#capvers

[captainbootylicker]

ivan the terrible and his son ivan but make it bbc ghosts and utterly miserable

[ocean-irl]

Thinking about how Thomas and the Captain are two sides of the same coin.

Both are inept in their chosen fields, but they put their heart and soul into it. Each is mocked by (most of) his peers, but yearns for their respect.

One lives in a world that encourages him to embrace emotional expression and individuality; the other lives in a world that forces him to repress them, stripping him of all identity but his rank.

Each of them is loved by someone who finds his idiosyncrasies charming, even as everyone else laughs. And yet, the pursuit of this love leads each to an ignominious death.

The Captain dies having learned that his feelings are requited, with Havers by his side. Thomas dies alone, believing that Isabelle no longer loves him.

They are a soldier who died from a broken heart, and a poet who died from a gunshot.

[cazbogie]

[ihadtofindyou]

bbc ghosts as text posts: capvers edition

[yourdarklordmelkor]

Ben is genuinely so evil for this expression after Cap makes Havers smile. like why is his face so full of wonder and joy and pride at making Havers happy, why does he look like he's just seen the stars for the first time, why does he look like he's just discovered magic, why does he look like he has come home after years of being away, why Ben, why is this moment so tender WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME WHY-

[realismreading]

So I’m thinking about Cap and Havers (unsurprisingly) and I had a Thought™️ about this moment from Carpe Diem:

This is just after Cap has told his death story. We now know what the swagger stick means to him

Instead of holding it low or tucked under his arm like it usually is, he holds it close and tight to his chest, turned in towards it. He holds it in a very similar position when he dies.

In what he thinks are his last moments for the second time, he chooses to “stays hows he dies”. Holding the only piece of Havers he was ever allowed to have the same way he did when they lost each other again. Holding it closer than he was ever able to hold Havers.

The Captain does not love Havers any less than the day he died. He keeps the swagger stick close, not just because he can’t part with it, but for comfort, and a reminder that in both sets of final moments, he was honest, he was brave, and he was cared for by the people that matter most to him.

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Someone may have already said this but I’ve been steadily less active for a long time, so im sorry if I’ve missed this Thought somewhere!

[ghoullerr]

[captainfairygodmother]

THINGS I WANT FROM BBC GHOSTS: THE POSSESSION OF BUTTON HOUSE

Alison and Mike visit the ghosts to catch up with them (at the end of the film?)

Party Conference is held at the hotel, attended by Julian's daughter (Julian has a SLIGHT posthumous change in beliefs after seeing his daughter's speech but not entirely because it's still Julian)

Mia can see Ghosts!!!! Pat and Kitty are her favourite because they play with her (she calls Lady B her grandma one day and she tears up and hesitates to correct her)

Caphavers reunion (I don't know how they'd pull that off) OR Alison tells The Captain about how on her travels, she met a nice ghost called Anthony who also was stationed at Button House and knew of The Captain

The bear stays on the stairs and still scares

A queer couple called Teddy/Theodore and Will/William stay at the hotel. The Captain follows them round for the whole day. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW (PLEASE Ben do it for all the OG Caphavers fans)

Mary and Annie referenced!

The ghosts figure out how to possess the guests, or possibly one of them in particular. Maybe Thomas manages to possess a guy so he can flirt with a girl, like in CBS Ghosts?

Either Sam and Jay or Pete make an appearance from CBS Ghosts

Captain and Kitty father and son dynamic

Humphrey's head stays on him for at LEAST a quarter of the film (a big ask, I know)

Hotel radio, feat PAT BUTCHER, THE GREATEST DJ IN THE AR-E-AAAAA (and co host Thomas Thorne)

OBI RETURNS!!!!!

Kitty is obsessed with Spiderman after watching the films when they were playing in a guest's room once

Julian has genuinely befriended some of the Basement Ghosts

Barclay comes to visit Alison and Mike who are visiting the hotel for afternoon tea whilst the ghosts are rapidly updating Alison on all of the Barclay drama that they've heard from the workers

New ghost????

Robin's multilingual skills help the ghosts to uncover the secrets of a guest

References to Horrible Histories ("Ah yes, my good friend Blinkensop. Awful soldier, but a fine fellow in cricket and football", or Pat 'haunting' someone who can see ghosts by shouting "HI, I'M A SHOUTY MAN!")

Cliffhanger that alludes to one of the ghosts being "sucked off" but it's open ended and we never find out which (up to audience interpretation who it is)