For those who were crushed by Handler’s name reveal (and were using the Codename Mason) here’s an excuse to not change your fics:
A mason is a stone worker or it can mean to make something out of stone.
So our Handler could absolutely be named Reginald Crane but go by the Codename Mason and could tell Phoenix to call him Mason for privacy reasons, either for safety or personal comfort after working at the EOD for so long.
Uh so… IEYTD 3 came out… I haven’t finished it yet but… Handler has a canon name and appearance… that’s… that’s not my Handler. Like- who is that??!!?? That is not him and his name was already confirmed to be Mason, why did they change it??? That is not my Handler. He is Mason and he does not look like that!!!!!! :T - Agent Phoenix (#😇✨🌊)
HELP I'VE NEVER DIFFUSED A BOMB BEFORE AND NEITHER HAS RHODONITE I'VE ONLY STABILIZED CRYSTALS AND BANGED ON STUFF TO STOP THEM FROM EXPLODING AND THERE ARE NO CRYSTALS TO STABILIZE NOR DID THE BANGING WORK WHY DID THEY ASSIGN THIS FOR TRAINING THEY KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DIFUSE BOMBS AAAAA-
"Alright... let's see if I can remember my training. I usually did this with a martini or two in the system, but... Blue... red... b l u e . . . "
"Red!"
Snip!
"... Whew! Thank goodness! I had no doubt it would go well!"