Just saw a clip of the Staged bloopers and cut scenes and it made me wonder if you'd ever written a post about David saying "you're the Debbie McGee to my Paul Daniels". Non UK people might know that Paul Daniels was a stage magician who was very popular in the 80s and might even know that Debbie McGee was his assistant but they might not know that they were married for 28 years until Paul Daniels died in 2016. David is calling Michael his wife, or at the very least his glamorous assistant 😳🤣
No need to post if you've already written about it, I went quite a way back through your blog to try and check but, well, you've written a lot about Staged 🤣
Hi there! Oh gosh, I have not actually written a post about David saying that, mainly because being a non-UK person, I did not actually know who Paul Daniels or Debbie McGee are, or that they were married (I think the other part of the reason I don't know them is that they were both a bit before my time). So thank you so much for this delicious tidbit/insight! Let's get a visual up here as we start to talk about it:
The first thing I will say is that I have seen the Staged outtakes, and what makes me love this moment so much is that this was very definitely not part of the script, but rather something David said himself, without prompting. He says it so earnestly as well, as if this particular reference is one that is specifically for them but also one that he does not mind other people hearing. David had to know that this could have made it to the final cut, so the fact that he said it despite that fact seems to speak volumes.
Again, could this just be David joking and calling Michael his sidekick/assistant? Absolutely. But it's incredibly hard not to see the deeper meaning potentially at play, especially when we consider that David has called Michael his wife on at least two other occasions. The second instance in particular is still so remarkable to me, because it wasn't in a promotional or media context, but to a private audience. It's further bolstered by Rob Wilkins referring to Michael and David as "the loveliest couple," which again is a specific choice of words. So it does make one wonder if David and Michael have quietly been calling themselves that for some time, at least to their personal circles (a long time, even, given that Staged 2 aired at the beginning of 2021).
Regardless of whether David's comment was meant as a joke or as a sly allusion to the nature of his and Michael's relationship, what I love most about this (and what I think we could all agree on) is that David is saying that Michael is the person he makes magic with. Magic we saw in Good Omens, and then subsequently in a few seasons of Staged, and again in GO season 2. And with any luck, magic we will get to see Michael and David make together for a long, long time to come.
Also, for those who have never seen what Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee look like (as I hadn't), I need to share this picture:
...And also say that I really would love to see Michael in that outfit and headpiece on the left. His hair is as curly as Debbie's, so we can definitely see how lovely that headpiece would look on such a head of hair. Not to mention the pink sparkly I Dream of Jeannie-esque outfit and coordinating eye shadow, which Michael would absolutely slay in. I will never know peace until we see a picture of him in that outfit, and I think he would love to wear it, especially given how much we know Michael loves drag. Couples Halloween costume this year with David? We can only hope...
Again, thank you for sharing this most excellent information, which I hope my followers will also very much enjoy. Thanks for writing in! x
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can i keep talking about shy bakugou please okay thank you — i feel like you have to unravel him. not always, ofc; sometimes he's ready to bare it all on his own, because he's learning that he can, with you, but most of time i think he needs a little push. your helping hand.
i think it all comes down to being nervous about wanting, in all forms. the longing and the yearning and the desire for another person, something outside of his control, that could easily and simply say: no. despite all that he can be and all that he can accomplish — it doesn't guarantee anything from you, doesn't set anything in stone because you are your own person with your own wants and desires and i think that would be terrifying for him. especially when it comes to the one he loves.
disgusting, how badly he wants you. it lives in every fiber of his being and it's so strong, untamed like the rest of him. bakugou has never experienced anything mildly and he can't, not with you, and that coupled with his apprehension and all the alarm bells going off in his head that this behavior, this desire, could lead him into heartbreak would have him. so. unsure, flustered.
it's a lot. it's vulnerability, and that's something he's fought his entire life.
but — it looks nice. on you. in the way that you trust him and cherish him, in the way that you rub his arm when you slip by in the kitchen or tell him, "you look so cute" when he comes in from the rain, hair flat against his head and drenched like a dog. you're so open about loving him, and loud and unashamed and you say it without hesitation at random times in the day, with a little smile on your face and a kiss ready for his cheek.
it kind of — fucking drives him nuts. stuns him completely, because he doesnt know what he does to warrant it, not when he's just being. standing at the kitchen counter or brushing his teeth or toweling his hair dry; somehow, you see something, something he can't and probably never will for himself. something maybe no one else has seen for him.
you unravel him. slowly. hand around his heart and the other up his shirt, slow and soft against the hard plane of his muscles. in his head, bakugou imagines himself much...smoother than he actually is. in his head, he's charming in the way that he strips you both, in the way that he touches you, makes a mess of you — but in reality, you look up at him among his pillows and blankets and you're laughing and he's just. shaking, with all that he wants. that he'll want forever.
with all that he doesn't know how to say.
(one day, he will. when the layers are gone at your hands, and his own, he'll be able to tell you. but until then, he hopes all that he kisses into your skin will be enough.)
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