I know it's late for this, but here's how I think characters in the Mysterious Benedict Society would have reacted to the solar eclipse.
Nicholas- obviously he'd be so excited for this. The world goes dark, he passes out with joy.
Rhonda- buys everyone eclipse glasses and makes sure they understand the dangers of looking at the sun
Number Two- complains about the traffic because tons of tourists are coming for the eclipse and her mom has a ton of weird conspiracies about what the eclipse means, but once the eclipse is happening, she very much enjoys it.
Milligan- happy that he's able to experience such a unique and special moment with his daughter that he will treasure forever
Miss. Perumal- educates the children on how solar eclipses happen and bakes cookies for the watch party
Kate- climbs a tree so she can be closer to the sun and get a better view
Martina- was planning on forcing the tetherball team to practice through the eclipse, but begrudgingly cancels practice to join Kate in the tree
Reynie- is excited about the eclipse in a very average, but endearing way.
Sticky- is fascinated by and excited for the eclipse, but then he saw a video about what happened to that one person that stared at the sun and even though he knows that won't happen to him because he has the right glasses, he still can't get the thought out of his head. His friends help him calm down, and he ends up enjoying the eclipse.
Constance- pretends she doesn't care about it that much, but she actually does and writes an incredibly beautiful poem about it afterwards which she shows to no one.
Nathaniel/Curtain- cancels classes at the Institute to view the eclipse and somehow turns it into a metaphor about himself. I don't know exactly how he would do this, something about the moon being the darkness of Nicholas that blocks out the brilliance of the sun (himself), but the sun is all powerful and shall surely rise again, I don't know, something like that. However, if this happened during season 2, he would 100% incorporate it into his cult's doctrine just because he can. He'd make that the day and hour of his evil plans just for the symbolism.
Jackson and Jillson- they also saw the video about the people who stared at the sun and they have made it their personal mission to warn everyone about proper eye protection
SQ- he's happy to be able to spend the day with his dad watching the sky. He later draws a really beautiful picture of the eclipse.
Jeffers- stares directly at the sun and suffers permanent eye damage despite being warned multiple times
Dr. Garrison- fascinated by the eclipse for scientific reasons, but takes advantage of the distraction to escape and begin hatching an evil plot
Marlon- does not care at all that the eclipse is happening but goes along with whatever Curtain wants
Captain Noland- views the eclipse as a sign of coming doom
Cannonball- is 100% on board with whatever conspiracy Noland believes
Number Two's mom- views the eclipse as a sign of coming doom
Number Two's brother- is 100% on board with whatever conspiracy his mom believes
Number Two's sister- doesn't care at all that the eclipse is happening, but goes along with whatever her mom wants
And I know I've been doing mostly show characters, but...
Crawlings- stares directly at the sun and suffers permanent eye damage. But he only stared at it with one eye because he kept the other one closed thinking that would somehow save him from being burned, so now he wears an eyepatch over his bad eye, but that's not the same one as the one where he lost his eyebrow, so it doesn't cover that damage either, he just looks like a mess.
The Rest of the Ten Men- think Crawlings is an idiot for looking at the sun and claim they don't care at all that the eclipse is happening (Sharpe lowkey does, would never admit it).
Seymour, the orphanage cat- continues being a cat. Is very confused when it is suddenly nighttime. Then when its daytime again, he shrugs it off and goes about his business.
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TMBS x KOTLC ability headcanons
(Aka the AU that ABSOLUTELY NOBODY WOULD CARE ABOUT EXCEPT ME. But here)
FTMBS characters as elves:
Reynie: Empath all the way. And he does little things whenever he gets a read on someone’s emotions. If they’re feeling sad, he does something small to brighten their day. If they’re feeling anxious, he helps them calm down. If they’re feeling super happy, he hypes them up. If they’re feeling lonely, he makes a point to show how much he cares all day. 🥺
Kate: Phaser or Conjurer. Either one makes sense for her, though walking through walls just feels SO on brand for her. On the other hand, making a bunch of objects appear out of thin air is ALSO on brand for her since she relies on so many little things. Perhaps she could be both—I think it’s mentioned that a some people do get two abilities (not counting polyglots) even though it’s rare (and Sophie foster doesn’t count). So either she’s able to break down and walk through solid surfaces or the void is her red bucket. You decide.
Sticky: He DOES have two abilities because one of them is definitely polyglot. He’s a polyglot he can speak ALL the languages and you can’t convince me otherwise. As for his second ability, I believe he is an enhancer (actually I also think Reynie could be an enhancer, but I’m pretty stretched to the idea of him as an empath). He also still has his photographic memory and love for knowledge so he knows almost everything, but he also loves the way he can hold a friend’s hand and make their ability multiply in power. It’s like… a physical sign of how supportive he is of all his friends and how much he wants to help.
Constance: I mean if I didn’t make her a telepath I’d be stupid. Of course she’s a telepath. But since she’s Constance and she gets a special power in a world where no one has special powers, im actually gonna give her TWO special powers. Either she’s one on those rare cases I mentioned, or she’s like Sophie Foster (which is totally possible. She has no clue where she came from or who her parents are in the showverse, and she her memories are spotty……./genetic engineering and memory tampering? 👀) but I digress. She’s a pyrokinetic. She is ABSOLUTELY a pyrokinetic. She’s a telepath and a pyrokinetic and we love her.
I’d love to hear the thoughts of my TMBS mutuals who aren’t kotlc fans as well <3
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