#murder in Provence

[mywingsareonwheels]

So this is really one of the most important reasons for my enormous crush on Roger Allam:-

He’s a big, imposing-looking man with (when he uses it that way) a big, imposing-sounding voice. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen or heard him play a role without bringing an astonishing amount of vulnerability to it, and as many layers as the character will take (including far more than many other even really good actors would find).

He has made me care about Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, and Falstaff in the Henry IVs, all of whom (despite - arguably - not being actual villains) I usually cordially dislike. And he does so without his acting excusing any of their actions: his Duke still fucks up massively towards Isabella and does some seriously dodgy things; his Prospero is still extremely problematic in his behaviour towards, well, everybody frankly; his Falstaff is still cruel and venal. But my Gods, he shows how much pain they’re each in, how frightened each of them is. His Duke has severe depression and is flailing about much of the time and you get the impression he will do his best after the end to make it up to Isabella, that he gets that he’s messed up; his Prospero is terrified of losing both Miranda and Ariel and is desperately traumatised by all he’s gone through; his Falstaff plays a mighty good game and fools most people but underneath he’s a scared old man who knows his own failings with a horrible precision and whose love for Hal is like putting his heart in the mouth of a lion(’s whelp).

He made me care about Rogozhin in The Idiot so much (again, without in any way detracting from how horrifying the man is) that he was part of what I was crying about when I got to the end of that radio adaptation.

I already cared about Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi (again, despite everything he does - but that’s what Webster asks of us and he writes it beautifully) and then... bloody hell. Absolutely broke my heart.

Do I even need to bring up his Javert? ;-)

And as for when he plays characters who are broken and who don’t do awful things (Valjean in the radio Les Miserables) especially... Holy Fucking Shit.

So no wonder that I have that terrible need to hug both Douglas Richardson and Fred Thursday (and goodness me but when Fred messes up he really messes up, and Douglas is... Douglas). Not to mention Antoine Verlaque, though there I’m mostly just awfully glad he has Marine to hug him. :D

What I always want from actors is, well, those layers. That depth. That compassion. That honesty. That nuance. That thoughtfulness. Sheila Hancock once described Roger as a vulnerable actor and I’m very vindicated by this; he just doesn’t look like a vulnerable actor but then that’s a huge part of what makes those performances so devastating.

And then when you bring in the incredible vocal abilities (including his ability to sound like he’s talking quietly while filling a large theatre unmiced <3), and the extreme versatility... yeah. No wonder I’m a fanboy. :D

Oh lord, is he going to make me care about Azazel in The Sandman series 2?! I mean if anyone could make me do so... [fear]

[allthemurders]

crime shows i’ve watched

— every crime show i’ve watched, in alphabetical order! main fandoms are marked with a star

at some point i will finish all the ones i got partway through and then forgot about. maybe

agatha christie’s poirot

⭐️ agatha raisin

⭐️ annika

beyond paradise

broadchurch (s1 only)

brooklyn nine-nine (haven’t watched past s6 ep16 yet)

⭐️ death in paradise

⭐️ father brown

hidden // craith

magpie murders

⭐️ midsomer murders

miss marple (bbc)

⭐️ murder in provence

⭐️ only murders in the building (haven’t watched s4 yet)

professor t (haven’t finished s2 yet)

⭐️ return to paradise

⭐️ shakespeare & hathaway

sherlock (bbc) (haven’t watched s4 ep3 yet)

⭐️ silent witness

⭐️ sister boniface mysteries

the bay (haven’t finished s4 yet)

the long call

⭐️ the mallorca files — posts on @the-mallorca-files

trigger point (haven’t watched s2 yet)

unforgotten (haven’t finished s5 yet)

vera (haven’t finished; not sure how much left)

wallander (haven’t finished; not sure how much left)

[watchingroger]

Merry Christmas, friends. And if 25th December is just another day for you I hope it is a merry one nonetheless, however you spend it.

May the balance of absolutely appalling and actually not bad at all fall in favour of the not bad at all.

[irisreticulata9]

Marine is feeling the Christmas spirit and decides to try her hand at some festive baking for Antoine and Hélène. Her nearest and dearest are sceptical, to say the least.

[gaelic-diary-holder-returns]

Just finished Murder In Provence, a cozy english mystery about a French judge played by the same actor who played Inspector Thursday on Endeavor. It was a nice slow paced but interesting procedural drama with nice witty repartee which is a nice change from so many English cozies lately that are weird period pieces (i'm looking at you Sister Boniface)

[queensantiagoofthe99]

Murder in Provenence no context:

John Light in episode 3

That is all

[philleegirl]

2022 fic year in review

Total number of completed stories: 40 (woah!)

Total word count: 63,861

Fandoms written in: Death in Paradise, Father Brown (2013), Ghosts (TV 2019), Lewis (TV), MASH (TV), Midsomer Murders, Murder in Provence, New Blood (TV), Our Flag Means Death (TV), Queens of Mystery (TV), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (TV), Shetland (TV), The Brokenwood Mysteries  

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected? Definitely more fic and in so many more fandoms than I expected.

What’s your own favourite story of the year? This is actually really hard for me to decide because I played in so many new playgrounds this year and each playground has its own ups and downs. One I really liked and thought was rather clever was Just a Literary Device  (New Blood)

Did you take any writing risks this year? Oh lord, yes! I wrote more crossovers than ever: Death in Paradise/Shetland, Ghosts/Shetland and kinda Shetland/Van der Walk. I tried and failed to do NaNo, but learned a good deal. I wrote the first two fics in a fandom, which I found wild. I finally wrote a bit of the Robbie Lewis’s son/James Hathaway fic that I have always wanted to write.

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year? I want to finish Hearts (Shetland series) and give it the ending it deserves. I am working on a couple of fics for the Shetland Fic Fest. I also want to finish the Death in Paradise/Shetland casefic I started for NaNo. 

Most popular story of the year?  Of Reed Warblers, Cloud Gazing, and Butterflies (Ghosts) by Kudos, Don't Hide Your Love Behind a Hardened Mask (Our Flag Means Death) by Hits, and The Young Perez-Hunter Chronicles (Shetland) by Comment Threads. The last might be a little unfair since that is a Shetland fic and the fandom does tend to have full conversations in the comments. <3

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: It is a tie between Provençale Quiche (Murder in Provence) and Just a Literary Device. I get that these are tiny fandoms, but I actually quite like both of them and would love to see both fandoms grow. Plus, they are vastly different fics, but I think they both have some merit and lovely moments.

Most fun story to write: Als een feniks uit as gerezen (Shetland). I loved learning some Dutch and also creating a partner worthy for Billy was fun!  

Most unintentionally telling story: when i look at you… and i look, and i… and i’m home (Death in Paradise) As someone who has struggled to accept her sexuality for about a decade and only started telling people that I am Asexual, Biromantic in the last 18 months, I think that this was the most telling. Making Neville Demisexual was actually really scary for me cause it oddly felt like a confession. I am not sex adverse and write sex scenes infrequently, so it seemed like I was setting myself up for being called a hypocrite. However, that has mostly not happened and I am so happy about that! Being Ace/Biro is hard enough in real life, I really didn’t want fandom coming at me too.

Biggest disappointment: Not finishing NaNo. I am the type of person that when I set myself a challenge I finish it, so that was a rough failure for me. 

Biggest surprise: That I actually wrote in THAT many fandoms!! It is crazy to me. Also, that all but two of them are tiny fandoms, so while nothing was viral or blew up I have been getting Kudos almost every day. That is huge for me.

Um, since @greenapricot tagged everyone that I would have tagged, I will skip tagging for now, but if you see this and want to do go for it!!

[ladyfeliciamontague]

Watching murder in Provence because I love Nancy Carroll and as a French, it’s hilarious

[hmswintake-mallorca-files]

Merry Christmas, very tiny Murder in Provence fandom!

Stepping outside my usual fandom for a moment to bring you a little festive gift—hope someone out there enjoys it 😊

[hazellion]

Murder in Provence

I read the books by M.L. Longworth ages ago, and loved them. Mystery and rich French people in the south of France... hard to dislike.

The show was alright; not my favorite, but enjoyable. I found the casting strange though. And Antoine and Marine's dynamic wasn't what I expected from reading the books. Signora Volpe with Emilia Fox has a similar premise and vibe, and I enjoyed that more than Murder in Provence.

[mywingsareonwheels]

*checks*

Nope, I am still not being remotely normal about Roger Allam. Nor do I see any prospect of becoming so.

Fortunately I don’t need to be. :D

[felicia-montague]

AU Flambeau and Felicia

MURDER IN PROVENCE (2022) Season 1, Episode 3

Nancy Carroll as Marine Bonnet and John Light as Marcell Vannier

[heythereimashley]

🎉🎉🎉 SUNDAY RANDOMS 🎉🎉🎉

[radradmarivy]

Women cannot trust any men, never. Not even the ones who they are married to nor the father of their children. I just saw an article of an elderly french man, Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his wife into a state of coma for 10 years and offered her to almost 80 men so she would be repeatedly raped by them over and over while he filmed it all.

This woman was his wife, the Mother of his three children and he did not gave a shit before offering her to other men on a special app for men who especifically were searching to have sex with non consenting partners. He gave her more than 400 sleeping pills, he could've killed her and did not give a fuck.

He just admitted it outright as soon as he was caught and he was only caught because he was seen taking upskirt pictures in the mall which led to an investigation. Not only that, he is now accused of the rape and murder of a female state agent and the attack of another state agent that could escape and the dna seems to match to his.

Almost 80 men were contacted for ten years. 80. From ages 23 to 73, nurses, a local councillor, a prison guard, journalists, a soldier, a firefighter, a civil servant and only 50 were identified. They all knew what was happening, they had a system to make sure the poor woman couldn't tell what was going on and now they claim that Dominique "tricked" them.

From all the men Dominique contacted only Three refused to participate but still didn't do anything even though they knew about the crime.

We can't trust no men, none of them. Look at all the "nice normal men" That participated in such an abhorrent act that now pretend to have been tricked into despite the apps/forums being proof they KNEW what was going on. These men used their upstanding profiles in the community to commit a crime constantly for ten years without being suspected and will probably try to use it to escape punishment.

We have to send all our strength to Giselle, the victim, who not only is taking all of them to justice but who also doesn't want the trial to be on closed Doors. She wants everybody to know what happened to her to create consciense, to make sure the perpetrator's faces are known. She is so strong and her and her children deserve the world.

[ashstfu]

sunbathing in a beautiful villa in the provence listening to piero piccioni, eating freshly cut dragonfruit + cherries & reading agatha christie’s murder on the nile ☀️📚💓

[mywingsareonwheels]

[ID: three stills from an interview with the actor Nancy Carroll.

1. A still from Murder in Provence, of Roger Allam as Antoine Verlaque, with a subtitle from the interview with Nancy Carroll: “To play opposite Roger Allam,”

2. Nancy Carroll talking happily. The subtitle reads: “who plays Antoine Verlaque, is”

3. The same. The subtitle reads: “just delicious, really.”

#Nancy Carroll is one of us