#Lucrezia de Dormentaire

[esperanzacboronial]

Me and the bad bitch I pulled by getting exploded

[agallimaufryofoddments]

When Huey tells Victor in Vol. 14 that his second-worst memory is "being unable to save my wife's life back in my hometown," and Victor musters a "...Hey.", that's him reliving watching Lucrezia's ship explode and conducting a frantic, futile search for Lucrezia afterword. 100% that. Even if Narita hadn't planned that part of 1711 yet.

Of all the things for Victor to have in common with Huey outside of their alchemic/scholarly mindsets, Narita chooses the most emotionally charged option via "long-dead lady loves" ...who remain the dead women in Victor & Huey's interrogation room because Victor has a job to do and Huey's not about to tell Victor that Lucrezia is, in fact, not at all dead.

Every. Single. Interrogation. Huey cordially indulges Victor while sitting pretty on the knowledge that he sent Lucrezia some sweet immortality elixir back in the day. (So did Fermet and Elmer, but who's counting?)

(Can you imagine Huey idly telling Victor as much in 2003 and Victor having to briefly contemplate the idea that Lucrezia is alive thanks to Huey? Victor's brain fries on the spot, already overheated with outrage that Huey's not only known but been in contact with Lucrezia.)

Huey could—if permitted to prove his claims—utter a few names, locations, and other details that might lead Victor towards a reunion with his 21X-years-deceased lady love within the month.

He doesn't do that since revealing he's connected to the Dormentaires would be a Stupid Thing to do. Sure, jeopardize 1935, why don't you.

He doesn't do it because I imagine that Lucrezia, at any point post-1711, would have reminded Huey to keep her a secret from Victor (should H & V meet again). Perhaps she'd even make that a petty stipulation in some deal.

He doesn't because watching an emotional man express complicated emotions over a long-dead, tricksome lover might be some sort of health hazard. Watching Mr. Emotions express raw anticipation of reuniting with his tangible, alive, never dead loved one might even be self-harm. Eh, but who says Huey still has a self to harm? Being immune to situations like this is his specialty.

(He doesn't because, hey, Victor already has the alive dame. Huey does not.)

Telling Victor about his desire to reunite with Monica is...not happening. Never mind any jabs Victor could make about Huey being loveless and unloveable; imagine what a waste of time it would be to trigger Victor thinking of Lucrezia and getting sentimental. Well, more than the "save my wife...hometown" line did.

Victor is sentimental about her. This is the man who signs off his reports to Lucrezia with "Yours alone" (LN17, Interlude II & III) while knowing he isn't "hers alone." In that second Interlude, he admits, "If I get the chance, I’d like to board that boat, too," but immediately quells Lucrezia's imagined fears by adding, "Don’t worry, I won’t leave for America on my own."

He probably wouldn't have, given his incentive to remain on Lucrezia's (much smaller!) continent. His love for Lucrezia gently tethers him and his scholar-adventurer's spirit. This is the man who came to Lotto Valentino "hoping to find was something out of some heroic drama, an evil secret society," and personally expose their dastardly deeds" (Interlude I). Szilard had mocked him. "What’s wrong with that, though?" Victor writes. "Alchemists can dream, can’t they?"

They can also go around picking anti-slavery fights with aristocrats, aka Victor's hobby. They can dream of exploring America, a land far from the immediate reach of said aristocrats, and conduct pioneering research, especially if they fancy themselves "a scholar by nature (with) a thirst for knowledge," like Victor still does in 1935-A, Ch. 2.

Victor's sense of justice presumably drove Victor into the employment of the federal government, whenever that first happened, but we've less information on when and why Victor became as patriotic as he acts. I think Victor has a longstanding need to be somebody with a cause, whether that's the dashing hero who liberates a town from an evil society, the activist who confronts pro-slavery aristocrats, the noble scholar who pursues and generates knowledge...

...or, in this case, an agent of a governing body who has sworn to support and defend (the Constitution) of the United States against all foreign and domestic (Huey) terrorists. Lucrezia will die of old age someday. Szilard is hunting us immortals down; so much for guaranteed eternity. This young nation is fragile—but what might it evolve into, in this land beyond the Old World's stuffy reach? If Victor perhaps becomes the Patriot for a sense of greater purpose, he may develop some genuine loyalty as he watches young America evolve over the decades, from rebelling against his former countrymen in the Revolution to choosing the path of emancipation.

(And perhaps he envies all the inventors and scientists who America keeps spitting out or inviting in from overseas. Patriot life nowadays is relegated to deskwork; Huey is busy tinkering with all sorts of contraptions and keeping busy with alchemy while Victor is reaming out some newbies in an office for the sake of a short-lived ego boost. This Victor has lived through wars and atrocities that the Victor who was ill one day into Lotto Valentino could never foresee.)

If Lucrezia still has (copies of) those reports, maybe she'll have remembered that Victor mentioned Niki in them and therefore decide to include Niki as part of the surprise, without any forewarning of Niki's inclusion. "Remember Niki? You mentioned her in your reports from Lotto Valentino, but that was so long ago." Niki was with her when they had that close shave with Victor and Jessica, which ~~along with some B! fics~~ means I have to entertain the possibility of a double surprise.) I mean, what if Victor had spotted them? It's not impossible.

If Victor sees Niki outright, that 'damnably ill' sickness he felt in Lotto Valentino may very well resurge.

He absolutely will remember Niki because he was impressed by the strength she had for a young person who endured what she did. "I think it was so painful that she had to maintain that distance to be able to speak of it at all," he writes to Lucrezia (LN17, Interlude I). He attempts a joke about Niki being no match for Lucrezia, but it's just a feeble coping method for writing about Niki's "revolting" account.

There's little doubt that Victor and Lucrezia will slip back into their romantic groove once the dust is settled, but I do...think perhaps this older, changed Victor ought to acknowledge the dust first. I'm not sure I want him to revert to 1711!Victor and react the same way he did when he learned that Lucrezia faked her death, nor react like Carla did, since Carla was similarly young. The timeframes aren't comparable.

(I'm vaguely reminded of Archangelo confronting Renee over the downright evil (his words) activities she's carrying out at Nebula. It's not the same level of badness, at all, but the "what are you thinking" approach has something to it.)

I am somewhat interested in a scenario where Victor learns about the homunculi experiments and Huey's "Monica" motive, because I can imagine Victor getting drunk and saying "wow, I handled the loss of my love infinitely better than Huey / At least I didn't create sentient beings and put them through stressful experiments all in the name of reuniting with a dead loved one / Holy shit what the fuck."

[cosmic-horror-clown]

Lucrezia de Dormentaire, 2022.

This years redraw :)

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Lucrezia de Dormentaire fans.

[boundlss]

here's my melvi post for you. he actually literally does not regret the events surrounding ra's lance and the ship explosion torment nexus at a baseline. he'd probably do something like that again if it meant he got what he wanted. the only part of it that unsettles him and makes him completely hate thinking about that time is the fact that during all of it, he was completely acting on fermet's whims and orders.

[baccano-gauntlet]

BACCANO GAUNTLET ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

Lana v. Frank

Fred v. Leeza Laforet

Sham v. Pamela

Rachel v. Isaac Dian

Dallas Genoard v. Charon Walken

Huey Laforet v. Chané Laforet

Czeslaw Meyer v. Nader Schasschule

Gretto Avaro v. Esperanza C. Boroñal

Donatello v. Sylvie Lumiere

The President of the Daily Days v. Roy Maddock

Berga Gandor v. Carlotta

Chaini v. Claire Stanfield

Christopher Shaldred v. Eve Genoard

Angelo v. Victor Talbot

Kate Gandor v. Miria Harvent

Feldt Nibiru v. Laz Smith

Melvi Dormentaire v. Ennis

Donny v. Charkie

Carnea Kaufman v. Ronny Schiatto

Niki v. Edith

Mark Wilmens v. Maria Barcelito

Molsa Martillo v. Rail

Graham Specter v. Firo Prochainezo

Lebreau Fermet Viralesque v. Nice Holystone

Misery v. Adele

Lucrezia de Dormentaire v. Nile

Jacuzzi Splot v. Luck Gandor

Aging v. Lua Klein v. Fil

Carol v. Nicola Casetti

Paula Wilmens v. Denkuro Togo

Begg Garrott v. Claudia Walken

Ricardo Russo v. Tick Jefferson

Maiza Avaro v. Monica Campanella

Elmer C. Albatross v. Juliano

[brbarou]

it's pri(demon)th time to draw my most beloved rarepair of evil women

[muzzleofnemesis]

im sure niki’s had a normal past 300 years

[abyssalplein]

Minor Whitesmile spoilers hinted at for anyone who cares

I finished Whitesmile yesterday and came away with thoughts:

What has Niki done to deserve just the worst?

I love the spotlight Victor gets in this book

I don’t know what Elmer’s trying to hint at about Carla and Maiza, but Carla is 100% one of Lucrezia de Dormentaire’s lovers

Honestly, no shade to Lucrezia but I would probably go insane if I had any sort of relationship with her. I could not handle the stress

The fact that Victor is absolutely infatuated with her makes me question some things

Like Victor do you really hate dealing with the other immortals bullshit? Or are you secretly loving it?

His willingness to humor (what I assume is) numerous stunts from Lucrezia makes me think he may not be as bothered by Maiza, Nile, and Denkuro’s antics (Maiza = being a gangster and Nile and Denkuro = Entrance and Exit event)

Anyway, Victor’s love language is putting up with bullshit. It just makes sense

[savannahstanfield27]

Victor/Carla/Lucrezia if you like

[al-norton]

Is it too late to request Lucrezia or Esperanza? (I was so happy to see more Baccano! art from you - thanks for doing this~)

It’s not too late so you get a dozen of hearts for being so sweet AND this absolute icon!!

[esperanzacboronial]

Recent Baccano! art dump:

1. Humer

2. Renee covered in blood (it’s not hers don’t worry)

3. Lesbians. They really do exist

4. Monimoni is 4 years old and she will bite you

5. Whatever the fuck this is

[agallimaufryofoddments]

If Yen Press doesn’t interpret Lucrezia’s use of -chan as pet endearments (e.g. ’darling’, ‘sweetheart’, ‘dear’) then honestly what’s the point.

[cosmic-horror-clown]

A redraw of my 2017 drawing of Lucrezia

I spent a bit more time on this one but I think I love the results

[toushindai]

@ the askmeme... Lucrezia/Carla for 6, 8, 18?? (can you tell I'm trying to avoid the super obvious ones ;;_;;)

6) Who takes photos of the other while they sleep? 

I could see either of them doing this, honestly! Lucrezia more readily, but if Carla felt comfortable that Lucrezia wouldn’t consider it a violation of privacy, I suspect she might do it as a sentimental thing.

8) Who likes to wear the others sweatshirts? 

Not sweatshirts, but Lucrezia has definitely pulled the “wear Carla’s shirt over her own underwear and nothing else” trick, to rousing success

18) Who talks to the other while they are sleeping?

Again, I think they both do this but in different ways. Lucrezia would probably coo at a sleeping Carla but primarily with the intention of waking her up to pay attention to her. Carla would probably fondly murmur her frustrations with Lucrezia to her sleeping form, because expressing them to Lucrezia out loud would achieve... little

[saddestcreamofpeaches]

Lucrezia: Oh my god,babe we did it! *Shows Victor a fake pregnancy test*

Victor: I'm reading Harry Potter Wizard of Azkaban what do you want?