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natty-taffy · 2 months

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the handmaiden - [natasha x reader]

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Summary: Natasha's room is definitely not what you were expecting Previously, on your path: Chapter I.I.II.II

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ CHAPTER I.I.II.II.0

As she steps back inside her room, looking back at you expectantly, you don’t need to be told twice, immediately following track- you can’t believe she is really allowing you into her room, you don’t even know how to act.

While she closes the door, you take a moment to take a peak at the room around you- it resembles your room, as you should have expected, given that she is probably not one for frivolous modifications and you don’t actually have anything to decorate yours.

She does have a lot of plants- there are three vases by the window, one of a snake plant, another of papyrus, and a beautiful white jasmine vine, at the foot of her bed stands a big areca palm, practically stealing all the attention to itself. In the corner of the room that doesn’t have much direct sunlight, you can see a beautiful monstera plant, paired with a cast iron plant.

“You have such a beautiful room, Nat” You compliment her, you can already feel yourself relaxing at the peace that her bedroom exhales “I wouldn’t have pegged you as a plant mom, if only, maybe, of a cactus”

“Thank you” She answers with a small chuckle- there is still an edge on her voice “Do not ever call me a plant mom again- and I do have a cactus”

She points at the side of her bed, where, on the bedside table rests a small ball cactus, alongside a small metal panel, filled with photographs- you squint your eyes as varieties of the same blonde hair appear on the photos.

“Oh, is that Yelena?” You nod your head to the panel, smiling as she nods nervously- you had heard about her a lot, it feels nice to finally put her face into such an important name “She is so beautiful”

“She is” Natasha answers, almost proudly.

Before you can move on from the pictures, your eyes catch a small piece of paper- on the top corner of the panel, almost hidden by a picture of the Avengers. You can barely breathe as you stare back at a drawing of yourself.

You point at the yellowed paper, forcing the words out of your mouth as if they are made of sand “Is this-”

Natasha silently leaves your side, approaches the small table and carefully, with touches that are barely there, unclips the frail paper from under the other.

Before you can comprehend, she is already back at you, almost not offering the drawing for you to touch- you don’t think you could touch it anyway. It is very clearly your bust- maybe six or seven years younger- an age in which you hadn’t seen yourself yet, you wear your hair in a beautiful bun, and your smile almost shines within the paper.

There is a russian inscription at the bottom of the paper and you’re left even more confused than before- can you speak russian?

“Are you okay?” Natasha’s voice pulls you back into her room- not as peaceful as you had found it, just a moment ago.

You’re not sure, so you don’t answer, instead, you ask her another question “When was this?”

“1918, come sit down” She barely allows you to digest the information, before she guides you to her bed. You frown at her, feeling lost again, and a small chuckle leaves your mouth.

“Nat, I’m twenty… something” Your answer is not the most credible one, given that you don’t know how old you truly are- perks of being raised as HYDRA’s lab rat- all you do know is what Bruce told you after your first battery of exams ‘the aging process of your DNA suggests that you have in between twenty-one and twenty-five years’ and, since then, you stuck with the one solid piece of information you have about yourself.

Natasha seems to be intricately choosing her next words, so you try to prepare yourself for whatever comes next “In the same way that Steve is thirty-something” She tiptoes around her own ideas before adding “In the same way I’m thirty-something- they probably dosed you a little higher than they did to me, I’m only a year older than you”

“Oh” You’re so glad Nat sat you down before, because your body goes immediately numb- you can hear her slowly speaking to you, and the melody of her voice doesn’t fail to calm you down, but you can’t bring yourself to pay attention to anything else.

The one thing you had clung to for so long was not even close to the truth, you don’t even know anymore if you want to find it anymore, you want to be twenty-something- why didn’t you listen to her various attempts to protect you from this?

Protect you- your cheeks are warmed up once again, your whole face gains back color at the simple reminder of her caring about you- about you being missed by her. Maybe, you ponder, finding out that you’ve had this much love surrounding you, even if only by her, even if you still don’t know much for certain, is worth sharing a little bit of the pain she has carried by herself for so long.

“Should I stop?” Is the first thing you hear after zoning back to her room, once more.

“Yes” You answer without thinking, but hurriedly fix it “No” And, after receiving a worried look, you take a breathe, nodding at her with more certainty “Just- follow my lead”

Natasha smiles easily at you, nodding in agreement, waiting patiently for your pacing- it’s not like she hasn’t kept it for a century- she tries not to follow your movements too obviously, but she supposes you can’t blame her for being a little worried.

“We’re super soldiers, then?” You try to understand from how she explained it to you.

“Not quite” She grimaces a little, knowing you just needed one objective answer “We were the first people to be tested for the Super Sorum, so they a lot changed from ours to Steve’, we don’t have super strength nor super healing, but we have great reflexes and age at a slower pace”

“Yeah” You nod, starting to piece the pieces of information together- your puzzle is starting to feel more complete at each word that leaves her mouth, finally.

There was, however, one nagging question that has been bothering you ever since you saw the drawing- what do you have to do with Russia?

Undeniably, you can infer that you have met there, under circumstances you still don’t know- so are you russian, then? Did you have a family back then, in 1918? And where does Natasha Romanoff fit into all of this?

Oh.

You suddenly feel as if a lamp has lightened up inside of your brain- Natasha probably has everything to do with Russia, in 1918- you are either right or have gone insane, at this point, for even considering such a thing. But all is fair after you found out you’re at least a hundred years old less than an hour ago.

“So, bear with me” You try to explain yourself before asking her “Do you happen to have anything to do with Anatasia Romanov?”

Natasha smiles like the sun of midday, it almost blinds you and warms you at the same time “Up until they turned me into Natalia” You can’t believe you’re actually right.

The one thing that rolls out of your mouth is “I am so sorry” Because what else could you possibly say to a girl whose family was murdered in front of her, who, then, was captured by the Red Room for God knows how long?

Surprisingly, her smile gets even wider “Of all people, you’re the only one who shouldn’t have to say this” And you don’t get the chance to even get surprised by this, before she’s explaining why “You’re the only reason that I’m alive”

“Why? Wait- Hold on, what was I, anyway?” You double-question her and she has to refrain herself from relishing how little you have really changed. You take the twinkle in her eyes as a green light to poke her a little “Besides your fling, that is- how was it that you said before? Your ‘everything’ ”

It’s her turn to blush, and she does beautifully so “Funny” With a cute little grin still adorning her lips, Natasha answers you “You were my handmaiden” And, in the same breath, adds in a more serious tone “My lover”

“Handmaiden” You test the thought on your mind.

You were a handmaiden, you lived in Russia, you were a teenager in 1918, and you were Natasha’s- then, Anastasia- lover. Your eyes are filled with gratitude at the same time they are with tears, both of them too abundant to not spill down your cheeks.

“I can’t thank you enough for telling me all of this, Natasha” You whisper in wobbly words “I imagine it can’t be easy for you, not one part of this”

“Don’t thank me, darling, I am so unbelievably sorry for withholding the truth from you for so long” The woman tries to blink her two traitorous tears away, her voice sounds so raw that they don’t even sound like Natasha at all- and, no matter how much she is right for telling you she is sorry, all you want to do is hug her until she calms down.

“You have been the light of my life for so long, even after all these years, the mere knowledge that I have been loved by you has always been my safe harbor” Her tiny, shaky voice spills every word as if she is a faucet just ready to burst “I just didn’t want to get to know the new you and risk forgetting about the one that I have always held so dearly in my heart”

There are a thousand things you want to tell her, all running through your brain, begging to be chosen- but none being actually able to leave your mouth, and you don’t think she would register them now, anyway.

So you choose to follow your instincts and slowly approach her “I will hug you now, may I?” And, after all she does is nod profusely, you circle your arms around her- relaxing beneath her body, whose quiet sobs cause her to tremble slightly under you. You can’t hold your own tears at the peace that immediately takes over you at holding her in your arms.

“I have truly resented you” You whisper, hoping she would listen to you “But I hadn’t had the slightes idea of what you were going through- and yes, you could have treated me better, but sometimes you have to deal with your feelings in the only ways you can. I don’t hold you with a single negative feeling, take a deep breath now”

With two deep intakes, she recomposes herself quickly, only enough to tell you- still buried under your chest “How come you haven’t changed at all?”

You don’t know whose body is shaking, or if it’s them both, but you find enough strength to answer her, smiling at the premise of the thought “That we will only find out when we start unboxing everything”

Natasha, then, untangles herself from you- she is calmer now, her smile under her red nose and puffy eyes look like the very first sun rays in the morning, shily stepping in front of the clouds. She toys with your fingers, in what seems to be a nervous habit.

“Do I see you tomorrow, then?”

You smile back at her and grin at her antics, feeling impossibly brighter and tired- you might as well have been reborn.

“Is the sky blue, Nat?”

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New paths coming soon!

#natasha x reader #natasha x you #interactive fanfic #natasha imagines #natasha romanoff x reader #natasha x y/n #natasha romanoff #nattytaffyarchive

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wri0thesley · 21 days

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Thinking bout handmaiden reader and capitano cute moments. Like perhaps they’re used to offering a massage to the tsarsita, and so they instinctively offer so to Capitano when he seems a bit more hunched over. And he ends up loving it so much he ends up requesting it more often.

Former Handmaiden who’s first instinct on their first day together is to help him get dressed as they’re so used to servitude that they actually get confused when other servants come to help them get dressed.

Former handmaiden who slowly falls for the knight n shinning armor that has given them a life they’ve come to prefer to their old one. The stress they once faced over the slightest of details and mistakes is gone as he is very hard to upset (given that you aren’t disobedient or a threat which I doubt they would be). They write excitedly to their old friends and feel almost lonely whenever he’s not home. They notice that they light up whenever a letter or gift from him comes. Just imagining them being all embarrassed assuming that Captiano doesn’t actually view them in a romantic sense but rather wanted a pretty high profile bride like the other harbingers, therefore it’s inappropriate that they feel such things for him! Blind to the fact that that beast of man has a photo of you and pit of your perfume with him to steady his mind while on the battlefield.

YES anon . . . this is so good . . . ah!!! i love capitano who is so secretly soft for his handmaiden spouse, and i love handmaiden spouse slowly learning about his softness, the secrets he keeps behind his rugged exterior . . . knight in shining armour capitano my beloved....

#nat.txt #genshin impact posting

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rad-roche · 9 months

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do you have any mod recommendations? other than romanceable nick lol

exposing my mod list is a real 'please don't tell anyone how i live' moment because it, top to bottom, is all just pretty little outfits for gloria, furniture, or very small changes to nick that i like. gameplay? story additions? those sound interesting, i wonder what those are like. my toxic video game trait, consistent across absolutely everything, is i can play a 5fps mess if it means i get to snap pretty pictures

now of those categories...

SAD WOMAN DRESSUP GAME FEATURING AN RPG OR WHATEVER:

Caliente's Beautiful Bodies: you know it you love it, and there's a nevernude option should you desire. i always forget what i have installed, so i made sure to get the nude one so i could nod appreciatively when a modded outfit failed to load. it's my present to me. got rained on? had an argument? never fear. glussy is here.

Apocalypse Attire

Commonwealth Cuts

Dave's Poses

Looksmenu

Mirrored Vanilla Scars

Eyes of Beauty

Photo Mode (even if you have absolutely no interest in the cc stuff, this thing is a godsend if you ever want to take screenshots)

Cigarette In Mouth

Handmaiden - the outfit in that picture. comes in other colours, too!

Concealed Armors

HOUSE FLIPPER: IS IT STILL MIDMOD IF IT'S THE FUTURE

Creative Family mods. you can't install these like you would the rest, so pay close attention to the instructions, but the quality on these is unmatched. creative clutter, do it yourshelf, modular kitchen, they're all really, really good if you like decorating player homes.

Building Budget Extender

Dino's Decorations

Global Stash

Just Some Rugs

MadKea (this thing adds 500+ items so if your computer has a hard time with fo4, give this one a skip unless you don't mind waiting an age for menus to load)

PlaceEverywhere

Reversed Workshop Highlight (gets rid of that annoying green glow! godsend!)

Workshop Plus (completely reworks workshop; lets you clone items, save layouts to layers, float around buildable spaces, undo/redo. it's hard to overemphasise the usefulness of this if you plan to build)

SO THERE'S THIS SENIOR CITIZEN

Companion Accuracy Boost

Companions Go Home

Alternative Synth Eyes

Nick Valentine Robot Voice (it makes nick sound as if he's talking through a speaker. it's subtle, but i really dig it)

Valentine's Revolver

Valentine Jaw Sync

Settler and Companion Dialogue Overhaul (makes npcs seem more 'aware' and much less likely to make repetitive comments)

Delay Nick's Quest (only allows Long Time Coming to trigger after you complete Gilded Grasshopper; a lot of his location-based dialogue remains open instead of him defaulting to brooding about the tapes and that long, hard quest)

I'll respect your wishes and not mentioned critically acclaimed Fallout 4 mod Romancable Nick Valentine, which can be found here. I will, instead, mention this adorable one where you can marry him, which I assume is keeping in the spirit of you specifically asking me not to mention them. Now go forth and play your wildly overambitious otome game

#fallout #fallout 4 #fo4 #gloria roche #nick valentine #please don't tell anyone how i live

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engagemythrusters · 6 months

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omg please talk more about Naboo when you have time!! I love reading people’s headcanons and I never thought about how so many of them cover their hair it’s so cool!!

OH okay !! Thank you for asking!! But also hold your horses bc this is about to get LONG. And rambly.

So it is my full belief that Naboo queens cover their hair. Like this initially came about because... I believe it was @star-burned who once made a post about hijabi queens. And then I was like yeah that's a whole vibe I like that. But then when I started making my own queen OC (Roona!) I started looking into it and I was like. 100% sold on the hair-covering idea. It's not a hijab, as ears aren't necessarily covered, so I have diverged from the original idea. BUT. Still along the same lines.

Sooo here's all the costumes worn by Queen Amidala (both on Padme and Sabe).

Now, here's the meta analysis:

What has ALWAYS been notable to me (even as someone young) is that like. They're wigs. Clearly they are wigs. She does not have enough hair for some of those. Yes, Padme had some decently long hair! But it was damn well not that thick. Not to mention, if you zoom in on some of the hairstyles (maybe not using these photos, bc they're taken a bit far away), they just... don't look like hair.

If you look at the hair of the retaking-Theed outfit (middle right), you can see that the hair on that is absolutely fake. The sheen of the hair is inconsistent between what wraps the headpiece and what sticks out the back. Not to mention... Where the goddamn hell is that hair even coming from. Literally not attached to her head. And if you look at what's coming out of the back is just... it's so... hard. It's all blocked together. Like maybe it's a shitton of hairproduct. That's possible for the actual actress. But it honest to god just looks like an acryllic wig. The shine and how none of it breaks like normal hair... Yeah no. My bet is Not Real. And if it is, sorry dear Ms Knightley. The hairproduct makes it look fake.

As for the top two left outfits and the center outfit... Well, for the first left and the middle, it has that same issue with those. It has no breakage or frizz. Yes, could be a lot of product! But if you look at any style Padme has in later films, she still has baby hairs and frizz and flyaways... because that's how normal hair acts. That's just how hair is. So yeah I'm not sold on the first one being real hair.

Now the mid-top does have some breakage and frizz near the base AND it is a proven possible hairstyle (that is a Mongolian traditional hairstyle! Like... near exact ripoff of it.) BUT what's in the headpiece is not the only hair. There's also a back part that has... a lot of hair. And that just... doesn't seem consistent with what Natalie Portman has for hair. YES it is likely that it has some sort of hair rat in it. But I'm looking at the pattern of the hair that's up top on the headpiece. I don't think that's real? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't make sense the way it comes out. Who knows tho. Maybe that's the real hair and the other is fake.

The bottom two are real hair. At least what's attached to the head is real. I can tell you that much.

But that's the META. ANd also conjecture on the meta.

What's in-canon is:

The Queen's hairstyles, which were said to take several hours to perfect, were headpieces with wigs that matched Padmé's natural hair color. Her real hair was tightly-braided, pinned down, and gelled; the gel held the headpieces in place and prevented them from itching. While the Queen's hairstyles were being created, her handmaiden Rabé would provide counsel. (source)

So. Yeah. They're all wigs.

THIS does line up with Padme's Tatooine hairstyle!

While it's not the style that would be under her wigs, it still holds all the braids.

AND So we know it's not just QUEEN AMIDALA that does this:

Jamillia's in a wig (meta and canon) and Apailana's hair is fully covered.

AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF

THE HANDMAIDENS ARE LIKE 90% OF THE TIME COVERED TOO. That spans across films. There's like one time we see hair--during the takeover of Naboo. That's literally it. The rest of the time, their hair is covered.

And honourable mentions: A lot of Padme's senator hairstyles... Wigs. Literally she popped her fuckin hair off in TCW. That shit was a wig half the time.

TL;DR? The queens are wearing wigs the times "their hair" is shown. Thus. Queens required to hide their hair--either out of social obligation or out of wish to portray themselves with ornate hairstyles to show their social standing. Either way, no "real hair" shown. All hidden.

#sabe #padme amidala #queen jamillia #queen apailana #star wars: the phantom menace #star wars: attack of the clones #star wars: revenge of the sith #star wars #THIS IS POORLY WORDED AND RAMBLED AND NOT ASSEMBLED TO MY USUAL DEGREE OKAY DONT HOLD IT AGAINST ME #I GOT OVERZEALOUS

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art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament · 9 months

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SET SIX - ROUND ONE - MATCH SEVEN

"The Handmaidens of Sivawara Preparing the Sacred Bull at Tanjore for a Festival" (1886 - Valentine Cameron Prinsep) / "Ajax and Cassandra" (1886 - Solomon Joseph Solomon)

THE HANDMAIDENS OF SIVAWARA: i thought this was an actual photo at first. the little details are *biting my hand off* it is just so sfdbkjfhwiuef you get me? (anonymous)

AJAX AND CASSANDRA: the lighting. the fucking vibes of this artwork are INSANE. (anonymous)

("The Handmaidens of Sivawara Preparing the Sacred Bull at Tanjore for a Festival" is an 1886 oil on canvas painting done by British artist Valentine Cameron Prinsep. It measures 58 x 73¾ in. (147.3 x 111.5 cm.)

"Ajax and Cassandra" is an 1886 oil on canvas painting done by the Jewish-Brit artist Solomon Joseph Solomon. It measures 304.5 x 152.5 cm (10 x 5 ft) and is currently held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in Ballarat, Australia.)

#art that fucks you up tournament #polls #atfyu polls #id in alt text #they're both 1886!#no one cares but the website for the ballarat art gallery is actually really nice. good web design. a bit too bright but i like it.#cw nudity #cw eye contact #cw sa implied #<- very light with ajax but just to be safe

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theoldlesbianwithcats · 13 days

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Celebrity/ or any female character crushes?

Sorry anon, I took so long!!

I don't care about celebrities, so it will be 100% about their physical appearance haha, these are the three I can think of right now but there are many other women I find attractive :)

Monica Bellucci, I heard she had a small lesbian role in a movie but I haven't watched it

I was looking at old magazine covers some time ago and saw photos of her when she was younger! 🥰

Patricia Velasquez, I discovered her in Arrested Development but she also played in a lesbian movie I haven't watched yet (Liz en Septiembre), she has been dating women for years now

Kim Tae-ri, who played in The Handmaiden. Apparently she will be playing a lesbian again in a TV show soon! :)

Is my type feminine women with dark eyes and long dark hair? ... Maybe 🤭 (when I was a teenager I had a crush on Penelope Cruz and Ellen Page too)

How about the other gold stars who follow me, who are your celebrity/fictional crushes? I want to know! 👀

#IRL I prefer without makeup though

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melokaji · 1 year

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૮ ྀི◞͈ ˔ ◟͈ ྀ��ა welcome to my blog ~ my name is allison and i use they / she i am 17, autistic, and lesbian it will be specified if a photo is mine ♪ i am a lover of himekaji and himegyaru who is slowly building her collection ~

i am especially into kpop mainly loona , wjsn , lovelyz , red velvet kara , yukika , jo yuri , billlie , csr shojosei anime & manga fruits basket , madoka magica , kimi ni todoke parakiss , kamisama kiss asian dramas ( mostly park boyoung ) movies - kamikaze girls , the silenced , the handmaiden dramas - hosplay , doom at your service , oh my ghostess , swdbs , happiness , btimfl , iotnbo , meow the secret boy , my liberation notes etc. & sanrio ~

looking to make friends with all of you lovely people ~ ౨ৎ

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elcarimercanto · 2 years

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ANAKIN AND PADME RE-DO WEDDING

So I was thinking. What if Anidala did some kind of re-do wedding after their marriage is out to world, and this way they can have their families there and it's a lot more like a traditional wedding.

Like they wouldn't undo their marriage but they would have like another ceremony with speeches, a party and stuff.

Obi wan is best man, obviously

Ahsoka is the maid of honor

The notable 501st members are the groomsmen

Padme's handmaidens are the bridesmaids

Bail Organa is the officiator

Padme's nieces are the flower girls

Yoda shows up to the wedding, happy for Anakin, and happy that the war is over. He may not agree with what he's doing but he's not a bitch so he'll still show up.

R2 is the ring bearer, because now they can officially have rings. It was a surprise that Obi-wan thought of so Rex had the rings be made, with custom engravings, with their last names.

Both Padme and Anakin had no idea about this so when R2 came out with the rings Padme started tearing up, and Anakin was trying and failing to hold it together.

The rest of the guests include Padme's family, the rest of the 501st, the entire 212th, and Plot Koon along with all his sons(the clones).

Anakin and Padme say their vows and their "I do's" then they kiss. Everyone cheers, Obi wan is bawling, Ahsoka and wiping a tear away.

Then there's the after party:

Anakin and Padme have their really cute dance.(Anakin is a surprisingly good dancer)

Obi wan makes a really heartwarming speech about how he's always known and loves them, and this causes Anakin to start bawling, so him and Obi wan have a really cute hug.

Ahsoka has a speech similar to Obi wan's but with a lot more taunting and jokes.

Rex goes up there and only says one sentence "I would just like to point out that Anakin told me first."

More dancing ensues along with lots of drinking(mostly by Obi wan).

Hardcase and Fives have a dance battle but just as Hardcase is about to win Yoda jumps in and wins with his "epic" breakdancing skills.

At the end everyone goes home and Padme + Anakin end up having a "honeymoon" vacation thing, while staying at the lake house.

Bonus:

They all take a huge group photo, and it is beautiful.

(I just really wish we got this happy ending au)

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