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Left OC is Volta, belonging to my friend @localmaiden. Right OC is Dionysus, belonging to me :D. They're both from a Minecraft SMP of all things (GongagaSMP in particular).
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Taking notes on this for my Nowhere To Hyde rewrite.
In NTH, I give implications of why Jekyll would be frustrated with Sir Danvers, but nothing more than that. And Hyde, quite frankly, doesn't care about Danvers - he's just another rich gentleman that Jekyll knows and dislikes, nothing special.
Truly, Danvers is simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. And in NTH, so is Hyde.
Hyde taking out his stress via violence is something that builds up slowly in the story, but it's consequence is the death of an important political figure, and also someone connected to Einfield and Utterson. In NTH, Danvers is actually related to Einfield and Utterson, so the damage is deeper than simply "Utterson was his lawyer".
Ehehe, I love my rewrite. So much to ramble about, perhaps another time.
I’ve seen the headcanon here and there that Sir Danvers was a more guilty party than was let on and that there was possible justification for Hyde killing him, but I disagree with that. The most we have to go on for that is that we don’t know what the conversation between him and Hyde was; someone could insert anything into that.
But in his final Statement, Jekyll didn’t really give himself any justification for killing Sir Danvers aside from being stir-crazy with withdrawal. If Sir Danvers did say something shady, killing him would still be an overreaction on Hyde’s part, but there’d be that tiny justification in Hyde’s feelings of animosity. Yet even then, “feeling threatened” doesn’t justify beating someone up. However, that’s not the case.
The fact that Jekyll didn’t go into the scene in detail indicates that it wasn’t really important what they were talking about. It didn’t have to be Sir Danvers he ran into—it could’ve been anyone. What he says specifically about the scene is this:
“I was conscious, even when I took the draught, of a more unbridled, a more furious propensity to I’ll. It must have been this, I suppose, that stirred in my soul that tempest of impatience with which I listened to the civilities of my unhappy victim; I declare, at least, before God, no man morally sane could have been guilty of that crime upon so pitiful a provocation; and that I struck in no more reasonable spirit than that in which a sick child may break a plaything. But I had voluntarily stripped myself of all those balancing instincts, by which even the worst of us continues to walk with some degree of steadiness among temptations; in my case, to be tempted, however slightly, was to fall.”
So he was already itching to hurt someone, wound up real tight, and drowned out his senses of restraint and reason; and then this polite guy shows up and just starts chatting. Jekyll uses terms like “civilities” and “unhappy victim” to describe Sir Danvers, and those terms/phrases should tell us (if we had any doubts) that Sir Danvers was innocent. (“Unhappy” could also be synonymous with “unlucky”.)
Why was Sir Danvers delivering something to his lawyer at 11 at night, rather than during the day? No idea; it seems a little odd, but it’s hardly an indication that it was anything sinister.
Of course I am curious—about the unheard conversation between Sir Danvers and Edward, and the whole scene between Jekyll and Lanyon later—but only because I like the story that much, and world-building is fun. However, the book is written to circle specific themes, so all the tangential stuff was streamlined out. And the ambiguity makes the book even tastier.
It’s much more interesting to me if I just roll with the general impression that Sir Danvers was completely benign—it means Hyde is worse for having no justifiable reason for killing him. And his latent reactions as Jekyll are questionable as well. He doesn’t express much remorse for having killed someone, but rather relief that he now has a good excuse to stay “on the wagon.” He says he had “streaming tears of gratitude and remorse.” But was it remorse for having killed someone, like what you’d expect of most people? Or remorse that he couldn’t go out and play anymore because he had screwed up so badly?
I’m really, really happy that I can’t know for certain.
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i must ask, what is your favorite line in the odyssey or the iliad??
I HAVE DONE WHAT NO OTHER MAN HAS DONE, I KISSED THE HANDS OF THE MAN WHO KILLED MY SON
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If your plot feels flat, STUDY it! Your story might be lacking...
Stakes - What would happen if the protagonist failed? Would it really be such a bad thing if it happened?
Thematic relevance - Do the events of the story speak to a greater emotional or moral message? Is the conflict resolved in a way that befits the theme?
Urgency - How much time does the protagonist have to complete their goal? Are there multiple factors complicating the situation?
Drive - What motivates the protagonist? Are they an active player in the story, or are they repeatedly getting pushed around by external forces? Could you swap them out for a different character with no impact on the plot? On the flip side, do the other characters have sensible motivations of their own?
Yield - Is there foreshadowing? Do the protagonist's choices have unforeseen consequences down the road? Do they use knowledge or clues from the beginning, to help them in the end? Do they learn things about the other characters that weren't immediately obvious?
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Honestly think I’d get the best sleep in a coffin
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im normal until i see a sexy beautiful man with sortof delicate features. then i become the killer
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How to post anonymously on AO3
So let's say you wrote a fic you don't want to be associated with. Perhaps it's a secret exchange, or it's a kink you find a bit embarrassing, or you wrote about a touchy subject liable to get you harassed out of your fandom.
Well wouldn't you know, I have just the solution for you, my dear fellow!
When you post or edit a fic, you might have noticed this bit:
The relevant part here is "Post to Collection/Challenges"
Add your fic to the "Anonymous" collection.
And that's it! So long as your fic is in that collection, it will be listed as being written "By Anonymous." No one will be able to go to your ao3 account from this fic.
If at any point of time you want to de-anon your fic, simply go back to your fic settings and remove it from the anonymous collection.
There you go! Happy writing!
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what they don't tell you about writing is if you do it often enough you'll have favorite words and phrases that will make you feel like an excited puppy going outside for the first time every time you get an opportunity to use them
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lets out a single agonized bloodcurdling scream but doesnt elaborate on why and just walks it off
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Y'know how @gabrielisdead said a little while back that it'd be neat to see a Disney villain song for Hyde? And then @rms-himmel suggested adapting Friends On The Other Side? Well thanks for the inspiration you two, annnddd...
Here yah go! I'm sorry that the audio is buggy in places; my mic isn't the best. But this was a lotta fun to make! :D
I plan to draw a short PMV for the song so I can upload it to my YouTube channel (Coffeevenger). If anyone else also wants to make art of Hyde and Jekyll inspired by Dr Facilier and his shadows, I'd love to see it!!
Lyrics under the cut.
[Hyde, sung:]
Don't you disrespect me, good man!
Don't interrogate, oh so sly!
You're in my world now, not your world
And I’ve got a friend on the other side
([Jekyll, sung:] He’s got a friend on the other side)
[Hyde, spoken:]
That's an echo, Utterson
Just a little something we have here in the streets of Soho
Now follow me - yes, hurry!
[Hyde, sung:]
In the night you’re able
To be what you please
If you relax, you’ll find that you don’t need, all those
Pointless chivalries
I can read you, good sir
You’re lookin’ to learn ‘bout me
Well look deep into my heart and soul
([Hyde, spoken:] We do have a soul, don't we, Jekyll?)
I wanna know what you see
Am I no-one?
Am I someone?
Why am I something Jekyll hides?
Well he’s just our friend on the other side
([Jekyll, sung:] I’m his friend from the other side)
[Hyde, sung:]
The child, the child, that poor young lass
It’s true, yes sir, I ran over that girl
And yet, I’m here, all scott free!
And it’s thanks to ol’ Jekyll that my hands are clean
Now you, good man, with your lawyerly deeds
You know well both sides of humanity
([Hyde, spoken:] It’s like everyone’s got two faces, ain’t it?)
You help folks rise
And then watch ‘em fall
You’re frontrow to the sadness, yet you never intervene
[Hyde, spoken:]
Y’know, I can tell yer scared of me
[Utterson, spoken:]
Ah. That’s not true-!
[Hyde, spoken:]
Aww c’mon now, I promise I don’t bite Utterson!
I just wanna be free,
Hop from place to place
But freedom takes green!
[Hyde, sung:]
It's the green, yes indeed, I’m the green you see
When Jekyll put me in a vial he found it’s all that he needs
On Jekyll good man, I don't wanna waste much time
He’s been so perfect all his life
A true Victorian gentleman without flaws or ill intentions
And he seems so happy
Yet he’s miserable ‘bout his life
But beneath that mask: the ‘him’ I see…
Your dear doctor ain’t as good as you want him to be!
[Utterson, spoken:]
This is slander!
[Hyde, spoken:]
Aww, come on, sir!
Don’t you seek the truth, Utterson?
…Yeees!
[Hyde, sung:]
Are you ready?
([Jekyll, sung:] Please don’t do this!)
Are you ready?
Transformation central!
([Jekyll, sung:] Stop it now, you devil!)
Reformation central!
([Jekyll, sung:] Do not drink that chemical!)
Transmogrification central!
Can you feel it?
We're changin', we're changin', we're changin', all right!
I hope you're satisfied
But if you ain't, don't blame me!
You can blame my friend on the other side!
([Jekyll, sung:] Is this what you wanted?)
([Jekyll, sung:] 'Coz there’s no turning back…)
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