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A meme of sorts
I saw this recently on FFA and didn't want to answer there, but I immediately thought of Biggles, as one does.
Pick one of your canons and let us know which characters would be the best at the following tasks!
1. Shadowing/stalking a complete stranger without getting spotted
2. Capturing and tagging rare birds
3. Participating in a swimming marathon
4. Lead the defence of a besieged medieval city
5. Writing and drawing a comic that makes people laugh
1. obviously von Stalhein, it's canon (though in canon he seems to get caught a lot when he does it)
2. this seems like a Bertie thing
3. I swear I'm not trying to spread it out intentionally across the whole cast but I honestly could see Ginger doing this more easily than any of the others; I don't think they'd be interested. (Biggles: does it have wings? then no.) Ginger seems more, idk, intentionally sporty than the rest.
4. again (more or less) canon for Biggles and von Stalhein, and I feel as if the two of them together are the ideal anyway; von Stalhein's strategic thinking combined with Biggles's out of the box brilliance. (But I think either of them could do it alone, too.)
5. Algy, for sure
What about your canons?
Pick one of your canons and let us know which characters would be the best at the following tasks!
1. Shadowing/stalking a complete stranger without getting spotted
2. Capturing and tagging rare birds
3. Participating in a swimming marathon
4. Lead the defence of a besieged medieval city
5. Writing and drawing a comic that makes people laugh
1. obviously von Stalhein, it's canon (though in canon he seems to get caught a lot when he does it)
2. this seems like a Bertie thing
3. I swear I'm not trying to spread it out intentionally across the whole cast but I honestly could see Ginger doing this more easily than any of the others; I don't think they'd be interested. (Biggles: does it have wings? then no.) Ginger seems more, idk, intentionally sporty than the rest.
4. again (more or less) canon for Biggles and von Stalhein, and I feel as if the two of them together are the ideal anyway; von Stalhein's strategic thinking combined with Biggles's out of the box brilliance. (But I think either of them could do it alone, too.)
5. Algy, for sure
What about your canons?
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Now I’m amusing myself by giving each of them the job they’d be worst at:
1. Tricky, they’d all be fairly good at this. Ginger has conspicuous red hair, but he also has that streetwise background. Perhaps Bertie might be the worst at it, he’s a straightforward soul.
2. I think they’d all find this a bit of a challenge! I don’t think any of them alone would be much good, they would need to operate as a team.
3. I think Biggles would be the least naturally good at this, but we all know Biggles is entirely capable of overruling any physical limitations with sheer willpower <3
4. Ginger would not enjoy being in charge of a besieged city, and nor would Bertie. They could do it, but they would spend the entire time going ‘if Biggles was here he would do x.’
5. Even Biggles has to admit that EvS is a bit lacking in the sense of humour department, though I daresay with a gentleman’s education he can draw.
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Honestly, von Stalhein *does* have a sense of humor, it's just very dry and deadpan - close to Biggles', even. And I actually do headcanon him being able to draw because of having a classical education. Would love to see it come out that he's been supporting himself in London with a secret career as a political cartoonist ... :D
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The trouble with the ‘worst at’ way round is that it shows up that they’re all very competent guys, at least with this range of skills. So now I’m thinking up a list of different tasks that they might struggle with a bit more:
1. Take charge of a class of 5yos for the day
2. Prepare and serve a three course dinner
3. Conduct a group of musicians
4. Assist to deliver a baby
5. Look after a garden
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1. EvS, although the idea of Erich being mobbed by 5-year-olds is adorable. But he would probably be the one most prone to being completely unable to either get them to do what he wants or get down on their level and play with them.
2. Biggles (all food groups are represented by bully beef, biscuits, and cigarettes)
3. Toss-up between Biggles and Ginger; we know Biggles can't sing, but might've encountered at least *some* musical education at school. Ginger probably doesn't even have that much.
4. I mean, honestly, all of them, though I think wateroverstone is right that Biggles is probably the one who would be least hopeless; he'd just apply determination and get the job done. Bertie probably also has some experience with animal babies that might come in handy, and EvS is suave enough to act like he knows what he's doing even when he doesn't. Algy and Ginger would just be a ball of awkwardness.
5. Biggles for sure. The others would probably all at least TRY. Biggles would plant some seeds and then proceed to think of nothing but airplanes for the next 6 mos and wonder what happened to the garden.
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