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OH
MY
GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD
AUUUUGH IT'S
SO
HOT
This is basically only the second time something I shipped went canon. (The other was Spike/Buffy, and by "shipped it" I mean, I didn't read fic, I didn't interact with that section of fandom, I only started being into it in S5 (or 4? whenever Spike started crushing on her), and I really loved the lead-up and really did not enjoy the execution.) IT'S A GREAT FEELING, HOLY SHIT.
At the same time, it's a really conflicted feeling, because a pal of mine really, really dislikes the ship and was really afraid it would happen, and it's a weird feeling when something happens that totally makes your night but you know it totally ruined a buddy's night, it is very conflicting and weird. Strong feelings! On all sides! About little fictional ghost people! We're over-invested in this silly CBS sitcom! Normal intense fannish behavior is happening!
I actually don't think this ship is going to last more than maybe 3-4 episodes, or at the very least, I don't think the ship is going to survive the season, so it's kind of the best of both worlds, maybe, question mark? Because if you do ship it, you get to see it play out for a bit, and if you don't, it won't be here super long. I think the dynamic between Hetty and Trevor is just too volatile to last. Which is, for me, what makes it really hot. But yeah.
I kinda hope this brings in more fans, because this is the kind of more intense relationship that the show did not have before, in any gender configuration? The other ships are a lot more gentle. I feel like the xmas special may have brought in more fans anyway, I feel like there's been a tiny uptick in activity? Though that may just be existing fans freaking out after a three week hiatus. Either way, it's great!
Although that Nisaac kiss. Woooof, that was so sweet yet also so hot. Isaac was so decisive! Good for you, Isaac! Gifs of that kiss, not embedded because I didn't make these and idk the etiquette around that.
Seriously, I just wanted to see Trevor kiss somebody and I got my wish, and then on top of it, it's Hetty who is one of the many people I ship him with. Tbf, I ship Trevor with everybody. Hetty, Thor, Pete, Sam, Jay, Sass, Bela, Bela's buddy Eric, Crash, the Farnsbys... basically anyone and everyone.
It's just crazy that a ship I never even thought of until reading this fic, which was written by a pal on a whim as a pure crackship, suddenly became something, due to said fic, that I shipped hard (along with Trevor/Thor, lol... which also started as a friend shipping it as a crackship... by osmosis.... without having ever seen the show...), and now it's canon? ?? ?!?!?!
There's an interview with Asher Grodman (warning: article and headline contain spoilers for an upcoming episode) where he talks about this development and refers to Trevor and Hetty as "two mismatched clowns". Yes. Good. Love it. These guys understand the assignment.
(I feel like I should be talking more about Nisaac, as someone who is a big supporter of The Gay Agenda and tries to write queer characters into everything, and I love Isaac and Nigel, but Trevor's my fave and my blorbo, sorry, world!)
ANYWAY, BACK TO MY BLORBO: It is a bummer Trevor and Bela didn't get to hook up, I was rooting for them, and I think it would've been fun to see the actor playing Eric have to play Trevor, but at the same time, if they make possession too easy, it wouldn't fit the vibe of the show. A lot of the comedy comes from all of this being difficult... that it's rare to see ghosts, that the ghosts' powers are weak and ineffective, that the ghosts are very limited in what they can do and where they can go. So making it super easy for them to possess someone would give them a huge power-up, so to speak, and kind of break the show's rules or vibe, I guess.
Speaking of possession: SAM AS THOR. OH MY GOD. So cute. So wonderful. I was a big fan of iZombie, so seeing Rose McIver get to do what she did in that show and embody an entirely different personality and physicality was a lot of fun. Sam's little face doing that Thor frown! In her little Christmas sweater! Incredibly adorable. I loved seeing her hook her thumbs in her belt loops like Thor does, trying to take up space. Eating half a stick of fucking butter. (Which someone on Tumblr said Vikings actually did????) Also, Jay, how did you not know that was Thor, what the hell, dude.
My one complaint, and because I'm wordy this will probably sound more angry than it is, I love this show, I'm not like "fuck you and fuck your whole family" about it, and it's a complaint I shared with my Tretty-disliking buddy, is that there were a few places where this was called a "Christmas and Hannukah episode" and that... was just not true, guys. (Though valiant work by Grodman trying to get #Hauntukah trending.) I can be kind of a Grinch about Christmas, as a vaguely goth, atheist Jew (Halloween is my xmas, lol)... there are some things I like about it, but the way it gets pushed so so so hard is just an annual reminder that the US is a majority-Christian (is "Christian-supremacist" too spicy of a term to use when mildly nitpicking a sitcom I'm a huge fan of?) nation and always has been and always will be. Like, geez, Sam, at least put a menorah out or something! And like... Thor's not wrong that it's cultural appropriation, lol? It's just that that ship has sailed. And there is this unsettling, if you're not Christian, element to the show where, like... so the characters can get "sucked off" up into a white light that clearly indicates Heaven, or they can "go down" into a red light that clearly indicates Hell. So, we've got Jay, Sass, Thor and Trevor here, the creative team has chosen to include four (presumably, in Jay's case) non-Christian characters, and yet the show essentially says to those characters, "Your Bible is a lie! Freak out!" Like, regardless of what parallels to those concepts do or don't exist in non-Christian religions, it's culturally-Christian framing and visual language.
So that's not great. But other than that, I love it!
Man, it's gonna be hard having another hiatus until January when the show comes back. I hope lots of porn is written in the interim. I already tried writing some and it really sucks, so hopefully others will step in and succeed where I have failed.
Also, I realize I did not post my reactions to S02E08 - "The Liquor License", which I really enjoyed. POOR PETE. OMG. Also, Trevor first being a douche to Isaac and then being very sweet to him. ;_; Also, wow, Benjy Franklin, what a dick. Also, THEY CUT THE THOR/FLOWER/TREVOR HUG WTF HOW COULD YOU.
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Het content incoming, backbutton if you're not into it!
OH
MY
GODDDDDDDDDDDDDD
AUUUUGH IT'S
SO
HOT
This is basically only the second time something I shipped went canon. (The other was Spike/Buffy, and by "shipped it" I mean, I didn't read fic, I didn't interact with that section of fandom, I only started being into it in S5 (or 4? whenever Spike started crushing on her), and I really loved the lead-up and really did not enjoy the execution.) IT'S A GREAT FEELING, HOLY SHIT.
At the same time, it's a really conflicted feeling, because a pal of mine really, really dislikes the ship and was really afraid it would happen, and it's a weird feeling when something happens that totally makes your night but you know it totally ruined a buddy's night, it is very conflicting and weird. Strong feelings! On all sides! About little fictional ghost people! We're over-invested in this silly CBS sitcom! Normal intense fannish behavior is happening!
I actually don't think this ship is going to last more than maybe 3-4 episodes, or at the very least, I don't think the ship is going to survive the season, so it's kind of the best of both worlds, maybe, question mark? Because if you do ship it, you get to see it play out for a bit, and if you don't, it won't be here super long. I think the dynamic between Hetty and Trevor is just too volatile to last. Which is, for me, what makes it really hot. But yeah.
I kinda hope this brings in more fans, because this is the kind of more intense relationship that the show did not have before, in any gender configuration? The other ships are a lot more gentle. I feel like the xmas special may have brought in more fans anyway, I feel like there's been a tiny uptick in activity? Though that may just be existing fans freaking out after a three week hiatus. Either way, it's great!
Although that Nisaac kiss. Woooof, that was so sweet yet also so hot. Isaac was so decisive! Good for you, Isaac! Gifs of that kiss, not embedded because I didn't make these and idk the etiquette around that.
Seriously, I just wanted to see Trevor kiss somebody and I got my wish, and then on top of it, it's Hetty who is one of the many people I ship him with. Tbf, I ship Trevor with everybody. Hetty, Thor, Pete, Sam, Jay, Sass, Bela, Bela's buddy Eric, Crash, the Farnsbys... basically anyone and everyone.
It's just crazy that a ship I never even thought of until reading this fic, which was written by a pal on a whim as a pure crackship, suddenly became something, due to said fic, that I shipped hard (along with Trevor/Thor, lol... which also started as a friend shipping it as a crackship... by osmosis.... without having ever seen the show...), and now it's canon? ?? ?!?!?!
There's an interview with Asher Grodman (warning: article and headline contain spoilers for an upcoming episode) where he talks about this development and refers to Trevor and Hetty as "two mismatched clowns". Yes. Good. Love it. These guys understand the assignment.
(I feel like I should be talking more about Nisaac, as someone who is a big supporter of The Gay Agenda and tries to write queer characters into everything, and I love Isaac and Nigel, but Trevor's my fave and my blorbo, sorry, world!)
ANYWAY, BACK TO MY BLORBO: It is a bummer Trevor and Bela didn't get to hook up, I was rooting for them, and I think it would've been fun to see the actor playing Eric have to play Trevor, but at the same time, if they make possession too easy, it wouldn't fit the vibe of the show. A lot of the comedy comes from all of this being difficult... that it's rare to see ghosts, that the ghosts' powers are weak and ineffective, that the ghosts are very limited in what they can do and where they can go. So making it super easy for them to possess someone would give them a huge power-up, so to speak, and kind of break the show's rules or vibe, I guess.
Speaking of possession: SAM AS THOR. OH MY GOD. So cute. So wonderful. I was a big fan of iZombie, so seeing Rose McIver get to do what she did in that show and embody an entirely different personality and physicality was a lot of fun. Sam's little face doing that Thor frown! In her little Christmas sweater! Incredibly adorable. I loved seeing her hook her thumbs in her belt loops like Thor does, trying to take up space. Eating half a stick of fucking butter. (Which someone on Tumblr said Vikings actually did????) Also, Jay, how did you not know that was Thor, what the hell, dude.
My one complaint, and because I'm wordy this will probably sound more angry than it is, I love this show, I'm not like "fuck you and fuck your whole family" about it, and it's a complaint I shared with my Tretty-disliking buddy, is that there were a few places where this was called a "Christmas and Hannukah episode" and that... was just not true, guys. (Though valiant work by Grodman trying to get #Hauntukah trending.) I can be kind of a Grinch about Christmas, as a vaguely goth, atheist Jew (Halloween is my xmas, lol)... there are some things I like about it, but the way it gets pushed so so so hard is just an annual reminder that the US is a majority-Christian (is "Christian-supremacist" too spicy of a term to use when mildly nitpicking a sitcom I'm a huge fan of?) nation and always has been and always will be. Like, geez, Sam, at least put a menorah out or something! And like... Thor's not wrong that it's cultural appropriation, lol? It's just that that ship has sailed. And there is this unsettling, if you're not Christian, element to the show where, like... so the characters can get "sucked off" up into a white light that clearly indicates Heaven, or they can "go down" into a red light that clearly indicates Hell. So, we've got Jay, Sass, Thor and Trevor here, the creative team has chosen to include four (presumably, in Jay's case) non-Christian characters, and yet the show essentially says to those characters, "Your Bible is a lie! Freak out!" Like, regardless of what parallels to those concepts do or don't exist in non-Christian religions, it's culturally-Christian framing and visual language.
So that's not great. But other than that, I love it!
Man, it's gonna be hard having another hiatus until January when the show comes back. I hope lots of porn is written in the interim. I already tried writing some and it really sucks, so hopefully others will step in and succeed where I have failed.
Also, I realize I did not post my reactions to S02E08 - "The Liquor License", which I really enjoyed. POOR PETE. OMG. Also, Trevor first being a douche to Isaac and then being very sweet to him. ;_; Also, wow, Benjy Franklin, what a dick. Also, THEY CUT THE THOR/FLOWER/TREVOR HUG WTF HOW COULD YOU.
