Nathaniel Curtain’s Biggest Fan

because of reynie being the white knight (of course) all the good guys will be white side pieces and the bad guys will be black side pieces, even though without that i may have made it opposite since curtain “moved first”, these are chosen mostly based on move style and gameplay function!

WHITE ⚪️

King: Mr Benedict

he heads the operations and it would be very difficult to continue without him, but also due to his narcolepsy and the nature of the operation he can’t do much

Queen: Milligan

all around the most versatile of their group, up in the action capturing “pieces” lots of different specialties

Bishops: Number Two and Rhonda

closest to the king and queen, can travel long distances and make big moves to set up other pieces into good positions

Knights: Reynie and Constance

unpredictable movement, both of these characters are very much about the puzzle and the knight embodies that more. may be harder to see where they will strike next

Rooks: Kate and Sticky

strong and reliable, both of their strengths are straight forward and always present.

Pawns: Ms Plugg, Moocho, Ms Perumal, Hardy, Gristle, and Sticky’s Mom and Dad

lesser but important players in the game, allow for bigger moves to be made than if they were not present

BLACK ⚫️

King: Mr Curtain

in a similar position to mr benedict, though i think he makes more moves personally than mr benedict does, capturing him takes down the game

Queen: Mccracken

similarly to Milligan, he is the brute force power piece, works well in many environments and situations 

Bishops: Sharpe and Crawlings

of the ten men these two are the more odd pair, i was tempted to make them knights but you’ll see my reasoning not to in a moment, the diagonals suits them

Knights: Jackson and Jillson

according to my brother who plays chess, other than pawns a knight is the first piece you would “trade” or sacrifice, it’s less valuable than the other second row pieces, and works much better in the short game than the long game which i thought fit jackson and jillson well

Rooks: Garrote and Mortis

these two feel “sturdier” in a way, and with mortis i was thinking about castling and how the rook gets in the middle and moves the king away into the corner, it felt right (mortis is the long armed ten man from book 2 i’m fairly certain)

Pawns: SQ, Martina, and the other executives and messengers.

specifically SQ is a pawn that crosses the board to become a queen, i have two reasons for this, one) he starts out as a seemingly expendable unimportant character but becomes very important in the “late game” two) the crossing of the board, he is now “on white’s side” even as a black piece. for the rest, they are pawns for the reason sq is initially a pawn, they are seen as expendable

because of reynie being the white knight (of course) all the good guys will be white side pieces and the bad guys will be black side pieces, even though without that i may have made it opposite since curtain “moved first”, these are chosen mostly based on move style and gameplay function!

WHITE ⚪️

King: Mr Benedict

he heads the operations and it would be very difficult to continue without him, but also due to his narcolepsy and the nature of the operation he can’t do much

Queen: Milligan

all around the most versatile of their group, up in the action capturing “pieces” lots of different specialties

Bishops: Number Two and Rhonda

closest to the king and queen, can travel long distances and make big moves to set up other pieces into good positions

Knights: Reynie and Constance

unpredictable movement, both of these characters are very much about the puzzle and the knight embodies that more. may be harder to see where they will strike next

Rooks: Kate and Sticky

strong and reliable, both of their strengths are straight forward and always present.

Pawns: Ms Plugg, Moocho, Ms Perumal, Hardy, Gristle, and Sticky’s Mom and Dad

lesser but important players in the game, allow for bigger moves to be made than if they were not present

BLACK ⚫️

King: Mr Curtain

in a similar position to mr benedict, though i think he makes more moves personally than mr benedict does, capturing him takes down the game

Queen: Mccracken

similarly to Milligan, he is the brute force power piece, works well in many environments and situations 

Bishops: Sharpe and Crawlings

of the ten men these two are the more odd pair, i was tempted to make them knights but you’ll see my reasoning not to in a moment, the diagonals suits them

Knights: Jackson and Jillson

according to my brother who plays chess, other than pawns a knight is the first piece you would “trade” or sacrifice, it’s less valuable than the other second row pieces, and works much better in the short game than the long game which i thought fit jackson and jillson well

Rooks: Garrote and Mortis

these two feel “sturdier” in a way, and with mortis i was thinking about castling and how the rook gets in the middle and moves the king away into the corner, it felt right (mortis is the long armed ten man from book 2 i’m fairly certain)

Pawns: SQ, Martina, and the other executives and messengers.

specifically SQ is a pawn that crosses the board to become a queen, i have two reasons for this, one) he starts out as a seemingly expendable unimportant character but becomes very important in the “late game” two) the crossing of the board, he is now “on white’s side” even as a black piece. for the rest, they are pawns for the reason sq is initially a pawn, they are seen as expendable

it’s pride month, Dr. Garrison.

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ok ive been saying im gonna make this for ages but this is my incredibly specific thought about Nathaniel’s gender and why i like how it fits into his personality and storyline

i think nathaniel is transmasc and agender but thinks hes a trans man and can’t quite figure out why something still isnt sitting right but is unwilling to do any soul searching.

im gonna go into thematic stuff first:

a lot of nathaniel’s characterization surrounds appearance and vulnerability, his struggles with vulnerability which stem in part from his narcolepsy and in part what seems to be crippling insecurity. i think the most important scenes for this particular aspect are the haircut scene and the one where he fixes nicholas’s hair as a kid.

these two scenes are actually in the same episode, in the one as kids, he tells nicky about how they know how special they are, but nobody else will unless they show them. this is a good look at how his belief that perception is everything is not new, and in the hair cut scene he dismisses “just curious” as an option, saying that it always has a judgment or opinion attached, Shepard says “everyone has an opinion dad, doesn’t mean you have to listen to it” which he dismisses only because he’s gonna be controlling the world the day after tomorrow.

unfortunately for him if youre really hyper focused on what other people think of you ANYTHING slipping past the facade feels vulnerable.

how this leans into my queer and trans reading of him is in large part because it gives an extra layer of depth to his persona. not only is he trying to look put together, look healthy, look strong but also to look masculine. it would add an extra layer of things he hides/ doesn’t want to be seen.

i like to think there are some silly things too like dyeing his hair and not wanting people to know hes gone grey, or straightening his hair. but he also doesn’t want anyone to know hes got narcolepsy, leading people to have no explanation for the avoidant behavior that spawns. similarly i dont think he would want people to know he is trans, its a very personal experience, so it would be similar, he probably wouldn’t want people to see him in any state of undress even if he wasn’t trans to be honest but this would make it more extreme, he lives on the island and probably never sheds his mask except for in his own room at night

to touch on the agender thing, like many headcanons it started as a joke i thought too much about, @heyitsthatonesmolgay made a post about bi-gender garrison taking the pronouns in the divorce. but i did think about it more and it fit well into my already forming headcanons, i didnt ever picture him with top surgery for a few reasons but one of them is that from what i hear (depending on the kind) it can be hard to do certain things like shower yourself or put your arms over your head after the surgery for a little while and i dont think he would want to be in a situation like that, and wouldn’t have anyone he trusts enough to take care of him through that experience.

later when hes older and could presumably shelter himself away for a little while he no longer wanted the surgery being that he would at that point presumably have been perceived as a man for most of his life, and doesn’t have any issues with how his body looks, he only has issues with OTHER people seeing his body. so hed use trans tape or something similar to bind (in my mind the twins start their social transition when they get moved from one orphanage to the next, messing with their paperwork and cutting their hair)

on the reasoni think he’s avoiding thinking about potentially having a more complex gender identity is because a lot of what he does is to avoid other people knowing about his inner world, and as a trans MAN all he need to do is take all the steps necessary to pass then nobody will ever know. but if hes some flavor of nonbinary presenting he’d have to actually explain that to people and if not have them make assumptions . if he stopped binding he would still have his beard and everything but he’d have a chest and be visibly gender nonconforming. too vulnerable.

on another note i think it’s interesting that most of the characters are wearing long sleeve and high necks most of the time but somehow nathaniel’s outfits feel extra covering to me, that may just be because i’ve thought about it too much or maybe its the monochrome, the outfit where he has on a white shirt feels scandalous to me. not entirely gender related but not NOT gender related

teen wolf tmbs au! plus reynie and stiles together.

[ID copied in alt text: the mysterious manic Society and teen wolf crossover drawings

A drawing of stiles Stilinski from teen wolf standing next to reynie, styles is saying "I like to keep copies of all my friends keys, just in case!" and Reynie is replying "oh, that's a pretty good idea!" stiles is holding a keychain with a ton of keys on them

a drawing of constance and sq normally and as monsters, constance is screaming in the monster drawing and is labeled “banshee: hair turns white” SQ gets fluffy ears, yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and a semi blank stare in his monster drawing labeled “turned wolf” with a side note that says “kinda bad, first time drawing transformed wolf”