Mr. Butler’s Phryne

“Mr. Butler refilled his [Dr. John Wilson’s] glass. This friend of Miss Fisher’s was a war hero. He should have the best that the Fisher ménage had to offer. Who knew how many young men lived because of Dr. John Wilson? And nearly at the cost of himself. It was like Miss Fisher to think of a solution to a sniper in time to save a friend’s life. Bold but not really reckless.. Those ambulances had armoured sides.

Mr. Butler decided he should create another cocktail for her on the morrow. He would call it ‘Phryne’. Sour, certainly, with a lime juice base, perhaps, and... Cointreau? Cherry brandy? Noyau? This would require study.”

Like Mr. Butler, I like mixing and creating cocktails. And like Miss Fisher, I like sipping them, whilst lounging luxuriously. And Ava and I both adore the Melbournite sleuth dearly. In fact, on the very day we met --dear me, was it almost ten years ago?-- on a hot June day, she was watching an episode of the series, with the delightful Essie Davis playing the detective! Thus, it seemed only appropriate we began our (second) six months’ anniversary feast (delayed by a fortnight; but she wasn’t here a fortnight ago) last night with a couple of Mr. Butler’s Phryne!

Ingredients (serves 1): 

8 ice cubes

2 small, ripe limes

1 tablespoon Manuka Honey Syrup

2 teaspoons Cointreau

60 millilitres/2 fluid ounces (4 tablespoons) London Dry Gin

a dash Angostura bitters

Place ice cubes in a shaker.

Thoroughly squeeze the juice of both limes, and pour over the ice. Add Cointreau, Manuka Honey Syrup and Gin. Close shaker tightly, and shake energetically until well-chilled. 

Strain into a coupe glass and add a dash of Angostura bitters.

Repeat, serve your beloved, and toast to happiness with this beautifully sour Mr. Butler’s Phryne! Happy Friday!

sometimes a family isn't a mom, dad, and kid. sometimes it's a lady detective, a deceivingly badass catholic, a butler named mr. butler, two inseparable commie taxi drivers, a ruggedly handsome divorcee, a himbo, a lesbian doctor, a 14 year old kleptomaniac, and aunt prudence

“Her name was Daisy Miller.”

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 1x10 Death By Miss Adventure

Phryne: Don't go to the kitchen.

Mr. Butler: Why?

Phryne: I saw a spider.

Mr. Butler: Well, did you kill it?

Phryne: It has eight arms and I only have two, it's not fair...

My 2024 MFMM Calendar is AVAILABLE!!

The past two years, I have done Phrack drawings, but this year I decided to get all the characters involved. You can find the calendar (and some of my other products) on Lulu.

These are the drawings for the cover, along with January, February, March, and April.

Hugh, to Jack: Thanks, dad

Everyone: [Stares]

Hugh: Why is everyone staring at me?

Dot: You just called the inspector dad. You said, "Thanks, dad"

Hugh: What? No, I didn't! I said, "Thanks, man"

Jack: Do you see me as a father figure, Collins?

Hugh: No! If anything, I see you as a bother figure, 'cause you're always bothering me

Phryne: Hey! Show your father some respect

I love Bert's friendship with Auntie Prue so much

As well as his friendship with Phryne.

And I think I said it before but I believe Phryne and Bert also have couple potential. Not as much as her and Jack, but still. Maybe if she hadn't got rich and had met Bert.

just saw the scene that convinced me to watch mfmm

Miss Fisher series 4 should open in Phryne's bedroom in the dark, all of the focus on her sleeping contentedly, then a knock at the door and Mr Butler calls out, "Sorry to wake you, but that was Constable Collins on the telephone. There's been a murder."

And then Jack's voice very quietly mutters "Damn" and he sits up, kisses Phryne's cheek and tells her to give him a head start, and she says "Always, darling" and he tells her that's a lie and he'll see her at the scene and to bring a Thermos.

For the "first line of a fic" prompt:

"Miss Fisher! Must we climb up so *quite* so high? Shouldn't we have... ropes, or more practical shoes at the very least?" Dot cried, without any real hope of persuading her target.

Ha! I appreciate the zeal that leads to three sentences here.

"Miss Fisher! Must we climb up so quite so high? Shouldn't we have… ropes, or more practical shoes at the very least?" Dot cried, without any real hope of persuading her target.

"Don't be a goose," replied Phryne Fisher, somewhat breathlessly. Gripping a cornice, she added: "You do have a point about the shoes."

Dot watched, mesmerized, as her employer worked her two-tone dancing pumps off her feet. She swallowed as they fell, one after the other, to the flowerbed below (Mr. Butler would have something to say about the scuffs on the leather.)

"Come along, Dot," said Miss Fisher cheerfully.

Miss Fisher Snippets (151 – 180)

151. Posted 22-Jul-2023 (Marion Boyce: What really attracted me to the show is Phryne because she breaks all the rules.)

152. Posted 06-Aug-2023 (That bible was very precious to me. Mother gave it to me when I was five.)

153. Posted 12-Aug-2023 (Can we bring her back, or have we lost her to the great, black beyond?)

154. Posted 19-Aug-2023 (All this time and energy spent trying to find out what happened...when I've known all along.)

155. Posted 25-Aug-2023 (Mr. Archibald Jones, he of the dulcet tones)

156. Posted 09-Sep-2023 (You shall from...for...from this time on be your master's mistress)

157. Posted 13-Sep-2023 (Would you do me the honor of being my wife?)

158. Posted 18-Sep-2023 (Marion Boyce: I have a great love for Phryne. I also adore Essie.)

159. Posted 24-Sep-2023 (There's a Long, Long Trail)

160. Posted 05-Oct-2023 (Phryne Fisher, code name: Black Cat)

161. Posted 08-Oct-2023 (That won't be right, you working, not when you're Mrs. Collins.)

162. Posted 14-Oct-2023 (What you're experiencing, Collins, is the paradox of pursuing a modern woman.)

163. Posted 21-Oct-2023 (If I marry Hugh, I won't be working for you anymore.)

164. Posted 28-Oct-2023 (It's a paradox, Dottie.)

165. Posted 11-Nov-2023 (Give my regard to the tea lady)

166. Posted 18-Nov-2023 (Phryne was aware that there were such things as speed limits...)

167. Posted 23-Nov-2023 (Chicken fricassee tonight, Mr. Butler?)

168. Posted 09-Dec-2023 (Imagine. A secret oasis somewhere in the vast Negev desert...)

169. Posted 16-Dec-2023 (I'm impressed. You're commandeering my case before I knew I had one.)

170. Posted 21-Dec-2023 (My birthday party. Summer solstice. Help me to celebrate.)

171. Posted 25-Dec-2023 (Under the mistletoe. Kiss! Kiss!)

172. Posted 01-Jan-2024 (I'm sailing on a sunbeam on my way back to you)

173. Posted 06-Jan-2024 (And I have nothing better to do with my time?)

174. Posted 13-Jan-2024 (Miss Fisher is a renowned warrior for justice)

175. Posted 27-Jan-2024 (Jane says she is going to be a doctor.)

176. Posted 03-Feb-2024 (Bastard extraction. We've only met up a dark alley.)

177. Posted 10-Feb-2024 (This floozy is not suitable for you.)

178. Posted 14-Feb-2024 (Phryne and Jack kisses)

179. Posted 16-Feb-2024 (Thanks, Mac. I knew I could rely on you.)

180. Posted 24-Feb-2024 (You are Fox Spirit)

(Posted 03-Mar-2024)

🎉 Phryne movie polls

We start with an easy question as a warm up:

Explanation & questions:

Miss Fisher: “Unfortunately I’m already known to the boxing troupe, but I’m sure you two can mingle without attracting too much attention.”

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 2x04 Deadweight

Dot: That’s ridiculous. Constable Collins doesn’t have a crush on me.

Jack: Yes, he does.

Phryne: Yes, he does.

Doc Mac: Yes, he does.

Mr. Butler: Yes, he does.

Cec and Bert: Yes, he does.

Hugh: Yes, I do.

Journalism AU for Phrack? 👀😍

This is such a fun one for me, you've no idea. I'd do this as a modern AU - of course there were female journalists in the 1920s but, as one can see from Away With The Fairies, also insane amounts of industry sexism. So! Modern AU where everyone is in journalism. Phryne is the star investigative reporter, rakes in scoops like nobody's business, has caused the paper to be sued multiple times but they deal with it because she's just that good. Jack is a copy-editor. He and Phryne clash repeatedly and furiously because of the incredibly pedantic way in which he edits her work - while she's a fantastic investigator she can be slapdash at fact-checking and has a high error count - so they're forever in each other's faces over what he's done to her latest story - "did you have to remove all the Oxford commas, Jack?" "I'm afraid the stylebook insists" "but what about the strippers, Hitler and Stalin? WHAT ABOUT THE STRIPPERS" "if you would please stop yelling about strippers in public, Miss Fisher" "STRIPPERS! STRIPPERS!" - while the rest of the newsroom are watching and eating popcorn and money is changing hands. Dot and Hugh are baby crimers who are going through important life rituals like seeing your first corpse and covering your first fire together. Bert and Cec are photographers. Mr Butler lays pages. Aunt Prudence is managing editor. Mac is still the coroner; she shouldn't let Phryne take so many peeks at dead bodies, but what are friends for? Jack gets unwillingly dragged into Phryne's latest exclusive on sex trafficking because his former father-in-law is involved, so she presses him to help her out despite the massive conflict of interest. Rosie works in PR - at one point she sends Phryne a correction request and Phryne is LIVID - and Sidney Fletcher is a big-bucks advertiser who tries to kill the story on him by threatening to pull his ad dollars. The truth shall make ye free/fret, except Phryne does all the freeing and Jack does all the fretting.

Leave an AU and a pairing in my ask and I’ll give you the plot of the fic I won’t write for it.