#i also love the idea of like. before the thompsons and haddock and calculus it was the team at le petit vingtieme that kept an eye on him | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

26labrd · 2 years

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i just love thinking about tintin and le petit vingtieme.. i generally like mundane aspects of characters and fiction but i especially like this because it is so fundamental to tintin as a character that he is a Reporter, and yet it’s an aspect of his life that we literally never see

like. thinking about how his older colleagues might have helped and guided him when he first started out, polishing and refining his natural skill. he has a desk that they keep for him even though he’s never there. the daily comic strip that they print includes a cameo of snowy once a week. he attends the holiday parties. he’s in one photo on the break room fridge. his colleagues are all fond of and protective of him on some level, even if they’re not very affectionate or familiar with him — they watched him grow up, after all. he’s part of the team, part of the family

#the mundanity of tintin going to work and having coworkers is just very dear to me #especially amidst all the exciting hectic dramatic happenings of his life. he still has deadlines like the rest of us #tintin #the adventures of tintin #i also love the idea of like. before the thompsons and haddock and calculus it was the team at le petit vingtieme that kept an eye on him #and again i don’t think they’re particularly Close. but they’re all on good terms #he is their collective younger extended family member who visits once in a blue moon #text #they do think his methods are insane though LOL. and his poor poor editor is so long suffering #feel the need to disclaimer that i am kind of on principle against the whole ‘workplace as family’ thing but this is fiction so it’s fine #thoughts

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