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serialadoptersbracket · 1 month

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Round 3, Match 29: Whitebeard vs. Lance Strongbow

Submitted kids:

Whitebeard: Marco, Portgas D. Ace, Thatch, Izou, Haruta, Deuce, Jozu, Vista, and a bunch more I can’t think of rn

Lance Strongbow: Angry (Kiera) and Red (Catalina)

Propaganda under the cut!

Whitebeard:

1. “His biggest dream in life is to have a family of his own, but how to go about that? Settle down with a wife and have lots of kids? Boring. No, the best way to go about it is to become a pirate, find the most outcasted and lost people you can, and make them your crewmates/sons”

Link to the rest here!

Lance Strongbow:

1. “Lance met the girls when they were forced to steal to survive, and helped mentor and encourage them to pursue alternative options. He also gave himself up to the Baron’s men (along with Eugene) so that the girls would escape. Whenever the girls show up in the series sporadically he consistently acts like a dad, making jokes and later brings the girls some paintings to spruce up their home. They come with him on different adventures. He is also incredibly dad-like when he insists on trusting his “instincts” when they keep getting lost in the tower where they’re supposed to rescue Varian and insists that they are “almost there!” At the end of the series he adopts them and they change their last names to his.”

2. “Okay to be fair it's only these two that Lance adopts but you did say it only had to be *at least* two and their story is so sweet.

Basically Lance is Eugene's (Flynn Rider) best friend from his childhood/teen years, and they were thieves together. When Lance shows up in the show for the first time, he's still a thief, but over the course of the show, Rapunzel and Eugene turn him into an upright citizen.

Angry and Red, much like Lance and Eugene, are orphans who came to the conclusion that they might be better off as thieves. The two girls were revered in the kingdom as The Silent Strikers, and Eugene and Lance are tasked by King Frederic to reform the young girls. Of course gaining their trust and actually helping the girls become good people is a long process, but eventually the girls do turn out for the better, and Lance, a reformed thief himself, decides to adopt the girls at the end of the series.”

#whitebeard one piece #lance strongbow #rapunzles tangled adventure #one piece #tangled the series #one piece anime #arnwaldo schnitz #whitebeard #edward newgate #serial adopters bracket #round 3 #tumblr polls #tumblr tournament

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continentalblue · 2 years

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Okok- so what about Eugene with a male s/o that used to be a thief alongside him and lance that comes to corona and is like a normal citizen now? Like a musician or something idk. Thank you, stay safe!

Blue's note: feel free to request Tangled headcanons through my askbox! They can be character or ship hc, I don't really care. I won't do adult/nonadult ships, nsfw, or ships between family. I also won't write for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms due to my unfamiliarity with it.

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Blue's note: Eugene and Rapunzel aren't dating/significant others in these headcanons. The only person Eugene is dating at this time is you.

Also, I had literally no idea what emoji to use for Eugene 😭😭

This is underneath a "read-more" because this is kinda long tbh

🏃‍♂️ You used to be a thief. Growing up in the orphanage, you had to be to survive. Gosh, the things that you, Eugene, and Lance would steal . . . it always brought a smile to your face. Seeing Eugene's happy grin after a successful robbery always made your heart thump weirdly in your chest.

🏃‍♂️ But that life was behind you now. You were a reformed guy and had picked up music as an honest career. Music was . . . simple. You played and other people listened.

🏃‍♂️ Word spread throughout Corona of your ability all the way to the castle. Princess Rapunzel came to check you out, with Eugene and Lance in tow.

🏃‍♂️ Wait, Eugene?????????????????????????????????????? And Lance???

🏃‍♂️ As soon as Eugene saw you, he stopped dead in his tracks. He said your name in amazement. Lance scooped you up into a crushing hug.

🏃‍♂️ "Hi guys," you said. It was somewhat of an inelegant greeting but like. They were here!! Especially Eugene. You wouldn't admit it to anybody but you missed Eugene deeply. You knew it hurt him when you left but looking into his eyes, you didn't see that pain anymore.

🏃‍♂️ Rapunzel and Lance fawned over your instrument. Eugene gently grasped your arm.

🏃‍♂️ "Do you want to . . . go out for a cup of coffee sometime? I know a really good spot."

🏃‍♂️ You squeezed his hand. "I'd love to."

🏃‍♂️ Over the cup of coffee, you and Eugene reminisced over the good old days. It ended with you kissing him.

🏃‍♂️ For the first time in a long time, you saw him flustered (in a good way.)

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amethyst-geek · 11 months

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If I ever get the chance to work on a cartoon that re-imagine the Disney princesses and their princes as superheroes, and I’m allowed to use characters from Tangled the series, I will absolutely have Lance Strongbow hook up with Lottie from the Princess and the Frog (unless the upcoming Tiana series introduces a love interest for Lottie).

#Disney #tangled #tangled the series #tangled: the series #lance strongbow #arnwaldo schnitz #charlotte la bouff #lottie la bouff #charlotte labouff #lottie labouff #charlotte lottie labouff #the princess and the frog #princess and the frog

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dearestpartnerofgreatness · 2 years

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21. If you wrote a “missing scene” in Blossoming Jealousy, what would it be?

Oooh, great question! Here's my very wordy answer:

While I'm overall really happy with how Blossoming Jealousy turned out, I do wish I'd figured out how to write the scene where Eugene & Lance go back to the orphanage. I tried to write it but the energy just wasn't on the same level with the rest of the fic, so I ended up not showing that specific moment. Lance & Eugene's friendship is so important and I find their backstories so interesting--both were orphaned poor children with a knack for theft, but obviously something happened between them that broke up the band, so to speak--I know the fanon catalyst for that was The Baron & Stalyan, as well as a "every man for himself" mentality we saw in "No Time Like The Past". I think it would be cool to delve more into their individual trauma and how that could impact their friendship (both positively and negatively).

My fun answer would be writing out the "friendly duet about how lucky [they] are to be back together again" mentioned in Chapter 6. :P

#lance strongbow #arnwaldo schnitz #eugene fitzherbert #tangled fic #tangled fanfiction

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pansy-picnics · 9 months

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"Lance is dumb!" NO YOU dON'T UNDERSTAND!!! He's very smart!!! He just likes to be a silly little guy! He grew up on the streets, how could he be dumb? He's the father figure ever, and he's smart emotionally about 90% of the time so that lets him make better decisions when everyone else is panicking HE'S JUST A SILLY LITTLE GUY

HES LITERALLY JUST A SILLY LITTLE GUY. HES A SILLY LITTLE GUY WITH GENUINE FLAWS AND STRUGGLES AND HE HAS SO MUCH TRAUMA THAT THE SHOW NEVER EVEN TOUCHED ON. TO ME.

this is how i feel every time i think about lance except the show has literally been over for like 3 years and i’m just gaslighting myself into thinking it happened. i need more lance centric art and fics or i am literally going to kill myself /JOKE

no bc i think so much about how eugene went back to using his real name and lance didn’t? and like i guess it CAN be assumed that he just doesn’t like his birth name which i mean. that tracks arnwaldo is a pretty silly name. but personally with how much more emotionally mature he is i’ve always imagined he at least had SOME sort of childhood before he was orphaned, unlike eugene and hugo, and like if that were the case i think he’s the kind of person who would still hold some sentimental value to that name bc of it!!!

and that makes me feel like lance honestly also has some deep rooted identity issues but he doesn’t handle it in the same way the others do. he’s always the kind of person to put others before himself and so something as small as his own name or identity doesn’t really matter much to him!! especially with how much he’s had to change himself to survive, he kind of sees himself in a state that’s beyond repair. like he’s so far distanced from the person he once was that he probably wouldn’t even recognize his true self anyways so why should he bother to search for it!! eugene was able to find a bit more comfort in returning to his roots. lance doesn’t feel the same.

i think overall lance sees himself as a completely separate individual from the person he once was. it wouldn’t feel right to use his real name even if he wanted to. arnwaldo schnitz is like an old friend to him. it’s someone he left behind a long time ago. lance hasn’t truly come to accept that, even if he feels like he’s changed, even if he feels his real name doesn’t truly fit him anymore, even if he feels disconnected from the child he once was, he’s still the same person.

i think him and varian could have a really good conversation about this particularly….mostly bc in my head varian has completely separated his 14 year old self from his current self. and he holds a lot of resentment towards that child he once was. meeting the rest of team radical helped him understand himself, and by extension, them, in a lot of ways- but that bitterness for himself in particular still hasn’t really gone away.

lance obviously wouldn’t want to confide in varian at all, mostly because like everyone else lance still hasn’t fully accepted that varian is growing up, and he doesn’t want to put any of his own burdens on him- but i think the older varian gets, and the more lance truly realizes he’s matured, the more they’d be able to connect over their similar experiences. even if lance is still obviously older and wiser than him and has more advice, varian is still able to get lance in a way eugene and rapunzel can’t and they both find a lot of comfort in that shared understanding of each other. both of them just….need to accept their inner child and give em a hug telepathically. ykwim

lance and cass also understand each other on a deep psychological level but thats another story for another time

#IDK. I HAVE AN ILLNESS.#pansy rambling again #lance tag #lance strongbow #ask #tangled ask #tts headcanons #tangled the series #rapunzels tangled adventure

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tangledbea · 8 months

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Why is Eugene's last name "Fitzherbert"? Did they just give out random surnames to the kids?

Your guess is as good as mine. They have not given us any canonical reason why his name is what it is. (Or why Lance is Arnwaldo Schnitz. That he arrived at the orphanage with that name is only my headcanon.)

I mean, the Doylist reason is because the movie's production team wanted a name that sounded hella geeky, so they went with "Eugene Fitzherbert". I honestly think the production team - or at least the writers, directors, and producer - didn't expect people to ask so many in-depth questions about it. (Ever notice that, while Eugene isn't given a canonical age in the movie, many, many movies since then have had everyone's canonical age down, so that if people ask they can answer?)

#Tangled #Tangled the Series #Eugene Fitzherbert #Lance Strongbow #TTS #Speculation #Headcanons #Answered

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newjeansfitzherbert · 2 years

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------- pt2 (final part) (lance, varian, lorbs, adira, shorty)

Lance Strongbow/Arnwaldo Schnitz: he would let out a little chuckle, take your hand, kiss it and say "my pronouns are whatever you want them to be my dear". he would then immediately walk away before you realize he stole your phone/wallet/anything valuable you have on you. but he would only make it ten seconds before turning around, running back up to you, giving you your belongings back, saying sorry, kissing your forehead and then running off again.

Varian: "um well mine are he/him and i find the use of they/them too, anyways enough about me have you heard about this new chemical it is so cool it is called...." he will talk to you about alchemy and chemicals until you leave

The Lorbs: "oooooh ehehehehehe the stupid human is so stupid stupid human you know nothing, you are not on our level, you wouldn't understand. they would continue laughing and walk away. the lorbs are not homophobic, they are just above society. but they will still call you slurs but it would be in a funny affectionate way

Adira: "don't talk to me but if you must, address me as sir"

Shorty: just as heads up, this guy is so out of it, he does not know what is going on at any given moment but is super chill about it. this little guy is in his own world. so when you ask he will be like "oh why yes you can have this cupcake" will proceed to easily pull out a tooth of his, and give it to you

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hitchell-mope · 8 months

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Arnwaldo Schnitz? No wonder he changed it to Lance Strongbow.

#tangled the series #the return of strongbow #lance strongbow

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balvasart · 3 years

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Eugene Appreciation Week Day 1: Childhood

"You're not going anywhere, Rider!" Arnie bellowed as he moved toward Eugene. "This barn is surrounded. You bust through those doors and you and your horse will be finished before you even can begin to gallop. Just give up already."

Eugene scratched his chin. "Giving up has never really been my style, Dr. Deserio. I thought you knew that by now."

#eugene appreciation week #eugene fitzherbert #eugene #tangled #tangled the series fanart #tts fanart #arnwaldo schnitz #corona home for boys #childhood #the rise of flynn rider

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serialadoptersbracket · 2 months

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Round 2, Match 45: Lance Strongbow vs. Derek Hale

Submitted kids:

Lance Strongbow: Angry (Kiera) and Red (Catalina)

Derek Hale: Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Jackson Whittemore, Cora Hale, he tries to get Scott McCall on board but Scott never wanted in

Propaganda under the cut!

Lance Strongbow:

2. “Okay to be fair it's only these two that Lance adopts but you did say it only had to be *at least* two and their story is so sweet.

Derek Hale

“derek is the worst. this is not a healthy family dynamic. his family died and he's trying to create something just like it to give him that sense of security and he's so into the stupid alpha male posturing that everyone leaves him and then once he makes peace with that he just becomes the random adult hanging out with a bunch of high schoolers. he's literally such a loser and I kind of love that no one sees it just because he has cheekbones and a leather jacket. to be clear this isn't hate this is just his character arc”

#rapunzles tangled adventure #tangled the series #teen wolf #lance strongbow #arnwaldo schnitz #derek hale #serial adopters bracket #round 2 #tumblr tournament #tumblr polls

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continentalblue · 2 years

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Lance and a reader that's a singer

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I could have sworn I've answered an ask like this before but I can't remember which 😭

didn't know if you wanted this to be romantic or platonic so I just went with romantic :] lemme know if u want a platonic version of this

🎭 DUETS DUETS DUETS DUETS DURTS DUETS DUETS DUE-

🎭 He'll sing random songs with you just to hear your (wonderful) voice

🎭 He makes sure you don't strain your vocal cords

🎭 He picks you up randomly while you're singing just to see if it'll make you drop your note

🎭 Sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't

🎭 But when he does that and kisses you? It always works

🎭 The two of you try to outdo each other when singing

🎭 He'll do dances while you sing just to make you laugh

🎭 Overall 10/10 singing power couple

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jaxinkh · 3 years

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Next for the crossover au is Lance from Tangled!

If you have a character from a Disney/Dreamworks/Laika movie you want to see in the BH6 universe, let me know!

#lance strongbow #arnwaldo schnitz #my art #jaxinkh #crossover AU #tangled #tangled lance #tangled series #tangled the series #bh6 #bh6 series #BH6 the series #big hero 6 #big hero six #big hero six series #big hero six the series #big hero 6 series #big hero 6 the series

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ladyfawkes · 3 years

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Eugene Appreciation Week - Day 1 - Childhood | The Trial and Tribulations of Fitzherbert and Schnitz

The Trial and Tribulations of Fitzherbert and Schnitz

Current word count: 3178

Current Rating: T for upcoming chapters

This is my version of that now-infamous RTA lost episode, "The Trial of Fitzherbert and Schnitz". Most of you are aware how I took issue with Disney having used both adoption AND Eugene's having adopted his lifelong persona as Flynn as a 20-minute throwaway plot. I'm gonna try to beef up that premise.

I suppose this is ALSO my way of refuting some of the (very limited) spoilery stuff I've read that's included in the upcoming traditionally published Flynn Rider novel.

My own plot line will be significantly darker than your average Disney plot, though.

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Chapter 1: Sister Eunice

Several years into the past....

Arnie was skipping down the corridor just past the chapel, minding his own business, when suddenly a loud CRASH!!! sounded from just behind him. He whipped around to see an enormous new hole in a large ornate stained-glass window behind him that was intact just seconds ago.

Thinking one of the rowdier orphans to be at fault, Arnie ran to have a looksee outside. He was shocked to discover nobody except Sister Eunice opposite him next to the stone wall. Surely she couldn’t have been the one to shatter the window??

The young nun noticed him from outside the chapel though and hissed, “Arnie!! Arnie, don’t tell anybody you saw me here! Please. I’m trying to save Eugene!! I’m trying to save you all!! If anybody asks, especially Father Francis, tell them you saw Eugene throw a rock at the window. I can’t explain why, but it’ll help out. A LOT. Can you do that for me, please, Arnie? Would you do this to save your best friend, Eugene?” She was looking at him with frightened eyes, taking surreptitious furtive glances behind her.

Ten-year-old Arnie had stared back, wide-eyed, and had only barely begun to nod when Sis Eunice turned back, ran around the corner of the chapel toward Arnie’s right, and disappeared. Young Arnie was left standing there, mouth agape, wondering why on earth a nun - a nun!!! - would throw a heavy rock through a church-owned stained glass window. And especially a window that the children were told was hundreds of years old!

Not long after that, to his left, Arnie saw someone else outside out of the corner of his eye. The young boy instinctively hid behind the full partition of the wall where the stained glass window ended. It was Fr Francis, the priest for the local parish, walking at a brisk pace. And Arnie could’ve sworn the scary priest might be tracking Sis Eunice. Arnie and Eugene hadn’t ever been particularly fond of Francis. In fact, they went out of their way to avoid the older dour-faced man.

Although Fr. Francis was currently looking at the hole in the window from a ways off, he couldn’t see where Arnie was from his vantage point. Arnie slinked away to go find Eugene.

Turned out he bumped into Eugene almost immediately since Eugene had been in the chapel, waiting to meet up with Lord and Lady Boskin. Arnie stopped in his tracks at the sight of his friend, all freshly bathed, his hair combed, and so unexpectedly dressed in a new blue velvet skeleton suit, white stockings, silk shirt, and leather shoes. It was the latest modern fashion that all the rich boys were wearing in Vardaros. He knew that because Eugene told him every time they were fortunate enough to go to town with one of the sisters. Arnie would have to pry Eugene away from the shop window where Eugene’s face would sometimes get so close to the display that his nose print would remain on the glass. Arnie didn’t understand why Eugene cared about stuff like that. Fashion and velvet and lace. Orphans weren’t supposed to care. Food was more important anyway.

“I heard a terrible crash and came to investigate!” Eugene said breathlessly.

All thought of the broken window had flown from Arnie’s mind at the sight of his transformed best friend and he demanded, “What’re you wearing alla that for??”

Suddenly self-conscious, Eugene crammed his hands in his new pockets, stared at the floor, scuffed the sole of his new shoe against the mosaic tile and mumbled, “Fr Francis took me aside after breakfast to the rectory and said that Lord and Lady Boskin have chosen to adopt…..me.” He said it with the same amount of awe he felt when he first saw the suit in its parcel.

“....and….and you didn’t think to tell me any sooner? You were just gonna leave without saying goodbye?” accused Arnie, his eyes filling with tears. Eugene could see his pouting lips tremble from several yards away. “But...but I didn’t know either…!” protested Eugene, now fighting tears himself, before he was abruptly cut off.

As Arnie stood there simultaneously hating and envying Eugene, a whole crowd of people had arrived from both sides of the corridor, to all of the ensuing hullabaloo of the shattered window. Unfortunately, it was just in time to see these two boys standing by themselves right near the new gaping hole in the priceless stained glass window.

Fr Francis had reappeared inside followed by the Mthr Superior, Sis Eunice, several dozen children, and a few other nuns. Everyone was chattering and buzzing and arguing about which of the two boys had broken the window -- Arnie or Eugene. Perhaps both? Immediately they both protested their innocence and the bored aggressive older boys used the moment as an excuse to break out into a fight…

Two brawny red-headed boys quickly left the mob only to have one boy each bowl right into Eugene and Arnie. All four boys toppled over to the floor.

All of the other children started shouting, “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” and just before the redheads could land their first actual punches, Fr Francis easily intervened by grabbing both of their pulled-back fists, squeezing them, and ordering the boys to get up off their intended victims and up off the floor. They reluctantly complied. Then Francis ordered Arnie and Eugene off the floor and to follow him to his office.

As Eugene looked down in dismay at the visible dirt on his beautiful new suit, Sis Eunice surreptitiously put a comforting hand on his shoulder and said, in a voice so softly only he could hear, “Don’t worry -- these are play clothes. More than capable of taking a few layers of dirt from rambunctious young boys.” She always had a way to help him feel better….but this time, since he was effectively being frog-marched to the priest’s office over something he didn’t do, the good feeling didn’t last nearly long enough.

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Two Hours Earlier…..

Eugene had been called to the rectory by Fr. Francis immediately following breakfast. Without any prior notice whatsoever, he informed Eugene that Lord and Lady Boskin had actually chosen to adopt him!!!

Young Eugene couldn’t believe his luck! He wondered why he’d been chosen. What had the wealthy young couple seen in him? Even though he’d only been formally introduced once or twice, and had spoken only a few sentences to them, they chose him. And he supposed they seemed nice enough.

Eugene and most of the orphans had already seen the younger couple several times. He learned from the nuns over the past couple of years that the pair were evidently unable to have children of their own and as such, had been growing their own family a different way. Twice per year for the past two years, they had chosen a new child from amongst the orphans at this orphanage. Prior to their more formal choosing-times for each child, they would come to the orphanage for several trips and take turns meeting and chatting with the children. Yet this time, they had actually chosen Eugene.

Sis. Eunice had entered the rectory right behind Fr Francis and his announcement; the latter then vacated the building. Sis Eunice had taken Eugene by the hand and led him to the home’s water closet. And already waiting for him was a fresh bath -- mid-week, even! He was accustomed to every Saturday at most. For the first time in his life, Eugene was treated to his very own bath where the water was actually extra warm and didn’t contain the sloughed-off post-bathing scoodge from a zillion other children lurking in the bottom.

Eugene had seen the nuns sniffle and get misty-eyed plenty of times when other children had been adopted. But their crying was always rather delicate and they always tried to smile through it. However, as Sis Eunice helped him to properly wash his fingers, toes, and ears during what Eugene thought of as his luxurious bath, Sis Eunice also kept repeatedly bursting into tears. And apologizing for it. She seemed genuinely….worried.

The nuns weren’t supposed to have favorites but Eugene knew Sis Eunice was easily the most fond of him. She had arrived at the orphanage during the height of a disease outbreak which had very nearly claimed little Eugene’s life. And it would have done so too, if it weren’t for Sis Eunice’s dogged persistence. They had originally bonded over their funny-sounding first names. She’d turned her own name into a joke to try and give him a reason to smile….and it worked. Most if not all of the other nuns were quite hands-off but Sis Eunice believed in healing touch. As Eugene’s stricken body fought the virulent infection, the Sister held him, rocked him, and sang to him. After that, she promised to come back to the room that housed the most ill children and read aloud a story once she finished her rounds. She had sat closest to little Eugene as she read aloud “Flynnigan Rider and the Pirates of Penzance” for the very first time. It was the first time Eugene had become familiar with the novels.

And though Eugene hadn’t really noticed before (nun’s habits often made it difficult to tell who was older than whom) right now, after he learned he would soon be leaving the orphanage forever that day, it was almost as if Eugene were seeing Sis Eunice for the first time. And for the first time, he noticed how young she truly was. She had a spray of freckles across her face and a little space between her front teeth. A halo of strawberry blonde curls framed her face and perpetually worked their way out of her wimpole. It’s possible Sis Eunice was even younger than Lady Boskin.

He couldn’t help but notice as she had him put on a clean slick-feeling shirt -- a brand-new one, just for him!! -- yet that was only the beginning. Apparently with each chosen child, the adoptive couple provided a freshly purchased outfit from the shops in town. Even Sis Eunice couldn’t help but smile this time as she presented Eugene’s new clothes to him. She asked him to tug open the string holding the paper parcel together. He stared at the parcel, eyes darting between the string and the Sister’s face. “Another present?” he whispered in awe. “For me?” Inside lay a brand new velvet suit. “It’s my favorite color!” he squeaked in delight. “Cornflower blue!” And Sis. Eunice nodded with the same huge smile on her face as him. “Shall I?” she asked softly, reaching into the parcel so he could see the whole suit. Eugene was utterly thunderstruck now. He stared wide-eyed at this beautiful boughten suit which was already quite familiar to him.

“But this is the same…..” he trailed off as Sis Eunice finished for him, “It’s the same suit you’ve had your eye on all year in that shop window?” Mouth agape, Eugene nodded slowly, clearly still in shock.

Eugene recalled how Sis Eunice had begun reading the Flynnigan Rider story with a splash, quite literally, and encompassed the first three chapters. The very first words of the book started with Flynnigan Rider on the mains’l full on the mast of a tall ship, shouting, “As long as I possess air in my lungs, I shall never surrender!!” And right before an enemy bullet could pierce him, Rider had sprinted and dove off the end of the mains’l to plunge down into the sea below. Sis Eunice had taken a fresh mildly damp cloth and spun it above her head, so everyone could feel the ‘splash’. That’s all it took for her to hook every single one of her charges. Sis Eunice had read aloud in every voice. Acted out each scene. She had as many props as feasible. And at the end of chapter 3 that first night, she closed the book amidst many “awwws”, protests, and left the children clamoring for more and some even wanting to help star in the show. Six-year-old Eugene had finally found the strength to speak for the first time in days and tugged Sis Eunice’s robes. “Tomorrow? Please?” he whispered breathlessly. The Sister knelt down close by his ear and pushed his hair away from his fevered brow. “I’ll tell you what,” she said softly. “If you think you can stick around for me by this time tomorrow morning, I promise to come back and read for you. Deal?”

And she turned to the rest of the room, “Tonight’s life lesson from Flynnigan is to hold air in those lungs -- by breathing deeply -- so that you can keep fighting.” Eager to prove to Sis Eunice that he could be brave like Flynnigan Rider, he concentrated on breathing as deeply as he could. Though it was by far the most difficult and painful thing he’d ever done in his young life, he followed through with it nonetheless. And Sis Eunice had returned each morning and night, as promised, to divulge more of Flynnigan’s adventures and life lessons. By the time he was well enough about a week later, she’d ask for Eugene to actually promise to wait for her the next night and bit by bit, little Eugene had found the strength to come back from the brink. And it was all because of one (or was it two?) very special people -- Sis Eunice and Flynnigan Rider.

“Shall we dress you smartly then? It’s not proper for a young man of your new status to be prancing around, half-dressed, you know,” Sis Eunice teased, bringing Eugene back to the present. Usually he’d act silly in return but right now….as soon as he had the new trousers on….Eugene was overcome and couldn’t help but throw his arms around the Sister’s neck. “Thank you,” he whispered, “so much.” It was the nicest clothing -- the nicest anything -- that anyone had ever given him. And Sis Eunice thought he was misinterpreting who’d provided for him this suit but he wasn’t. “I know it wasn’t your money,” as Eugene was well aware that the nuns scarcely had more than the orphans due in large part to their vows of charity and poverty. And yet he replied, still embracing her, “But I just know that you had something to do with it somehow, Sis Eunice.”

She briefly taught him the tricks with helping Eugene learn how to dress himself up in the fancy new suit. It had a lot of buttons. Big shiny brass ones. She was insistent that none of her charges was going to be reliant on servants to dress them, even after they left the orphanage. Once Eugene was fully dressed in his new comfortably-tailored playsuit, Sis Eunice also presented to him new stockings and new mahogany leather shoes.

Sis Eunice looked adoringly...and then somberly at Eugene as the thunderstruck little boy could not stop studying his own reflection in a full-length mirror.

Though most boys hated baths, he actually liked them (especially when they were warm with fresh water) almost as much as he liked playing in the dirt. He wondered if he’d have his own bed at his new home. He wondered if he’d get to have a mattress, bedclothes, and a pillow every night.

“Well, I suppose it’s time,” said Sis Eunice with a watery smile. The pair of them began to head over to the parish chapel just off the orphanage and across the compound from the rectory. Halfway through the walk, Sis Eunice asked him to continue onto the chapel and said that she’d meet up with him again in a very short few moments. And that was apparently where he was supposed to meet up with Lord and Lady Boskin to sign the final papers and officially become their latest son for real. His heart skipped a beat at the thought.

After his arrival in the chapel, and within 3 minutes, he heard a very loud crash outside in the corridor to the right of his vantage point near the front of the chapel. He thought maybe he should stay put just in case, but his curiosity got the best of him and he went to investigate.

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Meanwhile, in the Office of the Clergy….

Arnie had been called into the clergy office with Fr Francis, Mthr Superior, and Sis Eunice. Eugene had been left outside to stew and fret by himself.

“So you witnessed Eugene Fitzherbert throw a rock at the stained glass?” said Fr Francis imperiously. Arnie’s wide frightened eyes kept darting back and forth between Fr Francis’s unpleasant features and Sis Eunice’s equally terrified eyes. She nodded imperceptibly to encourage Arnie to say yes. Arnie didn’t want to lie but he didn’t want to be the one who got in trouble either. Not to mention….it utterly broke his heart that Eugene was getting adopted and that he wasn’t even gonna say goodbye to Arnie. Thus Arnie looked to the floor and nodded downward at it half-heartedly.

Eugene was brought into the office and not even given a chance to defend nor explain himself.

“Naughty misbehaving boys who destroy priceless works of church art don’t deserve to get adopted,” Fr Francis began imperiously. “Remove that clothing at once. It’s no longer yours and you are no longer fit to wear it.” Poor Eugene recoiled in shock and horror and Sis Eunice stepped in to try and intervene. She shared scared looks with Arnie, even more frightened than before. “There’s no need for that, he hasn’t physically harmed anybody,” Sis Eunice reasoned, “there’s no reason to treat him like he’s a criminal. He just had an accident, that's all.”

Eugene kept backing further and further away, “Not adopted??” was all he could manage to say. “That’s precisely it,” Fr Francis replied coldly. “I’ll tell Lord and Lady Boskin not to follow through with the paperwork because misbehaving children are evil children, and they shan’t have evil brought into their perfect home. Now give back that clothing or I shall turn you in for theft of property.” Sis Eunice’s hands flew to her mouth in open dismay. Arnie had correctly deduced that this was definitely not a development she had anticipated. Now the Mthr Superior and other church lackeys outside the door had begun to put their hands on Eugene in effort to take back his new boughten clothes.

Clearly, not knowing what else to do, Sis Eunice pressed her advantage, knelt down by Eugene's ear, and said, “You must run, Eugene!! Stay as far away from here as you can! Make certain they can’t ever catch you. I’ll take care of the rest.” His eyes bugged out and still he hesitated before Sis Eunice hissed, “GO! NOW!”

Eugene spun on the heel of his new shoe, managed to just barely pull away from the sea of grabbing hands, and sprinted out into the great beyond. P.S. Yes, I have every intention of continuing this. And hopefully even seeing it to completion, like a real "episode", even though the timelapse will be more like a full hour as opposed to 22 minutes? In fact, I've already written a bit more beyond it. I just have to write other things for the time being.....

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