#Gemma Lore

[gemmahale]

twenty questions for fic writers!

tagged by @391780 (Love you bunches, Early!)

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

One. The Price of Pegging

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

3,825

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (mostly reboot but I sprinkle in canon from the originals when I feel like it - mostly Roach) Pedro Pascal Characters, but most of those are on pause at this point.

4. top five fics by kudos

I only have the one. 😅 It gets both first and last place.

5. do you respond to comments?

I do my best to! Sometimes I get overwhelmed and forget because I'm human and will respond much later.

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably Brix or Flowers from My Love will have the angstiest ending.

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Call of the Wild I think will be the happiest.

8. do you get hate on fics?

I haven't really gotten any sort of hate of any sort. (knock on wood it stays this way.) Probably because I have one piece fully published lol. I think I make up more hate for myself than actually exists.

9. do you write smut?

Yes. I have multiple universes written explicitly for smutty reasons that plot.

10. craziest crossover:

...I haven't done a crossover. 😅 Yet.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet, but I'm open to discussing it!

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes-ish? @eilidh-eternal and I are playing around in our own little world together, @pfhwrittes and I have a little world and a few fics they're my key brain worm detangler, and I'm always open to batting around ideas.

14. all time favorite ship?

I'm actually really struggling with this one - ask me later.

15. what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I intend to finish all of them, eventually. I don't like doubting myself.

16. what are your writing strengths?

I'm really good at sassy character dialogue.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

I feel I struggle with pacing and deciding when to make people move and how to do it. I've also noticed my sentences tend to be very repetitive in terms of rhythm/structure.

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language?

Depends on how it's used and if translation is provided. It bothers me somewhat with Spanish since I'm semi-fluent (I'm rusty, but I was fluent for a number of years) and things are wrong. I try to either keep a definition next to the other language or use Early's strike-through method (which I think is really nifty).

19. first fandom you wrote in?

Hogan's Heroes. No you probably will never see it.

20. favorite fic you've written?

Feylands. Hands down. Followed swiftly by The Contract.

No pressure tags to friends: @gnpwdrnwhiskey, @swordsandholly, @sentientcave, @femalefemur, @maggiemayhemnj 💚💚

[gemmahale]

I remember evacuating during wildfires in California in the early 2000's (03 and 07, if I remember right.) I was in elementary school/middle school.

No way in hell could I have focused on my school work. We had workbooks we could do, but like hell were we doing them. We were watching the news watching the fires expand. My mom was calling the house intermittently - thought being that if the answering machine still answered, the phone line connected to the house hadn't burned.

My dad came home from work shutting off water and gas lines (he worked for the water company) at burned out houses smelling of smoke and ash and I remember sobbing into his chest that I was going to lose him. (And my LEGO's, but I was a kiddo okay?)

The kiddos shouldn't have to try to focus on school right now.

"If they can't access the internet they can be excused."

...I'm sorry WHAT?

The advent of online education was revolutionary, but in no way should it continue while there is an active emergency going on. There's enough worry in their little hearts. Fuck's sake.

This is so fucking dystopian.

Yesterday afternoon a fire started in Teller County, Colorado. It started in a forested neighborhood and was pushed hard by the winds from an incoming winter storm. People did not have time to gather anything for evacuation, they just had to get in their cars and GO. Hundreds of people had to evacuate.

The fire grew to 90 acres over the next few hours, and 100 acres overnight. The storm isn't there yet. The winds are still blowing. At least one home has been lost, and I believe someone was injured. Police are escorting people into the evacuation zones to get critical medications that were left behind because that's how little warning they had that they needed to go.

This is the EXACT scenario that happened with the Marshall Fire a few years ago that burned down a huge chunk of Superior, Colorado and surrounding areas, a fire where two people died and hundreds of homes were lost. A fire started before a winter storm, and it got pushed hard until it was out of control. That memory is FRESH. The burn scars are still everywhere up there, only a couple hours away from this current fire.

But the kids still have to go to school.

The kids still have to login to their online school systems and do their assignments like they didn't spend the night wondering if everything they owned was burning. If their friends and family were safe. If their pets were safe.

I just. I don't have words for how fucking much this pisses me off. It doesn't matter if their parents CAN excuse them. It matters that they even have to. Just. Fuck this. Fuck everything about our systems that led to this moment.

[dead-lights]

spellcasters: perks & spellbooks

Finishing up with spellcasters now. The retired sages from the gallery are not included - Tess and Ethren are listed as apprentices and Keisha isn't even a spellcaster.

Information about perks available here, and spells/potions here.

darrel charm (adept)

perks:

knowledge is magic

mote hound

discharge

power shunt

spectral reach

insightful eye

spellcaster socialite

tame the untamable

spellbook:

practical: scruberoo

untamed: inferniate, zipzap, necrocall, chillio

emilia ernest (apprentice)

Knows no spells and has no perks

gemma charm (neophyte)

perks:

knowledge is magic

discharge

experimenter

spellbook:

practical: scruberoo

mischief: deliriate

untamed: inferniate

grace anansi (acolyte)

perks:

blender arm

frugal combination

insightful eye

experimenter

spellbook:

mischief: deliriate

untamed: inferniate

alchemy: potions of plentiful needs, nausea, magical aura, alluring aura, perk purging

l. faba (virtuoso)

perks:

knowledge is magic

mote hound

charge control

blender arm

discharge

power shunt

spectral reach

master caster

master duelist

mischief master

experimenter

spellbook:

mischief: all spells

alchemy: all potions

minerva charm (master)

perks:

knowledge is magic

mote hound

charge control

hexproof

discharge

power shunt

spectral reach

master caster

practiced practicality

insightful eye

natural mentor

magical discounts

spellbook:

practical: repairo, scruberoo, delicioso, transportalate, homewardial

untamed: chillio, decursify

alchemy: potions of plentiful needs, nimble mind

note: Minerva has more perks (12) than the sages (11) despite only being a master - I haven't run the exact numbers but I think that checks out, given that she has the Strong Bloodline trait, meaning she gets extra talent points.

morgyn ember (virtuoso)

perks:

knowledge is magic

mote hound

charge control

discharge

power shunt

spectral reach

master caster

master duelist

experimenter

spellcaster socialite

tame the untamable

spellbook:

untamed: all spells

alchemy: all potions

simeon silversweater (virtuoso)

perks:

knowledge is magic

mote hound

charge control

hexproof

discharge

power shunt

spectral reach

master caster

master duelist

practiced practicality

insightful eye

spellbook:

practical: all spells

alchemy: all potions

tomax colette (acolyte)

perks:

discharge

power shunt

incredible forager

experimenter

spellbook:

practical: floralorial

mischief: despairo, deliriate

untamed: inferniate, zipzap

alchemy: perk purging

[eternclsunshine]

inter-muse dynamics I’m kinda obsessed with at the moment + elaborations

Faye & Gemma

They're originally best friends but since revamping Faye's character, I’ve adapted their relationship. Pretty much they met in high school when Faye’s family moved to London temporarily to pursue business/real estate opportunities. They were close and had a best friend group (with their other friend Astrid), but Faye was always a bit problematic… had the tendency to wanna one up Gemma and Astrid. Everything they had, Faye wanted it but better. Despite this, she never had any animosity towards them and genuinely loved her friends. Their friendship fizzled out over the years as everyone became more focused on their careers. Gemma also wanted to distance herself from Faye because she doesn’t really agree with her mindset (clout chasing, exploiting people's secrets, etc). There was never a big falling out and they remain pretty cordial if they run into each other / like each other’s posts on social media. They’ll never go out of their way to be best friends like they once were though.

Jett & Luci

Definitely the closest members of the band. They’re best friends and practically brother and sister. Literally the only man luci will ever love lmao. Before their fame the band often played clubs and bars. At the time Jett was an underage teen/young adult and Luci often went out of her way to sneak him in and dress him up - but definitely always looked out for his safety. She was the only one to really give a damn about protecting this kid, and since then their bond really developed. They live together just to hang out on a regular and they ALWAYS talk to each other and send memes.

Gemma x Theo

She’s played in this man’s face A LOT and he’s surprisingly okay with it. They meet through Lance, who started university and became best friends with Theo along the way. At the time Gemma was a teenager in the last few years of high school. Obviously didn’t pay each other any mind at the time. She just thought of him as Lance’s dorky friend who was always at the time hanging out with him and their dad. Sometimes Gemma would tag along with them, much to her brother’s dismay bc she’d just whine all the time lmao. For the longest time Theo was just a family friend who was always there, always kind, always spent holidays with them. It wasn’t until Gemma was in her early/mid twenties that she started having heart eyes for Theo but always played it off as playful flirting. Eventually this became mutual and there’s always a lot of tension between them. That’s quite honestly her boyfriend when she’s back in her hometown, but will drop him when she has to go off for work or just end up in other situationships (excuses bc her mild fear of relationships). Always leads him on with the prospects of a stable relationship but then it just doesn’t happen.

Shayne & Valeria

Oh lord lmao. They met through Luci, who is a mutual friend of them both. They've only hung out in group settings and professional settings when they've worked on music together. Not once have they had a romantic moment, and not once has Valeria given off that vibe, but Shayne is obsessed with bugging her and asking her to date. It's borderline harassment and she can't stand him at all lmao. // On the flipside, in Valeria's fame/popstar verse she's a lot more unhinged and self-destructive. They're a famous couple, notorious for being on and off, a little bit toxic, but always obsessed with each other (even if he cheats on her on occasion). In every verse they're a hot mess.

Audrie, Lance, Gemma & Daniel (their dad. ik he's not an actual muse but yeah)

Audrie is the golden child without a doubt, and her father's pride and joy. However... she doesn't have a strong connection with her dad and even resents him. Growing up, Audrie felt like her dad dumped the responsibility of raising her siblings on her while he focused on his career. She felt robbed of her childhood because of him, but is also grateful for the strength and integrity she got from the experience. As an adult, interacting with her dad is incredibly awkward, and really only engages during the holidays and for the sake of her siblings/extended family.

Lance is for sure the least favorite child (in terms of success) but kind of the favorite. He's very close to his dad, especially since they're the last two who live in their family home, and they spend a lot of their time together and share common interests. Daniel often makes jokes about Lance needing to 'move out of his house' cause he's a grown ass man, but they both know the both of them would be lonely without the other and just hang out anyway. Daniel also expresses a lot of disappointment in Lance for the career route he chose and his lack of success (especially compared to Audrie and Gemma). But that's only because he wishes his son would've used his potential for something else.

Gemma is the favorite, even if she's not necessarily the 'golden child'. There's not much to elaborate on. She's just the youngest and has always been treated as the little princess who could do no wrong. Daniel is very proud of her for finding her way in the world and using her talents to the fullest, even if she doesn't have a traditional or academically gifted career.

[gracieheartspedro]

tell me why I was just going thru my main tumblr (I never use it but yall see me liking ur stuff!!!!!) and I found an old ask from gemma styles????? from 2014?!?!?!?!? why is my main tumblr so fucking odd and full of surprises.

fun fact, I made this side blog YEARS AGO because my main blog has a taylor follow and I was afraid she would see my fanfictions (im delusional). I have kept it this way for so long and don’t care enough to change it.

anyway-

[fearxtoxfreedom]

so if i make an honor of kings blog- ps. play hok & ill add you & we can play together okay bye.

[charmfamily]

The Charm Family: Remastered

The Charm family has produced generations of distinguished Spellcasters, as Minerva often reminds her children. Gemma resents her family's high expectations even though she secretly wants to make them proud. Damien is an aspiring duelist and just got engaged to Emilia, who has a lot to live up to.

[krukora]

Technology

Krukora is in the midst of a semi-medieval time period, so Krukoran technology is not very advanced. Most Krukorans are uneducated and will never attend an educational institution in their life. However, because a small percentage of Krukorans have the ability to use magic, advancements have been made past that of medieval Europe, for example. As a result of this, Krukorans have access to some luxuries such as electricity, steam locomotives, and photography. Magic has allowed Krukorans to progress technologically far beyond what they would have been able to otherwise. A notable exception exists to this blanket statement on the state of technology in Krukora, her name is Gemma, she’s an opossum living in the rural, semi-isolated village of Aramoor in the nation of Biskir. She has made numerous significant scientific discoveries over the course of her work, which mostly involves creating whatever useful or amusing devices come to her mind. Due to Gemma’s reclusive nature, though, she has yet to share these innovations with the rest of the world, nor does she really see the need to. Some of her inventions include rudimentary prototypes of motorized vehicles, as well as propulsive flying devices similar to jetpacks, and perhaps most notably, an anthropomorphic robotic laboratory assistant named Wolfram who, for all intents and purposes, seems capable of independent thought in addition to containing vast knowledge on almost every imaginable science or area of study known to Krukora.

[gemmahale]

Kallen was US Navy EOD and has hearing damage from it. Not enough to warrant a hearing aid, but he misses me saying things sometimes and has to turn headphones up to hear music (louder than me anyway).

He struggles with tinnitus more than being HoH. We sometimes use sign to talk to each other, especially when we’re just within “need to yell” and “too far to normally talk” distance.

Pretty sure there’s jokes with his vet friends about the injuries they’ve sustained - and while it leans on the “darker” side, it’s coping for them (and complaints about the VA. Lots of complaints about the VA.)

…sorry I went off tangent Tori, your story about your friend made me think of how we’ve adapted to his hearing challenges.

This a random question about your thoughts on something regarding Soap. He’s an explosives expert. Like a lot of people in the service, not all of them, he’d have hearing damage of some kind. Might be minor like a permanent ringing in his ear to fill hearing loss. A lot of fans like to draw and write him with a hearing aid later in life when he retires. What are your thoughts on it? Like would it be an interesting challenge if you wanted to write it in. Do you think the guys might playfully mess with him (I have a Vietnam marine veteran whose hearing aid has blue tooth in it)? Just your personal take on it in general. And with anything I send, please don’t feel the need to answer if you don’t want to.

there's no way all of these guys wouldn't have hearing aids period.

also, fun fact, i have a friend who was EOD. he got caught in an explosion, it rattled his brain and lives off of 100% disability. he has a hard time hearing me sometimes. like i'm in his EAR and doesn't catch what i say.

johnny would be a good sport about it, but they do keep the teasing to a minimum. he sacrificed his body for the greater good, just like they all did, so it's very light banter.

bluetooth in a hearing aid is fucking wild!!!

[adelarsims]

Embers Academy Spellcasting Tournament: Spells (Group 4)

rules:

students need to learn 2 spells from each magic school. for finishing spells on the first hour, they get 20 points (separately for each school). for finishing on the second hour, 12 points. the third hour will bring 8 points, and the fourth hour 4 point. further than four hours is 0. the task is to learn two spells, so learning only one is considered failing the assignment, and it will only bring you 2 sad pity points

there's an additional practical task of creating 3 dishes with grand delicioso spell. score for this part is the sum of dishes' prices (spoiled dish gives 0, excellent quality dish gives x2 to the price) divided by 20

just as in the potions challenge, their autonomy is off, but if someone decides to stop learning for whatever reason and do something else, i will let them finish whatever they decided to do before returning them back to the task

group 4: Walpurgis Valborg, Alessio Skint, Raelyn Luna, Daliah Noir, Dax Sommer, Cassie Bautista, Gemma Charm, Aurelius Borealis

walpurgis babe you're in the wrong classroom... she started an hour later than everyone, however, she did amazingly

cassie got an exemption from spell learning because she knew all spells already, and there's no way to un-learn them. sorry, cassie. you're too good for us.

raelyn did great, maybe a little too great, and now we need an exorcist in this classroom please

alessio keeps being not very successful in learning, but very entertaining. they say consistency is a sign of mastery, you know

daliah didn't get a very good score in class, but is about to score a good spellcaster. darrel charm crushed on her at first glance

oh god, gemma leaned spells with average success, which is not as good as she thought she'd do, given her bloodline and the pressure from her family

dax also didn't have a very high score, but it's consistent with their lore of just a small guy with a bit of magic in them, so i actually love it

poor grandpa wanted to learn household spells that would make his life easier, guess which spells he didn't learn? yeah. however, maybe with that necromancy spell that he did learn by mistake he can get some help around the house?

@simsinfinitylt @jaigny @igotsnothing @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants @knightofwounds @agena87 @thebramblewood @kari-sims

[elefsina]

TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT…

…with its many and various branches, is a Craft born largely from the very landscape in which it is practiced. There exist common threads that run throughout the various recensions of the ‘Elder Faith’, but the precise traditions, ways and practices of the ‘Old Craft’ will always differ and be flavoured by the preserved folk beliefs, traditions, customs, lore, historical magical rites, charms and impedimenta of the region in which its practice is rooted. Traditional witchcraft is regional witchcraft, it is not and never has been a standardised practice and long may this continue to be the case. The day witchcraft loses regional variation is the day traditional witchcraft ceases to exist.

Traditional Witchcraft, Gemma Gary (2008)

[gemmahale]

I almost went on a "SSC v RACK v PRICK in Kink" diatribe and then realized that I haven't been active in a kink community in almost a decade. I'm not sure I can articulate how I'm feeling about that in a way that makes sense.

I miss when the kink community around me was something I was entrenched in. I miss talking about theory and concepts and the why behind things. I miss the education and academia behind it. I miss feeling like a sponge, drinking up every last drop of information.

I was actually giving serious thought to becoming a sex/kink educator in my spare time (ha) before I started grad school. I was (for a very very very short time) a sex blogger under a different pseudonym. Part of me wonders what would have happened if I had stayed on that track. Part of me wonders if I could go at it again from a different angle, now that I'm older and less burdened by rigorous academia.

That landscape has changed so dramatically in the last 5+ years and the internet has only become more stringent when it comes to sex education, so probably not all that feasible.

Chuck that one on the "sometimes I wish I could better share what I love" pile I suppose.

[thelarriefics]

GEORGIAN FIC REC: Below you'll find fics that take place between 1714-1830s aka the Georgian Period of England plus other settings around that time.

📖 Lightning Strikes The Heart by @fournipplesau & @justalarryblog (130k)

Shrewsbury, 1814 Dearest reader, I present to you your new bulletin of news regarding Shrewsbury citizen's activities. My name is Lady Merriweather and I will be in charge of the updates. I will make sure you are to know all the important details of what is to happen this season. You must know that you do not know who I am and you never shall. But be forewarned; I certainly do know you. I advise you to be on your best behaviour, lest you want the whole town to be privy of your business.

📖 Come My Love Again by @softfonds (110k)

Harry Styles is handsome, clever, and rich. At least that’s what his friends say of him. He also thinks of himself as a matchmaker in Highbury, pairing people together when he finds the time. But when the arrival of a certain gentleman flips Harry’s world on its head, he starts to question everything that was once all too familiar to him, including his relationship with his good friend, Mr. Tomlinson. An Emma AU.

📖 For You, I will Fall by @larryislove (81k)

Louis is a cruel and unforgiving pirate who hunts mermaids and kills men who owe him money. He takes what he pleases and doesn't care who he leaves burning behind him. Harry is a boy who is on the run and takes a wrong turn right onto the ruthless pirate's ships, It is clear from the start Harry doesn't belong in this cruel new world, but like everything in life, the path you follow stops and everything changes. Two unlikely souls find each other.

📖 Ace of Spades by @allwaswell16 (78k)

Living as a sheltered omega in a farming village has not prepared Harry for life aboard the most notorious pirate ship to sail the Atlantic. Or Louis is a pirate, Harry is his captive, and no one is who they say they are.

📖 Si Pudiera Volar by @softfonds (69k)

When Harry’s fiancé leaves him for his cousin, he looks the other way for the sake of his happiness. He’ll do anything to forget about him, including joining a monastery. It isn’t until his cousin’s former lover, a pirate, appears that he realizes everything is not as it appears, and an honest pirate might be the only person worthy of his heart. Or, a fic loosely based on Corazón Salvaje.

📖 Lend Me Your Hand by @becomeawendybird (63k)

Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable. They're just another way for people of a lower class to scam their way into marrying above their station. Lord Louis Tomlinson, Viscount Loring, on the other hand, has always believed that he will find his soulmate one day. Despite preparing for a match his whole life, he is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Gemma Styles' younger brother. Harry Styles has been traveling and away from society for over a year. Coming back, he intends to spend time with his sister, and slowly reacquaint himself with life in town. He doesn't need to wait around for a soulmark to determine how his life will play out.

📖 The Earl and His Duke by @becomeawendybird (52k)

Lord Tomlinson, the elusive Duke of Leeds, has suddenly emerged in London for the first time in six years. He is believed to have been abroad. He is believed to have been widowed. He is believed to want to withdraw from society. Harry doesn’t know what is true and what isn’t. He only knows that the older brother of one of his best friends is back in town to stay, and that time has taken him from merely the most beautiful man Harry knew, to the most handsome man to ever walk the earth. A man whose gaze probably still skips over Harry like he doesn’t exist the same way it did when they were young.

📖 Graveyard of Bleeding Dreams : The Mourning by HoPotato (42k)

Being in a happy marriage, despite its turbulent start, Harry had not expected the ghoul of his past to come back to slay the dreams he had dared to start thinking about with Louis.

📖 If I Loved You Less by @allwaswell16 (36k)

Beautiful omega Louis Tomlinson is set to make his come out in London society and determined to find a mate in his first Season. With the help and protection of his oldest friend, Lord Niall Mendes, he takes Society by storm. Being a wealthy and titled alpha means Lord Harry Styles has grown used to avoiding unmated omegas...until now. This Season he finds himself at every Society event just for a chance to speak with the omega with the flashing blue eyes. Louis has the aristocracy at his feet and all the suitors he could hope for, but his secrets may ruin his chance at a love match.

📖 Our Sweetest Memorial by @softfonds (35k)

Ever since Harry was forced to break off an engagement five years ago, he resolved to never marry for the remainder of his life. Now his family must move out of his beloved Kellynch Hall to recover some of their debts that their father had accumulated. The last thing Harry expected was for the new tenants to be related to his former fiancee. And for that fiancee to come back to Somersetshire a much more wealthy man that still holds resentment for their past. A Persuasion AU.

📖 Lies & Liability by @evilovesyou (34k)

Harry Styles has only three wishes when he leaves River Dane Manor to go to Town for his first season: that his sister has rented a townhouse that will provide him as many of the comforts of the country life he has grown accustomed to as possible, that he will not trip and fall when he is presented to Her Majesty the Queen, and that he will enter matrimony out of true love, no matter how favourable the match with any which alpha may be.

📖 he was sunshine, i was midnight rain by @thelavendrhaze (30k)

or two years ago, Harry left Louis on their wedding day to follow his dreams of becoming an artist. When he returns, in hopes of reconciling, he finds he may be too late.

📖 Manners and Misjudgements by @greenblueish (21k)

or, the one where Harry is the Duke everyone loves, but Louis thinks he's too nice and decides he's going to figure out what the Duke is hiding. Spoiler: nothing, he's just nice and perhaps a bit clumsy.

📖 Howls Like A Beast (You Flower, You Feast) by @indiaalphawhiskey (16k)

France, 1754. Château de Versailles. “You don’t love me,” Louis had said, utterly blasé as he callously fractured the heart of a Harry that was just barely eighteen. “I do,” Harry had insisted pleadingly, green eyes already watering. Louis had rolled his eyes, exasperated and flippant in the way only beautiful, young boys could be when faced with the affections of a baby prince. He had run his finger down Harry’s cheek then, had forced him to look into his eyes as he delivered the final blow. “You’ll change your mind once you’ve seen more of the world,” Louis had teased, pressing a brutally delicate kiss onto Harry’s lovely, pure cheek. “Once you’ve been properly defiled.” He had whispered filthily, delighted by the gasp he heard, the frantic pink blush that had rested high on Harry’s cheeks, the power he had felt at knowing he could make the Crown Prince squirm.

📖 Autumn at Fairbridge Hall by @noellehenry-original (14k)

It is October 1817. Mr Louis Tomlinson hosts an Autumn Ball and a Fox Hunting Party at his estate Fairbridge Hall, intending to find suitable husbands for his younger sisters. A Regency AU where Louis does not want to deal with marriage proposals, a stubborn sister and unwelcome guests. The only things he wants are peace and quiet and…, the handsome Mr Styles.

📖 This Winter's Day by @becomeawendybird (14k)

Louis is Harry's stablemaster, and when he falls ill and his mother turns to Harry to help her try and find someone he can settle down with, it's only natural that Harry suggests himself.

📖 Just You, Me, and the Moon by InkedwithLove (13k)

It was the beginning of the 19th century when Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson fell in love.

📖 One Day You'll Say These Words by @allwaswell16 (11k)

A friends to lovers story set in the Regency era.

📖 Trust Me Tonight by @vintageumbroshirt (10k)

After Harry’s eighteenth birthday, his father calls him into a meeting to say that he is to be married to Prince Louis of France in just over a week. Harry is excited, of course. The arrangement is better than any he could’ve hoped for, with such a young, handsome and kind husband. There is just one issue: Harry doesn’t know what happens on his nuptials, or how to get pregnant to give Louis the heir that he needs.

📖 Ace of Hearts by @allwaswell16 (10k)

Louis Tomlinson, the alpha Duke of Yorkshire, had returned to England to stay now that he’d married and mated. But since his husband was also the omega he’d once held captive aboard his half-brother’s pirate ship, he held back from pushing Harry into parenthood. With the Ace of Spades now docked in London, Harry spent time with his friends from the crew and remained a bit oblivious to his alpha’s deepest desires. What he was aware of was his best friend’s hurt and his mother-in-law’s wish for more than friendship with her oldest friend. A sequel to Ace of Spades

[ladymacbeths]

macbeth related posts/articles/essays masterlist

hi! here's a list of almost every single anaysis Thing I've come across in like two months of being insane about the scottish play. Most are about lady macbeth/the gender theme btw.

‘He has no children’: The centring of grief in The Show Must Go Online’s Macbeth - Gemma Allred: on the misogyny that frequently surrounds conversations around Lady Macbeth

this post by @amillionmillionvoices: Same topic as the previous one, but goes more in depth, explains ladymac’s motivations as mostly coming from love not self-serving ambition.

this post by @dukeofbookingham: also explains the prior point very prettily— that ladymac is (mostly) motivated by love, but also makes the case that many of it is guilt born from not fulfilling societal expectations

On the character of Lady Macbeth - Dr. Emil Pfundheler: paper that explains the same point made in the previous post, using the text to explain. Written in 1873 so explains gender as a dichotomy, but once you take that out, its points are very good.

Characteristics of women: moral, political, and historical - Anna Jameson: aka Why Lady Macbeth is not inherently evil— same topic and the other two, but focuses a bit on the fact that she is A Woman. Not my favorite, but worth reading I suppose. Also includes analyses of many female Shakespeare characters. It does include some very bad history in the beginning— Gruoch did not orchestrate Duncan’s murder. That’s something Hector Boece made up.

Lady Macbeth: “Infirm of purpose” (from The Woman’s Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare) - Joan Larsen Klein: on how she both fits and doesn’t fit the idea of a reinassance wife— doesn’t fit because she isn’t aligned to god (this read more like a Christian analysis than a feminist one if I’m being honest), but fits them because she behaves like one, only subverts them because she’s like, the evil murder girl version of the Wife. The essay right after this one is also very good.

The Hysteria of Lady Macbeth: required reading if you wanna play her Btw not kidding. Analyzes her character thru the lens of freudian psychology. Screws up the text of the play a bit but provides an actual in-depth explanation of how sonnambulism works. Note that "hysteria" is not a current psychological diagnosis, but a symptom of other conditions. Still extremely interesting.

The Macbeths - G. K. Chesterton: analysis of their relationship, makes some interesting point on the differences of the nature of their ambition and desire to kill the king

Shakespeare’s tragic frontier; the world of his final tragedies - Willard Farnham: this one is long but oh boy does it go deep. Talks about the lore of the witches, explains historical context to find out how the real events were so screwed up, makes an interesting point about Macbeth’s conscience against Lady Macbeth’s, and lastly talks about the tragic world of Macbeth compared to other tragedies.

Women’s fantasy of manhood: a Shakespearean theme - D. W. Harding: exactly what it says on the tin, using ladymac and her skewed (and I’d call romanticized) idea of what a man is that she pushes on Macbeth. So yeah, talks about the gender theme. Also talks about Goneril from Lear, Cleopatra, and Volumnia from Coriolanus and how they fit the theme— although ladymac is the only one who goes downhill from it.

Unnatural women in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth - Elizabeth Klett: I’ll be honest I didn’t love this one a lot. Basically talks about how every woman in Macbeth defies gender roles. Doesn’t go too deep however. But the book has a ton of essays analyzing female characters in classic lit.

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a random lore/hc drop :)

I've been thinking about Gemma's avoidant behaviour regarding romantic relationships and why it's generally a mess-

Deep down she has a very push and pull perspective on relationships. On one hand she's very codependent; all her life she's been babied and given lots of attention from her family. She's so used to always being around people who love her unconditionally - she loves attention and being adored. Since her career requires her to travel she likes to keep established situationships and fwbs in her back pocket (in different cities) so she feels secure. In situationships she does fall for them half the time, but that's quickly met with her making excuses or pushing them away. The other half of the time she seeks out emotionally unavailable people or just complete douchebags to make it easier

Now her hesitation to establish those situationships into exclusive relationships - on the surface she likes to blame her career. She knows it's not something she can easily sustain. On a deeper level? There's some low level trauma attached to that and it's connected to her mother's death. (could write a whole dissertation on how their mother's death messed them up individually but that's something else entirely) While her older sister was trying to pick up the pieces and her older brother was going through his own depressive period, Gemma was the only one who really focused on how broken their dad was after losing the love of his life. Of course she was grieving her mother as well, but when thinking about love she always hones into that moment and the idea of deep attachment followed by loss really makes her hesitate pursuing anything.

And on a lesser level... she did have a serious relationship once. Senior year of high school, a private school power couple with a gorgeous star athlete who broke her heart. That made her very much "got my heart broken once and never recovered" meme lol

Despite everything she does want a genuine ~ true love ~ lowkey and it would be nice to write her in a relationship, working through her complicated psyche.

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Vedic Astrology Symbolism & Recurring Motifs

other have already made posts about punarvasu's connection to butterflies but i thought id add to it

Miranda Kerr (Punarvasu Moon)

Drew Barrymore (Punarvasu Moon) with her famous butterfly tattoo

Drew with butterfly wings, from the movie "Ever After" (a unique Punarvasu interpretation of Cinderella)

Dita Von Teese (Punarvasu Ketu), walking for Jean Paul Gauthier

Margot Robbie (Punarvasu rising) in a Chanel butterfly print dress.

Dua Lipa (Punarvasu moon) wearing a dress with butterfly detailing. Dua has a well documented obsession with butterflies and her current ig pfp also features a butterfly. Her recent collection La Vacanza with Versace heavily features butterflies!!

Shakira (Punarvasu Moon) wearing Dua's butterfly shirt from her La Vacanza collection

Previously mentioned Pisces' connection to butterflies and here's Revati Moon, Angelina Jolie wearing a butterfly top!!

2. Here are a few more examples of Pisces rashi folks playing mermaids/aquatic roles

Gemma Ward, played Tamara in the Pirates of the Caribbean. She has Revati Moon & Jupiter (her atmakaraka) and Rahu in UBP

dont ask me what this look has to do with mermaids, to me its just a very mermaidcore look 🤣🤣🤣 and Emrata is UBP moon

3.Gana in Vedic astrology represents one’s nature. There are 3 types of ganas: Deva Gana (Divine), Rakshasa Gana (Demonic) and Manushya Gana (Human). now obviously not everyone with deva gana naks are going to be the nicest people ever, your gana is about what you project, people with deva ganas are perceived to be good people whereas those with rakshasa gana are either known for being shrewd and cunning or in some cases, have a really terrible reputation/other generally dislike them or may see them as "fake".

Rakshasa Gana: Ashlesha, Krittika, Mula, Dhanistha, Chitra, Magha, Vishakha, Jyestha and Shatabhisha

Deva Gana: Mrigashirsha, Ashwini, Revati, Punarvasu, Pushya, Swati, Hasta, and Anuradha.

Manushya Gana: Rohini, Bharani, Ardra, Shravana and Purvaphalguni, Purva bhadrapada, Uttarabhadrapada and Uttaraphalguni 

Actors who have played Angels in movies often have deva gana nakshatras.

Tilda Swinton plays Gabriel in Constantine and she has Swati Sun & Punarvasu Mars (amatyakaraka)

Buck Henry, who plays an angel in Heaven Can Wait has Pushya Moon, Punarvasu Jupiter & Revati Rahu

Christopher Walken plays Gabriel in The Prophecy. He has Revati Sun & Punarvasu Jupiter

Henry Travers, who plays an angel in Its A Wonderful Life. He has Hasta Moon, Revati Mars atmakaraka and Ketu in Swati

Alan Rickman plays an angel in Dogma. He has Swati Moon, Punarvasu Mars & Saturn (his atmakaraka) and Rahu in Mrigashira

Emma Thompson, plays an angel in Angels in America. She has Ashwini Sun, Punarvasu Moon, Hasta Rahu and Revati Ketu.

Emmanuelle Beart plays an angel in Date with an Angel. She has Revati Jupiter amatyakaraka and Rahu in Punarvasu

4. Actors who play the Devil often have rakshasa gana nakshatras

Peter Stormare plays the Devil in Constantine and he has Magha sun and Ashlesha mercury & mars (his atmakaraka & amatyakaraka respectively)

Shatabhisha sun Peter Fonda plays the Devil in Ghost Rider

Magha sun Robert De Niro plays the Devil in Angel Heart

Vishaka Sun Tom Ellis plays Lucifer in Lucifer

Chitra stellium, Viggo Mortensen, plays the Devil in The Prophecy

5. Mrigashira & Rohini both have serpent yoni. the lore of UBP and Ashlesha also features serpents heavily. needless to say, these natives are often depicted with serpents in the media.

In vedic astrology, your yoni animal is said to represent the way you express your sexuality and sexual desire. Serpent yoni natives are known for their intense, hypnotic sensuality and they crave for very passionate, fervent and often, extreme sexual experiences.

Elizabeth Hurley has Mrigashira sun & mercury with Rohini jupiter and rahu.

Jennifer Lawrence has Ashlesha sun & Mrigashira moon

Devon Aoki has Ashlesha sun. She has also spoken about growing up with pet snakes.

Salma Hayek has UBP moon and Ashlesha venus atmakaraka. speaking of filming this scene, Salma has often said that due to her phobia of snakes, she went into a trance to perform her sensuous dance. if you've watched this scene, you'll see how her performance has an almost serpentine quality to it, she moves in a very hypnotic and captivating way.

Rohini sun, Mrigashira mercury atmakaraka, UBP mars, Angelina Jolie with a snake.

Jolie has openly spoken about experimenting with BDSM and how much she likes knife play and what-not. Serpent yoni, sexual freakishness at its best (add to it, her Revati moon, another nak known for being sexually strange lol). She also had pet snakes growing up.