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and now let's do a silly one
One of my favorite sort of subtly off-putting details in the Terror is how fucking healthy Hickey looks right up until the end, everyone else is grimy and emaciated and bleeding from their hair follicles and he looks...fine
I think in a modern scenario the Hickeygibson dynamic is just, like,
Billy's insane 20 part TikTok saga about how he dated this guy and found out he was lying about his entire identity. Name, nationality, job experience, criminal background. It just gets increasingly more bizarre and wild and people in the comments are HOOKED like 'oh my god this should be a Netflix documentary', 'you were dating a serial killer fr' etc, and then at the end of the series he's like 'to everyone telling me to report him to the police, I appreciate the concern but we're actually married now 🥰 so it's fine'
Then you just have Tozer in the comments like 'wait DM me I think I'm dating this guy too???'
I love you so, I'll eat you whole
Breezeblocks — alt-J // The Terror
THE TERROR x SUCCESSION Main Title Theme by Nicholas Britell
You are now handcuffed to one of the characters from The Terror for the rest of your life. Spin the wheel to find out who.
(Inspired by an ask from @westerlywayward thanks!!)
insert the "if i had a nickel" meme here or whatever
Today's Ellies: Cornelius Hickey
And Nedward Little (he's little-er than the others!)
Terror rewatch: ep 2. Can't stop thinking about the scene where (fake) Hickey's caulking the captain's seat of ease then he & Crozier have a drink. I think he gives himself away *twice*. Firstly he uses a slur (or at least, a rude word) for Irish *catholics* about himself & by extension Crozier. Yes, Crozier was Irish & suffered prejudice from that, but he was Church of Ireland/Protestant! Unsure if (real) Hickey was Catholic or not, but being from Limerick, he certainly wouldn't use that word of himself (slur reclamation wasn't a thing yet, yo!). Secondly, when they toast -- Hickey's clearly never heard of/is unsure of why Crozier toasts "Ourselves, then" (as, he later says, a bad joke). It's because of this (screenshot from wiki attached)
The Royal Navy do seated toasts every day at wardroom dinners -- Crozier asks what day it is, it's Wednesday, then says "Ourselves, then" because that's Wednesday's toast! Hickey (though not an officer) should be familiar with this already, but he's *not* - because he's an impostor! I think Crozier's suspicious of him from this point on, because of both these reveals, but is too depressed/alcoholic/distracted to actually *do* anything about it.
On my Terror rewatch and Jirv is just so happy when he meets Koveyook & companions. So grateful. I feel like it's the purest emotion we see from him. Also, I didn't notice before that while it's Hodge who meets original Mr Hickey, it's Irving who meets imposter-Hickey! I wonder how much a role Jirv's evangelicalism/non-conformist Christianity made him accept impostor-Hickey at face value even though he's clearly sus af. That born-again instinct to accept people wanting a 'fresh start'. I think it makes the betrayal (that it's specifically Irving gets murdered by impostor-Hickey) more poignant than if it were one of the other Lieuts.
chilly fellas
I feel that Hickey would have thrived as a member of the beach boys
*Hickey texting Billy after a third breakup*
Hickey: The overwhelming self-destructive urge to go for a midnight drive when the edible hits is like the feeling an animal gets when its leg is stuck in a snare
Billy: Cornelius, do not come over
Hickey: nom nom nom *sends eta*
Thomas “I’ve shot smaller hawks than you” Jopson
“You could have just joined up”
I mean…yeah.
This is fucked up…I’m (not) sorry.
Why did he think this would work? Like girl, he barely knows you.
Hickey is the kind of guy that would walk into your room, knock over three trinkets, shift a painting, flip you off, and leave without closing the door.