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hobbitbabe is probably the only one who understands what I'm talking about, but that's never stopped me before - so I'm posting more about Flashpoint.Spike is totally my favourite now. Because he's amazing, even in the face of all the crap they have to deal with. Also he has had a lot of bad things happen to him - which is just super bad because - his face! - flail-arms!
Anyway I've spent the past season or so thinking that Spike needs a hug - like big time - and (reasons why I love Flashpoint) lately he's been getting them! The team is awesome! Now some of those hugs are because more bad things are happening - but most of them are regular-work bad things rather than uber-angst bad things. So it's nice to see the love.
Even more fun (for me anyway) is that they've changed the opening sequence here in season four and now the last scene of the opening sequence is a massive team hug on Spike! He's getting so many hugs! (Or at least the same hug over and over again.) Yay Flashpoint! I totally need a Spike icon. ;)
Also I may have read almost all the Flashpoint fic on the AO3 (not that there's a lot of it). And I may have started writing one of my own. And it may already be longer than about %80 of the current fic. More people should watch this show! Seriously.
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Notice how in just about every episode you get to see them doing some kind of training, because that's a big part of the job? And how the show never stops while they're still on the scene of the climactic confrontation; you see them having the wrapup or talking at their lockers or deciding whether to go out together or home to their families? That just feels so ... responsible and respectful at the same time as making coherent television.
I also really really love the way that the crews include women - they have to be strong and tough to do those jobs (even the dispatcher, in her own way) and the guys respect them and their skills, and the women are not all the same just like the men are not all the same. Jules is really great at getting facts out of the grieving families, but she's also a sniper. ("Snipers are hot!")
And I like the ways that they don't completely take themselves seriously, even though it's such an elite squad[*] and hard to get into. It reminds me of Mike K and other firefighters I have known, the way they talk about how their cargo pants are so great etc.
*I can't actually say "elite squad", even in my mind, without hearing "elite squad, known as the special victims unit"
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And I love how they deal with injuries, and with people leaving and joining the team. Like with Raf (whom I have just met) it's clear that they've met him and already know him fairly well from the training, even though it's the audience's first time meeting him.
There's a really good sense of time passing between each episode which is also awesome.
And I love how Jules is so much smaller than all of the guys and yet is still just as good as them (and sometimes better). I like that everyone has things that they're best at, but that everyone has to be at least a little good at everything.
Also - the fact that Spike used to build bombs as a child is in no way surprising to me. But still super cool character development. (I'm so glad that he's back to loving bombs again - he's healing!)
There are a few good fics on the AO3. Although there's only about a hundred, and most of them are under 1000 words. They're generally Sam/Jules, Greg/Ed and Spike/Lou, but there are a couple good gen team fics too. If you head to the AO3 and sort the Flashpoint fics by # of hits or word count, you'll find all of them.