#the hollow boy

[sciroccoorion35]

iirc isn’t he also trying to preserve his parents’ memory/legacy/name? because there’s definitely a thread in thb of him being so focused on building up the agency and chasing fame/relevance/security that he accidentally sacrifices one of the things that made it all worth it (his relationship with Lucy)

in my opinion one of the biggest misconceptions about lockwood's personality in general is the fact that many people think that he is a rich boy/loves money. money was never his motivation, in fact, he never cared about it. yes, after he and lucy burned down a house and hopes were demanding a compensation he was worrying about money, but only because it was potentially leading to closing the agency and selling his house (aka the his only possession and reminder of his family). emphasis on the last claim. the reason he became an agent (later opened an agency) in the first place is bc he was seeking revenge for his sister, not for money or fame. if was driven by fame or fortune so badly, then he would've sold his agency to fittes/any other organisation as soon as he had the chance. this is clear as day, yet people are struggling to understand it somehow 😔

[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.

[loveverythingbooks]

'Lucy's Terribly Jaded': A Collection

Source: The Screaming Staircase

The Hollow Boy:

The Empty Grave:

[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)

[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

[justjudethoughts]

Holly, Lockwood, and Jessica

I think the reason Lockwood is so quickly comfortable with Holly (as opposed to the formalities he went through with Lucy) is because Holly reminds him of Jessica. Not in the same way Lucy does, mind you, but it's still there. Holly is gentle, kind, practical, and motherly, and she's older than Lockwood.

The thing is, by the time Holly's on the scene, Lockwood hasn't had a motherly presence in roughly seven years. He hasn't been taken care of in seven years. While Lucy provides much needed feminine energy for the company, she is still younger than him, more of a peer than a comforting maternal figure.

Lockwood likes Holly and he trusts Holly, but he is more *outwardly* protective of Holly than Lucy. Part of this is because he doesn't know how much Holly can handle, given her past situations, and he knows full-well Lucy's strength. But I think there's more. I think he can't bear the thought of not protecting his new sister. He can't lose Lucy because of how close they are. But he can't lose Holly because of who he sees in her.

And I think that's why it bothers him so much that Holly and Lucy don't get along. For once, things are going right for Lockwood. He has his best friend, George. His colleague turned best friend turned crush, Lucy. And a new sister. But the person who he cares about the most, whose opinion is most important to him, can't stand to be in the presence of this new sister.

Bonus points for the terrible, sinking, nauseating question of whether or not Lucy would have liked Jessica.

[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?

[hisnamesdylan]

Everyone’s obsessed with the line: “come off it, you know I’d die for you” considering that’s what convinces Lucy to leave.

[daydreamxr17]

Just imagine the third season of L&Co begins with George and Lockwood on the job, and then as Lockwood is about to do something dangerous he remembers Lucy' s voice saying "just reckless enough" and then he does it anyway because she's not there anymore for him to even try