#skullinajar

[lucyjcarlyle-blog]

The skull in a jar's guilty pleasure...

[lucyjcarlyle-blog]

I'VE FINALLY FINISHED THE EMPTY GRAVE HOLY FRICK

I had to wait for the UK publication of it ok it was a very painful wait and I didn't dare go on tumblr BUT NOW I CAN JOIN YOU ALL AGAIN YASSS

I can't believe it's over... when I noticed there was only one page left it made me so sad... I'm still reluctant to post spoilers just in case there's still some who haven't finished but tbh I think everyone's just full on going for it now so hey maybe I'll join in

All I'm gonna say is Skull, you're the most badass, troll of a character ever 🖤💀

If anyone wants to message me about it feel free.....even if I am a bit late to the party

[darkwoodandco]

So if Dark!Lucy is actually Dark!Skully, what would a Dark!Lucy without Skully look like --please bring this AU back I love it--

I’m not sure about bringing this au back, but I spotted the question and yknow why not. I also haven’t looked at the books in a while (haven’t even read the last one oops, it’s been on my shelf for ages, Em has though, so she’d probably know better than me)But! If i had to take a stab in the dark (lol, get it?) Lucy without skully is... pretty similar to Lucy with skully. I don’t think he so much posesses her as he just... unlocks her inner turmoil. Lucy would still listen to the ghosts, she’d still eventually go mad. Especially with the living people so corrupted... it’d be easy to see how she’d slip and fall and advocate more for death than she does with life. She seemed more intimate with it than other agents, somehow. (again, I haven’t read TEG, so this is mostly speculation about the earlier three books) I can see that fascination with the other side spilling into her moral compass and... warping things in a way that bends to the spirits’ favor.

[darkwoodandco]

Wouldn't regular Lockwood and George notice something was off with Lucy before she goes completely mad?

Of course they would! Lockwood and George would definitely notice something was off. Lucy really is a valuable member of the company, so if she starts going mad, everyone notices. Unfortunately, Lockwood and George aren't super great at showing affection or worry. Lockwood almost always translates worry into anger, and anger causes Lucy to retreat back to the skull, who's never angry with her. It would quicken the process immensely. George, poor awkward George, I think he would notice what was happening even before Lockwood did. But he's almost worse than Lockwood in the fact that with delicate issues, his gruff and sarcastic demeanor don't help much. So after the first time trying to help by telling Lucy straight would only start a fight. After that, he'd work furiously to try and find some kind of cure, or a reason why it was happening.Neither Lockwood nor George can hear what the skull whispers to Lucy, so neither of them have any idea who the catalyst is or how to stop it. It's a helpless situation all over.