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The people that really fascinate me are the ones who were shamelessly horny for Alexander Hamilton before the musical was a thing. I know they exist, and I want to examine them under controlled conditions.

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+ Ezra and Morrigan

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#THAT WAS SO FUNNY#do we have any examples of jupiter falling for the puppy dog eyes bc this means that jupiter is actually the stricter parent between them#especially with how the rest of silverborn went#yo fr#DO WE HAVE ANY?!

....i literally don't think we do. but this is HILARIOUS. evil mass-murderer, most terrifying man who ever lived....

caves to his crowling's big black button eyes

THE HUNT OF SMOKE AND SHADOW. IS. HER TAXI SERVICE.

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I love how Morrigan literally pouts at squall when she wants the ghostly hour to be made and he’s just like fine whatever. Like he’s def growing softer around her.

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and thats on letting the idea marinate

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#another man fallen victim to Mog's little bird eyes#I adore how he's like “don't expect this to work every time” at the end of Hollowpox#it proceeds to work every time#< prev tags#he is getting found familied so hard it's hilarious

"STOP I'M EVIL I DON'T WANT TO JOIN YOUR FOUND FAMILY--"

"too late you're already on the christmas card"

Squall is so determined not to be at morrigans beck and call its amusing

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I hope Jupiter and Morrigan keep making each other apology cakes. I want that to be their thing. And not always like, the massive ones we see in the books. I want to see Morrigan opening her door after a fight with Jupiter (they're family, arguments happen) to a little cupcake with "Sorry :(" piped on top. I want to see Jupiter finding out that Morrigan's been interfering with something or other and going to tell her off, only to find her holding a cupcake (Francis made it to invoke feelings of forgiveness) that has a little "Let me explain?" sign stuck in the frosting

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relatively young squall as a leyendecker because the idea of him being forced to attend galas against his will makes me giggle

bro is NOT having a good time

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EZRA SQUALL.

He is the evilest man to ever live. He’s mild and calm. He has killer sarcasm and always has cutting insults at the ready.

He was once just a boy, making faces at his best friend and glowing from every bit of praise from his teachers. He massacred them all when they stood in his way.

He is the best teacher Morrigan has ever had. He is always there when she needs help most, not to support her but to urge her to pick herself up, be stronger, be better in a world that wants to crush her down and make her meek. He created the Hollowpox and couldn’t care less about the damage it did.

He is in love with Wunder as it is in love with him. He turned the title “Wundersmith” into a scary bedtime story, a thing to be feared and hated.

He loves Nevermoor more than anything. He tried to conquer her as his own, leaving monsters that lurk in the shadows in his wake. Banished from the one place he loves most, he is left to walk her streets as a ghost, seeing but never touching, never being there. He would slaughter millions and raze civilisations to the ground to get back in. He gave up his one chance for entry because it would allow Wintersea in with him. He loves Nevermoor more than he wants it for himself.

He loves Nevermoor more than he wants it for himself.

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breaking news: 130+-year-old man has beef with teenager, dignity in shambles

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i can't wait for jupiter to accompany morrigan to one of her lessons. like he expects it to be all serious and solemn, with squall absolutely belligerent if morrigan makes one mistake, and it's just. banter. between a 14 year old and a mass murderer. who are coincidentally some of the most powerful people alive.

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thinking about the points in hollowpox and silverborn about wunder reading the intentions of the user and how morrigan loses control very quickly in the darlings' receiving room and how. if one were just a little too emotional. and a little too angry in a moment. wunder might read their intention. and do horrible things even if they probably wouldn't have done it themselves

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I love it when characters skip the marriage and go straight from enemies to divorced parents. This is about you, squrth

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"Are you quite sure--"

"YES."

...Divine Thing help anyone who dumps her.

Headcanon: Squall has a page in his planner titled “People I absolutely shouldn’t kill or Morrigan will be pissed”, which he keeps up to date and consults when devising his evil plans.

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I tried to draw some KaiJou but it wasn’t going well, Ill give it another try tmr 😂

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I was thinking about the difference between the British "fairy" and the French "fée", and suddenly the perfect comparison struck me.

The "fairy" from British folklore is basically Guillermo del Toro's take on the fair folk, trolls, goblins and other fairies in his movies, from "Pan's Labyrinth" to "Hellboy II". You know, all those weird monsters and bizarre critters with strange laws and customs, living half-hidden from humans, and coming in all sorts of shapes and sizes and sub-species and whatnot. Almost European yokai.

But the "fée" of French legend and literature? The fées are basically Tolkien's Elves. Except they are all female (or mostly female).

Because what is a "fée"? A fée is a woman taller and more beautiful than regular human beings. She is a woman who knows very advanced crafts and sciences, and wields mysterious unexplained powers. She is a woman who lives in fabulous, strange and magical places. She is a woman with a natural knowledge or foresight of the past and the future, and who can appear and disappear without being seen. Galadriel as she appears in The Lord of the Rings is basically the best example I can use when trying to explain to someone what a "fée" in French folklore and culture actually is.

(As a reminder: the fées of France are mostly represented by the Otherwordly Ladies of the Arthurian literature - Morgane, Viviane, bunch of unnamed ladies - or by the fairy godmothers of Perrault or d'Aulnoy's fairytales, to give you an idea of how they differ from the traditional "fae" or "fair folk". All female, and more unified, and so human-like they can pass of or be taken for humans. The "fées" are cultural descendants of the nymphs and goddesses and oracles/priestesses of Greco-Roman-Germanic-Gallic mythologies. That's why they are so easily confused with witches when they turn evil, and when Christianity arose most fées were replaced by the figure of the Virgin Mary, the most famous "magical beautiful otherwordly woman" of the religion)