#mel fotc

[danbonnefoydrawsartistshelikes]

more sketches! (with different art styles)

I love using references and then modify a bunch of stuff so I don't draw the stuff I hate drawing

[alientabs]

I'm back and I'm more insufferable than before 😀

[okaycoffees]

personally, i would love to carry a picture of jemaines lips in my wallet

[fruity-phrog]

WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME THAT KRISTEN SHAAL PLAYED MEL IN FOTC. WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME THAT. SHE WAS ALREADY ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTRESSES. WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME THAT SHE WAS IN MY FAVORITE BAND'S SHOW OF ALL TIME. HUH? WERE YOU GUYS JUST NOT GOING TO TELL ME? WERE YOU JU-

[badgersknackers]

[jemaineclemaine]

Flight of the Conchords - S1E2 "Bret Gives Up the Dream"

the screenshots didn't come out as well as last episode, but god he is still so beautiful. jemaine in the scarf is so so hot you guys don't understand. and then jemaine in the brown jacket looking at bret kasdjflaskjdfskf anyways happy jemaine clemonday guys!!

[primatechnosynthpop]

Say you love me too, or I'll kill you!

[ID: a drawing of Mel, lit ominously from beneath with a wide maniacal grin. She's cupping her cheek with one hand and has the other over her heart; both hands are bloody. In the foreground we see the shadowed figures of Jemaine and Bret from behind, looking like they're cornered or backing away from her. The background is dark with a pink glow coming from behind Mel's head. Pink text above her reads "suki suki", and red text below her reads "daisuki" with three exclamation marks; the text is in all caps. End ID]

[larphis]

Sometimes I feel like every conversation with my boyfriend just ends up with me slowly morphing into Mel

He’s such a Doug. I love him.

And when he sees this he has no idea what I mean in detail because he hasn’t watched Flight of the Conchords. But this amount of context is enough.

[vimbry]

it's pretty wild how this band has two very meticulous info-packed archives; one of which is a more formal collaborative effort, and the other essentially a fan shrine run by someone so infamous I learnt about their rep in record time. and sometimes I have to go there to get the good obscure stuff. heaven and hell. the law of equivalent exchange.

[madremnants]

female characters I identify with

how I really am

[martiantoad]

[cellard0ors]

Idk what fotc is but

"AKA If Link or Rhett was born a lady they'd've hooked up. "

Got me 😪 no doubt. I'd hate (+love) to think or either of them looking at the other and wishing one was born a woman and then glancing at his wife and falling to pieces inside

FOTC stands for Flight of the Conchords. It was a show on HBO circa 2007 that ran 2 seasons and was about a band of the same name. The show, while fictional, was based around some fact - the main characters, Jemaine and Bret are named that in real life and are, in fact, a band - but everything else is pure fiction.

In the show they're an unsuccessful band with a manager named Murray (played by Rhys Darby of now 'Our Flag Means Death ' fame) and only one fan who is very obsessed with them and overtly and overally sexual, named Mel (played by Kristen Schaal)

They have various adventures throughout New York and - considering it was 2007 - often questioned whether this or that was 'gay'. In particular, the song 'Bret, you got it going on' was written by Jemaine to cheer Bret up because he was having problems with his self esteem.

The song makes this big point about how Jemaine is trying to compliment Bret, but not come across as gay. Until, of course, it becomes about how if Bret was a lady they'd be together and - this in mind - he confesses via same song that once when he was lonely and they were sharing a twin bed he put a wig on Bret while he was sleeping and, pretending he was a woman, then went on to spoon him.

So, yes, this song obviously led to me writing fic about them and the show for quite some time 🤣🤣

NOW connecting it to Rhett and Link, I mean, well - they are sort of a band. And if I was to find out one did shenanigans with the other whilst they were sleeping and were trying to mentally write it off as not gay, I mean...would I be surprised?

Would anyone?

Not that they don't love their wives and what they believe themselves to be I'm not going to question, because that isn't my place, but still... just had me having thinky thoughts...

[fouxdufafa]

The Ace — Chapter 4/8

Summary: Jemaine tries to write a song; Bret needs help moving a table.

Word count: 438

Rating: PG (more G-ish, but enh)

Content warnings: /a/c/e/p/h/o/b/i/a/, mild injury

Chapter 3 is here; Chapter 5 will be here.

Jemaine strummed his guitar.

 “Acey lady,” he sang, “lying there

With your beautiful hair

And starry eyes

And mouth that never lies

 Acey lady, with your lovely dress

There’s no reason to stress

People don’t understand

But we can still walk hand-in-hand

  We don’t have to do a thing

Just listen to me as a sing

Let it ring like this one thing true:

I still love you….”

 He stopped.

  “... Feels too sappy,” he said to himself. “Is it too sappy? Does she like sappy?”

  Bret popped his head into the room.

  “Hey, Jemaine, I need to haul this table to Dave’s place,” he said. “Mind giving me a hand?”

  Jemaine got up. “Where did you get a table?” he inquired.

  “Found it on the street,” Bret explained. “No one else was taking it.”

  “Okay,” Jemaine said. He set down his guitar and took an end of the table.

  “So,” Bret brought up as he and Jemaine hobbled over to the elevator, “how’re things going with Mikaylea?”

  “I haven’t spoken to her since the gig,” Jemaine explained. “Don’t want to come off too clingy.”

  “It’s been two days,” Bret pointed out. “You’re probably okay to call her now.”

  “Yeah, I guess,” Jemaine said. “I just don’t want to make things weird.”

  “Not calling would probably make things weird,” Bret countered as they two got on the elevator.

  “I guess so,” Jemaine admitted. The bandmates were silent during the ride down. As they made their way onto the street, though, Jemaine asked, “Do you think she likes down-tempo pop?”

  “Does WHO like down-tempo pop?” Mel asked, springing forth from a usual hiding spot.

  “Never mind, Mel,” Jemaine grumbled.

  “Jemaine’s new girlfriend,” Bret said.

  “Girlfriend?” Mel gasped.

  “She’s not—we’re just friends right now,” Jemaine said. “She’s not into me like that.”

  “What?” Mel shrieked. “‘Not into you like that’? That’s ridiculous! What kind of woman wouldn’t be into you, Jemaine?”

  “An asexual woman,” Jemaine suggested.

  Mel laughed. “An asexual woman?” she balked. “Nonsense! Any woman who isn’t into you must have something wrong with her!”

  Jemaine went flat-faced. “No, there’s nothing wrong with her,” he said. “She just doesn’t want to… since when is this any of your business?”

  “Just looking out for my boys!” Mel assured him. “I would hate for you two to get hurt!” In her enthusiasm, Mel bumped into the table, which in turn jammed the edge into Jemaine’s thigh.

  “Owww…,” he moaned.

  “Oh, sorry!” Mel chirped. “Listen, guys, I gotta get going. See ya later! Stay safe!”

  “Bye, Mel,” the boys let out in unison. They continued onto Dave’s place, Jemaine limping along the way.

[dierecneps]

Mel, who was a fan of FotC once, but now she loves vampires and wants to become one

Possible roles Kristen Schaal might fill in next week’s episode of WWDITS:

vampire hunter

LARPer

legend tripper

familiar

Flight of the Conchords’ biggest and only American fan, Mel

[moviepassionreview-blog]

Flight of the Conchords Season 1 Official Trailer (2007) | HBO Jemaine Clement and Bret Mckenzie, a New Zealand folk band, try to make it big in New York with a mediocre band manager (Rhys Darby) and an obsessed fan (Kristen Schall). #FOTC Subscribe... source

[primatechnosynthpop]

Ok since @urineedward asked here's the vision I have so far for my Mel Venkman au (that's what I'm calling it even though that wouldn't actually be her legal name in this concept... also despite me calling it an au it's not not canon compliant, technically)

Mel's mom realized too late after having a brief relationship (or possibly just a one-night stand) with Peter that he was kind of a creep and a jackass and generally not good father material, so she didn't tell him she was pregnant (he didn't reach out to her again either; if he had she might have told him) and generally wants nothing to do with him

Mel starts asking if she has a dad and if so who and where he is basically as soon as she's old enough to grasp that most children have two parents. Her mom is pretty evasive, but that only drives Mel's curiosity further

When the Ghostbusters' commercials start airing on TV, her mom would always sigh and change the channel, which got Mel's attention (she'd be about 5 or 6 at this point). She feels oddly drawn to one of the men in the commercial, and would loudly protest that she wants to see. After finally getting the chance to see their commercial in full, staring right at the screen totally blissed out the whole time, she proclaims that she has a crush on Dr. Venkman and wants to marry him. Upon hearing that, her mom is like ohh ok I need to nip THAT in the bud before things get really weird around here, so she finally sits Mel down and explains the situation

Of course as soon as she knows the truth Mel immediately insists on meeting her father. Her mother argues with her about it, but Mel ~always gets what she wants~ and so her mom reluctantly agrees to take her by the firehouse to meet the ghostbusters-- but acting like Mel is just a random kid who happens to be a big fan, NOT telling Peter or any of the others the truth

It's kind of a secret test on her part to see if Peter is worth giving another chance, not romantically but in terms of being a part of Mel's life. Unfortunately he fails this secret test miserably by A) not remembering Mel's mother, and B) smoking and making rude jokes around the small child. Mel's mom vows to never take her back there again, but for Mel it's one of the best days of her life

Just as Mel and her mom are leaving Janine comes in and says "aww who was that Dr. V? Your niece?" and when Peter says no, it's just some strange weirdly clingy kid, Winston narrows his eyes and is like [mystery fan mode engaged] "y'know I wasn't gonna say anything but she does look a lot like you" at which point Ray gets a worried look and goes "uhh yeah Peter I think I recognize that woman, didn't you go out with her once?" And ok I've seen conflicting headcanons on this but if Egon knows about Callie at this point he's sweating through the whole conversation. And when Peter goes "what, no, if we had a kid together the lady obviously would have told me" Egon kind of wants to strangle him

Over the next several months Mel keeps trying to meet her dad again any way she can, from making phony calls saying her house is haunted to trying to jump out of her mother's car and run after the Ecto-1 if she sees it on the street

Between GB1 and GB2 when they're shut down, Mel's mom tells her something like, "see? I told you he wasn't a good person. He and his friends were just scammers trying to take advantage of people" but Mel is NOT having it because in her father-stalking efforts she's seen them at work and knows they were legit. During this time she watches World of the Psychic religiously

When Mel hears the former ghostbusters are available to book for birthday parties she jumps at the chance. When Ray and Winston show up instead of her dad she's sooo pissed off and tries to blow them up with her mind, but for them this basically confirms the theory that she is in fact Peter's daughter or at least really thinks she is. They tell him to try talking to Mel and her mom but Peter is like "what am I supposed to do? Show up at this woman's house unannounced? Or would you prefer I tried talking to her ten-year-old daughter in private, on the schoolyard maybe?"

...Alright I haven't really nailed down how it would go from here-- maybe after the events of GB2 Mel's mom finally comes around after seeing that Peter really has grown and changed; maybe something happens to Mel's mom (possibly even orchestrated by Mel herself) and she ends up in Peter and Dana's care; or maybe nothing changes aside from Mel slowly gaining more freedom as she grows up. One way or another, they form a more reciprocal father-daughter bond over time, but it always stays a bit messy (because really, how could it not)

Mel came to resent her mother for keeping her away from her dad (willfully ignorant of her mother's very valid reasons) and latches onto Dana as a sort of replacement mother figure in her teenage years, although not quite to the extent of a full-on stepmom. She doesn't really form a familial bond with Oscar, but she does babysit for him a fair bit, and is jealous of him getting to have her father as a stepdad

I feel like this goes without saying but Mel studies psychology because she's inspired by her dad <3

Peter gives her tips on how to seduce people which she uses on Doug when she meets him. When he gives her these tips he does not realize that Mel has her eye on someone considerably older than her and is not happy when he finds out. He never really gets over this and continues to hope that Mel will wisen up and leave Doug eventually

Mel talks to her dad on the phone about the conchords like "...and one time I snuck into their apartment and went through their cupboards and guess what? Bret has a mold collection <3 isn't that sooo cute? Just like Dr. Spengler!" And Peter is like *melancholy slightly bitter sigh* "yeah just like Spengs huh... well listen, if those kiwi boys of yours ever start going on about how the world's going to end, you get the hell out of there, okay sweetie?"

It's absolutely imperative that Jemaine and Bret have no idea who the ghostbusters are. Mel introduces them to her father and they're just like "??? Who's this guy?" Both Peter and Mel are obviously scandalized; Mel is like "umm excuse you he literally saved New York in the 80s!!" to which the conchords point out they weren't in New York in the 80s, they were in New Zealand

(Murray thinks he knows who the ghostbusters are but he's actually got them mixed up with the men in black. Dave absolutely knows who they are though-- Dr. Venkman was his idol growing up-- and he's almost as scandalized as Mel that the kiwis don't know about him)

Idk exactly how close Mel would be to the rest of the team especially since this is movie verse and the ghostbusters as a business were never around for all that long in the movie timeline the way they were in the cartoon or the comics... but I think she's at least enough of a figure in their lives and vice versa that she convinces Ray to attend a FotC concert at some point. He ends up loving it and becomes their second biggest fan