Sea Shanties

Sea Shanties is the slash ship between Scratch and Sir Alister from the The Ghost and Molly McGee fandom.

Canon
Before the events of the show, it is made clear that the Ghost Council (which included Sir Alister) didn't like Scratch all that much, and that continued through the events of the show up until the season one finale. In the preview for season 2 the Ghost Council seek Scratch for advice, meaning their general opinion of him changed.

The Curse
This is Scratch and Sir Alister's first appearance. Scratch is summoned by the Ghost Council and greets them with confidence, after several flaunts of charisma the Ghost Council list off Scratch's problems. With Sir Alister calling Scratch disgusting after Scratch bites on his hand to eat an old pizza slice.

Later, after Scratch accidentally binds himself to Molly through his curse, he seeks out the Ghost Council for assistance on how to break the curse. He finds Sir Alister (and Lucretia) and claims it was really a “friend” that placed the curse. Sir Alister proceeds to reach into Scratch's chest and pull out the scroll that recites the curse Scratch placed onto Molly. After Sir Alister reads the curse scroll, he claims that Scratch's “friend” is “quite the dunderhead”. After Scratch is told that Molly couldn't control the family decisions, Scratch leaves to try to scare the rest of the McGee's.

The (Un)Natural
Scratch gets summoned by the Ghost Council in order to be criticized about his scare report, with Sir Alister saying, "On page three, it says you scared Billy Palmer”. And after the council rhetorically questions if Billy Palmer is the same as another person Scratch listed on his scare report, Sir Alister confirms this for an unsure Scratch.

The Turnip Twist
Scratch, summoned by the Ghost Council yet again, is told by Sir Alister that they need to talk… about Scratch's misery numbers, which are “frankly… miserable”. Scratch then goes on to state he is going to hold a turnip festival in Brighton, an idea which the Ghost Council criticizes; giving an example of a ghost who was sent to the Flow of Failed Phantoms after their town held a competition of its own. Sir Alister goes on to say in a sarcastic tone, “It would be a shame if you had to join Sven in the Flow of Failed Phantoms, FOREVER.” Either way, Scratch proceeds to fly up to the Ghost Councils podium and insists that his misery numbers are “gonna go through the roof”.

All Systems No
First generally positive interaction Scratch and Sir Alister have together. Scratch is summoned by the Ghost Council, and despite what he expects, he is actually not in trouble. Sir Alister chuckles at Scratch's confusion and does the limp wrist action before stating, “You're not in trouble! For once.”. It is revealed that the Ghost Council is quite pleased with Scratch, because his misery numbers are on the rise in Brighton. So pleased, in fact, that they are willing to invite Scratch to the Elite Ghost Society. Unfortunately, because of a curse Scratch put on himself and Molly for the episode, he is unable to accept their invitation.

Out of all the Ghost Council members, Sir Alister is the first to try to sway Scratch's decision, stating rather bluntly that if Scratch does not accept now, they will not ask him to join again, “ever. For the rest of eternity.” Of course, Scratch is physically unable to accept and is now left incapable of joining the Elite Ghost Society.

Fanon
The ship is quite small, with only one fan fiction (at the time of writing this page) being posted onto Ao3. The ship is also typically negatively due to the Ghost Councils treatment of Scratch throughout season 1 (which were typically brought on BY Sir Alister with him being the most prominent Ghost Council member).

Fandom
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Trivia

 * The ships name was inspired by the fact that it is implied Scratch was a sailor while he was alive, and Sir Alister wanted to go down a career path in music when he was alive.
 * The ship name was coined on the “The Ghost and Molly McGee Wiki” discord server.