#henchteam

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It was an eventual evening. 

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In book canon, Duncan and Isadora were kidnapped by the troupe for a long time - weeks, maybe a month or more. And for all that time Duncan (if not Isadora) was listening to them and taking notes on them. So I imagine that Duncan and Isadora actually know the henchteam by name. Which - wouldn’t they just use those names, then? It’s not a respect or familiarity thing, it’s just that those are... their names. Just like how the Baudelaires refer to Hugo, Kevin, and Colette by name.

So at one point after canon they’re talking to each other about, IDK, about how much they fucking hate “Jeff”, and this happens...

Quigley: What did Jeff do that’s so awful, anyway? Isadora: Is that supposed to be funny? He helped kidnap us and hold us prisoner. Duncan: He’s the bald man with a long nose in Olaf’s troupe. Quigley: What? What bald man? I thought Jeff was one of your classmates at Prufrock.

Also later this happens Duncan: One time Doris offered me a cigarette, and then called me a bitch when I turned her down. The sad thing is, I think she was actually trying to be friendly. Quigley: Is that one of the white-faced women? Duncan: No, Doris was one of our classmates.

And later Quigley: So what were the names of those other folks? The hunchback and the man with the really good mustache and that other lady? Isadora: ...Who? Duncan: You mean Esmé? Quigley: No! You’ve seen how Esmé dresses. She is not a woman you would identify as “that other lady”.

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A bit late, but these prompt things aren’t just limited to the 14th right?

I saw a couple of different kiss-prompt lists going around for Feb and I thought that would be the perfect excuse to draw my henchboyfriend ocs a million times! I took inpso from 2 lists, the @ockissweek​ 's #ockiss22 prompt list, and Violettenouvel's Kiss Art February “mood/places” month challenge! 

 In order I used-

 Hien & her daughter- Greeting & Chaste/Cheek

 B & E - Excitment & Denied/Hair 

Thatch & Memo- Bold & Anything/Anywhere

 Aaron & Benji- Tender & Shy/Shoulder 

 (And under the cut we have-  [REDACTED] - Secret & Farewell/Hand ☢🌞👀)

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They’re watching drag race.

stealing jokes just helps me get the vibes of this comic thing

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Aaron: ...Hello people who do not live here.

Memo / Bea / E: Hi! ‘Sup. Hey~

Benji: Bea, I gave you that key for emergencies...

Bea: We were out of doritos.

E (offscreen): And she didn’t renew our netflix.

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Aaron and Benji aren’t the only henchguys working for Dr. Apocalypse of course, so let’s meet the rest of the team!

 B & E are a chaotic duo of ex-somethings, but they’re effiecient so they keep getting teamed up together

-Memo is the newbie still trying to figure out this “bad guy” thing 

 Hien may be a single parent but she’s not the team mom… 

because Thatch fills that role. He’s also keeping an eye out for Memo

Aaand a lineup of them all, together they’ll accomplish…! …something maybe.

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I forgot that The Slippery Slope is so funny. Esme and the henchteam absolutely kill it in this book.

Fernald saying he was almost glad Duncan and Isadora escaped because they wouldn’t stop complaining about being kidnapped

“I hear that babies can creep up and steal your breath while you’re sleeping” Fernald oh my god

the dental floss conversation

having hooks is better than having two equally strong hands which is better than having an extremely white face that you intentionally apply to yourself with makeup every morning

of course it’s not safe to eat raw toast

“The baby would probably steal all the cigarettes for herself”

“Do we look like the sort of people who would burn down houses?” Esme asks WHILE WEARING A GIANT BONFIRE DRESS

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Lemony’s narration gets off some really funny burns at the expense of Olaf, his troupe, and Carmelita’s hygiene (as far as I recall he doesn’t talk any smack about Esme in that regard, which... adds up in my opinion). It’s great. And there’s definitely supposed to be a lot of deliberate, disrespectful messiness - like Olaf blowing his nose on Monty’s curtains or all of Olaf’s hilarious lines about how he prepared for a special day by actually washing his face.

The sad thing is, though... I’m pretty sure in like half the books, all the kids are probably almost as gross as Olaf. If the troupe isn’t bathing they’re not gonna let their kidnapped prisoners bathe. And when would the Baudelaires have gotten a chance to bathe after escaping from jail in The Vile Village? Probably not until their first night at the carnival, but even then they couldn’t get too clean because the dirt was part of their disguises, and they changed into Olaf’s nasty spare clothes rather than actual clean, fresh outfits. Those poor children. During the events of The Slippery Slope, Klaus and Violet should look as nasty and wrung-out as Aragorn climbing out of that river in The Two Towers. (They probably won’t, though, and that is not a criticism of the show. It’s not a gritty adventure series and I have no complaints about the costuming. there’s so many amazing #looks oh my god)

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What the hell is up with the stuff the troupe has in the trunk of their car during The Slippery Slope? Why are they driving around with fresh produce and unground coffee beans? I imagined them all living off trunk wine and potato chips.