friendlykuroshitsujireminders:

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twilightknight17:

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friendlykuroshitsujireminders:

Does anyone have any idea where the concept of Eric Slingby being Scottish came from? I cannot find the original post/fic/comment.

It was lifted from Will mentioning Glasgow, Scotland meaning the London Dispatch actually get dispatched outside of London. We were a tiny handful of a fandom then, so we kind of took that and ran RAN FAR AWAY with it. London’s a melting pot anyway, so who’s to say there aren’t Reapers from Scotland and Ireland?

I remember hearing something about Slingby being a Scottish last name, though I don’t know how accurate that is, and also Eric’s got a tassel on his belt like the ones on kilts, at least in the character sketch.

Slingby is a name originating more from Yorkshire. I think where it came from was in Eric’s character design.

Not saying there are not bulky and broad English people, but just looking at Eric gives you an idea that he doesn’t entirely look English with his broad shoulders and wide hips. He’s a big person, even taller than William by an inch or two. And yes, Eric does wear a tassel that’s attached to what is like a wallet chain. With the Scottish kilt, you wear a bag called a sporran. On the sporran is where you normally put tassels. Eric possibly could have kept it from his attire in Scotland and wears it with his reaper uniform in London.

Also looking at the way he speaks and acts might give some insight. He acts very different from the other reapers in terms of how he addresses people and handles relationships. Again, not saying English people don’t act that way, but we are just characterizing the way Eric acts and looks with how someone from Scotland might act and appear.

I did make a post about a year ago showing Eric’s tassel as well as what the kilt looks like to show a comparison.

With more people roleplaying Eric as a Scotsman, it grew as an accepted thing among a lot of the fandom is my best guess.

The more you know!