Autumn Tale (1998) | dir. Éric Rohmer

Conte d'automne, 1998

Views of the Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant in Eric Rohmer’s An Autumn Tale (1998)

The Secret Portal, Draft One

The people have spoken. Here's my school project I wrote when I was 10.

At fifteen pages, it was the longest in the class by far! (Our minimum requirement was two pages, which most barely reached)

I also got a 100% on it!

Instead of the regular taglist for TSP, tagging the people I tagged in the original poll -- @gracehosborn @illarian-rambling @mk-writes-stuff @elsie-writes @mysticstarlightduck @little-peril-stories @buffythevampirelover @willtheweaver @eccaiia @winterandwords @thepeculiarbird @televisionjester @finchwrites @theeccentricraven @awritingcaitlin @sleepywriter00 @dyrewrites @somethingclevermahogony @writeintrees @thebejeweledwatercat @theelfauthor @cadotoast @space-writes @sunset-a-story

Can't believe I have to put a warning on this, but--

CW: children are threatened with a firearm but don't worry no one gets hurt and they aren't even that scared; brief Harry Potter reference

Word count: 2.3k

Est. reading time: 7-11 minutes

The following is transcribed exactly as written, save for my use of multi-colored text, which I'm not gonna waste my time adding in.

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~“Come on, Aurora!” I shouted to my friend, Aurora Flité, who wasn't moving from her seat at school. “Alexia, the bell hasn’t…” she started RRRIIINNNGGG!!! “Oh, wait! ‘The bell hasn’t rang yet’!” I joked. Aurora sighed, shook her head, and pushed herself up saying, “Ha, ha, ha!” “Bye Mrs. Kat!” we called. “Oh, wait Alexia,” Mrs. Kat, my teacher, called. “I found this.” She handed me my metal detector. “I found it on the floor. It said, ‘Redinés’ on it, so, I guessed it was yours.” “Thanks.” I said. “Bye, girls!” she called after us. We walk out of Little Rock Elementary. The beautiful blanket of May flowers stretched out all the way… to my house. <3 I sighed. Nothing was better than… “AAAHHH!!!” I whirled around. Aurora had disappeared! I moved the grass where she had been standing. A rock. A metal rock? I stood up, confused. I put my bag down, next to Aurora’s (which she probably dropped) and felt the rock with my hand. “AAAHHH!!!” I screamed.

EVERYTHING WENT BLACK

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~I opened my eyes. Was I lying in snow? I forced myself up. Wait… it wasn't snow… it was… CLOUDS?!?!?!?! OK. I am dreaming. I thought.I pinched my self. OW! No, wasn't dreaming. “Aurora! Aurora!!! I called. NO ANSWER. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a house. I crossed my fingers and hoped this was the right house. I knocked on the door and waited... and waited... and waited... and waited… and soon, I started to walk away when an elderly woman opened the door. “Hello!” she said, cheerfully. “Hihaveyouseenagirlwithblackishbrownredhair?” I blurted out. “Herhairflowsuptoherwaist.” “Wha...OH! Yeah, I’ve seen her. She went that way.” the woman said, pointing to her right. I ===zoomed off! “Oh! And watch out for my pet, Bobby!” I thought Bobby was a very hyper puppy that could trample me but, I had to continue my search. I soon found her upside down tangled in vines. I charged towards her. “HEADS UP!” I warned. I pulled on the vines. “AAHH!” she screamed. “umph!” she said as she hit the ground. I brushed the hair out of my eyes, when suddenly… “RRRROOOOAAAARRRR!!!!” We both whirled around. A dragon!! “Run for it, Aurora!” I breathed. We charged towards the house and banged on the door. “LET US IN!!” we shouted. “DRAGON ALERT!” “Come in girls!” the woman said, cheerfully. “Oh, and you too, Bobby!” “BOBBY?!” Aurora said weakly, and fainted... RIGHT ON TOP OF ME.

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Aurora woke up a few minutes later and found me in the living room. “Where am I?” “The lady’s, Lizzy’s, house.” “Oh, yeah right.” We heard a clatter in the kitchen. We figured it was Lizzy or Bobby, but when we walked in a boy about 16 years old, was standing there. “Hey, you must be Alexia and Aurora! I’m George.” When I shook his hand, he seemed strong, but he didn’t look strong. “Hi,” a voice said behind us. A 17-18ish years old girl was smiling at us. “I’m Carly.” Suddenly, we heard laughter in the other room. We ran towards the noise. We found them in Lizzy’s bedroom. Lizzy and her husband were on the bed. “Oh, Aurora and Alexia, right?” he said. “I���m Theodore Majg. But you can call me Ted.” Suddenly, we heard a knock at the door.” “I’ll get it.” Lizzy sang, as she ran to get the door. “Alexia! Aurora! Someone’s here to see you!” she called a minute later. For US? HERE?! We ran towards the door. A man was there. He wore a very big black hat that covered his face. He also wore a long, black cape. There was only one thing I knew: We didn’t know this guy. The man in black pulled out a gun. A GUN! “Show me the treasure or everyone DIES!” What treasure??? I thought Aurora was about to faint when she said, “OK. we don’t know who you are or what treasure, but if you tell us, we might be able to help.” I thought the man was probably FURIOUS. Instead, he said, “Well, it’s what you call… a metal detector.”

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~I couldn’t move. He wanted something that was in my pocket! “Um… about that...uh…” the words sounded as fake as they were. “It’s in Lizzy room!” Aurora and I ran in the other room. “I need to hide this!” I yanked out the “treasure”. “Why does he want this?” Aurora asked me. “The portal. The portal brought us here. In Cloud City!” (I named it Cloud City since we were in the clouds.) “The portal is metal. I explained. “I think he wants to use the metal detector to find the portal, destroy it, and keep us from going back to Arkansas!” Aurora looked bewildered. Suddenly, she snatched the metal detector out of my hands and jumped off the bed. “We still havn’t found it!” she shouted. Then, she THREW open the dresser drawer JAMMED the metal detector in, and SLAMMED the drawer shut! “Uhhh!” she grunted as loud as she could. “We just CAN’T find it!” she groaned. Wow! My BFF is a WONDERFUL actor. We went back out into the living room. “I’m sorry, sir. But we can’t find it. You can come back another day.” I said. “TOMORROW!” he shouted. When he left, I felt like fainting myself.

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~That night, I couldn’t sleep a wink. I closed my eyes, trying to go to sleep. My mind was only focused on the metal detector. I thought of a safe place for it, out of the house. Then… I drifted… away….

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~When I woke up the next morning, I had a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach that the metal detector was gone. I was about to say, “Aurora! Get up!” When suddenly… BOOP! BOOP! BOOP! BOOP! I screamed. Aurora screamed. We both rolled off the couches, which was where we were sleeping. Oh, by the way, that was Ted’s alarm clock. “Aurora,” I said. “I think we should check the drawer for the You-Know-What.” “Why do we ne-” But I was already running into the room. She sighed, and ran after me. She found me digging though Lizzy’s drawer. “Not here.” I told her. “Oh no!” Aurora exclaimed. “He broke in!” “Check the back door.” I ordered. She ran to the back door. I zoomed to the front. “Locked!” Aurora called. “Same here!” I called back. “Girls!” Lizzy’s voice called come here!” Aurora and I ran towards her voice. We found her in the kitchen sitting down on a chair. “Sit there,” Lizzy pointed to 2 seats in front of her. “You’re 10, right?” We nodded. Uh-oh. I knew what was coming. “Your parents found out when they were your age. You 2--like your family, and every one in this house--have…” Oh my gosh!!! I gave Aurora the Don’t Even Think About Fainting! look. She nodded. “...magical...abilities.”

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~I knew it. Aurora--thankfully--didn’t faint. Whew! “Like what?” Aurora asked. “Well,” Lizzy said. “I can see through walls.” Our mouths fell open. “For example,” Lizzy went on “Ted is naked and in the shower.” Aurora looked like she was about to puke. “What’s mine?” she asked. “Well,” Lizzy stated, “Yours Aurora, is… Oh! Yeah! You can read minds!” Aurora’s face lit up. “COOL!” Oh my gosh! This is freaky! I thought. “Alexia,” Aurora said looking at me. “You are thinking Oh my gosh. This is freaky! Correct?” I nodded. My mouth was still open. “What’s mine?” I asked, even though I knew what the answer probably was. “Alexia, yours is transportation. You can transport objects, people, and animals to different places.”

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~Wow! I knew it. I looked at Aurora’s glasses, closed my eyes, and focused on the table POP! I opened my eyes, and looked at the table. The glasses were there. Aurora started to reach for her glasses. I grinned. POP! They were on her lap. POP! They were on my head. POP! They were on her face. “Not funny!” Aurora looked annoyed, but she was biting her lip trying not to laugh. She then turned to Lizzy. “How close do I have to be to read minds?” she asked. “15 yards.” Lizzy answered. “I thought Aurora was done with questions, but, oh no! “You said everyone in this house had abilities! What’s Ted’s? What’s George’s? What’s Carly’s?” Lizzy sighed. “Wel, Ted has super-hearing for a mile. George has super-strenght. And Carly can pick up a pencial with her mind, and write something she’s working on sketching with her mind.” After ALL of that, I REALLY thought Aurora would be done with questions (expecialy if she could read minds) but, she wasn't. “Cool! You also said our families have abilities. What’s Mom’s? What’s Dad’s? What’s Robert’s? What’s Marie-Sue’s? What’s Julian’s? What’s Mrs. Redinés’? What’s Mr. Redinés’? What’s Kelly’s?” Oh my gosh, HOW CAN 1 GIRL HAVE THAT MANY QUESTIONS!? But Lizzy didn’t seem to mind. “Your mom can make things appear out of thin air. Your dad can embarass enemies. Robert can make his voice super loud and it can be heard for 3 miles when he taps his chest. Marie Sue can talk to animals. Tamara has X-Ray vision. And Julian can turn into animals.” Lizzy then turned to me. “Your mom can turn invisible. Your dad has a photographic memory. A Kelly can get in a full conversation ½ klm away.” OMG!!! This was waaaaay to much for me to handle. I absoultely positivley wanted to faint. But then it hit me. The metal detector was gone because of me! I didn’t even know where it was! Ding-Dong! Oh no! The man in black was here!! Wait! I can transport things! My mind focused on the metal detector. POP! The metal detector was safe. For now, at least. I ran towards the door. “Lizzy,” I whispered. “Do you know him?” I pointed to the door. “Take off his hat, Alexia.” I focused on his hat. POP! The hat was next to Ted (who had came out of the shower.) “How did this…” I gave him the Cut It Out! look. He nodded. “Now?” I asked Lizzy. She pushed her curly, gray hair out of her eyes and said, “Yes. He is an evil sorcerer named Warlock LV.” All of a sudden, I remembered Lizzy’s own words: “You can transport objects, people, and animals.” People. I can transport people. BAM! BAM! BAM! My mind focused on Warlock LV. POP! He was 0.6 klm away from us. “I heard a splash.” Ted said suddenly. “He’s at the pool.” I looked at him in surprise. But then I remembered that he could hear a mile away, and 0.6 klm is a mile. I ran into the living room. About a minute later, I had Lizzy, Ted, Aurora, George, and Carly living room with me. (I’d transported them) “I have a plan.” I said.

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I tied my hair in braids to keep the hair--brown-mess off my shoulder. I made sure my scarlett dress was straight. I fumbled with my glasses. Even though it was my plan, I was REALLY nervous. Aurora and Ted were at the front of the house, waiting to hear him. (“Him” is Warlock LV.) Finally, “I hear him!” Ted called out. That was Carly’s cue. She made out 15-yard mark by picking up a chalk with her mind, drew a line and wrote: Don’t cross this line! Or else! And that’s exactly what we meant.

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“I know what he’s thinking!” Aurora blurted out a few minutes later. “He’s thinking: ‘Don’t Cross This LINE! Or else! Ha! Stupid kids!’.” Wow. “Lizzy!” I called. “Remember the alarm!” A few minutes later, we heard… ERRRH! That meant Lizzy saw Warlock LV, and that was also George’s cue. He literally busted down the door, ran down the block, and threw Warlock LV up! This was my chance. My mind focused on him and I transported him far away. (I don’t even know where!) “We did it!” we shouted. Then Aurora tapped me on the shoulder. “Alexia, where is the metal detector?” I smiled. “Come on!” I walked into the kitchen, and pointed to the cookie jar on top of the refridgerator. I looked at Aurora. Her mouth was hanging open. I smiled, transported the metal detector down, and walked to the door. “Bye,” we called. “Bye, bye!” they called back. When Aurora and I stepped outside, we heard a roar. “Bye, Bobby!” we waved and it seemed like he waved back.

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“I found it!” We had just reached the portal. I had been using the metal detector to find it. “I’ll go first.” Aurora said. She took a deep breath, stepped in, and disappeared. I looked around 1 last time. I told myself I can come back anytime. I sighed, closed my eyes, took one step, and fell back to Earth…

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FLOP! I was back on Earth. I looked up., Aurora was standing there. I forced myself up, and looked at the school, 3:00PM?! But… I looked at the date on my watch, May 15, 2013!? No time had passed since we left. “Let’s… go...home.” I said.

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I was exhausted! “Hi, Alexia!” my little sister, Kelly, said. She looked happy to see me. Something clicked. Kelly’s best friend, Nellie, had powers too. Nellie once looked like she was floating. I ran to the phone and saw my mom disappear into thin air. And then, my dad started to recite the entire 1st chapter of the 7th Harry Potter book, word for word! I grabbed the phone, dialed Aurora’s numbered and told her to bring Julian and Tamara.

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On the way to the school, while Julian, Kelly, and Nellie were ahead of us, Tamara, Aurora, and I were talking about our powers. Tamara, Aurora, and I all agreed that Nellie’s magical ability was floating. All of a sudden… “AAAHHH!!!” We looked up. Julian and Nellie were looking down at the portal. “Wait for us, Kelly!” they shouted and jumped after her…………

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Queen in Waiting Daphne Adara Alexia Bizeveron of Domino, Former Guardian Fairy of the Inferno, Former Keeper of the Dragon Flame and The Seventh Nymph of Magix

Daphne is the eldest daughter of King Oritel Henri Bizeveron II and Queen Marion Sophie Bizeveron and the older sister to Bloom Peters.  Daphne was raised during an unstable period of the Magical Dimension.  The Ancestral Witches were rising to power and looking to gain footing wherever they could.  This led to a much more warrior society, not just for Domino, but throughout the Dimension.  While Dominio had always been offensively strong, Daphne was taught from age eight how to wield both physical and magical weaponry.  On top of her elite training Daphne was seen to be a child prodigy, with the Dragon Flame manifesting itself at age four.

Daphne, unlike her younger sister, did not attend Alfea full time, only attending necessary classes and often returning to Domino for strategy briefings, offensive and defensive battle magic training.  Due to her accelerated learning schedule and natural ability, she attained her Enchantix form at age fifteen. Not long after gaining her Enchantix form, the Ancestral Witches began attacking in earnest across the Dimension, specially seeking out the Dragon Flame. Over the next few years Daphne spent months at a time on the front line with other powerful magic users to capture or destroy the Ancestral Witches.

It was her prowess in battle that bought the attention of the Nymphs of Magix.  The Nymphs of Magix are nine of the most powerful magic users in the Magical Dimension and are often called the Rulers of Fate.  During a particular dangerous battle the Seventh Nymph, Eleanora, was stripped of her magic and killed by the Dark Wizard Valtor, and Daphne was deemed both stable and powerful enough to take her position as the Seventh Nymph.  During the Final Battle of Domino, all nine nymphs were killed and stripped of their magic by the Ancestral Witches, apart from Daphne.

During the Final Battle, Daphne stripped the Dragon Flame from herself and gave it to her new born sister Bloom, using her final magic to create a portal to send Bloom to Terra. Daphne was later drained of her magic and left for dead once Domino was destroyed, however, she was able to connect her life force to Blooms through a long-forgotten blood spell shown to her by the Nymphs.  Because of her spirit still being alive, Daphne was the last and the Supreme Nymph of Magix.

Daphne is a serious and strong willed fairy, who will put duty before anything else.  Her war time attitude never truly fades and this often causes clashes with those around her in modern Magix.  She is often calm, however, is prone to outbursts when she believes people are not listening to her.  Due to her high standing and extremely powerful magical core, Daphne can sometimes view herself as superior to others and can be condescending.  However, she is ultimately kind hearted and extremely loyal to those who have earned her trust.

Day 23 ~ Disabled Danny AU

Ah, didn’t have much time to draw today, so had to rush it a bit. I thought of a AU that after the portal accident he slowly develops Pure alexia. It’s kind of like Dyslexia yet it only effects reading. Danny can still write perfectly fine to others, but to him reading become increasingly difficult as words start to look “ghostly”. Even to his own writing. So he decides to hide that fact from literally everyone worried that it might somehow point to his half ghost powers, even as his studies plummet. Which might be a good reason he was so willing to cheat on his C.A.T test…

Ideas for my own Pokemon x Twisted Wonderland fanfic Part 2

Wild Pokemon that Appear in Twisted Wonderland Part 1

I know that many TWST x Pokemon fanfics are having plagiarism issues, so I plan to do some canon divergences and I am doing my best to avoid my fanfic from being too similar to the current fanfics out there. All the pokemon listed were carefully chosen for the story and at the time of writing this (to my knowledge), were not used in other works and any similarities are purely coincidental and not intended to plagiarize.

Rosebud: A baby Bulbasaur that hatched from an egg that was found in the Heartsyble flamingo pen the morning after Alexia showed up. Since it obviously wasn’t a flamingo egg and no one at the time knew about Pokemon, Riddle decided that the dorm would take care of it until it hatched and then decide what to do once they found out what creature it was.  Duce was more than happy about this, Ace considered it an annoying extra chore, Cater thought the egg’s pattern and the mystery of what could be in it would give him good clicks, and Trey noticed that the egg brought out Riddles softer side and convinces him to keep it. So when Rosebud hatched, he becomes the dorm's baby.

Nuka: a Trubbish that was found by Ruggie’s younger siblings and some street kids. (I will give a better description in another page)

Cashmere: A Lillipup that was found by Crewel and mistaken for a stray dog ( I will give a better description in another page)

Tick: A wild Moralull that appeared in the Savannaclaw dorm during the Magic Shift Arc and was attacking Savannaclaw students. (I will give a better description in another page)

Ebi and Kani: a Corphish and a Krabby that became partners with Jade and Floyd

Omnomyte: I have not decided a name yet. A shy Omnomyte that became partners with Azul due to their cephalopod nature and Azul’s memories of hiding in his octopus pot like how Omnomyte hides in it's shell.

Goliath: A wild shiny Charizard that appeared in the Valley of Thorns during Winter break and nearly froze to death until it was saved by Malleus. His name is a reference to the main character of Gargoyles. Everyone (including Malleus) mistook him for a dragon and neither Alexia or Goliath have the heart to correct him, so it’s a bit of a running joke.

Bagon (I haven't decided a name yet): A wild baby Bagon that hatched from an egg that was found by Malleus and Goliath. Due to his nature and being a baby, Bagon is prone to headbutting people and jumping off things making him a bit of a troublemaker. This caused Malleus to be a bit overprotective of the baby dragon until Alexia explained that Bagon is trying to practice flying and Lilia told them that Malleus used to do the same as a baby. This led to Malleus and Alexia to form a flying team with him and Goliath carrying Bagon and Alexia riding her Aerodactyl.

Hypno: this is a bit of a mini-villain Pokemon that began causing trouble by hypnotizing students to sleep and eating their dreams. While it did have a battle between Jade and Jamil, Alexia beat it in the end, but not through a Pokemon battle. Instead, she punched it until it was unconscious and chucked it into another portal.

Drampa: A wild Drampa that got sucked into an Ultra Wormhole. He met with Elliot the Dragon (from Pete’s Dragon) and was directed to the forest near NRC and was later found by Alexia and Cheka (who was visiting) who were exploring the forest (which caused the students to freak out).

Stantler: A family of Stantler (a mom, dad, and 3 babies)  got stranded in Twisted Wonderland in the forest of NRC. Due to being in a foreign land and worried about their babies, the Stantler parent began using their Antler Hallucinations on any student they saw which led to many students getting lost and a rumor about fae traps in the woods. This especially became a problem during Beanfest, with so many students hallucinating and wandering around, no one could properly focus on the game and it eventually became a hunt for the rumored Fae setting the traps which led to Diasomnia being targeted. Eventually, Alexia and the Diasomnia dorm found out it was a family of Stantler and a truce was made.

Alexia and Barca participated in a flower laying ceremony today. I was reaching out to see if you could explain what the ceremony is for please? I don’t know much about Catalonia and it’s history but I’m trying to better educate myself after visiting Barcelona

(Sorry for the late answer.)

Yes! That was the annual flower offering to the statue of Rafael Casanova in homage of the defenders of Barcelona.

1. The history: 1714

Rafael Casanova was a general who led the defence of Barcelona during the siege in the end of the War of the Spanish Succession (to sum up very quickly, the war in which Spain invaded the Catalan Countries and Aragon because they were arguing about the dynasty that should be in the monarchy), in the year 1714. The Siege of Barcelona was at the very end of the war, when almost all the country had been occupied by the Spanish and French troops (France was allied with Spain), but Barcelona being the capital city, it was important that it resisted. The siege was very cruel for the population: they were being bombed and they had run out of food months before it ended, people were left homeless and had to eat rats and even eat the corpses of people who died in the bombs.

Still, the population of Barcelona resisted until the very last minute it was possible. On the 11th of September of 1714, the Spanish and French troops attacked the baluards and entered the city, and conquered it. This had horrible results for the population. On the political side, Spain militarily occupied Catalonia and considered it theirs by right of conquest, so they made the "Nueva Planta decrees" which abolished the Catalan institutions and laws and imposed the Spanish institutions and absolute monarchy "appointed by God" (Catalonia didn't have an absolute monarchy before this), imposed Spanish governors as the rulers, prohibited the use of Catalan language in official documents (only Spanish or Latin was allowed), Catalan people were forced to pay very high taxes to pay for their own occupation and were forced to host the Spanish troops in their homes, Catalans were forced to give a big part of their harvest to be food for the Spanish army's horses, Catalans were forbidden for having weapons (even kitchen knives had to be chained to the table), and a long etc.

When it comes to the population, the Spanish occupation made sure to punish as many as possible. For example, dozens of villages and cities were burned down after the had already been occupied, not as part of the war but as part of the punishment.

This map shows the places that were burned down -when it says “crema”-, whose inhabitants were massacred -when it says “massacre”-, and when it says “delme de forca” it means a kind of repression that the Spanish king Philip V used only against Catalans in which one tenth of the prisoners were chosen randomly to be executed.

The local leaders of the resistance were executed, and often through humiliating ways. One of the most famous examples is the general Josep Moragues i Mas, who was captured and put on trial and tortured, and was sentenced to death. He was executed in 1715, and nowadays maybe we would think that the bad thing is to be killed and not so much how you’re killed, but in the 18th century respecting honour was very important, even with your enemies, and he was humiliated because of that. He was forced to wear a penitent’s shirt and be barefoot and was dragged alive through the floors of Barcelona, tied to the horse that was taking him to the gallows. There, on top of what he had been put through, he was executed publicly with no recognition of his rank nor military honours, which is a huge punishment in the culture of the time. Then, he was beheaded and his body was then cut into pieces. His head was put inside a cage and displayed above one of the main entrance gates to Barcelona (Portal de Mar) with an inscription in Latin that said “Josep Moragues, for having committed the crime of a repeated rebellion, having abused twice of royal clemency, finally, the third time he was imprisoned and executed by justice” in reference to him resisting until the end of the war. His widowed wife spent years asking for mercy so that the authorities would take his head out of that public exhibition place. In the end, they agreed to take down his head in 1727, after 12 years of being exposed.

This is just to give an image of how the defeat affected the Catalan people. For this reason, the events of 1714 are highly symbolic to us, because they represent the moment that our independence was lost and the beginning of the repression of our culture, language and identity. For this same reason, the 11th of September (the day that Barcelona lost the siege, in that same 1714) is Catalonia’s national day, in commemoration of the fight that isn’t over.

2. The statue: made, lost, and found

In the 1880s, the Barcelona city hall was preparing to host the 1888 Universal Exposition. For this event, cities build avenues and buildings to hold the exposition that somehow represent their history. Barcelona made an avenue and commissioned statues of important men of Catalonia’s history: intellectuals, artists, statesmen, etc. One of them was this statue to Rafael Casanova, which represented a homage to all the Catalans who fought to defend the city and country in the War of Spanish Succession.

Ever since it was set up, people went to bring flowers to the statue. Then, in 1897, left-wing pro-Catalan organizations established the annual tradition of bringing flower offerings every 11th of September.

People gather around Rafael Casanova’s statue and cover it in flower crowns. 11th of September, 1914.

It wasn’t always easy. In 1901, the offering had become important enough that the police arrested people with the only accusation of having laid flowers to the statue. And it only got worse with Primo de Rivera’s dictatorship of Spain (1923-1930), a proto-fascist dictatorship with Catalanophobia as one of its pilars. The dictatorship prohibited the use of the Catalan language, prohibited exhibiting the Catalan flag, and any public display of Catalan identity. Any disobeying was harshly repressed, so for this reason, the flower offering was stopped.

As soon as that dictatorship ended, people went to make the flower offering again, with more participants than ever. But that only lasted until 1938, because in 1939 another Catalanophobic fascist dictatorship started: Franco’s (1939-1978). This dictatorship took down all the monuments that had to do with Catalan history or identity, as well as all leftist symbols. They took away the statue and destroyed the gardens where it was placed, but that night people filled the (now empty) place with flowers and someone left a sign that said “ja creixeràs”, which in Catalan means “your time to grow will come”. To avoid this action to repeat, the police watched the monument the following night.

Many statues around the city (and country) were destroyed by the dictatorship, only 5 bronze statues were saved in all of Barcelona, one of which was this, thanks to some city hall officials who argued that these ones were property of the city hall (unlike others that were property of unions, parties or organizations), and so the statue was kept away in a storehouse. Fearing that the fascists would destroy the statue even if it was not in a public space, they built a brick wall to hide the statue, and the statue was “lost” until after the dictatorship had ended.

In 1976, right after the dictator’s death, a committee from Catalonia’s Art Museum went to this storehouse and took the statues that were hidden there. But they realised that what the building looked like outside and inside didn’t match, and eventually found out the secret hiding place.

In 1977, they placed the statue back on the streets, in the place where Rafael Casanova had gotten shot in the battle of the Siege of Barcelona.

11th of September, 1977. A massive demonstration in favour of Catalonia’s sovereignty was held in Barcelona.

Since then, pro-Catalan unions, associations, parties, sports clubs, and many other kinds of civic associations bring a flower offering every 11th of September.

Barça football club takes part in the flower offering since the year 1919.

Alex's Bio

"Time goes by rather quickly in the blink of an eye, yes?"

Original design by @toastermart

More details on Alex is under the cut

Name: Alexia "Alex" Danakis

Age: Unknown, estimated to be from 130000 BCE

Height: 154 cm

Birthday: 30 Trieme (Ilkulei) [self-declared]

Orientation: Cisgender Aromantic Asexual Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Chronoven (formerly human)

Title: The First Hour

Country of Birth: Kholysia (self-declared)

Archive Deployment Branch: North Nebertade

Likes: Ivory, kaya toast, herbs, history

Dislikes: Chess, extreme weather, impalement, needles

Hobbies: Gardening, playing the flute

Personality: Of all the current chronovens, she's the most mysterious as she stands out the least. Always smiling and patient with everyone no matter how trivial their issues are, she's generally seen as a peacemaker. Due to her calm and motherly demeanour, she commands genuine respect/tolerance from the rest of the Hourly Twelve

Style: Simplistic and feminine, unconsciously chooses clothes that make her look young

Abilities: Able to freely cross between Ratein and the Astral Realm without the need of dimension gates. Is able to use cosmic magic, stop time, view events happening in the past, present and future, as well as cause anything that her weapon comes in contact with to 'dissociate' from existence (apart from chronovens, The Caretaker and The Artiste)

Like the rest of the Hourly Twelve, Alexia is also able to open portals that allow her to travel anywhere. Also able to reverse time, but only once and at the cost of her life. Being a chronoven, she’s only able to die either by her lifespan naturally running out, or by time reversal

Due to her life as a herbalist during the Livast Emphon, she possesses the exclusive ability to create a cosmic medicine in liquid form that can be applied topically or ingested which heals all wounds regardless of severity

Background: As someone who had lived during the Livast Emphon, she lived with the tribe that she was born in and continuously moved from area to area. After living for 11 Ridilun Periods, a large meteorite crashed near where the tribe resided. A team was sent out to investigate, comprising of herself, her father, and ten others. Their investigation yielded that the meteorite was no ordinary rock from the stars, and that time seemed to stop around them whenever they were close to the meteorite

The team decided to break off small chunks of the meteorite for further investigation at their base, however upon breaking off 12 pieces, the meteorite crumbled into dust and was blown away by the freezing winds. Stunned at what had just occurred, the team brought the pieces back to the tribal chief and informed him about what had happened. Wary that the pieces could have the same effect on humans, the chief ordered the pieces to be made into necklaces, and for each member of the investigation team to wear them on their person at all times

She and her father did as told, and went about their days peacefully. Shortly after this incident, she had chanced upon her father mourning over her late mother's death six Ridilun Periods ago. Before she could comfort him, her father started to glow and fragmentalise, horrifying them both. She ran to inform the chief about it, and brought him to where her father was. They both saw a glowing humanoid made out of galaxies and stars, and instantly thought that he had became a deity

Upon noticing his daughter, he managed to will himself back into how he used to appear prior to the transformation. He then informed about the chief about what had transpired, and that he heard the stars telling him about the abilities the meteorite had given him. The chief, fearful that the necklace had the ability to induce madness into those who wore it, order her father to get rid of the necklace. Her father informed him that it was no use, as he had bonded with the necklace and it would always return to him unless he dies

The chief assumed that her father went mad, and exiled the investigation team from the tribe. The 12 of them was then forced to survive on their own in the freezing tundra, with some of them becoming beings similar to her father after a while. She asked her father how to become like him, with the latter refusing as he didn't want his daughter to live forever

The group started to dwindle, those who didn't become like her father died from starvation, the cold, or wounds suffered during hunting. Those who were like her father mysteriously vanished, and she could barely recall them had her father not continuously reminded her of their existences. With every death, she collected all of their necklaces, until she carried with her 11 of them

During her 15th Ridilun Period, she was gathering medicinal herbs when she encountered an extremely large mammoth. Before she could react, she was impaled by the mammoth's tusks. As she bled to death on the tusks, she thought about seeing her mother again and cried as she would be leaving her father behind, wishing that she could go back in time to tell him that she loved him

As her vision faded, she barely noticed her hands turning into various colours. When she awoke, she was surrounded by a vast expanse of stars and colours, with her father right beside her. She recalled him smiling sadly at her existence, which led to him explaining that they both had the ability to see into the past, present and future as well as stop time. He added that they could reverse time, but at the expense of their absurdly long lifespans

When she asked her father if he had ever thought about reversing time to before her mother died, he admitted that he did but didn't do so as he knew that his late wife wouldn't want him to exchange any life for hers. He then made his daughter promise to not reverse time to save either parent should he was erased from existence. She promised, then vowed to spend eternity with him, not expecting that a Ridilun Period later, he would sacrifice his life to save the tribal chief that exiled them. Keeping the promise she made with her father, she spent the future distributing the necklaces in hopes of finding a family of her own, and adopted the name Alexia Danakis for history to remember her by...

True Form:

“Conte d'Automne” d'Éric Rohmer (1998) - troisième volet du cycle des “Contes des Quatre Saisons” (1990-98) - avec Béatrice Romand, Marie Rivière, Alexia Portal, Didier Sandre et Alain Libolt, janvier 2023.

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La pillada a Íñigo Onieva con Alexia Rivas que pone en peligro su boda: “Me hicieron fotos saliendo de su portal”

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Ya tenia guardado este dibujo de Sara y mi nuevo nene Rey the hedgehog-echidna.

Rey es de otra dimensión pero sus padres lo llevaron a una realidsd altetna para que estubiera a salvo ya que donde el vivia Eggman tenia conquistado Mobius una parte y no podian tener a su hijo ahí, así que Tails abrio un portal mandandolo donde creia que estaria a salvo, Sara lo encontro y lo llevo a vivir al sotano de su casa donde le da comida y agua, Rey no confía mucho peto como ve que ella lo cuida confía un poco en ella y Sara se pone alerta por si Rey ataca pero esta segura que no los atacara a ella ni a su familia

Realidad 2✨️

(Nombre de Rey me ayudo Alexia Sabaku✨️❣️❣️❣️✨️)

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Un caso che fa discutere. Booking.com dovrà rimborsare un cliente milanese che nel 2018 ha pagato 2.250 euro per un soggiorno di una settimana a Vieste ritrovandosi in un hotel le cui immagini pubblicate sul portale dell’agenzia di viaggi online non corrispondevano al vero. Così ha deciso la giudice di pace di Milano Alexia Dulcetta a quattro anni di distanza dall’accaduto, e il caso potrebbe…

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Anon's ask answered because Tumblr messed up

Ok someone sent me an ask and Tumblr deleted my response. Apparently it doesn't allow you to save it as a draft. Which is stupid.

Unfortunately it was anon. They tagged @ceph-the-ghost-writer but idk if it was you.

I guess reblog this and hope they see it

Anyway it was from this game

Questions was:

‼️"what has stayed consistent across all drafts?"

For my two main WIPs:

The Secret Portal (five drafts)

The title, for one

Lexi's name was always Alexia. Just went by a nickname later. She always had teleportation and a sister named Maddie. Still has brown hair and brown eyes.

Her best friend (Aurora now Ash) had telepathy. She always had a younger brother and older sister. Dark hair and blue eyes stayed similar.

Their teacher was there, I guess.

The portal always looked like a metal rock and people with powers lived on the other side.

One of these people was named George. He always had an older sister (her name was similar: Carly now Carla).

There was a dragon.

School of the Legends (three drafts)

Uh school. There's a school.

Um it was always inspired by fairy tales.

Yeah that covers it.

Thanks anon for the ask sorry I could reply directly to you

Conte d’automne, 1998