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oldtvandcomics · 1 year
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I’m not saying that everyone in the excited for the Barbie movie crowd would enjoy The Scarlet Pimpernel -  but there probably are quite a few people in the excited for the Barbie movie crowd who would enjoy The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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queenlucythevaliant · 7 months
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Some fun facts and historical notes about Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d'Albret that I wasn't able to incorporate into my Inklings Challenge Story:
Marguerite of Navarre is considered by many to be the first Reformed princess.
She was sister to Francis I of France, and they actually had a very close relationship despite contentions over religion. They wore each other letters in verse and she filled in as queen in a ceremonial capacity when his wife Claude was sick. It was largely due to this closeness that Marguerite was able to intervene on behalf of so many Protestants.
After marrying Henri d'Albret and relocating from Paris to Navarre, Marguerite would hold secret Protestant communions in a cellar.
Marguerite was the first female poet in the Reformed tradition to publish. She also wrote prose, satire, and theatre.
Francis's persecution of Huguenots in Paris escalated after Marguerite left, but he halted executions whenever she visited the city out of respect for his sister.
Contrary to the implication I let hang in my story, Marguerite did see Jeanne again after Francis took custody of her. Jeanne was raised in the (Catholic) French court, and her mom was free to visit whenever, she just couldn't take Jeanne back to Navarre with her.
The poem that I quoted was actually written much earlier in Marguerite's life than portrayed. Unfortunately, her poetry is pretty hard to track down online, and I wasn't willing to spend thirty bucks to get a collection on Amazon (yet).
Jeanne d'Albret was the only European ruler of the sixteenth century to never execute anyone over religion.
She publicly proclaimed herself a Protestant and left the Catholic church shortly after becoming queen of Navarre. Subsequently, she was subject to Papal censure, followed by a Papal bull.
Both she and Marguerite corresponded at length with John Calvin. Theodore Beza did indeed spend long stretches of time with Jeanne in Navarre, and it's thought that she may have been involved in putting him forward as moderator of the synod at La Rochelle.
Jeanne did suffer from tuberculosis most of her life. It, combined with stress and anxiety over her son's impending marriage and persecution against Protestants, eventually killed her.
Henry was taken away from Jeanne as depicted in my story. When they were separated, she made him promise not to take the Catholic mass. When he was twelve or so (?) she did do a rescue mission and get him back to Navarre.
Jeanne did administrate wartime La Rochelle, work on the city's fortifications, consult on matters related to the government of the church, hold a commander's hand as it was amputated, and give a big dramatic rallying speech on horseback after the Duke of Condè's death. She also did a lot of diplomatic letter writing during that period, including to Elizabeth I of England. She was a badass.
Under both Marguerite and Jeanne, Navarre was a haven for those fleeing religious persecution. Protestants in particular, but it was safe for Catholics too.
Both of them were both very interested in education. Marguerite intervened on behalf of the university where both Calvin and Beza studied when it fell under scrutiny as a hotbed of heretics, and Jeanne founded a seminary in Navarre.
Jeanne d'Albret was not a time traveler, as far as we know. She also wasn't quite as hard a person as I wrote her in my Inklings story, although she did think her mother had been a bit too soft in her theology, and she did go on the record calling tears as a sign of weakness. However, she also did a lot of charitable work and wrote with a lot of pathos. Likewise, Marguerite did sometimes intervene to save people with tears, but she wasn't a cryer to the extent that I made her in my story. I emphasized these traits in both women in order to draw a contrast, but there was a lot more nuance that I left out in the process.
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astro-break · 7 months
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Thoughts on the 5th ep of Hypmic Rhyme Anima+. Spoilers beware
Season 1 | Ep.1 | Ep.2 | Ep.3 | Ep.4
fragrance nagoya??? did badass get dragged into hifumi's clubbing thing lmaoooo
im still scared tho, what did those white coats say about jinguji being the final member of MTR like two episodes ago?
they are making his office their home i love that silly family like dynamic
i love that jyushi's eyeshadow is animated its so simple but cute
Hifumiiiiii and Doppo!
I love Kijima's performance as Hifumi so much its always such a treatt
the power of puppy eyes! and love
LMFAOO poor doppo that company is so black
Chanichiii thats such a cute nickname and also very Hifumi to put the prefex infront of the name
LMAO did kuko just beat up a bunch of gangsterss that hilarious, they're kneeling too
oh his phonecase is studded, how cute
the kinshachi! return of the kinshachi! I do like how Doppo went to all the famous visitor locations
Jyushi is such host material its actually cute
I love the flowers that accompany each character, each one is so indicative of their personality
yellow roses are Hifumi's Flower TM. its everywhere in his design from his suit to his speakers. It means friendship, sympathy, respect, and compassion. For a host its not a good flower because its a very friendzone flower but its perfect for trusting and empathetic hifumi
I don't know exactly what flower is behind Jyushi, it might be purple roses, but the prominent stamen might point to purple asters instead. They symbolize daintiness and elegance, but also a wistfulness for things that could have been. It is also a symbol of loyalty, very fitting for jyushi
I believe Hitoya's flowers are clematis. They represent wisdom and aspiration but also a sharp mind as its status as a climbing plant symbolized working around tough issues. It's also called the leather flower, for our resident leather motorcycle enthusiast
I think Ichiro's flowers are marguerite flowers which is a flower that has been used a lot in the arts, fitting for this idiot. It speaks of hope and renewal, new beginnings as well as devotion and optimism. All very indicative of Ichiro. Hilariously though, perhaps its most famous appearance is in Shakespeare's Hamlet where Ophelia hands marguerite flowers out to symbolize the loss of her sanity. whoops
ofc Jakurai's white lillies is very Jakurai. The purity is clear but it also means innocence
oh they are so silly a;skjdhf;ajklsdj JAKURAIIII
Aww doppo cleans up well in a host suit, that choker is everything
but wait isn't Jyushi technically underage too?? why is he also working? He's in highschool like Jiro??
kyun! Hifumi is so cool!
Yes, this is only episode 5, it won't end this early ww
aww, kuko still likes his old friends too. thats cute, he's a guy who really values those kind of things.
Hifumi being happy is cute and that smile is so healing! he really has a cute smile when he's not exhausted
expositionnnnnn those two people are definitely the same no doubt about it. I mean its Hypmic of course it will be
They are so super sentai ww no names only their work positions www these villains are so fun i think thats something i like about the hypmic anime. they lean into the silly and funny
Doppo literately smacking them over the head with words is hilariouss
I've know enough about hentai to know where this is going
Honestly the song quality this season around is actually so good! I like a lot more of the songs this time around, last season was a mixed bag for me but this one is just banger after banger
damnn how he do that, thats wild
I love how jyushi and the bystanders and just staring at Doppo like he's crazy ww
YYOOOO the way that jakurai's hair is animated is just muaaahh such good flowy motions!
Doppo's fit is so comfy i love it. A good balance between fancy and comfy.
Fling Posse episode next lets gooo i can't waittt. I wonder what will happen with them since they have very little connection with the villains. something something the Beginning Gate company having connections with the clone project? Idk but I hope they don't honestly. It would be interesting to have at least one completely impartial team
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xkitcharmont · 2 years
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♛┈⛧┈┈•༶      NEXT GEN  : GERI’S BIO
!! full factsheet HERE ( includes connections and more general info )
full name. marguerite danielle gatel charmont faceclaim. olivia scott welch age. 25 dob. 14 august zodiac. leo occupation. rockstar, knight, whatever
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
long dirty blonde hair kept either wild and loose, or in a ponytail or braids
she is the ONLY ulstead-charmont with abs. and she KNOWS it.
she got lean muscle arms too :// my rock-climbing girl
5’ 7" (1.7 m)
> geri’s notes:
it is SO important to me that everyone knows she is:
lindsay lohan in freaky friday
viola hastings from she’s the man
gracie hart from miss congeniality
she keeps a switch-dagger on her at all times and knows how to use it so beware
all she knows is the present. she likes her family, she likes her friends, she likes to play music LOUD 
she likes to smoke pot; she’s the one who brought it to her siblings lmao. geri screamed and cheered so loud when jacqui showed her she already knew all this come on. and they both had to teach marcel. they are so close as siblings i cry
she wears her heart on her sleeve. she’s had her heart broken a lot of times before, but never as much as the BIG BREAKUP (still an open wanted connection >.>)
since then, she’s gone back into dating but very casually. she doesn’t want to commit to anyone anymore (at least for now)
she depends a little too much on jacqui’s guidance and the guidance of her older cousins and other people she trusts. she’s very much a follower rather than someone who makes decisions for herself, and this is something she has to work on
> geri’s bio:
Geri never took kindly to being bullied about ‘not being a real princess’. Similar to her older sister, whom she adored, she felt very belittled and small in primary school but found her footing in high school. When Kit first started to get to know her, he walked around the whole castle with her in his arms, asking her what she was interested in. What would you like to do Marguerite? And as soon as she saw the room full of soldiers practicing fencing, she knew.
Whenever her siblings needed a spider taken cared of, Geri was there. Whenever someone shoved Marcel into a locker, Geri shoved them back even harder. She loved to play in the mud and get caught in the rain and skin her knee during rock-climbing. She was on the school’s lacrosse team, and the fencing team, and trained with the royal knights as early as she could. She loved the idea of wearing armour, saving people in distress, and the praise of being a hero. As she grew in high school, she also realised she loved playing in a band, and learned how to be the most badass rockstar (lead guitar) in France. So there she was: the rockstar-knight-princess of Ulstead.
Still, she struggled. Marcel was always the one who was able to communicate his feelings easier. She trusted her family, but had learned from a young age that bad people only targeted you if you were seen as weak. She never really processed all her childhood trauma properly, from her parents’ death in the fire, to being bullied in school. Like her brother, she still feels that she needs to prove herself worthy of being a Charmont. So she hardly talks about her struggles — choosing instead to repress it or to smoke pot as a way to calm herself. (There’s an unspoken agreement between the Ulstead-Charmonts that they never talk about this to their father, as even Jacqui partakes in it a little. Marcel vowed to stop all vices when he got into law school).
All the Ulstead-Charmonts feel a strong sense of responsibility, that they want to do something with their lives. Jacqui’s going to be queen, Marcel’s a lawyer, so what was Geri to do? She’ll let you know when she finds out. For now, she’s finishing her studies at Walt Uni, she’s wicked with a sword, and a dazzling gay rockstar knight in shiny-ish armour.
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dmc-tings · 3 years
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If I may. The Four Lords with a reader who is a child of the Bakers who moved to the village, for whatever reason, like a year before Eveline showed up at the house and infected them.
How would they handle the news that their humans parents were infected for years and are now dead? Like would they try to hide the deaths, would they be honest and tell the reader about what happened and how would they go about comforting you? Would they try and track down Lucas and Zoe to bring them to the village?
Long Lost Baker with the Four Lords
(This was an interesting one! Very fun to write!! Thank you for this and I hope you enjoy it! I added Joe cause his dlc was bussin)
Alcina Dimitrescu
She had no idea about your family background
And didn't care to ask you, since you never brought it up
But you where in the library with her
Picking out a book, when you came across a file
"Huh. You knew about the Bakers? They were my family."
"Oh?" Alcina asked, raising a brow at you, "Well they were killed. If they wher-"
You paused, shaking, "What? They... they where killed ?"
Alcina moved to your side, putting a comforting arm around you
"Yes. My Love... did you care for them?"
You nodded, almost choking on your emotions
'Dead.' You thought
You didn't even really say goodbye
Your father, Jack, didn't want you to leave the safety of their home
But your mother, Marguerite, insisted that there was more to the world, than just that old ass swamp
Zoe and Lucas really didn't want you to leave either
But you left, Lucas helping you navigate away and Zoe giving you some money, that she saved up
"The mold... The girl, Eveline, she took over the home... and your parents are gone. But your siblings and uncle live."
You looked at her in shock, you didn't know who Eveline was
But some of your family was alive!
When Alcina saw the hope in your eyes, she smiled, "What would you like me to do?"
"Try and bring them here! Please!"
She nodded, your wish was her command
For months, she had known you might want your family with you
They were being held away from the Castle, so she could surprise you
Though getting Joe and the BSAA soldiers that surrounded said home
Joe was also taken
"Come. I have something to show you." She stood up, towering over you, keeping a hand on your back
You stood, letting her lead you out
Through the Castle and Vineyard, you came up to a house, small enough for a few people
You heard yelling, a familiar voice
"LET US OUT YOU GIANT BITCH!! FUCKIN-"
"Will you shut up? She said, there was someone here we knew."
"HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE-"
You rushed to the door, kicking it down
"OW!! GOTDAMN IT!!"
Tears welled up in your eyes again
"LUCAS? ZOE!? UNCLE JOE!!"
They were speechless as well
What a happy family reunion!
Tears and hugs were given
Joe stood up, from hugging you three, to look at Alcina, "Thank you from keeping my youngest (niece/nephew) safe."
Alcina looked away, "No need to thank me, human. I didn't care for any of you, but I knew this would make them happy."
Angie and Donna Beneviento
Angie noticed that you had been feeling a bit down lately
So she told Donna about it, whom rushed to your side
"My Dear, what's the matter? Angie says your feeling blue."
You looked at her, a sad look in your eyes
"Ah... its nothing really, Love. Im... im just think about my family. I havent really been able to know anything going on with them..."
It really bothered you, and both of the ladies could see that
Donna looked at you and took your hand
"Do you remember how they looked, the last time you saw them?"
You nodded sadly, smiling wistfully
"Yep, Momma was making me a cake, for me finishing off collage. Pops he was rebuilding the old car, with my brother Lucas. And Zoe, she and I were playing in the front yard, supposing to do chores."
Donna nodded, and a bit of pollen began to swirl around you both
You sat up straight, it was your family
The Baker's, as you knew them
They were happy to see you
It made your heart burst, and you smiled
Tears falling down your cheeks, as your family gathered around you and Donna hugging you both
It felt good to see them, even though you knew it really wasn't them
Donna wiped your tears, and you sighed contently
Starting a conversation with your "mother" and "father"
Your "siblings" talking to Angie and Donna
A few hours later the pollen wore off
But you where happy, and turned to Donna
Giving her a kiss, "Thank you. I dont know what's happened to them... but that was good for me. I appreciate it."
But Donna didn't smile back, and Angie grew quiet
"Your family. They... your parents are dead..."
You looked at her, shocked, "How-"
"Mother Miranda has said that their one with the mold..."
You took that information in, knowing about your parents... was a bit of a... surprise
"And my brother and sister?"
Donna shook her head, smiling, "Alive and safe from that."
You smiled and thanked her again with a kiss
You may not be able to see them, in real life, but you COULD see them all as you remembered them
Salvatore Moreau
You had told Salvatore all about your home life, before moving to the village
He had asked about your family, trying to compare his own with yours
You sympathetically told him that you and your siblings ACTUALLY got alone
And that your family was always tight
Your mother cooked badass meals
And your dad was always the person to run to for the best advice and protection
Your brother was a delinquent genius
And your sister was always happy to just be there for you
While his "family" left alot to be desired
You had pictures of them, which you shared
He looked at them with wonder, seeing how happy you were
This is when he decided to get them, well the alive ones
His Cadou experiments had changed
Making them more human, to infiltrate the regular world and kidnap your family
He surprised you one day
Encouraging you to go for a moonlit walk with him
Yelling was coming from a nearby cave
"Moreau, Love. I dont-"
"Its not, my most Precious. I swear, you will love this surprise."
You gave him a frown and let him continue to lead you on
Inside the cave, you where met with 3 cages
Joe, Lucas and Zoe!
Your jaw dropped, and Moreau clapped happily as you rushed and unlocked the cages
Embracing your family, though Joe pulled away ready to blast Moreau away
After a long explanation, your family accepted the fish man as their own
Moreau was careful to hid your family from Mother Miranda
Sadly, he couldn't save your mother and father, but the rest of your family were safe in his domain
Karl Heisenberg
You both were having dinner when he asked you about your birth name
"Oh. It's Baker... I think. I was adopted by them."
"Adopted? Hope they treated you better than that bitch, Miranda." He scoffed
You laughed, assuring him that they did
Then you went into stories about your family
As you finished up a story about you and Lucas dodging the cops and taking quite the ass whoopin from Jack
You noticed Heisenberg narrowing his eyes at the names in the story
"Jack... Marguerite.... Zoe... Lucas... Joe..." he grumbled letting the names roll off of his tongue
Then he stood up, and looked at you
"THEM BAKERS!?"
You jumped at his outburst, then nodding slowly at him
"HOLY SHIT!! THEIR- Well the kids and uncle still live." He told you
You looked at him like he had gone absolutely mad
"What are you talking about, Karl?"
He sat back down, holding both your hands in his, looking you in the eyes
He was serious when he did this
Karl explained to you about the mold and what happened in Louisiana, a couple years ago
"Miranda had a file on them. I dont know how the hell she got it, but I managed to take a peek at it. I had no idea you were one of them."
You sat back in your chair, processing the information
"My... my siblings and uncle are ok?" You huffed with relief
Karl nodded, pulling you into a hug, comforting you
You fell into his embrace, "Thank you for telling me..."
Heisenberg let out a hum and rubbed your back
You opened your mouth to speak
"No." He cut you off, "im not going. And im not sending anyone. You KNOW what Miranda planning..."
You nodded, and buried your face in his chest
You were happy that they would be safe from her
But sad that you may never see them
Heisenberg had a plan for you to be saved as well
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airavatarakan · 2 years
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Just ended Subnautica Below Zero and I have to vent. Sorry for the rant.
Warning. Following post contains heavy spoilers. Proceed with caution.
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So, I'm not even sure how to start. This is more of a comparing then anything else, really.
In the first Subnautica we have a mute hero Ryley who only expresses emotions once and that is when he punches the needle terminal. Even when hearing the last messages of his deceased crewmates (looking at you Ozzy from cafeteria, + of course Bart)
On the other hand we have Robin who is very much not mute. Even to the point where it's actually cringy at moments. Like I'm sorry but if I found out my sister is dead because trying to stop what shouldn't be done in the first place (fuck you too Alterra) I sure as hell wouldn't preach some bullshit about moving on and honouring her legacy and overall being so accepting about it.
Another thing with this. The first interaction with Al-An. I feel like the freakout about having an alien inside my head could have been better.
Sometimes I speculated what would it be like if Robin was also mute. Like imagine trying to have a conversion with Al-An in hand signs. If nothing else, it would have increased Al-Ans screentime.
Which basically brings us to secondary characters.
So in the first game we don't really have one. The Sea Emperor could be considered, but still... Which I'm actually perfectly fine with. If there is something I really aprreciate in the first game, it's the sense of loneliness, dread and the quiet unknown. Literally everybody else is dead and all you are left with are their final moments. You are completely and uterrly alone and no one is coming. Sunbeam gets shot down and even that additional bit of hope is instantly lost.
In Below Zero we have not one, but two. And for these two I played the game to the very end. I don't regret it.
I start with Marguerit Maida. Yes! Exactly as I imagined. An absolute badass who made a pet of a snowstalker. Can I just add that I absolutely love the greenhouse scene and that one log about making a greenhouse? I love her.
And of course, Al-An. He's so unbelievably endearing at every turn. And it isn't even the point. All these converations about dreams, pets or the uselessnes of human bodies. I love him.
And that's part of the problem. When you like side characters more than the main one, something isn't right.
(Btw, can I just say how the games kept the same pain sound in both games?)
Next thing, voices.
Fucking PDA in Below Zero. I swear the Unknown Worlds went and made the most uncomfortable voice ever.
Also also. Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you captain whatever you are doing is worth it? > Proceed with caution. A leviathan class creature is near.
And it goes hand to hand with the fact that PDA in Below Zero is trying to be so funny/sarcastic that it actually hurts.
I'm also a little butthurt that there isn't a special dialouge for some of the biomes. Og Subnautica had the one about leviathans to Dunes and then one to Blood Kelp or Grand Reef, I can't remember. It was something like "This biom stimulates 7 of the 9 preconditions to instill terror in humans"
Which brings me to the next point and that's the map. Subnautica map is way bigger and deeper. But also more diverse.
Like, in BZ I get that we are in arctic and there isn't gonna be a lot of it, but damn. The land section in basically only white with the exeption of the Spires which you don't really have time to enjoy thanks to a cerrain leviathan and freezing to death.
The main problem isn't even the bioms, it's the fact that for the most time, there isn't something to be done. Purple vents for lithium, deep twisting bridges caves for diamonds, Kelps for gold and silver.
And now, I enjoy colors and diversity. That's why I love the Blood Kelp, Grand Reef and The Lost River. They are blue and green but in a different way than BZ. Ironically, The best place in BZ was the Deep Lily Caves. Oranges, yellows, reds, browns. The exact opposite of the OG. Then there were the Tree Spires with Ventgardens. Breathtaking. Problem is that once you scan the Artifact and get the Sample from Ventgarden, there isn't really a reason to return there as it's quite far away. The same with Lily caves. Beatiful, but too far away and too unnecessary.
And so instead we have close empty space-West and East Arctic, Kelps with abundance of caves with strange greenwater, more green water in the Lilypad islands and white land.
Yes, I skipped Twisting Bridges, because I like them.
And sure you can argue that OG has Crashsite, Cragfield, Dunes, Mountanins and Sparse Reef. And why does it work there and not in BZ?
Creatures.
Because in Dunes, Mountains and Crashsite you have the Reapers. You have to go to Crashsite because of Aurora and Cyclops, to Dunes for a cuddlefish egg and Al-An lore and the Mountains for wreck. Then you can hapilly go and never visit them again. Same goes for Crag Field and Sparse Reef, but you don't have to go there at all.
And why it works? Because you still have a lot of other bioms. In BZ you have so very few and half of them are so boring. And why. Below Zero has exactly three dangerous creatures. One of them on land you'll never visit again and the Shadow leviathan and Chelicarate are...meh.
Shadow leviathan is cool. However placing four of them in a rather small place probably wasn't the best of ideas. The animation could have been done better, but I like it. The problem with them and the Chelicarates is that once you get the defense system, the feeling of dread completely evaporates. During the whole game I flinched exactly once to Chelicarate and that's because I didnt know there is one near Tree Spires. The first time I went to Crystal Caves I was scared. And with the Ice worm just annoyed.
And now comparing to OG. The feeling of dread was constatnt. Once I figured out where are the Reapers and Ghosts, Sea Dragons decided to introduce themselves and screwed me over. And even then, when piloting Cyclops through the Lost River and trying to evade Ghosts.
Continuing with the creatures. I get it. But BZ feels so empty. From the big creatures you only have Chelicarate, Ice worm, Shadow leviathan and the whales. Yes, penglings and pinnacarids and snowstalkers are cute af but they really aren't gonna cut it. Sea monkeys and Ventgardens and Jellyeyes neither. In Deep Purple Vents there isn't one single unique creature. And the same to Twisted Bridges Caves. Lily Caves had at least the Lily paddler, Ventgardens nothing except themselves. Crystal Caves are literally empty save for the Shadow leviathans. Would it be so hard to place there, I dunno, maybe some purple variant of Jellyray? Those glowy things in Mushroom forest and Grand Reef? Purple vents are also empty save for the occasional Chelicarate and some armored underwater dog.
Even more so, Chelicarates don't appear to be somewhat large. Not the Void ones and not the normal ones. Nothing seems actually big. Perhaps it's just my perception, because Chelicarate is supposed to be as big as a Reaper right? Well, Chelicarate is a noodle. And Reaper has a rather big jaws. Maybe that's it?
The animation is better though. Anyone noticed the Arctic peeper? Smooth and so so satisfying.
Next is music.
The only ones that somewhat stuck in my mind from BZ are the opening one - Below Zero and Cathedral. I know I liked more of them, but none other memorable.
The OG soundtrack is however absolute fire! Into the Unknown, Tropical Eden, Salutations, Red Alert, Leviathan and my forever favorite-Abandon Ship. (I actually destroyed my Cyclops so many times just to hear it. When it played for the first time, I just sat in front of my Tv with my eyes wide vibing to it as my Cyclops got crushed.
It was also a brilliant choice for the credits. That shit was fire. (Even if I then reloaded and decided to never leave 4546B and my 5 cuddlefish.) The perfect choice.
And once again, BZ is behind. I don't remember the credit music at all.
Which leads us to the Ends.
But I'll start with the pacing of the story.
So basically, first Subnautica is really long if you do everything. And somewhat all parts equal. So, for example I went ar my own slow pace. Spent some hours stocking my Cyclops to the journey to the Lava Zone. Spent hours in the Lava Zone. Spent some time with the Sea Emperor and only after all that was done, I started to built Neptune. Slow and at my command.
In BZ, I met Al-An pretty early, so he was inside my head for the most time and because I delayed the trip to the Fabricator Caves thinking it will be something like getting into the Lava Zone in OG, I heard every piece of his dialouge. I did the Sam quest (And despite being the supposed primary quest, you can actually not do it) and then I went to stock my Sea Truck. The Fabricator Caves took literally 30 minutes! And afterwards, 10 minutes to end the whole game. I could stay, like in OG but in BZ you actually want to leave with Al-An.
Which brings us to the very ends.
"What is wave without the ocean? A beginning without an end? They are different, but they go together. Now you go among the stars and I fall among the sand. We are different but we go...together.
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"With you, I'm ready to face whatever awaits."
The ending is the OG is the one I feel really sad over. It's ending and that's it. Sadness, sorrow.
The one in BZ is the one with hope. I love how they came from "Get outta my head" and "I want my own body and btw, your body is really inferior" to "With you, I'm ready to face whatever awaits".
Both have perfect ending. It's the one thing I can't say anything bad about.
I was a little flabbergasted when there was no post credits scene, but I get it. Into the Unknown.
So yeah, I'm a little disappointed in Below Zero, but I really enjoyed talks with Al-An and Maida.
So in total.
Subnautica 10/10
Subnautica Below Zero 8/10
My respect if you have read this to the very end.
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darling-i-read-it · 3 years
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Together
Ethan Winters x reader
Word Count: 3.3k
Warnings: violence, cuss words, spoilers for re7,
Author’s Note: I changed up the ending of the request a tad I hope you don’t mind. I hope you enjoy! I love writing for Ethan so this was a pleasure.
Requested: by @drinksomecoco, So I’ve just had these two fic ideas floating around that I wasn’t able to commit to. For Resi7, the idea is that the reader is someone Lucas had kidnapped and trapped in his weird saw games. They managed to escape while Lucas was distracted with family things and had found their way into the main house right before Ethan escaped his first family dinner, so they end up with him through the whole sordid affair. After everything is over, Ethan now has to choose between his wife, who he now knows lied to him their whole relationship, or the reader, who admitted at some point that they didn’t have much of a home to go to. Obviously wouldn’t expect anyone to rewrite the whole game’s plot, maybe more reflection while they recover and Ethan has to make his choice
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When you woke up your head was throbbing. You felt like you hadn’t known a moment's peace in days. You should have known, you kept telling yourself. You should have known that going this far out into the wilderness would only bring bad things.
A whole family of bad things.
Lucas was the one who found you out wandering by yourself. Honestly, you wished it was anyone else. He was a sadist and he kept putting you in these sick games. You had beaten him so far but you weren’t sure how much longer you could take.
You sat up in the cold empty stone room and rubbed your head. You looked around. There was a single bulb light above your head, illuminating the room. You walked up to the door and grabbed onto the door handle, not expecting it to work.
To your surprise, the handle turned, opening the door up. You stood there for a moment in awe. You had tried that every time you woke up but it had never worked. You had to be careful. There was a possibility it was all part of Lucas’s games. You took a step forward and looked around warily.
Nothing and no one in sight. He must have just made a fatal mistake. Your breath picked up as you started to walk around his little hellscape. It was a winding place, filled with twists, turns and trip wires. You wanted to run but had to make sure you kept your pace. You couldn’t move too fast with the traps littered around.
You took a deep breath as you opened another door and stumbled outside. You wanted to cry from relief. Air. Outside air. You looked around eagerly, making sure you didn’t see anyone else. It was dark outside. There was a trailer and then a large house to your right. You weren’t sure if you would be able to get away if you didn’t go through the house. Everything else looked pretty fenced in.
You went into the trailer and was pleased to find a gun and some ammo in there. You loaded the gun, thankful for the shooting classes you had taken years ago. You put the gun safely in your belt loop and carefully approached the house. You opened up the door a bit and glanced inside the large room.
You took a deep breath as you stepped inside. It was a large room with two staircases on either side of the room. You took in your surroundings. Just had to find a way to the other side of this house. That was all you had to do. The task didn’t seem so daunting when you put it that way.
Suddenly the door on the same floor you were on opened carefully. You took out your gun and held it up as a man opened the door and shut it carefully behind him. He had nicely cut dirty brown hair and he was wearing a green jacket that was covered in black and red liquids.
He turned around and noticed you which caused him to raise his own gun.
“Who are you?” he asked, voice shaking.
“Who are you?” He walked up to you, gun not wavering.
“Answer my question.”
“I...are you part of the family?”
“No. Are you?” You shook your head. You both kept your weapons up though, noticeably untrustworthy.
“I’m Y/N. I was trying to find a nice place out here in the wilderness to take some pictures but Lucas found me and put me in his little hell of games,” you told him. “Who are you? How did you get here?” He thought about whether he was going to answer you and took a deep breath before lowering his gun. You lowered yours as well.
“My wife went missing three years ago. She sent me a message...I found her here. But she’s crazy she tried to kill me and then this fucking family tied me up to a chair and…” He showed you his hand which seemed to be stapled on. You scoffed.
“I can take a look at that if you want. I know a little bit about medical stuff,” you said warily. He nodded a bit.
“I have to get my wife.”
“I have to get out of here.”
“Me too. Eventually.” You nodded a bit. You put your gun in your waistband again and Ethan walked closer to you. He still didn’t entirely trust you but he liked you enough. “Your wifes a lucky girl,” you told him. He smiled a bit. There was some unspoken truth there. Ethan could help you and you could help him.
“You mind telling her that? She’s still trying to kill me.”
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You and Ethan walked over to the trailer to get some sort of peace. You couldn’t stay there long but it seemed like it was a place where they didn’t look often. Plus, there was only one door to monitor. He sat on the bed as you knelt in front of him. You were carefully examining his hand.
“The staples were a choice,” you muttered. He chuckled dryly.
“At least it’s back on,” he told you. You nodded and sat down on your knees.
“It looks like you’re able to use it well enough. Once we get out of here we’re gonna have to make sure you get it looked at further. Here’s some more meds if the hand starts hurting.”
“You’re a Godsend.” You gave him a kind smile and stood back up.
“Alright, now where’s your wife?”
“I found a video of her going out to the old house. I have to assume she’s somewhere out there but you know, it’s a working theory.” You nodded. “I talked to Zoe. She said there was a cure here, for Mia.”
“And I assume you’re going to find it?” “If I can.” You took a deep breath and nodded.
“Alright. We’ll probably find it when we go and deal with Marguerite.” He nodded back at you.
“That was what I was hoping for.”
“You dealt with the old man?” He nodded.
“Barely.” You cocked your gun.
“Perfect. Then let’s go give mom a taste of what we got.”
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“This house is fucking disgusting,” you whispered. Ethan nodded as he crouched down beside a nest of some sort.
“I second that.” He stood up and you quickly moved with him. You were quiet, trying to gauge where on Earth Marguerite was. You kept yourself together as you ran into large bugs and places that made you need to backtrack and find other things.
As you walked through the house you eventually made it up to a small window.
“Ethan?” You turned around, met face to face with some woman you hadn’t seen before.
“Mia!” Ethan ran over and put his hands against the barrier between the two of them. You found yourself hiding a bit of jealousy but you had bigger problems.
“Hey Ethan!” Lucas yelled, grabbing Mia around the neck. Ethan started to shake the barrier. Lucas met your eyes as he pulled her away. “I’ll get you bitch. Just you wait!” You turned to Ethan as Lucas and Mia disappeared. He gave you a nervous look which you returned.
Eventually the two of you made it out to some sort of greenhouse where Marguerite was waiting. She transformed herself into a disgusting, drooping and dangerous form.
Ethan handed you one of his two shotguns which you took with care. You raised it up to where her most vulnerable place was and shot.
Ethen came at her from your side. When your gun got knocked down Ethan put himself between you and your foe. He put his hand on your hip, turning you so you were effectively behind him as he shot his handgun. Together you were able to take her down, after much effort. As she fell and died you suddenly realized how exhausted and in pain you were.
“Are you okay?” Ethan asked, more worried then he thought he was. You nodded a bit and used his shoulder to steady yourself.
“Just a little woozy. We gotta move on.” He nodded and grabbed your other arm, holstering his gun.
“You’re gonna pass out.” You shook your head.
“I am not.” He gave you a look. “You know Ethan Winters, you’re kind of a badass. I would be scared if you were pointing a gun at me.”
“I already did.”
“And I was scared,” you joked weakly. He scoffed and put your arm over his shoulder.
“Let’s get to the trailer and give you a minute before we hit Lucas with all that we got,” he muttered. You nodded.
“That motherfucker doesn’t know what's coming,” you whispered.
“Yeah, a guy with one hand and a girl who’s about to pass out. He’s gonna tremble in fear.”
“Hey now, don’t you underestimate us. We’ve made it this far. Just gotta get him, get your wife and get the fuck out of here.” He didn’t get the same pleasant feeling when he thought of Mia. He decided not to bring it up or dwell on it.
“Alright. I believe you.” ===
Ethan sat on the bed beside you. You were resting for a moment. You promised him only five minutes and he watched the door. He didn’t mind much. You fell into sleep easily, clearly exhausted. He grabbed your hand and held it for comfort.
Your face was so peaceful when you were asleep.
“Ethan,” you whispered, eyes still shut.
“Yeah?” he asked.
“We have to keep moving,” you told him as you squeezed his hand groggily.
“If you pass out Lucas will kill you.”
“Yeah? You would let that happen?” He scoffed. Ethan realized suddenly, he wouldn’t let that happen. You couldn’t get hurt. He chastised his own thoughts, looking down at his ring finger but he couldn’t see it. You were holding his hand and blocking the view.
“Not if I can help it.”
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Lucas paid special attention to you. He wanted to make sure you suffered for getting out and killing his parents. You and Ethan were forced to play his little game.
You and Ethan stood together in a locked couple of rooms. He grabbed your arm before you could walk too far into the room.
“Y/N-”
“This is just like the ones he kept me in. I saw the footage of someone else doing this, I know how to do it,” you whispered to him. He watched your eyes. He was sweating and exhausted. He was relieved to hear that you knew what you were doing.
“Go on then.”
You were able to work through that puzzle which did piss Lucas off but you were already gone before he could complain anymore. Now you had the serum and you had both made it out alive.
You found Mia after an aggressive amount of fighting with the Bakers. The more you saw of this family the less you were surprised by the sight. She was stumbling and scared but at the sight of Ethan her face lit up .
“Ethan?! Ethan!” she called, throwing her arms around her. He held her wordlessly for a moment as he dragged her quickly to the boat you and Ethan had found.
“We have a serum, to cure you,” you told her. She gave you a scared look.
“Who are you?”
“She’s a friend,” Ethan said. You held each other's gaze for a moment and gave her a kind smile. “I didn’t see Zoe. Did you find her?” he asked Mia. She shook her head.
“I haven’t seen Zoe in ages. We need to get out of here. We can’t dwell,” she told you both.
“She helped me get this serum.”
“Yeah and that’s much appreciated. But we have to leave,” she said. “We can come back later.” You eyed Ethan. He looked over at you for permission and you shrugged.
“She helped us get this. It seems stupid to leave her.”
Mia was trembling, worried about the escape. You all were. It was right then that Zoe emerged from the darkness.
“Zoe!” Ethan called. She ran over.
“You got the serum?” You gave her a curt look and then had to turn away.
“We..we only have one,” Ethan said. He was holding the only one there. You had to use the other one fighting Jack. You looked away from Mia as she noticed that he was going to have to make a choice.
“Well then you’ll have to choose one of us to give it to,” Zoe said evenly. Mia looked over at him and Ethan just looked at you. You shrugged from behind Mia.
“It’s up to you Ethan.” You could practically see his gears turning in his head. On one hand, Mia was his wife. He came here for her. But on the other hand...Zoe could help them get out. They could try and replicate the serum if they were able to leave sooner.
He grabbed Zoe’s arm and stuck the needle in. Mia gasped, shocked.
“I’m sorry. I truly am. Zoe will be able to guide us to safety,” he told her. You stepped into the boat, helping Zoe inside beside you.
“I’m staying here,” Mia said, disgusted.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Ethan countered. “My place is here. With her,” she told him. You watched as Ethan got into the boat in front of you.
“We’ll come back for you,” he promised. Mia’s face was shrouded by the dark shadows as the boat went down the river.
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Eventually you came up to a much larger boat. You ended up on the boat, where Eveline was. You had known about Eveline, only through Lucas’s complaints about her. You didn’t realize she was a child or that she was like the way she was. When Eveline realized that Mia might not want to be her mother, she wondered if you would be a candidate.
She knocked you and Ethan out.
You woke up with a start. Your head hasn't stopped hurting since the last time you woke up. Now you had no idea where you were. You stood up shakily. Eveline hadn’t taken your weapons.
“Ethan?! Zoe?!” you called out but there was no response. You looked around at the dark and grimy metal of the boat. You pulled out your gun. “Ethan?!” you called again, hoping that he would answer. Nothing.
You had to start walking around to find them. Your feet started to get wet from the damp atmosphere but you could barely notice. You ran into different mold monsters but were able to keep them down enough for you to pass.
You felt like you had walked for almost an hour before you saw Ethan. He ran into you, breath heaving, gun out.
“Fuck, I almost shot you!” he yelled. “What’s going on? Where’s Zoe?”
“She’s dead! Mia!” You furrowed your eyebrows and then saw that Mia was chasing him down with a weapon. Your eyes went wide. The shots you figured at her merely slowed her down.
“Run!” you told him and both of you started to book it away.
“We need to find Eveline!” he told you as you ran.
“Where is she?”
“I don’t know! But we need to find her!” You nodded, taking a sharp turn.
“Lead the way!”
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You had to watch Ethan kill his wife. You watched him as his love for her was broken down to pieces as he shot her. You helped obviously. But he fired the last shot, as she asked him why he had chosen Zoe over her. Even you felt your heart clench up a bit and you didn’t love her like Ethan had.
“Mia,” he whispered as she crystallized and then dissipated. “Why?” You walked up to him and put a hand on his back. He turned to you and hugged you tightly, burying his face in your neck. You held him there for a moment and then pulled away. You put your hand on his cheek gingerly.
“We have to keep going. We have to find her.” Ethan nodded and backed away to reload his gun. His face glossed over with grief and rage.
“Let’s go.”
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The last fight with Eveline was dirty. You had to get the shot into her and it happened but not after she erupted into screams. She looked like she was just a child. How could just a child do all of the chaos she did?
As your back landed harshly on the ground after being shot out of the house, you felt relief. Relief and pain. You could see the sun rising. For a moment you just laid in the grass as your ears rang.
Then Ethan turned to grab your hand. You turned your head to look at him. His face was dirty and tired. You would probably both sleep for a week after this ordeal. Your hearing came back and you could hear him try and talk to you over the sound of helicopter propellers.
“What?!” you called, probably far more loudly than you intended.
“Are you okay!?” he screamed. You nodded quickly.
“Are you?!” He nodded back.
“Ethan Winters and Y/N Y/L/N?!” You both looked up to see a large man standing over you. You sat up and he held out his hand for both of you to take.
“Yes?!” Ethan called.
“I’m Redfield. I’m glad we found you.”
Chris and his team helped the two of you into a chopper. You sat next to each other as it lifted off. You saw Ethan pull out his phone, miraculously uncracked. A video of Mia was playing on it.
“She lied to me the entire time we were married,” he told you quietly.
“I’m sorry. You don’t deserve that.” He gave the phone one last look and took a deep breath before tossing it out of the helicopter.
“You could have just deleted the video,” you told him, laughing dryly. He scoffed and nudged you.
“Now is not the time,” he said but his voice was miraculously light hearted.
“You’re right. I am sorry though. Once we have a two day long nap we’ll talk more about it.” “Where are you going? After we get back.” You shrugged.
“I don’t have much of a place to get back to honestly. I guess we’ll just see where the wind takes me.”
“Isn’t that how you ended up here?” You nodded sheepishly. He looked down at the house for a long moment before looking back at you. “Stay with me. We can help each other get out of this rut. You can monitor my stapled on hand.” You smiled, brushing a piece of your hair behind your ear.
“You sure?”
“I have room for one more now. I’d like it to be you.” You grabbed his hand tightly. He squeezed your knuckles, looking you in the eye.
“Alright,” you breathed. He nodded.
The two of you fell asleep in the helicopter not long after that, leaning on each other for support. You would heal, over time. Together.
Re8 Part 2
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fortvscue · 3 years
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╰  (  florence pugh. cisfemale. she/her. ) welcome back to hogwarts,  ALICE FORTESCUE ! you’re a SEVENTH year from GRYFFINDOR, right ? i’ve got your school file right here. it says you’re a TWENTY THREE year old PUREBLOOD, is that correct ? this file even has a personality entry, saying you’re ALTRUISTIC & STEADFAST as well as DOMINEERING & WELL-MEANING. is that why you’ve chosen to JOIN THE ORDER ? would you look at that ! it says here other students also describe you as : laughing so hard your stomach aches, the warmth of a palm pressed against your own, bandaids over day old scratches, a backbone like steel and leaving a faint smell of bubblegum wherever you go. how interesting. oh well, see you in class !
Gryffindor, Seventh yr. Former Sacred 28-er turned ice cream makers daughter, now Head Girl with a heart (mostly) of gold. Duelling Club professional, Herbology club afficionado and Seeker on the Quidditch team with a Snitch tattooed behind her left ear.
Was born a Fawley, the last of her line, the daughter of Andromache Travers, betrothed to Antioch Fawley, the only surviving son of the once great Fawley family. Her childhood was a happy one, though one that was still filled with the indoctrination of purist society, and she grew up unaware that the views her parents were raising her with weren’t the norm.
Her mother died when she was eight - vanishing sickness took hold quickly, but Dragonpox was what took her. Her father when she was ten - he hadn’t needed to work, he’d been left a fortune by family members who died too soon, but he decided to work anyway, and was caught in a collapsing Egyptian tomb. 
She was more or less adopted that same summer by Hugo Fortescue, a family friend who had been widowed in the same explosion that took Antioch (and, yes, her father was named after that Antioch. The Peverell one.) 
Suddenly she lost almost everything she had ever known. Yes, Hugo was a pureblood, though not a member of the Sacred 28 owing to him having immigrated from France only a few years earlier to be with his wife, but he was by no means wealthy. Or, perhaps, he was a lot more frugal than Alice was used to her family being.
Gone were the parties and little excursions to her friends houses, the fancy dresses and lessons on etiquette and what to expect from the Black’s and the Lestrange’s and the Rosier’s and Yaxley’s and Shacklebolt’s, the echoing halls of her manor of a home and the cold reality that while her parents loved her, they did not always treat her as such.
Living with Hugo - and her now adoptive older brother, Florean - was a learning curve that she hadn’t ever anticipated. She was suddenly faced with the reality that everything her parents had drilled into her, all of it was a lie. None of it was true. The innate kindness they’d tried to force out of her, the natural love of humanity and awe of muggles that they’d tried to burn out of her, that was true. What wasn’t was the lesson that they were superior that they had drilled into her head, that had been why she felt so out of place here, because their blood was pure.
She didn’t want to admit it, not then, but her childhood was tainted. It’s something she struggled with for a long time, hell, even now she struggles with it - that, really, she isn’t a Fortescue, even though that’s the name she totes, the name she is more than proud of - that her family, her blood, were people who hated anyone that was different. 
For all intents and purposes, Hugo and Florean were more like family than her parents ever were. They made time for her - Florean, even then, was her overprotective big brother - the one that would take a jinx to the chest for her, the one that would torment anyone who hurt her, the one who would wake up too early to learn how to braid her hair because Hugo was always too busy to do it. 
Despite all the unlearning she did - and still is doing, believe me, she knows she isn’t perfect, but she’s angrier than ever and learning more and more each day - she still remained close with several of her childhood friends. They’d come visit her in the ice cream parlour, and she’d sneak them a scoop or two before abandoning her post to run around Diagon Alley with her.
That started to change as she grew - as she became a teenager, and suddenly she was listening to muggle music, and watching muggle tv shows, following Florean out into muggle London for the first time, but certainly not the last. She started to lose friends when they couldn’t understand why she was abandoning them, when to her, she wasn’t. They were so important to her, some still are today, even if she isn’t proud of that, proud of being friends with people on both sides. 
When she got her letter to Hogwarts, a couple of years after being allowed her own wand - under Hugo’s strict supervision (okay, so it wasn’t necessarily always strict, but he said it was to anyone who dared ask him why she could sometimes be found waving her wand in the middle of the ice cream parlour in the middle of Diagon Alley), she knew exactly where she was meant to be.
She’d already gone through a “phase” of getting into skirmishes with people who, in her eyes, didn’t know how to treat people with respect. It’s something that’s definitely mellowed, though that instinct, that protective flare still hasn’t faded, not even now. It was obvious to any of the people who knew her, who knew her as a Fortescue, that she was going to be sorted into Gryffindor - nobody was less surprised than Alice when it barely took a second before she was swept off her feet.
Her fascination with muggle music and love of art only grew at Hogwarts - her natural ability with plants made certain Alice always found a home in the Greenhouses, and her wand’s natural inclining to defensive magic made it easy to thrive in Defence Against the Dark Arts. 
Trying out for Quidditch is a no brainer - she’s not so graceful on her feet on the ground, more often than not tripping and skinning her knees, Drooble’s gum bubble popped as she goes, but on a broom? She knows how to be graceful there, in the air, not quite so high as to be above the clouds, but high enough to be above their heads. She’s not meant to be trying out for the Seeker position - she thought maybe Chaser, or Beater, but Seeker was where she found herself, and where she’s stayed ever since.
Now she’s in her last year, she’s found that so much has changed. The world is on the verge of war, and Alice knows she’ll end up fighting - she wants to be an Auror, she has done since she was fifteen and met one in the ice cream parlour, looking for a lead. She just doesn’t know how far this will go - how far she’ll let herself go, how far they’ll all let themselves go. She only knows that she won’t ever back down.
- x -
middle name: marguerite. 
languages spoken: english, french, latin (duh). 
body modifications: five ear piercings. two tattoos. a golden snitch behind her left ear, one that moves and flaps it’s wings. a lion on her ribcage.
hobbies: photography, quidditch, herbology club, eating ice cream. being the most badass head girl hogwarts has ever seen. (in her own words, of course).
orientation: bisexual (and biromantic) af. let her have kissed girls and boys.
wand: yew wood and phoenix feather core. twelve inches. rigid. excellent for duelling, and by definition, defense against the dark arts and charms. (also with a dark and very fearsome reputation, she’s learned.)
boggart is herself turning into an inferi. that’s cool. totally not somehow a metaphor for how afraid she is of losing herself and her mind.
patronus: elephant.
amortentia: cinnamon being sprinkled across freshly baked cookies. her mother’s perfume. pink blossoms falling to the ground in the midday autumn breeze. pumpkin pasties, the way the hogwarts kitchens always make. seawater crashing against the coast. bouquets of tiger lily on the dinner table. firework sparks. droobles best blowing gum, bubblegum and blueberry mixing. water hitting tea. laundry, freshly done, just out of the dryer. woody cologne. 
birthday: october 9th, 7:54pm.
zodiac: libra sun.
egyptian zodiac: horus. 
positive traits: altruistic, steadfast, compassionate, loyal, personable, passionate.
negative traits: domineering, well-meaning, self sabotaging, messy, clumsy, closed off.
expanded aesthetic: laughing so hard your stomach aches, the warmth of a palm pressed against your own, bandaids over day old scratches, a backbone like steel and leaving a faint smell of bubblegum wherever you go, running hands through your hair, coffee with three sugars and no milk, eating ice cream for breakfast, leather jackets emblazoned with flowers, never letting your camera get dusty, potted plants on your window still, pressing kisses to people’s cheeks, standing by the sea as it crashes against the shore, sleepless nights buried in text books, wielding authority with a laugh and a smile.
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paganminiskirt · 2 years
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Resident evil!
blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): Heisenberg, probably. Or Lady Dimitrescu, because I’m basic.
scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): Jack and Marguerite Baker! The way they visibly love each other even when their minds are utterly corrupted by the mold - like it’s such an integral part of who they are that not even a complete mental reset can erase it. Live for it.
scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): Moreau, my beloved mutant fish fry.
glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): Joe Baker. Badass fratricide grandpa is a very niche type but it’s mine.
poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): Mother Miranda.
horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): also Mother Miranda.
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inky-duchess · 4 years
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History Bites: Bad Ass Moments (Women)
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In History Bites, I pick the best moments of history and the antics historical figures in order to give you inspiration for your WIP. Think of History Bites like prompts, only juicer and 90% accurate (results may vary).
Today, we will discuss the bad ass moments of history (women). This post may have a part two. Let's get to it.
Arsinoë IV was the younger sister of Cleopatra. During the civil war between her elder sister and brother who were meant to be jointly ruling, Caesar besieged Alexandria on behalf of Cleopatra, taking the royal family hostage within the palace. In the confusion after the Library of Alexandria was accidentally burned down (I mean Caesar, I love you but you're fucking dick for burning the library), Arsinoë escaped the palace and took command of the Egyptian army. Under her control, the army enjoyed success even trapping Caesar as he tried to take the Lighthouse of Alexandria. This was an important symbol to the city as well as a masterful weapon, whoever controlled the Lighthouse controlled the harbour. To escape, Caesar had to swim across the bay throwing off his great purple cloak and fine armour, holding up his important papers as he limped back to dry land, defeated by a 15-18 year old girl.
Katherine of Aragon handed Scotland its biggest defeat in history. She led troops at Flodden, winning a battle where the Scottish King died. When she wrote to Henry as well as sending him the Scottish king's coat and banners, she mentioned that she had wanted to send the body of the king but the nobles were being pussies and said no. It may have been the shadiest letter of all the Tudor period.
Artemisia Gentileschi was one of art and history's all time bad asses. She was a skilled painter at a time when women were not permitted to attend art schools. She surpassed her father's own works and some of his other students. At 18, she was raped by another artist. In a time far behind today's understanding of rape and justice, Artemisia took a great risk in publicly accusing her rapist. She underwent numerous tortures so the judges could be sure she was telling the truth. The rapist was convicted (a major win). Artemisia went on to become one of the Baroque period's most powerful painters.
Marguerite de Bressieux was a 15th century noblewoman in France. When her father's castle fell to the armies of the Prince of Orange, Marguerite and the other women of the castle were all sexually assaulted. As the French army passed through the devastated lands, they came by a group of twelve knights armoured and mounted, bearing a black banner with an orange pierced by a spear. The commander revealed their face... it was Marguerite. She asked to join the French King's forces and he allowed her though he was quite taken aback. At the Battle of Autun, each of the female knights and Marguerite hunted down the Prince of Orange's men, unmasking their faces before they killed their rapists so they would know just had come.
Harriet Tubman was an American slave who ran the Underground Railway, ferrying slaves off to freedom. After escaping herself, Harriet refused to leave others behind. Known as Moses, Harriet risked life and limb to free slaves from the plantations. During the Civil War, she worked for the Union first as a cook then as scout and spy. Over her life, Tubman released over 300 slaves.
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So I've been working on something over the last week and here's what I've been up to:
Meet my Robot Master/ Reploid OC Miss  "Ivory Plant" (Ivy for short or Ivory woman) and her adorable Mutant Venus fly trap buddy Ivan.
She was inspired by my pal
YellyDany
Robot Master OC Gardener Man (I though he could do with someone to love besides his sunflowers)
Here's her profile and her back story too (just her heads up her backstory is a little long but really good- I promise) I recommend you read it sometime to better understand who Ivory is:
Name: Ivory Marguerite Plant  or just“Ivory Plant”
Nicknames: Ivy, Rory, Flower bud (Gardener Man), Poison Ivy (by Professor Chaos)
Age: 20 (resembles a twenty year old human female)
DOB: September 2nd
Race/ Gender: Reploid / Robot Master/ Female
Height: “5’6” (167.3cm)
Eyes: Magenta  
Family / Friends: Professor Enigma (Creator/ father figure), Gardener Man (Love interest/partner), Ivan (Adorable mutant venus fly trap pet), Professor Enigma’s Team of fellow scientists / robotics engineers( close friends).
Occupation: Botanist, Biologist, Peacekeeper Environmentalist, warrior/protector
Personality/Traits: Tends to be very quiet, a to herself kinda person- mostly due to her past, fun, loving, a little awkward at times, smart, kind, spunky, badass very friendly, loyal, selfless
Abilities/Powers: Can talk/ understand plants (physically/ emotionally- i.e she can sense when they feel pain e.t.c), Fast/agile, quick reflexes, very skilled blades woman,
Likes: Nature, the environment, gardening, her special little green house, plants, taking care of others (including her plants and other people), Ivan (her mutant Venus fly trap), biology, chemistry, doodling, fulfilling her duty as a robot master/peacekeeper and protector, being a badass warrior, poofy baggy clothing (she loves her one piece she wears all the time the most), The colours royal purple, parrot green, bright magenta and gold, watching her plants grow (over time that is), growing flowers, the art of Bonsai, roses, sunflowers and a certain Gardener robot master (Gardener man) 😏.
Dislikes: Her past, being used and manipulated for others gain ( reference to her past), professor Chaos, bad guys, criminals, evil/ wrong doers, those who purposely harm the environment, being a bit clumsy around a certain someone 😏, being disturbed during her work, early mornings, ignorant/ thick headed idiots, people trying to take her research/scientific works (she does some pretty cool advanced stuff), those who go in her lab without her know abouts.
Profile/ Backstory: Ivory was designed as a Robot Master, not an ordinary one- A protector of nature and humanity …
Her creator Professor/Doctor Garin Enigma Wanted to take his time building his Robot “Ivory Plant '', he’d begun to slowly piece her together day by day, after all Ivory was his most specialist /advanced reploid designs after all . On the other hand jealous Evil Professor/ Doctor Kirk Chaos had heard about Enigma’s robot, so late one evening he broke into Enigma’s lab, stealing both Ivory’s blue prints and her unfinished built body- Chaos was too quick for the police and managed to run away with Enigma’s robot- He made sure to hide well so Enigma could never find him or his robot master “Ivory Plant ” ever again.
After studying her blue prints and what Enigma had built so far, Professor Chaos decided to tweak Enigma’s Reploid Master a little. As he continued to finish the last few parts (Enigma had 95% of Ivory made) to her internals- He implanted a very Powerful yet unstable (in the wrong hands of course - wink, wink) module inside her. Taking advantage of so, Chaos used Ivory or Ivy/ Poison Ivy (as he renamed her destructive self) for his own gain- using simple mind control he’d manipulate her into causing havoc and destruction. Though after returning to her true sweet loving self  after each time, Ivory felt ashamed and disgusted that this horrid man was making her do so- she couldn’t escape his control and if she tried to fight back, Ivory was only abused by his goons.  
Though after many months of this horrendance torture, shame and mistreatment Ivory learnt the truth about her creation/creator though one of Chaos’s minions she’s managed  to give a “talking to”. It was devastating and hurt her deeply to find out what Professor Chaos had done- Such a cruel cold-hearted monster he was…
On the other hand Enigma and his team had been searching all over the entire city for her, Enigma was losing hope and soon became quite depressed after the loss of Ivory- she was like a daughter to him- she was to be a great Master and protector.. But now.. Now he knew all hopes of ever finding her again were very slim- He knew Chaos would do whatever it took to hide her from him…
During one of his latest searches for Ivory (though still feeling quite depressed), Enigma found himself caught in the middle of a frightened and terrorised runaway crowd of people. Enigma couldn’t help but go forward and explore the situation, for some reason this seemed very suspicious …
When Enigma made his way in towards the commotion- his eyes must have been playing some horrid trick on him, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing… It was his lovely Robot Master Ivory in her armoured form- though she seemed different and was acting very dangerously.. Pulling out his x-ray tech specks, Enigma quickly analysed her internals- he was disgusted  at what he’d found. He couldn’t believe that Chaos put such a powerful (dangerously powerful) and unstable module inside his reploid. Enigma just couldn’t withstand watching Ivory (under mind control) cause so much damage, quickly pulling out a small device  which would break her free of the mind control/ stabilize the module- he targeted the device at her and hit her right on the upper arm. Ivory returned to her normal self, she collapsed to the ground out cold and unconscious. Enigma ran over to her side and picked her up, he carried her back to his vehicle and took her home to his laboratory..
In the course of his return back to his laboratory, Chaos and his Goons were locked up and taken away. Enigma couldn’t have been more pleased to hear the news.Now with Ivory back in his grasp and on the repair table of his lab- Enigma did a full body analysis scan on his reploid to see what damage Chaos did to her. After doing the Analysis, he found exactly where Chaos implanted the powerful yet unstable module- right beside her heart. Removing it from her body sadly wasn’t an option- Enigma knew once it was implanted in a reploid it would bond and become one with the reploid, also if he were to try and remove it it meant taking her fully apart and wiping her mind completely.  Professor Enigma knew his only option was to make a special orb that could control the stability/ use of power from the module, but still allow her alone to use the immense power through a much more controlled way. So whilst she was still unconscious and resting- Professor Enigma set out to make her this stabilizing orb. Half an hour later the orb was complete- it took the form of a choker (he didn’t want to just randomly put it on her neck). Removing the temporary one he’d put on her earlier, he placed the orb choker around her neck- The left Ivory hooked up to his analysis machine- keeping an eye on her systems as he allowed her to rest.
Twenty-four hours later, Ivory awoke- she was a little startled and panicky at first, but then she realised she was safe when Professor Enigma (her original creator) came bursting into his lab to help her .Enigma unhooked her form his machines, the took her outside. The two sat down on the slightly cold stone stairs- though Ivory felt so lost and so ashamed for what Chaos made her do under mind control, She told Enigma everything. After their talk- Ivory sat there looking off to the side, sad, ashamed with a few tears in her eyes- Enigma comforted her and told Ivory that he would help her get past this pain Chaos caused. She smiled sincerely, grateful for Professor Enigma’s kindness.
Many months onwards, Ivory soon began to feel like her true self and her past pain faded away- she didn’t feel like a monster no more. She was out and about fulfilling her destiny to be a great protector, she also was an amazing and talented scientist too. When she wasn’t doing so, Ivory would spend most of her time talking to her one and only mutant Venus fly trap buddy Ivan (he’s like a lil’ dog ^^). Ivory was special- she had the ability to communicate and understand nature/the natural environment. She on many occasions would also help out / assist Professor Enigma and his team with scientific research or experiments.
One evening though, on her way back to Professor Enigma’s Laboratory- with Ivan in her arm, something (More like someone 😏) caught her attention. A tall fair young male reploid wearing a big floppy straw hat, working in his garden and talking to his big beautiful sunflowers. She stood there watching him, slightly blushing- Ivory was surprised to see that she wasn’t the only one who could talk to plants or loved to garden. She just couldn’t help blushing deeper a little more- this mysterious man was quite handsome. Ivan was starting to feel a little bit left out, he made a small screechy whine noise which caught the attention of this stranger and Ivory. When Ivory saw the handsome stranger turn around, she went beet red-turning around quickly herself to run off- Ivory lost her footing and tripped- heading face first towards the ground. When this mysterious handsome reploid turned around, he saw this young female reploid awkwardly falling to the ground. Gardener ran over to her side just in time- Catching both her and her Mutant Venus fly trap. Ivory’s eyes were closed tight, then she slightly opened one, only to find that she had been caught by the mysterious young reploid man she was staring at..
Gardener Man: “Are you alright?”
Ivory (Blushing, but shaking it off quickly): “U..um.. Thank you. I’m alright. But where’s Ivan?”
Gardener Man: “You mean this little guy? He’s alright”.
Ivory (Smiling): “Aww, I’m so glad you’re safe too Ivan “
Ivan made this cute little happy squeal noise, gently licking the side of her cheek.
The mysterious young reploid man raised his brow in confusion/ in a questioning manner- then politely asked:
Gardener Man: “You can talk to plants too? (he says blushing a little).
Ivory with Ivan in her arms stood up, blushing still, looking off to the side and fidgeting about a little…
Ivory: “Y..Yeah.. I can talk to plants, I have the ability to feel what they feel and understand them like no other”.
Gardener Man (Blushing a little more): “O..Oh.. Nice I can talk to plants like that too”.
Ivory (Awkwardly blurting out/ all cutesy red in the face): “Y..yeah I saw you could do that, Um.. that’s the reason I kinda tripped over and fell”.
The mysterious young reploid man stood there blushing ever so deeply, then awkwardly introduced himself to her…
Gardener Man (Still blushing deeply): “Erm..W..Well.. A..Anyway, I..I'm  Gardener Man, It’s nice to meet a fellow Botanist like yourself”.
Ivory blushed all cutesy as she bowed her her:
“It’s nice to m..meet you Gardener man. And I..I’m Ivory, some call me Ivy l, though sometimes Professor Enigma and his team call me Rory”.
He came up close to her, holding her hand, he gently shook it in gratitude..
Gardener Man (Still blushing a little): “ It’ was a pleasure to meet you Miss Ivory, oh I mean Rory”
She smiled sincerely once more, blushing, then she looked down at the sunset…
Ivory: “Oh crap!!!, I’m going to be late. I hope Professor Enigma doesn’t mind. It was lovely meeting you Gardener Man, but I better get going”.
Reaching into the frog pocket of his overalls and pulling out a small packet, he placed them into Ivory’s hand..
Gardener Man: “Here, take these. For your garden.I hope we can see each other again miss Rory”.
Ivory (Blushing deeply, Nodding her head):  “Oh..um, s..sure, I would love to spend more time with you , that would be great”.
He bowed his head once again, politely tipping his straw hat to her..
Gardener Man: “Good bye miss Ivory, Until we meet again”.
Ivory (Blushing, walking off and waving back to him from a distance): 
“ G...Goodbye Gardener Man.”
Eventually she arrived back at Enigma’s laboratory (Her home), he was a little puzzled when she arrived back so late, it wasn’t like Ivory- but Then he saw the packet of sunflower seeds in the little satchel pocket on her utility belt-he smiled sincerely, Enigma instantly knew why she’d returned back so late now. When she finally got back into her quarters, Ivory placed Ivan back on her desk, then went outside to her small greenhouse- planting the sunflower seeds that Gardener Man had given to her. After she planted them, Ivory just stood there resting her cheek in the palm of her hand- slightly slumped over daydreaming about her next meeting with Gardener Man.
Over the next few weeks, Professor Enigma began to see change (Good change) in Ivory- she seemed much happier and enlightened. He was glad to see her well being improve, especially after all the crap she went through. Ivory, was spending many of her hours out and about with Gardener Man- Usually helping him with the nature reserve/garden, hanging about with him or just spending quality time in general with him. Each time she met up with Gardener, her feelings for him only seemed to grow stronger and stronger. He too after spending all this time with Ivory- Gardener Man soon felt himself fall for her too. As things in Ivory’s life began to improve, a disturbance from her past was arising once more …
Professor Chaos, with a little help from his two trusted Goons- Spark and Rust, Escaped from prison. Of course though, his first plan was to get his hands on “Ivy” again-but this time using a special mind controlling collar that he built secretly in prison,  so he could use that unstable module of hers to take down the city and build his empire of ruthlessness and take over the world of reploid robotics..
Late one evening, walking through one of the many beautiful moonlit gardens, Ivory and Gardener Man were out and about together, Tonight though Ivory knew she’d finally muster up the courage to tell Gardener Man how she really felt about him …
As the two came to a halt on the open pavilion (round circular path in the centre of the moonlit garden), Gardener Man turned to face Ivory, Looking deep into her eyes- causing her to blush ever so deeply.  From in the bushes behind, unaware, Professor Chaos and his two goons sat their watching in disgust as they got ready to put the plan into action.
Meanwhile, back on the pavilion …
Gardener Man (still looking into Ivory’s eyes and clutching onto her hands): 
“ Hey, Ivy.. Look I must say it’s been wonderful having someone like you to talk too”.
Ivory (Blushing): “ It’s been wonderful being with you too Gardener”.
The two stood there blushing all cutesy and looking off to the side a little- the Taking a deep breath in, slowly releasing, Ivory spoke once more..
Ivory (Fidgeting about nervously a little, yet still blushing): “ Well um,  Y..you see Gardener, there’s something I want to tell you”...
Gardener Man (Blushing a deeper shade of red : “Y..You can tell me anything you like Ivy”.
Sighing out loud and blushing deeper herself, Ivory spoke once more …
“W..Well Gardener, I.. I just wanted to say ….”
Professor Chaos couldn’t take this disgusting sappy reploid romance anymore…
Professor Chaos: “NOW!!! NOW YOU FOOLS, GRAB HER!!!!!”
Ivory (with a slight tremble of fear in the tone of her voice) : “Huh? C..Chaos?...”
Rust Violently shoved and punched out Gardener Man into the shrubbery, Spark on the other hand grabbed Ivory from behind aggressively holding her down in a choke hold- shattering her stabilizing orb into a million tiny pieces. Ivory gasped, gaging- kicking and screaming , fighting back, trying to break free from Spark’s grip. But alas he was way too strong- then out of the shadows, a bone chilling yet familiar voice spoke..
Professor Chaos: “Well, well, well it’s been so long since I’ve seen you my beautiful “Poisoned Ivy”. Come now.. I have a wonderful gift for you”.
Ivory’s eyes widened in fear, with a few tears trickling down her cheeks as her past trauma flashed back through her mind. When she saw the horrendous collar he pulled out from his lab coat- she kicked and screamed louder and louder as Chaos got closer and closer..
Getting up and out of the shrubbery, Gardener Man- a usually calm, kind man was certainly enraged and unhappy that these Goons and Professor Chaos were hurting his Ivory. Gardener Man ran up to them, pulling out his futuristic hedge trimmer shears in defense.
Gardener Man: “HEY, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY IVORY OR ELSE” (he came closer with the blades to Chaos’s ugly mug).
Chaos with a disgustingly smug smirk on his face…
Professor Chaos: “Oooh, whatcha gonna do? Trim some hedges to torture us?”
His two goons (the idiots that they are) laughed.
Gardener Man (stepping forward, in an unusual stern tone): “ I’M WARNING YOU CHAOS, LET HER GO OR ELSE”
Still standing there with such a smug expression on his face, Chaos did so..
Chaos: “Very well then.. Remember now.. This is YOUR doing. SPARK!!  DROP HER.. NOW!!!”
Just as Spark slammed her knee first to the ground, Professor Chaos swung his hand with the mind controlling collar and aggressively let it automatically tighten to her neck. Ivory was on her knees screaming in pain as electrical sparks flew out of the collar..
Gardener Man’s eyes widened in shock/ horror, Chaos stood there chaotically laughing like a maniac- Poor Ivory did all she could to fight the power and pain, but it was too late it now controlled her mind- activating the true potential and darkness of the unstable module from within.
Professor Chaos: “Good girl Poisoned Ivy. Now You WILL do as I say. Your First order, transform and get rid of this pathetic reploid. Then go cause havoc and destruction in the city”.
The collar shocked her once more, she bowed her head, knelt down on one knee…
“Poisoned Ivy” (Under mind control): “Yes Master, I shall”.
She stood before them Transforming (Magical girl style of course) into her true yet powerful badass armoured Robot Master self..
Gardener Man stood there, blushing quite deeply- he never knew how truly beautiful yet badass Ivory really was- seeing her like this was causing his circuits to overheat a little 😳🥵.
Alongside Ivory, her weapon of choice- a long bladed bo staff covered in theory vines appeared. Chaos with such a manic smile on his face..
“NOW POISONED IVY, DESTROY HIM!!!!!!!”
Gardener Man snapped out of his daze, he backed away, though in fury yelled out at Chaos-
“YOU MONSTER!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO IVORY? I’LL MAKE YOU REGRET EVER CONTROLLING HER MIND CHAOS!!!!!”
Chaos rolled his eyes and watched as his newly controlled “Poison Ivy” got closer and closer to the foolish Gardener Man- Swinging her bladed staff widely towards him…
As he walked backwards a little quicker, Gardener Man lost his footing and tripped- slipping. Though as he slipped and she wildly swung her blade- the tip scraped the top of his shoulder, only just cutting through to his internals- leaving some minor damage..
Gardener Man (holding onto his shoulder, gritting his teeth): “ ARGH!!! You’ll regret this Chaos”.
Gardener man got up holding onto his slightly damaged shoulder, staring into Ivory’s eyes.
Gardener Man (Sincerely speaking to his beloved): “I know you’re still in there Ivory, I’ll be back to save you”.
Poison Ivy Growled (she’s still wearing the mind control collar), just as she went to manically swing her blade once more, Gardener Man ran off clutching onto his slightly damaged shoulder. Poison Ivy was just about to go after him..
Professor Chaos: “NOW, Poison Ivy don’t worry about that pathetic reploid- go out and about- cause havoc and destruction in the city”.
Poison Ivy: “As you wish master”.
And with that she ran off into the city, taking down anything and everything that got in her way. On the other hand bursting through the doors of Enigma’s laboratory, still clutching onto his slightly damaged shoulder blade- Gardener Man called out for Professor Enigma. Some of his team (robotics engineers) took Gardener aside and repaired his damaged shoulder blade whilst Enigma came along.
A moment later and not too soon, Professor Enigma came running into his laboratory..
Professor Enigma (in a panicky tone): “What’s happened, what is it, where is Ivory?”....
Gardener Man looked off to the side, sighing heavily…
Gardener Man (in a sad yet disappointed tone): “ I’m sorry professor, but somehow Chaos has escaped prison, he ambushed Ivory and I, he destroyed that orb around her neck and replaced it with a mind control device”.
Professor Enigma: “CHAOS IS WHAT? AND HE’S DONE WHAT TO IVORY??.. Oh no!!!!”
Gardener Man (Sighing and looking to the ground feeling ashamed) : “ I’m sorry professor, I tried to protect her yet I failed to”.
Professor Enigma (placing his hand on Gardeners other shoulder): “ It’s not your fault Gardener, Chaos stole Ivory back when I was in the middle of completing he- he damaged her the moment he placed that unstable module inside her. But right now, all we need to do is stabilize that module once more and get her back..”
Gardener Man: “But how will we get Ivy to listen to us?, Chaos has turned her into a fully dangerous weapon of mass destruction”.
Enigma turned to face Gardener Man, with a sincere smile he replied: “You can talk to her, she’ll listen to you-for you see Ivory cares about you very much and loves you deeply with all her heart”.
Gardener Man (Wide-eyed and blushing): “ S..She loves me? O..Oh Um (he blushed a deeper shade of rose, looking off to the side).
Professor Enigma still stood there sincerely smiling. Then called upon his team and then finally turned his attention back to Gardener Man…
Professor Enigma (Gently tapping Gardener’s shoulder): “Come now Gardener, we have a reploid to save”.
Gardener Man (shaking it off): “R..Right Professor, Let’s go save Ivy”.
In the middle of town, a mind controlled yet deadly “Poisoned Ivy'' was causing chaos, causing havoc and destroying everything in her path. People and other reploids ran away in terror and fear as this mighty robot master unleashed such wrath and power from within. Professor Chaos and his two goons watched as their newly formed “Poison Ivy” tore up the town …
Professor Chaos (Evil Cackling): “Ha ha, Look at those fools run in fear, that unstable module certainly has such immense power. Ah she’ll have that city torn to shreds in no time”.
Spark: “He he you’re right boss. You’ll have your empire in no time”.
Moments later, back down in town, Enigma, Gardener Man and his team rolled up- Professor Enigma was hurt to see his beautiful reploid Ivory being tortured and forced to be violent…
Enigma (under his breath) : “You Bastard Chaos, you’ll pay for what you’ve done to Ivory”.
Then from his pocket he pulled out a small device, handing it over to Gardener Man.
Professor Enigma: ” Now Gardener, I need you to get close enough to Ivory so you can palace this small device on the collar- it’ll override the mind control she’s under and deactivate the collar - automatically separating itself from around her neck. Can you do that for me?”
Gardener clutched the small device tight in his hands, bowing his head to Professor Enigma.
Gardener Man: “I promise you professor, I’ll save her for you no matter what”.
Enigma sincerely smiled, nodding his head back in agreement. Gardener left the professor’s side and ran off to save Ivory. Sneaking up through the rubble, Gardener Man watched as his sweet little flower bud Ivory (under the control of the collar) tore the city to shreds with her mighty long-bladed ivy staff. He still couldn’t help blushing at Ivory in her armoured form, indeed she truly was a beautiful yet badass botanist..
Now though, wasn't the time to let one's circuits overheat again, Gardener had a mission, to save his sweet Ivory. Up on his perch, as he continued to watch “Poison Ivy” destroy the city, Chaos caught a glimpse of Enigma, his team and Gardener Man- This made his blood boil, he let out a loud cry in anger..
Professor Chaos (in Fury): “ARGH!!!! GOONS, GET EM, GET EM AND DON’T LET THEM GET NEAR POISONED IVY!!!!!”
“YES SIR!!!!!!” (Spark and Rust replied running after them).
The goons unleashed themselves and went on the attack- chasing down Enigma and his team- Spark and Rust on the other hand went after Gardener. They weren’t going to let him get near “Poisoned Ivy”. The two couldn’t wait to tear that little punk to shreds.
Just as he turned the corner to get to Ivory, Gardener was cut off by Spark and Rust..
Spark: “And where do you think you’re going flower boy?”
Rust (snickering and chiming in): “Yeah, why don’t you just run off back to that reserve of yours and plant some more seeds”.
The two goons stood there cackling themselves stupid at their poor mocking humour, Gardener didn’t have time for their crap- rolling his eyes he attempted running past to continue his mission.
Spark grabbed him tightly by the arm, slamming him up and against the wall
Spark: “You’re not going anywhere near her now flower boy”.
Rust: “Let’s break him Spark”
Spark: “Great idea Rust, here I’ll hold him down and you can throw the first punch”  
Gardener Man (getting frustrated as he tried to break free):  “ARGH!! I don’t have time for you idiots”
Spark: “Hit him now Rust. Go for that killer swing of yours”.
Just as Rust swung his arm, Gardener found the inner strength to break free from Spark’s grip- Dodging Rust’s punch. Instead Rust used his killer punch on Spark, right in the side of his left cheek.
“KAPOW”...
“ARGH, RUST YOU DUMBASS, YOU GOT ME RIGHT IN THE FACE”..
“Sorry Spark, that little flower boy punk dodged my punch”.
“GRRR, THAT’S IT, I’VE HAD ENOUGH, LET’S BREAK THIS LITTLE FLOWER PUNK UP”.
Gardener was concerned, he didn’t have time for this, nor could he back out from it either. So he decided to do the only thing he could do..
Stand his ground and fight back..
Gardener Man revealed a side of him he’d never thought or imagined showing others. Throwing his straw hat aside, he let his enragement unleash his power from within- he piled out his futuristic hedge trimmers, though this time they were long sharp holo- blades. Spark and Rust seemed a little intimidated but these idiots were willing to fight anything…
Gardener Man (in a smug tone): “So you two meatheads still wanna fight? Huh? Come on then, I’ll let you throw the first hit”. 
Rust ran towards to hit him, Spark went from behind and Gardener jumped up dodging their poor attack. They were furious- so they continued to fight- throwing whatever they had to stop him from saving Ivory. On the other hand, Enigma and his team were captured and taken back to Chaos …
Professor Chaos (with an Evil Grin): “Ah, lovely to see you Enigma, please sit back there all tied up and enjoy the show. Don’t worry Ivory is in good hands now”.
Professor Enigma (growling): “YOU FILTHY BASTARD CHAOS, ARGH YOU WON’T WIN THIS”
Professor Chaos (getting up close in his face): “Oh Enigma, I already have”.  
He said cackling out loud. Enigma sat there watching Ivory, then Gardener Man..
Enigma (to himself): “You’re our only hope now Gardener, I know you can save her”..
Back down on the ground, Spark and Rust were exhausted trying to fight Gardener Man- it was no hope, he’d dodged all their attacks and managed to throw a few of his own attacks in. Just as the two- with the little bit of energy they had left- swung once more, the side of Gardener’s Holo-blade skimmed across the surface of their arms- cutting the surface of their disgusting skin..
“ARRGGGH!!!!”  
The two fainted/ fell to the ground in exhaustion and pain. Gardener Man stood their for a moment looking over them, then putting his holo blades away, he pulled out the little device Professor Enigma gave him and ran off to save his beloved flower bud Ivory…
From his perch, Chaos slammed his fist in anger…
“ARGHHHHHHH!!! YOU GOONS ARE USELESS, I’M GOING AFTER THAT BLOODY ROBOT MYSELF”.
And with that Chaos jumped into his hover pod and went down towards Gardener man and Ivory. Gardener caught up to Ivory once more, in that time she’d managed to do a lot of damage in town- it hurt Gardener to see her doing this under Chaos’s control. He just couldn’t take it any longer..
Gardener Man took a deep breath in, slowly releasing he came close to face  “Poisoned Ivy”..
“IVORY!!, I mean Ivy”
She stopped swinging her blade and turned around..
“Huh?”..
“It’s me Gardener, Come now this isn’t you. Please stop this nonsense and come back to me-Professor Enigma and I can help you”.  
Deep down inside her there was still a small part of her that Chaos couldn’t control, her heart- that part of her responded back to her love…
“G..Gardener?”
“Yes, yes it’s me Ivy, come now take my hand, let us spend the rest of our lives together in my nature reserve”.
He put his hand out, she sincerely looked at it- with a tear in her eye- she then moved her hand closer to his …
Professor Chaos jumped out from his hover pod and ran over to Ivory with the control to her collar in his hot wrinkly hand. Just as Ivory’s hand got an inch away from Gardener’s, Chaos pressed the button on the control, sending painful/ dangerous amounts of electricity through the collar into Ivory…
Ivory fell to her knees Wailing and screaming out loud in pain…
“ARGHHHH, ARGHHH, ARGGHHHH!!!”
“You disobedient little brat, how dare you stop destruction, now get up and fight you worthless girl”
Gardener was so furious, he ran up close to Chaos and violently swooped the remote out of Chaos’s hands. The remote fell, shattering into a million pieces- now no one could control Ivory except for the collar still around her neck. The mind control collar still had control of her mind and that unstable module inside was still overpowering her too much.
Then Gardener Man chained him up, leaving Chaos chained and in the hands of the law. Then he did the one thing he needed to do was save Ivory. Dodging all the rubble and havoc, Gardener Man had reached his love again, grasping the small device in his hands. He knew the only way to get through to her was with his words- so he spoke lovingly from his heart once more…
“Ivy.. Ivy it’s me again”
She turned around once more, with a cute yet confused expression on her face..
“Now Ivory, take my hand and let us be together forever, just you me and our beautiful garden”
“Y..you a..and me?”
“Yes Ivy, just the two of us”.
Ivory’s eyes welt up with tears, she let her bladed staff fall out of her hands and onto the ground. Then in that very moment she fell into his strong arms- not only out of love but because the immense power had destroyed some of her circuitry/ internal. Gardener caught her, placing the small device on the collar- it deactivated it and ivory was set free. Then she transformed back into her normal everyday self. Ivory was stone cold to touch, Gardener Man stood there cradling her in his arms- he wasn’t ready to lose his special flower bud.
“You’ll be alright my dear sweet Ivory” (he says gently running the back of his hand down the side of her cheek).
The police- well prepared this time took Chaos and his goons away to a very specialised and inescapable prison. Professor Enigma and his team were set free. Enigma made his way over to Gardener and Ivory- When he reached the two, he smiled sincerely…
“Great job there Gardener Man, you saved her. Now we need to get her back to the lab for some repairs- both that collar and module have caused severe damage to her”.
“Very well then professor, let us save her”.
Not long after they arrived back at his laboratory, Ivory was rushed into the Professor’s personal lab with the team for immediate repairs. Gardener Man sat in Enigma’s office, awaiting the news that Ivory was alright. Three and a half hours later- Professor Enigma entered his office Gardener lifted his head up with a questioning look on his face..
“I..Is she alright Professor?”..
Professor Enigma (sincerely smiling): “Ivory is alright, her body is repaired and I gave her a stronger stability orb- this one though is made of Lothanium- it’s both lightweight and indestructible- only she can control the module and the power inside her”.
“May I see her?”
Enigma nodded his head in agreement and with that one of his team members took Gardener in to see her. There in her quarters, Ivory lay slumbered in a healing coma, wired to the analysis machine to keep check on her internal systems, until she awoke. Gardener Man sat by her bedside until she awoke, he gently held her hand in gratitude as he was grateful she was still alive.
As days passed and she still remained slumbered, Gardener stood by her side. He couldn’t help but put sunflowers by her bedside table too- he knew how much she loved them. Very early one morning, Gardener sat asleep in the chair by her bed- Ivory awoke from her healing coma. She felt a little wobbly at first, but slowly sat up- rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Once she’d fully awoken, Ivory looked over at her bedside table- there in the center was a vase of beautiful golden sunflowers- only one robot Master grew sunflowers that beautiful…
Then her memory came back, it was horrible and thinking about it brought her to tears..
“GARDENER, GARDENER MAN, WHERE IS HE?” (she shouted with a slight sobbing tremble in her voice).
Her voice echoed through the lab, Professor Enigma and his team came running. Gardener Man awoke startled, yet overwhelmed with joy to see Ivory awake..
“GARDENER MAN, WHERE ARE YOU?????”
He got up out of the chair and sat on the bedside alongside Ivory comforting her..
“SHHH,SHHH,SHHH, your alright Ivy, it's alright. I’m right here, you’re fine. It’s ok you're safe now, I promise”.
Ivory turned around, her face lit up- she nearly knocked Gardener man off her bed. But lovingly hugged him. Professor Enigma looked through the doorway sneakily, he too was glad to see her awake, but he told his team to head back to their work- he thought it was best to let the two have some alone time so they could catch up.
As she sat there cuddling him, Gardener Man wiped the small tear drops from her eyes-Ivory just averted her eyes cutesy blushing as he did so. The she sat up, blushing some more and fiddling with her fingers, then in a soft sweet voice spoke:
“U..Um, Gardener Man? “
“Yes Ivory?”
“Look, a.. About the other night..” (Ivory blushing redder than before)
“Y..Yes Ivy?” (he says going red and blushing himself).
Ivory (coming a little closer- like an inch from his face, now completely beet red and her heart racing):
“ I.. I just wanted to say, um.. I really love you, like a lot and I wanted to give you this..”
Closing her eyes and as red as a beet, Ivory leant forward and lovingly kissed Gardener Man on the lips. Gardner’s eyes opened wide and his face went as red as hers, but he just kissed her back. Moments later the two sat their unlocking lips, averting their eyes blushing- then Gardener Man grabbed her hand the two just sat there together being adorable. Then Gardener mumbled..
“Ivory, do you still want to come live with me on my nature reserve, just the two of us?”
“And Ivan?” (Ivy chimes in cheekily).
“Of course he can Ivy” ( he says all cutesy glowing and smiling sincerely).
Many months later, Professor Enigma and Gardener Man helped Ivory heal over her trauma. During that time Professor Enigma let her go off and live with Gardener- after all he brought out the true happiness inside her. Ivory though would always go back to professor Enigma and help / assist him with many of his botanic experiments / engineer research and experiments.
Ivory was finally set free of her horrid past and now she spent the rest of her days doing what she loved with the handsome robot master she loved- flourishing their garden, looking after the reserve and protecting the people.
The End!!!!
Anyways, I hope you like Ivory as much as I do. Hopefully soon I can do some doodles of her and Gardener Man- also a sketch or two of Professor Enigma and Chaos too ^^!!!
"Ivory Plant belongs to me !!!!!!"
"Gardner Man belongs to my pal YellyDany "
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The Dragon Prince and History
There’s not a lot of historical references in The Dragon Prince, but I am stuck at home and bored so I may as well put my history degree to good use. I studied European history, and my specialty is the Wars of the Roses, so mostly this is from around that era. Some of these are stretches, really big ones; but if nothing else I hope that this encourages you to read more about these fascinating men and women throughout history. And if anyone has other ideas about historical references in this show please let me know, I would love to open a discussion and hear your thoughts.
Harrow - Edward the Fourth
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Edward the fourth was King of England from 1461 to 1470 and then again from 1471 to 1483, until his death. Edward’s father was leader of the York faction of the War of The Roses, who tried to depose Henry the Sixth. But his father was killed in battle and Edward took the throne. Now is when the parallels start to come in. Edward enjoyed military success against the Lancasters during the War of the Roses, a feat we see in Harrow as he did take down a dragon and a magma titan. Like Harrow, Edward’s wife had been married before. However when Edward decided to marry the young widow instead of the woman he’d been betrothed to, his allies turned against him. They deposed Edward and Henry the Sixth was briefly returned to the throne until Edward returned with an army and took back his throne. The remainder of his reign was said to be peaceful, but when Edward died a new conflict arose. Edward’s son was twelve years old when he was set to take the throne but the child king was never crowned because of Edward’s brother, Richard the Third.
Harrow could also be based on King Henry the Fifth for his military prowess and untimely death.
Viren - Richard the Third
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Richard the Third was king of England from 1483 to 1485. After the death of his older brother, his twelve year old nephew was set to take the throne. Richard, however, deposed his nephew on the grounds of illegitimacy, as Edward had been betrothed to another young woman before he married the widowed Elizabeth. Richard locked his two young nephews in the Tower of London and neither were ever seen again. It is said that Richard killed them but the bodies were never found. While on the throne, Richard personally drowned his older brother and married the widow of Henry the Sixth’s only son (who he killed.) Like Richard, we see Lord Viren as manipulative and conniving, he is smart and knows how to take advantage of a situation so that things go in his favor. Similar to Richard, Viren locks up the heir to the throne in order to take his crown. Of course he didn’t murder anyone to get to his position (that we know of) except for the creatures he’s used for dark magic, but he is a power-hungry narcissist who did conspire to have his son kill both heirs to the throne. Richard is often regarded as one of the most evil Kings in English history, he was defeated by Henry the Seventh, who then married Edward the fourth’s daughter, Elizabeth of York, and the two of them joined the York and Lancaster houses to end the war of the roses and began the reign of the Tudors.
Callum - Henry Tudor
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Okay so this is actually for Callum and kinda Rayla. Don’t worry, I have some for Rayla separately but there are a few parallels in their relationship that I can’t ignore. Symbolically, Rayla and Callum remind me of King Henry the Seventh and Elizabeth of York. The War of the Roses had been going on for generations between the Lancasters and the Yorks, and these two joined the houses of Lancaster and York together with their marriage and ended the War of the Roses. After the defeat of Richard the Third, Henry became the first Tudor King and Elizabeth became his consort. But being consort, she didn’t have the same power as her husband, which is where our second couple comes in.
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King William the Third and Queen Mary the Second.
I’m gonna leave the War of the Roses behind now and talk about the couple who co-ruled England. Mary was the older daughter of King James the Second and she insisted that her husband rule alongside her, not as her consort but as her equal. I mention this only because even though I don’t think Callum will ever become King, I think that if he hypothetically ever did he would want Rayla to rule alongside him. Just hopefully no one dies of smallpox this time.
Rayla - Æthelflæd 
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Before anyone asks no, I am not sure how to pronounce that, so for simplicity sake we’re gonna call her Ethel. A lot of different historical figures come to mind as potential influences for Rayla, Joan of Arc being a pretty obvious one but I feel everyone knows her story so I am going to tell you about an Anglo-Saxon queen who killed a bunch of Vikings. Ethel was born to Alfred the Great, who was known for being great, around the year 870. Usually women were not allowed political roles but Ethel said fuck that and learned how to fight, which was a good thing because her land was being invaded by the Vikings. She fought against the Viking invasion and won because she was strong and intelligent, avenged a bunch of deaths, and was just an all around awesome badass queen. Her crown was passed down to her daughter, who was later overthrown by some particularly awful male relatives. I feel Rayla embodies the spirit of a woman who could outsmart and kill a bunch of Vikings, as we’ve already seen just how smart and badass she is. However as I've said before, a lot of historical figures could also easily fit into Rayla’s character; some of the others include Grace O’Malley, Black Agnes, and some pretty fierce Scottish queens.
Claudia - Lady Jane Grey
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The nine days queen was named heir to the throne by her cousin, Edward the Sixth. Edward was the son of the famous Henry the Eighth and his third wife, Jane Seymour, and he feared that his older sister, Mary, would return the country to Catholicism if she took the throne so a plan was drawn up to skip both Mary and Elizabeth and place Jane on the throne. The fifteen year old Jane fainted upon hearing that she’d be queen. This plan was doomed however, as Mary was popular with the people and was already raising an army. After nine days on the throne, Jane was arrested by her own father and Mary beheaded her cousin. Now you might be wondering what this has to do with Claudia. Well like Claudia, Jane had a father who cared more for what his children could give him than he did for their wellbeing. Claudia is also just a teenage girl who wants to make her father proud and doesn’t realize she’s his pawn. That’s not to say she’s naive, she’s smart but she’s scared and will do anything to ensure her family doesn’t fall apart again. In the end, like young Jane, she is fiercely loyal to her father and wants to do right by him. Do I think this means Viren will abandon his daughter the way Jane’s father abandoned her’s? I actually don’t know. I think Viren loves his daughter very much, but he is taking advantage of her love and her loyalty. I also don’t think that Claudia will ever be beheaded (it is a kids show after all) and I don't think she will be queen but there is another parallel as she was heir to a throne for a very short time when Viren crowned himself King.
Amaya - Marguerite de Bressieux 
(and Christina of Sweden, pictured below)
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Wanna hear about the awesome lady knight who killed rapists during the Hundred Years War? Of course you do, so allow me to introduce one of the coolest women of the 15th century. Marguerite was a Lady whose castle was captured by the Prince of Orange (not to be confused with the prince of banana) who assaulted her and other ladies of the castle. So she donned knight’s armour, rode into battle and killed her assailants, making sure to remove her helmet as they were dying so they’d know exactly who’d killed them. It was a proud moment but she unfortunately did not survive the battle. Amaya will never die in battle (we will rise up and kill the writers if that happens) but the rest of her story fits pretty well as it is about a woman overcoming hardships and wanting justice. Amaya is just as badass and awesome as a lady knight who leads armies and such. Of course, this isn’t the only historical parallel with Amaya’s character but it is the most badass. Another historical badass woman she could embody is Christina of Sweden, who lived how she wanted, dressing as a man, loving women, and smashing the patriarchy.
Ezran - Queen Elizabeth the First
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Okay so obviously Ezran isn’t a girl but just stick with me for a second here. Elizabeth grew up in a time of great political turmoil and wasn’t seen much as a princess as she was seen as a pawn. She was locked in the Tower of London by her sister Mary, who was a devoted Catholic who earned her nickname “Bloody Mary” by burning an estimated 300 Protestants. When Elizabeth came to power she promoted religious tolerance, and today we remember her as one of the greatest monarchs in history. Ezran has the potential to be a great monarch, one that Katolis will remember. By working alongside Elves and Dragons in Xadia, he is promoting a message of equality that the human kingdoms have yet to see. 
As for the rest, I’m not really sure. I mean, lots of really awesome assassins have existed that could be Runaan but none of them really feel right. And Janai, I’m not too sure who her historical counterpart could be, possibly Arawelo (another awesome queen who said fuck the patriarchy) but that might embody her sister more. Sarai could be Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was granted a divorce from her less than favourable first husband and became Queen consort of England but she could also embody aspects of Isabella of France and Cecily Neville. Soren I actually don’t have any ideas. I mean, he could be Richard the Lionheart but I’m not too sure. Ultimately I’m stumped on Soren and Janai.
So there it is, my personal analysis of The Dragon Prince characters and their potential historical counterparts. If anyone has any other theories please share them, I would love to hear other opinions. 
I hope that everyone is having a good day. Stay safe out there friends.
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tis-the-marmot · 4 years
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A quick sketch of a younger Marguerit Maida, because she’s like the most badass character in the whole Subnautica franchise and I love her
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simone-boccanegra · 4 years
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Alright, let’s make this interesting: any five characters of your choice, BUT they must all be characters with different voice types from different operas by different composers. Have fun!
Hmmm let’s see…
Soprano: Donna Anna
Best trait: badassWorst trait: puts up with a useless tenorOTP: ElviraWithin-opera BROTP: also ElviraCross-opera BROTP: ElektraPeople this character needs to stay away from at all costs: Don Giovanni (unless she’s murdering him to death)Headcanon(s): most definitely isn’t into the Don like what the fuck. I’m so tired of that interpretation.What I imagine this character looks like: I don’t really have a solid image. I have seen so many different singers, and the women in Don G can really look like anything. She tends to be blonde more often but not always.F, M, or K?: MUnpopular opinion: straight male directors should be banned from this opera foreverOther miscellaneous thoughts: I’d bring her the Don’s heart as a gift
Mezzo: Lady Sarah (Roberto Devereux)
Best trait: actually has some functional brain cells unlike the rest of the castWorst trait: none really. she’s pretty cool characterOTP: frankly, no one in her opera… the tenor is a moron, the baritone is gay, the queen is unpredictableWithin-opera BROTP: her husband, if only they got along Cross-opera BROTP: Amelia from Ballo People this character needs to stay away from at all costs: the QueenHeadcanon(s): hopefully she survives despite the Queen’s threats at the end What I imagine this character looks like: I have only seen Elina and she’s perfectF, M, or K?: MUnpopular opinion: noneOther miscellaneous thoughts: needs a cute girlfriend 
Tenor: Faust (Gounod version)
Best trait: used to be smart but apparently selling his soul also made him a Dumbass Tenor™Worst trait: oh boy where do I even startOTP: MephistophelesWithin-opera BROTP:also MephistophelesCross-opera BROTP: other Fausts, Tom Rakewell, Max, Tamara (aka Team Demonfuckers)People this character needs to stay away from at all costs: Marguerite, Valentin Headcanon(s): he spent his life studying and never Fucked until he met MephistophelesWhat I imagine this character looks like: blonde, rather cute, probably has a bit of mustache and a small goateeF, M, or K?: KUnpopular opinion: noneOther miscellaneous thoughts: why do tenors fall for shady, obviously the Devil basses so easily
Baritone: Paolo Albiani 
Best trait: relatively smart until he isn’t (everyone in this opera catches the Idiot Ball at some point)Worst trait: a treacherous cuntOTP: nope Within-opera BROTP: Simone until they have a falling out. Pietro is not a bro, he’s a mook.Cross-opera BROTP: Iago, although Iago would be like “lol amateur”. Maybe also Shuisky, they really give off similar vibes.People this character needs to stay away from at all costs: Simone, AmeliaHeadcanon(s): he used to be a rather decent guy who genuinely wanted the best for the city (as we see in the Prologue) but power made him corrupt and brought out his worst traitsWhat I imagine this character looks like: ideally, scrawny and has that sort of mouse brown hair that barely changes when it goes gray. Can be hot (my favourite Paolo is ridiculously hot) but always kinda looks like a weasel. F, M, or K?: K Unpopular opinion: I don’t think I have one?Other miscellaneous thoughts: he REALLY needs a good singer/actor. I don’t like when he’s played by an aging comprimario who is clearly going beyond his limits.
Bass: Hagen
Best trait: DAT VOICEWorst trait: kinda evilOTP: no oneWithin-opera BROTP: doesn’t really seem to like anyone Cross-opera BROTP: ClaggartPeople this character needs to stay away from at all costs: Alberich Headcanon(s): aro aceWhat I imagine this character looks like: very pale, black hair, beard, thin, always dresses in black. If modern, he’s a goth or metalhead. I’m so tired of seeing him in badly tailored suits.F, M, or K?: KUnpopular opinion: frankly, killing Siegfried was a service to us all Other miscellaneous thoughts: dude. learn to swim
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Hi! So, I have so far only seen you post stories for the Starker pairing, or Iron Dad. Do you do other pairings, too? If so, would you consider writing something for Spideypool? Please and thank you.
Spideypool was my absolute OTP for a long time (though I did have some side pairings I also enjoyed with Peter all the while), I’m a hoe like that.
Anyway, it took me a while to answer this ask, but I do hope you enjoy what I wrote up.
I sometimes like imagining Spideypool as the kind of power couple, where they both are just ridiculously badass.
No-powers AU, established relationship, police detective!Wade, mysterious background!Peter.
Edward Collins, suspected for weapons dealing, drug smuggling, and human trafficking, looked far too smug for a man currently sitting in an interrogation room, with his hands cuffed to the table.
Captain Steve Rogers watched the man through the one way mirror with a suspicious frown on his face.
“All our evidence so far is circumstantial. It was enough to bring him in, but it won’t hold up in court. I don’t like that he waved his rights to a lawyer. He must think he has some kind of trump card. We need either a confession, or for him to incriminate himself in any way. Just get him to talk, Wilson.”
Next to the blond captain, the ex-special forces turned New York police detective, grinned sharply.
“No worries Captain America. I’ll have him singing like a bird.”
He ignored the familiar demand of “Stop calling me that!” and strode leisurely into the room.
“Eddie! Pal, Amigo, dirt under my shoes!”
He let himself fall into the chair right across from the man.
“So, what’s a scumbag like you doing in a place like this? Also, you don’t mind if I call you Shirley, right?”
Most of the precinct would describe Major Crimes unit’s detective Wade Wilson anything from ‘slightly eccentric’ to 'bat shit fucking insane’. They would also say, however, that at the end of the day, Wilson always got his shit done. So as much talk there was about his methods (and general being), it was usually accompanied with a measure of respect.
Wade reveled in it. Not just the respect, but also all the gossip about his 'crazy antics’. In fact, he liked to stir up the rumor mill every now and then, exaggerate on some tales, spice up some details.
His long time partner, Nathan Summers, had tried to reign him in during the early stages of their work relationship, but after damn near 7 years of being friends with Wade, he had given up.
It was too bad that good old Nate wasn’t down here with them to see him work his particular brand of magic on their suspect. (Someone did need to do the paperwork, after all. And Nate had lost at rock-paper-scissors)
Wade so loved aggravating his uptight partner.
Anyway, back to business. There was actually (sometimes) a method to his madness.
Sure, Collins had seemed pretty relaxed and put together so far, but how would that facade hold up when he was angry? What would the man let slip if Wade pissed him off enough?
If there was one thing that Wade liked to pride himself with (apart from his excellent taste in food and the love of his life), it was his ability to piss people off.
“You know, on second thought, you look more like that old woman in that horror game, after she was taken over by that parasite or whatever that was, and had all those cockroaches coming out of her crotch. What was her name again… Marguerite! That was it!”
The look on Collins face had darkened significantly, and his fists were clenched tightly on top of the table.
Bingo.
“So, Maggie-moo, let’s talk about last weeks shipment for your company.”
He pretended to rifle through the stack of notes to his side.
“You know, the one that, according to your books, should have been transporting sheep wool from Uruguay. However, it says here the ship hailed from the exotic shores of Columbia, and was carrying about twenty-five million dollars worth of cocaine.”
He affected a shocked look, complete with dramatically slapping his hands to his cheeks.
“Marguerite! What a bad, gross looking, girl you have been!”
Collins face was growing red, eyes pinched, teeth grinding together. Guy was gonna blow any second now. It was almost too easy.
“It’s because you weren’t hugged enough as a kid, isn’t it? I mean, I totally understand that your parents didn’t want to hold what must have been the ugliest baby on the planet, and I’m not blaming them one bit. But maybe it was a little much for them to chain you up outside and tell the neighbors you were just a mangy dog for all those years.”
Just as it looked like the other man would explode into an all condemning rage,  Collins, surprisingly, suddenly calmed. The angry red left his face, his tense shoulders relaxed, the fisted hands intertwined their fingers together, and the man leaned back into the chair with a long exhale. Then he smiled.
“You said your name was Wilson, right? Detective Wade Wilson. I thought the name was familiar. I read about you in the newspaper the other day. An engagement announcement, wasn’t it?”
His smile turned nasty.
“And what a lovely creature your fiance is. Peter Parker, 28 years old, works in Queens 'Little Tykes’ daycare center, doesn’t he?”
Wade’s demeanor changed instantly, as a cold, foreboding feeling spread through his stomach. Collins went on, smirking as he saw the panic building up in the detective.
“It would be such a shame, wouldn’t it, if something were to happen to that pretty little fiance of yours. While you are in here, wasting your and your departments time and resources by accusing a good, honorable citizen of crimes he didn’t commit.”
Wade pressed his hands down on the table before him hard, and leaned over to be as much in the slime-bag’s face as possible, and spat out through clenched teeth.
“What did you do?”
He knew that his captain, who had been watching and listening to everything from the other side of the mirror, was likely sending people to his house right now to check up on Peter, as well as calling him on his mobile. It was the only reason why he remained calm enough to not break Collins bones one by one right then.
But Collins remained seemingly unintimidated.
“Why, Detective Wilson, I didn’t do anything. I have been in this room ever since you and your friends in blue so rudely interrupted my meeting, waving these false arrest charges about. I can hardly be held accountable for any accident that might befall the man you love, because you happen to be bad at your job. Did you know that most accidents happen at home?”
The gears in his head turned as fast as his rage grew.
“You sent someone to my fucking house, didn’t you?! Who did you sent? How many?!”
He was becoming frantic, his muscles shaking with the effort to keep himself from lunging right at the smug mother fucker.
“You wouldn’t have sent a lot, right? You have neither the brains to plan accordingly, nor enough underlings to organize something like this on such short notice. You would have sent only one, right? Two at the most! Two couldn’t cause too much damage, right? Tell me you didn’t send more than two!”
The man was far too satisfied with having rattled the detective so much, it didn’t occur to him to wonder about the strange nature of the questions. He was just about to taunt him more, when a new voice cut into the room.
“Four.”
Both heads whipped around to look at the person standing in the now open door.
Peter Parker’s brown hair was slightly ruffled (but still looked ridiculously fluffy if anyone were to ask Wade), his jeans had a few unidentified stains on them, and the too big flannel shirt (Wade’s) that he wore over his science pun t-shirt, was ripped all the way up his left arm. Other than that, however, the younger man looked completely fine.
If you didn’t count the scowl on his face.
“He sent four guys. They trampled their muddy shoes over the new rug in the living room, bled all over the furniture, and broke the vase Aunt May gave us last Christmas.”
Wade had just straightened up and slapped a mollifying smile on his face. “Baby boy-”
Peter’s pointing finger stopped him right in his tracks.
“Don’t you 'Baby boy’ me! I told you not to buy the white rug, because it’ll be a literal dirt magnet. Did you listen? No. You were also the one who insisted on the hard-to-clean couch, because 'But Petey! It’s so soft.’ “
Behind Peter stood one astonished looking Steve Rogers, and a snickering (SNICKERING! The traitor!) Nathan Summers, who had undoubtedly followed Peter down here.
Then his fiance pinned Wade with another withering glare.
“Since our house is now a 'crime scene’, and I will probably have to wait several hours to get back to reading my book in some semblance of peace, until the CSI has found all of the missing teeth from your suspects amateur cronies, I’ll be spending the rest of my day off at Gwen’s place. And who knows, maybe we will go on a little trip down the street, to the shelter on the next block and get a dog.”
With that, the younger man turned on his heel and left a gaping Wade, his full out laughing partner, and their gobsmacked captain in his wake.
“But Babe! We were supposed to pick out the dog together!”
If Peter heard him, it went ignored.
The captain still didn’t know how to react to what had just transpired, it seemed, as he questioningly turned to face one of his best detectives.
“Say, Wilson, how did you two meet again?”
Summers just laughed harder for some reason, and Wade, instead of answering his captain, turned to (the up to that point forgotten) Collins.
Clearly having not anticipated that the detectives twink-looking fiance would be capable of defending himself against the men he had sent out, Collins’ previous bravado melted away faster than ice cream in a microwave. Add to that the now absolutely murderous expression on Wilson’s face, and he was seconds away from wetting himself.
Wade stalked over slowly to his suspect.
“Do you have any idea, how much sex my baby boy is going to withhold from me for this?”
It took both his partner and the captain to restrain the detective long enough for Collins to confess.
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The Terryverse: What it's and what makes it worthy of your time
No doubt this is the era of shared universes. Specifically, shared universes of comics or movies based on comics. DC or Marvel are the indisputable kings of the fictional universes. Personally, I was never interested in comics that weren't DC's (except for Spiderman). But no matter how much I read, I've rarely encountered what I like most in a work of fiction.Likeable and interesting female characters.Maybe, if I'm lucky, an LGBT character with a good plot.The few times I find a modest love story between two women feels like having won the lottery (DC's Bombshells is a gift from the gods and we don't deserve Marguerite Bennett). But as Cat Grant preaches, good things happen when you leave your comfort zone and today I want to talk about the gold mine that I found. An universe full of fantasy, suspense, humor, happy endings and what I like the most: women.
Terry Moore and the Terryverse
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This is Terry. He's a nerd, like you and me. He makes his own fanarts, parodies, and fancasts that includes Hayley Kiyoko. He's the living proof that men are psychologically capable of understanding and writing about women. He wrote a couple of issues of Spiderman and that's how I decided to find his independent work and discovered the Terryverse, his fictional universe that consists of 4 graphic novels: Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Motor Girl, and Rachel Rising. Soon he'll publish Five Years, which will be a crossover of the 4 comics. You'll wonder what makes it so special. Hold your aunt: all are protagonized by female characters, each with their own desires, personalities, defects, friends and stories. And it has a very highly appreciable lbt content! And they're all so enjoyable, that I'm going to take a moment to describe each of the 4 comics and why they're so good. 
Strangers in Paradise:
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(a 3 issues first short story + the 90 issues main story)
This is the pillar of the Terryverse. Terry Moore's magnum opus. His longest, most moving comic and full of so many plot twists that makes it worth every page.And it's a slowburn love story between two best friends, Katina Choovanski and Francine Peters.(insert cover)Katina 'Katchoo' Choovanski, badass, intense, highly talented, smart and traumatized. Francine Peters, a loser whose life is a tragicomedy. Katchoo loves Francine, and Francine is confused about what she really wants for her life. Add a global mafia clan full of bisexual women and an adorable Japanese man and we have a fairly faithful summary of SiP. 
Echo
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30 issues
Terryverse's second graphic novel is an epic sci-fi adventure. What would happen if a disastrous recently divorced woman obtained Firestorm's powers?Julie is a photographer who also takes care of her traumatized older sister, who's at the wrong time and place and gets stuck on a highly dangerous metallic substance called The Alloy. The government wants the Alloy to make weapons to create black holes, and use them to attack China. Julie and Dillon, a man who needs the Alloy to find his girlfriend, have to escape from the government and from Ivy Raven, the private investigator who won't stop until she finds Julie.Like all Terryverse's stories, the main key is the relationship between the female characters. Julie has complex relationships with her sister, with Annie (the creator of the Alloy) and with Ivy Raven. The sexual tension between Julie and Ivy is the best thing in this story. It's advisable to read this comic after Strangers in Paradise, because some secondary characters make small appearances.
Motor Girl
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10 issues
Sam is a former military young woman, back in her hometown after being kidnapped and tortured on a mission that went wrong. As a result, Sam currently suffers delusions and has an imaginary friend, a talking giant gorilla. One day on the outskirts of the city, Sam meets a small alien who landed in front of her house. With the army investigating, Sam and her imaginary friend will have to protect the little visitor from another planet.This is the shortest comic of the Terryverse. Something funny happens here: unlike the rest of the stories, the main focus is Sam's trauma, her metal health and how to move on with her life. And still, it's the funniest story I've read in a long time, maybe because of the absurdity of the situation. Its connection with the rest of the Terryverse is Francine Peters's old aunt, who is a main character, being Sam's boss and friend. Being practical is the least important story, but Sam's charisma makes her the best character on the Terryverse.And this has the most lovable talking gorilla (sorry, Mallah).
Rachel Rising
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42 issues.
Okay, listen, so far I've tried to be analytical and expository in a critical way but I can't be impartial with Rachel Rising. This story is going to blow up your head and you need to read it asap. What the hell are you doing sitting there doing nothing!? Go read Rachel Rising!! NOW!!
If Motor Gir had the most charismatic protagonist, Rachel Rising has the most empathetic and amazing characters. Really, there's not a single character here that's not a marvel. And I've to add, it's the only story I've found that tells a love story with a guy who couldn't be less attractive, but manages to be the most beauteous character in this universe.Rachel Beck wakes up one morning in the middle of the forest, with no memory of how she got there. She has strangulation marks on her neck and her heart doesn't beat. Rachel will have to investigate her own murder and find out why strange things are happening in her city, with the help of her (gal pal) best friend Jet, her forensic aunt Johnny, and Zoe, a 10 years old serial killer. This story has everything. Plot twists, friendship, true love, family, fantasy, magic, revenge, reimagined biblical characters and many good scares. It's not a story about zombies, it's a mystery inside another mystery inside a plan of revenge against God himself. This is Terry Moore's masterpiece, that story that stays with you long after you finish it. It has the advantage that its connection to the Terryverse is not really relevant to understanding anything, so you can read it individually.
In conclusion...
I'm avoiding talking in detail about Strangers in Paradise XXV because, rather than telling a story of its own, what it does is lay the foundations for the next year's great crossover, Five Years. Francine and Katchoo, Julie and Ivy, Sam and Rachel's gang face the end of the world that was built in the plots of Echo and Rachel Rising. Reading the interactions of all these amazing women and how they met was a delight, and a great promise of more. There are two ways to read the Terryverse. You can start chronologically with Strangers in Paradise, then follow with the others. Or you can start with the best one, Rachel Rising. I recommend starting with Rachel Rising, see if you like the style and art, and then read SiP.Today many people want more female representation in a medium as masculine as the American comicbook. Here is the representation, now you just have to enjoy it.
-Spe
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