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frankiebirds
1 year ago

I'm surprised by the amount of people who think Reid is being serious here:

A man in a suit and tie stands outdoors at nighttime. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Nice shot."
A man in a checkered shirt and grey sweater vest sits in the back of ambulance at nighttime. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I was aiming for his leg."

given the expressions immediately after:

The man in the checkered shirt and grey sweater vest smiles up at the out-of-focus silhouette of the man in the suit and tie.
A man in a suit and tie looks down and offscreen at the man in the checkered shirt and grey sweater vest.

where reid very clearly smiles and looks to see hotch's reaction (because he has daddy issues). and hotch almost looks like he's trying not to smile. or that he thinks the joke is bad. hard to tell

also, dowd says it himself:

In a dimly lit room, a man in a light-colored shirt is holding a sniper rifle, aiming over the shoulder of a security guard. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "Better be a headshot."
The man in a light-colored shirt continues to aim the sniper rifle over the shoulder of the security guard, who is now looking back at him. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I got this on full auto. Anything less, I go down squeezing the trigger."

you could maybe argue that reid didn't hear him say that because at the time he was laying in the hallway after getting hit in the head with the gun, but that doesn't really matter. it's not like this is a revelation.

also:

The man in the suit and tie stands next to the man in the checkered shirt and grey sweater vest, who is holding a gun out to him by the barrel. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "No, keep it."
The man in the suit and tie has his hand on the shoulder of the man in the checkered shirt and grey sweater vest. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "As far as I'm concerned, you passed your qualification."

I doubt Hotch would have Reid hang on to his gun if he genuinely thought Reid had shot a man in the head while aiming for his leg, especially because aiming for his leg would have been a terrible idea in the first place.

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spencer reid aaron hotchner criminal minds criminal minds rewatch not fic criminal minds s01e06 ldsk alt text was a little less intuitive this time because i dont know the rules for describing sequential images. i did try to find out let me know if such a resource exists or if i did anything wrong scene analysis i guess hotch & reid criminal minds 1x6
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