#mel cooper

Exam season in the UK is just about to start so I’m currently focusing on knocking these exams out of the park so I can get back to talking about the Lincoln Rhyme books aksjdka (and Gabriel Lake and Melissa Bloch <3)

Coop & Mel (unfiltered version)

These were so fun to colour digitally hehe

Lincoln and Mel are def my favs but I love them all sm

Coop & Mel

TW

and spoiler warnings!!!

• Lincoln calls Thom his ‘nemesis’ (the coffin dancer)

• Roland is scared of flying (the coffin dancer)

• Amelia is 5”9 (the bone collector) and it said that Mel is 2 inches shorter than her so he is 5”7 (the coffin dancer)

• Thom has a cane and is still impeccably dressed in the end of the empty chair (the empty chair)

• Mel drives a 1992 dodge (the stone monkey)

• Lincoln’s dad died of cancer (the stone monkey)

• Lon calls Rachel his ‘better other’ <3 (the stone monkey)

• Amelia is a competitive shooter (the vanished man)

• Greta and Mel do skeet shooting and wine making and Mel applies chemistry and physics to them <3 (the twelfth card)

• Lon was traumatised by the librarian’s death and kept touching the the bloodstain on his shirt (the twelfth card)

• Thom’s aunt died and he got her dog. Mel was sat feeding the dog biscuits <3 (the cold moon)

• Ron and Tony used to ride motorbikes! (the cold moon)

• Ron does gardening (the cold moon)

• Lincoln was on the varsity track team at school (the broken window)

• Rodney plays roleplaying games (the broken window)

• Thom makes his own bread <3 Greta probably bakes too because Mel asked for the recipe for her (the broken window)

• Lincoln’s middle name is Henry (the broken window)

• Mel is constantly in demand :) (the burning wire)

• The man who lied about the award took a step towards Thom so Thom squared up to him. I love him 😭 (the burning wire)

• Thom considers Lincoln to be one of his closest friends (the burning wire)

• Thom ‘abdicated his usually perfect posture’ when he was worried about Lincoln :( (the burning wire)

• Amelia was flung off a motorbike in a race when she was 22 (the kill room)

• A TV show got made about Lincoln (the kill room)

• Lincoln was really excited in the Bahamas and sent Amelia a video of a talking parrot (the kill room)

• Thom and Amelia keep their Chardonnay in the blood and tissue sample fridge (the kill room)

• Thom has a monkey tie! (the skin collector)

• Lon’s girlfriend - Rachel - is a nurse (the skin collector)

• Amelia has glasses (the steel kiss)

• Lincoln and Amelia fight over Mel like he’s a child of divorce in the start of this book because they both want him for their cases 😭 (the steel kiss)

• Mel doesn’t like lifts or escalators (the steel kiss)

• Thom makes Lincoln use his manners (the burial hour)

• Mel was hit by a shopping trolly when he was 15 and had 14 stitches on his ankle (the cutting edge)

• Lincoln’s doesn’t know what an influencer is (the midnight lock)

• Mel and Greta watch the news and listen to podcasts together <3 (the midnight lock)

• Thom didn’t hesitate when there was a gunman outside of the townhouse to protect Amelia (the midnight lock)

• Lon and Rachel compete in trivia (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel got really excited when he found something for the case and I thought it was adorable :) (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel is scared of heights (I think) (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Mel flies drones (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Ron has 2 dogs called Auggie and Daisy <3 (the watchmaker’s hand)

• Lincoln would sacrifice his life for Amelia, Mel, Lon and Ron <3 (the watchmaker’s hand)

I love them all so so much <3

Lincoln <3

* I swear Lincoln says that he did track as a teenager so I like to think he carried it on into his adult life before the accident

* He plays a lot of chess (Thom encourages him to join a chess club but Lincoln flat out refuses to)

* He listens to any type of music without lyrics a lot

* He does a lot of research and writes books/papers on it

Amelia <3

* She shoots competitively

* She obviously drives around a lot but she also probably fixes up old cars in her spare time :)

* She probably works out a lot and likes to go on long runs

* She hangs out with Pam a lot and goes shopping or to the movies with her

Thom <3

* Baker/chef of the year

* Fencing like the posh boy he is

* I feel like I remember you saying that he also swam in high school and I love that idea <3

* He sews and knits a lot - he’s normally tailoring/fixing up his friends clothes or making them new ones. He definitely knits sweaters for Lincoln and Peter <3

* - I also had a thought last night that he knits things for people in hospitals and drops them off when he gets chance after having seen how depressing being in hospital can be

* He reads when he gets chance (he talks about books with Geneva) - he’s probably a fantasy/romance guy because he gets way too much crime with Lincoln akdjsk

* He also hangs out with Pam a lot

Peter <3

* I head cannon Peter to be a movie fanatic so he watches movies a lot (basically every day) and takes Thom to the cinema when he can

* He also reads a lot but he’s probably read non-fiction

* Does gazing lovingly at Thom every chance he gets count as a hobby?

* I don’t know why but I can see Peter doing stuff like flower arranging or something - it just gives me Peter vibes

* Peter can draw really well and sometimes he’ll sell his artwork - a lot of the time he gives it to Thom <3

Mel <3

* Ballroom dancing king

* He also does skeet shooting and wine making with Greta - they are so in love it hurts my heart

* He flies drones and I think he’s awesome for it

* Mel is such a nerd so I can see him having a really nerdy hobby like D&D or something

* He reads so much - he can get through books crazy fast

* Mel likes going for hikes/walks in nature - usually with Greta and his dog (who I think would be called Laika). He finds it therapeutic

* Also, Mel listens to emo music. He just really likes it

Lon <3

* In the twelfth card, Lon makes a reference to doing carpentry. If he was being sarcastic, I don’t care because carpentry sounds like a very Lon hobby

* - woodcarving would also be a very Lon hobby in my opinion

* You can’t tell me Lon is not the type of guy to go fishing

Ron <3

* Gardening <3 I’m pretty sure that in one of the books it says that he gardens

* I also think he’s do photography - he takes so many photos of his wife it’s unreal

* I’m pretty sure he has a dog? He takes the dog on runs with him - even after his head injury he’d never forget to take him out <3

* He used to ride motorbikes but gave it up when he had kids - he fixes them up with his brother sometimes

Roland <3

* Roland also shoots competitively - I think this is cannon

* Roland goes camping a lot and takes his sons

* He brews his own beers in his basement because it just seems like something he’d do

* He probably used to ride horses as a kid

* I can see him doing boxing or some type of martial art

I hope you like them! If you have any other ideas please tell me I’m always ready for more content of our guys aksjdka

Also I was watching Barbie and this reminded me of Thom and Peter aksjdka

Peter: what am I supposed to do?

Thom: Peter! Go for a walk or something.

Peter: by myself?

Thom: yes.

Peter: really? Where?

Thom: anywhere.

Peter: can I go that way?

Thom: yes. Okay.

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Thom: don’t go far.

In the Bone Collector, Lincoln asks how his mum is. Mel responds by saying ‘Still complaining about every ache and pain. Still healthier than me.’

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, MELVIN?

Is this him making a joke? Most likely. But I got an 8 in English literature so I will not let this slide.

I feel like if he were to have a disability, it would probably be something to do with his joints and his back because of how long he spends hunched over equipment.

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I looked it up and ballroom dancing can cause joint deterioration, especially in the ankles, knees and hips so he might have arthritis or something