#and YESSS i love elizabeth debicki she is so talented and underrated

[brynnterpretations]

hello!! long time no see!! i've been a bit away from this blog but saw you were back and ooooh i 🫶 your writing so ofc i'm back for a little ask — another oc ship if it's not a problem, i just really liked the first one!!

her name is susanna malloy, "the librarian", she's in her early 30s (fc is elizabeth debicki). she's a supe as in has powers, but not a superhero in terms of branding; her powers are that she can read the history of any object (only objects, not people) by touching it. she never actually tried getting into supe life, instead she had an antique bookshop in the city through her 20s, but after going through a messy divorce like five years ago she decided to pivot and live in a cabin in the middle of the woods.

personality-wise she's a pretty methodical person, but very chaotic in her method; will fixate on organizing something instead of actually getting her shit together. she took all the antique books with her and has them neatly catalogued, the collection taking over her entire house. that's a bit on her power — it drives her crazy to have constant, unknown, random flashbacks by touching random objects, so everything in her house is nearly catalogued and she knows exactly what she's dealing with. she's actually somewhat afraid to leave the house. she also constantly wears gloves she's sewn herself — constant object in her hands, constant story she already knows on the foreground.

her divorce from her ex husband, julian, was for a series of reasons, but if you ask her, she knows she was the problem. she feels incredibly irresponsible if she's not in control, which is most of the time; the books are mainly an outlet for that control and for her to not go crazy. she feels like she's going crazy. all the time. incredibly impulsive, actually, so a lot of her isolation comes from the fact that she feels like it's best for her to not be able to affect anyone else.

so that's where she's at, at the moment: smoking weed and drinking wine in her porch, listening to her massive collection of old records (mostly jazz and 40s-60s pop), obsessively cataloguing her old books, hoarding figurines, and trying to have a little peace and feeling like the world is ending as she obsessively keeps up with the news. the main way i could see someone going after her is if they're searching for information on something (much like the boys went to mesmer for kimiko).

i currently do not have a ship nor any dynamics already thought out for her, so you can go crazy go bonkers!! thanks in advance and i'm glad you're feeling better <3

Thank you so much for your kind words and the request! I hope you like this. ♡

I ship Susanna Malloy with...

Marvin T. Milk ♡

Boyfriend

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Susanna and M.M. meet on a whim. The coup needs to identify the bloodied suit of a deceased Supe, which they believe ties to a Vought conspiracy: especially since nobody can figure out who the Supe is in the first place, even with Annie's snooping around Vought Tower's files. With Susanna's seeming rejection to a "Supe" lifestyle, and her powers, Annie — who'd heard about her on a podcast about small businesses in NYC — suggests they go to her.

M.M. and Annie — the calmest and most persuasive of the coup — visit Susanna's cabin. It starts out very, very awkward. Considering Susanna is a recluse, and was never really entrenched in anything Supe-related, she's hesitant to get involved with Vought drama, especially when the coup's faces have been broadcasted everywhere on T.V. and the Internet. Still, though, M.M. and Annie's gentle nature convince her to open her door.

They all get comfortable in her living room, with M.M. and Annie both keeping their tones professional. They tell her of a major Vought cover-up concerning a dead Supe, bringing out the suit, and asking Susanna if she can help them.

When she is overwhelmed by the brutal last memories of the Supe, both M.M. and Annie comfort her. While Annie is an A-plus comforter, M.M. — who has long since been tortured by his memories — is able to connect with her in a way no one has been able to in a long, long time.

After she's calmed down, they thank her for her help and M.M. offers her a business card (yes, the coup has those, they keep things professional) and the two tell her that if she ever needs anything, she can come to them, and that they will keep the entire meeting confidential outside the coup.

It's not the end, though; the coup and Susanna keep in touch in the following weeks regarding the investigation, and eventually, he invites her to the safe-house to get their ducks in a row. Through this, M.M. begins to get to know Susanna a lot more, and like her quite a lot. However...

M.M. does not want to make things unprofessional, and tries his best to hide his feelings. It isn't until Susanna invites him to her cabin for a glass of wine and some music after they have a heart-to-heart about their rituals and obsessions that he starts getting to know her on a personal level.

It's nice; really, really nice. When they're there, they're able to talk about everything and everyone, and it's like a weight has been lifted off of M.M.'s chest. They talk about their interests, their hobbies, their loved ones, their former marriages.

After that, they continue seeing each other, and M.M. becomes visibly happier as their relationships progress (queue a crude comment from Butcher, though he isn't up-to-date on who exactly "the missus" is). M.M. doesn't want to rush things, so they keep it casual: dinner at each other's places, smoke sessions on her porch (though M.M. abstains, as he can green out from one hit), and enjoying wine together.

By the fourth month of doing this, M.M. decides he wants to give a relationship with her a shot; he's legit head-over-heels for her, so when he's leaving her cabin after a smoke session (to make it less awkward if he says no), he asks if she'd like to go with him on a date.

So, when Susanna says yes: they have a romantic evening over Susanna's favorite meal that M.M. cooks, and get to know each other even more. After about a month of dating, M.M. gets her flowers and asks if she'd like to be his partner.

This turns into one of the purest relationships ever, 100%. Due to M.M.'s struggles with OCD, he is able to immediately empathize with Susanna, and does everything he can to help alleviate any symptoms of her powers: not touching her stuff, helping her organize if she ever needs help, and calming her down.

Also, M.M. loves her music taste. While he typically listens to '90s hip-hop and indie rock, he has a soft spot for jazz and doo-wop, since his family played it when he was young. Though, as mentioned, he doesn't smoke, he enjoys sitting with Susanna on her porch, listening with her to her records while enjoying wine with her.

He would 100% gift her wine and records that are along her tasting when he goes out. He's a gentleman.

The two would also have a lot of nice dates in secluded spaces, just to make sure that Susanna isn’t exposed to too many stressors: canoeing, perusing small bookstores and record stores in rural New York, etc.

There would be issues, of course, considering Susanna’s tendency to isolate, but I believe the two would have enough maturity to work through the problems, with M.M. even suggesting therapy for the both of them with a 100% confidential therapist to deal with their respective issues. I can’t see either of them going to bed angry at each other.

Susanna's complicated relationship would be something M.M. relates to, and is able to get her to open up about. M.M. sees his separation with Monique as his fault; after all, it was him who kept running back to Billy Butcher only to land her in a safe-house fearing for her and her child's life, and he takes responsibility for the harm he's caused. Susanna feeling the same way gives him a bit of comfort.

But, because of that, he tries his best to keep her as separated from his work life as possible, not wanting to hurt her. While he knows she's strong and already a Supe, he fears hurting her in the same way as he hurt Monique, and he tries to avoid that as much as he can.

Still, considering their relationship was borne from a relationship with the coup, M.M. doesn’t hide it as much as he would with a civilian; he would just try to keep her out of any trouble, and always puts a full-stop, foot-down to Butcher trying to use her as a tool for information.

Whenever it’s fine for her to come over, he’d have her there, and would definitely be happy when she gets along with them.

And that brings us to…

The Boys ☻

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As a whole, The Boys would all like Susanna a lot; they wouldn’t be super close, excluding one member in particular, but they’d all enjoy her company and personality. It’s pretty refreshing; Susanna is a bit like a chiller version of M.M. when she stops by, and is able to complement him extremely well.

Despite Butcher's hatred of Supes, he actually really likes Susanna — something very, very rare. Not only is she useful, but her lack of interest in Supedom and her chaotic nature really pulls him to her.

And... he would probably develop some feelings for her, but would never recognize them as such; partially because of his lack of emotional intelligence, partially because he does not see himself as capable of loving a Supe.

So, with that in mind, all their interactions are purely platonic; he tries getting her out to pubs and other night scenes, but if she's uncomfortable with that (let's be real, even if she's wearing gloves, there's a lot of shit that's stressful about being in those environments) he'd be happy to just sit and banter with her over drinks (Susanna's wine, Butcher's hard whiskey on the rocks).

Annie and her would be friends; not best friends by any means, but Annie would adore Susanna's personality and how disconnected she was from Vought and general Supedom. As we know, Annie's been paraded around supes her whole life, and meeting someone who's also powered yet was able to avoid the pain, narcissism, and trauma that comes from that would be special for her.

She’d invite her to her apartment to just hang out and watch corny movies whenever they had a bad day over wine and crackers. Susanna got some bad memories? Do not fear, Annie is here, and she has an extensive catalogue of ‘90s B-side comedies.

Kimiko would be her closest friend in the groups, 100%, hand on my chest, honest to God. It was actually a tie between her and M.M. and it was so, so hard for me to choose. It might take a bit for them to start communicating, but once they did, they'd become very good friends. Kimiko is tortured by her past as what is essentially a weaponized Supe, and is haunted by the unwanted memories that come with that; considering Susanna is plagued with constant flashes whenever she touches an object, Kimiko would sympathize with her and have sweet conversations with her.

She'd regularly seek Susanna out whenever she comes to the safehouse, and once they are able to form a way of communicating with each other steadily, she’d invite her to hang out with her often; watching movies and cartoons (Kimiko, an artist, loves old cartoons where you can tell it was drawn frame-by-frame), painting, and even smoking. Kimiko hadn’t smoked until Susanna, but likes it a lot as a social activity.

Frenchie and Hughie would probably be the ones she is least closest to, but not in a bad way. Frenchie would love her relationship with Kimiko and would talk with her on-and-off, but wouldn’t have an immediate “click” with her unless he heard her records or joined her for a smoke session.

Hughie, on the other hand, likes Susanna a lot, and actually hangs out every so often with her and Annie. However, as we know, he’s an awkward guy, so he’d occasionally struggle to find a rhythm in their conversations without a buffer.

All-in-all: M.M. loves her, and The Boys love her. I could definitely see her getting more involved with the coup if she ever felt the drive to. That’s an A+ in my book, friend.