#nddp

[teethcrusher999]

yes penguin random house i would LOVE to know when he releases a new book

[snakeryy]

Boys and their guardian

So, you see, one of my favourite things about Claude in canon - is the fact he genuinely loved his little brother, genuinely tried to care for Quasimodo when no one else would want to, and put a lot of effort into everything he did, including raising the children (until he let it all go down the drain during the plot lol)

So not surprisingly, I'm clinging HARD to the concept of their lil disfunctional family we came up with for the au! :D a big text with thoughts below

So, for this au we decided that:

1) both Frollo kids are a lil older when their parents die: Claude is 20, barely finishes his licence in chemistry when he becomes the legal guardian of a 2 yo Jehan (yes, Jehan is a lil older in the au for plot convenience). Of course, still adores his little brother to the core and care for him as good as he possibly can (given that, well, they have a family inheritance, money situation wasn't dire - the fact that Claude was himself barely adult was definitely more of a problem)

2) Raphaël wasn't just found on the stairs of the cathedral: he was, in fact, found by child protection services and assigned to a church based orphanage... By chance, it was the same parish Claude was a part of, and he quickly heard about the "poor misshapen child" who was brought in, "barely had chances for adoption", was "difficult" as by his 4 he still wasn't really verbal (due to his environment being, well... Not great), had some temper issues and, of course, required medical attention due to his birth defects, which would cost someone too much money to spend on an adopted child. Claude, as in canon, got sentimental about an "abandoned child whom NO ONE needs and is ready to care for" and made a decision to adopt the kid.

At 21.

Great decision, my dear: you're definitely not overestimating your capabilities of raising two whole kids with zero childcare experience before, and especially doing it along with your own start of adulthood

ANYWAYS, kids did not get along: you can actually read more about that part in the post by @hissto , and another one

[vesper100]

legendary weird guy Fraude Crollo and his eternal tonsure

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

il est venu le temps de cathédraAAAAALEEEEES

[dum-spiro-spero99]

Queer people will say I have deep and interesting tastes and the tastes are…RELIGIOUS TRAUMA/CATHOLIC GUILT

(If anyone know more please comment)

[dloeza]

to have a brother who is an archdeacon and an idiot

[limaska]

Well, I tried. I just finished drawing my character's reaction, and I don't think there would be wild embarrassment or horror—more of a calm reaction and an attempt to ask questions. I’m still not sure whether to post the other sketches or not

With book-version Claude, there are just some funny moments, and this is one of them—the time he was eating ice cream from another character's hands during a roleplay:D

[rau-hello]

Ohhhh holy Fathers....