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bess-turani-marvin · 11 months

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when did you first know you had feelings for me?

Nancy Drew 4.03 - The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil

#nace #nancy drew spoilers #nancy drew #nancy drew cw #mine #nancy x ace #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew 4.03 #4.03 #nancy #ace [redacted]#kennedy mcmann #alex saxon #ndcw #cwnd

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reviewdiaries · 8 months

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Nancy Drew Season 4 Analysis masterpost

If you've enjoyed any of my meta analysis posts for Season 4 of Nancy Drew, I've grouped them all together in a handy little post!

4x01 Examining that Nancy x Ace scene from 4x01

4x02 Nancy x Ace and the case of emotional intimacy in 4x02

4x02 Nan-spreading: An exploration of Bro!Nancy

4x03 Be still my beating heart - examining that Nancy x Ace moment from 4x03

4x04 An ode to Ace's heartbreak in 4x04

4x05 Nancy x Ace and that confrontation at the morgue

4x06 Love & ferrets - Ace in 4x06

4x07 Nancy x Ace and the case of miscommunication in 4x07

4x08 Nancy x Ace and the enigma of hope in 4x08

4x08 Nancy's moment of grief

4x09 Ace and the paradox of finding peace in 4x09

4x10 - Nancy x Ace and the quandary of choice in 4x10

4x11 - Nancy x Ace and the riddle of knowledge in 4x11

4x12 - Nancy x Ace and the conundrum of pain in 4x12

4x13 - Nancy x Ace and the soulmate we choose ourselves in 4x13

4x13 - Nancy x Ace and the lives we guard in 4x13

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nightspires · 11 months

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Ace being the one to give up is actually the most painful thing about this….

He’s always been Nancy’s biggest supporter and he believes in her. He has so much trust and faith in her as a person and her single-mindedness.

And now he’s giving up. He doesn’t think they can do it. He’s too afraid of what could happen to her if they try and something goes wrong.

UGHHHH THESE WRITERS ARE KILLING ME

#Nace #nancy drew 4x03

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lollipopcherryopts · 11 months

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"of all the times we have faced death, I've never been more excited to keep living"

#how are we supposed to live normally #ace was so cute this episode #nace #nancy drew #nancy drew cw #ace [redacted]#ace nancy drew #ace hardy #nancy drew 4x03 #4x03 #bee reacts

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lydia-yougowith-stiles · 11 months

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Because I was anticipating 💔 this episode here are some things I noted that made me happy

Nancy looking over Ace’s shoulder on the computer as they sat in the booth at the claw. It’s been so long!

Their Age difference! I know many people have been speculating that for a while

When they first fell in love with each other. 🥹 Predicted Ace was early and I love he only assumed Nancy was at the warehouse in detective con. Nancy thinking his was during season 1 😭

Note: I first fell in love with them together in 1x14

#nace #nancy drew cw #nancy x ace #nancy drew #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew spoilers #are you all ok?#me: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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musiconmmind · 11 months

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NO BECAUSE THEY CAN BE TOGETHER WITHOUT “ACTING ON THEIR FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER” !!!!

#nancy drew #nace #nancy drew 4x03 #nace 4x03

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nancydrewfashionblog · 11 months

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Who: Leah Lewis as George Fan What: Paloma Wool Yellow & Red 'the Gate' Tank Top In Light Green - Sold Out Where: 4x03 “The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil”

#nancy drew #leah lewis #george fan #fashion #paloma wool #tops #season 4 #4x03 #nancy drew season 4 #nancy drew s4 #nancy drew 4x03

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talesofafangirlwithadvr · 11 months

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How has this whole show only been a year since Nancy’s mom’s death!

#like what #nancy drew cw #nancy drew #carson drew #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew spoilers

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bess-turani-marvin · 11 months

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This guy's good. I think he should be up there representing us. He's the real deal.

Nancy Drew 4.03 - The Danger of the Hopeful Sigil

#nancy drew spoilers #nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nick #ned nickerson #tunji kasim #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew 4.03 #4.03 #mine #ndcw #cwnd

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reviewdiaries · 11 months

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Be still my beating heart - examining that Nancy x Ace moment from 4x03

I am a wreck. Sure I went into this episode expecting to have my heart smushed into many tiny pieces, but that just, yeah, I’m going to need some time to recover. This season is unhinged, unhinged I tell you and I am absolutely here for it. It gets long beneath the cut…

We left Nancy and Ace in a cautiously optimistic place at the end of the last episode - a fragile bloom of hope, a desperate shared yearning, finally, finally in the same space of wanting to try. And once Nancy commits to something, she is all in. You see that building all episode, this breathless anticipation and want. Because finally they’re being open with each other, they’re talking honestly about their feelings and it is soft and beautiful, framed in warmer light and lingering looks in place of touch.

I’ve talked before about how the curse is forcing them both into actually talking with each other, and we see that so clearly in the beautiful little moments - how long have they known they liked the other? What do they want to do first when the curse is lifted? It’s intimate and raw and filled with So Much Eye Contact. After so long avoiding how they feel, letting the other one know, acting on it, suddenly we see Nancy and Ace in a much more stable place. Everything is laid bare, and now it’s just the two of them working together to defeat the big bad and it is beautiful to watch.

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But nothing as beautiful as the moment we’ve all been waiting for, that kiss. You know it’s coming, right from the moment when Bess says early on that they’ll need to activate the curse. The kiss has been a delicious promise hanging over everything. And it’s a study in light. That first breathless almost where they were in near darkness at Icarus Hall, when the work of uncovering their feelings had barely just begun. The soft lamplight of Ace’s apartment as Nancy told him about the parallel timeline, of the kisses and intimacy they shared. And now this. Full, beautiful light, candles everywhere, not a shadow to hide in, nothing but the raw truth on display for everyone.

Ace has been so confident, settled in his feelings, the knowledge that they’re returned. A new stillness that has infused him right from the start, until this moment. Suddenly faced with Nancy in a circle of petals, faced with the reality of her, of this moment, his nerves return. He can’t hold her gaze anymore, suddenly filled with the scent of her shampoo this close, the knowledge that she’s already done this, and maybe he won’t live up to the hallucination - even though it was technically him and he knows it’s ridiculous he can’t help the fear that maybe this will ruin it, somehow this moment, this start, will be the end.

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Even as he stammers out an apology, a buffer, a rationalisation for his nerves, he’s reaching for her. He’s held himself in check for so long, laced his hands together to keep from touching her since the last time he tried to kiss her when he was testing his theory, and now finally he can let his desires off their leash and touch her. She’s so beautiful, so steady and sure, she doesn’t look nervous at all and somehow that helps him, as he reaches out to cup her cheek and the side of her neck.

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He doesn’t so much draw her to him as use his fingers tangled in her hair to anchor himself to her, stop himself from floating away on the breathless anticipation of finally stepping in and closing that last distance between them.

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And at that moment where every other time he’s had to pause, to stop, to back away, Nancy finally reaches for him. Mirroring where his own hand is cradling her face, mouth opening underneath his and god this is so much more than he could ever have imagined. And he has imagined it so much. Hundreds of idle moments in school, washing dishes at the Claw, watching her kiss Park and Gil and wishing so much that it was him she was with. And these last days, after she told him about the parallel timeline and her eyes fluttered shut as she breathlessly recounted kisses and skin and hot murmured words against skin. He can’t help but pull her close, tug her into him so she’s flush against him and he can feel her warm and alive and real.

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There’s nothing now for him but her. Nothing but her fingernails scraping through his hair and using it to tug him closer, angle his head to deepen the kiss. Tongue sliding against his, that soft breathless noise he’s heard her make when the pieces slot into place in a particularly difficult mystery, that sound of satisfaction, of a complete whole, of the world tipping back onto its axis.

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He never wants to let her go now he’s found this, torn between wanting to cradle her like something precious and fist his hands in her hair to pull her head back for easier access to her neck. Lost in the desperate longing he’s kept so deeply buried for so long and the slow dawning realisation that this is her, this is Nancy, his Nancy, finally in his arm and beneath his lips and god he wants to just live in this moment forever.

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The sigil burns as the curse fights to take hold, Temperance fighting for control even now, furious at their open defiance. He pulls back slightly, taken aback by the stinging reminder after being so lost in the feel of her. But she follows him and he cannot resist, not now, tugging her in deeper, never wanting this moment to end.

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For a moment light flares behind his eyelids, but Nancy’s hands are in his hair and pulling him closer to her, and she’s lifting up onto her tiptoes, trying to get closer, closer, always closer. He can feel it in the rapid pulse beneath his fingers, the stuttering inhalations against his cheek. She is as undone by this as he is, ripped open by hope and longing and this sudden freedom to actually touch and taste and love.

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He doesn’t feel steady on his feet, like the world is spinning and the only fixed point are the ten places he can feel Nancy’s fingers pinning him in place like a trapped moth. The world feels like it’s burning and his chest is burning and suddenly he’s being pushed away from her by the curse exiting him, eyes still closed, like if he just doesn’t open them then he can stay suspended in this moment forever. Lips still seeking hers, brushing his nose against hers to just stay in this moment of being close to her without knowing if it’s worked or not for just a heartbeat longer.

But it’s there and it’s real in a way the abstract thought of it never was, and he still lingers, still holds on to Nancy, his fixed point, his north star, hands on her arms, her fingers, still struggling to catch his breath when Nancy has stolen it so thoroughly, kissed away every thought and feeling beyond the desire to step back in and claim her lips again.

And it’s beautiful and it’s terrifying and for a moment staring at it Ace is so completely lost, frightened by the enormity of it and the desperate hope that maybe maybe, just maybe, this will work and he can kiss her again in a moment. And as soon as he thinks of her, as soon as he looks at her again, he steadies. Because Nancy is it, she is worth anything, and if this hasn’t worked, if this is his last moment then he will go having finally known what it feels like to kiss her, to pull her close and show her just how much he loves her.

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But it’s Nancy who crumples into him, and you can see the moment that he knows this hasn’t worked, that this has gone wrong and god damn it he just wants to be with the woman he loves and he could kill Temperance for doing this to them, for causing so much heartache and pain and predicting every way they were going to try and break the curse. But he can’t even allow himself to fully feel that despair and fury before he’s catching Nancy and calling for water and then more panicked for someone to call an ambulance, because he was fully prepared to put his life on the line but never Nancy’s. That was the only reason he pushed so hard, because he knew she’d be safe, that it was all him and he could take that chance if it meant trying, if it meant the chance to finally kiss her lips and pull her close.

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But Nancy suddenly pale and unconscious in his arms is terrifying in a way he hadn’t anticipated, hadn’t prepared for in all his musings about hope and trying and dying being worth it. A tiny voice in the back of his head telling him this is why Nancy didn’t want to try, that this was what she’d experienced with him and no it’s too much, too real, too terrifying and why won’t she open her eyes?!

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The adrenaline from a few moments ago replaced with something sour and terrifying that makes him want to scream at the world, promise he’ll behave, never push her again, never underestimate how much it hurt, god never kiss her again if she’ll just be ok. Anything, anything, please. Just open her eyes and breathe and tell him she’s ok. He can’t bear the thought of a world without her in it - her smile, her laugh, her brilliant brilliant mind. He’d do anything, rocked by the desperate high to low of having her and losing her and now the memory of their first kiss (their only kiss) will always be entwined with the thought of her limp and lifeless body in his arms, hair spread around them like blood, and the taste of fear in his mouth.

#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #cw nancy drew #nancy drew meta #nancy drew analysis #nancy x ace #ace [redacted]#nancy #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew 4.03 #nancy drew spoilers #nace

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irememberhope · 11 months

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1. Oh good, she woke up. But like, what happened?

2. Carson going through the ringer this episode. Reminded of his dead wife, almost losing his daughter, but please don’t guilt her into stopping

3. Once again, Nick being used as social media bait. I feel a running theme through this season, maybe he’ll end up elected at the end of the season?

4. Weird vibes going with Nick and George because they were very friendly in the first 2 episodes, but now tension.

5. Ending the episode with all the drama, very here for it.

6. Guardians in training, nice.

7. Ace no. Don’t you dare give up after living through what Nancy had to live through. Nonononononono screaming crying heartbreak

#nancy drew season 4 #cw nancy drew #nancy drew liveblog #nancy drew spoilers #nace #curse breaking #nancy drew 4x03

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nightspires · 11 months

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Just realised that Ace says “I can manage” when Nancy is painting the sigil on him and it clearly stings

And then in the scene at the end he says “We’d manage” about them trying to just go back to being friends again so neither of them are at risk from the curse…

Like YEAH you might “manage” but it’s still gonna hurt!!!!!!!!

#Nace #ace [redacted]#nancy drew #nancy drew cw #nancy drew 4x03

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bex2313 · 11 months

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OK, but I've been thinking a lot about Nick and George in this last episode, and I just have to say: I think Nick is being a little unfair to George. I'm trying to think of the last time he tried to set any boundaries in their relationship, and I'm coming up empty. And if he doesn't set any boundaries, he can't be upset that she's not honoring them. So bro, don't go talking about her boundary issues until there are explicit boundaries for her to have issues with.

#cwnd #nancy drew cw #george fan #nick nickerson #is he technically nick nickerson or ned nickerson?#I guess he's kind of both #Ned “Nick” Nickerson #nancy drew 4x03

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tinyluminaryzombie · 11 months

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I Couldn't Lose You

(What if it was Ryan instead of Carson at the hospital???)

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Everything’s a bit fuzzy when Nancy wakes up. The chair to her side seems to shake as much as her hands. So her first thought (after where the hell am I) wills her vision to still.

She stops breathing at her second thought.

“Ace. Where’s Ace?” If she’s in a hospital bed and wasn’t even the one cursed, then where the hell is he?

She hears a bit of shuffling and turns her head to see Ryan walking toward her.

“Nancy, thank god. Are you okay?” he asks, pauses, and then decided to not wait for an answer. “Of course, you’re not okay. What happened? Bess said it was a ritual gone wrong?”

Whatever the truth was, she needed to know. “Dad. Ace–is he okay?”

When Ryan reaches for her hand, Nancy wants to change her mind. She wants to scream, to violently and loudly chose to live in any delusion where Ace is safe. Ryan brushes his thumb against her palm. Ace has to be alive. She can’t do this again.

“Nancy, it’s okay. He’s okay. He’s in the waiting room. He’s okay,” Ryan said, pulling her into a hug, tears landing on his cheeks. “You know, it was bad for a while, Nancy. Thank god you’re awake.”

Ryan pulled away to look at her directly in the eyes. “What happened Nancy? What did Bess mean?”

Nancy took a deep breath. “We tried to break the love curse. We had all the answers and all the ingredients. I guess it was too easy.” She let out a ragged, low laugh. “We spent the day preparing for the ritual. He’d pause as we were chopping some mystical herb and ask if I was still scared. Of course, I was. But at some point, I started believing it would work. He told me when he first liked me and we were planning vacations and I was trying to figure out how we’d afford it. But Temperance sabotaged the ritual.”

Ryan continued holding her hand. “Wait, you were planning a trip?”

“Yes…and I know it was stupid and reckless and—”

“—No, I mean maybe but that wasn’t why I asked. So you and Ace talked about taking a romantic trip while the curse was still intact? And his romantic feelings for you?”

She nodded. Why was Ryan fixating on this? They needed a solution, not to focus on the unfulfilled promises they made to each other.

“So discussing your feelings doesn’t activate the curse?”

Oh. And she’d been so scared to even tell him about the curse, but apparently, she could monologue for hours on her love and their hearts would keep beating. But they can’t touch each other. And after that kiss, after losing him and getting him for real, she needs to be able to. To drag her fingers through his hair. To place her hands on his arms. To hold him by the waist as he kisses her again and again and again.

“I guess only physical manifestations of our feelings count?” she said, not really understanding Ryan’s point. “Which is why we need to talk to Bess and find a different way. We have to try again.”

“Nancy, you’re going to need to take a break. I’m not telling you to stop, and despite my fear, I don’t want you to stop altogether. I know I wouldn’t. But you need to rest. And then when you’re back, we have to be smart. You can’t do rituals you found less than 24 hours before. We have to have safeguards and contingency plans so something like this,” he pauses, his eyes dragging across the hospital room, “never happens again.”

“Ace is my person. I can’t just give up! Pretend to move on and be totally cool being just friends.”

“Nancy, I don’t think you understand. I’m not staying to give up. And not saying you should walk away from Ace. I’m saying we need to use Temperance’s blind spots against her. She only thought of love as physical.” Ryan stops, looking awkwardly at his hands. Standing up, he speaks again “there are many ways to love, she only made one deadly.”

“Nancy, maybe I’m overstepping but if I could even just exchange emails again with Lucy I’d be happy. I miss excitingly checking my inbox and hiding my notifications from the people around me. I miss our written declarations and confessions. If I got the choice—to be able to be with her again but only like that?—I’d take it.”

“Dad.” Nancy doesn’t know what to say. Her throat seems too sharp and she knows if she moves, she’ll be bawling.

“Just think about it. I’ll send Ace in.”

#nancy drew cw #nancy drew 4x03 #nancy drew spoilers #nace #ace [redacted]#nancy drew and ryan hudson #ryan hudson getting better at this dad stuff #nancy drew fic

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