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[silverview]

reece characters getting called little ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[kisstheviolet]

[not-xpr-art]

fragments of two - digital drawing ~

(06/2024)

it was only a matter of time before i ended up doing some inside no 9 fanart huh? anyway this is dedicated to my favourite (atm) episode of the show, 'diddle diddle dumpling'

[vagueeyes]

A part of the in9 + extended universe journey that I'm really enjoying is watching the films that the League love - you get to know their influences and understand how their brains work!

Last weekend, I watched HÄXAN - mainly for three reasons (reesons?):

It's a favourite film of Reece's

@silverview's post about the film's parallels to THE TRIAL OF ELIZABETH GADGE

@unreesonable's post about Reece narrating the film at an event in 2017 (I've also since read the interviews he did when he performed it at the Flatpack Festival in 2018). After watching, I can definitely see why he was invited to do this (it's SO in his wheelhouse). What fun these events must have been!

Yesterday I relistened to the commentary for THE TRIAL OF ELIZABETH GADGE, and today I reread the script and rewatched/read along. I already quite like the episode, but watching the film definitely made me appreciate it even more!

Under the cut are 4 moments of interest from the script + ep, as well as 5 film + ep parallels that jumped out at me:

some spoilers for HÄXAN (& ELIZABETH GADGE ofc), also trigger warning for depictions of torture

In the commentary, r&s mention the opening scene was cut down, which is definitely what happened - in the episode, they also added in a shot of a crow, later revealed to be Elizabeth Gadge:

I really love the first two pages of the script because it's so full of detail. The character descriptions for Mr Warren & Mr Clarke, in particular, is my favourite part:

Not to mention this exchange (& stage direction) that was cut:

Steve also talks about them making the mistake of calling the family the Gadges, and it turns out one of these mistakes is left in the script (which I really didn't notice until I was rewatching & reading along!):

One main element of the film that I think the episode captured really well is how baseless and ridiculous witch trials were. But what I think is also interesting is that the episode actually has a calculated reason for Elizabeth Gadge being accused (her family wants to get rid of her so they can take over her room), whereas in the the film's dramatised witch trial, a man dies in his bed and his wife subsequently accuses a poor, old woman (who turns up to their house to beg for food) of causing his death through witchcraft. She is quickly arrested and tortured into confessing.

In both instances, the inquisitors in the film & Mr Warren in the episode have no interest in the truth!

The aforementioned wife in the film also gets arrested and accused of witchcraft, and there's a scene where she's essentially tricked into confessing, which reminds me of the scene where Mr Warren traps Elizabeth Gadge by crumbling & placing the cheese in front of her, so that Snowflake the mouse would go to her:

There's also a section in the film that shows the instruments of torture that were used to extract "confessions", pointing out, "You and I would also be driven to confess mysterious talents with the help of such tools, isn't that so?"

There's a part about the thumbscrew, which is also shown in the episode! There's even a bit in the film where one of the actresses apparently "insisted" on trying it out, which was pretty wild.

The "pricking" scene in the episode is also in the film, although the latter depicts it for a different reason:

Finally, on a more light-hearted note, I have to mention the part where Waterhouse accuses Elizabeth Gadge of "kissing the Devil's arse":

I was convinced r&s made that up, but this is actually shown, like, twice in the film??

What!!

[scythe-wolf]

Yall know I had to cus Chas literally Did That

[foundfamilyhq]

[moreaugriffins]

After watching the League of Gentlemen, and making my way through Inside No 9, I wondered if i could categorise the characters Reece plays.

So with the help of my wonderful partner @workingonit-currently (a big fan of both series), I put together something for The League of Gentlemen characters (reece version).

Working out:

[dynamitekansai]

WWE NXT (NOVEMBER 19, 2024)

[yudgefudge]

omggggg yesss I'd love that hashtag lmao. he needs to be free.

hi, I feel like u've said this already, but I cant find it anywhere and I want to make sure. what are ur pronouns?

Hi Daniel!! aw she/her thank you for asking 💗💗💗💗💗 also I see you're kinda getting on the hakim bandwagon aren't you my friend vjfdhsg 💗

[paigemathews]

I'm a little surprised that I was able to fit season three in only two posts, tbh, but here's the the final part of our season three battle royale!

[thiagodasilva]

cutie pies 🤭

[lumiereandcogsworth]

24 !! 16 !! 5 !!

24. Share a moodboard for (one of) your current WIP(s). okay i don’t really have any “WIPs” per se, but i have a couple recent scenes involving the beloved prince, little maurice, baby reecy boy!!! so i thought i’d make a fun little aesthetic board for him (which also vaguely connects to one of the recent scenes)

16. At what point in the process do you come up with titles? it is the very last thing i do, which i know it opposite of you hahaha. i always title my fics based on vibes/theme or maybe a line from the fic, so for me it doesn’t make sense to title it until after it’s all done and i have a full sense of who the fic is and what to best call it!

5. answered here!!

[judith-buckle]

Could you please stop tagging all your posts down the Reece tag. It is taking over it a little.

unfortunately for you there’s liek 500 things in my queue, just block me if it makes it easier >.>

[a-ginger-from]

Also sorry lewis skelly??

What the fuck is that england squad

[vagueeyes]

Finished reading and rewatching THE CURSE OF THE NINTH.

There's two big reasons to love this episode:

The first being, its distinction as the third(!) period piece of the entire show - even down to having its own typeface for the titlecard:

The second and more obvious one being, the ~*meta commentary*~ (henry paker: is it a jeu de miroir~) of a composer being terrified of finishing their 9th symphony vs r&s finishing the 9th series of their show. I loved all the quotes alluding to this - probably the most subtle one being, "After all, there's many a good tune can be played on an old piano." Which I feel is quite a hopeful outlook in terms of what they'll have in store post-S/F? :)

It's really interesting that in the foreword, they explain that this episode had almost been written as part of s8, but they held off due to its similarities to PARASKEVIDEKATRIAPHOBIA!

The main difference between the script and the ep - apart from a few lines being cut out (and the ending, ofc) - were changes to the wording in the dialogue, presumably to make it more "era appropriate". Little things like: "I'm one of his biggest admirers" to "I'm one of his greatest admirers", or "I'm pretty much done now, actually" to "I'm finished now, in fact".

Six more points that stood out on read & rewatch:

Stage directions for an establishing shot of the house is written in multiple times (I don't immediately recall r&s being this explicit about establishers in the other scripts)! It's quite clear they meant to go big in this episode and I'm very glad they got that opportunity.

I definitely giggled a lot during the scene where Jonah first meets Lillian (how can you not?), but I laughed out loud at finally learning how Dicky's surname is actually spelt! I never watched the ep with subtitles lol

This comment from the sub came to my mind during the grave-digging scene. The sound effects when Jonah snaps the fingers off and the fact that this was specifically scripted!! When they were thinking, "What else haven't we done?" did R just go, "I'd like to bury someone alive"??

This is easily my favourite scene. I love that the initial fake-out of looking like the bust is talking to Jonah was scripted. The reveal of Nathaniel ended up being such a slow burn as well - so well done! "You're not at the beginning, boy, you're at the end. It's the final movement, remember." Another subtle meta quote! Actually quite apt from a viewer's perspective as well, as someone who got into the show in s9.

Also, it took a third watch (today was my fourth lol) to really notice the exchange: "I've been assured by your wife that the curse isn't real." / "Then why didn't she complete it herself?" If this is Jonah talking to himself (that's my read on it, anyway), then it's a very telling moment just before the ending. It explains why he looks so damned smug when he hands the missing piece of the symphony to Lillian!!

I sometimes think whether the curse is "real" or not is a bit open-ended - the script even made this a bit vague? But at the same time, I appreciate how full on they made it in the ep (I mean ofc, it's Guillem lol). The fall over the balcony is also very THE OMEN-esque! Speaking of Guillem, I'm so glad they got him back to direct this ep!! I couldn't appreciate this on first watch but I definitely did by the time I had completed the show and rewatched s9!

Reece tweeting about this episode having a different ending was definitely what prompted me to look into getting the scriptbooks. And what an ending?? (Another stage direction for an establisher as well!) Jonah's really not so innocent, is he...

[keyoftheskeleton]

Stage/Fright, but it's all of the suspected references/nods/allusions to IN9 episodes (also including likely nods to TLoG and Psychoville!)

INCLUDES HEAVY SPOILERS !! Read at your own risk. I warned you :]

Before I begin, I'd like to thank @spcvarney, @wintersoulwitch, @eliebluebell, @tynatheavocado and @somuchwatersoclosetohome for noticing some of these, too! BA (Hons) in Stage/Fright Studies continues!

Disclaimer: By no means are half of these even confirmed to be proper callbacks, it's more so based on mine and a few other people's findings. I'm not Reece nor am I Steve, so of course I'll never know if all of these were intentional or not intentional, and therefore I am not claiming these as being either!

ACT 1

The theatre sketch is set during a performance of Hamlet, similar to the TLoG sketch where theatre-goers comment on Hamlet as if it were a football/soccer game. (Multiple performances, seen in TLoG Live at Drury Lane)

"A House Divided" reveals that Reece's character in the theatre sketch is named Haig, perhaps a reference to the moviegoer with the same name who was pestered by Henry and Ally. (TLoG)

The text messages appearing on stage, as well as the phone just not being great at picking up voice-to-text, autocorrecting terribly. (A Quiet Night In)

Steve’s character getting electrocuted. (Dead Line)

Haig's voice reportedly becoming somewhat more Edward Tattsyrup-ish as the run has progressed. (TLoG)

"Chekhov's pun", while obviously being a play on "Chekhov's gun", is related to the episode Riddle of the Sphinx.

The joke about Reece having to do a "really quick quick-change" and needing something funny to cover the fact that he was slipping off stage. While not an exact reference, I'm sure we're all aware of the fact that Reece, Steve, and Mark are the masters of incredibly quick and intricate quick changes. (TLoG)

The characters of Tommy and Len, as well as just the whole sketch. (Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room)

A kidnapping sketch. (Kid|Nap)

The kidnappers being the burglars. (A Quiet Night In)

The kidnapped celebrity's house is aptly on Mulberry Close.

The number on the bin is 18.

Kidnapper/Eddie!Len is similar in mannerisms to both Barry Baggs and Tubbs Tattsyrup. (TLoG)

Kidnapper/Ray!Tommy is similar in mannerisms to both Geoff Tipps and Lisgoe. (TLoG) ("Y'know I've got this gun don't you??")

Len tries (and fails) to use a gnome to break the security light. (Mulberry Close)

Big emphasis on "no names!" (The Bill, "you're the one who mentioned Susie, you said no names!")

Male hostages wear a paisley dressing gown, just as Squires does in Riddle of the Sphinx.

A relatively broad one (one of many to come, I'm afraid), but Len getting the kidnapped celebrity's show or character name wrong is similar to Jonah calling Devonshire a different county name every time he saw her. (The Curse of the Ninth)

Tommy referring to the kidnapped celebrity as "the commodity". (Psychoville)

The phone call to Lady Linda Lockwood involves the kidnapped celebrity pretending to be someone else (the live-in lover of Lady Linda Lockwood), specifically involving singing over the phone. (Last Gasp)

The wardobe full of people as the kidnapped celebrity tries to hide inside. (Sardines)

The single black shoe in the wardrobe. (Diddle Diddle Dumpling)

Tommy having to knock and ask Len to invite him back into the house. (The Stakeout)

During the call with Spengler, he mentions that Len/Eddie and Tommy/Ray are “brown bread, dead”. This could be a reference to the use of Cockney rhyming slang from Mother’s Ruin, as well as the fact that the exact line is in Psychoville, too.

While on the phone with Spengler, Tommy finds out that the house they were supposed to go to is a bungalow, and not a house with stairs up to another floor. (TLoG anniversary specials, where Geoff seemingly murders Pauline.)

The paper with the address on it was upside down, causing Len to go into the wrong house. (Once Removed and Wuthering Heist.)

Len mentions the fact that the job 'next week' is going to steal a painting from another house. (A Quiet Night In.)

The gun "having the safety on", but going off and killing the kidnapped celebrity anyway. (Wuthering Heist, as well as TLoG Apocalypse [RIP Mark Gatiss 1966-2005 /j].)

ACT 2

The phrenology bust in the background. (The Trolley Problem)

The various jars of body parts. (Private View, Love is a Stranger, as well as the TLoG vinyl collection.)

This is the second time we see an IN9 character played by Reece get hypnotised. (Zanzibar)

Funnily enough, this is also the second time we see an IN9 character played by Reece brutally have a portion of his leg chopped off. (Mother's Ruin)

The break of tension when Abby comes in to deliver the drinks order is similar to the break of tension seen in Seance Time when the crew reveals themselves to Tina.

Maggie had initially asked for a chai latte. (The Stakeout)

Vince didn't have enough time to finish the cryptic in the Guardian. (Riddle of the Sphinx)

Sherry's audition tape is for 'Amazon's Dante's "Inferno"/"The Divine Comedy" show'. Tim Key name drop. (Plodding On)

Technically speaking, Amazon's show is the same as, or at least similar to, the Ninth Circle. (Simon Says)

The whole idea that there is a ghost backstage messing with the cast of "La Terreur de L'asile". Sherry being spooked by a fake head. (Dead Line)

"We'll give the role to Sheridan Smith." (The 12 Days of Christine)

Marcus gets Abby's hopes up about potentially taking the role that Sherry was scared into abandoning, only to crush them. This is similar to Rosie Cavaliero and Steve's exchange about the part in "The Divine Comedy". (Plodding On)

The head falling to spook Sherry earlier fell in the exact same place as the light that fell and killed Steve, a physical reference to "it wasn't a ghost, it was a warning." (The Bones of St. Nicholas)

Reece and Steve both dying after finishing season 9, meaning they've both died after finishing their 'ninth symphony'. (The Curse of the Ninth)

The mention of Reece and Steve's inside joke of whoever gets to the office first pretends to be dead, waiting for the other to come in and see. (Mentioned in both Plodding On and The Party's Over.)

"I can't believe the twist was that you were a ghost all along!" "We really have run out of ideas." (Plodding On, "we've only done it three times.")

Reece being a ghost all along and being the cause of Steve's death is very similar to Maureen being a ghost for all of Death Be Not Proud and being the ultimate cause of David's death.

Reece's distaste of his understudy "fucking little Toby". A stretch, perhaps, but certainly reminiscent of themes in The Understudy.

Reece intending to kill Toby, though accidentally killing Steve instead. Similar to Maxwell unknowingly intending to kill Jorg, though killing Yves instead in La Couchette.

The entire amazing performance that is Tears of Laughter. (Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room)

The wordplay near the end of Tears of Laughter is incredibly similar to the wordplay featured in lots of IN9 episodes, more specifically Wuthering Heist and Zanzibar. The "plethora, that means a lot!" line, for example, is in Wuthering Heist.

"We'll leave the light on so you don't get lonely!" - Toby leaving the light on for Reece and Steve is like how Beattie leaves the radio on for Maureen and David. (Death Be Not Proud)

Other small things, and a slight plug for Percy's running celebrity guest list (huge props to them!):

As of 05/04, Joe Pasquale, Joel Dommett (host of The Masked Singer UK), Jonathan Ross (judge on The Masked Singer UK) and Jason Manford have all appeared as the kidnapped celebrity. This is just funny to me as Joe and Jason are mentioned by name in the show, and The Masked Singer is mentioned as well.

Mark Gatiss, a fellow member from The League of Gentlemen, was a kidnapped celebrity (much earlier in the run than a lot of us thought he'd be, let's be honest). I am jealous of that audience.

When The Actor Kevin Eldon was the kidnapped celebrity, he caused Reece to start singing the Hokey Cokey, a reference to Henry's consequence of being hypnotised in Zanzibar. I am also very jealous of that audience.

When Denis Lawson was the kidnapped celebrity, the comment Len makes about their job next week was slightly altered to mention the fact that they were stealing a painting from a man who looked very similar to Denis Lawson, a nod to the fact that Denis played Gerald in A Quiet Night In. I was in that audience!

When Elaine Page was the kidnapped celebrity, her and Steve did a small portion of “I Know Him So Well”, sung in Empty Orchestra. (My Empty Orchestra loving heart is overjoyed.)

Several kidnapped celebrities obviously referred to Reece and Steve being in The League of Gentlemen. David Walliams said that he "preferred when they worked with Mark Gatiss, AND JEREMY DYSON!" Also mentioning their TLOG past, Jonathan Ross reportedly praised Mark Gatiss’ “swan-like neck”, while saying that Steve looked like a hedgehog, and Reece was “easily forgettable as a short, bland, fairly handsome guy”. Ironic, as he then forgot to mention Jeremy Dyson.