#nancy drew crystal skull

[spookieloop]

Playing Ghost of Thornton Hall and then Replaying Legend of the Crystal Skull back to back really makes me appreciate the difference in mood.

Both games are Southern Gothic, but the deep sorrow of Thornton Hall really really emphasizes the joyousness of Crystal Skull. Despite Bruno literally being murdered, Nancy spends the game totally immersed in all the strange things that Bruno loved, that he surrounded himself with. Bruno's puzzles weren't some long-held ancestral duty, or bred from generational paranoia; Bruno was just a weird old man who loved the macabre and loved puzzles.

Bruno and Henry didn't really have a relationship to speak of, but the epilogue does confirm that Bruno cared about Henry--he was just bad at showing it. I don't think any of us can judge Bruno too harshly though; Bruno was an eccentric old man who was suddenly a child's only living relative, meanwhile never having a nuclear family of his own. Considering his propensity for dangerous pets and secret passages, the Bolet home was most definitely not safe for a child; even if Bruno did know how to raise a kid.

Given that Henry was the kind of person to want to keep the glass eye his great-uncle was wearing during his death as a keychain, I think it's fair to say that they probably would have got along great if Bruno had been equipped to care for him--or even tried a little harder.

Playing that game as an adult, after coming off of the deep sadness that is Thornton Hall, I have so much more appreciation for what the game says about Bruno's life. You can almost feel Bruno's excitement while he sets up all of these puzzles for Henry. It makes it very clear that Bruno didn't know Henry, if he expected him to go through all these puzzles, but that doesn't change the fact that the house itself is a monument to that fact that Bruno Bolet surrounded himself with all the odd things he loved, and was the type of person to wander the streets of New Orleans with all 25 of the freaky custom glass eyes he owned.

I think it's interesting that a game where Nancy only shows up to check on a man who's just lost his only living relative manages to be so cheerful beyond the gloomy(gorgeous) aesthetics.

[aliveahahaduck]

Just for the homies here is my old Henry Bolet mini-skirt art. I will one day be free of school work and redraw this.

[that-darn-clown]

and you know who ELSE i can fix?

henry bolet

[mrs-xenia-and-dagny]

Nancy: Hi Henry! Do you think I could have your weird dead great-uncle’s glass eye that you keep on a key chain?

Henry: um. No

Nancy: what if I blackmailed you 🥺

[littleplaidskirt]

-Nancy Drew Art Posters Part Two-

[thegroundhogdidit]

nothing like nancy drew to remind you how woefully unprepared you are to play a game meant for children

[netclash]

hey nancy drew fandom,

specifically henry bolet jr. fans, did you know that henry's voice actor, k. brian neel (he/they), is a high school drama teacher?

i sure did!!!! because he was MY high school drama teacher!!!! and theyre fucking awesome!!! they're very funny and kind and considerate. i used to spend all my time in the classroom to the point that most of my friends in his classes didn't even realise i wasn't actually in any of his classes. when i stopped attending and actually started doing other things, my now-wife (who was in his class) literally started worrying about me 😭

anyways, cool story bro, here's some stuff that happened in his classroom:

1. one time i showed one of my friends a jerma985 edit and i said "jerma" and very suddenly in a different part of the room he goes "i LOVE jerma!"

2. there was the time we were playing this game "kitty wants a corner" where you go around in a circle saying "kitty wants a corner" to people while others run around behind you trying to swap spots. whoever loses their spot is the kitty. while we were doing this, i swapped spots with a friend and slammed directly into him. for approximately three very long seconds we were still and i was just leaning against him and then i fell on the ground and slipped trying to get up because of how sweaty i was.

3. when he had a classroom full of teenagers asking him to watch bluey, which was exactly what they did the entire lunch period

4. my friend (at the time) murdered him with a balloon sword once!

[heygrrrlratpiss]

The people of instagram did NOT like this one

[teamdoofus]

while we're here, can u believe that the official HeR twitter actually posted this :)

[notprincehamlet]

collages inspired by nancy drew games (made with the supplies i have on hand only)

-> danger on deception island // white wolf of icicle creek // legend of the crystal skull // the haunting of castle malloy

[blackflame-queen]

Thinking about if CRY was about Nancy just trying to find some hyper specific vodka and the curse was the skull telling people to drink its entire contents in one sitting

[spookieloop]

Henry Bolet Girlies please check out the band Ludovico Technique; the lead singer is pretty much a dead ringer for Henry

Especially the Haunted People album

[thenancydrewtimes]

Guess that toast wasn’t mystical after all 🍞

[clueingforcooks]

Famous last words: “I only need one loquat.”

[nancythedrew]

imagine Henry Bolet is busy getting Bruno's creditors paid off and you're getting invoices for things like medical expenses or property taxes and then all of a sudden you start receiving unpaid bills for things like custom skee ball machines and spider music lessons

[mrwooglewogle]

Yes, yes I did know about this