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y/n: i fell

steve: from heaven? bless ofc my angel

y/n: no i literally fell

steve: in love with me? you have horrible taste

y/n: steve i think i fractured my arm

the theme of family is what you make it is such a crucial part of bbc ghosts because it really is the most valuable and deeply interwoven factor that unites every single character in the show

like you have alison, who has nothing but painful memories and bitter experiences with anything to do with her blood relations, so instead has found a family with mike and with the rest of the ghosts, building a family from scratch.

mike, whose family situation is often complex and rife with mixed emotions, who has found the most straightforward experience of we adore each other wholeheartedly with alison, and i’ve no real problem with this happening with the ghosts.

and with the ghosts, beyond just the obvious dysfunctional but ultimately loving wider group, they have such intricate interpersonal connections. pat and the captain as each other’s seconds-in-command, robin and julian as partners in crime, kitty and mary as gal pals, fanny and the captain as stoic pretentious bastards together.

any combination of characters has a complex and unique relationship because they draw different worlds from one another. it’s this sometimes-clumsy choreography that they perform with one another in order to be who each other needs in the moment. and at its core, that’s family.