So here we go, my second round at the BAU20in20, a second set of entries. I had such a hard time choosing an episode, because at first I only knew I didn't want to do another Hotch-centric set as I'd chosen him as a character last round - but many of my top episodes are Hotch episodes. I ended up literally choosing between a couple at random, I was this close to throwing a dice for a decision, but then "Elephant's Memory" is one of my all time favorites, so it won. WTF challenged me a bit, but in the end I chose a scene in which Reid definitely FELT that way. The song title refers to the Johnny Cash song "When the man comes around" which is played during various parts throughout the epi.

Credit were credit is due: All caps but "First Scene", which I did myself, came from SheCapsThat.

All these icons are up for adoption, credit makes me happy.

10 THEMES

First Scene	Song Title	WTF	Guess Who	Outside
Emotional	Corner	Close Crop	White Space	Last Scene

5 CATEGORY - RAINBOW

Red	Yellow	Green	Blue	Purple

5 ARTIST'S CHOICE

AC #01	AC #02	AC #03	AC #04	AC #05

I know this is a bit sad, but that's one scene from CM that won't let me go and when we had to do recurring/supporting characters for the Drabble Tree and one branch offered was family, I knew I had to write this... I could easily write 200, 300 or 1000 words on Hotch's state of mind when that realization hit him... Kudos to Gibson on playing "my inspiration"-scene so well in "In Name and Blood" - his facial expression was telling more than words could ever convey...

Phrase: “Family” (Familie)
Title: Three’s a Crowd
Characters: Haley & Aaron Hotchner
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Working with the VERY SUGGESTIVE scene from “In Name and Blood” (3x02).

The demands of Aaron Hotchner’s job had made family time a rare commodity. So that Sunday, when he found the time to play with Jack in his sandbox, he was determined to savor every minute of it.

But reality hit when Haley’s cell chirped and she made shady excuse about needing to talk to Jessica privately.

Aaron couldn’t tell whether it was his profiling skills or his intuition as her husband, but recently Haley was receiving too many “private” phone calls from Jessica. His heart hated to admit it, but his head knew there were three people in this marriage.

So, this is it - my first entry at "The BAU20in20". I hadn't made icons in a while although I wanted to, and originally I didn't want to enter a challenge, as my time is kinda limited right now and I didn't wanna fail finishing the icons. But it seemed the first wasn't happening without the second, so I decided to jump in... I really liked the themes we were given - some I could envision right away (Hear? Quite the given for Hotch, huh?!), others were giving me more trouble - no image I picked seemed to fit. I kept beating myself up over "Smell", as I couldn't find a picture of Hotch that conveyed his sense of smell, and I looked at many, many, many caps..., so I kinda went off the "literal" meaning of the theme... sorry! Either way, I hope you enjoy them!

Credit where credit is due:
All caps came from SheCapsThat (Amazing Source!)
One Texture by kauniimpiminua and one brush by coy_dreamer

( For Space considerations, Icons are beneath the cut :) )
PS: Whoever programmed this table, you are really good! I've never dealt with a table *that* compliant before :)

I've never done a drabble tree before, but I think this could be lots of fun! At 300 words, I've certainly offered you a few branches to continue... I'll try to be shorter next time, but when I had the idea hit me, I knew soon enough that this would go double or triple... Here we go :)

Never thought that icon would come in so handy when I made it!! :)

Phrase: “Dress Up” (Verkleiden)
Title: Reid Effect
Characters: Reid, Rossi, Hotch & Morgan (rest implied)
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Working from the scene that made me love Rossi… Mudgie and Clooney deserve their own episode! (set in S3)
( Undress here )

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I didn't make this up. Bumpers with furcoats exist and are used for training instead of dead fowl.
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Does anyone on my f-list have recommendations for Tumblr pages to follow? (Besides the obvious ones, TG and Gublernation). I have to say Tumblr utterly confuses me. I can't seem to find up, down, front or back on these pages, so I really need help here... the only thing that's nice is that I can feed them into my blogger Dashboard what makes following stuff lots easier...

... of Matthew Gray Gubler being drawn...

( Get this cut drawn open to see what this post is about... )

So here it comes, my second set of Criminal Minds Icons! I constantly find myself seeing an ep and then hunting down caps from that particular ep... Characterwise, I've tried to be all over the place (I just can't help being drawn to Reid, Hotch and Morgan *grin*), but I at least tried to include some of the others, too...

Texture credits go to youcallitwinter & larmay
Caps all came from SheCapsThat

Feel free to take what you want, no credit needed.
... now onto the next set :)

Total Icon Count: 43

( CM Icons hiding underneath here! )

Title: New Kid on the Block
Flavor: L&O – SVU
Characters: O.Benson & ???
Word Count: 110
Rating: PG
Summary: Olivia meets Eliot’s “replacement”
A/N: The pictures made me do it!

Olivia had barely stepped outside when her eyes fell upon a stranger leaning onto the squad car, reading the The Ledger. She wanted to wave him away and screamg with anger, but the badge clipped to his suit jacket curbed her protest. So this is him? This is my new partner?

He was young, very young, dark and handsome - definitely of Hispanic descent. She reckoned he was around Elliot’s height, but he didn’t fill out those suit jackets like Elliot. In short, they had partnered her with a laughably handsome kid.

Just then, her heart missed Elliot terribly. But her head knew she had to give him a chance.

Flavor: L&O – Criminal Intent
Characters: R. Goren
Word Count: 103
Rating: R (just to be on the safe side)
Summary: Sometime after “To the Boy in the Blue-Knit Cap” Bobby is working on it
A/N: In the light of LOCI’s cancellation, I need some happiness these days, so be prepared for some fluff

Bobby had forgotten how it felt to share his bed with a woman. He still caught himself amazed by her presence, although her visits had become more frequent recently. Dr. Gyson had been right. He could have a family. It only mattered if he considered himself to be eligible.

The soft chirp of his phone interrupted his thoughts. “Goren.”

“It’s me, Alex. We got a dead body on Times Square...”

At that, Bobby was already halfway out of bed. He never was off duty - really. But then, he finally had a life off duty. Theresa would still be here when he returned.