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The part I appreciate the most in the Lockwood and Co show is how it handles depression and suicidal thoughts in teenagers. As a theme, it’s not often (ever) done well. Lockwood and Co is the only story I can think of that depicts it in a nuanced, realistic, non-romanticized way
but first, before I get into it: [if you’re in crisis or need someone to talk to and don’t want to/can’t use your national hotline, highly recommend Samaritans, genuinely saved my life] okay, let’s go
Lockwood is the most obvious, with his general disregard for his own life and admitted suicidal ideation. Lucy struggles with her self-worth and the intensity of the emotions she’s subjected to. George worries that he doesn’t belong, that there’s something useless or wrong about him. The show depicts these thoughts and feelings in a way that isn’t overblown or dramatized, it’s all but casual. Which is how it happens. Depression or suicidal thoughts don’t crash into you all at once, they creep into your life without you noticing
But more importantly (and again, something I’ve never seen anywhere else), the show also offers counterpoints to those thoughts and feelings. It shows that there is a way out, even though you may feel trapped and hopeless. This is crucial for the show’s target demographic. Bad media depictions of depression or suicide get internalized, contribute to the stigma, and make it harder for people to ask for help. This show doesn’t do that. This show tells its audience that, yes, things are scary and painful and it fucking sucks, but it’s not hopeless. And it says it so well
In the second episode, when Lucy wants to quit, she admits something that I’m almost certain she’s never told anyone
“sometimes I just think I’d be better off dead”
And when I watched this the first time, I expected Lockwood to react the way I’ve seen people react in my own life; with silence or panic or downright dismissal. But he didn’t. He stays calm and he says something that is so so important to hear when you’re struggling under the weight of feelings like this
“I understand that”
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When George and Flo tell Lucy and Lockwood that they have organised blind dates for then are the same time at the same restaurant, the two are almost offended that their friends didn't think they would have worked out they were being sent on a date together. Only for them to get to the restaurant to find that George and Flo have actually found them each their own dates. Suddenly Lockwood and Lucy are left sitting on opposite sides of the restaurant, able to stare directly at each other as they sit through the worst blind dates of all time, realising that they were actually really looking forward to the idea of going on a date with the other. And, of course, George and Flo planned for this to happen all along.
Yes. Also just realized I didn’t add Flo. Which would probably be: Flo “what’s-a-moral-code?” Bones
Hi, welcome to Lockwood and Co.
We have:
Anthony “sad-boi” Lockwood
Lucy “come-over-here-and-see-how-feisty-I-am” Carlyle
Quill “I-don’t-know-how-to-deal-with-not-being-useful-anymore” Kipps
George “my-conspiracy-theories-are-usually-right” Cubbins/Karim
Holly “I’m-bad-at-confrontation” Munro
Ned “brawn-over-brain” Shaw
Bobby “I’m-think-I’m-smarter-than-George” Vernon
Kat “am-I-the-only-one-with-the-brain-cell” Godwin
Montagu “can-these-children-chill-for-once” Barnes
And
“I-can-be-evil-at-times-but-sadly-I-care-about-people-now” Skull
Thinking about the calming effect seeing a heron had on George.
locklyle vs their friends
no but really I can't stop thinking about it. Holly losing her entire team. Lucy losing hers. Flo being apprenticed by people probably only a bit older than her and losing them as well. the three-way venn diagram of Holly/Lucy/Flo where you have Lucy and Holly falling through windows and Holly and Flo stranded alone beside their dead friends throughout the night and all three of them as sole survivors of their teams. the way this is almost a normal thing in this world. these three girls who are so, so different but so, so the same because they're wounded in the same ways and just reacted to it differently. Flo broke completely and had to build herself back up from the rubble. Holly turned to taking support roles, lacking in the connections she used to have. Lucy got angrier and more reckless and isolated herself so she wouldn't be the cause of more people dying. all three of them are alone-ish when we meet them and all three of them are in different stages of their character arcs with their survivor identifies as the inciting cause of those arcs. and by the end they're not alone anymore. and they're not afraid of the connection any longer, to each other, or to others.
Trying something new. Introducing the Iron Trio plus Kipps and Flo Bones.
The scenes and voiceover is from Lockwood and Co. on Netflix and the song is Do I Wanna Know? By Arctic Monkeys.
Lucy, George, Holly, Flo, Kipps, Barnes, etc: Lockwood, no!!
Lockwood: Lockwood, yes!!
Can we talk about the scene in Lockwood and Co where Flo, George, and Lockwood are all talking and:
Flo: “Where have you been hiding this one, Locky?”
George: “I could ask the same thing, LOCKY”
And Lockwood looks at him with the most HATE FILLED stare
Flo: So are you and Lockwood a couple?
Lucy: No, what makes you think that.
Flo: Among many, many other reasons, the handholding.
Lucy: Oh that. Well, we tried kiddie reins but he is too good at buckles so I either hold his hand or he goes to fistfight a relic man.
locklyle vs their friends
Here is every one of these I could find:
The bridge between life and death
I got bored and painted the L & Co. sign from the netflix adaptation <3