#idk it makes me think of Joan of Arcadia

[heavencasteel420]

Honestly the implications for the Byers family dynamics if Jonathan gets taken to the UD instead of Will are staggering.

[maih-em]

Endeavour Fandom Meme tagged by @bryndeavour and @petersjakes thank u!

Top 5 Episodes

Pilot will always have a special place in my heart. Fugue is just Very Good and one that I’ll often turn to if I want to watch an episode. Nocturne – idk why this one’s on the list but I just really like it? I can’t really pinpoint any particular reason but I really vibe with the aesthetic. Canticle is great for so many reasons it has a good aesthetic and I love nick wilding. Deguello is just so satisfying??? As a conclusion not only to the whole of series 6 but series 5 as well, it really gets me – all of them coming together at the end after drifting apart in various directions all series? THAT’S exactly what I want TV to make me feel.

And also, Icarus needs a shoutout for being the only piece of TV that’s ever made me properly cry. Like I was sobbing for at LEAST half an hour props to Russell Lewis for making me feel An Emotion. & Neverland because I love it but I can’t rewatch it bc it’s too stressful

EDIT: idk why i immediately discounted neverland & icarus from the list for being to sad? like yeah i’d die if i rewatched it but neverland is great and the peter jakes character development is Important

Seasons in Order of Preference (or tops)

S3, S1, S4, S6, S5, S2, S7. This was so hard to do bc I like all of them? Like I don’t hate S2 AT ALL, but I just couldn’t put it in front of S5&6 because they have such good underlying plot. S3 and S1 have the most episodes that I gravitate to, and S4 idk it has great vibes although Harvest is a really unsatisfying ending. And I don’t specifically dislike S7, but the individual episodes are too intertwined to enjoy them individually which is something I prefer in a series. Also, it’s way too stressful.

Favourite Scene(s)

100% the end of Deguello as I said above. And Arcadia with Morse and Jakes in the mineshaft. Also in S6 when Box is being a dick to Joan and then Thursday comes up and introduces her as his daughter and Box shits bricks -- POETIC CINEMA.

EDIT: also i’ve just remembered when box is parked on a double yellow and trewlove says they’re going to stand out like a couple of spare pricks and george just smILES AT HER hhhhh

I have to say for bisexual reasons: the kiss scene at the end of Raga is just *chef’s kiss* and also Morse and Nick in Canticle in the enchanted place or whatever it was called and the almost-kiss in the pilot with Rosalind calloway.

Favourite Musical Piece or Moment

I have to say Jennifer Sometimes because it genuinely SLAPS. Like I have it on my Spotify for actual non-endeavour-related reasons, it’s just such a tune.

Also, the theme tune. It makes me FEEL THINGS. And I associate it with all the emotions I feel at the end of an episode because obvs it comes in at the end, so I feel like everything I feel about the show as a whole is tied up in that music???

Favourite Cinematography/Imagery (season, ep, whatever)

Anything that’s sunny and summery – immediately what comes to mind is Canticle, Arcadia and Harvest. I’m probably slightly misremembering them but in my head they’re just warm and golden and lens flares and sunshine the vibes are just immaculate.

Favourite Ensemble Character that isn't Morse

You mean I have to CHOOSE?? I have to say Peter Jakes but that’s mainly because I write him so often I think. Like I absolutely ADORE him but mainly the version of him in fanfics. If I took jakes out of the equation, I’d pick either Frazil or Bright? Bright just has such good vibes and especially in s6&7 and Frazil is an ICON.

Favourite One-episode Character

Automatically I want to say nick wilding but that’s 95% just because he’s really fucking fit. I quite like the vicar in Girl and also Anthony Donn (but only because I love Sam Barnett)

Favourite Morse Look (season, ep, whatever)

S3 is my favourite hair because it’s messier. In terms of a whole look either his red jumper in Ride or any of the casual decorating outfits he wears in S7. And the uniform in S6.

Biggest Disappointment

This is a common opinion but all the women are treated like shit and I don’t vibe with it. I was starting to plan a fic recently and I made a list of characters who don’t get a super big role in the show who I wanted to specifically use more because I love them and then I realised literally all of them are women? Yikes. Joan is treated like shit, Monica is treated like shit, Frazil is an icon but 90% of her interactions are just to further Morse’s development, Violetta again is only there for the sake of Morse, and Trewlove is side-lined so much too (I read in an interview somewhere that Dakota blue Richards actually had to press at some points to get Trewlove a more valuable role in the plot so I don’t even want to know how invisible they made her in the original script).

Also, it could be gayer. Like that’s just bc I’m gay, but I just want some rep that’s more than 2 or 3 off-screen gays/lesbians. I get it’s the 60s, but other shows manage it it’s not that hard to make one (1) rounded LGBT character in a loving relationship.

Provide some Spicy Takes (on canon, fandom, anything)

This is not spicy at ALL, but I love how shippable literally any character is. Morse and someone he met briefly in one episode? Yep. Two people who would completely hate each other in the canon? Go for it. Two characters who’ve never met? Sure why not? Morse has absolutely slept with all of his friends.

Oh and Jim is the rat king.

Free Space! (Make up something - anything - you want to share or say)

Fancy and Box are boyfriends.

(I’m currently writing a camping trip fic for them which I’ll probs post today or tomorrow. Also Lewis Peek recently tweeted that he wants to dye his hair blue and now I’m so tempted to have Box dye George’s hair blue)

I’m going to tag @eau1636 @booking--it @parvasilvi @dragonslover98 @dangerously-human and anyone else who wants to!

[rorykillmore]

are there any characters that have caught your eye recently that you're thinking of bringing to denny? any plot ideas that you would like to bring to denny with them in mind?

okay i was waiting to answer this until i had a variety of options because i was coming up blank on new character ideas while i was still apping paige

but speaking of charmed! i have admittedly been VAGUELY tempted to try out drake just because i have always. ALWAYS had such a soft spot for him, and idk, i feel like i could do something really interesting with “former demon only has [x] long to live and wants to get the most out of his life and make sure he’s done something Good to be remembered by”. the one thing holding me back is that i really enjoy his friendship with paige, buuut. i love him. idk maybe if we ever got a phoebe. or maybe i’ll at least yolo him someday, who knows

i don’t know why, but i’ve also been lowkey tempted lately to get back into transformers and try out a character from that again?? i just. have the giant robot itch. i don’t know who i would try - i’ve always been really intimidated by the most iconic characters (megatron, optimus, soundwave...) - but i am considering trying to dive back into the comics again. the idea of rping mtmte megatron still intrigues me SO much, because i’ve done the whole redemption arc thing with different characters, but megs is... i mean, the things he’s done, he knows there’s no real balancing the scales for that. but tackling a character like him who is so complicated and horrifying and trying to do better anyways is... really really interesting to me. but again. SO. intimidating. i also fucking adore optimus and have always wanted to try him out, but i can never pick a continuity and somehow he intimidates me even more than megs

i was talking about this earlier today but i always go back and forth about being tempted to write god or joan from joan of arcadia! the show’s take on god is super super interesting and while i wouldn’t really be able to treat them as a traditional character i like the idea of them... basically doing what they do on the show, ie not really interfering with anything or judging anyone but, lowkey influencing people to be better and kinder and causing positive ripple effects. and joan is... i mean she’s one of the best teenage characters ever written imo, she’s so REALISTIC and so surly and so flawed and yet there’s something so powerful about her realizing the power very small and empathetic actions have in the world. i’m gushing now but yeah that’s always kind of been at the back of my mind

not gonna lIE, maybe it’s just because episode 9 is coming out soon and i’m getting super nostalgic but i’ve been considering... doing a star wars binge and trying leia again. ironically, the last time i fell into the franchise and apped her was when episode 7 was being promoted, so, yknow. bookends. but leia is my favorite and just, a very important character to me in general, i always love revisiting her. i just keep putting off rewatching some stuff because i’m like “no i want to wait til closer to the PREMIERE” but who knows when i’ll cave,

i’ve iiiidly thought about winter from rwby too! i’m not sure yet if i’d REALLY want to, and in any case if i did try her i’d wait til jay’s schedule wasn’t so hectic, but i am genuinely interested in the schnee family dynamics. too bad i missed whitley,

also my like. what would you call it. my “unhinged disaster women” itch can never fully be scratched, so i also sometimes think about trying characters like nikki swango from fargo or alice morgan from luther or jamie moriarty from elementary (who i’ve actually already tried) but ALL of those would require watching/rewatching stuff and as you can see i already have a ton on my plate! i swear though i’ve gotten so unapologetic about my love of just. watching women be feral and messy and every time i see a character like that im like MMMMM

hmmm what else... i’m replaying silent hill downpour right now, and i do as always really love murphy and anne. i don’t know if anything will come of that this time but i enjoy them

i saw you were watching supernatural and, ngl, i say i’ve put that show behind me, but i used to love love love ruby SO much and if you ever tried anyone from it. i might lose my self restraint. idk though that would require rewatching some supernatural. and also, can denny handle two rubys?,

and last but CERTAINLY not least, i keep listening to the mean girls musical soundtrack and thinking about trying regina george! who i’ve always thought would be fun to play but, you know, i had heather chandler for a while and i didn’t want to double up, and then after i dropped her i was like “well i don’t want to pick up such a similar character for a while” but my roster has been bitchy mean girl free for AWHILE now. so maybe one day.

[rorykillmore]

I know this was just hypothetical but please imagine what joan and god would get up to on denny, especially with several other gods also hanging around

christ this ask is almost too powerful for me

basically joan would just want to live a quiet life. on a serious note i think it’d be... really hard on her being uprooted from her family and friends, especially since she’s not that good at making friends and fitting in. if she found people on denny she did click with, as a result she’d probably cling to them pretty tightly. of course joan is joan so she might initially aim to fit in with the Popular Kids (though like, are there any even left at clairbourne) and end up with a bunch of rejects instead but, so it goes for her,

part of playing her would inevitably entail that normal teenage stuff that she really, really wants though. and then, of course, talking to god! every teenager’s favorite normalizing experience! i don’t know if she’d find god being on denny comforting because they’re such a familiar presence and she doesn’t have to be alone or just exasperated that even in an alternate universe, they won’t leave her the fuck alone, but

anyway the idea i thought was really cool was just kind of. applying a lot of canon to denny? so basically just having god tell joan to do various, seemingly inconsequential things that ultimately end up helping people or getting her involved in a thing she needs to get involved in. i imagine i’d have to do a lot of like, oneshot threads or fics to accomplish this dynamic but it would be really fun because as a surly 16 year old, she’s... certainly not your average ‘helping someone out with their problems’ type, even for denny. but it would give people an option to garner focus or even larger plots for like. character issues they want to resolve that otherwise might not have many obvious ways of getting attention, whether it’s because the character is especially cagey or it’s just something they don’t want to deal with, or whatever!

like. idk. maybe god tells joan to join a d&d group, and she’s horrified and confused, but through that she ends up helping mike with something. or maybe god tells her to get a job at the library, and through that she ends up helping heather duke like, gain some confidence in deciding what she wants to do with her life and in herself in general. or... i don’t know i’m not creative enough to come up with a lot of in depth ideas on the spot but just! stuff with joan coincidentally inserting herself into people’s lives and having to figure out how she’s supposed to help them is really really interesting from an rp perspective and makes her pretty much universally accessible as a plotting character. i really love joan of arcadia’s idea of like... “normal people can have ripple effects on each other that can become profound”

as for the other gods.... man i don’t even know how much i’d play god off of them. something about this, i guess mostly the way the show itself is written, makes me feel like god might work better if i kept them as almost entirely a background npc who only occasionally interacts with other characters briefly and randomly (like how on the show, other people can see them but just don’t really pay any attention to them).  joan herself would probably want NOTHING to do with them, one god pestering her is enough thank you very much, but there are probably some inevitable things she can’t escape like... being able to talk with ammy, probably? and i feel like the cat gods would be inherently ??? about her so that could be interesting

joan is just plagued by furries for the rest of her life,

but yeah! if i were to seriously consider this i’d have to do a rewatch sometime but this is an idea that i really like overall. joan is..... a really good character..... and i say that as someone who tends to be pretty easily annoyed by how teenage characters are written in general media; i think she was always portrayed with an impressive amount of realism and empathy and i still Love her