#Lockwood and co spoilers

[catherineeverlasting]

Jessica Lockwood this one’s for you babe

i am a tragedy enjoyer before i am human

[multifandumbmeg]

Do you ever think about how Lucy not only left, she left right before/at the start of The Black Winter. More importantly, they don't have cell phones in timeline/The Problem UK.

Lockwood couldn't just call her or text to check in on her. There was no email. She left, making it clear she didn't want contact, and gave no address. For the entire BLACK WINTER- AKA the extreme height of ghost activity for the entire duration of the Problem. And she left to pursue her dangerous experiments with befriending ghosts that had already almost gotten her and others killed multiple times that year.

He had no idea where she was. If she was alive. All he had were newspaper obituaries.

When you look at it that way, it makes utter sense how unhinged he became when she was gone. How desperate and bereft he was. Every single person he has ever loved (apart from George, who almost does later) has died. And once he finally met someone strong enough to keep up with him, she left to dive headlong into the most danger that has literally ever existed.

No wonder he became an insane depressed feral nightmare boy. Wouldn't you?

[starwarsrebels]

#locklyle LOCKWOOD & CO. | 1.05

[vryfmi]

i like that the more times you reread The Hollow Boy, the deeper and more complex the answer to “why did Lucy leave L&Co but kept the skull?” gets.

at first it's because skull confirmed Lucy’s talent and she says so herself in TCS. then it's because she knew she couldn't hurt it or bring it to its doom with her talent unlike Lockwood and others.

but ultimately the answer is that she was afraid that her actions would lead to Lockwood's untimely death, but it was Lucy who was rapidly approaching the other side, as her talent grew stronger as well as her connection to ghosts and the world of the dead. and, thinking that skull's the only one who understands being in two worlds at once, she, ironically, chose her companion to be the most life desiring character in the series, who didn't let her spiral during those months apart from L&Co.

[lucelockwood]

The best gift the tv show gave us was the confirmation that once we get outside of Lucy’s head it is clear that the entire world knows Lockwood loves her.

George has a front row seat and is far too practiced at calling it like he sees it in an effort to keep the suicidal maniac alive so ofc he knows, but even people who spend next to no time with them figure it out.

Kipps knows what he’s up against when he asks Lucy to the party. Flo sees them together a handful of times and tells Locky to his face he looks at her different. It is heavily implied that Barnes and Fittes both think something is going on between them. Even Winkman puts the dots together when Lockwood’s begging for her life.

Literally everyone except for Lucy and Lockwood themselves know what’s up.

[justjudethoughts]

Not to accuse Lockwood of being extremely malicious and petty, but I really want to know if he did this on purpose. Originally, I didn't think he possibly could have meant that to hit Lucy the way it does — but as I kept thinking, it got more and more curious.

1) Right after saying he has someone to thank, he deliberately makes eye contact with Lucy. You don't do that unless you are intending to thank THAT person, or because you are exchanging knowing glances about the coming statement. But Lockwood knows Lucy wouldn't be giddy to praise Holly. Which means, at the very least, he looks over at Lucy knowing she probably won't like what he will say next. Maybe he isn't intending to make Lucy believe he is preparing to thank her, maybe he just wants to see her reaction to Holly being praised. But either way, the eye contact bodes very badly for his intentions.

2) He knows how well Lucy did the night before. He also knows she was specifically fighting alongside him, for the first time in ages. And, as he admits later, he is intentionally holding her at a distance. I wonder if this is one of his tactics.

3) Lucy says she knows the connected the night before, but that she doubts Lockwood's ability to sustain a meaningful relationship. She obviously doesn't know this at the moment, but Lockwood is severing bits of the relationship on purpose. I wonder if he was a little freaked out by how well they clicked the night before, and this was "damage control."

Anyway, this all seems a big malicious of Lockwood, but golly, the eye contact line is just odd

[catherineeverlasting]

Some Lucy and Lockwood after the Black Winter for your enjoyment <3 art by meeee

@jonathanstroud

[bobbys-not-that-small]

this is quite possibly THE MOST savage thing I’ve read in my life:

[blue-boxes-magic-and-tea]

sometimes i wonder if i would’ve survived seeing lockwood reject and separate himself from lucy like in the hollow boy. like … would i have survived that or just imploded on the spot? seeing it all before my eyes i think would’ve hurt so bad idk if i would’ve made it

[prrcyjacksons]

LOCKWOOD & CO — 1.04 : “Sweet Dreams”

[paranormaljones]

Honestly though I feel so awful for Lockwood in The Screaming Staircase. He extended an insane amount of mercy to Lucy considering his past. He lost his entire family to The Problem and more specifically his sister to a Visitor that was unintentionally let loose in his house. And then along comes Lucy who unleashes Annie Ward's ghost in his house twice (the first time unintentionally, the second 100% on purpose and without asking). Like, can you imagine what he was going through on both occasions and especially on the second when it was done on purpose??? And he barely even told her off for that one, though he was very clearly deeply upset about it at first. Babygirl I would have had a panic attack. That poor boy.

[multifandumbmeg]

Anthony Lockwood is an emotional chameleon. He changes how he interacts with people to be what they want and need.

Think about how he acts with George. They bicker, they insult each other, they're not touchy-feely, but they get each other. They care about each other. Lockwood treats him like this because that's what George likes: blunt, to the point, back-and-forth banter and sarcasm. He doesn't treat George's neurodivergence or eccentricities as a fault like others, he casually accepts or even lauds them. He's the hands-off but there when you need him friend George needed.

Think about how he treats Lucy. She doesn't realize this is why, which is the cause of much of her internal fury, but he tries to be what she seems to want. Lockwood gives Lucy a huge amount of freedom, doesn't push her to open up, celebrates and accepts her gifts at face value (especially in the books) but in the show when she makes clear what she doesn't want, he apologizes and changes course. He becomes comfortable with her quickly and doesn't treat her differently because she's a girl- he knows she can handle herself and she's just another member of the household, no judgement for being messy or lazy or looking wrecked like the rest of them. He knows that she is closed off and resentful when people pity her or acknowledge her pain, so he shows his affection in subtler ways, like making her toast and tea. Giving her precious things that are part of his past as a show of trust and attempt at vulnerability. Frequently praising her, but only when she truly deserves it, because she wouldn't accept it otherwise. Constantly showing her how much her life is worth to him, no matter how much it drives her crazy. His relationship with Lucy changes as his romantic feelings for her grow, and it gets harder for him to mask how he actually feels and wants to act.

Now here's the controversial one: Lockwood does not show Holly favoritism, nor is a malicious, manipulative monster pitting two women against each other. Every single thing about how Lockwood treats Holly differently can be attributed to him knowing her past and trying to be what she needs. He is helping her. Lucy's internal monologue of intense jealousy is a matter of insecurity. She sees Lockwood's gentleness with Holly as him seeing her as a "real girl" and Lucy herself as "just one of the guys" - read, not a romantic prospect. But Lockwood makes it clear who he favors soon enough: when Lucy decides to leave, he offers to fire Holly immediately because he knows of their feud. It is Lucy he can't live without. Lockwood is, in a word, polite to Holly. He is kind and friendly towards her because her previous boss abused her, and she is traumatized in a fundamentally different way than Lucy. Whereas Lucy hardened but sees the agent life as all she can do, all she is worth, Holly is paralyzingly traumatized by agent work. Which is exactly why he takes her out on cases slowly, watches out for her, and does everything he can to rebuild her confidence. He gets onto to Lucy rather than Holly because 1) Lucy became hostile immediately and fully started their conflict, 2) as mentioned before, Holly is traumatized by an abusive, toxic prior work environment. He's trying to make her feel safe here, and 3) He's completely unaware of how Lucy sees this behavior as a personal slight because he fully respects Lucy as an equal, which he thinks is a compliment.

Also, I think George sees Lockwood's ever-changing personality as completely par for the course. As a fellow neurodivergent, he thinks this parade of masks is how everyone interacts, Lockwood's just good at it.

In conclusion, Lockwood is simply a kind kid with pretty damn high emotional intelligence, which is frankly remarkable considering how alone he's been. Anthony Lockwood tries to be whatever anyone else needs, because there was no one to be it for him.

[starwarsrebels]

lucy: *is possessed* lockwood: *is in love* LOCKWOOD & CO. | 1.02

[rubysunnday]

TOP TEN TELEVISiON SHOWS (as chosen by me) 9) Lockwood and Co (2023) ↳ “Pull yourselves together. You're elite Fittes agents, three of the best I've met. And I'm Anthony bloody Lockwood. Any one of us could see this lot off any day of the week. But all of us together? This will be a walk in the park.”

[vryfmi]

[id: a pencil drawing of Lucy Carlyle from Lockwood and Co books and a carrion crow. Lucy sits on the bench and is bent forward, looking at the crow sitting on her rucksack that is next to her. the crow looks at her as well./end id]

an old au that ive been simmering lately. au in which after the events of TEG, after skull's been silent for months, lucy keeps being followed by crows (or a crow) that keeps almost laughing at her and others whenever they fail at cases, keeps sitting at her windowsill and insisting on riding on top of her rucksack. lucy respects it's resentfulness of being invited inside though, she let's it be free.

[krash-and-co]

not to be insane about her on main but you know I never stopped thinking about jessica right. you know I never stopped thinking about jess lockwood

shes like. she's JESS.

shes haunting the narrative. she's haunting lockwood. shes haunting nothing at all, in the literal sense, which is rather strange. shes in Lucy's face and the way she stands at the door. shes got lockwoods eyes, or maybe hes got hers. she's burned into her bedset. she's burned into her house. she's burned into wood. she's a broken pot. she's a clumsy rapier. she's waiting at the apple tree. shes sleeping under her covers. she likes stickers. she's a kid, she's a guardian, she's not going to take off the baby wallpaper in her bedroom. she's clung to youth. she's forced to grow up. she's younger than her baby brother. she's the world. shes important enough to die for. she's important enough to live because of. she's blue and swollen and on the floor and dead. she's pale and smiling and holding her brother in her lap, immortalized, shoved in a dresser drawer because somebody couldnt handle seeing her face.

she's that important. she's that important.

she's a lockwood, she's a mirror, she's lucy joan carlyle and anthony john lockwood and a reminder and a child and doomed, doomed, doomed in such a way that she could save everyone else.

she's the boxes lockwood couldn't open. she's the right time. she's warm feathers and stitches purposefully undone.

in her childishly wallpapered room, she is sitting, watching, cross legged on her bed.