Forever grateful to Bones for showing an absolutely angry, pissed off, disabled person.
I’ve seen plenty of representarion for “sullen, and depressed, disabled person, and I’ve seen plenty for "inspirational, optimistic, disabled person”.
And I’m not saying either of those things are necessarily wrong.
But I’ve never seen an “angry, pissed at the world, disabled person” before.
And every time I watch it I feel so SEEN.
Yes, Hodgins uses his anger as an excuse to be an absolute jackass to people, and that’s not okay.
But he’s angry. His whole life has been shattered. He has come face to face with cruel inaccessibility every single day. His body is foreign to him and can’t to the basic things most people can trust their bodies to do. His future amd his health is so uncertain. And he’s ANGRY. As he should be.
I’m angry too. I get angry often. And most disabled people I know are angry.
So it feels so validating to see it shown in the media.
Home. That word holds so much weight for both of these individuals. Growing up, Booth’s house was never a home. And Brennan’s home was taken from her at an early age. After that, a house was always just that- a house. A place to sleep. Not much more. On our journey with these characters, we watched them all grow into a family. And when you’re with family, really, you’re always home. No matter where you are.
I started thinking back to when Booth and Brennan found their first house. It was essentially in ruins. It required a significant amount of work. And Brennan was eight (ish) months pregnant then. They didn’t have ample time to renovate. But she saw the bones of the house. Her smile is radiant as she begins to imagine it whole. This was the house that she and Booth would raise their daughter. “We have a house, Booth. You found our house.” Booth shares both her smile and exuberance. But he corrects her. They have a home. There is a distinct difference. To Booth, it doesn’t matter where lays his head at night, as long as he is with his family. For months, he was unfairly kept from Brennan and Christine. Since their house was destroyed in the infamous battle of 9x24, Brennan, alone, needed to make a decision. And she had two options- she could either have the damage repaired in their old home, or start completely fresh. I would imagine that even if she was able to make the house look as it once did, a facelift could never and would never erase the devastation and trauma which occurred there. Booth would see explosions and bullets flying at every turn. And Brennan would see her husband laying unconscious and bleeding on the floor. So she made a decision for both of them. They would start anew.
In this scene, you could sense that Brennan was a bit nervous. Did she make the right decision? Was this the best thing for her husband? For their family? Booth left their old home months earlier on a stretcher. Never to return there again. After everything he’s been through, he is returning “home” to an unfamiliar environment. She waits and watches as he surveys his surroundings. It felt similar to when Booth waited for Brennan’s opinion on their previous house. He expected her to tell him that it was too much work. That it was not a smart decision for their family. But she didn’t. She saw its potential. She saw what they could have together in this place.
As he wanders around the living room, Booth recognizes bits and pieces of their previous life, so to speak. Whatever Brennan was able to salvage made the journey. And additionally, he notices those objects which mean the most to him. The rotary phone may have been purchased by Hannah, but it represents something deeper. It speaks volumes about his relationship with Brennan. His stadium seats can be spotted down the hall. Those miracle seats have made it to three different homes at this point. Booth then notices the gunshot holes in one of his favorite pieces hanging on the wall. “Never forget.” It’s a small reminder of what they have gone through- not that he almost died. But really, that he won. They won. He survived. It’s a marker of courage. A reminder that at the end of the day, “good” still prevails.
Brennan awaits the verdict. Booth turns around and gives her his first genuine smile in months. He tells her that it’s amazing. It may not quite be home yet. But he can easily see that it will be. Because Temperance Brennan is his home. And he would live in a sewer with her, if that’s what she wanted. As long as he’s with her, he does not care where they are. That’s home. Brennan also mentions that she used his money to buy the house- a lot of it. She knew how important that would be to him. Maybe years earlier she would have just bought it herself. She has the money. Does it matter? Booth wasn’t there to argue with her about. But without hesitation, she split the cost of their new house. Because it’s what her husband would have wanted. Brennan understands that. She took Booth into consideration with every single decision she made, down to the very last detail. He recognizes that- all that she has done for him. He knows that while he was away and struggling, she was suffering as well. “Help your mom to be happy. Because if she’s alone, she’s gonna forget.” They are better together, after all. It would take time to adjust. To this new place, and to his old life. Though Booth is in an unfamiliar place, the bones of this house still feel like home. Perhaps that is because Brennan is right there beside him. And like their old house, this house screams “parts of the whole.” A perfect mix of their personalities, which fit nicely together. Booth is finally home. But really, he was home the moment they embraced at the prison.
Bones really said they only way to get replace a beloved character was to add 6+ more characters and give them each their own individual traits and stories and you know what they were absolutely right
Dear Agent Booth, you are a confusing man. You are irrational and impulsive, superstitious and exasperating. You believe in ghosts and angels and maybe even Santa Claus. And because of you, I’ve started to see the universe differently. How is it possible that simply looking into your fine face gives me so much joy? Why does it make me so happy that every time I try to sneak a peek at you you are already looking at me? Like you, it makes no sense. And like you, it feels right. If I ever get out of here, I will find a time and a place to tell you that you make my life messy and confusing and unfocused and irrational and wonderful.
An alternate for 3.13 The Verdict in the Story wherein, by the sheer improbability of fidget-master Seeley Booth, Temperance Brennan reads her wedding vows a few seasons early.
This idea got stuck in my head and wouldn’t go away until I did this
As you can see, the myth just started to grow, characters and ships and tropes being added one after the other, almost bizzarely without contradiction, until there was enough of shape to the whole thing for people to start posting fanfic about it on AO3. “No beta we die like ice-pick Joe” is already a tag.
It was hilarious in the beginning, but the way it’s developed within less than a day, kind of like it’s being willed into existence, is freaking me out a bit. We’re toying with powers beyond our comprehension. 😂😂😂
Edit: guys, please tag these posts “unreality” so people with disassociation issues can filter them out (not this one, this is an explainer). <3
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Edit 2: Aparently the boots in the original post are actually referring to a movie called Gomorrah that came out in 2008, directed by Mateo Garrone, based on the Scampia Feud. And other people had also been making posts about the fake movie for a while before the poster took off.
Edit 4:Alt text added to all images courtesy of @valentineish ❤️
Edit 5: Turns out tumblr has done this kind of thing before. Nine years in this hell place and I had to have “Squiddles” and penis smp explained in the replies.
I made this post 18 hours after the movie poster went up. Closed edits 27 hours after first posting. So all of the above happened within 45 hours of the movie poster going up.
It appears this opened a day after after the meme took off.
Goncharov was first entered into Wikipedia between Day 4 and 5 (attempts to vandalise it with fake info don’t count, incidentally – please knock that shit off) under List of Internet Phenomena. This was then expanded into its own Wikipedia page at the end of Day 5 because, according to the talk history: “the topic now meets the notability threshold for its own artice due to significant coverage in The New York Times and other sources cited.” We’re on Wikipedia, people!
Final edit: Day 8. Media reactions to Scorcese’s TikTok (everyone from Forbes to Vulture). That one Tumblr user who said they’d do a screenplay if their post got notes has promised to shoot a single scene, but please don’t be dicks just because you reblogged it; leave them alone until they get around to it themselves. As of end of Day 8 there are 609 works in the AO3 tag. I love all you lunatics. Peace! ❤️
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