#l&co book spoilers

[itripandfallalot]

Not me crying over this scene again. When Lockwood gets blasted away from the well, he wakes up and thinks Lucy is Jess for a moment. But right before that, we have this scene.

What I love about it, is Lockwood is so resolute—after Jess, after his parents, he couldn't lose someone else. And we know from THB that Lucy reminds Lockwood a lot of Jess—I think that's partly why he's always so desperate to save Lucy (not to mention that's just who Lockwood is and that even here, Lockwood has early feelings for Lucy)—in some ways, she's the do-over he never got to have with Jessica.

I also think that in many ways, this is why Lockwood comes to love Lucy so quickly. Like the famous Fleabag quote—"With all the love I have for her. I don't know where to put it now," I honestly think that's how Lockwood felt after Jess died. He had all this love left and nowhere to put it.

And here comes Lucy, so brave, so talented, so alike to Jess in so many ways (though there are notable differences), and Lockwood just immediately latches on - like here is someone I can place this love onto.

And then eventually that familial love turns romantic as Lockwood and Lucy grow and mature.

It's just so stunning, and I love that Stroud has Lockwood think Lucy is Jess several times in the earlier books, because of this.

[arluinuial]

Reading The Hollow Boy and y'all, Lucy's got it bad lol.

Lockwood... through half-closed eyes, I watched him now, trapping him tight between my lashes. I looked at his long legs, loosely crossed over the side of the chair; at the bare feet, at the slim contours of his body half-concealed beneath the rumpled shirt. His face was mostly covered by his arm but you could see the line of his jaw and the expressive lips, relaxed and slightly parted. His dark hair spilled softly over the white sleeve.

How did he manage to look like that after five hours' sleep, lying curled and crumpled in the chair? Being half-dressed never did me any favors; with George, it practically came with a health warning. Yet Lockwood managed to carry it off perfectly. It was pleasantly warm in the room. My eyelashes squeezed a little tighter. I put my hand to my silver necklace, turning it slowly between my fingers...

(Chapter 4, The Hollow Boy) Lucy, all the time:

[thethinkingcloth]

it’s so funny to me that kipps constantly talks down lockwood & co and practically begs lucy to join his team for half the series and then turns around and immediately gets adopted by them the minute he leaves fittes

[george-the-pumpkin]

One thing that I think will be really well done by the show if we get a second season is Lockwood's suicidal recklessness after the Hollow Boy.

Everyone is talking about how suicidal Lockwood is now so I just had the thought of what if they switched point of views in some scenes between Lucy and Lockwood and we get to see Lockwood throw himself into situations with even more disregard for himself.

Plus we would also see more betrayed and upset George and a probably guilty Holly.

[clownzilla31]

If we get season 2 I really hope hollow boy is as heart breaking as originally. Lucy’s whole arc is very painful and sashes, but it also helps build her character more, it shows how vulnerable she is emotionally more and it’s so good. Yes her and hollys arc is sad, but it also makes it hit harder when they become friends later on. Lucy feeling like she is endangering her friends is something that needs to be played out on screen because I think it’s something so many go through and it’s so hard to explain.

[youaremysunshine-court]

George: if we ever get famous he's going to be unbearable

Me: *evil gremlin laugh*

[pearlcaddy]

I am reading the empty grave and got to the point when Lockwood takes Lucy to his family's grave and now i'm worried that he'll die 😭 pls no he's got so much to live for

I actually haven’t had time to read any of the books yet!

[all-too-unwell-13]

"it's just a one off" "i'm not asking you to join us again"

LIAR. anthony lockwood, i can practically see it in your eyes.

tell me that wasn't him trying to ask her to come back!!!! bc it totally was!!!!!

[pfirsichspritzer]

Lockwood and Co Appreciation Week 2024 - Day 2, Favourite Underrated Moment

The Lavender Lodge Case

This case is a literary masterpiece. It's got everything: suspense, action, humor, the skull being a snarky little shit

[hiddenvioletsgrow]

The Hollow Boy hurts so much because Lucy didn’t leave out of petty jealously or a misunderstanding. She left because of the intense fear she’d cause the person she loved most(Lockwood) to die and what’s worse is, though it wasn’t true in the end, Lockwood was so close to actually fulfilling the fetch and then the fortune. His tie to life was that weak and his love for Lucy that strong.

[yellowraincoat]

Forever laughing at the creeping shadow “there were 5 of them and only 4 beds” scenario, because the obvious solution was for Lucy and Holly to take the double bed (since let’s be honest, that’s more or less normalized for girls) and for the boys to roll the camp bed into the room with the twins and each have their own twin bed.

And instead we get one of the boys getting the double bed for themself and Kipps sleeping in a hall closet

Peak comedy

[itripandfallalot]

I love these two passages juxtaposed together, because Lockwood immediately realizes the strength of Lucy's Talent, and as much as he's stunned and impressed (see here), he's scared this early on, which turns into a huge point of tension in their relationship.

Lucy is "feisty" and emotional early in the interview—a trait that attracts ghosts. Couple that with her Talent, and yikes.

I'll admit, I struggled to understand why Lockwood frowned here, but I think a big reason is that he sees the risk with Lucy almost instantly. She's able to connect with sources so powerfully here, drawing from them a level of specificity and detail that I'm sure was unnerving.

And given Lockwood's past, I think he finds this extremely worrisome. Lucy is too good not to pass up as an employee, but I think this is why, even early on, we see him pay such close attention to her. When he finds out she kept Annie Ward's source, he loses it at her, and when she starts to get too close to ghosts, obviously he's worried, given what happened to Jess.

But I think he clocked her right here as both a marvel, and someone he was going to have to look out for given her immense Talent and her emotions. I think part of the reason we see the tension explode in THB is that Lockwood has been worried and concerned since Lucy's interview. That early on. That long. But he had to take a risk—she's too good. And then THB, that calculated risk blows up in his face. But I'll get to that later. :D

[silostosstuff]

I really hope for a second season for following reasons (spoilers for book 3 and 4):

The skull bullying the group

Holly

The ghost in the window

Lockwood falling down multiple meters to save Lucy

Tom Rotwell, I just wanna see him

The parade

The poltergeist

"You know I would die for you Lucy"- Lockwood, totally not in love

The ghost at the beginning of book four

The cannibal ghost (I forgot his name whoopsie)

The creepy shadow

The other side

The black market

The "We have to be very close Lucy. Very tragic. Mhm." -Lockwood, still not in love

Lucy walking to Portland Row cause you know, it's her home

And of course the plottwist of the year 2016 "its her."

[thethinkingcloth]

something in the way that lucy—and lockwood—acknowledge and confront lockwood’s suicidal tendencies in the show gets me. like, in the books, they all know it, but the skull is the only one who ever dares to say anything out loud. lucy can’t even bring herself to respond with anything other than denial when the skull talks about it! but in the show lockwood says it! “that bastard had a plan // a suicidal one! // that tends to be a feature of all my best plans” and lucy constantly pushes him on it! “i need you to be just the right amount of reckless” and the whole thing with winkman. idk it just hits me hard

[killerfrostisme]

Lockwood and Lucy have the best slowburn romance I've ever read. They're the reason I exist. The ending of The Empty Grave shattered my very soul. It kills me every day that we'll never see this beautiful story on the screen, especially a conclusion that goes beyond the implied but open ending of the last book. But I'm forever grateful to the books. I would still rather have that then some of the other love stories I read which deal with undeveloped characters who rush into the romance aspect of it and are in bed by page 5. I'm sorry, I don't know what this turned into but I've been thinking about them today and thought I'd share.

[carlyleandco]

The more I reflect on the show, the more I understand and am happy with the plot and dialogue deviations. I think this comes from my realisation that it’s not just dialogue from the book they had to transfer, but moreover Lucy’s descriptive narration as well, and turn that into new dialogue and story. Additionally, they have to be able to show perspectives other than Lucy’s, which I think they did exceptionally well.