#leonard meryll

[greencheekconure27]

Torn between wanting to ship Elsie Maynard with (real) Leonard and the intriguing possibilities of aromatic or even aroace Elsie

[gibdethethirteenth]

So I'm reminiscing about the production of Yeomen I was in. I played Phoebe and the Meryll family decided to play it like we were actually a family of sorcerers living on Tower Green. Thus why Phoebe knows so surely that Fairfax isn't actually a sorcerer. Our Leonard also played the First Yeomen so he came back after he was supposed to be gone. So we figured it where Leonard cast a spell to make sure no one noticed him as a new Yeoman, Sergeant Meryll cast a spell to make sure no one recognized Fairfax, and Phoebe cast a spell to distract Wilfred during "Were I thy bride" as well as intending to cast a spell on him to make him fall out of love with her before their wedding date.

We also had a quiet agreement that the Meryll family was rather disgraced later down the road, which caused them to fall more into the merchant class. As time passed, sorcery became more of an entertainment. Eventually, a descendant of the Meryll line surfaces at the wedding of Alexis Marmaduke and Aline Sangazure: John Wellington Wells.

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Leonard Meryll: While you were wooing jester girls, I studied the blade.

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Jack Point for the headcanon meme? 😁

(this one took time because I have so much thoughts about this guy)

Headcanon A: realistic

Jack and Elsie met as children back when he was part of the archbishop's household. (Bridget Maynard was a housekeeper there until her health started taking a turn for the worse.).They've been inseparable since, and when he got kicked out, Elsie decided to follow him.The latter actually makes Jack feel a bit guilty whenever things get rough. Jack is also the one that taught her to read.

Headcanon B: might not be realistic but hilarious

To everyone's surprise, he and Real Leonard Meryll get on like a house on fire. Leonard has a mischievous streak and actually enjoys Jack's sense of humour and Jack quickly catches on Leonard often uses his reputation as a bit of a stick in the mud to troll people. They're also both nerds.

He teams up with Phoebe and Leonard to help Phoebe get out of her engagement with Wilfred. Zany schemes ensue.

Headcanon C: heart- crushing and awful,but fun to inflict on friends

Angsty backstory time!

Jack always tells the archbishop of Canterbury story like a funny anecdote, but there's more to it: Jack was raised by relatives that only took him in out of obligation and who didn't bother hiding that they never wanted him. Soon he became too much of a handful for them and they "accidentally" "lost" him at a nearby town, leaving him to fend for himself.*Eventually he was taken in as an apprentice/ happily adopted by the archbishop's previous jester. When the man suddenly died right before a party a teenage Jack was pushed into filling in for him,still grieving and with no chance to mourn properly or even prepare an act. Oh he was funny, alright. Deep down he thinks that evening might've been the funniest he's ever been. Unfortunately the archbishop wasn't too keen on ruthless social satire, which resulted in a whipping and a dismissal.He's been more careful since, but that often makes him less funny than he would've been otherwise.

(*When they were kids, Elsie once asked him if he has family. He replied "None that want me" and that was all anyone ever got out of him on this subject)

Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon reality and substitute my own

In one alternate universe, Jack Point decides to leave England after the events of Yeomen.He gets on random ship; said ship crashes near the coast of Illyria, where he finds a job as court jester to a local count and his children.

He comes up with a new stage persona for them, sharper and bolder than his previous ones, and starts going by "Feste". He grows to genuinely care for Olivia and the people in her household, and they, in turn, grow very fond of him (well.except for Malvolio) .He's happy there, in a way.

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Ok new Yeomen theory/au idea:

What if Fairfax is an imposter?

Hence the discrepancy between his off-stage heroism and his behaviour in Yeomen

Clarence Poltwhistle realizes the person who came back from the wars Isn't his cousin, tries to tell people, but is dismissed as crazy. So he tries to get rid of him by accusing him of sorcery, which may or may not be true.

Even without sorcery Sgt . Meryll presumably hasn't seen Fairfax for some time.Same for the Lieutenant. Phoebe either never met him before he got arrested or only met him as a child before he went off to war. Leonard doesn't actually ever meet him in person during the events of the play, so he doesn't realize anything's wrong until act ii finale at the earliest. At which point FauxFairfax leaves with Elsie + there's a big crowd so he doesn't get the chance.

Poltwhistle finds out the plan failed, shows up to try to stop the imposter, and he, Leonard, Phoebe and a very reluctant Jack Point launch an investigation.

Meanwhile Faux!Fairfax's past starts catching up on him & Elsie is starting to realize the man she married isn't who she thought he was (twice over).

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ca. 1906

@basingstokemercury

[gibdethethirteenth]

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect pressed flowers. Me? I collect sheep. And I name them after Gilbert and Sullivan men. From left to right, we have Marcini (pet name for Marco), Luiz (the King of Baa-ataria and also my very first sheep courtesy of the love of my life, @tuxxyy1), and Leonard.