#There'd be an arc where the agency used to be known for lots of agents dying only to realize bickerstaff was sacrificing them
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Skull and Co
Ok so the writing hasn't been going so great (upset stomach + laptop acting on the fritz) but it gave me time to bat around with a new l&co au where Skull and Lockwood's situations are reversed.
Lucy runs away to London and joins an eccentric agency run by a teenage boy who only goes by Skull. He was a talented orphan boy apprenticed by a well known if eccentric spirit researcher and agency leader, Edmund Bickerstaff, who died suddenly a few months ago. Skull chose to continue the agency on his own, hiring George and later Lucy. Lucy and Skull have a caustic but playful banter between them. She is intrigued by this mysterious boy who owns this whole agency not mention the master he still looks up to even in death.
While digging through the basement - looking for supplies bc Skull and George together are a messy, disaster duo - Lucy finds a Source jar in the basement containing a chatty, affable Skull who calls himself Lockwood. He's a boy from the Victorian era who could see spirits clearly back in the day. His parents, also researchers, dedicated time to understanding their child's abilities. They died a few years before Lockwood himself did under mysterious circumstances. Lockwood has intermittent memories of his life and none of his death. Skull is annoyed Lucy dug that old thing up, stupid skull was always making pleading faces at him but Skull can't Listen worth a damn.
The series would follow the agency as they grow as people. Lucy learns more about the wickedness that happened under Dr. Bickerstaff and how Skull had often been forced to particpate. Skull will be coming to terms with his mentor's abusive behavior and realize that he genuinely does want to be a better person. They're also trying to solve the mystery of Lockwood's death which ends up spiraling into the mystery of the problem itself.
#lockwood and co#Skull runs such a disaster agency god bless him#and and George practically turn the whole house into a cesspool of experiments and old coffee mugs and books#Lucy isn't much better#Holly is Beside herself when she eventually comes along#Skulls growth will be accepting that bickerstaff was bad to him and the things they did were bad#There'd be an arc where the agency used to be known for lots of agents dying only to realize bickerstaff was sacrificing them#for his experiments#lucy and lockwood are Constantly Talking and it drives Skull insane bc hes always gonna be a jealous petty little thing#Skull is hiding Lockwood's jar all the time making lucy run around trying to find it while yelling at skull#at least 50% more chaotic than canon#george is vibing bc he can be as weird as he wants and not even COME CLOSE to the weirdness of his roommates#skullyle and locklyle are both valid#maybe lockwood comes to life at the end of the series and skull is like great can I kill him again
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