#im being emo about humphrey again

[moooonah]

i was wondering what kind of circumstances could lead the other ghosts to pass on, and i thought about humphrey in particular.

i imagine humphrey mentioning that he doesnt know if he can move on, considering he's lived hundred of years without any kind of fulfilment (due to the whole 'he has no body and is usually ignored' thing). and the ghosts are feeling charitable, so they make it their mission to try and help him find it.

and they totally and utterly fail. they bicker constantly about the best way to help humphrey (thomas wants to ghostwrite a book about his tumultuous love life, kitty thinks they should do couples counselling for humphrey and his head, julian is entirely unhelpful) while the captain frantically tries to coordinate their response. but they're completely unproductive and humphrey's an awkward spectator the whole time. but they eventually come up with a masterplan (read: disasterplan) to try and Help Humphrey With His Soul Searching.

and that masterplan fails too, because everything goes wrong and silly as per usual, no matter how hard the ghosts try. but to their shock, despite the nonsense, humphrey sees the light- and he gets sucked off.

and the ghosts are shocked. they run to alison, asking for any kind of idea why it happened. and she suggests something simple: that even though they failed, they cared enough to try. and maybe that was enough.

because really, that's all humphrey ever wanted. after a lonely life and a lonely death, he needed someone to care about him. and they finally did.

#bbc ghosts #humphrey bone #is this me having writers block and not being able to write a fic idea into prose but wanting to get it out somehow #... yes #random nonsense writing idea #im being emo about humphrey again #cos i rewatched the bone plot and ladies #He deserves better #i know everyone gets sad about passing on but honestly i think that is the light at the end of the tunnel that is purgatory bruh #like i would not want to live as a lonely disembodied head for centuries sign me up for the stars babey #headcanon