DERRY GIRLS | S1E3

happy Saturday heres what the Derry girls would do if they woke up in a saw trap

erin: not a chance of surviving. like shed think she could outsmart jigsaw easily but let's be honest she would bite it fucking instantly.

michelle: 'what the fuck is this? is this an orgy? is this how orgies start? listen, theres stuff I'm into, like theres a LOT of stuff I'm into, but this is-" trap goes off and she bites it

clare: panics and screams but does manage to escape somehow

james: not a chance of escaping that shit and he knows it

orla: completes the trap and absolutely loves every minute of it. goes home and tells her mammy about the absolutely class escape room shes found. they both do their best to get kidnapped by jigsaw at least once a fortnight. jigsaw lives in fear of them.

granda: "yer stupid prick of a husband has got me stuck in yon saw trap mary!"

sister michael: is jigsaw

in season 3's prom episode of derry girls, it was clear that the dynamics between the mothers when they were in high school were replicated in the next generation too. The four women attended the prom with Diedre's cousin accompanying her (and then all of them). So we have four girls and a male cousin of one of them which is just like the Derry girls' situation. And Rob was openly gay. Doesn't this hint at James being gay/queer too ?

Long overdue… Irish women/men have a chokehold on me

Derry Girls

Hello!

This is a formal announcement to inform anyone concerned that I have officially unlocked a brand new obssesion!

😍😍DERRY GIRLS😍😍

So naturally I'll post about them and only them for the next 913746 hours!

guys it’s them

screaming rn

A series of Derry girls fanfiction I’ve been writing for the past year. Feel free to read, please leave comments for feedback. Hope you enjoy it.

While Orla is my favourite Derry Girl, I think Michelle is one of the best ever TV depictions of a teenager.

The way her face drops from furious bravado to utter panic at betrayal (2.06 and 3.04). Well, what she sees as betrayal, because McGee is so skilled at making the selfish, self-centred, self-pitying, self-righteous, self-obsessiveness of her teenage characters not get in the way of making them sympathetic and loveable, and their problems matter. The speed of the way Michelle U-turns from being cocky and tough, to being scared of isolation. She has to be the life of the party because she's afraid that if she isn't, she won't be invited. It's a masterclass in character writing.

Jamie-Lee O’Donnell for 1883 Magazine (2022)

“Derry is in no way perfect, and many places aren’t, and we do explore this in the documentary. But there’s something about having pride about where you come from, and understanding the struggles that you’ve come through. Especially if you come from an oppressed background, socially or otherwise, it’s important to have that pride and that understanding of where you’ve come from and where you’re going.”

DERRY GIRLS 2018

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