Megan/Peter picspam!

[icepixie]

PICSPAM OF EPICNESS! Because their cuteness could be contained by nothing less!

Expect lots of squee, a little snark, some dialogue that never happened (and some that did), and a few appearances by other cast members, because there is so much pretty and so much awesome in this cast that I couldn't leave them out.

Those of you who don't watch the show, just take a look at these very attractive people and tell me you don't want to click that cut tag:



Due credit: Caps from grumpybear1031, with a couple of my own.


Megan is pretty much the coolest medical examiner on TV. Problem is, she knows it.


"Don't believe everything you've heard about me, detectives. The truth is much worse." (I think this might've been the line in the previews that tipped me over into trying the show.) Although the amusing thing is that I don't think Bud and Sam had heard of her before they met in the pilot. Oh, Megan. You and your ego are like a whole OTP of your own.


Peter is actually filling out a form or something behind Megan here, but it kind of looks like he's doing up her scrubs for her. Aw.


I don't really get why Megan has such a Star Trek sort of chair (and it disappears after the pilot), but I'm kind of loving it. I'm loving even more the pictures of her and Hillary and her and Condi on the shelf behind her. Megan was really, REALLY good at her previous job.


"Lacey lives with her father. He has full custody. And he got it because a woman who works eighteen hours a day is an absentee mother, while a man who works the same hours is a good provider." alethialia quoted this line in her preview of the pilot, and I remember thinking, "Hmmm. Maybe I should watch this."


Megan: So not talking to you.
Peter: Yeah, well, I'm talking to you. Tough.


Megan: Did you want something, or are you just lurking?
Peter: I didn't know if you were talking to me again or not.

*snerk*


Megan: So, are these photocopies from the Kama Sutra you slipped into this folder supposed to be a hint?
Peter: Take them any way you want.
Megan: Oh, I know exactly what I want...


They're so cute with the way they look at each other with raised eyebrows and smirks, like they're on exactly the same page and are finding the page highly amusing. I'm waiting for the moment when they pull a Castle-and-Beckett and start finishing each others' sentences.


"Why are you still here? GO HOME! Alternately, you could come with me and we'll go have dinner..."


"...I don't really understand what just happened here, but I'm really intrigued."

I love the way he's always looking at her (almost, but not quite, to the point of being a bit stalkery), as if she's the most fascinating person he's ever met.


Walk and talk. They do this a lot.


Peter is not buying one bit of that crap you're pushing.


Neither is Megan.


Ahahaha. I love that Megan gets at least one of these moments in every episode, where she's so adorably smug about how she's figured something out. In RL this would drive me up the frakking wall, but I love it on TV. The fact that Dana Delany has an endless catalog of self-satisfied smirks probably helps.


I just think this picture is cute. I dunno. (Also, the Philly skyline is pastede in yay.)


"You can reach your what with your tongue? I think we should explore this tonight."



Peter: If you're trying to break Megan, it's not going to work.
Kate: I'm not trying to break her, I'm trying to contain her.

(Alternately:
Kate: Okay, you know I have no objection to you and Megan in principle, but we've got to talk about appropriate office behavior.
Peter: Tone down the eyesex?
Kate: Actually, I was going to say that next time you make out in the supply closet, you might want to put everything back the way it was.
Peter: Uh, that's really about the only thing you can't accuse us of doing. Does Curtis have a girlfriend?)


We interrupt this picspam for a couple more shots of Kate looking amazing. I think this is my favorite outfit of hers.


"We're from the ME's office. Mess with us at your peril."


"Hi, Lacey! Just thought I'd drop by to see if you don't hate me anymore now that I gave you a key to my apartment and you gave me some birthday cake."


"Oh. Well, okay, then." (Awwww, Megan. Don't worry, two episodes later it appears that you and Lacey are totally BFFs.)


Megan is way cooler than you.


"Oops, time to go off and be awesome."


"Hey, what about me? Can I come?"


I'm mostly including these because her hair is amazing.


So is Kate's. And that shirt is a great color for her.


I love the way he's looking at her right here. Love it.


"All right, then, I dare you: Go out with me tonight."


"Dammit, you know I can't resist a dare. What time?"


We interrupt this picspam for some shots of Sam Baker being AWESOMELY BADASS. We haven't seen much of her yet, but I really do think she's great.


Don't mind us, we'll just stand here looking amazing...


Uhhh, Peter, you might be looking a little shifty there.


This is =a publicity still, so it's actually Dana and Nic laughing with each other, but whatever, I can pretend it's Megan and Peter sharing a joke.


She is SO CUTE.


Peter: If you applied that laser-like focus to the people around you, you wouldn't have to ask [what's up with me and Sam giving each other significant looks over Bud's attitude]. Nevertheless, I think the fact that you're so brilliant at your job but completely clueless about other people is adorable.
Megan: Do you WANT me to stab you with one of the multitude of sharp objects I have at my disposal? Because I can.


"Megan...come back to me..."


I love the moments when he looks at her all, "Your brain is AMAZING." I think it's wonderful how much he obviously respects and appreciates her brilliance.


Still one of my favorite humorous moments. Megan just has no concept of boundaries and no brain/mouth filter, does she?


"Even the most observant person in the world can miss what's right in front of them" Peter's pretty good at being smug too.


Another break for Kate looking fabulous. I'd like to take a moment to point out that my hair looks exactly like a chin-length version of hers in this picture. Possibly it's a touch redder. Still, we basically have the same hair. I'm tempted to try methods of getting the messy curls she sometimes puts in hers; at the moment, the only time my hair does that is when it's raining.


"Um, Megan, you're smiling at me. It's kind of freaking me out. Please stop."


That really was an excellent dress. Also, I want to give the lighting director an Emmy for this scene. It was beautifully lit.


Megan certainly thought so.


"So that's where my purple scrubs went. Also, hi. What the hell are you doing?"


How much do I love this show for having two women (women of reasonably-appropriate ages for their position, even!) wield basically all the power and a good chunk of the brain trust on this show? So very, very much love.


"Did you just call us cute?"


"Peter and Megan sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."


My second-favorite outfit of Kate's. Note to self: start looking for clothing in those colors. (Um. Not in purple in general, because half my wardrobe is purple, but lighter shades of purple.)


I love their expressions here. Love them! They are SO CUTE!


On the other hand, I would definitely not want to be on the receiving end of this expression. (But have I mentioned yet that I think Dana's freckles are insanely adorable?)


Teaching moment. Aww.


Random picture of concerned!Peter.


I enjoyed the moments in this episode where Megan got her teach on, explaining what the incisions were for, and pushing Peter to look closer at the artery under the microscope. Like I said earlier, I like that he respects her knowledge and wants to learn from her, and I like that she's interested in teaching him. (I usually run screaming from anything that even remotely resembles teacher/student—teaching college freshmen will do that to you—but I like it here, maybe because it's so informal and because he's the teacher and she's the student in other areas.)

(I'm also going to briefly draw your attention to a very amusing portion of the corpse's anatomy in the first picture. Just look. You'll see it.)


Peter: Don't mind me. I'll just lurk over your shoulder here.
Megan: I don't mind at all.
Peter: ...Really?


HOW DOES SHE EVEN WALK IN THOSE SHOES??! I would fall on my face with every step.


"Have you two considered working out your tension via, say, naked Jell-O wrestling? Just a thought."


This might've been the moment where I actually became fond of Ethan and Curtis. (Also, Curtis really is kind of an Emerson Cod clone. Not as cool, though. We should send these writers Pushing Daisies episodes so they can study up.)


Ethan: Who's the man, who's the man?
Curtis: Uh, aren't you forgetting someone?
Ethan: ...Who are the men, who are the men?

Very possibly one of my favorite moments from this episode.


"Uh, hi, guys. Guess you caught us having a moment there. I suppose we should have these things behind closed doors. Gosh, this is embarrassing."


"But I get to show off my brilliance, so I guess I'm not too upset."


SO ridiculous and unnecessary, but undeniably awesome. (And hilarious.)


Breaking down a door together is an obvious sign of twu wuv, especially when followed by emergency kitchen floor surgery.


Like so.


"I believe in you, Megan!"


"Nothing I love better than fishing around in someone's guts."


Megan: My first time in the OR, I fainted.
Peter: I'll faint later.

This little exchange was so sweet. She trusts him enough to admit something that makes her actually look less than cool, because she knows he won't think less of her for it. Also, in my head, when they follow the ambulance back to the hospital, Peter totally faints in the passenger seat. Possibly Megan mocks him very gently.


SO. CUTE. And I love the nurse's expression here. It's like she's two seconds from busting out a Pushing Daisies's ME-like "Mmmm-hmmm."


I included this because through a trick of blocking, it looks like they're hugging. Perhaps they will actually hug at some point this season?


"It's my job as your conscience to make sure you talk to your mother. Here."


"Have I mentioned lately that I hate you?"


Curtis: Second-stage califoridae.
Peter: Huh?
Curtis: Blowfly maggots to you.

I kind of love how all the scientists on this show are various degrees of jerkish about their specialties.


[looking at a picture of Daphne on the cover of her own magazine]
Bud: Modest.
Megan: Confident.
Peter: I don't see one hanging in your office.
Megan: Yet.

I feel like this cap pretty much sums up everything about these three and their interaction. Megan walking off all awesome, Bud looking at Peter like, "Is she for real? And how do you put up with her all day?", and Peter just kind of smiling to himself because he enjoys Megan's brand of snark.


I'm running out of things to say at this point, but here's another cap of Peter looking adoringly at Megan.


Peter: You and your internal organs. You're so cute.
Megan: Get the hell over here and help me figure out what's going on with this lung.
Peter: Yes, dear.


I actually don't remember what's going on here, but look at her expression. I couldn't not include it.


Curtis: Time for dinner, little buddies...
Ethan: I HATE MY LIFE I HATE MY LIFE I HATE MY LIFE


Oh, there are going to be several of these. ADORABLE.


I'm amused by how blatantly Peter is looking down her dress.


AWWWWWWW.


So cute!


"'Colleague' my expensively-shod foot! Let's go talk to her mother and get all the gossip about Megan's very attractive new man."


Joan: Oh, he's marvelous.
Peter: We work together.
Joan: Of course you do.

BWAHAHAHA. That "of course you do" just killed me.


Joan, you might want to watch out. I think your daughter might shiv you at some point in the near future.


"Note to self: Never invite my daughter anywhere again."


I'm just going to point smugly at one of my earlier fics where Megan and Peter wind up at the lab after a date that's been cut short. If it's one thing I know, it's inevitable shippy cliches.


More smugness. Megan, you're so cute.


THIS SCEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNEEEEEE.


I love the way he's looking at her here. "People will actually like you if you give them a chance. Especially me. Hint, hint."


"Don't look so shocked. I just want to hang out with you."

I think what I really like about this scene is how she's beating herself up over not being able to solve the case, and Peter, who's spent the last five episodes admiring her brain, is saying, "Look, it's okay if you don't get this one exactly right. I think you're great whether or not you solve every single case. I like you, not just what you can do ME-wise."


"Really? With me?"


"You know, maybe I could reschedule with my mother..."


AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

("Wait. First you tell me you can't go out with me on this quasi-date I asked you on, then you almost kiss me? I'm getting very mixed signals here.")


Oh, come on, Megan. Just put the bottle down and actually touch him. Obviously you wanted to just a minute ago. And my god, can you see the way he's looking at you???


She's so cute when she has epiphanies.


They look very Mulder and Scully here. I think it's the flashlight.


"Well, no, I guess we don't really need to be standing this close to each other, but we like it."


Another Kate-looks-awesome break.


And she also gets case-related epiphanies.


Bud: She's YOUR partner; will you please do something about her?
Peter: And what exactly makes you think I can make her do anything she doesn't want to do?

In sum: OMG THEY ARE SO ADORABLE. I CAN'T EVEN. THEY ARE SO INCREDIBLY CUTE.

Here endeth the picspam. I hope you had half as much fun as I did. :D

Comments

[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHA

AMAZING

The secret inner life of Peter Dunlop is kind of my new favorite thing about caps from this show (aside from the epic excellent hair parade, of course). Of course in my view it's a little less established-relationship and more like he's just randomly thinking about donuts or boobs or whatever, but srsly, LOVE HIM and LOVE EVERYONE.

This is awesomely comprehensive and pretty!! SO MUCH PRETTINESS!

[icepixie]

Peter's secret inner life is just hilarious. In other caps, he does look like he's thinking about donuts and boobs and other completely irrelevant things. Hehe.

This is awesomely comprehensive and pretty!! SO MUCH PRETTINESS!

It was comprehensive because I couldn't figure out what to cut! There is so, so much pretty on this show.

Also, YOUR ICON. It looks like Kate is in a commercial for those "berries and cream" LifeSavers that were popular about a decade ago.

[mcgarrygirl78.livejournal.com]

Waking up to this post this morning can only be described in one word....EPIC!!!

I almost went into a coma from all the pretty. His smile. Her smirk. Those looks, those looks need to be patented. He is so in awe of her, all of her. Her brain, her thorny personality, what's underneath, how beautiful she is...the way he looks at her makes me swoon. The way he can just make her open up, even a crack, she doesnt do that with anyone else and I love it.

Also, I've never ever been a fan of Jeri Ryan, she's actually a show no-no for me and kept me off this show until I couldnt take it anymore and had to see Dana. But she's great on here. Maybe its cuz she's not stealing every scene but really is a team player. Megan + Kate = badass women rock the universe.

And all the supporting characters are awesome, Bud really is my favorite. He and Megan snark at each other in this half respectable-half 'dont come on my turf' kinda way and I love it. I also love that he and Peter are such good friends cuz it adds something else to that little threesome dynamic.

This made my day : D

ETA: I forgot to mention, ZOMG, her purple sweater with the buttons from episode 2 was phenomenal. His sweaters with the button down shirts....all men should have to dress like him at least once a week. And holy moly the man can wear some jeans...yes. And thus ends the shallow portion of the post. But it had to be said.

[icepixie]

There is SO. MUCH. PRETTY. on this show.

He is so in awe of her, all of her.

YES. I do feel like Nicholas Bishop is being somewhat hamstrung in the delivery of his lines by having to put on the American accent (his Aussie accent is gorgeous, so I wish they would let him just talk like he normally does), but he's got the face acting down. If they're trying to have Peter and Megan just be friends, then he obviously never got the memo, because there is a heaping side helping of "crush" going on there.

I've actually never seen Jeri Ryan in anything except ST Voyager, so it was kind of a revelation to me that she could wear normal clothes and not sound like a robot. I still catch myself going, "Wait, that's Seven? Really??"

I also love that he and Peter are such good friends

I get more an acquaintance vibe myself with Peter and both the detectives, like maybe they worked at the same precinct but not with each other for several years before this. But maybe if they ever give us some backstory on Peter they will explain!

Megan's purple sweater: YES. I was amused to see she has the same sweater in pink and yellow in other episodes. ;) I kind of want the purple one myself, but I'd have to wear something under it to make it less cleavage-tastic, because I'm not nearly as confident as Megan/Dana. *g*

I'm undecided on Peter's sweaters-over-button-downs. It looks nice, but I always wind up wondering how he's not roasting with all those layers, since I get too warm in long-sleeved button-downs alone. I think I'm most fond of the jeans/blue oxford/light gray jacket combo from the "I just want to hang out with you" scene.

Comment Part 1

[kaitlia777.livejournal.com]

Since your awesome picspam is so AWESOME, I had to leave a long winded, babbely comment. Of course, part of that could be due to the Disaronno…

* LOL, Megan and her ego are a force to be reckoned with

* Aw, you’re right, it does look like he’s tying her scrubs.

* Hmmm, maybe the Star Trek chair from the pilot was there as a nod to the 7 of 9 fans who came to see Jeri

* Guh, the line about the absentee mother thing is so true…and a reflection of my own family, though mom and dad stayed together until they passed. Mom was the workaholic bread winner and dad was the main care giver for me.

* LOL, if they pull a Castle-Beckett thing, that would make my night

* "...I don't really understand what just happened here, but I'm really intrigued." ~ That describes his expression perfectly

* They do the pede-conferences well, don’t they

* No pulling the wool over Mean and Peter’s eyes

* "You can reach your what with your tongue? I think we should explore this tonight." ~ LOL!

* Jeri does look amazing on this show. She only gets better with age

* Love Peter standing there with his hands on his hips

* Aww, Megan looks so hopeful, looking up at her daughter… and then so dejected

* The hair on this show is to die for. Pun intended

* I love the way he's looking at her right here. Love it. ~ Yes, you can see the affection

* Peter: If you applied that laser-like focus to the people around you, you wouldn't have to ask [what's up with me and Sam giving each other significant looks over Bud's attitude]. Nevertheless, I think the fact that you're so brilliant at your job but completely clueless about other people is adorable.
Megan: Do you WANT me to stab you with one of the multitude of sharp objects I have at my disposal? Because I can. ~ LOL

* I love the moments when he looks at her all, "Your brain is AMAZING." I think it's wonderful how much he obviously respects and appreciates her brilliance. ~ And it’s not just a one and done thing, as he’s looked at her like that a few times so far

* If your hair looks like Kate’s, then clearly you have fabulous hair. Mine used to look like a very dark brown version of Megan’s, but I did one of those Locks for Love events and donated it. Now, I like my pixie cut.

* LOL, Ethan does look unnerved

* How much do I love this show for having two women (women of reasonably-appropriate ages for their position, even!) wield basically all the power and a good chunk of the brain trust on this show? So very, very much love. ~ Yes! Too often they have people in positions of power who are laughably young

* Peter: Don't mind me. I'll just lurk over your shoulder here.
Megan: I don't mind at all.
Peter: ...Really? ~ He does hover behind her a lot, doesn’t he? And she doesn’t seem put out by it

* HOW DOES SHE EVEN WALK IN THOSE SHOES??! ~ With lots of practice and determination, lol. It’s also probably a power thing for Megan, being able to look taller people in the eye…not that she’s short to begin with (DD is 5’7” according to IMDB), but I’ve found men get a bit off footed by taller women (I’m 5’9” and have been know to rock a 5” heel)

Re: Comment Part 1

[icepixie]

Long-windedness FTW!

Megan and her ego are a force to be reckoned with

They really are. I'm rather pleased that we got a female character with egotism this time; usually that's an entirely male trait on TV.

Jeri does look amazing on this show. She only gets better with age

She really does. Although the only other thing I've seen her in was Voyager, and pretty much anything would look better than the hairstyle and catsuit they had her in on that show.

And it’s not just a one and done thing, as he’s looked at her like that a few times so far

Yes, I really like that part. And there's also the way he's sort of...proud to be on her intellectual team, kind of? Like in the last episode, when Bud said Daphne hadn't gone into rigor yet and Megan pointed out that she'd been and gone, and Peter said, "Thanks for playing." And in "Dead Man Walking" when she was asking Curtis and Ethan what they'd checked for on Jessica Archer's cause of death, he was almost as happy as she was when she caught them out on not checking for hereditary conditions.

If your hair looks like Kate’s, then clearly you have fabulous hair.

It would probably look more fabulous if I grew it as long as hers and then spent the hours styling it she likely does, but that's waaaaaaaay too much trouble. I'm of the "if it takes longer than thirty seconds to brush in the morning, it's too much bother" school. ;)

I guess the shoes might be a power thing for Megan (like they are for Beckett), but somehow she just seems too practical and work-focused to bother with them, especially if she's going to be on her feet all day. Plus it makes me wince to watch her totter around when she's walking on uneven ground. (I hatehatehatehatehate heels myself, so I may have FEEEEEEEEEELINGS on this subject that normal people don't have. *g*)

Re: Comment Part 1

[kaitlia777.livejournal.com]

Very true. Men are usually the egotists, cuz I think most writers try to make them seemed suave about it (and often fail) but don't know how to writ it for a woman.

Ugh, anything is better than the catsuit. I remember thinking that had to be uncomfortable.

I'm of the "if it takes longer than thirty seconds to brush in the morning, it's too much bother" school. ~ Amen to that.

I grew up in Boston and the areas with cobbelstones used to kill me in heels. More often than not, I'd just say screw it and go barefoot till I hit a better paved area. Or got a piggyback...Oh, that would be something to see, Peter having to hepl Megan get to a particularly poorly placed body.

Re: Comment Part 1

[icepixie]

I think the "egotists are always men" thing is helped along by girls generally being socialized against taking excessive pride in their accomplishments, at least in my experience.

Oh, that would be something to see, Peter having to hepl Megan get to a particularly poorly placed body.

Ahahahaha! I'd love to see that. Maybe they'll do it someday!

Comment Part 2

[kaitlia777.livejournal.com]

* "Have you two considered working out your tension via, say, naked Jell-O wrestling? Just a thought." ~ ROTFLMAO. They really would stab him if he said that

* Ethan: Who's the man, who's the man?
Curtis: Uh, aren't you forgetting someone?
Ethan: ...Who are the men, who are the men? ~ They are kind of adorable, aren’t they?

* Megan: My first time in the OR, I fainted.
Peter: I'll faint later. ~ I thought it was fitting that he wasn’t to squeamish. After all, he’s probably seen lots of autopsies

* "It's my job as your conscience to make sure you talk to your mother. Here." ~ Hmmm, so Peter is Megan’s own, personal, hot Jiminy Cricket? I can dig that

* I kind of love how all the scientists on this show are various degrees of jerkish about their specialties. ~ I think everyone can get a little jerkish about what they really know

* I feel like this cap pretty much sums up everything about these three and their interaction. Megan walking off all awesome, Bud looking at Peter like, "Is she for real? And how do you put up with her all day?", and Peter just kind of smiling to himself because he enjoys Megan's brand of snark. ~ Yes! Peter totally gets that Megan is crazy brilliant but also somewhat socially inept and he is often equally amused and amazed by her

* I'm amused by how blatantly Peter is looking down her dress. ~ Oh yeah, he totally is

* "'Colleague' my expensively-shod foot! Let's go talk to her mother and get all the gossip about Megan's very attractive new man." ~ LOL, that so happened

* Joan: Oh, he's marvelous.
Peter: We work together.
Joan: Of course you do. ~ From the way she commented that Peter was marvelous (to Megan, like Peter wasn’t really there), I think Joan was hoping Megan had gone out into the world to get her cougar on (IDK what theier ages are supposed to be on the show, but IRL Nick Bishop is 17 years younger than DD and you know Joan would totally approve of that), but had her hopes foiled by the fact that they work together

* "Note to self: Never invite my daughter anywhere again." ~ LOL, yep, that’s exactly what that expression says

* "People will actually like you if you give them a chance. Especially me. Hint, hint." ~ He wasn’t even trying to be subtle there

* AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. ~ I know! They couldn’t even give us a little smooch?

* And my god, can you see the way he's looking at you??? ~ OMG, he does that adoring look so well, doesn’t he?

Again, amazing job!

Re: Comment Part 2

[icepixie]

Hmmm, so Peter is Megan’s own, personal, hot Jiminy Cricket? I can dig that

DD called his character that. I can see it. (She needs to refer to him as Jiminy Cricket at some point during the show!)

I hadn't even thought of Joan approving of Megan getting a boytoy! I thought her remark was more of a motherly, "Oh, you found a nice guy! I was worried about whether you'd find someone after Todd." I think Megan is probably supposed to be around 45, and Peter about 40; at any rate, before I looked up the actors and found out their actual ages, that was what I thought they actually were. I don't think they've specified on the show.

Again, amazing job!

Thank you! :)

[janetmaca.livejournal.com]

So pretty. This is my happy place right now, and it's doing its job. Thank you. :D

I completely agree about the shoes. Ugh, my feet cringe thinking of heels like that. Actually they cringe at the thought of any heel, but those impossibly high heels are so scary and uncomfortable looking.

Also you fed my new-found hair kink, so thanks for that.

[icepixie]

So pretty. This is my happy place right now, and it's doing its job.

Yay! :)

I categorically refuse to wear heels. It makes shopping for office-work-type shoes rather maddening. Luckily, my bosses have tended not to care that I wear boots that in any other context would probably be called hiking boots, or very casual flat sandals in the summers, to work. I had some spiky heels for ballroom dance competitions back in undergrad, but I lasted about two months before I said screw it and went back to dancing in jazz shoes.

Also you fed my new-found hair kink, so thanks for that.

The girls on this show do have EXCELLENT hair, don't they? This show's hairstylists need to win an Emmy.

[janetmaca.livejournal.com]

If I'm wearing a skirt I tend to wear flip-flops, that's about as far as I go when it comes to torturing my feet. :D I lasted about two months before I said screw it and went back to dancing in jazz shoes. Good for you. *applauds*

The girls on this show do have EXCELLENT hair, don't they? This show's hairstylists need to win an Emmy. They really do!

I meant to ask you before: do you remember the context of this screencap (http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/icepixie26/Body%20of%20Proof%20Picspam/103-5.jpg)?

[icepixie]

do you remember the context of this screencap?

It's from "Helping Hand" (1.03), where Megan is poking at the hole in Bud's suit because she has no boundaries because she's trying to take an interest in people.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I thought, "Okay, I'll just peek at this before I leave for work..." Five bajillion caps later... You nearly made me miss my train! : D

I've finally pinpointed (thanks to you and your extensive documentation, lol) what's funny-looking about Peter: the top of his head says, "Look at me! I am pretty! I use product!" while his face says, "Shaving? Nah!" It's like he spent so much time precision-sculpting his mousse that he didn't have two minutes left for a razor. Not that I'm complaining...

lol, shifty!eyes and lurking... he is kinda adorable...

Woah, I totally missed that leopard print in the episode! (Now that I have ahem seen all of them.) Wearing that, she could almost pass for 55 for once.

(Um. Not in purple in general, because half my wardrobe is purple, but lighter shades of purple.)

Perhaps a biiiiiit of diversification is in order... ;P

HOW DOES SHE EVEN WALK IN THOSE SHOES??! I would fall on my face with every step.

Eighteen-hour days! EIGHTEEN-HOUR DAYS!!!

This might've been the moment where I actually became fond of Ethan and Curtis.

I was busy going, "WTF kind of biohazard waste storage is that? OSHA will keeeeeeeell you! This is not your grannie's attic!" Or maybe it is, considering E&C's informercial-tastic grabber-tools...

OH, THE CUTE. STOP BRAINWASHING ME, YOU CUTE-NAZI!!!

[icepixie]

I thought, "Okay, I'll just peek at this before I leave for work..." Five bajillion caps later... You nearly made me miss my train! : D

MWAHAHAHA! I am nothing if not thorough!

There is a bit of a disconnect between Peter's hair and scruff, yes, although I think at this point it's kind of A Look for guys. Like so. (Dear shows of this decade: Please stop naming all your male characters Peter, especially when they look fairly similar. I'm still hearing Fringe-Peter's voice in my head when I try to write fic featuring BoP-Peter.) The stubble also makes Nic Bishop look a couple years older than 37, which is probably a good thing since he's, you know, 17 years younger than his character's ostensible romantic interest, even if she does look 45 at most.

lol, shifty!eyes and lurking... he is kinda adorable...

So very cute. In an obsessive sort of way.

Woah, I totally missed that leopard print in the episode! (Now that I have ahem seen all of them.)

*rubs hands together with glee*

Wearing that, she could almost pass for 55 for once.

Yeah, that was one of her few really awful fashion choices. No one who doesn't want to look 50+ should wear leopard print, IMO. It's inextricably linked with "older middle-aged ladies trying way too hard" in my mind.

Perhaps a biiiiiit of diversification is in order... ;P

Actually, most of my work shirts are some variation of teal or green. I've diversified!

Eighteen-hour days! EIGHTEEN-HOUR DAYS!!!

FOR REAL! Although she does wear Dansko-type clogs for actual working-with-bodies stuff, which probably comprises most of her day. Actually, she appears to change clothes and shoes approximately thirty times per day...

I was busy going, "WTF kind of biohazard waste storage is that? OSHA will keeeeeeeell you! This is not your grannie's attic!"

Yes, that was...not terribly sanitary, was it?

Or maybe it is, considering E&C's informercial-tastic grabber-tools...

I don't even know what those were for. It looked like they were going out to pick up litter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

OH, THE CUTE. STOP BRAINWASHING ME, YOU CUTE-NAZI!!!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *sends out waves of cute*

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The stubble also makes Nic Bishop look a couple years older than 37, which is probably a good thing since he's, you know, 17 years younger than his character's ostensible romantic interest, even if she does look 45 at most.

That...hadn't occurred to me. Um. I guess it's less cradle-robby when the people involved are over 35? LALALA I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, OBVIOUSLY MEGAN IS 40 LALALA.

So very cute. In an obsessive sort of way.

He is sort of her cheerleading squad...

No one who doesn't want to look 50+ should wear leopard print, IMO. It's inextricably linked with "older middle-aged ladies trying way too hard" in my mind.

Shhh, don't say that too loud! Animal prints will make a fashion comeback AND THEN YOU'LL BE SORRY.

Actually, most of my work shirts are some variation of teal or green. I've diversified!

Shock! Amazement!

Actually, she appears to change clothes and shoes approximately thirty times per day...

lol, if it weren't for all the clothing changes, her 18-hour days would be 12-hour days!

Yes, that was...not terribly sanitary, was it?

That was like they forgot they needed a set for that scene, and then threw one together in five minutes out of cardboard. Sigh.

I don't even know what those were for. It looked like they were going out to pick up litter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Spinoff series?

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *sends out waves of cute*

NOOOOOOOOOOO!! *holds up Cute-Shield* NOOOOOOOO you poked it full of holes!!! I'm getting irradiated!!!

[icepixie]

That...hadn't occurred to me. Um. I guess it's less cradle-robby when the people involved are over 35? LALALA I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, OBVIOUSLY MEGAN IS 40 LALALA.

Yeeeeeeeah, I just try not to think about the fact that she could technically be his (teen) mother. I'm reasonably certain they mean for Megan to be 45, anyway. Perhaps even 40, though it's bit of a stretch to pack med school-brilliant neurosurgeon-divorce-accident-medical examiner school-ME for a year into not quite two decades, and I'm enjoying the way they've made her and Kate actually reasonably appropriately-aged for their positions.

He is sort of her cheerleading squad...

I'm now picturing him with pom-poms. Thanks for that.

Shhh, don't say that too loud! Animal prints will make a fashion comeback AND THEN YOU'LL BE SORRY.

Animal prints will NEVER be in style. Never have been, never will.

lol, if it weren't for all the clothing changes, her 18-hour days would be 12-hour days!

Seriously!

Spinoff series?

I'd watch it.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!! *holds up Cute-Shield* NOOOOOOOO you poked it full of holes!!! I'm getting irradiated!!!

Irradiated with CUTENESS!!!

[icepixie]

I've finally pinpointed (thanks to you and your extensive documentation, lol) what's funny-looking about Peter: the top of his head says, "Look at me! I am pretty! I use product!" while his face says, "Shaving? Nah!" It's like he spent so much time precision-sculpting his mousse that he didn't have two minutes left for a razor.

I ran across this thread on a message board today and thought of your comment. Apparently the scruffy beard is not only A Look for guys, it's one that takes considerable maintenance! (Thus perhaps why it is often found on subjects who spend a lot of time sculpting their hair?) I had no idea. I thought it was achieved merely by not bothering to shave but once every few days.

I think Peter's in particular would look better if he actually shaved his neck, because his hair is so light that down there in particular it just kind of looks like he hasn't bathed in a few weeks. And possibly he could grow the rest of it out a little more so that it looks more intentional? I dunno. Something is a little off, though.

On the other hand, there's this, where he's relatively clean-shaven and almost unrecognizable. (Or course, that's just a weird picture and they all look kind of strange.) I prefer the scruffy look by a large margin. He looks more...approachable? Something. Better, anyway.

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The scruff does suit him, though I agree with you on shaving the neck.

It's funny, I hated facial hair when I was younger (to the point where Santa was a major no no), was kind of indifferent to it as a teen, then came:


Who, like Peter, rocked the styled hair and maintained scruff. Lol, it's been a favorite since :)

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Apparently the scruffy beard is not only A Look for guys, it's one that takes considerable maintenance!

Bwuh? And here I thought Trying Very Hard To Look Like You're Not Trying was a silliness reserved for girls...

I think Peter's in particular would look better if he actually shaved his neck, because his hair is so light that down there in particular it just kind of looks like he hasn't bathed in a few weeks.

Awwww, poor lil' hobocop!

On the other hand, there's this, where he's relatively clean-shaven and almost unrecognizable. (Or course, that's just a weird picture and they all look kind of strange.) I prefer the scruffy look by a large margin. He looks more...approachable? Something. Better, anyway.

Woah! Clean-shaven AND nattily dressed makes him look like he's on his way to an important meeting, not a crime scene. (btw: putting on a tux and letting a pretty girl drag you to a fancy party where you feel out of place and STILL not shaving? What is going on in Peter's head??) I think the facial hair and the subdued colors (pastels, even) and the fuzzy sweaters are all an attempt by the wardrobe people to make him look soft and cuddly, because "soft and cuddly" is the exact opposite of Megan. Hooray for non-standard gender roles! (lol, I bet he's way more maternal than her, too.)

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Loved the picspam : D

I love the little moments between them, because its a mix of funny and adorable.

Kate does look awesome, I like the outfits they picked out for her, and the lighting.

[icepixie]

Thank you!

They are so sweet, aren't they? :)

The costumers and lighting directors on this show need some Emmys, stat.

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I'm a little late, but for these two it's never too late I think.

Can I just say, this picspam made me smile and I started BoP last Wednesday and caught up on it within three days. So adorbs these two, I hope there'll be another picspam of yours soon. Season 2 looks already good Megan/Peter, and I'm pretty sure there're coming more nice moments between them. :))

[icepixie]

I'm glad you enjoyed the picspam. :D