#bardengarde

The boys grew up in a mixed religion household, with their mother being Jewish and their father Christian (of some variety, haven't yet decided). All three received an education, and I should note that Lawrence was particularly precocious; arithmetic was always a strong suit for him, and he can run sums in his head as well as read with intense speed. He could have been an engineer, easily, but Lawrence didn't actually go to college initially for...a few reasons that are a bit more complicated to explain (aside from a lack of funding). Chiefly, he thought it was more important that he help ensure his brothers got the education and help they needed—especially because Davie was pretty sickly as a kid—, so he began work with the rail companies and ended up a conductor at a pretty young age (that is, relatively). He's definitely very passionate about trains, so the job was a perfect fit, but he was going through a lot of things at that time and was pretty badly off for a while before he got better. Afterward, he met his partners—he's got two, they have a lil polycule and six children—and everything was pretty grand for a while before the war.

In the war, Lawrence served with an artillery unit. Those good ol' math skills were very helpful, as well as what he picked up over the years from his train friends. All of this is still sort of in development in my brain, but I've currently stuck him with Battery H of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery as it seems rather fitting! I haven't given much thought to rank yet but that's mostly because I haven't thoroughly examined the roster beyond a glance. After the war, he returned to being a conductor!

Lawrence met his wife, Penelope, when he was ill, and she nursed him back to health and the two fell in love! He met his other partner, Peter, onboard a train; Peter was the barkeep, and they sort of crossed paths and then there was this whole fight thing with a rowdy passenger and...it's a long story but yeah lol, I can always share more info if more info is desired. I can also share a picture of Lawrence, I know I have a proper picrew somewhere at the very least (I sure as heck can't draw, but thank god for picrews).

His general idea for this Lincoln 3: The Reckoning film is that the ghost of Roger Taney is upset over the 13th and 14th Amendments voiding the Dred Scott decision, and somehow seeks assistance from beyond the grave to bring down Lincoln. Lincoln sees what's going on, and pulls together a team to take down Taney; this team includes "Grant as muscle" and "Sherman as the uncontrolled chaotic wildcard" as well as a good handful of other generals and officers like Sheridan who just "shows up with Horses". This team then goes around "like 19th century ghostbusters taking down other vindictive judicial phantoms and ghouls as they track down Taney, the mastermind" (I should probably also add that every member of the team has like. special powers or weapons, and he specifically stated that Grant and Sherman "have access to Ray-Bans at all times"). The ending is very dramatic, Lincoln turns to stone and then the Lincoln Monument is just. built around him, with everyone waiting for the day that he will rise again.

Clearly quality filmmaking.

Anyways, at some point a few months after this lovely explanation of Lincoln 3: The Reckoning, I asked if the series would just go straight from AL:VH to Lincoln 3 or if there was some sort of Lincoln 2 in between. I then received another super-detailed plot, all about the middle film (as well as a little tidbit informing me that after the critics "didn't like Lincoln 2 and the zombie magic, the directors went and made George Washington: Zombie Slayer as a prequel”).

The general idea of Lincoln 2 would be Lincoln as an immortal vampire fighting rebel soldiers raised from the grave, with the main villain being zombie John Wilkes Booth, and there's a whole secondary plot where someone tried to strengthen the Union forces with magic and it accidentally backfired, giving some of the officers magical powers. He then specifically detailed a very tasteful love confession between Grant and Sherman, and described the resulting relationship scenario as the Love Square because "they're going to stay married to their wives, we'll just assume it's a poly, and it's a cool name". The generals all gather and Grant explains to Lincoln that they can use their abilities to undo the curse and defeat the risen Confederate soldiers, and they succeed "with the power of the Love Square". He also said that the real power of the Love Square would be the women, and that Ellen would get a gun. The very end of the film would be this big showdown between Lincoln and zombie Booth (he didn't elaborate beyond that lol).

This was followed by an explanation that Lincoln 2 would actually not be a theatre release but rather a straight-to-video affair, because "the critics would find the love confession not historically accurate, and they'd say that the film lacked reality because the Love Square could never undo the curse". I don't know who these imaginary critics are but I definitely disagree lol