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tilltheendwilliwrite: magellan-88: bibliophilesin77: cakeisnotpie: violent-darts: zombeesknees: #confirmed: rick o'connell will rock back and forth in a hug for comfort #her character development from 1 to 2 is my fave but what they did with rick is some nice work #taking the character from 1 who’s the guy who says ‘i dunno i was about to be hanged [kissing you] seemed like a good idea at the time’ #it would seem like the easy and hollywood way to make him all wise-cracking about his married life #like ‘oh-ho the little woman’s at it again - amirite fellas?’ eye-rolling sorts of unease with his domestic situation #or chafing at not being a free agent adventurer or something #or worse- try to create some sort of narrative from conflict between them that needs to be ‘resolved’ #but instead they’re like WHAT IF HE’S RIDE-OR-DIE DEVOTED TO EVIE EVERY MINUTE #WHAT IF THE ONLY EYE ROLLING HE DOES IS WANTING TO HAVE FIVE GD MINUTES ALONE AND QUIET WITH HIS WIFE #WHAT IF HE’S CASUALLY DECLARING HIS ‘IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO YOU’ COMMITMENT WITH EASE #WHAT IF RICK/EVIE MAINTAIN THE PUSH-PULL FRIENDLY ANTAGONISM OF MOVIE 1 BUT MAKE IT A GOOD THING #‘OH ALRIGHT WE’LL DO IT YOUR WAY’ ‘HONEY YOU’RE NOT A SUBTLE MAN’ #LIKE IT WAS PART OF THEIR ONGOING AND SUPPORTIVE DYNAMIC #AND THEY BOTH TAKE JUST ABOUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MUTUALLY JUMP INTO EACH OTHERS ARMS #AND MAKE OUT JUST FOR FUNSIES #AFTER 10 YEARS AND A KID #well done chaps - good development (and one of my fave examples of the Battle Couple trope) #say it with me now: relationship development =/= ‘now add conflict’ #relationship development can also mean a myriad of other situations - like dealing with an external conflict TOGETHER It’s totally consistent with him in movie 1, too. Like it’s so clear that his entire experience of her is “….oh wow this woman. She’s so amazing. She just gets more amazing. Oh, oh wow. Maybe like I could stay with her. How do I make her like me. I KNOW I WILL STEAL HER A SET OF ARCHEOLOGY TOOLS. SHE LOVES ARCHEOLOGY. YEAH GO RICK.” And by movie 2 it’s obvious he’s spent the past however many years living a life of “omg am married. TO EVIE. I have a wife. EVIE IS MY WIFE. OH JESUS I HAVE A KID. :D :D I HAVE A FAMILY AND A LIFE. WITH EVIE. WHO IS MY WIFE.” Interspersed with “why is my wife trying to get us killed. Why is my son trying to get us killed. Or at least himself killed. JONATHAN WHAT YOU DO. Evie no. Evie love of my life no. EVIE. ALEX!! OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE! JONATHAN!!! Why does everyone I love have the self-preservation instincts of SOMETHING THAT HAS NO SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCTS?!” Okay, stay with me here, but what if Rick O’Connell met the Howling Commandos? The Mummy takes place in 1926, the Mummy Returns in 1933, and Dragon Emperor in 1946. That puts Rick firmly in the time frame of 1942 when Steve Rogers is Captain America. There’s no way Rick would stay out of the war; he’s older than Steve, sure, but so are Dum Dum Dugan and a couple of the other guys. How much you want to bet that Eve O’Connell not only knew Peggy Carter, but was friends with her? Two women who constantly broke the norms of English aristocracy? Of course they know each other. Any way, at some point Rick’s in France, working with British Intelligence and helping the resistance, when he comes across Rogers and his band of merry men. Maybe it’s just sharing a bottle of whiskey or maybe they collaborate on a mission … however it happens, Rick falls in with them long enough to get to know them. And who do you think he ends up bonding with? Little Stevie “I can do this all day” Rogers? Nope. The first time Steve runs headlong into a fight with only his shield and a gun, Rick hears a long-suffering sigh from one Bucky Barnes, who mutters “Jesus Christ, Steve, just paint a target on your God damn back, why don’t you?” They’re kindred spirits from then on. Evie decides they have to save the books from a castle during the middle of a siege and enlists the Commandos to help her get inside? “Evie wants the books. I’m going to get her the books,” Rick says. “But she’s going to stay safe behind the lines … what the fuck, EVIE? WHO’S THAT WITH HER? IS THAT …” “Steve FUCKING Rogers, get your ass back here!” Barnes turns to him. “See what I have to put with?” Rick figures out quick that Barnes is hopelessly in love with Rogers because he knows exactly what that ride-or-die-for-his-beloved look is on the other man’s face. They commiserate over stories about the stupid shit Steve and Peggy and Evie and Jonathon and Alex have done while the others roll their eyes at how besotted they both are. When Barnes falls, Peggy sends Evie a telegram; Rick goes on a bender for a solid week and Evie tucks him into bed every night. In 1952, Rick and Evie are working in the Gedi Ruins in Kenya when they stumble upon what looks like a H.Y.D.R.A. base; a man in black almost shoots Rick, but stops at the last minute, allowing them to get away. Twice more over the years, Rick crosses paths with the Winter Soldier and he wonders … seriously, if mummies are real, a guy who never ages and is brainwashed is pretty easy to accept. When Steve Rogers comes out of the ice, Rick’s in his mid-80s; after discovering they’re still around, Steve spends a nice evening dining in their home. Rick doesn’t say anything about Bucky because, well, he hasn’t heard anything in a decade or so and what good would that do at this point? Four years later, a man in black shows up at their door, eyeing Rick’s white hair and cane, and says, “Fucking Steve Rogers! Have you seen what he’s up to now?” Rick lets him in and pours him a whiskey from the bottle he keeps hidden behind the Book of the Dead. the AU I’ve always wanted Guys…..I need dis…..@tilltheendwilliwrite Jesus… fuck! MAGELLAN!! WHY WOULD YOU TAG ME IN SOMETHING SO EPIC IT JUST BIT MY ASS WITH THE BIGGEST Fucking plot bunny in existence!!!I don’t have the time or brain space for something this epic. Bitch.God… Okay, shit. Fucky. Fuck fuck. Me watching @magellan-88 brings yet another masterpiece to @tilltheendwilliwrite -- source link