just a fancy animal in need of help

she did not experience "male socialization." when i look back on our childhood, it is easy to understand that there was no privilege to that concept. she was forced to try and shrink herself into the shape of a man, and was abused when she didn't succeed at playing the part. being "raised as a boy" only highlighted the stark incongruity between what was expected of her and what she was. this repeatedly led to her facing violence.

Perhaps Alicia seeing someone outside the canvas in Verso's Ending that looks *exactly* like Gustave? Dealer's choice if it somehow is really him, if it's someone his painting was based on, if it's just someone with an uncanny remblance, etc.

so this totally ran away from me and turned into something (..else? ish? idk). So now it's a short lil fic on ao3!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87377576

They say home feels smaller as you grow older. For Alicia, it feels only ever larger. There's an emptiness she can't avoid in the quiet corners of the manor. The dark marble gleams like second sets of shadows. The ceilings grow higher, like stars ever more out of reach. And trailing all of her steps—ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts.

The Homecoming Job (S01E02) The Lonely Hearts Job (S04E15)

requested by anonymous

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