#( joanna & valencia )

[hcrexcellency]

@frvgcleternty ( joanna & valencia )

Oh she really shouldn't engage. It was a poor decision to entangle herself in her sister's problem. Unfortunately for everyone else, Joanna was riding quite the high. But it would not be a confrontation, unless she wanted everyone to know the truth that Isolde did not want revealed. Instead, it would be more of a showcase, two young princesses flashing their peacock feathers to see which one is the most beautiful. "Princess Valencia..." Joanna announced as she entered into the common sitting room, "It seems congratulations are not just in order for you, alone... though I must say, as thrilling of a proposal as it was, it's a pity it had to happen in the same time as his brother's engagement party."

[queerism1969]

What are some of the best LGBTQ books?

Carol / The Price Of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman (this was just turned into a film)

The Female Man by Joanna Russ

Valencia by Michelle Tea

The Slow Fix by Ivan E. Coyote

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Landing by Emma Donoghue

A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham

The Kushiel's Legacy Series by Jacqueline Carey

The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling

Leave Myself Behind by Bart Yates

Now and Then by William Corlett

Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley

Les amitiés particulières (Special Friendships) by Roger Peyrefitte

Another Country by Julian Mitchell

Transgender History by Susan Stryker (good starting point into queer history in the United States)

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson

Tr*nny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (dark but very engaging—the USA antebellum south but set on a generation ship)

Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman (read it in one night—archivist vampires)

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (very cute and kind of wacky at points—includes aliens running a donut shop and Faustian deals with demons)

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin

the song of Achilles has a special place in my heart

Middlesex - Eugenides

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Johnny Garza Villa.

The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Insignificant Others by Stephen McCauley

Let There Be Light by AM Johnson.

When Everything Is Blue by Lauren Lascarso.

Boyfriend Material and Glitterland by Alexi Hall.

The Happy List by Briar Prescott.

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun.

The Will Darling Adventures by KJ Charles.

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid.

The Place Between by Kit Oliver.

The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne.

Bear, Otter and the Kid by TJ Klune.

Fun Home by Allison Bechdel

The Mask of Apollo - Renault

[identity-library]

Disability (Books)

A:

A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

Tiny Tim (Unspecified Disability)

A Different Kind of Beauty (Sylvia McNicoll)

Kyle (Blind, Diabetes)

All Our Broken Pieces (L.D. Crichton)

Kyler (Facial Difference - Scarring)

American Girl (Series - Various Authors)

Blaire (Food Allergy)

Gabriela (Stutter)

Josie Myers (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Joss Kendrick (Deaf)

Joy Jenner (Deaf)

Maryellen Larkin (Limited Mobility)

Sam Walker (Amputee)

A Step Toward Falling (Cammie McGovern)

Anthony (Down Syndrome)

Belinda Montgomery (Low Vision, Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Douglas (Unspecified Developmental Disability)

Eugene (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Francine (Down Syndrome)

Harrison (Autistic, Blind)

Sheila (Autistic)

All The Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)

Marie-Laure (Blind)

Animorphs (K.A. Applegate)

Collette (Paralyzed)

Craig (Unspecified Disability)

Erica (Unspecified Disability)

James (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Jessie (Unspecified Disability)

Judy (Unspecified Disability)

Julio (Unspecified Disability)

Kelly (Cystic Fibrosis)

Liam (Unspecified Disability)

Ray (Unspecified Disability)

Timmy (Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User)

Tricia (Unspecified Disability)

B:

Blind (Rachel DeWoskin)

Emma Sasha Silver (Blind)

Blindsided (Priscilla Cummings)

Natalie O'Reilly (Blind)

Blind Sighted (Peter Moore)

Callie (Blind)

Blind Spot (Laura Ellen)

Roswell "Roz" Hart (Blind - Macular Degeneration)

Bruised (Tanya Boteju)

Caihong "Cai" (Deaf)

C:

Catching the Light (Susan Sinnott)

Cathy (Unspecified Learning Disability)

Cemetary Boys (Aiden Thomas)

Julian Diaz (ADHD)

Connection Error (Annabeth Albert)

Josiah Simmons (ADHD)

Ryan Orson (Multi-Limb Amputee)

Crown of Feathers - Series (Nicki Pau Preto)

Sparrow (Blind)

D:

Daughter of the Deep (Rick Riordan)

Ester Harding (Autistic)

Dear Mothman (Robin Gow)

Noah (Autistic)

E:

F:

Finding Phoebe (Gavin Extence)

Phoebe (Autistic)

Frankie's World (Aoife Dooley)

Frankie (Autistic)

Sam (Wheelchair User)

Future Girl (Asphyxia)

Piper McBride (Deaf)

G:

Gifted Clans (Graci Kim)

Sahm (Limb Difference)

Girl, Stolen (April Henry)

Cheyenne Wilder (Blind)

Good Kings, Bad Kings (Susan Nussbaum)

Joanna Madsen (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

H:

Handle With Care (Jodi Picoult)

Willow O'Keefe (Osteogenesis Imperfecta)

Hello, Universe (Erin Entrada Kelly)

Valencia Somerset (Deaf)

Highway Bodies (Alison Evans)

Jojo (Amputee)

House Rules (Jodi Picoult)

Jacob Hunt (Autistic)

How to Speak Dolphin (Ginny Rorby)

Adam (Autistic)

Zoe (Blind)

I:

J:

Jerk, California (Jonathan Friesen)

Sam Carrier (Tourette's Syndrome)

K:

Keep This to Yourself (Tom Ryan)

Junior Merlin (Partially Blind - One Eye)

L:

Learning Curves (Ceillie Simkiss)

Cora McLaughlin (ADHD)

Light a Single Candle (Beverly Butler)

Cathy Wheeler (Blind)

Love and First Sight (Josh Sundquist)

Cecily Hoder (Facial Difference)

William "Will" Porter (Blind)

M:

Maximum Ride (James Patterson)

Iggy (Blind)

N:

Nestlings (Nat Cassidy)

Ana Greene (Paralyzed, Wheelchair User)

Not If I See You First (Eric Lindstrom)

Parker Grant (Blind)

O:

On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)

Denise (Autistic)

P:

Percy Jackson - Universe (Rick Riordan)

Amphithemis (Short Term Memory Loss)

Ben (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Ethan Nakamura (Partially Blind)

Halcyon "Hal" Green (Mute)

Hearthstone (Deaf)

Hephaestus (Facial Differences, Limb Differences)

Leo Valdez (ADHD, Motion Sickness)

Phineas (Blind)

Thalia Grace (ADHD, Dyslexia)

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Jonathan Auxier)

Peter Nimble (Blind)

Planet Earth is Blue (Nicole Panteleakos)

Nova Vezina (Autistic)

Punk 57 (Penelope Douglas)

Ryen Trevarrow (Allergies, Asthma)

Q:

R:

Rainbow Magic (Daisy Meadows)

Camilla (Deaf)

Elsie (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Harper (Down Syndrome)

Riley (Limb Difference)

Remember Dippy (Shirley Reva Vernick)

Remember "Mem" Dippy (Autistic)

Retina Boy (Ben Shaberman)

Doug Anderson (Blind)

Marcy (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

S:

Sadie (Courtney Summers)

Sadie Hunter (Stutter)

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Carlos Hernandez)

Floramaria Vidón (Diabetes)

Salvador "Sal" Vidón (Type 1 Diabetes)

Scholomance (Series - Naomi Novik)

Dinesh (Facial Scarring)

Hideo (Unspecified Tic Disorder)

Jowani (Stammer)

She is Not Invisible (Marcus Sedgwick)

Laureth Peak (Blind)

Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)

Kaz Brekker (Chronic Pain, Cane User)

Wylan Van Eck (Dyslexia)

Song for a Whale (Lynne Kelly)

Grandfather (Deaf)

Grandmother (Deaf)

Iris Bailey (Deaf)

Wendell (Deaf)

T:

Tall Story (Candy Gourlay)

Bernardo (Gigantism)

The Body in the Woods (April Henry)

Nick Walker (ADHD)

Ruby McClure (Autism)

Agatha (Down Syndrome)

The Good Hawk (Joseph Elliot)

The Heart of Applebutter Hill (Donna Hill)

Abigail Jones (Blind)

The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

Lev Myshkin (Epilepsy)

The Locked Tomb (Tamsyn Muir)

Cytherea the First (Cancer)

The Luis Ortega Survival Club (Sonora Reyes)

Ariana Ruiz (Autistic, Situational Mutism)

The One Thing (Marci Lyn Curtis)

Ben Milton (Spina Bifida)

Maggie Sanders (Blind)

The Storm Runner (J.C. Cervantes)

Renata "Ren" Santiago (Allergies, Epilepsy)

Rosie (Amputee)

Zane Obispo (Leg Length Discrepancy, Cane User)

The Tragedy Paper (Elizabeth LaBan)

Tim Macbeth (Albino, Blind)

The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)

Mat Cauthon (Blind)

The Window (Jeanette Ingold)

Mandy (Blind)

Things Not Seen (Andrew Clements)

Alicia Van Dorn (Blind)

Thousand Worlds - Series (Yoon Ha Lee)

Myung Juhwang (Amputee)

Quartermaster Yang (Deaf)

Tristian Strong - Series (Kwame Mbalia)

Jessica "Jess" (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

U:

V:

W:

Warriors (Erin Hunter)

Berrynose (Amputee)

Briarlight (Limited Mobility)

Brightheart (Partially Blind)

Cinderpelt (Limited Mobility)

Deadpaw (Limb Difference)

Fallowfern (Deaf)

Finleap (Amputee)

Halftail (Amputee)

Jayfeather (Blind)

Leopardstar (Diabetes)

Lilywhisker (Paralyzed)

Longtail (Blind)

Moth Flight (ADD)

Oddfoot (Limb Difference)

One-Eye (Partially Blind)

Petalfall (Epilepsy)

Shadowsight (Epilepsy)

Snowkit (Deaf)

Whitewater (Partially Blind)

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the East (Gregory Maguire)

Nessarose Thropp (Unspecified Disability, Wheelchair User)

Wings of Fire (Tui T. Sutherland)

Addax (Limp)

Battlewinner (Fantasy Disability)

Chameleon (Facial Difference, Limited Abilities)

Clay (Limp)

Dune (Amputee)

Jerboa ||| (Amputee)

Mayfly (Amputee)

Onyx (Limited Mobility)

Osprey (Blind, Paralyzed)

Peregrine (Partially Deaf)

Sapphire (Amputee)

Scarlet (Facial Difference)

Sequoia (Amputee)

Snowflake (Limited Mobility)

Starflight (Blind)

Stonemover (Limited Mobility*)

Tamarin (Blind)

Tau (Limb Difference, Limited Mobility)

Vengeance (Facial Difference)

Wasp (Facial Difference)

Wonder (R.J. Palacio)

Auggie Pullman (Facial Difference)

X:

Y:

Z:

#:

100 Days (Nicole McInnes)

Agnes (Progeria)

100 Sideways Miles (Andrew Smith)

Finn Easton (Epilepsy)

13 Gifts (Wendy Mass)

Angelina D'Angelo (Facial Difference)

[dncinginthemccnlight]

Closed starter: Isolde and Joanna (@hcrexcellency)

The party was dizzying, a dazzling array of lights and sounds, a festival like had not been seen since the beginning of their time in France. Finally, it seemed like the mood had lifted. Still, as seemed to always be the case, the joy came at a cost and now the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, those who had done so much damage, were free. Not only that, but there were rumors that Javier was planning to marry Valencia. Isolde pressed a hand to her forehead as she paced around her room, thoughts crashing through her brain like a torrential downpour, each thought like the incessant beating of the drops of rain against the stone of the castle at home. Trying to shake away the lump in her throat, she made her way to Joanna's room, knocking on the door before peeking inside.

"Jo?" she murmured, her voice hoarse. "I came to see you because I wanted to check on how you were after the party. I saw you dancing with Reuben and wanted to ask how everything went afterwards." If anyone might be able to cheer her, to pull her from her dreary mood, it was Jo.

[dxncingxnmyown]

@hcrexcellency | Joanna and Javier, Midday at the Palace of Versailles

It would not be the first time he's subject to Joanna Stuart's piercing gaze. The Scottish Princess made little secret of her uncertainty towards Javier. For good reason - liquor laden, irresponsible, womanizing King of Prussia is hardly an appealing moniker. But he knows it goes well beyond that, and is rooted in the woman they both loved. For once, the chasm between them shortens, as Javier approaches the Princess within the hallowed halls of Versailles. As if catching the loq and questioning look in her eyes, he nods subtly in her direction. "If I had the freedom, you know I'd pick differently." He's referring, of course, to the gossip mull that undoubtedly speaks of his betrothal to the Princess Valencia. "Whatever terrible thing you think of me... Know that I think it of myself, as well."

[mudaship39]

Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu an Asian Pasifika and Afro Latine Native of color demigod and alien hybrid

Relationships:

Love Interests:

He/she/they is polyamorous and is in polyamorous non-monogamous and monogamous relationships.

He/she/they have many partners and spouses as someone considered to be a mahu (Hawaiian), fa’afaine (Samoan), fakaleiti (Tongan), or maohi (Tahitian) in the middle elder and healer. 

He/she/they have many partners as someone polyamorous. 

He/she/they have many spouses as a trans queer Indigenous Pasifika person of color high king/high queen or chieftain/warchief. 

As someone with DID and schizophrenia in his/her/their psyche and mind he/she/they have several identities each with their own distinctive names, likes, dislikes, hobbies, & personalities since he/she/they are a plural system. 

Such as Alexander Mack Smith/Alexandria Macy Smith. Such as Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato. Such as Zana Saani. Such as Francisco Alejandro Diego García Ochoa/Francisca Alejandra Maria Garcia Ochoa. Such as the alien hybrid Zana Saani. Such as Polynesian demigod Kalani. Each plural system is a system of the main system Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu. 

This is to deal with the abuse and trauma that he/she/they have suffered as a former metahuman and superhuman child soldier. 

The plural systems of Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato, Alexander Smith/Alexandria Smith, Zana Saani, & Francisco Alejandro Diego Garcia Ochoa/Francisca Maria Garcia Ochoa are all polyamorous like the main system Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu. Each system is dating different people that is different from the other plural systems. 

Spouses and Partners:

Kana’i Makoa Latu/Ataahua Kamalani Latu:

His/her/their  Indigenous Pasifika and Indigenous Pasifika partners of color are Hokulani Kaimana Keali’i-Latu or Zhao Ya-Latu, Dior Linh Heimana Tran-Latu, Jazmine Kueni Leota, Olivia Hine Kohe, Vaulina Jiya Tagi-Latu, Runica Hana Keju-Latu, & Hibiki Higa-Kato or Rin Lan-Fen-Kato. 

Francisco Alejandro Diego Ochoa/Francisca Maria Garcia Ochoa:

His/her/their Indigenous partners and Indigenous partners of color are Central American Latine Native Veronica Dulce Gomez Veracruz-Ochoa, South American Latine Native Adriana Stephanie Macias Acosta-Ochoa, Lac La Ronge Cree and Northern Cheyenne Indigenous woman ‪Inayat Aloomse Barnett-Latu, & Asian Native Loretta Hope Dawn Isip-Latu (who is Southeast Asian Filipino, Aeta Indigenous Pasifika, and Anishinaabe Ojibwe Indigenous). 

Ryuu Kato/Haruka Kato:

His/her/their non native partners of color are Joanna Jacobson, Nijah Nadra Nadar, & Sofia Velasquez.

Alexander Mack Smith/Alexandria Macy Smith: 

His/her/their non native white partners are Talia Macridis Macar-Smith, Jessica Darby-Smith, & Leslie Pearlman-Smith. 

Yunos:

His/her/their nonhuman alien lovers are aliens Scir'uil, Kir'els, Litux, Falder, & Ollas 

Crel: 

Their nonhuman humanoid lovers are Greco Roman Amazonian Elolipe, Merfolk Hasi Kac (she is merfolk as a sea nymph, triton, & siren hybrid), Homo magi Charlotte Nightmore, angel Matariel, & demoness and devil lady hybrid Kylesh

Kalani:

His/her/their nonhuman divine partners are Atlantean demigod Olle (who is the daughter of a goddess of the ocean), Aesir Asgardian Valkyrie Ylva Helga Olafsdottir (daughter of Loki and Sif), Roman goddess of war Carina Bellona Ragoria (daughter of Mars and Venus), & Greek goddess Diona Artemis Megalos (daughter of Ares and Athena). 

Zana Saani:

His/her/their alien extraterrestrial partners are Kulax Kojir-Saani, Ohoi Nessars Saani, Breapru, four armed alien R’hasiss, Iesloria, Melmih, Loran, winged alien Terris, & Hleor. 

Exes:

His/her/their Indigenous exes were Afro Latine Apache Native Kelly Andrea Perez or Gouyen Mescal, Latine Native Yaqui Hoan Escalante Valencia Yocupicio, Asian Arctic Native Amaruq Ren Naitok, white Arctic Native Aleut Mary Lestenkof, Asian Tsalagi Native Cheng Na, Black Tsalagi Native Freedman Angela Robinson, Black Chickasaw Native Freedman Miko Harris, Latine Native Náhuatl Coyotl Acuca, Latine Native Zapotec Nayeli Sakagut, white Native Iroquois Mohawk Tekawitha Murphy, Sami Indigenous Emma Hakala, Nez Perce Kaya, Afro Latine Native Nakota Ana Anacaoana Ahura Lagunas Zaghoul or Tahcawin Teton, Black Native Lakota Tanaya Avery Johnson, white Native Blackfoot and Salish Hurit Ridley Clarke, Asian Native Dakota Chaske Kiren Tiwari, & Dine Jaan Kai Yazzie. 

His/her/their Indigenous Pasifika exes were Polynesian Tongan Ahio Colin Moala, Polynesian Maori Taki Anaru, Black Pasifika Kanaka Maoli Leilani Brittney Kekoa, Asian Pasifika Filipino and Polynesian Hawaiian Kalea Malea Ioane, Afro Caribbean and Melanesian Papuan Nali Tamara Apa, Melanesian Fijian Hereva Tanimani, Melanesian Solomon Islander Agarobe Garae, Melanesian Papuan Vavine Kila, Melanesian Ni-Vanuatu Ailana Tari, Asian Pasifika Micronesian Marshallese Runica Maiko Alik, Asian Pasifika Micronesian Pohnpeian  Eiken Hiro Apaisam, Micronesian Chamorro Isa Dela Cruz, Micronesian Chuukese Achina Akapito, and Micronesian Kosraean Tulpe Alik. 

His/her/their ex partners of color were Jonathan Kaven Ruslo, Lavanya Sunita Mishra, Devrim Keyan Uzun, Karishma Patel-York, Jayani Kumar-Patel, Raji Patel Keisuke Tanaka, Seo-Jun Jeong, Lisa Nguyen-Jeong, Jason Fujimoto, Hank Nguyen, Yoon-Sook Lee-Tanaka, Ruro Suzuki, Jason Peter Rodriguez, Lola Macias, Raquel Marina Alonzo-Jones, Lorena Castillo, Ulric Hayes, Vincent Tennyson, Jasmine Harris, Taylor Davis, Hector Vega, Hasan Karim, Ashaki Kahn, & Tirsa Malik.

[juan-1980]

Cocuy para ver, saber y sentir

Joanna Cadenas Una pieza de cine 100% venezolano y de alta calidad visual es el documental del director Héctor Puche y su amigo Miguel Ángel Pérez, El maravilloso agave cocuy (2023). La obra se encuentra de estreno en circuitos de cine y ha logrado obtener el premio Mejor largo documental del Festival de Cine Independiente de Valencia 2023, entre otros. El mejor reconocimiento ha sido la…

[mi4011ayodyarajakaruna]

10. Sergio Laguarda

Sergio started his career as an animator in United Kingdom where he graduated with an Honours in animation from the University of South Wales, Newport. In Cardiff, he worked with a reference in traditional animation as Joanna Quinn. After 7 years he returned to Valencia where he worked for a year in stop motion animation before he moved to Madrid. There he trained different disciplines such as directing, animation and post production.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiolaguarda/en/?originalSubdomain=es

[dncinginthemccnlight]

There was a relief to speaking with Valencia, like finally breaking down a damn inside herself and letting the truth flow out. Always, even with Joanna who knew about him, Isolde had never been able to speak about her feelings for her dearest love, but Valencia knew him truly. With her, Isolde could speak without fear. "He's known all along that something was happening. He knew before I did. He has always known me somewhat better than I know myself. He has that power, you know, to make someone their best version, to see the whole of them when they shroud themselves." He was the most incredible man that Isolde had ever known and she knew that he was an amazing king. She worried, though, that her death would impact his ability to rule. He was passionate and he threw himself wholeheartedly into his passions; with her illness, he wished to focus on her, but what would happen while he focused? How would Prussia suffer, especially if she lingered? "I wish I knew what I wanted. I have tried to tear myself away from him because I wanted him to be free to focus on building his life with you. But now he is injured...I couldn't stay away even if I wanted to." She was drawn to him and would be until she drew her last breath.

At Valencia's words, Isolde smiled gratefully; it was so terribly odd to think that she would sit across from her lover's fiancee and find in her a confidant rather than a foe. "I am in no hurry to leave. I still have much to do to prepare my family and my country. I do not think I will be able to truly prepare Javi, but I am trying to make the transition as smooth as I can." There was no smoothly leaving when she and him were bound up in each other, knitted together with love and time so completely that she'd never be able to untangle herself. But a decade, that would be a dream. It was time enough to make a home...not that she could make a home with a man that was already to be married. "I think that Javier will pour his love into your children, that the fondness he has for you will be a sort of love, but that he will understand your true love with the man that holds your heart. I have never seen him jealous and I do not believe he will start. I think that you both will have a good life together, once the grief settles."

❛that he is, and though i can read him well enough, he still managed to keep you a secret, rather of your condition. i did not know he loved another until he confessed to me. and he's quite insightful himself.❜ a trait of his that became more apparent the more time she spent with him. ❛he's far too open for his own good if you ask me, but i've grown to admire that about him. in our world everyone wears a mask, but he's not afraid to be seen for who he is. it seems neither are you.❜ except that he is far more than what the ton gossip about him. he was not a drunk womanizer, he's a man grieving for all that he's lost, his parents, his former alliance with the italian heir on some level, and soon the love of his life. even after all this, he manages to keep his head high, push forward, and initially she had been annoyed at his lack of interest in politics, only to learn he cares for prussia, only that he needed proper guidance, that the dutch princess herself could provide, and a friend to lean on. he cares enough to marry a suitable woman for the benefit of his country, even if he could not have a proper life with his lover. valencia meets the other's gaze, for another soul, rarely it softens. ❛i thought about it for a moment, princess, to turn him away from you, to secure him entirely, but i knew it would be a wasted effort. not only because i do not desire him that way, but because he could not love another the way he loves you. anything I can do for both of you, i will. he will be anything for you, whatever you wish to be.❜ valencia had no known such a friendship not until she met him javier and now...isolde. one she shouldn't not want, but one she didn't object to. rare for her, she offers the other a small smile. ❛do not thank me. this marriage is for me as much as it is for him, i need this marriage as he does, perhaps even more.❜

the news of the sottish princess slowly passing still struck valencia in ways she's reeling from, perhaps years back she would not have cared or even batted an eyelash. the more the other spoke of it, she feels chest tightening. she is not sure for who, for javier or isolde herself, or both. perhaps both. the mercy thought would be to end her suffering, but that would mean javi would suffer even more. ❛I hope you do not take this the wrong way - I wish you have more than a decade. I don't pretend to imagine how you suffer living with your condition, for the sake of my friend, I hope he does not lose you anytime soon." there's no predicting illness, its true, isolde did not know and neither did anyone else. ❛do you truly believe he will be satisfied with having children with me, and then allowing me to live my life with the man i love?❜ she inquires, holding the other's gaze, but nonetheless she would keep her promise. javier would not be alone, he would always have valencia, looking out for him in whatever manner she's able. in time, she is sure alistair would understand her friendship with the king and feel a sense of fondness for him.

[normanblogs]

Binibining Pilipinas 2022 National Costumes Part 4

In random order, here is the fourth group of eight photos for the National Costumes of Binibining Pilipinas 2022 shot at Las Casas Filipinas De Acuzar Quezon City by the duo of Raymond Saldaña and Owen Reyes. Gabrielle Basiano in Ken Batino and Jevin Salaysay Nicole Borromeo in Axel Que Elsa Aznar in Neil Patrick Jimlani Patricia Ann Tan in Kennedy Jhon Gasper Joanna Ricci Alajar in Mark Joseph…

[divinefem]

a    list    of    feminine    names    i’ve    adored    and    complied    over    years    .    please    note    the    names    are    from    a    variety    of    origins    and    it’s    best    to    research    ,    in    accordance    to    naming    your    character    appropriately    .

A       ⸻        alaia    .    aliya    .    adèle    .    adella    .    adely    .    adira    .    aellai    .    aera    .    aimée    .    alessia    .    alice    .    alisha    .    amal    .    amara    .    amina    .    amor    .    anais    .    angelique/angie    .    anita    .    antonia    .    anya    .    arden    .    arnela    .    arya    .    asia    .    aspen    .    audrey    .    aurelia    .    aurora    .    avery    .

B       ⸻        bella    .    bianca    .    blair    .    blanca    .    briar    .    brielle    .    brigitte    .    bristol    .    bruna    .

C       ⸻        calliope    .    calista    .    camille    .    carina    .    carmel    .    carmen    .    carmine    .    cassia    .    cataline    .    chantal    .    charlène    .    chelsea    .    cher    .    chérie    .    cheryl    .    cheyenne    .    chiara    .    chiasa    .    cindy    .    cecelia/celia    .    celina    .    céline    .    cipriana    .    clara    .    clare    .    claudia    .    cleo    .    clover    .    colette    .    cordelia    .    cornelia    .

D       ⸻        dahlia    .    daisy    .    danika    .    davina    .    delaney    .    denise    .    devon    .    diana    .    diane    .    dione    .    dominica    .    donata    .    donatella/donna    .    dulce    .

E       ⸻        eden    .    elara    .    eleonora    .    elle    .    elliana    .    éloise    .    emory    .    erica    .    esha    .    esmé    .    estela    .    ester    .    eve    .    evangeline    .

F       ⸻        faith    .    faiza    .    fallon    .    farrah    .    faye    .    fenna    .    florentina    .    francesca    .    francia    .

G       ⸻        gabriela    .    genevieve    .    giada/gia    .    giovanna    .    giselle    .    giulia    .    garcelle    .    grace    .    graziella    .    gwen    .

H       ⸻        hadiya    .    hafsa    .    halle    .    halima    .    harley    .    hazel    .    helen    .    hélène    .    hermosa    .    honey    .    hiba    .    hina    .

I       ⸻        iffat    .    iman    .    imani    .    imogen    .    inara    .    inaya    .    indiana/india    .    ines    .    irina    .    iris    .    isadora    .    isabel    .    isla    .    isra    .    italia    .    italina    .    ivory    .    ivonne    .    ivy    .

J       ⸻        jade    .    jamila    .    jasmine    .    joanna    .    jocelyn    .    joelle    .    jolie    .    jordana    .    jordan    .    josephine    .    jovi    .    juliet    .

K       ⸻        kajal    .    kalila    .    karina    .    katia    .    kennedy    .    kenya    .    kimberly    .

L       ⸻        labani    .    lacey    .    lavender    .    lavinia    .    leona    .    liberty    .    lisette    .    livia    .    london    .    lourdes    .    lilliana    .    lucia/luciana    .    luna    .    lydia    .

M       ⸻        mabel    .    madelaine    .    madeline    .    madina    .    maeve    .    mahima    .    malia    .    maisha    .    maiya    .    mariana    .    marisa    .    marisol    .    meghana/megan    .    melina    .    mercy    .    mia    .    milan    .    minka    .    monica    .    monique    .    montana    .    marjorie    .    michelle    .

N       ⸻        nadia    .    nadine    .    naisha    .    nannette    .    naomi    .    nara    .    naressa    .    natalya    .    natascha    .    naya    .    neelam    .    nisa    .    nikita    .    noelle    .    noemi    .    nyla    .    nicolette    .

O       ⸻        odette    .    onima    .    oparna    .    orion    .    olivia    .    olympia    .    ophelia    .    opal    .

P       ⸻        paloma    .    pandora    .    paola    .    pari    .    peony    .    pareesa    .    paris    .    paula    .    paulina    .    pearl/pearla    .    petra    .    peyton    .    piera    .    poppy    .    prairie    .    priscilla    .    priya/priyanka    .

R       ⸻        raquel    .    ravenna    .    rayne    .    regina    .    renata    .    renee    .    rhea    .    rima    .    rita    .    rochelle    .    romana    .    romina    .    romy    .    rosa/rosalia    .    rosella    .    rosie    .    rowan    .    ruby    .    river    .

S       ⸻        sabelia    .    sabine    .    safiya    .    sahar    .    santana    .    saorise    .    sasha    .    saskia    .    savia    .    saya    .    sayena    .    scarlet    .    selene    .    serena    .    serenity    .    shelby    .    sheridan    .    shannon    .    sienna    .    sita    .    sloane    .    sofia    .    soléa    .    soleil    .    sonia    .    soraya    .    sorcha    .    surina    .    sutton    .    svea    .    sylvia    .    summer    .    suzanne    .

T       ⸻        tahira    .    tamara/tamar    .    taryn    .    telese    .    trishna    .    thalia    .    thea    .

V       ⸻        valentina    .    valencia    .    vanessa    .    venice    .    venus    .    vera    .    verona    .    veronica    .    vienna    .    violet    .    vitöria    .    vivian/vivienne    .

W       ⸻        wahida    .    winona    .    whitney    .    wren    .

Y       ⸻        yadira    .    yael    .    yalina    .    yara    .    yasmina    .    yesenia    .    yuliana    .    yuri    .    yvette    .    yvonne    .

Z       ⸻        zahra    .    zaria    .    zhenya    .    zoya    .

[dncinginthemccnlight]

"She speaks quickly and she has much faith in what she is saying, but still, she clearly cares for their family and their country. I am sure that she will be a fair sister-in-law so long as we are polite to her." Isolde intended to help make sure that those in Scotland would be quite polite to help grow goodwill between the two countries; she wondered if placing Dorit in a boat and shipping her into the Atlantic would improve or damage relations with the Schellenberg family. She concluded that, as with everything involving Joanna's family-to-be, it would be complicated. Luckily, Reuben was quite sweet and very much loved Isolde's sister so all else would have to find a way. "Don't worry. You shall be in Scotland where our people would never let anything happen to you. Dorit would be fighting a war she cannot win, not on your turf." That protectiveness felt by their people might now extend to Reuben, or very soon would. It was foolhardy to mess with the Scots. Isolde grinned broadly at her sister's words. "I'm generally told that the excitement is a good thing. You get to have the life you want with the man you want, I hope that it is all you could dream and more." Her own life story might not read the same, but at least Joanna had a chance. "He doesn't seem to be suffering," Isolde sighed as Javier wrapped his fingers in Valencia's.

“I was one of them," the words used in a past-tense sounded so strange coming from Joanna, "But she’s not that annoying, once you get used to her.” If she was going to actively choose to become part of Reuben's family, she might as well actually learn to like the queen. It was getting easier with each passing day, mostly because Gizella would do anything to please her. “God I hope you’re right…” the call of scotch whisky was beckoning at the bar top. Marriage was an all-together terrifying thought, let alone the idea of fighting with his sister just to keep him at her side, “The Scottish people are more likely to snuff her out on Twitter if she tries anything.” There was a fierce protectiveness over her fiancé that she could not explain, though she was certain she did not need to around Isolde. “I’m actually excited to marry him, is that weird?” At least this wasn't the stone age, where she'd be forced to make life-altering decisions such as these. “Hey, no," she scolded, that same protectiveness reaching to her sister, “He’s getting married. We can just mimd our own business and manifest that he’s suffering without you.” She sighed, brushing a strand of her dyed blonde hair out of her face, “The internet will tell him… we can’t be this close to a breaking news headline.”

[theempireroyals]

Princess Isabel Poses For Photos With Her Parents Queen Isabelle and King Ferdinand On Her First Day Of School

The young princess is starting Year One at Valencia, an exclusive private school in Whitechapel.

She may be the sister of the future king of Ashhaven but even a Princess Isabel must go to school to get a good education.

Today, the six year old princess is once again starting the school year at Valencia, a tony elementary school in Whitechapel. Photographers documented the milestone, capturing pictures of Isabel outside the school, dressed in her adorable blue uniform.

Luckily, Isabel seems to be enjoying herself so far. "Isabel is really happy at school, and his nickname is Bel.," a Valencia’s parent told Vanity earlier. "She’s very popular and has lots of friends, and there’s very little fuss made about who she is."

Today marks Princess Isabel’s first day at Valencia.

It helps that her parents, the Queen and King of Ashhaven, blend in as best they can. "Either Isabel or Ferdinand do drop off, and Ferdinand is always very friendly," the parent added. "Isabel particularly takes a large interest in her children education and loves to have a chat with some of the teachers. Ferdinand usually very chatty with the other mums."

Princess Isabel reportedly very happy to join the school, per Vanity. "She can’t wait to be at the big school like her older brother before her," a source said. "She is so excited about it all."

See a few more photos of her first day below:

After a summer filled with the continuing rumours of King Ferdinand alleged affair resulting in a child, the royal family are ready to settle into the school year. Here they are walking in to Valencia.

Isabel introduces herself to Joanna Vinnal, the head of the lower school.

Isabel was a confident arriving for her first day of classes as she posed with her mother, Queen Isabel.