britcourse/britgate timeline
hi as the (un)official historian of the britgate time heres a timeline of events
thursday evening - @latinposeidon brings the word poof to people attention pointing out that the show is terrible for british slang. many british fantoms share their own dislike of the name willie and alex’s fanny pack
when @queenmolina points out how terrible many of the names from the show sound when read in a yorkshire accent the ideas for roadman reggie and yorkshire luke are sparked
at some point on friday we also discussed zootopia vs zootropolis and australian and new zealand names for various british slang
the brits go to sleep leaving many frighted americans to deal with britcourse
friday - when we wake up it to the horrified reactions of the rest of the fandom and the news that prince philip has died
believing this to be the work of yorkshire luke and roadman reggie we brainstorm further characters for our british jatp - we decided the best course of action was the recrecord all the dialogue in the show in british accents using british slang.
in spite that prince philip is trending and with a large amount of momentum we further brainstorm a retelling of the show with a british cast of characters as well as general discussions about all things british
we also confused non-brits with our discussion of tea time
saturday/sunday- with a larger cast of characters the edits and fanfics begin to take shape leading to the writing of backstories for the characters.
sunday - please welcome aussiegate (exactly the same premise just make them australian - i can’t tell what any of it means but its funny so please continue)
the britverse got bigger with a social media au and a britverse sunset curve playlist, more fics are in the works.
monday- despite starting off slow it came back with force with discussions of school trips, how the group meet, and school names. posts slowed towards the end of the day (i fear our beloved britgate may be on its last legs)
tuesday - despite a slow beginning britgate remains alive via tags and reblogs, and one of the longest headcanons to date courtesy of @faetalflaw
wednesday - britgate was back in the form of 3 new fics from @apples-bees @thegirlfulloffandoms @lesducks , meanwhile aussiegate and the newly joined canadagate remain strong. With even more fics expected soon britgate may quiet but we haven’t seen the last of it.
thursday - new artworks continued and the britgate discord remained chaotic as ever- the britgate team celebrated roadman reggie’s 1 week birthday
4th of July- Happy fucking birthday america, we’re taking over your show. yep #american’tgate the event of the summer is here, for 4 hours british, irish, canadian, australian, german, bulkain, and probably more i missed, fans took over the tags with fic, smau’s, edits, memes, and a whole lot of shitposting. it was glorious thank you to everyone that joined in, and to those that watched on in fear sorry not sorry.