#mamma mia 3

[thearchercore]

mamma mia 3 is officially happening.. charles call your agent... get in that casting room.... use that peroni ad as your audition tape... we're making it happen

[you-me-we-04]

Here’s my (very dumb) pitch for Mamma Mia 3, it's Harry's wedding there is just one small very very tiny issue no one can work out who Harry’s marrying and at this point, they just feel weird asking. So much like the first film, three men are running around a greek island while Sophie, Sky, Cher, Tanya, Rosie, Bill, and Sam try to work out their connection to the plot, I mean their relationship with Harry. So let us meet the potential Grooms: 

First up we have Elijah Thatcher played by Taron Egerton, at first, he seems the most likely to be the groom despite the age gap since he seems very close and connected to the wedding and is really stressed out about the wedding. However, we later find out the reason he is so stressed about this wedding is that he is the stressed-out wedding planner, and let's just say Harry’s Groom is a bit of a bridezilla

Then we have Peter Beckett played by Hugh Laurie an American lawyer who is very close to Harry, he also knows a lot about the other dads and Sophie, and he also has the habit of flirting with Harry, in truth while he and Harry did have a fling back in the day, they are now simply best friends and he’s the best man. The reason he flirts with Harry is that he enjoys getting a reaction out of Harry's actual partner. 

This actual partner is Nathaniel Hawthorn played by Hugh Grant a music professor at Cornell, they push each other buttons but at the end of the day, they still love each other. At the start of the film, they think he is the wedding planner since he seemed a bit too into the table setting. But he actually just enjoys getting a rise out of Elijah, who at this point is considering a career change.  Hijinks, misunderstandings, and ABBA take place before the reveal but in the end, the reveal is simple with Nathanial asking if Sophie would walk down the aisle with him, since he's kinda either step-dad 1 or dad 4 plus he knows it will mean the world to Harry, she agrees they hug and she welcomes her new dad to the family.

We end the film with their wedding it's big, it’s fun, and it goes perfectly much to the joy of Elijah's mental health, Peter gets a killer best man speech that ends in him and Nathaniel hugging it out. Just as the night is coming to an end, all seems to be going well Bill finds his boat has been stolen by none other than newlyweds. Harry yells something about being spontaneous, while Nathaniel yells about going on the honeymoon of their dreams. As they sail off into the sunset.

We close with Elijah and Bill sharing a drink and rethinking the life choices that got them here. We then find out Cher knew who the groom was the whole time and just found the whole thing very funny hence why she told no one.

[cybersexuality]

My dream after the writer’s strike ends; 

Fast track Mamma Mia 3 and let the world heal properly. 

[multifandominfj]

LOOK, all I’m saying is that Hannah Waddingham can EASILY BE Sophie’s aunt in Mamma Mia 3. 👀🤷🏻‍♀️

[rookedonafeeling]

My Pitch for Mamma Mia: How Can I Resist You?

Set between Mamma Mia and the modern sections of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again so Donna is still alive.

After things didn’t work out with the waiter from Mamma Mia Harry has found a new partner and is about to get married. (Don’t worry about the timeline of gay marriage in Greece in relation to the film)

Where better to hold the ceremony than at Donna’s hotel! And of course the usual crew are all part of the wedding party

Harry is worried though as he has received a mysterious letter saying that an ex-flame of his has died and he has a previously unknown son who wants to meet him

He invites the son (Jonathan Bailey) to the wedding despite being nervous about what he’ll think of him

This has unforseen consequences as through a set of farces the son believes in turn that both Sam and Bill are his father

Through a variety of comedy set pieces along with ABBA songs he eventually finds out Harry is his father and loves him immediately

All is well and at the end Jonathan Bailey sings at his father’s wedding during which it is revealed the groom will be… Hugh Grant!

B Plots: Sam and Bill are the best men and are nervous about doing the speech

Patti LuPone (would also accept Bette Midler or Barbara Streisand) is Hugh Grant’s extremely intimidating mother who is judgemental of Donna’s hotel (or if they can get Cher back then they can have a feud)

Hugh Grants friends are very attractive so Tanya and Rosie try to strike it lucky

ALSO: there’s a flashback where young Harry meets the old flame in a club called Summer Night City (the night the son is conceived) and ALSO meets her friend who ends up being young Hugh Grant

I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do needs to feature heavily during the wedding, ideally with the different couples doing verses each then the final verse being Harry singing it as the real wedding part

[whatun1verse]

WE’VE WON

[ladyorlandodream]

*manifesting the use of Voyage songs*

[justaslime]

[herbirdglitter]

Potentially delusional thoughts about a possible Mamma Mia 3:

- Andy Garcia is Cuban, but given that he mention “Mexico 1959” it is entirely possible that Fernando is supposed to be Mexican. Either way, this is how we get some of ABBA’s Spanish numbers in. Let’s face it, some of them are definitely better than the English

- Harry keeps being left without a love interest. It’s 2023, give him a man already. Anyway Bill has bi energy, is adventurous, and Stellan Skarsgard says kissing Julie Walters makes his back hurt because she’s so short. Food for thought.

- Rosie can sing If It Wasn’t For the Nights when they break up. Let’s face it, she and Bill were doomed to fail anyway. They got together after having spoken approximately four times, and then he cheated on her, and both of them have said they liked being alone.

- come to think of it, is it possible that the reason Tanya has been married so many times is because she’s either pretending or trying to distract herself from something?… or someone?? It is entirely possible she has been in love with Rosie this entire time and either doesn’t realize it or doesn’t want to lose her seemingly straight lone wolf friend

- so yeah, abba Spanish editions, oh and Bill is Swedish so they could throw in some of the Swedish versions!!! I want Cher to sing Chiquitita

- oh and I want Tanya comforting Rosie over her breakup and it turns into a duet of So Long because that would be iconic

[beeboobaaboo]

y'all already know what time it is

also, why is his side profile so majestic?

[liz-wes]

Lily James as Donna Sheridan

in MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN!

[firthbetterorfirthworse]

I'm sorry Harry Bright Harry Deane Harry Hart

How many times has Colin Firth played a Harry?

[mfjenks]

OKAY the fact they've mentioned Mamma Mia and then Meryl was there with this Donna Sheridan-like eyeliner 😭😭

[shadow-draws-gta]

flashback to that one time last year that I drew Mamma Mia (2009) but every one of Sophie’s possible fathers are a different version of the Postal Dude. A strange time in my life.

[caressthosecheekbones]

"Alex."

"Yeah, baby?"

"The shorts.."

"What's with the shorts?"

"They're too. short."

"Lemme see..."

Henry steps out from behind the curtain, a deep frown on his face while his fingers are fumbling the hems of the indeed quite short shorts.

2 inch inseam indeed.

He doesn't achieve his goal of covering more of his generous thighs and Alex loves it. A lot.

"Well I think..." crowding into the personal space of his welcoming boyfriend he reaches for Henry's thighs with a hungry look in his eyes and what can be only described as grabby hands.

"... they're the perfect length and you look delicious."

Alex's gorgeous dimple and flirty eyebrow twitch while he playfully pushes Henry back into the cabin makes all the blood rush to his usually pale face and he swallows hard.

"Thank you love, but I'm not sure..." his fingers playing with the buttons on Alex's short-sleeved shirt now, eyes trying to find the right words in the space between his collarbones.

Alex deposits a rather sweet kiss on his lips, followed by the cutest nose rub but eyes attentive as his hands continue to map out the mounds of Henry's thighs and ass.

Slowly and thoroughly.

Meanwhile the sentence drops unfinished to the carpeted floor of the dressing room.

"Well I am sure I think you should get them." Alex concludes.

"But I'll get chub rub."

"Chub what?"

"You know.. my thighs. They'll rub against each other and it'll hurt-"

"Oh baby, I will soothe the burn with my tongue, promise..." this next kiss is more heated, Alex takes one of Henry's thighs and presses forward, lifting it to his hip and slipping a finger underneath the inner seam.

Henry's surprised little moan against his tongue his favourite tune.

"... or maybe you should only wear them at home anyway."

His voice is low and hoarse against Henry's lips, his illegal eyelashes lowered and Henry could not stop looking at him if his life depended on it.

"Cannot have you parade around like a lush cupcake, people will walk into oncoming traffic when they'll see you like this."

Henry laughs, pressing his forehead against Alex's and folds both arms behind his neck, caressing his hairline as he leans in for another kiss.

"Okay, I'll wear them only at home." Henry murmurs teasingly.

His eyes shine with mirth and he's grinning now. "I think the lower kitchen cabinets need a proper scrub actually."

"I like the sound of that, baby..."

[thefallenangelsgang]

BALDUR'S GATE 3 x MAMMA MIA! AU

CHARACTERS

[YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO USE MY IDEA FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT, I ONLY ASK YOU CREDIT ME]

(break to save your dash)

Now, not every character is going to fit cleanly into character slots (there are too many characters to fill the main cast) so some of our Baldur's Gate loves will be sharing character traits and plot devices amongst each other.

Let’s start with Donna: She will be played by Tav obviously. I mean there really is no other choice here. We need someone who has gotten romantically entangled with multiple if not all the companions. The one unfortunate snag is that Tav has to carry or otherwise create the child of dubious parentage without the other parent knowing. That does pigeonhole the characterization a bit unless you want to go the magic route with it (which opens a line of ethical questioning beyond not telling the Parent of your child about the existence of said child)

For the purposes of this thought experiment, I'm operating under Tav being AFAB and having a womb to carry the baby. I’m also operating under the idea that all the companions have the reproductive organs of the gender they present as in game. If anyone wants to actually do something with this they are free to do whatever the fuck they want and use whatever headcanons they want. 

Sophie is going to be played by Tav’s kid. This one doesn’t have a hard and fast gender rule (TIL Sophus is the masculine version of Sophie) but they have to want to know who their other sire is and be generally chaotic which is not hard when they’ve grown up with the Tadfools as their role models. It is important that they display mostly Tav’s traits with others that could be any one of their other parent’s. (think Amanda Siefried and Meryl Streep are both blonde and similarly built. Sophie draws like Sam and sings and plays like Harry and has Bill’s adventurous spunk)

For ease of writing Tav’s Kid will be referred to as Soph from here on out.

Speaking of Sires, the Dads:

Sam: I waffled a LOT on who to choose out of the Baldur’s Boys because I wanted to keep it to just the traditional three and to just companions. You can obviously shuffle around people (I'm sure the Rolan girlies (gender neutral) would love putting him in this AU) and expand the possible dad list (though I don’t know how to split the characteristics like the Donna’s Friends). I chose to go with Gale here. I think he fits the very no nonsense and very anxious vibes from Sam in the show/movie. Instead of a business person who “went home to get married” perhaps Gale got called upon by Mystra as her Chosen and left to focus on his Wizardry. He is definitely the kind to break Tav’s heart over duty and be so ashamed he doesn’t really speak to them for 20 years. 

Bill: This one was damn near a no brainer once I was considering it. It’s Halsin. Who better to be the Hippie, fun-loving, sex god and travel writer? He retains all his Baldur’s Gate characteristics. His experience with Tav is truly just a bit of fun before they both go their separate ways. Their relationship is HEAPS less frigid than Gale and Tav’s. 

Now this is where you can go two ways with this. You could give Halsin is canon good ending (Reithwin with the kids) BUT we miss Bill being scared shitless at the prospect of having a child which I always loved as a characterization (Skarsgard plays it like a champ in the film, he looks like he’s gonna have a heart attack lmao). I feel like Clan Dad Halsin after 20 years is way too open to the idea of having something permanent like a kid. Wandering Arch Druid Halsin might be a little more scared shitless at the idea. That one is a personal preference, I think I’d prefer Reithwin Halsin even though I miss the majesty of an internal conflict.

Harry: Now this one also was a no-brainer but needs to be explained with some tact. It’s Astarion. It is not because Astarion is the most effeminate of the group. For those that don’t know, Harry is canonically gay. The companions are all pan. I chose Astarion because there is an opportunity to do something else transformative with Astarion and Tav’s tryst. 

In Mamma Mia, Harry talks about how Donna is the last and only woman he’s loved and their time together helped him accept his sexuality. In the stage show he’s in a committed relationship (his partner's name is fully escaping me atm). It always stuck out to me that Donna changed Harry and that’s why he still loves her after all these years. Sam obviously regrets leaving to do what was expected of him because he didn’t love his first wife. Bill sees the life of adventure and companionship he could have had with Donna but acknowledges that that time is behind them and still loves her anyways. And Harry loves that Donna made him see himself clearly for the first time in his life and loves her for it. You can see why Astarion came to mind I hope. 

Astarion’s night with Tav was him figuring out what intimacy meant to him after finally closing the Cazador Chapter of his life. The encounter was brief but it changed him for the better and allowed him to start healing.

EDIT: I realized I didn’t cover Astarion’s Vampirism at all. For story purposes assume he has some kind of temporary solution to the sun issue because I need his ass to be present when this is set on a fantasy Greek island. The Dhampir issue is… something. I sludged through some further thought experiments. Tav and the kid being Tieflings hides the fang coloration issue. Explaining away that the characteristics haven’t presented yet because the kid is still quite young by nearly all standards (20 is just barely of age for humans, and though they are full grown biologically they are still children in Elven society) and also have been largely sheltered from danger their whole life also works.

But to be honest, despite what the second movie and its director want you to believe, I think Harry is the least likely father of the three. I am comfortable extending this to Astarion. 

Okay now we are into the Dynamos! Fuck yes! Rosie and Tanya are my favorites (it helps that they are PERFECTLY casted in the movie oh my god). I have split their characteristics across the girls. There are some of the companions that are obviously one or the other (Karlach is the most Rosie coded while Minthara SCREAMS Tanya) while others send mixed signals (Shadowheart is the most even, skewing towards Tanya slightly while Lae’zel has Tanya’s bitchy attitude and Rosie’s  “lone wolf” outlook) SO I’m going to make a chart

Like Astarion, for story purposes, assume Karlach’s heart issue has been solved.

Graphic design is my passion

ANYWAYS you may have noticed three of our friends are missing from this line up. Our intrepid Folk Hero Formally Known As The Blade of Frontiers, Wyll, Pack Mother, Jaheria, and her trusty ride or die Rashamen, Minsc (and don’t forget Boo!). 

I had some trouble with these nerds because initially I was playing with making Wyll the second half of Sam, he would have usurped the businessman and maybe the gone home to get married bit while Gale was the heartbreaker and took something from Bill’s characterization, but I was having trouble with losing character motivations. Plus Wyll is canonically not the type for flings. So I am having him be a good family friend invited to the wedding but not involved in the parentage. He essentially is a more involved part of the Greek Chorus. He could take Sam entirely if you are not the type for Gale but you will see why I did this when I get into the songs (yes I am that fucking insane about this.) 

Jaheira does have the countenance to be a Dynamo BUT there is this minor character that I think about way too often that I wanted her to take. She is only mentioned in the first movie and the stage show in one line and seen a little in the second movie (which is a fever dream and convolutes the “lore” but I love it anyways). It’s Bill’s Great Aunt Sophia that left Donna the money to start Villa Donna. OBVIOUSLY she isn’t directly going to be playing Halsin’s Great Aunt or be dead (though she will be ancient by then) but she’s going to fill the mentor role for Tav and help out with Soph. She is the only one who knows that Gale Halsin and Astarion are the possible fathers until the beginning of the shenanigans.

Minsc, like Wyll, doesn’t have a direct parallel. He is also a part of the more involved Greek Chorus. He is Soph’s crazy uncle. He got them into all kinds of trouble and still does to this day. He gives a less emotional and personal version of Sam’s “are you sure you want to do this, you are so young” speech that essentially is offering to run off and be warriors (His plan does not get them away from anyone, he’s unanimously elected that the entire tadfool group is coming with them). But he does it after Gale gives the original speech that severely upsets Soph so it serves as a cheer up speech (“Minsc is unsure if the Wizard should come along seeing as he has upset the little warrior so, but Boo says he is very useful and Minsc agrees. So he can come with, but he does not get to pet Boo’s furry little bottom!”). 

The rest of our Greek Chorus and people like Sky and Sophie’s Friends are filled out by various NPCs. Pepper is played by Mol. Ali and Lisa are open to OCs to be honest but the idea of Yenna and Arabella hearing the saucy details of a story they were partly involved in is really funny to me so they are listed in the song list as the backup singers. Sky is an OC because I wasn’t fully comfortable using any of the child NPCs. He’s referred to as Soph’s partner.