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The thought that the reason George and Marie got separated that night was because he knew he was faster and could run for longer (athlete) so he purposefully broke away from her to lead what he thought was an actual killer away from her and give her a chance to escape is currently keeping me awake rn

I’m like spoiling my long fic rn but like

(Sorry headcanons inbound)

I imagine Marie to be largely disillusioned about the religion she was raised in and not really believing in anything especially after George died, and she’s finding it hard to cope with George’s death and stuff

And Jason is like “well yknow at least he’s in a better place” and obviously Marie is like “I’m happy for you that you can let yourself believe that he isn’t gone gone but I can’t” and Jason is like “okay well for your sake let’s just do a little exercise. Let’s say heaven was real, right? And heaven is like paradise for everyone. What do you think George’s heaven looks like? What’s he up to?”

And they come up with a bunch of stuff they think he’d be doing and it ends up making her feel better just to imagine George his happy self again and not the terrified kid he was in his final moments

Lol Cinema Therapy released an episode on Kubo and the Two Strings, focusing on the power of storytelling when used to heal from trauma and grieve for loved ones who have died

Guess I’ll be writing more of that stepdad Jason fic tonight as that is basically one of the core premises of the fic LMAOOOO

I imagine that in the George lives au Henry is still really attached to his mom just not in the really unhealthy way he is in canon, but like I would assume George would be the one working all the time leaving Marie to be home more often than he is and so that’s who Henry mostly grows up around

But like this means that as a youngster Henry is always going to her to ask for stuff or talk about stuff or ask questions or just generally to engage with and like what if one night he is just going up to her constantly to tell her things and ask questions and George sees she’s kinda getting annoyed cuz she’s tired and just wants to relax and he just laughs and goes

“Would you stop bothering your mama, boy? You’ve got two parents, dontcha? Let ‘er be.” And she just looks over at him and mouths “thank you”

I imagine George to be the kind of parent that’s never angry but still has a way of making Henry do what he wants just by nature of asking him nicely and taking advantage of his eagerness to please his parents.

Like if he’s playing guitar in his room (hi @mightntbethebest ) and it’s loud enough to hear on the other side of the house and obviously Marie is not the biggest fan of rock music and all the new styles to come out of the late 70’s and 80’s and so it’s not particularly pleasant for her so when he’s done practicing and he comes out of his room George is like

“Henry you play really nice, boy, but could you please turn it down a little? It’s hurtin your poor mamas ears cus it’s just going through the whole house.” And Henry just nods and goes back into his room to turn his amp down

And like when they all go out in public all the other parents are like how the hell is your son so courteous and obedient

And they’re just like “well he’s just a little (not so little anymore haha) person, right? You can just talk to ‘em like people, they’ll understand. Don’t need to shout at em or put your hands on em or anything. It’s easy really.”

He would just be a really good dad even though they were wholly unprepared for parenthood and he’s just riding 100% on instinct. Helps that they both love him so much and think he’s the universe’s personal gift to them they now get to share with everyone else

I just thought of George taking Henry down into the mountains for a father-son hunting/fishing trip and damn near just fell out of my chair from the sheer cuteness

He missed out on so many things 😭

I just realized

I’m gonna become the next fucking marauders fandom with all the absolutely baseless shit up making up about George and his friends

Tumblr get ready for Angsty Late to Mid Century Male Friend Group 2: Electric Boogaloo

I honestly love the idea of Henry being semi mute even in the universe where George lives. Like he CAN and DOES talk, he just prefers not to most times. But like his dad loves him to death anyway.

“That boy don’t talk much but I’ll bet he’s smarter and more talented than anyone you’ve ever met.”

Did I just describe George in my killer frequency breakdown essay as “making haunting the narrative his full time job”? Yes I did

There’s this guy in my lecture with long shaggy blonde hair and a 70’s moustache and it’s taking everything in me not to absolutely break down in tears when I look at him because GEORGE NEVER GOT TO GO TO COLLEGE-

I just love the idea that like you see how pissed off and sad Marie is about George’s loss, her anger and rage and hopelessness and sadness and then it’s like

It’s really funny to imagine him 10x as angry

Like an All Dogs Go to Heaven moment where he’s like “I WANNA GO BACK THESE SONS OF BITCHES CANT HOLD ME UP HERE”

Just watched a true crime video about a kid from Kentucky who saved his sister’s life and obviously the majority of the people interviewed for it were from Kentucky and like

The accent is just 10/10. I can see why Marie went nuts for George

Here’s two little comic sketches of my earlier posts cuz I had energy tonight. Credit to @wreckedhoney who turned a meme shitpost into one of the most canon, in-character interactions I’ve ever seen.

I noted this in my ranking ships post I posted in the community, but Teddys delivery of the line “he didn’t come alone, he… brought… Marie.” To me seems like George was SUPPOSED to come alone, and Marie showing up was not intended.

It’s not like she was HATED or they tried to say she COULDNT go or anything, they just didn’t extend the invite to partners (except Kim, who was in on it).

But going along with my headcanon that George is very introverted, and he’d literally JUST met these guys (remember WN68 was like, within the first couple weeks of school starting, and presumably football tryouts were around then), and so he asked her to come with him because he didn’t want to feel left out since Jason would also be socializing with the other team members.

I just think that would be cute. He loves her and wants her to be with him so he isn’t too intimidated by all these people who already know each other well.

In the United States men were generally not allowed to be in the room with their partners when they were having a baby until the 70’s ish, though of course this depends on if you’re in a more liberal or conservative area (like for instance it was more normalized in California before somewhere like Mississippi) and whether or not the hospital was religious, and also depending on if the couple was married, and also unfortunately due to financial status (that is, who would be least likely to have the means to sue)

Given that rural areas are (GENERALLY) more conservative, as is the Midwest generally as a region, and given the fact that the hospital in Gallows Creek is religiously affiliated (most likely Catholic due to the recognition of a Saint in its name, which is generally not a Protestant thing, and unless GC has a big Greek population I don’t see Orthodox either, but it could be) , and given the fact they were teens with not much in the way of means, if George had been alive when Henry was born, there’s a pretty significant chance he would not be allowed to see it.

And like, we know George is a rather gentle soul. Harming people is explicitly out of his character.

But if someone prevented him from bringing comfort to his Bean during an event that could literally kill her (yall they didn’t do ultrasounds back then, anything could have happened) and kept him from meeting his son for however long, he would absolutely be contemplating violence lmao

Yall I hit a new low

I was sitting in my library with my textbook open, eyes filled with tears like

“*comically loud sniffle* MARIE NEVER GOT TO SAY GOODBYE TO GEORGE-”

I was LOSING MY MIND over a fucking video game

Everyone at my table probably thought I was having trouble grasping a concept in the textbook

No I was crying about the death of a fictional character

Literally sniveling

Like I was so sad my whole chest hurt

Girl you’re gonna graduate in 8 months BE FOR REAL

Thinking of George tucking Henry into bed at night and telling him stories about all the Fearsome Critters of American legend that his dad told him and his dad told him etc etc etc etc brings my level of hatred of Teddy to capacities not thought possible

Hi welcome back to rose overanalyzes dialogue for the nth time

I think one of the most underrated things to think about is how George’s death affected the non-student members of town. I mean we don’t know much about how Maurice or Sandra handled it (though I can imagine stumbling across a dead body would be pretty traumatizing) but we do get to hear Virginia recount her experience.

Specifically, we hear about how she came into work and found “a boy”. It’s interesting here to note that she used that term instead of “young man”. Given that she was a coroner, her usual clients were most likely elderly or at least middle aged adults.

HOWEVER, 18 year olds couldn’t vote until 1971. So, arguably, you could consider them minors if you really wanted to. 18 was the age of majority in other aspects (like the end of parental liability and obligation I think) and you could be drafted/go to war at 18 though which is like ??? Cmon America.

But it’s still very interesting that her language highlights his youth. Must have been a very shocking and somber experience working on someone who was at least in some respects still a child.

God I LOVE the George lives au because like George waking up in the hospital like a day or so later and the doctors are trying to test his brain to make sure he didn’t get brain damage and stuff like “ok what’s the last thing you remember” and he’s like “I was running… someone was chasing me… oh my goodness- where’s B- Marie?! Is Marie Campbell here? Is she okay?” And the doctors are like “uh… she’s not the one who fell off a cliff and almost drowned. YOU were.” And he’s like “Never mind all that, where is she??”

When she hears he woke up and the Barrows are like “you need to come to the hospital he’s demanding to see you and he won’t take his medicine or answer questions until he does.” So she runs there and visits him and obviously sees him and he’s got a big bandage on his head and a cast on one leg and one arm in a sling and she’s like “oh my god are you okay??” And he chuckles despite his whole insides hurting like “oh, you don’t need to worry about old me. I’m fit as a fiddle. How are you?” And she’s just like “don’t you do that to me, George Barrow, you could have died if I didnt pull you out of that river. You were unconscious for a whole day!” And he’s like “oh. Well. I’m sorry I couldn’t walk you home, Bean.” And she’s like “literally who gives a shit, I’m just glad you’re alive!” And he’s like “well I could say the same about you, I thought the whistling man gotcha.” And then she goes “oh- yeah- no, Georgie, it was all an act, see. Teddy was just messing with you. I wasn’t in any danger. Jason’s okay, I’m okay, it was all fake.” And George just sits there in his hospital bed for a second like “….oh, he’s done it now. No one messes with my girl.” And Marie just laughs like “oh yeah? What are you doing to do? You can’t even walk.” And George is like “I’ll think of something!!”

And she just visits him all the time and takes care of him and is as instrumental in his recovery as the nurses are and he looks forward to seeing her every day

And obviously eventually he can leave and go home and stuff. But he also gets the news he’s gonna be a dad and stuff and he’s hyped

It’s just so cute

I really hope for George’s sake he just stopped existing when he died because the alternatives are terrible

First: he becomes a ghost and has to wander around completely alone thinking his best friend died and his girlfriend may or may not be alive. Depending on if this goes by Beetlejuice rules, he may have to spend all of his time as a ghost dripping wet and cold too.

Second: he goes to some sort of afterlife where he is aware of everything happening on earth (Y’Know the traditional ‘he’s looking down on you’ type stuff) and therefore would find out that Marie was kicked out and he had a kid he could not help her take care of. It would be the most cruel thing ever to make him watch them both suffer where he can’t help.

Third: he went to an afterlife where he CANT know what’s happening on earth, but he would still be unhappy because Marie is not with him, and even if he was told she was fine it would have been a lie. And he would have basically spent his eternity just sitting and waiting for her and not Y’Know enjoying being dead.

All horrible existences, some worse than others but still

OR I mean he could just be automatically put somewhere and his memory is just completely erased but then that’s not really him is it?

Piggybacking off of this

in the GLAU I can totally imagine him being like “hey bean I’m gonna take Henry back down to my neck of the woods for a special father son hunting trip” and Marie is like “oh okay have fun boys” and like they’re in the car on the way down and Henry is like “I’m excited to go hunting with you, pa” and George goes “oh I’m also gonna teach you how to make proper moonshine but don’t tell your ma or she’ll kill us both.”

More George headcanons because yea:

- Fucking loves spicy food. His mom definitely made the best chili when he was younger.

- #1 menace to a tall tree. Grew up sporty, started off with menacing the local wildlife.

- You're tellin me this kid didn't race the deer near him?

- SOMEHOW wrestled a coyote and won without getting rabies. Still amazes his family and the town he grew up in.

- Got his ass kicked yeah, but no rabies. That's all that really matters.

- Had a little old woman who ADORED him, always dropped him by gifts as a reward for him being the town helper.

- It was impossible to get him to stay inside. If he were ever grounded, they'd make him stay inside and do nothing. Couldn't even make him clean because he liked doing that.

- Vulture Culture kinda kid. His room and back deck were a mess of animal bits and bobs.

- Has random sticks just chilling in his room decor. [I have some chilling in my Non-Christmas-Christmas lights. + A random bone we found in the creek a while back]