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Aug. 27th, 2013 01:00 amDid I ever tell you about my favourite David Platt/Coronation Street AU? I probably didn't, so here it is. My favourite Coronation Street AU is inspired by/stolen from the film Irresistible, starring Susan Sarandon and Emily Blunt, which I caught on TV last night. These are SPOILERS, but essentially it's about a woman whose life starts falling apart after a younger woman, who works with her husband, comes into it. She suspects the woman is messing with her, stalker-style, and it turns out she's right - because the younger woman is the daughter she gave up for adoption years before, who had to grow up in the care system and never forgave her mother for it. And also just wants her mother back. There is another twist, but it's not part of my AU and I won't reveal it here.
So my favourite Coronation Street AU is the one where instead of trying to have an abortion when she was pregnant with David, Gail just decided to go away somewhere Martin wouldn't find out what she was doing, have the baby, and give it up for adoption. And then 18 or 19 years later, David turns back up on the street, keeping his identity a secret so he can spy on Gail and her family, avoid being rejected again and fuck with mercilessly without them realising who's doing it or why. While being equal parts furious with Gail - especially when he finds out about Nick and Sarah - and desperately, almost ferally affection-starved and aching for any scrap she might throw his way.
When I first thought of this AU, I was so enamoured of it I carried it through to an "adoption" and "Gail and her family are EVIL" AU - I don't know why the Roberts-Tilsley-Platts appeal to me as a crime family, but they do. So David would have deal with the fact that they were worse than him but not quite as twisted, and them constantly harping on about how important family was to them, when he was living proof it wasn't true. And then I carried it on to an "adoption", "Gail and her family are EVIL" and "superpowers" AU. I don't know why. I was very into superpowers for a while. What was nice about that scenario though was that if you're saying superpowers are hereditary and fairly rare, then Gail's evil superpowered family would be cursing their bad luck to have gotten into this inexplicable feud with a crazy teenage boy who ALSO has superpowers - without realising that the fact he has superpowers is essentially the point, and really ought to be a pretty big clue.
I love David Platt.
We had Chinese takeaway tonight, and I had a duck meal that was cooked in Hot Chilli and Garlic. Now my tongue won't stop feeling dry no matter how much water I drink. My mum claims water won't help with chilli, only milk will do. I hardly ever drink milk and am not planning to now. Hmph.
And tomorrow, I might be having an appointment with a guy, but I'm not entirely sure. Before my holiday I got picked up by a new mental health service, and met the Worker I'm going to be having. We were supposed to be meeting on Tuesdays, but obviously I couldn't while I was on holiday, and I told him the Tuesday after I came back might not be good either, which turned out to be a good thing since we came back at about midnight last Monday. He said something about how he might be able to see me on Friday, and would call me in the week. I did receive a call on Thursday, but unfortunately my phone died as I tried to pick it up, and I hadn't completely unpacked still so I didn't get my charger out until way later. When I did set it to charge, I didn't have any missed calls listed, so I couldn't try calling the number back, and I didn't have any messages. And no-one's called since then. So technically speaking, he's meant to be coming to the house tomorrow. But he hasn't called to say he is, or when he's coming if so. So I might be seeing him? Who knows. All I can think is that I should probably get up early tomorrow morning, and call the service to see if they know if anything's happening. I find it hard to believe he'd come round without actually speaking to me, or even leaving a message. But I find it equally hard to believe he'd just not bother and miss two appointments. So we'll see.
And I am all caught up with Welcome To Night Vale now. My favourite characters, other than Cecil, are Hiram McDaniels, whose name for me is like the man with the tan jacket's face, I can never remember it without looking it up, no matter how striking I think it is everyone time I read/hear it. And also Tamika Flynn. All hail Tamika Flynn.
( Spoilers for the latest episode )
So my favourite Coronation Street AU is the one where instead of trying to have an abortion when she was pregnant with David, Gail just decided to go away somewhere Martin wouldn't find out what she was doing, have the baby, and give it up for adoption. And then 18 or 19 years later, David turns back up on the street, keeping his identity a secret so he can spy on Gail and her family, avoid being rejected again and fuck with mercilessly without them realising who's doing it or why. While being equal parts furious with Gail - especially when he finds out about Nick and Sarah - and desperately, almost ferally affection-starved and aching for any scrap she might throw his way.
When I first thought of this AU, I was so enamoured of it I carried it through to an "adoption" and "Gail and her family are EVIL" AU - I don't know why the Roberts-Tilsley-Platts appeal to me as a crime family, but they do. So David would have deal with the fact that they were worse than him but not quite as twisted, and them constantly harping on about how important family was to them, when he was living proof it wasn't true. And then I carried it on to an "adoption", "Gail and her family are EVIL" and "superpowers" AU. I don't know why. I was very into superpowers for a while. What was nice about that scenario though was that if you're saying superpowers are hereditary and fairly rare, then Gail's evil superpowered family would be cursing their bad luck to have gotten into this inexplicable feud with a crazy teenage boy who ALSO has superpowers - without realising that the fact he has superpowers is essentially the point, and really ought to be a pretty big clue.
I love David Platt.
We had Chinese takeaway tonight, and I had a duck meal that was cooked in Hot Chilli and Garlic. Now my tongue won't stop feeling dry no matter how much water I drink. My mum claims water won't help with chilli, only milk will do. I hardly ever drink milk and am not planning to now. Hmph.
And tomorrow, I might be having an appointment with a guy, but I'm not entirely sure. Before my holiday I got picked up by a new mental health service, and met the Worker I'm going to be having. We were supposed to be meeting on Tuesdays, but obviously I couldn't while I was on holiday, and I told him the Tuesday after I came back might not be good either, which turned out to be a good thing since we came back at about midnight last Monday. He said something about how he might be able to see me on Friday, and would call me in the week. I did receive a call on Thursday, but unfortunately my phone died as I tried to pick it up, and I hadn't completely unpacked still so I didn't get my charger out until way later. When I did set it to charge, I didn't have any missed calls listed, so I couldn't try calling the number back, and I didn't have any messages. And no-one's called since then. So technically speaking, he's meant to be coming to the house tomorrow. But he hasn't called to say he is, or when he's coming if so. So I might be seeing him? Who knows. All I can think is that I should probably get up early tomorrow morning, and call the service to see if they know if anything's happening. I find it hard to believe he'd come round without actually speaking to me, or even leaving a message. But I find it equally hard to believe he'd just not bother and miss two appointments. So we'll see.
And I am all caught up with Welcome To Night Vale now. My favourite characters, other than Cecil, are Hiram McDaniels, whose name for me is like the man with the tan jacket's face, I can never remember it without looking it up, no matter how striking I think it is everyone time I read/hear it. And also Tamika Flynn. All hail Tamika Flynn.
( Spoilers for the latest episode )
