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jake peralta appreciation post

sherlatetothemoriparty:

He:
  • was open and honest about his feelings towards Amy from almost the very start
  • didn’t try to sabotage her existing relationship 
  • didn’t lie to her about his feelings except once but then he felt bad and told her the truth the same day 
  • tried to move on in a healthy manner, accepting that she was taken 
  • dated someone else and didn’t immediately dump her and try and get with Amy once Amy became available (seriously it bugs me so much when characters do this. If you’re just using a relationship as a stopgap until your preferred partner becomes available, DON’T BE IN THAT RELATIONSHIP!!) 
  • didn’t tell Dave not to ask her out even though he liked her because he knew it wasn’t fair to her – “I can’t go around telling guys not to ask Amy out because I like her and I’m too dumb to do anything about it" 
  • never once tried to control her or emotionally manipulate her to be with him and was open and upfront about his feelings 
  • when they actually became a couple, is completely committed & in love with her and is willing to make sacrifices for their relationship like moving into her apartment because he realises it’s important to her and would make her happy
  • in the episode where she’s undercover in the prison and he keeps interfering bc he’s worried about her getting hurt he doesn’t try to make her leave bc he can’t handle it and instead accepts that he’s the one that needs to take himself off the case bc he knows she can handle it by herself and him being there is only hindering her progress because he can’t stop worrying
  • isn’t afraid of her becoming more successful than him – is really supportive of her taking the sergeant’s exam which could result in her outranking him and even becoming his boss bc “You can’t be afraid to be successful, you’re too good for that” and “I’ve always known you were gonna be my boss”
  • READ HARRY POTTER JUST BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE LOVED THEM SO WANTED TO ENJOY THEM WITH HER 
  • tl;dr jake peralta is one of the best male tv protagonists & boyfriends of all time and peraltiago is literally the healthiest and best relationship ever and has given me unrealistic romance expectations for life

1nkblots:

I just need to talk about last night’s episode of Brooklynn Nine-Nine for a minute because it just added one more to a very long list of why it is bar none my favourite comedy

Because they didn’t hit the reset button, like so many other comedies would have 

Jake comes back from jail, and it actually affects him. I mean, it starts off with Jake being typically gung-ho wanting to go right back to work (and the same as literally ever other crime show ever where a central character goes through something traumatic), but eventually decides he shouldn’t be out doing field work because he’s worried about sending an innocent person to jail because it’s so horrible (and implying that he doesn’t really relish the thought of sending anyone to jail, innocent or not, which in and of itself is kind of huge. You don’t see a lot of cop/crime shows where any of the investigators actually show all that much concern that a suspect claiming to be innocent might actually be innocent even though the evidence points to them being guilty, let alone going after a different lead even though they already have a really good case against the suspect)

And then he passes his evaluation because of this sentiment, because being worried about sending the wrong person to jail is a good thing that more police officers should be thinking about

And on top of that he admits that he’s just personally not ready to go back to field work yet, and would rather work the desk for a few weeks

I just love this show so much, the characters are so well written and actually grow in logical and consistent ways over the course of the series and just *incoherent happy noises*

seriously if there’s anyone out there who hasn’t given this show a shot yet please please do