The Last Binding - Tumblr Posts
Edwin COULD, of course, write to Mr and Mrs Ross and get an incredible reaction from Alan.. š¤
Addy, reading mail: it says āto Lord, Lady, Miss and Mrs. Blyth. Who the hell is Mrs Blyth?
Violet: Is it me?
Maud: surely not, surely anyone whose anyone would know /id/ be Mrs Debenham
Edwin, sighing: whoās it from?
Addy: hawthorn
Edwin: I fucking thought so. Itās me. Iām Mrs Blyth. Heās being an arse
Addy, opening the letter: and, youāre correct. He sends his love. Mainly to maud.
Edwin: yes that would be Jack. Iād say I should write him and call Alan Mrs Alston but I fear that would only result in Alan wringing my neck
The part I hate about loving a read so much is the inevitable reading slump afterwards. Iām re-reading tlb for the third time this year. Nothing else interests me. The need and love in my soul for these babies is unfathomable.
This post made me realize so many things about myself
This is like Edwin and jacks whole problem
I forgot about the scene in the barrel with Robin, Edwin and Arthur Manning. Iām so glad I did, because relistening to it was a thrill. And Jack almost wondering what he is missing by not fucking Robin after that interaction? Golden
No Tumblr, I donāt want to turn on post notifications! I want to feel the intense dopamine rush of opening tumblr and seeing there are new posts about my favourite sodomites!
My new creative writing project is suffering greatly from me knowing I will never write an enemies-to-lovers as compelling and loveable as Jack and Alan. I am simply too intimidated to even try getting anything written.
Then again, I really need to work on this āitās not worth doing if it isnāt greatā tendency of mine
God imagine being the waiter trying to figure out who Maud is dating. Especially if Alan and Violet have already been mentally crossed off as one couple. Is it the himbo boxer who looks suspiciously like her? The actual honest-to-god walking ghost? Is the weirdly old grumpy guy her sugar daddy? Whatās the deal here???
HELLO!
do you have any tlb headcannons for dates (both in canon and irl)?
what dates the characters would go on, I mean.
what would they do on their dates?
How often would they HAVE dates?
I can totally imagine Jack taking Alan on a date to a fancy restaurant while the latter complains the whole time. I can also totally imagine Edwin and Robin having little picnic dates at Sutton.
I know you have a hc about them going on a triple date, but I NEEED to know more of your thoughts. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee!
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oh absolutely I do
immediately youāre so right about the restaurant thing. both modern and canon jack gets his way w going to some place expensive as Fuck like once every three months and is SO patronising about it (they pretend itās a very long, laborious business meeting in canon to explain away why theyāre passionately bickering over desert. jack is alarmingly good at switching from insulting alans intelligence and bloodline to his ideas about maximising profit without missing a beat when a waiter walks by). alan grumbles the whole time but it doesnāt stop him ordering the most expensive thing on the menu even if he isnāt 100% sure what it actually is, because hey, HE isnāt paying. he also enjoys getting dirty looks from everyone around him for doing something egregious (he picked up the wrong spoon or something) and jack finds watching it very entertaining (attractive)
in modern and canon they also go to the theatre pretty regularly, courtesy of jacks bank account and my theatre kid need to project. les mis is the staple in modern but they both prefer plays over musicals and just go and see whatever violet points them to. alan likes shakespeare (particularly the tragedies) and jack will watch pretty much anything (he likes to watch alans reactions when they see something heās already been to because heās whipped)
oh robin and edwin little picnic dates is so real and true aswell, theyāre basically that one maurice scene. edwin prefers the privacy of going out to sutton where it can just be the two of them though sometimes theyāll go out to london parks to. in modern they regularly go on little coffee shop dates even when theyāre married (and still call them dates) because robin loves it very vocally and edwin loves it very quietly. they donāt really do restaurants because theyāre overstimulating as Shit, and prefer quietly spending time together in more private settings.
modern museum dates to but its basically just parallel play <3 robin vanishes to the art sections and edwin is off in the history and science and they reconvene at the cafe to take turns yapping about what they saw. edwin retains some of what robin tells him, nothing so positive can be said for the reverse but edwin just likes having someone to talk at
violet and maud drag each other around london 24/7, going to whatever new oddity or show they can find. they do ANYTHING new, they just love exploring and spending that time together. they also do picnic dates that are a touch more extravagant than robin and edwin, and last a lot longer. in modern aquarium dates are very important and maud has a tendency to wander off if you donāt keep an eye on her
the triple date thing is Thee silliest shit in my head. itās violets idea and she - alongside maud - are so enthusiastic that itās impossible to say no. itās usually in bars/sometimes restaurants and, as edwin points out, thereās very little difference between it and them just going out normally (āit is the THOUGHT behind it Edwin. The INTENTā). itās just incredibly funny for them to see how the waitstaff interpret this very chaotic group who claim to all be on dates (people regularly assume violet and alan are dating, thatās the most common one. someone said something about robin and jack once and they havenāt lived it down).
I tried to order the last binding trilogy in hardcover bc i love me some hardcovers to collect but some bastard decided that a restless truth is sold out ???
Lowkey thinking about a last binding related tattoo to fulfill my tattoo fever
We dont talk about how the blyths very obviously have adhd enough
The last binding fandom needs to grow immediately, itās so easy to be obsessively consuming dead boy detectives content because there is SO MUCH OF IT but Iām also absolutely desperate for any last binding shit to fill my cold soul with joy
This absolutely would go for Courcey too if he was transported to modern times btw
Iām so sorry to say this but Edwin would understand modern technology and the internet if he had anyone in his life who could explain it to him via physics instead of via the common experience. I know this as someone unfortunately a bit too familiar with physics and a wife in IT.
Consider: Jack would do it even more if Alan acts like a cat in a bathtub, just to tease him
Jack is such a forehead kisser and I donāt mean that about Alan, Alan acts like a cat in a bathtub if he tries anything that soft with him I mean with maud and violet and Polly. That man is such a forehead kisser. He is such a softie.
Remember when I whined about the restless truth being out of stock when I was trying to order the trilogy in hardcover?
Well, I have received information in my email that it is ENTIRELY SOLD OUT NOT COMING BACK.
Some god is fucking with me so hard right now. This was the only place in Finland I could find it from. Do I seriously need to start browsing the EU markets?! Ew.
I neeeed more domestic tlb squad fics. I just wanna see them living their happy queer life. Is that too much to ask?!
Entire whole ass icon behaviour what a guard dog boyfriend of a man
love that itās canon that robin hands over edwin to jack like ābabe hold my beerā before starting the bar fight of the century that results in the british magic system being completely reconstructed
Itās so hard not being a creative and fanboying over something where the fandom is like 6 people. I canāt make art or write fic or create anything meaningful but I would gladly copyedit the FUCK out of anything even slightly related just to feel the thrill of content and shared passion and I will seek out every bit of posting and commentary I can find. What am I supposed to do with all this restless energy.
Hey tlb fandom I DEMAND more fics, actually, get on it guys
I want a Hawthorn in my life (and preferably in my bed). SOMEONE needs to handle me at my most prickly and unlikeable.