#rachel pidgley

[almondcroissantsandink]

found out i accidentally hadn't caught up on the comic in roughly four years and so read well over 100 pgs over the course of 3 days and then i made this

[screams-of-the-damned84]

don’t think I’ll ever have time to properly finish this so here’s a slightly cleaned up version of that wip from forever ago <3

[celestetcetera]

I love Rachel Pidgley. She’s a monsterfucker. Her werewolf boyfriend is trans. She’s best friends with Edward Hyde from hit novella Hyde Beats A Man To Death With His Cane. She’s also somehow friends with Dr. Jekyll from hit novella Jekyll Commits Murder-Suicide on Edward Hyde. She twirls her chef knife around with no regard for how close it is to her, or anyone else’s, neck. She stress bakes. Her werewolf boyfriend thrives on the fruits of her stress baking. She didn’t bat an eye when a 12ft tall reanimated corpse man walked into her place of work. She stabbed a mutilated grizzly bear in a battle to defend said corpse man only about 5 minutes later. Her sister in law is the head of the most successful gang in London and is polyamorously married. Said sister in law’s gang has health insurance. Her first appearance in the comic she shows up covered in blood. Apparently this is normal for her.

[iralthegreat]

"I'm afraid that wasn't me, luv" clawing at the walls of my enclosure

[nik-the-bik]

After THAT happened -

Predictions for general reactions to The Horrors:

Lodgers: stunned silence, some whispering of general disgust

Frankenstein: trying to emphasize how she was right, Jekyll's a genius, look at this triumph, etc. Making it Worse.

Jekyll: barely able to breathe and desperately trying not to sob while covered in goo

Lanyon: deceased

Hyde: also deceased?

Rachel: Hero moment. I thoroughly believe she'll be the first to go to Jekyll and offer him sympathy. She likes Jekyll. She likes Hyde. This is weird and gross but clearly this person (people?) is (are?) having a bad day.

Jasper: Will tag along with Rachel because he's a sweetie like that

[berie-kat]

The silly babies, I love Them so much. Why they wearing these outfits? No clue, are they working it? Yes, yes the are

Kay bye bye!

[magicwhiskers29]

God today's page is so aughijjgghhghhhh. Augh.

Like, I've seen people bring up how awful it must be for Rachel, because she's spent years defending both Jekyll and Hyde, and yet they lied to her, but I'd argue it's worse than that.

It's not just about the lie to Rachel -- that's not why she's crying. Because imagine finding out that the guy you spent your time gossping with, because he was so casual with you, he's not your bff or your boss, and because he reminds you of the brother you lost, only to find out that he was never just that person. Imagine finding this out and not knowing that Hyde really is a completely separate identity, because then you can only question why Jekyll would do this to you. Why would he let you fuss over him and treat him like someone else entirely?

For Lanyon, the conflict is about Jekyll. His love interest is actually also secretly the guy he really hates, and who has been right up in his face and rude to him about really cutting, personal things. It's reconciling Jekyll's other side with him.

But I'd argue that for Rachel, it's about Hyde. She's Jekyll's BFF, sure, but I get the impression that their relationship has to be slightly more professional. He treats her extremely politely and cordially, all part of being a gentleman, but then there's Hyde, who she really, desperately wants to help, and who treats her completely differently. He acts kind of childishly, out that means there's not that wall of professionalism between them. She's instantly drawn to him because he looks like her brother, and she thinks that maybe she can actually help him.

She indulges Hyde so much, and the power dynamic is definitely more skewed towards her, from her perspective, compared to her and Jekyll, but I think they feel much more like equals, and times. It'd Hyde who she can do finger guns at and say "werewolf boy" to. It's Hyde who she can light-hearted mischief with. There is still a layer of distance between them, because of how much Hyde plays himself up as the "Spirit of London at Night", but I don't know if Rachel necessarily recognises that.

And then her dialogue here... She wants to make people happy, and that's why she placed her trust in Hyde, and really puts her whole heart into trying to get him out of trouble after he becomes wanted, but with this reveal, that all shatters. She hasn't mace the people she spent her time defending Hyde to happy, and she feels betrayed by both Jekyll and Hyde, because if they're going through all this, then clearly they're not happy either!

How can she defend Hyde now? She isn't sure what she knows about him anymore.

And... I don't think Rachel knowing earlier would hsve actually "fixed" anything, but she clearly thinks it would have done, which. Augh.

I don't think it's just about the perceived lie. It's about letting both of her close friends down

[rachelpidgley]

"You said you were going home."

[getyourpaybackwithsomepayback]

Yknow

[shadow-yato]

Can you draw Rachel baking Holt some cookies? :-)

He’s very excited! 🍪 Ty for the ask anon!

[thecountoflondonfansite]

Kid Trouble

Not my main au idea but something fun. So one of the lodgers accidentally turns Henry into a little kid. At first a newly turned Henry acts timid, nervous, and afraid because he has no idea where he is or what is going on. The lodgers think that it will be easy to take care of kid Henry since adult Henry is so polite and a gentleman. That is until kid Henry is more comfortable and calm. It turns out kid Henry is like a mini Edward Hyde. Causing chaos and grief for most of the lodgers. The only people he’ll listen to are Rachel, Jasper, Virginia Ito, and surprisingly Frankenstein. It’s mainly hilarious antics performed by “The Spirit of Mad Science!” (Yes that is what kid Henry calls himself).

[echooefrost]

[yourfavouritefighter]

hi have a doodle dump of my friend @leonenjoyer69’s cool epic bmc au go (check his art out cuz he’s so cool)

wow i’m gonna have a laundry list of characters to tag rip

[aspartame-parent]

ferngully audio hehe

[laughaprist]

[your-local-blogger]

She is not impressed