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saxamophone · 3 months

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Thanks to @academicdisasterfic for tagging me in their laugh-out-loud-i'm-deceased wip snip (Bottoms x Drarry, swoon).

I'm in the middle of three things right now. There's The Big Thing (wip snip below, you can skip the rest of this paragraph if you want) that I needed a break from. I'm at the dreaded halfway point were plot lines need to start actually making sense, and wanted to clear the cobwebs by writing some fun little side fics. Under 5k. Sexy. Easy. Next thing I know, I'm 10k deep in a Dreville fic about them falling in love and a Drarry hookup piece that somehow has me researching the cult of Apollo, Ezekiel's descriptions of angels, the Green Man, and Beltane rituals. Like, can't everyone just f**k in peace?

Anyway, The Big Thing is a Wolfstar fic ---Aftermath of October 31, 1981, Remus gets Harry and, whoops, Regulus is alive and supposed to help him. They hate each other, but maybe they can get along well enough to break Sirius out of prison. Maybe.

Also f**k Dumbledore.

Opening bit:

“No.” Remus tries to close the door. “Remus,” he says kindly, and it’s almost more than he can bear. “Go away,” Remus grits out, pushing the door, and it won’t close. It won’t budge, and Dumbledore isn’t even holding it open on his side of the jamb. He didn’t say a spell either, the fucker, and the door is stuck open, unmoving, and nothing Remus does will change it unless Dumbledore wants it to change. He realises in this moment that the door is a metaphor for his whole miserable life, stuck where Albus Dumbledore decides, but he can’t address that right now. It’s too much to contemplate after everything else, so he decides the least he can do is close the fucking door. Remus throws his shoulder into it. He’s always strong, but his strength will increase as the frost moon approaches. His tall, lanky build belies the monster beneath. “Remus,” Dumbledore says again quietly. Remus ignores him and throws his shoulder into the door. The fucking door that won’t fucking close. He slams his shoulder into it so hard the frame rattles, grunting at the blow. “Go away,” he growls. He feels it, the wolf inside. Always lurking but more insistent now. Since everything. “Go away!” Remus shouts and smashes into the door, almost splitting it. It hurts, but it feels good, too. The damaged door still doesn’t move, and Remus is properly angry now. He’s been numb for days, ever since he found out…ever since…he squeezes his eyes closed and tries to shut out the memory of finding out about James and Lily and Peter. And— “No!” he bellows, and he’s about to give the door one great shove when, suddenly, he’s yanked back as if an invisible rope is attached to his spine. He scrabbles for purchase, trying to grab hold of the hall table or the reception archway. He can’t get a hand on anything before he finds himself deposited on a sagging floral sofa, sitting upright but unable to move, arms pinned to his sides. Dumbledore glides into the room after him, and Remus can hear the front door close with an offensive little click. He tries to wriggle out of whatever invisible binds he’s in and can’t. His wand is in his back pocket, useless. He scowls as Dumbledore sits in a chair across from him, elbows on his knees, hands clasped. His blue eyes are red-rimmed behind his half-moon glasses, and he’s wearing a Muggle suit—brown plaid print and a bit shabby, a bit too large on Dumbledore’s thin frame. And that’s when it hits Remus—All of this is true. It’s not some nightmare he’s lived in for the last five days like he keeps hoping.

Five days. He’s been cooped up here in Milton Keynes, waiting for five fucking days. His arrival triggered the mora protocol when he opened the door. The protocol that meant they were compromised and to stay put. Don’t move. The Order will be in touch. And finally, after five days, Frank Longbottom showed up, his big eyes sad, and his voice low. He’d told Remus what had happened, and it didn’t seem real. It couldn’t be real. It was all a big mistake. Someone had made a mistake. But he’s immobile on an ugly floral sofa, and he knows. It’s all real, and it happened, and it’s still happening, and Albus Dumbledore is wearing a brown plaid Muggle suit, and Remus’s life as he knows it is over.

Tagging @geesenoises @citrusses @tackytigerfic @arminaa8 @maesterchill @romaine2424 @skeptiquex if you have anything you'd like to share! No pressure!

#drarry #harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry fic #wolfstar

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deepdreamnights · 2 months

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TyrannoMax

Real name: Tyrannodus Maximus (translation) Known Aliases: Ty Maxon, the Dinoman of Wisconsin, Shellbreaker Occupation: Champion of Core City, adventurer Identity: Public Legal status: Citizen of Core City. Legal resident of the United States with a criminal record (pardoned), escaped felon in Ultramerica. Species: Dinoid Tyrannosaurus Rex Place of Hatching: Core City Martial Status: Single, betrothed. Known Relatives: TyrannoLucian (father), MegaloDiana (mother), TyrannoMaxine (grandmother, deceased), TyrannoCass (brother), TyrannoJulia (sister), Lady StegoJune (fiance), DeinoSteve (blood brother), Tyler Wrex (second cousin). Known affiliations: Warriors of the Core (member, current), Sevenfold Guardians (member, reserve), Wally Manmoth (ally), Johannes Factotum (ally), WoMinotaur (ally), Dr. Underfang (nemesis), Department of Inhuman Affairs (contractor). Base of operations: Soapstone, Wisconsin, Core City in the Fossilized World. First appearance: Tyrannomax #1 (1975)

From the Coctus Catalog, it's TyrannoMax!

His power/ability box is under the fold.

Physical Strength: TyrannoMax’s strength is exceptional, even for a dinoid. He can lift (press) 10 tons with his arms or tail. Known Powers & Abilities: Like all diniods, TryannoMax’s muscles and bone tissues are more dense and durable than human analogues, resulting in vast strength and resistance to physical damage. His scales can deflect an armor-piercing .50 caliber machine gun fire at 30 feet. TyrannoMax’s bite force is sufficient to bend a 5” diameter titanium rod. His teeth and claws are both sharp and strong enough to rend metal, and he’s able to leap up to sixty feet forward or twenty feet straight up from a standing position. Like all dinoids, TyrannoMax possesses a high degree of psychic affinity, which he can access through his psychic roar. This unique psychic talent allows TyrannoMax to imbue his roars with psionic power. He can attune the pitch of his roar to deliver physical psychokinetic force, stun the minds of those in its path, or induce fear and panic in enemies. Known Weaknesses: Dinoid physiology is only partially warmblooded and is vulnerable to cold. Temperatures below 56 degrees Fahrenheiht reduce TyrannoMax’s speed, strength and concentration in direct proportion to his body temperature. If lowered to the freezing point gradually, he will involuntarily enter a state of hibernation. Rapid freezing is deadly to dinoids.

TyrannoMax's art was made in the same fashion as the Wally Manmoth comic, with his body being composited out of several Midjourney attempts and his head coming from Dall-E 3, since MJ's rexes are always too modern for the 70s throwback of Tmax.

From there the colors were removed entirely, and the new lineart touched up and then re-colored using the classic comic colors from the DC 1981 style guide. And then "vintaged" in the process.

#tyrannomax #cocytus comics #cocytus #dinosaurs #dinosona #scalie #anthro art #unreality #midjourney v6 #generative art #ai artwork #dall-e 3 #bing image creator #ai edit #ai assisted art

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thatravenpuffgirl · 1 year

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Susan Bones

Canon:

She was born around 1980

She's a Half-Blood. This means that either her father was a Pureblood (since her last name comes from his side) and her mother was a Half-Blood, or her mother was a pureblood and her father a half-blood, or both of them were half-bloods already.

Her wizarding family were rather powerful and respected during the First Wizarding War, but because of this most of her family were murdered by Death Eaters in the aftermath.

We don't know if her parents were murdered during this time, but the only relevant family of the Bones that is canon is Amelia Bones, Susan's aunt, but she was killed in July 1996

She was a Hufflepuff, in the same year as the golden trio.

She seemed to be friends with Seamus Finnigan and Hermione Granger, as Hermione and Susan were paired together for Herbology and DADA in their second year and both had a crush on Professor Lockhart during that time, although it's unknown if they were friends after that. She's also seen talking with Seamus during classes and DA meetings.

We do know she was good friends with the Hufflepufss in her year, Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, and Justin Flinch-Fletchley, all of who were also members of the DA. It's unknown if she was friends with Zacharias Smith, another Hufflepuff in her year, even though he did attend DA meetings.

In her sixth year, she splinched herself while attending Aparating classes, losing one of her legs, although it was later reattached.

She was a member of the DA Army, but it isn't known if she was present during the Battle of Hogwarts, although it is most likely since she did attend Hogwarts for her seventh year at that time.

It is also not confirmed in canon whether she survived the second wizarding war, although it is most likely since her name wasn't listed among the deceased.

We also don't know what she did in the aftermath of the war

My Headcanons and Fancast for her (some of these are info about the bones family as well):

Eleanor Columbus as young Susan Bones:

Alice Englert as older Susan Bones:

She was born on October 22nd, 1979

Her Patronus is a Beagle

Her wand is made from Willow wood with a Unicorn core, 10 inches long, and swishy.

Her star sign is Libra

She's a half-blood

Her parents were Oscar Bones (Half-blood) and Eleanor Bones (Pure-blood).

Her grandparents were Alfred (Pure-blood) and Dorthory (Muggle-born), and the parents of Oscar, Amelia and Edgar Bones. Edgar was the oldest, Amelia was the middle child, and Oscar was the youngest.

Her grandparents were nicknamed Alfie and Dottie

Since she was raised by muggles, Susan's grandmother grew up reading muggle literature, which she absolutely adored. She was the one to come up with the names for her two sons, who were named after Edgar Poe and Oscar Wilde, both muggle English poets

Her uncle, Edgar, had three kids with his wife, Edith (Pure-blood) Chester Bones (eldest) and two daughters, Theodora and Mabel, who all died in the war in 1981, shortly before Voldemort was finally defeated.

Edgar and Edith were both around 33 when they died, their son Chester was around 12, and Theodora and Mabel were around 10 and 8 respectively.

Her parents were murdered by Voldemort shortly after her 1st birthday in 1980, a year before the war ended. They were both around 24 years old.

Her aunt, Amelia Bones, one of the few surviving members of the Bones family, took Susan in just after Susan's parents' death and raised her as her own, she was about 28 at the time.

Susan would call Amelia aunty mum.

Although Amelia was quite busy with her Ministry work, she did try to spend as much time with Susan as possible.

Susan had lived in Godric's Hollow with her parents, along with her uncle Edgar, Aunt Edith and her cousins, although once Amelia became her guardian, she moved to Wimbourne. Her uncle and aunty stayed, as Edgar was working alongside the Order of the Phoenix and James and Lily Potter, fellow members, lived there as well, albeit secretly, and Edgar thought he should look out for the Potters.

The Abbot family also lived in Godric's Hollow and were close with the Bones family. They stayed at Godric's Hollow until Edgar and Edith Bones' deaths, and then they moved to Wimbourne to be with Amelia and Susan Bones.

Hannah Abbott and Susan would grow up together, and their two families would make the trip to King's Cross Station to see the girls leave for each of their years at Hogwarts.

Susan and Hannah were both obviously sorted into Hufflepuff.

Susan wasn't one to actually play quidditch, but she rooted for the Wimbourne Wasps.

She loved Herbology and the History of Magic, and eventually the extra-curricular subjects, Muggle Art and Wizarding Art.

You'd just constantly find her in the greenhouses working on her plants or sketching, drawing and painting. or pouring over history books from the library.

Susan and Hannah would become good friends with Ernie Macmillian and Justin Finch-Fletchley.

They were basically known as the Hufflepuff Four.

She developed a crush on Ernie in her second year

She was good friends with a few Gryffindors in her year, like Hermione Granger, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan.

Dean was quite talented in art, although he didn't tell many people, and Susan was one of the few he'd show his artwork to.

Hermione and Susan would meet officially on the Hogwarts Express at the start of the second year, and the two loved discussing the book, History of Magic, both of them having read it thoroughly.

They were also paired in Herbology, DADA, and History of Magic, and you'd often see them giggling together.

Susan was the one to make Hermione open up very easily early on, which she wouldn't do around even her other close friends, Ron and Harry, until much later.

Susan was upset when Hermione was petrified during the second year, along with Justin.

She'd visit the Hospital Wing constantly, and took notes for classes for both Hermione and Justin.

Although they weren't necessarily close, Susan was an acquaintance of Harry through Hermione and was one of the few who didn't think that he was behind the attacks in the second year, and would tell Hannah and Ernie off when they were convinced he was.

And Susan was friends with Seamus through Dean and would confide in him about things, especially since his mother was also working at the ministry. Although, they'd get into a disagreement when Seamus didn't believe the trio about Voldemort.

During the third year, she'd pick Wizard and Muggle art, Muggle Studies and Music as her extra-curricular classes.

Hermione and she were in the same Muggle studies class, and they'd often study together, and discuss recommendations for muggle books and music.

She loved music class as well and played the harp.

Susan would be concerned for Hermione because she was aware Hermione was using the time-turner to take so many classes. Although, she did enjoy the story of Hermione punching Malfoy, and thought it was a good thing Hermione was letting loose.

Before the beginning of the fourth year, Susan's Auntie would get free tickets to the Quidditch World Cup because of her position in the ministry, and Susan would go along with Ernie, Justin and Hannah. She'd also run into a few of other her friends there, including Hermione, Seamus and Dean.

Although she was excited when Cedric was picked as Hogwarts Champion and thought that Harry should not have been allowed to enter the tournament, she didn't believe that Harry put his name in the goblet of fire. She supported both Harry & Cedric, and refused to participate in picking sides, unlike Ernie and Hannah. Justin was the same, as he learnt his lesson from 2nd year, realising that he shouldn't have judged without all the facts.

Susan stood by Hermione and didn't believe the rumours Rita Skeeter was making up about her. Susan was the only one who knew that Fred Weasley was Hermione's first kiss and not Victor Krum and that Hermione only viewed Krum as a friend.

Susan went to the Yule Ball with Zacharias Smith, mostly as friends though.

She was over the moon when she found out that Hermione and Fred were dating

Susan was saddened by Cedric's death. Although she was afraid, she did believe that Voldemort was back.

In her fifth year, she was upset when Ernie (who she still had a crush on) started dating Leanne, a Hufflepuff and friend of Katie Bell after they both joined the Hufflepuff Quidditch team to honour Cedric (who they had admired greatly) as a keeper and chaser respectively.

However, she started dating Zacharias Smith that same year. Zacharias was a Chaser on the Hufflepuff Team as well.

And Susan would read up on quidditch to support both her boyfriend and friend

Justin and she were also definitely the conspirators behind getting Neville Longbottom and Hannah together when they started noticing the two hanging out together a lot more.

Suan had previously been friends with Neville for a while, as they had been paired together for Herbology the year prior, but thought Hannah would be a good match for him.

She'd also joined Dumbledore's Army that year, and enjoyed the lessons., Susan was the one to convince her 4 Hufflepuff friends (Ernie, Zacharias, Hannah and Justin) to join.

However, this caused issues between Zacharias and her, the former being continuously sceptical of harry, Hermione and ron, and the return of Voldemort, whereas Susan believed it was true, and didn't like the comments her boyfriend would make towards her friends. After about 6 months of dating, the pair would split.

Note: Part 2 coming soon!

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morbidology · 1 year

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On the morning of 28 August, 1981, police in North Yorkshire received an anonymous phone call from a man detailing where they could find a “decomposed body.” True to his word, police discovered the naked body of a middle aged woman, hidden in a patch of rose bay willow herb. It was established that the deceased woman was between 38 to 40 years old, was approximately 5′2″, had dark hair, and had given birth to at least three children in her lifetime. She had been dead for up to two years; however the cause of death could not be determined. Since nobody was coming forward to identify the woman, a wax head was created from her likeness, thus earning her the moniker “Wax Head Woman.” Despite numerous theories and leads, the identity of this luckless woman and her cause of death was never uncovered. “The whole thing was very sad and it is still a great disappointment to me that we could never put a name to her,” said a veteran detective who worked on the case.

#true crime #unsolved #cold case

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myhauntedsalem · 4 months

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Santos, Brazil Ghost Photo

These photos were taken in Santos, Brazil with a mobile phone without flash, inside the home that a friend’s father (deceased since 1981) and grandfather (deceased since 1951) used to live in. No one else was in the house when the photos were taken

#Santos #Brazil Ghost Photo #ghost and hauntings #paranormal #ghost and spirits #haunted locations #haunted salem #ghost photo #myhauntedsalem #ghosts and spirits #ghosts #spirits #paranormal phenomena

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deathlessathanasia · 6 months

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"In Homer’s epics, there is no single word for what we call the “mind” – namely, a psychological phenomenon that includes identity, thought, reason, feelings, intuition, intelligence, will, consciousness, and “the self.” Instead, Homer uses a wide variety of terms that cover this range of activity, including thumos, noos, phrēn, ētor, kardiē, prapides, mētis, menos, and psychē. Based on this, Snell ([1946] 1960) proposed the idea of a fractured self in the Homeric epics, suggesting that they offered a primitive view of the dichotomy between “mind” and “body.” A. A. Long (2015), Pelliccia (1995), and other scholars rightly reject this view and have more accurately described the Homeric body as psychosomatic, meaning that words referring to mental processes are located throughout the body and that thoughts and emotions are only realized in the physical body. This is supported by the texts, since the faculties of thinking, feeling, speech, and decision making are represented by several terms that also double as words for specific organs in the body. A person could deliberate something in one of several organs – his phrēn (Od. 11.476) or ētor (Od. 18.344), both of which mean “heart” – and have a dialogue within his thumos (Il. 11.407), also “heart,” to mull over important dilemmas and gain insights. These inner mental processes often appear in the epics as monologues or soliloquies.

Once the person has decided on a course of action in his phrēn, he can appeal to a comrade’s noos directly. A clever person uses his prapides or mētis (“cunning”) against others’ mental faculties for gain, as when Odysseus deceives the noos of hosts and suitors alike by using his mētis (Lesher 1981, 15). Bewilderment, confusion, distraction, and madness (Od. 22.208; Il. 24.201) often occur through disturbances in the phrēn (Darcus Sullivan 1996, 34‒42). For the range of activities English speakers associate with the “mind,” Homer prefers thumos and phrēn to noos. During life, thumos most closely corresponds to “a human being’s vital principle and the source of human agency” (Long 2015, 38‒9).

The element of the person that survives death is called the psychē or eidōlon, a “shadow-image” of the person. It contains the memories, thoughts, personality, and consciousness of the person and is often represented as flying out of the mouth or head when a person faints or dies. A person does not use the psychē to think or reason, and it only appears when he loses consciousness (Bremmer 1983, 14‒24; Rohde 1925, 4‒8). Upon death, the psychē (“life-force; soul”) alone makes the journey to the kingdom of Hades and joins a horde of mindless souls, the eidola (“images; forms”) of living people (Od. 11.476), but only after the thumos burns away from the bones (Od. 11.220‒2; Dova 2012, 69 n. 193). Among these eidola or psychai, only the seer Tiresias is said to have his phrēn intact – and that only as a privilege granted to him by Persephone (Od. 10.490‒5). During his Underworld encounter, Odysseus is able to converse with deceased comrades and family by letting their psychai imbibe ritual blood offerings that temporarily revive their consciousness (Od. 11). New souls appear to maintain their mental faculties and communicative abilities until they are accepted into the host of souls in Hades via the proper burial of their bodies (Elpenor, Od. 11.51‒83; Patroclus, Il. 23.65‒107). In certain episodes of the epics, the psychai congregate in a society of the dead, where they retain their mental faculties enough to contemplate the events of their lives and react to news from the real world delivered by the psychai of the newly dead (Od. 24.1‒204). Thus, Homer sees the full functions of the mind as scattered throughout the body only of a living person. After death, the part of the “mind” that remains (stripped of its will and rationality) is the psychē, a faded but recognizable image of the person."

- Suzanne Lye, Homeric Body and Mind, in The Cambridge Guide to Homer

#homeric epics #homer #ancient greek #quotes #excerpts #psyche #phrenes #thumos

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chefgretamorrison · 3 months

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GRETA MORRISON

Born under the glimmer of Hollywood's golden era, with a name inspired by screen legend Greta Garbo, Greta Morrison came from the lush comfort of her privileged upbringing to the rigorous kitchens of Le Cordon Bleu. She's traded opulence for the heat of the stove and the zest of innovation. As the soon-to-open La Boheme's heart and soul, she marries her passion for exquisite cuisine with a dash of rebellion. Amidst personal awakenings and culinary conquests, Greta wants to remain a steadfast in her commitment to authenticity, love, and the creation of unforgettable experiences. She aims to weave her own legacy in Covington, Georgia.

SELF

NICKNAMES: G, Chef G AGE: 40 BIRTHDAY: May 5, 1981 SEXUALITY: Lesbian GENDER: Cis Female PRONOUNS: She/Her PROFESSION: Owner & Chef of La Boheme (opening soon) LOCATION: Orchid Park, Covington, Georgia FACE CLAIM: Danielle Savre RACE/ETHNICITY: Caucasian NATIONALITY: American HEIGHT: 5'6" BUILD: Slender and fit HAIR: Blonde, often styled in a casually elegant manner EYE COLOR: Blue ALLERGIES: None, but has a peculiar dislike for cilantro DISORDERS: Mild anxiety FASHION: Rustic elegance combined with a touch of Southern charm. Blend of comfort with a hint of sophistication. Fitted blazers, soft flowing blouses, occasional statement piece like bold, patterned scarf. Earth tones and textures, leather boots and artisan jewelry that add personality to her ensembles. NERVOUS TICS: Taps her fingers rhythmically on surfaces when deep in thought HOBBIES: Antique shopping, especially culinary tool collecting INTERESTS: Sustainable farming, culinary history, poetry POSITIVE TRAITS: Creative, empathetic, ambitious NEGATIVE TRAITS: Impatient, self-critical, struggles to ask for help MBTI PERSONALITY: ENFJ (The Protagonist) ZODIAC CHART: Taurus Sun, Scorpio Moon, Virgo Rising CORE VALUES: Integrity in culinary creations, community engagement, sustainability PERSONAL CHALLENGES: Finding a balance between work and personal life, overcoming childhood neglect PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Establishing a successful culinary career independently, nurturing meaningful relationships, successfully breaking from her family’s traditional expectations to carve out her own path, creating a loving and chosen family LIFESTYLE: A blend of culinary innovation and quiet, quality time with loved ones QUIRKS: Small whisk tattoo on the side of her left ribs, bursts out French when cooking or overwhelmed or angry FUTURE ASPIRATIONS: To expand her culinary brand focusing on sustainable practices for fine cuisine, write a cookbook intertwining recipes and narratives, and share cooking tips online, reaching a wider audience with her culinary philosophy and skills.

FAMILY

MOTHER: Julien Morrison (deceased, was a socialite and philanthropist, with a fondness for old movie stars, which influenced the naming of her daughters) FATHER: Peter Morrison (successful businessman, often distant) CHILDREN: Step-daughter, Emilia Parish SIBLINGS: A younger sister named Katharine Morrison, after Katharine Hepburn. FIANCÉ: Laikyn Parrish, a novelist and the adoptive mother of Emilia

BIOGRAPHY

tw: cancer, death

From the opulence of her birthright to the culinary heights of Le Cordon Bleu in France, Greta Morrison was always a vivid canvas of what a life lived under privilege looked like. Born into a wealthy family, to Peter and Julien, Greta's early years were marked by the kind of advantages that most could only dream of.

Since she was a child, Greta had everything her heart could desire. A pony? Her father would make sure hers was the most prized and that she had the best instructors. The latest toy? She would have two, for the sake of never to worry about losing it. A trip to Disney World? Greta would be at the best hotel, with all at her disposal. She had everything, except what she truly desired—present parents.

Their wealth permitted them to provide the best tutors, and nannies, but nothing replaced that abandonment in her heart. Because their life was so busy, her dad with work and her mom as a socialite, Greta was rarely in their home in Georgia. Always traveling with them and the staff, or being sent away on her own. Her educational began at an all-girls boarding school in Switzerland, and Greta, having learned ways to get her parents attention, was never afraid to get herself into trouble. She quickly carved out a reputation for herself there.

The privileges that surrounded her seemed only to fuel her defiant spirit, and Greta never shied away from pushing boundaries. Troublesome incidents and clashes with authority figures peppered her adolescence, all that deviated from what her mother had expected her privileged upbringing to be. The structured environment of the boarding school struggled to contain her free spirit, and Greta's endeavors became a defining feature of her youth.

Around that same time, Greta grappled with the exploration of her own sexuality. It was during these formative years that she first began to realize and understand her attraction to women, thought it wasn’t until many years later that she began identifying herself as a lesbian—as the conservative environment of the boarding school provided no sanctuary for such self-discovery.

After graduation, Greta took a gap year to travel Europe and that’s when the culinary world beckoned, which Greta answered the call with gusto. Her culinary adventurous in Europe took her to the laps of many women, which she greatly appreciated the mixture. Beautiful women and excellent food were Greta’s kryptonite. It wasn’t until later into her gap year, unsure what to do with her life still, that her path crossed with Marie DuPaul, a lover much older than her, who managed to get Greta a spot to study in the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in France.

Her time there broadened not only her palate but also her appreciation for love and romance. She learned with the French that any woman could be romanced by their stomachs, if cooked the right food.

Greta's culinary prowess and insatiable curiosity for the world led her to work under the best chefs in Paris, where she honed her skills and refined her craft, aside from working her ass off. For almost a decade, she wandered far from her country, embracing the world as her home instead. Yet, despite the allure of exotic locales, her roots remained tethered to the small town of Covington, Georgia.

Tragedy struck when her mother became sick with cancer, pulling Greta back to her home. Reluctantly, she left her work, her friends and a few lovers and returned to the States. Her arrival felt more like a bittersweet farewell, as her mother's passing cast a somber shadow over the reunion. The anchor of her family, the very force that had nurtured her extraordinary spirit, was gone, leaving Greta adrift in a sea of grief.

Five years later, Greta finds herself at a crossroads, ready to embark on the journey she promised herself she would undertake – building her own fine cuisine restaurant in her hometown. The years, and her hard work in kitchens all over, taught her to be more humble and less entitled, but she’s still the same stubborn girl she was when she first left Covington.

Since last October she's been engaged with Laikyn Parrish. They moved in together quickly when they started dating, and they've been like that for around three years. Lake and her met through Greta's younger sister and Lake's daughter, who happened to be best friends and in the same cheering squad together—the one Lake coaches. They did a whole plan to get Greta and Lake together, parent trap style, and even though it almost went sideways a first, it worked out in the end. Greta is head over heals for Lake, she'll do anything for her woman. From bringing her midnight snacks when she's writing up her next novel to praising and supporting every single endeavor she joins in.

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#about #shortbio #fc #{ playing with fire }

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inevitablemoment · 1 month

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MARTHA RYAN - OC INFO

FULL NAME: Martha Rosemarie Ryan

NICKNAMES: Mar (by everyone), The Emissary of Tiamat (by Tiamat, Gozer, and Ariadne), Titania (by Jonathan)

FACECLAIM: Donna Dixon

FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)

BIRTHDAY: July 20, 1958

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)

OCCUPATION: School nurse (1981-1987) || Unofficial medic for the Ghostbusters (1985-1987) || Doctor of internal medicine (1991-currently)

BIRTHPLACE: Ann Arbor, Michigan

LIVES IN: Ann Arbor, Michigan (birth-age 10 months) || San Francisco, CA (age 10 months-18) || Philadelphia, PA (age 18-22) || Manhattan, New York City, New York (age 22-29) || Paris, France (age 29-39) || Nice, France (age 39-currently)

NATIONALITY: American, French (naturalized)

FAMILY:

Jonathan Seibert (fiancee, deceased 1979)

William Ryan (father, deceased 2010)

Francine Ryan [nee O'Keefe] (mother, deceased 2012)

Oliver Ryan (brother)

Maureen Ryan [nee Sweeney] (sister-in-law)

Kerrie Ryan (niece)

Janis Ryan (sister)

MOODBOARD

CHARACTERISTICS: Melancholy, people-pleasing, feisty, impatient, kind-hearted, brave, quick-tempered, compassionate, introverted, sorrowful, lonely, confident, stubborn

LIKES: Working in medicine, poetry, outdoorsy activities, research, working with the students, traveling, mythology

DISLIKES: Driving, nightmares, therapy, grand romantic gestures, her people-pleasing tendencies, headaches

WEAPON OF CHOICE:

Medical knowledge

First-aid kit

PKE Meter (during the Collectors arc)

Proton Pack (during the Collectors arc)

Ghost Trap (during the Collectors arc)

Gigameter (during the Collectors arc)

Telepathy (during the Tiamat arc)

Telekinesis (during the Tiamat arc)

Premonitions (during the Tiamat arc)

Reality warping (during the Tiamat arc)

Hand-to-hand combat (during the Tiamat arc)

Quick healing (during the Tiamat arc)

Heightened senses (during the Tiamat arc)

Quick reflexes (during the Tiamat arc)

Levitation (during the Tiamat arc)

OTHER PERSONAL INFO:

During her sophomore year of college, she met literature student Jonathan Seibert. They dated for about a year before they got engaged. Unfortunately, in 1979, as they were driving from the airport to Martha's childhood home, they were hit by a drunk driver. Jonathan was instantly killed while Martha survived. As she had been driving the car at the time, she blamed herself for his death and her grief deeply affected her future relationship with Ray.

After the car accident, Martha began suffering from chronic pain in her left knee. She regularly attends physical therapy to help cope.

Martha originally wanted to be a doctor, but decided to pursue nursing instead in order to please her father, who was very old-fashioned and whom she admired. After receiving her nursing degree, she had trouble finding an open position in a hospital and took a job as a school nurse.

Jonathan's nickname for her, "Titania," came from the faerie queen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

She had been selected from birth as an emissary and a vessel for Tiamat; following Tiamat's defeat, she broke things off with Ray (whom she didn't know was planning on proposing to her) out of both guilt for her actions under Tiamat's control and because she still hadn't fully grieved Jonathan's death. She moved to Paris for a fresh start, attending medical school there, and has lived in France ever since.

INSPIRATION: Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Elisabeth das Musical), Emily Grace (Murdoch Mysteries), Jenny Moran (Ghostbusters - IDW Comics), Martha Jones (Doctor Who), Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Ava Bekker (Chicago Med), Karen Vick (Psych), Izzie Stevens (Grey's Anatomy), Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

NAME ANALYSIS:

Playlist available here

#Ghostbusters #Ella's OCs #Donna Dixon #Ghostbusters IDW #Ghostbusters 1984 #Tiamat Arc #Collectors Arc #Cathleen Lives AU #Martha Ryan #OC: Martha Ryan #OC: How Do You Keep Doing This?

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˚⋆𓇼˚⊹ 𖦹 ⁺｡° hilarie burton, ciswoman, she/her ˚⋆𓇼˚⊹ 𖦹 ⁺｡° “ heads up ; if you her RHIANNON by FLEETWOOD MAC blaring, it’s most likely LYDIA BEAUMONT making their way down the shore ! they’re 42 years old and celebrate their birthday on 12/4 - i knew they were a SAGITTARIUS ! especially since they’re very OPTIMISTIC and NAIVE. they are from SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, staying in NORTH BEACH and are currently working as an OWNER OF THORN MAGIC SHOP, here at asbury park. They always did remind me of the smell of sage, layered maxi skirts swirling in the wind, and crystals charging under the full moon. “

. MORE INFORMATION BELOW

BASICS:

Name: Lydia Alison Beaumont

Nicknames: Lyd, Lydie (only by her grandmother)

Date of Birth: December 4th 1981

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nationality: American

Ethnicity: White

Place of Birth: Salem, Massachusetts

Gender: Ciswoman

Pronouns: She/her

Sexuality: Lesbian

Languages: English, Latin

Family: Alexander Beaumont (father - deceased), Hannah Thorn (mother - deceased), Alison Thorn (grandmother - deceased), daughter (tbd)

Occupation: Owner of Thorn Magic Shop

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

Height: 171cm.

Weight: 132lbs.

Hair: Gray hair, just past her shoulders. Lydia's natural hair is curly, but she often straightens it, or uses a curling iron to create softer waves. Her hair is mostly down, or pinned back, but when at home, Lydia opts for tying her hair into a bun

Eyes: Hazel

Physical Description: Average height, slim. Lydia stays in shape with yoga, but often goes days without working out

Typical Clothing/Equipment: Lydia has always been into smart, casual and feminine. She adores muted, earthy colours and floral patterns. Her favourite outfit is usually a long skirt matched with a tucked in sweater. She thrives off thrifting and so most of her wardrobe is filled with old and vintage items. Gold jewellery is a must have, more subtle the better. She loves to be comfortable while still looking put together. Matching pj sets are her thing, the cuter the better. She is often seen with a crystal hanging from her neck, which changes due to her needs and wants of that day.

PERSONALITY/ATTRIBUTES:

Personality/Attitude: Lydia is a smart, spiritual, and well mannered woman. She is strong and independent, often struggling to rely on others when needed. She is a workaholic and is the type to stay behind after hours once the store is closed. She thrives on conversations and will often talk about any subject that is presented to her, if you ever need to talk to someone then she is definitely your woman. Lydia is a little more laidback then she first comes across, she just struggles sometimes to let her hair down. She's passionate about the things she loves and it can often take all of her attention from other things. She is the type that once she starts a job, she will follow it through until it's finished. Often hyper-fixating for days. She thrives on making others happy and will eagerly do what she can to put smile on their faces. Lydia is a huge advocate for the younger generation and due to her strong maternal instincts, often finds herself the go to for those needing advice

Skills/Talents: Casting spells, making potions, business running, cooking, baking

Favourites/Likes: Farmer's markets, flowers, wicca, summer time, honesty, books, gardening, antiques, red wine, sound of ocean waves, giving gifts

Most Hated/Dislikes: Surprises, animatronics, sports, snakes, pettiness, feel of velvet, theme park rides, rude people

Goals/Ambitions: To hopefully one day open a community centre near her shop for the younger generation to hang out and engage in community activities together

Positive traits: Optimistic, lover of freedom, hilarious, fair-minded, honest, intellectual, spontaneous, fun, inspiring

Negative traits: Bored easily, commitment-phobe, cold, naïve, tactless, pretentious

Fears: Losing another loved one, being a failure

Hobbies/Interests: Reading, baking, crocheting, hiking, collecting art, gardening, yoga, thrifting

Sexual Preference/Experience/Values: Lydia came out as a lesbian pretty early on in her life. She has only ever been involved with feminine presenting people. Lydia has only had a few serious relationships in her life, but has always been the one to end things. This was due to being independent and scared of committing to someone. Lydia is fearful of people leaving her and so will cut ties before she can be hurt

Education/Special Training: Lydia was home schooled by her grandmother, mainly focusing on wiccan practises and life lessons

Past Occupations: Lydia has only ever worked at the magic store that her grandmother owned. When her grandmother died, Lydia took over as the owner and has still worked there every since

HEADCANONS: - tw: death, guns, illness

Lydia was born an only child to Alexander and Hannah in Salem. Her family had always been small, consisting of only her, her parents and her maternal grandmother, Alison. She comes from a long line of wiccans, on her mother's side.

When she was born, her parents had decided not to raise Lydia as Wiccan, mainly due to her father not liking it. They wanted Lydia to have a normal life and not grow up with her head in the clouds like her grandmother, as her father would always say. This caused a riff between her parents and her grandmother and due to that Lydia never knew her grandmother when she was younger. As when she was a baby, her parents moved to Asbury.

At the age of eight, Lydia's parents were killed. The police claimed it was a shooting that her parents unfortunately got into the middle of. This was the first time that Lydia met her grandmother, since she was the only living relative that the young girl had and the older woman was more than happy to become the legal guardian of her granddaughter.

So once all the legal stuff was done, Alison moved to Asbury in order to raise her granddaughter. Alison would have preferred to take Lydia back to Salem with her, but with the young girl having her life in Asbury, she didn't want to cause her anymore stress.

It didn't take long for Alison to start teaching Lydia all about Wiccan practices, even going as far as pulling Lydia out of school in order to home school her. Lydia became fascinated with magic very quickly, using it as a great distraction as she mourned the loss of her parents. She would spend most nights hiding under her bedsheets, reading all about magic, casing spells, making potions, healing crystals, and all the Wiccan holidays.

Lydia spent a lot of her time helping her grandmother out at the magic store she owned, cleaning the shelves and putting away stock, but mainly she curled up in the corner reading.

As she got older, Lydia became a full time employee at the magic shop, as well as practicing wiccan with her friends, creating their own coven. It was at this point that she became interested in dating, however no woman she brought home was good enough for her and she began to feel like her grandmother was scared of letting Lydia leaving. It didn't help that Lydia herself was scared of the large commitment that came with dating.

Lydia spent her twenties still working for her grandmother, which helped her pay for her car as well as other adult responsibilities. When she wasn't working, Lydia was busing herself with friends and hobbies.

In her early twenties, Lydia became a godmother to her best friend's daughter, who she completely doted on. However, when the baby was only six months old, her best friend fell ill and only a year later she died. With the father out of the picture, and no other living relatives, as the godmother, Lydia adopted the baby.

Lydia raised the young girl as her own with the help of her grandmother. As soon as the young girl was old enough to understand, Lydia made sure to tell her she was adopted and all about her birth mother.

At thirty, Lydia's grandmother died from old age, leaving everything she owned to Lydia, including the shop.

Currently, Lydia still lives in the house she grew up in and running the shop her grandmother started. She's well loved within the community and does whatever she can to give back and help out.

CONNECTIONS:

THEODORE JONES - nephew (not biological)

WES EVANS - family friend

#━━ ˟ ⊰ * . ⊹ 𝑳𝒀𝑫𝑰𝑨 𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑼𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑻 ⋮ 【 intro 】#asbury.intro #death tw #guns tw #illness tw

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When was the Order of the Phoenix Founded & Why?

Here's the thing about the First Wizarding War, the Order of the Phoenix comes into being really late but exactly how late?

In the books, Harry is shown a photo of the "original" order with all members present. This is taken in the summer of 1981. By the end of the year, however, something like half the people in this photo are dead. And they didn't die all at once, they were picked off. That implies that the Order hadn't been engaging in much battle until this photo, because otherwise there would have been a whole host of deceased members not pictured. Moody, who tells Harry about so many previous members, never indicates that anyone "didn't make it" into that picture.

We have to assume, then, that the Order of the Phoenix was founded not long before this photo was taken. What was the point of the Order? Officially, it was to fight the Death Eaters and save lives, and that’s a great premise but what happened in 1980 or 1981 that prompted it’s founding? The war had been going on for a decade.

One possibility was that the Aurors had all been defeated and Dumbledore was therefore forced to step in. However… there were at least three Aurors in the Order. Now, it’s possible that these three were the last Aurors, with people like Rufus Scrimgeour joining up post-war. Thus, in 1980, Moody called on Dumbledore for a favour.

However, something significant did happened in 1980 that could explain Dumbledore’s change of mind: the prophecy.

So, the thing is, Dumbledore was aware of Tom Riddle for decades. He knew that Tom had a little posse of dark wizards following him around, since they all visited Hogwarts in the 60s (or thereabouts). But Tom wasn't really doing anything, so there was no need to get involved, and that makes sense.

Then, in 1970, BAM! Voldemort shows up on the scene with a group of Dark Wizards intent on waging war. At this point, you might think Dumbledore would make a move. He has no strong bonds or ties with Tom, unlike with Grindelwald, there’s no reason for him to hang back. Unless he trusted someone else to do the job. Presumably, he trusted the Aurors working for the Ministry. After all, their entire department is dedicated to hunting Dark Wizards.

Dumbledore seems to have been content to let the war run its course without him. During the First Wizarding War, the Death Eaters never take over the government. Yes, they had plants working for the ministry but this was a small minority and no one of any importance. Therefore, the Auror department was able to work properly. They were even given additional license to use Unforgivables. In theory, there was no need for the Order at all.

So what happened in 1980? Pre-June, Dumbledore heard a prophecy from Sybill Trelawney. By this time, the Potters and the Longbottoms had already "defied" Voldemort three times, but that didn't necessarily happen as part of the Order. Voldemort had his eye on Lily and James because they were talented and powerful wizards, as proven by his attempt to recruit them. In fact, them saying “no” is probably one of the acts of defiance.

Now, Dumbledore didn’t necessarily know who the prophecy applied to and it wouldn’t be out of character for Dumbledore to see how the cards would fall. Still, it would be a good idea to scout out anyone who fit that description, and what better way to find these witches and wizards by forming secret group who’s goal was to “defy Voldemort”.

The only issue with this plan if that Snape heard the prophecy. Voldemort then seems to have spent some time trying to determine who was going to be having this baby, eventually he lands on James & Lily. In my opinion, he was unaware that Frank & Alice were also expecting which is why his focus was placed on the Potters.

In makes sense for Voldemort to attack them right then and there (this could even be another act of defiance since Harry wouldn’t be born yet). After escaping, the Potters and the Longbottoms go into semi-hiding. Dumbledore, naturally, continues to recruit more people for his cause – including people like Sirius, Remus and Peter. However, they don’t do much actual fighting.

At some point in 1980, Peter begins to pass information to Voldemort. The way I see it, this probably happened after the initial attempt to kill the Potters failed. The couple were then a lot harder to fight and so Voldemort used his other talent: his charisma. He targeted and manipulated Peter into trusting him, into spilling his secrets. I like to think that Peter didn’t even know he was a traitor until way later (this gets around Dumbledore’s ability to read minds!).

So because Peter is passing information about the Order late in 1980, we know it definitely existed by then. But as I mentioned before, they don’t start dying until the second half of 1981. Either they simply weren’t involved in that many fights or what happened during the summer of 1981 is that Peter went full spy on them and started naming names. That’s when the Death Eaters were able to strike.

So yeah, the Order of the Phoenix was almost certainly founded in mid-1980 and it’s secret agenda was probably simply keeping Harry / Neville alive long enough for the prophecy to come true.

#the marauders era #the order of the phoenix #the first wizarding war

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐒

FULL NAME : Izabella Rose Ramirez ALIAS : Izzie, Bella, Rosie (but by her parents only) AGE : 43 DATE OF BIRTH : April 28th, 1981 HOMETOWN : Detroit, MI TIME IN WILMINGTON : Since August of 2014 RESIDENCE : Masonboro FACECLAIM : Jessica Alba

death tw, gang activity below. please proceed with caution.

EDUCATION : Medicine at John Jay College of Criminal Justice OCCUPATION : Forensic Pathologist at Wilmington Police Department. GENDER : Cis-Woman PRONOUNS : She/Her SEXUALITY : Pansexual. HAIR COLOUR : Brown EYE COLOUR : Brown HEIGHT : 5'7" LANGUAGES : English, Spanish TATTOOS : heart on her left wrist, an R on her rib cage under her bra line SCENT: Sol De Janeiro - 68 ZODIAC : Taurus LOVE LANGUAGE : Physical Touch CLOTHING: Business Casual, jeans and cropped tees, sundresses

CONDITIONS : None ALLERGIES : None EATING HABITS : An avid fan of mexican food, baked goods and chocolate are usually found within every meal. Big lover of carbs. EXERCISE HABITS : Yoga - but only sometimes, jogging or hiking. SLEEPING HABITS : Takes hours to fall asleep, probably sleeping on her stomach and is definitely someone that gets really hot when she does. ADDICTIONS : Does chocolate count? DRUG USE : None. ALCOHOL USE : Yes, mostly socially.

POSITIVE TRAITS : adaptable, encouraging, confident. NEGATIVE TRAITS : hard headed, secretive, secluded PHOBIAS : Heights FEARS : Losing another loved one. HOBBIES : clubbing, cleaning, cooking, dancing HABITS : tapping her foot on the ground, biting her nails, picking on her clothes. USUAL DEMEANOUR: Happy, unless it's one particular week out of the month and then she's moody. Likely to seclude herself in her apartment with all the snacks.

FATHER : Perez Ramirez MOTHER : Rosalynn Ramirez SIBLINGS : Antonio Ramirez (deceased 1997) RELATIONSHIPS: Robby - 1995-1997; 2006-2014 CHILDREN : None PETS : Honor - a Corgi; Ace - a beagle

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐁

Meet Isabella, affectionately known as 'Izzie,' a resilient soul who defied the odds from the moment she entered the world prematurely, proving she'd always be a fighter. Raised in a loving family with ties to the medical profession, her early struggles fostered a deep appreciation for life and a passion for science. Despite the protective cocoon of her family, tragedy struck when her brother Antonio's sudden death shattered their world. This loss unraveled Izzie's relationship with her high school sweetheart Robby - who was also her brother's best friend - which lead to a painful separation after what felt like years of hiding it in secret. Following her passion for forensic pathology, Izzie pursued a career in New York City, only to be unexpectedly reunited with Robby years later. Their rekindled romance led to marriage, but cracks soon appeared as Robby's addiction and involvement in a dangerous world came to light, and tragedy struck her again and Robby was killed during a violent gang related altercation. What Izzie doesn't know, however is that Robby isn't actually dead but instead is in hiding. Devastated by Robby's demise, Izzie sought solace in a fresh start in Wilmington, North Carolina, throwing herself into her work with the local police department. Whispers of a secretive relationship with Police Chief Scotty Sanchez add intrigue to her already complicated story, reminding us that behind every closed door lies a world of untold secrets.

#wnc.intro #about izabella

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THE MONARCHS OF EUROPE ➸ in order of length of reign

Fun facts:

Harald is the oldest monarch (by 3 years) but the 4th longest reigning, behind Margrethe, Carl Gustaf and Hans Adam

Charles is the 5th oldest monarch but the shortest reigning, having only been on the throne for 19 days

Hans Adam's son, Alois, has been regent since 15 August 2004, which means Alois has "reigned" longer than Albert, Willem-Alexander, Philippe, Felipe, and Charles

Only one of the reigning European monarchs is female - Margrethe

Three of the monarchs - Margrethe, Hans Adam, and Albert - have a regnal number of two (II), while Charles is Charles III (3), Harald is Harald V (5), Felipe is Felipe VI (6) and Carl Gustaf is Carl XVI Gustaf (16). The most recently deceased European monarch (Elizabeth) also had a regnal number of II

Charles has the largest "kingdom", in terms of amount of land mass, number of countries, and amount of actual people ruled

Five of the current European monarchs were born in April. The most recently deceased European monarch (Elizabeth II) was also born in April

Two of the current European monarchs have been widowed - Margrethe's husband Henri died in 2018, while Hans Adam's wife Marie died in 2021

The current European monarchs were born in consecutive decades from the 30s until the 60s, although none of the monarchs share a birth year. The late Elizabeth II would have extended the run of decades, as she was born in 1926 (the 20s)

Of the ten monarchs, six have grandchildren. Of the other four, Albert, Willem-Alexander and Philippe have adult children, while Felipe's oldest child is 16. If we only include legitimate children, Albert's oldest child is 7 (Albert's oldest biological child is 30)

The only monarch to have been married more than once is Charles, to Diana (1981) and Camilla (2005). The first monarch to marry was Margrethe in June 1967, while the most recent was Albert in July 2011 (after the marriage of the children of several of the other monarchs)

The most common names used for the monarchs include Philip (Philippe, Felipe, Charles Philip, and regent Alois Philipp), George (Charles Arthur Philip George, Willem-Alexander Claus George), William (Willem-Alexander, Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume), Mary (Johannes Adam Ferdinand Alois Josef Maria, regent Alois Philipp Maria, Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie), Alexander (Margrethe Alexandrine, Albert Alexandre, Willem-Alexander), and Louis (Albert Alexandre Louis, Philippe Léopold Louis)

#mine #royaltyedit #queen margrethe #king carl gustaf #prince hans adam #king harald #grand duke henri #prince albert #king willem alexander #king philippe #king felipe #charles

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MEET OLLY PRINCE

NAME: Oliver Lee Prince.

AGE: Forty-two years old (born January 25th, 1981).

ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius.

ORIENTATION: Unlabelled, but not straight.

PRONOUNS: He/him.

SPECIES: Spiritwitch.

LOCATION: Nightshade Hollow, Virginia (the only home he’s ever known, though it holds just as many good memories as bad).

OCCUPATION: Head librarian at the town library.

FACECLAIM: Ethan Hawke.

ABOUT: Like his three cousins (although he was born before any of them), Olly was born in the town of Nightshade Hollow, to a couple who were both witches. However, unlike the Hawthorne siblings, he was not raised in a loving home. Olly’s parents, Stella Hawthorne-Prince and Michael Prince, hadn’t really wanted a child in the first place, and they began leaving Olly home alone so they could go out to the local bar when he was only six years old, barely paying attention to him when they were at home.

Because of how little his parents payed attention to him, Olly knew very little about witch types and what his life would have to be like a witch; he just knew that his mommy and daddy could do magic, and that someday he would be able to as well. Unfortunately, this also meant that at the age of five, when he was confronted with the rotting apparition of a little girl a few years older than him, he had taken off screaming and crying down the street to his aunt and uncle’s house, only to be told that what he had seen was perfectly normal for a spiritwitch, those who could see and communicate with deceased people whose spirits chose to hang around on Earth.

Olly’s witch type was not the only thing his Aunt Maria and Uncle David helped him figure out - recognizing that David’s sister and her husband were not the best parents, to say the least, the couple made sure it was clear to Olly that their home was always open to him if he needed a place to stay, and he received lessons in magic and “hunting” in his other form right alongside his cousins. While David and Maria never did attempt to get Olly away from his parents, they did make it clear to Stella and Michael that they knew and hated the way they were treating their son, and made sure to get Addy or Layla to invite their cousin to stay over on nights they suspected his parents were going to be out drinking.

Despite knowing his aunt and uncle would be likely to take him in if he ever moved out, Olly stubbornly stayed at home until he was eighteen, taking care of his parents whenever they came home stumbling drunk, dealing with the way they basically ignored him when they were home, and escaping into the books he was constantly checking out of the school library in order to try and ignore the fact that his parents didn’t love him the way they were supposed to. Unfortunately, the absolutely wrecked self-esteem that came from his parents’ neglect led to Olly struggling with an eating disorder during his first two years of high school, but with the family who did care about him and his only friend Charlie, he was eventually able to get better and start to build a positive relationship with food and, by extension, himself again.

Almost the second Olly turned eighteen, he was out of his parents’ house and down the street to the Hawthornes’ house, ready to stay there until he could get a job and enough money to rent a room at the local motel. However, that quickly turned out not to be necessary, as mere days after he’d moved in, Stella and Michael stopped by the house to inform their son that they were moving out of Nightshade Hollow now that they were “free from taking care of a child,” and that Olly was free to have the house since he had “spent more time in it than them anyway”. They had then left without another word, David yelling at the pair of them their whole way down the driveway and Layla flipping her aunt and uncle off through the window as they drove away.

Surprisingly, Stella and Michael’s departure had done little to hurt Olly; he fully acknowledged that they hadn’t really loved him, or at least not in the way parents were supposed to love their child. His aunt and uncle had been much more like parents to him than the people who had created him, his cousins like the siblings he’d always wanted. So although Olly quickly moved back into the house his parents had vacated, he still spent a good amount of time in the Hawthorne house, and part of his paycheck from his job at the local library went towards what he insisted was paying David and Maria back for all they’d done for him over the years.

But then, years later, the Hawthorne parents were killed in a car accident, and all the grief Olly perhaps should have felt at his parents’ abandoning him came crashing down. Entire days went by when he couldn’t even leave his bed, crushed by the weight of the only true parents he had ever known being gone and the added guilt over being this grief-stricken when his cousins had lost their actual parents. He suffered a temporary lapse in his eating disorder, unable to even think about eating, and it was all he could do not to try and reach out to David and Maria’s spirits, knowing that they had more than likely not stayed on the earthly plane and that he would only be further crushed when he was unable to reach them.

Eventually, though, Olly got better, as the whole family did. He started taking care of himself once again, resumed his job as head librarian at Nightshade Hollow’s library, and took over the job of regularly reinforcing the protective wards around the town boundaries that would prevent the family’s enemies from getting in to hurt his cousin Addy. More years went by, and now he has somewhat settled into his role as the new head of the Hawthorne family - helping people find books during the day, conversing with the dead and protecting his hometown by night, and dealing with his family’s (and found family’s) nonsense in between.

But then Addy and his new flame get attacked by the very thing the wards at the town limits are there to keep out, and all of a sudden they’re all plunged into a magical war, because with this family Olly can’t get one bit of peace and quiet.

I present to you Olly, my witchy medium king who desperately needs just one night of rest and relaxation. Don’t worry, I will allow him to get some love eventually, but for right now I hope you guys like him!!

Tagging the slasher OC fam: @raraeavesmoriendi, @jmathesonandsiblings, @shadowworldwanderers.

#character intros #olly #oliver prince #slasher oc #slasher original character #witch oc #witch original character #witches of the woods and co.

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#unsolved #cold case #mystery #true crime

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Sirius Set Up

This is the third chapter in my ongoing series (Remus’ Descent Into What Can Only Be Called Madness) Links here

Highly recommend reading the rest of it first since this won’t make as much sense out of context. I did include the prompt dare from @wolfstarmicrofic

In this fic Sirius uses all pronouns including a few neopronouns (ze/zer), and Remus uses they/them.

CW: Mental issues, misgendering

Sirius’ hands brushed the dust that had been building for days on the broken beige concrete looking tiles, every few days she would let zer fingers dance around the floor, making shapes, making some sense of this existence. Screams echoed all around at all hours, sometimes coming out of his own mouth when they weren’t thinking.

Their mind was constantly repeating the phrases, “You did it, James and Lily are dead because of you, baby Harry is dead because of you.” Some part of him clung to his past existence, to the truth. To the plans she had seen Dumbledore create, it wasn’t supposed to turn out this way.

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October 1981

After news of the prophecy James and Lily had tried to hide, but of course there was the spy, so not all of the marauders got the privilege of knowing where this hiding spot was. Remus had seemed suspicious, everything with the werewolves, everything with their relationship growing distant…it all seemed that the spy must be them–that was until Peter was found out and arrested.

Peter's plans found out, Dumbledore worked on a plan of his own using Peter as a sense of…inspiration. Getting recently deceased bodies from a morgue and transforming them into the appearance of James, Lily, and Harry with a combination of potions and transfiguration. To make it seem as though the Potters were truly dead they would move somewhere remote, somewhere only Dumbledore could find. The Potter’s would live and be trained to strike back, the element of surprise, Dumbledore would say.

Sirius had been there during a few of these meetings, helping to find spells that would make the Potter’s seem dead to everyone else in the world.

At that point everything had seemed like it had finally turned for the better, with Peter being found out, Remus and them were finally able to be close again. To have little moments of happiness together, it truly seemed like things were changing, maybe they really would have this whole life together. A ring was in their sock drawer, though Sirius said nothing about finding it (at least not to Remus, ze had called James screaming about it whenever ze had known Remus would be out of earshot).

Change was happening, and it all seemed for the better.

“I heard you and that boy,” because of course Dumbledore couldn’t not misgender them, Sirius thought,“were planning on being together more seriously,” we’ve always been very serious, me especially, “I offer my congratulations.”

There was a moment of silence as Sirius stared at the old man, what does he want this time, she thought. Still, Sirius thanked her former headmaster with a simple, “Thank you, we’re really trying to find a sense of happiness again despite the war.”

“Yes, yes,” the calculating man fumbled with his wrinkled hands, “I just hope…it doesn’t cloud your judgment. You must understand, Remus mustn’t know any information from our meetings with the Potters.”

It all seemed obvious for a second as they nodded, of course Remus couldn’t know about top secret meetings, it’s not like they would concern them…wait, fuck. Her mind began to race, Remus won’t know they’re alive, Remus will think his best friend is….

“Well we should be able to trust one of our own…we know who the spy was anyways. They have a right to know about their friends.”

“While it is true that we found a spy, you never know who is truly loyal in the business of war, especially with certain creatures. Wolves may communicate in different ways, different situations where secrets like this couldn’t get out, we can’t risk information like this with someone who may let it spill like that.”

Sirius thought back on his past, on the million secrets Remus had always kept from her, this whole situation seemed like such bullshit, and it seemed Dumbledore could tell that they felt that way.

“Just…think on it my boy, I may need to consider some changes to the plans as well. You know the transfiguration spells front and back, do you believe you could be the guy to do it?”

“Of course, thank you sir.”

...

March? No it can't be...February??? Maybe May?

I should have known, they reflected, sitting in a dark damp cell.

They closed their eyes and covered their ears, screaming as they attempted to stop the memories. Real mixed with fake as he thought back to that night. Blood everywhere, the smell of rot, we killed them, we killed them all, part of her mind began. I didn’t do it, I didn’t do it, I was set up, a younger version of herself screams as she’s being carried away, locked in a cell with no trial. If Peter was a traitor then most of those marauders must be backstabbers, that must have been the common consensus, that had to be the reason. Or maybe it was all in that stupid name…Sirius Black.

Seconds turned into days turned into weeks turned into months. Sirius knew they needed to get out, they needed to make things right, they needed to find Remus and James and Lily and figure out a way to fix everything that he fucked up. Still, so much of their days were spent thinking in lies as dementors came around and broke her brain.

It wasn’t until sometime after a year of being there that Padfoot escaped and swam, swam for hours on end. During all that swimming and attempting not to drown they thought, strangely they thought a bit about Regulus for a period of time, but eventually zer mind turned to the most important R in zer life, Remus. How the fuck is stuff going to go down with Remus? They wouldn’t trust her or believe her about the Potter’s, they would likely be angry and maybe even vengeful.

Sirius lived on the street, trying to be in close enough proximity to Remus without being caught. While still desperately wanting to be caught with the chance (the minuscule teenie tiny chance) that Remus would come to realize the truth without Sirius and things would be fine again, that they wouldn’t have to confront each other or have a fight about what happened.

Tracking time through the moon because that was all that mattered, worrying about their well-being at the same time that Remus was looking to kill him. That first moon spiked Sirius’ anxiety, knowing that this was possibly an idiotic decision, but also knowing that they needed to communicate with Remus. And so they spent their time crafting a note, remembering those parchment spells that Remus used to be enchanted by whenever Sirius gave them letters and notes, Sirius spent her time going all out trying to create something that could just possibly convey their passion. Moving lines that swirled in the images of dogs and wolves, drawing it felt almost like choreographing a dance, still the actual words of the note would be far more important,

“Remus, the moon is near, I wish you luck my dear, I wish I could join you but I fear you would kill me the same as a dog or man. Take care of yourself, Moony.

Yours always, Padfoot.”

Sending any words to Remus felt like some sort of dare, who is the dare for? They didn’t know. Thankfully (?) nothing seemed to come of the dare, Sirius continued to observe from a distance. Seeing what seemed like millions of papers coming and going from Remus’ flat, some burned, some left in the rain, some stomped on, all with the same words transcribed. All having Sirius’ words.

Sirius tried to brush it off, it’s a difficult situation, of course they’re still hurt, it would be strange if they weren’t. Still, it wasn’t a joy to watch the love of zer life destroy themself and their perception of Sirius. Hearing the howlings of the moon, Sirius regretted their selfish thoughts, thinking of all the pain Remus was still going through.

While Sirius desperately wanted to help, they needed to get back on her own feet still. That’s when their mind turned to Mary.

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