#THANK YOU FOR THE ASK THIS WAS SO INTERESTING TO PONDER ABOUT OOOOOOOOO~

[mintytealfox]

Hypothetically, if someone were to happen to Alice and Norton....

Who do you think would be the people they trust to care for their kids.

For best to worst.

OH MAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

When it comes to the people they both know:

MELLY IS NUMBER ONE FOR SURE and LIKELY THE ONLY ONE LOL 👀💪💪💪 I feel like her core thing is 'to protect'. She protects the innocent and the vulnerable. Her focus is insects until she meets Alice. After meeting Alice and realizing that she is in fact 'Alice' she starts putting things in action to help Alice get out, including convincing Norton to switch sides. She would do everything in her power to make sure the kid had the best up bringing and she has the money to do so as well 🙏🙏🙏 She will also eliminate threats and ya know what good for her lol

the more I think about it, the more she would be the only one that both Norton and Alice would agree would be the best fit

cause liiiike,

They can't really trust the kiddo to Frederick cause I can see him kinda too zoned out and distracted and run down to be able to care for a kiddo ;; He might sort himself out as best he can to help the kid but not sure he could do it for the long run. But who knows, maybe the kid would help keep those voices at bay

Definitely not Orpheus, heck they need to protect the kid from Orpheus. He doesn't even take care of himself (judging how he is as a detective) he is far too unstable oh my GOSH He might not be able to separate that the kid is from Alice and Norton, that the kid is tainted because Norton was the father and I am worried that the nightmare side of him won't treat the child well because of that. And like make the kid pay the price Norton was supposed to. To make the kid the villain Norton was supposed to be 😨😭😭😭 But then there is the other side of wanting to protect the kid because they are also half of Alice.... so the kid would be his 'dangerous nightingale' ugh

Alice knows other people that would protect the kiddo as well, likely, but Melly would be the one that they BOTH know and trusted back then and can trust now and in the future and I am sure Frederick would visit and help where he can~

Orpheus would have to be kept away oh my gosh 😵‍💫