#casualdejekyll and formaldehyde

[gabriel-thotterson]

being a years long jekyll & hyde fan means having several different people all separately show you the tweet that says "the opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll"

[the-strange-creature]

OUUGHHH THIS IS MAKING ME THINK SO MANY THINGS OH MY GOD/POS

@lilywithcatears you should read this pls pls pls

I found myself thinking of Jekyll today and wondering if it causes him physical pain to have to fake a smile. To what extent is Henry Jekyll, pleasant doctor and sophisticated upperclass gentleman a painful mask he has to wear and does the discomfort ever feel physical?

I was at the local aquarium today (this is the perfect time of year to go because it's open but there are no tourists so it's never crowded and admission is cheap) hanging out and doodling on one of the benches while I watched the fish. I had on headphones to listen to an audio book and to provide a buffer between myself and anyone who might try to talk to me and I had been looking forward to relaxing for a couple of hours when a family walked up and the father waved his hand in front of my face to get my attention. The minute they started asking me questions about what I was drawing I was filled with what I can only describe as intense dismay.

Obviously the family being present isn't in of itself an issue, it's a public aquarium, it's aimed at families and parts of the aquarium are geared specifically at children, but the family noticed me drawing and stopped to talk to me.

I reiterate that this was not something they did wrong, they were just being friendly, but I was really not prepared to have a conversation and I found the whole ordeal to be...well an ordeal. They were interested in what I was drawing (a sketch of Henry Jekyll because he's been on my mind off and on) and just the thought of having to explain who this character was, hoping they got it, and having to potentially explain why I was drawing him felt overwhelming.

And it was, they did not know who Henry Jekyll was, they were vaguely aware of Jekyll and Hyde but weren't the type of people to read classic literature and had never heard of the musical or actually seen for themselves any movies featuring the character. The mom commented that he looks like "a Disney villain from back in the 90s" which...fair assessment, I can't pretend I don't see why she would have thought that. The older kid was probably the most interested and wanted to see more of my drawings which made me really uncomfortable but I let him look through my sketchbook anyway because his parents kept saying he was interested in drawing and he loves art and I felt too anxious to say no.

I made small talk with the parents for a while, all the usual, "what's your name, where you from, what's your job?" (I hate those questions, they are usually the least interesting things about any people, myself included) and I wondered if this is what Henry does on a regular day. Has ordinary conversations with reasonably nice people and feel completely like a fish out of water the whole time. I felt pretty terrible about it too, I didn't have any hard feelings or resentment but the whole time I was thinking "Stop touching my things, go away, please fucking leave so I can get back to my audio book and my drawing. I just wanted to sit with the fish for a few hours because it's supposed to be quiet here this time of year."

No one ever seems to catch on that physically talking to people is an effort for me. I've gone my whole life and no one has ever noticed that I'm anxious or uncomfortable in situations where I have to speak out loud because I've gotten good at faking small talk and I know how to make my voice sound pleasant.

It's strange because I express myself easily enough in writing and I like messaging with people over text but the minute I have to be verbal with people I don't know I feel like I'm putting on an immense effort. I have to consciously choose a tone, figure out what words I want to say, be ready with an explanation in case I'm asked questions and I have to do all of it in real time on the spot. It feels like improve, like I'm constantly doing an improve routine and I know most people would say "Just be yourself!" But myself doesn't want to be doing this at all. Myself wants to be drawing and looking at fish. Even as a child I was never very social, I liked to doodle or daydream or build with my lego sets. I got reprimanded a lot for being too quiet. So I made myself more talkative and learned how to hold conversations. I learned to blend in but it's so tiring at times and I can swear when it's at its worst it feels almost physical. The discomfort becomes a suffocating "texture" on my skin and in my brain and I have to keep pretending like I don't notice it because every time I try to articulate how I feel people don't understand it. It's just not a thing they experience.

So I just keep "acting normal," and wonder if there's something wrong with me, like I'm operating on a different frequency from the people around me and I'm the only one on that frequency so other people don't even know it exists. It's...incredibly isolating at times. Even my partner doesn't seem to hear the world as loud as I do or experience the "texture" it's just a strange THING that I'm stuck with by myself. I wonder if it was the same for Henry Jekyll? Except instead being of too quiet he was too loud, too boisterous, threw tantrums, didn't know when to stop rambling about anatomy and weird gross medical facts. So he learned how to cover it and move through life pretending to be interested in everyone else but keenly aware they could never share his interests because his favorite subjects were too grisly and if he started talking about diseases he'd put everyone off. I head-canon Jekyll loves what he does, but he doesn't love it for reasons a doctor should, he doesn't care that much about healing the sick, he cares about conquering illnesses, he likes to learn about symptoms, he enjoys the disgusting viscera of his work. But he can't let on that this is what he enjoys about his work because that's not noble or heroic, it's something most people would find creepy of him. So he buries it and pretends he cares about curing the sick. He pretends he enjoys talking to people who don't know anything about who he is or what he does but they think they do because they are aware of doctors and understand that medicine exists. All the time he loathes it, it exhausts him and he can't even indulge in activities he enjoys to blow of steam because he enjoys things like brawling, doing drugs, and fucking. All things a man of his status shouldn't be seen doing. There's an image people associate with Henry Jekyll and it's an image he can't afford to tarnish...

but it's not really HIS image, it's just a buffer he keeps up to make himself more palatable. I wonder if that ever hurts him physically, if the mask ever feels like a "texture" muffling him.

there are times when I feel like it's no wonder he wasn't repulsed by Hyde when he first saw his reflection. Because I can only imagine by the time Hyde showed up he was already completely burnt out on being Jekyll.

[origami-butterfly]

whats the opposite of formaldehyde?

Casualdejekyll?

Or acetone?

[cherrypieola]

the opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll

[cookie-run-incorrect-quotes]

Madeleine: The opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll

Espresso, five seconds away from choking him out:

[incorrect-supernoobs]

Tyler: The opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll

Shope, five seconds away from choking him out:

[harveybwabbit92]

Taro: The opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll!

Tregear, five seconds away from choking him out: Haha...that makes, what? The tenth time you told me that joke now?

[bluemoonperegrine]

Elsa: Amor, wake up.

Jack (squinting): Why? It's not light out yet.

Elsa: It's Friday.

Jack: So?

Elsa: Let's get it over with.

Jack: ¿Qué?

Elsa: The pun. I know you've got one.

Jack (grinning): Says who?

Elsa: Says you snickering yesterday then shutting up when I walked in the room.

Jack: ...oh. Ready, mi vida?

Elsa: No. Just rip off the bandaid already.

Jack (laughing): Okay. What's the opposite of formaldehyde?

Elsa: Oh god, I don't know.

Jack: Casualdejekyll!

Elsa:

[neverglot]

𝐌����𝐒𝐈𝐂 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐃𝐘

GENERAL

full name:  victoria annabel everglot

nicknames:  i don't think anyone's ever used one on her .

age: twenty - five .

gender:  cis  female .

species:  human

orientation:  closeted bisexual .

date of birth:  i can't remember brb .

place of birth:  england .

residence:  evermore .

occupation:  ballet teacher .

RELATIONSHIPS

parents:  maudeline everglot  ( mother ) ,  finis everglot  ( father ) .

sibilings:  none .

significant other(s):  it's complicated i mean-

STATS

faceclaim:  a.nya t.aylor - j.oy

eye color: light brown .

hair color:  still trying to decide whether to make her platinum blonde bc gifs or brunette .

height: 5′5″

character inspo:  victoria everglot  ( corpse bride ) ,  edith cushing  ( crimson peak ) ,  katrina van tassel  ( sleepy hollow ) ,  jane eyre ( jane eyre ) , beatrice baudelaire ( a series of unfortunate events ) , bella donna by stevie nicks , the final girl trope

                                            𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄, 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒.

HEADCANONS

victoria is very, very artistically inclined, although she would never compare herself to victor in that aspect. she’s more of a dancer and takes ballet extremely seriously; her pointe shoes are very much an extension of her legs and she sees dance as a form of expression. there wasn’t much room for words or even emotion in the everglot household, so she did what she could to get by.

on that same note about the arts, she loves literature. she can probably quote some gothic literature by heart but don’t be fooled, she can also appreciate jane austen’s novels; they strike her as lighthearted and honestly, she can appreciate that.

because of her upbringing, she might come across as a bit too formal at times. slang isn’t much of a thing in her vocabulary and chances are some jokes will just not land the way they should. she’s trying her best though, i promise!

a sidenote to her not understanding a lot of jokes and whatnot: the exception would be literary puns and whatnot. i’m pretty sure she invented the “the opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll” joke.

victoria adores her job as a dance teacher, but it was a bit of a struggle to adapt to it at first. her parents were never the most doting nor caring and her many tutors weren’t any more approachable, so it was a bit scary to put her reservations aside and allow herself to be open to children and tweens. she never had much experience with either prior to evermore, but she is incredibly grateful and pats herself on the back for how better she’s gotten at coexisting with them. 

on the subject of children, she often feels like she never had much of a childhood. victoria can hardly remember a scraped knee or a cold from being out in the rain for too long. she can’t recall having ever had mud on her dresses or climbing a tree, let alone running barefoot on the grass. little things like that make her feel as though she hasn’t had much of a life, at least not until now.

it might be surprising to some to learn that victoria is extremely difficult to scare. more often than not she’ll be fascinated by strange, unusual things and will wish to learn more about them, so they’ll make sense to her. you’ll never hear her scream in fear, maybe a gasp and a hand over her mouth but that’s as far as it’ll go. i’m not sure there’s anything she’s genuinely afraid of when it comes to spooks and horror.

she thinks colors are beautiful, but not on her. the only colors you’ll ever see her wearing are black, browns and extremely deep reds, as she feels everything else just looks ridiculous on her (which might very well be because her mother said so).

she may or may not watch reality tv as a guilty pleasure of sorts, especially shows like say yes to the dress or 90 day fianceé. she just likes seeing what other people are up to when it comes to love and marriage; it makes her feel less lonely and even more hopeful.

[thxripper]

You've heard of formaldehyde, now get ready for casualdejekyll!

(Also, i believe this blog be shadowbanned. Didn't know if you were aware or not.)

He's not gonna laugh. He's NOT gonna laugh. He has to hold it in.

[syxnewt]

one of my favorite jokes is "What's the opposite of formaldehyde? Casualdejekyll!!" It's so good

[fluffle-system]

I'm sorry, I turned all the formaldehyde into casualdejekyll. My bad.

I don't think deodorant is going to fix this man! I don't know much about human anatomy but I don't think I'm supposed to be growing mold??

BTW once I get out of this stupid room can I go back to work?

should i get you formaldehyde, then? i'm sure mr. afton has some lying around

sure

[lesbian-deadpool]

Y/N: The opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll.

Bruce: Get the fuck out.

Y/N: I had to google for that joke!

[vounnasi]

Someone made a formaldehyde/casualdejekyll joke today.

[dradelcra]

Formaldehyde when he meets Casualdejekyll:

[elysia-nsimp]

Tagging: @queerlordsimon @thesunshineriptide @aetherphobia @end3rm1st @ladyzsgolla (lemme know if you wanna be tagged)

Hiiii this is a long one because. Yknow we say a lot of weird shit.

Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3 // Part 4 // Part 6

Uhhh CW: cursing, joking mockery, threats of violence (all joking I prommy!!), sexual innuendos

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Idia: YOU CALL THIS A NETHER FORTRESS? IT'S MORE LIKE A NETHER APARTMENT

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Lilia: I want to sit in the fire chair and I want to touch the disease book

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Floyd: Btw I got some candy you want some 🍬🍭

Azul: Did you check for blades?

Floyd: yeah

Floyd: no blades but I found this 🥄

Azul: Is that a spoon???

Azul: Who puts spoons in candy??

Floyd: cool people with vans apparently

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Cater: My illness is that I like men

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Floyd: I will break ur spine with my love

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Sebek: All of my family members got the talent of art but I didn't.

Silver: I dunno, that was a pretty good dog you drew earlier

Sebek: Oh come on, don't even go there, you know better

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Ace: the opposite of formaldehyde is casualdejekyll

Deuce:

Ace:

Cater:

Deuce: get out

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Jade: Eyes are kinda like Jewels. which Is why I like to collect them :)

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Leona: I'm way too stoned to go into the danger zone

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Floyd: Loafers, loafers, loafers, loafers. . I have an eye for loafers

Azul: I can tell

Floyd:

Azul:

Floyd: loafers-

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Ortho: That's why I got the party sized bag of Doritos

Azul: Idia is his own party.

Ortho: He is his own party

Azul: Do you just bring the party with you where you go?

Idia, deadpanned: that sounds draining.

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Crewel: The Overhead Sun is when the sun is overhead. DO YOU HEAR ME? T H E O V E R H E A D S U N I S W H E N T H E S U N I S O V E R H E A D.

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Ruggie: but what if I want to eat the hunger

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Lilia: Dead sucks. Just ask, well, nobody because they're dead

Lilia: haha, dad jokes

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Ruggie: I'm so hungry I could eat my own hunger :))))

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Savanaclaw Student B: what's a single kid gonna do?

Yuu: a lot, actually. i plan to take over the world, catch all the legendary Pokemon, overthrow the champion, and whoop your ass

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Lilia: Okay Malleus, what did we learn about awakening the ancient ones?

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Idia: I will not accept Sans' banana.

Idia: WAIT THAT SOUNDED BAD

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Ace: When I die I want to be baked into a chocolate cake alive

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Floyd: We have that psychic connection, we're just built different

Jade: …yeah

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Lilia: What if Bigfoot takes off his fursuit before making fudge

Trey: I don't think Bigfoot making fudge naked will make me want to buy it more

Lilia: Who said he was naked????

Trey: He took off his fursuit!

Lilia: People usually wear clothing under their fursuit?? Like underclothing??

Trey: Still don't think I want bigfoot making my fudge

Lilia: I love that we're skipping past the fact that I am insinuating that bigfoot is a furry

Trey: Ehh…

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Lilia: Consider this: Bigfoot is just Mr. Clean's fursona

Jade: I could see that– the psychology in that-

Jade: Being so obsessed with cleanliness that you revert to the total opposite, living in the woods; the wild, being one with the dirt. .

Lilia:

Jade: Hey look at these nice shoes!

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Grim: Imagine waking up in a strange new world and looking inside the bag that was given to you upon waking up only to fucking find human ears

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Jade: I would never threaten a moose. An elk on the other hand, I'd fuck it up.

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Floyd: Heyy, you want some candy? They're good. A dollap something, a Squirmy... ooh! And this one's my favourite! It's from the floor

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Floyd: Now THOSE were some slurpy tentacle sounds

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LilIa: aaAAAUSGHHHSHHHHHHHNNNNNNGgggGerrrrrrr. . . That's what creativity sounds like, trust me

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Idia: I don't know if I should say 'Im happy to inform you' or 'I regret to inform you,' but I must inform you that I'm back in my fnaf phase

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Ruggie: head empty. only primal instincts. and shiny things.

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Ruggie: I am here only for picking flowers and shiny gems

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Azul: And now. . ... . when I look in this chest. .. I will see all of my treasures.. .. ..

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Azul, chasing a rooster: Sir? SIR! Sir do you have time to talk about extending your car's warranty??

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Floyd: Ok I'm done being angsty now.

Floyd: I will now be *horny-*

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Epel: Speaking of precious, [breAKS INTO A COUGHING FIT]

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Ace: Skate fast, eat ass

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Trey: Do you need glue?

Cater: If I need glue I will cry.

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Idia: Emotions are wack [finger guns]

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Ace: Jesus my hands are dry... they just like.... snorted.. .... the lotion I put on them.. ... ..

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Deuce: Okayy let's see how well I can do my math homework after having a mental breakdown!

[Deuce looks at the nonexistent camera]

Deuce: Dw it was for an English assignment

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Yuu: Guys, I have an important question for you

Overblot crew: what

Yuu: are you okay, like, mentally

Overblot crew: what kinda stupid question is that? of course not.

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Ace: British people actually exist?

Riddle: Yes

Ace: Damn, that's crazy

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Floyd: It's like being a halloween stripper except they throw candy at me instead of money

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Grim: Ooh, free soul! – hoLY SHIT HOLY SHIT TOO MUCH SOUL TOO MUCH SOUL

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Ace: I was born to kick ass and take names, I'm not just gonna stop bc some adults told me to

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Yuu: I have a history of befriending bastards

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Yuu, at Floyd: "oh boo hoo, I'm so tall I can touch the ceiling 😭😭"

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Lilia: I mean I got a violin case and you don't see me putting baby corpses in it

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Ace: Is thay the one were Jesus rose from the tomato soap

Trey: what

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Floyd: THIS IS WORSE THAN THE TIME I ACCIDENTALLY ATE A POISONOUS PLANT OUTSIDE OF MCDONALD'S

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Kalim: I befriended a gravy monster

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Floyd: Fuck you. Eats dice.

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Cater: If you avocado squeezes back, it means you are happy

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Floyd: It’s like a slip n slide on a warm summer’s day. Expect its November and you’re sliding in your own liquids.

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Jade: Look out Floyd, the babies are poisonous

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Deuce: His parents was Greek

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Jade: Set the temperature to 420 degrees F and let it cook for 2-3 business days

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Azul to the twins: You don’t have to eat everything that disagrees with you

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Ace: how old were you when you were eleven?

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Deuce: evaporation is the process of elimination

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Rook: goats are the gateway to aromatherapy

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Rollo: the children must be burned

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Floyd: chicken octopus legs

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Deuce: but blue and orange make purple, so…

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Hope y’all like these lmao

Another one is in the works already, be prepared 😄