That Is An Entire Child - Tumblr Posts

frankiebirds
1 year ago
Three people in an office. From left to right: a teenage boy wearing wearing a dark blue sweater, looking slightly down, a woman wearing a plaid shirt partially buttoned over a low-cut red top, seated, and a man wearing a grey sweater over a white shirt. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "but whatever my psych eval says you promise you’ll tell me the truth?"
An officer stands behind the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "My mom says a promise doesn't count unless you say it out loud."
The man in the grey sweater looks intently at the teenage boy in the dark blue sweater. The subtitle at the bottom of the image reads: "I promise."

i really like this moment for its reminder that nathan is a child. anton yelchin was seventeen when this episode aired (not sure when it was filmed), and given that nathan is said to be a highschool sophomore, he's even younger. fifteen, maybe sixteen? (i was fifteen at the start of grade ten, sixteen when it ended, and i was almost always the oldest person in the class)

i think sometimes that's missed. not than nathan is very young, because that's an important part of the episode, but fifteen specifically. not so much a young man frightened by his own desires but a child. i couldnt get a screenshot of it because it's a very quick and subtle movement, but nathan's statement in the second screenshot is provoked by reid simply nodding in response to his first. he's so young that reid is the older authority figure he's looking up to and seeking reassurance from.

and judging by reid's expression after nathan leaves, he's just been reminded too.

The man in the grey sweater looks off sadly.
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