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judenostopwaitkeepgoing · 3 months ago

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Your Villain to the Rescue 🪽

18+ | Suggestive Content | EN-released Villains only

Scenario: You collapse from exhaustion! How does your villain react?

CW: fainting/medical emergency

A/N: The Crown boys are all very capable in emergency situations, but what if the person in the emergency was their beloved robin? (Pretty sure some version of this scenario happens in every villain's route lol but I love when a heart of stone gets mushy and protective so here we are.)

William Rex

You're on your way back from a mission when Will notices you swaying a bit. You're barely tilted forward mid-faint when he catches you. His reaction is so immediate and effortless, the other Crown members on the mission hardly notice that something is wrong. He alerts them softly, his face indecipherable, and tells them that he's going to carry you ahead to Roger right away. He doesn’t look panicked on the outside, but inside he is kind of worried. What concerns him the most is that you'd seemed fine on the mission, so he's wondering if you were drugged with something and feeling angry at himself for not catching it. When you come to in Roger's lab, he’s waiting by your bedside smiling, ready to lightly scold you for overdoing it. He'll also help you out with small daily tasks without even being asked until you recover.

Harrison Gray

Harry is so worried after you collapsed on the way back from what he thought had been a pretty low-stakes mission. Just a routine check into what the Queen suspected was a money-laundering operation at a store with strange hours—you were just doing reconnaissance, so the two of you hadn't even needed to draw your weapons. So hearing the thud of your body on the ground mid-sentence really shook him. He takes you into his arms and hurries you to Roger right away. Turns out you were just anemic. Harry would be sweet when you came to, trying to lighten the mood by telling you that you landed in an embarrassing position or something and then admitting that he was lying. He wouldn't necessarily scold you or communicate just how worried he was, but just know his heart stopped for a fraction of a second when he saw you fall!

Liam Evans

Drama king! Haha. Oh sweet, sweet Liam. He would get so scared if you collapsed. He'd immediately think that you were dying and he'd never see you again. Poor trauma baby. Once you came to and he understood that it was just due to dehydration, he’d be extra clingy and so attentive to your needs that you would have a glass of water in you hand before the thought of being thirsty even entered your peripheral awareness. Our kitty cat might go a little overboard with the attentiveness, but you know it’s because he was scared shitless and doesn’t want anything to happen to you like literally ever again!

Elbert Greetia

Though not as outwardly expressive as Liam, Elbert would also get hella triggered by you passing out. He’d be so worried and scared. His eyes would say it all. He wouldn’t leave your side for a second, even while Roger treated you/assessed what was wrong. he’d also cling to you for days, hardly ever letting you out of his sight and insisting that you eat, drink, and sleep more. You would have to talk through his trauma-response with him and give him some extra love to let him know that you're not going to leave him and that you'll be extra careful from now on.

Alfons Sylvatica

Alfons sees you sway from across the room, surprised that you're up at this hour. He's been out with his ~friends~ for most of the evening, and decided to have a stiff drink in the parlor before calling it a night. He sees you crumple to the ground in front of the window, and surprises even himself by running toward you immediately. To anyone watching, they'd be surprised at how much his facial expression changes—it's rare to see him lose his cool. He checks your pulse and breathing, then carries you gently over to a couch and lies you down. He knows exhaustion and malnutrition when he sees it, and he'd rather stay with you himself than wake up that lame ass doctor. When you wake up, he passes the whole thing off as a joke and pretends to be annoyed at you inconveniently keeping him up even later than usual. He might even ask for ‘compensation’ for watching over you, if only to mask just how terrified he was to see you like that.

Roger Barel

Roger is of course concerned when he notices you drop out of the corner of his eye, but he can't help but immediately go into doctor mode. He positions you comfortably and checks your vitals, coming to the conclusion that you passed out from dehydration/exhaustion. He carries you back to the castle and sets you up in his lab, hooking up an IV to rehydrate you quickly and get some nutrients flowing into your blood. Once you wake up in a daze, he’d smile calmly at you and tell you to take it easy (“doctor’s orders”). He'd pretend to be nonchalant/clinical about the whole thing, but you better believe he's going to keep a closer eye/ear on you from now on.

Victor

Victor handles this so smoothly and effortlessly, you would think he has psychic abilities and could see this coming. And, honestly, he’s seen so many people pass out for various reasons over the years that he’s not too worried about what will happen to you. He’s more worried that it got to this point in the first place. He would blame himself for not noticing sooner that you were overworking yourself and neglecting to drink enough water or eat enough. He’ll be more mindful of it from now on. He would be so sweet, gently brushing your hair out of your face as he gingerly lifts you into his arms and takes you to the castle infirmary, fussing over you like a mother hen once you wake up to normalize the whole thing for you and mask his shame at his own oversight.

Jude Jazza

Jude sees you collapse near where he's stowing the drug that you were on a mission to confiscate, and the first thought that would cross his mind would be ‘Wait a second, I didn’t use my powers on her...’ But once he realizes that you actually need medical attention, he looks down at you, his hair obscuring the pained expression in his eyes, and he mutters to himself, “What kind of idiot faints in broad daylight...” He’d pretend to be pissed about having to carry you back to Crown Castle but deep down he’d be very worried. His scowling face as he leans against the opposite wall would be the first thing you see when you wake up, and your heart would drop. “Fer someone who ain't been eating enough ya sure are heavy." He'd taunt, "Almost had a hernia carryin’ ya all the way back here.” He’d sneer at you and call you stupid for letting yourself get so bent out of shape. Then he’d smirk and say, “How’s the little birdie gonna repay me?”

Ellis Twilight

Ellis is so worried about you! He handled the situation as quickly as possible, too. He lifted you and sprinted toward Crown Castle like he'd done so a thousand times. To him, you weigh next to nothing. He sits quietly by your bed until you wake up, ready with fresh fruit and orange juice. He’d smile at you sweetly, and tell you how worried he was when he saw you collapse. He’d make sure that you were getting adequate food, water, and rest from there on out, gently reminding you to go to bed or to drink some water. He’d keep a very keen eye on you, noticing and trying to guess your exact happiness level, yes, but also to make sure that you were feeling alright.

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judenostopwaitkeepgoing · 4 months ago

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A Class Analysis of the Crown Villains

Analyzing all of the EN-released Villains from who would be the most to least wealthy in 1890s Victorian England.

A/N: This is just for fun! These characters/stories are not that deep, and I don’t want them to be! I just find it fun and silly to think through what this world would actually look like in history, and maybe you do too! 😊 Spoilers for pretty much every villain on the EN server, so read at your own risk! Also I am not a historian or economist, just a gal with a computer, so take all of this with a grain of salt.

Also, I’m assuming that Ikémen Villains takes place sometime in the 1890s in London, England—the tail end of Queen Victoria’s rule. This estimated time frame is based mostly on Harry’s love of Arthur Conan Doyle and passing mentions of when “he has a new novel coming out.” Doyle was a prolific writer and wrote for a long time, but I wanted to keep the time period specific enough to really think through what the economics would be like.

Wealthiest - Jude Jazza

Originally I was going to put the villains who belong to the gentry (Elbert and William and ... Victor??? Maybe?? haha) at the top of the list, but the more I thought it through, the more it became clear that in order for Jude to realistically carry out some of the actions in his route (which I haven’t finished!) or various story events/collection events, he would need to be so fucking rich. Like stupid wealthy. Like not quite at Jeff Bezos level of wealth, but pretty up there.

And baby started from the bottom now he’s here, okay! The fact that Jude grew up in abject poverty then became a successful CEO of a trading company originally struck me as one of the more unrealistic things in the game (which I do not care about, he’s still daddy), but the more I looked into it, the more I got on board with it. The writers were smart to add a rich benefactor to his backstory, because in 1890s London, that was probably the only way for a poor kid from the slums to receive an education. Wealth disparity was bad in the 1890s, and people were mad about it! Jude’s hatred of the rich and powerful is in keeping with working class (and even some middle class) attitudes at the time. And with the rapid development and expansion of the Port of London (from the completion of the Royal Victoria Dock in 1855 to the Port of Tilbury in 1886), trading was the business to be in at the time. So it’s not impossible that Jude could have just lucked out in a few key ways and worked extremely hard to get to where he is (although he would still probably be considered a unicorn in this time period).

As for Raven Co.’s annual profit: who knows. I’m guessing it’s in the billions in today’s money. I’m unsure what Jude’s salary would be, he is explicitly characterized in his route as a fair boss who pays his workers a living wage, but he’s also like randomly really generous with like Ellis or Kate (i.e. giving Ellis a blank check for Xmas, giving Kate more than enough money to get a dress, etc.) so he’s probably taking home plenty. And considering how smart Jude is, he’s probably pretty savvy about saving and investing his money. He also makes a lot of deals and has a lot of involvement overseas, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he has bank accounts in several countries. The man is committed to building his rocket, okay! I’d say his annual income is in the hundred millions of dollars (in today’s money). But his net worth is probably in the billions.

Lord Elbert Greetia

Okay, now on to our first landed-gentry boy: Lord Elbert. Lord Elbert is most likely the wealthiest member of Crown in terms of generational wealth, with William coming in a close second.

Elbert is a member of the landed gentry or “peerage” and uses the title of “Lord,” which he inherited from his father. Being in this class means that he not only has significant wealth (in literal pounds and assets), but it also means that he has a rock-solid social standing and owns land. Land ownership is a big deal here because it means that Lord Elbert has the power to control anyone who might be living/working on property that he owns. And I’m not just talking servants/staff at his estate, I’m talking residents of any townships or villages on the likely acres and acres of land that he's in control of. So he has a passive income via taxing residents and laborers on his land(s)... forever! Being in this class also makes his wealth a lot more stable and immutable than say, Jude, who is a great businessman but whose income and assets are at the mercy of the market/demand.

Elbert’s character in the game is very stoic (until Kate shows up!), and he has deep trauma from his childhood home, so he doesn’t seem to exercise a ton of the privileges that would be available to him in terms of controlling the people who live on his properties. But, if we’re talking the 1890s here, he would probably have entire villages or even small towns under his economic purview. I think of him as a Mr. Darcy type, probably bringing in about £10,000 a year, or a little over £1.5 million/$2 million in today’s money. This combined with the cost of all of his assets or “beautiful things” that he compulsively collects (artwork, fine furniture, jewels, real estate, etc.) means I’d estimate his net worth to be about $70-100 million in today’s money.

Lord William Rex

I’m only putting William after Elbert because I do think Elbert has more non-cash assets, simply from the nature of his curse which causes him to be greedy. But let’s be clear: Lord William is also loaded. He, like Elbert, is a member of the peerage of the time and owns lots of land/real estate. He probably receives a pretty substantial passive income from all of his properties like Elbert.

I do think there’s one key difference between them: I have a feeling that William would either redistribute some of the income that he gets from any taxed residents/workers on his properties or lower their taxes—he just seems like the type to be about that. So that’s another reason why I think Elbert might have a higher net worth. Still, we find out that William paid for the construction of a hospital in his route, and for a man to do that in the 1890s, he’d have to be pretty freaking rich. I’d say that his net worth is probably somewhere between $50-100 million in today’s money.

Victor???

Big question mark around Victor! I’m putting him here just because he is so connected to the Queen, and unless we learn something different from his route, I’m pretty sure that means he’s at least upper class, if not a (former) member of the gentry/peerage. Or perhaps comes from a wealthier family. He also receives a salary and lodging from the Queen (as do all the members of Crown I think) so he’s certainly getting all of his needs met. He’s also the oldest member of Crown, which just makes me assume he’s had more time to accrue savings. But couldn’t tell you what his net worth is even if you held a gun to my head, this is all just vibes haha.

Liam Evans

Liam grew up comfortably upper class, basically wealthy despite not being a member of the landed gentry. His father owns an estate, or at least did when Liam was a child, and had staff and servants. Because of his mental illness and disfigurement, Liam’s father probably relied entirely on family money after a certain point.

As an adult, and considering he is a successful and popular leading actor at a major theater in London at the time, Liam is doing well for himself! He is now much better off than his father! Good riddance! Actors at the major theaters at the time were typically paid anywhere between 2-25 pounds per week, and Liam was likely on the upper end of that spectrum. Let’s say he takes home 20 pounds a week, which in today’s money would be about 3,200 pounds, or about 4,000 dollars. That’s 208,000 dollars a year before tax! Not bad at all! But, it’s worth noting, that at the time actors were definitely not seen as contributing members to society (especially women/actresses—they were essentially thrown into the same category as sex workers), so Liam’s social standing in the grand scheme of things is definitely lower as an actor than it was probably growing up in an upper-middle class house.

Ellis Twilight + Alfons Sylvatica

I’m throwing these two in here together because they are probably doing well for themselves, but only because they are attached to a super-rich person haha. Who knows what their salaries/wages are or what kind of deal they have with their respective sugar daddies (hehe) but suffice to say they don’t have to worry about money. Alfons is probably more irresponsible with his money, only because of his lifestyle, but even so he’s nowhere near as big of a spender as Elbert so it probably all ends up a wash. And I’m assuming that Jude pays Ellis pretty well because he loves him lol.

Harrison Gray

Okay, this one took some digging! Harry’s dad was a police officer, which in today’s world would mean that his family was pretty well-off and Harry had a comfortable upbringing. Not a member of the upper classes/gentry, but probably solidly middle class. This is also implied in the game, or at least Harry isn’t one of the characters that we know grew up poor.

But, it turns out, police officers weren’t paid super well in mid/late 1800s London! Harry’s dad would probably be on the better-paid side of the spectrum because he was a chief/high-ranking, but the police were a relatively new-ish phenomenon and weren’t considered “high-value” professionals. Harry’s dad likely only took home about 10 guineas a week, which in today’s money is about £1,400 or $1,700, so he was making about $88,000 a year in today’s money (before taxes). Which would be relatively comfortable for a single person today, but for a family in the 1800s would be pretty much living paycheck to paycheck with maybe a couple splurge purchases a year (like for Christmas or birthdays). So Harry’s family wasn’t anywhere near as poor as Jude or Alfons were growing up, but they likely lived quite modestly!

As an adult, Harry probably makes a healthy salary as an editor/proofreader. Publishing was booming in the 1890s, and writers were most often serialized in weekly publications, which meant a steady income for both writers and publishers. I’d say Harry is probably taking home a couple hundred pounds at the least per week, so something in the thousands of dollars in today’s terms. It’s unclear to me what the rules of living in Crown castle are. Like do they pay rent? I don’t think so? Let’s say they don’t, which means Harry gets to save/keep all his wages and only spends on personal stuff. He doesn’t seem like the biggest spender, if anything he reads as very sensible with money to me, haha. So he’s likely got a cozy little net worth building up but nothing crazy. Since wealth stratification is so extreme in this time period (the rich were very rich and the poor were very poor), Harry would probably be making enough to still be looked down on by the upper classes and enough to still be the object of contempt for the lower classes.

Poorest ? - Roger Barel

Doctors today are very well paid, but this was not the case in the late 1800s! Growing up, Roger’s dad probably had an annual salary of about 300-500 pounds a year, or roughly $45k-$80k in today’s money. Not a lot to live on for a whole family now, but this probably went further in the 1870s/80s when Roger was growing up. It’s implied that his family lived relatively comfortably, so I’m guessing that his dad had a good reputation and was sought after for his surgical expertise. He may have even gotten paid to teach in surgery ‘theatres’ of the time. (I haven’t read or looked much into Roger’s route so this might be wrong!)

I’m only ranking him last because he seems to not be formally employed haha. Since Roger is not a publicly practicing surgeon, he is relying on his income (?) and lodging from Crown for his day-to-day expenses. This could be any amount it seems, haha, depending on what he asks Victor/the Queen for. He doesn’t seem like a crazy spender, so he’s probably not complaining. I have no idea what his salary would be, though. It doesn’t seem like Crown bothers with all that, haha.

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