#queue est Arsène Lupin?

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14 for the ask game?

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

14. What is your ideal AU for your muse?

I’ve had this idea for a crossover AU where canon Sherlock Holmes & Lupin end up as roommates in a modern setting. So basically just, Modern!AU, and then they were roommates (platonically). The main thing that’s fun to think about is how these two very similarly eccentric, prideful men will have to navigate around each other if forced to live together in close proximity.

Despite their opposing occupations and alignments on the law, I think that they would actually get along well on that aspect. They both similarly live off the excitement of a life entangled in crime, only going at it from opposite ends. Holmes, while a detective, is very not above breaking the law or overlooking/even helping criminals depending on the situation. Lupin, for the most part, only targets the wealthy and similarly aids people in distress or even goes against other criminals.

They’re more or less on the same page morally I would say, so the main source of conflict would actually be from how much of a shitty roommate they are to each other.

While Holmes is meticulous in his own hygiene and keeps his case-related things rather organized, he is an absolute mess in everything else. Holmes, probably with ADHD, would hyperfixate on one thing and leave behind him a trail of destruction. There would be traces of the research and experiments he’s working on around the house as he goes from one point to the next, having little care of his surrounding living space as long as he can work. 

Lupin would be the opposite, being someone who is very clean and organized about other people’s stolen his possessions, partially out of necessity of having to move around and change identities all the time. He also has to keep away from rousing police attention while living under a disguised identity to not have them digging too soon. 

So imagine the chaos when Holmes, while conducting some weird experiment, sets off the smoke detector and sends the fire department & the police gathered around their address. Who has to be the one that deals with all of that while Holmes disappears in the middle to solve a case? Who has to bail Holmes out when he gets arrested for trespassing or interfering with police? Lupin. Who’s the one ending up with the actual criminal record (for possessing drugs probably) between the two of them? Holmes.

Now, while Holmes causes a lot of problems, most of it is unintentional. Lupin on the other hand, causes problems on purpose, in petty retaliation. He’s got a whole laundry list of nicknames to call Holmes, the more annoyed he is, the more sickly sweet the pet names become. There’s little passive-aggressive notes everywhere. Holmes’ things keep going missing then reappearing in different places, his wardrobe gets swapped out for animal onsies and shoes that are just a size too small.

I think it would be funny if the only reason they’re living together is because Holmes uncovers the place that Lupin’s using to stake out some corrupt Richy McRichman he wants to rob from. Holmes is unfortunately roommate-less and-watson-less at the time, and in need of someone to split the housing costs. So in-exchange for not outing him to the police, Lupin goes, listen, I’ll let you stay here, just don’t get in the way of my heist scheming. It can be a slice-of-life comedy.

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i'm struggling to send an ask through the blog interface, pop-ups aren't working maybe? for questions, 3 and 14

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

3. What is something that was never addressed at all in the canon material that you have independently developed for your muse?

While not completely unmentioned, I do have some very specific height hcs for some of the book characters based off of how they are described. Lupin himself has been very consistently described as a man of average height, so... hello google what is the average height of a french man in the 1900s → 165-170cm.

For reference,

Lupin III ranges from 167 to 179 cm

Kuroba Kaito/Kaitou KID is 174cm

Persona 5 Akiren/Joker is 175cm

I settled on ~170 cm as the default Arsène Lupin height just because it’s funny if the two most famous, Lupin-inspired lil phantom thief upstarts are just a smidge taller than the original Lupin.

As for the other book characters...

Beautrelet (described as “very tall” by another full-grown man while Lupin was described as “middle height” by a woman) → at least taller than Lupin so 171-175cm

Béchoux (“Pale-faced, he was tall, skinny...”) → again, at least taller than Lupin so ~175-180cm

Blonde Lady/Clotilde (”a tall, thin woman”) →  ~175cm

Ganimard (”little old man” “little man”) probably shorter than Lupin so ~160cm

Josephine (one of her predecessor/mother/or maybe it was her all along was described as ”tall, slender and beautiful”) →  probably ~175cm

Sholmes (”tall, smooth-shaven”) also based off of canon Holmes who is at least ~185cm

Point is, there’s a lot of tall people here, Lupin is surrounded by people taller than him. Source: Me. I declare it’s true.

14. What is your ideal AU for your muse?

I do have a particular AU that I think a lot about but this post is getting long and this is a duplicate question so! Here’s a shorter idea/concept:

AU where Barnett (Lupin) + Béchoux + Beautrelet end up working together, also known as the 🅱️etectives!AU. What will they do, where will they go? On to a crime scene of course!

In which only one of them is an actual, authorized detective who has to nervously cover for his two parasites. Meanwhile, the two aforementioned parasites skedaddle off in the background, doing nosy detective things, detective-ing their way into places they don’t belong, as totally legitimate detectives should.

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5 and 10 for the muse asks 👀

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

5. What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?

One of the main concepts I wanted to play around with the blog was actually the nameless Narrator that Lupin interacts with in canon.

So the way this blog is set up, is like a front for the newspaper that Lupin owns in canon. The asks are treated as inquiries directed at Lupin in L'Écho de France and submissions are mail addressed to “Lupin, Paris”. The responses are split into two categories and tagged with letter sign-off type phrases, and then either Lupin’s initials or the Narrator (who is suppose to be Leblanc).

Lupin’s sign-off is for the art-based responses and the Narrator is suppose to show up in text replies, but that only happened once as far as I can recall hahaha. Honestly, I’m just too embarrassed at my old content to go back and check.

10. For book muses, what is your muse’s favourite scene? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

—  La Barre-y-va, “Which Lady Love?”

I think about the last chapter of La Barre-y-va a lot, there’s just so much going on.

Béchoux, somehow ending up on a double date with the two antagonists of the book, who are a married couple. Lupin who sees them, goes “My police detective??? on a date???? with other criminals???? absolutely NOT” so Lupin just drags him off right in front of the other two, throws him into his car and basically just kidnaps him to god knows where as the story conclusion.

It still boggles my mind to this day, that Leblanc wrote this himself. Sir??? Are you aware of what you’re writing????

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2, 3, 10 and 11 please!

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

2. Do you have any controversial headcanons that go against what is generally accepted by the fandom? Do you incorporate this into writing your muse or keep it to yourself?

Already answered here! Here’s a bonus headcanon instead:

Lupin is someone who is very comfortable in his own body and confident about his gender identity as a man. He also the type to “to hell with societal norms! I will present myself however I please!” and do some genderfluid-black-magic-fuckery, especially in a modern setting.

He lets others treat him as a woman out of convenience when he’s under a feminine guise, but he will still sometimes correct people, especially if he’s annoyed by them: “No, not mademoiselle. You will refer to me as monsieur.”

3. What is something that was never addressed at all in the canon material that you have independently developed for your muse?

I always thought that Lupin’s hair would be naturally curled/wavy, just kind of a poofy windswept look to fit with his lawless, adventurous spirit. Something that looks like this.

I also like the idea that it would be curlier mess when he was younger, just lil Raoul with a bird nest of a hair, very untamable in spite of Victoire’s attempts. But it naturally settles into a less-curled, more-smooth wavy texture when he got older.

10. For book muses, what is your muse’s favorite scene? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

—  The Crystal Stopper, “The Chief of the Enemies”

Lupin: kidnaps a child, nicknames the child Hercules, and then makes all sorts of baby talk to soothe the child

11. For book muses, what is a scene with your muse that you hate? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

—  The Blonde Lady, “The Jewish Lamp"

Not specifically Lupin-related but this is definitely a writing choice of Leblanc that I dislike. Just constantly comparing the Watson-equivalent character to a dog.

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for the muse questions, 2 and/or 10!

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

2. Do you have any controversial headcanons that go against what is generally accepted by the fandom? Do you incorporate this into writing your muse or keep it to yourself?

Another difficult question to answer just because of how very small and scattered this fandom is... it’s hard to tell what the fandom thinks in the first place when it’s already hard to find them-

Hmmm not really a headcanon but! As many people find Lupin these days via anime-related things like Kaitou Kid/Persona 5/Lupin III, they tend to refer to Lupin as phantom thief- which I’d argue is incorrect. There’s a technical line of difference between phantom thieves/kaitous versus the original gentlemen thief/gentlemen burglar trope that I think is worthy of discussion.

I have been working on a very nerdy, meta-analysis/breakdown between the differences of the two tropes, just for my own satisfaction lol. No promises on when it’ll be done but, I’ll post it if anyone’s actually interested. 

10. For book muses, what is your muse’s favorite scene? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

— The Confessions of Arsène Lupin, “The Infernal Trap” 

Or aka. that one story where he survived purely because he was just so pretty-looking. I think about this story every now and then just because it's so ridiculous.

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10 & 11 for the ask thing. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Questions for Muns of Canon Muses !

10. For book muses, what is your muse’s favourite scene? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

— La Barre-y-va, “Revenge”

Here we see the gentleman burglar in his natural habitat, performing his unique mating ritual in order to attract nearby potential mates.

11. For book muses, what is a scene with your muse that you hate? Why? Can you provide a short excerpt?

— The Teeth of the Tiger, “The Man With the Ebony Walking-Stick”

The dead pupper made me sad. If I had a nickel for every time a dog gets fatally poisoned by a main character in detective fiction I’ve read, I'd have 3 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened 3 times.

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Les Milliards d'Arsène Lupin, a summary by someone who can’t read it:

there's a tiger

Lupin flirts w Béchoux, calls him "policeman of my heart," gives him job promotion

Béchoux: wow I’m so grateful... really really thankful Lupin: :) Béchoux: I will now proceed to show my gratitude by arresting you Lupin: >:OOOO!?!?? shoot me yourself then you coward

o yea the tiger

uh ppl died, not related to tiger i think(?)

something something about a organization of criminals

Béchoux vs tiger, tiger wins

I’m saying that like it can even be called a competition, Béchoux and co. just ran and hid under bed from tiger

Lupin: fine, you can arrest me just bring me the warrant Béchoux: :0!! gives him the arrest warrant Lupin: rips up warrant Béchoux: >:OOOO!?!??

Some guy gets executed

Lupin threatens to leak underwear pics of Béchoux or Ganimard

The End.

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Found him!

Submission by @theeverlastingnight

[ Thank you for bringing him back! I’ve been looking for him  ]