#but i rlly wanted to draw ross in a dress and had no time durinh the week

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Less a Rossier headcanon than historical research but the thing Crozier & and both of the Rosses had going on feels more & more like a throuple, the more I read about them. Among other things: Ross & Ann were the only people allowed to call Crozier Frank. Crozier had nicknames for Ross (John) & Ann (dear thot) too. He was Ross' best man at their wedding and lived with them for a while. The conception of the first two Ross kids is *almost* oddly coordinated to whenever Crozier was around and they didn't have any more until Ross returned from the Arctic in search of the Franklin expedition. Ross had promised Ann (or her father, depending on the source) that he'd never sail again but dropped everything immediately to captain one of the rescue ships when they started looking for the Franklin expedition. Ann apparently gave her blessing by stating that he should bring "our Frank" back. They both sent out letters to Crozier during the early search parties (which were never delivered, obviously).

They make me insane (and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Don't let me tell you about Ross & Crozier having matching hand tremors from their time in Antarctic. Or the ball on New Year's Eve in 1842, which Ross (possibly in drag due to jokingly being referred to as Ms. Ross in some sources) & Crozier opened with a dance. Or Franklin writing about Ross & Crozier that "the same soul animates each". Or Ross stating about Crozier's eulogy that "I was limited to 12 lines to speak of his services. It was hardly possible to say the thousandth part of what I should have like to have said of one I so truly loved". Or- *keels over*)

I have been pondering this for so long omg like yeah there's something sussy between them

in my head Fitzjames wants what Francis and Ross have meanwhile Francis still refers to Fitzjames as "other James" (Fitzjames is delulu but its okay, Francis will end up liking him. in time. long time. it takes extremely long for him to like him)

also this ask absolutely helped me and my bestie make the pirate au in our delusional minds so thank you ejjdhsid <33

anyways I had this in my head and had to draw it because like you have to see it too now

i can't draw dresses or skirts ignore how it's drawn ty 🫶