Oh, gosh, my response to this spiraled a bit out of control and is quite long, so I made a separate post. But on a non-jokey note? Totally cute. David’s looking a little flustered, eh? It’s probably tough to banter when your brain keeps trying to dredge up memories. :P I also thought their exchange at the end about David giving Michael the award was sweet.
Michael and David giving a perfectly normal acceptance speech for the Comedy.co.uk 2020 Best New TV Sitcom Award for Staged.
In the spirit of this “sports” the straights keep talking about, here is a play-by-play of what Michael and David were really saying in their acceptance speech. For @ingravinoveritas!
I understand enough of the Russian to know that the subtitles don’t match up exactly with the dialogue, but would any of my fluent friends feel up to translating (or at least telling me how far off the dialogue and subtitles are in meaning)?
Duly noted! May I presume that all this loud makeup is also the cause of the decline of moral and god-fearing TV standards?
Cuddy! It's time to settle this for once and for all: is blue eyeshadow a slippery slope, or is my mom just a reactionary?
Tell your mother not to wear blue eyeshadow! That is a gateway drug to neon chartreuse lipstick, and none of her crafting club will want to be sent by her.
I’ve been meaning to watch this for so long! I’ve got to get to it.
He’s effeminate, and therefore we think he’s weak. But that man sits in pubs and clubs and houses and hotels telling all the world about his homosexuality. Out loud! All day long! Doesn’t bother him who’s listening—priests, or housewives, or landlords, or anyone. He tells the truth, and doesn’t care. No one else does that, Jeremy… no one. Certainly not us. In the whole of this land, there is Norman and Norman alone. To be blunt, he amazes me. I think he’s one of the strongest men in the world.
Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott in A Very English Scandal (2018)
That works! Although Michael may get suspicious at the idea that a naked David Tennant would willingly hide in a box when he could be out gyrating and looking for divans to sprawl over.
faggghaggg replied to your post “There was absolutely nothing “inadvertent” or…”
Wow… Is this YOUR fanfic they’re referencing, by any chance?
Ha. Well, the interesting thing is it’s not even a full-on fanfic that I wrote, but a post here on Tumblr that mentions Michael putting a saddle on his back and David riding him. So while I am in no way deluded enough to think that Simon (or–heavens forfend–Michael or David) have poked around on my Tumblr, I was still twigged out immediately by the closeness of that reference to something I offhandedly wrote six months ago. It honestly feels like I manifested something without even remotely wanting or intending to, and that I should be spirited off to a castle in the mountains of Scotland to learn how to control my powers…
Ok but this is literally the most attractive human I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m so sorry but THIS LOOK SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
And also their friendship makes me insanely happy. They just bring an unexplainable, overwhelming JOY to my heart whenever they’re onscreen together ❤️🥺
faggghaggg replied to your post “There was absolutely nothing “inadvertent” or…”
Wow… Is this YOUR fanfic they’re referencing, by any chance?
Ha. Well, the interesting thing is it’s not even a full-on fanfic that I wrote, but a post here on Tumblr that mentions Michael putting a saddle on his back and David riding him. So while I am in no way deluded enough to think that Simon (or–heavens forfend–Michael or David) have poked around on my Tumblr, I was still twigged out immediately by the closeness of that reference to something I offhandedly wrote six months ago. It honestly feels like I manifested something without even remotely wanting or intending to, and that I should be spirited off to a castle in the mountains of Scotland to learn how to control my powers…