#totor

"Hello, darkness, my old friend..."

Now, I'm having second guesses. For context, I had Tintin's (and Totor's) parents be Becassine:

And Herge's character, Jef The Plumber:

Together, the four made a happy, humble family. Unfortunately, when Tintin was just a small baby in 1914, WWI occurred. And when Germany invaded Belgium, the family had to flee. Becassine and Totor managed to make it to either France or Breton while Jef was taken prisoner by enemy soldiers. Yet, before being caught, he managed to hide baby Tintin under bushes where he'd be found (maybe by a young Haddock?????) and placed in an orphanage.

Yet, there's another dilemma. I don't know much about Becassine. I tried to find her books but there's barely anything in English. Not even the animated movie. Same could be said for Adele Blanc-Sec but that's a different story.

As a result, I'm not sure if this tale can fit in Becassine's lore.

Tintin voice: “This is my brother, Victor 😊 ”

Totor voice: “once i tied Augustin up and left him in the woods to test his skills. fun times!🤘”

everyone else: “oh my god ....two of them 😬😬😬 ”

Later, Tintin would reunite with his kin; not just with Totor but their Uncle Pad and Aunt Save Hatt. As for their parents, I’m not quite sure if they should live or die. Then again, as Totor lived in Belgium and went off to America to visit Pad and Save, it’s possible that, at least, one of their parents lived. Especially with Totor being a fish-out-of-water when in the U.S.A.

This, meanwhile, brings up the dilemma on WHO the parents should be. My idea was that the mother would be Becassine and Jef The Plumber (from Herge’s ad: Jef, the plumber by Hergé ). Becassine would survive the invasion with Totor, but had him stay with her parents as she worked for La Marquise de Grand-Air and La Marquise’s adopted daughter, Loulette. As for Jef, the plan was to have him taken as a POW where he’d be a slave to either J.W. Muller or one of Muller’s peers. 

With this all in mind here are the pros and cons:

The Pros:

Beccasine as Tintin’s mother would be an in-universe shout-out to her influence on Herge’s art style.

Jef The Plumber would also serve as a shout out to Herge’s early works.

As Beccassine and Jef aren’t the brightest bulbs, it’d be hilarious to have their children be so smart.

Tintin’s birth name would be “Corentin” after Beccassine’s uncle. “Corentin” has the meanings of “Hurricane” or “Tempest”. If that’s not Tintin, I don’t know what is!

It’d be interesting to see how Tintin would interact with the rest of the family (Pad and Save Hatt, Uncle Corentin, Becassine’s parents as well as her mean cousin, Marie Quilloch, La Marquise, Loulette, etc.).

The Cons:

I don’t know much about Becassine. Her books are solely in French and barely have any English translations. Same goes for “The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec”...

With Becassine’s books "Bécassine pendant la guerre” and “Bécassine chez les Alliés" being set in WWI, I’m not sure if her having and losing a husband and child would fit in her canon or not. Like if the texts would say if she had been single, knew nothing of weddings and the like.

Would it be an overload of characters in later stories? Especially since my stories will include “Little Orphan Annie” and “The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec”.

With Jef The Plumber being in 1931, it could go against the initial story for him. As he’s most-likely in Belgium at that point, you’d think him, Tintin and Totor had bumped into each other and put two and two together.

So, what should it be? Have Jef and Becassine be Tintin and Totor’s parents or do something else like OCs?