#August prince

[victoriadallonfan]

PHO Sunday Retrospective #3!

So before I get into the article itself, I just want to note that we have been given the name of the magazine that published it: Masque

Secondly, L.J.M 2007 disaster might perk some interest, as LJM is the same alias used by the hero Big Picture in Ward. He was a photographer who specialized in photographic nude/extreme pieces of C53’s, often described as being predatory for his behavior. The disaster is likely when he unveiled a blown up exhibit of a C53’s photo, despite making a deal with them that this would not happen.

As a reminder, Bambina is a grown adult woman, trapped in a child body, with a… very perverted sense of morality. She was going to help Pretender escape because he promised to use a celebrity body to do… things. Things that traumatized even Taylor to hear.

So yeah, this tracks with her behavior and use of sexuality to get a reaction out of people. She was also the one who first mentioned villain rankings too. Very apt.

Finally, the idea of the first Argo v Argo case being not only about the conservatorship of supervillain funds, but ongoing while Bambina is still committing public crimes is… astounding. I can only imagine the Movie tier courtroom drama

The idea that a bunch of villains were appalled that a villain or villain group would dare hijack an illegal ranking system is hilarious. They must be members of the leopards eating faces party.

Less funny is her relationship with her villain teammates. It should be reminded, that all of her teammates at the time, were actual children. She was an adult woman carrying young children into these fights and didn’t seem to have any issue talking about her (non-con?) sexual desires in front of them. Her being controlling is not surprising, though it’s interesting no moments have been explicitly stated.

Youth Guard being involved is interesting. Is it because of her teammates or because they handle all parahuman conservatory claims?

I’m sorry hold on

Blacklist publicity events?? What on earth is going on with this site!? Are there a bunch of well-intended vigilantes/rebel without a cause/jackass villains who just love doing cape shit running the site? Like, they care more about the celebrity culture than actually being evil villains? It makes sense, but man, Bambina was already nearly blowing people up when we meet her! That’s a messy business to run.

Also, apparently there are implied official “unofficial” villain management business with publicists and agents… again, this is some wile revelations coming out here. The villain kids being placed next to killers and worse is the least surprising part if I’m being honest.

Bambina being groomed by her mother and the agency isn’t surprising, though I wonder what the evidence is. Certainly, the fact that Mrs. Argo wants her villain daughters ill gotten gains is not a great sign, but I imagine this needs a lot of proof.

I actually do support the Youth Guard here. Wildbow has mentioned in WoG and in the Youth Guard document that they are pretty on the level and well meaning. And villain kids certainly need advocates in a setting where Parahumans are treated as accessories (or worse).

But man, Bambina? Good luck to handling that…

[ozzni]

The objectively funniest power in Worm is August Prince's thing. You literally just can't fight him. It's not allowed. With Nice Guy you just don't wanna fight him cuz he cool but you still see thru his power via Thinker. But with August you just... know that this kid is beating you up or whatever but you can't do anything about it. I would be so pissed if I had to fight him but god if I got to watch a recording of some Endbringer veteran Protecterate cape who had personally arrested 17 Birdcage inmates and killed a member of the Nine just getting wailed on by August? All my entertainment for the next 1-2 months is pre-prepared. I wanna watch the Chicago Wards when they were trying to hold onto Pretender. I want to see Weaver, former warlord of Brockton Bay, get shoved around and not be able to respond.

[solarwreathe]

what must be on his mind to make him so happy? only one thing

[quelmdn]

Auguste' little squire

(Happy Smaurent content)

[causetheturtle]

Obsessed with the Young Royals finale.

Obsessed with Simon, Sara, Wilhelm and Felice driving away from a shutdown Hillerska, free from a system which was never going to accept them, happy and together.

Obsessed with how there’s still a chance Hillerska could reopen because that system is next to impossible to take down and the upper-class rarely face real consequences for their actions.

Obsessed with August’s face when he saw Wilhelm walking away, realising that he was trapped. Wilhelm said August was the heir they needed but he couldn’t have been more wrong - that man has bucket loads of trauma, an eating disorder he isn’t even close to ready to confront and no support system around him, he’s not gonna do much better with the role of Crown Prince than Wilhelm did.

Obsessed with Nils coming out to his friends and them easily accepting him, because their issue with Simon really was the fact that he was poor and a socialist, and Nils both still believes in the system he’s in and his queerness doesn’t destabilise the system the same way Wilhelm’s does.

Obsessed with Stella ending up with Fredrika, because although Rosh might have been fun to hang out with for a night Stella also still believes in and upholds the system she belongs to and Rosh was never going to fit in that system or uphold the traditional feminine values needed to survive in it.

Obsessed with how the monarchy is portrayed as unchangeable and impossible to modernise because it’s built on such outdated ideals.

Obsessed with the mix of both happy and open-ended endings.

I just adore it so much

[bigalockwood]

What’s even better about Augusts fate is that Wille didn’t give him the title out of spite, as a final fuck you of some sorts. No. He’s forgiven August as much as he can. He thinks he’s doing him a favor.

[jay-wasstuff]

Oh my fucking god.

[typohime]

having a chat about the infuriating neighboring prince

[0-0malik]

love at first sight, if Auguste did live.

[lamour-est-la-force]

Me: Once Upon a Time season 1 is so cozy and comforting :)

ouat s1: government corruption, a woman almost having to give her baby away against her will, a mine collapsing with a child inside, a girl locked in a mental hospital, arson, homeless children needing to steal to survive, said homeless children almost getting separated in the foster care system, infidelity, drugging and kidnapping, attempted muder, actual murder, a murder trial that has nothing to do with the real actual murder, a man slowly and painfully turning into wood, etc.

[chemdoodles]

9. Library

[ozzni]

unfortunately iirc Weaver was very easily able to defeat AP by just sluttily stringing webs around the street and going "oh whoopsie did I do that? oh my gosh, I'm so sorry AP, I was just, throwing strings around, for no reason, wINk, I'm so clumsy and silly with my big spools of unbreakable spider goo, hope you understand, no biggie, anyway we're going to arrest you"

See, she had to employ the same tactics against August Prince as she used on Mannequin! On a literal child! just imagine the kind of shit he'd get up to with more situational awareness!

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment.

The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an instant and we have had to find a way to navigate the stormy waters and road unknown.

The Princess of Wales, September 2024.

[thehalloweenhub]

10 TV Episodes for Halloween (part one)

[marzipanthots]

First commission by the lovely @laur-the-cat-prince 🥹💋💋💕💕

Tysm for giving me an opportunity to draw smalaurent and Auguste!!

I vision them running around the castle with Auguste being Laurent horsie 🐴 😌✨ maybe ignoring their princely duties hehehehe

I need a wholesome au where auguste lives!! And Laurent is well protected and grows into the beautiful shy nerd he is then has a arrange marriage with the Handsome prince damen

And regent is FOOKING DEAD/doesn’t exist 👺👺👺

[behindthesefangirleyes]

The fact that August ends the show on decent enough terms with Wille thinking he’s free of responsibility, only to lose “the girl” & discover how much he doesn’t want the title of king (and for the last shot of him to show the soul-crushing realization) is pure poetry.

Me: