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shivadh · 2 days

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Portrait of a Royal

(Warning behind the cut for a full-length image of the new Jonathan Yeo portrait of Charles III, which is real startling if you aren't expecting it.)

"Having met Charles Windsor," Gregory said over breakfast that morning, "I can assure you, he really is exactly the kind of man who wouldn't notice an elaborate and expensive roasting."

They had a rule about reading smartphones at breakfast -- using a tablet was fine if they were talking business, and phones were permitted for scheduling or settling arguments about the lyrics to songs or movie trivia, but overall they tried to keep the devices face-down. On that particular morning absolutely nobody was following the rule, because Jes had walked into the dining room with Michaelis, propped their tablet against a juice carafe in the middle of the table, and said, "I want everyone's opinion on what the actual living fuck is going on here."

Gerald had almost choked on his coffee. Alanna, feeding Sera, had looked up at the tablet, showing a portrait of King Charles III of England done in raw-meat pinks and muddy browns, and missed Sera's face entirely with a spoonful of mashed banana. Joan's eyes went huge as Eddie went into peals of laughter, which the twins promptly imitated, slapping their hands on the trays of their high chairs.

Gregory had carefully set down his silverware and rested his elbows on the table, propping his nose on his clasped hands to try and maintain a poker face.

"It's satire, right?" Ger had asked, looking from Jes to Gregory to Alanna. "I actually liked art history at school, and that's a painting someone did in protest, isn't it?"

"This is the official royally commissioned portrait of Charles the third," Michaelis had said, helping himself to breakfast at the sideboard and settling in between Joan and Jes. "But yes, it is also satire."

"They paid for that?" Eddie asked, gesturing at the painting. "They paid for it. And voluntarily put it on display."

"So the press releases say," Jes said. "I'm taking soundings because we are absolutely dedicating at least one episode of The Echo to it. I might have to start an entirely new podcast about contemporary art just so I can do a deep dive."

"Satire," Gerald repeated, staring at the painting.

"Not explicitly according to the artist, but his description of it is…very dry," Michaelis said. Jes held up their phone and read from it.

"The vivid color of the glazes in the background echo the uniform’s bright red tunic, not only resonating with the royal heritage found in many historical portraits but also injecting a dynamic, contemporary jolt into the genre with its uniformly powerful hue…" they stopped to snicker.

"Oh that's good," Alanna said approvingly. "Calling raw-flesh red the royal heritage is a very nice touch."

"The butterfly approaching King Charles's shoulder in the portrait adds a layer of narrative depth, symbolizing both his known advocacy for environmental causes and his personal transformation."

"It's a lie," Joan said. The adults looked at her.

"What's a lie, hon?" Gregory asked.

"I mean -- " Joan frowned at the painting. "He says he's painting the king's portrait but he's actually painting his feelings about the king, right? And being paid to paint a portrait implies you're supposed to be on the subject's side. But he's definitely not. So it's kind of like a lie. Of a painting. That's cool," she added, thoughtfully. "He roasted the king and the king didn't even notice? That's so cool!"

"Having met Charles Windsor," Gregory said, "I can assure you, he really is exactly the kind of man who wouldn't notice an elaborate and expensive roasting."

"That's sort of what satire is," Gerald added. "It's saying one thing but meaning another in a way that's really obvious to almost everyone."

"Ooh," Joan replied, digesting this. "I've had European history," she continued. "Other royal families aren't like ours."

"Well, some," Michaelis said. "Most, perhaps. Because we elect our royalty, even if we do tend to…elect in families. If you're king one day, it'll be because Gregory trained you and the people think you'd be best at the job. If you were the kind of person he is," he added, nodding to the portrait, "You probably wouldn't get elected."

"I sure wouldn't want a portrait like that done of me if I did," Joan said.

"That reminds me, we really do need to have portraits done," Gregory said to Eddie.

"Well, I say hire this guy," Eddie replied, gesturing at the painting. "At least you know you'll get an honest opinion."

"Doubt he needs the work, given he managed to get paid to insult a king to his face," Jes said. "Maybe that's the angle -- he basically ran a con on the royal family."

"Is it a con if they pay you for something and you give it to them?" Gerald asked.

"To be clear, that was con-parenthesis-admiring-close-parenthesis," Jes replied.

"I should never have told them I have a Tumblr," Ger said to Alanna.

"Don't look at me, I warned you," she replied.

"His other work is very good," Gregory said, scrolling images on his own phone. "I wonder if we can afford him. Love to see what he'd do with you, Eddie."

"I don't mind. Whatever he does, can't be worse than the haters who didn't like my TV show," Eddie replied serenely.

"Am I going to meet the Windsors, ever?" Joan asked Gregory.

"Oh, sooner or later, probably."

"We used to have to go to the birthdays sometimes," Alanna said. "Gregory and Gerald and me. We used to immediately go find Mia and then spend the parties running around with her, causing mischief."

"That's Queen Amelia of Genovia," Michaelis told Joan.

"I should call her, she's going to love this," Gregory said absently.

"I owe her money, I think," Gerald added. "Don't play poker with Genovians," he told Serafina, who burbled.

Eddie, who had apparently already thought of someone to call, had his phone to his ear. "Hey, Gee," he said, to whoever answered. Gregory looked at him curiously. "Yeah, it's Ed. Oh, don't give me shit, I married for love. Have you seen the new Yeo painting? I know! Yeah, I thought you might. Can I get his number? Oh, great. And do you know what his rates are? Well, yeah, and I want to be top of the waiting list. Okay. Huh, that's…affordable."

The entire table was silent. Eddie grinned at them.

"Oh, would you? You are the best, my man. Yeah, absolutely. Hey, next time you're in Europe, book a few days here, huh? Okay. Okay -- yeah, here it comes -- ciao, darling!" he said, and hung up.

"Who do you know who can quote you Jonathan Yeo's fees?" Jes asked.

"Gordon Ramsay," Eddie said casually. "He had a portrait done. I don't know what the royal budget is but his going rate, at least pre-Windsor, is not going to dip my bank account uncontrollably."

"You married for love?" Gregory prompted.

"Oh yeah, he likes to make fun of me for marrying into royalty, he calls me King Golddigger. I think you'll like him, I'll introduce you."

"What if you have Mr. Yeo do a portrait and it ends up like that, though?" Joan asked, gesturing at the painting. Jes picked up the tablet and blanked it, setting it aside.

"Then I will have deserved it, don't you think?" Gregory asked. "We should never try to pretend to a face that's better than the one we actually have. One reason art is so important is that it reminds us of that. That's why we spend so much government money on the arts. Now, finish your eggs, we are definitely going to have to have some conversations about that painting with several of the MPs, it's going to be a rowdy morning."

I think this is more or less extracanonical, but I couldn't get out of my head the idea of the Shivadh royals reacting to Yeo's portrait of Charles III. I don't think he's actually done one of Gordon Ramsay, but I think Ramsay's the kind of guy who would enjoy his work, for sure. Yeo's statement about the portrait is here; it's well worth clicking around his site, his other work is equally fantastic. I can only imagine what he'd do with a portrait of Gregory or Eddie (or Michaelis).

#random ideas #gregory iii #eddie rambler

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mcybree · 1 month

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(guy who has had at least one martyn insanity spiral and at least 20 about scott) i finally need to make mean gills worse.

#they didnt grab me at all and this is the biggest disappointment in the world…#Been recently inventing a way to work my disinterest in their dynamic into how they work #aka its not about the dynamic. its about the roles #its as if two guys were given a prophecy that guy 1 will betray and kill guy 2 and neither of them gave a shit #Didnt even try to resist fate. Neither of them did. They both wanted to fill these roles at some point anyways #Its like that. I might elaborate actually #bree barks so fucking loud

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neolxzr · 6 months

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moar sketchbook pages

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junuve · 2 months

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i love Grady Aperture Desk Job. that is all.

#actually its NOT all but. i dont feel like elaborating. maybe later...#i MIGHT be writing grady for the first time #portal #portal 2 #aperture desk job

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devotedlystrangewizard · 1 month

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the school arc to me is so good because it drags ciel out of his position as a powerful figure and literally places him in the shoes of the person he could have been. the circus arc ALSO drags him out of his position as big bad queens watch dog/head of the phantomhive estate but the school arc feels like a mockery of a future that never was. this is what he could have been had his parents not died. and even then its NOT because he will never be that kid.

he never was.

#ramblings #incoherent beyond belief its 4 am #and im trying to avoid manga spoilers #might add a reblog with more coherent thoughts when i wake up but im off my meds so i cant promise anything #actually correction im being vague w the manga spoilers #manga readers know whats up #idk if there are any anime only ppl who havent been spoiled on The Plottwist Ever yet #but i figured there will be new fans and though im not tagging this it might still get seen so #cant WAIT to see our boy absolutely miserable in animation form should they recreate that arc LMAOOO #which ofc is after the germany arc so thats still a long time away #but STILL. itd be fun i need to see this young teenager lose his mind in color with sound #him relying on sebastian to do all his fag duties (sorry. dredge) so he can work his way up the social ladder #trying to gain power while simultaneously proving that he cant do anything but rely on others #hes always needed help in basically every way and he hasnt CHANGED he just got a demon to do it for him #he learns to lie and charm and cheat and all the while hes a fucking CHILD WHO STILL STRUGGLES WITH NORMAL THINGS #ciel is my little baby and i love him deeply no matter how much of a little bitch he can be #his helplessness isnt just 'oh he was raised in british high society' its also that he never got the chance to learn anything #which to elaborate on that id also have to go into manga territory. iykyk #like absolutely at this point he just refuses to learn how to do things he has a pet demon to do it for him #but.#hi the phantomhives backstory is killing me again its so late #both atlantic and the school arc are just setup for the Big Arc but theyre very good in their own right i SWEAR #also when i rewatched the circus arc a while back and i realised how some scenes were shot #the heavy foreshadowing that i didnt realise. yk. 7 years ago or however long its been since i first watched it #CRAZY #if you are new. to kuroshitsuji. and you havent read the manga. dear god. read the manga #ALSO GRELLE IN THAT ARC IS SO BEAUTIFUL & OTHELLO IS TRANSMASCULINE. OKAY GOODBYE

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dragonsarecats · 1 year

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are they wearing each other's clothes? is it an elaborate roleswap au where shun gets to lie in the grass and relax for once while alice obliterates vexos ass? does shun look weirdly good in lavender?? the answer will surprise you! (yes)

#twila draws #bakugan battle brawlers #shun kazami #alice gehabich #outfit swap #tumblr makes my art look gross but i swear its actually nice lmao #yes those are bakugan jpegs pulled off google im not drawing them for an outfit swap #i really liked thow this turned out lol i haven't posted art to tumblr in ages because most of my shit is for school #im actually SO in love with how shun turned out #alice's color palette looks so soft on him <3 #might reblog this later with a version where alice's outfit is in darkus colors...#i do not have the time resources or energy to write my elaborate s2 roleswap au but oh boy this drawing keeps trying to convince me otherwi #don't ask me about this au lmao (ask me about this au please)

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fallow-grove · 10 months

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*Aziraphale has been removed from this user's kinlist

#gos2 #holy shit that was a DOOZY #oh my GOD #THEY CAN NEVER JUST BE HAPPY......#*ahem* anyway #im incredibly normal about these character dynamics and im actually probably not lying #bc i think most people in the fandom are like this #im gonna b thinking about this for a WHILE #raaaaAAAAHHH?!!!!!?????#i might elaborate on what i mean by this post bc its obvs a joke but theres a thought behind it #love him but WHY DOES HE.. WHY #*ahem ANNNNYYTYWAYYYYY #fallow buzzes #good omens #go s2

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pherre · 10 months

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i'm rewatching ofmd and it really feels like that show was just a collective fewer dream everyone on tumblr sort of hallucinated

#its me talking #if it werent for s2 i wouldve been sure that shows not real and is just someones elaborate fanfic #season 2 might draw me to madness like actually. like ive sort of given up and not thought about the possibilities of s2 #but now that its real and tangible and soon. its making me cuckoo a bit

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upsidedowngrass · 1 year

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man. my interpretations of liam and amelia end up as like . liam 🤝 amelia seeing themselves as Already Dead

#i think theyre both actually very diff like. presentations of this #but at its core both of them have this as a very prominent aspect of their character #(sidenote that the feedback on my fic has been SO nice and it makes me EMOTIONAL #i appreciate it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have reread so many of the replies many times)#bit anyway back to the pt of the post i think both of them have that intertwined w the 7 months and it relates to a LOT of their actions #and i think itd help that they both Get It #also as for bryce? he actually doesnt strike me as like. having this feeling of being dead NEARLY as much as these two #dunno! i think his issues lie elsewhere but ill have to think more on it #i think it just feels like death was a Thing That Happened To Him #might elaborate later. anyway

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dickensianstreeturchin · 1 year

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I’m so trigger happy with the block button when it comes to Nate. Even people that are only mildly wrong get blocked.

high five anon me too!!! I block people so fast for Nate hate, it's honestly kind of funny. I've not really done this kind of block spree for any other fandom, i just think that their takes are so nuclearly bad. Like are we even watching the same show???

#only hesitation i might have is if a post is vague enough that it might be #someone watching season 2 for the first time and having a gut reaction to the initial nate 'betrayal' scenes #but if its obviously someone watching season 3 and being insanely obtuse on purpose i block instantly #only other thing ive blocked people for in this fandom is them questioning whether boat guy's last comment #meant that rebecca and him actually had sex #like how? can you be so? media illiterate? no reading comprehension? i?#i can elaborate on that if anyone wants but anyway lol #yeah nate hate is not allowed on my dash.#honestly if anyone notices someone who used to spread nate hate comes around to liking him #please let me know because i almost certainly blocked them in the past and would be happy to unblock when they get their redemption arc

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todayisafridaynight · 10 months

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def made a post bout this before but Heaven Knows Im Not Hunting For It anyway how public. yall think sawashiro was once aoki became governor right.... like do we know what im asking rn.......

#snap chats #of course ill elaborate in the tags #god hang on. chest pain. YEAH NO I FOUND OUT THE FOOD I HAD EARLIER HAD LENTILS IN IT #AND IM SEVERELY ALLERGIC TO LENTILS SO THATS WHY IVE BEEN DYING #anyway no Elaboration Time #cause im ASSUMING the public didnt know about aokis connections to the yakuza.....#and im sure they'd recognize an Omi Alliance Pin the second they saw it..... so like...#i dont think he's REGULARLY walkin round with dude in tow.....#still laughing at sawashiro tagging along to the hospital like Bro Why Are You Here..... Who Invited You.....#jo the fuck're you doing when you aren't shoved into the closet in aoki's office like what do you DO dawg #feels like he kinda does just float in space... i mean he was there for the whole Dinner Debacle #so its not like Divorce happened and he's not rockin with arakawa anymore #i guess it's not impossible to imagine bro does work with arakawa he just. sometimes bounces over to aoki's office #yeah that makes sense Fair Nuff #'snap why are you asking this' well FOR YOUR INFORMATION ive ALWAYS wondered but also it's relevant to a comic i might make #it's nothing major if sawashiro Is a weird little secret it just means i have to mod my comic idea a bit #but honestly maybe not much.... naw i already have a vision for it OK Im Set For Later Then. Still Wanna Know Tho.#oh yeah. ive given up writing tonight LMAO #I TOLD YALL NEVER TRUST ME WHEN I SAY SOMETHING I ALMOST DONE #writing just feels so stale to me i feel like whatever im writing isnt actually interesting #oh well. still gonna push through with it im just tired rn LMAO #and since streaming's gonna start sooner i really should sleep sooner..

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zhuhongs · 1 year

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so i rarely post my diary like thoughts on here but for some reason I don’t want to pull out my journal to write this one down but so like, i have this firned I can like once every 2 or 3 days, and i hadn’t talked to her in like 4 or 5 days so I wanted to update her on my life and like this sort of realization I came to when I went out to dinner with my roommate and her friends on sunday and like, i p much said it here but i later came to process it more and came to the conclusion that the reason I haven’t made friends here is bc I don’t want to, like I mean I do, but I hold myself back bc I’m scared of getting hurt. It’s more nuanced than thatbut like thats the gist, and she like, very much was not receptive. Like I know she was happy for me for going out and realizing that whats been holding me back is shame, not the fact that ppl dislike me. But like, for her, she’s in a point in her life where she is convinced other ppl are unreasonably harsh and while she has moments where she feels like everything is her fault, she’s so sick of hearing that the answer is to change yourself. And like, i completely get when she was unresponsive, like she knew that i could tell she wasn’t really into hearing me share this but like, this is the beautiful thing, like, I can fully understand why she feels that way and I didn’t need her to really respond, I just wanted to share. And like, idk, i’ve been in the place she’s been in, and i’ve heard ppl share good news that they’re slowly going along their journey of getting better and felt just like... ok good for u but like as much as I feel bad abt saying this, I don’t care and that doesn’t help me. Like, now i know that a lot of those people probably could tell how I felt and were not offended bc they didn’t tell me those things for me to give them a reaction, its more just like, they just want to share and kinda slowly let me know that it does get better even though I’m not in the position to picture that and. Yeah, like, i just feel like I have really grown bc there were times I called friends bc I wanted a reaction or likea therapy session from them and they were unable to give me that bc yk, theyre just humans and now I can just share and not really want anything and that is just a neutral feeling.

#typing this out really makes me realize I dont like using tumblr to write out my feelings #like.. not specifically tumblr but i just don't like typing it out. i prefer journally. so the rest of the elaboration on what i realized is #going in the moleskine but essentially it was like.. why do i only feel comfortable with #certain people and others i feel like i cant get anywhere with and its like a fear of rejection but like... have any of those ppl actually #rejected me? no. they havent. they might misunderstand me but like. its not my job to make them understand but also i never even really #tried. i just wrote them off bc i felt ashamed of just being and like... i need to work on that rather than isolate myself #🐌.txt

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hartenlust · 2 years

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there's this odd commodification of greek myths. very strange and uncomfortable

#op #its weird. it feels like the combination of so many factors #i might elaborate when im a bit more coherent rn im just trying to write this essay #its about uhhhhh how much to believe catullus #its not but it is #it is about how much u can say catullus the poetic persona and catullus the person are the same how much you can derive the latter from the #former #using that funky guy as a case study on this mess of a topic on life writings and historiographical sources #i also put in like how much can you say catullus said this happened so it happened #but - while thats a more concrete topic- its also just. well thats the issue with a lot of sources #but that also means i can write more easily about it because i could just write up like various qualifications of sources to be trustworthy #and the course im writing this for is more about life writings and the position of the author in this #but its honestly a bit vague which also comes with the topic but that also means im just like. yeah. its vague innit #if any clutuals have thoughts on this let me know id be interested to read it #on both the actual post and these very long tags. bye bye now

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cheswirls · 2 years

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starting a (prison break) fic but before i get to asl i gotta delve into Sabo Trauma™ first

#op #writing #sabo #its me so this intro is pending 2k #(was NOT gonna be a long-winded fic but alas)#(might be out of my hands now)#this is fun actually i like creating horrid RA canon #if oda wont elaborate i will do it myself

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falinscloaca · 2 years

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*makes a post talking a reasonable amount of shit i think*

*sets it to private like 10 minutes after posting it bc what if someone sees it*

#*dies inside*#i've entered my cowardice arc #anyways if you have to invent elaborate rituals to touch femmy men then maybe you aren't a lesbian and thats ok #still insisting you are carries a rancid odor that you (in your transbianness) associate the bian part with femininity rather than like #any actual gender thing. it carries a malodorous butchphobic aftertaste is what i'm getting at #also its just surreal to find a blog thats almost exclusively dedicated to (usually fem-)boy lust still scrambling to come up with explanati #explanations for the 'lesbian' in the bio like girl its fine to be other things!??!#i'm. so fucking close to regurgitating the other post. fuck it i'm unprivating it. might as well at this point LOL since i basically rewrote #it here god #ALSO the little bitch i'm talking about is like. of the 'jokingly bigoted against transmascs' type so i don't feel that bad about studying t #them like an ant #EDIT: I MUST INSIST IN MAKING THESE TAGS THAT REMINDER I HAVE A *DICK* AND ANY INSISTING THAT 'IF YOU POST CONSTANTLY ABOUT BOYS BEING HOT Y #YOU MIGHT BE BI' IS DONE FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA LMAO

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lcec0ldheart · 28 days

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Concept scribble of Violet’s brother?

I don’t think I’ve told you guys yet, but Violet has a younger half brother -Haven’t gotten around to drawing him yet, but I think I have some kind of idea of what he looks like now. His name is Crimson (it would be funny to name him Scarlet but nah) and he’s…around 10? A chaotic, charimastic kid that’s too clever for his own good and sometimes is a bit crazy but that’s what makes him fun! He’s shy with new people but once he’s comfortable with you, better hope he’s not gonna drag you into all kinds of hijinks. He’s a bit emotional and does care what you think and likes attention, even if he doesn’t say it. Sweet kid that makes mistakes.

(update: give me a bit after class him to shade but here it is. wait why does he look like a girl-)

#Who else is in the “has a half sibling but looks and acts like full siblings club”?#He doesn’t really have powers (Will elaborate on why later but they share 1 parent not 2) but he’s straight up immune to fire #like he could just stand in it and be fine man this whole family is wack #What’s with my guy character and having weird relationships with temperatures #i loosely base my ocs off of stuff ive encountered irl #like frost and violet are loosely based off myself (no wonder why both of them are like that LMAO)#and i plan to have a villain based off…y’know who. if you know you know but lets just say she’s a creepy bitch #so crimson is pretty obviously based off of my brother #also i like how his hair and face looks its very silly and round #which is different from Violet’s more sharp features #Crimson Starius #Might as well make the tag while I’m at it #Will actually draw him…soon?#Do not let this kid near Citrine they will be too powerful together

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