#「 william artois › interactions. 」

[amorouswritings]

he's been keeping his distance for as long as he could, but when she closes that door and is left to her own devices william knows he can no longer find excuses to stay away. he dismisses her guards outside of her door with a swift wave and enters her room soundlessly. dark gaze studies her porcelain skin, feeling his cock twitch at the sight of her perfect pink nipples erect against the castle's night air. he's already shirtless by the time she turns around. ❛ why, having a bath of course, ❜ he hums. ❛ you wouldn't mind. ❜ it's a statement more than a question, a challenge as his eyes drink her up unapologetically.

🍋 OPEN ASTRID STARTER

OPEN TO : m / nb PROMPT : it's a crisp winter night in the castle and princess astrid is trying to knock back the chill by having her servants draw her a bath to enjoy alone. your muse is seizing the opportunity. CONNECTION : tab*o, guard, servant, someone that snuck into the castle, political rival, new husband from arranged marriage, family member of husband from arranged marriage, supernatural entity, etc. get creative!

The little princess shivers from the cold as her robe slips from her pale shoulders to pool upon the stone floor. There are servants she could call, of course, to help her out of the fabrics but solitude is something the blonde doesn't often find. Sending them away after drawing her bath had been a purely selfish thing in an endless parade of selfless acts. She breathes out a dragging breath, stepping over the wood tub into the steaming water. Her senses are overwhelmed by the petals and oils that float on the water, slight body easing into the warmth until she's submerged up to her chest. Her dark eyes close in relief, enjoying the moment until the rustling sound of fabric drags her back to the moment.

"What — what are you doing?" She's so taken aback by the sight of them disrobing that she doesn't fully know how to react, nor does she immediately attempt to preserve her modesty as she should.

[margridarnauds]

character asks meme you just reblogged: marie antoinette, 1789; katte, friedrich; and sarah, tanz

MA (Obviously focusing entirely on the portrayal of her in-musical)

character: hate them | don’t really care | like them | LOVE them | THEY ARE MY PRECIOUS

ship with: Louis XVI, as per the historical record. Like, come on, they were ADORABLE together. And for me, their final fate together only works if they both love and respect one another. Like, really, you expect me to believe she consistently stayed by his side throughout the entire Revolution because she tolerated him? When the French doesn’t even let her respect him? (Not even mentioning that the Varennes Flight could have gone VERY differently if they’d split up rather than staying together as a family. Like, I really, really hate historical!Fersen for a variety of mostly petty reasons, but he had a point there.) 

Madame de Polignac, in the sense of “They’re totally canon in the French version.” Not something I really see myself DOING anything with, but, like, it’s a thing. 

Olympe in a sort of tragic, one-sided way. Like, I can’t ever really see them as having a full on RELATIONSHIP, even in a world where Louis XVI didn’t exist and MA didn’t love him (don’t ask me how she’s in France in this universe, possibly widowed, possibly traveling around with her family? For some reason?) But, like, I see it more as a first crush, Olympe realizing that she doesn’t HAVE to like men, and possibly being a little over-attached because (1) This is the first time she’s felt like this and (2) She’s somewhat isolated from regular court life. 

Also, I’ve toyed with Solene/MA before, as a possibility, but it’s not one I’m really hardcore on, more an “Oh, that would be interesting” type thing. I think it would be HILARIOUS if Ronan’s chilling incognito with Laz one day in Versailles, two dudes chilling in the same bed five feet apart because they’re not gay, Ronan’s his VALET dammit, and then in pops his sister by the queen’s side and they both have to do some major explaining to one another. 

friendship them with:  MA/Madame de Polignac, in 99% of the universes where they’re not a thing and MA remains fully in love with Louis. MA/Olympe, after Olympe is able to sort everything out. MA/French!Artois, because I honestly love the two of them chilling out, being friends as per the historical record (before...things intervened. Mainly politics.) I love Trash Shit!Artois with every fiber of my being, but also I love the more benign version of him, hanging out as the Token Goth during Je Mise Tout, not planning the death of his entire family. 

general opinions: I fully understand (alright, not fully, because I don’t have a PHD in Japanese lit, but...I get it a little) the various and assorted ways that both Toho and Zuka MA conform to the Good Wife, Wise Mother trope, being punished for her adultery with Fersen and then resolving to become devoted to her husband and children, losing that little spark of rebellion she has in the beginning. I do get it. BUT, ultimately, I do prefer it to French!MA, where it’s obvious that they had no idea what to do with her, having her being a vain party girl in one scene, throwing a temper tantrum when Fersen says he’s leaving (Even though he ALREADY left once before, you know? When he fought in a little skirmish called “THE AMERICAN MOTHERFUCKING REVOLUTION”) a mourning mother, swinging BACK to the vain aristocrat when Soléne brings the party to them (I can tell they were literally one step away from having her say “Let them eat cake”), then she hates her husband, and then we’re supposed to feel sorry for her.  

Like, I feel like they were handed one of the most controversial women in history and they had no idea what to do, so they just molded her to whatever the scene required. 

Meanwhile, both the Takarazuka and Toho casts (or, at least, what I’ve patched together about the Toho; I might be revising this in a month with “I CHANGED MY MIIIIIIIIIND”) give her a full story arc, as far as beginning with her party girl stage, saying that she doesn’t care about what God would think about her affair with Fersen, paying the consequences, and then preparing herself for the role she’s going to play later on. 

Obviously, it’s still not what I would’ve done if I was in charge of a 1789 adaptation. What me, @philomaela, AND @cestbrulercesnuits have all talked about at times is that our ideal 1789 adaptation would be a TV series because....it’s the French Revolution. We differ in exactly what we’d put INTO it, but that’s a kind of common thread. Personally, I would probably bring in the more political Antoinette that we got to see historically, show the conflicts she had with Louis’ brothers as time went on, that break in their relationship, her frustration with the émigrés, along with her generosity and the increasingly devoted relationship with her husband. AND. NO. FERSEN. (Though, also, if I were in charge of a 1789 adaptation, I’d still want to focus more on the Squad, AKA the nonhistorical characters, so it’d be kept to maybe one scene per episode, at most.) Still, if I’m not going to get ahold of an ungodly amount of money so I can personally finance my dream version of it, I’m going to appreciate what we’ve been given and the cultural translation involved. Though I do feel a little bad that Olympe’s kind of been pushed to the wayside in the musical where she’s supposed to be one of the two leads, when there’s so much of a chance to actually develop her more. But....The Rose of Versailles. Japan. Takarazuka. It was kind of inevitable that we’d get a focus on Antoinette, as well as Antoinette/Fersen. 

Also, she has pretty dresses. I want that silver one, dammit. 

Katte

character: hate them | don’t really care | like them | LOVE them | THEY ARE MY PRECIOUS

ship with:  Fritz. Was there ever a doubt?

friendship them with: The Wilhelmine/Fritz/Katte trio is Good and Pure, though apparently she HATED him historically. But. It’s Friedrich: Mythos und Tragödie. History’s dead. 

general opinions: Good boi. Baby. Awkward dance moves, but he tries. Lies to Frederick William I’s face while thinking about banging his son. 

Also, while it’s possible, it would be VERY hard for you to convince me that Ghost!Katte is real!Katte. Like, Katte tried to protect Fritz consistently, even at the potential cost of his career and his life. And then at the end he wants Fritz to just? Give up? Rather than turn himself around? And the way he looks at Fritz when he dies...

Really. Look me in the eye and tell me that’s the Katte we saw in the past, that that reflects ANY of his interactions with Fritz. 

“Oh, but Rachel, they’re together in the end!” 

 As soon as Fritz is dead, he’s off the stage. His job is done. Now, you could argue that he’s a figment of Fritz’s imagination, as he’s growing older, thinking back on the past as he nears death, but I would propose another suspect, who we KNOW is capable of changing form to suit the job at hand and has a tendency to emotionally manipulate their victims to make the job easier. 

Tl;dr: THAT THING IS NOT KATTE. 

Sarah Chagal

character: hate them | don’t really care | like them | LOVE them | THEY ARE MY PRECIOUS

ship with:  Krolock (Shhhhhhhh, I know I’m trash on this one. I accept it. Let me have my gothic romance trash ship even as I know Tanz is a deliberate subversion of many of those tropes and in many productions Krolock drops her to the ground after the Ball and she seems to be more in love with the romance and mystery Krolock offers than him. But again! That’s a production by production thing! In one production Krolock turns into a talking stuffed bat, even though I know MOST of the fandom chooses to forget it.)

friendship them with: Honestly, as cute as her and Alfred would be as friends, I’m not sure they could ever reach that point again post-finale. Obviously, that’s rich coming from me, aka “I know he killed his father, but LISTEN...” but I just have a hard time seeing it. Like, I feel like the vampiric self ultimately doesn’t entirely subsume the original personality, and that once Alfred’s gone on his little blood binge, he’s probably going to come back to himself a little. 

I do kind of support Herbert and Sarah bonding over their shared love of baths (also, I could actually see them traveling around together, since Sarah would never take well to being locked up in the castle and...come on. Herbert staying there when he could be observing the latest Parisian fashion, living the high life? Herbert? Though ultimately I think that Herbert would probably be more than a little bit petty, if not because of Alfred, then because he’s used to being the primary focus of his father’s attention and he sees her essentially as a mid-afterlife crisis. 

The only thing I could really see is her/Magda, since they’ve both dealt with SO MUCH SHIT because of Chagal and it’d be great to see them bond. But that would require the women on this show to actually. Interact. (THANK YOU, Broadway production. The fandom might reject you, but I appreciate you.)

general opinions: 

God, it’s been so long since I’ve watched this show. When I did read all the fanfic available, back in the day (on FANFICTION.NET, showing how long ago), I recall that there was a lot of hatred for Sarah, obviously mostly from Alfred/Herbert fans who were like “Poor Alfred, manipulated and abandoned by that devious girl who didn’t deserve her devotion! It’s so good that Herbert understands him for what he truly is!” Because it was that period in fandom. 

Personally, I’ll defend her until I die, I can’t really blame her for ANYTHING she does given what the alternative is. Like, if you interpret her as manipulating Alfred, it’s a pretty shitty thing to do, I get that, and I get why a lot of fandom loves Alfred as the Woobie. He’s cute! He’s a dork! He’s the first thing we see in the show, so we’re already pre-disposed to liking and bonding with him! But what’s her alternative? Staying with her insanely abusive father, dying as an old maid when she wants to escape? Like, come on. She saw a chance that was probably never going to happen again and I think she took it, and I can’t really blame her for it. Also, I fully agree with this meta as far as Sarah being more self aware in the Broadway and at least having an idea of what she’s getting into and seizing it. (Also, I embrace the idea of her and Krolock possibly banging after Totale Finsternis, or at least her having some sort of sexual awakening. Get that undead D, girl.) 

I think that you get a very different idea of her if you’re watching the musical with a focus more on the Heroine’s Journey (Personally, this is the version of the Heroine’s Journey that I tend to subscribe to, VS the more common “Integration of the masculine and the feminine” one, because it actually seems to depict a common progression in fairy tales and doesn’t seem to punish women who stay in the “masculine” side imo) VS The Hero’s journey, which I suppose is why I never really...bonded with Alfred and Alfred/Sarah the same way? Like, when I think about it, my main focus has always kind of been Sarah as the protagonist, which I know was never really the intent, but? I don’t care. Like, when I think about it, I think I always latched onto the idea of the girl escaping the oppressive world in her home by running off with the vampire. It’s kind of an essential part of the appeal of the vampire, especially to teenage girls. Like, one of my favorite quotes is Nina Auerbach’s, “Vampires were supposed to menace women, but to me at least, they promised protection against a destiny of girdles, spike heels, and approval.” And so, yeah, I kind of like the idea of her getting what she wants, much like Elisabeth getting an ending where she’s finally free. 

[bloodshedfalls]

WINTER WONDERLAND

Much to the surprise of the entire residency of Red Creek, Christmas and New Year passed, it what can only be described as a thoroughly uneventful fashion. Though there were parties galore, and drama to be found around every turn, it was merely the kind of drama you’d expect to find around that time of year. There were family arguments over the dinner table, I mean sure - maybe not every family draw a shotgun on each other, but not everybody’s brother just found out he’s a werewolf. There were lovers tiffs at parties because it’s the worst feeling when you finally find your boyfriend in the crowd of people and he has someone else lipstick on his collar - or maybe it was blood? There were missing people reports, robberies and a few reports of burnt Christmas puddings and broken hearts on New Years Eve, but nobody died - well, almost nobody, Mean Old Man Herbert finally whispered one final ‘Stay off my lawn’ before passing away peacefully in his sleep at the beginning of the coldest winter Red Creek has witnessed in a hundred years; but look on the bright side, Kids are now free to play on his lawn without fear!

Speaking of the coldest winter in a hundred years, the snow storms of Red Creek did not cease over the holiday period, much the opposite - to the dismay of the entire town who found it harder and harder to go about their day to day lives as the snow piled up around them. Eventually, the roads out of town became too treacherous to drive on, leaving residents trapped yet again, but if only they’d known that was far from the worst to come. Weeks passed and the town eventually ran out of salt to grit the roads and the sidewalks, people gave up shoveling their paths, many even gave up trying to leave the house entirely. The town came to a standstill, yet the storm raged on. Situations hit a critical point earlier in the week when the entire town lost power, knocked out by the heavy snowfall - officials said nobody could get out to them to do repairs until the storm stopped, and the snow melted.

The Mayor and the Sheriff pooled together all available resources and split them across three locations around town that were known to have backup generators; the Hospital, the High School, and the Sheriff’s Department. Word was sent out that those that were still able should make their way to one of these three locations immediately, for shelter, food, and warmth. The residents made their way to the three safety points in dribs and drabs, some headed out immediately - wasting no time, not wanting to get stuck in their ice cold homes, others made their way a few days later as the temperature dropped below zero, and others had yet to be seen or heard of.

But with the winds picking up outside and the temperature continuing to drop, even those that had found sanctuary with the generators were beginning to feel the cold. The town found themselves huddling together freezing, wondering if this storm would ever let up.

And then there were the rumors of a house, just off Main street, who’s lights were still on… another generator?

Welcome to January’s event - starting a little differently this time round, we’ll jump in mid-event, so to speak, in the midst of the action. Your characters will be at one of the three generator locations, and will be listed below. Please try to interact with as many new characters that you might not have spoken to before during this time.

It should also be noted that some species will be effected by the cold more so that others:

Tetra’s will deteriorate quickly, they cannot rely on frozen water and the drop in temperature will have dried out all moisture in the air.  

Reapers will also find themselves in a worse condition, due to already running at a lower than average temperature, they will be the first to suffer not to mention that they are still a mortal creature.

All other mortal creatures that run at a normal temperature (Human, Witch, Banshee, Hunter, Imps and Shapeshifters) will be effected by the cold, but less rapidly.

Werewolves and Phoenixes naturally run at a higher temperature and therefore will find they can withstand the cold for longer than most.

Vampires are immortal, and though they cold cannot kill them, and will effect them slower, they will start to deteriorate.

Ghosts have no physical body and are therefore unaffected by the cold.

Also please note that not everyone would have heard the rumor about the house with the lights on to start with, a search party will be chosen later in the event (by the admins) to go and check it out. Please feel free to message us if you are interested in being involved.

The event will start 17/01/17 @ 11:59PM GMT and end on 21/01/17 @ 11:59PM GMT

Remember, put a hold on all pre event threads, you may pick them up again once the event has finished. Also remember the three starter rule still applies, so once there are three starters posted for each group you must answer them before posting your own! Tag starters with: bloodshedstarter & your character’s location. Also make sure to run any major plots by the main for admin approval. But most importantly, HAVE FUN!

HIGH SCHOOL

Lyra Carmikael

Jericho Kane

Fletcher Swan

Eleanor Drake

Dominic Willingham

Gabriel Westwood

Wisteria Fontaine

Finley Darius

Giana St James

Caitlyn Thompson

Mercedes Peltier

Kayleigh Fairmont

Nolan Chase

Catherine Hamilton

Diana Vaughn

Sarah Davis

Vincent Petrov

Ripley Kincaid

Dawn Cassidy

Matilda Hunt

Kirsten Lawe

Liam Stephens

Logan Marshall

Sawyer King

Jack Dawson

Harlow Halliday

Ace Doherty

Leslie Murray

Victoria Kyle

Heath Lllewellyn

Sesha Kaur

Alexander Dragov

Shelby Fontaine

Seth Talbot

Rory Talbot

Ronan Carmikael

Kara Michaels

Dora Saint Claire

Aemilia Carmikael

Ryan Darius

Lucas Astor

Jaxon Dubois

Francesca Mendoza

Joslyn Curie

Christian Donovan

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

Jordan Darius

Kenzie Hale

Levi Fairchild

Noah Carmikael

Brooke Marshall

Owen Hurst

Eli Livingston

Mathias Roux

Tate Emerson

Tanner Ayers

Elizabeth Blackwood

Carter Kane

Matthew Peterson

Emma Teague

Adrian Chevalier

Mace Wyler

Cornelius Lindstrom

Lenore Dauphine

Laurent Bernard

Cameron Jackson

Faye Archer

Bonnie Dragov

Clark Roschell

Felix Marius

Quinn Stephens

Allison Gilbert

Thalia Levesque

Agneis Amell

Djohariah Olvera

Clarice Dagny

Temperance Goldthwaite

Jonah Burke

Benjamin Knight

Aurelia Winters

Wyatt Talbot

Cassidy Talbot

Micah Carmikael

Hope Cress

Tripp Blais

Keaton Baird

Nico Oron

Rhaella Colwyn

Carmen Exposita

HOSPITAL

Jonathan Drake

Bishop Danes

Maddox Chase

Thea King-Roschell

Christopher Talbot

Grace Sheridan

Ophelia Jermaine

Andrew Stephens

Rowan Harrison

William Adler

Rosalina Sanchez

Damien Hunt

Dawson Wooddruff

Lara Talbot

Brandon Rutherford

Caleb Marshall

Otis DeMarco

Lexa Reznik

Savannah Fontaine

Alice Roschell

Ruaraidh Vasile

Simone Artois

Ransome Gullage

Desmond Vaughn

Brennan Talbot

Devlin Clary

Jace Walsh

Anastasia Johnson

Jasmine Turner

Josephine Clover

Kaz Vietteleva

Aurora Blake

Dominique Demorian

Murphy Halloran

Jamie Knight

Wren Fontaine

Zeke Callen

Asher Carmikael

Remi Carmikael

Nora Cress

Lyssa Deveraux

Rose Beck

Kevin Tenniel

Byron Verlaine

Ezra Lin

Garen Turner