Midnight Mass
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Midnight Mass |
| Abbreviation(s): | MM |
| Creator: | Mike Flanagan |
| Date(s): | September 2021 |
| Medium: | Television |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | at IMDb at Wikipedia |
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Midnight Mass is an American horror miniseries created by Mike Flanigan. It follows the residents of an isolated, majority-Catholic island community after a new priest arrives and mysterious events follow him there.
Canon
Midnight Mass follows several residents of Crockett Island, a small fishing community on an isolated island. Riley Flynn, a former altar boy, returns to Crockett island after serving four years in prison for causing a fatal drunk driving accident. At the same time, a new priest named Father Paul Hill arrives to replace the ailing and elderly Monsignor John Pruitt. A series of bizarre supernatural events, both miraculous and monstrous, begin to occur, sending the island into a deadly spiral.
Characters
- Riley Flynn: a former altar boy who loses his faith in prison.
- Erin Greene: a teacher and fellow returnee to Crockett Island.
- Father Paul Hill/Monsignor John Pruitt: a priest who has served on Crockett Island for decades, and poses as a younger priest with a new name after he is de-aged during a pilgrimage. His actions kick-start the plot of the series.
- Beverly Keane: a zealous and overbearing member of the church.
- Sheriff Hassan: the new sheriff of Crockett Island, and a Muslim who is met with prejudice by the majority-Catholic population.
- Leeza Scarborough: a devout teenage girl who was paralyzed from the legs down following an accidental shooting.
Fandom
Midnight Mass was a hit upon release, and instantly struck a cord with audiences. A fandom quickly popped up, creating fanart, fic, and other transformative works.
Father Paul (Monsignor Pruitt) is the most popular character in the fandom, being the subject of a large amount of art, most of the fandom's fic, and a veritable deluge of thirst, memes, and thirsty memes. Posts referring to him as a "poor little meow meow" are not hard to find. There also exist art and edits of Paul/Pruitt as a "catboy"; this is at least partially thanks to an interview[1] in which Hamish Linklater (the actor who played Paul/Pruitt) compared drinking blood to being a cat sipping milk.
Within the first three weeks of the series' release, over 70 fanworks were posted to AO3; 3 have been posted to Fanfiction.net.
Pairings
The canon pairing Mildred Gunning/Father Paul is the most popular ship on AO3 for the fandom. It is closely followed by Riley Flynn/Father Paul, with Father Paul/Reader in third.
Example Fanworks
Art
- holy water cannot help you now by nasnyys
- haha BBQ boat 📿🔥🚣 by corasticot
- Daddy? Sorry. Daddy? Sorry. by abigailsart
- he’s just a little kitty and that was his milk by sweaterangst
- my cup runneth over. by thwipped
- Priest show got me on chokehold by phobiacom-s
- what i wouldn’t give to hear the conversation that got them to the beach. by miscellaneousdrawings
Fic
Meta
Vids
Resources
- "Midnight Mass on AO3". Archived from the original on 2022-04-21.
- "Midnight Mass on FF.net". Archived from the original on 2022-03-01.
- "midnight mass on Tumblr".
References
- ^ ""The Hamish Linklater Guide to Midnight Mass Violence and Blood-Sucking"". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.