am i crazy or have they not depicted mr. benedict’s narcolepsy at all this season???? like i honestly cannot recall one instance of him suddenly falling asleep mid-convo or his knees going weak or ANYTHING and i’m just kinda :/
…Even some scurrilous behavior may lead to some good, if only we're clever enough to take advantage... And I realize there is no shortage of wickedness in the world but is it not heartening to know that so many are willing to fight for the good?
-Nicholas Benedict in The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
I personally think that the even more secret and even eviler sister reveal is funny, but what I find even funnier is the idea that Curtain is just Straight Up Lying
Like, the idea that this man went off on his Redemption Roadtrip™, got annoyed at how much effort being good took and relapsed into just a little bit of villainy as a treat but Uh Oh it spiraled too far (again) and Curtain now needs help but he is Not about to fess up to failing at the whole being good thing so quickly
And his best attempt at covering up his involvement while ensuring his brother helps is a three stage, fifteen step process, the Very First step of which is:
Convince Nicholas we have another sibling who is very mean and blame everything on her.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ledroptha Curtain & S.Q. Pedalian
Characters: S.Q. Pedalian, Ledroptha Curtain
Additional Tags: One Shot, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Dysfunctional Family, Daddy Issues, Nathaniel Benedict is a bad parent but he's trying, S.Q. needs a hug, S.Q. gets a hug, this is actually so bad but i need to publish it to feel closure, Emotional Hurt, Road Trip, Sort of a character study, also sort of a songfic, Hurt/Comfort, Post Season 2, author is projecting heavily
Summary:
In the aftermath of the failed Happiness Revolution, Nathaniel takes his son SQ on a road trip in a desperate attempt to salvage what's left of their relationship. Like always, things don't go to plan.
Wait hold up I just noticed something about Curtain right before he gets kidnapped!
I was re-watching the flower delivery scene in Mysterious Benedict Society (because it's funny), and I realized something about the scene where Curtain is talking to himself in the mirror. At first I assumed he was practicing his speeches in the mirror again (like in season 1, because he’s a dork), but the happiness technique has worked pretty well so far so practice doesn't seem necessary. Then he starts getting frustrated, ok, so maybe the stuff about the freezing effect is really getting to him and he can't focus. Maybe he's actually worried about what he's done to SQ or Nicholas, he does seem to be slipping a lot, he really freaked out on Jackson and Jillson and didn't do much about Nicholas' questions and obvious suspicions other than blow him off.
Then I thought about what he was saying to his reflection: "It's not just for everyone else. You too can opt into joy and good feeling. You too can choose happiness. Use a joyful lens." And he gets progressively frustrated and keeps muttering "choose happiness" at his reflection. Was Curtain trying to use the happiness technique on himself before the society took him? Did he figure it was too late to correct his mistakes so he might as well make the pain go away? I'm just wondering how dark they are gonna go with this.
I stfg disney better not take away the Ten Men's scary fun pun names and give them regular boring ass names. Like. Ledroptha dear (derogatory) why are all your evil stonks henchmen named some variation of "Dave Smith." Lame