Most of you are probably expecting me to lose my mind over the promo still we got yesterday from The Gray House that proves the existence of whump (sweet, blessed whump!) of Colin's character in that work.
And I will, oh yes, I certainly will.
But there's something far more pressing hilarious to address first. And as much as I love whump, I will never pass up an opportunity to laugh my ass off at the absurdities of this life we're all living.
We got summoned SO hardcore, you guys. Like, the person running the Instagram account for The Gray House has done their homework and they have our number. And not just our home number, but our work and mobile numbers, as well.
First, they took a page right out of the Carrie Pilby PR playbook and made the decision to directly summon us in the first place. Like, yes, Colin's fans will come and support your project, but if you specifically mention his name in a post, maybe even tag his account, we will show up in droves and completely lose our collective shit all over your post and give you hundreds of likes and comments like our very lives depend on it. I'm pretty sure that PR playbook reads exactly like this:
Put Colin O'Donoghue in your work.
Mention him by name on your socials.
Sit back and watch his fandom do all your PR work FOR you.
So rest assured, my friends, I was already laughing as soon as I saw the post, because... Well played, social media person for The Gray House. Well played.
But they didn't stop there! No, they did not!! This person, bless their soul whoever they are, did their homework and knew exactly what they were doing when they made this post. In fact, they may have even read such greatest hits as "10 Things People Like" posted on this very blog.
(Incidentally, if you search for "things Colin O'Donoghue fans like on tumblr" on Google, this post in the first result, lol. I see you, social media person.)
Now back to the post in question. We've got his tagged name there, an official summons... and then we have some new promos from the work in question. Pretty standard, really, except this is a highly targeted attack on us all. Let's review:
Well, look at that. Here we see (1) Colin's Smile. As noted in the post above, Colin's Smile might be the secret ingredient that will save the world and bring about the rapture. It's a beautiful thing. However, The Gray House is a historical drama about The Civil Freaking War. There wasn't a whole lot of smiling in the Civil War, you guys. But here we are, being assured by the Instagram account for The Gray House that yes, indeed, Colin O'Donoghue is going to smile for us in this work.
Furthermore, he's also smiling at a woman in this promo shot. This assures us that he will be interacting with women in this piece of media, which hints that (2) there might be some smooching in here. Incidentally, we already know there will be some sort of dalliance involved, as they slipped a sexy little shirtless snippet into the extended trailer (Yeah, we saw that). I would put a number on that one, but (a) it wasn't part of the specific summoning post we're talking about and (b) I didn't mention "Shirtless Colin" in the "Things We Like" post.
Which isn't to say we don't like that! We most certainly do! Please take note of that, Gray House Social Media Person, if you happen to see this. Thank you.
Now... On to the next picture the post provided:
We all know I don't need to say anything more about this promo shot or the fact that it was used to summon us, Colin O'Donoghue's fans.
And we all know I'm going to say a lot about it, anyway. I mean, you've all met me. You know what I'm about... and you know it's pretty much this right here.
Now, not all Colin fans are whumpers. Some of us are closeted whumpers. (I kid, I kid.) But really, the fact that Colin gets injured in almost every (if not EVERY) thing he does is legendary in his fandom. Even those of us who aren't whumpers are well aware of the trope and the memes and the loving jokes and what-not.
But this specific promo shot is even more targeted than it appears at first glance. Not only do we see (3) Injured Colin O'Donoghue, we also see (4) Angry Colin O'Donoghue and (5) Dirty Colin O'Donoghue. These are also well-documented Things Colin's Fans Like.
And you might recall, when asked about the whump potential of this new work of Colin's... I said I was looking forward to hopefully seeing some subpar medical treatment, which was standard in the Civil War - and that bandage looks like it was torn off a dead guy's shirt and tied on by a drunken squirrel. So... (6) Bad Civil War Medical Care is apparently now also a Thing We Like. Well, I like it, anyway. I don't care what the rest of you people do.
...which brings us to the last promo we were gifted with:
Here we see a dapper Civil War era gentleman in all his finery. Well-coifed hair, dress coat, gloves, hat... We're definitely going to see (7) Colin Dressed to the Nines. Granted, in the past, we've called this "Colin in a Suit" - and while he's likely not in a suit, per se, he's in what would've been considered a fancy suit in the era The Gray House takes place in.
And, as with Shirtless Colin, one also must remember that the trailers for The Gray House have already provided us with Colin in Uniform (as well as Colin Existing, Colin Doing Things, Colin's Voice, and Colin's Stupid Glorious Beard). This piece of work is going to hit ALL of our proverbial bases, guys...
And they want us to know it.
So this is why, as much as I love whump and everything about that middle promo pic, I had to comment on all of this first - because, my friends, our collective reputation has preceded us and we've been played like a finely tuned fiddle right here.
They know who we are. They see us. They are coming at us with no holds barred.
And I freaking love it XD
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