#jonathans stroud

[teaandtoastandthyme]

A (devastating) Christmas present from Mr. Stroud himself, posted to Twitter.

Be warned: spoilers for The Hollow Boy.

[lockwoodandconetflix]

jonathan.stroud instagram story update

[schokoleibniz]

all five books summed up in one sentence

[manikas-whims]

ghost hunting tour is ruined guys 😭 [inspo]

[locklyle1kanij]

Okay now, i’m not rly in the LAC fandom anymore but i thought i should share something i came across while i decided to make a random Lucy edit bc i still LOVE her

Soooo ya…. Idk if anyone else has noticed this but if so why aren’t we TALKING ABOUT IT OML😭

THE CONNECTIONS!!!?!? JONATHAN STROUD U EVIL GENIUS!!!!

[bobbys-not-that-small]

Jonathan’s Goodreads Q&A section is a goldmine

whoever wrote the salty snack one is a GENIUS

[peachymaryobrien]

One of the reasons Lockwood & Co is so successful is that it's built out of friendship.

Lockwood was one foot in the grave.

Lucy was lost.

George was misunderstood and lonely.

I bet these kids even stopped believing at some point they would ever be happy. But after all the pain, three broken hearts met and became each other's anchors. Trio's bond has been sealed with blood and desperate desire for human connection. Once they figured out how to use that bond, they became unstoppable.

[theartfulv]

Lucy painting!!!

Trying to relearn how to use watercolours and just had to paint my fav girl!!

(And happy St. Paddy’s Day lovelies!)

[captain-hooks]

Happy spooky season

[thepalerimitation]

Jonathan Stroud is so magnificent at writing female characters that my jaw dropped when I looked at the book jacket.

Lucy being abrasive but also nervous when first meeting Lockwood. Holly describing Sir Rupert Gale getting too close to her and breathing down her neck. Flo being severely traumatized by ghosts, leading to her mania and homelessness.

I seriously cannot even get into how good so much of the commentary was in Lockwood and Co. Talking about CPTSD, Lockwood’s suicidal behavior, child labor, capitalizing off of tragedy, large corporations, like Stroud is that guy. But there is something so amazing about him writing such relatable and compelling female characters that makes him one of my favorite authors of all time.

[fiasvsesvit]

back to my roots or whatever

[vryfmi]

[id: a pencil drawing of an opening scene to Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase. Lockwood, turned away from the viewer, and Lucy, facing him, stand at the steps of a house and look out into a front yard. the sun is setting./end id]

Part I. The Ghost

joining @blue-boxes-magic-and-tea's TSS read-along and sharing a rather old drawing from my own old reread

[petratherrock]

"Best friend to lovers is boring"

How dare you utter such blasphemy against Kanej and Locklyle

[eudociacovert]

Rereading the Lockwood and Co. books and one of the things I love about them is how the world always feels lived in. Stroud doesn't write side characters and background characters as static, they react and adapt and change, even the ones we never even talk to. For instance, Bunchurch has an entire arc and we experience it exclusively through Lockwood's snippy asides about them, it's so cool. This is definitely something I want to try and do more in my own writing.

[mellowkotto]

Don't mess with a teenage girl and her emotional support skull

I know the skull was scorched after the explosion but I forgot ijbol