boy wonder

i was reading some really great points on this particular issue (which you can find here and here), and they do an awesome job of explaining my feelings towards the finale, which basically is how frustrated i felt at the poor writing and just poor execution of the show. blake's surprise dead son, for example: never explained in the show, never brought up before, never ever ever hinted at (except for one brief moment where alex is asked if she has kids and she says no and i guess you can read into that if you try hard enough). and then all of a sudden, blake's dead son is tossed into the writing circle ... as a plot device to explain how important reid is to her. and okay, i get it, blake and reid are close, but couldn't that have been showcased differently? couldn't blake have a storyline that did not need to drive forward the storyline of her male counterpart?

and i applaud tripplehorn for everything she's done: she is a fantastic and wonderful actor, and blake has been one of my favourite characters, hands down, but her leaving wasn't ''quiet'' or ''low-key'', it was almost non-existent. there were no hints, no clues, not even an explanation for why blake wanted to leave. you have to literally comb through her two years on the bau, and that's not fair. emily got two better send-offs than that, jj had a logical reason for leaving, but blake just ... gets into a cab and leaves the bau. 

and the worst part is that everyone is equating blake's departure on how it affects reid. blake has been through some serious traumatic crap, but how is reid going to take it? jj was tied up and tortured, suffered a brutal miscarriage, lied and was lied to in the pursuit of keeping people safe, but that storyline isn't important. no one has brought it up since it happened. morgan was shot and put in the hospital, too, but he's out there running around five minutes later. garcia shot a man and her immediate and first reaction was shock and horror. but it's okay, reid's safe. and then we cut to garcia not even blinking an eye. this is a girl who couldn't even hold a gun when a sadistic cop was trying to kill her in her own home. 

all of this just screams poor writing and poor execution and it upsets me because i got into a show about profiling and the power of the mind and instead i'm getting loud explosions and female characters not receiving the agency and respect they deserve.

spoilers under the cut for everyone who hasn't seen it yet

thank you friend!! please enjoy this tongue porn as a token of my gratitude

The only other blog I know was penelope garcia texts, but it's definitely not a group thing: I made my blog about two years ago for fun and just got back from a long absence.

Thank you for the support, though! Doctor Reid and I hope to do you proud.