#lady dahlia

[teenytinyapprentice]

I’m sorry, but you must be mistaken. I’ve never had any children.

#professor layton #lady dahlia reinhold #lady dahlia #flora reinhold #curious village spoilers #curious village #everything abt the reinhold family makes me want to rip my hair out auguhghhh... #teenytinyart

[angelbellelc2]

Lady Dahlia and her cat Claudia's character art was included with the hd port. It's cool to see more art of the side characters. Lady Dahlia even though she didn't have much involvement in the story still had a interesting mystery behind her and that she would sometimes get Lady Violet's memories resurfacing.

#professor layton #lady dahlia #claudia #professor layton curious village #hd port

[aquamarineglow]

Lady Dahlia hitting on Professor Layton:

Miracles happen. The hot baroness likes your Lego looking ass:

Dahlia: *sees Layton's picture in the newspaper* Him. I want him. He's the one.

Matthew: Are you sure about this madam? It says here he was responsible for taking down an entire army of ancient robots.

Dahlia: How would that be a problem?

Matthew:........

Dahlia:............

Dahlia: He's here? Excellent. Time to walk all the way to the back of the room so I can dramatically walk all the way towards him.

Dahlia: Ooooh! His hands are so big!!! And so's his hat!!

Dahlia: My nephew may have been murdered, but as long as my man's with me, I'll be alright.

Dahlia:*waiting for her man*

Dahlia: Matthew! Quit interrupting my alone time with my new man!

Dahlia: Must. Resist. Looking. At. His. Backside.

Dahlia: *dramatically falls into Layton's arms* Oh! What a terrible situation! Thank goodness I have such a strong and smart man around to protect me!

Layton: You good?

Dahlia: *confesses a deeply personal dream to a man she's known for a few days*

Dahlia: If you need me, I'll be in my bedroom. In bed. Alone. Feel free to see me if you want.

But Layton never did. RIP.

Layton's POV:

#when Dahlia wakes up she's lost her man and her daughter #so sad #professor layton #curious village #lady dahlia #dahlia reinhold #hershel layton #luke triton #Matthew #inspector chelmey

[smash-or-pass-laytoncharacters]

#professor layton #polls #smash or pass #lady dahlia #professor layton and the curious village

[dissidiawol]

breasties- i mean besties

#professor layton #professor layton and the curious village #professor layton and the diabolical box #pandora's box #ilyana #vera #lady dahlia #dont let the caption fool you this is yuri #temporary art tag #digibroney #pl series

[lukesjournal]

@aquamarineglow I actually stared working on this a week early because I knew it was going to take forever 😅 But I found a really pretty painting by Alphonse Mucha, and I traced parts of it, redrew other parts, then re-colored the whole thing from scratch!

I have a soft spot for Lady Dahlia.. she’s such a tragic character. She was built for a purpose that was impossible to fulfill, and then her husband died and SHE was the one left grieving. And then Flora went away and she was alone… I just have a lot of feelings about her lol

#layton-npc-appreciation-week #curious village #professor layton #lady dahlia #lady violet #lukesjournaldraws

[101flavoursofweird]

Title: Room for a cat to swing

Description: Claudia knocks something over… as cats do. (Poor Matthew.)

Spoilers: For Curious Village

Set: Presumably after Curious Village

Warnings: Reference to dead characters, and a dead character’s ashes

Note: Written for @layton-npc-appreciation-week, Day 1: Curious Village/Diabolical Box. I went with Matthew and Claudia from CV, inspired by some suggestions I received. @czechsmix suggested writing about how the villagers in St. Mystere are doing on their own… (Thank you!) and then I started wondering how Matthew would cope, when even Flora is gone. What does he have left to do now, aside from following Lady Dahlia’s orders and babysitting Claudia? And thanks to anon for the suggestions they sent too!

“P-please!” Matthew gasped, his back pressed against the arm of the settee in the parlour. He pointed the feather duster at his attacker. “You don’t need to do this…!”

Piercing yellow eyes, unmoved by Matthew’s plea, glowered at him from above the mantelpiece. Sharp claws were out-stretched, ready to strike the precious white urn.

Lowering his makeshift weapon, Matthew tried to barter with the devil. “I’ll give you anything— anythingyou want! You can have fish bones— o-or I can get you Simon’s glasses—“ (Better to face a sulky Simon than this monster!) “—or, you can have the flowerbeds! A-All of them— to do with whatever you desire!”

Matthew’s assailant cocked their head, considering his offer. The beast licked their lips, flashing their fangs.

They seemed to have been appeased by the thought of fish…

Matthew sighed with relief as their paw came to rest on the mantlepiece. The urn— containing Baron Reinhold’s ashes— was safe for now.

But then, an angry shout rang out through the manor. “MATTHEW!”

Claudia— startled or otherwise— leapt off the mantlepiece, knocking the urn. Time slowed for Matthew as he scrambled to catch it.

The urn could have landed on the soft rug— but no, it landed on the hard wooden floorboards.

Matthew winched, waiting for the urn to disintegrate and for the ashes to come pouring out. 

His eyes widened as he noticed only a small crack had appeared at the top of the urn. 

He crouched over the urn carefully.

There was… there was still hope—

Another shrill cry from Lady Dahlia shattered that hope, along with the rest of the urn. 

Shuddering, Matthew stared down at the tiny shards and the dust (Ashes— these were Augustus Reinhold’s ashes!) covering the floor.

From behind him, there was a impatient and mocking, “Mrrrow!”

“Why?” Matthew jerked his head in Claudia’s direction. “Why would you do this?”

Claudia had never been fond of Matthew, but surely Claudia had more respect for Baron Reinhold? 

Claudia blinked at him. The cat scampered to the other side of the parlour when Lady Dahlia stormed in. 

“Matthew! How can you be lying about when there’s still work to be done?”

“M-my lady…” Matthew stammered. (He wasn’t capable of crying, even if he wanted to.) “Forgive me, but I— I was…clearing up…”

He moved aside, still on his hands and kneels, so Dahlia could see what had happened.

“Claudia knocked over the urn, and I… I…” Matthew struggled to explain himself. “I wasn’t fast enough…”

Dahlia, unnaturally silent, stared at the remains of her husband. Her lips were pressed together in a thin line.

Matthew swallowed. Surely he would be dismissed for this— no, he would be decommissioned! 

Dahlia would go straight to Bruno— the Baron’s oldest friend— and Bruno would agree with her…

Matthew wasn’t just faulty. He was guilty. He was a disgrace to the Reinhold family…!

“Why are you fussing so much, Matthew?”

At Lady Dahlia’s question, Matthew said with quiver, “W-what?”

“Clean it up and come downstairs,” Lady Dahlia ordered, as if Matthew was fretting over an everyday chore. “Use the hoover if you must…”

Matthew squeaked, “Y-you’re not upset—?”

“I will be if you don’t HURRY UP!” Dahlia surged out of the parlour as quickly as she had arrived. She shouted over her shoulder, “And bring Claudia with you!”

Relieved beyond belief, Matthew swept up as much of the ashes as he could. He emptied a flowerpot that had been on the windowsill and put the ashes in there.

All the while, Claudia watched him from the corner of the room.

“You never much cared for the Baron, did you?” Matthew murmured, looking back at Claudia with new understanding. 

Perhaps Claudia had been put off by Baron Reinhold’s constant coughing or the smell of sickness that had clung to him in his last few months of life… 

Or perhaps Claudia hadn’t appreciated how the Baron had treated Lady Dahlia. 

Claudia hissed with what Matthew hoped was confirmation.

“Let’s not keep Lady Dahlia waiting any longer,” Matthew whispered. He went to pick Claudia up and, thankfully, he was met with no resistance.

Matthew could have sworn Claudia was purring as they left the parlour.

#professor layton #Claudia Reinhold #Matthew (PL) #I know he’s a robot but once again we need to give characters LAST NAMES #Curious village #Lady Dahlia #Layton-NPC-appreciation-week #Claudia does not care of Baron Reinhold

[alto-tenure]

Once upon a time, in a curious little village: An analysis of Curious Village and its usage of fairytale/mythological motifs

There are two major folklore-like parts of Curious Village -- the first being the idea of the Golden Apple, the ultimate treasure of Baron Reinhold. The second is the idea of a girl trapped at the top of a tower. This will explore both, some possible connections, and a couple extra things along the way.

Let's go!

We'll actually start with the idea of a "golden apple", first -- there are a couple connected myths with this one.

1) The apple that caused the Trojan War

Summary: Eris (goddess of discord [as in disagreement and infighting]), as revenge for not being invited to a really important wedding, gives a golden apple with the text "for the fairest" inscribed on it. This causes a conflict between Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena, for which when they ask a mediator (Paris of Troy) to bestow the apple upon someone picks Aphrodite, who offered him love (in the form of Helen...who was already married). The fact that Helen was already married was the reason the Trojan War started, since her ex wasn't super happy about that.

2) Atalanta

Summary: Atalanta is discovered by her biological family after having been raised in the wilderness and gaining acclaim for being a huntress. She says that she'll only marry the person that can beat her in a footrace. The person who beats her in a footrace does so by appealing to Aphrodite beforehand, who provides him with three irresistible golden apples, which he uses to distract her.

Note that both of these golden apples connect to love in some way, specifically romantic love because that's considered Aphrodite's general domain -- she's especially associated with them.

This sets up an association. The golden apple is a motif that represents romance. Perhaps it's because Flora is the product of the love between Baron Reinhold and Lady Violet?

Or, perhaps, as we'll see later, there's a lot of set-up for romance that is subverted.

Again, these are just two stories that include golden apples -- while these are two prominent reasons that the symbolism continued, it's only the ones that I'm most familiar with and are also most relevant to the point. Wikipedia has a whole page about how the golden apple is used as a symbol, if you're interested in further reading.

The other notable symbol is the idea of a girl at the top of a tower that is difficult to get into. In western stories, this is generally an allusion to Rapunzel.

The story of Rapunzel goes something like this, depending on who's telling it: a girl is locked in a tower by the woman who adopted her with no way to escape. A prince comes along who asks her to let down her hair, and given that she doesn't really have any other contact with the world besides this, she does so. Eventually, she and the prince fall in love -- and eventually, her guardian finds out. Her guardian cuts off Rapunzel's hair, and lures the prince in to threaten him away from Rapunzel, after which he leaves the tower and finds her.

The parallels are simple enough to draw: Flora's parents died, leaving her in the care of Lady Dahlia, who...is more complicated than she seems, but the idea is still the same: Flora goes on without a mother and lives in the tower. There's no record of any other visitors to St. Mystere before Layton and Luke and Don Paolo, but the search for the Golden Apple included all of the Reinhold family, robots as they are. The village of St. Mystere is not exactly the friendliest to outsiders, which is probably multiple parts programming and not very much experience themselves. It's been two months since the death of Baron Reinhold was publicly announced and the family gave up on the search themselves by the time we've arrived, but that doesn't discount the possibility of other explorers or other members of the family acting -- people like Pavel that hear about the myth later, or some other Reinhold sending a letter only for that person to fail the puzzles.

Flora chooses Layton and Luke at the very end, to leave them. There's an argument to be made that she chose earlier, when she dropped the amusement park ticket, but that's more ambiguous and I'm not sure I'm entirely on-board with that argument, given what comes next.

Remember the romanticism of the Golden Apple and how Rapunzel was saved by the man she eventually married? Yeah? This is subverted due to the relationship between Layton and Flora being familial instead of romantic.

However, in the Japanese text of the game Flora still expected a romance rather than a family from the person that saves her.¹ Her expectations join the narrative setup of golden apples and Rapunzel, and are thoroughly subverted because the relationship between Layton and Flora has absolutely no romantic tension whatever.

It's an interesting twist on the fairytale -- the idea that the person that rescues you isn't the person you're going to marry, but instead someone you can come to see as a parental figure. I appreciate the subversion of the traditional fairytale. It's not your typical fairytale -- it's a story about familial love specifically. Romance need not apply.

¹ I can't find the line where Flora calls herself a bride candidate specifically, but during Baron Reinhold's pre-recorded speech, he says the following: "何年がすぎているのかはわからぬが、私の死は、娘が成長し、婚姻が交わせる歳になったとき、公表するようにと、マシューに頼んでおいたはず。" This translates to (approximately; I'm not a Japanese speaker, this is retooled machine translation): I don't know how many years have passed, but I asked Matthew to make my death public when my daughter was old enough to marry. The intent is more defined either way; the person who retrieved Flora from St. Mystere was intended to be her spouse. Flora says the following as well: "そして、ここにたどり着き、私を迎えにきた方こそが、私の人生を捧げるにふさわしい人物なのだと。" Translation: "And the person who arrived here and came to pick me up was the one worthy of dedicating my life to." Compare this with the English version of the line -- "Papa said that whoever came for me would be someone I could trust with my life." The implications of these two lines are vastly different, and the connotation of "one worthy of dedicating my life to" is almost certainly marriage.

#professor layton #flora reinhold #lady dahlia #lady dahlia reinhold #hershel layton #luke triton #meta #pl spoilers #curious village spoilers #if you enjoyed this i wrote another essay about flora entitled 'the girl in the tower' these essays are thematic sisters

[asa-liz]

Lady Dahlia with 5C?

I hope you like her!

I like how it turned out.

#professor layton #fanart #lady dahlia #request

[multiversal-madness]

Layton NPC Appreciation Week: Day 1 - Curious Village

I feel like Lady Dahlia deserves more love, she’s dealt a rather bad hand in game and doesn’t really get a happy ending.

@layton-npc-appreciation-week

#Layton-NPC-Appreciation-Week #Professor Layton #Lady Dahlia #multi’s art #my art

[teenytinyapprentice]

NPC appreciation week: day 1 - Curious Village

Bruno, Lady Dahlia and Claudia Lady Dahlia is the most compelling character to me in CV, sharing the face of Flora’s late mother but none of the memories... There’s a tenderness to her underneath her prickly exterior and I think Bruno must feel some fondness for her, being the first robot he constructed for Baron Reinhold (also how could I not include Claudia? He’s so stinking cute)

@layton-npc-appreciation-week

#layton-npc-appreciation-week #curious village spoilers #professor layton #lady dahlia reinhold #lady dahlia #bruno professor layton #claudia reinhold #claudia professor layton #professor layton spoilers #teenytinyart

[jurassicass]

A self indulgent Lady Dimitrescu x Dahlia...

#I just know they would do the craziest nastiest things to each other #this was prompted because I was reading lady d x reader smut fanfics LOL #my art #wlw art #lady dimitrescu #lady dimitrescu x reader #alcina dimitrescu #slasher oc #horror oc #dahlia #resident evil village #re8 #re8 village #lady dimitrescu fanart #resident evil fanart

[aquamarineglow]

Layton Being Down Bad for Lady Dahlia:

A woman so bad, she has a true gentleman acting up:

Dahlia: Dear Professor Layton. I have heard of your accomplishments and believe you are best suited to help me with this problem. A few months ago, my husband passed away and-

Layton: She's single!!! Luke get in the car!!!

Layton: So I'm not getting a one on one private audience with a beautiful, rich, recently single lady? Okay. That's fine. I'm fine.

Layton: This is the first time I've touched a woman in ten years. Keep calm, Hershel. You got this.

Dahlia: Layton! Do this for me!

Layton: Yes Ma'am!

Dahlia: Layton! Do this for me!

Layton: Yes Ma'am!

Dahlia: Layton! Do this for me!

Layton: Yes Ma'am!

Luke: Gosh Professor! Why are you letting that bossy woman order you around?

Layton: Luke you know nothing of women! Dahlia is not bossy! She's a girlboss! She's a queen! She is an icon! She is the moment! You'll understand when you're older.

Layton: Lady Dahlia is so beautiful!

Luke: That's all you've been saying since we got here! Why are you acting like this? You've never acted like this around women before!

Layton: .......

Layton: She's so beautiful!!!!

Layton: I'll just take this painting with me. The painting of a woman identical to Dahlia. I'm keeping it. Don't ask why.

Dahlia's POV:

#layton was down bad in this game #he's always so calm around women but Dahlia makes him insane #professor layton #curious village #hershel layton #lady dahlia #dahlia reinhold #luke triton

[s-guacamolearts]

EVERYONE

WOMEN AND WEIRDGIRL ASSISTANTS

THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE WHOLE POST

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[marzfartz]

Layton NPC Appreciation Week Day 1: Curious Village

There are so many good characters in each of these games but I just had to choose Lady Dahlia for today. As I've grown up from playing the games as a kid my perspective on her has really shifted and I just appreciate the detail behind her character so much more now.

@layton-npc-appreciation-week

#professor layton #lady dahlia reinhold #professor layton and the curious village #curious village #professor layton fanart #my art

[phantomrin]

Inktober.

Day 1 - Dahlia.

#inktober #inktober2022 #Dahlia #flowers #lady #red #art #illustration #traditional art #PhantomRin