#Bruno Bolet

[spookieloop]

Playing Ghost of Thornton Hall and then Replaying Legend of the Crystal Skull back to back really makes me appreciate the difference in mood.

Both games are Southern Gothic, but the deep sorrow of Thornton Hall really really emphasizes the joyousness of Crystal Skull. Despite Bruno literally being murdered, Nancy spends the game totally immersed in all the strange things that Bruno loved, that he surrounded himself with. Bruno's puzzles weren't some long-held ancestral duty, or bred from generational paranoia; Bruno was just a weird old man who loved the macabre and loved puzzles.

Bruno and Henry didn't really have a relationship to speak of, but the epilogue does confirm that Bruno cared about Henry--he was just bad at showing it. I don't think any of us can judge Bruno too harshly though; Bruno was an eccentric old man who was suddenly a child's only living relative, meanwhile never having a nuclear family of his own. Considering his propensity for dangerous pets and secret passages, the Bolet home was most definitely not safe for a child; even if Bruno did know how to raise a kid.

Given that Henry was the kind of person to want to keep the glass eye his great-uncle was wearing during his death as a keychain, I think it's fair to say that they probably would have got along great if Bruno had been equipped to care for him--or even tried a little harder.

Playing that game as an adult, after coming off of the deep sadness that is Thornton Hall, I have so much more appreciation for what the game says about Bruno's life. You can almost feel Bruno's excitement while he sets up all of these puzzles for Henry. It makes it very clear that Bruno didn't know Henry, if he expected him to go through all these puzzles, but that doesn't change the fact that the house itself is a monument to that fact that Bruno Bolet surrounded himself with all the odd things he loved, and was the type of person to wander the streets of New Orleans with all 25 of the freaky custom glass eyes he owned.

I think it's interesting that a game where Nancy only shows up to check on a man who's just lost his only living relative manages to be so cheerful beyond the gloomy(gorgeous) aesthetics.

#Nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew crystal skull #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull #henry bolet #Bruno Bolet #Crystal Skull will always be one of my favorite Nancy Drew Games

[drewlyyours]

Posthumous Characters Fancast (pt 1)

Charlotte Thornton - Kate Siegel

Bruno Bolet - Rainn Wilson

Niko Jovic - David Strathairn

Kate Drew - Debra Messing

Kasumi Shimizu - Michelle Yeoh

#posthumous characters #nancy drew game fancast #clue crew #nancy drew games #game to movie adaptation #dream cast #charlotte thornton #niko jovic #kate drew #kasumi shimizu #bruno bolet

[castlemalloy]

Bruno Bolet

#legend of the crystal skull #Nancy Drew #Nancy Drew games #her interactive #Bruno bolet

[heygrrrlratpiss]

Summer was so stupid for dating Henry to manipulate and exploit him for money when he didn’t even have any, if she really wanted anything of monetary value she should’ve dated Bruno instead

#this isn’t me being like ‘bruno should’ve been @bus€d 😡😡😡’ or anything like that #i just wanna drag summer #i assume bruno was paying off henry’s debts and stuff while he was alive #he’s a broke college student no doubt #and he’s been there for like seven years too #he’s definitely not making any big bucks #I can treat you better henry #as kpop group red velvet said #‘i have no interest in the bag’ #nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #her interactive #clue crew #henry bolet #bruno bolet #legend of the crystal skull

[glasseyekeychain]

I have this headcanon that Bruno would complain about Henry smoking so he wouldn’t fuck with his teeth.

#henry bolet #bruno bolet #Henry picks up smoking some time within five years before the events of CRY #he quits after breaking up with summer #legend of the crystal skull #thoughts #headcanons

[professorhotchkissesta]

Me, after getting spicy devil villain venom’d for the 100th time

#is this what happened to Bruno Bolet 😭😭😭

[nancythedrew]

imagine Henry Bolet is busy getting Bruno's creditors paid off and you're getting invoices for things like medical expenses or property taxes and then all of a sudden you start receiving unpaid bills for things like custom skee ball machines and spider music lessons

#nancy drew #legend of the crystal skull

[doyoudrew]

where is Bruno Bolet's kitchen?

#nancy drew #clue crew #legend of the crystal skull

[nancydrewandthecluecrew]

NANCY DREW CASE FILES : 17

LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

Down in New Orleans, an artifact known as the "Whisperer", a glass crystal skull believed to grant the one who possesses it with immortality, but not in this case when the last one to obtain the rumored unearthly artifact, Bruno Bolet, is found dead. Meanwhile, the artifact remains missing.

Is his death merely a result of his own mortality? Or is time not the only cause of concern?

Head down to New Orleans for rainy nights and warm gumbo to track down a missing artifact and possibly a murderer.

Cody Fern as Henry Bolet Jr.

Bruno's great nephew, who he had taken in when Henry's parents had died, but with all that time Bruno believed to harness from the crystal skull very little would be spent with Henry, who in Bruno's passing was left to tend to the estate. With a somewhat detached nature to the situation, is it possible he is hiding guilt? or is he simply numb to grief?

Danny Glover as Gilbert Buford

Dr.Buford discovered the body of his late friend, Mr.Bolet, in which he determined the cause of his death natural, Meanwhile he possessed the knowledge that his friend claimed to hold the key to immortality, while harbouring secrets of his own. Did he use his medical position to falsify his cause of death for his own ticking clock?

Catherine O'Hara as Renee Amande

The Housekeeper, who spent a great deal of time in Bruno's presence. With a proclivity for dabbling in the other worldly, and tending to her garden, did she unearth Bruno's secret?

Daniel Curtis Lee as Lamont Warrick

Runs Zeke's Curio shop, with an eye for antiques and strange items. Is it possible the crystal skull caught his eye? Or perhaps it would attract the eyes of buyers to his shop.

7.DOG 10.SHA 11.CUR 13.TRN 15.CRE 16.ICE 17.CRY 22.TOT

#Nancy Drew Case Files #legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew cast #nancy drew characters #nancy drew fancast #Nancy Drew Games #nancy drew aesthetic #Henry Bolet #Nancy drew #nancy drew dreamcast

[mrshenrybolet]

in which a smile overpowers Rachmaninoff at sunrise

in a moment, in a library, in a ray of sunlight, Henry Bolet Jr.’s life is changed.

PG | SFW

Henry Bolet Jr. absentmindedly gazed bleary-eyed at the sunrise emerging through the oak trees outside the library at Emerson College. He closed his literary theory textbook, marking the page with a coffee receipt before pushing it aside. Removing the headphones playing Rachmaninoff, Henry leaned back in his chair, giving his eyes permission to glaze over in the soft sunlight.

He was acutely aware of the expectation for him to be enamored with the night based on his elected appearance; his ink black hair, tattoos, and usually black attire were one thing, but he supposed that his tendency to keep to himself didn’t help matters much.

But Henry couldn’t help feeling drawn to the quiet, golden haze of sunrise that pricked through the night. Perhaps it was a welcome contrast to the ceaseless whisper of his seemingly endless inner darkness.

He knew he couldn’t logically blame Death for his childhood reality of abandonment by his parents to a life of lonesomeness.

And yet…

He couldn’t reflect on that for long, lest the ceaseless whisper give voice to a foreboding murmur — and he didn’t dare admit the blame aloud, in a quiet fear of retribution from the blamed party.

Though his Uncle Bruno had provided financial support through enrollment in boarding school and summer camps — and, when what Henry considered wit faculty had considered disrespect one too many times, military school — he had never been able to provide the emotional support and personal connection that Henry craved.

But here, Henry had a few friends, although not more than he needed fingers on one hand to count. Ned Nickerson was Henry’s best friend, though Henry knew that he was not Ned’s. No, Ned had extensive family, friends, fraternity “brothers” — if you were the type to take that seriously.

Henry felt a jolt of envy behind his navel, followed by a pang of shame that his jealousy led him to begrudge his best friend his support system. The bite of knowing that he wasn’t worth enough for people to bother staying in his life turned his stomach. But Ned stayed.

For now, came the morose whisper from somewhere inside him.

Preoccupied, he thoughtlessly chipped at the black nail polish on his thumb while watching the gilded rays of light wash across the library stacks.

Ned also had a long-term girlfriend, though she seemed to disregard him too frequently than he felt Ned should feel comfortable. Henry wasn’t sure how he felt about Ned’s girlfriend — was it Dani? Sandy? Henry had never met her, as it seemed she couldn’t be bothered to actually come to visit his friend. He recalled Ned reaching out to Henry on several occasions when he had gotten stood up on important dates; Henry figured Ned must have known that he wouldn’t have social plans himself and would be willing to listen to his heartache. Despite his seemingly callous exterior, Henry truly cared about his friends, a sentiment he hoped was communicated through his actions, as words were not his strength.

From somewhere behind him, Henry heard a rustling that gave him a start. The blissful tranquility that his headphones had brought had deceived him into the illusion of solitude until now.

“I didn’t mean to startle you,” a disembodied voice called out in hushed tones. A figure emerged from behind the stacks, long legs striding towards him with ease. Henry blinked in an attempt to get his eyes to refocus. More distinct than what he could discern visually as the figure grew closer was the intoxicating, woodsy fragrance wafting off her sleek hair as she stepped in front of his desk.

“You’re Henry Bolet, right?” that velvety voice crooned. Henry’s own voice seemed to forget how to function, whether it was from lack of sleep or relative shock at someone actually approaching him, and he simply sat looking up at her, his mouth agape.

He knew his eyes must be fatigued from studying through the night. Yet he ignored their strain, reveling unblinkingly in her striking beauty, more powerful than the brilliant, near blinding beams of sunrise shining behind her, enveloping her in a golden halo. He could faintly hear the ending notes of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor play from his headphones that lay on the sun-strewn desk in between them.

Henry knew he would never be the same person again as she gazed down at him with alluring siren eyes and a coy smile that took permanent root in his heart.

“Call me Summer.”

#clue crew #nancy drew #nancy drew games #her interactive #henry bolet #henry bolet jr #legend of the crystal skull #cry #fanfiction #austen speaks

[papenniesandbentoboxes]

every time i go on ao3...

this is the first thing i see...

and i wish i didn't have eyes... i want less eyes than bruno bolet please...

#clue crew #help #please don't make me see it again #why is this person updating it every day

[drewlyyours]

Rating Nancy Drew Game Dads for Father’s Day

(All characters start with 5/10 for being dads)

Franz Mittelmeier (Lucas’ Dad)

3/10

+2 works hard to keep the whole village safe.

-3 for being strangely absent in his son’s life. Like, yeah you live in a castle but YOUR SON IS A MENACE DO NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE WITH HIS AUNT WHO NEEDS ANGER MANAGEMENT.

Hugh Penvellyn (Jane’s Father)

2/10

+2 being a diplomat to whatever is cool, helping people or government or whatever is fine

-5 DONT LEAVE YOUR UNSTABLE DAUGHTER AND YOUR NEW WIFE IN A HUGE HOUSE THAT YOU LEFT IN THE HANDS OF YOUR AUNT WHO HATES ANYTHING THAT CANT PHOTOSYNTHESIZE. Ah but don’t forget they also live with the scary -RAIL NECK- tutor.

Ollie Randall (Father to Freddie)

8/10

+3 kinda a swell guy

+1 lets her play outside whenever she wants, and although I don’t want him to shoot the wolf im sure he just wants the place safe, especially with her around

-1 not playing outside with her 24/7 as he should

Brendan Malloy (Fiona’s Father)

9/10

-2 for creating DEATH TRAPS literally everywhere where his family could and DID literally die

+4 being a literal rocket scientist

+2 doing his best and clearly loving Fiona enough for her to be drawn to pieces of him after 80 years.

Whoever the heck Clara’s father was

0/10

-5 there are theories about this but whoever he was, he was a gross person who I would rather eat chalk then spend ten seconds with

Ezra Wickford (Dexter Egan’s Dad)

6/10

+10 for inventing chocolate milk

-8 for Dexter’s daddy issues and for probably never saying I love you

-1 for caring more about his castle

+1 for the genuine shame he felt about the way things went

Meryl Humber (Frances’ Father)

2/10

-10 for murdering her boyfriend

+5 for regretting it

-2 for probably actually not

+4 for really loving Frances enough to wait everyday for her to come home.

Gunnar Tonnisson (Edda Gunnarsdottir’s father)

10/10

-2 for turning into a sad sack who lashes out

+7 for his family being everything to him and loving them wholly and entirely, so much that it broke him

Jake Hurley (Train Dad)

10/10

+5 just for “take care of my train. it holds wonderful things”

-2 too much train love maybe neglected wife

+2 wife’s ghost on train so he loves it more

Magnus Kiljansson (Ship Father)

8/10

-3 was a little too obsessed with the gold on the ship

+5 but he wanted to study its history

+1 loved it literally more than anything else (including his girlfriend lol)

Mickey Malone (Dog Dad)

9/10

-2 was a mobster and didn’t plan on where his dogs would go if something happened to him

+6 loved his dogs so much they came back to haunt humanity

Bruno Bolet (Iggy and Bernie’s Dad)

10/10

-2 kinda just let his beds run wild, which may not be good in a domestic context

+7 LITERALLY gave them run of the house, took care and loved basically ever creature he came into contact with, no matter how creepy or weird it was

Carson Drew (Nancy’s Dad)

8/10

-6 lets daughter go on trips overseas ALONE and WITHOUT MONEY, even after she

Was threatened and brutally attacked by MULTIPLE ASSAILANTS

Dressed in a cat suit and danced at a night club for petty cash

Almost got kidnapped and literally had her best friend get kidnapped and trapped on an island

Was threatened by a crime ring, the mafia, and a terrorist organization

Had multiple criminals tell her they would “get back” at her for this (even once who never made it to jail)

+2 for being a good wholesome guy, and a lawyer at that

+2 ALWAYS being there for Nancy

+2 actually giving her the freedom she needs to save the world over and over again

+2 Trusting her and loving her. And raising a BADASS teenage detective.

#happy Father’s Day #nancy drew games #clue crew #rating nd characters #video game characters

[daretosnoop]

Bruno Bolet had a lot of confidence that his nephew with whom he neglected to form any connection to would happily, and willingly go through a series of puzzles to get some skull

#nancy drew #cry #legend of the crystal skull

[heygrrrlratpiss]

Do you guys think Bruno Bolet would’ve gotten his pets taxidermied and kept them if they died before he did?

#i’m asking the real questions here #bc i can totally see him doing smth like that #nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #her interactive #clue crew #legend of the crystal skull

[thenancydrewtimes]

Bruno Bolet fixing his glass eye 👁️

#nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #her interactive #nancy drew #legend of the crystal skull

[henrikvanderswoon]

it just dawned on me that bruno bolet sending henry to military school means that canonically henry bolet once had a buzz cut

#this also explains so much and has me relating to him on an even more spiritual level #one step into college away from the uniforms and henry said #'BAM. LET MINE EYES BE FRAMED BY THE FINEST AND BLACKEST LINER' #'AND MINE FINGERNAILS PAINTED PITCH' #'AS THE THICK LOCKS WHICH FALL HAPLESSLY OVER MINE OWN BROW' #'THOU SAIDST YOU BELIEVED NOT IN CAGES GREAT UNCLE YET WHAT WOULDST THOU CALL THOSE INSTITUTIONS?' #'A SCORE AND SIX GLASS EYES AND YOU STILL COULDNT SEE ME FOR WHO I REALLY AM' (a real live goth) #bruno: 'i raised a well-disciplined young man' #you ruined a perfectly good teenager is what you did #look at him #he has anxiety #henry bolet #bruno bolet #cry #legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew games #nancy drew #nd games #clue crew #lol god i need to go to sleep bdfuoslkfahfadksjal