top 6 Ryan/Esposito moments
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How is it after “Always” thatCastle is so far behind? Please vote & RT
Thank you, Kevin Ryan.
Castle 4x23 Always
This is a detective Kevin Ryan appreciation post
Surprisingly this ep also left me with A METRIC CRAPTON OF RYAN FEELINGS so I’m going to exorcize them now, okay? KEVIN RYAN, LET ME LOVE ON YOU.
I love everyone in this immediate family. They are four distinct personalities, but there is a bit of a dividing line, with Beckett and Esposito on one side and Castle and Ryan on the other. They’re opposites, which is what makes the B&C and E&R partnerships work so well: Kate and Espo are very practical and action-oriented and guarded, whereas Castle and Ryan are more thoughtful and sensitive and open. The fact that Esposito and Ryan would have Beckett’s back is never in question; how they go about having her back is a different matter. Esposito takes that literally: he is going to follow Beckett around and make sure she’s covered. Ryan, on the other hand, wants to think things through: having a plan that will protect her will negate the need for physical back-having (shut up, I’m rambling). Ryan doesn’t want to go to Gates because he wants to get Beckett kicked off the case or because he wants to expose Montgomery’s past. He doesn’t want to, but he knows going to Gates is the smartest thing, the best way to have Beckett’s back. He keeps looking at Castle like he should back him up because he knows Castle only wants to keep her safe, too, that letting her and Espo run headlong into danger will only end badly.
And when they do run headlong and his hand is forced, he goes to Gates because he needs to save his friends, promises be damned. He goes to Gates because it is right and smart and damned if that decision doesn’t literally save Beckett’s life. But that decision also costs Esposito and Beckett their badges. And Esposito’s too close to it - his way didn’t work, he didn’t have her back - to see that Ryan did the right thing. All Espo can see is that Ryan betrayed them, Ryan tattled on them. And DAMMIT, Seamus’ face when Espo and Beckett walk out of the precinct, when Javier flat-out ignores him, just breaks my heart.
Because he’s so fucking ALONE right now. Castle: left. Beckett: quit. Esposito: suspended.
Ryan saved his friends and what does he have to show for it.
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Castle, you’re breaking my heart! Just standing there and being all truthful and honest about your feelings, when the whole show is you dancing around them. Ugh, for people who say Nathan Fillion can only ham it up, watch this episode. He’s funny, but he can break your heart, show you just how…
Everyone was like “oh we’re gonna be dead and get tissues ready and all this stuff” and I was like “I’ll be fine. It won’t be that bad. They put out like seven sneak peaks. I can handle this.”
Safe to say I could not handle it. And now that I’ve spent 40 minutes internally and externally sobbing over Esposito, I can finally join the rest of the fandom and have caskett feels… while in the back of my mind still sobbing over Esposito.
In which chibi!Ryan and chibi!Espo secretly watch The Lion King in their spare time.
(Also known as Things That Happen When I’m Sleep Deprived. Seriously, this is not my headcanon. Just. I wanted to doodle. You can ignore these.)
Hahahahaha! TOO adorable!
also
when kevin called espo “javi” with that tone of desperation in his voice
and he just walked right on by
and you just see his face fall
and then he threw the whatever the hell he threw because by this point my vision was too blurred from tears to even see or register anYTHING
KEVIN AND JAVI DO NOT FIGHT
WTF IS THIS WHY DO THESE THIGNS HAPPEN
it was a new level of heartbreaking…
I know I’m supposed to care about the whole Castle/Beckett thing but all I have is a lot of Ryan feels. Like, a lot.
Ryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan T_T
..but round of applause for Sir Ryan. Betrayal aside he saved Becketts life and yet noone appreciates this?? Gotta say bravo on the end scenes, however i felt much of the episode to be lacking in usual Castle style, just me?
—To give due appreciation to this beloved character RIGHT HERE:
Ryan, you conflicted soul— Having to choose between your friend’s wishes and what’s best. One really couldn’t have asked for a better partner.
Not that I don’t love Javier, it’s just that Ryan’s conscientious side really…
