#Holly Laurent

[jv-club]

Grab your late-night pop tart and get ready to DIG DEEP with JV and her scrumptious guest, Holly Laurent of the fabulous MEGA podcast! Seriously, Wonderfuls, this is an emotional, philosophical, and deeply sincere episode that also MAY OR MAY NOT BE RIGHT ABOUT GREYHOUNDS. From moms to Jesus to “What About Bob,” we GO THERE.

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[herundone-prince]

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[blairwinterss]

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[fantasy-so-far]

[darkheirwill]

Notes from “Celebrate with CS Pacat and Holly Black” with Ballast Book Company

Holly Black jokes that Pacat has no trouble in torturing Will, Violet, and James in Dark Rise.

Pacat says, “It’s so much about identity. The essential question of the book is who do you believe you are vs who is everyone telling you that you are. If the whole world’s telling you that you’re a villain, is that a narrative you can overcome or are you destined live up to expectations?”

Pacat had “all the input” when deciding on the covers. Pacat begged the publishers to use a cover artist that she used as reference material for her characters. The cover artist is great at drawing something mysterious or sinister about the characters.

Pacat: “Yes, the third book is next. And there is a secret project as well. There is something waiting in the works but it is a massive secret.”

Faith from Buffy the vampire slayer is Pacat’s favorite villain ever.

Pacat says that James is a people pleaser, which is the biggest different between James and Laurent. James wants to please / do well in the eyes of someone else and be told that he’s good / a good person; Laurent would despise that.

[darklinaforever]

Here is the first list of ships that may most likely interest you if you are a fan of Darklina ! Essentially it's about enemies to lover, or a dynamic reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast !

▪︎ Merlin & Morgana. (Mergana) | Show, Merlin BBC. [Tragical Ending]

▪︎ Halbrand / Sauron & Galadriel. (Haladriel / Saurondriel) | Show, The Rings of Power. [In progress]

▪︎ Rey & Kylo Ren / Ben Solo. (Reylo) | Star Wars, postlogy.

▪︎ Osha & Qimir. (Oshamir) | Star Wars Show, The Acolyte.

▪︎ Dracula & Mina. (Dracmina) | Movie, Dracula 1992. [Tragical Ending]

▪︎ Sarah & Jareth. (Sareth) | Movie, Labyrinth 1986. [Open Ending ?]

▪︎ Dongfang Qingcang & Xiao Lanhua / Orchid. | CDrama, Love Between Fairy and Devil. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Xiang Liu & Xiao Yao. | CDrama, Lost You Forever. / Book, by Tong Hua. [Tragical Ending]

▪︎ Tantai Jin & Li Susu. | CDrama, Till the End of the Moon. [Open Ending] / Black Moonlight is Guaranteed a Bad Ending Script, by Teng Luo Wei Ji. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Erik & Christine. (Erikstine) | Le fantôme de l'opéra, by Gaston Leroux. / Phantom, by Susan Kay. / The Phantom of the Opera, 25th anniversary, at the Royal Albert Hall, by Andrew Lloyd Webber. [Tragical Ending]

▪︎ Raistlin & Crysania. | Trilogy, The Legends, from Dragonlance universe, by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. / Musicals. [Tragical ending]

▪︎ Warner & Juliette. (Warnette) | Book series, Shatter Me, by Tahereh Mafi. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Julian & Jenny. | Trilogy, Forbidden game, by L.J Smith. [Tragical ending / Open Ending]

▪︎ Addie & Luc. | Book, The Invisible life of Addie Larue, by V. E. Schwab. [Open Ending]

▪︎ Vasya & Morozko. | Winternight trilogy, by Katherine Arden. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Marya Morevna & Koschei. | Book, Deathless, by Catherynne M. Valente. [Open Ending]

▪︎ Kasta & Zahru. (Kastaru) | Trilogy, The Kinder Poison, by Natalie Mae. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Jude & Cardan. (Jurdan) | Trilogy, Folk of the Air, by Holly Black. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Corien & Rielle. (Corielle) | The Empirium trilogy, by Claire Legrand. [Tragical ending]

▪︎ Ruhn & Lidia. (Ruhnlidia / Daynight) | Trilogy, Crescent City, by Sarah J. Mass. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Feyre & Rhysand. (Feysand) | Book series, ACOTAR, by Sarah J. Maas. [Happy Ending / In progress]

▪︎ Elain & Azriel. (Elriel) | Book series, ACOTAR, by Sarah J. Maas. [In progress]

▪︎ Emilia & Dorian. | French book series, Vila Emilia, by Elodie Faiderbe. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Laila & Darius. | Trilogy, When the Stars Alight, by Camilla Andrew. [In progress]

▪︎ Jane Eyre & Mr Rochester. | Book, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronté. / Show BBC, 2006. / Movie, 2011. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Will & James. | Trilogy, Dark Rise, by C.S. Pacat. [In progress]

▪︎ Laurent & Damen. (Lamen) | Trilogy, Captive Prince, by C.S. Pacat. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Evangeline & Jacks. (Evajacks) | Trilogy, Once Upon a Broken Heart, by Stephanie Garber. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Agnieszka & Sarkan. | Book, Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Auren & Rip / Slade. | Book series, The Plated Prisoner, by Raven Kennedy. [In progress]

▪︎ Ash & Mary-Lynnette. | Book series, Night World, volume 2 : Daughters of Darkness, by L.J Smith. [Hapoy Ending / In progress]

▪︎ Hades & Persephone. (Persades) | Webtoon, Lore Olympus, de Rachel Smythe. [In progress] / Greek mythology.

▪︎ Xibalba & La Muerte. (Xibamuerte) | Animation movie, The Book of Life. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Beauty and the Beast. | Fairy Tale. / Animation Movie Disney. / Movie, Jean Cocteau 1946. / Show, Once Upon a Time. [Happy Ending]

▪︎ Chise & Elias. | Anime, Mahou Tsukai no Yome, 2017. / Manga, The Ancient Magus Bride, by Kore Yamazaki. [In progress]

[lovehollyberry]

A Fire Emblem Awakening design for my main oc, Holly!

I’ve been in a bit of an Awakening craze since the new banner in Feh dropped. I’m so happy Laurent is finally in🥰❤️

[most-hated-blorbo-bracket]

any chance of an updated list?

Of course!!

Also, this is the NEW and FUCKING IMPROVED LIST, I alphabetized it so it’s even better than before >:3

Currently, we have 340 unique characters (if I counted right) and 487 total submissions. The top three most submitted fandoms are Homestuck, Danganronpa, and One Piece, excluding submissions that were spelt wrong or spelt differently. The top three submitted characters are Haiji Towa, Vriska Serket, and Stella Goeta (stella has so many submissions it’s funny)!

Finally, this is the raw, unedited list of characters submitted so far. Just because they are here doesn’t mean they’ll be in the tournament; it just means they’ve been submitted, regardless of media or what character they are!

as always, list under the cut!

This first list is for characters with two or more submissions. Characters who have three or more submissions will get first dibs in the tournament!

Akechi Goro

Akio Ohtori / Himemiya

Anakin Skywalker

Ansem the Wise

April O’Neil (2012)

Ardyn Izunia

Ayin

Azula

Bill Cipher

Boston

Bramblestar

Buzz McCallister

Caillou

Chibiusa

Childe

Cici

Cullen Rutherford

Darkstalker

Dazai Osamu

Dio

Dio (Zero Escape)

Donald Trump

Donquixote Doflamingo

Dr. John ‘Jack’ Seward

Drannus

Eichi Tenshouin

Elias Bouchard/Jonah Magnus

Eridan Ampora

Evan Hansen

Every Genshin Impact Character Ever

Glenn Quagmire

George Wickham

Greg Heffley

Haiji Towa

Happosai

Her Imperious Condescension

Higashikata Josuke

Huey Emmerich

Ibara Saegusa

Izzy Hands

JD

Jace Herondale / Wayland / Lightwood / Morgenstern

Jin Guangyao

John Gaius

Julia Mazzone

Junko Enoshima

Jurgen Leitner

Katsuki Bakugo

Kokichi Ouma

Kristoph Gavin

Kromer

Kusaka Masato

Kylo Ren

Kyubey

Lance Dubois

Le’garde

Live Action Buggy

Makima

Mal

Marvin Falsettos

Meenah Peixes

Merlin

Micah Bell

Michael

Minoru Mineta

Mr. Bungee

Pierce Hawthorne

Pierre

Princess Daisy

Ranpo Edogawa (Beast)

Regal Farseer

Ronaldo

Rose Quartz

Santa Claus

Sasuke Uchiha

Scrappy Doo

Sentinel Prime

Shiver

Shou Tucker

Simon

Simon Laurent

Sosuke Aizen

Spamton

Stella Goetia

Teddy / Kuma

The Maverick

The Metatron 

The Once-Ler

Thistleclaw 

Tony Stark

Tsumugi Aoba

Ty Betteridge

Val Velocity

Viren

Vriska Serkat

William Afton

c!Dream

Ōchi Fukuchi

The next list is for characters only submitted once. If you want these characters to have a higher chance of being added to the tournament, feel free to submit more propaganda for them!

Absalom

Abyss Sibling

Adam

Agamemnon 

Airy

Akane

Akito Shinonome

Akito Sohma

Alastor

Alexander Hamilton

Ali Lectric

All For One

Aloise Trancy

Anatole Kuragin

Angel Dust

Anne Hathaway

Any Character From Welcome to Nightvale

Anyone From The Locked Tomb

Aranea Serkat

Ashfur

Astarion

Asuka

Bella Swan

Ben Jackson Walker

Betsy Wolfe

Billy

Billy Hargrove

Black Pete

Blackbeard

Blitzo Buckzo

Booker

Box

Bro-Strider

Buck Cluck

Buzz (cheerios)

Byakuya Togami

Caesar Clown

Caliborn / Lord English

Captain Kuro

Cersei Iannister

Chloe Bourgeois

Chris McClain

Chrollo Lucifer

Cicero

Clara Oswald

Coco

Cozy Glow

Cynte

Damian Wayne

Dan Moroboshi

Dean Venture

Dean Winchester

Detective Saracusa

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd

Disembodied Voice

Don Flamenco

Dr. Henry Miller

Drew

Duke

Edelgard

Elias Ainsworth

Elias Ainsworth

Elon Musk

Equius Zahhak

Erebus

Eric Cartman

Erlina and Brugaves

Eugene Coli

Every Single Country In 1993

Everyone In Romeo And Juliet

Father / Dwarf In The Glass

Feferi Peixes

Five

Five Pebbles

Floch

Foreman Oyun

France (Hetalia)

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

Gamzee Makara

Georg Weissmann

God

Goeffry St. John

Gordon Blackwall

Graham Spector

Gra’ha Tia

Haiji Senri

Heath cliff

Henry Miller (OC)

Henry the Eighth

Himiko Toga

Hisoka

Hiyoko Saionji

Holly Blue Agate

House

Huey Laforet

Ianthe Tridentarius

Il Dottore

Inspector Tobias Greyson

Itsuki Shu

Izumi Sena

JJ

Jacopo Bearzatti

James T. Kirk

Jayne Cobb

Jiren

Joe Destefano

Johnny

Jonah Magnus

Jonathan Groff 

Judith Ford / Natalie Cook

Judo

Julia

Julie-Sue

Ken

Kevin

Kusunoki Muu

Kyouichi Saionji

Ladd Russo

Lady Catherine de Bourgh 

Lebreau Fermet Viralesque

Light Yagami

Liontari

Lotor

Louie

Louis

Luke

Mahiru Koizumi

Makoto Itou

Marie

Marlon

Mary Keay

Master Crown

Matou Shinji

Matpat

Me

Medusa Gorgon

Meredith Rodney McKay

Michael Scott

Miguel O’Hara

Millions Knives

Moash

Moeka Kiryuu

Monokubs (Except Monodam)

Mori Ougai

Morris

Mr. Collins

Ms. Valentine

Muu Kusunoki

Muzan Kibutsuji

Mystery Hunter (Jeremiah Hartley)

Nagito Komaeda

Nanami Kiryuu

Narumi

Natsumi Sakasaki

Nefera DeNile

Nickel

Nikola Tesla

Noor Pradesh

Ocelot

Octavian 

Ogai Mori

Orochi

Otto Apocalypse

Paul Von Oberstein

Pencil

Petyr Baelish / Littlefinger

Prince Louis

Queen Scarlet

Quiche

Quill Kipps

Rafal (FEE)

Rafal (SGE)

Rafe Cameron

Randy

Raven Queen

Rebecca Costwolds

Redd White

Riley Finn

Roger

Rohan Kishibe

Roland

Roshi

Rumpelstiltskin

Ruruka Ando

Sakazuki Akainu

Sandy

Sanji

Sebastian Mechaelis

Sheldon Cooper

Shen Jiu

Shiki Tohno/Nanaya

Shinonomes (both)

Shredder

Sigma Klim

Silver Spoon

Skizzleman

Slayer

Solf J. Kimblee

So Sejima

Splinter

Stark Sands

Steven Universe

Stormcaller

Subara Akehoshi

Tatsumi Kazehaya

Teruhashi Makoto

Teruteru

The Eleventh Doctor

The Entirety Of Homestuck

The Groke

The Little Palace Mistress

The Mage

The New Ninja

The Old Palace Master

The Operator

The Pale King

Tim Drake

Tom Wambsgans

Tomaru Sawagoe

Touichiro Suzuki

Trishna

Tumblr Staff

Valens Van Varro

Verstael Besithia

Victor Frankenstein

Vivienne Medranno’s Impsona

Voice In The Calm Ad On Spotify

Volgin

Wanderer/Scaramouche

Wen Chao

Whiteout, Clearsight, and Benjamin

Will Shuester

Willy Stampler

Woodes Rogers

Xisuma

Yoshiharu Hisomu

Yu Ziyuan

Yumichika Ayasegawa

Yuri Briar

Zeke Jaeger

Zenos Galvus

Zhou Zishu

[bloody-wonder]

book/fic acronym

thanks for tagging me @magpiefngrl 💜

rules: spell your name/url with the titles of your favorite books and/or fics📚

this was fun but much harder than i thought bc my url with its three os and a y doesn't lend itself to this kind of tag game lol but i'm nothing if not persistent😅

B boy parts by eliza clark | the book of secrets by are (thomas barrow/jimmy kent)

L a little life by hanya yanagihara | lessons by profenity (andreil)

O oglaf | of saints and sinners by morningstar_writes (radioapple)

O on the use of gerunds by fuckityfardisgetinthetardis (stuart dakin/tom irwin)

D the disorderly knights by dorothy dunnett | dream a little dream of me by architecture_in_f1ll0ry (viravos)

Y your heart inside my hands by williamshooketh (xuexiao)

W the wicked king by holly black | where all ladders start by emungere (hannigram)

O only the freaks come out at night by shippingmyarmada (harringrove)

N network effekt by martha wells | no hiding place down here by ReminiscentBells (radioapple)

D defekt by nino cipri | day six or on desire by Deanon (laurent/damen)

E empire of the vampire by jay kristoff | l'excuse by yunitsa (lymond/will)

R the ruin of gabriel ashleigh by kj charles | restoration ecology by aralias (snowbaz)

tagging @figuringthengsout @fugitoidkry @pinkasrenzo @oliviermiraarmstrongs @fandomreferencepending @sugarbabywenkexing @doh-rae-me @counterwiddershins @weirdsociology if you guys want to do this :)

[qualcosadelgenere]

PT.2

1) Jean Baker: "Australia's strongest goalkeeper. He is the true Poseidon."

2) David Waterman: "Originally an Aussie rules player but was longing to participate in the tournament."

3) Shine Beach: "He cannot stand it when a sandy beach is dirty and picks up garbage every day."

4) Karmei Kohler: "He keeps art handed down from ancient times in Australia as a tradition."

5) Clark Cain: "Eager to protect the rare creatures that live in Australia."

6) Sully Princeton: "A genius at finding the whereabouts of rare minerals. He seems to know by just looking at the terrain."

7) Matt Angle: "Patience strengthened by spiritual discipline is the key to this player's power."

8) Surf Wyndhas: "A worldwide master at surfing. He waits for good waves to always look at the sea."

9) Niese Dolphin: "The brilliant prince of the sea. He is the man to lead Australia."

10) Reef Hamilton: "He is a master at catching tropical fish in coral reefs by skindiving."

11) Joe Jones: "Attacks at once when it comes to opportunities to quietly creep up on the opponent."

12) Quincy Horst: "He travels the wilderness still looking for a new gold mine."

13) Holly Summers: "Although he has a part-time job as Santa every year he envies the cold areas."

14) Clive Scissors: "He is good at cutting through opponents with the use of his sharp arm."

15) Daniel Barrack: "He is working hard to be the best in the world of horse meat that has been kept at his home in Australia."

16) Bruce Marlin: "Does his footwork with a spring characteristic of a kangaroo."

1) Fermin Sanchez: "Like a bull at a matador, he charges straight through the crowd to grab the ball."

2) José Costa: "He's an experienced and tenacious mountain biker."

3) Rafael López: "He's a great flamenco dancer. Girls are lining up for a chance to dance with him."

4) Antonio Galius: "He's always making sketches for abstract paintings, like Picasso."

5) Querardo Naval: "He's trained to be a matador since he was a child, but he hates hurting animals."

6) Joan Nadal: "He eats five meals a day to keep his strength up when he's travelling overseas."

7) Igor Freire: "He's an avid consumer of paella, but he's really fussy about the type of rice."

8) Mikel Pereiro: "His hobby is making sailing boats. He's assembling an invincible armada in his bathtub."

9) Pedro Moreno: "He's raising a black Iberian pig at home, in the hope of producing tasty ham."

10) Samuel Mayo: "This plucky Pamplonica dreams of one day showing his mettle at the Running of the Bulls."

11) Davi Peroqui: "He's fiercely proud of Spanish football, and doesn't hide his desire to take on the world."

12) Juan Zubeldia: "Everyone is bewitched by his virtuosic skill at flamenco guitar."

13) Isaac César: "An opportunist on and off the field. If he sees a beautiful girl, he'll try to charm her."

14) Laudelino Sastre: "Like Don Quixote, he acts rashly without considering consequences."

15) Carlos Arroyo: "He hopes to raise architectural wonders like the Sagrada Familia."

16) Federico Rubiera: "He'd like to have a go at synchronised swimming, but he can't find a boys' team."

1) Ladji Paara: "Always draws pictures in Montmartre. He wants to be called the pioneer of soccer pictures."

2) Pierre Godin: "His motto is: always play with style and grace, no matter who your rival is."

3) Miguel Arron: "Despite his appearance, this boy has a gift for French cuisine."

4) Franz Poujol: "He wants to make a building more famous than the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris someday!"

5) Kévin Pinot: "He wants to apply Napoleonic battle strategies on the playing field."

6) Laurent Pérec: "He always spends his days off relaxing at outdoor cafés."

7) Ronny Weiss: "As one of France's best boy models, he is in high demand for fashion shows and photogravures."

8) Stéphane Henno: "A young genius artist of chansons. All of his CDs are big hits!"

9) Julien Rousseau: "He likes to play with a rose clamped between his teeth. Very pretentious."

10) Jérôme Éloi: "Due to having a keen sense of smell, this person is capable of blending the best perfume."

11) Alain Failliot: "The son of a bicycle repairman. He'd like to help out at the Tour de France one day."

12) Émile Razzano: "He considers himself a devotee of French cinema and has a large collection of DVD movies."

13) André Panzo: "He likes nineteenth-century philosophy, but his friends do not understand him when he explains it."

14) Jean Jetin: "Although he has not yet made the leap to fame, this guy is a fashion prodigy."

15) Claude Moreau: "His baguettes are known throughout France. Mmm … They are delicious!"

16) Michel Morin: "He has a gift for gardening, especially if it's about cultivating life."

[beyondxmeasure]

Recommendations for youtube chefs to follow?

Nonny! Sorry it's taken me a little while to get around to answering... Here's a list I've collected of some of my faves, some YouTube, some TikTok. I've included both links wherever possible. Hope you enjoy!

🧑‍🍳 Laurent Dagenais YT Sooo enjoyable just to watch, but heaven in your mouth if you actually cook these recipes Laurent Dagenais TikTok 🧑‍🍳 Olivia Tiedemann Tiktok Badass bitch in a kitchen. She knows her shit and it is delicious.  Olivia Tiedemann YT

🧑‍🍳 The Italian Foody  Adorable and endlessly joyful home chef who focuses on homemade pasta and Italian cuisine, simply done. 

🧑‍🍳 Cassie Asian cuisine. Lots of noodles and soups… Get in my belly!

🧑‍🍳 Tini  Comfort food, elevated and approachable

🧑‍🍳 Notorious Foodie Literal food porn Notorious Foodie YT 

🧑‍🍳 Amaury Guichon The chocolate guy for when I want to wallow in my own self loathing  Amaury YT

🧑‍🍳 B Dylan Hollis For the camp alone… but the recipes are solid too. B Dylan Hollis YT 

And because I can't make a list of my faves without mentioning the master, my fave kitchen idol...an icon, and absolute savage, Marco Pierre White. Old school asshole badass who was the chef who taught Gordon Ramsay everything he knows and even made him cry.

[boardchairman-blog]

2024 Oscar Predictions

Best Picture

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Best Director

Jonathan Glazer- The Zone of Interest

Yorgos Lanthimos- Poor Things

Christopher Nolan- Oppenheimer

Alexander Payne- The Holdovers

Martin Scorsese- Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actress

Lily Gladstone- Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Hüller- Anatomy of a Fall

Greta Lee- Past Lives

Margot Robbie- Barbie

Emma Stone- Poor Things

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper- Maestro

Leonardo DiCaprio- Killers of the Flower Moon

Paul Giamatti- The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy- Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright- American Fiction

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro- Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr.- Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling- Barbie

Charles Melton- May December

Dominic Sessa- The Holdovers

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt- Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks- The Color Purple

Penelope Cruz- Ferrari

Sandra Huller- The Zone of Interest

Da'Vine Joy Randolph- The Holdovers

Best Original Screenplay

Anatomy of a Fall- Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

The Holdovers- David Hemingson

Maestro- Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December-  Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik

Past Lives- Celine Song

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction- Cord Jefferson

Barbie- Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig

Killers of the Flower Moon- Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese

Oppenheimer- Christopher Nolan

Poor Things- Tony McNamara

Best Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Elemental

Nimona

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature

20 Days in Mariupol

American Symphony

Beyond Utopia

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Eternal Memory

Best Foreign Language Film

20 Days in Mariupol (Ukraine)

Fallen Leaves (Finland)

Society of the Snow (Spain)

The Teacher's Lounge (Germany)

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Best Original Score

Jerskin Fendrix- Poor Things

Ludwig Göransson- Oppenheimer

Mica Levi- The Zone of Interest

Robbie Robertson- Killers of the Flower Moon

John Williams- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Best Original Song

“Dance the Night” from Barbie

“The Fire Inside” from Flamin' Hot

“I'm Just Ken” from Barbie

“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony

“What Was I Made For” from Barbie

Best Cinematography

Hoyte Van Hoytema- Oppenheimer

Matthew Libatique- Maestro

Rodrigo Prieto- Killers of the Flower Moon

Robbie Ryan- Poor Things

Łukasz Żal- The Zone of Interest

Best Film Editing

Jennifer Lame- Oppenheimer

Yorgos Mavropsaridis- Poor Things

Thelma Schoonmaker- Killers of the Flower Moon

Laurent Sénéchal - Anatomy of a Fall

Kevin Tent- The Holdovers

Best Costume Design

Barbie- Jacqueline Durran

Killers of the Flower Moon- Jacqueline West

Napoleon- David Crossman and Janty Yates

Oppenheimer- Ellen Mirojnick

Poor Things- Holly Waddington

Best Production Design

Barbie- Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Killers of the Flower Moon- Jack Fisk and Adam Willis

Oppenheimer- Ruth De Jong and Claire Kaufman

Poor Things- James Price, Shona Heath, and Zsuzsa Mihalek

The Zone of Interest- Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś and Katarzyna Sikora

Best Sound

Barbie

Ferrari

Maestro

Oppenheimer

The Zone of Interest

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Golda

Maestro

Napoleon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

Best Visual Effects

The Creator

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Poor Things

Society of the Snow

Overall

Oppenheimer: 13

Killers of the Flower Moon: 11

Poor Things: 11

Barbie: 10

The Holdovers: 7

The Zone of Interest: 7

Maestro: 6

Anatomy of a Fall: 4

American Fiction: 3

Past Lives: 3

20 Days in Mariupol: 2

American Symphony: 2

Ferrari: 2

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: 2

May December: 2

Society of the Snow: 2

[fantasy-so-far]

Do they prefer cuddling or holding hands (platonically or romantically <3)? (Everyone 🥺💕)

For this question, I set out to separate the “hand holders” and “cuddlers” but realized something about all of my characters: they all prefer to cuddle. I thought at least one would prefer hand holding, since there is something so sweetly intimate about just holding hands. Anyway, since they all have different reasons for preferring it, I still have a headcanon list.

Violetta wants to feel her partner’s warmth. She prefers to be face to face when cuddling, but she doesn’t mind being the big or little spoon so long as she’s allowed to maximize skin to skin contact. It is very hard to untangle oneself from her cuddling once she’s started.

Valerian shares his twin sister’s preferences, but he’s far less cautious. Because Violetta wants to be embraced as “normal” she tends to overthink any situation that will put her in close proximity to others. Valerian, though, has a very “you only live once” approach to everything. He’s a “cuddle at your own risk” sort of guy because there’s a good chance he’ll bite.

Holly definitely prefers to be in a big spoon position because he likes to feel like he’s in control. He likes to feel like he can use his body to shield his lover from their worries of the world, but also likes the perk of being able to roll away without disturbing them much when he decides it is time to get back to work.

Alice would love both options but cuddling narrowly wins out since she’s a big fan of physical affection and feeling safe. I think she’d be a big fan of platonic cuddle puddles and may even organize such a thing one day. (Maybe I will pose her with a pile of moogles all cuddling some day.)

Olivier is touch averse, but she prefers the idea of cuddling. She consumes a lot of romance-centric media, from music to plays to the cheap novels she carries everywhere. In her mind, cuddling is peak romance, and she dreams of overcoming her aversion to touch so that she can engage in romantic gestures of all kinds.

Tristan loves to cuddle. When he’s smitten, it is his favorite activity, but he’d probably benefit from just having a cuddle buddy in his life. He prefers to be in the little spoon position because he gets a little uncomfortable when people stare at his face. Some of it is a hold over from when had nearly lost his eye, but now he’s self-conscious of his scars.

Zaiya doesn’t want people close to her at this point in her life, but she has always preferred cuddling in the past. I don’t think that has changed, even if she’d sooner gnaw off her own arm than get close to people.

Kahliun is a cuddler, through and through. She is mostly just fond of affectionate touch, but there is also a lot of memories tied to keeping warm during storms by cuddling. Sometimes she was cuddling her siblings, but there were times when she’d be out in the grasslands with her family’s sheep and horses and was cuddling critters for warmth and comfort.

Laurent is a shy, anxious man, and cuddling makes him feel safe. He is one of those rare people that when he’s having an anxiety attack, a hug helps ground him. One of the first scenes I wrote for him opened with a panic attack and their reaction was to get on the floor and shield him. I thought about it and decided that having someone to defend him would bring him out of his spiral. Now it is canon!

Thanks for the ask, @shadesofblades! It is moments like this when I ask myself, "do I have too many characters bumbling about my brain?" I never answer the question, but I often ask it.

[rosyandraw]

Holly 😭 don’t tell me there’s only gonna be one chapter left? We barely see got to see them happy with each other. We want more delicious sex between the two 🥺 Especially since most of it happened behind the scenes like who’d known they had that many recordings with one another which btw HOT 🥵

I’m interested to know more about that though like who idea was it to record/take pics first. Who brought up the phone/camera first. Because it’s something that requires so much trust no? I wonder if it was Laurent or Damen that initiated it or was it simply just something that happened between the two.

Apart from that, please consider adding more chapters or just writing more about them jdhdjs because unless the final chapter is long af, I want to see them happy more 🥹🤍

Hey lovely!

I know, I can't believe it either because I usually just keep upping the chapter count haha. But I'm glad you think it's hot!

OMG I have so any things to say! So, Damen is a thirst trap King and I just feel like he would send photos over just randomly like here look at my perfect abs and the outline of my perfect dick in these joggers. Laurent’s photos are much less explicit when he’s alone but I did have a scene where they bang in front of a mirror and Damen “shows him the back view” so to speak but that didn't make it in

I think of it as more of a gateway to: one day we’ll film a lot of the sex we have and watch it back to have more sex… but Laurent’s not quite there yet.

So I do feel like the blow job video is one of the only videos he really has apart from the would-be mirror scene lmao

Fun fact that’s not very fun: the filmed blow job was originally the beginning of chapter 6 but I cut a bunch of stuff including an Ancel scene/dialogue and went straight to the party instead. In hind sight this was not a good idea because I cut too much and the refs disappeared LMAO but ah well, that’s what you get for writing on the fly and for taking a year long break. Shit happens!

I want to see them happy too! I do want to do an epilogue but i might make it part 2 rather than chapter 10 if that makes sense. I know epilogue's aren't for everyone! 💕

[mia-nina-lilly]

First of all, I'm a bookstan 📚 and I'm brazilian 🇧🇷

Fantasy ones are my favorites 🧚🧝🥀

A fan of ACoTaR, but apparently on the opposite side – supporter of Nesta, Eris, Tamlin and Lucien, and not a big fan of IC 🌹🔥

Hufflepuff is my house, but I have one foot in Ravenclaw and the other in Slytherin.

Holly Black is the true queen of teen fantasy, and George R. R. Martin is certainly the king of this genre, with Tolkien practically being a God.

In A Dance with Dragons, maybe Team Green? I still don't know. I certainly love Alicent, but I recognize why Rhaenyra felt betrayed.

Cardan and Jude are the best, and Laurent and Damen are not far behind. In short, I vibe with anything about these four 🐍🗡️👑

I've loved Peeta since the first scene, but Lucy Gray has my heart too.

Never tried to argue with me about SW. One of two: either you leave crying or you will listen to me forever. About Star Trek, I still don't know much about it, but I love Discovery.

Anne Rice introduced me to gothic literature and Lestat is a fucking king. Sorry, Dracula. I love your story, but Lestat is Lestat.

Frankstein, The Phantom of the Opera and The Picture of Dorian Gray and Carmilla have a treasured place on my bookcase.

I've never read Dune or Jules Verne, but they're on my list.

These are the things I'm going to talk about here, so that's it.

I'm in love with the Dark King Sarcean – my baby Will Kempen – and his top lieutenant, Anharion – my other baby James St. Clair – from Dark Rise 🖤

[dropsofnightshade]

Recapping Chapters 71 - 75

Day One:

The second year attendees are taken on a tour of the estate by Sébastien Vayssière, and they are left at their dormitories to unpack and introduce themselves to each other. Harry speaks with Blaise outside of their rooms, and things are a bit tense between the two boys. Finn Vogel interrupts, behaving coldly towards Blaise, who quickly retreats to the Altomare room. 

Harry meets his roommates; Hugo Laurent, Noah Schulte, Arie Driessen, and Liam Graf. Hugo admits he was asked by his family to keep an eye out for Harry this week, and he warns Harry about tensions between certain families. Harry learns more about how the Altomares supported Grindelwald during the war, and he is warned to stay away from the Altomare sponsored attendees. When he pushes to understand why they are so dangerous, Harry is told the Altomares practice necromancy. 

Harry learns that the Altomares have a special arrangement with the Italian government, where members of the family are exempt from the laws prohibiting necromancy. The Altomares do not share the knowledge of how to practice necromancy, and they are the only individuals known to practice necromancy in Europe. 

After unpacking, the second year attendees are taken to an introductory session to get to know one another. Once the icebreaker session is complete, the attendees are invited to put down their names for workshops for the week ahead. Harry joins his roommates back in their dormitory to select workshops. 

Later after dinner, Harry and Daphne slip away to talk, and Harry tells her about the Altomare family practicing necromancy, and the interaction with Blaise. They also talk about Daphne’s decision to remain at Hogwarts, in spite of her wanting to attend Durmstrang. 

Day Two:

Harry attends the Alchemy workshop with Arie. He realises how well-positioned he is for the practice of alchemy, given he is capable of wandless magic. They are transmuting ammonia hydroxide into water, and at the end of the workshop, Harry has created something that looks like water but seems to resonate with magic. When his solution is tested, the assistant seems bewildered and a little worried, getting the instructor Ms Hansen to come over. After examining Harry’s solution, Ms Hansen asks him to stay behind to talk. 

Once alone, Ms Hansen reveals Harry accidentally created a restricted substance known as concentrated magic. The substance temporarily increases a person’s power when consumed, but it is restricted because of how dangerous it is. She also warns Harry in general that he has the potential to be a great alchemist one day, but his path will be perilous until he learns to hone his magic. It is implied that Ms Hansen suspects Harry to be capable of wandless magic, but she does not interrogate him about it, respecting his privacy. 

After the Alchemy workshop, Harry attends the Curse-Breaking workshop with Daphne. They learn how to detect curses in a series of educative and fun exercises. Harry works out the trick to the final task, but runs out of time to complete the test. 

That evening, the Battenberg sponsored second years enjoy an evening together on the grounds. Harry gets to know everyone a little better, and he learns Finn is considered the best duellist of his year level at Durmstrang. 

Day Three:

Harry and Daphne attend the first part of the Wandcraft workshop in the morning. At first, Harry is excited because he believes their instructor, Madam Alarie, might be capable of wandless magic like him. However, he quickly learns she cannot do wandless magic, but rather the technique she uses to examine wands is a form of ritual magic that does not require a wand. Harry learns he should not work with holly wood in the workshop, because his wand has a possessive nature. Instead, he chooses to work with yew wood, having been drawn to study it after learning Voldemort’s wand was made of yew. He selects thestral hair for the core, and the materials are set aside to be crafted together on Saturday at the next workshop. 

After lunch, Harry heads to the Duelling workshop with Daphne and his roommates. Their instructor, Mr Gaudreau, asks for a volunteer to challenge for the first duel, and Finn raises his hand. He immediately challenges Harry to a duel. 

During the duel, Harry uses his control over his magic to enhance his spells beyond what he would otherwise be capable of. At the end of the duel, he sends Finn flying, and is concerned he has hurt the other boy based on how hard he landed. Harry’s hesitation costs him the duel, allowing Finn to grab his wand again and win the duel. 

Later, Harry watches Daphne and Liam duel, and he observes Liam’s unusual but effective techniques. He learns that Liam is in the top five duellists in their age group at Durmstrang. 

Day Four: 

Harry attends the Quidditch workshop with Karl, who put down the same session as Harry. He is introduced to one of Karl’s friends, Viktor Krum. Harry faces off against Viktor in the workshop, and although he loses the Snitch to Viktor, the other boy is impressed at the way Harry flew. 

Lunch is served that day outside, and Harry talks with Karl and his group of friends. They are approached by an individual who introduces themselves as Mischa Drozdova. Harry learns that Mischa’s family is one of the few in the world to carry the Metamorphmagi ability, and that Mischa has the ability. The two speak privately, and Mischa explains they knew Harry was a Metamorphmagi, because a couple of years ago their father was approached concerning a request for support for a new Metamorphmagus - Harry Potter. Mischa’s father sent the intermediary away to get more information and establish contact with the Blacks, but they never heard back from the intermediary. They assumed the Blacks no longer wanted their assistance. Harry informs Mischa that they never heard back from the intermediary either, and it seems that person let down both families. 

Mischa offers to talk with their father about offering training to Harry and Dora too. They also discuss that Mischa uses they and them pronouns, and that they can maintain their Metamorphmagi transformations without consciously thinking about it. Harry asks if Mischa’s family have a theory why some people inherit hereditary magical abilities, and others don’t, and Mischa shares that their family believe magic itself chooses the person to inherit an ability. For what purpose, it is unclear, but Mischa’s family believes magic has a reason for selecting the people it does. 

Harry and Daphne head to the Runesmith workshop, and while they are standing outside to be let in, they encounter a girl who instantly captivates everyone present. Harry’s magic warns him that there is something off about the girl, and he able to break free of her influence to realise she is emitting a strange sort of magic across everyone. He is able to free Daphne of her influence too, by covering his friend with his magic and pushing the girl’s influence away. Harry realises the girl does not seem to be able to control herself, and she is not doing it on purpose. 

In the Runecraft workshop, Harry and Daphne are assessed by the instructor, who is unable to place either of them in the class due to their inexperience. She assigns them to shadow advanced students, so the workshop is not a total waste of time. Harry ends up shadowing the girl, who is rude and dismissive of him. When he gets angry at her, she seems strangely shocked and then calculating. Harry realises she is used to people fawning over her, no matter how she treats them — she can tell Harry is somehow unaffected by her. 

She warms up to Harry after that, introducing herself as Fleur Delacour and guiding Harry through her process in runesmithing. 

After the workshop, Daphne is angry and upset at the fact she and Harry are so far behind. In particular, Daphne feels let down by her mother, who is a Runes Mistress. Daphne feels strongly that her parents have not done enough for she and Harry, and she wants to confront them that evening, with Harry. 

Harry does not feel the same way at all, and is reluctant to accompany Daphne to have that conversation. The two have a disagreement, and part ways. Harry talks to Sirius, and gets some advice from his godfather. He also tells Sirius about Mischa’s offer to talk to their father about training Harry. Sirius is hesitantly interested in the possibility of Harry being trained, but is not keen on him going to Russia as Mischa suggested. 

Later that evening, Harry discusses what electives he should pick for Durmstrang with his roommates. He is warned about the professor who teaches the Mind Arts; Professor Sylvan. They discuss how Duelling students who are thirteen and above can compete in the International Youth Duelling Competition, which is held in April each year. Schools can only send twenty students to compete; ten in the junior division (13-15) and ten in the senior (16 -17). 

Day Five:

Harry and Daphne make amends with one another, both apologising to the other for the disagreement. Daphne shares that her mother Rosie is going to design a runecraft intensive program for the rest of summer to catch Daphne up, and Harry is invited to attend too. 

Mischa meets Harry for breakfast, and the teenager confirms their father is happy to train Harry and Dora, but he would like to meet them both. They plan a meeting in Paris in a couple of days before Harry goes home to Britain. Mischa explains the reason they suggested Harry train in Russia, is because it is very hard for foreigners to get an International Portkey to Britain. 

After breakfast, Harry attends the Duelling workshop for the second time, with Liam. They spot Kasia and Malina, and Harry learns that Liam and the girls know each other, and that there is a rivalry between Kasia and Liam. 

Kasia’s uncle is a professional duellist, who has trained her this summer, and Harry sees her win her duel against Malina using an advanced move to get around Malina’s Shield Charm. When Harry duels against Liam, he experiences Liam using his Shield Charm offensively, allowing him to take Harry out. 

That afternoon, Harry has his Psychometry workshop. He recognises the surname of his instructor, Étienne Agard, and realises the man might be related to one of Harry’s ancestors, Edith Agard. She was the mother of Rhiannon Gaunt, who brought Bloodbane into the Black family. 

Harry conducts a successful psychometry ritual, and Étienne invites Harry to stay after class if he has any questions or he wants to learn more. While waiting for everyone to have their turn at the ritual, Harry observes another boy walk over to him and correctly match his item to Harry. The other boy seems interested in Harry, and when the workshop finishes, he comes over to talk. 

The boy’s name is Dion Lykaios, and he is a member of the Greek family who hold a seat on the council of the Dark Alliance. The two boys chat about divination, history, and tradition, and Harry learns that Morgana is a household name in Europe. He and Dion exchange mailing addresses, and Dion encourages Harry to come visit Greece and let him show Harry around. 

Harry talks to Étienne about self-teaching divination, and Harry also brings up the Agard connection. Étienne confirms his family had British relatives, but they dwindled in size and have since died out. Harry shares that his Agard ancestor suffered from an illness, that she passed onto her daughter, and then from the daughter entered the Black family line. Étienne identifies the illness Harry is referring to — Bloodbane. He explains that whilst no one in his family suffer from it, that his British relatives did have it. 

Harry asks Étienne if he knows where the Bloodbane came from, and if his family have a theory why one side were unaffected and the other had the disease. Étienne is not sure where Bloodbane came from — but his family believe it was the British Agard’s inbreeding that triggered the development of the disease. 

That evening after dinner, Harry spends time with the other Battenberg sponsored attendees. In particular, he talks with Daphne’s roommates, Ella Dietrich, Adele Pasche and Danijela čukić. He shares that he plans on selecting Runecraft, Alchemy and the Mind Arts for his electives. Harry is again warned about the Mind Arts teacher, Professor Sylvan. He also learns that Daphne’s Uncle Ezra is very popular as Durmstrang’s Transfiguration teacher.