Joe Mantegna suddenly catblock / why I like Rossi

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

There is something about Rossi that is always sweet and hilarious. Gavin de Becker said that men are worried that women would laugh at them, while women are worried that men would kill them (for laughing/rejecting them). Well Rossi had always struck me as the kind of men who wouldn't be afraid or angry at a woman who laughs at him, even if it was in bed. Is this weird? The fact that he stayed friends with his first wife have me reading Rossi less as a man who have failed three marriages, and more as a man who have moved pass three failed marriages (or mistaken match-ups) - his id is not dependent on any conduct of 'his woman'.


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[murf1307.livejournal.com]

2. I totally agree. But we'd all queue up nicely -- nobody wants to be the bitchy one. *grin*


Oh my God, John Douglas is like my God when it comes to crime and psychology. I read Mindhunter, and I swear it changed my life. And yeah, I agree, Rossi is totally the opposite of family annihilators.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

While Dr.Reid, or Dr.Reid/Gubler (hmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn mmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnn hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnn (tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwinThreesomeFantasy)) have legions of fangirls, I think Rossi is the true Little Black Dress of the fandom.

Okay, I think I have read that one fic where Dr.Reid was Strauss's boy toy (kink meme) and it was kinda hot, but Rossi is just more naturally shippable with EVERYONE than anyone else, LOL!

[murf1307.livejournal.com]

Oh god, no, don't send me to TV Tropes! I'd never return!

Rossi is indeed naturally shippable. He's just that hot.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

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I think of both Rossi and Garcia as the sweet molasses that holds the cracker BAU team together - and Rossi have way more experience than Garcia.


I pretty much 'ship' everyone with everyone, in that, depending on the circumstances, I can see anyone get together with anyone. Like hey, if the zombie apocalypse ever visited Glee, Dave/Kurt could totally work (http://archiveofourown.org/users/poetikat/pseuds/poetikat/works?selected_tags[]=13154). ...but well, whether it will End Well is an entirely different matter. It was like, everyone other than Rossi had certain issues, that shipping them, in terms of who and how, is like the riddle with the fox and the chicken and the bag of rice.


The biggest hurdle of Rossi/Anyone as a srs ship, is what's in it for Rossi?

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

Except maybe Ashley Seaver, whose existence is strangely the reason why I could started shipping Professor Rossi with everyone else: it's just, Rossi reads as a Dad type, but if Ashley is the one who's his kid, than I can ship him with the rest of the team!


Or baby Jack is Rossi's kid, and now everyone else is good to ship lol.


...but man, I still mostly prefer shipping Rossi with Strauss* or Gideon, or maybe Hotch or Haley.


*He calls her Erin! I totally read a Had A Fling, Broke Up vibe between the two of them lol.




I really like John Douglas's writing. Side-eye a bit at the way he completely dismiss the belltower shooter's tumor, and associated physical causes for people to turn killer, but overall, his writing makes sense.

[murf1307.livejournal.com]

Lol, Strauss and Rossi totally had a fling back in the day. That's probably part of the reason that the Bureau has no-fraternisation rules.

Personally, I love shipping Rossi with Reid (blame severity_softly and innerslytherin's "Conscious of Our Treasures" series), but Hotch/Rossi and Rossi/Prentiss are awesome too.

Rossi/Haley? That is an interesting idea...

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

I totally want some Rossi/Strauss h/c, like her drinking? D'awwwww.


Just listing Haley as someone closer to Rossi's era, if Rossi knew Hotch for a long time, he knew her too eh?

I like reading Rossi/Reid in the kink meme, especially the kitty ones, let me go find that link...

Golden Years (Expensive sex toys)
Here Kitty Kitty (kitty collar fic)
http://cm-kink.livejournal.com/842.html?thread=245578#t245578

Of Lavender and Peaches (hair washing h/c)
http://ansera.livejournal.com/43578.html?thread=1297978


...but outside of the kink meme, Rossi/Reid just doesn't interest me, it seem so one sided in terms of needs. With Gideon/Reid, it's interesting to me because while Gideon is the intellectual mentor, Reid was the emotional care-taker (prior to Tobias Hankel at least).

Like, Reid is a total fanboy over Rossi's books, but what does Rossi need him for? Ditto for why I don't ship Rossi/Seaver (other than squick), I can see what's in it for her, but what's in it for Rossi?

[murf1307.livejournal.com]

I see R/R as being less about mutual need, and more about an equality that can be reached between them, especially in S5 and forward. It really just seems to fit for me, and I can't exactly determine why just yet. Like, Reid is coming into his own as a character -- I can't see, say, S2 Reid tearing the Unsub's father in "The Uncanny Valley" a new one the way S5 did -- and his personality just sort of slots in really well against Rossi's. I'm not sure how else to describe it.

[nwjarvis.livejournal.com]

...I don't ship Rossi/Seaver (other than squick), I can see what's in it for her, but what's in it for Rossi?

You're kidding, right?

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

Conventionally speaking, that is pretty (though when I look at that picture, I'm primarily distracted by the question of "Oh god how old is she?"). I think both Rossi and Gideon are primarily attracted to women their age though, so Seaver's young and pretty look isn't going to be something Rossi would start a relationship for...


Like, remember that promise he made to his first wife, about looking out for each other? I think Rossi definitely wants someone who could match him as an equal. (I remember there was a kink meme prompt about Rossi taking an interest in Reid after Uncanny Valley, somebody fill it please!)

[nwjarvis.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

OK, that reply was mostly a joke, but "what's in it for Rossi" is a Pretty Young Thing paying attention to him. And Rossi evidently has a Bureau-wide rep as a hound.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that reputation was why I used to feel weird about shipping Rossi with the younger members of the BAU, more than Gideon...

...but either he's changed since then or he's one of those guys who sleeps around a lot - but he actually does like everyone of them and it's not just looks.

[nwjarvis.livejournal.com]

Icon. Just sayin'.

[gsyh.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but Strauss's face, Strauss LEERY face, I can see her tucking dollar bills into Rossi's pants.

[nwjarvis.livejournal.com]

That cap is a look she's giving Rossi during one of their arguments in "25 to Life".

It's when she's telling him "You never did understand about politics." and Rossi snarks "Oh, I understand. I just don't care." The look she gave him totally looked to me like she was having a little flashback.