So I was thinking about where I’d want to slot Emmy into the Layton bros au because I wasn’t entirely keen on just having her being a spy for Targent hanging around both Des and Hershel because:
A) Des is an extreme loner when it comes to cases he wouldn’t enjoy the constant company nor would he hire someone off the street regardless of how much they tried to assert themselves
B) Hershel isn’t an archeologist so it’s not like they’d be getting any cool Azran hot tips right off the press
And while I don’t put it past Bronev to send a spy out purely for personal reasons, overall Emmy’s purpose I felt was better allocated elsewhere to make things more interesting.
Since Descole is no longer the main antagonist through the prequels I pushed Targent to the front to being the main conflict, but still felt as if I wanted a constant face for both Hersh and Des (and Luke) to constantly run into during their adventures. I considered Rachel (because she is alive in this au) and Leon both being that face for Targent, but decided against it when I realized I could have Emmy fill that antagonistic role instead.
It’s a bit of an interesting little trade off because while you get less Emmy content in the prequels due to her villain status, I’d want to give her a redemption arc and have her be with the main gang for AL and then be around for the og trilogy.
Personality wise she's definitely still Emmy, everything she does just has a sinister edge to it. You don't wanna be on the other end of her wrath because you'll be scrambling away with more than just a broken nose.
i’m honestly not even mad at the whole marriage thing. it just makes stuff even funnier to me, like andrea wanting more drama for the wedding. ma’am your son has a wife AND a fiancé, what more do you want?
We kicked it off nicely with character study fics last time, so now it’s time to talk about our favourite minor characters more specifically as well.
To recap, our January event, as usual, was to recommend and review our favorite fics that we read in 2022! To make things a little bit more interesting and fun, we treated it a bit like an awards ceremony or spotify wrapped. If you know the tumblr accounts of any authors on AO3 that were mentioned but not tagged, please tag them!
Continuing with our rec lists, here's part fifteen, the MWG nominations for best appearance by a tertiary character!
Temporary Place to Stay by walkingonthestars
adrien agreste & caline bustier // post-hm defeat // good teacher caline bustier // angst with a happy ending
What To Do When Your Superhero Has the Flu by Ronoken
"I suspected it for a while. And my suspicions were confirmed when I saw this gloomy castle. Then I knew it must be you orchestrating this plot, Descole."
i love that layton says that what confirmed for him descole was behind the plot of eternal diva was because of the castle, but also they have, at this time, only met once before. either layton subconsciously remembered that hershel bronev was really into edgy castles or his five minutes of interaction with descole was enough for him to go yeah this man would absolutely build a spiky castle on a deserted island. no one else can be behind this even though there is no direct indication to suggest descole is involved otherwise. and i think that's incredible
i met frank, and i gave him my art, and he drew me little tattoos :(((
i got to tell him how much he meant to me and how much all of his projects have helped me over the years and how much of an inspiration he is to me and i told him that he was the reason i wanted to be a tattoo artist .FUCK.
dang i rejected that bdsm worship thing because i didnt think my character would accept but *i* as a player wanted to accept lmao. and turns out astarion is into that shit 😔
I think I'll be eternally haunted by the fact that when I chose my pen name I didn't realize how the last name I chose would be spelled (little known fun fact, it's the original spelling of my englishified actual last name) so it's technically Skyl but some dipshit didn't find that out until years later and now it's like I'd LOVE to change it to Skyl instead of Skyll but at this point it's iconic so
I think about my blorbos in a tv show a lot and ive thought about how v- would be revealed. Theyd be revealed with a camera pan from their feets up to their head as a subtle nod to how theyve been Objectified their whole life
might fuck around and read death note as an allegory for hiding one’s true queer self for fear of being found out and outed/etc in a queerphobic society even in the face of people who are literally just like you and open about it