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HEATHER

I’m OBSESSED with this! It’s too good! How did you nail all of these *so* perfectly?? They’re all spot on and exactly what these lovely men would do/be like. I love it. Ezra’s especially made me smile. It’s so very true. Goshhh take me to this museum PLEASE

Living-History Museum HCs (All the Pedro Boys)

Pero Tovar

Obviously, I think Pero would be the Blacksmith for this enterprise

Gruff grumpy man working hard at the hot forge? Yes please

He also has his “secret” artistic and romantic sides, 100% will make his sweetheart a little something special

When he wasn’t learning his blacksmithing craft, he also learned a good amount of silversmithing

Not really much of a secret when he first gets adopted by one of the local cats and takes care of her litter of kittens

He also really un-ironically likes Pride & Prejudice and various other period dramas

And he has a a linear tattoo on the inside of his left forearm of a spray of apple blossoms which is his mom’s favorite flowers (why yes he has a spot for someone else’s favorite flowers on his other arm

Din Djarin

Works at the reconstructed, interpretive glasshouse as a Glassblower

The glasshouse is a bit further out from the main museum being built near where the remains of the original 1600’s glass furnaces where rediscovered and excavated

Had to go through a four year apprenticeship to become a proper glassblower

He also did some work within his schooling all while juggling being a single dad for his adopted son after retiring from active duty

Grogu def thinks his papa has one of the coolest jobs ever and wants to learn how to blow glass too (also the kiddo is adorable af in his little costume that he has to match his dad’s work clothes too

Loves the science needed to create something that is both useful and beautiful, and thankfully any questions museum visitors ask don’t require much “character” interpretation and he can just keep it to the art

Is the kind of glass nerd who would die if he got to go to Venice and see the Murano glassblowers at work and would kill to learn more skills in sculptural glass work from an old school master

Ezra

One of the best damn Tour Guides working in the historical area of the museum

Always seems to be researching the daily lives and scandals of people of the era of all classes and backgrounds

If you can have Ezra be the one to show you around the historic Governor’s Palace, he knows all the secret doors and walkways inside and out of that building including the fastest way through the hedge maze (though who wants to rush through that maze when you’re wandering with Ezra?)

The late night tours though? Some of his best work. He convinced the entire board of directors that having both ghost tours of the original houses in the museum, as well as some more adult orientated tours, would do well and they sure as fuck do

Sometimes after he finishes his terrifying (and positively, entirely, true) story of the Blackstone Sisters in the old Blackstone house he’ll blow out the candle if you’re brave enough. Almost everyone on those nights swear that they can hear the pacing of the two sisters, still hand-in-hand even after death in the hallway upstairs

Javier Pena

Works as the beleaguered Head of Security

Literally though, providing security for a living history museum that is one of the largest in the world? It’s a logistical nightmare

Over 300 acres of land with the Visitor Center, multiple Art Museums, the whole main drag of the living history section which really is its own little town, as well as the further flung farm areas? It’s A LOT

Add in the taverns that also serve alcohol?

Javi has many a story about visitors who needed escorted off the premisses and he is the man who generally is called upon to handle them

Add in the late night ghost tours that are happening now too? Literally, he has a one-sided beef with Ezra about those ghost tours being a thing cause he HATES them

The man and his team are busy, but at the end of his shift he can often be found at one of the taverns for a beer

For even if he can be often run down? There is something special about the town that keeps him coming back

Frankie Morales

You can find this soft spoken man down the path from the Main Street of the reenactment town in his lower floor Printing Shop working as a Printer

He always has pages hung up on lines inside as the ink dries so he can work on the other sides

The print shops actually prints a lot of work for the museum, including the menus for the taverns and also recreating historic pieces as takeaways or set dressing for the houses

So along with setting type, there are times a museum visitor might see Frankie working on some carved engravings to add a little extra creative flair to a piece

He almost always has ink on his hands and over his leather printing apron

Has and will continue to complain to anyone who will listen to the near impossibility at getting 100% linen paper that would have been the same quality from back in the day

That and he has become an expert at keeping his press in tip top shape, modern printers have technicians to service them when they break down

Also has amazing arms from working the press as well

“Whiskey” Jack Daniels

Jack works in the section of customer hospitality as a Manger overseeing all of the food locations within the living museum which includes three taverns of varying price points

He not only has researched and hired experts in the foods of the era, but also brought in chefs to interpret those meals to more modern tastes

Prides himself in working in produce and the like from not only local farmers, but also from the museum’s own gardens when possible

Same goes for sourcing local wines, ciders, and beers and he has also been dabbling with a local brewery in making some ales based on some newly discovered recipes of the time

Can and has stepped in to help manage the taverns when someone calls in sick, he is a natural charmer with the guests

Also loves making sure that there are plenty of things to entertain in the evenings such as performers with their historically accurate instruments and songs of the era (and yes he has started off a round of singing Fathom the Bowl” many a night

Marcus Pike

Is a little harder to find since he works at the art section of the museum as an Art Curator

Seeing as he is in charge of the collections he has a lot to oversee from art, objects, and the archives

Is constantly working with the museum of new ways for museum goers to view and interpret the collections, as well as aiming to show a more diverse and inclusive rather than just one singular lens

Really loves the paintings and the like, that being his area of expertise in school

However, some of his favorite pieces show the impressions of the people who created and used them

Such as the well loved pair of pockets that were embroidered and patched several times, or some of the clay tiles that had been found in the Governor’s Palace gardens that had the paw prints of a curious kitty still pressed into them, or the bits of slate with the faint scratches with someone’s practicing their letters or drawing a funny cat cause people havent really changed much in many ways

Marcus Moreno

Oh boy, Mr. Moreno is the main Director of the museum

Running a not-for-profit educational institution takes a special person to wangle ALL the different personalities there to making things run smoothly and Marcus is your man for the job

He also has a really good eye for talent and getting good fits for the different roles needed for a full experience for visitors (something he gets from his mom who recently retired as the Museum’s VP of Human Resources)

Loves testing new ideas out on his daughter Missy, pretty much everyone working there knows the director’s daughter

Missy can often be found doing her homework in her dad’s office and pretty much has the ru of the place since she is a pretty darn responsible kid

Def also has taken Missy out as his “date” to many a historically based event such as the spring garden ball where they both get to dress up

Max Phillips

One of the boys who actually enjoys acting the part of one of the historic persons who lived back in the era the museum has been based as a Reenactor

He works at the Jonathan Withe-Smith house playing the part of the said Jonathan who was a lawyer and prominent thinker of the era

It’s a self guided house so you can find him just about anywhere playing his part of owner of this fine house built in the 1750’s

He loves going around in the historically accurate banyan robe that the museum had made for him

Also gets into character really really well, but the clothes are what really sells it

Is able to spout facts about the laws, politics, and fashions of the time at a dizzying speed, and has a smile that can charm ANY museum guest even on the hottest of days

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You're into kpop now too?!!! What groups do you listen to?? What kind of music are you into? Would you like recommendations?

Ahahaha my friend just got me into bts- that’s all for now. My poor little brain can only take one new group at a time. 😂😂

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Guys help...

I like kpop now

I’ve fallen into the pit

Gone off the deep end

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Have y’all seen this thread?! This needs to be a movie!

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i just….. idk if it’s me growing up or if it’s me stepping away from fandom shit more but like … half the shit people here or on twitter make a fuzz about i’m literally like WHO CARES…. WHO CARES…………………

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The bod

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I have a sinus infection and got my second vaccine dose today and I am!! Death personified!! I feel!! Horrible!!

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This footage of Elmo after messing up a take on Sesame Street is peak relatable

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when there’s too much drama in the fandom -

all you gotta do is -

walk awayayayayyyy

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The year is 2031. Riverdale is finally over. The new edgy reboot of a wholesome cartoon series is Charles, a gritty retelling of Charlie Brown. Charlie is played by a now-27-year-old Finn Wolfhard. Linus’ “blankie” is where he stashes his drugs. Sally has dissociative identity disorder and the writers’ only research was watching Split ten times while high. Lucy’s father is in the mafia. Snoopy dies in episode one. The showrunners only made one good decision, and it’s that Schroeder is gay now.

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what's a non-covid reason that you like wearing a mask for? mine is that it hides my mouth-breathing on long flights of stairs

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Ahhhhhhh this is so sweet and soft 😭💖🥺 When your whole workplace ships it looool

@vonschweetz​ omg you KNOW the dynamic would change!

Like Blacksmith Pero isn’t normally the most… vocal about his affections

But when he and reader get married? That man is ecstatic!

Still sometimes cant believe you said yes and now you both are married?! Hell to the yes, Pero is here for this

Since neither of you really have a conflict of interest with neither of you overseeing the other the museum is totally okay with it too, because like you said it gives another layer of realism to museum visitors experiences when real life gets layered with the job

Literally they actually edit both of your “characters” to be married in the setting they have created as well with the gruff blacksmith falling for the sweet and often more chipper lady (only the patrons of the museum with the seasonal passes they use all the time know the fiction is very much based in reality)

For all Pero’s grumpy facade he for sure isnt shy about giving you sweet kiss on the cheek that leaves a soot stain he will laugh about before brushing it away for you

Any weird patrons of the museum who make crude comments about Pero and you that lean to the misogynistic side “because it’s hIsToRiCaL” just get the legendary glare from your husband (generally while he is holding something in the forge with the tongs not that he would hurt them…. probably… maybe)

But it is not at all a strange sight for your coworkers or museum goers to see you take your lunches over to the blacksmith’s shop  so you can both eat together

That and the museums designer/photographer took a cute snapshot of you both walking back to your car in the evening still in costume

Pero smiling at you while she recount some of the hilarious questions one of the kids on your tour had been asking. That photo ended up being used on some of the summer promotional ads online and in the new brochure because everyone could just SEE how you both felt for each other and it was just so fricking sweet <3

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thank you for following me I have nothing to offer

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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: it’s more important to know and understand fully why something is harmful than it is to drop everything deemed problematic. It’s performative and does nothing. People wonder why nobody has critical thinking skills and this is part of it because no one knows how to simousltansly critique and consume media. You need to use discernment.

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it was a mistake to convince everyone that using social media is the same as having a platform and that their “platform” comes with a moral obligation to issue a public statement every time anything significant happens regardless of their level of understanding of said situation ...

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Sweet bby!!! I’m so so soft for soft Blacksmith Pero!! Gruff man has a romantic side and I

Gosh I love him!

Hey 👋

Could I put a request in for modern black Smith pero surprising reader with a date but like still in their period work setting? I dont know if he could arrange it for after hours, has to stubbornly ask co workers for help cos he doesnt want to mess it up?

I'm not very good at explaining sorry 🙈😂

Emma!!!! Thank you so much for your patience with this! Please accept these HC’s about Modern Blacksmith Pero 👀

So most of the others at your workplace like KNOW Pero and you are dating, but they weren't expecting the glowering and gruff (but polite) blacksmith to ask for some help setting up a date night

All you knew was that you saw him talking with the head manager of the fancy tavern that has food inspired from the period that is ALWAYS booked before lunchtime a week or so ago

But on a lovely late spring evening in May, you both were walking down the way and you figured it was time for you to go get dressed in your regular clothes for your planned date when Pero took your hand and BLUSHED when he told you he had something a little different planned

Taking you down some of the more private paths and gardens behind the historic Governors Mansion you find he has led you to to a picnic

There is a pretty cream-colored blanket laid out on the grass, near some fragrant lilac bushes, and it overlooks the hills that have the museum’s small vineyard as well as the horse fields below that.

There is a charcuterie board of locally made cheeses, meats, pickles and jams, and bread to start along with wine that is still chilled in a pretty wicker basket with the glasses

Your skirts settle around you and you snuggle up to his side on the blanket as the day turns into that hour of light that seems to bath every inch of the scene in a tint of gold

But for all the prettiness of the scene, your Pero finds he can't help but keep looking at your beaming face <3