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Criminal Minds: A Tribute
After having finally watched the season 15 finale last night, I cannot believe that this amazing show is finally over. I haven’t watched this show since it began airing like some people, nor have I ever watched it episode by episode as it slowly came out on CBS, and some would say that that makes me ‘not a real fan’ but I digress. I have been watching this show for over two and a half years now and it has been some of the best moments of my life.
It all started with two episodes I watched on a whim when they were on cable in a little hotel room in white salmon, Washington. I had already gotten a taste of police procedurals at that point through NCIS (which I have still not finished) and had previously seen criminal minds on my recommended list on Netflix so i thought ‘why not?’ and turned it on. This was still one of the best decisions of my life to date. That might seem super dramatic but the two episodes i watched (10x16 ‘Lockdown’ and 10x17 ‘Breath Play’) were amazing to me. They were just the right amount of creepy and haunting with that dash of genius and psychology and action....it was just perfection in every way.
So I decided to go back to the beginning and start the whole show from the top.
At first I was confused, the cast was different in season 10, and in season 1 there were all these people i didn't know, but I soon caught up and watched the first few seasons with my mom.It was slow going, I admit, I got home form school and had to quickly watch anywhere from 1 to 3 episodes before my stepdad came home as he didn't like the show but I soon watched all 12 seasons available on Netflix. It was the most bizarre moment when i finished them and sat there for a while with no way to access the rest of the show. Months passed, it seemed to me that the heretofore 2 years of watching the show was over, that I would never finish it. But after 8 months of moving around and waiting, I finally got my hands on the remaining 3 seasons. I binge watched 13 and half of 14 before I procrastinated another 2 months, because I was not ready for it to end.
When I think of Criminal Minds, the first episode that comes to mind is an unusual one. Season 1 episode 14 ‘Ride The Lightning’, I barely remember anything from the earlier season but Ride the Lightning sticks out to me as one of the most heartbreaking episodes on the show. The Woman asking to stay on death row and the car driving away at the end hurts my soul. It has been so long but that episode will forever be seared in my brain.
The second episode that always sporadically comes back to me is the season 2 episode ‘North Mammon’. The idea of 3 girls having to choose whom to kill, is one that shoots shivers down my spine. It was an ugly and tragic episode that will always hurt to watch.
I have loved almost every member in the BAU at some point, some more than others, but my favorite is Dr Spencer Reid. This is probably a typical choice but I don’t care at all. His character arc from a shy and awkward sweater wearing genius to a badass and confident agent is one that is amazing, tragic and sweet all at the same time. In season 1 he cant even shoot a gun but in season 15 he get a 100 on his shooting examination. In the same way, he was often a scrawny ‘pipe cleaner with eyes’ early in the show but in season 14 he swiftly takes down a suspect who lightly shoves Tara. I love how he becomes confident and strong willed but most of this is due to torture, prison, drug addiction, and his girlfriend being shot in front of him which makes his character development horrifying but no less satisfying.
This team...they’re a family. They’ve been blown up, shot, tortured, killed, electrocuted, chased by dogs, hunted down, kidnapped, falsely accused, drugged, imprisoned, and psychologically tormented. They would hurt for each other, kill for each other, die for each other. They were each others mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers. They were more than friends and family in every way that counted. And now it’s....over.
I’m am so blessed that I was able to go on this journey with this amazing cast of characters and they will forever be in my heart, I will never, ever forget the agents of the BAU and I will always list this show as one of the top ten best of all time.
Wheels Up,
Forever.
“My child is completely fine!!”
Ma’am, your child is watching that one video of Matthew Gray Gubler in a cream pie eating contest on repeat
Originally planed some Allay from Minecraft but wasn't happy with the design so asked friends and family for characters.
Original idea by mcapriglioneart
Me, an autistic person, watching Criminal Minds:
Reid: Portrays autistic trait
Me:
Henley Monday -
One beautiful waif of a man, with the highest of cheekbones and most earnest spirit and love of the absurd. Matthew Gray Gubler is precious and adorable in too many ways to name.
He is our official Halloween Fesitivities Chaplain and he is festively festooned in the henley here striking out different poses because he knows how hard this week before Halloween will be to get through.
emily: we can bake these cookies at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or we could bake them at 4,000 degrees for 1 minute
reid: no thats not how you make cookies
morgan: FLOOR IT !!
emily: how about 4,000,000 degrees for 1 second ??
reid: EMILY YOU'RE GONNA BURN THE BULLPEN DOWN
emily: IM GONNA HARVEST THE POWER OF THE FUCKING SUN TO MAKE COOKIES !!!
morgan: DO IT.
reid: NO-
I JS FINISHED SEASON 15 OF CRIMINAL MINDS AND OH MY GOD IM SOBBING I CANT DEAL W THIS RN IM NOT READY TO WATCH EVOLUTION I NEED TO RECOVER
im gonna finish good omens season 2 to recover i need my gay angel and demon (im on episode 5)
rossi: who the fuck added me to a groupchat
jj: language, rossi
garcia: yeah watch your fucking language!
morgan: okay who taught garcia the fuck word
emily: 'the fuck word'
reid: you guys see the f word all the time...
garcia: oh my god he censored it
emily: say fuck, reid
morgan: do it, reid. say fuck.
morgan and emily: *sneaks into hotel at 2 am*
jj: *turns in swivel chair* care to tell me where you two were?
emily: we were with reid!
reid: *turns in swivel chair* wanna try again?
morgan: we were with garcia?
garcia: *also turns in swivel chair* guess aga- *continues spinning* jj i- I CANT STOP THE CHAIR
*at the zoo* luke: so what are they in for?
reid: this isn't a prison
luke: so they can leave?
reid: well no but-
tara, pointing at an anteater: i bet that one killed someone
garcia: can i take you to my next therapist appointment?
reid: what? why?
garcia: she thinks im making you up
unsub: listen here you son of a bitch-
spencer: hey! don't talk about my mother like that!
unsub: i was talking about your father
spencer: oh
spencer: carry on
hotch: we need a plan
emily: i have a plan
reid: no yelling
jj: no cursing
morgan: no violence
emily: i no longer have a plan
spencer reid is what every lesbian aspires to be
spencer reid is the type of boyfriend to finish a lego set right after he js finished rearranging your guts and taking your ability to walk
idc. crush or not. spencer is bisexual and nothing can change that in my mind
I feel like I’ve posted this exact same thing before but I’m doing it again because it sounds like the production has never herd of bisexual in their lives.
"y/n giggled" NO THE FUCK I DIDNT
I AM NOT TEEHEE-ING FOR NO ONE. I MEAN NO ONE. NOW MATTER HOW HIGH THEIR IQ IS.
I WONT EVEN HAVE SPENCER OR EMILY AS AN EXCEPTION
i would bark, meow, get on my hands and knees for those mfs but i would never ever giggle for them.
the chokehold spencer reid has on me is not okay
me being delusional bc i rlly think imma meat matthew gray gubler js bc we're going to hawaii at the same time 💀
linda barnes enlightens a different type of rage in me that i never thought i had.
i genuinely have never hated a character more
unpopular opinion: i like pre-prison reid more than post-prison reid. one of the things i loved most about spencer was the way he was so soft and smiley despite all the trauma he's been through. now he just seems so sad and anxious all the time. he also slowly started to present more neurotypically and not that its a bad thing, but his neurodivergent tendencies are what made reid who he is in the earlier seasons. it was also nice to have a character i relate to as a neurodivergent person. he js doesnt smile as much anymore and that makes me sad tbh but i dont blame him considering the trauma and torture he's been through. i still love post-prison reid ofc but i wish we still had the old spencer :(
im gonna make one thing very clear: im 100% a down bad lesbian like the biggest emily, tara, elle, and jj dick rider...however
spencer reid can hit it WHENEVER WHEREVER AND HOWEVER
sometimes i have to remind myself of digital footprint every time i see spencer reid
Smarty Pants
Pairing: Gender Neutral!Reader x Spencer Reid
Description: After you and your boyfriend get into an argument over some trivia questions at work and he acts high and mighty when proven right, you have just the way to set him straight.
Content/Warnings: Mentions of an argument, not too explicit smut, dumbification, sub!spencer, dom!reader.
Word Count: 0.6K
Kinktober Day Seven: Dumbification
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I actually wrote a blurb lmao. I bet y’all would never think it was possible.
You were in the middle of neglecting your work while doing trivia with the others who were crowded around your desk. “Which country consumes the chocolate per capita?” Emily asked, looking over the index card in her hand. You didn’t even know what prompted this little game but you and Derek were going up against one another and so far, you were killing it. That’s made you so confident about your answer.
“Easy. Germany.” You responded while leaning back against your chair, only rolling your eyes as you heard a soft scoff from the desk across from yours. “It’s right!” You huffed while causing Spencer to look up. “Actually Switzerland is the country that consumes the most chocolate. How did you not know that? Chocolate is literally something they are known for.” The male asked, pushing his glasses up his nose. “Switzerland is actually renowned for its milk chocolate, the most consumed type of chocolate. Did you know that in 1875, a Swiss confectioner, Daniel Peter, developed the first solid milk chocolate using condensed milk, which had been invented by Henri Nestlé, who was Peter's neighbour in Vevey?”
Like most info dumps Spencer had been known to give, this just made everyone stare at him with blank stares, besides you.. You were fucking livid. There was no way he was right. Just this once, he was wrong. There was no way.
“If you don’t believe me then you can look it up online.” He stated in a simple tone. He more than likely wasn’t meaning to but he agitated the hell out of you. So bad that you decided to quickly type up the trivia question in the search bar. Sure enough, he was fucking right. The look on your face made him smirk from being triumphant, turning back to the stack of files on his desk. “I told you so.” He stated, proud of himself.
The rest of the day, you were annoyed. You wanted to break his glasses, make hi blind until he could get his hands on contacts. You kept your composure through the work day.
Until you got home.
That’s why you were here now, perched on his cock while he was a blubbering mess on your living room couch. “You really felt so smart earlier but now you can't even form a coherent sentence. What happened to Dr. Spencer Reid, the genius who knows everything?” You’d taunted, hand having his hair tugged back to make him face you. His eyes were glossed over, the amount of edging you’d been doing for the past hour making him desperate.
He’d been reduced to whines and begs of more, unable to even process the words that were being spoken by you. “Look at you, smart little Spencer Reid being fucked dumb. You don't have another statistic?” You taunted, now it being your turn to be satisfied as he was unable to respond. That IQ 187 had dropped to a staggering two as he had his glasses fogged up, sweat dripping from his forehead from all the stimulation.
“My beautiful, dumb baby boy.” You cooed, moving to cup his cheek with one hand. “Can’t even form the words to speak because I’ve turned that pretty brain to mush.” It was like the words went in one of his ears and out the other. “If only the office could see you now. Fucked to the point you can’t even process what I’m saying. Then again, they don’t deserve to see you like this..” You let your hand slide to his neck now, wrapping it so gently around his throat before giving it a squeeze.
“I like when my big and cocky smart boy is nothing but a little dumb fuck toy.”
