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Oh! oh okay! I'll jsut go in s ane then! !!1!!!

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May I offer you a Him in these trying times?

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In the ITV television series, Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective, can be seen wearing only the finest men's fashions and performing the rituals of preening his moustache and slicking back his hair with the utmost care and precision. Actor David Suchet describes Poirot's appearance as being "on the edge of being absolutely real, but also on the edge of being slightly caricature", adding that it is "a very fine line" (Behind the Scenes Documentary; Clarke 2005).

Following Judith Butler's (1990) concept of gender as a social construct, masculinity can be defined as a performance which conforms to ideologies of manhood held by the person performing them and which is both referenced and shaped over time by those who perform it. If Drag is to be defined simply as taking a performance of gender to its extreme (Barrett 2017; Calder 2019), and we consider the many ways in which Hercule Poirot's masculinity dips into the more extreme side of masculine performance, it can be argued that Hercule Poirot is, in fact, a Drag King. In this essay I will

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They're so fucking MARRIED in this scene LOL

Hastings: *knows that this will set him off. possibly doing this on purpose* Why don't you start wearing downturned collars like a normal person? They're the In Thing nowadays.

Poirot: Excuse me? The. what- The IN. THING???

Poirot: OH YES I'm sure all the BRAINLESS MASSES just LOVE their stupid little DOWNTURNED COLLARS. I, on the other hand, will continue doing the IN-TELLECTUAL THING by wearing my CIVILISED wingtips, Thank You Very Much.

Listen he's a living, breathing Me, An intellectual meme. And Hestings knows just how to push his buttons. But it's okay, because Poirot also knows how to push Hastings' buttons. So they're even

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LADS THIS SCENE

Hastings popping out from under the car with this big bright goofy smile on his face after hearing Poirot calling his name?? He's never beating the golden retriever allegations

And then we have THIS progression:

Poirot: Hastings, what are you doing down there?

Poirot: Oh, Hastings, ugh! You're all dirty!

Poirot: You- ... Oh. Well. Okay. You look very .... Oh, mon dieu, non. I cannot be. Into this. Non-non-non. S'il vous plaît, say it is NOT so

Poirot: Quick! Think of something to be annoyed with him about so you stop thinking about peeling those coveralls off of him just to see the sweat glistening on his chest!! Why! Have You! Not been questioning people!!

Hastings: *Oblivious to Poirot's crisis* Oh I have, I promise!! I was doing exactly what you asked and doing what I wanted to do at the same time! See, I can be smart sometimes! Please tell me I'm a good boy?

I!! love them so much your honour!!

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ough lads!! she is SO!!! GORGEOUS!!! That's it. I'm throwing myself at her feet

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Love me a man who can go from

To

in like. 0.05 seconds

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Why yes, I AM thinking of someone with loooong eyelashes, how did you guess???

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What """context"""? What """"canon""""? No, to me, THIS is a Clandestine Meeting in the bushes where they were going to make out, but they chickened out at the last minute!

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Feeling. Particularly. Normal. About this shot.

Mhm yep. Totally Normal. Lads.

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Another thing I love about 1.2 Murder in the Mews is how COZY HASTINGS LOOKS???

He's in hits like his iconic cable-knit sweatervest he wears in a few different episodes

& this nice little collared rust-coloured number that he's golfing in which. I don't remember seeing him wearing this ever again after this? & I'm kinda devastated about it honestly because he slays in it. I mean. well. at least he slays ME

& then my PERSONAL favourite & not just because I have a green one of these but this GREY SHAWL NECK PULLOVER???

Yes hello Hastings looks Verey Cozey I wish to Curl Up on His Lap For Forever please and thank you

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This scene is just. Everything about it is GOLD.

Him swinging the club around like a fucken. baseball batter getting ready at the pitch or whatever

and this is something I did not notice on the first watch through:

MONSIEUR ARE THOSE. FRINGED. PATENT LEATHER. GOLF SHOES??? HELLO??? DID YOU BUY THOSE FOR THIS SPECIFIC EVENT OR DID YOU JUST. HAVE THOSE LYING AROUND THE HOUSE?? MONSIEUR!!! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!! IF YOU PLEASE, MONSIEUR! I NEED ANSWERS!!

HAnyway! He's! So! SHAPED!

& his Golfer Expressions^TM are just *chefskiss*

I need him so bad

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Just finished rewatching 1.2 Murder in the Mews because I longed to see The Golf Scene^TM once more

Gotta Love a man who will lean in close to his best friend as he tries to point out the location of the hole & Lads LISTEN the Height Difference of it all??

And. LISTEN. You CANNOT CONVINCE ME That THIS MAN

WHO BASICALLY NOTICES LITERALLY EVERYTHING.

WAS NOT STALLING FOR TIME. PRETENDING. NOT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BRIGHT RED LITTLE FLAG DOWN THERE

Because it meant!!! he got to spend an extra few seconds or two with his beloved Hastings talking softly in his ear!!

AND THEN!!! THE FIRST THING HASTINGS DOES AFTER THIS!! !IS LOOK AROUND LIKE HE'S WORRIED PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THEM!! & I mean. he's not wrong. there are other people waiting to golf

WORRIED YOU'D BE CAUGHT WITH YOUR HAND IN THE BISCUIT TIN THERE, WERE YOU, HASTINGS???

IT'S OKAY. DON'T MIND ME. THEY JUST MAKE ME INSANE. I'M SO NORMAL.

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She's as majestic as a queen on her throne You Better Do Everything She Tells You To Do OR ELSE

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Listen I know we talk about the Patented James Japp Side Eye^TM, but Hastings has his own pretty decent version of Side Eye too

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@mitsukatsu YES as a Pansexual Man I 10000% agree! Poirot is a work of art!!!

And to answer your question, YESSS! :) I already made some thirsty posts about how Good he looks in his Belgian Police Uniform; like this post for example :))))

And because I recently read the Chocolate Box...Please enjoy one of the only things I feel like the show did right with this particular story...

Poirot looking super dapper in his Belgian police uniform:

The cut of this uniform is very flattering on him, I must say...especially with the way it accentuates his chest, his waist, and his ''''''''seat''''''''

And I love the design on the collar/sleeves. Very fancy/official

also. please look at his very silly official hat

Gotta say. Hugh Fraser may have been the eye candy of this show, but. David Suchet sure knows how to be pretty, too

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Okay Have some more shots of Poirot from 11.1 Mrs. McGinty's Dead because I Have Got It Bad For That Old Man & I Don't Care Who Knows It

Okay firstly? the LIGHTING in this scene are you KIDDING ME?? SO GOOD

Also He's So SHAPED

He smile :))))

Also I love it when he does that little *leans forward* thing:

& his Profile? okay? like. ???

He's just. Such a Good Looking Old Man

okay thank you for your attention