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melffen · 10 months

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The Lackadaisy high school au Bible

Class division:

First year:

Rocky Rickaby

Ivy Pepper

Calvin "Freckle" McMurray

Second year:

Mordecai Heller

Nicodeme Savoy

Serafine Savoy

Mary Ellen "Mitzi" Montgomery

Dorian Zibowski & The Band

Third year:

Sedgewick Sable

Lacy Hardt

Bobby Bastion

Elsa Arbogast

Horatio Bruno

Fourth year:

Viktor Vasko

Atlas May

Asa Sweet

Ruby Pepper

Dom Drago

Abelard Arbogast

A bit of worldbuilding/understanding the au and how it works:

This is what I have settled for to be like… "canon"(? inside this au, or at least a guide book for when I write.

The school they all attend is a private school since there are a lot of middle to high class people here.

For the ones I think wouldn't realistically be able to pay for that label of education without some other arrangement, here are some ways to bring them there:

Viktor and the Savoys are here thanks to an international exchange program, Viktor lives with Miss. Bapka and the Savoys are stuck living with Asa and his family since they are one of the main sponsors for the project.

Mordecai's entire education is sponsored by Atlas and his family, who found great potential in him despite his clear "personality problems" and took pity on his family's economic state. They sponsor him under the condition of him later working for them in their family company, though it's not very clear what job they want to assign him (Atlas' family makes alcohol of course, although legal this time).

I am not aware of Mitzi, Zib or any other member of the band having a family they keep in touch with, so for now I'll put them in some sort of program for "orphan youths" or something like that.

Mordecai met Serafine in the first year and the to entered the early steps of friendship over a sheared passion over analyzing the movie Coraline and Nico came along with his sister, Mordecai did not expect for the siblings to attach themselves to him and called him "their best friend" as he only though they wouldn't go anywhere past acquaintances. He is in denial about how they've warmed up to him.

Ruby and Ivy are siblings, not father and daughter. Thanks to this is how Viktor met her and considers her and Elsa, at least for the most part of the story, his only friends. Ivy and him have a sibling dynamic and Ruby is aware that there are ZERO romantic feelings between the two.

Wick and Lacy are class presidents and part of the little "student council" the school has, they are besties and Wick still depends on her to be a functional person. I could see Elsa being part of it as well.

The Arbogast family still are a religious household that owns a funeral home, Abelard has a secret passion for alcohol/ cocktail making and joins Bobby in that secret activity. Elsa, trying to look after her brother and her boyfriend, is some sort of representative/manager for their little enterprise. Ruby and especially Atlas would LOVE to partner up with them but get rejected every time by Elsa, and Elsa's words are final.

In this universe, all the band members are, well, in the band! Rocky is also there and literally NEVER missed a meeting or ran late. They've consumed some "catnip" together multiple times. Expect Rocky.

Atlas is an asshole, a nice and genuinely trying to get Mordecai to socialize a bit more type of asshole. Ruby is just nice and Asa is just an asshole. They hang out with Viktor, who mostly keeps to himself, although he doesn't see them as more than close acquaintances.

Horatio truly has no enemies, some people might not like the push over attitude (Viktor) or how he keeps feeding all the birds and rats he comes across with (Mordecai) But enemies? None. Zero. Nada.

Viktor still heavily dislikes Rocky and Calvin. Rocky is still a danger to humanity and Calvin isn't good enough for such a sweet girl like Ivy, just wait until he finds out how easy Ivy can get in trouble when she truly wants to.

Lacy is almost everyone's emergency number: Had an accident? Call Lacy. Need advice? Call Lacy. You need help because Zib made Wick try some catnip when he went to rehearsal to visit Mitzi and has been talking about how a dead duck hunts him non stop for the past hour and a half? Please call Lacy.

I believe most of the scars/trauma this characters may have are still present in this universe but have a different way of manifesting on their bodies and minds or have a different origin. For example, Viktor still only has one eye. His great grandfather faught in WW1, his grandfather faught WW2, his father served his time in the army and him and his brothers went to a militar school. But when he lost an eye in an accident (I haven't decided what accident), his mother decided she did not want that life for him and enrolled him in the exchange program. He was selected out pity, to add insult to injury.

This is how I view some of the dynamics and such although It was very hard trying to translate the mindset of an adult in the 1830 into a teenager of the 2020, things like physycal or mental trauma or quirks. I guess I'll find a more organic way to translate them when I start writing.

Apart form mental state, personality is also hard. Teens obviously act differently than adults and having them act that way will just come off as unreal or cringy, so, what I went with was giving them a similar personality but removing some aspects that show a sense of adult maturity they wouldn't realistically have. For example, Mordecai is severely antisocial, direct and pays a lot of attention to things like tidiness and grammar but lacks that over elegant feel to him. That almost melodramatic way for him to move and act is transformed into a formal but deadpanned way of speaking and moving, the characteristic breakdowns stay intact tho.

For characters that don't have an established personality or we haven't seen enough of it I had to first make an idea of they act and then adjust it to this universe. I always imagined Atlas to be a no nonsense person when it came to business but a thinker and a kind man when it came to the people he trusted, all of this with a cocky grin and a sense of humor based around of making fun of others or situations in a less serious sense. So, for his high school counterpart, I imagined him to be (as I described previously) a person who was genuinely nice to who he saw as friends, determined but extremely sarcastic and over confident. He wants for Mordecai to see him as am older brother so badly.

So yeah, this is what I was able to write down as a guide for the au! I feel like characters like Mitzi and Zib are kinda underdeveloped but I'll see what I do with them later.

I did this because I thought it be really funny to do a high school au for LACKADAISY for all projects so this is intended to be ironic, like crack taken seriously. But I unfortunately fell in love with it! This characters have been living in my mind rent free for around 3 years and now they've decided to attend school….

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hottest-ld-character · 6 months

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~ Who's more attractive?

Mordecai Heller vs. Elsa Bastion!

Rules: Vote only for the character you find the most attractive (*or aesthetically pleasing, if you don't find yourself attracted to either); please don't vote off of bias and favoritism!

#hldct #lackadaisy #lackadaisy cats #lackadaisy comic #lackadaisy mordecai #Mordecai Heller #lackadaisy elsa #elsa bastion

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shobi-enzo · 10 months

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LACKADAISY SPOILERS!!!! BE WARNED!!

OK OK OK! so i have heard of this upcoming series called lackadaisy. So i watched the 30 min video on youtube and i have to say IT WAS FANTASTIC!! ALL THE CHARACTERS ARE SO LOVABLE AND INTERESTING IN THEIR OWN WAYS!! The entire time i was watching the film, i get the vibe that ALL the characters in the story are criminals or have committed a few crimes. Anyways I then heard that there was a comic series about lackadaisy. I have just finished it and....... This is Elsa Bastion! :D

WHY ARE THERE NO FANFICS ABOUT HER!? SHE IS SO UNDERRATED I HATE IT!!! I NEED MORE OF THIS MEDICAL GIRL BOSS!!!

#lackadaisy #lackadaisy cats #lackadaisy elsa #elsa bastion #lackadaisy elsa bastion #her brother does kinda look like a spider #i mean LOOK AT HIS THIN ASS #her husband is kinda cute too #lackadaisy x reader

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ursiday · 4 months

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Arnica might take out the throes that I threw in my head

#bruno your wife shakes the bedclothes as she makes up your bed...#IM TIRED OF LIFE IM TIRED OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE............#sufjan stevens all delighted people enjoyers make some noise. all delighted people raise your hands etc #lackadaisy #viktor vasko #elsa bastion #fanart #did you know that arnica is in the daisy family I just thought that was interesting :)

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tensand · 9 months

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#lackadaisy #elsa bastion

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syndicate-of-swing · 10 months

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Before i forget, If you are ever free from your writer's block, can i request Married headcanons of Elsa Bastion with an Optimistic Male! reader? Y'know since elsa is canonically married. So let's say is her husband. :D Feel free to choose whether or not you'll answer this request. Thank you!

oh, I love Elsa too (also dw, I can ignore canon at will xD)

Elsa Bastion with an Optimistic Husband

First off, she will never run out of eye-rolls to give you when you say something crossing the threshold into naïveté.

Nor will she ever stop saying things along the lines of "You're cute when you're dumb, sweetheart."

She finds your optimism adorable, if a little misplaced given the kind of world she lives in (and the things she's seen).

When she's worried about something (or someone; namely, you), and you start reassuring her in the same superlative verbiage you always use in such a situation, she'd just grab your cheek and pull you in for a kiss.

The kiss has a 50/50 chance of either meaning "God, you're cute" or "God, you're annoying".

Or both.... usually both.

Sorry if it was short, but I do have to work in the morning and it's almost midnight! Hope you liked it!

#lackadaisy x reader #elsa bastion #fanfic #writing #self insert #reader insert

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whatavery · 28 days

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In the Spirit of Defiance

Ah, welcome, welcome. What’s this, you might wonder. Avery, don’t you just post almost decent fanfiction about Lackadaisy? And the answer is yes, that’s usually what I do. However, for my latest story, I settled upon writing a compendium to go with the story. What initially started as a bit of ramblings about the Funeral Home itself, I instead decided to turn into a more detailed piece on my creative process, my ideas, head-canons and the like.

Now, perhaps you’re wondering why someone – anyone at all – would care about the Arbogast Funeral Home this much. Well, allow me to formally introduce myself, in case you don’t know me. My name’s Avery, I’m an avid(-ish) Lackadaisy fan-fiction writer and I've been working on a major story that predominantly features the Arbogast Funeral Home and its residents.

So what is this story I’m speaking of?

Ordained Defiance is a story following Abelard Arbogast and my OC Cainan Wirth. This compendium will also go into detail about him, his creation and the motifs I chose to play with. With no future spoilers, of course. This will be a breakdown of the first story arc, which consists of chapters one through five, which I titled In the Beginning…

In the name of defiance, while writing and conceptualizing the story, I actually went out of my way to go against a lot of conventions when it comes to OC and canon ships.

For one, if you’ve read the story, you will have noticed that the story is primarily from Abelard's perspective – it’s his story first and foremost and Cainan is just another player within his world.

A lot of ship media tends to put all the focus into the OC to the point where they get all the development and care, often to the point where the canon character they’re shipped with gets reduced to being little more than a mannequin for them to hug and kiss when needed. One of the easy trappings is to not allow the canon character to retain their sense of autonomy and agency.

It’s not always the case, of course, but it’s an easy trap to fall into. As of writing this little think piece, I’ve written nine chapters of which only a single one is entirely focused on Cainan.

It’s so easy to give in to the temptation of making one’s shiny, new OC the star of the show, the proverbial sun with all the canon characters orbiting them. But I think it’s especially important to retain focus on the canon character when it comes to a ship. And doubly so when it’s someone with less screen-time in the main medium of the series.

Abelard is only featured on a small handful of pages and one of my other goals with this story was to expand on him as a character, primarily utilizing head canon and ideas of my own. It’s one of the fun aspects of writing characters you like, when they’re not the head-lining acts; you can add your own ideas and project them onto the character.

I likewise didn't give Cainan an overly detailed backstory that would require a timeline or compendium of its own. I purposefully left in blanks and some things will remain unspoken. After all, isn't that what's so enticing about many of the main characters in Lackadaisy? We know Rocky went on the road for years, but we don't know everything he did or experienced; we know Zib and the band met in New Orleans, but we don't know what their time on the road entailed either. I could go on... filling in the blanks and guessing is half the fun; it's why people are so eager to ask Tracy lore questions on streams - it's fun!

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Next, let us talk about the primary settings within the story, namely the Arbogast Funeral Home. My inspection of this house took me to some weird, weird places and nearly broke my brain. However! The good news is that it was all worth it. Note that there shall be a few instances of guesswork and head-canon in this.

The Arbogast Funeral Home was confirmed by Tracy to be the childhood home of Abelard and Elsa, hence the place being named for their family. This was confirmed on a Patreon stream that took place on February 29th 2024. The Funeral Home is located in Defiance, Missouri, a small unincorporated community that was settled by German immigrants. The name Arbogast itself is derived from old germanic and contains ‘Gast’ which in modern German means ‘guest’. Arbogast itself carries a similar meaning, according to several etymology websites; ‘inheritance’ and ‘guest’ are the key interpreted meanings behind the name. In case it wasn't already obvious enough, Abelard and Elsa's heritage/ancestry was indeed confirmed in the February 29th stream.

So now that we have that out of the way, first things first: how did this start?

Quite simply, I started with the embalming room where a certain fender bender got his head fixed up by Elsa. As you can see in the picture above, my overthinking actually works out quite nicely.

Elsa can be seen entering from a wooden door with a large frosted window, which is connected to a separator wall with similar wooden construction and frosted windows. The door can be seen being open at the bottom of the frame in Lackadaisy Medicament and it’s even more visible in Mortuary where the other panels aren’t blocking the view. However, in Morphia we get the clearest view of this side of the room.

Similarly, my overthinking has further been proven to be a valid method for figuring out this house by the fact that you can see two windows near the ceiling in the embalming room. When looking at the outside of the Arbogast Funeral Home as seen above, you can see the windows near the ground clearly line up with the ones in the basement.

Now, let us delve into the tale of the impossible window.

This is the part of the funeral home that nearly broke my brain. In Lackadaisy Scrutiny when Elsa sees Wes and Fish walking up to the door to the side of the funeral home, she’s glancing out a window. First to establish how and why I know this is that door, the main thing is that the front doors to the funeral home’s parlor (as mentioned by Bobby to exist in Lackadaisy Undertaker) is a large double door with windows, as can clearly be seen in establishing shots of the place. Meanwhile, Elsa stands by a single, fully wooden door, which has porch lights on either side of it. This is also the door where there’s a swing seat as can be seen in Lackadaisy Bygones.

So how come I refer to a supposed impossible window? Well, I’ll tell you. If we look at the type of window and match it to the ones on the front of the house, none of them fit. The main issue is there’s no stretch of uninterrupted wall where the window could possibly be, based on the first shot we see of it. Furthermore… no wind chimes to be seen. We can see the chimney in the establishing shot of Lackadaisy Sendoff.

If we look at Wes and Fish leaving, we can see they walk along a path leading away from what is clearly the left side of the house (when looking at the two establishing shots we see), but they’re walking to the right (our POV). How do we know it’s supposed to be the left side of the house? Namely the absence of a chimney, which we see in establishing shots as part of the wall on the right side of the house.

Am I nitpicking over details no one else would see? Yes.

Am I trying to justify how long I spent trying to make sense of this house? Also yes.

To briefly go into the established layout; front door leads into the parlor, which connects to the turret in front; to the right of the parlor is a foyer, beside it a living room with a fireplace. Above is where bedrooms would be, which is an assumption. To the left is a garage or a shed, which I have assumed to be where bodies are brought down into the embalming room via the other door leading there as can be seen in the scenes taking place there.

And that is all I have so far on the layout.

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The first thing a lot of people ask me when they learn that I’m one of the very few, very vocal Abelard enjoyers in the Lackadaisy fandom is simply: why? Why Abelard? And to an extent, I get the confusion. Abelard isn’t a main character, he’s not someone you immediately think of when you think of the series; he doesn’t appear much in the comic, but he made an impression on me when I decided to reread the comic following the release of the pilot.

Say what you will about the man, but you can’t deny that he’s one of the most expressive characters and that his dialogue is amazing, honestly. Hamfisted, dramatic, over the top in the most perfect way. So that was of course something to take into account while writing Abelard, though for the first mini arc of the story, there hasn't yet been much reason for him to really get vocal just yet, but odds are it will happen in future chapters.

The prime examples of Abelard's defining dialogue – or rather his monologues – can be found in his confrontation with Ivy as well as his card game with her in Lackadaisy Sendoff.

Actually writing for Abelard seemed very intimidating at first, though I’ve been doing my best to keep up with his colorful language and his very wide vocabulary. Granted, I’m not entirely convinced I’ve got it right quite yet, it’s likely my personal biggest weakness, but I like to think I at least have his characterization down, even if it’s written and conveyed in a less smooth way than the comic.

So… Cainan Wirth, eh?

Yeah, Cainan Wirth indeed. Former resident of Defiance, who left home in his early teens to attempt to carve out a life on his own, perhaps making friends with some not-so-nice people. Yes, indeed, I’m pairing him with Abelard, thank you for asking. Why? Because I love Abelard, duh.

When I set out to create Cainan, I decided to make someone who would very violently contrast with Abelard; a white-furred, young, snarky and remarkably lazy atheist paired with a golden-brown, older, serious, no-nonsense reverend. What could possibly go wrong? I did go out of my way to try and distinguish Cainan, taking visual inspiration from Wick and Ben. I took the healthy, slightly more healthy body type from Wick seeing as many other male OCs are built like twigs. Like, let’s be real here. I also wanted to make sure his eyes weren't blue, as blue seems to be a common eye-color for white cat OCs. And I also gave him some good, old forehead fluff to give him a more youthful appearance, much like Calvin, Mordecai and Joey, for example. And of course, can’t forget those lynx-like ear tufts.

But I know what you were already thinking of, before I even started talking about his design; Cainan and Abelard? Not very subtle.

And you’re right. Though it took me a while to settle on a name after I started creating him, this was entirely intentional,. Not just because I thought it was a cute name pairing, but also because I wanted to further contrast the two; Abelard as a religious man to whom religion is important; the biblical Abel was favored by God; Cainan as an agnostic (at best) man to whom religion is a sore subject; the biblical Cain lost God’s favor and was cursed as a punishment.

Furthermore, Cain’s punishment in the bible was to be cursed to become a wanderer, not unlike Cainan who spent his youth and part of his young-adult life as a drifter. Oh, and I also decided to give Cainan a moon motif, which leads us into…

Moon Spirit might seem like a very strange ship name at a glance… and it is. Its origin is really clunky, but I think it works… and I’m not changing it now. Portmanteau ship names really don’t work; Cabelard just looks like Abelard with a C in front; for a while I went for Cainard, like ‘canard’, but I wasn’t really happy with it.

The origin of Moon Spirit as a strange one, but in hindsight it works. The ‘moon’ part I took from the term ‘moonshine’, for obvious reason, and an old myth states that Cain was sent to live on the moon after killing Abel in the bible. This was a coincidence, however; I’d decided on giving Cainan the moon motif before I even learned that this was a thing.

The ‘spirit’ part is twofold; it references the Holy Spirit, referencing Abelard's unwavering faith, and also just… spirits, as in alcohol. So you see, both words reference an aspect of each of them, and also reference booze.

Cainan's moon motif also ties into one of Abelard's most iconic lines, speaking of the “Wicked, troubled sea in every soul” (Lackadaisy Brimstone). As I assume most people know, the moon’s magnetic pull affects the sea and the tide.

Returning to the world of etymology, I also chose the name Wirth for the sake of being the opposite of Abelard. Whereas the name Arbogast, according to several etymology websites, stems from the old germanic words for ‘heritage’ and ‘guest’, ‘Wirth’ is an old germanic form of ‘Wirt’, which means host or innkeeper.

So, what else is there to know about these two? That’ll be in the story as future chapters come out. For spoiler reasons, I won’t disclose more beyond what can be learned in the first part of the story.

And now I will briefly mention a couple of minor characters, starting with Cainan's parents, Harold and Gabriela Wirth. I chose their names for a very specific reason. Being devoutly christian, I chose Harold after Harold Bluetooth, the king of Denmark who made Christianity the predominant religion of the country in place of the old Norse religion.

I decided to name the store owner of Defiance General Mr. Weaver as a tribute to John Weaver who ran a store near a different Defiance in Missouri, one that used to be located in Worth county. Not implying that they’re one and the same, but I figured it to be a fun little reference to that.

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And so this brings us to the very end of the first story arc of my story. Was all this insanity worth it?

Absolutely not, but hey, what are you gonna do?

#lackadaisy #oc x canon #lackadaisy oc #abelard arbogast #lackadaisy fanfiction #elsa bastion #overthinking #writing process

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lordofdestructionm · 4 months

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Viktor and Elsa

A secret passion?

Viktor Vasko and Elsa Bastion (formerly Arbogast) clearly share a connection. This has been clear since the Defiance flashback

This perhaps shouldn't be that much of a surprise. They are both veterans of the Great War, they have both experienced and still bear the inner scars that come with the tragedy and brutality of war and the suffering it brings.

Elsa in her capacity as a nurse, who no doubt saw all manner of mangled and broken men, and Viktor the muddy, bloody, living hell that was the front line of the trenches. It only makes sense that such people would be able to understand each other in ways others wouldn't.

Elsa has no doubt spent plenty of time treating wounded soldiers and seen the emotional anguish, and so would be able to see through that sour intimidating facade that keeps most people at arms length. While Viktor could find reassurance in the company of a kind and compasionate woman like Elsa

But many fans have found themselves wondering if there could be more to it than that.

Viktor spent some time staying at the arbogast household, and it seems in that time Elsa got to know Viktor very well, learning more about his life than even Ivy, someone that can approach Viktor much easier than most as a stand in daughter to him, and even to the extent she knows Viktor would never have agreed to let her put herself in danger

Viktor for his part may also feel more than just friendly towards her, if the face he makes when she is finally able to get through to him by phone to inform him about Ivy putting herself in danger is anything to go by.

Having been in a pit of deep despair over the memory of his far away daughter, plus the poor state of his health with compromised knees and a hole in his chest, hearing from her seems to make that normally scowling face soften

But before we all jump on that bandwagon and "Viktor x Elsa" become our new Lackadaisy otp, we have to consider the jolly British elephant in the room.

Bobby Bastion

Bobby is another war veteran and it was though their service that they met just after the war and later married.

He appears to be a very jolly and affable chap (relative to most bootleggers anyway), which may well be what drew Elsa to him in the first place. Someone who could counter her melancholy from the dark times they went through

He seems to be very aware and considerate of his wife's relative melancholy, by Elsa's own admission leaving a very lucrative funeral trade in the big city to move too a small quiet community that offered little business but gave Elsa the peace and quiet she needed (like Viktor it seems she hates "noise, noise, noise" thanks to the war).

Their involvement in bootlegging in the first place it seems was to compensate for this and provide the income to sustain this relative isolation

But despite this, perhaps their diffent mindset has become more of a barrier between them rather than something that compliments each other?

As the family illustration suggests, Bobby is relatively content and able to smell the flowers, while Elsa remains haunted. Bobby's humour also seems to have little effect on Elas's mood

Could it be that Elsa would be drawn to someone like Viktor, someone who suffers from the same trauma as her and may be more willing to admit to the pain, than a husband who despite the best of intentions is trying to just smooth over the problem? Quite possible

But even with that strong connection and bond between them, even if there is a mutual spark, does that suggest an actual affair? That's the big question here.

While arguably not handling his wife's troubles in the best way, Bobby seems to be a loving husband doing his best for his wife who he cares for deeply. Is Elsa the type of person who would cheat on her kind husband for helping in the "wrong way"?

Plus Bobby not only shows no sign of concern about Viktor staying with them and being around his wife, but, (despite his brother in laws interuption) mentions that he was very grateful for Viktor's help and actually saw him as almost "part of the family"

Is this a case of "ignorance is bliss"? Does he simply blindly trust his wife so much that the possibility doesn't even occur to him, or does he know her well enough to be certain that infidelity is something she simply would not do?

But this is all speculation at this point. What do you think?

Is poor Bobby blind to what happened under his own roof? Is it a matter of two people feeling an attraction but tragically unable to act on it due to circumstances? Or is it just an innocent matter of two wounded souls with shells and screams still ringing in their ears recognizing the scars on each other and offering some understanding?

Thanks to @ursiday whose Viktor and Elsa art got my over analysing brain juices flowing again ;)

#lackadaisy #tracy j butler #lackadaisycats #elsa arbogast #bobby bastion #elsa bastion #viktor vasko #viktor x elsa #bobby x elsa #hey look at that i posted a Viktor analysis that doesn't involve Mordecai!#I must be fatally ill #Mind you wouldn't it be funny if Viktor was hopelessly longing for Elsa while Mordecai “repression” Heller quietly did the same for him hah #and by “funny” I mean tragic as all hell

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