i physically/mentally/spiritually/emotionally cannot stop thinking about how much jack LOOKS at robby
there are so many shots where robby is actively trying not to be perceived and jack is staring at him like he can't get enough of him, like every single microexpression robby makes is his & his alone, and i'm OBSESSED
even when robby literally isn't paying attention and jack is in a different room jack is looking at him, constantly assessing where he's at and what he's feeling, and it is such an intense and obvious sign of his love for robby (platonic or not) that i cannot stomach it
jack sees robby even when robby feels emotionally at his ugliest and he never even remotely flinches away from his desire to figure out what robby is feeling and it makes their dynamic so fascinating to me because you have two deeply empathetic, perceptive men who are hyperaware of each other (to the point where there are multiple times where they interact with each other or move to meet one another without even looking) and are not afraid of this obvious depth of love
the only other person robby comes close to sharing this sort of non-verbal understanding with is dana, and even then it feels like there are parts of each other the other can't fully see. the clear demonstration that jack & robby know each other as deeply and as intimately as they would a romantic partner (in some cases more so) has genuinely hooked me from the start and i can't handle it -- this is like... hannigram levels of unspoken love to me
i think it’s really amazing how total strangers who have nothing in common but their shared love of a work of fiction will come together across distances and dedicate their time and energy working collaboratively to build an extensive, richly detailed fanon that completely fucking sucks
Nothing will ever be hotter to me than the rabbot scene in s2 when Robby’s like “I’m not the one who spends my free time getting shot at, hoo-ah” and Jack gets all pissy FUCKKK
An unfinished and not fully accurate timeline of the NMJ Lads 2000-2012 (Tim-centred tbh)
Summer 2000: Alex goes to Edinburgh with 'How To Avoid Huge Ships'
Academic year 2000-2001: Mark in year ? of uni, Alex in his final year of uni year of uni, Tim has just graduated. Tim decides to do a play because he didn't do one in his final year at uni.
Alex was also doing stand up in another strand of Footlights (I think, idk how it works)
2000 (Cambridge, term 1)- Alex writes a panto of Treasure Island, Tim auditions and gets a role. Performances are late Nov-early Dec. Tim also auditioned for Bouncers by John Godber. He got both roles and fortuitously decided to do the panto.
(I don't think Alex and Tim became close yet)
2001 (Cambridge, term 2) - Tim does the Spring Review (sketch show) and starts to write a bit (was Mark in this??)
2001 (Cambridge, term 3) - Tim and Mark audition to be in the Footlights Summer Tour, which is what Emma Thompson, High Laurie et al did. They perform at Edinburgh and are nominated for Best Newcomer. It's directed by [friend who still directs plays w Tom Basden]
I don't know if the Spring and Summer sketch show / team are/were the same as each other but Tim conflates the whole year into one when telling any stories about it. Not sure either if they figured out about Tim not being a student during the Spring or the Summer.
2002: Tim and Dinky Donk contribute to an EP of Concrete Cow sketch show on Radio 4
Tim and Mark move to London. IIRC Tim moved back to Cambridge after a bit (maybe after losing his job at Hamley’s?), not sure when he moved back to London - suspect 2003/2004 as he’s still doing stuff in Cambridge at that point.
2002: Mark wins the Telegraph Open Mic Award. Tim's stand up career starts and ends in the space of 10 ok to terrible gigs
2003: Making Fish Laugh - Alex’s first solo show (Tim as assistant). Nominated for Best Newcomer
2003: Alex is on Brain Candy on BBC3 (stand up variety show)
2003: Mark and Tim direct the Footlights tour show(?) Starring some future Inbetweeners
2004: Mark's first 24 hour show (Tim as assistant). Mark gets engaged. Mark also does a show with Rhod Gilbert.
2004: Alex's second show Every Body Talks (Tim as assistant)
2004: Tim performs Luke and Stella at Edinburgh
2004: Mark's first novel is published
2004ish: Tim starts writing poems
2005: Alex gets married
2005: Mark does his first solo show and another 24 hour show
2005: Mark is nominated for Best Newcomer
2005: Alex’s third show When in Rome (Tim as assistant)
At some point Tim lives with Alex (and wife?)
2005-2007 (?): Tim performs in Cowards in Edinburgh (they also did it in London and in early days Alex, Mark and Rick Edwards were involved)
2006: Mark wins the inaugural Edinburgh Panel Prize and Time Out Critics Choice Award. He is nommed for the Barry Award (Melbourne)
2006: Mark starts appearing on Mock the Week and other panel shows
2006-2008 (+Xmas 2009): Tim adapts All Bar Luke for Radio 4
2006-2007 Alex and Dinky Donk try to meet someone from every nationality. I don't know if they get a show out of this!
2006: Mark and Tim are in Time Trumpet
2007: Mark writes 2 pilots. One stars Tom Basden and the summary sounds suspiciously like Tim's life at that time
207: Mark starts his Radio 4 show with Tim and Basden
2007: We Need Answers at Edinburgh
2007: Alex's fourth show Birdwatching at Edinburgh
2007: Tim’s first solo show Slut In The Hut in Edinburgh. It is produced by new comedy company The Invisible Dot, which is Tim’s comedy home until 2016ish.
2007: Herb McGwyer (nominated for Best Short Film BAFTA in 2008)
2007: Tim lives with his brother
2007ish: Cowards on the radio
2008: We Need Answers (2) at Edinburgh
2008: Alex's fifth show Wordwatching at Edinburgh
2009: Tim’s second solo the Slutcracker show in Edinburgh. He wins the Edinburgh Comedy Award.
2009: Mark does The Hotel immersive (hey there recent Taskmaster Ep)
2009: We Need Answers on TV
2009: Birdwatchingwatching by Alex and Tim's first poetry book are published
2009: Cowards on BBC4
2010: Taskmaster in Edinburgh (1)
2010: The Horne Section begins
2010ish: Tim joins the Alan Partridge world
2010: Tim is in Party by Tom Basden on Radio 4
2011: Taskmaster in Edinburgh (2)
2012: Tom start Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme
2008-2012(ish): Tim lives in a box room in Limehouse. During this time he wins the Edinburgh Comedy Award and is on TV quite a bit. He said during ep 1 of Taskmaster that he had no space for anything but kept the lintel(?) From his Edinburgh show. In the Taskmaster podcast Josh said Tim implied he was homeless but he would have been referencing the fact that he had a box room’s worth of living space (I included this because Josh thought Tim was lying in the show but i’m pretty sure he wasn’t).
if you spoke to lestat or louis about your pain, they would say, "your pain? what about MY pain?" but if you spoke about your pain to armand he would say "let me lobotomize you and you will never feel pain again." he has a solution-based mindset and we could all learn from him.
often you will see things online where you just have to be like "what a strange thing to say" or "i don't think that's true :)" to yourself and try to move on or you will lose your mind
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