lucien arthur drake & matilda bronwyn ruano , as penned by red for villonhq .
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graveyards don’t scare her . nothing would rise from the ground , reach up and grasp for her leg , as she walks through the grass ( already damp with dew , as it is late enough to be considered morning ) ; that is , unless she commanded them to do so . yet , she still had to figure out the answer to that quandary , what word she would speak to rise the dead from their beds , pull them back . nor did she believe she would soon end up beneath the dirt . they say a chill is the feeling of someone stepping over your grave , but she knew better : chills were a quick contraction and subsequent relaxation of the muscles in an attempt to create warmth . likewise , she would have no grave for any to step on .
she’s not surprised to find him here . bronwyn has accepted his presence in places she finds comfort at this point , two souls equally drawn to the spaces close to the edge of life . she had not , of course , reached the grave digging part of her career quite yet , but surrounding herself with death served as a motivation . let there be no more headstones , or at least make them wait longer . no shovel , all she has is a notebook , a pen , and a thermos , and she places herself a few plots from him . the notebook is opened on her lap and does not look away from it as she speaks . ‘ are you always here or do you just manage to know when i’m coming somehow ? ’ @fragaeria
#ii. unlike pascal she will wager on herself. : thread.#idk man tell me 2 shut up cause this got long for no good reason#fragaeria#harveyjessup#harveyjessup001
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it was unusual to see bronwyn much these days , head heavy with a thousand thoughts ( all dealing with the problem at hand ) such that she was weighed down to academic building and her dorm room . yet , she had to eat breakfast , and thus the death shadowed spirit sat , back straight , at one of the tables utility hall . before her fruit , toast , and tea . and of course , a notebook , open to a page of notes on recent workings she’s trying to untangle , as if necrosis was a riddle she just had yet to find the right wordplay for . she sees adore , smiles ( though there’s a hint of something caustic to it ) , and beckons her over . ‘ having a good morning ? ’ @daisieds
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with carefully selected schedules , avoiding geneds until they were thrust upon her by an advisor , bronwyn did not know many of the professors outside hers and adjacent departments . thus the figure approaching , while one she had seen before , was somewhat unfamiliar ; in fact , she was unsure if he was a professor or a grad student ( the headphones and the general energy hinted towards the latter ) . she stiffens slightly , shoulders rolled back and lips pursed , at the approach —— she has things on her mind , the steps taken across the quad had purpose behind them , wanting to reach the lab . the topic manages to soften her slightly , though there’s a slight feeling of superiority when he tells her the name . ‘ just mine , ’ she answers , ‘ is he not supposed to be out ? ’ perhaps his nickname name was accurate .
a thirty-year-old paces toward the other presence, the song “ we are the world ” booming from the headphones hooked to his brand-new sony discman. lightly sun-tanned hands push up the falling headset; aramis’ slightly ungraceful, frenzied energy would probably fit in better with the students than the other members of the faculty. yet he does belong to it, a rookie professor. in rapid french, the novice asked, “ have you seen a cat anywhere? he has black fur, but bright orange spots on his coat. i named him kevin bacon,” he says, with his best impression of a generic “american” accent, “ but he answers to bête. “
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he wanders the aisles of the library with little direction , no real method to his madness . some say don’t judge books by their covers , yet lucien does ; eyes scan for something that catches his eye , something warn and likely dark in color —— he’s hoping for something moody . he usually is . he still makes time to read , to consume texts like a fire , even now that he was trying to write more ( now that he had found purpose ) . fire’s must be fed to create light . he turns another corner and finds himself looking at someone familiar . it takes a second for the recognition to occur , the nights the notions found themselves at bisou as marred by a certain haze as they are considered productive by the group members . ‘ vonnegut , right ? ’ he asks , searching for confirmation . @scnctified
#ii. st. michael traded for new age spiritualism and cigarettes. : thread.#maryestherkim#maryestherkim001#scntified
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here we go again ! this is lucien but u can call him luce and oh boy , he just wants to be a tortured artist so bad ? like please calm down and stop thinking that tragedy occurring near you is there to make you a better writer . here for the drama , dug himself so deep into his teenage rebellion that he will likely not surface until he’s in his mid thirties at least . i wish i had pop culture to reference for him but i just have a general hand - waving at his foolish self .
full name , lucien arthur drake
age , twenty one
gender , cis male
pronouns , he / him
year , third year undergrad
concentration , literature ( philosophy minor )
traits , fervent , articulate , irreverent , perceptive
aesthetic , family photo that is prettier than reality , perfectly posed to make it look like you love each other ; a st . michael pendant forogtten in a jacket pocket ( more accurately : traded in for new age spiritualism and cigarettes ) , found by accident in a rush to get out the door ; pressure weighing down on the shoulders of a first born son who has always been second best ; a reflection that looks far too much like your father for you to be comfortable with mirrors
activities , at bisou , arriving early in the evening to claim a favorite back booth for a group of friends. ; at coco , the portrait of a tortured artist drinking yet another cup of black tea , still writing in that notebook despite the hour.
song , dark eyed sister by harold budd
rumor , the writer’s group they’re part of is trying too hard to be the second coming of the inklings
headcanons .
tw . alcohol mention , assholes that like to make things about themselves ( he’s the asshole )
lucien grew up in a house where appearance meant everything ( something he believes he’s shaken , when really he’s only traded in one mask for another ) . a large victorian housed the drake family : a business man who had married a family of old money’s eldest daughter , creating a couple that was happy to be together , but never had anything between them that came close to love . they had two sons , of which lucien was the elder , the next coming six years later . he has vague memories of when he was the only child , when he was applauded for his intelligence , the way he spoke like he was older than he was and consumed books with ease . yet , when henry came , henry the prodigy , and it was discovered that their elder boy was merely just above average but not truly exceptional . . . well , the praise stopped coming as frequently .
lack of praise turned to criticism when lucien declared he wanted to be a writer . snide remarks about how he would come to his senses one day . he decided he never would , and spite is a powerful motivator . he decided to push away from them in any way he could , diving headfirst into teenage rebellion . if he could not impress them , perhaps he could find his way by acting in every way their antithesis . he fell from grace and loved the way it felt : along with poetry and literature , he filled his world with cigarettes and cheap booze , forsook their religion for new age spirituality , and fell in step with the types of people his mother would give tight lipped smiles to before crossing the street .
when he arrived at villon , he was too deep in this to even consider coming up for air , but luckily he was able to find a group of like - minded individuals . they took inspiration from the inklings and the beat generation , started calling themselves the notions , and took up residence at a back booth at bisou at least every thursday . they were something between a writer’s circle , a book club , and glorified drinking buddies . they drank , had a habit of getting too loud , and argued about whatever author or idea had captured their attention that week . ( side note : if anybody has a character who would wanna be in this or is lookin for a character ideas , i would love this group thnx )
while luce has always been a good writer , he struggled with finding direction . all his favorite authors seemed to have lives with dark edges and the worst thing in his own was that he did not get along with his parents . perhaps that’s why he saw the tragedy that occurred as villon as something that could be an opportunity , seeing the murders through his own twisted lens . this would be his breakthrough , the memoirs of a student surrounded by death : with poetic license and form of course . he stays late at the cafe in town writing in his notebook , certain that this will be it .
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when you decide to throw out everything people told you was important growing up , a side effect can be that nothing seems that important and that’s true with luce , but it’s kinda unpredictable . he’s so dramatic about some things but other things he can be way too flippant about .
has a habit of “ borrowing ” clothes from friends . that jacket you haven’t seen in a few weeks might be in his closet .
god he’s so fuckin moody idk if anyone looked up what his song was but that’s what we call ambient music and listen he’s playing that on speakers in his room pretending he’s in a movie and that is the soundtrack . august haze by ernest hood is also his vibe .
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hello hello ! i am red and i legit had fckin days to write these intros and yet , we are here today puttin them together . first up is my love , matilda ruano , but she goes by her middle name so pls refer to her as bronwyn . honestly shoutout to jack for the frankenstein idea on the main bc we . . . we ran w that real hard . so here we go : dr . frankenstein jr ,,,, but then make it daphne blake bc danger - prone : bronwyn . you know that tiktok that is like ‘ im immortal until proven otherwise ’ ?? that’s it . that’s the character .
full name , matilda bronwyn ruano
age , twenty two
gender , demi girl
pronouns , she / her ( they / them , although with less frequency )
year , fourth year undergrad
concentration , bioengineering
traits , overzealous , egocentric , clever , decisive
aesthetic , child that was once like an overripe fruit , sickeningly saccharine , has gone the only way one with so much life could : something powerful , unyielding , with death on her heels ; unlike pascal , she will wager on herself , believe in herself more than heaven or hell ; ‘ cut is the branch that might have grown full ’ / first faust , then chatterton , but she’s avoided such a fate despite striking up a friendship with it
activities , in curie , taking careful , perfectly lettered , notes on the laboratory mice ; at byron castle , locked in her room , the sound of music from a cassette player and the faint smell of chemicals coming from the door
song , rebels by tom petty and the heartbreakers
rumor , either cats really have nine lives or something else brought their pet, ascher, back to life
headcanons .
tw . maternal death , near death experiences , car accident / drunk driving
bronwyn lost her mother at a very young age to a drunk driving accident . they were both in the car but only she survived . her father never remarried , instead spending the time he was not managing his law firm caring for his little sunshine , tilly : a nickname that never really felt like her . however , the lack of stepmother ( evil or otherwise ) was not the reason the ruano family strayed from the fairytale life they had before the accident . no , that had more to do with tilly herself , who had a terrible habit of finding herself in danger’s path .
luck of any kind relies on absolutely perfect timing . whether bronwyn’s luck is good or bad is debatable , but she is always fantastically punctual ; always there to catch the wrong moment , but always pulled back from the edge in the nick of time . broken bones , accidents that require stitches , strange illnesses . . . she’s a soul quite familiar with the feeling of being close to death , of being able to reach out and press her fingers against the unknown but manage to stay on the side of the living . it is a strange and familiar friend . she has almost died an alarming number of times by the time she reached villon’s halls , but to her that was simply how she lived .
once upon a time there was a little thing name tilly who tripped over her own feet and into hospital beds , but now , bronwyn stood in her place . an upbeat , if not obsessive , student who is well put together and feels powerful for she believes death cannot take her . they are friends aren’t they ? and it has tried so many times only to fail . based on logic and reason and observation and all the things the scientific community hold dear , her hypothesis is that she cannot be killed . she won't speak it in so many words , but the thought exists in her .
that’s why she picked bioengineering as her concentration . she knows she cannot just pass on her luck to others , the timing needed for such things being fickle and unrepeatable ( scientific procedure says that all experiments must be repeatable ) . what she could do instead , was create ways for that timing to be less precise , give people more time to get it right . it is unfortunate not everyone could be like her , but she could do her best to get them as close as she could .
the death of the deans showed her the importance of her work , but it also prompted her to think bigger . up until then she believed saving someone meant giving them more time to stabilize themselves , find their balance , and thus keep them from falling into the abyss of death , but really that was not the only solution . saving someone , she realized , did not have to mean keeping them from falling , but could mean pulling them back .
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okay so she did not bring her cat back to life . it was , however , an eldery stray when she adopted two years ago it so fellow students could be forgiven for thinking it strange that it’s still around .
the cat is a tortoisehell and it’s named after one of the contributors to the creation of the intra - aortic balloon pump bc of course it is.
inherited a love of music from her father , and she absolutely needs something playing to work . if you stand outside her door at odd hours , you might catch her cassette playing going as she works on her latest project .
a surprisingly good cook but that’s bc she views it as just a different kind of science . will make a full meal at 2 am in the dormitory kitchens to clear her mind and might give you a plate if you ask nicely .
god complex ??? if that was not obvious . she thinks she’s immortal and while she doesn’t say it you can tell from the way she carries herself .
#villon:intro#this is one take we do not proofread bc we are tryin to get both of these out mea culpa
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) dir. David O. Russell
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rainy afternoons and cozy coffee shops ☕️
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#i. st. michael traded for new age spiritualism and cigarettes. : muse.#i. st. michael traded for new age spiritualism and cigarettes. : aesthetic.
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Thor (2011) dir. Kenneth Branagh
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#me in every conversation
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#i. st. michael traded for new age spiritualism and cigarettes. : muse.#iii. an unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. : the notions.
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Knives Out dir. Rian Johnson
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