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Troubled Blood - *Spoiler-laden discussion*

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EllacottObsessive · 22/11/2020 20:48

Setting this up for Strike and Ellacott fans to talk about spoilery things.

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toffee1000 · 04/12/2020 10:56

I also wonder what he’d be like hygiene-wise if he lived in a proper flat/house with decent bathing facilities.

WarmHeyerette · 04/12/2020 08:48

She's very careful to remind us that his army discipline kicks in and he always showers though.
The fags though. Yuck.

AGnu · 04/12/2020 00:48

EO, when you've got your new website that you're definitely doing up & running, can you have a Strike-themed shop, please? & can it sell a set of samples of all the different women's perfumes? I really want to know what they smell like but I know literally nothing about perfume except that going through the perfume area in shops makes me cough. I looked into samples of Narciso but there seem to be about 4 different types for women & I've no idea which one to pick & I couldn't set foot in a perfume dept long enough to sniff anything, even if there wasn't a pandemic making people stare at you if you cough...!

I tried to listen to your podcast but I've discovered that podcasts freak me out - it's like there's an invisible person in the room... I also can't listen to the radio unless I'm in the car & it's mostly music. Sad You have a lovely voice though!

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 23:44

"This feels like a land rover that has seen a lot of gymkhanas"

Grin
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Lancelottie · 03/12/2020 23:42

Robin has three brothers and spends her days in a car that probably smells of damp Labrador. She’s inured to a bit of earthy whiff about the place.

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 23:22

I made comment Strike not being tres fragrant and I felt a bit like I'd kicked a puppy. But he belches, spends ages in the loo, smokes, drinks and eats crap. The pot noodles alone will linger in the air. All the vaguely lavender toned aftershave in the world aren't going to completely counterbalance that.

However, in the first book there's very much a sense that he's let himself go and is at a low ebb, and he does begin to buck his ideas up subsequently, and we're not told anything about Robin heaving with the pong. In fact, I think CC indicates he is liberal with the deodorant, so I imagine it's only as honkingly bad as any other bloke first thing in the morning...

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User478 · 03/12/2020 23:14

I think I struggle to "see" Strike and Robin together because Strike is so like Hagrid! (Obviously TB is not Hagidesque)

I also can't get over how bad Strike, the office and his grubby bedsit must smell.

I sometimes wonder to myself: if I had come across the books out of the blue, not knowing anything about the author. I think I would guess that they were written by a woman. I don't know if I would guess JKR straight away, but if I was told it was a children's author I think I would guess. In reality I probably wouldn't...

(I did spend my entire childhood listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks, quite glad to have these to move onto, although the toddler means I can't listen to them in the car...)

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 03/12/2020 21:43

@ShippingStrikeandRobin

Followed you
Me too.
parentalhelpline · 03/12/2020 18:56

Not just JK Rowling. Think EO is a genius too for spotting that and the depth that she goes into.

Hear, hear

ShippingStrikeandRobin · 03/12/2020 18:22

Followed you

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 18:18

And he said dipthong

Twitter handle @ClaraStrike

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MoChridhe · 03/12/2020 18:08

Oops sorry wrong thread. Will report my post.

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ShippingStrikeandRobin · 03/12/2020 18:05

Tom Burke fans, he was on Radio 4 today on The Film Programme.

ShippingStrikeandRobin · 03/12/2020 17:59

Bold fail 🙄

ShippingStrikeandRobin · 03/12/2020 17:58

@parentalhelpline

Never noticed the Andrew Atkinson double A and its significance - brilliant! Another fantastic episode, EO.

There really is so much in these books. What a genius Rowling is.

Not just JK Rowling. Think EO is a genius too for spotting that** and the depth that she goes into. Thanks for another great podcast. 🙏

EO. I missed the Twitter handle, please DM me (it won't let me rewind grrr) it, pretty please.

parentalhelpline · 03/12/2020 17:39

EO I've got six hours of driving to do tomorrow, so if you could just produce another 36 episodes by 9am so I have something to listen to on the way, that would be great.

Alternatively, you can all give me suggestions for a Strike and Ellacott playlist.

ShippingStrikeandRobin · 03/12/2020 17:35

Perfect timing for me. [smug]

parentalhelpline · 03/12/2020 17:35

Never noticed the Andrew Atkinson double A and its significance - brilliant! Another fantastic episode, EO.

There really is so much in these books. What a genius Rowling is.

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 17:24

Yes miss, thank you miss, won't happen again miss...

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parentalhelpline · 03/12/2020 16:56

Well, just don't do it again

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 16:47

Sorry, I ran out of printer ink for the script...

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parentalhelpline · 03/12/2020 16:40

Too late. I needed this an hour ago when I was cleaning the bathroom. Hmm

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EllacottObsessive · 03/12/2020 16:38

Third one done and dusted.

open.spotify.com/episode/0jufoKJjLSbrZEA50P02jF?si=5dzocMLiSju12PhpFHVn6w

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Lancelottie · 03/12/2020 14:33

I loved the
'Who would suspect a nurse?'
and simultaneous
'Margot would!'
from characters who previously were antagonistic towards each other.