[ID: An illustration of Jack Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris. Each of them are featured with the lyrics of their respective part of “Misery x CPR x Reese’s Puff’s”. Jack is a young man with light skin, black hair and glasses. He wears a double-breasted waistcoat, trousers with a houndstooth pattern, a green necktie and a white collared shirt. He is hunched over, crying into a microphone. Arthur is a young man with curly, dark blond hair, light skin and a short beard. He wears a purple waistcoat with an Albert chain, a white collared shirt, a bowtie and striped trousers. He poses with his hip and chest jutting out and his hands behind his head. Quincey is a young Black man with a short anchor-style beard. He wears a burnt sienna waistcoat and trousers, a western bowtie, a gun belt, a cowboy hat, a white collared shirt and sleeve garters. He leaps into the center of the frame with a hand outstretched in a finger-gun gesture. END ID.]
ok so the suitor squad (1) proposed on the same day to the same woman and (2) are literally best friends who almost certainly have known each other longer than any of them have known lucy. this leaves us with a few possibilities:
the fact that they all proposed on the same day was completely by coincidence. funny in terms of them all reaching the same conclusion that may 25 was The Day, but otherwise kind of a boring option. also very unrealistic. next please
they all decided to just Wing It on the same day. all’s fair in love and war. whoever got there first and got a yes was going to marry lucy. good luck boys. let the hunger games begin
they planned this VERY deliberately. they knew jack would go first, then quincey, then arthur, assuming she didn’t say yes to a proposal before all three men had a chance to propose. this option implies that they themselves, The Boyfriends, knew that jack had the least chance of success and arthur had the most likely positive outcome. (which is the correct assessment, but also…. sorry jack.) also implies that both jack and quincey had to send a message to the group chat along the lines of “no dice. good luck art let’s go buddy”
my personal favorite: they did not realize that all three of them were courting the same woman, and in Bro Solidarity decided to propose on the same day to their three individual girlfriends. unfortunately there was only one collective girlfriend. c'est la vie
The current question on everyone’s mind: So… just how into each other are Quincy and Arthur…?
In answer, I have not read Dracula, but they’re into each other enough that my published Dracula fanfic about Quincy went out of its way to give Arthur an OC sister for Quincy to date. As you are an educated person of the world, I’ll let you draw your own conclusions from here.
So do you think Arthur, Jack and Quincey were all aware that they were crushing on the same woman, since they obviously know each other and hang out - or did it come out after a while? Like they were all gushing about this girl they liked and then slowly but surely they all realise it’s the same person?
i’m working on a series of dracula designs to match my harker//
first are Dr. Seward (M) and Arthur Holmwood/Lord Godalming (L) in my mind Holmwood/Godalming is soft and sad and Seward is all dark and sharp and looks like he hasn’t slept in about a week//
edit: added Quincey Morris on R
[Image ID. Three pieces of digital art depicting Lucy Westenra’s three suitors. On the left is Arthur Holmwood, dressed in a navy coat. He is short, blond, and crying. In the middle is Jack Seward, dressed in a tan suit and carrying a doctor’s bag. He has dark hair and looks exceedingly tired. On the right is Quincey Morris, has dark hair and is dressed like a cowboy. He smiles and holds a gun. End ID.]
[ID: An illustration of Jack Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris. Each of them are featured with the lyrics of their respective part of “Misery x CPR x Reese’s Puff’s”. Jack is a young man with light skin, black hair and glasses. He wears a double-breasted waistcoat, trousers with a houndstooth pattern, a green necktie and a white collared shirt. He is hunched over, crying into a microphone. Arthur is a young man with curly, dark blond hair, light skin and a short beard. He wears a purple waistcoat with an Albert chain, a white collared shirt, a bowtie and striped trousers. He poses with his hip and chest jutting out and his hands behind his head. Quincey is a young Black man with a short anchor-style beard. He wears a burnt sienna waistcoat and trousers, a western bowtie, a gun belt, a cowboy hat, a white collared shirt and sleeve garters. He leaps into the center of the frame with a hand outstretched in a finger-gun gesture. END ID.]
Dracula Daily, May 24th. A letter from Lucy Westenra to Mina Murray.
“ P.S.—Oh, about number Three—I needn’t tell you of number Three, need I? Besides, it was all so confused; it seemed only a moment from his coming into the room till both his arms were round me, and he was kissing me. I am very, very happy, and I don’t know what I have done to deserve it.”
