For my fanfic stories on Tintin, it has a baby Tintin be separated from his family (including his older brother, Totor of “The Adventures Of Totor”) during the German invasion of Belgium in WWI. Hidden under a bush, little Tintin was found with information written on a piece of paper . But, some of the ink was smudged so all that’s left was “tin. B. 10th, Jan. 1914”. As a result, Tintin had grown up in a Catholic orphanage where he’d refused to be adopted (either out of sheer independence, fear of losing another family or both). Instead, he ran off to Paris, France to become the apprentice of Adele Blanc-Sec (of Tardi’s titular works).
Later, Tintin would reunite with his kin; not just with Totor but their Uncle Pad and Aunt Save Hatt. As for their parents, I’m not quite sure if they should live or die. Then again, as Totor lived in Belgium and went off to America to visit Pad and Save, it’s possible that, at least, one of their parents lived. Especially with Totor being a fish-out-of-water when in the U.S.A.
This, meanwhile, brings up the dilemma on WHO the parents should be. My idea was that the mother would be Becassine and Jef The Plumber (from Herge’s ad: Jef, the plumber by Hergé ). Becassine would survive the invasion with Totor, but had him stay with her parents as she worked for La Marquise de Grand-Air and La Marquise’s adopted daughter, Loulette. As for Jef, the plan was to have him taken as a POW where he’d be a slave to either J.W. Muller or one of Muller’s peers.
With this all in mind here are the pros and cons:
Beccasine as Tintin’s mother would be an in-universe shout-out to her influence on Herge’s art style.
Jef The Plumber would also serve as a shout out to Herge’s early works.
As Beccassine and Jef aren’t the brightest bulbs, it’d be hilarious to have their children be so smart.
Tintin’s birth name would be “Corentin” after Beccassine’s uncle. “Corentin” has the meanings of “Hurricane” or “Tempest”. If that’s not Tintin, I don’t know what is!
It’d be interesting to see how Tintin would interact with the rest of the family (Pad and Save Hatt, Uncle Corentin, Becassine’s parents as well as her mean cousin, Marie Quilloch, La Marquise, Loulette, etc.).
I don’t know much about Becassine. Her books are solely in French and barely have any English translations. Same goes for “The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec”...
With Becassine’s books "Bécassine pendant la guerre” and “Bécassine chez les Alliés" being set in WWI, I’m not sure if her having and losing a husband and child would fit in her canon or not. Like if the texts would say if she had been single, knew nothing of weddings and the like.
Would it be an overload of characters in later stories? Especially since my stories will include “Little Orphan Annie” and “The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec”.
With Jef The Plumber being in 1931, it could go against the initial story for him. As he’s most-likely in Belgium at that point, you’d think him, Tintin and Totor had bumped into each other and put two and two together.
So, what should it be? Have Jef and Becassine be Tintin and Totor’s parents or do something else like OCs?
Who Should Tintin's Parents Be?
Jef And Becassine:
A Pair Of OC's:
Two Other Characters (Please Give Suggestions):
Voting ended onMar 22
