#the merry gentleman

[jane-d-ankh-veos]

Inspired by Failbetter's background during yesterday's stream:

Couldn't be me, of course. I always choose to share these dangerous ventures with someone more experienced:

(and I will again whenever possible ❤️)

[staring-at-my-keyboard]

This is a bit old but I still really like how it turned out... @thedeafprophet's Manager design occupies a Lot of my brain space (it's canon to me), along with this quote by @house-of-mirrors in their amazing fic Cupbearer, so I simply had to put them together.

[the-masterless-press]

His month!

[thevioletscout]

He smiles broadly.

He also chucks you under the chin, which is a little over-familiar, but, well. His buttons are so very shiny. It's difficult to quarrel with a man of such shiny buttons. "Thank you," he says. "I do hope you'll continue to enjoy your stay."

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Me: I am not that easy! Clearly shady character: *holds my PC's chin* Me: ... Damnit.

So yeah because Light Fingers plot stuff, Emery had to enter the state of some confusion and was crazy for a good while. She probably would have been able to go home sooner if I hadn't decided to be polite and thank the manager instead of complaining like the game was telegraphing me to do. Next thing I know he's tilting Emery's head up and I swoon. Then I knew I had to stop working on my writing and immortalize this moment while it was still fresh in my mind.

Now of course I'm aware The Manager is kinda spoken for, so nothing's going to come of this. Emery just had a little moment that did something for him. Also since Emery's doing Light Fingers, these characters likely won't have any meaningful interactions going forward. I do have another account with another character who's going to do Heart's Desire though, so I'll probably be able to learn more about him through her.

Thank you to werefeathers and igordumbra for answering some questions I had about The Manager so I could depict him better. I also used stock photos and figurosity as reference for the poses.

[tvntheatre]

That detestable Syren and mf Robin Banks. oh, and the merry gentleman is there too. I fucking guess

[movies-ive-watched]

The Merry Gentleman (2008)

[encisthings]

[mrs-starkgaryen]

Favourite Shakespeare's Comedies

After my other poll, I am going to be specific. There shall be a battle of the favourites!!

For-

Two Gentleman of Verona (comment 🐕)

Winter's Tale (comment ⌛️)

For the love of Shakespeare, please reblog for a better analysis

[mikyapixie]

✨MERRY CHRISTMAS!✨

🎄By Dan Hipp🎄

[thegreatyin]

yall who don't play fallen london and only pick up on the lore from insane out of context snippets i post are missing the extremely important additional context that not only is gilgamesh canon but a solid 90% of his story involvement is just him sighing and sincerely going "i miss my husband tails. i miss him a lot."

[macheriebella]

-ˋˏ ༻ ❆ ༺ ˎˊ- The new year numbers, written with white foam on the window, the big Christmas tree in the corner, people chatting loudly... The party that the company is hosting for new years is not the place she wants to be the most, but if you have a special someone in mind everything becomes a little more bearable.

Talking to coworkers' spouses about work issues they don't really understand, the drink that is getting a little warm in her hands, she tries to find a quiet corner to sit until midnight - at least she plans to.

He’s in the same miserable situation, but he’s pushing through to make the most of the night. He follows her through the crowd.

"Hey,hi." he says.

She turns around, her eyes brightening "Oh, Nanami, i thought you had other plans for tonight." she says.

"Yes, but i thought i can't leave you alone here. Plus i bought the cake, I'm not gonna let Gojo eat all of it." he says trying to not sound suspicious.

With the laughter and the conversations, they don't realize how much time has passed until people start counting down from 10.

"Oh my god, is it that late already?" she says.

8

7

"Yeah, time passes so fast really" he says, putting his glass on the table and then taking hers and putting it right next to it.

6

He holds both of her hands as he stand up straight and exhales to relax his nerves.

5

4

"... and i really don't wanna waste a second of it without you anymore."

3

He cups her face in his hands and takes a step forward so that they both are right under the mistletoe.

2

1

"Happy new year" people cheer.

As her hands holding his, they kiss under the mistletoe. Hearts beating fast, blood rushing, the people cheering, hands shaking...

"Happy new year." he says breaking the kiss and putting his head against hers. Hands still caressing her cheeks.

"Happy new year Kento." she says as she is holding his hands.

(my notes got deleted and i lost all of the emoji things and i had to find new ones im so angry and sad i wish kento was real😞)

[re1gn404]

@plgiftexchange

for: @tinycowb0y

(sorry if this be early.)

[littlemagicalstardust]

It's Christmas!

[tvntheatre]

So, here have we, an entire page of insanity (and mostly nightmares.)!

I don't know how the fuck I want to draw the confounded The Merry Gentleman. Help he's invading my pages.

[jane-d-ankh-veos]

On all of this: my assumption is that he sees Londoners as naive little children rather than something so objectifying (after all, he has a deep insight into others’ fears/minds/dreams and therefore individualities, which would make it hard to perceive them not as persons). It was my first impression from "Tracking down the Manager" where his manners are condescending not in a cold but in a fatherly way:

(And that’s exactly where his interaction with MotR characters came to my fanfiction from, yes):

What’s important, he distances himself from everyone. Even this overfamiliarity seems artificial; a shield, a mask. Talking as if to himself, being cryptic, etc. (as you’ve noted) – it’s all this. In my opinion, it has several reasons: his adaptation to loneliness is definitely one of these, but also perhaps he is reluctant (even afraid) to grow attached to anyone. Because they may break his heart just like his lover... or they may exploit his weaknesses and wishes just like the Masters... or he may lose them just like his people (or any friends he might have had in other fallen cities, all doomed and dead, again and again).

In contrast, he becomes unexpectedly sincere and serious (and very vulnerable) at times:

Always keeping this mask on gets unbearable and true feelings break through. He needs someone to listen to him and see his real self; maybe he just doesn’t believe anymore that anyone actually will.

As for talking in riddles, likewise he can be absolutely straightforward, and this moment reveals that he can use incomprehensibility to conceal truths that are too painful:

Perhaps the best sum of his behaviour is this journal: whimsical, cryptic, deliberately resisting us – but when we finally peek inside we find out it’s because its secrets are too personal and sensitive: