cimorene

So, how about the Hotch/Rossi this week, huh?

It's really sweet the way they're gradually developing the trust and partnership between Hotch and Rossi canonically, although obviously, if you ignore my slash-goggled eroticised subversive reading, it's just an equally heart-warming platonic friendship. But that doesn't matter! Because they have their emotionally wounded Intense Discussions about Why We Do This and Don't Blame Yourself and You're A Good Man, their reserved manly handshakes and back-pats, their parental tete-a-tetes away from the big ears of the ~~pitchers~~ children. I like that in the Hotch-angst storylines and the Rossi-angst storylines, the other one is always sensitive to the nuances of the angster's behaviour even when the children aren't, and confident and caring enough to offer support verbally and with reassuring bodylanguage.

I need to go back to the beginning of the Rossi eps and rewatch at least the significant ones, because I didn't start shipping it until later and I'm sure that caused me to miss some nuances. Also I'd like screencaps. :/ I was chatting with

iscaris about the canonical development of the pairing a few weeks ago (*wave*) and she brought up some stuff that I totally hadn't even remembered about it at all, and I can't allow that state to continue for a pairing I'm actively shipping: I won't know how to arrange my personal canon.