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A unnecessarily long and thought out list of Father Brown characters and what Hogwarts House they would be in:

Father Brown

Gryffindor

Ok so

I was leaning towards Ravenclaw

In fact I think I could make a very strong case for Ravenclaw

(See his inquisitive nature and want for knowledge)

But

BUT BUT BUT

Because of how strongly he believes in his morals (his faith, for one), as well as how often he chooses to take situations into his own hands, I think this shows his Gryffindor side

Not to mention he’s a Weasley

Also Gryffindors are typically pretty trusting individuals who like to see the good in others, at least a certain category of Gryffindors

And I think Father Brown really embodies this

Mrs McCarthy

Slytherin

Hmmmmmm ok

So

This one was kinda hard

I picked Slytherin because of how self-reliant and goal-oriented she is

She’s also a perfectionist and expects others to meet those standards

Also once someone has earned her respect, she is super devoted to them, but not in the same way a Hufflepuff would be

If that makes any sense

Also she’s kind of a bitch

More like she’s very assertive with her opinion

Her being a Slytherin isn’t a bad thing, though

I think she’s a great example of a “good” Slytherin

Sid

Hufflepuff

Ok ok HEAR ME OUT

I was gonna say Gryffindor

But I think one of Sid’s most defining traits is his loyalty to those he cares about

Although he does have the traits you would associate with a Gryffindor (experience-orientated, stubborn, strong moral center, playful, etc.), I think his overall loyalty, honesty (ironic for a criminal), dependability, and good-heartedness tip the scales

He really could be either

But I do honestly think that his sense of loyalty and how protective he is of his friends (which can be seen particularly when Flambeau is around), makes him a Hufflepuff

I might be a little bias because I’m a Hufflepuff but-

Lady F

Ravenclaw

This one was so hard my god

I think she show traits of all the houses

She has the ambition, drive, and adaptability of a Slytherin

The creativeness, wittiness, and curiousness of a Ravenclaw

The fairness, genuineness, and open-mindedness of a Hufflepuff

AND the passion, stubbornness, and the tendency to live in the moment that can be seen in Gryffindors

And unlike other characters who show traits of multiple houses, I think she displays them all pretty equally

None of them really strike me as outweighing the others

That being said I had to pick one

I chose Ravenclaw because of how observant and willing to learn she is

She just seems to stand out so much amongst the others in the Pres Crew, yet she also blends in so well

And we just see her being able to read situations and being able to fit in anywhere (season 3 episode 1 with the crazy old guy comes to mind.)

Idk why, but this just feels very Ravenclaw to me?

I’m kind of rambling at this point

But yeah, I could see a case for literally any house

Bunty

Gryffindor

This one wasn’t hard

I just think Bunty is your stereotypical Gryffindor

Similar to Sid, I think she does show traits that could be attributed to Hufflepuffs, but I don’t think they are at the forefront of her personality enough

She is super experience-oriented, blunt, playful, stubborn, and idealistic

Also if we are talking the stereotypical Gryffindor- irresponsible

That’s NOT to say that she doesn’t own up to her mistakes, because I think she often does (at least when it’s most important), but she is very good at getting herself into those sort of situations

Valentine

Gryffindor

Ok so

I think he’s a pretty stereotypical Gryffindor, just like Bunty

That one scene in season 1 episode 8 during the treasure hunt, where he basically challenged Father Brown: I just feel like that gave Gryffindor vs Gryffindor vibes

I can’t explain it

Also he’s just very blunt and practical

Idk he just give Gryffindor vibes

Like every time he’s on screen he just does shit that makes me go “ah yes, a Gryffindor”

You could probably make an argument for another house, but it would be hard to change my opinion

Sullivan

Ravenclaw

*sighs*

This gay lil guy

I bounced back and forth between Slytherin and Ravenclaw quite a bit

I could argue Slytherin because of how goal oriented and how much of a perfectionist he is

But… it just doesn’t fit right

Ravenclaw feels more accurate

I think my biggest argument would be how logical thinking he is

Like he usually doesn’t get the right guy, but you can always see exactly how he got there

He’s super intelligent, but he doesn’t connect the right dots because he thinks about things so logically, and this is Kembleford we are talking about

Things are rarely logical

And he knows this, which brings me to my next main argument

It’s incredibly evident in his return eps, but it can even be seen a bit in seasons 2 and 3- Sullivan actually listens to Father Brown’s line of thought

There are multiple scenes where you can actually see the moment that his mind snaps to the same kind of thinking as Father Brown (the sex hotel ep comes to mind)

I think this shows how important understanding the situation is to him

Also listen he doesn’t have the Charm/Social Ability to be a Slytherin 😭

He’s just an awkward lil guy!

Mallory

Gryffindor

Mallory

Mallory Mallory Mallory

I just…

I really had to shake the bias outta me for this one

I know a lot of people really like Mallory, and I can see why, I just have never liked him

He rubs me the wrong way

Although I will admit he can be really fucking funny

I think Mallory doesn’t show enough ambition to be a Slytherin, and I don’t think he’s hard working enough to be a Hufflepuff

I also just can’t see an argument for Ravenclaw

But I do think he shows a lot of Gryffindor traits

He’s very reckless and stubborn

He absolutely HATES being wrong

He’s also kind of prone to procrastination: he usually jumps to the easiest solution

But not because that’s the logical conclusion, but rather because it’s just the easiest

ALL THAT BEING SAID

I do also think he exhibits a sort of looseness that is so distinctly Gryffindor

Similar to Valentine he just gives the Vibes™️

And I feel like that he is just a lot more outgoing and loud than any of our other inspectors

And I actually think that’s a good thing

His brand of Gryffindor is very distinct than any other in the show

I actually think he’s a lot more unafraid to act than our other inspector

If he thinks he is on the right track, he’s much quicker to get his guy

Whether that be because he’s passionate or because he wants it to be over with is up for debate

IM SORRY I’m trying to be positive I swear

Anyways

Goodfellow

Hufflepuff

I mean…

Do I-

Do I have to defend this one?

Idk guys I feel like this one’s pretty obvious

Like I think he definitely shows traits of other houses

(I see you ambition)

But that being said, the traits he shows of other houses, they all elevate his Hufflepuffness

I just

I could give evidence but I don’t feel like I need to

We all know what I mean

(You could make a good argument for Gryffindor I think, but I’m ignoring that❤️)

Flambeau

Slytherin

Starting at the beginning of the series, I think he’s just a pure Slytherin

He’s ambitious, driven, goal focused, charming, and he absolutely does what he has to to get what he wants

We see this in The Blue Cross when he abandons his partner, and in The Judgment of Man when he manipulates Lady F (there are more examples but those were the first two that came to mind)

That being said, as the series progresses, I dare say he shows a hint of Hufflepuff loyalty👀

I think it starts off as that Slytherin feeling loyalty that I mentioned earlier with Mrs M, but I think that it started morphing into something that feels distinctly different

Idk if that makes ANY sense

All this being said, I do think he is still a Slytherin

He’s just becomes less of that stereotypical villain sort of Slytherin and more of a Mrs M type Slytherin

Susie

Gryffindor

Uhhhh

Idk

This one was kind of hard just because I don’t feel very passionate about Susie

*coughs awkwardly*

But hear me out

She’s very blunt and practical

Not to mention she is very stubborn and doesn’t back down

If Mrs M spoke to me the way she spoke to Susie in season 1, I would simply cease to exist

I think she Is very strong willed in that aspect

But like I said, someone that connected to her more might be able to convince me of a different house

But this just felt like a good bet

Blind ‘Arry

Hufflepuff

I would die for this one

I’m so confident in this

You don’t understand

He’s a Hufflepuff

He’s so genuine

And honest

And wears his heart on his sleeve

And he’s so compassionate

Always willing to lend a helping hand

I just love him so much

Mrs M and him would make the perfect Slytherpuff couple

Pls Mrs M I’m BEGGING

Anyways, ya

You can pry this opinion from my cold dead hands

Daniel Whittaker

Slytherin

This little shit

Ok listen, I don’t like making bad guys Slytherins

Just adds to the stereotype

But this guy literally would do anything to get what he wants, regardless of who he has to ruin to do it

My man almost charged Sid and sent him to jail for crimes against the country

I can’t forgive that

Anyways ya, Stereotypical Slytherin

Professor Ambrose

Ravenclaw

I mean… he’s like the definition of the stereotypical Ravenclaw

I don’t feel I have to justify this

My man spent his life researching shit

Ok so I think I got everyone. If there is anyone I think of later or anyone that someone points out I missed than I’ll edit this but. Ya. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Fun Fact: in one month (1/1/23), all Sherlock Holmes stories hit the public domain and the Conan Doyle Estate can't do shit! I say this for absolutely no reason but also congrats in advance to the happy couple.

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

Whenever someone says that johnlock couldn’t be canon, because it would ruin the source material, I always have to mention Granada Sherlock Holmes.

Produced in a time when suggesting that Holmes and Watson might have been in a romantic or sexual relationship could get you black listed from Sherlockian communities, this series thumbed its nose and pushed as many boundaries as it could. 

One of the first screen adaptations to showcase the equality in the partnership between the two men, it gave us a Watson who was anything but the bumbling oaf he had been in previous works. This Watson was intelligent, strong, protective, and loving. When he wasn’t doctoring his Holmes after scrapes, he was comforting him in his failure, or helping to direct him toward success. 

Rather than marry Watson off, Granada kept him a happy, if often put upon, bachelor. This deviation from the source Canon was handled smoothly, by occasionally sending Watson on much needed holidays or keeping him busy at his surgery, for stories that needed the men to be separated at the beginning. 

Beyond the less than subtle hints into the nature of the relationship between Holmes and Watson, Granada is noted for including a story line in one of their most well known films that dealt with why that very relationship needed to be kept a secret. Working off of a few scant lines found in the original Charles Augustus Milverton, the film The Master Blackmailer featured a subplot of a soldier taking his life, when his love affair with a man is found out. This is a subject which leads to Lestrade making the remark that it isn’t the first time it has happened to a soldier, and it certainly won’t be the last, a remark that ends with Watson all but slamming the door to Baker Street behind the inspector. 

There is hardly a scene throughout the show- which ran for a decade, and included five feature length films- that doesn’t show the gentle intimacy between Holmes and Watson. Whether he is threatening an armed man with a chair, insisting that his detective eat, or jumping between Holmes and a hired thug, Watson is every inch the devoted companion. As the series progresses, and the actors change, Watson subtly evolves from a man who loves the excitement of the world Holmes has shown him, into one that wants them to slow down and think of the future. There is a delightful scene in one of the later episodes, which shows Watson obviously relieved to learn that there is money in Holmes’ family.

And of course, nothing says canon otp, like giant floating rainbows splashed across the backgrounds of their scenes together. 

[holmesandwhatson]

[lyndsayfaye]

This is seriously one of the best moments in the entire Granada series. Violet Smith is traumatized and forced into a marriage ceremony with a complete villain in a thinly veiled rape scenario, all because the master of the house where she was working as a governess fails to tell her of the scheme to defraud her of her inheritance—his argument for not apprising her of the serious possibility she might be assaulted (indeed, she was already attacked once) is that she would have returned to her fiance and given up her position, robbing him of the chance to interact with her.

The dialogue here is almost verbatim from the canon with small shifts to modernize the syntax; Holmes demands to know why Carruthers didn’t warn her about Jack Woodley, and then Watson brings the full smackdown with “That might be love for you, you notorious asshat, but for me, that qualifies as full metal dickishness.”

Look at the last two gifs—Burke is speaking, and delivering the lines brilliantly, but meanwhile, Brett is murdering Carruthers with his eyeballs.  It’s so brilliantly satisfying because even though the fair sex is Watson’s department, if you want to piss off Sherlock Holmes, try mistreating a lady.  Try it.  Go ahead, claim to fall in love with a beautiful musician and then stalk her on a bicycle.  Brett’s acting here, the utter disgust and disbelief, is wonderful. 

Remember, this is the guy who threw himself off a waterfall, probably so that *cough cough* certain people would no longer be in danger.  If you explain love to him as “I just wanted them near me no matter the cost to that person,” daggers—in this case Jeremy’s daggers—will shoot from his irises.  No matter whether you posit Holmes as ace, straight, or queer, it’s wonderful here to see what love means to him.

[gaylilsullivan]

Is this a sign?!

Also not to expose my Twitter, but John saw THIS account and was like “yeah that’s good”

[gaylilsullivan]

Question: How old is Brenda Palmer meant to be in season 10? I can’t remember if they ever said an age or even gave any clues. I know ages don’t REALLY matter in father brown but I’m just curious

[gaylilsullivan]

I JUST REALIZED I NEVER SAID ANYTHING?! TO THE PEOPLE IN THE FATHER BROWN DISCORD SERVER: I LOST MY USERNAME/PASSWORD FOR DISCORD WHEN I GOT A NEW PHONE IM TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT I HOPE ILL BE BACK SOON

[gaylilsullivan]

I was very pleasantly surprised by season 10, especially since I was a little scared about it. Some things I had problems with, but over all probably one of my favorite seasons!

[gaylilsullivan]

Season 10 of father brown just came out where I am and I just watched the whole thing and Jesus Christ I’m tired but I had a good time

[oxfords---notbrogues]

Captain Hastings: underrated style icon

[gaylilsullivan]

Me when I found out Victor Hugo was actually present for part of the June Rebellion he wrote about in Les Miserables

[gaylilsullivan]

Pls god I need to know where to watch shojo cosette I’m going crazy

[usergrantaire]

LES MISÉRABLES (2012) + letterboxd reviews

Enjolras edition

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ENJOLRAS + tags (insp.)

[gaylilsullivan]

I’ve decided that my gender is:

history professor in a fantasy novel that turns out to actually be a dragon in human form

OR

an artists human au drawing of a dragon character

OR

Dragon boy in a fantasy dating sim

[niekie69]

✨️🥂✨️

[gaylilsullivan]

If this ain’t a perfect picture representing their personalities

[gaylilsullivan]

It’s so interesting that Sid is so loved by everyone in Kembleford. Because like… he’s a petty criminal, sleeps with everyone he sees, drinks all the time, and always puts his nose where it doesn’t belong, yet everyone loves him. And Sullivan is the complete opposite. He’s the perfect man/citizen for 1950s society (besides not have a wife a children), yet he seems to be “hated” by Everyone. Hated is a strong word but I think u get my point. Idk it’s just a really interesting dynamic.