"listen to me ... i've never been powerless." 08/26/10 picspam! (part two)

[amelialourdes]

Chris: Why'd you tell your boyfriend about me?
Reid: He did what now?

- Reid's concern for Katie in this scene to Chris made my heart twitch. He mentioned Brad's death and how he hears her crying herself to sleep at night. He doesn't want that to happen to her again. But, he's leaving it up to Chris to tell her because he's the one who should tell her.

Reid: You need a reality check, pal.

Ding, dong! Your boyfriend's here.

Luke: Oh, shit. He's already here. I thought I'd beat him here since we almost left at the same time.

---

Reid: Oh, you told him did you?
Luke: Yeah, I did. Forgive me?
Reid: Yeah, I do. Let's make out.

Reid and Luke: A united front.

Luke: You put Reid in a really terrible position by insisting he keep quiet about this.

- Body language, guys. Body language. They're standing next to each other as a couple in solidarity and in support of one another. Reid's standing right there and Luke's defending him and Reid's allowing it. There's no objection by Reid, nothing about him that says "I have a problem with you telling Chris". Instead, he's focused on Chris and upset for Katie. I also like the silent concern for Chris by Luke who stands there and nods when he agrees with Reid. MARRIED.

- Also, I like Luke's big, huge smile when he says 'hi' to Katie.

Reid: If I ever doubted the downside of love, I'm seeing it now. This whole people caring about people business, it's insane. It's no wonder I've tried to avoid it.
Luke: Well, it has its good points too.

---

Reid: No, no way. I'm not willing to invest so much to get so little in return. I want the whole enchilada, you hear me?
Luke: Meaning?
Reid: Meaning you better take care of that kidney of yours. If I'm going to put myself out there, fall in love with you, I'm not going to lose you. Do you hear me?
Luke: You planning on falling in love with me?

WHERE DO WE EVEN START WITH THIS SCENE? WHERE I ASK YOU?

- No wonder Reid's "tried" to avoid it. But, he doesn't avoid it anymore because it's happened to him. There is no avoiding. It's happened. The end.
- Reid wants the whole enchilada with Luke (double entendre), everything with Luke, and that thought is awesome.
- KIDNEY TALK. THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. HOW'D HE FIND OUT? HOW'D LUKE TELL HIM? SHOULD WE DECIDE OUR CANON? HOW DID IT GO?
- I can imagine a very, very fierce Reid if anything ever happened to Luke.

MARRIED.

LOOK HOW IT HITS HIM THAT HE'S IN LOVE WITH LUKE. HITS HIM.

Reid: No, of course not. I'm not planning on -- no, it's not something you plan on. It just, it happens. You're powerless to stop it. It -- oh god, listen to me. I've never been powerless. I've always been in complete control of everything in my life.
Luke: Aww, you okay?
Reid: You?
Luke: Mhmm.

- No, Reid's not "planning" on falling in love. Already happened, damnit! It happens and it's happened to him and that's when he has that realization. He says that he's never been powerless, always in control but now? Now that he's in love? He's no longer in control and it freaks him out for about half a second.

- MARRIED.

- Luke teases him which is fucking adorable and says in a way that means, "Aww, you okay now that you're powerless and have fallen in love with me?" Reid is okay and Luke is okay and blissfully happy when he's with Reid. Look at that smile on his face! How do you misinterpret that to be anything but what it is?
- Look at them. Look how happy they are! Problems just fade away and disappear when they look at each other, Reid looks at Luke, and looks at Luke's lips and we all know where this is going.

- MARRIED.

- PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR A BIGGER VERSION OF THIS PICTURE AND OBSERVE HOW DISTURBINGLY HOT THEY ARE TOGETHER. GO ON. GO AHEAD.
- Guys, sweet lord. We have chin touching, we have Luke smiling into the first kiss, and then things turn serious pretty quickly. The smile's gone and then we have full making out. Luke's hand is in Reid's hair (which seems to be his favorite place), Reid's hand on Luke's cheek (also his favorite place), and then falling on to the couch together.

- Here's Luke scooting back against the couch and Reid's starting to follow him without taking his mouth off of him and then ...

- Is that Reid's cock or are you just happy to see me?
- Oh, baby toy.
- DON'T BE A COCKBLOCK, JACOB.

- Well, it's okay. Despite being alone in the apartment, having an empty bed, and a door for privacy ... it's not the right time.
- Reid thinks that Luke likes candles and music (and he says music in a really ridiculously sexy way) but we're informed that all Luke needs is a bed and some privacy. Reid likes this and so. do. we.
- It's okay that they stop because Reid has work and they want to take their time. Well, Reid said that they don't want to be rushed. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE RUSHED. REID NEEDS TO TAKE HIS TIME DOING EVERYTHING TO LUKE.
- Then unintentionally sexy words are spoken: "To be continued?" asks Reid. "To be continued," says Luke.
- They smile at each other all goofy and happy and Luke ducks his head in the end and Reid finds that adorable. He does.

Luke has decided not to work today so he can follow his hot boyfriend around.

Reid: My rounds shouldn't take very long. You wanna stick around? Grab a bite?
Luke: Only if you're paying.
Reid: You're the big shot donor with the big pockets.
Luke: Yeah and you're the candidate for chief of staff that needs my vote.
Reid: *laughs* Meet you in the waiting area?

- How did that conversation go from the apartment to the hospital? I'm curious. Why did Luke go with Reid to the hospital? I need answers in the form of fanfic, stat!
- They're joking around with each other, playing around with each other, and this is the most stable couple on this show. Why can't TPTB see that?
- ALSO, LET US OBSERVE HOW LUKE TOTALLY CHECKS OUT HIS BOYFRIEND AS HE WALKS AWAY. TOTAL UP AND DOWN EYE MOVEMENT. HE WANTS HIM. OH YEAH.

Katie: Life of a doctor, huh?
Luke: Yeah.
Katie: You know what that's like now. Never know when they're gonna get called away. One of our guys is going to be chief of staff soon.

---

Katie: But if what you have is special then it's worth it, right?
Luke: I know.
Nurse: Mr. Snyder, Dr. Oliver is in the on-call room. He said you can go on in.
Luke: Oh great, thanks. Lunch date.
Katie: Lucky you.

- Here comes Chris to ruin the day yet again! GTFO CHRIS ---------->
- Here's Katie, not knowing anything!
- Here's Luke lying his butt off!
- One of their guys is going to be chief of staff. MARRIED. Reid's his guy.
- Dr. Reid Oliver and Mr. Luke Snyder. Sounds like a wedding invitation, doesn't it?
- Reid finished his rounds in two seconds, wtf?

Reid: Now you see what I've been dealing with.
Luke: Yeah, I understand why you've been so upset.

- Reid, again, immediately noticing that something is wrong with Luke.
- Luke feels sympathy for them both and even though Reid claims he'd kill Chris if he weren't sick, he is still concerned about him.

And here comes Dr. John Dixon!

Reid: Tell me what I'm supposed to do.
Luke: You should keep doing what you're doing.

- They now have a shared experience, something that only bonds them together since they're now going through this together. Reid's not pushing Luke away and claiming that it's his problem to deal with. But, instead, he's allowing Luke to be part of it.
- They're figuring out this problem together, good or bad, both working as a team ... together.

IN CONCLUSION: MARRIED.
All other arguments are invalid.

You can find all the screencaps for this episode here. I will not object to seeing a thousand icons of this episode displaying their love.

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BRAVO, BB!

So amazing omg. Even more amazing than amazing episode. They are SO MARRIED. That's it. The end.

Love every awesome thing you pointed out. I TOTALLY AGREE, OKAY.

And I saved the supersize kiss pic and will stare at it for approximately three hours. Imma go do that right now kthxbye.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

OMG, YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED THE MARQUEE OF LOVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BB! AFTER TODAY'S EPISODE? THEY'RE TOTALLY MARRIED. I SEE NOTHING ELSE. WE SHOULD GIVE THEM A WEDDING OR SOMETHING. NAH. REID WOULD PROBABLY GOUGE HIS EYES OUT FIRST. WELL, HE'S SO IN LOVE WITH LUKE THAT HE'D SAID YES.

ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LIKING THE PICSPAM! <3

[http://users.livejournal.com/_alicesprings/]

SO MARRIED OMG. OLD MARRIED COUPLE, OKAY.

DUDE, LUKE ALREADY PROPOSED - VIA DAYPLANNER. REID SAID YES. ;D

THANK *YOU* FOR MAKING THE BEEEEEEUTIFUL PICSPAM!!!

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

DUDE, LUKE ALREADY PROPOSED - VIA DAYPLANNER. REID SAID YES. ;D

OH. THAT REMINDS ME. THEY NEED HONEYMOON PLANS VIA PICFIC. MHMM. CAN YOU IMAGINE? REID WOULD PROBABLY BITCH ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT THEN THEY'LL PLAY GOLF AND LUKE WILL SEE REID'S GREAT ASS AND THEY'LL GO FUCK AGAIN. :D

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, beautiful work here!

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for enjoying the picspam, bb!

[charley-ryan.livejournal.com]

Yay! So much pretty!

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Yay! They are so pretty, thank you!

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LIKING PICSPAM, BB. MARRIED.

[cam-a.livejournal.com]

I love this so much, I don't even!

<3333333333333333333333

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING THE PICSPAM, BB! <3!

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

OMG I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. AND I LOVE YOU FOR MAKING SUCH AWESOME AND FUNNY PICSPAM.

SO PRETTY. SO IN LOVE. SO FUCKING WONDERFUL. MARRIED, MARRIED, MARRIED.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

OMG THANK YOU FOR LIKING THE PICSPAM SO MUCH, BB. I SEE UGLY BETTY GIVING ME THE LOOK OF GLEE. THIS IS PLEASING.

MARRIED.

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

So, you know how Reid opens the door and Luke's like, "I came to warn...oh, I'm too late. Sorry. This is all my fault." And then Reid just looks at him. I keep thinking that he's totally zoned in on Luke's self-esteem/control issues and is thinking to himself, "Well, actually, bb, it's your fault a little bit, yes, but it's also my fault for telling you, but mainly Chris' fault for being a son of a bitch. So, no, not ALL your fault by far."

Or maybe that's just what I want Reid to be thinking.

[pghbekka.livejournal.com]

Nope! I think you're totally right. Reid picked up on this fairly quickly and has constantly been reassuring Luke.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Yes!! I like that. I like that you think that that's what Reid's thinking. He definitely has more of a :| face when he answers the door. I have a feeling that Reid will have a talk with Luke about not apologizing for everything because some things just don't need an apology. Some don't but not everything needs an apology from Luke.

[lady-jane.livejournal.com]

- KIDNEY TALK. THEY'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT. HOW'D HE FIND OUT? HOW'D LUKE TELL HIM? SHOULD WE DECIDE OUR CANON? HOW DID IT GO?

Well, duh. As soon as Dr. Reid set his eyes on Luke, he asked around for his name. Then he accidentally for some reason stumbled across Luke's medical record in the hospital on-line records but not in a creepy stalkery way. Nope, uh huh.

And, having said that, any dialogue longer than 8-10 words? Do the writers actually try to imitate bad!fic writers?

Case in point:

Reid: No, of course not. I'm not planning on -- no, it's not something you plan on. It just, it happens. You're powerless to stop it. It -- oh god, listen to me. I've never been powerless. I've always been in complete control of everything in my life.
Luke: Aww, you okay?
Reid: You?
Luke: Mhmm.

NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT WHEN THEY'RE NOT 17 YEARS OLD IMITATING BADLY WRITTEN DRAMAS. Although now that I think about it, they probably get their gut-wrenching confessionals from daytime t.v., which then turns to them for inspiration. It's a vicious cycle!

The most reasonable line in that entire exchange is not a word, it's pretty sad.

Good analysis though. Awesome picspam! THEY ARE TRULY IN LOVE AND MARRIED. NO INVALID NON-MARRIAGE ARGUMENT HERE. THE LOOKS SAY IT ALL, SO THE DIALOGUE SHOULD STOP AND THEY SHOULD KISS MORE. AND, YOU KNOW, FUCK.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Well, duh. As soon as Dr. Reid set his eyes on Luke, he asked around for his name. Then he accidentally for some reason stumbled across Luke's medical record in the hospital on-line records but not in a creepy stalkery way.

Love it. This is my canon for kidney conversation.

Oh, daytime. You are a dying art form. I guess there's only so many times you can marry your cousin and then you die the day that your baby is born and you find out that the guy down the street is your half-brother because your father had sex with your second cousin ... or something.

THANK YOU FOR LIKING THE PICSPAM, BB. THEY NEED FUCKING FOR RELIEF, YES.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

I loved Katie's "hi Luke" with Luke's huge smile afterward. It was so adorable.

Hahaha, the frames need to be examined! They were the best part.

Thank you so much for loving the picspam!

[turtleisland.livejournal.com]

THEY ARE SO MARRIED.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

MARRIED.

[mech-bull.livejournal.com]

Comments that I love and totally agree with:

DON'T BE A COCKBLOCK, JACOB.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BE RUSHED. REID NEEDS TO TAKE HIS TIME DOING EVERYTHING TO LUKE.

One of their guys is going to be chief of staff. MARRIED. Reid's his guy.

IN CONCLUSION: MARRIED.
All other arguments are invalid.

And thank you very much for the big version of the picture. Mmmm.

[ally-6677.livejournal.com]

They really are married!

[smuchshypush.livejournal.com]

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[themsroyale.livejournal.com]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

[snowmore.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your diligent work for the cause - the cause being to put on display why these two beautiful love each other and how supportive they are of each other and how they get each other and how freakin' hot they are together and how all that means they're married!! \o/

Great great picspam! Thank you!

[starryeyedmagic.livejournal.com]

OH I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! :D

Reid's standing right there and Luke's defending him and Reid's allowing it. There's no objection by Reid, nothing about him that says "I have a problem with you telling Chris". Instead, he's focused on Chris and upset for Katie.
THIS WAS AMAZING!
I feel kind of bad just assuming that Noah would have a problem if Luke did this but....I watched them for 3 years and I would naturally just expect this to be a big fight.
lol it's like I need to be constantly told "IT'S OK, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW. REID IS NOT THE SAME PERSON."

Reid is okay and Luke is okay and blissfully happy when he's with Reid. Look at that smile on his face! How do you misinterpret that to be anything but what it is?

IKR?!

- How did that conversation go from the apartment to the hospital? I'm curious. Why did Luke go with Reid to the hospital?
Luke wants to spend every last second with his boyfriend. He's so in love that he can't even see straight like that. (LOLZ GOOD THING BOYFRIEND CAN CURE BLINDNESS)
I bet they were leaving the apartment holding hands and Luke didn't want to let go long enough to go into his own car and drive home. He literally wanted to walk him into work.

- Reid, again, immediately noticing that something is wrong with Luke.
I LOVE EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS! They're so attune to each other. And they always put the other first. And want to go through things together, the good things and the bad things.

SO YEA, MARRIED.

[sripley.livejournal.com]

MARRIED.

[suzvoy.livejournal.com]

Reid: Oh, do you told him did you?
Luke: Yeah, I did. Forgive me?
Reid: Yeah, I do. Let's make out.

That's totally what happened.

I'm totally making that kiss montage my wallpaper.

[auselysium.livejournal.com]

This was AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Love x 1,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

You've convinced me! ITA with your conclusion. :D

[on-the-ground.livejournal.com]

Sending both epic entries to memories.. and hell that kissing huge pic was great *g* but most off all I LOVE your comments :D

The only time I liked Chris in this segment is when he said, "...boyfriend or not." I like the universe acknowledging that Reid and Luke are boyfriends. BOYFRIENDS.

I LOVED THAT LINE SO MUCH FOR THAT REASON.. WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY AROUND THEM TO SAY IT.. but yeah, now I'd like them to say it too.. maybe I'm asking too much :)

[esda.livejournal.com]

I can only applaud you for this episode summary and all these nice screenshots! ♥

I can also only agree with the conclusion you made: They are SO married and they are the most stable, most healthy couple in this show and TPTB is very stupid to not see that. *sigh*

[me-and-thee.livejournal.com]

I want to roll around in these caps forever and have your captions/commentary's babies. Do you think that could be arranged? ;D

[irlandesak.livejournal.com]

I love this so very much.

Married! And sexy. Sexy ass couple they are. Scrumptious. And adorable. Adorably sexy.

As for the kidney--he saw the scar in the hotel and later when they got together, they were making out and Reid lifts up his shirt and tenderly runs his hand along the scar and asks Luke to tell him about it.

And they talk about the bullet scars as well. And then the emotional scars.

I know they're only this perfect because the show is ending but they ARE perfect.

Thank you so much for this!

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

I cannot stop thinking about that cap where Reid realizes, "OH FUCK, I'm IN LOVE WITH YOU." That expression. Oh, my God.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

HE HAS THIS SAME EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE DURING HOLD THE PHONE. IT. IS. AWESOME.

[csifan3.livejournal.com]

I agree with your conclusion :D And I adore you for this amazing picspam!

[bluemagicrose.livejournal.com]

Dr. Reid Oliver and Mr. Luke Snyder. Sounds like a wedding invitation, doesn't it?

Yes. Yes it does.

Why are you so awesome? Can you share a little of it with the rest of us? :)

[g-and-honey.livejournal.com]

I was just clued in to this post today, and I would just like to say:

*high five*

Amazing post. With evidence like this, there's really no surprise that we all love LuRe. They're just so wonderful and lovely and TOTALLY married. ♥