#coupling

[singinprincess]

GINA BELLMAN as JANE CHRISTIE Coupling 4.04 'Circus of the Epidurals'

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

[bullsupporter]

[stanisacoolname]

Did you know that Lupin had a japanese grandson also named Arsène ? who's also a burglar ? 💵💴💶💷 Well, inspector Zenigata chases him since 1967!

Inspector Zenigata and Lupin from Lupin the third

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[doctormastertardis]

How old were you when you discovered DW? How old are you now? How far into DW are you?

It's so weird how DW became this "international" geek sensation. I am 38 years old this year (2024), and was born and raised in a small province in the Philippines, far away from Manila... my family moved to California when I was 13... I remember I used to watch Queer As Folks (the American series) when we moved to America from middle school to high school (age 13-17). That was also around the same time I discovered and marathoned (online) the ORIGINAL Queer As Folks as written by Russell T. Davies. Coincidentally, I was also a BIG fan of Coupling back in my "American high school" years, which Steven Moffat wrote for but I didn't know back then... I think I didn't really get into Doctor Who until the Matt Smith era though in my mid-20s... I remember I had just graduated from college at age 24, and I was looking for a good show that would remind me of "nostalgic" shows I used to watch as a kid (BUFFY was a big show for me throughout childhood and teenage years). I got into DW because Matt Smith was a cutie, not gonna lie. And it was during the fifth season, too, when Amy Pond was soooo young! I remember after finishing Matt Smith's VERY FIRST DEBUT (his first episode), after that, I marathoned (almost) all of David Tennant's! I had started with Martha Jones and finished all of the specials and Donna's season. I remember forcing myself to watch Nine and Ten/Rose's seasons (which in hindsight, I was being ignorant about the history). At the time when I was first getting into this show at age 24-27, I was CURRENTLY watching Matt Smith's then-current-run while simultaneously "catching up" on Tennant's. I remember, I didn't really start watching Classic Who until I was in my late 20s to early 30s, and to this day I still haven't seen all of Classic Who. I have seen MOST and A LOT of Pertwee's episodes, the entire first season of First Doctor, a FEW and SOME of Fourth and Fifth's popular episodes, and very little of Sixth and Seventh's episodes. I did see McGann's movie, and it was cool. I haven't seen a 2nd Doctor episode simply because they're difficult to find... But yah, it is INCREDIBLE to see DW gain popularity all over the world. Now it's on Disney and we have Fifteen.

[aretheybisexual]

Do you know this (canon) bisexual character?

Propaganda:

This video.

[raurquiz]

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[singinprincess]

GINA BELLMAN as JANE CHRISTIE Coupling 4.05 'The Naked Living Room'

[bullsupporter]

[stanisacoolname]

They are not in love in the manga and yet, I know a lot of fans who can not imagine them differently 🍥

[burtontracks]

Life – 230621bh

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[canondorff]

8/8/2024

[mdhwrites]

Uh hi, I wanted to send an ask so...

I wanna be a good writer and do comedy. What advice would you give me to do good comedy?

Amuse yourself and you will amuse others.

That's sadly the best I can really give. Comedy is one of those things where you do need someone well versed in it in order to get a lot of the nitty gritty details on what makes it work. What good timing is, what good exaggeration is, when understatement can kill so much more effectively than overstatement.

The best litmus test you can give yourself for if something you are writing is funny is if it makes yourself laugh. If your joke feels a bit flat to you, ask what you can do to try and enhance it. Can you frame it better? Can you maybe punch it up and make it a little more exciting so it has the energy it needs to have the punch the joke requires? Are you using contrast at all with it? A blunt pun is going to usually come across way funnier when it comes out of nowhere from your really serious character than the one who always tells jokes. For that matter, how are you having it be received in universe? A lot of comedies will just let a joke go but some REALLY require someone to groan or shake their head or even laugh along with it in order to sell the impact of it. One of the funniest moments in literature for me actually doesn't come from the initial joke. In the first Ranger's Apprentice book, we get a moment of a younger Ranger ribbing his old master with some sarcasm. In response we get, "Sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit, it is the absence of it." The vitriol to which the joke is received is one of the best things that has ever stuck with me. If you want to maybe try a little bit of British comedy, Coupling is GREAT for a wide variety of characters bouncing off of each other and probably has a big influence on my own comedy. One example of it using exaggeration contrasted by seriousness is its opening joke where a man is lamenting to his friend about a girl who literally refuses to let him dump her. In response, his buddy goes, "Do you know what I call this type of woman? The sort you can't get rid of?" The first guy crosses his arms, already smiling before asking, "Is this going to be tasteless? Am I going to be ashamed to be your friend?"

"No, it's a technical term. It's just a harmless expression."

The weary man loses his smile, braces himself and sighs in defeat before going, "Okay. Hit me."

His buddy then pretends to punch him in the gut, making a sound effect instead of a word before simply stating, like it's no big deal, "Unflushable."

Up to this point we have good build up, good character and good expectations set by them. We're expecting something terrible and he makes a joke about poop that won't go down the drain. That might not normally work but they actually hold back on the crassness by using a 'technical' term but that makes it funnier because it sounds correct for the metaphor, even if it is indeed tasteless. It's a slow build to give us a chance to have some tension, relieved by the punchline... And then it changes up its timing to something faster now that the crass element has hit. Now it's time to usher it away instead of just move on. As such, the first guy, Steve, responds immediately with, "Turn around, Jeffrey."

"You know, because she keeps bobbing up and around-"

"Nonono. Turn around and GO!" Jeff looks a little forlorn before Steve says one more time, "GO!" And then he walks off but they're not quite done. He tries to look back but Steve is thoroughly unamused and goes "Don't turn back, go." And only then does he then go back into the bar.

It is the first scene of the series. However, with it we immediately understand these two's relationship, how they treat the world, somewhat their dynamic and get something that's just really funny and sets the tone for a work that is going to be... A touch unhinged. It is getting everything out of its comedy while also making sure to use touches of presentation, like Jeff pretending to hit Steve, to add to the bit. After all, if I just told you the dialogue, it doesn't work as well as when it has the punch of the small bits of body language that help prime the audience for what to expect or complement the words being said.

A lot of this may admittedly sound basic, these tools should be used for essentially ANY scene you're writing where you're using every element to sell your emotions but comedy kind of requires that extra punch. Unless it's a quick back and forth between two characters where space between the lines for action would make it feel less natural, they should be doing more than just standing there. However, that's dismissing the fact that the basics of writing are there for a reason. You need to understand them well in order to know how to warp them for better effect.

It's also just what I can give since again, I don't consider the comedy the strongest element of my works, even if my most popular SFW story is a romcom. Life is just kind of funny like that sometimes. See you next tale.

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