OH BB, CAN I WRITE A LOVE LETTER TO YOU ABOUT HOW WELL YOU SUMMED UP MY THOUGHTS ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS SHOW? (It would go something like "dear Emma, I love you because you are so smart and beautiful and you are good at saying all of the things that I want to say except I never want to watch Bones again just to spite Hart Hanson so we differ slightly on that sentiment, love Sam", JSYK.)
I hate that he doesn't seem to realise that he got them together in the most cowardly way he could have. The problem is he probably does realise but he's just a soulless asshole who thinks he is better than everyone at all the things and gets off on withholding I don't know, crucial storylines and apparently also killing Vincent Nigel-Murray. Do you know how fucking adorable that dude was? After Wendell, THE MOST ADORABLE. Only someone without a soul could order the murder of a character as adorable as that.
I LIKED THAT BRENNAN DIDN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS. Every single female on tv wants those things I hate to turn this into a "this is why Castle is great and Bones is not" comment but... THIS IS WHY CASTLE IS GREAT AND BONES IS NOT. Do you know the amount of times Beckett has mentioned having kids? Zero. Do you know how many times she has talked about marriage? ONCE. IN AN EPISODE ABOUT A MARRIAGE SO IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE CASTLE IS A NOSY ASSHAT. But it is not tiredly played upon every five seconds - even Brennan not wanting to get married and have kids was beaten into us so much throughout the seasons I got irritated with it; which, I imagine, is why we find this sudden LOL BOOTH I'M PREGGERS thing just so completely ridiculous. And why that stupid baby storyline in season goddamn four was also completely ridiculous I just don't understand why they don't learn from their mistakes. Um, anyway, back to my point and why I love Castle more than I will probably ever love a human child unless it is some crazy hybrid child made up of all the people I love and is actually just a puppy, it has always had such good priorities. All the time. They know that it really doesn't matter whether Beckett gives a fuck about marriage or babies because they know they are subjects that are not integral to every woman's life all the time. THEY ARE NOT A BIG FUCKING DEAL and I am just so glad that we don't have to suffer through constantly recurring subplots like "Beckett and Castle discuss whether or not Beckett is too emotionally stunted from her mother's murder to ever be a mother herself!" or "Beckett wants to get married and bring a child into the world (and then she will look pointedly at Castle) because she wants to give her (obviously female) offspring a chance at having the family she never got to!" and as much as I love playing the cheesy Lifetime movie/sappy fanfiction summary game I am so grateful to the Castle writers that I never have to. Because they are intelligent. And not Hart Hanson. And they realise things like maybe it's really not essential that we know every opinion Beckett has on everything to do with what women should want from life (BECAUSE THEY'RE LADIES. AND LADIES OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS HAVE OPINIONS ON MARRIAGE THAT ARE EXTREMELY CONSEQUENTIAL AND WELL THOUGHT-OUT!!!) until idk, she is actually boning Castle on a regular basis and these things naturally come up because of his obviously strong views about family? Of course now that I've said that the first words out of Beckett's mouth next season becausesheisnotdead will totally be "oh Rick, I WANT ALL OF THE BABIES WITH YOU" or something else utterly fucking stupid like that because I went and pissed off the tv universe.
(For some reason I can't resist saying "this comment: now in two parts!" but I imagine this is due to my apparent retardation? Also, I've had four hours sleep.)
Also, for the record, I kind of hate when any decision is made to compare shows to what happened in The X-Files. IDK if you saw my useless argument with myself on Tumblr yesterday (I say myself because if you are stupid enough to think that Scully's quote from The Rain King relates to Castle and Beckett you are obviously not going to have the brain capacity to a) check notes on Tumblr or b) comprehend that you are wrong about something even if it as incredibly dim-witted as thinking Castle and Beckett don't know they want to have a lot of sex with each other until the end of time) but it just illustrates how pointless it is to try and say "well this happened in the X-Files so it can happen here!" because it doesn't work. The X-Files worked until season eight because of who the characters were and how their relationship was set up (this is where Scully's quote applies!!!! HERE!!! IN THE X-FILES!!!!) and that's why those things, ie. making Mulder and Scully bone off-screen and having their relationship come out of friendship, were done that way until season eight. Both the Booth/Brennan and Castle/Beckett relationships do not in the slightest mirror The X-Files in those respective ways because their relationships are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. The Bones writers actually purposefully went back and created a storyline where Booth and Brennan wanted to sex it up when they first met, negating anything anyone might have ever said about them not being attracted to each other and therefore ruining any quiet behind-the-scenes options because it would ruin the payoff they have spent so long setting up. I KNOW THIS!!! I LEARNED ABOUT SET UPS AND PAYOFFS IN CLASS!!! THERE IS A REASON WHY I DID AND THE REASON IS SO YOU DON'T FUCK UP YOUR TELEVISION SHOW!!! But unfortunately Hart Hanson was absent that day.
UM, I REALLY DID NOT MEAN TO GET THAT LONG-WINDED AND ANGRY AND USE UP MY MONTHLY QUOTA OF EXCLAMATION MARKS IN ONE (SORT OF MORE THAN ONE) COMMENT. I LOVE THAT TV GUIDE QUOTE THOSE PEOPLE ARE MY FAVOURITE AND SAY FACTS AND I LOVE THEM AND YOU AND I AM GOING TO SHUT UP NOW!
I hate that he doesn't seem to realise that he got them together in the most cowardly way he could have.
The problem is he probably does realise but he's just a soulless asshole who thinks he is better than everyone at all the things and gets off on withholding I don't know, crucial storylines and apparently also killing Vincent Nigel-Murray. Do you know how fucking adorable that dude was? After Wendell, THE MOST ADORABLE. Only someone without a soul could order the murder of a character as adorable as that.
I LIKED THAT BRENNAN DIDN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE KIDS. Every single female on tv wants those things
I hate to turn this into a "this is why Castle is great and Bones is not" comment but... THIS IS WHY CASTLE IS GREAT AND BONES IS NOT. Do you know the amount of times Beckett has mentioned having kids? Zero. Do you know how many times she has talked about marriage? ONCE. IN AN EPISODE ABOUT A MARRIAGE SO IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE CASTLE IS A NOSY ASSHAT. But it is not tiredly played upon every five seconds - even Brennan not wanting to get married and have kids was beaten into us so much throughout the seasons I got irritated with it; which, I imagine, is why we find this sudden LOL BOOTH I'M PREGGERS thing just so completely ridiculous. And why that stupid baby storyline in season goddamn four was also completely ridiculous I just don't understand why they don't learn from their mistakes. Um, anyway, back to my point and why I love Castle more than I will probably ever love a human child unless it is some crazy hybrid child made up of all the people I love and is actually just a puppy, it has always had such good priorities. All the time. They know that it really doesn't matter whether Beckett gives a fuck about marriage or babies because they know they are subjects that are not integral to every woman's life all the time. THEY ARE NOT A BIG FUCKING DEAL and I am just so glad that we don't have to suffer through constantly recurring subplots like "Beckett and Castle discuss whether or not Beckett is too emotionally stunted from her mother's murder to ever be a mother herself!" or "Beckett wants to get married and bring a child into the world (and then she will look pointedly at Castle) because she wants to give her (obviously female) offspring a chance at having the family she never got to!" and as much as I love playing the cheesy Lifetime movie/sappy fanfiction summary game I am so grateful to the Castle writers that I never have to. Because they are intelligent. And not Hart Hanson. And they realise things like maybe it's really not essential that we know every opinion Beckett has on everything to do with what women should want from life (BECAUSE THEY'RE LADIES. AND LADIES OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS HAVE OPINIONS ON MARRIAGE THAT ARE EXTREMELY CONSEQUENTIAL AND WELL THOUGHT-OUT!!!) until idk, she is actually boning Castle on a regular basis and these things naturally come up because of his obviously strong views about family? Of course now that I've said that the first words out of Beckett's mouth next season becausesheisnotdead will totally be "oh Rick, I WANT ALL OF THE BABIES WITH YOU" or something else utterly fucking stupid like that because I went and pissed off the tv universe.
(For some reason I can't resist saying "this comment: now in two parts!" but I imagine this is due to my apparent retardation? Also, I've had four hours sleep.)
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Also, for the record, I kind of hate when any decision is made to compare shows to what happened in The X-Files. IDK if you saw my useless argument with myself on Tumblr yesterday (I say myself because if you are stupid enough to think that Scully's quote from The Rain King relates to Castle and Beckett you are obviously not going to have the brain capacity to a) check notes on Tumblr or b) comprehend that you are wrong about something even if it as incredibly dim-witted as thinking Castle and Beckett don't know they want to have a lot of sex with each other until the end of time) but it just illustrates how pointless it is to try and say "well this happened in the X-Files so it can happen here!" because it doesn't work. The X-Files worked until season eight because of who the characters were and how their relationship was set up (this is where Scully's quote applies!!!! HERE!!! IN THE X-FILES!!!!) and that's why those things, ie. making Mulder and Scully bone off-screen and having their relationship come out of friendship, were done that way until season eight. Both the Booth/Brennan and Castle/Beckett relationships do not in the slightest mirror The X-Files in those respective ways because their relationships are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. The Bones writers actually purposefully went back and created a storyline where Booth and Brennan wanted to sex it up when they first met, negating anything anyone might have ever said about them not being attracted to each other and therefore ruining any quiet behind-the-scenes options because it would ruin the payoff they have spent so long setting up. I KNOW THIS!!! I LEARNED ABOUT SET UPS AND PAYOFFS IN CLASS!!! THERE IS A REASON WHY I DID AND THE REASON IS SO YOU DON'T FUCK UP YOUR TELEVISION SHOW!!! But unfortunately Hart Hanson was absent that day.
UM, I REALLY DID NOT MEAN TO GET THAT LONG-WINDED AND ANGRY AND USE UP MY MONTHLY QUOTA OF EXCLAMATION MARKS IN ONE (SORT OF MORE THAN ONE) COMMENT. I LOVE THAT TV GUIDE QUOTE THOSE PEOPLE ARE MY FAVOURITE AND SAY FACTS AND I LOVE THEM AND YOU AND I AM GOING TO SHUT UP NOW!
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