Average Deep Space Nine A plot: "What are you willing to sacrifice for the chance at a better world? Who are you willing to hurt? Will the pain you cause now outweigh the peace that it might bring? When both choices are bad, and you do what you think is best, can you live with yourself after? Could you live with yourself if you made the opposite choice?"
Average Deep Space Nine B plot: "What do we do with all this hot sauce!?"
Been thinking a lot recently about modern (or post 1850) things that some of Terror characters would have/appreciate/do, but it devolved into a list of increasingly niche vibes.Β
Anywayβ¦ enjoyβ¦ Iβm so sorryβ¦
Sir John: Apple Watch (really into checking his heart rate and steps and telling everyone about it). Block Blast. Temu. AI. WhatsApp. BBC iPlayer. Ring Doorbell. Probably has a crusty white dog named Princess.Β
Crozier: Next day delivery (uses Amazon Prime far too much, itβs not even his account, itβs Littleβs). Spreadsheets. Martin Lewis the money saving expert. Watching concerts on YouTube (usually just Live Aid). Standing up at the back of the room watching TV but refusing to sit down because heβs βabout to leave anywayβ. Alexa (bellows at it from around the house). Reviewing things online (makes Jopson go on and like his reviews for him). Airfix models (Little and Jopson occasionally make them with him). Paracetamol. 1995 Pride and Prejudice (will not openly admit this, and cannot believe that Fitzjames prefers the 2005 one). The concept of a dimmer switch on a light. Life on Mars (2006).Β
Fitzjames: David Bowie. Vera Lynn (in a cool way, not a roundabout Union Jack way). Early 2000s Doctor Who. Coronation Street. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Vouge Slims. The National Trust. Jilly Cooper. John Lewis. Ancestry. Vinted. Hugh Grant Films. M&S Food. Dyson Airwrap. Depeche Mode. Princess Diana. 2005 Pride and Prejudice. He is very into DIY and has built a shed (and you WILL hear about it). Barbour Jacket (wears it in London, Sloan ranger style). Le Creuset Kitchenware (this man CANNOT cook). Hot take: he refuses to learn how to drive and ubers everywhere like a modern day Edie Sedgwick. Vivian Westwood.Β
Blanky: The Beatles. Ye Cracke on Rice Street. Carry on films. The Sweeney. The M57 motorway. Antiques Road Show. Car Boot Sales (goes with Crozier). He has a strong opinion on Cilla Black but I canβt tell you if itβs positive or negative, just that he has one. Talks about the Rhyl Sun Centre (1980-2014) like it was the Library of Alexandria. Has a 1994 Toyota Corolla, claims it is the perfect car and will only get rid of it when it breaks (it never will).
Goodsir: ipad mini. Pinterest. Youtube video essays. The Sims (has turned automatic ageing off and likes to build houses for him and his friends). Paddington Bear. John Derian Sticker books. Jstor (signed in with his old uni account and theyβve not kicked him off yet). Postcards. DSLR camera. Germ Theory. Star Trek. Stardew Valley. Duolingo. Klarna. Buying unnecessary antique trinkets online before checking how much money heβs got left for the rest of the month.Β
Little: Old Top Gear (watches for the cars not for Clarkson). Has every streaming service available because Crozier wanted it and claims Edward is better with the tech stuff anyway, password shares with Hodgson, Irving and Jopson (Tom chips in towards the bill because he feels bad). Also regularly has to go and fix Crozierβs computer or reconnect his Wifi. The Co-op. Blur. Peep Show. Generally most late 90s/early 2000s britcoms. Radiohead. Sertraline. The only social media he has is Linkedin. Isle of Man TT (went one year and got overwhelmed by all the people so just watches it on tv now). Airfryers (he and Jopson have tried to convince Crozier to get one but he refuses because heβs βgot a perfectly good ovenβ and doesnβt want his kitchen crowded). I feel like he would have a very large fish tank with a range of different fish. I also feel like as a child, his family would have had a caravan that they went to at weekends, he just gives off that vibe. Goes to sleep with SandmΓ€nnchen on in the background. Electric blanket.Β
Hodgson: The Velvet Underground. Yeye music. I think he would have an extensive record collection and be one of those people that scoffs at crosley users. Slime. Monty Python. The V&A. The Jane Austen Festival in Bath. Letterboxd. Enid Blyton. Agatha Christie. Pink Lemonade. Art Nouveau. ABBA. Yeats. Leonid Gaidai films. Cats the Musical. Typewriters. Themed Bars. Betty Crocker cake mixes. Garlic Bread. Those Tiktoks of that woman who plays the banjo while her dog dances on its back legs. He owns a theramin and a stylophone (keeps the stylophone in his coat pocket and plays it at inappropriate times). The case of Gef the Mongoose. Andy Warhol.Β
Irving: Etsy. Hobbycraft. All Creatures Great and Small (has seen both versions but prefers the modern one). Go Ape. Those Nuns that have that podcast. Airbnb. A Month in the Country by J.L Carr. Belle and Sebastian. The arts and crafts movement. Reels. Model Railways. The concept of doing a semester abroad at uni. The Chronicles of Narnia. Nintendogs. I feel like heβd appreciate a good Wetherspoons (specifically the ones in the very ornate buildings). Has a bread maker. Trentham Monkey Forest.Β
Jopson: Early 2000s indie music. The Mighty Boosh. Still uses Facebook. Garden Centre (very nice cakes in the cafe, Little goes with him because he likes the outdoor bit where the fish are). Buys his clothes exclusively from Next. Downton Abbey. North and South. Pulp. Avanti West Coast. Tumble Dryer Sheets. TK Maxx (has very nice kitchenware). Life 360 (he has everyoneβs locations). watching tiktok livestreams of drunk people in kebab shops at 3am while heβs tucked up in bed. Got in the middle of a Crozier/Fitzjames argument one day about Pride and Prejudice and halted it by admitting he quite liked Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Location Location Location. Armand Marsaille dolls (Iβm not saying heβd have a collection, I think heβd have one in mint condition on a shelf in his living room, mostly just to freak people out).Β
Hickey: Rolling his own cigarettes. Gofundme. Reddit. Conspiracy theories. Would own a snake but would not give it the adequate care it needed. Woodstock 1999. Ancient aliens. Itβs always sunny in Philadelphia (but he misses the enitre point of the show). All of the Saw movies. Convinces people in pubs that heβs a trained stick nβ poke tattooist (he isnβt) and then gives them the worst tattoo of their lives (its a power move, he says). Carhartt jackets.Β
Gibson: Tiktok live. Lana Del Rey. Posts pictures of Laura Palmer and captions it with βsheβs so meβ but heβs never seen Twin Peaks. Diet Coke. Depop reseller. One year for Halloween, he and Hickey went dressed as Tommy and Grace Shelby, he captions the instagram post with βππβοΈβοΈ My old man is a bad man but I canβt deny the way he holds my hand ππβοΈβοΈβ (Hickey has never actually seen Peaky Blinders but was reassured after being told that heβd definitely pull off the gangster look). Iron Tablets.Β
Tozer: 110s. L&B Blues. Monterex. Unironically, heβd fw the Good Life (1975) and those tv shows where families pretend to live in Victorian times to learn about farming and fishing (he IS going to tell you all about it). Limmyβs Show. Tried to get into parkour when he was younger. Geoguesser. I also think heβd enjoy Downton Abbey (hasnβt seen all of it but wouldnβt turn it off if it was on). Picky bits. Chippy. Soundgarden. Manic Street Preachers. Derry Girls. Is getting increasingly annoyed that most of the Sayers bakeries in Liverpool are getting replaced with Greggs (and will make this known as he eats his Greggs steak bake). I feel like heβd have a hamster, he never bought it but just sort of ended up with one, probably rescued it from Hickey who was going to try and feed it to his snake (it lives like a king now). Salt and pepper chicken. Will not hear a bad word against Lady Di. The Black Country Living Museum.Β
Armitage: Shindie Thursdays at Electrik. Oasis. Tried to smoke socially with his friends, but didnβt enjoy it. Creamfields (not allowed to go unless Tozer goes with him because heβs a good influence). Greggs. Dominoes 2 for 1 meal. Hickey sold him weed once but he got scared and never smoked it again (Tozer had to come and pick him up and he cried on the way home thinking he was dying). Urban exploring videos. Disco Spoons on Concert Square. Nandos.Β
The Ships Boys: Fortnite. Roblox (sometimes if Tozer is nearby heβll troll people over VC with them, they think heβs so cool). Brain Rot (successfully convinced Crozier that John Pork was real for about a day until they felt guilty and had to tell him it was a joke). Minecraft (Crozier will sometimes sit by them while they explain to him how redstone works). Theyβve all just watched the Inbetweeners for the first time and now just keep repeating the jokes at each other (this will go on for weeks).Β
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