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LADY BRONTE VELARYON .

announcing  the  arrival  of  BRONTE  of  house  VELARYON  ( née  SWANN ) ,  the  LADY  REGENT  of  DRIFTMARK .  whispers  among  the  court  name  them  to  be  both  INNOVATIVE  and  VOLATILE  in  disposition ,  and  those  closest  to  them  speak  to  their  interests  in  reading  &  writing  poetry .  if  we  bards  could  compose  a  song  for  them ,  it  might  tell  stories  of  endless  stacks  of  paper  ,  each  page  filled  with  immaculate  script  and  verse ;  once  a  willing  pawn ,  moved  across  the  board  by  adept  player  to  the  last  rank  ,  reluctantly  promoted  to  queen  —  this  ,  too  ,  is  merely  something  you  must  become  accustomed  to ;  a  calm  ,  august  bearing  in  the  face  of  tragedy ,  maintained  even  in  private  —  save  for  a  wail  heard  in  the  middle  of  the  night .  the  seven  whisper  to  their  most  devout  queen  as  she  sleeps ,  making  her  question  where  their  loyalties  truly  lie .  are  they  right  to  whisper ?  for  their  loyalties  truly  lie  with  HOUSE  TARGARYEN  &  HOUSE  VELARYON  (  LAENOR  MOST  OF  ALL  ) .

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#basic  information .

official  name  :  bronte  cassandra  velaryon  ,  née  swann  .  nicknames  :  bron  .  noble  title  :  lady  regent  of  driftmark  ,  lady  of  stonehelm  .  date  of  birth  :  september  23  .  age  :  35  .  birthplace  :  stonehelm  ,  the  stormlands   .  home  :  high tide , driftmark  ,  the  crownlands  .  nationality  :  stormlander & crownlander , westerosi  .  gender  :  nonbinary  .  pronouns  :  they / them / theirs  &  she / her / hers  .  orientation  :  bisexual  biromantic  .  monikers  :  the cygnet of driftmark , the wailing widow .  languages  :  the  common  language (  fluent  )  ,  high  valyrian  (  conversational  )  .  accent  :  standard  stormlander  , though with a flowery lexicon .  has  a somewhat  husky  voice  .

#physical  information.

ethnicity  :  korean  .  hair  :  black  as  the  sky  before  dawn  ,  with  scattered  gray  hairs  . once flowing long hair was recently hacked off , in the months since it's grown into a clean cut at the nape of her neck .  eyes  :  dark  brown  .  height  :  5'9" / 175cm  .  build  :  lean  ,  statuesque  .  scent  :  tba  .  dominant  hand  :  right  .  allergies  :  none  known  .  scars  :  nothing significant  .  distinguishing  features  :  an  almost  preternatural  grace  , reminiscent of the bird referenced in their maiden name .  clothing  style  :  combines the eccentricities of fashion in the crownlands  with the durability of the stormlands' wardrobe , especially in the colder months . as she is currently in half - mourning , she avoids more extravagant accessories and is limited in the colors she can wear ( mostly wearing black , white , and a darker shade of velaryon sea green at the moment ) .

#personality.

label  :  the  socialite , the ( tortured ) poet , the cygnet .  mbti  :  test in progress  ...  enneagram  :  test in progress  ...  element  :  water  .  star  sign  :  libra  .  temperament  :  melancholic  .  character  inspirations  :  yi hwi / yeonseon ( the king's affection )  .  deadly  sin  :  lust  .  heavenly  virtue  :  charity  & humility .  godly  parent  :  tba  .

#drives.

hobbies  :  reading , writing , poetry , cyvasse , entertaining others .  religion  :  faith  of  the  seven  .  alliance  :  house velaryon  and house swann . publicly , house targaryen as well . above all else , though , they are loyal to their son ;  if they must burn bridges with anyone for his sake , they will do so . personal  goals  :  prepare laenor for the future  , and  ensure he doesn't have the same ego and hubris as his father . also , don't fall apart in front of court . would  they  choose  family  or  power  ?  family , in spite of an upbringing being taught to always choose power  .

#familial  ties.

parent  one  :  tba  .  relationship  :  tba . parent two : tba  .  spouse  :  ruling  lord  jacaerys  velaryon†  .  relationship  :  dearly  beloved  , eventually .  siblings  :  tba  .  sister - in - law  :  lady  baela  velaryon  .  relationship : tba . brother - in - law  :  lord  velaryon  .  relationship  :  tba  .  child  :  ruling  lord  laenor  velaryon  .  relationship  :  doting  ,  increasingly possessive  .

    narrative  ...

the path of your life , every twist and turn , was written before you took your first breath . or so you thought . as the fourth of five children , your role in furthering the family name , barring a devastating accident , would be achieved through an advantageous marriage . so , tasked with learning everything possible to make yourself a remarkable marriage candidate , your schooling began .

you were drilled on etiquette , politics , dance , equestrianism , the high harp , among numerous others . a thorough education , one fit for an heir — the only appropriate match for you , save for a ruling liege . and you absorbed your lessons with enthusiasm , eager to meet your parents' high expectations . anything less would bring a tear to your eye .

outside of your lessons , you were often found by the banks of the slayne , swimming , or sitting with your nose in a book , or at your writing desk , hands stained with ink . which wasn't to say you were shy , as visitors to stonehelm were greeted by a brilliant smile and scintillating conversation whenever you were present . but you had a penchant for words , especially script , one honed over the coming years .

your parents' efforts , and yours , were fruitful . many vied for the hand of one so skilled and so fair , but one name in particular stood out : velaryon . so , with an exchange of letters , and an introduction , a deal was made — the cygnet's hand for a trade agreement and river access .

taking up residence on driftmark revealed your secret — thunderous as any stormlander , ebullient as you were with company , ultimately , you were sensitive and struggled with change . even at twenty name days . after the wedding , you remain locked away in your chambers for weeks , only emerging in the dead of night to wander moonlit halls . on one of these excursions , you met your new husband . he didn't begrudge the shift in your demeanor , your sudden reclusiveness . and being the romantic you were ( and remain ) , you were enamored . from there , you fell .

over time , you and jacaerys found harmony , just as you did with the other members of your new family . and with the birth of your son , your place among them was secured . you could relax , you could write again . you flourished in your new home , and continued to over a decade later .

but you changed , after the third month of the year 850 . more somber , more irritable , with less control over your vacillating emotions than ever before . but you must succeed , for you were born for this . and , most important of all , laenor needed you .

#wanted  connections .

potential suitor  :  romantic ? to be sent to the main . it hasn't been long since jacaerys'  untimely demise ,  yet  some have  already  expressed  a  desire  to  court  his  widow (this muse included ) .  their pursuit could  be  out of  genuine  interest ,  though the  much  more  likely  scenario  is  something  to  do  with  twisting  her  emotional  vulnerability  and regency for  their  own  gain . bonus points if they're a childhood friend she thinks she can trust .

house swann : familial . i simply would like to see it , especially as bronte goes through such a tumultuous time ! this is super open - ended , as the only things set in stone are that 1) bronte is a middle child , and 2) her parents were / are skilled at politics . anyway , the exact relationship between her and the current generation of swanns is totally utp ! in my mind she's a sister or aunt to the current ruling liege , but any familial dynamic is fine by me !

friends and acquaintances : platonic . bronte was raised up to understand the importance of establishing connections , and like any other lesson of theirs , they applied what they learned to the best of their ability . their web centers on the stormlands , their ancestral home ( and i would love for them to have some childhood friends through this ! ) , spreading over time to other regions of westeros . they thrive in the presence of others . elias baratheon , carilyn harlaw , aelyx targaryen , open to others

allies , old and new : platonic . similar to the above , but more for business than pleasure . especially looking for those who can convince bronte to turn away from the targaryens , perhaps aid in northern and / or dornish independence , which she already has some passing interest in . dilara martell , klahan rogare , open to others

[andrevasims]

Fenna & Naenia's, Galway's, Bronte's, and Dylan & Isme's rooms

[teachingmycattoread]

Things We’ve Yelled About This Episode #13

Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) (trailer, wiki)

Anti-Stratfordian-ism - refers to the theory that William Shakespeare (The Man From Stratford) did not write The Plays of William Shakespeare. For our opinions on this may I refer you to Exhibit A, Exhibit B and this gif:

"Beatrice: I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me", Act I Scene I

Kenneth Branagh (imdb)

Keanu Reeves (imdb)

Much Ado About Nothing (2011) - the David Tennant and Catherine Tate one (trailer)

Othello, William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Minions (wiki)

"Claudio:What man was he talk’d with you yesternight

Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?

Now, if you are a maid, answer to this." Act IV Scene I

Much Ado About Nothing, BBC ShakespeaRe Told (2005) - this is the adaptation where Hero doesn't take Claudio back (wiki)

The difference between comedy and tragedy is listening to the women - we're referring to this tumblr post

"Beatrice:In our last

conflict four of his five wits went halting off, and

now is the whole man governed with one", Act I Scene I

"Messenger: And a good soldier too, lady.

Beatrice: And a good soldier to a lady: but what is he to a lord?" Act I Scene I

"Don Pedro: Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of

Signior Benedick

Beatrice: Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave

him use for it, a double heart for his single one:

marry, once before he won it of me with false dice,

therefore your grace may well say I have lost it." Act II Scene I

"The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference"- Elie Wiesel (ref)

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Drift compatibility (fanwiki)

"Beatrice: You always end with a jade's trick: I know you of old." Act I Scene I

Persuasion, Jane Austen

"Benedick: Come, bid me do any thing for thee.

Beatrice: Kill Claudio.

Benedick: Ha! Not for the wide world.

Beatrice: You kill me to deny it. Farewell." Act IV Scene I

"Benedick: Will your grace command me any service to the

world's end? I will go on the slightest errand now

to the Antipodes that you can devise to send me on;

I will fetch you a tooth-picker now from the

furthest inch of Asia, bring you the length of

Prester John's foot, fetch you a hair off the great

Cham's beard, do you any embassage to the Pigmies,

rather than hold three words' conference with this

harpy. You have no employment for me?" Act II Scene I

Emma Thompson (imdb)

"Leonato: Well, then, go you into hell?

Beatrice: No, but to the gate; and there will the devil meet

me like an old cuckold, with horns on his head, and

say 'Get you to heaven, Beatrice, get you to

heaven; here's no place for you maids" Act II Scene I

"I am no bird, and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you." Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

There's only one bed trope (x)

Locked in an elevator trope (x)

"Claudio: When you went onward on this ended action,

I look’d upon her with a soldier’s eye,

That liked, but had a roughter task in hand

Than to drive liking to the name of love" Act I Scene I

"Don John:I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in

his grace" Act I Scene III

"Don John: ..I cannot hide

what I am: I must be sad when I have cause and smile

at no man’s jests, eat when I have stomach and wait

for no man’s leisure, sleep when I am drowsy and

tend on no man’s business, laugh when I am merry and

claw no man in his humour" Act I Scene III

"Don Pedro: Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best

becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in

a merry hour.

Beatrice: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there

was a star danced, and under that was I born." Act II Scene I

"Leonato: Daughter, remember what I told you: if the prince

do solicit you in that kind, you know your answer." Act II Scene 1

"...it is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made to you" - Mr Collins, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Kenneth Branagh falling through the deckchair (youtube)

The Paint Scene (youtube)

On the Road, Jack Kerouac - I couldn't find the gifset we mentioned, give us a shout if you find it!

"Beatrice:...O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart

in the marketplace" Act IV Scene I

RIP to X but I'm different (meme)

"Leonato: ...my brother hath a daughter,

Almost the copy of my child that’s dead." Act V Scene I

"Benedick: I do love nothing in the world so well as you: is

not that strange?" Act IV Scene I

What else are we reading/watching this week?

The Lord of the Rings films

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley

A Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying, Marie Kondo

Next Time On Teaching My Cat To Read

His Majesty’s Dragon (Temeraire), Naomi Novik

[squidproquoclarice]

All right, continuing with this Ask: I apologize if you've covered this already, but I just started reading Sunrise and I was wondering about your interpretation of Javier and Bill. Arthur REALLY soured hard on Javier even though they were good friends in the beginning--he can even be heard saying they should have left him to die in Guarma. I don't think RDR2 even really explains how Javier split up with Dutch, let alone the pathetic state he ends up in RDR1. Part 2: Javier I think Javier kind of got done dirty by RDR1.  I’ll say that up front.  The predestination of him being one of John’s RDR1 targets very much forced his char’s arc in RDR2, which kind of sucks, because given the man we see in-game, it could easily have gone the other way. I’ve remarked in the past that Arthur and Javier seem to be a tragedy of two similar men on parallel but opposite courses.  They’re both artists and dreamers who care about people, are intensely loyal to those they love, and are deeply insecure about their place (Arthur due to a history of abuse, Javier due to being an immigrant and POC).  Arthur starts as an unquestioning hyperloyal thug who hates himself and ends up finishing RDR2 as an idealist with strong principles and openly expressed compassion.  Javier starts as an idealist with strong principles and openly expressed compassion and ends up in RDR1 as an unquestioning hyperloyal thug who hates himself. We see Javier was a revolutionary who wanted so much to change things in Mexico.  (Side note: Sadie and Arthur aren’t seeing the worst of things in Mexico in Sunrise to this point, but some of that’s because they’re largely transient when they’re riding through the villages and estates where more absolute power is being exercised, and they’re also white Americans.  They’re experiencing Mexico with some privilege, and don’t get as much access to viewing the cruelest realities as someone like Javier who grew up in that system.  I’ve tried to still pepper hints here and there that things are a bit fucked up.)  He came to America running from the law for effectively speaking up and fighting back, and Dutch found him and took him in.  For a non-white, non-English speaking man on the verge of starving by that point, that act of kindness, of being seen and implying he has value, meant everything.  And so like so many others, he gives Dutch his gratitude, his loyalty, and his worship. He’s a quiet, thoughtful man who tries to make the camp better with his music and the like.  He’s openly philosophical in a way Arthur is only in the pages of his journal.  But when it comes to Chapter 6, he proves he’s afraid to lose the man who made him feel more than worthless.  He sticks with Dutch rather than face the uncertainty of what lies beyond the gang’s schism.  He embraces Micah and Bill because that’s what it takes.  He does it because he knows Dutch.  He knows Dutch will keep him around.  Otherwise, what is he?  A Mexican man in a country that clearly doesn’t want him.  Even at the very end, though, he’s still hesitant to try to attack John and Arthur, and I honestly think he’s not 100% sure what the hell is going on.  He missed the exposure of Micah as the rat, and Micah’s shooting Susan--all Javier knows is he ran into camp to warn about a Pinkerton attack approaching, and everyone’s pointing guns at each other, and demanding he pick a side.  He makes his choice and in his fear, picks loyalty over principles. Arthur early on is very friendly with Javier, which makes sense given they have a lot in common, even if most of that’s hidden in Arthur.  But they click readily as friends and brothers.  But by Chapter 6 they’re clashing, because that “parallel but opposite paths” thing is coming into play.  Arthur has the drive of a man with a possibly fatal illness striving with everything within him to accomplish his goals.  He’s also got the fervor of a man recently awakened to his principles and hating who he was.  So yeah, he’s impatient with blind followers and people who still willingly choose to follow Dutch down this road of destruction.  If he’d had more time, maybe he could have been gentler about those facing his same crossroads, but he doesn’t.  So he’s critical towards Javier, to the point of viciousness, and it’s not pretty.  He sees Javier making his choice, the wrong choice, and putting himself into opposition of Arthur’s goals.  He literally doesn’t have time for this shit anymore.   And I think unlike Bill, Arthur genuinely expected and hoped for better from Javier, the dreamer and idealist, so in his pained disappointment, he’s lashing out at Javier in anger, to the point of saying pretty lousy things like how they should have left him to die on Guarma.  If he had the space and energy left to think about that, he’d likely be appalled to realize he’s engaging in another Dutch-ism: you’re not helping me accomplish what I need, so yeah, I’d be willing to abandon you to die.  But when it comes to the gang, he has to shut out everything but the will and determination to help save those who want to escape this hellhole. It’s an interesting contradiction that while he’s at his softest with many people in Chapter 6, he’s his most ruthlessly dismissive towards others.  Though even at the end, he’s pleading with Javier and Bill to think for themselves, one last time. Post-game, I think Javier realized soon enough what he’s done.  He’s with Dutch, yes.  But look who else Dutch chose in the end.  Micah and Bill, who have both abused him with racist remarks, who think the answer to everything is to shoot it?  Is this who he really is?  He’s sold his principles for nothing. So I don’t think he goes with Bill and Dutch.  I have him wandering Central and South America for a time, but he finds no answers there, and nowhere he belongs that would help set the balance within him right.  Sometime before 1911, he ends up in Mexico, and drifts into the role of the strongarm for Agustin Allende, the kind of man he used to despise and fight against.  A man who abuses people, abuses power.  But he deserves no better than this now, does he?  He made his choice. In 1911, John finds him.  And as opposed to Bill, who shoots John readily, it’s interesting that Javier never tries to fight him.  He’s been working as a hitman, a level the Van Der Lindes never sank to (given both Dutch and Arthur clearly state to Bronte and Jean-Marc respectively that they’re not paid killers.)  So he’s a man of ready violence.  But he quietly tries to talk John down first.  Then he tries to escape.  Never once reaches for his gun.   He only gets angry if John captures him alive, and then starts spitting some insults after being dumped in a jail cell.  I honestly think he was hoping John would kill him, because he’s had to live knowing what a huge mistake he made, and what it cost him.  John’s made it clear it’s a mercenary situation, and he’s desperate to save Abigail and Jack: “it’s your or me, and I figure it might as well be you.”  Javier can maybe even accept that.  But John doesn’t even think he’s worth killing anymore, and how much of a “fuck you” is that?  He’s got Sadie’s deathwish, but hers makes her reckless, whereas I think Javier’s just makes him empty.  

[timewandererquotes]

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

Chapter 29, “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte

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bronte.

[glasstouch]

bronte’s tags

[gwynnew]

'Christopher Robin' teaser: Director Marc Forster reveals what's in store for Winnie the Pooh (exclusive)

The first teaser trailer for Disney’s Christopher Robin (watch it above) shows Winnie the Pooh making an unexpected appearance in the real world — but make no mistake, the film will also take audiences back to the place where Pooh’s adventures began. “How can we tell the story of Pooh and not have them go to the Hundred Acre Wood?” director Marc Forster asks Yahoo Entertainment, aghast at the suggestion. “How could we do that? No, Christopher Robin is definitely going to the Hundred Acre Wood! And they’re also coming to London.”

Specifically, Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and the rest of author A.A. Milne’s animal creations are coming to London in 1949, where a grown-up Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is facing a post-war midlife crisis. Forced to work long hours at a floundering luggage company, he’s become distant from his wife (Hayley Atwell), his daughter (Bronte Carmichael), and the sense of wonder and possibility that he possessed as a child. Enter the silly, nilly old bear (voiced by longtime Winnie the Pooh performer Jim Cummings).

“When Pooh shows up, that ultimately brings Christopher Robin back to Hundred Acre Wood, back into his journey to find himself, and to be able to find what it means to play again,” says the German-born director. “And Pooh brings him back, ultimately, with the people he loves most, his family. It’s a very simple story, but like Pooh himself — there’s a simplicity to those characters, but at the same time there’s a profound depth. I think the mixture between the simplicity and the profound depth is something really magical. I was trying to capture that. And when you see the movie, I hope you feel I was able to do that.”

Ewan McGregor plays Christopher Robin opposite his longtime friend Winnie the Pooh in Disney’s live action adventure ‘Christopher Robin’ (Photo: Disney)

Though Forster’s most recent films are decidedly un-Disney-like (Machine Gun Preacher, World War Z, the thriller All I See is You), the director has long been searching for a project in the spirit of his beloved 2004 film Finding Neverland, about the family who inspired Peter Pan. “I love magic realism films but it’s very hard for me to find the right angle, to fit everything I wanted to do,” Forster says. “Because for magic realism, you need a lot of magic! And it also depends on the characters. And when I heard the concept of [Christopher Robin] I thought, ‘This is exactly the story I want to tell.’”

A lifelong Winnie the Pooh fan, Forster worked hard to make sure the bear-of-very-little-brain would get the movie he deserved. The director and the screenwriters spent 6 to 8 months before shooting began just working out the story (which is entirely fictional, although Milne based Christopher Robin on his son). “Because it’s an origin story, we went back to the original writing and all the Pooh-isms, to really create that character from its origins and bring him to life,” Forster says.

He also took a hands-on role in the new, realistic character designs. For the real-world Pooh and friends, the filmmaker and his team took inspiration from both the original Ernest Shepard illustrations from the 1920s and the concept art for the Disney Animation films (the first of which was the 1966 short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree). After they created a model, Forster individually selected the textures, colors, and materials that the animators would use to make the living toys.

“I had in my office 40 different colors of fur, basically, and I looked at them in different lights — because the light can change the fur, it can go from brown to yellow very quickly,” Forster explains. “Then we had to hand-knit his sweater, and which kind of wool are we taking for the red and what kind of red? I had like, 20 samples of that. And then Tigger came, and Eeyore, and Piglet. So it was quite a process, I must say.”

The most important thing, Forster says, was conveying the idea that Pooh and Piglet were “not stuffed animals you just bought new from a shelf. There was a little wear and tear. Because Christopher Robin played with those stuffed animals, and he was holding and hugging them.”

That same affection that Christopher Robin had for Winnie the Pooh comes through when Forster talks about making his Disney film. “What better job can you have,” he asks, “than go to work and revisit your childhood and smile?”

Christopher Robin opens in theaters on Aug. 3.

Read more from Yahoo Entertainment:

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[andrevasims]

As it’s been so long since I’ve played the Kentwelps, I thought I’d give them a re-introduction to start things back up again! not that I ever legit introduced them in the first place haha

🌟 Dylan Kentwelp - Generation 16′s heir, Family + Romance, militant Scorpio. She’s already met her LTW of becoming a Celebrity Chef, but she quit her job to be a stay-at-home parent.

💖 Isme Kentwelp - Dylan’s spouse, Fortune + Popularity, messy Gemini. Currently working on her LTW of becoming Criminal Mastermind.

👾 Bronte Kentwelp - Dylan & Isme’s first kid, slightly less intense Scorpio. The last time I showed her on my blog she’d just grown into a toddler, but after some typical toddlerhood moments she’s grown up to a child.

Another family development I hadn’t shown before is that Dylan & Isme now have 3 kids with the births of twins Galway & Fenna. Sooo yeah that brings things up to speed!