Ronan the comet

22 • multifandom blog of britcoms & british tv • mainly: the young ones, red dwarf, young dracula, ofah • also vampires, music & reblogs • Tiktok: @itmightbeatv | AO3: ronan_comet

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Ronan

he/him | 22 | UK

Just your average northern trans guy

Current fandoms: The Young Ones, Red Dwarf, Young Dracula, Bottom, Life On Mars/Ashes to Ashes, Only Fools & Horses, BBC Ghosts, Spaced, Doctor Who, 80s Alternative comedy, Vampires, and I love britcoms in general tbh

Music & Bands I like: Oasis, PULP, Blur (britpop in general), Madness, David Bowie, Queen, The Beatles, Will Wood, The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand, The Smiths. Anything 60s-90s really

Movies/Films I like: Human Traffic (1999), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Drop Dead Fred (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), Back to the Future (1985), Pride (2014), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Shallow Grave (1994), The Cornetto Trilogy (2004-2013), Trainspotting (1996), 24hr Party People (2002), My Beautiful Launderette (1985), Igby Goes Down (2002)

Other TV shows: Takin' Over The Asylum, Gavin & Stacey, Not Going Out, Goodnight Sweetheart, Malcolm In The Middle, Press Gang, Wolfblood, Torchwood, The New Statesman, House MD, Men Of The World

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Other Accounts:

Ao3: ronan_comet

Tiktok: itmightbeatv

Alt TikTok (for more niche edits): retrofraggle

Letterboxd: ronan_cosmic

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Some fics I'd like to signal boost:

The Young Ones:

Forever Young - written for the Rik & Ade Fest 2025. After the events of the bus crash and explosion, the Scumbag guys become ghosts. To be honest, they didn't really have much choice in the matter, but they try to make the best of things anyway.

Snack Run - With not a scrap of food left in the house, the lads go on a nighttime snack run to the corner shop. Shenanigans ensue. (based off nighttime uni snack trips)

Spectacles - My attempt at a Rivyan flirting fic. Vyvyan is wearing glasses and... actually doing college work? Rick doesn't know what to make of it.

Young Dracula:

School Therapist - Vlad has to see a therapist at school. It goes probably how you'd expect.

A Chat Or Interrogation - His Dad making casual conversation is always awkward. No surprise, he's a centuries-old vampire with not much empathy.

Only Fools & Horses:

My short fic collection

Red Dwarf:

Noise Pollution - Rimmer's attempts to concentrate on his astro-nav revision for the upcoming exam are severely disturbed by a mysterious noise. (Inc. the hc of Rimmer being autistic)

It's Lonely Out In Space - Lister tries to cope with another panic-driven stint of insomnia, and Rimmer is actually helpful for once...he'd still make a crap therapist though.

Attempts at Nonchalance - Not even two minutes after they did it for the first time, and Rimmer has gone straight to his default reaction for all stressful and/or potentially awkward situations. No surprises what that reaction is.

Uncomfortable Logistics - When Kryten catches them in an unfortunate situation, it's up to Lister to pick up the pieces.

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Icon/pfp is John Simm in the film; Forgive and Forget (2000)

My asks are always open :)

[coldisthenightt]

sister monica joan spending an entire episode crashing out about not being able to watch doctor who is the realest thing call the midwife has ever shown

[fluttering-by]

I'm doing another rewatch and this continues to crack me up every time I watch this episode. Best line in 15 years of Call the Midwife.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

no one is too young to write fanfics and no one is too old to write fanfics!!!!!!!

anybody can create, make art and have fun. age is irrelevant when it comes to making art and having fun

[stillnotmollified]

some of you weren’t around for the fan fiction dot net purge of 2002 (when they banned explicit content and mass-deleted thousands of fics) and the livejournal purge of 2007 (when they deleted hundreds of blogs, disproportionately targeting queer & kink content) and it shows

this kind of policing is why ao3 was created

remember, kids, the three laws of fandom are:

- don’t like; don’t read

- your kink is not my kink

- ship and let ship

[rembrandtswife]

your kink is not my kink *but your kink is okay* don't forget that part

[thatdoodlebug]

a Rimmer for every season and more!

[lesbianadhdchaos]

for disability pride month I would like to acknowledge all of the cool swag alt people who can't dress alt and swag because of sensory issues

[ceevee5]

[penny-anna]

okay, for those interested, here is a full timeline of how we got to Count Binface:

1977: Star Wars is released, featuring, of course, Darth Vader

(Pictured: Darth Vader)

1984: Director Todd Durham releases his Star Wars parody movie, Hyperspace, featuring Darth Vader inspired villain Lord Buckethead.

(Pictured: Hyperspace poster featuring two Jawa-esque aliens flying through space in a shopping trolley.)

1987: Hyperspace is released on video in the UK, under the new title Gremloids.

(Pictured: Gremloids cover in the style of the original Star Wars poster, featuring Lord Buckethead.)

To promote the film, Mike Lee, the owner of the distributing company, ran for parliament as Lord Buckethead. He ran in Margaret Thatcher's constituency, Finchley, in order to get on TV. Lord Buckethead was representing the Gremloids party.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead on TV with Margaret Thatcher.)

1992: Gremloids is re-released. Lord Buckethead rides again, this time against prime minister John Major in Huntingdon. (Here's a fun fact about Huntingdon: I was born there! :D) 87/92 Buckethead seems to have leaned pretty hard into the space supervillain thing, with campaign promises including 'demolish Birmingham to build a spaceport'.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead on TV with John Major. Other notable candidates include Screaming Lord Sutch of the Monster Raving Loony Party.)

2017: comedian Jon Harvey, having recently watched Gremloids and learned of Lord Buckethead's candidacy for parliament, decides it's a great bit. He runs against Theresa May in Maidenhead. 2017 Buckethead seems to have a wackier and also more political approach, with campaign promises ranging from nonsense like 'nationalise Adele' to gesturing at actually sensible policies with stuff like 'lower the voting age to 16 and restrict voting after age 80'.

He also made an appearance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. As with his previous incarnation, he was a member of the Gremloids party.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead dabbing on stage with Theresa May.)

2018: Director Todd Durham asserts his legal ownership of Lord Buckethead. Jon Harvey opted not to go to court over Buckethead and handed over the reins. Todd Durham extended an invitation to anyone who wanted to be the 'authorised' Lord Buckethead.

(Pictured: the new Lord Buckethead.)

2019: Lord Buckethead, now played by journalist David Hughes, stood against Boris Johnson in Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He ran for the Monster Raving Loony Party, the UK's pre-existing gag candidate party. He ran with a similarly silly manifesto as the 2017 incarnation, but with a bit less of a political edge. His promises included 'All doorways to be increased by 1 foot (30 cm) in height' and 'Nigel Farage to be sold for parts'.

(Pictured: Lord Buckethead and Count Binface square up.)

Meanwhile, Jon Harvey in his new persona Count Binface, also ran against Boris Johnson. Buckethead and Binface face off! Binface ran as an independent with a manifesto once again blending silly and semi-serious promises such as 'nationalising model railways' and 'giving £1 trillion a week to the NHS'. This was also I believe the debut of his promise to 'move the hand dryer in the men's toilet at Uxbridge's Crown and Treaty pub to a more sensible position'.

(Pictured: Count Binface presenting the offending hand dryer, inconveniently close to both the sink and the urinals.)

He has a point.

2021: Count Binface runs for the position of Mayor of London for the first time, with promises such as 'London to join the European Union'. He notably finished ahead of far right party UKIP.

2023: Count Binface runs in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election following Boris Johnson's resignation. He once again gets more votes than UKIP.

May 2024: Count Binface once again runs to be Mayor of London, debuting his now iconic 'build at least one affordable house' promise. Notably, he finished ahead of far right party Britain First.

(Pictured: Count Binface with Rishi Sunak. Also pictured: Monster Raving Loony Party candidate Sir Archibald Stanton with a ventriloquist's dummy.)

July 2024: Count Binface stands in the general election, running in Richmond and Northallerton against prime minister Rishi Sunak. He debuts his promise to cap the price of 99p flakes at 99p. This is his most successful election to date with 308 votes.

(Pictured: Count Binface with Andy Burnham. Also pictured: independent candidate Robert Pownell, dressed as a fox for his own reasons.)

June 2026: Count Binface stands in the Makerfield by-election against Andy Burnham, (recently) former Mayor of Manchester running for parliament with the intention of standing in the Labour Party leadership contest.

(Pictured: Count Binface on BBC's Newsnight.)

July 2026 (this week): Count Binface announces his intention to run against Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election. He is briefly the only other candidate in the race and by the time other candidates announce themselves the narrative of 'Nigel Farage vs Count Binface' has already bedded in. And then it was now, and then I don't know what happened.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

For clarity's sake, Robert Pownall is dressed as a fox because he's an anti-fox hunting campaigner, and also he will be standing in the Farage Vs Binface election. So that's fun

[fairycosmos]

cradling the em dash in my hands what the fuck have they done to you

[finalfrontierpsychiatrist]

They should have kissed here vol. 3

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

[gets a new mutual] i look forward to working with you

[phleb0tomist]

reminder to all disabled people that you’re allowed to tell people “i can’t do that” about stuff you can ‘technically’ do but which harms you or requires a period of recovery or preparatory rest etc. you don’t have to explain the complex nuances of your condition to anybody who demands it. i’ve found it’s honestly better to give the least amount of info about your symptoms unless you trust a person a lot. you hold the power over your health information. you choose whether or not to share the details of your condition with people who might not understand.

[crucifiix]

[maculategiraffe]

the thing is that every time they invent a new thing that everybody has to be able to do to get along in society, that also involves making some people disabled who weren't before, because they can't do the thing. and they never could do the thing, but it didn't used to be a disability.

driving a car. making a phone call. navigating the internet. getting a mortgage. you know? they keep adding new things that everybody has to be able to do or else there's something wrong with you. well maybe there's something wrong with driving a car. maybe it's a hideous activity. did they ever think of that

[furodiversity]

We talk about this in disability education! How a lot of disability is societal, and not actually innate. For example: inability to climb steps. Steps are a human invention. Plenty of folks can do just fine walking inclines just not jagged edges like that. City buildings and streets, learning new tech, etc — a lot of the elements that are considered disabling by today’s standards are a result of failure of society, and not actually the inability of the body to adapt.

And remember that evolution takes decades. At the rate at which we’re going with tech, once you learn a different skill it’ll be completely useless to pass on to your generation. We’ve got complete separation from mothers and children in skillset; sometimes even between siblings.

So this disability pride month and onwards, don’t be too hard on yourself. Your struggle to adapt is not only normal, but to be expected.

[sycamorality]

and always remember every character is aroace unless stated otherwise

[ro-fromthestars]

It's my birthday!!