#Galina AX

[angelstills]

Galina (2024)

[usaigi]

Day One: Introduction - Iris

For @fe-oc-week

Introduction:

Iris Galina Mateus is the granddaughter of Viscount Mateus and distant cousin of Annette. Iris was the first person to be born with minor Crest of Dominic in several generation. Her grandfather took her in after a servant rebellion that killed her parents, Lord Boris and Lady Judy. At least, that’s the official story. The real story is that Lord Boris killed Iris’s mother, biological father–a Duscurian worker–and his teenage daughter–Iris’s older half-sister–after discovering their affair. Iris witnessed the whole massacre, had her real father not fought back she might have been killed as well. 

She had always known her presumed father to be a passive man, some who made his fortune through business deal rather than through battle. So the event truly changed her. Seeing the man who she thought to be her father murder her mother with an axe because he viewed her a property. Murder her sister for the crime for existing. Murdering her father for stealing what's his. She's feared men and their potential to violence ever since. She tends to play if off as jokes, teasing her classmates, especially Felix and Sylvain, for their machista tendencies, but she can't help but jump whenever one of them raises their voices.

The Viscount does little to mask his disgust of her, constantly making racist remarks. He’s trying to marry her as soon as possible to get her out of his house and life. Truthfully, the only reason he even took her in is because of her crest and the potential dowry and status. 

Iris couldn't care less about her grandfather bigotry or mistreatment of her, she also wants to be free from him as soon as possible. She enrolled in the Officer’s Academy the same year as Prince Dimitri in the hope of befriending him and getting a job as an advisor. Her main goal is the liberation of the people of Duscur.

[markantonys]

It's probably too early to be thinking about the Box but I can't help it considering how much they emphasized Rand getting shielded this season. I wonder how the similar the circumstances will be or if they'll be a lot different. I expect it to be like 10x worse than it was in the books. The important part of it though is to showcase how fucked up it is and how much it fucks Rand up afterwards

yeah!!!! the Box is one of my (and josha's haha) most anticipated moments for the show! given how hard egwene's damane arc hit this season, i have full confidence for their handling of the Box. it's gonna be devastating! and they've overall been doing a pretty good job at showing the long-term effects of trauma (which we see especially with nynaeve this season)

i'm definitely curious about what the circumstances might be in the show. my current theory is that galina will be axed and instead elaida will lead the kidnapping herself, because if you get shohreh aghdashloo to play a major antagonist in your show, you want to give her plenty of stuff to do! and in the books elaida doesn't have all that much screentime between the initial coup and egwene's later tower arc, so i think it would be wise of the show to give her more to do in the interim so that she maintains her Major Antagonist energy. (and this would also help differentiate elaida from siuan; while they may have had the same goal of caging rand per tower law, viewers will feel right away that siuan would NEVER have let rand be locked up in a box and beaten on her watch, let alone actually been the one to order it to happen)

[aidendh]

Incarnate Ideas p3

RAU = Incarnate from birth

REAU = My heroes reborn

RAU! Adrien Agreste

(Suke Harris)

Closer with Felix

Wants to be an Actor

When adults are sturn with him, he shuts down into 'orders' mode

SentiAdrien AU

As the Black Cat, follows Ladybug's orders

RAU! Yuga Aoyama

(RAU!Ryunosuke Akutagawa)

Still traitor bc was scared of showing parents Rashomon

Puts on Fanciful personality bc parents and peers were put off by his stund emotional deminer

Though it also has the bonous of 1A barely paying him any attention

He keeps the same hero costume to fit his fanciful deminor

He added the cape for emergency Rashomon use

His casual outfit wouldn't be much different except for a white long jacket

Offers to help Midoriya train with cheese msg

Often gets thrown about by the recoil of his quirk

AFO reminds him of Dazai and that terrifies him

Bnha/BSD Fusion AU

(Hit with FutionAbility/TimeQuirk which fuses the targets and sends them back in time

Shouta Dazai

(Aizawa/Dazai)

Dazai's body, black hair/stubble, Red eyes

Wears Dazai's coat over Aizawa's hero costume

Post-S3 BSD, Start of Bnha

Still teaches 1A

Gets Chuuya to infiltrate the LOV before the USJ

Reaches out to Aoyama and gives him a panic phone

Has a LOT of trouble sleeping

RAU! Neito Monoma

(Noragami! Fyodor)

Friends with Shiozaki

Respects Allmight and Izuku

Often aims his 1A hatred at Bakugo

Himiko lives with him

Has to be held back by Kendo and Shiozaki when he hears about the USJ insident

He knew Itsuka since Middle School

Neito with a God 'Complex'

RAU! Adrik Harris but Servamp! Fyodor (Father of Manipulation)

All servamp conditions except non-aging pass over

His family knows

Wants Abalynn as his Eve (Broadsword?Axe?)

Can somehow feed on his biological Parents and Sister (though his mother's and father's work best)

Temporary contracted his parents multiple times

Has to be careful of nicknames

Prefers his Rat form (dark brown with black front paws)

Faked a sun vunrability medical condition but still attends public school

Red eyes, Pale

No subclasses yet in this life

(Servamp bond quirk boost?)

He can't enjoy watchinh/reading BSD or Bnha because of his past Eves

BSD oc! Renard

Ability: Atlas

*when in contact with an item, his allies will see a golden mark on any map they look at, marking the objects location

(This includes the gloves he wears)

New port mafia executive, but hasn't earnt ppls respect yet

Takes a liking to helping Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Has 'self-awhere' information

Informant

Has 'plot armor' but hates it

Originally from Britain

24

Joins port mafia 2years before cannon and somehow makes executive before his second year

Knows of Dazai, but not much

He looked like an average black-haired Dazai lookalike, but dresses similar to Chuuya but with a monochrome color scheme

RAU! Katsuki Bakugo

(Norigami! Fyodor)

Rescues/kidnaps Eri before cannon

Galina Bakugo

Clingy to Izuku

Ability: Judgment of the Gods

Quirk: Explosion

One of Aizawa's problem children

"Stop giving me a bigger workload kid."-SA

"Only when other heroes do their damb jobs!"-KB

(Missing ppl/Abuse/misunderstood villains↑)

Met Aizawa at a young age, has been helping Shota since

Calls Izuku Geroy (Герой, hero in Russian)

The 'Deku' spelling is made by KB to IM in a privet hangout, though another kid found out later and started saying it behind Katsuki's back

Grew up with 'Imaginary Friends' (Regalia)

Black streak in hair

Has power of persuasion

REAU! Shoto Todoroki

(RAU! Ryunosuke Akutagawa (LB))

Doesn't want to be used anymore

(Dazai, Kamui, Enji)

Drops out of the hero course into gen-ed

P5! AU/SI! Akira Kurusu

Fan of Persona 5

Doesn't want to be apart of it

Ann enters palace with ryuji first

Has a shadow/Corpse Arsene

Only Confidants, Kawakami, Takemi, Yoshida, Sojiro

Tired™

K- Bc tired student prone to 'nightmares'(Igor)

T- Past out at the café, Sojiro took him to Takemi's

Y- Like a sunshine uncle that he looks up too

S- current guardian

He is a target of the PT bc of Ann's classmate

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"-Shadow Akira

Multi-day mission ↑

[galina]

hi galina! what would/do you do when the art of a person your close to isn’t really to your taste or up your alley? 😣 or maybe you disagree with an approach they have towards art? i dont want to hurt their feelings, i want to have an open conversation or at least to soften the blow in some kind of way

hello 👋 this sounds like a tricky one – art is such a deeply personal and special part of our lives... it’s got to be one of the most sensitive and emotional areas you could disagree on. I guess first thing is: does it affect you directly? if someone is enjoying something & it's not hurting anyone then usually I would say just let them enjoy it.

you mentioned approach – if there's some specific reason that the art is "bad" (e.g. is it exploitative? stolen? colonial? racist? homophobic? hateful?) then it's less about the art and more that your values are sat on different axes. maybe you can approach the specific issue rather than a blanket statement that their art is bad?

if it's unavoidable, I would say to them what you're saying to me: tell them you would like to talk about something difficult in an honest, open way and let them know they are allowed to express their feelings too. hopefully if they have a space to offer their side you can reach a point where you both feel heard. maybe ask them if they are ready for a tricky conversation, don't spring it on them at a busy moment. make them feel safe & try and speak face to face or on video so they know you're being sincere. I would also ask yourself: what outcome do you want from that conversation? do you want them to make a significant change? and if so, will you accept if they can't or won't?

go easy on yourselves x

[mjollnirtor]

Rocks, waves and valkyries. Galina @galinakohvakko recreates the magical world of northern legends in her blog. The girl is a professional swordswoman, not just a model.⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ ⚔️Look for interesting publications and stunning photos in the blog @galinakohvakko . . . . . . . . . . #odin #viking #thor #asatru #vikings #pagan #tattoos #art #warrior #paganism #axe #loki #odinism #norse #r #valhalla #heathen #vikingshit #runes #folk #berserk #vikingart #asgard #midgard #rune #mjollnirtor https://www.instagram.com/p/CFulgKipVNr/?igshid=12t0uo7r27vav

[jj-lynn21]

A Hemlock Grove Halloween Ch. 3: The power within

A Hemlock Grove Halloween ch 1:  It happened again

A Hemlock Grove Halloween Ch. 2 Bromance

A Hemlock Grove Halloween Ch. 4: The Party

Warnings:  angst, fear, fluff

tags @loomiz @dragsraksllib @super-pink-a-palouza @skarsgard-lover @skarsgardsslut​ @eliza123sworld​ @goblincxnt​ @taintedglass​ @grandpa-sweaters​​​ @waywardtigersandwich​ @lanaelectraheart2019 

Princess wobbles down the aisles of the Halloween Emporium. She jumped as she turned to see a Pennywise animatronic laughing reaching for her. She laughs at herself for being scares for a second. When the lights flickered. Her heart raced but she assumed it was just a warning the store was closing soon.

The announcement confirmed her suspicions. “We will be closing in ten minutes. Please bring your purchases to a cash register.”

She started wheeling her cart towards the front of the store. The eerie music is turned off. The silence as a machine spits out the last of its fog is unnerving. Her phone rings in her purse. She laughed as the ring slices through the silence. Maybe, it is the atmosphere or the news spewing to much information about the death of the pregnant women in Hemlock Grove, but she is jumpier these days. 

She answered her phone. “Hi, Roman.’

“Hey, Princess.” He tried to sound calm when he really was not. “Are you at home?”

“I am getting ready to check at the Halloween Emporium.” Another animatronic popped out freaking her out. She gasped.  

“What happened?” Roman was scared for his girl’s safety. “Princess?”

“I am fine, Roman.” She laughed. “This store is just creep especially when the lights go out as they are closing. I am almost to the checkout.”

“Stay inside the store.” Roman begged. “Peter and I will be right there. If you see Ty, the Kings friend, hide.”

The lights in the store go off completely. “Fuck, Roman the lights just went out.” She peers around the corner of the last row of costumes to look toward the register. Her eye being able see better than an average person in the darkness. “There is no one at the cash register.” She frets. Her heart pounding.

“We are almost there, sweetheart.”  

Wicked laughter seemed to dart from one part of the store to another. She put her phone on silent so the noise would not give her away. Her eyes darted around. There was nowhere close to hide. She stayed crouch in the aisle listening.  

“The baby is ours.” The familiar voice screeched. His footsteps get close and stop.  

Princess held her breath standing up slowly. The lights from Peter’s truck stream in the window. She peaked to get a better look at the door where she hoped Roman would be coming through any...

“Gotcha.” Ty grinned his teeth sharp as razor growing out as his mouth unhitched.  

“No!” She pushed him with the strength of both her and the baby.  

Ty was flying as Roman came in the door with his Axe held high. As Ty crashed to the ground, he decapitated him. He then dropped the Axe rushing to his girl. She threw her arms around him.  

“You are all right.” Roman held her talking in a soothing voice. “I’m here. I killed him. You and our child are safe.” He stroked her hair lovingly.

She was sobbing in his arms as Peter walked in the door. Roman looked up at his friend.  

“I guess I’m clean-up crew tonight.” Peter grabbed a pumpkin designed trash bag that hung near the register. He tossed the head in it. He rolled the body up in the blood-soaked entry rug. Peter slung it over his shoulder, picked up the bag and went out to tossed them in the truck bed.

Peter came back inside. “I’ll take you two home before I take care of him.”

“Thanks, Peter.” Roman helped his girl to her feet.  

She was woozy from using everything in her to push her attacker away. As soon as she was on her feet for a moment she passed out in his arms.

“Take us to the White Tower.” Roman swooped her up to carry her to the truck.

Peter gets them there quickly. “You want me to stay?”

“No, go burn what is in the truck bed.” Roman instructed. “That is the only way to make sure it is dead forever.”

“I got it, Godfrey.” Peter drives off as Roman carries her into the lobby.  

“Help!” Screamed Roman. It echoes back to him. “What the fuck.”  

The night desk clerk strolled out from the double doors. She looked at Roman shocked anyone would be there so late.

“Wipe that fucking look off your face, get a wheel chair or something and call Dr. Galina.” Roman barked. This would be her last shift.  

She quickly buzzed for an orderly who brought a gurney to lay his Princess down on. He felt guilty that he felt relief because she was a bit heavier from the last time he picked her up.  

She called for the Doctor Roman wanted. The Doctor rushed from her office. “What happened, Roman?”

“She fucking passed out.” Roman yelled frustrated.

“What was she doing?” The Doctor tried to get specifics that Roman was withholding.  

“She was shopping.” He told a half truth. “I went to pick her up and she passed out in my arms. It was a Halloween store so something might have scared her.” He held her hand as they took her to a room.  

“When was the last time she ate?” Dr. Galina checked her pulse, blood pressure and heart beat.

“I was working so I’m not sure.” Roman was starting to get in panic mode. “Is she all right? How is the baby? Come on Princess. Wake up.” He whispered in her hear. “Daddy is here for both of you.”

Dr. Galina hooked her up to a Fetal Heart Monitor. Roman’s eyes when wipe when he heard his baby’s heart beat for the first time. He felt his girl’s stomach. The baby’s foot kicked him hard.  

“This child is strong, Roman.” She put a tube in her nose and hung a bag of nourishment especially made for the Princess to go through it.  

“Princess, do you hear that.” Roman kissed her lips softly. “Our child is strong.” tears started welling in his eyes as love flooded his heart.  

She blinked. “Roman? Roman what’s happening?”

“You passed out while shopping, sweet girl.” He kissed her cheek. “I brought you here to make sure you were not hurt. Our baby is strong. A great heartbeat and a killer kicker.” He smiled through his tears.

“You need to remember you are eating for to young lady.” Dr. Galina chided. “You can take her home in an hour Roman. I will send you home with a few bags of this specialty food. I want you to drink at least three bags a day and one of this specialty nutrition for you and the baby, so this does not happen again. And maybe Roman should be with you when you go shopping. It is good for you to go out, but you also have to be safe.”

“I promise, I will do everything you suggest to care for this child while he is in my womb.”

“Good girl.” The Doctor makes some noted on her chart. “I will be back in an hour.”

When Dr. Galina is out of the room and down the hall enough that they can not hear her heels tapping on the linoleum, they both take a deep breath.  

“I am so glad you are both fine.” Roman pushed her hair back. “I love you so much. I love you both”

“What did you do with the body?” Princess asked concerned.

“Peter is burning it.” Roman kissed her softly again. “You don’t worry about any of that. I think our kid helped you kick that guys ass. That was fucking amazing how he was flying through the air when I came in. I decapitate the son-of-a-bitch. Peter took care of the rest. Don’t worry.” He repeated. “Your safe. You can rest if you need to. I will not leave your side.”  

She nodded and dozed off. Roman snapped for a nurse. He needed something to drink. And they had exactly what he needed on hand.

[djpaint96]

ASSASSIN’S CREED VENGEANCE

Arno Victor Dorian - main

Connor Kenway - main

Shay Cormac Patrick - antagonist

Elisabeth Jones - main

Caroline Kingstone (tawna) - main

Haytham jr Kenway - main

Pebbles Kenway - main

Io:nhiòte Kenway - main

Mary Johnsons - main

Alejandro De Ángel - brazilian assassin main

Albert Bernard - assassin axe (friend Arno) main

Damien Laurent - assassin green (friend Arno) main

Eustache Mercier - assassin white (friend Arno) main

Takeo Mishima/ Jonathan Kenway - assassin japanese (cousin Connor) main

Aveline De grandpe - (friend Connor) main

Eseosa - (friend Connor) main

Akecheta - (brotherhood Connor) main

Pioneer - (brotherhood Connor) main

Carlos Dorian - (uncle Arno) main

Miss Eve - (wife Shay) main

Alexios the sparta - (ascentor Callum Lynch and Samuel Piva) main

Aguilar De Nerha - (ascentor Callum Lynch and Samuel Piva) Main

Edward James Kenway - (father/grandfather Haytham Connor and ascentor desmond miles) main

Charles Dorian - (father Arno and ascentor Callum Lynch and Samuel Piva) main

Ziio - (Wife/mother Haytham and Connor and ascentor Desmond Miles) main

Elise de la serre - (ex girlfriend Arno) main

Haytham Kenway - (father/husband Connor and Ziio and ascentor Desmond miles) main

George Washington - main

Napoleon Bonaparte - main

Mr Faulkner - main

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Callum Lynch - hero assassin

Samuel Piva - (cousin Cal) hero assassin

Galina vororina - heroine assassin

Layla hassan - heroine assassin

Shaun Hastings - hero assassin

Rebecca Crane - heroine assassin

Sofia Rikkin - leader of abstergo

Ashley Rikkin - (nephew Sophia and Alan) ex templar/ heroine assassin

Desmond Miles - (vision with Cal and Layla) (father/wife Elijah and Elen)death hero assassin

Elen Rose - (wife/mother Desmond and Elijah) death like heroine assassin

Elijah Miles - (son/grandson desmond Elen and william) new hero assassin

William Miles - (father/grandfather Desmond and Elijah) old neutral assassin

Lisa Willson - (mother/wife Desmond and William) old heroine assassin

Aiden Pearce - hacker hero

Marcus Hollyway - hacker hero

T-bone - hacker legend

Wrencer - hacker hero

Sitara Dhawan - hacker heroine

Josh Sauchak - hacker hero

Josh Cormac - (descent Shay And Eve) antagonist

[mrmeatys]

karama for the info meme? its so good it has such good questions im going thru my daily allotted time for getting overly emotional abt ur ocs again. i hope ur well shdgdj

U R SO SWEET WTF...

01. Full name: Karama Xiariq

02. Best friend: Ceodoa Rastus and Kallai Galina ( @xsassafrasstrolls and @trollbriidge respectively)

03. Sexuality: GAY

04. Favorite color: green.... especially more yellowish, outdoorsy greens

05. Relationship status: dating Kallai Galina in red (polya red, single in other quadrants)

06. Ideal mate: someone they can be domestic and tender with.... .......

07. Turn-ons: compassion, resourcefulness, outdoorsy or domestic skills

08. Favorite food: something like stew + bread or something nothing fancy

09. Crushes: Ceodoa...... flush.......... real bad. they got it real bad, son

10. Favorite music: gay, tender music like Hozier and Ricky Montgomery

11. Biggest fear: being caught by the government

12. Biggest fantasy: living a quiet life on the countryside with quadmates and lots of animals and also they are somehow more jacked

13. Bad habits: biggest rbf you've ever seen + bad posture makes Karama look like a scary cryptic man with their cloak on and stuff.

14. Biggest regret: ummm maybe not branching out more when they were younger but they still feel like it was necessary

15. Best kept secrets: um theyre lime LOL

16. Last thought: "need to chop more firewood" probably

17. Worst romantic experience: NOT REALLY ANY TO SPEAK OF karama has gotten way too lucky

18. Biggest insecurity: their size and strength, it scares people and they're paranoid they'll break stuff or hurt someone

19. Weapon of choice: bow and arrow, axes

20. Role Model: their lusus + islaan ! (islaan is like their step dad by the way)

[neuxue]

I was reading the the Dumai Wells and what struck me a lot was Gawyn's thoughts on how he made a compromise with his own honor. And I couldn't help but think...what if Galad had been there as well? Galad "always do the right thing" Damodred. I can just see him lecturing Galina on how it's illegal to beat Rand and citing her the law and rights of prisoners and just being so Galad about it. It would have been hilarious to see her reaction.

Alright anon I’ll level with you here: I’ve let this sit in my askbox for a while, hoping some kind of coherent and intelligent response would come to me, but I’ve got nothing. I’m sorry. I don’t know what it is about the Brothers Arthurian that makes them so bloody difficult to run hypotheticals with, but I think my brain has decided to go on strike regarding anything along the ‘what if [Arthurian Bro 1] had been there when [Arthurian Bro 2] did the thing’. 

I guess some of the difficulty–beyond the usual challenge of determining a character’s actions in a situation when you don’t know the larger context of how they got there, what they experienced along the way in this new path, etc–comes from one of two things. 

For Gawyn, it’s that his convictions and thus actions are so completely based on the information he’s been given; he doesn’t think about the possibility that his information is not completely accurate, or about the chance that he doesn’t have the full picture. (Well, I suppose he’s occasionally thought about it in passing, but it doesn’t seem to make it as far as changing his approach to things). My point is, he’s very easily led, which means it’s really hard to know what he’ll do without first working through the full context of how he got there and who he’s with and why and what happened and I could write Gawyn fic, I suppose, but I could also do other things that I actually might enjoy.

And then there’s Galad, whose entire characterisation is centred on the high abstract concept of ‘always does the right thing’. He doesn’t actually have a whole lot of characterisation beyond that. Some, but not a huge amount that isn’t closely related to that central concept. Not that he really needs to; he’s not on-page enough to develop or require the same level of complexity as some of the protagonists, and it’s an interesting character concept certainly, but when ‘do the right thing’ is 90% of your motivation, it’s hard to figure out what you’re actually going to do when faced with any kind of scenario that doesn’t fall neatly along the classic alignment chart. (Especially when there’s still some ambiguity as to whether Lawful or Good takes prime position in Galad’s moral view; there are strong cases to be made both ways, and even a solid case for one of those being flipped to Neutral, depending on which definition of those axes you choose to accept, which is another part of the problem, and oh dear I feel I’ve strayed somewhat from the point). 

So anyway, this is not a bad question but I have…not a whole lot to answer it with. Aside from, you know, a couple hundred words explaining that I have not a lot to say. Oops.

[angelstills]

Galina (2024)

[aeroflot-blog]

The Book of Life

Soon the art of miniatures spilled over from the pages of books into real life. This kind of painting be- came a means of self-expression to break up the monotony of daily life, to make simple wooden household utensils into something precious, especially since there was room for fantasies and the stories told in songs and fables. On the walls of village huts, heavenly flowers bloomed and the Sirin bird-maidens smiled, the Tree of Life stretched its branch- es towards the ceiling, and strange beasts, remarkably similar to the figures of folk embroidery, marched — lions and camels, which had been described to villagers at fairs by travelling merchants.

One of the centres of artistic life was the village of Borok itself. Legends about Marfa Boretskaya were still being told here, and those who copied out books by hand, somehow finding time between work, painted sledges, horse harnesses, carved boards for washing clothes, and household utensils made of bark, in a naive but vivid manner.

Window to the World

It all starts with a tree stump, prefer- ably a spruce with thick roots. After sawing it lengthways, the craftsman would have two blocks about a metre in length with an L-shaped bend from below, which the spinner would sit on as they worked. The axe and the chisel turned the middle part of the spinning wheel into a narrow leg, and the upper one into a flat rectangle, decorated with or- namental edges, on which clumps of flax or sheep's wool would cling. Then the block was sent to the artist, and here the magic began. Boretsky painting is easy to see against a white background: some think that this is a tribute to the white pages of books, others it as a way to increase the contrasts of the picture, and yet others draw parallels with the white blanket of snow that covers these lands for most of the year. Anyway, the wooden block was thickly covered with glue and chalk — a prim- er. The dried spinning wheel was polished until it was smooth as an eggshell. After drying, two layers of white lead paint were added on top, and then the craftsman would pick up a ruler and divide the spinning wheel into three rows of rectangles with a kind of arch in the middle. But in everyday life, the divine and the bombastic became dream- like and homely — most of all, the painted spinning wheel was like a cosy window, often with a decorative frame, glowing with bright colours: red, green, orange, and even gold leaf. In the upper tier were flowers and birds, and in an arch in the middle, the artist usually painted a sprawling Tree of Life, which became the main hallmark of Boretsky painting. Scenes from everyday life were allocated to the lower tier. If you remember that the main event in a woman’s life then was marriage, it does not come as a surprise that artists loved the theme of the meeting of bride and groom. Here, the traditions of book miniatures, popular fairy tales of princes and princesses, and the ancestral memory of the rich and free past of the lost homeland of Novgorod converged. However, over time, the stories told in Boretsky painting became much more varied: hunters with guns, people collecting pine resin in wooden pots, and even scenes showing the slaughter of domestic cattle. Only the palette of col- ours and the symmetrical structure of the pattern remained unchanged, though the Tree of Life in the centre more often resembled a flowering houseplant displayed in the window of a village hut. By the end of the 19th century, the most famous Boretsky painters were members of the large, prosperous, and influential Old Believer family, the Amosovs, from the village of Skobeli near Borok. Their spinning wheels and birch baskets, though more expensive than others, were big hits at fairs and were famous among the people of the north. The Amosovs had colleagues who did the same kind of work — the Tretyakovs in the village of Nizhnyaya Toima and the Kuznetsovs in Puchuga.

by Galina Okulova

[shinylitwick94]

Shinylitwick reas Wheel of Time - Book 10 - Crossroads of Twilight

Warning:Will no doubt contain spoilers.

Two in a row, because otherwise I’m going to forget to post this again and by the time I try to recap it, it’ll be much harder.

So it seems like the fandom pretty much universally agrees that this is the worst book in the series.

The fandom is absolutely right - one or two things aside, this book is a total waste of time and space.

Let’s start with the worst of the worst: Perrin and Faile. Other than that last chapter where Perrin throws away the axe and that bit with Galina, this storyline could have been omitted altogether and nothing at all would have been lost.

Elayne’s chapters were also absolutely awful in this one. Sometimes policial intrigue is interesting and sometiems it’s not. Here it’s definitely not, particularly because the end result is obvious to everyone.

Mat was, once again, at his most annoying, so that was also a chore to read. I cannot begin to describe how uninterested I am in his “relationship” with Tuon. She’s Seanchan, she’s a creepy slaveowner who "trains” women who can channel as dogs. And while that is if wrong than at least  interesting enough on its own, well, I’d have an easier time believing Mat genuinely cares for this girl if he thought about her any differently than he thinks about any other girl, which he doesn’t.

Alviarin’s chapter was definitely one of the highlights here: deliciuosly creepy and a lot of fun to read.

The bits with the other sisters in the Tower were also quite interesting, and I really liked Pevara and Tarna’s little talk - caught me completely off guard.

Egwene’s chapters were also pretty interesting, although not much happened in those either, I’m curious to see how this whole “let’s bond the Asha’man thing pans out for both the rebels and the Reds.

So yeah, the only ones I cared about in this book were all the Aes Sedai. Everyone else was mind-numbingly boring.

Favorite scene(s): Alviarin, Pevara and tarna, that Hall meeting where they decide to bond the Asha’man

Least favorite scene(s): Pretty much everyitng else, but ESPECIALLY Perrin, FaileMat and Elayne

Favorite character(s): Egwene, Alviarin

Least favorite character(s): Perrin, Mat

Book rankings so far: 1.LOC 2.TSR 3.TGH 4.TFOH 5.ACS 6.TDR 7.WH 8. TEOTW 9.TPOD 10.CoT

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Galina (2024)

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name: Karama Xiariq

nickname(s): Kara (universal), Kiki (Ceodoa only).

age: 12 sweeps (25 years old)

hatchdate: September 21st (Virgo)

gender: Agender (they/them), avoids gendered language. As masculine as they look they feel connected to femininity.

sexuality: Gay (NBLM)

hemocast: Hemoanon, Lime (#81c335)

symbol: a scarab beetle holding the sun sign.

lusus: Scarabaeous sacer (scarab beetle)

strife: any manner of axe available. Battle, wood chopping, or otherwise.

trolltag: scarabsAnomaly

height: 7’1” without horns, 7’7” with them.

weight: 290-310 lbs roughly.

build: very large with broad shoulders and chest, very muscular, poor posture.

hair: asymmetrical side part most of the time! One side goes past their jaw and the other just past their ears. Their hair is black, wavy, and sort of coarse. It often covers their missing eye or otherwise droops into their face. 

eyes: Their right eye is missing completely, and they rarely if ever use a glass eye or eyepatch. They have hooded eyelids and naturally droopy lids, making them look upset or tired a lot. Their missing eye is surrounded by scars, and their healthy eye has some dark circles. Their eyebrows are thick and often make them look upset as well.

scars: Lots of scarring around missing right eye, and a scar going across their whole face and over their nose. The rest of their body is covered in various scars, and have prominent claw mark scars on their neck. They also have scarring around their missing limbs.

tattoos: A large tattoo of an Egyptian scarab with outstretched wings taking up their left shoulder, a similar but slightly smaller tattoo of a Japanese rhino beetle with outstretched wings on their right shoulder, band tattoos consisting of 3 above the left elbow, three below, and three at their wrist (all on right arm).

piercings: visible piercings are stretched ears (1-½ inches / 38 mm).

personality: Karama is rather shy and a bit awkward and tends not to trust others very easily. They’re a bit stoic and give off the impression of a hardened, cold, mountain troll. That is hardly the truth! As intimidating as they can be, Karama is very gentle and compassionate. They care deeply for others, but oftentimes their fears can get in the way of showing this. Karama is a troll of few words, and prefers to speak through their actions. They’re hard working and disciplined, and very independent. They aren’t one to let others help them easily, and can be very stubborn. Karama means well, but their lack of exposure to other trolls can lead them to be almost childish about some things. They’re a level headed troll, even when they’re anxious, and rarely become angry (that being said, don’t get them to the point of anger). They like comfortable silence and alone time, but are also very lonely. Be their friend!

likes: robotics, insects, plants, folklore/tales, alone time, quilts, working with animals.

dislikes: highbloods, crowds, overlapping noises, hatefulness, tight clothing around their arms.

hobbies: journalling, gardening, tinkering, foraging, nature walks, archery, exploring.

strengths: physically strong, very resourceful, high stamina/endurance, very intimidating.

weaknesses: decreased speed due to being so heavy, no extensive training of their abilities (making them not as strong or easy to use), poor social skills, often restricted by fear of being found out by others or the government.

psych.: social anxiety, autism, PTSD.

phys.: right eye is missing, often not filled with a glass eye. They are missing their right arm and left leg.

abilities: remote sensing/viewing (can sense and “see” things out of their sight range, including specific targets), divination is more accurate and responsive to them, and psychic materialization (the ability to turn psychic energy into tools, objects, weapons and other items, create semi-living constructs and/or create structures of varying permanence).

occupation: self-sufficient homesteader.

religion: no specific religion but very spiritual, practices are based around mostly Paganism.

language(s): Swedish and English, understands Arabic.

voice claim: Henry Cavill as “Geralt of Rivia” in Netflix’s The Witcher.

face claim: Muriel from The Arcana, mostly as a joke. They have no real life face claim.

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♢: N/A

♡ : Kallai Galina || #rebel hearts

♤: N/A  

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[mrmeatys]

Your name is KARAMA XIARIQ, and well...your life is pretty complicated.

You are a LIMEBLOOD, and those are supposed to be extinct. Your caste was WIPED OUT long ago, but apparently not to completion. You live on a HIVESTEAD at the base of a huge mountain inhabited by giant, killer birds. These “Birds of Paradise” had once stolen your egg long ago, but you were rescued by a giant SCARAB BEETLE and raised in the wild. You built your own hive and have made a cozy little home for yourself over the sweeps. You protect and live in the outskirts of a giant, dangerous FOREST separating you and the mountain from a small, lowdown COMMUNE. It isn’t all bad, and you visit regularly for supplies.

You currently live in your cabin-hive with a GRUB you rescued from the monstrous birds, as well as your lusus, Scarab, who actually lives in the cave above your hive. During your search-and-rescue of the little grub, which you named CELEOS, you happened to lose your right arm. It’s okay though, you made yourself a new one. Just like you made yourself a new leg all those sweeps ago. You raise Celeos, as well as hens and goats, on your hivestead. You’ve never been a lusus before, so you really hope this works out.

Matesprit ▸Kallai Galina, crushing. Moirail ▸None, looking. Kismesis None, indifferent Auspistice ▸None.

Name: Karama Xiariq (Car-ahm-uh She-arr-eek) Nicknames: Kara (universal), Kiki (Ceodoa only), Rara (Scarab only), Mor/Mut (Celeos, both mean mother) Title(s): None

Hatchdate: Unknown (sometime in the late summer / early fall season) Age: Unknown (around 11 sweeps) Zodiac: Unknown (likely a Virgo)

Gender: Agender (they/them only, masculine terms otherwise accepted, may occasionally refer to themselves using feminine language) Sex: Assigned male. Sexuality: Prefers men/masculinity, polyamorous in red and potentially pale.

Blood: Lime (presents as hemoanon) Symbol: Simplified scarab symbol Lusus: Scarabaeus sacer (insect warning, lusus is white and rhino sized) Species: Alternian troll (alternate timeline from canon) Trolltag: scarabsAnomaly

Height: 7’7” without horns, 8’1” with them. Weight: Very heavy based on their size, no specifics necessary. Build: Very muscular with broad shoulders and bad posture

Phys. Issues: Physically disabled (missing left leg, right arm, and right eye) Psych. Issues: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, high functioning), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression

Occupation: Self sustaining, farmer, hunter (aiming to be a shepherd) Socio-Econ. Status: Lower-Middle Religion: No specific religion, very spiritual Languages: English, Coptic, Swedish.

Abilities: As a lime they possess psychic abilities, Karama’s most notable being extrasensory perception (vast and strong senses when in use), as well as being more open to psychic communication, etc. Strengths: Very physically strong, decent speed considering size, low risk of infections or illness, hard-working. Weaknesses: Not super fast, a little too strong sometimes, easily guided by emotions when not detrimental to their safety. Strife: x2 War axes.

Likes: Spirituality, animals, nature, crystals, robotics, bugs, plants, being helpful.

Dislikes: Highbloods, seadwellers, big cities, laziness, pretentiousness, the caste system. Hobbies: Divination, collecting things, quilting, gardening, journaling, tinkering.

Piercings: Stretched ears, nostril piercing, double cartilage piercing. Tattoos: A tattoo of their symbol on their left bicep, with a tattoo of Celeos’s symbol right under it, but smaller. These two are accompanied by lavender sprigs, bones, crystals, etc. Scars: They have plenty, but their most prominent is one from their right eye, over their nose, and onto the left side of their face. They also have large claw marks going over their right pectoral muscle. Style: Very comfortable and practical, they need to be able to move easily and be ready to get dirty. When dressing up for an event they still dress rather simple and in neutral or greyscale colours. Secretly loves sheer, flowy clothing and jewelry.

Setting: Karama lives in a cabin-hive, built by themself, at the base of a hulking mountain inhabited by giant, predatory birds called “birds of paradise”. Their cabin-hive is a part of their hivestead which includes farmland for crops, a barn and chicken coop, a well, a furnace and smelter, and other such necessities. The mountain and their hive are surrounded by a giant, untouched forest filled with large creatures, cave systems, and trees reaching incredible heights. Across the forest from their hive is a small community of mostly low blooded and outcasted trolls. They sometimes venture there to purchase supplies.

Background: Karama’s egg was stolen by none other than a bird of paradise, but later recovered by their current lusus. They live off the grid and have never moved out of the general area. Their lusus sheltered them from the outside world, protecting them from not only the inevitable draft most trolls endure, but also from culling as they are a lime blood.

Karama lost their left leg, right arm, and right eye during various trips onto the mountain in search for resources. They’d vowed never to return up the mountain again until they spotted a bird of paradise carrying another troll egg back to its nest, undoubtedly to eat it. Karama couldn’t let the egg die just like they almost did, so they once more set forth on a journey into the land of the birds. They successfully rescued the egg, but lost their right arm in the process. During a long period of recovery they built a new arm, and during this time the egg hatched. A gold blooded grub was born, which Karama named Kravitz and granted the symbol of another beetle which they soon after had tattooed onto them underneath their own scarab symbol. Karama is now in the process of saving and planning to move east into the valley to become a shepherd, where they can raise Kravitz safely in a bigger, more suitable hive and continue to care for their lusus.

Voiceclaim: TBD. Faceclaim: Muriel from The Arcana

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Tags: #rebel hearts || Kallai and Karama #dreamfinders || Markku and Karama #key lime pie || Ceodoa and Karama #bug family || Celeos and Karama

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