#like yonderland never focused on its gay characters and its so lovely to hear how much thought theyve put into their portrayal of cap

[mihotose]

when ben said "its like- everyone else knows hes gay, its like, if somebody is nervous about coming out and they realise when they come out that their parents, or their peer group, or their friends went 'its fine! its absolutely fine! we all knew! its fine! you just had to be brave,' and so i think with the captain at some stage he just has to be really brave, maybe thats his journey."

and when mat said "initially, i think he was going to be a naysayer about- not about the idea of a gay wedding, but just the organisation of it. [...] and then i think it was while we were drafting it that we sort of found ourselves leaning into and finding more fun the idea that he becomes a de facto wedding planner, and the more we wrote his enthusiasm, the more we thought, what's beautiful about this is that this is a safe place for him to express himself without having to say anything or be explicit or even admit to himself why he feels comfortable in the company of these people and on this occasion. [...] i thought what was lovely is that he just gets to be himself in a kind of profound way that he doesn't necessarily even put his finger on."

and when jim said "we wanted it to seem like a completely natural thing, and allow the ghosts to react- the right ghosts to react, and that would be lady b really. i don't think we wanted a kind of baying number of ghosts; i think it just needed one ghost to have a negative reaction."

and when mat said "i think the key for us was that the couple themselves should not be defined by their sexuality. so, thats not what their story is about, at all. [...] often its the defining thing about the story is someone having to encounter homophobia or struggle with coming out and we have our own character in the captain, who that is a big part of his identity and his story, but it was nice to write this couple for whom it is not an issue and that the only person who has a story that has anything to do with sexuality is lady button, because shes got a problem. its her problem, not theirs."

#literally cried listening to these #bbc ghosts #also that bit where mat said they had initially thought that they probably all would have experimented with each other #(implication here ofc being most of them are bi <3) but i do think it makes more sense for them to have not already done that #sorry this is literally a wall of text. had to retype it after closing the first time smh #i love six (6) idiots #like yonderland never focused on its gay characters and its so lovely to hear how much thought theyve put into their portrayal of cap #listening to this just like sooo true so true <333 #i keep adding to this oops but!! also theyre aware of how gd annoying thomas could be. im so glad they do #and like as they said it sounds like its some high drama but its literally a comedy. #gemitus