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I just started watching the amrican adaptation of bbc ghosts and i fucking hate it.
Especially Isaac. He replaces the Captain as the new gay character who's in the military. However, unlike the Captain, being gay becomes his whole personality. Every joke turns into "oh, haha, get it, he's feminine because he's gay!!!".
The reason i loved the Captain so much, was because he WASN'T a stereotypical depiction of a gay man. He technically fit male gender roles (strong, authoritarian, stern, fit, literally in the military) despite being queer. Sure, there's jokes about him finding men attractive, but they are the same as the jokes about Thomas's crush. He doesn't get turned into some stereotypical caricature of a gay guy. He has a couple moments like that, like when he played the fairy godmother, but he doesn't constantly get portrayed as feminine just because he's gay.
Isaac however? Any joke related to him is tied to him being gay. Even the military stuff. He finds out that Hamilton is way more famous than him, and of course, the thing that bothers him the most it that there's a musical about him. (get it? Because obviously gay men love musicals. And girls like pink and boys like blue.) Hell, even when he sits, he does exaggerated fem poses.
Especially with the American adaptation, it just feels like they turned an amazing depiction of a queer character, with a personality outside of their queerness, into a very flat and stereotyped one.
I don't mind fem depictions of gay men. There IS gay men, who behave exactly like Isaac. And, this is a comedy show that relies on stereotypes: all ghosts are some sort of stereotype.
However, I'm sick of media trying to frame it as "gay man = feminine". There's so, so many queer characters who are portrayed as inherently "different". In so many shows, lesbians are always butch and gay men always feminine and it's framed in a way that suggests that they are gnc BECAUSE of their queerness, and not in addition to it, and i hate it.
Its just a way to enforce gender roles despite queer identities. Because if a woman likes other women, that must mean shes similar to a man, right?
What about straight gnc characters. Why do we rarely see cishet characters break gender roles, without it being depicted as something bad? (the few examples of gnc characters in popular media that i can think of, are like, guys who out on a dress and got made fun of because of it.)
Can we please stop with the whole "boys are blue, pinks are girls and queer people are gnc!" shit? It's really annoying. And it frames queerness as something different, something that fundementally changes/affects a person's whole personality. Like seriously. Do you not think that the depiction of "same gender attraction = your whole personality is different" is really really fucking weird? I know that it has historical context and everything, because many gay man do behave stereotypically feminine (either as a subtle hint at their queerness, or just because they are already a "deviation" from the norm, so why not say fuck you to the whole system and live your life however you want?) but. But please please please stop pretending like queer people are inherently different from cishets. That just gives people an excuse to be homophobic.
(feel free to add your own take, im sure there's plenty of other interesting perspectives on this that are different from mine, but be nice about it! I wanna have a discussion, not an argument.)
#bbc ghosts#american ghosts#american bbc ghosts#the captain#queer#stereotypes#queer tv#queer discourse
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WAS ANYONE GONNA TELL ME THEY ARE MAKING A GERMAN GHOSTS SERIES OR???????????
#fuck yeah let's go I'm so hyped#I am arrogantly convinced it will be much better than the us adaptation but that's because I think us ghosts is absolutely terrible#I am so sorry no offence but it looks so bad#biased opinion from someone who's in love with uk ghosts and generally prefers british televison over american tv so. grain of salt#bbc ghosts#german stuff
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some video essays I thought were really good/interesting (tagging the fandoms and movies involved)
The Postmodern Horror of TikTokâs Encanto Discourse
How the Music Spoils Sweeny Todd (and why thatâs a good thing!)
The Lion King 1 1/2: Judaism, White Pride, and Paranoia
Monsters University and Disability
The Trans Boy Meets World Episode
The Queer Subtext of American Psyco
Women are Meat | Silence of the Lambs is a a movie about Womanhood
The anti-establishment undertones of Horrible Histories
The Internet Folklore of Creepypastas
Unpacking Moral Orel | An Under-appreciated Masterpiece
How Doki Doki Literiture Club Perfected Psychological Horror
Puss in Boots and the Three Villain Types
Images that Make You Kill Yourself
Issac Higgintoot: lost in adaptation (note: this one is about BBC Ghosts btw.)
Did FNAF Ever Have a Good Story?
#video essay#video essays#video recommendations#bbc ghosts#ddlc#the silence of the lambs#moral orel#puss n boots the last wish#sweeny todd#encanto#fnaf#creepypasta#horrible histories#american psycho#boy meets world#disney pixar#the lion king
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i dont have this as a coherent argument but there's something about bbc ghosts that is just so much more. genuine? than the american one. and I only watched like 2 episodes of the cbs one but still. to me i think it suffered from that marvel-ification "he's behind me isnt he?" wink wonk cheesy like. exaggeration in a way that wasnt purposeful or sincere. the whole everyone is beautiful and no one is horny situation. whereas in bbc ghosts the whole show is a little bit rough around the edges and ugly and imperfect in a way that makes it infinitely more endearing. I'd rather watch a theater production where someone occasionally misses a cue but the people care and have something to say, rather than a perfectly airbrushed and photoshopped one that talks a lot and says nothing. yknow?
#idk there's just a different vibe entirely#when mary walks through someone they smell burning because she was burned at the stake#and alison says 'i think your toast is burning'#but when whoever walks through whats her name. sam.#they're like 'WHOA did you FART' *90s sound effect*#like its just. so much less. anything.#less meaningful less funny less real. less.#anyway#you can watch the american one i dont care.#i just know theres a reason i dont like it and i cant really put a finger on it#but this is a big part of it#bbc ghosts#im not gonna tag the cbs one no hate
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Years ago I orphaned my entire ao3 page (like 40ish fics) and to this day I regret it
#ao3#Fanfiction#fics#ghosts#cbs ghosts#ghosts cbs#american housewife#cooliver#doctor who#bbc ghosts#sam arondekar#sam/jay#cooliver american housewife
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im still here
kinda been doing a lot of self care the last week for obvious reasons
but also focusing on my phd work
anyways im gonna binge the american version of BBC ghosts
#I watched the BBC show when it was airing and loved it#so far the american version is honestly just as good#similar but not equal vibes#some of the ghosts are the same btu some are different
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Tried watching the American version of Ghosts again. It's worse. Definitely worse. But in, like, an *insulting* way. They removed every subtlety! Do they think my American brain was incapable of comprehending that Captain was in the closet without him making stereotypical jokes about it every three sentences??? And they made Fanny younger and "hotter". For why? Hhh. Agh. Argh. I need to make art of the original BBC series.
I miss Kittie.
I'm gonna draw Kittie.
#pebble rants#bbc ghosts#ghosts sitcom#cbs ghosts#of course the American one is the first search result#instead of the good one
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"This fic was written by an american," I whisper, reading about gay british people
Little does the trash goblin in my brain know,
I am also an american
#bbc ghosts#doctor who#tma#the magnus archives#patcap#jonmartin#a shoutout to ginger beer and happy christmas#and their american cousins ginger ale and merry christmas#and the honorable mention of lasagne vs lasagna#and the warner sister#fanfic#ao3
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chat,,,, hear us out. Canadian Ghosts. CBC Ghosts. give me a sitcom with a Canadian Filipino from the 30s or 60s. give me more indigenous ghosts (Ojibwe, Anishnaabe, Metis, Cree, Haudenosaunee , LITERALLY ANY IM ONLY NAMING ONTARIO NATIONS BECAUSE I LIVE IN ONTARIO) rep. give me a wwi captain who is the reason why the geneva conventions were put in the first place. give me a fuckass quebecer, one trudeau lookin ass motherfuck.
GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEE . CBC LISTEN TO ME AND DONT MAKE IT OFFENSIVE .
#mint thoughts#ghosts#bbc ghosts#im crying they also have to be american haters đ sorry american moots
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Idk yesterday I got bored and decided to take pics of my 2 bookshelves (from the main living room and the middle room respectively) filled to the brim with books, DVDs and CDs (among other things) that I own/have got, and then I thought itâd be cool to show yâall my lovely collection of things.
Hereâs my 2 Exquisite Collection of Things I have (mostly consisting of my special interests, both former and current <33)
(From the Main Living Room shelf)

Items Found:
Specific Labels for the things which are featured on my shelves :
(F) = Films
(TVS/MS) = TV Series/Miniseries
(CD) = Compact Disc(/s) (aka CDs)
(CT) = Cassette Tape(/s)
(B) = Books(/s)
(LP) = Live Performance
(Z) = Zine(/s)
#1 : (from top - bottom) (Left; Top Shelf)
DVDs including; âAmerican Friendsâ (1991) (F), âHoly Flying Circusâ (2011) (F), âIn The Earthâ (2021) (F), âA Field in Englandâ (2013) (F), âA Liarâs Autobiographyâ (2012) (F), âRemember Meâ (2014) (TVS/MS), âVanity Fairâ (2018) (TVS/MS)

#2 : (Middle; Top Shelf) âTorchwood : Tropical Beach Sounds & Other Relaxing Seascapes #4â (2020) (CD)

#3 : (from top - bottom) (Right; Top Shelf) DVDs including; âPsychovilleâ (2009-2011) (TVS/MS), âThe League of Gentlemen: Live Again!â (2018) (F) (LP), âThe League of Gentlemen Are Behind You!â (2006) (F) (LP), âThe League of Gentlemenâs Apocalypseâ (2005) (F), âThe League of Gentlemen: Live At Drury Laneâ (2001) (F) (LP), âThe League of Gentlemen : The Complete Collectionâ (1999-2017) (TVS/MS)

#4 : (from top - bottom) (Left; Bottom Shelf) Books including; âA Kind of Sparkâ by Elle McNicoll (B), âMy So-Called Bollywood Lifeâ by Nisha Sharma (B), âSubmarineâ by Joe Dunthorne (B), âBaby Loveâ by Jacqueline Wilson (B), âThe League of Gentlemen : A Local Book for Local People) (B) (a Tie-in Book for the TV show), âGhosts : The Button House Archivesâ (B) (a Tie-in Book for the TV show)

#5 : (Bottom) (Right; Bottom Shelf)
âBe Funny Or Dieâ by Joel Morris (B)

(From the Middle Room Shelf)

#1 : (from top - bottom) (Left; Top Shelf) CDs & DVDs including; âSpot The Loonyâ (2015) (CD), âSpot The Loonyâ (2001) (CD), âShanghai Knightsâ (2003) (F), âHarlotsâ (2017-2019) (TVS/MS), âImagine Me & Youâ (2005) (F), âMonty Python : The Moviesâ (2006) (F), âMonty Pythonâs Flying Circus : The Complete Series 1-4 (1969-1974) Fully Restored in HDâ (2019) (TVS/MS), âQueer As Folk : Definitive Collectorâs Editionâ (1999-2000)(TVS/MS)

#2 : (from top - bottom) (Right; Top Shelf) Books including; âGraham Crackers : Fuzzy Memoirs, Silly Bits and Outright Liesâ by (Monty Pythonâs) Graham Chapman (compiled by Jim Yoakum) (B), âThe Life of Graham : The Authorised Biography of Graham Chapmanâ by Bob McCabe (B), âCalcium Made Interesting : Sketches, Letters, Essays & Gondolasâ by (Monty Pythonâs) Graham Chapman (edited by Jim Yoakum) (B), âOJRIL : The Completely Incomplete Graham Chapman (Unpublished Scripts by Monty Pythonâs Pipe-Smoking Genius)â by Graham Chapman (edited by Jim Yoakum) (B), âGhosts : Brought to Life (The Making of a Classic)â (a BTS Tie-in book for the TV Show and that looks into the making of the show itself) (B), âThere and Back : Diaries 1999-2009 (Volume #4)â by Michael Palin (B)

#3 : (top & across) (Left; Bottom Shelf)
Includes; âPeter Falk Tries on Hatsâ (a Zine about Peter Falk) by Ren Wednesday (Z), The Michael Palin Diaries Volumes #1-#3 (in chronological order; âThe Python Years : Diaries 1969-79 (Volume #1)â, âHalfway to Hollywood : Diaries 1980-88 (Volume #2)â, âTraveling to Work : Diaries 1988-98 (Volume #3)â) (B)

#4 : (top - bottom) (Middle; Bottom Shelf) Books, Zines & DVDs including; âThe Little Guide to Monty Pythonâ (B), âHigh Precision Ghostsâ (a Zine about Graham Chapman) by Ren Wednesday (Z), âA Liarâs Autobiography: Volume VI (#6)â by Graham Chapman (B), âA Liarâs Autobiographyâ the audiobook cassette tape from the 1980s, recorded by Graham Chapman (CT), âMedieval Livesâ by Terry Jones & Alan Ereira (B) (a Tie-in book for the TV show), âErebus : The Story of A Shipâ by Michael Palin (B), âSpyâ (2011-2012) (TVS/MS), âMurder Rooms : The Mysteries of The Real Sherlock Holmesâ (2000-2001) (TVS/MS), âThe Pythons Autobiography By The Pythonsâ by Bob McCabe (B), âGreat Uncle Harry : A Tale of War and Empireâ by Michael Palin (B)

#5 : (side and top - bottom) (Right; Bottom Shelf) Side (DVDs) includes; Hunderby (Series 1) (2012) (TVS/MS), Hunderby (Series 2) (2015) (TVS/MS)
Top - Bottom (DVDs) including; â(Monty Pythonâs) Graham Chapman : Looks Like A Brown Trouser Jobâ (2005) (F) (LP), âMongrelsâ (2010-2011) (TVS/MS), âRomance With A Double Bassâ (1974) (F), âSimon Magusâ (1999)/âThe Nine Lives Of Tomas Katzâ (2000) (F), âBunny And The Bullâ (2009) (F), âTreacle Jrâ (2010) (F), âThe Taming Of The Shrewâ (1980) (F), âItâs A Sinâ (2021) (TVS/MS), âDo Not Adjust Your Setâ (1967-1969) (TVS/MS), âAt Last The 1948 Showâ (1967) (TVS/MS), âThe Terrorâ (Series 1 & 2) (2018-2019) (TVS/MS)

Anyway, thatâs it for whatâs on my shelves!! Do let me know yâallâs thoughts on my shelves full of stuff, and let me know which is your personal favourite thing(/s) from my shelves and why!!
#monty python#the terror#itâs a sin#at last the 1948 show#do not adjust your set#harlots#the league of gentlemen#psychoville#mongrels#hunderby#bbc ghosts#shanghai knights#shakespeare#the taming of the shrew#queer as folk#a field in england#in the earth#a liarâs autobiography (2012)#holy flying circus#a liarâs autobiography#vanity fair#american friends (1991)#the nine lives of tomas katz (2000)#treacle jr (2010)#a kind of spark#murder rooms#dvds#books#cds#cassette tape
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Thomas: I just listened to one of those Suffragette speeches! Did you know that women are told by society what they can and can't do?! Just like I was told I couldn't perform my poetry to the King!
Thomas: Mary, have you ever considered what it must be like to live as a woman?! The challenges those poor creatures face?!
Mary:
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"I study AP Lit"
"I study AP Biology"
Yeah well I study AP Havers
#I'm not American so I really hope this makes sense#i couldn't help it#bbc ghosts#the button house archives#the button house archives spoilers#bbc ghosts book spoilers#bbc ghosts book#red lever
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#tv shows#vote#ghosts#cbs ghosts#ghosts cbs#american housewife#doctor who#bbc ghosts#sam arondekar#sam/jay#ghosts bbc#new girl#abbott elementary#friends#how i met your mother#school spirits#glee#abc#bbc
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so distraught that i decided to speed-binge through bbc ghosts bc i wanna watch it again but it's literally too fresh.. i should have savoured it ;_;
#bbc ghosts#welcome to talkmaster#in desperation i started the cbs version and comparitively it's like trying to speed through molasses.#sorry to any fans of the american version but it just doesn't have any teeth
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