#yes this is about lockwood and co

[kazz-brekker]

the thing about tv shows is that i watch them for enjoyment and to feel GOOD bad emotions about them (stress over plot! sadness over character! distress over drama!) and if it verges into like legit sad feelings over stuff like an excellent adaptation of a truly beloved book series being canceled after one season it does make me want to throw my laptop in a lake and then follow it and never watch another tv show again for the rest of my life.

[noecantsleep]

ship so good they had to cancel the fucking show

[seawolvesanddragons]

Poor George just wants to be the eccentric genius of a homey-but-stable agency where he is the far end of the insane spectrum, and instead he got Lucy “I stole a source twice” Carlyle and Anthony “I can take on the mob” Lockwood fucking up his curve. This boy stole and experimented on a skull and yet he has to be the reasonable one now and he hates it. 

[adragoncalledcat]

I’m sorry but the idea of canceling a tv show is just unfathomable to me. Like, oh something that a bunch of artists made that countless people love that also made us a shit ton of money? Actually let’s get rid of it and not do that again. Like, actually fuck off, I’m so serious.

[iambecomeafangirl]

@netflix I'm sorry, but Cameron Chapman was born to play Anthony Lockwood. Give this boy his role back!

[bobbys-not-that-small]

Juggling controversial opinions this week but I don’t feel like I need any further Lockwood & Co books.

Obviously I’d die for more content of the gang but I don’t see how that could be given without having to open up new plot lines that I don’t feel is necessary to do. A prequel of some kind, though, I’d be into! Plus the short stories and Christmas specials are always welcome!

But I found that The Empty Grave left all the characters very neatly and tidily without a need to elaborate on what’s next for Lockwood & Co, for Lucy and Lockwood, for Skull, etc. Part of the joy is filling in the gaps yourself.

(As an even more controversial aside I don’t feel like the whole Marissa plot ended very neatly - I still have so many unanswered questions that I am totally baffled by)

More show, please, but I’m really quite satisfied with our 5 little books!

[biscuitrule]

Girl who has never been cared for and was convinced she’s a burden so she insists she’s fine and boy who is so gone for her and just wants to keep her safe so he risks himself instead are my favorite characters actually.

[krash-and-co]

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY L&CO TV SHOW!!!!! sure it might have been cut short, sure it might not have been for everyone, sure it was a looooong wait. but yk what? without all that, I wouldnt have the season I do now and the experiences that came with it. I wouldnt have met the AMAZING people I know today. I will be forever grateful for the show because I met yall. one year ago today I sat down in my room, tea and biscuits in hand, ready to watch all id been waiting for. but little did I know the best part wasn't even here.

HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY LOCKWOOD AND CO NETFLIX!!!!!!!! thank you ruby, ali, cameron, cf pictures, stroud, and-- my favorite part-- you guys. <333

[girlboss-malewife-gauntlet-melee]

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT OH I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS

(BUT PLS DONT ACTUALLY KILL EACH OTHER LOCKWOOD FANDOM, REMINDER ITS JUST A POLL)

propaganda:

SHOW

the buttered toast scene in ep 5 (pollrunner note: for those who dont know, lucy orders toast, and lockwood takes it and butters it for her wordlessly, than looks at her like "wasnt that great?? pls love me" - 👾)

lucy is one of the most powerful listeners there ever was while Lockwood cheers her on and compliments her on national television even though she absolutely didn’t want that in a very “that’s my wife” way

lockwood owns his own agency that he founded, has perfect rapier technique, thinks he’s gods gift but even with all of that he still makes anything and everything about lucy with a proud and admirative look on his face while lucy is out there being the most powerful listener there is chilling with her pet type 3 ghost

BOOK

Lockwood is a homeowner at age 15 and he wanders around it drinking tea and charming people into giving him yhings. Lucy carlyle is a hotheaded aggressive and EXTREMELY powerful agent in his ghost hunting company. They both get shit done but in OPPOSITE ways. They have an interes5ing way of rejecting traditional gendered tropes- the sensitive dude and the bullheaded girl- that is both simple and INTENSELY complicated within their narrative, which i think qualifies them for the title.

she is the protagonist of the series, a once in a generation prodigy, the most powerful listener since Marissa Fittes, the list goes on. He likes to drink pulpy orange juice and strain it throught his teeth to pretend to be a blue whale

Imagine a buff kind of irritated teenage girl with a sword. No, shes even cooler. That's better. Now imagine a rich preppy guy. No, thats too much like Patrick Bateman. Think Artemis Fowl. Ok youtr there. Hope yhis helps :)

they are PERFECT for each other. she recognises the subtleties in his smiles and he allows himself to be vulnerable in front of her

[paranorahjones]

I think it's a pretty fair assumption that Lockwood's primary receiving love language is words of affirmation, considering that in that one deleted scene, Lucy tried to diffuse the awkwardness by complimenting Lockwood's pajamas and he thought it an actual, genuine compliment and responded before his brain could catch up.

Not to mention he challenged Kipps to a bet in which the loser would have had to buy a full page ad in the newspaper and fill it with words of affirmation for the winner, lmao.

And as we all know, his primary giving loving language is touch. Though he is quite adept at acts of service as well.

You know, I'm starting to think that maybe Anthony "Nothing Good Comes From Letting People In" Lockwood's language is just love.

[daisyndahlia]

during the black winter george hauling all of his clothes to the attic was an excuse to spend some time in a place full of memories of lucy every day

change my mind

[allmyoldhaunts]

ok yes exposing myself as a nerd but did anyone else notice that lockwood’s signature pose is the same as obi wan kenobi’s opening stance?

[yveni]

I’ve been thinking a lot about how streaming culture has changed the way shows are received.

Like, I miss when TV shows had weekly episodes that I could talk about with my friends at school. My family and a lot of our friends used to hold Walking Dead parties, where everyone would come over after church on Sunday and watch the show together. I miss when my sisters and I would all try to hurry and finish our homework in time to watch the new episode of Pretty Little Liars every Monday night (or Thursday I forgot what day it used to come out on). I seen a post the other day where someone talked about how they used to meet up with a bunch of their classmates to criticize the historical inaccuracies of each new Merlin episode.

I feel like the whole binge model currently going on is taking away from the community that used to surround shows. I know some streaming services are starting to go back to the weekly episode thing, but the majority of shows are released all at once. I can’t help but think this diminishes the hype for a lot of them.

Like, I attended an American high school, and I kid you not, EVERY Monday, everyone was talking about the new episode of the Walking Dead. There were weekly discussions revolving around these shows, and these discussions helped attract more people to them. Majority of the time, a show had more viewers at the end of a season (which would take two or three months to release fully lol remember when seasons used to be around 20 episodes) than it did at the beginning.

People used to be able to breathe in between episodes. Each episode was appreciated, and not rushed through in an attempt to get to the end of a show. We would watch the episode knowing there was more coming, and take more time to notice details and smaller plot points. It gave writers more of a chance to work in those little details, without trying to rush through the story in a short 8-episode lifespan that also keeps people interested enough to finish in one-go.

Now, streaming services are expecting shows to build the same level of hype by dumping all of it on their viewers at once. I miss mid season discussion around shows. I miss debating how a storyline was going to end. I miss being excited for a specific day of the week knowing I would have something new to talk to my friends about.

The closest we got to this was probably when all the Marvel shows were being released (WandaVision, Loki, Falcon & the Winter Soldier) and there were weekly TikTok memes and whatever about each new episode.

I think what I’m trying to say is TV shows should stop being judged by how ��binge-worthy” they are. Streaming services should actually give their shows time to develop and to build a fan base, they should stop expecting immediate success form everything, because communities naturally build when they are given time.

I hope they start looking at the quality of a show and it’s potential to grow and gain viewers, not just the immediate numbers, to determine it’s success. Delayed viewing is a huge thing. My goodness, I’m tired of amazing shows being cut down before they even got to bloom.

[thoughts-of-the-unheard]

also winkman was a real one for saying hed kill lucy last so lockwood wouldnt have to watch

[bobbys-not-that-small]

Someone got me thinking more about Kipps and what he represents this evening and I was thinking about the parallels I felt with no longer being a student.

I graduated before most of my uni friends for various reasons, and when I went back to visit them I was always overwhelmed by the feeling that I wasn’t part of that student world anymore. Partly in a good way - I felt like I’d matured a lot more than some of them - but I always felt a little bit lost when they were all up to general student stuff and suddenly I didn’t live in that city anymore so was at loose ends if everyone was busy and I didn’t have a home round the corner to go back to.

And I think that’s comparable to losing your talent, and suddenly realising you’ve been forcibly kicked out of this world that you used to love and that a load of your mates are still part of, but that doesn’t fit you in anymore. But you’re not a real adult either, so what are you?

Also, when you’re a student and you meet new people, just going “I’m a student” gives the general sense of what kind of stuff you’re up to, even if you’re post-grad, doctorate etc. But suddenly being a grad and then not even a fresh grad anymore, and maybe not being settled in a career path makes it so much more complicated to explain. You’re a real working adult, not a student, but you don’t feel like you fit in either worlds.

It’s really clever of Stroud to make that connection (on purpose or not) and provide a counterpart in a world where kids are employed instead of in school.

[krash-and-co]

tss lockwood I love you so much btw