#nicholas benedict

[mashpotatoequeen]

@girlipop1 get peer reviewed!

#this but curtain’s obsession with being from Holland remains and people are mildly confused but too afraid to say anything 😭

It's funny, because I was so absorbed with a black Mr. Benedict that I forgot that would implicate a Black Mr. Cutain. But oooooh the possibilities there, particularly with Mr. Benedict sporting his natural hair and Mr. Curtain not, or something... thoughts..... hmmm...

Suddenly terribly consumed by the need to see POC versions of some of the other TMBS characters. Particularly a Black Mr. Benedict. I think a Black Mr. Benedict would be a beautiful thing.

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Trenton Lee Stewart was like: Neurodivegence is a superpower. Fuck capitalism. Killing people is wrong when there are alternatives. Immigrants are heroes. Women are awesome. Black people are freaking gorgeous. People are good at heart.

And then turned that into a book series. And succeeded.

[averagecygnet-blog]

the mysterious benedict society books truly had some of the most homosexual characters of all time. mr benedict? gay ass old man, had a whirlwind affair with that sailor guy when they were in the navy together, believes he'll never find love in this homophobic world and doesnt try anymore. reynie muldoon? gay little autistic boy who gets bullied for being gay YEARS before he realizes it's true. sticky washington? bi and has several crises about it in his teenage years. kate wetherall? wouldnt even question it she's just into who she's into (mostly girls) and that's how she vibes. pencilla and rhonda? those are lesbians who met a gay ass old man and decided he's their dad now. the fuckin,, mean girl martina or whatever the fuck?? that bitch was lesbian as hell. sq pedalian? gay boy trying his best. dont even get me started on the campy gay villain that is ledroptha curtain. hell constance is 3 and that little asshole is a mean lesbian in the making if i ever saw one

[need-him-pregnant-poll]

NEED👏THAT👏MAN👏PREGNANT ROUND 1 POLL 58

PROPAGANDA:

[Ogata]

"I think it would fix him [lying]. But I'm not planning to be a deadbeat, I'll take care of them both so maybe? But probably not. Either way he will never commit a war crime again because he'll be too busy being pregnant all the time so really I'm doing it out of altruism."

[Nicholas]

[In response to the prompt, 'Why do you need him pregnant?']

"Why do we stop to look at flowers? Why do we stay up for sunsets? Why do we stand in the rain?"

[find-the-path]

My sister wonders why I love this book. (The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, Trenton Lee Stewart)

[nobodysdaydreams]

Guys I had an important thought about the Mysterious Benedict Society:

It was written in 2007. Curtain sent messages through the tv and radio. But in 2025, social media would be his primary target so he’d be sending messages like “cut the grass, mow the lawn, always keep tik tok on” and primarily trying to send subliminal messages via tumblr, twitter, tik tok, facebook, instagram, etc.

But the issue is television and radio are (typically) one way. Social media is interactive. Meaning if one person caught onto the messages or they were visible in a code on the app and someone noticed, a person could make a video about it and slowly go viral. This would, ironically, have a decent chance of working because social media eats up weird conspiracies even if they don’t believe them so long as they’re interesting, and Curtain has been intentionally making people distrustful and paranoid.

Imagine you’re scrolling and video pops up like: “Hey y’all so here are my thoughts on the subliminal messages coming from that creepy private school conspiracy theory, part 11. It was super hard to find pictures of the headmaster, and rumor has it, it’s because he’s a “private man” so already that’s like, already so suspicious, but I did find something. As you can see he makes his employees and students wear uniforms while he dresses in whatever this ugly green plaid is? Honestly, that alone is a crime, but what I really want to focus on is his age. Like look how old his man is. Why is he running a school? Why is he not retired? The guy is literally in a wheel chair and our drones caught him running over a kid. Like… sir, that’s a lawsuit. Literally child abuse. Anyway, we also got more juicy footage, so like and follow for part 12.”

However, on the other hand, Curtain would also be trying to establish himself as dictator. So he’d also have a bunch of propaganda accounts making fan cams of him with glitter and heart emojis set to pop music. This backfired spectacularly when people start mistaking Nicholas for his brother and making their own fan edits of him instead. This spirals into a new conspiracy about Benedict and Curtain being the same person in a “Jekyll and Hyde” or “Hannah Montana” situation.

[sheph3rdess]

because some people with narcolepsy use service dogs I think it would be cool for mr. benedict to have a huge saint bernard

[lotsofsq]

MR BENEDICT MY BELOVED💖💖

[ID copied in alt text: a colored drawing of mr benedict, he is talking and his eyes are mirthful. he has one eyebrow raised.]

[sophieswundergarten]

Curtain's plan of pretending to be Mr. Benedict has the equal and opposite energy of Mr. Benedict sneaking into the building with a red wig

[myfairkatiecat]

This post has a niche audience of about three existing people BUT.

The Benedict Twins as the Vacker brothers anyone? (Bods if you see this, this is your fault)

The Benedict twins as born-to-an-influential-Elvin-family is already a HUGELY interesting concept given the fact that twins are greatly prejudiced against in the KOTLC universe. So if the Benedict family was like the Vackers they might try to pull something like the Songs did where they just pretend the brothers aren’t twins, and one is slightly older than the other.

Nathaniel was the one allowed to exist a year before Nicholas was “born,” so he always holds his “extra experience” (of being a baby) over Nicholas’ head. They look identical, yes, theoretically, but they style themselves so completely differently that they are able to pretend Nicholas is a year younger and no one questions it for the longest time.

Now in order to get to the Fitz-and-Alvar model I’m working towards, Nicholas obviously joins the Black Swan and Nathaniel joins the Neverseen. (Nathaniel joined the neverseen first and much longer before Nicholas got involved, so it’s a shock and a betrayal to see his brother for the first time on the other side.) and this makes PERFECT SENSE, because of how the tmbs characters would handle twin bias in the lost cities.

Nathaniel sees it as a grand injustice, and develops a grudge against his family for trying to hide the “imperfection” of their children, similar to Alvar’s grudge against the Vacker legacy.

Nicholas sees us as something that needs to change, but allies with the people trying to work somewhat with the council. He doesn’t want to cause a commotion or send a message—he just wants things fixed.

I think if Nathaniel was sedated with soporidine and had his memories wiped when he became no longer useful (like Alvar did) he would remain equally as angry especially since he’s the type of guy to want to be in charge? And I think when he goes through his whole “whoever did all that, it wasn’t me, I don’t remember it” phase, unlike fitz, Nicholas isn’t angry at all. He WANTS to believe it, so he does, and they go back to being brothers, and…

…Nathaniel gets his memories back. And just like Alvar, a switch is flipped. Now he’s livid at his family AND at the neverseen. I foresee him playing a Lady Gisela move and just… making his own neverseen branch. But instead of immediately trying to kill him, Nicholas pleads with him to come back. It doesn’t work.

But the real question is, in a mutant troll hive, if Nathaniel were to fall into a pod and Nicholas was frantically pressing buttons, trying to figure out how it worked, and suddenly the pod closed up and started filling with toxic orange goo, and Nathaniel was banging on the glass and yelling, screaming, pleading with his brother to save his life despite his obsession with dignity…

…would Nicholas keep pressing buttons?

I think he would.

I don’t think he would let his brother die.

Because he has the opposite of Fitz’s character flaws. He always sees the best in people. Especially his brother.

Nathaniel escapes. But he wonders, for the first time, if maybe Nicholas isn’t the traitor.

Just some Benedict brothers kotlc Vacker family au thoughts that no one asked for.

[deeskip]

i love the idea of number two and rhonda being extra protective of mr. benedict, so he has to take his tea on the floor rather than at his desk

[bi-demon-ium]

who is this guy and why does he kinda look like my babygirl

[is-this-a-sideblog]

Just two smart, freaky little dudes whose actions will effect the lives of some orphans way down the line. I'm sure both will get happy endings, right?

[mvshortcut]

The Mysterious Benedict Society + dear-ao3 - Part 2 (Prev)

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[lotsofsq]

in honor of pride month i am posting these queer headcanon charts i made a while back!! happy gay everyone

[ID copied in alt text: two circles of pictures of the book and show characters respectively, accompanied by flags.

first chart is of my book characters queer headcanons. reynie: demiromantic andbisexual. sticky: nonbinary and bisexual. kate: bisexual. constance: aroace. SQ: demisexual and pan. the ten men: achillean and polyamorous. milligan: bisexual. Ms perumal: lesbian. rhonda: pansexual. Number Two: aroace, lesbian and transgender. Mr benedict. Transgender and Gay. Mr curtain: transgender, achillean and aromatic.

second chart is of my show characters queer headcanons. reynie: bisexual. sticky: transgender and bisexual. kate: sapphic. constance: aroace and agender. SQ: nonbinary and achillean. Martina: transgender and lesbian. milligan: bisexual. rhonda: pansexual. number two: aroace. transgender and nonbinary. Ms perumal: lesbian. Mr benedict: transgender and achillean. Dr curtain: transgender and aromantic.]

[magic-swords-art]

hello mbs community