#once again i am very normal about cannibal barber propaganda the musical

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Okay I need more Sweeney Todd I'm in shambles about the revival currently. What Sweeney headcanons do you have please share and please elaborate !!! Angst goofy stuff whatever it is I Would Like To Hear

oh anon do i have some headcanons for you

sweeney lost his mother to scarlet fever as a child. his father died from cholera not long after, leaving him an orphan without many prospects. he became an apprentice to a barber on fleet street, who offered him a place to stay and an hourly wage until eventually he too passed away, leaving his home and his fortune to the boy. eventually he had made enough of a name for himself that his business attracted anyone in the central london area, highborn and lowborn.

lucy was initially born into high society and lived quite comfortably for most of her life. her father was a merchant and a sailor who worked for the east india company up until his untimely death at sea in the late 1850s. she then moved to london and lived with her grandmother where she worked as a washerwoman until she met and married benjamin barker.

lucy was always very fond of books. her father had taught her how to read at a young age and ever since she always seemed to have one with her wherever she went. her favourite books were often horror stories and gothic novels such as mary shelley's frankenstein, the vampyre by john william polidori, and various short stories by edgar allen poe.

before they had johanna, lucy was originally pregnant with another child; a daughter she and benjamin planned to name annabel lee, after their favourite poem. unfortunately due to birthing complications she died in the womb and was born stillborn. they buried her on a hill by the sea and had carved on her tomb: for the moon never beams / without bringing me dreams / of the beautiful annabel lee.

both sweeney and mrs. lovett have killed at least one person prior to the events of sweeney todd.

lucy's maiden name is winthrop.

there is a brief honeymoon period that happens between act one and act two where sweeney and mrs. lovett are rather domestic with one another that lasts for a few months or so.

sweeney sometimes mumbles in his sleep about lucy when he's in bed with mrs. lovett. she has heard him on more than one occasion.

mrs. lovett and sweeney have both used lucy as a means of coping in one way or another: for sweeney, he sometimes pretends mrs. lovett is lucy to try and regain some sense of normalcy, while mrs. lovett pretends she herself is lucy as a means of holding onto whatever scraps of affection sweeney has given her.

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