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rionaleonhart) wrote2012-04-16 09:16 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2012-04-16 09:16 am
Then He Goes To School, Where He's Stupid Again.
I suspect I may now be past my PRODUCING VAST QUANTITIES OF WATERLOO ROAD FANFICTION phase of the past few weeks, which is a shame because I have come up with the perfect idea for a work of Waterloo Road fanfiction. It would be called Tom Clarkson Shags His Way Through the Staff Room, and it would be magnificent. Should I write this, I fully expect to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Something with a similar premise already exists; it's called Waterloo Road. The problem is that Tom doesn't move from relationship to relationship quickly enough, so quite a few members of staff leave the school before he has a chance to jump into bed with them. This simply won't do.
(I've just gone through a list of former Waterloo Road characters and listed all the female former members of staff I could find. There are fifteen. One is a lesbian, one is married, and of the remaining thirteen Tom has at least attempted a relationship with six of them. Conclusion: if you're a woman working at Waterloo Road, there's basically a fifty per cent chance that Tom will fall for you. NOT HIGH ENOUGH.)
Are there any buddy-cop dramas out there in which the buddy cops are a middle-aged woman and a teenage boy? I ask because of this picture:
This is a picture of Josh and Karen of Waterloo Road. I found it whilst checking the Waterloo Road tag on tumblr (it was posted by gabriellablogs, I think? I - I don't understand tumblr) and saved it as 'unlikely buddy cops.png', and suddenly I really want to see this become a reality. Not necessarily with these specific characters (although I am likely to fall desperately in love with anyone who writes that AU); I just think the middle-aged woman/teenage boy buddy cop dynamic could be really interesting. They're both skilled detectives and they get along well, but she's much more experienced and they both know she's very much the leader.
(Josh, of course, would make a terrible cop because of his penchant for bad boys. STOP FALLING IN LOVE WITH ALL THE SUSPECTS, JOSH.)
In other news, because I swear I am still capable of talking about other things, Once Upon a Time reached these televisual shores a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd take a look. It is ridiculous and amazing and I sort of love it. I'm not feeling any particular desire to check out the fandom at the moment - possibly because Waterloo Road has swallowed my heart - but it's something I really enjoy watching. The problem is that I enjoy the Storybrooke parts a thousand times more than the storybook parts. (Or so I was going to say, but the third episode was broadcast yesterday and the fantasy-world parts in that actually managed to hold my interest. Keep it up, Once Upon a Time!)
My brother and his girlfriend came in yesterday and asked what I was watching, and in attempting to explain it to them I realised how incredibly stupid the premise is. I think that might be part of the reason I like it so much.
Something with a similar premise already exists; it's called Waterloo Road. The problem is that Tom doesn't move from relationship to relationship quickly enough, so quite a few members of staff leave the school before he has a chance to jump into bed with them. This simply won't do.
(I've just gone through a list of former Waterloo Road characters and listed all the female former members of staff I could find. There are fifteen. One is a lesbian, one is married, and of the remaining thirteen Tom has at least attempted a relationship with six of them. Conclusion: if you're a woman working at Waterloo Road, there's basically a fifty per cent chance that Tom will fall for you. NOT HIGH ENOUGH.)
Are there any buddy-cop dramas out there in which the buddy cops are a middle-aged woman and a teenage boy? I ask because of this picture:
This is a picture of Josh and Karen of Waterloo Road. I found it whilst checking the Waterloo Road tag on tumblr (it was posted by gabriellablogs, I think? I - I don't understand tumblr) and saved it as 'unlikely buddy cops.png', and suddenly I really want to see this become a reality. Not necessarily with these specific characters (although I am likely to fall desperately in love with anyone who writes that AU); I just think the middle-aged woman/teenage boy buddy cop dynamic could be really interesting. They're both skilled detectives and they get along well, but she's much more experienced and they both know she's very much the leader.
(Josh, of course, would make a terrible cop because of his penchant for bad boys. STOP FALLING IN LOVE WITH ALL THE SUSPECTS, JOSH.)
In other news, because I swear I am still capable of talking about other things, Once Upon a Time reached these televisual shores a few weeks ago, so I thought I'd take a look. It is ridiculous and amazing and I sort of love it. I'm not feeling any particular desire to check out the fandom at the moment - possibly because Waterloo Road has swallowed my heart - but it's something I really enjoy watching. The problem is that I enjoy the Storybrooke parts a thousand times more than the storybook parts. (Or so I was going to say, but the third episode was broadcast yesterday and the fantasy-world parts in that actually managed to hold my interest. Keep it up, Once Upon a Time!)
My brother and his girlfriend came in yesterday and asked what I was watching, and in attempting to explain it to them I realised how incredibly stupid the premise is. I think that might be part of the reason I like it so much.
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Hetty Wainthropp is a retired working-class woman from Darwen in North West England, who has a knack for jumping to conclusions and solving crimes of varying bafflement which often are too minor to concern the police. Although on occasion her husband offers assistance, he more often than not tends to the home while Hetty gads about the countryside with young Geoffrey in search of resolution and justice.
THIS SOUNDS AMAZING. I may have to check it out.
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It does have many wonderful moments. If you can stomach Midsomer Murders or others of its ilk, you might like it a lot. Hetty is played by Patricia Routledge, whom I've always had a deep admiration for. And Geoffrey is a very, very baby Dominic Monaghan.
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