#The terror

[hesbianspock]

james bites his hands until he’s bruised and bleeding to try to keep from crying out while being hauled. bridgens is the first one with him when he finally does and, in the next hours, bandages his hands before holding them at the end.

[antiqua-lugar]

I really like this thing The Terror does where no one ever kisses. At first I thought it was just being neo-Victorian, than it was about the vibes, but now I just think it's because as they said in interviews this show is about love between people and as a result they purposefully choose to only use elements that can be equally used to build romantic, platonic, familial and sexual relationships. If Bridgens and Peglar or Hickey and Gibson or Sophia and Francis kissed, their relationship would stand out, would be marked as special which is why they become worthy of a "bigger" gesture than their other relationships and that's the opposite of the point that The Terror is trying to make. Even Bridgens, who literally dies of a broken heart, is sobbing at James' deathbed that there will be poems. How people express love in The Terror is never differentiated in a way to imply that one kind of love is more important than the others.

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.09 the c, the c, the open c

[representative-democracy]

Oh you think you're special because you have scurvy while on an Arctic exploration mission? Get in line fucko

[prev]

+ a dash of JCR

[noughticalcrossings]

Harry Goodsir

There is wonder here

[asparklethatisblue]

So your Captain flirted back. What now?

[hacash]

terror shitposting (38/?)

[perenial]

[the-golden-vanity]

"We suspected East was not our brightest star to follow"

I'm currently doing a rewatch of The Terror with my merry band of IRLs known as the Gay Pirates. However, for the duration of our Terror watch, we have rechristened ourselves the Gay Boat Cannibals.

Every time I watch this show—this will be my third watch overall—I realize what a horrible go of it the lieutenants specifically are having. Having just rewatched episode 2, I’m very struck by how haunted Lieutenant Hodgson looks after returning from the leads party—the only other character with that much of a thousand-yard stare that early on is Collins.

And on returning, Sir John tells him, “We suspected East was not our brightest star to follow”

If I were Lt. Hodgson, I’d be wondering, “Did Sir John really just send me out into unknown horrors just to own Captain Crozier?"

I think he did—or at least, that he assigned the Terror lieutenant to the eastern party for not-unrelated reasons.

[ghostofadragon]

i think at some point if you make a rpf historical drama show gay enough like via script and actor chemistry you should get a free pass to make them kiss onscreen at least once. the families will understand if theyre real ones

[cockroachesunite]

Go for broke AU part 3

☞ (Part 2)

☞ (Part 1)

[charlesdesvoeux]

henry le vesCUNTe. is this anything

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.09 the c, the c, the open c

[jackharkness]

TIMESTAMP ROULETTE 🛳️ THE TERROR - 1x09 “The C, the C, the Open C”

[noughticalcrossings]

John Bridgens

Hold on, Henry

[asparklethatisblue]

They no longer care who hears when they yell at each other