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Something I wish we got a little more of was Coulson comforting/encouraging Fitz??? That dynamic was played out a little bit, yes, but I feel like there's something there.
The way how Coulson would clasp Fitz shoulder as he was on the verge of tears, and in s4 when Coulson laid his forehead on Fitz' head telling him it was gonna be alright, and how he held Fitz' forearms as he was spiralling after coming out of the Framework....
Do you think Coulson was imitating what his father did for him when he was little? Comfort through physicality? I'd like to think so...
But also, Coulson has to know about Fitz' dad and how he left. He's gotta know there's a sort of hurt there. Maybe he feels the need to step in a little bit and show him what a real father is like? That it's okay to not only break, but to also be gentle.
Rewatching the pilot for comfort reasons, and the way Coulson approaches May in the office about wanting her on his team... Tells her it's not a combat op gig, how they'd be the ones picking the ops, making the calls... No red tape... And he quips with his stupid smirk, amused, "This is where they actually make the red tape, isn't it? I always wondered."
She smiles. She misses it. Misses the action. Misses him. She confined herself to a desk bc she couldn't trust herself in the field after Bahrain. She can't get hurt again at a desk (besides a nasty paper cut 💀)... But that doesn't mean she doesn't miss her old life in the field. She just prioritized keeping her emotions securely under lock and key over what she wanted bc it's what she thinks she deserves after what happened. She can't afford to hurt anyone else. It's safer this way for everybody.
Thank goodness one (1) Phillip J. Coulson convinced her to leave the desk and red tape creation behind to "just drive the Bus." 🥹🫶🏻
Agents of B.A.R.B.I.E. -> Phil Coulson
This Barbie is losing it!
I'm being stupid again...
I previously had a Coulson thought the other day, but couldn't remember where he grew up, so I googled it, right? Then I did some v v light research about the area, and uh....
You've gotta be joking me...
Gotta love a guy who's consistent in his hobbies
this post is so cursed im so sorry
“it's different, watching your friends go before you, isn't it? i have been through that, as well. it can be harder to stay than to leave.”
credits – unknown || balthasar, losers || @/inanotheruniverese || anne sexton, a self portrait in letters
5 seconds later...
Driving lessons with the SHIELD family.
As the ultimate dad, one of Coulson's many duties is to teach his kids to drive...
...
Driving lessons with the SHIELD family.
Agents of B.A.R.B.I.E. -> Phil Coulson
This Barbie is a dad!
Oo, oo, for the moodboards, I saw you listed Agents of Shield in the fandoms. Would you do May and Coulson?
Ooooh, GREAT choice!!!
Thanks for the ask!!
Ask game
them except they never got a wedding
More thoughts on the rest of season one:
Raina keeps talking about what she and Skye will become even way back here.
A guy stabs May and she later uses the same knife on him, just like with Izel later.
The contrast of Quinn hugging Skye to shoot her again more effectively with Coulson cradling her body hurts.
Garrett doesn't realize that all the kerfuffle is because Hydra has revealed themselves until Skye decrypts the signal.
When Coulson locks May up in the cage, you can see Ward trying to figure out if she's Hydra too. He's so confused for a minute, and it's hilarious to me.
Speaking of Ward, Raina tells him how she would manipulate him if that's what she wanted to do and then immediately follows up and does it, but he totally falls for it.
I forgot how intense (and ridiculous) Fitz's one-sided grudge against Tripp is. The Moby Dick bit is great.
Daniels tells Audrey something like, "I'm a monster, but you can save me," which is interestingly similar to how Ward is treating Skye in these episodes.
Speaking of which, the cello continuing to play over Skye discovering Koenig's body is amazing.
Skye says May left because she didn't care at all, but it's the opposite—she cares too much.
While they're talking by the pool, Jemma says Fitz will never have to find out what it would be like if she were Hydra, but thanks to the Framework, she will have to see him that way. Poor babies.
Garrett sarcastically tells Deathlock/Mike that he loves him right before a cut to Fitzsimmons in the pod.
Coulson says Skye was compassionate, not weak, when she chose not to let Ward die, whereas Garrett calls any sign of compassion in Ward weakness. It really hammers home how much of a difference it makes who finds you.
I've recently started rewatching Agents of Shield with my sister who hasn't seen it before, so here are some rewatch-inspired thoughts about the first half of season one:
The Bus Kids are all such babies! Especially Skye.
May gets knocked out in each of the first two episodes. It's definitely taking her a moment to readjust to fieldwork.
So many Shield water bottles.
Even though I know what Ward actually is, he still makes me like the version of himself we see here.
May and Coulson's one-sided conversations are amazing.
I honestly can't remember. Did Ward's younger brother die in the well? The flashes we see aren't super clear.
Interesting that Coulson tells Skye that there was a little girl in Bahrain, but he doesn't mention that she died.
I'd never realized that we get a glimpse of the carvings during Coulson's flashbacks of being revived.
Speaking of which, I thought looking at the carvings was what triggered his instinct to carve, but the drawings on the whiteboard in Eye Spy don't seem to set him off.
I love the way that when Coulson is kidnapped, he doesn't say the "Previously on" or "We'll return in a moment" bits. I remembered that from later seasons, but it's a nice touch to start it now.
I've recently started rewatching Agents of Shield with my sister who hasn't seen it before, so here are some rewatch-inspired thoughts about the first half of season one:
The Bus Kids are all such babies! Especially Skye.
May gets knocked out in each of the first two episodes. It's definitely taking her a moment to readjust to fieldwork.
So many Shield water bottles.
Even though I know what Ward actually is, he still makes me like the version of himself we see here.
May and Coulson's one-sided conversations are amazing.
I honestly can't remember. Did Ward's younger brother die in the well? The flashes we see aren't super clear.
Interesting that Coulson tells Skye that there was a little girl in Bahrain, but he doesn't mention that she died.
I'd never realized that we get a glimpse of the carvings during Coulson's flashbacks of being revived.
Speaking of which, I thought looking at the carvings was what triggered his instinct to carve, but the drawings on the whiteboard in Eye Spy don't seem to set him off.
I love the way that when Coulson is kidnapped, he doesn't say the "Previously on" or "We'll return in a moment" bits. I remembered that from later seasons, but it's a nice touch to start it now.
also the last episode was so great and thoughtfully made? great pace, pleasant camera work and interesting interactions between team members? i was stunned by it.
i especially liked the plot line with may and elena. two amazing women solving psychological problem with sparring? give me more things like this
and coulson? our dad sure starting to feel some depressed feelings and it would be interesting to see how creators will go with this.
preview for the next episode is really promising. can’t wait