#capvers

[captainbootylicker]

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

[cazbogie]

[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.

[ghoullerr]

[ihadtofindyou]

bbc ghosts as text posts: capvers edition

[realismreading]

Havers glaring/sending a look to the other officers when they laughed at the Captain, but gentle when he said, ‘I don’t think the Germans will be here quite yet, sir’

Havers pushing through the crowd when the Captain collapsed, being angry and snapping at Cartwright, but only speaking softly to the Captain.

Even when he could’ve, should’ve (by 1940’s military and societal standards) kept his distance in every sense of the word, Havers was as soft on the Captain as the Captain was on him.

Havers stopped him from confessing so the Captain would be safe from having his reputation dragged through the mud after death. Havers still risked his own reputation by holding the Captain’s hand for comfort, made sure that the last time someone spoke to him, he was not addressed as his rank, just ‘James’.

[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-

[bawdiestrhymester]

But….knowing you, you wouldn’t.

You’d just say ‘it’s a bally shame we won’t be able to finish the operation together’.