not that there’d be any way to tell this in the book but
WHAT IF when Elmer and Huey meet again, they communicate with each other in modern English, except Huey calls Elmer “Smile Junkie” in the old Italian they used together as teenagers
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not that there’d be any way to tell this in the book but
WHAT IF when Elmer and Huey meet again, they communicate with each other in modern English, except Huey calls Elmer “Smile Junkie” in the old Italian they used together as teenagers
if Isaac and Miria don’t meet Elmer in 2003 I am going to egg Narita’s house
Huey’s been the standard “this is fine” dog since 1711, I hope in 2003 he will become the “this is not fine” dog
can you imagine how terrible it would be if Isaac and Miria don’t meet Elmer in 2003, after Narita’s been broadcasting their similarities across multiple arcs literally since Elmer came into existence
I wonder if, by the 2000s, Czes falls sufficiently into Ronny’s in-group that he’d protect him from you know who...?
A dynamic I’d love to see:
Elmer referring to Luchino as Huey’s great-great-great-etc. grandson, a different number of greats each time, somehow always getting it wrong
And Luchino angrily correcting him every. single. time.
speaking of ladies in suits
this is of course predicated on “Carla is immortal,” as always
and furthermore I don’t really see [ Martillo/1930s faction ] interaction with [ Dormentaire faction ] much in 2003, though of course I could be wrong
but anyway, my thought is:
Carla, herself dressed in a suit, seeing Ennis dressed in a suit and doing one of those gay little “nice” nods
make it happen, Narita
...I mean I’m gonna tag this 2003 speculation of course, but it’s not even speculation so much as it’s just “I WANT CARLA TO BE HAPPY.” I want her to be immortal because I want her to make it to a world where people aren’t constantly glaring at her and judging her and treating her as an oddity at best. I want her to not have to feel “this is who I am and fuck you if you disagree” all the damn time; I want her to get to feel “this is who I am and I love it.”
This is how she feels with Lucrezia and why she loves Lucrezia, but imagine if she didn’t constantly have to be on the defensive against everyone else.
**wistful sigh** I just want her to be happy and comfortable
*lies on the ground* I want... 2003...