I'm Here for The Ballykissangel Feels.

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My reaction when I spot something even remotely Ballyk related in the wild.

Watching MeTV and a commercial for a collector's series came on. I immediately thought "Is that Enda's guitar?" Then sat with my phone aimed at the tv just waiting to get a picture.

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Access Google Sheets with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

We’re finishing off Season 2 and heading into the realm of pain...

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When you have to return to work after Spring Break...

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Look, we both know why I’m here...

Me taking screenshots to save titles BritBox suggests because I may watch them later (but I won’t. because I’m only here for the Ballykissangel.)

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32 going on 12

Someone on IG reached out to me to ask if I was willing to talk about Ballykissangel. Um, of course I am! After a few weeks of frequent DMing we decided to watch episode 1 and share a google doc to record our comments in real time. It’s always nice to find others out there who are trying to keep this flame alive. If anyone else is interested in watching episode 2 with us (possibly in 2 weeks) or even on your own time and just adding your comments to the doc, you’re more than welcome to! Just DM me and I’ll share the link with you!

Fell free to tell others as well, I hear there’s a group over on Facebook!

@theofficialdramallama @alaskanna @queensabriel @flashsil @hvkunst @carryonlikewedidbefore @fatherbloopy

[theofficialdramallama]

Hope Island (Ballykissangel US/Canadian Adaptation) Developments!

Since my previous post about Hope Island (see here), it’s been stuck in the back of my mind for ages - knowing that the show is only available to stream on Pureflix (see here) in the US and Canada (not internationally).

So much so that I tried to do something that I’ve only watched in YouTube videos - hunt somewhat-lost media xD

I started by contacting members of the cast on their social media… and I got a reply~!

Just a few minutes after sending a lengthy Instagram DM explaining why I was randomly messaging about a long-ended show from the 90s - and not expecting any response - Cameron Daddo (male lead Rev. Daniel Cooper from the show, and the equivalent of Peter in Ballyk) responded~!

Here are the screenshots of our conversation:

So nice to see that he has such fond memories of his time on the show, and now I have another lead to research~!

@hvkunst @alaskanna @carryonlikewedidbefore @polarbearjoke @flashsil @queensabriel​ @krisrussel​ (I’ll have forgotten somebody, so this may be edited xD)

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I love this so much! Off to make some inquiries of my own *_^

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Did a thing; finally got around to writing another chapter ^_^

[stileslydias]

Do any of you have that one tv show that is just so close to your heart? Like you could watch all these other shows; but when you go back to that one, you just feel like you’ve stumbled your way home after being lost for a little while. Maybe the show ended years ago, maybe the show is still airing or is on hiatus, but no matter what the same holds true; when you see it, or talk about it, it feels like home.

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Um...

spoilers..i guess...can you spoil a show over 22 years old? lol

Brendan and Siobhan sleep together near the end of s2, before Niamh finds out she’s pregnant. However, at the start of s3 Niamh gives birth and it isn’t until later that Siobhan finds out she’s pregnant... does the mental math...

Were we supposed to infer from this that S and B had still been hooking up? Or was this a shoehorned story line due to the possibly abrupt departure of Stephan and Dervla?

[palis-delon]

Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to know/catch up with

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Thanks for tagging me!

Last song: Honestly, I’ve been in kind of a music slump lately. If anyone wants to send me some new music recs that would be great.

Last tv show: Great British Bake Off

Currently watching: Lost in Space, the netflix series.

Currently reading:  Nothing right now. I finished “The Bookseller’s Secret” two days ago and haven’t picked up anything new.

As for tagging people:

Hi! If I tagged you I follow you and think you’re cool. Play along if it’s your thing. Otherwise please just ignore it.

@alaskanna, @mythologicalmango, @eefke, @rosiekay, @purplemuskrat, @ellynneversweet, @valkyrhys, @claireyfae, @sphinxyvic

[alaskanna]

Rules: tag nine people that you’d like to know/catch up with.

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Last song I listened to: ‘Dark Eyes’ by Zoltan and his gypsy ensemble.

Last show I watched: ‘Twenty-Five Twenty-One’.

Show I’m currently watching: ‘Business Proposal’.

Yep, this is me this week. (Meme pilfered from Twitter)

Currently reading: ‘Wuthering Heights’.

Hi! If I tagged you, play along if it’s your thing, if not, feel free to ignore! Enjoy your day!

@theofficialdramallama @moodyyehudi @goodshipsherlollipop @polarbearjoke

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Rules: Tag 9 people you would like to know/catch up with

Tagged by: @alaskanna

Thanks for tagging me ^_^

Last song: I usually end my night with random classical so maybe, from earlier, What Am I here For by Jade Bird. Beautiful song.

Last tv show: The Nanny. It’s timeless! lol

Currently watching: Literally, like atm? A Nature special on hippos. In general: The Dropout

Currently reading: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

As for tagging people:

Hi! If I tagged you I follow you and think you’re cool. Play along if it’s your thing. Otherwise please just ignore it. Also, sorry if I tag people who’ve already done this...I don’t follow many people. lts

@hvkunst @fatherbloopy @queensabriel @flashsil @definitely-not-pie

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

And… here is the gift vid that I received from @lomelindelaurea on AO3 as part of @festivids 2021 - Peter and Assumpta from Ballykissangel in their pining and angsty best! 

Thank you so much - I loved it!

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Oh this is lovely!

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With both Ballykissangel tv cycles on the later seasons (i.e. without P&A) my brain has become somewhat normal again. It’s not like I couldn’t just watch it on Britbox but I need this break 😅

However last week this song was among the last tracks on Radio 6′s “Morning After Mix” and I just stood there grinning like a doofus.

...maybe I’ll finally get back to that fanfic doc that’s been open on my laptop for moooonths!

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Sunday Bit of Ballyk

They aired The Reckoning and Amongst Friends twice this week!

I have a few questions, please feel free to answer any or all, or none lol 

a) What is “the truth” Assumpta refers to? Sure, this may be rhetorical but indulge me lol

b) What was Brian coming over for? He’d gone to the pub first and Assumpta wasn’t there so he went to the next likely location?

c) What did Ambrose hope to accomplish by serving summons? If the case hadn’t been dismissed he was putting Assumpta’s license at risk, condemning them all to community service…what? Surely the risk of them all facing legal prosecution wouldn’t be worth stroking his ego.

d) How did they collectively decide Padraig should represent them? Why not Brendan, Brain or Siobhan?

e) They all arrived to court together but left in different directions? Courtesy of my husband going “Where are they all going, they came together” lol

f) Did everyone wonder where Peter and Assumpta had gone off to? Clearly they all seemed to split after leaving the courthouse, maybe for lunch or whatnot. But if everyone made it back to town and they didn’t…the looks!

g) Is Brian’s restaurant ever mentioned after Amongst Friends? The seasons after 3 did not receive my undivided attention lts

h) How long would it have taken Fr. Mac and Kathleen to realize they were the only ones not invited to the wake? Eamon even asks about Shamie lol

***We don’t get to see exactly how much Peter told Fr. Mac. How would he have approached this? Maybe Fr. Mac would have spared him and made implications which Peter could not deny? I would have liked to see this conversation, as when they walk out of St. Joseph’s Fr. Mac does not appear immediately annoyed, maybe even a bit disheartened.

[queensabriel]

So I'm watching the Ballykay Christmas episode, the version that's on Amazon/Britbox, and there are scenes I have never seen before. I've seen this episode a million times, the version that's on the DVDs, and I swear this one has scenes I have no memory of. And like, several are involving Assumpta and not the sort of thing I would've forgotten so like??? like one is literally her flirting with fr. mac's nephew whattheck

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Welcome to the club 😭 stupid Peter

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My Christmas

I’ve watched The X-Files How the Ghosts Stole Christmas every xmas for the past 5 years. Now that I have Ballykissangel’s extended As Happy as a Turkey on Boxing Day special I’ll add that to the tradition. I’ve also never seen The Flint Street Nativity, so that’s what I’ll be watching tomorrow!

*Update*

Watched the The Flint Street Nativity for the first time and laughed so much!

Also watched The Greatest Store in The World. As soon as I saw the band-cut out I unconsciously mumbled “bring it all back to you?” Haven’t thought of S Club 7 in fifteen years at least!

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S3 E2 Changing Times (spoilers) (or E3, depends whether your set counts the xmas special as separate or the start to S3) 

Before we get this scene Assumpta tells Niamh that she has decided to leave Ballykay for a little while. However it all depends on whether she can look after the pub in her absence (really, is that all it depends on?).

After Peter breaks his news Assumpta replies “At least I know I made the right decision.” She’d decided this before knowing what Peter would say or do. Was the incident in the car enough to make her runaway out of fear?

Maybe she was already planning to visit Leo but Peter’s decision drove her to marrying him? Or had she already made up her mind because she knew exactly what Peter would do but some part of her was secretly hoping that he would surprise her? 

I know many people find her abrupt wedding a bit absurd but I like to think it’s just so telling as to the impact Peter has on her. He broke her heart in that kitchen and she left needing desperately to erase him. She was reckless. When she returns you just know that she knows she f’d up. They both know they’ve messed up! This is also the start of Dervla serving some award worthy expressions! 

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When you’re minding your own business and Enya’s Evening Falls starts playing