I am enamored with the way that the writers of the brain tumor arc in Bones managed to have it be a twist while giving you multiple very strong signs that something was wrong by taking advantage of the fact that as the viewer you know you're watching a TV show. The first two times Booth hallucinates Bones points out that these are moments of unreality but the show couches them in the context of the episodes in which they occur so that the audience can easily and unconsciously dismiss them with their preexisting knowledge of tropes.
"Oh, well Booth was briefly unconscious in the process of getting a concussion. In television, situations like this are rife with characters experiencing dreams where their subconscious solves the case for them. Plus it's a clever way to include their cameo from Luc Robitaille."
"The show really wants me to believe that that really was a ghost that helped Booth and this is another instance of Booth being right about magic in the world while Bones is wrong, but even if I prefer that small space they leave for a little ambiguity, characters in life or death emergency survival situations on TV see visions of a person who's death they blame themselves for as a way to explore a characters relationship with guilt all the time."
And it's not really until both Bones and the show essentially say "screw the case of the week, something is Wrong" that you're, rather abruptly and forcefully, prompted to consider what these incidences might mean when put together, and it's not a very happy list of possibilities.
And while this post is about how well I think they preserve the twist by meeting people's expectations when they added the foreshadowing to avoid suspicion, it should be noted that I also think this is a great example of my belief that a good plot twist is telegraphed loudly beforehand, just in a code most people won't easily decipher.
Breakfast is SERVED ⨠hereās a Lance Sweets painting to brighten your day C:
I think we should write more straight relationships with 2010s TV queerbait tactics. Let that man and that woman's lives be horribly intertwined, let them take bullets for the other, let them be each other's meaning but NO KISSING. They are holding each other platonically. You're crazy for reading anything romantic into it at all tbh
Alright bug boys what do we think of this shirt
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^ jellycat bug for your troubles
Brennan and hodgins have such a big sister little brother relationship. Like in the buried alive episode, and the one where they made an herbal remedy together for arastoo. He looks at her with such admiration in a lot of scenes. He deeply respects her and she adores him.
Hi!!! This is my kitten, his name is Bugsy!! He has a pretty interesting color Iāve never seen before where heās black with stripes and a white belly, I was wondering if you know the name for his colors!! I hope this was alright to send :3 thank you!!ā
heās black with low white spotting! he has whatās called ghost tabby markings :) genetically solid but since solid cats still carry the genetic info for tabby patterns some cats can still show the patterning. mostly seen in kittens and often disappears by adulthood!
Born to be comfy in bed, forced to go to 8AM classes
One of my favorite things about running this account is the tags and comments yall put on my posts. below is a compilation of some of my personal faves :)
kind of a long post below
things that happen when you post on the bones tag everyday djdhdjdh
whatās the tuition for autism university, do they give scholarships?
no comment this oneās perfect
i will think about this comment for my whole life
this is about lance btw
adding scrumpt to my vocabulary. incredible word
thee great autismoā¦ā¦ā¦
woah blorbos be upon ye
so glad that the evilness of the plane seat post was noticed. that was on purpose >:)
these just made me emotional and so happy. i love you guys so much š„¹. stuff like this is what keeps me motivated to keep making these silly bones posts :)
bonus:
every time miz tags a brennan post with ā#thatās my wifeā. incredible 10/10
So excited for finals to be over so I finally have time to catch up on Boneheads ;-;
Hi, I'm River Vincent! 19 | he/himSweets is my favorite <3 Spam like = weāre best friends foreverShouldnāt have to be said but: this blog is NOT SAFE for TERFs, radfems, racists, proshippers, or MAPs. Kindly go fuck yourself!
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