so thought maybe Rossi had explained afterwards he thought the priest might be more comfortable talking to Morgan rather than a rich, white guy like Ross, but no, just Rossi being disrespectful and not a team player!  I know there’s also the ep where Reid is injured ( gunshot wound to the knee, if I recall correctly) and Rossi sends Reid down the bank to investigate, because he has just bought new shoes made from Italian leather, as well as countless other moments where he is racist/sexist or just thoughtless! In Gideon’s last episodes, I felt quite emotional hearing his letter and genuinely actually missed him, this time!  So, to conclude, I would rather have kept Gideon and not have Rossi around! 

Mons in Belgium also has a statue of a monkey, I believe, whose head you can rub for luck before exams!

Via @korvys​ (Twitter)

Criminal Minds rewatch

Just rewatching the Season 2 finale, and am shocked that Gideon knows nothing about flowers, his descriptions ( kind of like a dandelion, with yellow floofy petals and a black dot in the middle, but not a weed) are dreadful, and Hotch has to talk him through his purchase ( chrysanthemums are not a good flower to buy for a date, Gideon!) and thank goodness that Gideon didn’t buy Garcia flowers when he had to be prompted to get her a gift when he invaded her office and really annoyed her in Season 1! It just makes my heart happy that Hotch knows about flowers, I can see him being really clued up about all the meanings ( yellow roses for friendship) as he was, canonically, a bit of a nerd growing up, with his coin collecting.

It’s also really poignant to see the first victim on the list, I got total Haley parallels/foreshadowing.

Gideon and Garcia actually getting on and him listening to her, explaining things to her in a non-patronising way and appreciating her input just warmed my heart. I like to think they got closer after the Tobias Henkel episodes, as they have a sweet moment when watching the video where he puts his hand on her shoulder and she reaches her hand up to squeeze his, so they are drawing comfort and reassurance from eachother because of their mutual affection for the person onscreen.