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Noo! What? Ja- Eliza- Peter!?

Mrs. D here^^

So! Guess who finally watched the ending of season 4 in the White Collar series? Me -and my better half-M!

In other words, the series has finally come to an end (for now). And oh dear, what a ride it’s been! With more twist and turns than a snake on acid (No, not really,) it’s not quite as positive an ending as one could have hoped – But then again, when have the White Collar finales ever been downright positive?

From this moment on I will enter the Happy-Land of Carefree-Spoilers, so read on with caution! (No, D, Caffrey-spoilers as opposed to Carefree-Spoilers doth not a good joke make!)

Wow, so James AKA Neal’s father really was a bad guy after all. At least extremely opportunistic and with very little conscious…. Which is pretty much the same, no matter how you look at it.

I am still trying to make sense of all the emotions in this finale – They are hurting my sensitive fangirl-nerves. The whole episode seems like one big slap in the face to one Neal Caffrey, as the people around him are yet again hurt (fortunately not dying this time around) because of him.

I’m not so sure what he’s supposed to take away from it – Don’t trust people? You’re (hopefully) not like your father? Being conned and having your feelings played sucks?

As Peter’s arrested for the murder of Senator Pratt, Elizabeth is getting ready for her and Peter’s romantic date-night, and Neal is confronting his father with evidence that proves that he wasn’t framed – That he really was just a cop-killer all along.

Argh. The Feeeels!

This was also an episode of saying goodbye to Sara Ellis, Neal’s love interest through some time. They had some heartfelt moments, with a nice wistful quality: Both of them knew that they weren’t meant to last – But they did genuinely like each other, and they could perhaps have been together under different circumstances.

(While it naturally hurts my shippy feelings whenever Neal’s with her, I can hardly deny their connection – I just don’t see it as nearly as heartfelt as the Peter/Neal (Or Peter/El) dynamic.)

Reese Hughes kicks ass in this episode – And I’m hoping he will help Caffrey clean Peter’s name in the next season. (Knowing the style of the series, it shouldn’t take them too long.) A mention goes to Mozzie as well, who has the good sense not to hand James the evidence. Golden Star!!

There’s a lot of hurt in this episode, but the medal probably goes to Caffrey who’s recently been seen bonding with his father in spite of himself – Only to finally see him for the sociopath that he is. At the same time Peter is framed and arrested, and Sara leaves for London.

I do feel genuinely bad for Neal here – Even if it weren’t for Matt Bomer’s teary-eyed performance as Neal confronts his dad. The way James reacts when Neal reaches out to stop him is so aggressive, and Neal’s demeanor afterwards so shocked, that I wonder if James really was the great father that Neal kind-of remembers (and, incidentally, missed). I mean, he was three when he left, so he would hardly remember much.

It would have been hard for him to tell if it was his father’s “disappearance” that caused his mother’s breakdown – Or if she had, in fact, been broken down all along.

When Neal finally met his father he was naturally reserved – but also more than ready to believe that he hadn’t killed that cop. Neal is/was a criminal himself – He can sympathize with his father’s corruptness – Especially when James explains that it started out as a way to help his family. (Because wasn’t that what Neal always promised Kate? A better –richer- life?) But Neal is portrayed as very much anti-violence, weapons etc. The few times we see him shoot, he never aims for the kill. Killing someone like that would not be acceptable to him.

So Neal can’t help but indulge this fantasy of his nice father who just wanted to be there for his family, but never had the chance. And even if he clearly didn’t WANT to bond with the man, he can’t help himself. James is either a very gifted con-artist(and a complete sociopath), or he really does like his son too.

This is rather unclear. I hope for Neal’s sake that it will somehow be clarified, though I can hardly see how. (Unless James turns himself in – But that’s unlikely, seeing as how he threatened his son when he tried to get him to)

This part really gets me, because in fact, James was saying some pretty nice things. Like how Neal is really an exceptionally gifted artist, and he should do some work on his own instead of copying other’s.. And how very proud he is, that he’s his son.. Etc etc.. (Things Neal needs –and wants- to hear, but people often don’t realize, because he always acts like he’s so full of himself.)

I just hope that Neal will at the very least remain neutral concerning these statements, rather than dispel them as obvious lies - a part of the fantasy. I’m pretty sure Neal’s the one who said that in every con, there’s some truth – You’re just nurturing the part of yourself that you need for the con to work.

So for Neal’s sake I’d like to think that his father really was impressed with his son, and did on some level like him – And that he was simply too much of a coward/ego-centered bitch to think of anyone but himself by the end of it.

And so it came to be that Peter took Neal’s father’s fall. :( Poor Peter and Elizabeth.. D:

At the end of the day we can only hope that Neal will learn that it is the family we choose –our friends and lovers- rather than our biological family, who define what we are: Ellen (though dead), Peter, Mozzie, Elizabeth, June – And to some extent Diana and Jones. These are the people he should reflect himself in – Not his sociopath-father or at-best-merely-depressed-mother.

Now, I realize that this ended up being more of a me-rambling-about-how-sorry-I-am for these people, in particular Neal. But having taken on his role for roleplaying and fanfics, it’s hard not to empathize and be slightly upset. Besides, it’s not like I ever promised a review or anything ^^”

So yeah, season 4. If you're done hurting us - Please bring us some comfort in season 5! Don't keep Peter in jail for ages - His wife and Neal needs him D: Hughes to the rescue - pretty please?

#white collar #season 4 #finale #peter/neal #james benett #peter burke #neal caffrey #feels #feelings #pain #hurt #arrest #framed #fandom #fangirl #slash #peter/elizabeth #matt bomer

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11-04-13: Flip a Coin

And the D is in the…. Wait. House! I was gonna say house! (Not the doctor either, you pervs..)

Oops, I skipped a day – But it’s just as well, seeing as how the two of us won’t be meeting today anyway. So, yesterday: What the hell did we do?

First off, I had a VERY pleasant school-day. Coming directly from M’s place by train, I had no chance to get breakfast – So I bought some on the way and brought it to school.

As it turned out, the IT at school was all wonky, and since out teacher’s plans depended on it, she gave up and brought us to a café instead. Here we all had a good nice talk about politics and the like – And then we were off at 10 AM.

You won’t see me complaining!

After M was off school she came to see me eat (again) before I was supposed to have gone to my drawing class at six.

Around the same time I (un?)fortunately figured out how long it would be before we would have a chance to watch the last four episodes of white collar – And considered a change of heart.

Being unable to decide I flipped a coin a few hundred times – And in the end asked my set of tarot about possible outcomes of each scenario. (Life-changing sh*t, right there!)

When I was finally done – It was too late to go anyway, and so time had presented me my answer.

Which means that yesterday marks the point in time where we finished watching all there is to watch of white collar. (Auch, auch auch…. I think I might dedicate a post to the season 4 finale!)

So around 12 we packed the computer away and went to bed. I considered staying in M’s bed, but two people and one dog in a 120cm bed became a bit too difficult, so I crawled back to my mattress on the floor.

Today M had been so kind as to provide me with breakfast on the go, and I skipped off to school in a hurry (Only one hour late… Ssssscch. Don’t judge me.)

#diary #dmdays #school #cafe #flip a coin #heads #tails #tarot #white collar #breakfast

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10-04-2013

M here.! (We try to take turns on the whole diary writing.)

Today(I don’t feel like doing anything.!) D slept at my place and so we got up, actually at the time we had planned so there’s reason to be proud, and then we had breakfast!(The most important meal of the day.;))

After we walked the dog, and packed our things, we took the train to the city, Aarhus.

First of I had to go to school for two hours, so we split up and D went to her own place.

After my two boring classes, where I spent my time reading fanfiction, I went to D’s place since we had agreed to meet up there.

We then ventured down town to find something to eat, and buy some stuff.

At some point we stumbled upon one of my classmates, and fellow friend, she was handing out flyers.

After some time walking back and forth we went and bought tickets for the train, or rather my ticket, D already had one. Then we bought bagels! (Our first plan had been McDonalds but we.. well changed our minds.)

Then we hopped on the train and began to eat our delicious meal!

And now for the most annoying thing about today! I fricking lost my ticket.!!! ARG!

The train guy came, D took out her ticket and I tried to find mine, and then what followed was a long time of searching and cursing! (The ticket was actually a 10 trip card so that was a lot of money to lose.:()

Well it never showed up, but luckily the train guy thought losing the ticket was “punishment” enough, so he let me go without a fine.:)

In the end we made it back to my place to be greeted by an overly happy dog, and though began the chillaxing.!

We spent some time chilling on the bed, and on tumblr. Then we finally god up(had a kinky conversation.;P), D did her homework, and in the end we ordered some food and began to watch White Collar.! (s04 e11 and 12.)

And now here we are, close to our bedtime and just getting the last things done.^^

Now I bid you goodnight and see ya tomorrow.!

Oh and also, D’s sleeping here again tonight.!:D

#dmdays #diary #school #chill #day

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Chillaxing~ 09.04.13

D checking in!

So today…. Was pretty uneventful. I slept at my own place tonight – I had promised to call M to wake her up in the morning, but in the end I overslept and she had to do the calling.

We both went through the hardships of school, me getting off pretty quickly and going to my own place to do whatever totally kinky things I do when M isn’t around.

Then she joined me at five when school was finished, and watched me eat spaghetti. (Gotta love a student’s diet AKA I only eat well when M cooks for me xD)

After this I went to my drawing lesson (wondering if I should post what I drew, hm…), and M went home to do whatever kinky stuff SHE does when I’M not around.

She picked me up after my lessons for a sleepover, and – SURPRISE!! – we watched White Collar as we ate Mars ice cream. (S04 E10 if ye be wondering)

Now it is most likely time for bed – Tomorrow is yet another day – Who knows what it will bring? Except Fate, but Fate’s a bitch, she keeps leading Time on..

(I lIKED this day – ANOTHER! ..says M in my head. THOR – Get outta here!)

*cough*

//D Checking out!

#Diary #friendship #school #sleepover #dmdays

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M here, and ready to precent my dog.:D

So this(the dog in the picture.) is my dog, Gizmo.:)

He is a 4 year old French Bulldog, and a big one at that.! (He weighs around 15 kilos.;P)

He is my first dog, and I have only had him a little over 6 months. He is a sweet boy who is somewhat well behaved, the manners he got from the former owner were luckily good.:)

He enjoys food, sticks, attention and every person who wants to give him attention or food.:D (Other dogs are kind of a grey area, on leash he doesn't like them, but he seems to like most dogs off leash.;P)

He is a dog who knows what he wants, and he does not care if he has to step over some lines(or my mothers old fragile dog) to get it.! XD

Photo taken: 08-04-2013

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Misplaced Pieces

Note from D:

Sorry – We are obsessed. I wanted to write some white collar fiction but didn’t know what to write, so M was helpful and gave me this wonderful idea:

While Neal is sleeping in bed with Peter and Elizabeth, he dreams about Kate - And discovers that he has to set her free to find happiness.

Pairings: Peter/Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, OT3, past!Neal/Kate.

Neal sighed, and took a step back from the painting in front of him. The brush lingered in his hand, and his trained eye went from the canvas and to Kate. The impossibly blue eyes of his lover looked back – quizzically. “Is anything the matter?” she seemed to be asking, even if being with Neal had made her too trained a model to say anything out loud.

Neal let his eyes follow the curves of her slim body, starting at the feet and ending at her perfect collarbones. He took in her face, swallowing hard. He wasn’t sure why, but there was something in that trustful way she smiled at him, that made his heart clench.

“There’s something missing,” he finally said, out loud. Kate sat up in a smooth motion, her long dark hair falling from her shoulders in cascades over her naked body.

He wasn’t sure how he’d gotten there, but he was sitting in the sofa with her across from him. Blue eyes met.

“Who is missing?” She asks, and Neal hadn’t even realized it was a “who” before she asked the question. He keeps looking at her – The answer seems to be at the tip of his tongue.

But she’s so beautiful, and he reaches out a hand to touch her smooth hair. It slips through his fingers, and before he knows it he’s shouting her name and Peter’s holding him back and there’s smoke in the air and his ears hurt but that doesn’t matter at all because that was KATE on that plane and someone’s missing and this time he knows exactly who it is..-

“Hey – sssch – wake up. It’s a dream. Just a dream.” Her voice is soothing, and Neal eases into her soft embrace. For a moment he’s not sure who she is. Mom - Ellen – Elizabeth – Sara – Elizabeth -

Kate.

He knows it’s a dream, but at this point he hardly cares anymore. He opens his eyes and looks at her. She’s just as naked as she’d been for the drawing. He looks behind her, seeing bars. As his heart-rate picks up, the realization that this is all just a dream seems to slip from his mind – And he’s scared.

She’s not supposed to be here, like a caged bird. Kate needs to be free. He sits up, and looks around the small cell. He hasn’t been this bothered since his first week in here. He looks back to Kate, panic and worry visible in his eyes.

“What are you doing in here?” he asks, and looks through the bars out unto the hallway. No one’s there.

“You’re the one who keeps me here,” she says, and he looks back at her. The sadness seems to be dripping from her words, and her eyes are part accusing and part pitying.

“I don’t – I would never – “

He stops, and stares through the bars at his girlfriend. His own tracking anklet seems to be weighing him down as he stares into the cell. It is more like a hotel-room – And it seems vaguely familiar.

“We had some good times..” Kate muses, and gets up from the bed. She walks to the door with the bars, and looks directly at Neal on the other side.

“But I can’t stay here forever. Do you understand?” Neal doesn’t say anything – Doesn’t know what to say – And suddenly he’s not so sure who’s missing anymore.

“You have to let me go.”

And suddenly there are no bars, and Neal is looking at the door to the hotel room. He opens it cautiously; the sound of it still seems like too much in the eerie silence of the hallway. Footsteps.

He holds the door as she passes through it, and walks down the hallway. He doesn’t expect her to look back, but suddenly she stops and looks back anyway.

“Time to wake up, hon.” Hon..?

Neal opened his eyes, and for a moment he wasn’t sure where he was. Then he felt the familiar weight of a man’s arm on top of him, and he sighed in relief.

“Hon – I’m serious. We have visitors.” Elizabeth’s voice sounded as if she’d been awake for some time. Peter stirred, and turned away from his wife, grabbing Neal closer in the process.

Neal let out a chuckle at that, and he could hear the smile in Elizabeth’s voice when she continued:

“Boys – I’m serious. I heard the door go a moment ago, and someone’s approaching. Neal, I know you’re awake.”

“It’s probably just-“ The door to the bedroom was opened, and into the room strode Mozzie.

“Mozzie!” Elizabeth acknowledged, and sat up in bed.

“Mrs. Suit,” Mozzie nodded in return. There was a moment of silence, then Mozzie carefully said:

“Mr. Suit – If you would untangle yourself from Neal – We have some business to take care of.” Suddenly Peter was fully awake, sitting up beside his wife and staring daggers at the man.

“Haversham, this is my bedroom – And besides, what business could you have with Neal that would require me to untangle myself from him!?”

Neal couldn’t help but laugh at that, and the suspicion that came off more as jealousy in the circumstances. And as he laughed, he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart – As if he could laugh more freely than he’d been able to in a long time.

It wasn’t until he stopped laughing, that he realized he was being looked at. There was surprise and fondness to be read in Elizabeth’s eyes, a quiet understanding in Mozzie’s and pure love mixed with confusion in Peter’s.

Had it always been that way?

Neal smiled back at his family. Nothing was missing, not anymore.

-D

#White Collar #peter/neal #peter/neal/elizabeth #neal/kate #OT3 #dream #fanfic #fanfiction #slash #drabble #short

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Monday (-.-") 08-04-2013

M here.! (Hoho, M for monday..xD ^^")

Now to tell you about another day D and I have shared, well almost at least.:)

First off D spent the night at my place, and that resulted in one of our many cases of over sleeping.^^ D skipped school because of this, but seeing I could still make it to all my classes I went.!

After the brutal 5 hours of school we met again.! I went to D's place, wich is actually only 2 minutes from my school.:D

Shortly after we drove to my place, and did some shopping on the way.. Then tumblr(I need my many daily doses.;P), and this after I cooked us some dinner.:D (Chicken and ravioli.:P)

We tried to watch "Brave" as we ate, but it's just not a movie we get caught up in, so we skipped it.:) (It is a good movie, just not one we can enjoy fully.:))

And now we have just come home from a walk with my dog Gizmo.:) (He will be presented later.!)

Last thing on today's invisible schedule will be to figure out whether we're gonna watch something(White Collar, probably) or maybe write something....

AND for dessert tonight will be..... Mars icecream..:D

#Diary #DMdays #monday #school #dog #walk #Gizmo

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Hey – D here.

Just gonna share one of our new obsessions – The crime show ”White Collar”. Now, a bit of back story might be necessary here. We’re both suckers for roleplay, fanfiction, slash and much other slightly (or possibly endlessly) kinky fangirly stuff.

So White Collar….Ugh. It hits a very soft and tender spot – So to say! ;)

To those who don’t know it, it’s about special agent Peter Burke and his Informant Neal Caffrey. Peter caught Neal four years prior to the show’s beginning, and he was sent to prison. At the beginning of the show Neal escapes prison to find his exgirlfriend – Peter catches him again – And Neal faces another four years as a convict.

He strikes a deal with Peter and is released from the prison to help the FBI within the three kilometers radius of his tracer-anklet!

So why is this show so great – And how does it hit so many of our kinks? A much better question!

Quite simply… It’s the characters! From Peter’s loving, intelligent wife, to the lesbian FBI agent with an attitude, and Neal’s funny and endearingly paranoid friend Mozzie.. They all start out as a great mix of types – But quickly each type shapes out to be a true character! And you’ll fall in love with them all.

And I haven’t even mentioned the two main characters yet!

Neal Caffrey, the CI. He was sentenced for bond forgery, but clearly has a background in a variety of (white collar) criminal activities. He’s a conman to the core, to the point where even he himself is somewhat unsure who he really is.. He likes the good things in life: Good food, good wine, expensive clothes.. And art. Very much – To the point that he himself is a very skilled artist in many fields! Oh, and did I mention he’s pretty darn intelligent, witty and a good cook too? Aaand he speaks eight languages. The only things Neal Caffrey seems truly incapable of doing is fighting, telling the truth and keeping the people he love from dying all the fricking time..

Now, some would assume that Neal with all his fancy abilities is the Sherlock, and Peter is Watson who can only look on in astonishment!(No disrespect to Watson intended!)

But quite to the contrary, the two of them are seemingly equals – They just bring a very different set of skills and values to the work. Opposite Caffrey, Peter is in contact with his ideals and (gut)feelings – And he comes out the better for it. He’s strikingly perceptive and quick-witted.

And he has the most beautiful loving relationship with his wife Elizabeth. HURRAAAAAY! A marriage that actually really works is rare to come across, but you can’t help but fall in love with these two.

At the same time.. We –M&D- can’t really help but fall for the obvious sexual tension between Neal and Peter. They are seriously constantly giving each other looks that can only be interpreted one way.. Not to mention that their relationship is pretty cute.

While Peter –rightfully- is somewhat distrustful of Neal, he knows that he can count on him to always have his back when it really counts – And the same goes for Neal.

Their personalities are a great fit. Or rather – They are quite opposite in many ways. Neals refinement, taste for good wine and fine art clashes with Peter’s love of baseball and beer. But they share the common traits of intelligence and perceptiveness, which means they can constantly bounce intellectually off each other without ever really hitting a wall – Naturally, this makes them pretty awesome at what they do.

Physically they’re also a nice fit that could hardly please our fangirly slash hearts more! Peter is broad and tall, the type of man you would want to hold unto in stormy weather. Neal is a bit shorter, lean, less broad but still muscular.. And both….Are just……Really fricking cute… D:

So what about the loving wife?

Well, Peter is a big man with a compassionate heart. We are quite sure he has room for both of them – And as for Elizabeth: We suspect she might really like the idea of her husband claiming his young CI as his own.. ;)

We know that we do!

//Off to roleplay Neal Caffrey with M, my own personal Peter Burke!

#White collar #Peter Burke #Neal Caffrey #Elizabeth #OT3 #Peter/Neal #Peter/Neal/Elizabeth #crime show #TV #television series #slash #fangirl #fanfiction #roleplay

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