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Criminal Minds

It appears that I haven't posted here since March. Oops. I've been mostly hanging out in comms or on Twitter. Anyway, a few of us on Twitter were looking for a place to talk about Criminal Minds. That's what this post is for! I'm on mobile so I'll pretty it up later but in the meanwhile if you're a CM fan feel free to jump right in. I have a couple of things I want to discuss that I'll bring up in comments.

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Seriously? Seven seasons in and there's no good fic? How can this be? There is so much stuff just in canon to work with! Addictions, abuse, torture, kidnapping, grief, buddies, flirting galore, fascinating characters, pretty boys, awesome girls...WHERE IS THE FIC?

This is a series where the geeky, awkward, self conscious nerd is played by a male model for heaven's sake!

So here's my theory on why Morgan calls Reid 'Pretty Boy.' working just with what we seen screen and assuming no relationship between them, why would he call him that? It's not sarcastic, in Reid's most frightened and vulnerable moment he calls him that. I think he doesn't because Reid has full confidence in his brain. He's always admired and appreciated for that. But he's socially awkward. Beautiful women have hit on him (they aren't blind and stupid after all) but it doesn't seem to have registered with him that he's physically very attractive.

It can't have helped that he was probably out of undergraduate school before he even fully entered puberty. He had to deal with his dysfunctional home. He had to time or opportunity to really explore any kinds of relationships. We don't even know for sure his sexual orientation, Im not convinced he's sure himself. So getting back to the point, I think Morgan does it to,remind Reid that he's more than just a brain.

There is SOME, but ITA way way too little good fic for a 7 season show that is that amazing and has so so much potential.
And most of all, hardly any long fic.

yes, this I could get behind .. sounds possible...

I have so much love for this show!!! The show, the cast, the characters, everything around it.
I don't even wanna imagine what would have happened if the fanprotests last year wouldn't have been successful, maybe they'd have removed even more castmembers. But now everything is back to awesomeness.

I love Morgan and Reid (and I also start slipping in the RPS part that are MGG and Shemar already again, somehow RPS always gets me ;) and I love how the show is not only about the cases but there is so much backstory they keep bringing up.

Yeah anyway, I need more good Morgan/Reid fic (and I take MGG/Shemar fic anyday too)
Just look at all the Morgan and Reid moments, Season 7 is FULL with subtle hints and I love the writers for it!

IDK how much fic is there in this fandom ... I had read just one so far...

but it´s a shame cause there is so much stuff happening in the show ..

we deffo need more fic. i know there are many good writers out there we just need to find them. or they need to find us. or we must meet in the middle (i'm zombie so please excuse me if i'm incoherent)

yeah I agree, I think it's his way to remind Reid (and others) that he's more than just the young Dr. Genius.
What I love is how over the years you can see how Morgan's behaviour changed, first it was pretty much making fun (not in mean spirited way at all, but still making fun, like with the whistle) of Reid, but they to me seemed to have grown so much trust between them, IDK if everyon saw all of S7 yet, so not sure what is okay to say and what would spoil, but little hints in the show, made me create my reality in which they spend lots of time together and talk a LOT about things they wouldn'T talk to others about

this and much more. you can see that morgan always keeps an eye on reid no matter what he's doing. remember in season 2 right after reid was kidnapped? morgan was around him. and that's the first that popped into my mind.

oohh, in season 1 for ex when morgan gives reid that whistle ...

and yeah, i think reid is not aware of his sexuality and i also think that morgan can be part of both teams

LOL YOU BRAIN TWINS

there's fic on LJ here in the BAU-INBOX (http://bau-inbox.livejournal.com/profile) they put together what was posted new in the last days, then AO3 and HERE (http://www.chancesarchive.net/criminalminds/reidmorgan.html)
There are some really nice ones, but I just meant that for a fandom that could be big and full of awesome fic...it's not (yet)

Same here, I've read one fic and it wasn't really bad, but neither it was a good one.

This is a series with so much potential, and it's a shame that there aren't enough quality fics.

also here http://slash-pimp.net/category/pairing/morganreid/

I'm sure there are good writers in this fandom, but we need more, there are maybe 2 people that I've read several fics of and remember the names and that they wrote more, and there's hardly and multichapter fic.

LOL ILU

Ooh, I want to hear more of your S7 theories! I'm caught up but don't know how the others feel about spoilers.

I haven't even looked at RPS yet here. I've been trolling AO3 but haven't found anything good yet. Some that was okay but nothing like you'd expect from a show like this.

yeah. me too. trying to find them ...

ps: you are killing me with those avi <3

Did you check through here? http://ansera.livejournal.com/52793.html?page=1#comments and apparantly they just started a new one, too.

Yeah there is hardly ANY RPS that I could find so far. Somehow I always get drawn to the RPS side of a fandom, too, even though in this one, the FPS still has the upper hand by far, but the Japan pics kinda triggered my RPS love ;P

Let me get a few caps to go with my S7 theories. It's not really spoilery tbh since it's only my own reality, so I guess we're okay

omg the japan trip was something that needs to happen like RL and like NOW. i don't care with who each of them was, they look SO GOOD together

I srsly cannot believe the lack of fic for the show or that pairing - I mean from what little I've seen (currently working my way through Season 1 but I've seen bits and pieces up through maybe season 6?) - this would be considered a main pairing - Morgan/Reid that is - although I do see quite a bit of Hotch/Reid which I could also see. But Morgan/Reid is totally what I would ship LOL. And yes, there is a distinct lack of good fic.

and I need some Morgan/Reid icons LOL

Oh I can get behind that theory - that makes complete sense and NGL I love that he calls him that.

I did see that but I'm not really a fan of kink memes as a general rule. I like some actual plot and also I'm not really into D/S which tends to take over kink memes a lot.

I do too! Especially that time in S6 when he said it so tenderly to Reid after Reid finally told him about the headaches etc.

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