#robin the caveman

[theunicornpirate]

Some appreciation for Julian and Robin :)

[idiotwithanipad]

Baby Rogh in the snow🥹🥰

[incorrect-bbc-ghosts]

Thomas: She was poetry, but he couldn't read.

Kitty: His name was Jared he's 19.

Robin: When his parents built a very strange machine.

Captain, singing: Watch that scene, digging the dancing queen.

Mary, singing: Eyyyy, Macarena!

Fanny: Horrible job everyone.

[moonah-rose]

Another thing I love about Robin that makes me prefer him over his American counterpart (and this is from someone who casually likes CBS Ghosts), is he's a rare example of a character who is very sexual, who has canonically fucked a LOT, but it doesn't define his personality like a lot of men in media who sleep around.

He's not a "love them and leave them", he's not cold or dismissive once the act is done. He's not into anything long term but it's very important to him that the other person is cool with that (like how he can't relax around Mary until she assures him they're good after their night).

He laughs at Julian's raunchy jokes but doesn't make any himself and doesn't do any of the borderline SA stuff Julian comes close to (goosing, bottom patting, wanting to watch Alison nurse etc).

He respects women, refers to them as "ladies" while men are "guys". He watches Loose Women. His main squad for a couple hundred years was him and three other girls (and occasionally Humphrey). When he talks about his perfect date its going all out somewhere fancy and expensive, treating her like a princess. He's not afraid to show his own vulnerabilities and comforts someone when he sees they're down. Basically he lacks the toxic masculinity that goes along with a character who doesn't want a romantic commitment. He values platonic and family relationships more and I love that.

He's open that he lost count of how many kids he fathered in life but he wasn't a deadbeat dad, he took care of them as well as kids who may or may not have been his because that was the responsibility of everyone in the tribe. The way he lights up when he sees Ethel and Biddy and how he attaches to young Sophie speaks girl dad vibes. Most macho-horny-male characters seem to either want or end up just having sons (or if they do have a daughter it's like the only way they can suddenly respect women).

He's just a Very Good Boy.

Going back to CBS Ghosts, again that's also why I think Flower is his real equivalent, as she's also someone who believes in free love but isn't written in the typical slut shaming way, she's just happily poly and bi, and a total sweetheart. Wheras Thor plays into the macho, insensitive, kinda a jerk with just the odd soft moments.

[olympain]

How are things looking for the weekend, Richard?

[howicked]

BBC GHOSTS (2019-) 2.05 (Bump in the Night)

[jameszmaguire]

I love how BBC Ghosts once a series is like 'and here's a new flavour of Robin being the most tragic character you will ever see' and it brings me to tears every single time

[masterofiodine]

sort of binge-watched bbc ghosts and niw i can't stop thinking about them

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[m0ose-idiot]

Since it looks like no one will be giving me any excuses to make any more, I hereby declare my Inhabitants of Button House crochet extravaganza complete and entire. It's been a wild ride, love you guys 👻🤍

[sco07ut]

sillies

[idiotwithanipad]

Normalise Robin being happy and laughing🥹❤️🧁

[incorrect-bbc-ghosts]

Robin: Onion rings are vegetable donuts.

Alison, used to Robin being dumb: Sure...

Robin: Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed.

Alison: Okay?

Robin: Lasagna is spaghetti flavored cake.

Alison:

Robin: Lobsters are mermaid scorpio-

Alison: Jesus, that one is a little-

Thomas, interested: No, no, Robin, keep going.

[moonah-rose]

Just going by Robin's whole "no one knew who their father was" but combining it with his mention of having "kept his dad's skin", I headcanon he had many "dads" growing up in the tribe, he was never certain which one was his by blood, some were probably even his mother's cousin or brother and all looked alike. Calling someone 'Dad' in his time had little to do with paternity and more who helped Mother raise you or was her favourite mate etc.

But basically he was like Sophie in Mamma Mia, he had lots of dads and most of them were good and helped him become the little skrunkly we love.

(Blame @idiotwithanipad for making my brain rot thinking about baby Rogh).

[jedi-valjean]

bbc ghosts sprite sheet

[vampir-el]

an ode to one of my favorite episodes of television

[oxfordsnotr0gues]

The ghosts thinking of ways to get rid of Alison: Ok anyone have any ideas

Julian and Robin: