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Just the usual fangirl geekery, with quite a high level of ridiculousness. You know, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Cabin Pressure, Frankenstein, science stuff, about a million books, a slightly high level of curiosity, and a Cheshire cat for good measure. I have no control over my enthusiasm. Oh, and sometimes I inflict my art on you. Sorry.
In the words of Neil Gaiman in Sandman: The weirdness has been getting worse.
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Currently sojourning in England, questing after the wild hedgehog. (Not really but sort of.)
Previously grinningcheshire

Buggre Alle this for a Larke: Cabin Pressure is actually quite angsty and I don't think people realise that: ›

griff-kendu:

schampusmitlachsfisch:

allthewholock:

martincrieff:

I mean, let’s start with each character respectively:

Carolyn Knapp-Shappey: Owner of MJN, a small charter airline, except it’s not an airline, and it’s just the one plane. A plane that given to her in…

I think it’s because of all the angst that Cabin Pressure is so funny. Maybe it is just because I like my comedies with an underlying layer of darkness, but I honestly think things are funniest when they have a sort of pull between being hilarious and being really sad. Like Martin’s great “sometimes for a treat I have a baked potato” line. It’s so funny, but it’s also so sad. The thing that I think is fantastic about Cabin Pressure is that it allows for side splitting laughter, and then two minutes later you realize, actually, this has a serious current of darkness running through it.

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    Read More initial reaction...first post: tears. no seriously. tears. rolling down my face....
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    us do realise. ‘Tis
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    Yeah… I think the problem is, is that we’re all a little bit Too aware how angsty it is, so when we’re not whumping...
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    My acting teacher would always say that good comedy comes from a place of genuine human emotion. The straighter you play...
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    I agree completely. It’s an old axiom in comedy that humor comes from pain. Look at the broadest form of comedy out...
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    oh look it’s all my cabin pressure feels in a handy capitalized text post
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    think it’s because of...the angst that Cabin Pressure is so funny. Maybe it is just...
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    Well, thanks for ruining my life.
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    The amount of angst prompts and angst fics I’ve written because of this show is ridiculous.
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    Believe me, I am all too painfully aware. And have you ever been to the kink meme?
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