#5×01

[theacehermit]

Canon is wrong.

When Gwen becomes queen, she doesn't forget she was a maidservant. Yes, she (difficultly) adapts herself to the aristocracy habits, but she doesn't distance herself from her friends of a life, the servants. Specifically, her and Merlin's friendship doesn't disappear out of the blue. When Merlin crushes into Sefa and makes her drop the tray (5×01), Gwen helps them pick the food up because she's friend with them. When Arthur, Merlin and her find time for their picnic dates (5×10 – no, Merlin isn't thirdwheeling and that's a group date), she helps Merlin settle the blanket on the ground because she doesn't want him to do all the work.

My canon is that queen Gwen is close to servants.

[mango-ti]

Polish Miku shows off her new hair

[silverameco]

I'm not saying merthur is canon... i'm just saying there is no heterosexual explanation for these scenes in 5×01

[sisterdivinium]

#touching

[elderberries-and-honey]

Winifred’s transition into motherhood was easier than she had expected. The twins were content spending time in her arms, and kept each other entertained with their unintelligible babbling back and forth when she needed to put her attention elsewhere. 

Since Lawrence was busy with his schooling, Winifred’s bond with the twins grew deep and both of them seemed to gravitate more towards their mother. Sometimes, it almost seemed as though they preferred Sister Eunice and Eloise over their father whenever they came for a visit.

[leveloneandup]

You want someone who's going to kind of mildly irritate you if they're a CFO. You want someone who brings friction. You want that person. You have that in a relationship, right? You have one person who likes to spend more and you have one person who likes to spend less. Which one is it?

[pink-yuri]

♡ 5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love ♡

[jtl-fics]

So hard to choose but I think I must request a Pretty boy this Wip Wednesday

Thank you ash <3

12/11/24 WIP Wednesday (Closed) | Pretty Boy

“A few weeks back you mentioned that you wanted to start complimenting Neil.” Betsy says and it takes everything in Andrew to keep a straight face when she brings it up. He obviously fails as he sees Betsy looking at him with a slight bit of pity, “How is that going?”

“Fine,” Andrew says and almost winces when the word hits his own ears.

Damn Neil for ruining a word that could have perfectly described how complimenting him has gone in the weeks since their dinner at the diner.

Check out this week's WIP Wednesday: HERE

[hajimedics]

me, my brother, and our special little guy

[nick-cassidy]

7/11 of the GTP cars are under extended technical inspections so who knows who actually has the podium LOL

[stromuprisahat]

This country, the Darkling shouted. They can’t even let you fake your death in peace!

I knew that the more powerful Grisha were said to live long lives, and Darklings were the most powerful of them all.

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 3

“How old are you? ... Because I’ve heard stories about you since I was a child, but you don’t look much older than I am. ... If you don’t want to answer me, just say so.”

“I don’t want to answer you.”

“Oh.”

Then he sighed and said, “One hundred and twenty. Give or take.”

“They said you were the strongest Darkling in generations.”

“I didn’t ask you for flattery.”

Shadow and Bone- Chapter 5

Just how fucked Ravka is, if the Darkling can’t even risk change of aliases?

“The world is changing, Alina. Muskets and rifles are just the beginning. I’ve seen the weapons they’re developing in Kerch and Fjerda. The age of Grisha power is coming to an end.”

That situation’s too unstable to fake his death and try to establish himself all over again?

Let’s say the weaponry’s a matter of last decade or so. What was it before?

“Do you know the story of Andrei Zhirov?” 

“The revolutionary?” 

Zhirov had been a radical in Nikolai’s grandfather’s time. 

A grin ghosted over Dominik’s blood-flecked lips. “When they tried to hang him for treason, the rope broke and he rolled into the ditch the soldiers had dug for his grave.” 

Nikolai tried to smile. “I never heard that story.” 

Dominik nodded. “This country, Zhirov shouted. They can’t even hang a man right.”

King of Scars- Chapter 12

“Nikolai’s granfather’s time” would be some twenty, thirty years ago? Assuming the royals hurry to ensure the succession ASAP...

There’s been a suggestion somewhere, that Grisha could’ve been used to subdue the uprising. Even if that wasn’t the case, as we can clearly see throughout the books, crises are great times to re-awake some nice anti-Grisha hatred. Failed attempt to improve situation of Ravkan people would likely cause some displeasure, and who better to aim that at, than the Crown’s fancy serfs? You can’t harm the King, but you can kick his toys.

The “Last” official Darkling lived as long as he did to keep an eye on Ravkan masses. He might be hated, he might be blamed for every possible misfortune, but he’s also feared enough to make people think twice before crossing him.

The minute he’s out of picture- anti-Grisha pogroms begin.

To quote show!Aleksander, when he was still allowed some braincells:

Our enemies are threatened by your mere existence. But Ravka can only stand up to them if we present a united front. And there is talk of uprising in the West, led by our. esteemed First Army General. Our own people, turning their backs on us. I have been fighting this war alone for so long. I have buried so many good soldiers. Friends. The coffers are running dry, the noose tightens... and our own people are turning against Grisha, just as their kin once did.

[tainoodles]

♥♥♥

[warverse]

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY WARVERSE AND CELEBRATING 1k!!!

I was really happy to celebrate those within Warverse, completing the vote (which the winner of ‘King of The BattleGround’ will be posted soon) and the collaborative piece. I thought this was something different and fun to do and despite a bit of a chip on the shoulder it was great fun <3 Thank you so much @doloshroom​ for hosting this with me <3 

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@omero-megane , @nezu-tan and @wr-n Thank you everyone for joining! So glad to make the lil background lively haha

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[asurrogateblog]

only one of my two guys wrote a song about a dream he had where yoko ono tells him to jump off a cliff and kill himself and it’s not paul

[spicedwatermel0n]

More fankids I guess. Just like Gary and Luna none of them are in my main headcanoned universe, it's just an au where they actually decided to have kids themselves when they were older because realistically they wouldn't want to