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it just occurred to me, martin wilby is the alex rider tv show's ash. there's a line in season 1 where the department is talking about wilby being responsible for ian's death and how ian âthought the world of him.â
very similar to how ash was responsible for john (and helen's) death, but john very clearly loved the guy. enough to make him alex's godfather and save his life. another very interesting parallel for the rider brothers.
ash and wilby are different to each other however. at least ash had somewhat more of a reason to join scorpia? a vendetta against alan blunt. wilby just straight up wanted money. yassen gregorovich stabbed both of them though.
#i kept typing wilby wrong and it kept autocorrecting to winky and i thought that was funny#but thats besides the point#both ash and wilby were killed by alex's older mentor guardian figures too. ben and yassen respectively#poor rider boys keep getting betrayed by being too loyal to men who didn't deserve it#i didnt wanna say it in the main post because it seemed to mean but wilby seems like a bit of a sad wet loser of a man#unlike ash who seemed a bit more. idk the words for it. cool? suave?#idk call me yassen gregorovich with how fascinated and obsessed i am with all the rider boys#alex rider#yassen gregorovich#john rider#ian rider#martin wilby#alex rider tv#alex rider books#maybe this has occurred to people before but i woke up from being half asleep and frantically skipped through the episodes until i found#that quote that john crawley said about what ian thought of wilby
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(Yassen, Ben, and Crawley all showing up at Dwain Garfield's house at the same time)
Yassen:...
Ben:...
Crawley:....
Ben: Sir-
Crawley: I know what the two of you have in mind, and trust me, my plan's better. If he dies there will be an investigation pointed at others. Possibly you [looks at Ben] or Alex, since you saw him recently and had...disagreements.
Yassen: What did you have in mind?
Crawley: Well...
...
(A week later)
Mrs. Jones: (to Alex) âYou might like to know that, last week, Mr. Garfield was found in a Washington, DC, motel, sound asleep, with an empty bottle of whiskey and half a million dollars stolen from the CIA concealed in his wheelchair. He has been suspended and is currently in jail.â ---Nightshade Revenge, Anthony Horowitz
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The only things I could think watching this:
- Ben and Joey have so had a fight đ Itâs why Benny banished him from the slips when he was there and kept putting him under the helmet đĽş
- Brydon and Harry⌠đđđ
- Zaky does not enjoy Brydon trying to move in on his man đ
#silly little thoughts#probably some ficspiration in here#cricfam#cricket#england cricket#cricketfandom#cricketslash#cricket fandom#ben stokes#joe root#brydon carse#harry brook#zak crawley#eng vs pak
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THIS ONE HAD ME HOWLINGGGG
#the ben foakes question was great#and the one about ollie being annoying was hilarious#ollie pope#zak crawley#ben foakes#cricket#england cricket#england#cricfam#cricketfandom#cricketslash#Instagram
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FOUR centurions on day one for England
#zak crawley#ben duckett#ollie pope#harry brook#also hyped for ducky#big duck energy#v exciting#also i was there on harry brook's first class debut look at him grown up!!#cricket
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Curious squad announcements
England squad for ODI series against New Zealand: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
I mean, itâs incredibly similar to the squad of four years ago that won and won dramatically, which is mainly good. I mean, they absolutely won on a wing and a prayer, but the same team will have the same wings and prayers, so. Iâm curious if S Curran will be in the starting XI. Probably - hopefully - and it seems to me that heâs the one projected to take on the Ben Stokes, batting-six-and-there-at-the-end role, and he doesnât seem ready for that now so I guess the inclusion of Stokes is good. Just, you know, itâs better if everyone arrives in India with the Captain able to move.
Iâm a bit surprised by the inclusion of Jason Roy. He hasnât done much for a while. I guess Iâm pleased in the sense that I like loyalty to players, but I was expecting Jacks, Crawley and Foakes and they have all contributed more to recent matches (although admittedly in different formats). But Iâm also pleased because I have loyalty to players and if J-Roy can find some form with Jonny, England will stand in incredible stead.
Leaving out Harry Brook though.
Chuffed for David Willey.
England squad for T20 series against New Zealand: Jos Buttler (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Josh Tongue, John Turner, Luke Wood.
Yay, Will Jacks! I think he might be the crucial test player of the future so itâs nice to see him beginning to be included. Also great to see more Rehan Ahmed.
I wondered about Crawley, but the red ball and white ball teams seem to be pulling away from each other to some degree, so Iâm not that surprised.
No Dan Lawrence in either format, which is a shame.
I donât recall Gus Atkinson when Surrey have played Middlesex but I guess he must be something. Surrey are certainly an extremely strong side - the white ball team isnât a million miles from a Surrey 1st XI. Which brings me toâŚ
Seriously. Has Foakes set fire to a pavilion? Murdered a groundskeeper? Chained himself to The Oval and refused to leave?
#cricket#ODI World Cup 2023#ODI v NZ 2023#T20 v NZ 2023#selection#Ben Stokes#Sam Curran#Harry Brook#Jason Roy#David Willey#Will Jacks#Rehan Ahmed#Zac Crawley#Dan Lawrence#Gus Atkinson#Ben Foakes#WHY HAVE THEY FORSAKEN FOAKES
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England's Ben Stokes ruled out for the remainder of the summer
England's Ben Stokes ruled out for the remainder of the summer #BenStokesinjury #Englandcricketnews
#Ben Stokes injury#England cricket news#England Test captain#England vs Sri Lanka#hamstring tear#Ian Bell batting coach#Northern Superchargers#Ollie Pope captain#Sri Lanka Test series#Stokes knee surgery#Stokes out summer#Test series Manchester#The Hundred injury#winter Test tour Pakistan#Zak Crawley injury
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#India vs England#Test series#Cricket news#Ravichandran Ashwin#100th test#Pramod Thomas#Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium#England innings#Joe Root#Jonny Bairstow#India victory#Ben Stokes#James Anderson#Barmy Army#Jasprit Bumrah#Ben Duckett#Zak Crawley#Ollie Pope#Yashasvi Jaiswal#Sarfaraz Khan#Kuldeep Yadav#Cricket match#Test series result#India celebrate#Reuters#Adnan Abidi#Cricket agencies#Cricket updates#Sports news#Cricket analysis.
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Hello all you lovely people! Iâve written a little series of Rebecca fanfics (mostly one shots, but there is a multi chapter work) over the last week or so. Iâd love it if you decided to give it a read.
TW: Discussions of rape, grooming, and abuse. Depictions of PTSD
#rebecca das musical#daphne du maurier#i stayed up way too late writing some of these#mrs de winter#maxim de winter#mrs danvers#beatrice lacy#frank crawley#ben#a shit ton of ocs i came up with in like 10 minutes#not gonna spoil anything#tw: rape#tw: grooming#tw: ptsd#rebecca de winter
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elizabeth mcgovern as cora crawley, countess of grantham, promotional photos for âdownton abbey,â which first premiered 14 years ago today
top: season 1 (aired 2010) & bottom: âdownton abbey: a new eraâ (premiered 2022)
đ¸: nick briggs & ben blackall
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imagine if k-unit would have been the ones to show up to mrs. jones' apartment to get alex when she hit the panic button
i am delighted that alex rider got the happy ending he deserves in the tv adaptation. but also im sad we didn't get to see ben daniels.
#i know it wouldn't have made any narrative sense#but after smithers and crawley had that moment at the department office when alex was dragged in#and k-unit already previously got upset about alex's rough treatment i would have loved to see their reaction to that#alex rider tv#ben daniels#k-unit#alex rider season 3 spoilers
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S2E2 - The Clue Write Up P1 - Land of Uz (2500 BC) and London (Present Day) up to the credits
Ooh itâs been a while since got to use an in-screen caption as one of the headers and I am delighted to be able to do it again! I may well just use the same two headers as we switch between the two time periods in this episode, just for simplicity. Sue me.
Thereâs a tiny detail thatâs been applied to this opening shot that I absolutely love â the video here has had an of effect applied to it to give it a vintage film feel. Sorry, thatâs as close as I come to describing it with any sort of eloquence â Iâm referring to the âfakeâ black marks and scratches that appear on the image briefly (you can see a couple on the header above). It doesnât last long (only until Crawley finishes his first line), but I think this subtle little effect sets us very firmly in a cinematic (cinematographic?) context. I also feel like the colouring of the image has been altered for the same purpose â it puts me in mind of one of those historical films from the 50s and 60s, like Ben Hur and Spartacus (which I suspect is probably the whole point).
Thereâs something else interesting about Crawleyâs appearance in this scene â his sunglasses. Cast your mind back to episode 3 in the first season (Hard Times), in which we saw him appearing without sunglasses all the way up to (and including) 33AD. I did comment on the appearance of the sunglasses in the 42AD scene in the write up for it:
Iâm not sure I actually find this sudden appearance of sunglasses some 2500 years earlier all that interesting. Thereâs a part of me that feels that they have probably been included here because we, as an audience, have come to expect Crawley/Crowleyâs costume to include a pair of stylised sunglasses by this point. Iâd actually be strangely satisfied with that if it was the case â I feel like the reason behind his choosing to wear them could be so much more interesting if this was simply a âcontinuity errorâ.
Just wanted to include this because I am thrilled Aziraphale finally gets a really bad-ass entrance. How many times have we seen Crowley sauntering his way into a scene, looking like the coolest thing on Earth (and knowing it)? So glad the angel gets a turn at that here. That said. Why exactly is it that Aziraphale has happened to show up at this place and time? As we will come to find out shortly, Crawley is actually acting with Heavenâs authority so I donât think the angel would have been sent there. It would present an interesting parallel to Crowleyâs supposed knack of knowing when the angel is in trouble, but also resurfaces the suggestion about them being aware of the otherâs whereabouts more often than not. I have to say, based on the conversation between them here, that seems unlikely â this exchange feels nothing but businesslike to me, cold even. Aziraphale even goes so far as to apologise (unapologetically) for having to do his job. We do learn that it has been about 500 years since theyâve seen each other, which is a nice little piece of backstory to have. I also consider it interesting to see Crowley providing a prompt to Aziraphale on how to complete his task, which provides a loose mirror parallel to what we saw Before the Beginning, that time with Aziraphale prompting his newfound friend that the incantations (for want of a better word) were not complete.
Side note: donât you just love those little goats for staying exactly where theyâve been put? Pretty sure most animals would have scarpered extremely quickly when a huge flaming ball appeared above them, never mind having another being literally appearing from thin air in a really spiky portal of light. They must be some very calm goats.
Given the light show that Aziraphale has brought with him to make an imposing entrance on a demon, Iâm pretty impressed with the restraint Crawley shows when he responds here â I mean heâs not exactly known for his patience is he? I also wonder if Aziraphaleâs comment about jokes is meant to be a throwback to Hasturâs vehemence that he doesnât like them, but the line is so throw-away that I canât see what relevance it would add at this point. What I do find interesting is that, now weâre no longer in the âpresent dayâ of this season, we see Aziraphale struggling with his preconceived notions of right/good and wrong/evil. Itâs something we saw quite a lot of in the first season, in both historical and âpresentâ timelines. In the second season though, what with Aziraphale no longer working for Heaven, we tend to see it a lot less. We saw it in the first episode in the Before the Beginning segment, and weâll see it again in the coming episodes, but predominantly in the historical scenes. Thereâs something about the fact that Aziraphale appears less conflicted about morality once he has been removed from the morality-defining authority, become more connected to humanity, and is found to be exercising his free will that I find deeply profound. No wonder the poor guy took 6000 years to realise that being Good isnât just about following orders, especially when you consider that instruction is tied to his very existence. That whole thing is a big concept, and I struggled to put it into any words that made sense, so I hope Iâve at least been kind of clear. Basically, what I wanted to say was that I love that the historical scenes are being used as a way to remind us of the character development that Aziraphale has gone through over the millennia â they show us where he came from. And itâs not just the angel that gets this treatment:
We havenât seen this version of Crawley/Crowley for quite a while, have we? The one that takes such delight in his mischief. And in case you missed it, we really should have known what he was up to â you can see two birds taking flight in the background behind his head, with an accompanying âcawâ to draw attention to their presence.
Iâm including that gif for no other reason that I find it Murielâs impersonation of a goose adorable. I do wonder what exactly would have been deemed important though, if Jobâs farm, camels, goat, oxen, children, and geese are all disposable. Iâm not going to go into the underlying subtext of the bet that has been made between God and Satan here â the story itself is little changed from its original biblical source so I feel like itâs a bit out of scope for an episode write up. What is interesting to see is that the item on the list that Aziraphale balks at is the same as the one that Crowley has previously demonstrated (on more than one occasion) is his âline in the sandâ for unacceptable acts â killing children. This will also be the first time, chronologically, that we see Aziraphale take his doubts to other angelic beings (some of whom are his superiors). Iâm assuming his way of doing things is a little more diplomatic than Crowleyâs was when he was in his angelic state, even if it is just as (un)fruitful.
This attitude towards Sitis and Job keeping their existing children rather than having them replaced with new ones says a lot about the Heavenly standard when it comes to understanding humanity and its eccentricities; his reasoning here being that it shouldnât matter if Jobâs existing children are murdered senselessly, as long as theyâre replaced with an equal (or greater) number of different children. There is no appreciation of the complexities behind human relationships, desires, or emotions. I feel like it makes the fact that both Gabriel and Michael claim to understand the difference between the subtle technical differences between âkilling someoneâ and ânot stopping someone from killing someoneâ pretty ironic, particularly when they are taking advantage of this technicality to maintain their stance of being the good guys. And all said in such a convincing (and convinced) tone. Gabrielâs stance really only makes sense when you take it out of humanityâs context, which I think is why itâs just not something Aziraphale would ever be comfortable with.
Alright, weâve jumped back into the present day to find Aziraphale apparently deep in thought about something. My take on it, and I think itâs a fairly common one, is that the whole Job sequence up to this point is a flashback as seen through Aziraphaleâs eyes. (Side note: a cash register ringing noise is an interesting sound effect to employ to highlight the placards here, seeing as we all know the angel never willingly sells a book) There are a couple of things I picked up on during this delightful little scene, the first of which is this line:
AZIRAPHALE: I just didnât see you coming.
I donât think it would be a huge leap of faith to say that this line is probably not meant to be limited to this scene, but to Gabrielâs appearance on the whole. I donât think itâs a huge revelation, I just love that itâs dropped in there so casually. And just as a quick note, I had previously wondered where Gabriel had been that he was able to sneak up on Aziraphale so easily, but it turns out that he would have been in plain sight as he approached the desk:
I love the way Aziraphale is bothered that somebody is bringing order to his chaos. Itâs my belief that those books are likely arranged in such a way that only he knows how to find anything. After all, customers canât buy books if they canât find them, can they? The idea that somebody might actually be bringing some order to that must be distressing. Itâs alright though, seeing as nobody will ever find anything theyâre looking for using Gabrielâs sorting system anyway.
We also have the first reference to the Buddy Holly song âEverydayâ in this scene. Iâm really pleased that it was included in the second season â apparently it was something Terry was really keen to use as a device in the first season. The script book even includes stage directions that the soundtrack for most of the end credits should be stylised versions of the song. The story goes that when David Arnold presented his version of the theme tune for the first season, it was deemed to be so appropriate that the âEverydayâ theme was dropped. I do absolutely love the theme tune we got. I also love that âEverydayâ was brought back in for the second season. Both things can be true đ
Last point of interest for this scene. The book that Jim reads from is âA Tale of Two Citiesâ. I will confess I havenât read it, and used Wikipedia to summarise the plot, which as I understand it revolves around a central character who is compelled to disassociate himself from the wrongdoings of his family. Thereâs a drunken man that testifies on behalf of the main character and helps to get him acquitted of a crime. Thereâs a trip to Paris in 1792 that sees the main character imprisoned in the Bastille and the same man that helped acquit the main character travels to Paris in 1793 in an attempt to rescue him. Thereâs also a character called Gabelle, whose request for assistance in a prison escape leads to the capture of the main character.
Itâs vague Iâll grant you, and I am sure I have missed a lot of the finer plot points. With that said, I donât think Iâd be alone in feeling like there are more than a few similarities to the 1793 Paris scene from Hard Times. Paris, the year, a prison rescue, and that name thatâs awfully similar to Gabriel⌠It makes me wonder if this might be a Clue as to Aziraphaleâs true purpose in Paris, and I suspect there might be a nice little project here to look at parallels between the novel and the 1793 storyline, but that would probably involve reading the original novel. In case you had missed it, time is not something I have a lot of right now, and classics bore the living shit out of me so itâs not something I can commit to so if anybody wants to take up that mantel, please feel free.
Donât you just love that this is the first time we actually see Crowley sleeping in the show at all? There was a scene that didnât make it to the final cut in the first season that saw him sleeping (in a bed/against a wall/on the ceiling), and one from just after he got out of bed. There is also explicit mention of his love of sleep in the book and we as a fandom have taken that cannon well and truly to heart. Yet this is the first confirmation we have in the show that he does in fact sleep. Itâs a nice little touch for us to have â there really is no denying that this demon sleeps from this point on.
I made a note of Michael referring to Aziraphale as a âformer angelâ at the end of the first episode, and commented on how this feels like an inaccuracy. Interestingly Crowley makes an identical inaccuracy here in referring to himself as a âformer demonâ. To recap:
I feel the same way about Crowley and his status. I also note that Shax doesnât correct his use of the past tense, but perhaps thatâs because sheâs confused at his use of sarcasm. Whatâs also of note is that she appears not to have any knowledge that Beelzebub and Crowley have already discussed the matter of Gabriel, likely because the former is trying to keep that under wraps. It makes me wonder if Crowley might have noticed that discrepancy had the discussion not turned to talk about the miracle that was performed in the bookshop the night before. And now we can briefly turn to the controversy that I raised from the last episode about whether Crowley actually had anything to do with said miracle:
SHAX: A miracle of enormous power happened last night. The kind of miracle only the mightiest of archangels could have performed.
So from her perspective, it looks like she believes Gabriel (as Supreme Archangel) performed the miracle himself. My theory about Crowley not playing his part in it gets pretty shaky at this point, because Aziraphale supposedly wouldnât have been able to perform a miracle of that strength on his own. There is a âbutâ here. Or rather, an âunlessâ. What if Gabriel contributed to the miracle that was performed, but unknowingly? Possibly even unwillingly? His power, either alone or being added to that of another, might explain the colouration of the plume we see originating from the bookshop on the globe at the end of the episode. Yeah, thatâs right, Iâm not dropping this theory yet! Itâs such a shame we donât see any other example of plumes, because that would really either lend weight to it or completely discredit it. Shax clearly doesnât think much of Crowleyâs claim to the miracle regardless â she doesnât even respond to him when he offers the possibility that it was him that did it.
It's also notable that Crowley makes no protestations about Shaxâs label of âfriendâ when referring to Aziraphale. Unfortunately, we donât get to see his face when she says it, but we do see that itâs unchanged when the close up returns to him. Iâm not saying this is a denial of his true feelings, merely pointing out that this would have been hotly refuted prior to the body switch incident. Whether Crowley doesnât care that Hell knows about his âfriendshipâ or just canât be bothered to argue isnât clear at this point. What is clear, is that Shaxâs threats are convincing enough that the plants are frightened â you can see (and hear) them shaking in the background:
Iâm sure Crowley probably starts the car in a pass-agg response to his being threatened, but thereâs a big part of me that believes he really does it because Shax has had the audacity to frighten his beloved plants. I donât have any evidence to suggest thatâs the case, but I wonât be swayed on that regardless. As a final point of note: this will be the second time Crowley has been offered the âopportunityâ to help Hell and refused. He clearly has no interest in helping them â his bridges are well and truly burned as far as heâs concerned.
And with that, weâve arrived at the credits, which feels like an excellent place to wrap this part up. I donât think this instalment has been quite as controversial as the last one but as ever: questions, comments, discussion, always welcome. See you for the next one! đ
#good omens#episode analysis#good omens season 2#aziracrow#aziraphale#crowley#head canon#good omens gabriel#good omens shax#crowley's plants
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Naawwww of course Ducky gave Zak his 50th cap đĽ°
#cricfam#cricket#england cricket#cricketfandom#cricketslash#cricket fandom#ben duckett#zak crawley#eng vs pak
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Interviews should ALWAYS be conducted by kids.
End of discussion.
If they pair Joe and Ben, Joe and Mark or Mark and Ben I will explode.
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#kind of angling for Joe/Ben though#we had Mark/Ben in the ashes one last year#cricket#the ben foakes question was great#and the one about ollie being annoying was hilarious#ollie pope#zak crawley#ben foakes#england cricket#england#cricfam#cricketfandom#cricketslash
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Welcome to Letters2fiction!
The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and youâll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list Iâve made, but of course, you can ask if thereâs some other characters I write for, I donât always remember all the shows, movies or books Iâve consumed over the years and Iâm sure Iâm missing a lot đ
Status: New Characters added - Thursday March 21st, 2024
TV SERIES
A Discovery of Witches:
Matthew Clairmont
Baldwin Montclair
Gallowglass de Clermont
Marcus Whitmore
Philippe de Clermont
Jack Blackfriars
Sarah Bishop
Emily Mather
Diana Bishop
Ysabeau de Clermont
Miriam Shepard
Phoebe Taylor
Gerbert DâAurillac
Peter Knox
Father Andrew Hubbard
Benjamin Fuchs
Satu Järvinen
Meridiana
Law and Order:
Rafael Barba
Sonny Carisi
Joe Velasco
Mike Duarte
Terry Bruno
Peter Stone
Hasim Khaldun
Nick Amaro NEW!
Mike Dodds
Grace Muncy
Kat Tamin
Toni Churlish
Amanda Rollins
Olivia Benson
Rita Calhoun
Casey Novak
Melinda Warner
George Huang
Sam Maroun
Nolan Price
Jamie Whelan
Bobby Reyes
Jet Slootmaekers
Ayanna Bell
Jack McCoy
Elliot Stabler
One Chicago:
Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)
Antonio Dawson
Adam Ruzek
Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz
Dante Torres
Vanessa Rojas
Kevin Atwater
Sean Roman
Matt Casey
Kelly Severide
Joe Cruz
Sylvie Brett
Blake Gallo
Christopher Hermann
"Mouch"
Otis
Violet Mikami
Evan Hawkins
Mayans MC:
Angel Reyes
Miguel
Bishop
Coco
Nestor
911 verse:
Athena Grant
Bobby Nash
Henrietta "Hen" Wilson
Evan "Buck" Buckley
Eddie Diaz
Howie "Chimney" Han
Ravi Panikkar
T.K. Strand
Owen Strand
Carlos Reyes
Marjan Marwani
Paul Strickland
Tommy Vega
Judson "Judd" Ryder
Grace Ryder
Nancy Gillian
Mateo Chavez
The Rookie:
Lucy Chen
Tim Bradford
Celina Juarez
Aaron Thorsen
Nyla Harper
Angela Lopez
Wesley Evers
BBC Sherlock:
Greg Lestrade
Mycroft Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Moriarty
Molly
Bridgerton:
Anthony Bridgerton
Benedict Bridgerton
Simon Basset
Daphne Bridgerton
Eloise Bridgerton
Kate Sharma
Edwina Sharma
Marina Thompson/Crane
Outlander:
Jamie Fraser
Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser
Frank Randall
Black Jack Randall
Brianna Fraser
Roger MacKenzie
Fergus Fraser
Marsali Fraser
Jenny Fraser Murray
Ian Murray Sr.
Ian Fraser Murray
Murtagh Mackenzie
Call The Midwife:
Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette
Dr. Patrick Turner
Nurse Trixie Franklin
Nurse Phyllis Crane
Lucille Anderson
Nurse Barbara Gilbert
Chummy
Sister Hilda
Miss Higgins
PC Peter Noakes
Reverend Tom Hereward NEW!
Narcos:
Horacio Carrillo
Peaky Blinders:
Tommy Shelby
Downton Abbey:
Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham
Lady Mary Crawley
Lady Edith Crawley
Lady Sybil Crawley
Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham
Isobel Crawley
Matthew Crawley
Lady Rose MacClare
Lady Rosamund Painswick
Henry Talbot
Tom Branson
Mr. Charles Carson
Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson
John Bates
Anna Bates
Daisy Mason
Thomas Barrow
Joseph Molesley
Land Girl:
Connie Carter
Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)
Midsomer Murder:
DCI Tom Barnaby
Joyce Barnaby
Dr. George Bullard
DCI John Barnaby
Sarah Barnaby
DS Ben Jones
DS Jamie Winter
Sgt. Gavin Troy
Fleur Perkins
WPC Gail Stephens
Kate Wilding
DS Charlie Nelson
Sergeant Dan Scott
NEW! Once Upon A Time
Regina / The Evil Queen
Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White
David Nolan / Prince Charming
Emma Swan
Killian Jones / Captain Hook
Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin
Neal Cassidy / Baelfire
Peter Pan
Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman
Jefferson / The Mad Hatter
Belle
Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
Will Scarlet
Zelena / Wicked Witch
Alice (Once in Wonderland)
Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)
Jafar (Once in Wonderland)
Gideon
Tiger Lily
Naveen
Tiana
Granny
Ariel
Prince Eric
Aladdin
Jasmine
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hercules
Megara
Tinker Bell
Merida
Red Riding Hood
Mulan
Aurora / Sleeping Beauty
Prince Phillip
Cinderella
Prince Thomas
NEW! The Vampire Diaries / The Originals
Stefan Salvatore
Damon Salvatore
Caroline Forbes
Elena Gilbert
Bonnie Bennett
Enzo St. John
Niklaus Mikaelson
Elijah Mikaelson
Kol Mikaelson
Rebekah Mikaelson
Freya Mikaelson
Finn Mikaelson
Mikael
Esther
Marcel Gerard
Davina Claire
MOVIES
The Pirates of the Caribbean:
Captain Jack Sparrow
Barbossa
Will Turner
Elizabeth Swann
James Norrington
Kingsman:
Merlin
Harry Hart
Eggsy Unwin
James Spencer / Lancelot
Alastair / Percival
Roxy Morton / Lancelot
Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd
Orlando Oxford
Jack Daniels / Whiskey
Gin
BOOKS
Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:
Declan
Callahan
Rowan
Iris
Alana
Zahra
Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:
Noah
Liam
Jax
Santiago
Maya
Sophie
Elena
Chloe
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Merc, what kind of Historical Military Man gets the wheels turning for you? What are the markers of 'Oh, that one, that one is now mine'?
Nat, I'm going to be honest, this question provoked something of an existential crisis. so I went back through, like, 20 years of fandom favorites to see if there's a pattern.
Spoiler: there isn't, apart from a perennial need to be different. This is kind of long .
2001 (ish) - Lord of the Rings is coming out, and you are either a Legolas or Aragorn girl. I am deep in my 'not like the other girls' phase and decide Boromir is actually the superior choice here. (This leads me to watch A LOT of period dramas that are probably not appropriate for for me at this age, including Clarissa and Lady Chatterley's Lover.) It also leads me to the Sharpe books, which are great and awesome. Richard Sharpe doesn't necessarily do anything for me as a character, but that gets me into Hornblower, which gets me into the Aubreyad, which leads me to read a lot about the Napoleonic Wars in high school. Cliff-diving into a different historical period is now something I do every single summer.
I also spend about 5 years (2008-2013) writing a 225,000 word fanfic in which Boromir doesn't die.
2010-2015
Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) is really only in the army a brief while but who can say no to the blue eyes and the absolute vibe he has going with Mary?
During the Downton phase I decide to raid the library for other period dramas, again, and watch The Forsyte Saga. Soames Forsyte is not a man you love, but Damian Lewis has A Face and I know he was on Band of Brothers, which the library perennially never has a copy of.
2011
I finally watch Band of Brothers in its entirety my senior year of college and am a little disappointed I appear to be missing large parts of the story. (Future rewatches will explain that this is actually a feature of the show, not a bug.) My recollections of this are hazy, but I'm fairly certain my favorite character the first time I watched this was Lewis Nixon (Ron Livingston). He's dark-haired, he's funny, he's an absolute mess with a trust fund. Dick Winters (Damian Lewis) also has one hell of a face. He's a red-head, he's in charge of everyone else, he doesn't say much, and he is tall. I know there must be fic for this show but am also very, very sure it is shippy in a direction I do not want to read, so I do not go looking for it.
TURN - 2014-2017
Ben Tallmadge (Seth Numrich) is the guy to watch on TURN: he's a lieutenant, he's tall, he struggles with rules, but the entire fandom is also crazy about him and the leading queen bee in the OC end of that fandom is a real pain about it, so I decide I will not be writing for him no matter what it costs me to hold off admitting I want to. However, in the next episode we meet his best friend, Caleb Brewster (Daniel Henshall) who is short, bearded, dark-haired and chaotic. The moment he comes onscreen I love him. Sadly, no one is reading fic for him and this project is abandoned.
In Season 3, we meet the Marquis de Lafayette. Historical Lafayette is a tall, awkward redhead in need of a father figure who makes up for war experience with boundless enthusiasm. His letters home are adorable. Show Lafayette (Ben Wiles) is tall and enthusiastic. I love him anyway and I make it everyone's problem for, like, a year.
2016-2017 - Mercy Street
Henry Hopkins (Luke Macfarlane) is a military chaplain in a hotel-turned Union hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. He's tall, he's a little tortured, and he has a knack for putting others first. Wrestling with some past choices, his romance with Emma Green, the privileged daughter of the family who owned the hotel, is sweet and full of pining. I write so much fix-it fic for them it's not even funny. (I love this show because the female characters I love come pre-installed. Please watch this.)
2016 - Dunkirk
I see this movie three times in theaters and love it more each time. Collins (Jack Lowden) is a blonde RAF flyboy with a very adorable face. (Tom Glynn Carney is also a face I like but he's on a backburner for a bit.) I write a lot of fic about it and affectionately refer to this as my first Planes Go Zoom phase.
2020
Two weeks into the pandemic I decide rewatching Band of Brothers is a good idea and buy the book and the DVD set from my local secondhand bookshop like I am doing a drug deal in a parking lot. Two weeks after that I am writing a fanfic for Dick Winters (Damian Lewis) because I am a loon who likes men in charge and painfully slow burns.
2021
Still in the middle of a pandemic I decide to watch The Pacific, because I make good decisions, apparently. Hoosier Smith (Jacob Pitts) is a taciturn, wise-cracking friend of Leckie's who is joked about as being the pretty one. He is. Andrew Haldane (Scott Gibson) is quiet, unassuming, and in charge, and played college football for Bowdoin. Very dad energy. Extremely charming. Dead in three episodes as history intended. Fix-it fic incoming.
2022 Top Gun Maverick comes out. Jake "Hangman" Seresin (played by Glen Powell, who I loved in Hidden Figures and The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Pie Society) has a jawline you could cut something with and an attitude. My friends think I am mental. Second Planes Go Zoom phase coupled with Devotion, which comes out shortly after.
SAS Rogue Heroes comes out. I have been really looking forward to seeing Tom Glynn Carney in something else and he delivers. Mike Sadler is blond, extremely good at his job, not capable of suffering fools, and far too attractive for the desert.
2024
We do not even make it out of trailer season before I realize I still have a Thing (TM) for Callum Turner's face, which I have known since he was Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts. Watching The Boys in the Boat before this all starts doesn't help - he has regrettably blond hair but thighs for days and shoulders you could hang the universe on. John "Bucky" Egan, is tall, dark-haired, incredibly generous spirited and nominally in charge. I want all of it. The rest of the fandom does too. I try to make peace with that and write anyway. Third Planes Go Zoom phase.
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