#thom reston

[thewatchmakersnerd]

I’ve not posted in a long long time and I promise I haven’t forgotten about this app 😭

Exam season in the UK is just about to start so I’m currently focusing on knocking these exams out of the park so I can get back to talking about the Lincoln Rhyme books aksjdka (and Gabriel Lake and Melissa Bloch <3)

Give me 2 months and I’ll be back to waffling 😭🙏

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Chibis I did of the whole gang <33

These were so fun to colour digitally hehe

Lincoln and Mel are def my favs but I love them all sm

Hope you enjoy these cutie patooties as much as I enjoyed drawing them <33

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A (KIND OF LINGUISTIC) QUESTION FOR THE LINCOLN RHYME FANDOM (if there even is such a thing aaa ;u;)

Guys, ladies and all in between, I read the LR series in Czech (just because the translation gets really wonky and funny from time to time haha) and I’d like to ask people, who read it in original or other languages - is Peter (y’know, the journalist guy) Thom’s boyfriend or Thom’s boy friend? We have one word for these in Czech (přítel), which in older Czech means more of a boy friend, but in the modern Czech means almost always a boyfriend and it’s so ambiguous I just don’t fucking know anymore :D  I am now through THE VANISHED MAN and I know Peter was mentioned in THE STONE MONKEY, too (and I’ve read some of the other books next in the line, but of order, so I don’t remember if Peter is mentioned anywhere else).

Like, it’s not important, I’m just wondering mostly from a translator’s point of view :D  

[thewatchmakersnerd]

Here are little things that I picked up on during my re-read :)

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and spoiler warnings!!!

• Lincoln calls Thom his ‘nemesis’ (the coffin dancer)

• Roland is scared of flying (the coffin dancer)

• Amelia is 5”9 (the bone collector) and it said that Mel is 2 inches shorter than her so he is 5”7 (the coffin dancer)

• Thom has a cane and is still impeccably dressed in the end of the empty chair (the empty chair)

• Mel drives a 1992 dodge (the stone monkey)

• Lincoln’s dad died of cancer (the stone monkey)

• Lon calls Rachel his ‘better other’ <3 (the stone monkey)

• Amelia is a competitive shooter (the vanished man)

• Greta and Mel do skeet shooting and wine making and Mel applies chemistry and physics to them <3 (the twelfth card)

• Lon was traumatised by the librarian’s death and kept touching the the bloodstain on his shirt (the twelfth card)

• Thom’s aunt died and he got her dog. Mel was sat feeding the dog biscuits <3 (the cold moon)

• Ron and Tony used to ride motorbikes! (the cold moon)

• Ron does gardening (the cold moon)

• Lincoln was on the varsity track team at school (the broken window)

• Rodney plays roleplaying games (the broken window)

• Thom makes his own bread <3 Greta probably bakes too because Mel asked for the recipe for her (the broken window)

• Lincoln’s middle name is Henry (the broken window)

• Mel is constantly in demand :) (the burning wire)

• The man who lied about the award took a step towards Thom so Thom squared up to him. I love him 😭 (the burning wire)

• Thom considers Lincoln to be one of his closest friends (the burning wire)

• Thom ‘abdicated his usually perfect posture’ when he was worried about Lincoln :( (the burning wire)

• Amelia was flung off a motorbike in a race when she was 22 (the kill room)

• A TV show got made about Lincoln (the kill room)

• Lincoln was really excited in the Bahamas and sent Amelia a video of a talking parrot (the kill room)

• Thom and Amelia keep their Chardonnay in the blood and tissue sample fridge (the kill room)

• Thom has a monkey tie! (the skin collector)

• Lon’s girlfriend - Rachel - is a nurse (the skin collector)

• Amelia has glasses (the steel kiss)

• Lincoln and Amelia fight over Mel like he’s a child of divorce in the start of this book because they both want him for their cases 😭 (the steel kiss)

• Mel doesn’t like lifts or escalators (the steel kiss)

• Thom makes Lincoln use his manners (the burial hour)

• Mel was hit by a shopping trolly when he was 15 and had 14 stitches on his ankle (the cutting edge)

• Lincoln’s doesn’t know what an influencer is (the midnight lock)

• Mel and Greta watch the news and listen to podcasts together <3 (the midnight lock)

• Thom didn’t hesitate when there was a gunman outside of the townhouse to protect Amelia (the midnight lock)

• Lon and Rachel compete in trivia (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel got really excited when he found something for the case and I thought it was adorable :) (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel is scared of heights (I think) (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel flies drones (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Ron has 2 dogs called Auggie and Daisy <3 (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Lincoln would sacrifice his life for Amelia, Mel, Lon and Ron <3 (the watchmaker’s hand)

I love them all so so much <3

I love the random little facts we get given about our guys

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Redrew ome of my drawings of the hubbies bc I've been neglecting them 😣💔

Thom is fr starving his husband smh, I cannnot belive this man 😮‍💨

Anyways I think they are the cutest lil guys ever and I'll try to draw more of them soon :)

Also Thom with a little bit of stubble bc he didn't shave/didn't have time to shave 👀 may draw more of that (fun fact in my first sketch of Thom I gave him stubble but decided against it bc he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to have stubble. Seems like he'd be clean shaven to look more proper)

Also I genuinely didn't try on Thom's hands so pls ignore those <3

And the quality is absolutely horrendous but I feel like that's also partially due to me drawing on grid paper, I cannot wait to get an actual sketchbook when I go back to school </3

This was the first drawing 😣

Peter just looks like a pouty baby, at least I made him look less pouty and more like "babe I am going to simply pass away if I don't ingest food rn this exact minute" akdjskh

We love a dramatic king <3

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Head cannons on their hobbies/skills <3

Lincoln <3

* I swear Lincoln says that he did track as a teenager so I like to think he carried it on into his adult life before the accident

* He plays a lot of chess (Thom encourages him to join a chess club but Lincoln flat out refuses to)

* He listens to any type of music without lyrics a lot

* He does a lot of research and writes books/papers on it

Amelia <3

* She shoots competitively

* She obviously drives around a lot but she also probably fixes up old cars in her spare time :)

* She probably works out a lot and likes to go on long runs

* She hangs out with Pam a lot and goes shopping or to the movies with her

Thom <3

* Baker/chef of the year

* Fencing like the posh boy he is

* I feel like I remember you saying that he also swam in high school and I love that idea <3

* He sews and knits a lot - he’s normally tailoring/fixing up his friends clothes or making them new ones. He definitely knits sweaters for Lincoln and Peter <3

* - I also had a thought last night that he knits things for people in hospitals and drops them off when he gets chance after having seen how depressing being in hospital can be

* He reads when he gets chance (he talks about books with Geneva) - he’s probably a fantasy/romance guy because he gets way too much crime with Lincoln akdjsk

* He also hangs out with Pam a lot

Peter <3

* I head cannon Peter to be a movie fanatic so he watches movies a lot (basically every day) and takes Thom to the cinema when he can

* He also reads a lot but he’s probably read non-fiction

* Does gazing lovingly at Thom every chance he gets count as a hobby?

* I don’t know why but I can see Peter doing stuff like flower arranging or something - it just gives me Peter vibes

* Peter can draw really well and sometimes he’ll sell his artwork - a lot of the time he gives it to Thom <3

Mel <3

* Ballroom dancing king

* He also does skeet shooting and wine making with Greta - they are so in love it hurts my heart

* He flies drones and I think he’s awesome for it

* Mel is such a nerd so I can see him having a really nerdy hobby like D&D or something

* He reads so much - he can get through books crazy fast

* Mel likes going for hikes/walks in nature - usually with Greta and his dog (who I think would be called Laika). He finds it therapeutic

* Also, Mel listens to emo music. He just really likes it

Lon <3

* In the twelfth card, Lon makes a reference to doing carpentry. If he was being sarcastic, I don’t care because carpentry sounds like a very Lon hobby

* - woodcarving would also be a very Lon hobby in my opinion

* You can’t tell me Lon is not the type of guy to go fishing

Ron <3

* Gardening <3 I’m pretty sure that in one of the books it says that he gardens

* I also think he’s do photography - he takes so many photos of his wife it’s unreal

* I’m pretty sure he has a dog? He takes the dog on runs with him - even after his head injury he’d never forget to take him out <3

* He used to ride motorbikes but gave it up when he had kids - he fixes them up with his brother sometimes

Roland <3

* Roland also shoots competitively - I think this is cannon

* Roland goes camping a lot and takes his sons

* He brews his own beers in his basement because it just seems like something he’d do

* He probably used to ride horses as a kid

* I can see him doing boxing or some type of martial art

I hope you like them! If you have any other ideas please tell me I’m always ready for more content of our guys aksjdka

Also I was watching Barbie and this reminded me of Thom and Peter aksjdka

Peter: what am I supposed to do?

Thom: Peter! Go for a walk or something.

Peter: by myself?

Thom: yes.

Peter: really? Where?

Thom: anywhere.

Peter: can I go that way?

Thom: yes. Okay.

…

Thom: don’t go far.

Peter: okay!

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Headcannons about our guys <3 (mostly Thom, Peter and Mel)

• Please hear me out on Greta having tattoos 🙏

• Thom gets really lonely sleeping on his own most nights so Peter gave him a teddy with a recording of his voice saying ‘I love you’ inside and a bottle of his cologne to spray the teddy with every night <3 Thom got him one too

• Lincoln is very protective of Pam <3

• Peter’s phone is full of photos of Thom doing the most random stuff. He looks at them whenever he misses Thom <3

• Thom’s family is really fancy. He got dragged to work events with his parents a lot as a kid so his parents could show him off

• Thom and Peter both got in trouble with the police as kids. Peter got in trouble for just being a troublemaker and doing normal teenage stuff. The police knew him well and would usually just drop him at home and tell his mum to keep better control of him. He joked a lot with them

• - Thom, however, got in trouble for fighting and drinking underage. A lot of the time, police never caught him because he would run back home before they got to him. When he was caught, he would sometimes get aggressive and try to fight the police. He would end up getting cuffed and nearly went to Juvie a few times

• Lincoln secretly has a sweet tooth and loves when Thom bakes really sweet stuff

• When he was a teenager, Peter had school, work and had to look after his siblings. He was burned out a lot as a teenager

• When Thom got shot, Thom and Peter got to spend so much time with each other and Thom almost didn’t go back to work because he didn’t want to leave Peter :(

• Peter keeps one of those robots that you can control with your phone at Lincoln’s so that he can follows Thom around and talk to him (and annoy him aksjdka)

• Pam loves Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings because she would sneak away from her mum to buy them <3

• Mel loves Christmas. Partly because it’s the one time of year he definitely gets off but also because he gets to see his extended family and Greta’s family <3

• - Greta’s parents were unsure of Mel when they first met him because of how nervous he was but her mum warmed up to him when she saw how happy Mel made Greta. Her dad warmed up to him when he talked to him about his career being a detective and his dad took an interest

• — Mel’s mum absolutely adored Greta as soon as she met her. When she managed to get Mel alone, she asked him when he was going to propose to her and when she was going to get grandchildren

• Mel sometimes feels like he isn’t enough for Greta. Guys hit on Greta when they’re out a lot - she brushes them off and shows them that she’s with her partner and then leave her alone. Mel, being the insecure and anxious man that he is, looks at these men and thinks that they are more attractive than he is and then automatically assumes that he doesn’t deserve to have such a beautiful girlfriend

• - Greta is always fast to pick up on how Mel feels and reassures him that he is the most handsome man that she has ever seen

• Mel has had glasses basically his entire life - he had them since he was 2 and his parents picked the round ones because they thought they were cute and they were the cheapest

• - Mel’s family have always been very poor. His mum was/is a seamstress and his dad was in the army. Mel started working as soon as he could to help his parents. Even though Mel is a highly regarded detective/forensic scientist, they still struggle financially. He tries his best but with his mum’s health issues and how expensive New York is he struggles quite a bit

I love them all so so much <3 I’m doing a re-read of the series so I might make a post of small details I missed when I finish if you want that :)

This is serious procrastination because I have 3 tests coming up but I haven’t started revising for them 🥲

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Had some motivation to draw and I felt like it was time to redraw some drawings of the hubbies I did last year <33

And while I have improved, I still can't seem to get Peter to be anatomically correct or proportionate 😭

Peter looks so evil, like he's planning a tickle attack or something and Thom is unaware and just happy to be getting love from his husband askdhskzj

Here's the old one so you can see the improvement :))

Anyways I am def gonna redraw some more hehe (mermay is coming up so those drawing of them as mermen are so getting redrawn hehe)