#Character: Mrs. Lovett

[frolltomstein]

Guess whose hand slipped? Mine. My hand slipped. I just think she’s funny. Don’t judge me. 🥧🥧🥧

I’m not really sure which version I just drew, I kind of just referenced them all and added my own spin to it, although she ended up looking a lot younger than I expected. Ah, well. Have some more pie. 🥧🥧🥧

[esmes]

try as i might, i simply CANNOT stop thinking about annaleigh's mrs lovett so i need to just get this out of my system!!!

nellie lovett is a patient woman, in an overarching sense. there's ample evidence for this. in spite of hard times, she holds onto sweeney/benjamin's razors for 15 (!!!) years, all on the off chance he may someday return and have need of them again. she could've used the money, but she waited and waited. then, one day, she is rewarded for her patience. the man she held a torch for returns to her.

nellie lovett remains patient, chiding and reassuring sweeney when he is in the grips of a maddening impatience to get at the judge. she is patient with the way he is sometimes so far away, thinking of another woman even when his hands are on nellie's own form. she is patient with the way he brushes her off. she is patient with the way he sometimes looks at her like he wishes she was someone else - not always, though, because when they are plotting together she can tell it's really her he's seeing. she is patient, because there is good mixed in with the bad, and her patience has been rewarded. surely it will be again, right?

one of my favorite acting moments for annaleigh comes after the end of 'by the sea', when nellie and sweeney are ensconced on the couch and she has gotten him to concede that he loves her ("just a little bit?" uttered so quietly, so heartbreakingly unsure.) when his answer comes - "of course" - she is monstrously relieved.

sweeney is present with her just for a moment before slipping away again into his fantasy of revenge. so nellie takes his face - forcing him to look at her, hoping he will also SEE her, and finally, we see some impatience from her. after decades of not knowing, and now with her dream of a cobbled-together little family within reach, we see her beseeching him to be here, now, with her. your nellie, she says. for a moment, it seems as though he is finally ready to surrender, to commit to this life with her. they nuzzle noses and lean into the softest expression of affection we've seen from them yet. and then the moment is ripped away from them.

nellie lovett is a patient woman, and her dreams are just out of reach when she dies. even as she dances closer to her end, certain of what's to come, she desperately tries to recall her dream of the sea, to beseech him to come back to that moment on the couch with her. back to the moment when he almost surrendered.

so much of annaleigh's performance hinges on her portrayal of nellie lovett as this "bubbling bubbling pot of magic" (her own words). nellie is unflappable, optimistic, determined. she doggedly sees opportunity (and humor!) in everything. she is undeterred by sweeney's moments of indifference and callousness. there are MANY moments in which annaleigh's lovett shines, but never more so, imo, than in that moment on the couch. it makes me ACHE just to think of it. it's one of the only times we get a glimpse behind the curtain, a peek into the heart of a woman who simply cannot let go and who is going to her grave for it.

[rizzosdemons]

Sweeney Todd, `Epiphany`

[pristina-nomine]

Beware of her!

[makkxb]

Mrs. Lovett

[thefabelmans2022]

well that's just not true at all is it.

[patejaminq]

Finaly i colored them.

Rolled up sleeves is my peak character design.

[demonbarberofbeepbeep]

some of my favorite Mrs. Lovett hairdos

[mxrtified777]

help the only thing i can think about is Chris and Nevin dressing up as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett for Halloween and its KILLING me

[frolltomstein]

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Here's the little Mrs. Lovett speedpaint! 🥧

(I couldn't get it posted to YouTube for some reason, but we'll figure that out)

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

Yes, I am a Mrs. Lovett girl and a Lucy girl. I am a Sweenett enjoyer and a Benjamin/Lucy enjoyer. We exist.

[fluxationsart]

Mrs Lovett in honor of Dame Angela Lansbury, who played the role to perfection, absolutely gutted.

[pristina-nomine]

Btw I’m sure that I got so quickly attached to Mrs Lovett because she’s basically Nelly Dean’s evil twin. They’re even namesakes.

[pieshopbarber]

been debating wether or not I’d post this art here, but since they are technically Sweeney Todd related, I thought I should.

It’s my oc, who is very clearly based off Sweeney Todd (specifically the 1936 and TSOP version of the character) and the nowhere king from centaur world (that’s not important tho). I’ve been redrawing scenes from different Sweeney Todd stuff with him and some of my other characters, just cause I think it’s fun. 👹

[seven8nineeee]

It was cold out the other day so now I'm thinking about them :)

(Idk why the quality sucks)

[hotpinkboots]

I already write with:

Red Harrington Bellatrix Lestrange Emily Madame Thenardier Rose Weil Julia Hoffman The Red Queen (Iracebeth) Mrs. Lovett

So you can request with any of them, but I'm looking to add new Helena characters in.

Note: If you select the "other" option, make sure you tell me in the comments/message me what character you want, otherwise your vote won't have helped me out.