#dhmis hv benjamin

[spookythesillyfella]

TELL ME MOR E ABOUT YOUR AU.

GIVE ME YOUR LAMP AND BREIFCASE AU LORE (if you got em)

I know your au is about a band i believe? And all the misadventures and drama and truama that happens with these guys (give them therapy)

WITH PLEAZURE . DEAR PERZY !!!!!!!!!!

so Larz [Lamp] iz the bazically the bazzizt of High Voltage — i say "bazically" becauze hez not an official member or anything . hez juzt kind of there sometimez

hiz storyline moztly revolvez around him trying to break out of hiz shell and lurn to truzt the people around him . and growing comfortable with hiz queer identity

hez been miztreated becauze of the fact hez tranzmazc ever since hiz younger yearz [cough Warrenbeatinghimupwhenhecameout cough cough] and hez been so izolated from folkz ever since — a lot of hiz story iz focuzed on how he acceptz the fact therez ppl who luv him [HV crew] regardlezz of such thingz :3

Benjamin [Briefcaze] on the other hand iz the spawn of Satan.

... alright a bit of an exaggeration . but hez very inzufferable

hez Brendonz younger brother [of courze] but hez alwayz been treated az the golden sibling ; alwayz praized and prioritized over Brendon . maintaining the high expectationz impozed onto him by the family . unlike Brendon

he adopted a lot of the mentality hiz parentz had regarding Brendon — that "hez irrezponzible" and "doeznt care about the world around him" and how "hez only focuzed on stupid . childish dreamz" — but unlike them . he believez that Brendon iznt a lozt cauze entirely ; that if he can juzt guide Brendon in the right direction . he'll surely get better with time and find that same pazzion for working that hez alwayz had

in other wordz . he earnz Brendy boy an internship at "Peterson's And Son's And Friends: Bits and Parts Limited" — where hez the head of the marketing department — and letz Brendon live with him . under the condition that he givez up making muzic.

itz clear Brendon doeznt like theze conditionz but — between living a secret life in hiz brotherz apartment and living authentically on the streetz — surely it seemz obviouz what hez willing to do.

★ az a small azide : Benjamin and Larz do have a couple of interactionz in the au — but thatz only when Larz comez over to crash for the night after drinking becauze Brendon letz him stay there when necezzary ; Benjamin doeznt really have a problem with thiz az long az hez notified . but haz a negative opinion over Larz for hiz "recklezznezz" and "addiction"

[spookythesillyfella]

every time i wonder "maybe i went too far with Benjaminz writing ; maybe im juzt making him out to be more evil than he iz in reality..." i then remember how he actually canonically treatz Brendon and i think "i havent made him evil enough."

[spookythesillyfella]

"hey Benjamin . im tranzgender – im a guy and i would like u to call me Brendon from now on"

"oh thatz cool ; ill support my brother no matter what !!"

"yeah .. alzo i wanna be a lyric writer"

"..."

[spookythesillyfella]

Spooky, you’re probably asleep when I’m sending this but I really wanted to ask about Briefcase and Brendon’s relationship in their childhoods!! (I love them dearly and I wanna hear your au versions dynamic)

HII !!!!

yes . i waz indeed sleeping . BUT NOW – after getting done with all the mundane buizness of everyday – I CAN FINALLY ANSWER AN ASK THAT IVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO !!! ¥_^

SO !!!!!

in their childhood . brendon and benjamin were never close – becauze of the harsh environment that their parentz put them through [having a predetermined life already planned out for them . high academic expectationz . unaccepting failure and / or falling short of their insanely high standardz] cauzed a split between them from their formative yearz

benjamin . being the younger sibling . waz alwayz controlled and sheltered more than brendon . since their parentz realized they must've "went wrong somewhere" becauze brendon showed no interest in their way of thinking and wouldn't internalize their philosophy of "you're only worth living if you contribute something to society" – in other wordz . benji never saw anything wrong with the way he waz being treated and adopted the same viewz az them

brendon . on the other hand . thought thiz way of thinking waz flawed from the start ; a resentment from both sidez began to blossom – brendon angered by the inability of hiz family to accept the fact he doezn't want to follow the whole plan they mapped out and their insistence to "push him back on the right track" by trying to take away all the things that he liked to do [muzic making equipment . computer . not allowing him to go outside and spend time with people . etc.] ; thiz iz what mostly lead to brendon developing bpd

the two'z parentz were rather popular when it came to the buizness world . having access to a lot of connectionz . companiez . high ranking individualz . and often had benjamin tagging along with them at meetingz and partiez when he waz a teenager – in theze meetingz . he'd get praized quite often in the face of people deemed "important" by hiz family whilst brendon alwayz got put down for "being a slacker" or "making foolish decizionz that would hurt him and the family in the long run" ; a lot of the thingz said by them shaped the view he had over hiz brother . but rather than making him hold hatred for the older one . he seemed a little more pitiful toward him – "maybe he just needz some gentle guidance !!! if i try harder . im sure i can fix him – im great at everything . after all !!!" sort of thinking

brendon waz kicked out the minute he turned 18 and when that happened hiz entire family cut all contact with him – in their wordz . "until you get your shit together . you're not allowed to come back"

however . when benjamin got hiz own apartment . he thought that the treatment hiz family had for brendon WAZ rather harsh . and called him up . offering to let him live together . under ONE condition – that brendon would give up on trying to make muzic and get a real job . in order for their family to accept him again

brendon waz utterly desperate to live in an actual home . so of course he agreed to move in with him . but wazn't willing to give up on making muzic – he'z been doing it in secrecy ever since moving in together

ever since living together in the absence of their family . the two have begun to tolerate one another more and more . despite the fact they still have biasez towardz one another

[spookythesillyfella]

i love how "getting run over twice and then joining the band of who ran you over" honestly soundz like such a tracey and brendon thing