{ the age of the understatement. }

[delga]

They're cutting our electricity tomorrow during working hours. I'm considering taking my gear and setting up at Starbucks in the city centre, or alternatively, hiding at my aunt's house. Both plans have pitfalls, though: transport and/or communication with other living beings. The Dad should be ecstatic. /bitter

The most depressing thing about tomorrow - other than having to wait for new Criminal Minds; I HAVE PRIORITIES OKAY - is that a job I applied to is holding interviews tomorrow and I haven't been called up. So: that's another bust. That said, I have found an ad for another job, one that I would really like the opportunity to have, and I'm sorting out that app. today. Keep your fingers crossed for me, y'all.

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There's a digital channel that is currently showing season 3 Criminal Minds every Monday and I've taken to watching with my parents. Shows about serial killers are the one thing that my rents and I agree on right now. Anyway, it was the second episode of the season where Gideon is missing, Hotch is prepping to transfer and Emily is trying to quit, and Hotch goes to see Emily to persuade her to come out to the crime scene with him. And Emily, oh gosh. I really hate politics. I remember how much I was taken by her delivery the first time I saw this episode. (I also remember how amazing her apartment is, goshdamn.) And then at the end of the episode where she goes into Eddie Cibrian's character's house, and takes that beating in the basement - she has this resilience, and this quiet defensiveness that isn't always apparent. Someone (I think JJ?) once asked her how she dealt with the horror, and she talked about compartmentalising. Emily is a doer, a fixer, but she's also a secret keeper. She plays things close to her chest. And I guess that's what intrigues me about her: that she has this resilience, and that she is so sympathetic, and that she is not a bully, when her defensiveness could have made her one.

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Unrelatedly, some unashamed pimpage: icons. Homicide and Life, plus some new Criminal Minds ones coming soon.

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So, yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. Probably sit on the couch with a book and my zen. I guess I could load some shows onto my mp3, too. In fact, I'm tempted to do that with Spooks season 5. Omigosh, a new series sooooon! Tremendous!

Comments

[asemic.livejournal.com]

I'll keep fingers and toes crossed for this opportunity.

Emily is a doer, a fixer, but she's also a secret keeper.

Yes. A million times yes. I would not be surprised if this stemmed from her childhood. I can see her living a life of general isolation since she lived in the Middle East leading her to observe and not share as much as other people her age.

Even when she does take the offensive and step on someone's toes (hi there Reid!) it's only out of concern and genuine compassion. It's never out of some malicious intent and if they believe so, she can take it. God, those words. "I can take it". She can when it comes to other people, can she?

plus some new Criminal Minds ones coming soon.

I ♥ you.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

It's never out of some malicious intent and if they believe so, she can take it.
Yes, and I find that she is able to take a lot of things - JJ is almost accusing when she talks about Emily's ability to cope, and Emily just handles it. There's no ego there, just that edge of defensiveness. The only time I've seen her get even slightly angry on her own behalf is the moment before Hotch tells her he knows she quit rather than play off his failures - and even then the anger stems from a place of sadness. (And then that line: I hate politics, and all that resistance.)

That kindness, that constant sympathy, make her so intriguing. She holds herself together very tightly, very carefully. I wonder if some of that will come loose now? On the one hand, I'm curious; on the other, it would be in character if she managed it some other way.

It is entirely possible that I'm overloading on this show at the moment.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

There is no ego because she's telling the truth. It's largely absent because she is a very honest, understanding person.

Her control is so much more natural than Hotch. Hotch has always looked so tight. Emily's control is more woven together with who she is. I think for her to lose control will mean she will lose something of herself, something basic and important to her.

I think it's fantastic that you are overloading on the show. We're at the same place.

[filmedinsepia.livejournal.com]

Tightly crossed fingers for your job app, best of luck with it because job hunting is driving me insane at the moment!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Thank you; I appreciate that - I know you're going through a similar pit.