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Dani: You look tired. You sleeping enough?

Malcolm: Four, maybe five hours a night.

Gil: You should lay off the coffee.

Malcolm: I need it.

Gil: Why?

Malcolm: I only sleep four, maybe five hours a night.

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Character: Malcolm Bright

From: Prodigal Son

Representation: Emotional Abuse Survivor, Mental Illness/Disorder (PTSD/C-PTSD, Nightmare Disorder, Sleep Disorder)

Their Importance: There are plenty of examples of protagonists who are vaguely described as being “dysfunctional” or even having flat-out non-existent diagnoses and their issues are never dealt with in any depth by the story. Malcolm, our hero is explicitly stated to have C-PTSD and night terrors as a result of the trauma of discovering his father is a serial killer and the various horrific manipulative things he did to keep the secret from everyone but Malcolm.

Unlike may fictional depictions of mental illness Malcolm’s symptoms don’t vanish when narratively convenient and they often manifest in unglamorous ways. He frequently has flashbacks, trigger reactions to cases that remind him of his own past, regular, debilitating night terrors scare loved ones and put him in danger and is often unwittingly creepy whenever particularly morbid cases come up. Like many real people with mental illnesses the severity of his symptoms fluctuates, both in reaction to distressing events and at random. He’s also regularly seen attending therapy.

Despite all his angst about possibly turning out like his father, his frequent accidental creepiness and questionable decision-making he’s ultimately a heroic character that’s excellent at his job.    

Issues: Even by the standards of your typical police procedural Prodigal Son is absurdly brutal. You’d probably need an entire website to list all the potential violence/abuse/manipulation-related triggers. 

Thanks to anon for the write-up!

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[If Prodigal Son had a narrator]

Narrator: Malcolm Bright gets his ribs rattled! He looks a little woozy. Reminiscent of the time he was kicked by a donkey.

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Malcolm: [About Dani at any given moment]

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Ainsley: You don’t think Mom that wanted us to think that Dad was a jerk?

Malcolm: Well, correct me if I’m wrong but I think he is a jerk.

Ainsley: Of course you think that now after twenty years of anti… papa propaganda!

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Martin: [To Malcolm] You stabbed me in the back! Right to my face!

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S2 sketches!

Malcolm would so have been so good w JT’s baby 🥺

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Tally: How was the honeymoon?

Dani: Bright got drunk and tried to light our marriage license on fire. He said, "Good luck trying to return me without the receipt!"

Dani: [Smirks] God, I love him.

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Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

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Gil: You must see something other than Dani’s beauty.

Malcolm: Of course I do, Gil! She’s like… you know! How about… and then… I mean, right?

Gil:

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Random question: did the Prodigal Son fandom freak out about LDP officiating Tom's wedding? Because I saw a pic of it and thought it was really sweet, but I haven't seen the pic on Tumblr to reblog. Signed, the defunct Jesus Rovia fandom XD

I got a few asks saying it happened but I couldn't find any pics on Tom's social media, do you know where they were posted?

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Aziraphale: *Walks into Crowley’s flat*

Crowley: *Is standing on the table with a book in hand*

Aziraphale: Why are you standing on the table?

Crowley: It’s my house. Can’t I stand on my table in my house?”

Aziraphale:

Crowley:

Aziraphale: Where’s the spider?

Crowley: ITs iN The pLAnT rOoM KiLL IT

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crowley can do tartan as long as azi says the right words 😂😂

(also,,, kofi go cheebs comms are open in case anyones interested 😭👏👏)

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We need a parallel scene for the bookshop fire.

Where Aziraphale realise how much he loved Crowley, and can’t bare to live the eternity without him. Of course Love of my life will be playing. Aziraphale is gonna play it on CD because Queen is reminding him of Crowley, and he always secretly liked the band for that. But he is not gonna get drunk, no. He is gonna bunked himself from the world. At Crowley’s empty flat. With nothing to read, drink or eat. For days. And the plants will try to confort him (I don’t know how).

And one day Crowley is gonna come back “from the dead”. He will go to the bookshop but find it empty and cover in dust and spider webs. “Oh no not again”. But he can feel the angel's presence not far. He’ll go to his flat, and find Aziraphale curled in a ball on the ground next to the CD player, holding a pair of sunglasses in his hands. And Aziraphale is not gonna believe it, he is not gonna say a word. Crowley will approach him, slowly stop the CD player, take his glasses from hos friend's hands to put them on, without talking. He will just give him the warmest smile he never gave him. And Aziraphale will jump at his neck and hug him. This will be the first time they share a hug, and it won’t be the last.

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You sold me out? 

Birds of Prey (2020) dir. Cathy Yan