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angelamontoo · 2 years ago

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Probably a dumb idea, but what if Dimitrios was a big fan of Leydens detective stories?

Idk I've been toying with this headcanon a lot lately. Ofc it doesnt really make a difference to the story since he never finds out "Mr Smiths" true identity, but I think it'd be kind of fun if the dude that Cornelius had developed a morbid fixation on happened to also be an admirer of his work

#the mask of dimitrios #cornelius leyden #eh its a bit of a flawed idea #i dont think we're meant to believe cornelius writings are particularly flawed or anything #but all his crime fiction novels written before the events of the film were (presumably) from the pov of an outsider to the criminal world #so the odds are there are a certain amount of inaccuracies that stick out like sore thumbs to people like peters and dimitrios #and for some reason i can really see dimitrios in particular complaining about those inaccuracies #but who knows #ive heard of cases where writers who had no firsthand experience with certain topics had written about it so convincingly that people who #did experience those things first hand assumed the writer had aswell #and i can see cornelius being one of those types of writers #we ofc see how much effort he'll go to to get firsthand accounts for a potential novel when he has his heart set on it #but also even in the film its suggested that Cornelius appearance and mannerisms are surprising to people only familiar with his books #i just love the idea that sometime before the events of the film dimitrios was reading a super gory raunchy book by leyden #and thinking 'he just like me fr'#while leyden at that exact moment is back in holland watering his hydrangeas while waiting for the cherry pie he just baked to cool down

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