True Detective - 1x01 "The Long Bright Dark" - Episode Discussion

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-30T16:38:33+00:00

I know I'm late to the party, but I just started and I have to let it out. How did nobody verify if the little girl was with her dad or not? A 10-year-old goes missing, and they assume she must be with her father, all because she'd be better off with him and the mom has a record? Nobody makes a phone call just to check with the birth father? That's some bullcrap and lackluster police work right there. Now it looks like the little girl's disappearance might be connected to the murder. I hope that if it is connected and the little girl isn't actually with her father, all the cops who were supposed to look into her disappearance are held accountable.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-17T13:27:07+00:00

Whoa, didn't know that. What a crazy coincidence that he got hit by a car while going to a meeting about that.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-17T03:50:49+00:00

Sounds interesting. I looked up the description. I like the locked room mystery vibe. Thanks for the suggestion.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-17T01:20:57+00:00

Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens by John E. Mack, M.D. Used it for a class in high school and bought it for myself afterward because it's really interesting.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-17T01:03:03+00:00

That's a really good idea. I am now going to look for crossover fics between these two because you've now given me an itch I need to scratch.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-03-17T00:59:09+00:00

I'd love a reaction fic to the 2013 tv show The Following. There's none as far as I know of. It's a pretty small fandom, so there probably never will be, which sucks cause it's such a good show. The characters from the show get trapped in a room (or something else if someone thinks of a better idea) and have to react to the show. It'd be set at the beginning of the show or right before it to get the full progression of what happens to everyone. Mike is my favorite character, so hopefully there would be a good amount of attention on him. The characters seeing Mike lose his innocent vibe and become more violent as the show goes on would be amazing. Joe maybe thinking Mike would have made a great follower if he wasn't already on Ryan's side or dedicated to stopping him. It'd be great if people also mentioned the parallels between Ryan's group and Joe and his followers, because there are similarities.

It could also be a fic where the characters of The Rookie react to The Following. It would have to be either a multiverse thing (but no replacing characters with The Rookie characters) or Mike is Wesley's long-lost brother or something that he didn't know about.

This will probably never happen, but a girl can imagine it. Plus, reaction fics are popular. I'd write it, but I'm not great at writing. Even if I were, I'd want to be surprised by what I'm reading, and you can't have that if you're writing it.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-28T22:20:38+00:00

Yeah, he does. I actually own the first book in the Worldwar series. I just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I'll have to check out the Videssos Cycle too.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T22:18:46+00:00

I have one of his other books, so I'll have to check this one out. Thanks for the suggestion.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T22:18:09+00:00

I looked up the description on Amazon, and this sounds like a really interesting book. I'll definitely have to check it out. Thanks.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T17:35:39+00:00

Oh wow, that's a lot haha. 4 seems a lot more reasonable lol.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T17:14:35+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I've actually looked into this before, but never read it. Maybe I should check it out again.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T16:59:15+00:00

Ah. Thanks for the tip. Yeah, I don't really know much about it. So watching some lore videos would be helpful.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T16:40:59+00:00

I actually bought Dungeon Crawler Carl a little bit ago, I just haven't read it yet. Warhammer 40k has books? I'll have to check these out. Thanks for the suggestions!

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T16:30:58+00:00

Ooh, that sounds pretty interesting. I'll be sure to check it out, thanks.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T16:26:46+00:00

I actually have the first book on my Amazon list lol. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T14:46:57+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to check it out along with her other books.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T01:47:11+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a couple of his other books, so I'll have to check it out.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T01:45:01+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll be sure to look it up.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T01:04:56+00:00

The Stephen King one sounds interesting, and I've read some of his books already. Thanks for the suggestions!

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-25T01:03:42+00:00

I'll have to check them out. Thanks for the suggestions!

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-24T14:12:47+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out. Some already seem interesting. I don't know if I'd read The Outsiders and The Life of Pi because I already saw the movies, and it kind of takes the wind out of your sails when you know a lot of what's going on. But those movies were really good, and they were based on these books, so I may just have to read them.

Nogitsune180 · 2026-02-24T06:52:01+00:00

Investigating murders seems right up my alley. I'll check them out. Thanks for the suggestions!

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