Dear Yuletide writer
Dear author,
First, thank you for writing for me! I hope you have fun with this :)
Again, my ao3 name is storiesfortravellers.
I'm not picky, and I'm open-minded about fic, and so if you enjoy writing it, I'm sure I'll enjoy reading it. That said, since "I love everything" is not considered helpful, here are my dislikes and likes, and some ideas I am throwing out just in case they give you ideas of something you want to write. I like giving prompts, and so I just gave lots in the hopes that some might strike your fancy - feel free to use any or none, and obviously I'm not expecting all.
Stuff I like in fic (again, not requesting any one of these specifically, just talking about things that I often enjoy):
-fic about complex relationships (not sexual relationships necessarily -- though that's great too -- but also psychological explorations of relationships between friends, family, enemies, etc.)
-character studies
-humorfic
-mild angst or angst with comfort
-Historical AUs -- pretty much any historical AU except war AUs based on US history (so I don't like Civil War AUs, etc.).
-Characters who know each other really well, including how the other characters think.
-Characters who are antagonists but who reach a mutual respect or care for each other. Similarly, characters who are in a close relationship but are willing to fight for what they believe in, even with the other person, or characters who argue because one wants to protect the other - some combination of either love or desire and antagonism.
-Characters who are very principled or caring but also sometimes have to struggle with things - either morally gray plots, or the difficulties in building relationships, or getting over their repressed stuff, or living with compromises, or what have you.
-Characters who have conflict in part because of how much they care about each other and their somewhat incompatible ways of expressing it through their actions
-Characters who long for each other, especially if they get together in the end.
-M/m mentor-relationships, especially if there is an age difference, with the older one being protective and wanting to help the younger one, but not wanting to overstep and being careful with the other person and really wanting to live up to the trust the younger one places in him, and the younger one completely looking up to the older one and wanting to please him and not disappoint him, but also caring about if the older one sees him and understands him and respects him.
And if you want to write pairings:
-any rating is fine. Rated G is fine and NC17 is fine too.
-kink/bdsm or psychological explorations of kink/bdsm are great if you like writing that (but totally optional!). I'll be fine with anything except stuff with animals or kids or scat/vomit/watersports, but if you want specifics, I prefer most bdsm stuff (bondage, spanking, submission/obedience, roleplay, sensation play, possessiveness, etc.) but I don't prefer fisting or large objects (not squicked, just don't prefer).
-prefer noncanon pairings. Threesomes are fine too.
-obviously any sexual content at all is completely optional - again only if you like writing it
-For pairings, I prefer either smutfic or fics that explore the relationship and what they provide for each other or how the relationship changes over time or just anything about the psychology of the relationship rather than domestic cuteness (except for Billy/Dime, which can be anything).
Stuff I don't usually prefer to receive for these fandoms:
-Character death (brief references to canon character death are okay, but not fics significantly about grieving or death)
-Serious illness or serious injury or imprisonment
Here is a little more about the specific requests.
Fandom: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
I requested the movie, but I love the book too, so if you'd rather write the book than the movie, or some fusion of the two, I would be totally cool with whatever you want.
I would really like something about Billy and Dime's relationship. I personally ship those two, and I would love something that explores either an actual sexual relationship happening or else something with unresolved sexual tension. But I would be just as thrilled to get something about their friendship. It could be set before, during or after the book, it could be from Dime's pov or Billy's. Basically I would be happy for anything about Billy and Dime.
Some possible ideas (again, totally optional):
-Little moments in their relationship/friendship
-their second kiss
-fic where they're both done serving in the military and one visits the other for a while
-Dime's pov of Billy during, before, or after the events of the book
-they have some conflict or disagreement that they have to resolve
-conflicted feelings about their relationship
-them trusting each other more than they trust most people
-Dime giving Billy advice
-Billy comforts Dime after Dime has to make a tough decision
-Billy tries to help Dime feel less burdened by his responsibilities
-kinky sex with dominant!Dime - maybe Billy is new to this and Dime is an experienced dom who wants to show him how it's done safely before Billy goes out into the kinky world? Or maybe they are in an established relationship and Billy reveals he really wants to try this (maybe Billy is the one who is experienced at kink - or maybe they're both new to it) and Dime is scared to do it and kind of scared by how much he (Dime) is turned on by the idea, but he wants to do it for Billy and then is surprised that he loves it just as much as Billy does.
-Billy has sexual fantasies about Dime or a sexual dream, and then is confused by that and tries to act normal around Dime so Dime doesn't figure it out
-AU - historical AU or AU where they are in a totally different line of work - firefighters, coffeeshop, whatever
Tennis RPF: Andy Murray/Nick Kyrgios
So I really enjoy the idea that these two have lots of affection for each other. Friendship, flirtation, sexual relationship, longing -- all are cool, but I'd like the focus to be on their relationship. Nick has called it "love at first sight," for instance. These are some articles and videos that make smile at them/ship them (as friends or more):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3672746/Andy-Murray-Nick-Kyrgios-share-bromance-rivalry-ahead-crunch-Wimbledon-clash-Australian-jokes-love-sight.html
http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17791662/andy-murray-says-nick-kyrgios-given-more-protection-amid-latest-court-controversy-shanghai-masters
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3361811/Andy-Murray-laughs-hysterically-Nick-Kyrgios-interrupts-interview.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLgu3BUTm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rkooo6zLG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjFWAux_b4Y
This is one where I do think Nick really looks up to Andy, and is happy that Andy seems to respect him and stick up for him to the press and doesn't judge him. I think a lot of the younger players who get criticized for things like inconsistency or being foul tempered on court or having mental blocks or taking a long time to live up to potential (all things Andy has been criticized for) seem to really like Andy - maybe because he's showed that it's possible to overcome a lot of that, but also since he seems to try to be respectful to everyone while off the court and seems non-judgmental since he has said that he doesn't really like to give unsolicited advice to people. So my headcanon, how I imagine them in terms of my shipping them as fictional characters (no claim that I know anything about their real lives of course), is that Nick really looks up to Andy is really happy at how much Andy likes and respects him back - Nick likely grew up looking up to Andy and is pretty excited to be friends with him and hang out with him. At Wimbledon for example, commentators noted that Nick was very subdued in his reactions, and maybe that's because he didn't want to act in a way that would make Andy think less of him -- like in one of the videos above, when he says he's being sincere with the press because Andy's there. I think Nick seems to get upset at what people say about him (I'm not saying he hasn't said things he shouldn't have and made some mistakes or is ideal by any means, but he gets a lot of bad press, and he also has to put up with xenophobic crap, so it's understandable that he's touchy about how he's portrayed), so it would mean a lot that someone of Andy's stature in the game says to the press that they intentionally provoke Nick. This is another pairing where the mentor-y stuff and age difference would come into play.
Possible ideas:
-Them hanging out and getting closer
-Anything kinky, especially with dominant!Andy
-Nick doesn't listen to anyone usually but he always shows respect to Andy. This translates to the bedroom with Nick liking it when Andy takes control, since Andy is always careful to be safe.
-Nick has a giant crush on Andy, but Andy worries that it's just childhood hero admiration and he doesn't want to take advantage, so Nick has to take control and make it clear that this isn't some childhood crush
-futurefic when Nick is in his early 30s and needs a new coach and so Andy coaches him (slash or gen)
-One gives the other a deep massage or helps the other into a hot shower after a long match that leaves him barely able to move.(slash or gen)
-AU where team tennis is the majority of the season and Andy is the head of the team that Nick is on
-AU where they are in some other profession
I also love side pairings, and am happy to see any of the following if you like (either as couples or friendships) (for sexual relationships, prefer no cheating, but open relationships are fine):
Fed/Nadal (post-Laver cup especially)
Fed/Thiem (Thiem's birthday IG literally has a goat sticker on Fed!! Thiem clearly adores him, and in interactions/touching Fed seems to have affection for Thiem too)
Andy/Nadal
Fed/either Zverev (but not both)
Fed/Tiafoe
Nick/Jack Sock
Andy/Kyle Edmund
Bjorn Borg/John McEnroe
Ivan Lendl/any male
Fandom: The Unit
I requested Mack and Jonas but would be really happy with anything about the relationship between two or more of the following: Charles, Mack, Hector, and Jonas. This could be either friendship or a slash relationship - a love relationship or friends with benefits are both fine, as is platonic close friendship.
Some slash pairings I would enjoy if you like writing slash, and then some gen ideas that I would also love to read: Jonas/Mack, Jonas/Charles, Mack/Hector, Mack/Charles, Mack/Gael (the character from the episode Inside Out), Charles/Mack/Hector, Charles/Hector, Jonas/Hector. I would love one of these pairings, with comfort or UST or angry!sex or kinkfic or whatever else.
I would also be happy with a gen portrayal of close friendship, even if the friendship has antagonism at times.
What I like about the characters and relationships: Jonas is brilliant and smart and knows when to cut through the bs. He isn't sentimental but he knows at times how to give people what they need to hear, which can be good or bad. He accepts the fucked up parts of himself as things that make him better at what he does, and he has that view of others and human nature in general - he accepts things as they are but does his best to make it better if he thinks there's a good reason to. But although he is accepting in a sense, he also holds people to high standards, and he is not someone to be crossed.
Mack is of course very flawed, but in some ways he is the most emotionally brittle of them. Charles is so sweet at times of course, and I love his artsy side, but like Mack, he's not good at letting go. All of them are incredibly smart and also flawed. I love that Hector always knows more about the other characters than he lets on, and that he has a good sense of his friends' flaws and accepts them.
Jonas/anyone I see as very unequal relationships in that Jonas is the guy who calms them but also challenges them to be better, so mild (or not mild) elements of control, obedience, etc. might be interesting to explore in their friendship or a sexual relationship. If you are interested in writing kink, it can be a long-term relationship, one-time-only, occasionally to let off steam on the job out of necessity, or angry!sex when someone has done something the other thinks is wrong, or for comfort after a bad job - whatever you prefer.
In terms of Jonas/Mack, what I like the most about their relationship is that they are both smart, and generally closed off to people in terms of showing their emotions, but they are so much less guarded around each other. I love that they know each other really well, and they know how to tiptoe around each other's feelings, so to speak -- they can just exchange a look and convey a lot. Mack especially lets his guard down around Jonas, both in terms of knowing he can't hide what he's thinking from Jonas but also in terms of implicitly assuming that Jonas can and should take control, show him what kind of person to be, etc. (Mack does not act like this with anyone else, regardless of their rank - Mack has respect for Jonas in a way that he doesn't for anyone else).
Gael is the character who has the implant in Inside Out. I love that Mack did something so un-Mack-like for him in that ep. I also love that Gael was so persistent, that he trusted them but was also smarter than a character in that situation might be. I love what the ep did in terms of Mack liking Gael's resilience at a time when Mack wasn't sure if he himself would be resilient with his personal life. For this pairing, I would love exploration of maybe some time they spent alone -- what if they had much longer to wait, just the two of them, before they had to go? Or, they could meet again in the future and spend some time together -- what would happen? Sexytimes or just UST is fine, antagonistic or trusting (I could also go for a gen story about these two with either of these premises if you don't prefer to write a pairing).
I like that Mack cares a lot about comforting Charles, but I prefer the fic not focus on character death. Similarly, I wish we got to see more of Mack/Hector's relationship on the show, but I would prefer the focus something other than grief.
Other gen prompts (since the above was kind of shipping-oriented)
-Friendship fic about Mack and Jonas or Mack and Charles or Mack and Hector or Hector and Charles or really any among those four.
-If you wanted to do mission fic, it would be cool to see a mission where they all decided to go against orders but not because of a person they loved being in danger and not to save children (these were done on the show) -- what, if anything, could make that happen? How would the relationships of friendship and trust and different personalities shape those events?
Some favorite moments in the show (SPOILERS):
-Jonas putting the artifact back to save Mack's life.
-Mack telling Jonas he didn't want his own command, he wanted to stay with Jonas (on a day when Jonas REALLY needed good news).
-Jonas trusting Mack to save his daughter, and then Jonas knowing what to say to Mack in his fight with Colonel Ryan.
-Jonas and Molly have an elaborate code system just for each other just in case. Because they are so smart and prepared and badass that way.
-Gael thinking he can stop Mack by throwing something small at his chest and Mack looking like he felt like crap having to take down someone so NOT of their world.
-Mack helping Gael get up the courage to carry out the plan.
-Mack saving Gael.
-Mack telling his daughter (who just manipulated him into doing something silly and probably embarrassing for him for a school project) that he was proud of her for making a plan and carrying out the plan to achieve her objective regardless of who didn't like it. It's a sweet moment but also revealing and with an ambiguous edge.
-The looks exchanged between Charles and Jonas when Jonas realizes Charles ruined the mission to save Jonas in the ep where they were sent to get a dictator out of a storm-endangered hospital. They understand each other, but that doesn't mean that it's okay. What's the fallout of this?
First, thank you for writing for me! I hope you have fun with this :)
Again, my ao3 name is storiesfortravellers.
I'm not picky, and I'm open-minded about fic, and so if you enjoy writing it, I'm sure I'll enjoy reading it. That said, since "I love everything" is not considered helpful, here are my dislikes and likes, and some ideas I am throwing out just in case they give you ideas of something you want to write. I like giving prompts, and so I just gave lots in the hopes that some might strike your fancy - feel free to use any or none, and obviously I'm not expecting all.
Stuff I like in fic (again, not requesting any one of these specifically, just talking about things that I often enjoy):
-fic about complex relationships (not sexual relationships necessarily -- though that's great too -- but also psychological explorations of relationships between friends, family, enemies, etc.)
-character studies
-humorfic
-mild angst or angst with comfort
-Historical AUs -- pretty much any historical AU except war AUs based on US history (so I don't like Civil War AUs, etc.).
-Characters who know each other really well, including how the other characters think.
-Characters who are antagonists but who reach a mutual respect or care for each other. Similarly, characters who are in a close relationship but are willing to fight for what they believe in, even with the other person, or characters who argue because one wants to protect the other - some combination of either love or desire and antagonism.
-Characters who are very principled or caring but also sometimes have to struggle with things - either morally gray plots, or the difficulties in building relationships, or getting over their repressed stuff, or living with compromises, or what have you.
-Characters who have conflict in part because of how much they care about each other and their somewhat incompatible ways of expressing it through their actions
-Characters who long for each other, especially if they get together in the end.
-M/m mentor-relationships, especially if there is an age difference, with the older one being protective and wanting to help the younger one, but not wanting to overstep and being careful with the other person and really wanting to live up to the trust the younger one places in him, and the younger one completely looking up to the older one and wanting to please him and not disappoint him, but also caring about if the older one sees him and understands him and respects him.
And if you want to write pairings:
-any rating is fine. Rated G is fine and NC17 is fine too.
-kink/bdsm or psychological explorations of kink/bdsm are great if you like writing that (but totally optional!). I'll be fine with anything except stuff with animals or kids or scat/vomit/watersports, but if you want specifics, I prefer most bdsm stuff (bondage, spanking, submission/obedience, roleplay, sensation play, possessiveness, etc.) but I don't prefer fisting or large objects (not squicked, just don't prefer).
-prefer noncanon pairings. Threesomes are fine too.
-obviously any sexual content at all is completely optional - again only if you like writing it
-For pairings, I prefer either smutfic or fics that explore the relationship and what they provide for each other or how the relationship changes over time or just anything about the psychology of the relationship rather than domestic cuteness (except for Billy/Dime, which can be anything).
Stuff I don't usually prefer to receive for these fandoms:
-Character death (brief references to canon character death are okay, but not fics significantly about grieving or death)
-Serious illness or serious injury or imprisonment
Here is a little more about the specific requests.
Fandom: Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
I requested the movie, but I love the book too, so if you'd rather write the book than the movie, or some fusion of the two, I would be totally cool with whatever you want.
I would really like something about Billy and Dime's relationship. I personally ship those two, and I would love something that explores either an actual sexual relationship happening or else something with unresolved sexual tension. But I would be just as thrilled to get something about their friendship. It could be set before, during or after the book, it could be from Dime's pov or Billy's. Basically I would be happy for anything about Billy and Dime.
Some possible ideas (again, totally optional):
-Little moments in their relationship/friendship
-their second kiss
-fic where they're both done serving in the military and one visits the other for a while
-Dime's pov of Billy during, before, or after the events of the book
-they have some conflict or disagreement that they have to resolve
-conflicted feelings about their relationship
-them trusting each other more than they trust most people
-Dime giving Billy advice
-Billy comforts Dime after Dime has to make a tough decision
-Billy tries to help Dime feel less burdened by his responsibilities
-kinky sex with dominant!Dime - maybe Billy is new to this and Dime is an experienced dom who wants to show him how it's done safely before Billy goes out into the kinky world? Or maybe they are in an established relationship and Billy reveals he really wants to try this (maybe Billy is the one who is experienced at kink - or maybe they're both new to it) and Dime is scared to do it and kind of scared by how much he (Dime) is turned on by the idea, but he wants to do it for Billy and then is surprised that he loves it just as much as Billy does.
-Billy has sexual fantasies about Dime or a sexual dream, and then is confused by that and tries to act normal around Dime so Dime doesn't figure it out
-AU - historical AU or AU where they are in a totally different line of work - firefighters, coffeeshop, whatever
Tennis RPF: Andy Murray/Nick Kyrgios
So I really enjoy the idea that these two have lots of affection for each other. Friendship, flirtation, sexual relationship, longing -- all are cool, but I'd like the focus to be on their relationship. Nick has called it "love at first sight," for instance. These are some articles and videos that make smile at them/ship them (as friends or more):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-3672746/Andy-Murray-Nick-Kyrgios-share-bromance-rivalry-ahead-crunch-Wimbledon-clash-Australian-jokes-love-sight.html
http://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17791662/andy-murray-says-nick-kyrgios-given-more-protection-amid-latest-court-controversy-shanghai-masters
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3361811/Andy-Murray-laughs-hysterically-Nick-Kyrgios-interrupts-interview.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLgu3BUTm4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rkooo6zLG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjFWAux_b4Y
This is one where I do think Nick really looks up to Andy, and is happy that Andy seems to respect him and stick up for him to the press and doesn't judge him. I think a lot of the younger players who get criticized for things like inconsistency or being foul tempered on court or having mental blocks or taking a long time to live up to potential (all things Andy has been criticized for) seem to really like Andy - maybe because he's showed that it's possible to overcome a lot of that, but also since he seems to try to be respectful to everyone while off the court and seems non-judgmental since he has said that he doesn't really like to give unsolicited advice to people. So my headcanon, how I imagine them in terms of my shipping them as fictional characters (no claim that I know anything about their real lives of course), is that Nick really looks up to Andy is really happy at how much Andy likes and respects him back - Nick likely grew up looking up to Andy and is pretty excited to be friends with him and hang out with him. At Wimbledon for example, commentators noted that Nick was very subdued in his reactions, and maybe that's because he didn't want to act in a way that would make Andy think less of him -- like in one of the videos above, when he says he's being sincere with the press because Andy's there. I think Nick seems to get upset at what people say about him (I'm not saying he hasn't said things he shouldn't have and made some mistakes or is ideal by any means, but he gets a lot of bad press, and he also has to put up with xenophobic crap, so it's understandable that he's touchy about how he's portrayed), so it would mean a lot that someone of Andy's stature in the game says to the press that they intentionally provoke Nick. This is another pairing where the mentor-y stuff and age difference would come into play.
Possible ideas:
-Them hanging out and getting closer
-Anything kinky, especially with dominant!Andy
-Nick doesn't listen to anyone usually but he always shows respect to Andy. This translates to the bedroom with Nick liking it when Andy takes control, since Andy is always careful to be safe.
-Nick has a giant crush on Andy, but Andy worries that it's just childhood hero admiration and he doesn't want to take advantage, so Nick has to take control and make it clear that this isn't some childhood crush
-futurefic when Nick is in his early 30s and needs a new coach and so Andy coaches him (slash or gen)
-One gives the other a deep massage or helps the other into a hot shower after a long match that leaves him barely able to move.(slash or gen)
-AU where team tennis is the majority of the season and Andy is the head of the team that Nick is on
-AU where they are in some other profession
I also love side pairings, and am happy to see any of the following if you like (either as couples or friendships) (for sexual relationships, prefer no cheating, but open relationships are fine):
Fed/Nadal (post-Laver cup especially)
Fed/Thiem (Thiem's birthday IG literally has a goat sticker on Fed!! Thiem clearly adores him, and in interactions/touching Fed seems to have affection for Thiem too)
Andy/Nadal
Fed/either Zverev (but not both)
Fed/Tiafoe
Nick/Jack Sock
Andy/Kyle Edmund
Bjorn Borg/John McEnroe
Ivan Lendl/any male
Fandom: The Unit
I requested Mack and Jonas but would be really happy with anything about the relationship between two or more of the following: Charles, Mack, Hector, and Jonas. This could be either friendship or a slash relationship - a love relationship or friends with benefits are both fine, as is platonic close friendship.
Some slash pairings I would enjoy if you like writing slash, and then some gen ideas that I would also love to read: Jonas/Mack, Jonas/Charles, Mack/Hector, Mack/Charles, Mack/Gael (the character from the episode Inside Out), Charles/Mack/Hector, Charles/Hector, Jonas/Hector. I would love one of these pairings, with comfort or UST or angry!sex or kinkfic or whatever else.
I would also be happy with a gen portrayal of close friendship, even if the friendship has antagonism at times.
What I like about the characters and relationships: Jonas is brilliant and smart and knows when to cut through the bs. He isn't sentimental but he knows at times how to give people what they need to hear, which can be good or bad. He accepts the fucked up parts of himself as things that make him better at what he does, and he has that view of others and human nature in general - he accepts things as they are but does his best to make it better if he thinks there's a good reason to. But although he is accepting in a sense, he also holds people to high standards, and he is not someone to be crossed.
Mack is of course very flawed, but in some ways he is the most emotionally brittle of them. Charles is so sweet at times of course, and I love his artsy side, but like Mack, he's not good at letting go. All of them are incredibly smart and also flawed. I love that Hector always knows more about the other characters than he lets on, and that he has a good sense of his friends' flaws and accepts them.
Jonas/anyone I see as very unequal relationships in that Jonas is the guy who calms them but also challenges them to be better, so mild (or not mild) elements of control, obedience, etc. might be interesting to explore in their friendship or a sexual relationship. If you are interested in writing kink, it can be a long-term relationship, one-time-only, occasionally to let off steam on the job out of necessity, or angry!sex when someone has done something the other thinks is wrong, or for comfort after a bad job - whatever you prefer.
In terms of Jonas/Mack, what I like the most about their relationship is that they are both smart, and generally closed off to people in terms of showing their emotions, but they are so much less guarded around each other. I love that they know each other really well, and they know how to tiptoe around each other's feelings, so to speak -- they can just exchange a look and convey a lot. Mack especially lets his guard down around Jonas, both in terms of knowing he can't hide what he's thinking from Jonas but also in terms of implicitly assuming that Jonas can and should take control, show him what kind of person to be, etc. (Mack does not act like this with anyone else, regardless of their rank - Mack has respect for Jonas in a way that he doesn't for anyone else).
Gael is the character who has the implant in Inside Out. I love that Mack did something so un-Mack-like for him in that ep. I also love that Gael was so persistent, that he trusted them but was also smarter than a character in that situation might be. I love what the ep did in terms of Mack liking Gael's resilience at a time when Mack wasn't sure if he himself would be resilient with his personal life. For this pairing, I would love exploration of maybe some time they spent alone -- what if they had much longer to wait, just the two of them, before they had to go? Or, they could meet again in the future and spend some time together -- what would happen? Sexytimes or just UST is fine, antagonistic or trusting (I could also go for a gen story about these two with either of these premises if you don't prefer to write a pairing).
I like that Mack cares a lot about comforting Charles, but I prefer the fic not focus on character death. Similarly, I wish we got to see more of Mack/Hector's relationship on the show, but I would prefer the focus something other than grief.
Other gen prompts (since the above was kind of shipping-oriented)
-Friendship fic about Mack and Jonas or Mack and Charles or Mack and Hector or Hector and Charles or really any among those four.
-If you wanted to do mission fic, it would be cool to see a mission where they all decided to go against orders but not because of a person they loved being in danger and not to save children (these were done on the show) -- what, if anything, could make that happen? How would the relationships of friendship and trust and different personalities shape those events?
Some favorite moments in the show (SPOILERS):
-Jonas putting the artifact back to save Mack's life.
-Mack telling Jonas he didn't want his own command, he wanted to stay with Jonas (on a day when Jonas REALLY needed good news).
-Jonas trusting Mack to save his daughter, and then Jonas knowing what to say to Mack in his fight with Colonel Ryan.
-Jonas and Molly have an elaborate code system just for each other just in case. Because they are so smart and prepared and badass that way.
-Gael thinking he can stop Mack by throwing something small at his chest and Mack looking like he felt like crap having to take down someone so NOT of their world.
-Mack helping Gael get up the courage to carry out the plan.
-Mack saving Gael.
-Mack telling his daughter (who just manipulated him into doing something silly and probably embarrassing for him for a school project) that he was proud of her for making a plan and carrying out the plan to achieve her objective regardless of who didn't like it. It's a sweet moment but also revealing and with an ambiguous edge.
-The looks exchanged between Charles and Jonas when Jonas realizes Charles ruined the mission to save Jonas in the ep where they were sent to get a dictator out of a storm-endangered hospital. They understand each other, but that doesn't mean that it's okay. What's the fallout of this?