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spookieloop · 1 year

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Playing Ghost of Thornton Hall and then Replaying Legend of the Crystal Skull back to back really makes me appreciate the difference in mood.

Both games are Southern Gothic, but the deep sorrow of Thornton Hall really really emphasizes the joyousness of Crystal Skull. Despite Bruno literally being murdered, Nancy spends the game totally immersed in all the strange things that Bruno loved, that he surrounded himself with. Bruno's puzzles weren't some long-held ancestral duty, or bred from generational paranoia; Bruno was just a weird old man who loved the macabre and loved puzzles.

Bruno and Henry didn't really have a relationship to speak of, but the epilogue does confirm that Bruno cared about Henry--he was just bad at showing it. I don't think any of us can judge Bruno too harshly though; Bruno was an eccentric old man who was suddenly a child's only living relative, meanwhile never having a nuclear family of his own. Considering his propensity for dangerous pets and secret passages, the Bolet home was most definitely not safe for a child; even if Bruno did know how to raise a kid.

Given that Henry was the kind of person to want to keep the glass eye his great-uncle was wearing during his death as a keychain, I think it's fair to say that they probably would have got along great if Bruno had been equipped to care for him--or even tried a little harder.

Playing that game as an adult, after coming off of the deep sadness that is Thornton Hall, I have so much more appreciation for what the game says about Bruno's life. You can almost feel Bruno's excitement while he sets up all of these puzzles for Henry. It makes it very clear that Bruno didn't know Henry, if he expected him to go through all these puzzles, but that doesn't change the fact that the house itself is a monument to that fact that Bruno Bolet surrounded himself with all the odd things he loved, and was the type of person to wander the streets of New Orleans with all 25 of the freaky custom glass eyes he owned.

I think it's interesting that a game where Nancy only shows up to check on a man who's just lost his only living relative manages to be so cheerful beyond the gloomy(gorgeous) aesthetics.

#Nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew crystal skull #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull #henry bolet #Bruno Bolet #Crystal Skull will always be one of my favorite Nancy Drew Games

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sensei-venus · 7 months

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The urge to try and get @gemini-sensei hooked into Henry Bolet from Nancy Drew Legend of the Crystal Skull is becoming very hard.😈

#sensei venus speaks #gemini sensei #i would would smash henry bolet #henry bolet #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull

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noxinespresso · 1 year

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looking at henry bolet and then hearing his voice is always such a huge like.

it fucks with me because i know the person behind the voice personally and that is NOT the same person its so fucking funny

#henry bolet #legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew #clue crew #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull #brian 😭

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netclash · 1 year

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also, since i’m here, you guys should totally look at other stuff that Brian, the VA of henry bolet, has done—look at his website!! one of my favourite things he’s done has been “the coffee table,” a webseries created by scotto moore & jen moon—he plays an alien race called the Moments!! he’s a different character in each season. (also the other characters and the webseries in general are really good :3) his website and the first season of the coffee table i’ll link below :3

#king brian!!#henry bolet jr #henry bolet #k brian neel #king brian neel #clue crew #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull #blah blah blah you get it LOL

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thegroundhogdidit · 4 months

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nothing like nancy drew to remind you how woefully unprepared you are to play a game meant for children

#nancy drew #i'm playing legend of the crystal skull and oh. my god?#i must be the most stupid motherfucker alive

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mrs-xenia-and-dagny · 1 month

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Nancy: Hi Henry! Do you think I could have your weird dead great-uncle’s glass eye that you keep on a key chain?

Henry: um. No

Nancy: what if I blackmailed you 🥺

#nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #her interactive #clue crew #legend of the crystal skull #Henry Bolet

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thenancydrewtimes · 2 months

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Guess that toast wasn’t mystical after all 🍞

#nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #her interactive #nancy drew #legend of Crystal skull

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heygrrrlratpiss · 7 months

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The people of instagram did NOT like this one

#i mean this in a non menacing way #nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew pc games #clue crew #henry bolet #legend of the crystal skull #henry bolet jr

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nancythedrew · 7 months

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imagine Henry Bolet is busy getting Bruno's creditors paid off and you're getting invoices for things like medical expenses or property taxes and then all of a sudden you start receiving unpaid bills for things like custom skee ball machines and spider music lessons

#nancy drew #legend of the crystal skull

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francie-froo · 4 days

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it’s always “i love you” and never

#nancy drew games #clue crew #heres some henry bolet rizz #legend of the crystal skull #dont u just love him #going back to my roots #aka simping for henry ballet #i mean buffet #🤪🤪🤪❤️

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doyoudrew · 2 months

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where is Bruno Bolet's kitchen?

#nancy drew #clue crew #legend of the crystal skull

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topeka-commission-for-the-arts · 2 months

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#i’m sorry everyone #but it’s true #nancy drew #nancy drew games #clue crew #her interactive #nancy drew pc games #nancy drew game #meme #nancy drew meme #cry #legend of the crystal skull

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nancydrewpcpolls · 1 month

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Nancy Drew Bracket 3.2

Danger on Deception Island

Legend of the Crystal Skull

#nancy drew #nancy drew games #nancy drew polls #danger on deception island #legend of the crystal skull

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nancydrewandthecluecrew · 9 months

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NANCY DREW CASE FILES : 17

LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

Down in New Orleans, an artifact known as the "Whisperer", a glass crystal skull believed to grant the one who possesses it with immortality, but not in this case when the last one to obtain the rumored unearthly artifact, Bruno Bolet, is found dead. Meanwhile, the artifact remains missing.

Is his death merely a result of his own mortality? Or is time not the only cause of concern?

Head down to New Orleans for rainy nights and warm gumbo to track down a missing artifact and possibly a murderer.

Cody Fern as Henry Bolet Jr.

Bruno's great nephew, who he had taken in when Henry's parents had died, but with all that time Bruno believed to harness from the crystal skull very little would be spent with Henry, who in Bruno's passing was left to tend to the estate. With a somewhat detached nature to the situation, is it possible he is hiding guilt? or is he simply numb to grief?

Danny Glover as Gilbert Buford

Dr.Buford discovered the body of his late friend, Mr.Bolet, in which he determined the cause of his death natural, Meanwhile he possessed the knowledge that his friend claimed to hold the key to immortality, while harbouring secrets of his own. Did he use his medical position to falsify his cause of death for his own ticking clock?

Catherine O'Hara as Renee Amande

The Housekeeper, who spent a great deal of time in Bruno's presence. With a proclivity for dabbling in the other worldly, and tending to her garden, did she unearth Bruno's secret?

Daniel Curtis Lee as Lamont Warrick

Runs Zeke's Curio shop, with an eye for antiques and strange items. Is it possible the crystal skull caught his eye? Or perhaps it would attract the eyes of buyers to his shop.

7.DOG 10.SHA 11.CUR 13.TRN 15.CRE 16.ICE 17.CRY 22.TOT

#Nancy Drew Case Files #legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew cast #nancy drew characters #nancy drew fancast #Nancy Drew Games #nancy drew aesthetic #Henry Bolet #Nancy drew #nancy drew dreamcast

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netclash · 1 year

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i want to talk about brian. henry bolet enjoyers send me asks about him

#henry bolet #henry bolet jr #nancy drew legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew games #clue crew #legend of the crystal skull #nancy drew #k brian neel #king brian neel #king brian!!

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perpetuallylocked · 9 months

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clue crew playthru: legend of the crystal skull

#Bottom left made me think of the skeleton man costume so that's why it's included #Nancy Drew #Legend of the Crystal Skull #cluecrewplaythru #ndedit #**cry #8bg

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