Killian Whump

Dani teasing Malcolm is something that can be so personal…

Prodigal Son (22/?)

PRODIGAL SON | 1.13 — “Wait And Hope” (2020)

...like, how do you see that looking up at you from the floor and not just, like, immediately peg it.

#play dumb #not that dumb!

PRODIGAL SON | 1.02 — “Annihilator”

Can we take a moment to appreciate Dani’s complete comfort with and effortless handling of sex restraints? He Baby, She Peg CONFIRMED.

1.01 | 2.06

Me:

*ships m/f couples but in an un-mistakably bisexual way*

Where the woman has equal agency in the relationship and the man heavily hints at getting pegged

His therapist told him he should go get pegged. Unfortunately he just... went to the wrong woman first...

Today's take is 'Malcolm gets pegged'?

Alright then 😂

I leave this app for 2 hours...

You're welcome

I really, sincerely love this fandom.

Ngl this scene pissed me off. Yes friends talk, but they don’t force people to talk when they aren’t ready or don’t want to. And in the middle of an investigation is also probably not a good time either.

Maybe this scene could have been handled better but I view it more as Dani holding Malcolm accountable for being so in his head about how this case affects himself personally that he doesn’t even consider how it might be affecting his friends/coworkers. There’s never really a “good” time to talk about something like this but I do prefer that Dani told him why she’s mad at him rather than letting it fester and make wonder the whole episode. Even if it was poor timing, it was better that he know how she was feeling rather than pretending she’s not mad at him. It’s honestly more healthy than forming resentment when the other person doesn’t know why you’re upset.

Yeah, I think the important thing to remember is that TV shows have to try to show us overall relationship dynamics through brief snippets that are relevant to the storyline of the episode itself. In that sense, almost every interaction we SEE between Dani and Malcolm takes place “in the middle of an investigation” - because each episode focuses on an investigation, and all scenes are going to be couched in that atmosphere. You kind of have to ignore “is this really the time/place for this discussion?” issues, because having this interaction take place outside the realm of the current investigation would require an entirely separate scene, whereas this interaction was seamlessly blended into a scene that primarily served to move the episode’s storyline forward. You also have to sometimes look beyond the literal words being spoken to see what the writers are trying to tell you about the relationship between the characters and how it’s advancing/working outside of the brief window we’re privy to.

And the main point they were trying to make was that Malcolm was noticeably and understandably going through some stuff and he was shutting Dani out. He wasn’t saying, “I’m having a hard time processing this all right now, and I can’t really talk about it” - he was just being short, clipped, and faking he was fine. And she’s absolutely right to call him on that, because that’s not what friends should do. You don’t HAVE to divulge everything and anything to your friends whether you want to or not - but if your stressors are out in the open and your friend expresses concern for you or asks how you’re doing, it IS rude to just shut them down entirely - and that’s what Malcolm was doing.

I would agree that the conversation could’ve been phrased better to make it more clear what Dani’s point was, but again... they only have a limited amount of time to present things to the audience, and this exchange managed to cover Dani’s particular issue with him, her upfront approach to dealing with issues in their friendship, a bit of a teaser about Dani’s back story, AND ultimately advance the episode’s investigation storyline.