I can haz blankie?

[jadesfire]

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I think I'm starting to understand why there isn't more Criminal Minds case-fic out there. It's not really a case of being intimidated by the show's quality, although I think that's a factor. It's because you have to wade through pages of depressing statistics to give Reid one line of dialogue.

Actually, scratch out depressing. Replace it with disturbing. At the moment, I'm researching an episode tag to 3x05 "Seven Seconds" and the child abduction statistics are scary enough. You know what's worse? The acronym for one study is NISMART. National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway children.

Thrownaway. There's even a definition of it on the webpage. One thing I like about Criminal Minds is that it never plays down the horror of this, that we need a definition for it.

*shivers* Still, I'm writing the story anyway. Because there's one hell of a loose end there, and I really, really want to tie it up. Or at least draw attention to it, because I can't have been the only one to spot it.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thrownaway?!? *meeps*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I know. It's for kids who are thrown out of the house, not allowed back in after running away, or who aren't searched for when they go missing, as well as the abandonment that the word suggests. On the one hand, I want them to pick another word, on the other? Given what it means, I kind of want it to be a gut-punch. It shouldn't be easy. You know?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yipes- so that's what they call the 'you leave, you never come back' types. I suppose the gut punch is a good thing in a weird way, if it helps bring it to light

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Thrownaway? Eep. I mean, I know that people abandon children in the way they do pets, but that makes it sound so... yeah, disturbing's a good word :S

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*nods* It covers that as well as not letting the kid back in the house, or throwing them out, or not looking for them when they go missing.

Just when you think you've reached the limits of what people can do to their children...

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I can't remember which philosopher it was, but someone said that what died at Auschwitz wasn't belief in God, but the belief in the basic goodness of humanity. Reading about people's treatment of each other, especially their treatment of children, never ceases to amaze and depress me.

[sheryden.livejournal.com]

Criminal Minds is one of the few shows that really looks honestly at the world. Not like a certain crime drama set in Las Vegas. *cough* I'll be very interested to see your episode tag. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Part of the reason I came back to CM was reading a post by synecdochic about the portrayal of humanity in the show. It shows you the depths of horror but also the depths of compassion and humanity. I probably have my own meta to write about this, about how the team are allowed to be human in a way that's rare on other shows (Torchwood is actually another that I would put in that category and I do have a sort of crossover bubbling away in my brain)

The episode tag is currently writing itself, but I'm quietly hopeful. Well. I'm hopeful that it'll be a good story. I don't yet know whether I can be hopeful about the ending.

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

Yep, I like that this show is honest about all the god-awful crap that goes on in the world - but at the same time manages to balance it out a little with Reid's nerdishness, and Garcia's epic win.

Can't wait for the story!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think I like that everyone in the show is allowed to be human - the team, the criminals, the victims, everyone is human which means they don't always cope, they don't always get it right and sometimes things just go wrong. There's usually a note of hope, or at least something to make you think "huh" in there somewhere.

*g* It's fighting back right now, but I'm getting there!

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

It's fighting you??? The bastard. Give it your best Hotch-like death stare, that'll put it in it's place *nods*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Thrownaway?!? *meeps*

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I know. It's for kids who are thrown out of the house, not allowed back in after running away, or who aren't searched for when they go missing, as well as the abandonment that the word suggests. On the one hand, I want them to pick another word, on the other? Given what it means, I kind of want it to be a gut-punch. It shouldn't be easy. You know?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yipes- so that's what they call the 'you leave, you never come back' types. I suppose the gut punch is a good thing in a weird way, if it helps bring it to light

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Thrownaway? Eep. I mean, I know that people abandon children in the way they do pets, but that makes it sound so... yeah, disturbing's a good word :S

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

*nods* It covers that as well as not letting the kid back in the house, or throwing them out, or not looking for them when they go missing.

Just when you think you've reached the limits of what people can do to their children...

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

*shakes head* I can't remember which philosopher it was, but someone said that what died at Auschwitz wasn't belief in God, but the belief in the basic goodness of humanity. Reading about people's treatment of each other, especially their treatment of children, never ceases to amaze and depress me.

[sheryden.livejournal.com]

Criminal Minds is one of the few shows that really looks honestly at the world. Not like a certain crime drama set in Las Vegas. *cough* I'll be very interested to see your episode tag. :)

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Part of the reason I came back to CM was reading a post by synecdochic about the portrayal of humanity in the show. It shows you the depths of horror but also the depths of compassion and humanity. I probably have my own meta to write about this, about how the team are allowed to be human in a way that's rare on other shows (Torchwood is actually another that I would put in that category and I do have a sort of crossover bubbling away in my brain)

The episode tag is currently writing itself, but I'm quietly hopeful. Well. I'm hopeful that it'll be a good story. I don't yet know whether I can be hopeful about the ending.

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

Yep, I like that this show is honest about all the god-awful crap that goes on in the world - but at the same time manages to balance it out a little with Reid's nerdishness, and Garcia's epic win.

Can't wait for the story!

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I think I like that everyone in the show is allowed to be human - the team, the criminals, the victims, everyone is human which means they don't always cope, they don't always get it right and sometimes things just go wrong. There's usually a note of hope, or at least something to make you think "huh" in there somewhere.

*g* It's fighting back right now, but I'm getting there!

[patch-tank.livejournal.com]

It's fighting you??? The bastard. Give it your best Hotch-like death stare, that'll put it in it's place *nods*