#poirot x you

[plush4bunny]

For all intents and purposes, he looks like a villain as he smiles mischievously, caressing the cat in his lap "That's a splendid idea", he concludes.

- scene from @chrism02’s 2nd chapter from their Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) x reader fic called “Head over heels”

[thekenobee]

Cabin Pressure + Poirot (Part 7)

[pflanzidiezimmerpflanze]

My love, my rotten soldier, my specific dream rabbit, my right hand arm- man, my best friend, my everything

[thymelessink]

Hastings taking Poirot out on a late night fish and chips dinner date

[rain-shoshana]

Definitely one of my more unhinged song choices for a Poirot x Hastings edit, and I stand by it 100%. Poirot helping Hastings through his PTSD!

[your-nanas-house]

I saw your post about writing for Poirot and would you take requests (happy to make it more platonic ofc!) ��

I do take requests! 🤭🍓 Sorry for the late reply I wanted to put a small imagine with my answer.

Sweet sad memories

◇ Pairing: Hercule Poirot X assistant!Reader

◇ Warnings: it can be seen or platonic or romantic (you choose how to see it), mention of sadness, illness and memories

◇ Summary: Hercule Poirot brings his new assistant with him on the Orient Express.

◇ Note: Sorry for the mistakes and the English.

As Hercule's eye lingered— with a certain affection— on your cleavage, focusing on the necklace you kept always around your neck, his thoughts flought back to Katherine, his beloved lady, the woman with whom he shared his most intense love.

He was lost in the memories just like his eyes when you opened your mouth, letting all your excited self out

"Mr. Poirot!" You greeted cheerfully, referring to your boss with his last name

"How's your room?" you added with a soft smile, you knew that he was feeling a bit ill that day and offered to help him put his things in his train bedroom but he refuses since he was too much of a gentle man.

The old man snapped out of his thoughts as soon as your voice reached his ears— he smiled warmly, glad to have such a positive friend beside him during that travel, but still lost a little in his memories.

"Very convenient... very luxurious... and yours?" He asked politely, his accent pretty heavy as he talked

"It's lovely!" You beamed, smiling excited "It's the first time I have a room in a train" you revealed as you watched the people pass by with enthusiasm before looking back at him

"I'm kind of hungry, would you like to come and eat something with me? We can head to the restaurant car" you offered with a smile.

Hercule smiled a bit more at his friend's enthusiasm, his expression was kind of tired and sad though

"I would be delighted. I am hungry too... But you go ahead and I will follow you... I need few minutes in the bathroom. My stomach is not very happy today" he informed you elegantly, noticing how your face showed a bit of worry

"I will fetch you a herbal tea then, Mr Poirot"

Hercule smiled warmly at you, then entered his room carefully— but not before looking again, with affection, at your necklace.

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[evepolastrisgf]

this was INSANE of him.

THAT SMILE. HELLO??? also miss lemon looks absolutely gorgeous, but that damned smile from Hastings would’ve had me on floor, panting like a maniac ���😇😇😇

[sheridoodle]

Felt really sad tonight so I reread my favorite Poirot fic and all is well in the world again. Gonna have to take up bookbinding so I can carry around a mini pocket-sized version to heal me on the go.

[sarkylittlemonster]

Ah yes, my favourite genre. Fruity geniuses.

[queer-mystery-tournament]

For those asking, here are all the characters we have in the tournament thus far:

Benoit Blanc, from Knives Out

Hercule Poirot, from the Agatha Christie novels of the same name

Edwin Paine, from Dead Boy Detectives

Sherlock Holmes, from Ace Attorney

Ema Skye, also from Ace Attorney

Velma Dinkley, from Scooby Doo

Dana Scully, from X-Files

Fox Mulder, also from X-Files *

Kim Kitsuragi, from Disco Elysium

Juno Steel, from the Penumbra Podcast

Jonathan Sims, from The Magnus Archives

Sherlock Holmes, from Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

L Lawliet, from Death Note *

(a * indicates that the character was added by me.)

I aim to publish the brackets this weekend, so please keep submitting! Ideally I'd like either 24 or 36 characters.

[frogshunnedshadows]

I like seeing Notable Actors pop up in episodes of Poirot, before they were famous. Michael Fassbender, Peter Capaldi, Christopher Eccleston, Jim Norton (Bishop Len Bennan).

[zhaozaipalooza]

Zhaozai Palooza 2023 Prompt Results

And the results are in! Thank you to all 24 respondents for your interest and for keeping me on my toes with some last-minute poll adjustments!

As is tradition, the popularity of several prompts has forced some tie-breaking decisions. Of course, if you recognize that this mod has made a decision but choose to ignore it and create for the prompt of your preference, not gonna fault you for it.

So, without further ado, here are your Prompts for the 2023 Zhaozai Palooza! *cue the party kazoos*

July 29 - Prison | Wild West AU July 30 - Spirit Shenanigans | Food July 31 - Oops! Only One Bed | Murder Most Foul August 1 - Step-Parent | Someone Else's Wedding August 2 - Cold Water | "Why don't you say it to my face?" August 3 - A Night on the Town | Desperate Measures August 4 - Duty | Running Out of Time

[thekenobee]

ok I'll just send you more ideas for cabin pressure x poirot crossovers as I relisten to eps

Hastings: Poirot's put me in charge of the faxes.

Miss Lemon: Are you sure, Mr Poirot? Because some people do still have fax machines.

Poirot: Yes, yes some people do. We don't though. (not sure yet what scene this would go well with)

Never enough of Cabin Pressure x POiROT!!

[pflanzidiezimmerpflanze]

choices were made

[badboypoirot]

Having watched Weathering With You -- (spoilers beneath the cut)

I've come to realize my absolute favorite premise in a romance work is a combination of Rescue Romance + Cynic/Idealist Duo + Always Save the Girl (bonus points for extra angst) + and, very specifically, subverting Heroic Sacrifices.

Fitting these to a tee and probably my first exposures to these: Final Fantasy X and Prince of Persia (2008). UGH I need more!

Along those lines, I finally understand why people would choose to save Bae over Bay in Life Is Strange 1. I was so shocked to see that the choices were split evenly; I was like, "Why would anyone ever choose Chloe?!"

When I was thinking about what other works might fit the bill above, I immediately thought of LiS1, but then I asked myself why I had such a visceral reaction to the ending whereas I loved what Hodaka did in Weathering With You. Some thoughts spring to mind:

Max and Chloe had zero chemistry. (This is my FlynnRiderSwords.jpg opinion, especially as a lesbian.) Maybe it was just how my first and only playthrough unfolded, but I was much more interested (and made Max more so) in Warren and Katie. Plus I thought Chloe was an asshole.

Sacrificing Arcadia Bay felt like a betrayal because of how personal it was. By the end of the game, you've really come to know the town and its residents. Choosing Chloe means classmates at school without homes, the local diner getting destroyed, and, very possibly, characters that you like dying. Obviously what happens to Tokyo is catastrophic and of a far greater magnitude than a small hometown, but most of the residents we see outside of the main cast are, well, not that great. A thug tries to force Hina into hostess work, Hodaka gets beaten up SO MANY TIMES, and they, as runaways, get treated with suspicion and hostility instead of compassion or concern. It's no wonder Hodaka would choose Hina over Tokyo when Hina has been the best thing that's happened to him. It also helps that in the epilogue we see that Tokyo has adapted and the other characters are doing well.

Despite the above, I'd still like to revisit Life Is Strange. Maybe I'll have a more sympathetic view on Chloe.

On a separate note, the idea of a perpetually raining Tokyo made me think about that Ray Bradbury story, "All Summer in a Day."

Imagine being a resident. It's been an extremely rainy season. You're a little sad because you don't get to hang outside as much as you used to. Your outfits are planned around the rain, and your cute clothes you got on sale some months ago have been sitting unused. Then things get weird. The temperatures are dropping, and it's nowhere close to fall. A huge typhoon hits with harder and heavier rain than you've ever seen in your life. They're calling it a "once-in-a-hundred-years" event. The government is ordering an evacuation, and you worry over your pets, your job, and your elderly parents. The weather, somehow, only gets worse, and it's like the world is ending.

Then the sun appears. It's been months, and it's finally here. You relish in the sunshine, for once not minding the sweat beading down your face. The rain is finally gone, and visions of a reclaimed summer fill your head: barbecue parties, the outdoors, beach trips.

Then the rain returns. And it never leaves. It's been three years.

How would it feel, having lived through that moment? You were there when the sun showed up for the last time. How would you explain the sun to small children who have only known the rain their entire lives? Would it be pity, believing that these kids will never experience a sunny day?

Or -- to lean into the theme -- would it be guilt, knowing that it was society's indolence and greed that drove this climate crisis?

Edited to add: I’ve read up on how Shinkai didn’t intend to make any political commentary on climate change, just that he was inspired by it. Ray Bradbury didn’t intend for Fahrenheit 451 to be about censorship either.

[rain-shoshana]

“I advise you, Hastings, to go to bed.”

“No,” I said. “Not unless you do. I’m not going to leave you.”

“Most faithful of dogs! But see you, Hastings, you cannot assist me to think. That is all I am going to do-to think.”

I still shook my head.

“You might want to discuss some point with me.”

“Well-well-you are a loyal friend. Take at least, I beg of you, the easy chair.”

-Peril at End House, Agatha Christie

I will never be over this book. I will never be over this exchange. I will never be over these two.