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... im curious what Henry's thoughts/reaction would be to getting a dollhouse?

Pretty awkward, likely. He's at a very awkward scaling closer to 1:9, and basically nobody does 1:9 scale anything except for model horses from what I've been able to find, so everything would be either too big at a 1:6 barbie scale, or slightly/way too small at 1:10/1:12 or more. While he appreciates having some of his things around so he has some feeling of fitting, the quality of a lot of miniatures/doll furniture isn't fantastic and would likely be very noticeable to him as another jarring difference.

As strange and awkward as it is that he has a 'room' setup in a cupboard, that he's using (until the ratlines/ladders are done and hung properly) stacks of giant books and things as staircases, and other ways they try to accommodate him throughout living there, it kind of helps create a separation for him that while he doesn't fit in this world, he fit in his own. It helps him maintain an idea that he's not wrong, this place is wrong.

Some days, that's easier to hold onto than others.

Getting him a space specifically for him that's trying to be to his-scale would just... impress on him more that he is wrong in this world, and that he's more on the level of a toy. Of something not-real. It would wear him down a bit faster than what he's got going on.

Thank you so much for the ask!

(one tiny bonus thought below the cut)

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The Stranding - Chp 85 - The Wrong Signals, And The Missed Signals

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I won't yammer about this one too much, (or about how writing has been hard, I'm sorry, y'all have heard it a lot and I'm just gonna try to chill on it) but ta da! Funny spoiler-ish nonsense from me beneath the cut, but otherwise: Please enjoy reading! Thank you all so much as always for the comments and asks and messages and such <3 and patience, above all else.

Love you all to bits!

~ Belle

sorry to keep asking about aus of aus ect ect but im curious about Henry being in a the stranding situation because its been established that in the comfort of home with one tiny he can't be trusted but if hes the outlier here and not helpless would it be more apparent to him these are people due to it bejnf a whole society or would he still be not great when it came to poking around? Both? Is he like one of those insensitive tourists that are too invasive? Im curious because dealing with this weird thing that just sort of showed up is like. Very different than being somewhere new and weird and vulnerable

Oooohhh, this is a delicious thought experiment with Henry because winding up in a whole world that doesn't fit him in the opposite direction of The Rescue would be extremely difficult for him. I genuinely do imagine it would be a case of him being an insensitive tourist for a moment until he realized he was significantly outnumbered/potentially under real threat.

He would never want to hurt anyone, intentionally or accidentally (unless provoked), so he would be significantly more careful in that kind of situation but he wouldn't easily bow to much of any authority wherever he wound up. Somewhat similar to more Gulliver's-Travels-derivative narrative where he would be focused on being permitted and maintaining as much of his liberty as possible, having to play as nice as he would need to try and make it easy. He's not stupid, he would know he'd need people to cooperate in order to keep him fed and that that wouldn't come 'free', as such.

He would not be interested in sticking around for long, though. The man would want to leave and get back home as fast as possible, and would take whatever measures he could (alliances and so on) in order to make that happen.

Thank you so much for the ask!

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WAIT but what about my absolute darlings Kendrick and Lionus in a Rescue situation. Separate or together (have you ever thought about pairs or groups in a Rescue situation? I think Melanie would be a good hostess 💜 maybe Daniel could be better behaved w his emotional support Peter. Like dogs you need to kennel together)

Anyways I hope Kendrick would have a wonderful time because he seems like a little thrill seeker after it all. I hope he would not get motion sickness in cars so he could enjoy going fast and off-roading 🫶 Would Lionus enjoy not having to be a part of the military culture anymore? I am sooo fascinated by what his deal is, that he’s so kind, that he doesn’t care for the high hats, that for all he understands everyone else nobody around him seems to really get him. LIONUS MY BELOVED. Somebody should take care of HIM for once !!!

I’m lovinggg your asks btw even if you don’t answer I hope this repays a bit of the joy you’re putting out in the world <3

Aaaaaaa ;-; I'm so glad you love Lionus!! He's a very sweet man and YES! He deserves to be taken care of for a change!!

Kendrick alone would be completely terrified, just at a total loss of what to do in any kind of Rescue situation. Should he run? Hide? Should he listen to the person who saved him, and just accept the help he's being given, or should he be suspicious and cautious and trying to get back home by any means necessary? He's young and inexperienced, and hadn't even really found a strong sense of himself just yet. This would shake everything the man knew about himself, his world... all of it. I don't know if he would desperately try to cling to a vision of who he thought he would be and the life he was hopefully going to have back home, or if he would adapt to the new situation and just... roll with it from there.

Lionus, alone or with Kendrick, would be extremely cautious in a Rescue situation. I would say almost to the point of being suspicious of everything, at least for a while. On his own, he'd play it as safely as possible to make sure he wasn't getting on anyone's bad side, but I think after it was established that nothing terrible was going to happen to him-- that he wasn't going to be forced to change or behave in certain ways, be forced through any kind of terrible living conditions or the like-- he would eventually come to a moment of release. A lot of reflection, a lot of personal change in who he was and the role he had so fiercely fought to have and maintain through his years in the service. He'd finally start to process a lot of what had happened to and around him.

With Kendrick with him, he would be wildly protective of Kendrick. Kendrick would come first in basically every way, and he'd make it a point to advocate for the boy whenever and however necessary. Kendrick, being with Lionus, would defer to him and just remain in his private-role of sorts for a much longer time. He'd take Lionus' lead, listen to Lionus' direction, and it would take a hot while for the boy to really make any kinds of decisions for himself if Lionus was willing to step into that Leadership role in this new place.

Which is one of the reasons I have a hard time thinking of a Rescue situation with a group/pairs mindset, without making it a whole thing of having the pairs/groups be wildly changed up to really shake up dynamics anyway. For example, with Peter and Daniel together in the Rescue situation, I worry Daniel wouldn't just... avoid really learning anything or changing as much as possible, but that he'd kind of strangle any change or growth that Peter would experience in that situation unless there were major, dramatic tension that came up between them as a result/throughout the events of whatever that story would be.

Daniel and Lionus together? Holy shit. What a dynamic and situation. The two of them were barely tolerant of each other and essentially stayed out of each other's way as much as possible before the events of the Stranding. To wind up in a Rescue situation together would lay a lot of themselves bare to each other in a way they likely hadn't been with anyone else before in their lives.

Peter and Devon? That could be interesting as well, but isn't the same powder keg as Daniel and Lionus would be. I would honestly say Peter and Henry would be a wild dynamic to have in the Rescue together, at least in terms of Henry at the start of The Rescue and Peter at the start of The Stranding, because they were both used to being leaders and Captains/Commanders, and they both had/have wildly different ways of solving problems and adapting to situations.

Thank you so so SO much for the ask, and for caring about Lionus ;-; that touches my heart so much!

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The Stranding - Chp 69 - The Girl With Two Captains

Ayyyyyyy nice

Here, please enjoy this late night (for me, at least. I like to do this in the mornings usually but today has been a rollercoaster and I felt like I had to do something) update of Melanie, Henry and Daniel working through the aftermath of their Surprise Naval Operation.

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Again, not doing this on any kind of schedule, everything is still semi-madness over here, but... I felt proud of what I've managed to accomplish today. Wanted to share something with y'all.

Much love, take care of yourselves and each other as much as you can <3

~ Belle

How different do you think the The Rescue would be if at least one of Henry’s crew mates lived too? Which crew mate(s) dynamic would u be interested in exploring in that alt setting?

Oh damn, that's a solid question, absolutely.

I feel like it would've been a massively different story depending on which crewmate and the circumstances. Forbes especially would not have been one to be ok with the idea of simply accepting that he was a very small fish suddenly. If they had survived long enough to make it to shore together without intervention by Melanie then it would've been a survival-horror sort of story with Forbes and Henry both trying to avoid discovery, survive, and build their way back to their home. If there was a rescue involved, Forbes would've been actively antagonistic and against whatever was happening. A power imbalance that drastic simply through size alone would've put the man on edge the entire time-- he does well when he feels he's at least able to manipulate on a similar level to someone else, just so he can gain an upper hand. Hard to gain an upper-anything when you're just seven inches tall or so.

Neilson would've been more accepting of help, but he also would've been the most likely to simply... try to adapt to the new world he was in permanently. As good as he is at following orders, he was never what anyone would describe as a leader of the group in terms of forging a new path or taking new actions. He learns to be familiar and comfortable with something, and will stay in it and find his peace with it. I imagine he and Henry would've struggled greatly with their battling desires to fight and find a way home, or to simply carve out what life they could there.

Gibson would have accepted help, but reluctantly and quietly. He wouldn't be abrasive about it, but he would never have been an overly friendly person and would adamantly insist on as much independence as he could get. A situation where if Henry was going to insist on being friendly with Melanie/the locals at all, that would be on Henry, and he'd have a quiet place all his own (likely on the Massengale) to keep his head down and work on getting the ship back up and sail-able so they could return home as fast as possible.

Bunt and Rowe were very fresh faces to Henry. Rowe was young, very willing to learn, and would've been happy to take Henry's lead in whatever situation that they had wound up in, but have Rowe along for any ride would've been likely to make Henry more careful and cautious than he otherwise is/was throughout The Rescue. The dynamic would've been wildly different. Bunt was older and would likely either fall into wild despair that the life he had been hoping to finally get back to shore and start living was so drastically ripped away from him, or would desperately scratch and claw and fight for his way to get back to it. It would be a coin-flip, in my opinion.

Out of all of them... honestly I think it would be a tie between Forbes/Henry as a team and Gibson/Henry as a team for who I'd be most interested in exploring, and Rowe/Henry being a close second simply because I love the idea of that man being a legitimate mentor for someone instead of just Leader of Gang of Peers.

Thank you so much for the ask! It was super fun to think about!! <3