#Emma Fitzroy

[lenniharrisonsims]

Victor Loses Faith of Windenburgian People

Recent popularity polls conducted in Windenburg show that the majority of the people hate Victor as their monarch!

(Long post, sorry)

Popularity polls are held all the time in many different monarchies across the globe. They're conducted by independant groups and news organizations as a way the gauge how the public is feeling about a particular public figure at any given time- especially royal ones that we don't get to vote for. Well, a recent poll was conducted in Windenburg that managed to ask over 50% of Windenburg's 80 million citizens, and the results don't look good...for Victor.

Only 1% of the citizens polled said they actually loved Victor as their monarch! No monarch in the history of Windenburg has ever scored so low! Of course, what does that mean for a representative we the people have no control over, no way to vote them out? Well, the questions were phrased like this:

"How do you feel about Emperor Victor as your Monarch? Love, Hate, or Indifferent to?"

"How do you feel about the Windenburgian Royal Family, excluding Victor and his two most recent wives, focusing on the original family of Queen Agathe, Prince Jonas, Prince Eugene, and Princess Emma? Love, Hate, or Indifferent to?"

Only 1% of those polled said they loved having Victor as their monarch, whereas 89% of those polled said they still loved the royal family, excluding Victor. That's a huge gap in popularity!

74% of citzens polled said they hated Victor, where only 5% said they hated the rest of the Royal Family.

And finally, 25% said they were indifferent to Victor, and only 6% said they were indifferent to the rest of the royal family.

What a huge blow for Victor!

(Queen Agathe, Victor's first wife, the highest ranking of all the Windenburgian Royals)

Citizens were also asked follow up interview questions after completeing the polls, and there may be hope for the monarchy yet!

Windenburgians were asked if they could vote to change the system, would they vote for a complete end of the monarchy in Windenburg, or would they vote to oust Victor and replace him with another member of the royal family? 92% of those polled said they were replace Victor with another member of the Royal family if they could, instead of completely erasing monarchy in Windenburg.

(Prince Eugene, next in line for his grandfather's throne, sits at number 3 in the polls, behind his grandmother, Queen Agathe, and surprisingly his uncle, Prince Jonas)

Finally- those who were polled against Victor were asked what the major deciding factors were for their vote. The answers won't surprise you.

(Left: The late Crown Princess Martha remained steadfastly at the #1 spot of popular royals until her passing. Right: Martha and her husband, Albert, Duke Windslar, holding their younngest child, Princess Edaline)

Number one on the voters minds that turned them against Emperor Victor, was his supposed treatment of his daughter and heir- Crown Princess Martha. Rumors have been flying that it was Victor who demanded the Crown Princess continue to try to have more children (sons) even after her doctors advised against it after her difficult pregnancy with Princess Emma. The people (and allegedly Queen Agathe) blame the Emperor for the death of the Crown Princess, who used to be the #1 favorite polled member of the royal family. Though there's no proof for it, rumors can be dangerous...

(Left: Victor marries Lady Adelheid, a young woman more than 40 years his junior. Right: Victor marries long-time mistress, Ms. Isabella Bray, legitimizing their two sons)

The number two reason citizens hate Victor is his Polygamy- or more acurately- his discarding of his first wife, Queen Agathe, for younger wives or those who could give him more sons. Queen Agathe, who has comfortably sat at the #2 spot in the polls for most of her marriage to Victor, has a huge following of support in Windenburg. After the passing of her daughter, Crown Princess Martha, Agathe has easily moved up to the #1 spot for her dedication to her children and grandchildren, her numerous charitable donations, and her devotion to the Church of Windenburg. Victor's seeming abandonment of her in Sulani after Martha's death has only fueled the people's devotion to her more. They believe she has been wronged, and deserves justice.

(Top: Liberation of Tartosa, where Prince Jonas was taken prisoner by the Simsdom Empire. Middle: Liberation of Sulani, where Queen Agathe, Duke Albert, Princess Edaline, Prince Eugene, and Princess Mathilda were captured by the Simsdom Empire. Bottom: Victor's "new" family- a daughter with Empress Adelheid, and two sons with Queen Isabella)

The third reason is that Victor has seemingly abandoned his "first" family- the family had by his first wife, Queen Agathe. The people's loyalty to Agathe spills over into her offspring, and they also feel betrayed by Victor. For a man who claims to put family first above all else, family and tradition, the second his family is taken by the Simsdom Empire as PoW, he just moves on to newer models- namely, Princess Margarette from Empress Adelheid, and Princes Antony and Austin from Queen Isabella. What does he need the old family for, when he has new ones, new sons, that aren't in captivity by the Simsdom Empire? The people wonder if Victor has any loyalty at all...

(Prince Antony donating 1 million dollars to the Simsdom War Effort, pictured with Tsarina Ekaterina and Crown Princess Ophelia)

The final straw was an event that only occured this week- one of Victor's newest members of the family, Prince Antony, was seen very publicly donating a huge sum of money to the Simsdom Imperial War Effort, and giving a speech about fighting against tyrrany and oppression that was clearly about Victor. Those who were polled wonder about, not just Victor's loyalty to his family, but his family's loyalty to him. If Victor can take an illegitimate son with no title, and raise him up to a prince, putting him in the line of succession ahead of his "natural born" son, Prince Jonas, and still that son chooses to side with Victor's enemy? What does that say about Victor and how he treats his family? Is he just a cruel as the rumors say?

(Princess Emma, who Victor had shipped off to Newcrest to live with the usurpers there)

After everything, it's no wonder the people have lost faith in their monarch. He seems to do whatever he pleases whenever he pleases, with no regard for anyone besides himself. Victor needs to act fast to regain their trust and respect or the people may end this war themselves... with a guillotine!

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

RIP Tarot... you were criminally underutilized... anyway, we learn a bit more about Fitzroy... 1) he absorbs people’s energy which he uses to 2)make time portals because he is 3) from the future...

[wholockedandwolfedout]

Am I the only one who’s got this idea that Jacob Palmer from crazy stupid love is actually Six from the grey man? Retired, staying under the radar, Claire off at college... sees this girl in a bar who takes his breath away but she’s not interested... she shows up again and is suddenly very interested but also very naive and cute and innocent, the exact opposite of him in so many ways and suddenly he starts actually feeling things again and Claire starts getting these calls from her “Uncle Jacob” about this girl named Hannah and she can hear the happiness in his voice and is looking forwards to coming home for Christmas and meeting the only other person who’s actually been able to wheedle emotions from the emotionless man who can carve his way through thirty of the best operatives in the world without a second thought or regret. 

And at some point he goes to meet Hannah’s mom and of course it goes downhill really quickly but not in the way he’d expected… and really he expected more from the big guy when the man socked him in the jaw but he plays it off like it phased him for a second (it didn’t) and he really has a hard time keeping a straight face as three fully grown men are hanging off him, trying to knock him over and figures maybe he’d better let them save a little face so he shifts his balance just enough that they all go over in a tangle of legs and insanity. And yeah, maybe her dad isn’t his biggest fan right now but he’s not about to let the woman who makes him feel things again slip through his fingers because her dad caught a whiff of one of his pasts. Heaven forbid the man finds out his real past.

And so he somehow finds himself adding five more people to this little found family he’s created with Claire and is this maybe gonna blow up in his face if his past catches up with him? Yeah, quite possibly but if it does he’ll deal, and hope that Hannah trusts him enough to trust him in that moment like he knows Claire will; because he loves them, he really loves them and he’ll protect them with every fiber of his being and every one of the numerous and lethal skills he’s got at his disposal and really, in the end it’ll be just another Thursday; but with any luck, he’s done with Thursdays, oh how he’d like to be done with Thursdays. Maybe now he can live in Tuesdays. Tuesdays with Hannah. Hannah and Claire. Claire and Hannah and Hannah’s family. Yeah, Tuesdays sound good.

[snappingthewalls]

[racefortheironthrone]

Weird, long ask but could you explain Emma Frost? I’m starting to get into the X-Men (especially thanks to the People’s History of Marvel, thank you!). But what is her deal? Like I’ve read wiki summaries but I guess I want to know, is she an X-Men? She seems to be one of the faces of the team in modern events, but is she even a hero? How much does she undergo a face heel turn? Does it feel naturally written? What’s her role (in-story and meta-wise) and relationship with the team? Do they trust her? Accept her? Does she switch her view of muntantkind, from a tool as the Hellfire Club saw mutants, to identifying it as her community? Or does she act like that, and to an extent join the X-Men, for her own benefit and self-interest?

The vibe I get is she has become a hero and member of the team, but maybe not the family? And she’s still willing to use all the manipulative tactics she did as CEO and member of the Hellfire Club, but for mutantkind. (Which I love). Is that right or is Emma Frost totally different?

It's a long ask, but it's not weird at all - Emma Frost is a very important character, but also one of the more complicated ones in terms of her complex relationship with the X-Men. I'm going to ssume that you've read my People's History of the Marvel Universe essays on the Hellfire Club and the education of Emma Frost, but I would also highly recommend Cerebrocast's episode on Emma Frost as essential listening.

While Emma Frost started out an outright villain, a succession of writers carefully laid the groundwork for her heel-face turn, creating a very psychologically grounded explanation for her transformation. Even during her "snow phase," Emma was always a devoted teacher of young mutants. While she ran the Massachusetts Academy and the Hellions with a manipulative, domineering, and ruthless teaching style that was highly influenced by the "gaslight girlboss gatekeep" method she learned from her family, she also cared for her charges.

When the Hellions were murdered by the villain Trevor Fitzroy in UXM #281, Emma Frost awoke from a coma to find that her students were all dead. Her grief turned inwards and Frost blamed herself, believing that she had failed to teach her students to defend themselves - and that they might have survived had they trained under Xavier and Magneto instead.

This belief was why Emma Frost decided to merge her Academy with the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, becoming one of the two lead teachers for Generation X. She was initially deeply distrusted by her co-teacher (and de facto parole officer) Banshee and many of her students, especially Jubilee who remembered her as one of the X-Men's villains. It took a long time for her to build up a rapport with her students, and despite her efforts she eventually lost their trust when she killed Adrienne for causing Synch's death.

However, her most enduring period with the X-Men started with Grant Morrison's New X-Men. In the wake of the Genoshan genocide, Emma Frost not only joined the Xavier Institute but also became a full-fledged member of the X-Men for the first time. While Emma was initially motivated for a desire for revenge against Cassandra Nova, she stayed on after Nova was defeated and essentially became the "loyal opposition" inside the team.

Arguing that Xavier's "x-liberalism" was inadequate to deal with the reality of human hatred for mutants, Emma taught her students the ideal of "mutant excellence" - that only by making themselves the best, the most powerful, the most successful could mutants develop the ability to protect themselves from a hostile humanity. This caused her to clash quite a bit with Xavier and his true believers (it didn't help that Emma had also started her psychic affair with Scott, making her conflict with Jean very much both political and personal), because she had no compunction about using her powers against threats to mutantkind.

Especially in the period after M-Day when leadership of the X-Men shifted from Xavier to Scott, Emma was absolutely ride-or-die for a more revolutionary brand of pro-mutant ideology (and became "part of the family" due to her long-lasting relationship with Scott), but remained distinctive from the rest of the X-Men because of her pragmatic willingness to use the ruthless methods of her villainous past to advance the cause - very much a believer in "by any means necessary."

So overall, I would say her arc has been a shift from villain to anti-villain to anti-hero.

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Scene from canon from Emma's perspective: tricking Cassandra Nova into Stuff's body.

The situation was dire - to say the least. Present at Westchester despite her better judgment, Emma watched from a safe distance the situation with Cassandra unfold. Her only concern were the girls. Her girls. Made from her ova without her knowledge, the five girls stirred something inside of the cold White Queen.

An instinct even the Hellions didn't manage to fully awaken in her. The seeds of her caring for the children was there from the moment she started teaching her dear Hellions, however they had been students and not her actual children. She felt similarly towards the students Sean and herself taught together.

The Cuckoos. She missed years of the girls' lives, and she intended to not miss another minute. The growing threat to the school was a headache she could do without.

When she was presented with Stuff - and scanned its primitive, wired for learning brain - a plan started to form in the darkest, deepest recesses of her mind. Could not risk the Mummudrai occupying the brain of Charles catching a stray thought from the highly guarded White Queen, so she locked the plan in the mental safe with her most protected memories.

A few stern words of warning to the girls (stay out of trouble, if I don't come back, do not come for me or any of the other teachers) and she set off to present Stuff to Cassandra's genetic material so it could take her shape, mimic her cells perfectly.

The safe of her mind got reinforced when she turned into her diamond form. She couldn't feel emotions but she should not be vulnerable to psychic attacks in this form. Furthermore, her diamond form was stronger than her flesh-and-bones form, and she could argue, if asked, that carrying a grown woman was easier without muscle fatigue. A likely excuse for her use of her secondary mutation.

Arguing with Cassandra, presenting her with honeyed lies that the parasite wanted to believe, and ultimately tricking her was easier than Emma anticipated.

People saw Emma through the lens of the past - even though she had started her uphill battle against her own selfish instincts years before right after the Hellions were annihilated by Fitzroy - and not through her actions of the present.

She expected that and played with it. Pretending to betray her new associates was easy when they already expected her to. It stung her ego and spat in the face of all her efforts, but she focused on the usefulness of Hank's reaction in selling her lies to the bald cunt.

Hopefully what came next would help the X-Men see beyond their own prejudices and biases. It would be the least they could do as people actively fighting against the prejudices mutantkind faced every day.

Cassandra's essence slipped into the body in her arm, and she sighed a breath of relief. A split second of vertigo, which Emma dismissed as a sign of the pressure and anxiety easing up (little did she know that Cassandra used that split second to implant fake memories of Genosha into her brain, the conniving cur) and she set the body of Stuff, now trapping Cassandra, down onto the first available surface.

Charles stepped on his own two legs - and Emma lost all interest in the situation. Her girls were safe. She protected the children. Diamond turned to flesh, and high, expensive heels clicked on the hard floors as she walked away. Let Jean and Charles deal with the aftermath, she did what she set out to do.

She didn't care if anyone called out after her. She was going to see her girls, and reassure them that the coast was now clear. The ghost of a smile floated on her lips - she may be mother material after all. If only she could find someone (Scott?) who would let her in, and make her want to settle. But those were idle thoughts better explored at a later time.

[x-manson-annotated]

X-Manson Annotated Chapter Three - Part 9 - THE ACCUSATION

I'm going to level with you. If you weren't already put off by this story, this section might seal the deal for you. This section deals with Emma Frost being placed at the center of a scandal where she is accused of sexually abusing her students. It's awful, but it is integral to understanding the world of this story. This will be the last section of Chapter 3.

tw for that, and tw for mentions of attempted suicide.

I'd like to know who this "Weedy Looking Man" is. My assumption is it is the X-Manson version of Trevor Fitzroy.

Like i said, this section isn't pretty. I am of the mindset that nothing happened, but this section will bring to the mind of some people the Satanic Panic and Q Anon conspiracy theories popular among the right wing.

Shinobi Shaw, the son of Sebastian Shaw.

*also, Doug and Marie-Ange are insufferably cute.

**Pot's legal in the United States as of 1990.

This feels like an outlandish parody until you realize that conservative media is exactly like that.

"She knew what could happen to teenaged girls" What the fuck does that mean? That feels close to "Well, you saw what she was wearing. She probably wanted it." It's a cryptic, weird thing to say.

This feels like a reflection of something you would see a lot of later in the 2000s. Ultimate Marvel used to do this thing where psychics would read minds and there would be a joke of "Oh, stop thinking about me naked." or "I wasn't thinking about it until you told me not to think about it." Shit like that. This feels like a more realistic take on how that might feel with someone with psychic powers. It isn't some kind of fun jokey thing for them. It's horrifying.

*I'm detecting a reoccurring argument between them with this line from Marie-Ange.

**That's an incredibly strange way to speak about someone, Douglas.

***She's not wrong for thinking that.

But let's focus on the thirteen students who put forward accusations against Emma.

I can't imagine who they might be. Possibly this world's version of the Hellions, sans Marie-Ange?

What were they arrested for?

Holy shit, Disney is not pissing around when it comes to copyright in this universe.

This makes sense about why Xavier kept his class sizes on the smaller end. Easier for him to be more personable and manipulate the students.

I wonder how much of that is coincidental and how much of it was orchestrated by Xavier.

The system failing to work.

She finds it difficult to maintain romantic connections if she doesn't have access to her psi-ablities? Difficulty reading the emotions of others? Autistic Emma Frost?

A full lobotomy with a gun killed her psychic abilities?

It's interesting that there are still mutant education systems in place in public schools.

I have no idea who this man is meant to be.

Also the "Roy Cohn Professor of American History" Roy Cohn? like the lawyer and all-around bastard who adored Joe McCarthy.

The Hinckley Law. This immediately puts me in mind of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was never Presiden in this Au, so is it possible that Hinckley attempted to assassinate him when he was running for Governer of California?

Furthermore...Did Ronald Reagan destroy Hinckley's personality?

You can tell this is fantasy because the American Left is presenting a unified front against Conservatism.

Mary Jo Kopechne was a mutant with gills!

The pear-shaped man is Sebastian Shaw. This feels like an accurate way to describe the man.

I feel like the molestations stopped around when Emma took over the school. Good god.

Sebastian, his nose heavy with clotted phlegm and coke: how can any red-blooded American man learn in the company of disgusting WHEMEN!

This feels like something from the McMartin Pre-School Scandal where kids were essentially coerced by law enforcement into making up bigger and bigger lies about satanic ritual abuse.

Example Below from the McMartin Preschool Trial's wikipedia page:

Some of the abuse was alleged to have occurred in secret tunnels beneath the school. Several excavations turned up evidence of old buildings on the site and other debris from before the school was built, but no evidence of any secret chambers or tunnels was found. There were claims of orgies at car washes and airports, and of children being flushed down toilets to secret rooms where they would be abused, then cleaned up and presented back to their parents.

The Cuban cigar angle feels like a nod to the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.

*This reads like a modern day Trumper losing his shit.

**If you cared about your family's "Good Name" you wouldn't have named your son "Shinobi" you insufferable goddamn weeaboo.

Sebastian: the rich of america are entitled to live as kings! We are not unlike gods!

The mad philosopher Scalia. Is Antonin Scalia a supervillain in this universe?

*Again, you can tell this is a fantasy because we have the misfortune of having had Scalia on the Supreme Court.

Insane.

"That he knew of". I want to know more about what kind of Anti-Psi protection exists in this world.

All this kind of bums me out. I mean, i guess i'm happy about an au where Doug's doing kind of alright after a tragedy. But him becoming this big tech bro kind of sucks to me.

It's kind of cool that he turned Apple into a co-op. I guess.

[camelspit]

Best Keeper Character Bracket

Round 1

May 18: Alden Vacker, Fitzroy Vacker, Della Vacker, Biana Vacker, Alvar Vacker

May 19:

a) Lady Alexine, Lady Anwen, Lady Belva, Lady Dara, Lady Delmira

b) Lady Evera, Lady Iskra, Lady Ceah, Lady Pemberley, Lady Nissah

c) Lady Sanja, Lady Veda, Sir Beckett, Sir Caton, Sir Conley

d) Sir Donwell, Sir Faxon, Sir Harding, Sir Jarvin, Sir Rosings

May 20: Blur, Juline Dizznee, Mr. Forkle, Tiergan Alenfar, Wraith

May 21: Empress Pernille, King Gowg, Luna the Alicorn, Queen Gundula, Wynn the Alicorn

May 22: Garwin Chang, Ollie Heks, Shayda Adel, Valin, Vertina

May 23: Lady Zillah, Livvy Sonden, Master Cadence Talle, Rayni Aria, Viks Heks

May 24:

a) Bullhorn the Banshee, Iggy the Imp, Princess Purryfins the Murcat, Silveny the Alicorn, Verdi the Dino

b) Brant and Jolie's Gremlin, Gildie the Flaredon, Marty the Cat, Twinkle the Titanboa, Watson the Dog

May 25: Boobrie Dude, Councillor Terik, Damel Kafuta, Mr. Sweeney, Timkin Heks

May 26: Elysian, Fintan Pyren, Keefe Sencen, Lady Vespera Folend, Sophie Foster

May 27: Barth the Reaper, Brisa, Ceri, Juji, Thales the Sower

May 28:

a) Amisi the Gnome, Brier the Gnome, Gerda the Gnome, Gora the Gnome, Kloris the Gnome

b) Lur the Gnome, Mitya the Gnome, Nesrin the Gnome, Sior the Gnome, Vered the Gnome

May 29: Edaline Ruewen, Grady Ruewen, Jolie Ruewen, Linh Song, Tam Song

May 30: Durand Redek, Eleanor Wright, Emma Foster, Ethan Benedict Wright II, William Foster

May 31: Amy Foster, Brant [REDACTED], Calla the Gnome, Councillor Bronte, Grizel the Goblin

June 1:

a) Elidyr the Dwarf, Ermete the Dwarf, Irja the Dwarf, Krikor the Dwarf, Kun the Dwarf

b) Opher the Dwarf, Timur the Dwarf, Urre the Dwarf, Yegor the Dwarf, Yuri the Gnome

June 2: Fallon Vacker, Gethen Ondsinn, Quinlin Sonden, Ruy Ignis, Sandor the Goblin

June 3: Audric, Dedra, Dempsy, Huxley, Trella

June 4: Coach Bora, Coach Rohana, Coach Wilda, Lady Galvin, Lesedi Chebota, Tarina the Troll

June 5: Councillor Kenric, Elwin Heslege, Jurek of the Sanctuary, Kesler Dizznee, Prentice Endal

June 6: Bethany Lopez, Bex Dizznee, Sir Bubu, Lex Dizznee, Rex Dizznee

June 7: Cyrah Endal, Luzia Vacker, Tinker, Trix, Umber, Princess Romhilda

June 8: Bunhead the Goblin, Cadoc the Goblin, Lefty the Goblin, Righty the Goblin, Woltzer the Goblin

June 9: Cadfael the Ogre, Caprise Redek, Cassius Sencen, Mai Song, Quan Song, Botros the Ogre

June 10: Councillor Emery, King Dimitar, King Enki, Queen Hylda, Queen Nubiti

June 11: Benesh Vacker, Harlin Vacker, Norene Vacker, Peilpa Heks, Silla Heks

June 12: Brielle the Goblin, Councillor Noland, Councillor Velia, Councillor Zarina, Orem Vacker

June 13: Councillor Clarette, Councillor Darek, Lady Song, Quinlin's receptionist, Sir Leander

June 14: Dexter Dizznee, Marella Redek, Maruca Chebota, Stina Heks, Wylie Endal

June 15: Behnam Aria, Councillor Liora, Councillor Ramira, Esha Aria, Lady Fayina

June 16:

a) Councillor Alina, Councillor Oralie, Ella the Stuffed Animal, Gisela Sencen, Mr Snuggles the Stuffed Animal

b) Boo Boo the Stuffed Animal, Lady Sassyfur the Stuffed Animal, Mrs Stinkbottom the Stuffed Animal, Sir Splashyhugs the Stuffed Animal, Stinky the Stegosaurus the Stuffed Animal

[inherentlyindecent]

Well, I was weak....

David Sanchez: Casting agent (Pedrol Pascal)

Hunter Soto: New age shop owner (Danny Griffin)

Taylor Graves: Website designer (Leo Woodall)

Griffin Hodder: Podcaster (Rohan Campbell)

Lorcan Benson: Rancher (Lee Pace)

Gunner Jacka: Escort manager (Dylan O'Brien)

Bowen Zhang: Stripper (Yoshi Sudarso)

Elijah Rollins: Drifter (Alex Hogh Andersen)

Nathaniel Delwood: Mechanic (Joel Kinnaman)

Clayton Long: President of Reapers MC (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)

Vincent Long: Vice President of Reapers MC (Tom Hardy)

Orin Bergeron: Sgt at Arms of Reapers MC (Leo Suter)

Kane Thomas: Treasurer of Reapers MC (James Lafferty)

Archibald Clarke: Member of Reapers MC (Glen Powell)

Robert Ramirez: Prospect of Reapers MC (Froy Gutierrez)

Samantha Beesmer: Photographer (Josephine Langford)

Carli O'Dell: Professional Cosplayer (Ayo Edebiri)

Victoria Hendrix: Laywer (Jessica Chastain)

Maeve Loughlin: Carpenter (Niamh McCormack)

Ashley Hewitt: Podcaster (Olivia Cooke)

Riley Thorton: Paranormal investigator (Emma Mackey)

Margaret Fitzroy: Professor (Rachel McAdams)

Aaliyah Fuller: Editor (Candice Patton)

Angelina Barzel: Nurse (Samara Weaving)

Hilary Zucker: Outdoor guide (Emilia Clarke)

Cheryl Owens: Distiller (Lily James)

I'm done. No one let me make any more muses...

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

Supporting Character Supplemental - The Stepford Cuckoos

After the confrontation with Trevor Fitzroy, Emma Frost was plunged into a coma for a year. During her unconscious state, Dr. John Sublime harvested over a thousand embryonic eggs from her ovaries for him to experiment upon.

The Weapon Plus program then used these eggs to create dozens of identical Mutant girls in the hope of developing a powerful weapon capable of killing every Mutant on Earth by combining their telepathic abilities. The project was designated Weapon XIV and the girls were incubated and artificially aged inside the subterranean level of The World. While most of these girls remained dormant, five were sent to infiltrate the Xavier Institute as student sisters to hone their talents for Sublime's purpose. 

After the Xavier Institute went public, the quintuplet sisters (Sophie, Phoebe, Mindee, Celeste, and Esme) were enrolled. So to protect their secret origins, the girls unconsciously placed mental blocks in the minds of the faculty, preventing them from investigating their background.  The sisters themselves were largely unaware of their background nor ulterior  The quintette came to be known as the ‘Stepford Cuckoos’ (a play on the two science fiction novels, The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin and The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham).   

With their significant telepathic powers, The Cuckoos quickly became prized pupils of Emma Frost (who was entirely unaware of their connections to one another).  The sister would go on to become an important part of the student body.  Sophie sacrificed herself to end the threat posed by The Omega Gang and Esme was later killed by Xorn.  The Five-in-One became the Three-in-One and it was not until the Warsong event that the Cuckoos ulterior programming became activated.  

The Phoenix Force had returned to earth, searching for a host as suitable as Jean Grey had once been.  The cosmic entity happened upon the psychic abilities of the Cuckoos and reached out to touch their minds.  This had the effect of activating the Weapons Plus nano-bots that had laid dormant within the girls’ psychology.  They traveled back to The World so to activate the Thousand-Who-Are-One protocol which would create a telepathic surge that kill every Mutant on earth.  With he aide of The X-Men, the Cuckoos were able to resist both Sublime and The Phoenix Force and they destroyed the hive mind, killing the remanning clones.   

Phoebe, Mindee and Celeste returned to the Xavier Institute and now began to show greater independence from one another and more distinct individual personalities.  

Sophie and Esme were resurrected by The Five following the establishment of Krakoa and the sisters were reunited.  They continue to serve the X-Men and Krakoa.  They additionally maintain a sometimes tumultuous mother/daughter relationship with Emma Frost.    

A version of The Stepford Cuckoos featured in the Fox television series, The Gifted, portrayed by actress Skyler Samuels.  The sister first appeared in the pages of New X-Men Vol. 1 #118 (2001). 

[timesimmer]

1312 Royal Updates

Here are the birthdays, marriages, and deaths of the royal side households in the year 1312. This list will not include anyone from my main household or any of the Blackburne siblings and their families (Smith, Hicrest, and Blackburne).

Birthdays:

House Stagfield

Arthur Fitzroy - Age: 3 months old / Lifestage: Infant

Torsten Bright - Age: 1.5 years old / Lifestage: Toddler

Princess Ceanna - Age: 5 years old / Lifestage: Child

House Clarillot

Princess Isabella - Age: 5 years old / Lifestage: Child

Princess Blanche - Age: 5 years old / Lifestage: Child

Princess Emma - Age: 30 years old / Lifestage: Adult

Prince Louis - Age: 3 months old / Lifestage: Infant

House Almanzor

Princess Carlota - Age: 3 months old / Lifestage: Infant

House Brabant

Lady Cateline - Age: 3 months old / Lifestage: Infant

Marriages/Betrothals:

House Clarillot & House Brabant

Betrothal of Crown Prince Geoffroi & Lady Margaret Brabant of Brabant

Deaths: None!

[lenniharrisonsims]

Behind The Scenes...

Winden Palace, Windenburg, 9:28am

Part III

Jonas: *sighs* Alright, Captain, let’s go.

Cptn: Sir. *looks at Emma*

Jonas: You can say anything you need to in front of my niece. Princess Emma is very wise for her years.

Cptn: Very good sir. If you’ll follow me.

*they begin the walk into the palace*

Cptn: We had quite a big staffing problem when we first got in here- many had quit your father’s employ. He was reportedly cruel.

Emma: Doesn’t surprise me.

Cptn: So we’ve done what we can to get this place back up and running for your return. We’ve hired a housekeeper, Mrs. Fleming, and she’s been working overtime for the last week. She’s very good, if I do say so myself. Whipped the staff we do have into shape, reorganized the management, and crafted a short list of candidates for other positions she would like you to look at.

Jonas: Good. I’d like to look at those, actually, and I want a full report on every member of staff here, every delivery person, and independent contractor. Full background checks, especially if they worked for my father.

Cptn: That’s a lot of work that I would spare you, if I could, Sir. You have staff for that.

Jonas: At least for now, in the beginning, I need to know everyone here is loyal to us. My father was a hateful man, who inspired hateful ideals. It’s my responsibility to keep my nieces safe from anyone who may want to harm them in my father’s name. I don’t want any conspiracies under my roof.

Cptn: Of course, Sir. I understand. I’ll bring you those reports asap.

*They walk inside, staff are busy cleaning*

Cptn: I apologize for the staff still cleaning, Sir. Your father neglected the care of this place during the last few years, and there’s a lot of work to get it livable again.

Jonas: I don’t mind, whatever they need to do.

Cptn: We should also discuss your… other relatives?

Jonas: Who?

Cptn: We have the… Queen? Adelheid, and Princess Margarette in custody here, under house arrest in their rooms. As well as Isabella Bray and her younger son, Austin Fitzroy.

Jonas: I think, until I make a decision, we’ll refer to them as Lady Adelheid, Ms. Bray, and Mr. Fitzroy. Margarette is still the daughter of a king, so you can continue to style her a Princess.

Cptn: Very good, Sir.

Emma: Uncle Jo, I think I’m gonna go lay down for a bit.

Jonas: Of course, do you know where-

Emma: I’m going to Mamma’s room.

Jonas: Right. Of course. Rest well.

*Emma heads upstairs*

Cptn: So your decision about Lady Adelheid-

Jonas: I haven’t made a decision. I need to think about it, consult advice. Until then, keep them here, please, but treat them all well. They’re… guests… not prisoners.

Cptn: Of course, Sir.

*Jonas & Captain Finlay enter the office*

Jonas: …

Cptn: Sir?

Jonas: I think first order of business is removing that portrait, Captain.

Cptn: I completely understand. I’ll get on it right away, Sir.

*Captain Finlay leaves*

Jonas: What am I gonna do…

Part III

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In a pretty exciting “the shit hits the fan” moment... Pierce uses Gateway to “bring him to the one responsible” which brings him to Fitzroy, though he mistakes it as Emma’s doing... not that it matters as the Sentinels bust in, and fry both Donald and Emma’s brains...

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January Monthly Recap:

It's been quite an intense three months, and so I haven't had a chance to report about my reading on here. January was really intense, and I've noticed lately that when I'm really stressed and don't have time for anything else I read a lot, so I read 24 books. My favorite in January was probably Thud!, although I read a lot of great books.

Thud! by Terry Pratchett: 5/5

System Collapse by Martha Wells: 4.25/5

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon: 2.5/5, dnf

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson: 2/5, dnf

Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews: 4.5/5

Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews: 4.75/5

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan: 5/5

Sweep for Me by Ilona Andrews: 4.75/5

The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk: 4/5

Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews: 5/5

Petty Treasons by Victoria Goddard: 4.25/5

The Masquerading Magician by Gigi Pandian: 1.5/5

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne: 3.75/5

Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard: 4.25/5

Bee Sting Cake by Victoria Goddard: 4.75/5

Whiskeyjack by Victoria Goddard: 5/5

Blackcurrant Fool by Victoria Goddard: 5/5

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo: 4/5

Love-in-a-Mist by Victoria Goddard: 5/5

Plum Duff by Victoria Goddard: 5/5

Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews: 5/5

Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan: 4.75/5

The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard: 4.5/5

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty: 4.75/5

Progress on my goals is below the cut:

Complete series: added 3 series

Catch up on backlists: 15 books

Read FIYAH/Nebula/Hugo finalists & awards: 1 book

Read down TBR: (hard to tell what it was at the beginning of the year, but in August it was 1332) currently at 1442

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wednesday//addams family

wednesday addams

enid sinclair

tyler galpin

lorcan sinclair

kieran blackwell

teen wolf

malia tate

lydia martin

scott mccall

fate:winx saga

bloom peters

sky

riven

bridgerton

kate sharma

eloise bridgerton

anthony bridgerton

simon basset

theadore fitzroy

queen charlotte

king george

shadow&bone

nina zenik

jesper fahey

mal orestv

kaz brekker

inej ghafa

nikolai lanstov

tamar kir bataar

the darkling

shadowhunters

clary fray

simon lewis

tvd verse

elijah mikaelson

rebekah mikaelson

nikalus mikaelson

caroline forbes

ouat/disney

peter pan

emma swan

killian jones

mcu

natasha romanoff

yelena belova

melina vostokoff

alexei shostakov

matt murdock

druig

sersi

thor odinson

lord of the rings

halbrand

galadriel

[morethanweseem]

Most of these are characters from well known television shows, I feel like I don’t need to give in depth bios for them.  If you have questions, please feel free to come ask.  There’s no such thing as a stupid question.   I will post AUs in links to the side of the characters as they develop.  SHIPS HERE 

DC UNIVERSE

Kara Danvers - pan

Felicity Smoak - bi

Caitlin Snow - straight

Frost - bi

Iris West - bi

Liv Moore - straight (unless the brain changes...)

Ray Palmer - pan

Damien Darhk - straight

Clark Kent - pan

Tommy Merlyn - bi

MARVEL UNIVERSE

Darcy Lewis - straight

Skye Johnson - pan

Yelena Belova - lesbian

Karen Page - straight

Kate Bishop - straight

Wanda Maximoff - demi

SUPERNATURAL

Charlie Bradbury - lesbian

Bella Swan (with twilight as her origin story) - straight

Jo Harvelle - straight

STRANGER THINGS

Max Mayfield

Billy Hargrove - bisexual

Nancy Wheeler - pansexual

Robin Buckley - lesbian

Eddie Munson - bisexual

OTHERS

Claire Bennet - Heroes -straight Crystal Tyler - Heels - straight Bean - Disenchantment (fc Aimee Lou Wood) - lesbian Riley Matthews - Girl Meets World - straight Catarina Valentine - Victorious - bi Sabrina - CAoS - straight Wednesday Addams - Wednesday - demisexual Henry Fitzroy - Blood Ties - bisexual Emma Swan - OUaT - bisexual Killian Jones - OUaT - straight Mal - Descendents - straight Violet Harmon - AHS Murder House - bisexual