#(i know that age indicators isnt just hair and that mr benedict does Not look twenty something but have you considered: this is hysterical.
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(via @mvshortcut) #wait wait I've got it#curtain's hair is natural#and nicholas dyes his hair grey#when they were younger they decided they would do this once they got older to confuse everyone about their age#and even though they got separated and were enemies neither of them even CONSIDERED not sticking to the plan#it was For the Bit
i need you to know nik and i have a whole elaborate au based on this exact concept that just descended into insane deeply stupid crack about the twins secretly being much younger than they are and then when they finally meet again the whole dramatic confrontation is entirely derailed by curtain immediately dropping everything to make fun of him at maximum volume. HOW OLD DO THEY THINK YOU ARE NICKY?! HOW DID YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF and mr benedict is like head in hands going SHUT UP SHUT UP IT ISN'T FUNNY!!! I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW IT WASN'T ON PURPOSE IT JUST SNOWBALLED SO MUCH THEY THINK I'M LIKE FIFTY!!! and curtains just like [literally on the verge of tears laughing at him] NICHOLAS WE ARE TWENTY SEVEN [incoherent wailing from mr benedict] meanwhile the adults came to rescue him and can just. Hear All Of This.
but also the idea that they both did this and like. they're just STILL STICKING TO IT. FOR THE BIT. IS SO GOOD WHAT THE FUCK FLGIJFGHFGH curtain gets redeemed and mr benedict pulls him aside like. so. you never... told anyone? gave it up? and curtain's like god no what do you take me for? i dedicate to the bit, nicholas.
something I ponder almost daily: curtain must be dying his hair/beard, right? like mr. benedict's beard is speckled with gray and so is his hair, whereas curtain has immaculate jet black hair and beard. we know he cares very much about his appearance, especially from that one scene in season one where he's getting his hair cut and not a single strand could be out of place. It would make sense with his control thing too, if you get what I'm saying. I literally know nothing about hair graying so this is just speculation but i think it would be so funny if he was. i also wonder (if that's true) if it's to show up benedict, like "ooh we're twins but i'm the better looking one" because that is exactly the type of pettiness curtain has in abundance. like the one comment in the final episode of season 2 where he says "I don't look a day over 46" or something, a completely unhelpful comment <3
#mr benedict's been lying about his age since college and no one's called him out on it#its just spiralled too much out of control#this is also like. he uses up his entire allotment of 'willing to lie' on this so when the secret is finally out he's just like#oh thank god. finally i can cheat at cards again#and then there was a whole tangent about him and constance cheating at cards#man i miss that au actually#i believe an actual quote from nik was 'STOP LAUGHING YOU JERK THEY THINK I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN' which.#just thinking about this has me mad cackle-giggling like an evil witch#literal tears in my eyes i am not joking#they are past the rivalry thing right now#forgetting about all the evil shit#he just like [sitting in a pile of ropes he wiggled out of two hours ago wailing]#NATHANIEL I DONT KNOW HOW IM GONNA GET OUT OF THIS ONE!!! IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GO THIS FAR!!!!! STOP LAUGHING!!!!!#NATHANIEL ITS NOT FUNNY THEY CALL ME 'MR BENEDICT' I ASKED THEM HOW OLD THEY THOUGHT I WAS AND THE ANSWERS RANGED FROM FORTY TO *SIXTY*#(i know that age indicators isnt just hair and that mr benedict does Not look twenty something but have you considered: this is hysterical.#) the backstory was that he like. dyed his hair one (1) time to be taken seriously as a last resort but then it worked super well and#the lie just snowballed. since they now knew him as an Older Adult. and he just had to keep it up. thisi sh is life now
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