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My new cover and illustrations for "The Whispering Skull"

#lockwood and co #the whispering skull #hoooooooly shit this is amazing #Lucy with the ghosts!! #ahhhhh

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Can’t believe I did so much l&co art using my freaking laptop trackpad…

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never not convinced that holly was trying to flirt with lucy in the beginning of THB and doing a terrible job of it/lucy was too jealous to understand WHAT was happening

#she wassss #she’s so complimentary all the time!! #holly munro #lucy carlyle

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#lmao #holly munro #lockwood & co

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Hi sorry to be obnoxious on your blog. I’m so so sooo new here, I liked the show and then binged the books and I have SOO MANY FEELINGS mostly about LUCY my stupid little CHAOS bisexual daughter and anyway I’m just really glad I found your blog because obviously you are a person of taste

Ahh welcome! I will eternally be on team bisexual lucy rah rah! Yeah lucy is one of the few protagonists who is actually my favorite character in a series, because YES she is chaotic and messy and fucks up and doesn’t know what to do with her feelings and I love all those things about her!!

#Lucy fan squad #i just love me a messy protagonist #also love love love the book details about her like #not doing laundry frequently and stuff #she just feels really real and tangible!! #lockwood and co #lockwood & co #lucy carlyle

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I hate that twitter doesnt have such a big reblog/repost culture as here. Like look at the photos that Complete Fiction Pictures just shared of the thinking cloth!!!

#lockwood and co #lockwood & co #lockwood & co tv #i love this so much!!!

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Book!Lucy & Lockwood vs Show!Lucy & Lockwood: A VERY LONG Deep Dive

So I finished the Netflix adaptation of Lockwood & Co.

Overall, I think it was a respectful adaptation, which, despite some plot changes, kept largely to the spirit of the books. At minimum, Joe Cornish actually seems to like L&Co, which is way more than can be said about most adaptations these days. Hooray!

But I wanted to write a bit about one of the bigger changes they made: namely the dynamic between Lucy and Lockwood.

I’ve seen people saying that the Locklyle adaptation to screen was very true to the books, just without Lucy’s close personal voice, and sped up a little in the romance department (“Stroud doesn’t mention what Lucy was doing with her hands! They could have been on Lockwood’s face in the books!” etc).

Respectfully, I disagree quite a bit with this. While some argument could be made about it having shades of their relationship from THB/TCS onwards, I actually think Show!Lucy’s attitude towards Lockwood is a 180 from the way she views him in TSS and TWS.

IDK, this might be a bit of a controversial opinion judging by what I’ve been seeing in the L&Co tag and general ways people have interpreted TSS and TWS in the years since their publication, but I’m going to try to back my argument as best as I can, focusing only on those books.

I’m using the original paperback UK editions of both the Screaming Staircase (2013) and The Whispering Skull (2014).

Spoilers for the show and VERY mild spoilers for books 3+ (literally just the name of a new character/type of ghost + stuff already shown in the show that wasn’t shown until later in the books)

Another warning: this analysis is 5500(!!!) words long, and mostly quotes from the book. If you’d like to just read the main bits, look at the intro/conclusion to each section and read the TLDR; at the end.

Keep reading

#mm totally #i think the bringing up of more romantic elements so soon kinda makes it feel like lockwood is more of a dick in a way #because he’s NOT viewing lucy as an employee #he’s more tapped into personal feelings I guess #but then it makes him seem like an even huger ass #also yeah I do miss the particular aspect of Lucy going toe to toe with lockwood in terms of like taking risks #i love characters like her and honestly very few of them ever get a wake up call that their behavior isn’t necessarily the positive trait #that they view them as #like self sacrificing or risk taking behaviors aren’t like inherently virtuous!! #anyway great analysis op #lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #lockwood & co

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I really think there should’ve been 10+ episodes. There was no down time in the show, and that down time is what really makes you buy into the characters and their ties to each other. Especially the screaming staircase stuff was really condensed! Without all the Portland Row stuff I think it’s hard to understand why the team works, and it makes all their claims of knowing each other well enough to _______, feel a little hollow.

#lockwood & co #lockwood & co tv #my girlfriend was like why do they put up with lockwood he’s a jerk and careless #which like yeah without all the material about how they all live in each other’s pockets it does feel like they’re much less integrated #as a team #anyway excited to do a reread

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Shocked and amazed that apparently my lockwood/George fic is one of only 5(!??) on AO3?? (Fic series is here) C’mon there’s potential there!

#like I’m locklyle all the way but George and lockwood DEFINITELY had a thing before lucy joined the agency #lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #george cubbins #ever thought their friendly antagonism was from being exes? #no? why not

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Lucy sketch

Well, as I'm at it here a sketch I made last year and was planning on painting but got too scared to actually finish it-

This isn't any kind of come back here, I wish but I'm too awkward to post and I very rarely draw anything aaaah...

#oooooh I love it!! #lucy carlyle #the skull #lockwood and co #lockwood & co

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Lockwood and Co + Reductress headlines

I couldn’t resist… 

#lockwood and co #lockwood & co tv #lmao that last one is killing me

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This is not a spoiler-free blog for the TV show or books! I’ll start trying to tag the tv show as #lockwood & co tv

#lockwood & co #lockwood & co tv #I’m not gonna go back and tag all my old posts as spoilers #especially since I’m undoubtedly gonna reread the books

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I watched the series with my friends and I’m so excited! The screen adaptation is gorgeous, I’m crying, I love all these characters so much. Glad to be in L&C fandom for so long, it’s still the best

#ahhh your art has always been top notch too #lockwood & co #sidenote it’s pretty dang exciting to see all the l&c blogs reawaken #including myself obvi

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Alright the brain rot is back babyyyyyy

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'Cornish told RadioTimes.com: "Well, there are five books. Season 1 encompasses the first two books. So we think there's definitely two more seasons we'd love to make out of the remaining books.'

I RECKON IF THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE ANYTHING LIKE THE LAST THREE DAYS THEN THIS IS A TOTAL POSSIBILITY.

also idk if this is an unpopular opinion but following this layout i think season 2 should be solely based on book 3 and then season 3 should be a combination of books 4 and 5.

*book spoilers for 3,4, and 5*

The whole plotline with the Chelsea outbreak I think could carry an entire season especially since the creative team seems keen to explore how the trauma of risking their lives daily is affecting the younger generations. Only doing one book could also allow for more domestic scenes between the trio which I've been seeing come up a couple of times amongst reviews by fans of the books as an aspect they found lacking. When Lucy resigns from Lockwood and Co I think wouldn't be as impactful if one or two episodes later she rejoins rather than using the break between seasons to introduce a time skip. While books 4 and 5 result in a major overhaul of everything we thought we could trust in when originally reading I think it would serve really well as following each other in the third and final season. Penelope/Marissa moving quickly to take over the agencies in London would increase the tension and need for the Lockwood and Co team to take action urgently. The writers seemed to favor a fast-paced story which would be better served by following book 4 with book 5.

Overall I'm just glad that Joe Cornish and the team behind the show are planning ahead for future seasons and want to continue the story they started to tell. I really hope that they get the opportunity to do so and we get the chance to see it.

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watching everyone freak out about Bi Lucy Carlyle (on our literal screens) is delightful

#screaming crying throwing things #the writers took one look at Lucy’s descriptions of holly’s perfection #and knew #listen lucy is bi lockwood is bi they’re bi4bi #lockwood and George 100% messed around before lucy showed up #and decided they were better off as friends

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me: *a locklyle fan since The Screaming Staircase*

Lockwood and Co. TV: and she was in love with her best friend-

me: *sweats nervously* Lucy has two hands

#bi Lucy bi Lucy bi lucy bi lucy #chanting as I slowly become more unhinged #lucy carlyle