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(i know i still haven't responded to the last ask i sent you shhh i wanted to draw something and then art block eviscerated me)

Happy about a year anniversary of A Little Game of Cat and Mouse perpetually haunting me! If I may: What is one bit of knowledge about our contemporary world that would interest/flabbergast the regency crew the most? Every time I get really into a new song I imagine the crew being exposed to modern music

Hello Witherydithery!! I am so incredibly sorry for responding so incredibly late to your question. I must check my ask box more frequently- my sincerest apologies.

And aaa I am so happy you think of the goofballs when listening to tunes! I am sorry for haunting you, though! 

And also, oh geez, I think *most* aspects of our current era would be very surprising to someone currently living at the tail end of the Regency Era. Our society has advanced so much in the ways of technology, civil rights, and culture that our world may be somewhat unrecognisable to them! Everything from our dress, the way we speak to one another, our standard of living, and the way our world is so interconnected would take quite a bit of time to get used to! Also, I am no proper historian, so I am probably off in many ways (feel free to correct me!)- but here are some of my thoughts, which go on for far too long. Which is why they are under the cut!

I think the whole crew would be very impressed by how quickly we can travel between one place and another! For context that relates to A Little Game of Cat and Mouse- by car, it takes only 40 minutes to get from Old College, Edinburgh to the Whittingehame Estate- a trip that is roughly 24.3 miles (39.10 km). Since stage coaches averaged around 7 miles (11.26 km) per hour, it would roughly take 3 and a half hours to get there if the roads and conditions were alright! This is also not mentioning that we can fly now? Crazy! Sometimes I can't even believe it, and the airplane has been around for 122 years!

I also believe our modern day clothes would be very shocking to all of them! Our summer wear in particular would be very scandalous! Even in the 1930s it was considered inappropriate to wear shorts in Britain outside of certain outdoor and athletic activities! Also, not to mention how our clothes have significantly less gender regulations than we used to have! I grew up watching period flicks with my mom and a common joke between us was that we would have hated having to always wear dresses- opulent or otherwise. Also, the wigs- ew. I think the Regency era person would believe us to be rather socially liberated! Though they will probably be surprised and disappointed that the wealth gap is still very significant between the economic classes. Also, as I headcanon a great amount of the regency cast to be Scottish (The first location of the institute being in Edinburgh must have been intentional!) Some of them may be discouraged that Scotland is still not independent from the United Kingdom. 

The ease of access to information would also of course be mind boggling! The fact that we can ask the internet a question and get millions of hundreds of answers within a second is astounding. I think perhaps the Regency era person would be pleasantly surprised by our literacy rate and yet also be disappointed with how gullible we can be! The global average literacy rate is 86.81% yet our modern world has a disturbing growing anti-science sentiment. Wild! 

Individually speaking, Jonah’s Harem The characters from the Regency era would also each probably be interested in different aspects of our modern world. So, barring other major historical events and technological advancements that would probably be shocking to them all- here are some thoughts about the individual characters:

Everytime I re-read how I wrote Robert Smirke (fictional) I feel really bad for Robert Smirke (actual famous English architect Robert Smirke not to be confused for the famous English painter Robert Smirke that lived in the same time period.) I am so sorry Sir Smirke, you would have been very impressed by the use of concrete and iron frames in skyscrapers. I wonder what he would have thought about brutalism and deconstructivism?

My version of Barnabas Bennett, as a tailor, would be very interested in the evolution of our fashion today. Our clothes today are so incredibly different and much more casual! I believe he may be embarrassed by the sight of people basically walking around in the regency era version of underclothes. How scandalous! On the more silly side, if Barnabas was somehow introduced to gacha games- he would go into debt for rolling for too many cute outfits. This is how the Lukas family can still win I guess. Additionally, as Barnabas is not exactly a member of the gentry and is very careful with his words, I believe he would also be surprised by how casual we are when we speak to one another. There are certainly less social rules and regulations than there were in the early 19th century, so it would probably throw him off center when confronted with the fact the average person can, like, tweet insults to public figures with little to no push back. Maybe he’d be into it?

Mordechai Lukas would certainly be into it! As my version of him is not very interested in following social decorum, he would be very entertained by our modern interactions and public drama. I strangely think he would enjoy reality tv specifically when it relates to romantic courting. More specifically- I think Love Island would fascinate him in a very not normal way. He would also very much enjoy the option to work remotely- it’s all the man ever wanted. Mordechai would also probably be the most accepting of wearing modern day clothes. 

I have not got quite a good grasp on Albrecht von Closen’s and Jonathan Fanshawe’s characters yet- so I cannot make a good prediction for them. But Fanshawe would probably be very pleased at the development in medicine! You go king- vaccinations are now commonplace.

We do know that canon TMA Jonah Magnus is very well adapted to the modern era! I can only imagine how ecstatic he was when security cameras and IP tracking became commonplace. We also know that he has a fondness for scheduling, which most likely means he enjoys Microsoft Excel. But if my version of 1818 Jonah Magnus was suddenly brought to our contemporary world - barring ancient fear gods - this man would be obsessed with Wikipedia. There’s so much information! For free! It’s incredible! You can click on the citations and be brought to primary sources and research journals! He also would probably be interested in the potential of finding dirt on people through social media, background checks, and public records. I don't believe 1818 Jonah is currently at a stage where he would be entirely comfortable with blackmail- but I think he would just be really fascinated in the potential of learning about the secrets of people so easily without eldritch eyeball power. If Jon had a social media (the man most likely does not, outside of maybe potentially posting one picture of The Admiral) Jonah would stalk the hell out of it. And then feel guilty about it maybe. 

With the knowledge of learning that gay marriage is now legal in the UK, Jonah would immediately begin scheming to formally court and marry Jon so he can fully utilize his companionship and power, and for no other reason, he swears to God. He would probably not get very far, though, as he is still an incredibly repressed person when it comes to expressing genuine affection. Jonah would then fully throttle Mordechai Lukas when Mordechai beats him to it and actually begins courting Jon in earnest. Jon, in turn- would be very confused and concerned.

Also! Music! As the options for music genres and composers were rather limited in the regency era- I imagine that the sheer amount of musical styles would be very compelling to them! Ballads and orchestral pieces would probably be the most familiar and comforting, but I do wonder if Jonah would have a fondness for jazz? Strangely, I think Barnabas would be the most open to different types of tunes! Though I suspect that the crew may be scandalized by how our lyrics today can be very forward or explicit at times. One struggle I had while writing Jonah’s POV was how to describe modern-day sounds like tape-recorder white noise and Nokia ringtones. I settled on describing chiptune ringtones as somewhat similar to bagpipes- but even then chiptune sounds are so alien to what we hear in nature! So I am very curious as to what they might think of the variety of instruments we have nowadays! I wonder how someone in the early 19th century would describe heavy metal or synthwave?

Thank you so much for sending in this ask!! It was very enjoyable to ponder on their thoughts of our modern era! Also, I very much understand art block! I am still trying to fight through my art and writer's block myself! Together we shall prevail! 

Thanks once again Witherydithery! You are so hip and cool, and I think of your art all the time because,,, your really cool jonahjon pieces are a widget on my mobile homescreen.

Hi,

So sorry if this is a bother, I tried seeing if this question was already asked but I couldn’t find it so; Is your fic (A little Game of Cat and Mouse) on hold? I really enjoyed reading it as it was coming out and I was just curious if we were going to get an update. I really do think it’s one of the greatest five out for the fandom.

Thank you again!

Hi there! Thank you so much for your message- that truly means alot!!! My apologies for not updating the fic in so long (oh gosh its been more than a year.)

I still definitely want to continue it! I haven't had the time to write for personal stuff due to alot of stuff happening in my life- but I should finally have some free time in September!

Also thank you so much for your sweet comment about the fic!!! And for reaching out!!

just stalked your spotify a bit- love money money money on gus’s playlist it’s bop after bop

(also your lacho playlist having No Children which is thee obligatory Lacho anthem ugh we could have and should have had it all truly)

Thank you! I'm really happy you like my playlist of tunes these characters would definitely not listen too, haha (though I do headcanon that Gus would listen to ABBA, he has that kind of vibe when he's not scheming decade long revenge plots)

Also!! We truly could have had it all! Was really hoping for a Lacho confrontation this season where they could possibly murder each other with unspoken, but inevitable, romantic tension ✊😔

Hi there! I'm a mod for the JonElias Prompt Week Event @joneliasweek and we're just about to kickstart the event! Our prompts will be released 6/19 and the week itself will be 7/17-7/23. Our FAQ and schedule are up on the blog, and our askbox is always open for questions, so feel free to ask! Wanted to let you know this is happening, feel free to reblog if you'd like to support! -Mod Guess

!!! Howdy guess! I would love to participate! I need to make content of the cool two eyeball dudes 👀

Izuku: Dad, I talk to ghosts

Aizawa: so, you aren't just talking to Hagakure when I find you out past curfew?

Izuku: no, I'm talking to dead people. One of them looks like Kacchan and he keeps standing right next to him to freak me out and it's not nice and all of them need tharapy.

Aizawa; why do they need tharapy?

Izuku: one of them became a hermit and lived in the woods, and the rest of them were murdered by All for One.

Aizawa: *speechless* how have you lived with them?

Izuku: starts crying

(I don't know if you could bounce some ideas off of this but I appreciate the quotes you do. I think talking to ghosts in front of people is extremely funny especially when it's your adopted dad.)

(okay first off thank you for this omg! I'm crying but I have something in my drafts that's something like this that I wanna turn into a story so I might take some of this as inspo but! onwards to the qoute!)

aizawa : Oh shit uh! don't cry? idk? uh?

Nana Shimura : dahm he's bad at comfort isn't he?

izuku still sobbing : Hes trying his hardest nana!

aizawa : WHAT???

Izuku : one of the ghosts!

aizawa : I'm so confused and concerned for your health right now.

one for all users threw izuku : haha mood!

aizawa :OH WHAT THE FUCK HELLO?!

izuku still crying : that was them!

aizawa : uh okay uh right so my son talks to dead people okay cool cool I can deal with this.... WAIT IS THIS WHY YOUR ALWAYS FREZZING TO THE TOUCH????

izuku wiping his eyes : mhm they're clingy! it gets cold when they hug me or be around me rather then in my mind!

aizawa in shock : i need to sit down. I adopted one child but got.... how many?

izuku :... 7 and a half...

aizawa nodding : I adopted one child and got 7 and a half dead people for free.... whag type of deal is this?

izuku laughing a little : you and me both. I thought I was just getting a quirk but I got funky ghosts and 7 more quirks!

aizawa : i need a drink to even think about prosessing this.

one for all users threw izuku : our bad sir if it helps we were all heros and vigilantes..... except two of us

aizawa : Oh.

I don’t live in Europe but I’m very concerned for you guys regarding article 13, has it already passed? If not, is there anything I can do to help?

To my knowledge, no. It has not passed. And you can help by going to change.org! There’s a big petition about taking down article 13 right now and there should be a link of it in my original post on the matter. If the link doesn’t work, try searching it manually.

*hands over a moon ball with moon in it*

what’s your opinion on a penguin animatronic being added into fnaf in the future? I’m not saying it’s gonna happen but if it were to, how would you feel about it?

-Fox anon🦊

How do you like your beans?

So, you like Glam Fronnie for the animatronics. Do you ship any humans?

-Fox anon🦊

What’s your favorite fnaf ship?

-Fox anon 🦊

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh

Glam Fronnie?

Eheheheh 😅

Did you know that your Maizie looks a lot like Izzy/Holidayturkey's character Bubbles?

Okay.

First of all: Where do you get off asking shit like this? It's rude as all hell and just downright pisses me off.

This is one of eighteen asks about this. EIGHTEEN! WHO TF HAS THAT TYPE OF TIME TO JUST PISS OFF SMALL CREATORS!?

Second of all: I reached out to Izzy and wasted their valuable time trying to understand who "Bubbles" even is.

But now that I know who they are, here is my take back: Yes, they are similar, but as Izzy said when they were helping me understand, it's not a completely original design because it's literally just a small bunny! There are hundreds, HUNDREDS, of people with small bunny animatronic characters. Are you gonna go after them too because it's a small bunny?

Here is @holidayturkeyy 's Bubbles and my Maizie side by side.

They are LITERALLY JUST TWO CHILD SIZED BUNNIES.

SO ALL OF THE ANONS WHO ACCUSED ME OF STEALING IZZY'S DESIGN:

GET. OFF. YOUR. HIGH. HORSE.

They are JUST FICTIONAL CHARACTERS and it's pure COINCIDENCE that they look alike.

Glamrock Freddy is Michael afton.

Welp prepare the fortifications put up the walls get collect munitions and food we're putting together a defensive fort till the baby stops the hunt he has to have nap time eventually

He's ALREADY INSIDE. What are you gonna do?

I wonder what baby Gregory is doing right now?

Getting revenge

Oh my Lord who's the Baby's first target? The Anon's that turned him into a toddler or any Animetronic's he might very well find??

Or in other words, who thought it was a bright idea to give a baby a gun, however hilarious?! XD

What would BwL! Bonnie and Freddy look like as humans?

With my recent discovery of what illusion disks are, I'd figure at some point they'd try them out and this is what they would look like.

Although Bonnie is Genderfluid, he is more feminine so I designed him with a more curvy, female based body to portray his more motherly role in Blended with Love.

Freddy on the other hand is designed to look like how he looked in his past life. The third image is showing a peek into the first time he used an illusion disk, only to find a scar staring at him in a painful reminder of when he was scooped.

Wait just a second there Sebi, is your Bonnie female???

I'm offended you pulled out my dead name's nickname when you're the one who helped me decide on my preferred name. Shame on you.

Bonnie putting baby Gregory to sleep?

Lullaby time~

Baby Greg: Can I tell you a secret?

Bonnie: Sure

Baby Greg whispers (leans to Bonnie's ear): I love you

Oh, so he CAN TALK.

Hey Gregory if you could be any kind animatronic (Bear, Rabbit, Chicken, Etc) what would you be

Hey Freddy how's it feel having a kid of your own now.

Well, I suppose I should ask if this means you two are going to be taking Gregory's questions?

(And let me know if the tyke needs some medical aid)

Yes I am taking Gregory questions. I've always had the ask box open since the last time I tried to kick start an ask blog several years ago but it didn't work so I left it open.

I won't include this question in the 10 that BwL!Gregory is a baby simply for the fact that I just woke up and have a migraine.

🪄🪄ANON MAGIC!!! 🪄🪄

Blended with Love Gregory is now a baby for 10 asks! 😈

How do the parents react? 😏

Gregory's been turned into a baby by the mysterious anon!

I wonder how this will affect their daily lives.

Blended with Love Chapter 8

Chapter 8 is coming out this Sunday on Easter! I was trying to make sure there's plenty of prewritten chapters so that I can do things like last time where I did a double chapter post.

Like a little treat for you guys :3