#Amalia R

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andrew is Slowly becoming a guy i enjoy

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made my it lives mcs with this cute asf picrew !!

pink hair - juan "wan" capili, they/he, snarky drag queen. resposible for showing mattyass and lincoln tiktok in separate timelines.

purple hair - ronaldo "ro" salvador, he/him, genuine softie future professor and husband of abel. will not hesitate to deck someone who hurts the puppy mans.

black hair - amor rodriguez, she/her, lia's #1 fan and beta reader. aggressively loves the childhood friends to lovers trope for some reason.

blue hair - reggie "reg" custodio, she/they. loves to annoys joss with her sarcasm and serenades. beanie buds with noah.

Bonus: devon "at least 7 people are in love with me" hunter (bottom left) & harper "now has the one gay earring" vance (bottom right) <3

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I remember I had this up on my archived blog, & it's time to repost it here.

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new blog ‼️‼️🥳

NEW BLOG <3

[elfmagesurana]

red female hawke just sounds like a rude snippy bitch not aggressive at all, I think it's funny. her team of choice after carver leaves is Merrill (her gf), Isabela (funny but is def gonna trade her to the qunari 😬. unless there's no achievement then I'll just see) and anders (funny but how a sopping wet animal is funny)

also apparently varric hates the red options I didn't know that lol I'm always blue hawke. Got rivalry points from him when I said id kick the grey wardens ass if he didn't give us the maps. and anders called me a little girl for threatening him dksjjajaiaja

[tudorblogger]

Book Review - ‘Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and her Siblings’ by Heather R. Darsie

Check out my latest book review of the brilliant 'Children of the House of Cleves: Anna and Her Siblings' by Heather R. Darsie,

Huge thanks to Amberley Publishing for sending me a copy of this to review. This was an intriguing idea and read right from the start. It’s not a topic I’ve read much about. I know the Anna of Cleves English history but not the wider history of the Von der Mark family. So, this was so interesting! What I did find difficult in the reading was just the sheer number of people that I didn’t really…

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Yugo's Audience with Armand: Moving Past Previous Mistakes

If you think about it, after his sacrifice and his reconciliation with Amalia, his audience with Yugo is the scene that best highlights Armand's character development throughout the season, dare I say, the show. With it, we finally come full circle.

We were first introduced to Armand as he refused to let Joris anywhere near his father, even at the behest of the King of Bonta.

Up until that point, all we knew about him was from Amalia and Eva's retellings, where he was painted as often arguing with his sister, being an extremely difficult person to deal with, and having bad breath. And then we finally meet him and...

Everything they said about him turned out to be nothing but the truth.

But we don't really see the full extent of it until Amalia and Evangelyne pleaded their case regarding Nox to him, when he stubbornly refused to believe his sister, instead assuming her imagination had just gone wild. He didn't even rethink his assessment even when Eva backed Amalia up, which would have still been harsh of him to do—to believe his sister's bodyguard over her just because he has a crush on her—, but it still would have made sense, as Eva is very level-headed and she never would have even entertained the thought of allowing Amalia to joke over something so serious.

That already established Armand as an arrogant and self-righteous prince who believes he is in the right just because of his position as heir apparent and older brother.

We must also keep in mind he actually had ample reason to believe Amalia about Nox's plans. While it's hard to tell the extent of his actions and the repercussions they had on the World of Twelve and his victims before the beginning of the show, the fact remains that Nox had been at large for 200 years. In that time, he probably ravaged countless villages and killed powerful creatures in order to drain their Wakfu. Surely, word must have at least got out about some mad Xelor going around and killing people!

In other words, it wasn't necessarily like Armand didn't have proof that Amalia was telling the truth. At the very least, he must have heard some rumours. And yet, that wasn't enough for him to believe his sister and act accordingly.

Not to mention, Amalia had ran away yet came back to warn her people of the upcoming threat. Yet Armand still thought she was making stuff up. Who in their right mind would leave their home only to come back to put everyone on edge over a lie?

One thing is acting spoiled from time to time, and another very different thing is acting sociopathic!

Now, let's compare this to his audience with Yugo when he sought his permission to investigate Sadida ground.

During the time between season 2 and the OVAs, Armand seemed to have developed a deep-seated mistrust of the Eliatropes, most likely caused by Qilby's deceit, and it was only exacerbated when the Eliatrope Goddess introduced herself and made her intentions of controlling the World of Twelve in order to make it safe for her children clear.

It's also worth pointing out that not even Yugo was safe from his scorn, despite being a staunch ally to the Sheran Sharms, and saving his kingdom and the world in several occasions. This I attribute both to the fact that Amalia's feelings for him got in the way of marrying her off (thankfully, he seemed to move on from that mindset in season 4, though he still didn't necessarily approve of Yugo), and the fact that King Oakheart was always so welcoming and trusting of him. Knowing Armand, it really wouldn't be far-fetched to believe he was jealous of Yugo's own relationship with his father.

And yet, when the time came for Yugo to request his help and ask him to place his trust on him, Armand agreed.

This is especially telling of his character development because, unlike in Amalia's case, Armand did have ample reason to distrust the Eliatropes.

It's true, except for Qilby and arguably their goddess, the Eliatropes are a peaceful race, but the Twelvians' experiences with the former two at least justify their unease around them.

Both of them display an alarming lack of empathy towards anyone but themselves or their people. After all, Qilby is responsible for the genocide of the Eliatropes, and all because he was bored and searched stimulation elsewhere because of his divine gift. But at the same time, while he couldn't care less for the World of Twelve and planned to have Rushu and his subjects destroy it right before draining it dry of all Wakfu just to fuel the Zenit, he was equally adamant to have his family and the Eliatrope children with him as he travelled the Krosmoz.

The Eliatrope Goddess, on the other hand, might not have been as outwardly callous as her son, nor capable of even going through with her threats and putting the world leaders in their place, but she is equally uncaring towards anyone who isn't one of her children.

In fact, that was the very reason why she made an enemy out of the Twelvian leaders and they came to resent her presence. Because she chose to override their authority and keep them all under her watch (which, until she revealed herself, had the Twelvians terrorised). But the last nail on the coffin was when she revealed that all that, the Eliaculus, sending the Eliatrope guard to help whenever there was trouble, everything, was solely to ensure her children's safety.

Like mother, like son. Am I right?

Even without saying anything, she made it clear that she cared not for the Twelvians and that the Eliatropes were her priority. And that's without getting into her manic insistence they left the World of Twelve to rot the moment the Nécromes arrived.

Now, there's no denying that most leaders with any significant focus have been revealed to be jerks one way or another (looking at you, Queen Astra, Prince of Brakmar, and the entire Osamodas royal family), but they do have a right to be worried when Eliatrope didn't even bother to hide how, in her eyes, they're second class citizens compared to her own followers.

These first impressions really didn't give much reason for Armand to believe Yugo and to listen to his pleas. However, the most damning evidence of all had to be the fact that the Nécromes appeared with the arrival of the Eliatropes. Between the suspicious timing and the fact that the portal-making race had dealt with traitors before, it sounded very unlikely that both things wouldn't be connected.

And Armand knew this. He was perfectly aware of how suspicious everything was, and he didn't hesitate to let Yugo know. However, he also admitted, several times, in fact, that Yugo had been an ally to the Sadida Kingdom since the beginning. That if both his father and his sister never hesitated to put as much faith and trust in him as they did, then it would only be wise he chose to trust Yugo as well.

A clear contrast to how he refused to listen to Amalia, his own sister, back in season 1, and all because he believed to be always in the right.

Season 4 was Armand's chance to redeem himself in the eyes of the audience, to go from an arrogant, jealous prince to a mature and wise king and brother. And while there are things I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive him for, I do appreciate the character development he went through. As I said at the beginning of the analysis, this scene proves he's come full circle.

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*✶   uncommon names:

a  list  of  uncommon  names that  i’ve  been  compilating  from  pinterest.  please  note  the  names ( not sorted  in f/m). are  from  a  variety  of  origins  and  it’s  best  to  research ,  in  accordance to  naming  your  character  appropriately .

a - d :

ada, althea, amaya, amalia, anita, anya, aspen, ayla, baker, boheme, bria, bondi, cade, calliope, cara, caroline, celosia, charlotte, cleo, coral, coco, dakota.

e - i :

elena, ellie, esme, everlee, enzo, ford, genevieve, gracie, haven, harlow, hazel, inessa, isla, ivy, izzy.

j - n :

jasper, jolene, josephine, josie, kaia, kate, katie, lexie, lilac, lina, luxe, malia, maya, mila, nala, naomi, nova.

o - r :

oakley, oaklynn, quincy penelope,penn, poppy, raina, ruby, ruthe.

s - v :

sage, savannah, scout, sienna, skye, sonnet, sutton, vienna.

w- z :

wiley, wren, zella, zoe, zola, zoriana.

[duckprintspress]

Announcing: The Contributors to Our Anthology “A Truth Universally Acknowledged”

Have you been wondering what Duck Prints Press has in the works? Well, our next anthology is third in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… series! We’re following up our anthologies of queer fanworks inspired by Much Ado About Nothing and The Three Musketeers with this project: A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” We’re on track for a mid-fall crowdfunding campaign for this fun, exciting collection. Before then, why not take a moment to get to know our awesome 22 contributing authors and 17 contributing artists?

Artists:

Aceriee (Linktree). Aceriee is also the cover artist for “A Truth Universally Acknowledged.”

Cris Alborja (Instagram | ko-fi)

Zel Howland (Tumblr). Zel is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

May (Archive of Our Own | Artstation | ko-fi | Personal Website | Tumblr)

Max Jason Peterson (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Linktree | Tumblr | Twitter | WordPress)

Flore Picard (Instagram)

Kendall Pletcher (Instagram). Kendall is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

Jared Powell

radicalhoodie (itch.io | Tumblr). radicalhoodie is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

J. Radin

Elizabeth Rose (Bluesky | Instagram | Tumblr | Twitter)

Xanthe P. Russell (Behance | Facebook | Instagram | Tumblr)

Saro /Legendaerie (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Tomowowo (Twitter)

A. A. Weston (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Tumblr). A. is also a merchandise artist for the campaign.

Amalia Zeichneren (Linktree)

Jagoda Zirebiec (Tumblr | Twitter)

Author:

Téa Belog (Personal Website | Twitter)

E. V. Dean (Instagram | Tumblr)

J. D. Harlock (Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter)

Rascal Hartley (Archive of Our Own)

A. L. Heard (Bluesky | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr)

O. E. Hendrickson

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Lucy K. R. (Archive of Our Own | Personal Website | Twitter)

Lyonel Loy

Mikki Madison (Personal Website | Tumblr | Storygraph)

Genevieve Maxwell (Tumblr)

Sage Mooreland

nottesilhouette (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Taliesin Owens (Tumblr)

Linnea Peterson (Bluesky | Personal Website)

Em Rowntree (Twitter)

Vee Sloane (Archive of Our Own | Tumblr)

Shea Sullivan (Personal Website)

Dei Walker (Discord: .dei. | BlueSky | Tumblr | Twitter)

Terra P. Waters (Archive of Our Own | Instagram | Patreon | Ream | Tumblr)

A. D. Williams

Xianyu Zhou

Read their full biographies here!

Curious about this series? Check out And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” and Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers.”

[theroyalsofcorrilea]

The Grand Ducal Family of Bauden

Presiding over the last Germanic Sate is the Hessian Ruler, Maximillian III, the Grand Duke of Bauden. His Serene Highness became Grand Duke in 2009, after the death of his father Henrich II.

The Grand Duke married his wife the Grand Duchess Alexandra, nee Princess of Battenberg in 1997, at the Cathedral of the Holy Mother, in a Catholic ceremony, witnessed by the Pope. Together the royal couple have two children Nicholas, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Bauden (b.1998) and Duchess Catherina (b.2000).

In 2021, Nicholas was wed to HH Princess Marina of Sicily, at the same Cathedral his parents were wed 24 years prior. Together the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess have two children, Duke Wilhelm-Joseph (b.2021) and Duchess Josephine (b.2024).

The final member of the Grand Ducal Family is the Grand Duke’s mother, Her Serene and Royal Highness, Amalia, the Dowager Grand Duchess of Bauden, Princess of the Hellenes .

Standing (L-R) Nicholas, Catherina and Maximilian

Seated(L-R) Marina, Amalia and Alexandra

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✦ Arlecchino (Genshin Impact)

Names, pronouns, and titles, but mostly names and titles. Requested by @magnoliawriter.

✦✦✦ Names ;

Atieno. Connive. Briar. Connie. Archer. Ashe. Claudia. Aypero. Eschive. Clove. Avarice. Lekomir. Raul. Acheron. Charon. Nybras. Amalia. Selene. Silvano. Noire. Blair[e]. Keron. Adalaide. Amoura. Caledonia. Artimis. Cordelia. Alondra. Otets.

✦✦✦ Pronouns ;

Trick tricks. Lie lies. Un unknown. Sh? h?r. Hea hearth. In insane. San sanity. Be betray. Trust trusts. Mor morals. Ri rip riposte. Con connive. Ruin ruins. Wei weird. Un unsettle unsettling.

✦✦✦ Titles ;

The Knave. Father [name]. The Fourth Fatui Harbinger. The cynical one. The deceiving. The "actress". The unpredictable. Her unpredictability. The liar. Her conniving lies. The unknown. The careless one. The lies she tells. The sneakiest girl. The dishonest girl. The girl no one knows. She who loves differently. The father of all.

She her can be replaced with whatever you'd like. Girl, one, or other terms can be replaced or totally removed.

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♛ @dailytudors Tudor Week 2023

Day 3 : Best Tudor myth: Holbein's flattery and a 'Flanders mare'

" Hans Holbein the Younger altered his portrait of Anna of Cleves to enhance her beauty

Part of the negotiations for the marriage with Anna included a trip by court painter Hans Holbein the Younger to Cleves to depict Anna and her sister Amalia. Holbein was chosen for several reasons. He was one of Henry’s favorite painters and, most importantly, he had a reputation for realism in his portraits. Henry accepted Holbein’s vision of Anna and this is confirmed by the very fact the negotiations for the marriage went forward."

"Cromwell had greatly miscalculated in making an alliance with the Germanic states. Anna’s brother, Wilhelm, had entered a dispute with Charles V over the ownership of the strategically located and economically important Duchy of Guelders. The claims of both men were tenuous and complicated, but by the time of Anna’s marriage to Henry, the argument had reached the point where they were on the brink of war. Because of the Cleve’s alliance, Henry was about to be drawn into a conflict with the Hapsburg Empire."

"It was only after the Cleves alliance became a problem that Henry had to state one of the reasons for annulling the marriage was his dislike of Anna’s appearance.

The reality is, Holbein remained in royal favor after the marriage fell apart and retained his job as a court painter until his death in 1543. Henry did not blame him for the debacle of the Cleves alliance and marriage. The courtiers who had written flattering reports about Anna were held responsible by the King. In fact, Hans painted his charming portrait of the future King Edward VI and presented it to King Henry as New Year’s gift in 1540."

"Henry called Anna, Duchess of Cleves a ‘Flanders mare’

There is no contemporary source in existence for this comment. The first reference comes from the book “An Abridgement of Bishop Burnet’s History of the Reformation of the Church of England, Volume 1” written in 1679 by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, who is not always a reliable source. He says Henry ‘swore they had brought over a Flanders mare to him’. But there is no earlier written historical evidence this comment was ever made by Henry. Also, Henry knew good and well Anna was not from Flanders."

Heather R. Darsie, Susan Abernethy

Sources: { x } // { x }

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BALITANG ENTERTAINMENT: Wakfu webtoon comic sequel 'The Great Wave' premieres, featuring intimate scenes at starting point between Yugo and Amalia [#K5NewsFMExclusive]

(Written by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Freelance News Writer, Online Media Reporter and Presenter of OneNETnews)

WARNING!!! SENSITIVE GRAPHIC CONTENT! Reader's discretion is STRONGLY ADVISED!!!

ROUBAIX, FRANCE -- Big exciting news for fans of the French animated series 'Wakfu' - the much-anticipated webtoon comic sequel to the Season 4 finale has premiered! Titled 'The Great Wave', Chapter 1 picks up where the last episode left off, featuring a steamy and intimate love-making scene between Yugo the Eliatrope and Princess Amalia Sheran Sharm (now canonized under a shipping name 'YuMalia').

In a blog post review by a Tumblr user '@cocogum', the webtoon comic doesn't shy away from showcasing the passionate connection between Yugo and Amalia, which now became the 'Sharm' family. From the very start of Chapter 1, readers are treated to a series of insanely and boldingly graphic s*x scenes, which may shock you really bad for the sensitive webtoon comic readers, providing for a deeper look into the characters' relationship.

Such praises for the makers of a French cartoon show like 'Anthony Roux' for not turning himself back from guarding the physical aspect of YuMalia's love that adds such a realistic and raw dimension to their story. Fans of this series dares to enjoy this bold and daring portrayal of the characters' romance.

The release of the webtoon comic comes after the success of the already-funded Kickstarter campaign for the animated series of Season 4 to 'Ankama Studios' and French public broadcaster 'France Televisions'. Not long ago as you might recall, the kids and teens programming block 'Okoo' (part of 'France 3' and 'France 4' for Wakfu) are no longer covering new episodes to animate after this final 4th Season, because of matured audience is currently in effect, and way over targeted demographic limit for the youths, in exception with parents like you.

With the fans of the Wakfu universe eager to be fed more, the decision to continue the story through a webtoon comic format proves to be a wise one. All the chapters will be released every Fridays until late-June 2024, to conclude an extended version after the 4th and final season of the French kids show.

The move of the Wakfu series into different mediums is exiting to be thought of. The webtoon comic does not only take the relationship between Yugo and Amalia (now called on his new marriage name of Mr. Yugo Sharm the Eliatrope) to soar new heights but also provides a new way for fans to delve into the wonderful characters.

For those interested in reading something spicy about 'The Great Wave - Chapter 1' and future chapters on a last post-4th Season finale of Wakfu, the weekly webtoon comic series is out now for purchase at the Ankama Online Store website, or through Ankama launcher when available. With its mind-blowing storyline and bold approach to storytelling, this sequel will just keep fans hooked and on the edge for more.

The best thing will be when the journey of Mr. Yugo Sharm and Prncs. Amalia Sheran Sharm (both were now growned adults) turns into an intense and passionate ride in this exciting new chapter of their life as husband and wife in Sadida Kingdom, and the rest goes history for what does the future bring in a weekly webtoon comic.

COVER PHOTO and SCREENGRAB COURTESY for REPRESENTATION: Ankama Studios & France 4 BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://store.ankama.com/en/a-16459-webtoon-pack [Referenced Listing via Ankama Online Store website] *https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ankamaanimations/wakfu-the-animated-series-season-4/posts/4080520 [Referenced Captioned Status Post via Kickstarter] *https://old.reddit.com/r/wakfu/comments/1c7lq3h/wakfu_the_great_wave_chapter_01_discussion_thread/ [Referenced Subreddit Post via Reddit] *https://cocogum.tumblr.com/post/742135291329036288/ [Referenced Blog Post #1 via Cocogum] and *https://cocogum.tumblr.com/post/748456382070751233/ [Referenced Blog Post #2f via Cocogum]

-- OneNETnews Team

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Wakfu Incorrect Quotes Pt. 6

Amalia: My future partner must be brave, strong, intelligent, successful and organized. Yugo: steps on a caterpillar and proceeds to drop to their knees and sob while apologizing profusely Amalia: That one. I want that one.

Qilby: Fun Fact. The average person will walk by 36 murderers in their lifetime. Mina: I don't like how this is a "fun" fact. Yugo: It's fun because they didn't decide to murder you!

Adamai: My only talent is being stress. Qilby: Don't you mean stressed? Adamai: No.

Qilby: “I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy” I would. Pussy. Nora: “I’m not gonna sink to their level” I will. Coward. Yugo: “I’m the bigger person” I’m 150cm tall give me the sword bitch.

Yugo: What did you order this morning? Mina: What do you mean? Yugo: I heard you answer the door, and I sensed food.

~U G H Y O U N G E R S I B L I N G S A R E S U C H L E E C H E S~

Yugo: We’re about to do the taser challenge. You want in? Amalia: What's the taser challenge? Nora: We tase each other, then drink. Amalia: How do you win? Qilby: What are you, a lawyer? You want in or not?

Yugo: What's the worst thing you guys have done? Yugo: I stole an extra cookie from the cookie jar once. Qilby: I kicked Nora in the shin- Nora: -So I kicked Qilby between the legs. Adamai: I burned a house down. Yugo: What?! Nora: What the hell is wrong with you?!? Adamai: A lot of things. Qilby: No shit.

Qilby: If looking good was a crime, you’d be a law abiding citizen.

Dally: So I got this amazing plan! Amalia: We fail almost every time you say that. Dally: Well this is the same! But with a hamster involved.

Yugo: Guys where did Adamai go? Dally: They got arrested. Yugo: How the- Adamai: bursts in through the window The cops are after me, I thought it would be fun to steal crackers and throw them at people.

Yugo: No problemo! Yugo, internally: But it was all problemo.

Yugo: You need a hobby. Adamai: I have a hobby! Yugo: Hitting Dally isn't a hobby.

Yugo: I’m gonna kill you. Adamai: Get in line!

Qilby: Nora, you’re in charge! Adamai: Nora, can we start a fire?

~She said yes~

Yugo: “I miss you” is the nicest text you can receive. Dally: “I bought a monster truck.” Amalia: You’re both wrong, it’s “I have too much money, you can have some.” Adamai: “I got you pizza.” Eva: Fools! I present to you this: “Adamai is driving to your house right now.” Ruel: “Adamai had too much money so they’re driving to your house in a monster truck with a pizza that they got for you.” Yugo: “…Because they missed you.”

Dally: This is a safety pin. cuts off end Dally: It is now a danger pin.

Amalia: Damn, the power went out. Yugo: Don’t worry, I got this. Yugo: stomps foot Amalia: What-? Yugo: Sketchers light up

Chibi: The odds of this happening by coincidence are vanishingly small. Qilby: I would say infinitesimally. Yugo: And I'd say teenily-weenily. We all know words.

Cop: What are your names? Nora: Don't tell them, Yugo. Cop, writing: Yugo… Nora: Crap. Yugo: Nice going, Nora. Cop: Yugo: Uh oh.

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Kashyyyk Travel Log #5: Ryloth

It was definitely a good thing I had Threepio with me, because while my Shyriiwook is—well—bad, I've never studied Twi'leki at all.

Still, most people on Ryloth know Basic, at least a little bit. And if you show up on Ryloth and you're a human like me, most people will just speak Basic to you automatically. (Amalia says she never wants to go to Shili, the Togruta homeworld, because everyone there would assume she can speak Togruti, and she can't.)

I actually had the coordinates of the Pentarra estate already, because before everything happened, Fannie and I had been talking about me visiting maybe in November or something. I had no idea how I was going to get in—it's not like a normal house—but, I figured I'd just cross that bridge when I got there.

It wasn't my first time on Ryloth. I've been a lot of places, having tagged along with my mom on a lot of diplomacy trips growing up. But it was my first time being there as an adult, and all by myself, and so I guess I was just a little nervous about it.

I took a landspeeder taxi there. On more developed planets, the taxis are all droid-operated, owned by big galacticorps—but on Ryloth, the taxi speeders are driven by people, and the people talk to you, and sometimes the people are nosy.

"Pentarra?" asked my taxi driver, with a thick Rylothian accent that made the "r"s sound kind of phlegm-y. "What's a kid like you going to see him for?"

"...I'm going to see his daughter," I said. I didn't know what else to say.

"Ah, so you're one of those," he said with a chuckle. "Lucky boy. Lucky boy." I didn't know what he meant by that, and I spent like ten minutes puzzling over it and trying to figure it out, until I finally gave up and let it go.

Pentarra's estate is located far away from any of the surrounding villages, distanced from them geographically as well as socioeconomically. The taxi driver dropped me off outside the gates of a massive sprawling property, one with a bright green, somehow-artificially-supported garden that looked so unnatural against the rough and rocky Rylothian landscape, and a massive manor in the backdrop, and that was when the thought finally occurred to me that—huh!—I just might be way in over my head.

Threepio and I stood outside the gates for a good solid minute, and I checked my holopod to kind of pretend like I knew what I was doing.

"There does appear to be a visitor's comm at the gate," Threepio offered helpfully. "Shall I ring?"

"Um...no," I said. "I don't know who would answer. Nobody here knows me, except for Fannie."

"Perhaps you could comm her?" Threepio suggested.

...You know, sometimes I think giving droids the ability to speak was kind of a mistake. Because, making droids feel like people makes it so that you can feel embarrassed in front of them, and—ya know? I don't think we should have given them that.

"I...I don't know," I sighed, and sat down on one of the decorative boulders outside the gate.

Some twenty minutes later, I heard voices coming from inside the gates, and I stood up, and I saw a girl that I thought I recognized from holos as one of Fannie's sisters, walking arm-in-arm with another Twi'lek guy. She was tall and shapely and had kind of bluish-green skin and she wasn't wearing a whole lot.

Thing was, I couldn't remember which sister it was. So I just started cycling through names. "Connie!" I shouted. "Ginnie! Pennie!"

The girl turned abruptly and looked me over like "who the hell is this guy?"

"Coneeyla," she said. "My name is Coneeyla. Who are you?"

"I'm Ben Solo," I told her. "Is Fannie home?"

"Fannie? You mean Fa’nakhra?"

"I...maybe? Yeah?"

Maybe I'm an idiot for this, but I had never once considered that "Fannie" might be a nickname.

Can you blame me, though? I mean. My name is Ben for crying out loud. That's literally just my given name. Every nickname that anyone has ever given me was longer than my real name.

So...wow! What a loser I was. I'd just showed up here, couldn't get in, and didn't even know my girlfriend-not-girlfriend's full first name—

But I didn't have any more time to beat myself up, because then Connie turned over her shoulder, and yelled, in the way that only a little sister can. (I have one. I should know.)

"Fa’nakhra! Nu'sola ke'vahl dosu ahk meeh! Va'cha dosu Ben Solo!"

Wait, Fannie was here? My heart started beating faster all of a sudden, and I wasn't sure if the feeling was good or bad.

Well, she was here. Because then, I heard her voice—and I kinda got the shivers, 'cause by this time it had been weeks since I'd last seen her face-to-face—

"Goodness, Connie! Nu'vaahn ti sehni, ahk'la ri meeh—"

And then...there was Fannie, coming from behind the trees, walking with another one of her sisters behind Connie and her beau.

We made eye contact at the same exact time, and she dropped the basket she was holding.

You know in cheesy romance flimsibacks, when the guy looks at the girl, and everything else fades to black 'cause she's the only thing he sees? Yeah. Super cringe, I know. But...that's how that felt.

"Ben...!" Fannie said. And I put an exclamation point on there, because she did exclaim it...but, also, her exclamation was as soft as a breath.

I waved a little and tried to smile.

"...Hey, Fan."

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