Picture Book
is a cute and fluffy Umbrella Academy fanfiction by Gin_Juice. It takes up at the end of season one and follows the characters trying to adjust to a normal life without the threat of imminent annihilation- and figuring out to deal with their half-dozen obnoxious siblings in the process.
Tropes
- Awesome Aussie: A random old man Australian ghost who hangs around the house and attempts to give the boys life advice.
- Boy Meets Ghoul: Technically more like Ghoul Meets Ghoul- there is a romance between Ben and a female ghost.
- Caring Gardener: Luther has taken up gardening. Well, he's trying anyway.
- Cliffhanger Copout: This fic assumes that the apocalypse was successfully averted and everything was resolved at the end of season one.
- Continuation Fic: follows season one, ignoring the cliffhanger in favor of a sitcom-esque Slice of Life story.
- Descent into Addiction: Five, for a while, seems to be descending into alcoholism as a result of finally fulfilling his life goal. Luckily his siblings are able to push him into finding some hobbies.
- High Hopes, Zero Talent: Luther is determined to make gardening his new hobby despite repeatedly killing every plant.
- Holiday Episode: Several of them- a fourth of July episode, a Christmas episode and a birthday episode.
- I Can't Hear You: A Running Gag when Allison tries to participate in group conversations via speakerphone. She's the only one living out of the city and is frequently one step behind everyone else on what's going on.
- Lighter and Softer: It's basically the Umbrella Academy, as a sitcom!
- Resurrected Romance: Dave returns as a ghost- Klaus likes him anyway.
- Secret Santa: The siblings attempt to do a secret-santa style gift exchange for their shared birthday. Naturally, they are all terrible at it. Five gets Allison... a parking pass, and Klaus rigs the game so that he gets himself a gift. He gives himself a manicure and some jewelry.
- Series Fic: A series of short stories about the characters bonding and being silly.
