#anna goodchild

[slitheringserpent]

Ghosts/MMU headcanons

Anna is Alison in this au and Zosia is Mike because I don't think Zosia would put up with them.

George

-I can see him as Julian (mostly because of the politics), the captain or as Robin, purely because he'd love turning the lights on and off all the time because he's a chaotic little shit. Mostly as the captain though.

-He makes Anna download Duolingo for him but she has to actually do it everyday while he tells her what to put. (Think the captain with his run every morning but Duolingo).

-This can take hours as he is very competitive and wants to complete all the daily quests

- actually he's so melodramatic I can kind of see him as Thomas if Ralph lived there. He goes all 'Romeo and Juliet', 'kill yourself and marry me' when Ralph comes over.

Daisy

-I can see Daisy as Fanny as they're both bossy and Daisy is canonically good at Deportment

-(only her husband didn't need to kill her as she was having an affair with the housekeeper anyway)

-she tells off Alexander, rather than Anna like Fanny does to Alison because she likes Anna but she can find a lot of fault with Alexander

-she is quite disapproving of anything after her own time ('Oh let's just do away with books and telephones then! Let's all become addicted to these new mobile phone things!') but was pleased about how women's rights have got better and was interested when she saw something about Pride on TV.

-(she now makes Anna play a lot of Girl in Red for her).

Hazel

-I can see her as Pat because he keeps the peace with everyone and Hazel is responsible but I can also see her as Mary

- She would definitely follow people around chanting 'Get out, get out, get out...'

- I can also see her having all the superstitions that Mary has

- so kind of like Pat from Mary's time (she died how Mary did).

- she loves puzzle games online so Anna has to play a lot of them with Hazel telling her what to do

- Hazel is the only one (apart from Eric and Nuala) who doesn't burst through bedroom/ bathroom walls unexpectedly (Alexander and Beanie forget and everyone else just doesn't care).

Beanie

- She would definitely be Kitty but quieter

- she just follows Anna or the others about to be included

- she does always get Anna to put the cartoons on for her in the morning though (Alexander watches them with her).

-Anna has definitely ended up buying way more Christmas/ Halloween/ Easter decorations than she needed because Beanie was so enthusiastic and no one can say no to her

-she found beanies very funny because it's the same name so Anna knitted her one even though she can't wear it. She just likes to look at it.

Kitty

- I think Kitty would be Thomas since they both always have a crush

-(I can also see her as Julian just because of all the parties and the dirty jokes)

-she has a crush on pretty much every man who walks into the house

- (Imagine 'Free Pass' but its Kitty and George arguing over whether the actor is hot).

Lavinia

- definitely Julian.

- it's her who pushes Anna out the window, like in the show

- sometimes changes the channel or finds something a bit inappropriate online. She is in big trouble if Alexander or especially Beanie sees it ( then Kitty and George have to deal with it).

Alexander

-I can see him as Kitty but maybe dying in a different way.

- maybe hypothermia from falling in the lake or poisoned by his step brother?

- he's very enthusiastic about pretty much everything (will watch anything on TV, loves every song on the radio, always wants to be involved in what's going on)

- he's the most trouble because he never stops talking. Ever.

- He follows Anna around talking and gets offended if she ignores him ( even if she's on the phone).

May

- she is Robin because she would love messing with the lights

- also I can imagine May going down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole

Eric

- Humphrey (because I'm not sure who else he would be).

Nuala

-Jemima because she would love the dramatic entrance and freaking everyone out

Amina

- Annie because they're both so outspoken

- in this au she stayed long enough to meet Daisy. Daisy mourned for her when she got sucked off.

[deepdeanvsweston]

Screaming and sobbing forever and after about Robin Stevens' character Anna Goodchild because her being trans seems such a purposeful decision, especially with the UK the way it is right now. Transgender isn't a new concept (though of course it often had a different name), and shouldn't be treated like it so Anna Goodchild in the 1930/40s felt like hope. I think @redbreastedbird said that books are always political or something along that sentiment and it rang so true for the entirety of The Body In The Blitz.

Also major shoutout to the Goodchilds for being supportive, and being like 'Murder is Okay but Transphobia is crossing the Line'

[redbreastedbird]

Hello Robin!! I've been a fan of MMU for years, and I was wondering if you'd ever consider adding an aromantic and/or asexual character – or if there are any characters who you think could be viewed as aro/ace? I already headcanon a few characters as aroace but I was wondering what you thought about it. (Also, I have the same question but about trans/nb characters – though of course it would be much more difficult to write a trans character in the 1930s than an aroace one)

Thanks :))

Hello! Thank you so much!

In my mind, Beanie is ace, and quite possibly the Inspector too? I’m super happy for you to headcanon other characters as ace/aro as well! There were obviously just as many asexual people in the 30s and 40s as there are now, even if they didn’t have the words we do to describe themselves!

In terms of trans/nb characters, my character Anna in Body in the Blitz is a trans woman - of course it was much harder to be out as trans in the 1930s and 1940s, but trans people also existed and I’ve read a lot of fascinating stories about transitions in the early 20th century so it was certainly possible!

[slitheringserpent]

mmu/moa character sexuality headcanons???

Hello anon, these were fun to do! Thanks for the ask.

MMU:

Daisy:

-LESBIAAAAAAAAN

- listens to Girl in Red and Chappell Roan, made barbies kiss when she was six, has about 10 lesbian flag badges...

- How Alex didn't realise she was gay, nobody knows.

Hazel:

-bisexual

- big crush on Daisy years 8-9 (I think that's probably canon atp)

-listens to Clairo

Alexander:

- bisexual

- everyone thought he was straight (including him) until he listened to a Girl in Red song and thought 'This would be so relatable if it was about boys :)' and then had a lightbulb moment and mental breakdown.

George:

-panromantic and asexual

- everyone knew he wasn't straight long before he came out but he didn't realise this

- so he came out to Daisy and she was just like 'yeah, no shit Sherlock' and he's all 'wait, what'

- had a massive crush on Alexander years 7-10

- we are talking initials in notebooks, doodles of his name with hearts, 'George Arcady' written over and over again in the back of an Agatha Christie

Kitty:

-straight. The straightest person you could possibly come across. Only straight person in the friend group.

Beanie:

- aroace

Lavinia:

- bisexual but female preference

Amina:

-bisexual

MOA:

Zosia:

- bisexual.

-definitely dating Anna, just very good at keeping it a secret.

Anna:

- bisexual

- unbelievable that she hasn't accidentally blabbed about her and Zosia yet

[slitheringserpent]

I've started rewatching Ghosts and I've always thought of Beanie as Kitty (this is going to confuse me) but actually I can really see Alexander as Kitty.

I can imagine him and Beanie being friends though, in an MMU/ Ghosts au and bugging whoever would be Alison (Anna or Zosia maybe?) to put cartoons on for them in the morning. And Lavinia as Julian changing the channel like in 'The Wormwood Men' and them watching a horror film by accident and Kitty and George being so annoyed at Lavinia because now they've got to deal with it.

[deepdeanvsweston]

Do you have any headcanons about the Goodchilds?

Hello anon! I'm more into the MMU series and not the TMUA series, so I don't have many thoughts about them.

However, when I had finished The Body In The Blitz, I did immediately make Ralph, Zosia and Anna headcannons. My Anna ones are linked here.

[slitheringserpent]

Anna Goodchild

Daisy ( she has taken that microphone from someone important to explain how she solved the murder)

A modern era Detective Society meeting.

[deepdeanvsweston]

Racecar driver Aleks X journalist Hazel modern AU (also brief Daisy x Anna Goodchild)

- ok so Aleks has only recently entered the racing game, but is definitely a rising star

- he's incredibly private though, nobody knows ANYTHING about him

- his wikipedia page is more of a wikipedia line, all it says is about his famous parents (actress and businessman)

- journalists are struggling to get even a sentence from him, let alone an interview

- so he's considered difficult and arrogant by the media, even though he's perfectly polite and simply wants to be left alone

- enter Hazel

- she's been in the journalist game years but her success at 21 for writing a detailed firsthand account of a murder in her uni halls at Oxford died off pretty quickly

- the newspaper assigns her to do this interview with a racecar driver that could not be more of a dead end

- she hasn't strictly been TOLD she's about to be let go but she sees the signs if she doesn't manage to get this interview

- Hazel makes up her mind to get this interview if it kills her

- she's quite pleased though, she gets to jet off to sunny Spain for the autumn

- anyway

- Aleks wins the race, he's through to the finals and so the paps are swarming him as he tries to get to his hotel

- Hazel is amongst them and hates herself for it, she's had a bad experience with them before

- (baby brother gets kidnapped, the Wongs are splashed all over the telegraph and the business insider for a few weeks, "it's a long story really...")

- anyway she's amongst the throe as every news outlet tries to grab an interview and Hazel gets shoved to the ground

- Aleks sees this and, gentleman as always, immediately helps her up but not before seeing her name tag reading 'Hazel Wong: Media'

- he sort of grins awkwardly at her and says "I'd tell you to watch out, but you're already doing that for me, aren't you?"

- Hazel looks bashful and leaves, embarrassed (and with sore palms, that camera guy really knocked her to the ground...)

- however, she drops the notebook she going to use for the interview and forgets it when scurrying away

- Aleks picks it up, and also finds it endearing she's using a notebook when all the other reporters are using voice recorders

- he reads it in his hotel room

- Aleks thinks he's earned this invasion of her privacy, really, considering she was trying to invade his privacy in the first place

- he opens it and the first page reads 'To Do List: interview Aleks Arcady (arrogant famous nepo baby) so you can pay the rent and don't have to move back in with Daisy and Anna!!!'

- of course, he wants to return it to her (despite the fact he's not sure whether he should laugh or be insulted at 'arrogant famous nepo baby')

- Aleks invites Hazel to a posh fancy restaurant to return the notebook and also unnerve her slightly

- he thinks 'yes she's cute but she's still a journalist'

- Aleks starts the conversation with "so what's so terrible about living with Daisy and Anna that you have to interview the arrogant famous nepo baby?"

- Hazel replies "you'd do anything you could, too, if you'd walked in on them exercising their lesbianism right on the kitchen table!"

- Aleks laughs, and Hazel realises she's never seen this man smile, not even when he wins races

- he leans forward, "what can I do to help your endeavours in saving your eyes from your friends activities then?"

- Hazel thinks, and smiles "I think there's a solution"

- the next week "Chatting With Aleks Arcady" comes out but it's not what everyone was expecting > it's just all mundane questions, nothing the papers actually want at all but Hazel has delivered her interview, and so gets paid

"So, Aleks, thankyou for sitting down with me"

"No problem"

"Now, I have to ask the question everyone has been dying to know - what's your favourite colour?"

"Oh, green, definitely. The exact green of your hair pin, coincidentally.."

- (this is published and everyone's all "WHO IS THIS INTERVIEWER???")

- Hazel gets her interview, and Aleks gets to stay private

- "I'd like to do this again..." Aleks says to Hazel

"Another interview?"

"No! I mean, sort of? An interview, but without the interviewing..."

"Are you trying to ask me out?"

"...yes"

"Alright" Hazel smiles

- anyway they fall in love blah blah blah

- he keeps a picture of her inside his racecar

- Aleks calls her his lucky charm

- Hazel cheers the loudest for him and pretends not to get bored by the 100th lap