I really do have a tendency to overthink things. I was pondering the possibility of somehow bringing Patrick Jane into the real world just so I could give him a hug, because he really needs one (I was so sad when Van Pelt failed to hug him at the end of 'Seeing Red'. He's crying, Van Pelt! It's heartbreaking! Don't just close the door!), but then I started wondering whether it would be right to make a person with so much inner pain real, and whether discovering that his wife and child never truly existed would just make things worse for him, and seriously, imagination, all I wanted was a nice daydream in which I gave the poor man a hug. Must you ruin everything? I suppose I'll just have to confine my Jane-hugging plans to vague schemes of leaping through the screen into his world, then.
(I really hope I'm not the only person who worries excessively about wildly implausible scenarios. Last week I was panicking about being trapped in the world of Pride and Prejudice. What if Mr Bingley calls upon me to sing, as an accomplished young woman should be able to, and all I can think of is the Pokémon theme tune? It will be a disaster.)
Speaking of Jane's need for hugs: 'Seeing Red' broke my little heart. I actually made an embarrassing high-pitched keening noise after he said, 'Well, that would be very sad.' Oh, Jane.
The opening of 'The Thin Red Line' did help to take away the woe a little, though. Patrick Jane should always be holding an adorable baby. It would possibly be slightly impractical on occasion during his crime-fighting adventures, but it is nonetheless true.
( And some mildly spoilery thoughts on 'Flame Red'. )
I think 'Patrick Jane is quietly and genuinely in love with every person on his team' is my favourite piece of personal Mentalist canon. Not that I've had enough time to develop much, but still. It is such a lovely and yet heartbreaking thought!
(I really hope I'm not the only person who worries excessively about wildly implausible scenarios. Last week I was panicking about being trapped in the world of Pride and Prejudice. What if Mr Bingley calls upon me to sing, as an accomplished young woman should be able to, and all I can think of is the Pokémon theme tune? It will be a disaster.)
Speaking of Jane's need for hugs: 'Seeing Red' broke my little heart. I actually made an embarrassing high-pitched keening noise after he said, 'Well, that would be very sad.' Oh, Jane.
The opening of 'The Thin Red Line' did help to take away the woe a little, though. Patrick Jane should always be holding an adorable baby. It would possibly be slightly impractical on occasion during his crime-fighting adventures, but it is nonetheless true.
( And some mildly spoilery thoughts on 'Flame Red'. )
I think 'Patrick Jane is quietly and genuinely in love with every person on his team' is my favourite piece of personal Mentalist canon. Not that I've had enough time to develop much, but still. It is such a lovely and yet heartbreaking thought!
