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Im gonna be so real can yall actually talk about ways we can support trans women in the UK instead of giving all the attention to fucking JKR. I already know that Harry Poter sucks, I wanna know how to actually HELP people. Something something you have to love the oppressed more than you hate the oppressor

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Fantasy Guide to Addressing Nobility

It can be hard to remember how to properly address your noble or royal characters when writing a fantasy court. Here is a quick guide:

1. King/Queen:

Usually addressed as either “Your Grace” or “Your Majesty”. Consort (married to a ruler and not reigning in their own right) can be addressed the same. Sire or Madam can be used also.

2. Prince/Princess:

They are addressed as “Your Highness”. They are NEVER addressed the same as a King or Queen

3. Duke/Duchess:

These are addressed with “Your Grace”. This was a common term also used by royalty before Henry VIII got to big for his codpiece.

4. Earl (Count)/Countess:

Are almost never referred as the “Earl of Narnia” but “Lord Narnia”.

5. Lord/Lady:

An easy one. They are called “My Lord” or “My Lady”.

6. Emperor/Empress:

These may be equal to a King/Queen for status but the have a grander title. They are only addressed as “Your Imperial Highness/Majesty”

I hope this helps when writing your court or fantasy novel.

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Getting back into old fandoms is a Delight. I just found a time travel one-shot I loved, commented- and when I looked, it turned out I'd commented on it back in 2019 as well.

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Crystal Crowns

Owisteria on Etsy

See our #Etsy or #Crowns tags

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What if the Nox Verse Dissidia nabbed an extra person for each side on accident? I mean, Noctis and Nox being two people but also one, mystically speaking, leaves an opening for a really mind breaking issue. Two-is-one-is-two, brothers-but-not, new-and-old-remade, WTH? Well, if things are going to go sideways ANYWAY, might as well make it Memorable. So it nabs Ardyn. And Regis. See? Another mindbending mix of brother-but-not and new-and-remade should even things out. Maybe. At least it's funny?

Pffft THAT WOULD BE HILARIOUS??? That would be HILARIOUS.

-Noctis and Regis are, of course, called by Materia, they are both equally confused and so very relieved to see each other in this strange place, though Noctis is freaking out a bit because DAD IF YOU’RE HERE WHO’S RULING THE KINGDOM and the Champions are very surprised to see a dad-son pair here that AREN’T on opposite sides like Tidus and his dad.

-Regis totally gives Materia a Dadly dressing down on kidnapping people from their worlds and homes without warning or permission, because some of us have kingdoms to run thank you, and the rest of the Champions just stand their being surprised and impressed that this newcomer is LECTURING Materia like she’s a wayward teenager out past curfew. They still end up agreeing to help, mostly because Materia admits she has no clue how to send them back yet.

-Regis takes control of the situation as best he can and keeps Noctis with him when they all go out searching (and is more than a little exasperated because what is, this a story book plot?) and things are going well-ish when suddenly a large red sword slams down at the feet of Regis’s group and Noctis and him look up in shock and dread to see Ardyn leering down from above with Nox lounging nearby. Both of them have identical maniacal expressions on their faces and Regis feels a swoop of dread when he realizes his half-brother and eldest son are on the opposite team. He’s seen their spars with Cor. He knows what’s about to happen.

-“Ardyn….” he warns as he pulls a sword free and Noctis curses softly under his breath (and in any other circumstance he would scold his son for that kind of language but just this once…).

-Ardyn’s grin gets bigger and he sweeps his arms out theatrically, “Well, well, well. Look what we have here, Dearest Nephew! Lost, royal relatives! All alone! Without their bodyguards! On the opposite side of yet another conflict! Whatever shall we do?”

-“Ardyn,” Regis grits through his teeth as Warrior and Cecil look between the four in alarm, “do not even think about it.”

-Nox tilts his head and there is Mischief in his son’s gaze as he drawls, “I don’t know, Uncle, whatever SHALL we do?”

-Ardyn adjusts the hat on his head and hums in thought and Regis feels like groaning in exasperation because CLEARLY his half-brother is hamming it up for the unknown audience. CLEARLY. Ardyn is such a drama queen, honestly. Then Ardyn grins, “You know, Dear Nephew, this is an opportunity don’t you think? The two Scions of the Royal house, unguarded out here where no one else from our world is around to know what happens while the two of us, the forgotten, illegitimate children of our generation are also here with a perfect excuse to do battle?”

-Regis can see Warrior and Cecil putting the pieces together in all the wrong ways and sighs, “Ardyn, Nox, I swear to the Astrals-.”

-Nox just laughs and begins tossing one of his kukri up and down, “You thinking what I’m thinking, Uncle Mine?”

-“That I would look quite fetching on my half-brother’s throne? Yes, yes I am.”

-And before Regis can do more than sigh at them, the fight has started.

-Regis is proud to say he holds his own pretty well against the pure manic energy that is his half-brother and eldest son, and he and Noctis work together remarkably well for having never been in the training grounds at the same time before.

-They still lose, because Ardyn is a whirlwind of pure magic energy and Nox is a striking viper and Regis’s knee hasn’t been up for this kind of idiocy since he was twenty-one. Ardyn spots his knee giving out and calls a stop to the fight with a PAINFULLY melodramatic and cliche excuse. Regis isn’t sure what he’s more appalled at, that Ardyn actually said it with a straight face or that it was clear their new comrades BELIEVED IT hook line and sinker.

-Astrals Regis needs a drink.

-Ardyn and Nox casually saunter off and Regis has no energy to explain that no, his half-brother is not actually after the throne and … debatably not crazy. Neither does Noctis, because poor Noctis had been targeted by Nox almost exclusively and his eldest always did seem to do things overkill.

-Needless to say, by evening, all of Materia’s Champions have heard that their two newest comrades are dealing with an evil uncle that wants to steal the throne and an embittered illegitimate son that the uncle found and has groomed as his weapon and heir against poor Regis and Noctis. Nothing the two say will convince anyone otherwise.

-When the alliance is made and both sides are tentatively ignoring each other for the sake of peace, Ardyn comes over and happily flops down next to Regis, ignoring the way the younger champions all bristle protectively over their new friend with the bad knee. Regis glares at Ardyn, who pouts, “Oh, come now, it was only a little playful attempted murder.”

-“You tried to set my hair on fire.”

-“I knew you were skilled in ice! Nothing would have happened!”

-Regis pinches the bridge of his nose, “Everyone is convinced you’re trying to stage a coup.” There is conspicuous silence and Regis eyeballs Ardyn angrily. The man gives a sheepish smile, “If it helps, I abandoned that plan after Nox came into my custody?”

-Which meant that Ardyn HAD at one point been planning a coup. Lovely. That is not a thought Regis ever needed in his life, “I’m going to pretend I never heard that. Where is my eldest anyway?”

-Ardyn gestures lazily over his shoulder, “Making friends, I do believe we’ll be having company on the way home.” And Regis looks over in dread to see his eldest happily braiding the hair of the extremely deadly, not entirely sane swordsman with long silver hair that Regis has already seen fight once and never wants to actually fight himself. Regis groans and hides his face in his hands, Ardyn pats him on the back with false sympathy, because unlike Regis, Ardyn is having the time of his life.

-“Look at it this way,” Ardyn consoles half-heartedly, “At least we are all together? And in my experience nothing makes for a better father-son or brother-brother bonding experience than facing down the end of all life and reality as we know it and slaying said end of all life in a dramatic and bloody encounter.”

-Regis … has nothing to say to that really. All he can do is stare at Ardyn through his fingers in the silent wonder of WHEN, exactly, Ardyn faced down another end of all life for the sake of family bonding. Ardyn just grins and doesn’t answer. Because that’s just his half-brother. The other half is troll.

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May I have “If the husband is not for biting, wherefore is he so sweet?”

tastee

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Hassidriss ‘Oblivion’ Spring 2020 Haute Couture Collection

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Spring Light. Made by Stephanie Wilds.

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Jenny Packham | Pre-Fall 2025

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"She asked my permission to kidnap him." Leto interrupted the Goddess of the Harvest. "Arranged to meet me for tea, sat down and made sure we were alone. Then she just smiled and asked for my permission to steal my son as her groom."

Demeter gaped. Leto couldn't blame her, she'd reacted the exact same way.

"She said she wanted my blessing because she didn't want me to worry when I heard about it." She said, her voice growing louder as she continued. "Because it's important to have a good relationship with your in-laws when possible."

"She even told me her entire plan for stealing him!" And she was still incredulous at that. Both that she'd been told the plan, and that the plan had worked perfectly.

Demeter finally blinked. "How did she manage it?" Doubtless the Olympian was imagining a chase, some sort of spar, trickery.

That would certainly make a better story than the truth. "She joined him on the sun chariot and waited until near the end of the day. Then she smiled at him and asked him if she could tie him up and kidnap him to be her groom. The sun steeds were her co-conspirators."

Demeter groaned. "Did he help her tie the knots?"

"Not for the ropes she used for the kidnapping, but they did tie their handfasting cord together."

"Why bother stealing him?" Demeter grumbled.

Leto sighed. "The worst part about all this is that she actually had a good reason." She reached for the bottle of wine her new daughter in law had gifted her. "Despite the fact they've been quietly courting for centuries, she didn't think her parents or the King and Queen of Olympus would allow them to marry, if for different reasons. And if they eloped, the blame would have fallen mostly on Apollo. She wanted to make it very clear that she was the one to blame."

A difficult task with her son ready to go to war to defend his new role as Perseleia's husband, but there had been eyewitnesses aplenty to Apollo being lead to the Temple bound in rope after Perseleia had landed the Sun Chariot.

The fact he'd been starry eyed and literally glowing with delight made it into most of the accounts of the day, but not all.

In the husband-napped AU - I just have the mental image of Apollo looking like he's ready to go to war to defend the validity of his status as a kidnapped spouse, complete with full armor and silver bow.

Apollo: I am no longer the god of the sun, muses, poetry, archery, whatever else I’m the god of. I am now the god of loving my wifey

Zeus is constantly avoiding eye contact with Hera

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I love a good time travel fic. In PJO fandom, there's several where a character (usually Percy) ends up in ancient Greece.

I’m the One at the Sail, I’m the Master of my Sea by blood_doll_aishiteru is one. Fem Percy, a six foot something woman trained for battle accidentally convinces her Godly relatives that her mother was the Goddess of the Arts of another pantheon, now faded. Not helped by her sharing an edited version of Princess Mononoke as a story, and admitting to having been present at a nature God's fading.

Given the author accepts song suggestions (but Only Prior to 2009), I immediately looked for songs that would horrify the God's.

Environment

Kirsty Macoll cover of Beach Boys- Don't go near the water

Johnny Cash- Don't go near the water (cover by Maureen Toth),

Joan Baez cover of Jackson Browne- Before the Deluge,

Woody Guthrie- Dust bowl blues (1 tractor mention, 1 'steam shovel' which I had to look up)

Sun Related

Madonna- ray of light (rêve cover)

Beatles- Here comes the sun

Joan Baez- Rejoice in the sun (environment backstory)

Musicals

Annie- Tomorrow (sun related! Sydnie Christmas cover)

Shrek musical (2009)- Who I'd be (Rachel Zegler cover)

Into the woods- Children will Listen (Liz Callaway)

Sweeney Todd- Not while I'm around, (Julie Reyburn cover)

Phantom of the opera- Wishing you were somehow here again, All I ask, Think of me,

Little Mermaid- Fathoms below (Alala cover)

Wicked- I'm not that girl, Defying Gravity (Rachel Tucker cover)

Others- Roxette- Listen to your heart (Edmee's unplugged), It must gave been love (Karan Casey or Drum+Lace) Shakira- Whenever, Wherever

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PJO Fic Idea

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

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So if Percy Jackson was going to ascend, what would his domains be? I think we can all agree that Percy would not be a god like Ariadne or Leto is a god. He would definitely be powerful. But the Greek pantheon has most domains already covered. Here's what I think:

Percy should be the god of loyalty, first of all. And, actually, THIS would be the most frightening bit. He'd be a second Eros. Don't see the vision? Imagine Percy deciding on a whim to make Zeus loyal to Hera. I think he should. It'd be the funniest way to get back at Zeus for all those times he voted to kill him, because what's Zeus gonna do?? Complain that he feels really really bad just thinking about cheating on his wife now?????

I don't have a clear picture of what else he'd definitely use this domain for, right off the bat, except I think he'd refuse to make Aphrodite loyal to Hephaestus if asked. Not for any particular liking of Aphrodite, but I think he'd refuse to make someone loyal to a spouse they didn't choose, just on principle.

Secondly, if he's ascending, he definitely should have killed Aklys and taken her domain. That's actually probably how he finds out that 1. Domains aren't fixed and 2. He's burning through his mortality. If Percy is ascending, fighting the goddess of misery should be the thing to instigate the process.

A possible second domain-by-conquest; I think he should get to take Kronos' power over time. As a treat. Maybe he has a confrontation with him in Tartarus, and this is a fight where, unlike Aklys, he knows the stakes and knows what he's doing. And he decides to put Kronos down for good by replacing his role in the pantheon like Apollo once took over from Helios.

Actually, speaking of Apollo. He has given out domains before. I want him to give Protector of Youths to Percy. Why? Well, the pjo Apollo doesn't seem to do too much with it (maybe. Haven't read the Trials. Lmk if I'm wrong). And I think it is PERFECT for Percy. I've seen some people say he should be the god of demigods (currently Hercules' role, and he's definitely not doing much with it), but i disagree. Percy has always cared for mortals, and I don't think ascension would stop that. He should protect young people regardless of their heritage. I think that matches his canon behavior better.

He should get to be god of riptides. Because it's thematic and it pleases me. Percy should get to keep a connection to the sea.

God of filial devotion might also be appropriate. That might already be covered by a different god though, I'm not sure.

Lastly. This might be controversial. Percy should be the god of divorce.

I have reasons. In no particular order:

I like divine duality, ie, Apollo is god of healing&plagues. Percy can be god of loyalty&divorce. (This is not a perpollo post necessarily, apollo just happens to be a useful example of what I'm going for here. Percy contains multitudes.)

He helped his mom get a divorce when he was younger. No - no, really, stay with me here. In many cultures for much of history the only way out of a marriage, particularly for women, was to kill your spouse. This is the original divorce. It's also not an option for gods. The Greek pantheon in pjo has clearly changed somewhat with time, but not as much as i think they should. I think Percy should be a sea change, and one of the ways to do that is provide a way for all those old unhappy bonds to either be dissolved or renewed. A catalyst to either commit to your marriage - hello god of loyalty - or leave it and try again. If we're breaking gods out of the old patterns, then let's do that. Percy can introduce the gods to the modern concept of divorce, and leave the past in the past.

It's either a genius idea or I'm completely deranged. Probably the second one, but there you have it.

I think if you want the gods to be kinder, you have to modernize them in some ways, and also address some of their own perennial unhappiness. Hera would certainly be a nicer goddess, for example, if she wasn't trapped in a bad situation. I don't say nice. I don't know that any god is nice. But nicer.

I guess mostly I want percy to ascend because it would be really funny if the gods were discussing whether to smite or reward him and he interrupts to be like, "okay, but you have to choose quickly, one of those isn't going to be an option for much longer" and that's how they find out that he's ascending. I think he'd have gone through all the stages of grief by that point, he's just. Over it. <- another reason I want percy to be a god is because he doesn't want to be. I think often those who seek power are those who least ought to wield it. Percy, who once chose not to overpower a nymph who was terrified he'd use her spring to clean horse stables, who inspires loyalty so quickly he made Praetor in a week, is extremely well suited to power.

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Snakes could also be a reference to Ascelpius, or in a 'verse where Apollo has snakes as a sacred animals (ie not TOA compliant) a reference to her husband.

Hey guys I found this image on the Classical Wisdom Kids Club website. The site simply calls it 'A Greek Woman playing an aulos' but I think this would work really well for anybody who wants to use an ancient greek image for the Athenide (saw some really good posts about the Athenide temple being found by modern archeologists) because a lot of the imagery matches up to her known tribute. The woman has an olive tree beside her which alludes to her Athenian cult as well as her patronage of olive oil. Her necklace and earrings seem to be made of pearls in reference to her status as Poseidon's daughter and princess of Atlantis. The bracelets are fashioned as if imitating a snake which is a lesser known but no less important sacred animal to Athena in reference to Perseus gifting her the head of Medusa, here it can be taken as the Athenide showing pride in one of her demigod pupils. She performs an instrument created by Athena that the goddess herself taught her how to play. And lastly she sits behind a spear and shield which fits perfectly with the idea she will leap into action should any within her protection be in peril.

Maybe I'm overthinking? Let me know if I'm not the only one seeing it.

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We gotta stop aiming for unique and interesting baby names we gotta start naming every single infant straight-shot middle-of-the-road ass popular common unisex names like Alex and Sam. By the end of 2031 I wanna see 100% of kindergarten children named either Alex or Sam and you know what, let’s make ‘em all Smiths and Johnsons, too. In an age of digital tracking give your baby the gift of total functional anonymity within the panopticon

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Do you want to post a Athenide AU? Here’s a guide:

(I’m making it because people keep asking me if they can write Athenide AUs, so I’m linking it to my pinned post)

- Yup, you can write Athenide as an OC, you can make male Percy Athenide, you can change ships, make your own version of myths, anything you want. How you’re gonna write this is up to you! Be my guest.

- Please, make sure to tag it properly. Tags are important, so if your fic is Female Percy, tag as fem Percy. If it’s OC, tag as oc. If has potentially disturbing content, tag them too! Tag system is very important to find what people want to read, but also what people don’t want to read. Be nice with the readers.

- Indicate the inspirations. I ask for Athenide writers to tag The Third Gift as inspiration since it’s the original fic, but if you’re getting inspired by other Athenide fics, tag them too!

That’s literally just it. It’s just because it’s a frequently asked question.

Have fun!

Edit, just in case: Only thing you CANNOT do is profit off it. Everything else is in the game.