#the hollow boy

[fiasvsesvit]

lucy leaving the agency at the end of THB is so so so important for her character growth. it's actually crazy to see how much she's grown mentally and became more independent in TCS. she stopped playing the victim in any argument she is in. she became much more patient and understanding towards people because she had to deal with all kinds of agents and supervisors during her freelance work, and also stopped blindly following lockwood's orders and acquired leadership skills of her own. before tcs it seemed like she had problem with everyone, except maybe lockwood - george, kipps, holly, kat, barnes etc. it surprised me how she managed to obtain such good relationship with almost anyone she met in tcs, after three books of straight up hating every person she saw. moreover, you could say that she actually becomes one of the chillest people in the agency.

she finally gets a mind of her own and is able to stand up for herself and her friends when needed.

[reggie-gremlin]

i'm rereading the hollow boy and as sad as i am that the show was cancelled and we won't get the whole story on screen, i'm also somewhat grateful because that book on screen??? absolutely not. absolutely the fuck not. aside from the sheer amount of locklyle angst, the whole ending in the department store??? terrifying. horror movie worthy. a fucking heart attack to see it on screen.

[justjudethoughts]

Not to accuse Lockwood of being extremely malicious and petty, but I really want to know if he did this on purpose. Originally, I didn't think he possibly could have meant that to hit Lucy the way it does — but as I kept thinking, it got more and more curious.

1) Right after saying he has someone to thank, he deliberately makes eye contact with Lucy. You don't do that unless you are intending to thank THAT person, or because you are exchanging knowing glances about the coming statement. But Lockwood knows Lucy wouldn't be giddy to praise Holly. Which means, at the very least, he looks over at Lucy knowing she probably won't like what he will say next. Maybe he isn't intending to make Lucy believe he is preparing to thank her, maybe he just wants to see her reaction to Holly being praised. But either way, the eye contact bodes very badly for his intentions.

2) He knows how well Lucy did the night before. He also knows she was specifically fighting alongside him, for the first time in ages. And, as he admits later, he is intentionally holding her at a distance. I wonder if this is one of his tactics.

3) Lucy says she knows the connected the night before, but that she doubts Lockwood's ability to sustain a meaningful relationship. She obviously doesn't know this at the moment, but Lockwood is severing bits of the relationship on purpose. I wonder if he was a little freaked out by how well they clicked the night before, and this was "damage control."

Anyway, this all seems a big malicious of Lockwood, but golly, the eye contact line is just odd

[captain-hooks]

[bobbys-not-that-small]

this is quite possibly THE MOST savage thing I’ve read in my life:

[biscuitrule]

No because I’m sorry but Lockwood and Co should be Percy Jackson level popular

[sunshinelivesforever]

No because it's the way Lockwood and Lucy both parallel each other's pasts.

Like, Lucy being used by her mother to make money. Lockwood (although he later apologizes) calling her an "asset". Lucy watching most of her friends die and her best friend getting ghost-locked simply because they had underestimated the Visitor and weren't prepared. Lockwood forgetting to bring the chains and then underestimating Annabel, saying that they don't need chains to deal with her.

And then Lockwood seeing Jessica in Lucy. Lockwood seeing Lucy caring for him, helping him and making him see reason and being reminded of Jessica. Lockwood thinking that Lucy was Jessica for a split second after he woke up from being unconscious. Lockwood seeing Lucy lying on the floor in a room filled with sources and remembering what happened to Jessica.

They find the most traumatizing parts of their pasts in each other but it's different now. It's different because it's part of the healing process. They're helping each other and they're healing and it's going to be okay because they can get through it with their love for each other.

[sweetreveriee]

Oh to be described like Lucy describes Lockwood

[loveverythingbooks]

'Lucy's Terribly Jaded': A Collection

Source: The Screaming Staircase

The Hollow Boy:

The Empty Grave:

[sciroccoorion35]

“The funny thing was, I still acknowledged the connection that Lockwood and I had made, the previous night, as we ran together side by side, and the rest of the world molded itself around us. It had been real, I didn’t doubt it. But what I did doubt was Lockwood’s ability to sustain that connection in any meaningful way. When the excitement was over, he just snapped back to his usual cool remove, keeping me at a distance. Well, that wasn’t good enough anymore. We were closer than he admitted, and I deserved…

What did I deserve?” —The Hollow Boy

For some reason I’m ruminating on this passage this morning. This is a big step for Lucy I think, finally admitting there’s something she wants from Lockwood that she isn’t getting but she can’t quite put it into words. And I can’t help but wonder if the real problem is that Lucy has never had anyone show real affection towards her and doesn’t really believe that she deserves it, deep down. But she wants it.

And Lockwood has closed himself off to affection for reasons Lucy is just about to discover. But his feelings keep demanding to be felt and he doesn’t know what to do with them other than stuff them down as hard as he can. It’s easier to pretend Holly is the issue than it is to reach out to each other and admit what they both feel.

My heart breaks for these two.

[ghost-touch-kills]

This picture is the sole reason I got back into Lockwood and Co

(I didn’t make this: https://pin.it/zcLprjAlX)

[justjudethoughts]

Okay, reverse Hollow Boy AU where the Fetch is Lucy, etc. etc. But instead of putting Lockwood in Lucy's EXACT place (i.e. the one who fell through the hole), Lockwood is STILL the one who dropped Lucy and came down to look for her.

That way, he starts by thinking she might be dead. He starts by worrying for the entire time it takes him to climb down. But he doesn't see her body at the bottom.

And then her ghost appears.

And he's the one who lost hold of her hand.

[bubbl3zdaseaotter37]

I just finished The Empty Grave and — Help me :’D

anyways, here’s my first offering to the fandom. Skull!

[seazan]

Not gonna lie I too would be pissed if I come home and the new assistant is wearing my crush's sweater and says "still smells of him, though" 😭

[ironyscleverer]

Lockwood reread commentary pt. 2:

Now that I’m closer to Kipps’ age than Lucy’s, I find the idea of him at 20-22ish having to babysit manage a team of roughly 15-17 year olds kind of hilarious. He’s really just a young adult trying to figure out his life and then there’s this team of grimy children pulling insane stunts and roasting him at every turn. But at the same time he’s the closest thing to an adult they’ll trust and they’re also his only friends so he has to stick around and try to keep them alive.

Lockwood & co: *does something outrageously illegal*

Quill Kipps, old enough to have a consciousness: this is fine

[friendlyghostintheattic]

Holly: I don’t want to hurt their feelings

Lucy: Hurt their feelings— Do you just walk around, thinking about other people’s feelings?

Holly: Yes, don’t you?

Lucy: No, how do you get anything done?