#plq-to

Ohoho here we go then, for the ghosts asks here:

1. Who is your favourite ghost?

Probably the Captain - I love a good mystery and the guy's full of them. Although he only started growing on me towards the end of season 1 when he was being a sneaky little plague pit snake, before that it was probably Robin

8. Which ghost do you think you'd get along with the best?

Oddly enough probably Fanny? Not because we have anything in common but because she's like an exaggerated version of my Gran and I at least know I could live with that. Also she admits when she's wrong just as loudly as she yells about being right and I can respect that.

11. What is a (popular or not) fan theory that you love?

The murder in the library theory - I'm not sure it's going to turn out to be true but I really like the idea that something in the season 1 DVD extras gave it all away.

29. Whose costume is your favourite?

Humphrey's body - It looks amazing, it's covid-safe, mysterious and If I had it I could stand in dark hallways and terrify children with it. I see no downside.

36. Favourite [insert character name here] moment?

The Captain- The seagull story from season 3

I just really enjoyed both the little insight into what he'd been up to and just the way he told the story - it was a really humanizing moment, which of course he's had plenty of in season 3, but it was nice to have one so strongly connected to the war where he wasn't just blindly spouting propaganda and wartime spirit. Does this man have the stomach far war? Plenty of the people drafted didn't but it's the situation they ended up in.

Julian- "It's this woman from my wedding"

What a dick, I love him so much. As always it's nice to see the ghosts back in their own time, and I think this line kind of shows how much of how his complete and utter twat of a personality was putting on a show for the people around him too, especially in contrast to some of the things he comes to figure out later.

Robin- His little pep-talk to Pat on his death day

A great scene for showing how Robin's probably come to terms with the reality of it all over frikk knows how many years, and also another in a long line of moments that have the others totally underestimating him. He's the emotional rock of the group in a lot of ways so it's always good to see him imparting his ancient wisdom onto the younger ghosts.

Mary- The dinner improv scene!

Yes, it was terrible of him to make both Thomas and Isabelle think that the other didn't love them anymore. Yes, it was dastardly of him to trick Thomas into challenging the officer. But going so far as to give Thomas false information about the duel? Completely unnecessary.

In all likelihood, Thomas was going to lose the duel anyway. He has little to no experience concerning duels in the first place, and he's going up against an officer who is far more likely to be well-versed in handling a gun. Thomas' fate is essentially sealed from the moment the officer agrees to the duel.

But the thing that makes Thomas' death so much more tragic and Francis' deception so much more evil, is the fact that he makes sure that Thomas doesn't stand an iota of a chance of getting out of this alive. It's very much like the last scene in ‘Hamlet’ where Claudius wants to make sure Hamlet dies during the fencing match (the uncapped sword, the poisoned goblet, the poisoned sword tip); it's going so unnecessarily far that it's unmistakably evil.

“20 paces, cousin”

Not ‘10’ like it was, not ‘12’ which would have disadvantaged him anyway, not even ‘15’ which was a big enough margin for Thomas to die in exactly the same way (I think Thomas only gets to 11/12 paces before he's shot, but I could be wrong, so correct me if needs be), but ‘20’. Ten whole paces more than agreed upon.

“20 paces, cousin”