#Todd 001

[bebx]

me when people say Sweeney Todd and Henry Creel are just “cold-blooded villains” who do bad things only for pleasure and when people totally ignore the depth and the complexity of their characters as well as the trauma and the abuse both characters went through that turned them into these “monsters”

in this essay I will

[gellertalbus]

requested by anon -> Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (2007)

[anthonysfingerlessgloves]

henry & anthony + textpost memes! ໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིა

[ryan-waddell11]

Saturday’s photo ops. a literal dream for me.

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

ANTHONY HOPE

[editfandom]

Jace Herondale - The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, 2013

[willowsfanarts]

just for the thrill of it - latest artwork

[johnnyxdepp-blog]

Johnny Depp and Jamie Campbell Bower in Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Breathe if you agree

[galaxytoons]

guys I was watching Sweeney Todd, and one of the actors looked familiar. My mom said he was from Stranger Things, and I gasped and said “IS THAT HENRY/VECNA/ONE?!”

(also to clarify I was watching the movie one starring Johnny Depp)

[secretly-sirens]

Just watched The Moral Instruments movie. Can someone explain to me how Jaime still looks the same as he did 10 years ago? He has to be a vampire, angel, or something supernatural. Anyways currently simping over Jaime Campbell Bower and have for 10 years. I will probably continue to simp for this man for at least another decade.

[alphacxntauri]

🖤I wanna be yours • Anthony Hope 🖤

[bebx]

I believe in misunderstood villain rights but most importantly I believe in misunderstood villain wrong. let my blorbo with pretty eyes and a wet cat energy go feral with no consequences. he deserves to have his revenge after that tragic life and backstory y’all writers gave him.

[gellertalbus]

requested by anon -> Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (2007)

[henrysglock]

Stranger Things and...Sweeney Todd?

Now I know we all giggled at hot-wheelz's Will-Henry Johanna video...but I want to introduce you all to a realization I had:

Henry is first Johanna, here, then Sweeney Todd.

Brief overview of the relevant parts of Sweeney Todd: Judge Turpin frames Benjamin Barker for crimes he didn't commit for the sole purpose of stealing Benjamin's wife and daughter for himself. Benjamin Barker is imprisoned for many years, as is his infant daughter, Johanna. His wife, Lucy, (pretty, blonde) is presumed dead by Barker.

Barker is in prison, but Johanna (also pretty, blonde)? She's imprisoned in her room for many years as Judge Turpin's ward, aka...his adopted daughter. Judge Turpin, however, has plans to marry Johanna now that she's grown. When she refuses, planning to elope with Antony Hope, Turpin has her put in an insane asylum, and her release is conditional on her repenting and agreeing to marry him. She escapes the asylum with Antony's help, but she tells him the ghosts of what has happened to her will never go away.

Barker is driven mad by grief and desire for revenge, and becomes Sweeney Todd, who teams up with Mrs. Lovett to go on a cannibalistic murder spree. He does this in hopes of killing Judge Turpin as justice for his crimes, but also to prevent what happened to him and his family never happens again, regardless of how many die in the process. In fact, Sweeney Todd revels in the murder.

Based on recent revelations re: the night of the Creel Massacres...let's put it in context: Dr. Martin Brenner frames Victor Creel for the murder of his own wife and children, crimes he didn't commit, for the sole purpose of stealing Victor's son for himself. Victor is imprisoned for life, as is his son, Henry. Victor's wife, Virginia, (pretty, blonde) is dead.

Victor is in prison, but Henry (also pretty, blonde)? He's imprisoned in Dr. Brenner's lab for many years as his test subject and pseudo-son. Dr. Brenner has a questionable relationship with Henry, particularly before he's grown. Eventually, Henry tries to escape with Eleven, his pseudo-sister. However, given that his escape is too violent for Eleven's tastes, Henry is sent into the hell dimension until his inevitable and accidental release in 1983.

He is haunted by the ghosts of what has happened to him, which drives him to murder. He teams up with the Shadow Monster to go on a murder spree which he hopes will create a world where nothing like this ever happens to him again, regardless of how many die in the process. He seems to revel in the murders.

This is where we get into Stranger Things' cyclical narrative, in which Henry becomes the Sweeney Todd and Judge Turpin of his own/Will's story.

[ryan-waddell11]

happy birthday to one of my favorite boys!!! I’ve had the absolute honor and privilege to grow up with you!! there will never be enough words for how much I love him. I truly hope he has the best day he deserves it so much 🎂🎉🖤

[ladystardust147]

When I was 11/12 I was really obsessed with the movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, because I love Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. I watched that movie like 2 times a day because it's so good. The movie also starred Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope, and I never really...cared? I mean he was a good character but I cared more about the mourderous main characters.

Anyway, in 2022 I saw a picture of the 4th Stranger Things season with a guy named Henry. I thought: WOW that's the guy from Sweeney Todd! Good to know he still does acting! (When I googled him in 2015 he wasn't very known and I thought he quit or something).

So now here I am. Simping over Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel/001/ Vecna, and reading redemption fanfics.