#idk if testosterone was available back then so idk if hed have been able to grow his moustache or if its just a really convincing fake one

[lopsidedtreetrunks]

Had an absolute vision of a dream last night that one of the episodes of series 5 starts with Alison about to drive somewhere, and for whatever reason, the Captain was sitting in the passenger seat. They got outside the gates and the captain didn't disappear. This causes them both to freak out, and the Captain freaks out so hard that his soul or whatever regresses and warps time for a second, and Alison has to slam on the brakes so they don't crash. When she looks over at the Captain to check if he's okay, there's a little girl in the seat.

Turns out the Captain is trans and he could leave the grounds bc for some reason he was connected to a locket in his pocket which was a gift from his mother that had his deadname inscribed on it (I don't remember what it was; maybe Elizabeth?). The picture on the inside was one of those typical victorian family portrait photos from when he was little.

The episode then becomes about Alison finding out more about the Captain's life and them finding members of his family's graves and people who are still alive, like younger siblings or nieces/nephews.

The B plot was all the ghosts freaking out that the Captain had been sucked off bc suddenly he's just not there and they don't know what to do! It was still so recently that Mary left them and now the captain too?! 😭

Anyway I know it makes no sense that he would randomly become attached to a locket that's always been in his pocket when we've seen him be unable to pass through the gate before, but this was a dream so whatever 😖 Trans Captain is now canon in my head and my heart so 💕

#idk if testosterone was available back then so idk if hed have been able to grow his moustache or if its just a really convincing fake one #there was something about a dolls house and a train station in the dream too but idr how they fit in #anyway trans cap is canon now 🫡🏳️‍⚧️ #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts captain #lgbt+ #transgender #trans headcanon #sorry about the big wall of text 😭 #oh i just thought of a way that it could work #as in his soul randomly attaches itself to this locket #but it's in the real world #alison found it maybe in the attic or even buried somewhere in the garden #and maybe she'd put it in her pocket or in the car's glovebox bc she was going to get it cleaned? or smth #maybe cap knew and was trying to persuade her that there was no point investing her time and money into such an old thing #which just made her more curious #idk just spitballing ig #maybe this is also why he's so secretive with his name??????