Sanctuary - 306 - Animus

[lavenderseaslug]

Ah, "Sanctuary" Saturday. I do love waking up, rolling out of bed, and watching the episode. The livestream is making me cranky, so until that gets sorted out, I can manage to wait until 7am on Saturday.

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[lavenderseaslug]

Can this be the theme song? Maybe just the first minute or so.

P.S. NOT SOON ENOUGH.

[lavenderseaslug]

Oh. My. God. MacGyver + Three's Company. I would die.

Also Pride and Prejudice soundtrack is appropriate.

Also I'm just imagining, like, a "Sanctuary" AU where they all live in an apartment complex together. I know there's one of those for Stargate. Good lord.

[lavenderseaslug]

There would totally be an episode where the super gets all angry because Nikola keeps messing with the electricity (because this would be pre-"Sleepers," in my delusion - idek) and Helen and John would have a system so that the other three would know not to knock on their door because they'd be occupied. (And homg, I just imagined the super as a beefy lady nicknamed Big Bertha. I think I'm taking it too far.)

[lavenderseaslug]

Yes! They can feel her coming, so then Nikola hides all his experiments and she never catches him! And he didn't get the proper permits to create a wine cellar, so the Super is just plain Not a Fan. Helen has to run mediation sessions where they have to express their frustrations using "I feel" statements, but it always devolves into bickering matches.

(I am at work now aka sitting at a computer for four hours with nothing to do aka this is all I will be thinking about.)

[lavenderseaslug]

Oh yes. They replace his wine with grape juice and recork it so he doesn't know right away. And they glue things down to his desk. They probably also stick his furniture to the ceiling and make comments about how he's a vampire and so he'd probably rather hang upside down anyway. And Nigel's just, like, popping in and out, and raids the fridge late at night, but no one can catch him, and Helen sends him on grocery runs as pay back.

They also probably have a balcony garden or something, just a place Helen likes to relax and doesn't let the men come out there.

[lavenderseaslug]

Ohhhhhhh, Nikola dates. He has IQ tests that he makes them fill out. Helen has tried to tell him that it's unreasonable. He makes jokes about "feeling that certain spark" with special ladies.

but then Druitt threatened to kill him like one of his whores Druitt wins arguments all the time because he just says that to end things.

There's also probably a chore list. That's stuck to the fridge with a magnet. And they end up playing weekly games of poker where they try to trade and bet chores so they don't have to do them. No one likes cleaning the bathroom. And whenever it's John's turn, he always mutters things about how they'll all pay and why can't Nikola ever find the toilet, even though Nikola just does that when he knows it's John's turn to clean.

[lavenderseaslug]

Half the reason his wine cellar must be stocked at all times is so when he gets walked out on during a date, he has something to console himself with. He loudly demands that everyone pity him and so they all crowd around and drink wine and he makes them watch "The Prestige" because he's so proud of the fact that David Bowie played him in a movie.

I feel like they'd have some secret contest going on too, behind Helen's back, where they have a secret scoresheet. Like every time they get her to say, "Cheeky bastard" they get a point. And if she says, "Bugger" they get two points. And she knows they're doing something, but she doesn't know what.

Man, I wish I wasn't headed to a land of no internet because all I want to do is plan out Five's Company* foreverrrrrrrrr.

*Name subject to change.

[lavenderseaslug]

There is also a list of rules for the apartment, and one of them is that Watson can only point out five historical accuracies per movie they watch, but he always breaks it and so he has to put a dollar into their Punishment Jar (and when the jar is full they go out and buy more wine)

She also probably makes them do homemade gifts for special occasions. Nikola's are usually globs of metal that he's electrocuted.

That is PERFECT. And because I care, I looked up casting spoilers, so IT COULD BE DONE and I'm 90% sure that this is whose playing him and yes. That is what I have accomplishd. And you had better believe when I get back it's all Five's a Crowd* all the time

*name subject to change.