Can I have a drawing of Arnold shapeshifting into a pillow to make John comfy or something lmao (I like to imagine Arnold doesn’t really feel pain because, as you said, he has the survival instinct of a fart)
AHHHHH !!! I DREW THIS A WEEK AGO AND COMPLETELY FORGOT TO POST IT !!!!
"The wrapping is delightful!" Thera taunted back, a little more gently. Yes he was kidding, but it was too easy for Ben to lean over into self-deprecation when he missed the core of something, as it seemed he had. She might explain later, if need be, but for the moment let her genuine thanks brush it aside - along with the assurance, "You always pass the test."
Catching the ends of the scarf in either hand, she drew them even before glancing up at him again. Christmastide - ! It was barely June!
Laughter glowed, fingertips tucking the fabric ends into her neckline. "There we go, how's that?" Improvised, without the benefit of a mirror to assist, but the silk no doubt offered a bit of polish to her regular day dress.
"Perhaps we should go off on another undercover mission sometime ... I can show off my scarf, and there might even be a bookstore nearby." And Caleb could amuse himself roll his eyes about them each being as 'boring' as the other. "I rather like the idea of a 'hell of it' gift." Not to mention just getting out of camp for a little while.
"Although ..." A grimace, and click of her tongue, "Let's not get caught this time!"
What if I were to make an AU for Abe and Townsend being self aware of sorts? Like, they know none of this is real, but the rest of them don't. They would work together on trying to get the rest of them to become self aware of what's really going on.. It would probably be based solely around horror and derealization. Abe would be the first one to know what's really going on, and then he'd go to Townsend and tell him, which of course, Robert doesn't believe him at first, but then Abe explains everything that's been happening, and shows him the routines of absolutely everything, that's when it clicks and Robert agrees to try and help Abe to get everyone else out of the dark and in the know. But they know it isn't going to be easy. In fact, not at all.
what are animatronic Arnold's special features?? is he like circus baby or is he a more simplistic robot
Currently reworking all the animatronic designs, but he’s got similar capabilities!
Some of them include:
Facial recognition software.
First aid and AEP devices located in his inner chest cavity.
A projector tucked in his right palm that can show images and videos with sound (the sound comes from his speakers, of course).
Bluetooth capabilities, up to and including security system integration. (For rebel camp only. ^^)
Voice and command recognition!
The ability to send messages to management for requests, concerns or other issues.
A voicebox that quotes all his lines from the series, AND, a programmed list of facts about his life and interesting behind the scenes information!
Facial joints and servos that allow for a range of emotions and humanlike movement in the rest of his body.
Internal sensors and emergency equipment to keep any children that may have wandered into the chest cavity alive and comfortable until paramedics and emergency personnel arrive. (Totally not gonna be important later!)
I may add more to this list later, it’s still a large WIP!!!
TURN AU for @unyieldingvalxr and @niksnarration - When Ben learns of Philomena Cheer’s close ties to Major John Andre, he convinces her to spy for the rebel cause.
So if one were to ~hypothetically~ write an Annlett Jane Austen/Regency AU, here’s what I’m thinking (@tallmadgeandtea you’ve created a monster):
Anna is a widow (my apologies to the Selah fans, but it’s the only socially acceptable way I can think of to have him out of the picture, unless we want Anna/Hewlett to be Lydia/Wickham levels of scandalous on steroids)
Hewlett is commander of the local militia
Simcoe arrives with the militia recruits (must have our good couple’s antagonist, no?)
In an effort to bolster her dwindling inheritance left to her by Selah (who was somewhat in arrears after getting on the wrong side of the law several times), Anna rents out her house to some of the newly-arrived militia officers (enter, Simcoe) and relocates to a room above Selah’s old inn in town
There’s an initial Annlett meet cute (but make it enemies to lovers) in the town square featuring Hewlett’s awkward rambling and Anna’s disinterest, setting them up for future awkward run-ins and ~conversations while dancing~
Hewlett has the very regrettable idea of asking Mary’s sewing circle about Anna since she hardly speaks to him at first
As an old friend of Richard’s, Hewlett is staying with him rather than at the barracks; Richard drops hints of Anna’s former attachment to Abe and of Selah’s skirting of the law once he sees that Hewlett’s interest in Anna is piqued (must have the gossip; it’s Jane Austen, after all)
Hewlett, ever the proper English gentleman, is a consummate dancer, and has An Illuminating Conversation with Anna while dancing (@angelabowermicelli this is for you)
All the canon animosity between Hewlett and Simcoe is there, and it has the two factions of the regiment quietly seething at each other and putting the townspeople on edge
And, of course, Anna and Hewlett eventually team up against Simcoe like the power couple they are
Abigail, Akinbode, and Cicero are the cute family they deserved to be in canon
Abigail works for Anna (fully paid and free) and lives with Cicero on Anna’s estate with her, until Abigail moves with Cicero to London to find a more secure income than Anna is able to offer her at present
Akinbode (also paid and free) works on the estate as well, until he joins the army
***Now we veer into total AU territory***
Background Ben/Sarah fix-it where she isn’t killed off for man pain
Ben and Caleb are in the Navy but are home on leave (thanks to canon I just can’t picture them being in the same army as the redcoats, so I’m justifying this with the fact that Caleb lived a maritime life after the war + we all know how good Ben looks in blue; it’d be a shame to ruin that image)
Sarah and Anna are boss widow friends
Mary and Anna are not quite friends because of *history* but are on better terms than in canon because there’s no war/espionage secrets dividing them and the Abe/Anna dynamic is severely reduced
Or, other options: Shall we keep to canon and have Mary married to Abe, or go full AU and fulfill one of my Mary/Caleb or Mary/Baker agendas?
Anna must be dragged to social events by Ben, Caleb, and Sarah (mostly Caleb, who only goes so he can drink the hosts out of house and home); Anna has little love for mingling with “society” and even less love for society’s expectations of women
Ben and Caleb disparage the militia at each of these events, criticizing them for lazing around the countryside, while Ben and Caleb had to earn their ranks in the Navy (gotta retain some of the canon animosity)
Hewlett is a part of the Royal Society, as is Andre (and there’s tension between them because Andre was made a Fellow first--a position Hewlett long coveted--after his voluntary retirement from the army after having become lauded enough to earn Peggy’s father’s respect, and he’s more included in the goings-on of the society than Hewlett is)
Andre is married to Peggy and living happily in London (we’re handwaving Benedict out of the story, unless there’s an opportunity to publicly shame him), and Abigail and Cicero work for them after moving to London
The usually mild cabbage farmer from Setauket, young Abraham Woodhull, finally has had enough of lurking behind the scenes and leading a double-life, and decides to take the matters into his own hands and kick some ass.