#the sharpes

who is more likely to hurt the other?

Hoo boy. This one has the potential for a world of emotional hurt, and all entirely unintended. Through what's left unsaid or undone, these two can hurt each other in a myriad ways and they will NEVER talk any of it out with each other. Oh, the Gothick tragedy of it all.

But we've seen that one of them can be pushed to physically hurt the other, and said "other" won't even do so in self-defense, so. Let's go with Lucille, even though she felt Very Bad about it afterwards.

(Until she shifted the blame onto Edith.)

who is emotionally stronger?

I mean...they're neither of them bastions of emotional strength.

I think Lucille is able to endure more psychological abuse without breaking, but Thomas is more emotionally resilient.

He could live without her, though he'd be heartbroken. As for her- well, I don't think she intended to survive her encounter with Edith. Even if she'd won.

who is physically stronger?

Lucille. He's taller, but she has that whole Terminator, powering-through-intense-pain thing.

who is more likely to break a bone? 

Lucille is more likely to be in situations that could result in broken bones, so I suppose it's her. Although if Thomas keeps up that recklessness around his machine that got him burned, who knows?

who knows best what to say to upset the other? 

I don't think they'd ever upset each other on purpose. Lucille's better at manipulation, though she'd resist seeing it that way.

who is most likely to apologise first after an argument? 

Thomas. Sometimes because he genuinely thinks he's wrong; sometimes because he just wants to avoid Unpleasantness.

who treats whose wounds more often? 

Historically, Lucille has gotten wounded more, so I'll go with Thomas.

who is in constant need of comfort? 

You know how sometimes cats act completely aloof and nonchalant while twining around your legs, blocking your computer screen, and in all ways generally demanding Affection while pretending they aren't?

Lucille.

who gets more jealous? 

I mean, we have a canon answer to this one. Although we never got the chance to see jealous Thomas, he sort of seems to want Lucille and Edith to at least be friends.

who’s most likely to walk out on the other? 

I can't see that ever happening.

who will propose? 

Nobody. Why would they need to have a wedding? "My brother/sister" already means to them exactly what "my husband/wife" means to most people, and more.

who has the most difficult parents?

The "same hat" meme, but it's "same parents."

who initiates hand-holding when they’re out in public? 

They don't walk hand-in-hand in public. It would attract attention. But the occasionaly affectionate hand-clasp is acceptable to Victwardian sensibilities re: sibling relationships, and Thomas always initiates that. Lucille doesn't like PDA, possibly because she's paranoid about anyone guessing their secret.

who comes up for the other all the time? 

I don't understand the question, I'm afraid.

who hogs the blankets? 

Lucille, and it's a good thing, too. If it were Thomas, she'd just lie there and shiver rather than take them back.

who gets more sad? 

Lucille.

who is better at cheering the other up? 

Definitely Thomas. He actually has a sense of humor, for one thing.

who’s the one that playfully slaps the other all the time after they make silly jokes?

If we can sub that for "tsks with mock severity at them," Lucille.

who is more streetwise?

Honestly, neither really are. Thomas has actually been around the world and society more, but he's still fairly naive. Lucille just Doesn't Do People and as such has far less direct experience.

who is more wise?

Thomas. Simply by virtue of the fact that he CAN, eventually, sort of be made to see that their living situation- murders, etc. -is miserable and unsustainable.

who’s the shyest? 

Lucille. It's not sweet, blushing, giggly shyness in the slightest, but she Doesn't Do People, as mentioned above.

who boasts about the other more? 

Thomas. He has more people to boast to, since he. You know. Sees people. And he thinks Lucille hung the moon.

who sits on who’s lap?

Genre: fanfiction, Crimson Peak

Type: one-shot

Rating: none, though suggestive of psychological and emotional abuse, as well as physical. I dunno how to do trigger warnings on writing, whatever, advance at your own risk.

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He walked in, and the light fell on her, and for a moment he didn’t understand. She was an angel, come to save him. Perhaps she could save him, he wanted to believe it. For one beautiful day he wanted to hold on to the idea. Edith was an angel, and she could make him clean. He fancied it and daydreamed fervently until he came back to their hotel suite.

“She’s perfect, Thomas. Far better than we could have imagined; so gullible and desperate.”

It was happening again.

All over again.

“Some of the children used to think the Sharpe siblings were vampyres because of the way they’d stay out of sunlight as much as they could. The cold climates of Allerdale meant their reacted badly to lots of sun”