One interesting detail is that he supplies Moz with funds not once, but twice - 2 mil from Summers and 23 mil from the Fed. He really seems to have accepted that Moz will continue to be a criminal without him and wants to make sure that he can start doing that with sufficient funds. Conclusion: Neal is an idiot.
And all those lines, oh man. Especially "Paris without money..." "Is not the city of lights." I need to write a fic that springboards off this line. But all these S5 lines are helpful at piecing together Neal's state of mind and what he plans to do.
It's killing me too.
It's sort of true then, that during S6, the dynamics of their relationship were much like S1, like that asshole also known as Jeff "Born Bad" Eastin was saying. Peter and Neal didn't have faith in each other back then - Peter was suspicious of Neal re: the music box, Neal thought Peter had Kate. Obviously, given that they had five seasons of history, it's not exactly that dynamic, but there are similarities. They mostly only trust each other on the job. Peter was investigating the warehouse thing, but then, despite a million reasons to suspect Neal, he did it off book. And Neal... he obviously couldn't tell Peter everything about his plan, and was therefore conning him left, right and centre to make sure he didn't find out. So there isn't anything near faith. But they're still pretty much them - Peter tells Neal about the baby, Neal trusts Peter with the contract (but not much else), Burke and Caffrey are still the best crime solving crew in town.
I'm heavier on the clobbering than I am on the cuddling, unfortunately for Neal. I'm going to take my sweet time giving him his happy ending, especially if I do decide to go for the optional Woodford arc I have in mind.
Oh my god, I pretty much completely agree with all that. Neal is an idiot who cannot believe it when people love him. That aspect of his character has hurt me the most, tbh. Instant tears every time I think about it.
And, really, there's about a billion potential reasons why Neal didn't bother with asking for help, re: the impending Panthers situation. Peter may have recommended WitSec, which is the furthest thing from what he wants. And Peter has had one finger on the abort button since this Panthers case started. And Neal is now apparently "freedom at all costs". (And there's also the fact that he had that plan to rip off the Panthers.) And, like you said, he's taken it on himself to protect everyone. And so he decides to fake his death, the idiot. (I am still so pissed at him. It's kind of hilarious, after all this time.)
Yeah, I know I have a lot of break-it-further-then-finally-fix-it fic to go, if I could just write it...
Absolutely - "It could've been worse" is not how you want to feel about the ending of your favourite show. (But imagine. JE could have shown Neal outside the Louvre, kitted out for a robbery.... Now I hate myself.)
I haven't watched either Glee or Friends :/ Now I sort of wish I had. White Collar is pretty much the first show that I've watched and enjoyed from beginning to end. Nikita will probably be the second. Grey's Anatomy, which is probably the first American show I started watching, hasn't ended yet, and when it does, it'll probably end with an enormous sinkhole that swallows all the characters and the hospital, because Shonda Rhimes. I love-hate her so much. And by the end of One Tree Hill, I just didn't care anymore :P
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And all those lines, oh man. Especially "Paris without money..." "Is not the city of lights." I need to write a fic that springboards off this line. But all these S5 lines are helpful at piecing together Neal's state of mind and what he plans to do.
It's killing me too.
It's sort of true then, that during S6, the dynamics of their relationship were much like S1, like that asshole also known as Jeff "Born Bad" Eastin was saying. Peter and Neal didn't have faith in each other back then - Peter was suspicious of Neal re: the music box, Neal thought Peter had Kate. Obviously, given that they had five seasons of history, it's not exactly that dynamic, but there are similarities. They mostly only trust each other on the job. Peter was investigating the warehouse thing, but then, despite a million reasons to suspect Neal, he did it off book. And Neal... he obviously couldn't tell Peter everything about his plan, and was therefore conning him left, right and centre to make sure he didn't find out. So there isn't anything near faith. But they're still pretty much them - Peter tells Neal about the baby, Neal trusts Peter with the contract (but not much else), Burke and Caffrey are still the best crime solving crew in town.
I'm heavier on the clobbering than I am on the cuddling, unfortunately for Neal. I'm going to take my sweet time giving him his happy ending, especially if I do decide to go for the optional Woodford arc I have in mind.
Oh my god, I pretty much completely agree with all that. Neal is an idiot who cannot believe it when people love him. That aspect of his character has hurt me the most, tbh. Instant tears every time I think about it.
And, really, there's about a billion potential reasons why Neal didn't bother with asking for help, re: the impending Panthers situation. Peter may have recommended WitSec, which is the furthest thing from what he wants. And Peter has had one finger on the abort button since this Panthers case started. And Neal is now apparently "freedom at all costs". (And there's also the fact that he had that plan to rip off the Panthers.) And, like you said, he's taken it on himself to protect everyone. And so he decides to fake his death, the idiot. (I am still so pissed at him. It's kind of hilarious, after all this time.)
Yeah, I know I have a lot of break-it-further-then-finally-fix-it fic to go, if I could just write it...
Absolutely - "It could've been worse" is not how you want to feel about the ending of your favourite show. (But imagine. JE could have shown Neal outside the Louvre, kitted out for a robbery.... Now I hate myself.)
I haven't watched either Glee or Friends :/ Now I sort of wish I had. White Collar is pretty much the first show that I've watched and enjoyed from beginning to end. Nikita will probably be the second. Grey's Anatomy, which is probably the first American show I started watching, hasn't ended yet, and when it does, it'll probably end with an enormous sinkhole that swallows all the characters and the hospital, because Shonda Rhimes. I love-hate her so much. And by the end of One Tree Hill, I just didn't care anymore :P
Me too! XD