#Brother Vellies

[manicpixiedepressedwitch]

faves of the night so far

[pro-royalty]

Ravyn Lenae

[strathshepard]

Adrienne Raquel, Brother Vellies FW2020

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Yin Yang patchwork dark brown & cream shearling 2020 boot by Brother Vellies

[max-e-doodle]

Brother Vellies.

[jeanypanini]

so unserious

[modelsof-color]

Anok Yai by Adrienne Raquel for BROTHER VELLIES Summer 21 Campaign

[phoebepheebsphibs]

ROTTMNT OC's: VelCro duo!

Machiavelli (or Velli for short) is a mutant turtle boi!

Cronan is a shrimp Yokai!

They're just sillies

I don't have a story for or about them yet... I figure for now they'll just be my little character inserts to play around in other peep's AUs (similarly to how @littlemissartemisia's Misa does)

At least until i can find out a plot for em

I do however know their duo dynamic -- they're basically the angel and the devil on your shoulder. Velli is the innocent angel; always ready to support you and be a positive force for goodness! Cronan is the mischievous devil; head full of schemes and plots that will be equal parts adventurous and disastrous. Velli and Cronan are best friends, basically brothers, and always have each other's backs. Think Gumball and Dawrin!

The two characters were entirely inspired by these crochet doodads I got from a craft fair

@boots-with-the-fur-club Julia from Mama Bear AU does not stand a chance she will fall victim to their cutenessssssss

[simplydannie]

Velvet and Veneer are now in the custody of the Trolls. Branch is not happy one bit. His lacks trust and compassion for the siblings… until he witnesses something that changes his heart.

Branch did not like it one bit… Velvet and Veneer should not be here, so close to Trolls. But he couldn’t argue with Poppy and Floyd.

Those two were determined to redeem them… raise them right. Floyd knew the siblings before they turned on him, he said he knew what they were capable of.

Branch walked into Bergentown as they were preparing for the days festivities. There really was no special holiday planned, Poppy just felt like celebrating a milestone for Velvet and Veneer. He eyed the tall Rageoun from far away as she helped Poppy set up balloons.

“You’re such an awesome balloon decorator Velly! You can add that to your talents!” Poppy exclaimed.

“I don’t think “ballon decorator” counts as a talent. Now I’m thinking you’re making things up.” Velvet said sarcastically. Branch approached them eyeing Velvet.

“Your boyfriend keeps giving me the stink eye, I think I might accidentally squash him.” Velvet smirked.

“I’d like to see you try rotten brat.” He said.

“Gloom troll.” Velvet responded.

“Okay!! I love how we are all getting along.” Poppy laughed nervously. “Hey Branch, why don’t you go get Vennie! He went to go pick out some flowers for our center pieces.”

“Why me? Why not send Floyd?” Branch protested.

“Because we are all working on getting along with each other… Besides Vennie would have a kick in hanging out with you!” Poppy exclaimed, a bright smile coming across her face…. How could he possibly say no.

“Whatever.” He exclaimed as he headed towards the direction Poppy told him to. He didn’t know why Veneer would follow him so much. Branch would continuously give him the cold shoulder, but Veneer would always come back around…. Annoying, Branch thought.

“Veneer! Veneer!” Branch called out. “Poppy would like you back now?” Silence. As Branch got closer to a clearing, he saw a bunch of flowers gathered in one pile. Okay, so he’s here somewhere, he thought to himself.

“Veneer!” Branch called out… how could he miss him? The kid was almost 7 feet tall. As Branch kept walking, he heard the sound of waves… the sea wasn’t very far. The little Troll got closer to a clearing that lead him to a cliff that over looked the ocean…. There was Veneer.

“There you are. Come on. Poppy wants those flowers asap.” Branch said…. But Veneer didn’t move. He stood near the cliff gazing out the sea. Branch could see him sway back and forth. “Hello? Earth to Veneer.”

The young Rageoun turned to look at Branch…. The little Troll was lost for words…. Around Veneers eyes was a pink pigmentation, dark circles looming under his eyes…

“Veneer?” Branch called out again.

“It’s my fault. It’s my fault.” Veneer kept repeating. He looked down over the edge of the cliff. “It’s all…my fault.” He took a step closer.

“…..oh my god…” Branch murmured. He couldn’t call for help… he was afraid that anything sudden would cause Veneer to jump…. Branch had to calm him down… he had to choose his words wisely.

“N-nothing is your fault Veneer. Let’s talk about it.” Branch said as he inched closer.

“No it is. I’m a horrible brother… my sister hates me, the world hates me, you hate me.” Veneer said as he looked over the cliff.

“Ven…. I- I don’t hate you.” Branch responded. How was he, a 6 inch little troll, supposed to pull a 7 foot a Rageoun away from the cliff.

“What if I…. It be better if…. What if I stepped over this cliff?” Veneer inched closer and closer. “It be peaceful…. So peaceful…”

“No Veneer! We need you. Your sister needs you. You’re working to get better remember.” Branch began to calculate his next moves as he eyed a tree near by.

“I hurt Floyd…. I let us hurt Floyd…. The water…it seems so fresh….” Veneer was inches from falling over. “It’ll be okay….”

“No!” Whipping his hair around the tree, Branch slingshotted himself around and right towards Veneers chest. The force was enough to cause the Rageoun to stumble backwards away from the cliff. Branch landed with a soft THUD next to Veneer. The Troll looked up towards him…. The pigmentation was gone as were the dark circle…. He could see Veneer starting to come back slowly.

“What happened?! Why are we here?” He began to panic. He turned and saw Branch. “What was I going to do?” He asked as tears began filling his eyes.

Branch couldn’t believe what he saw… the kid was about to throw himself over a cliff…. And it seemed like he had no control of what he was doing, only acting on impulse. If Branch had showed up a minute too late…The small Troll got close to Veneer, placing a small hand on his.

“…..We’re going to help you…. We’re going to help both of you.”

[herprincess]

slips into ur writing reqs :3 i heard you were doing hcs my guy. ikyk my ver of velritz but i'd love to hear ur interpretation of them if u wanna drops some headcanons of them ;3 velritz nation demands a sacrifice/j

ohhh yes i GLADLY will . i love me some velritz

���️velritz headcanons🎤

💘just meeting🤞

during the interview she thought nothing of him but she’d caught his eye unlike any other celebrity 

he studied her body language, all her little filler words, every last bit

she hated him at first, let’s be so for real she hates everyone but but ven😭

he thought he was all sneaky and shit when he asked for her number after the interview for ‘recontacting purposes’

she knew what it was really for *insert vine boom* but she let him get it anyway 

he definitely texted her a few times just to be left on read

she let veneer study his texts a few times

“oh yeah no, he’s deeeeefinetly trying to fwu.”

“oh NO.”

“what are you doing, girl? talk to him!”

ritz stops bothering her, but then she misses it??*not clickbait*😱

so she finally texts him!

it all goes downhill from there/j

💋dating 🎤

‘i can fix her’ energy fs

he has to lightly smack her arm when she makes a snarky comment to someone in public 😭

he loves how flustered she gets when he compliments her 

with any other person she’s like “oh, i know, i know!”

but when he does it to her she’s like “wait what actually?”

her love language is quality time and buying expensive gifts for him

his is definitely physical touch and words of affirmation 

he likes to wake her up with his annoying interview voice 

“goooodmorning or should i say *AFTERNOON* to my beautiful girlfriend, velly! it’s a beautiful but chilly *AFTERNOON* up here in rageous at about 1:30pm and 46°!” 

“SHUT UP!”

ritz is almost a year older than velvet/the twins

so she calls him ancient .

for this night, I can’t believe that’s it’s finally me and you, and you and me, just us and your brother veneer🙄

after her shows, she is way to exhausted to do anything so he gently takes off her makeup while she’s asleep

they take turns on choosing a color to match for red carpets/events

he learned to braid just to braid her hair every night 

they make fun of eachother ALL THE TIME (jokingly ofc)

⬇️song that reminds me of them⬇️

[continentcreative]

Anok Yai for Brother Vellies. Photography by Adrienne Raquel, makeup by Uzoamaka Ukaeje, hair by Rachel Lee

[okaima]

Karelian language - Gender and sexual identities

Homo, homoseksuallińe - gay man Lesbo, lezbijanka* - lesbian, gay woman Biseksuallińe, bijanka - bisexual person Panseksuallińe - pansexual Aseksuallińe - asexual

Transsugupuoline - trans person Intersugupuoline - intersex person Muunsugupuoline - nonbinary person Cissugupuoline - cis person

Seksuallizus - sexuality Sugupuoli-identitietta - gender identity

Sugupuoli - gender or sex

*In Republic of Karelia, the word lezbijanka has negative connotation and lesbo is more commonly used

In modern times most karelians use these loanwords based on anglosphere views on gender and sexuality.

Traditionally speaking the views on gender and sexuality have been somewhat different, and words used have been more poetic and descriptive in many ways. Gender is seen as one role among others and as such, "mother" and "man" for example are not roles that contradict each other in any way, even if it is less common than being "woman" and "mother".

Without going into too many details here are few examples:

"On ukonvembelehes aliči käynnyh." - lit. "has walked under the reinbow*" - person who has changed their sex and role (gender) in which they live. Roughly speaking a trans person.

Example sentence: "Ozutat ilokkahambale nygöi gu olet ukonvembelehes aliči käynnyh." - "you seem happier now that you've transitioned." "Olen ukonvembelehes aliči käynnyh," - "I am trans person."

(*the association of rainbow is rooted on Karelian belief system in which person who passes from under rainbow has their sex changed, and the fact that rainbow is western lgbt+ symbol is coincidence.)

"eule yksis ruutois" - lit. "isn't in one (set of) traditional clothes" - person who travels between and beyond two genders, a "nonbinary*" person.

Example sentence: "En ole yksis ruutois." - "I am nonbinary."

*"gender binary" should be used in very loose relation to karelian traditions as "man" and "woman" are not seen as opposite ends of binary (or any other) scale any more than birch and spruce are only trees in existence or opposites to each other. Traditional views of karelians are rarely if ever linear.

Kaksńeuvoni* - lit. "person with two/many of advice/guiding/ instruction/ tools". A (visibly) intersex person.

*Please note that some people find this term offensive due to its similarity to old Finnish slur for people with ambiguous genitalia.

Example sentence: "Rodivuin kaksńeuvozenna." - "I was born intersex." "Olen kaksńeuvoni briha." - "I am intersex man."

Miehii suačii mies, brihoi suačii briha - lit. man who loves men

Example sentence: "Miun velli on miehii suačii mies, vai miehii suačou." - "My little brother is gay man, he is only interested in men." "Olen miehii suvaičii mies, a dai naizii suačen." - "I love men, but I'm also interested in women."

Buzaniekka - Man who wears pearls, man who loves men.

Akkoinpaimoi, akkoinpäiväińe - lit. wives' herder, wives' sun. "Feminine" man, man who prefers working with and spending time with women

Ristivellet - lit. cross brothers. Men who have exchanged their neck-crosses or other similar tokens. Can mean deeply close friends or male couple

Naizii suačii naińe, neidizii suačii neidińe - lit. woman who loves women

Karžuniekka - woman who loves women. Has also meant unmarried woman with implication she doesn't wish to marry a man.

Lepänakka, tabakka-akka - lit. alder's wife, tobacco-wife. "Masculine" woman, woman who prefers working with and spending time with men

Rističikot - lit. cross sisters. Women who have exchanged neck-crosses or other similar tokens. Can mean deeply close friends or female couple

"Kävelöy kahtel puolel." - lit. "One who walks on both sides." - person who loves others regardless of gender, roughly bi- or pansexual.

Example sentence: "Kävelen kahtel puolel, ollou mies, naine libo ei yksis ruutois." - "I am bi-/pansexual, I don't care about gender." "Häi on kahtel puolel kävelii, kaikkie suačou." - "They are pan-/bisexual, they don't care about gender."

[ritabs]

NEW STORY: Mirage Manhattan — WxW Superhero Romance

So, I found out about the Kindle Vellys like entirely too late but a challenge never stopped me and I've had this quick novella idea in my head for months. I literally outlined it July 30 and started writing August 1st. Welcome to my crackpot NaNoWriMo, but instead of a month, I have about 3 weeks and I'm expecting it to be about 30k instead of 50 :)

I'm a little stressed.

So, if you want a gay superhero story, this is for you. Imagine MHA style quirks with the Boys media/government system and a Wanda Maximoff/Atom Eve Queer MC. I'm so hype for this and I feel like a lot of other people will be too.

For Kindle Vella, the first 3 episodes are free, I have 2 episodes available right now, so if you'd like to tune in and watch me churn out 8 more episodes in 2 weeks, feel free to follow along! I really want to win this thing and I put myself in the absolute worst situation to do so, but we're here!

If you want to read and follow along, I've put the link below. Thanks for your support! XOXO - Rita BS

Mirage Manhattan

SYPNOSIS: In the year 2105, the world has adapted to the ravages of climate change. Ninety-nine percent of all living creature has developed unique powers to survive in this new reality—except for Samirah Hayes. As a young, newly debuted YA fantasy author, she belongs to the 1 percent of the population who remains unevolved, with no affinity to her name.

Samirah's ordinary life takes a dramatic turn when her brother mysteriously vanishes, and her mother refuses to reveal his whereabouts. Overnight, Samirah discovers she possesses insanely powerful illusionary abilities. With an uncontrollable affinity and a missing brother, she falls under the supervision of Flux, a hero of the Cape Corps, a military branch dedicated to training heroes who respond to global missions.

From a recent graduate author to a fledgling superhero, Samirah’s life undergoes a radical transformation. She must navigate her new powers, the search for her brother, and a developing relationship with her superhero roommate.

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me vs the ungodly obsession I have with Brother Vellies cowboy boots

[authorbettyadams]

The Mysterious Adventures of Dr. Watson Now Available on Kindle Vella!

Go give the chapters a thumbs up and leave a comment!

The Mysterious Adventures of Dr. Watson is part of the Vellys, go and leave a like and a comment to give a first time author a boost in this exciting competition!

The first ten chapters are free!

The war to end all wars. If ever there was a noble calling, a worthy cause surely it was this. As my grandmother before me, I felt bound in honor to offer my skills to the cause. Not as a nurse, as she did, most worthy woman, but as a doctor, a surgeon, to enter the field of battle, of honor, of glory.

Perhaps had I not been so arrogant my fate would have been different, perhaps not, shells fall on the prideful and humble alike, and my mind, body, and health shattered I found myself invalided in the home of my Uncle’s friend, Mycroft Holmes, the great sea itself between myself and home.

I am told that I will be made useful in some capacity and I think I could be quite content here, if only I can find a way to control my temper with the younger Holmes brother. The man will go out of his way to be vexing, it cannot only be my shattered nerves that makes it seem so.

Excerpt from the journal of Doctor Johana Hariet Watson

[sunsetsparadise]

Influentes dans la mode : Aurora James

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