#Juline Party

[technicallydelightfulpenguin]

My top 10 best(or worst) specials.

[stunning-mess]

I have a question:

We all know that in a elvin marriage they choose the last name that has more distinction, (like how Della chose Aldens last name, because that was a "legendary" name, as said in chapter 22 of nightfall.)

and also what message a couple is trying to send. (like how Juline chose Keslers last name, because she was implying she is not ashamed of her husband,)

So, my question is, how do they choose a last name if neither of them are, prominent, per se?

And what if none of the both sides of the party is willing to use the others last name, or what if they both want to ditch their own last name all-together?

Do they have a choice about choosing a new last name if they wished? or would that be illegal?

And while i talk about last names, i also have to ask,

Do last names affect the match list? would it be true that since Fitz is a vacker, does he get people from other long legacies or just people that are his type?

We do not know much about the matchmaking system, other than the fact its used to give you compatible people--while some say the matchmaking system should be used as suggestions, many also say that they should be used to find your match--does it really matter what your beliefs are? are all the questions asked to find your type actually calculated in the final list, or does it come down to last names?

And another thought, do your own personal opinions affect the match list? not just in the questionnaire, but what if places such as wear you buy clothes, eat, where you live, your style of living (which can all be tracked by your registry pendant) affect it?

So, I'm curious, what are your thoughts on this?

[toastandjamie]

So an AU where Mat isn’t Ta’veren and becomes our POV in the Black Tower.

Now the first dilemma I faced was how much Mat should be integrated into the main plot, especially given that the Black Tower isn’t created until book five. So here’s what I got so far input for what this goofy little guy should get up to is welcome.

So after Winter Night, Perrin, Rand, and Egwene go with Morraine and Lan leaving our non-Ta’veren ordinary guy Mat behind. Now Mat, not knowing the details, is quite upset because as far as he knows his two best friends just ditched him to go on an adventure without him. When Nynaeve goes after them Mat tries to tag along but Nynaeve very firmly sends him back home. However, Ta’veren or not this is still Mat Cauthon we’re talking about so he goes after them himself. He spends the rest of Eye of The World having narrow misses with the plot, running into Thom at Whitebridge after the Myrdraal incident and drags that poor man all the way to Camlyn only to discover that he once again missed his friends and now has no idea where they’ve gone.

In The Great Hunt we find Mat traveling with Thom and Dana as an apprentice Gleeman, until they meet up with Rand in Cairihan. Rand tells him about the the horn but leaves out the whole, he’s the dragon reborn bit. Now this version of Mat doesn’t believe he’s a hero but he also has yet to discover Consequences so he really wants to be one, so he immediately insists on joining Rand to find the horn of Valere. Rand tries the tried and true method of being the worst to your loved ones to drive them away for their own good but while it DOES upset Mat, you aren’t shaking him that easily especially since he’s already invited to that party Rand and friends needs to break into. Things end up going relatively the same from their and they all go to Falme, Mat gets a late reveal there that Rand is the Dragon Reborn, we have Seanchen problems and Mat is still the one to blow the horn of Valere.

The Dragon Reborn baby, in order to try and keep Mat safely out of the plot Rand convinces him to escort the girls back to Tarvalon. Now no one but Rand and Perrin know he blew the horn of Valere and at their urging Mat decides to keep it that way, but he quickly finds that when your a man and not Ta’veren or the known sounder of the horn of Valere you very quickly get bored of the White Tower. After spending some time gambling at every tavern in Tarvalon and training a bit with the warders and Gawyn and Galad, the girls give him the letter for Morgause and send him on his way no Armylin permission slip required. Things go pretty similarly as they do in the book, Mat picks up a depressed Thom, discovers a plot to kill the girl’s, gets some fireworks and breaks into the Stone, though he is now slightly less effective without his supernatural luck.

The Shadow Rising finds our boy Mat feeling severely put out and a bit helpless. The girls as usual were less then grateful for the rescue and Rand and Perrin are too busy to talk to him. He still goes to Egwene for advice and hears about the Red Stone Door and still goes through it, though this time he actually gets to ask his three questions before getting kicked out since there’s now only One Ta’veren in there. Mat’s still contemplating what his confusing answers mean when Rand pops out, and things continue from there as planned. This time however Mat does not go to the Wastes and instead joins Thom and Julin as unwanted bodyguards for Nynaeve and Elayne. Hilarity ensues. More importantly however during the Tanchico arc Mat starts considering the possibility of learning to channel. After all, the girls aren’t wrong about him not being much help against the black ajah without channeling. So using the scraps of information he has he tries to teach himself how to channel. But it’s not going so well. However once they reach Salidar he finds a certain someone who might be able to help with that…

In Fires of Heaven and onwards we get more of Mat feeling helpless to protect his friends and using his most powerful weapon, his puppy dog eyes, he gets Logain to grudgingly agree to help teach him though one problem is that Logain is gentled but Mat won’t let that stop him. Egwene shows up, Logain is de-gentled and Mat get’s the bright idea to take the bow healed Logain and head to the Black Tower. Mat proceeds to get tangled up in both the Black Tower sub plot and Elayne’s Succession plot line. He also finds Olver at some point. That’s all I got so far

[the-kr8tor]

Cultural context: in Brazil there's a big party that happens from June to August (it's called Junine/Juline/Augustine Party when it's not a quermesse) and it's common for churches to throw big parties that are called 'quermesses' and it's common to have A LOT of food, bingo, games, prizes and a bunch of other things. I always help on them at my parent's church and this year I'm responsible for the 'correio elegante' or, literally translating, elegant mail! You can buy cards and flowers to send to someone you're interested and we'll deliver it for you!

THAT ALL SAID

I'm preparing my outfit because I'm going to be a cupid deliver 🥰 I decided to add fringes to my jacket because of that one fanart of cowboy Hobie-

Anyways I'm TOTALLY in the vibes of OPIN and it's so!!! My hat will arrive next week! I'll show it when it comes 🥳

That sounds like the equivalent of a fiesta over here!!! Sounds so fun!

ELEGANT MAIL!!! SO CUTE! AND YOU'LL BE CUPID!! (Ehem is there a letter from a certain punk for me mayhaps?) THE FRINGES!!! PINK AND WHITE MY FAVE COLOUR COMBO!!! AHHHHHH I CAN ALREADY TELL IT'LL LOOK SO GOOD!

A hat too?!!! Hell yeah bleaky represent all of us!!!

[doodle-do-wop]

Kesler and Juline where cannonly childhood lovers, I think Juline had a temper and a hard time controlling her ability, and that Kesler was her alchemy tutor and wears dorky glasses similar to Milo Thatch. 

Do you have any Kesline headcannons thoughts anything at all

I’m working on a kesline teen fic and you have posted about them like three times in the last month which is more than most people do, yes there is a slight possibility of any of your head cannons ending up in the fic if they fit

Hi ya!

I have so so many headcanons

Elves show affection with loved ones (best friends, family, lovers, etc) by pressing foreheads together. The longer it lasts, the deeper the affections are.

Friends and family will do it for about the same duration as a normal hug

Lovers and friendships that are beyond love will obviously last longer.

Also I love childhood lover trope and that is canon now, Shannon is wrong. They were childhood lovers. Juline nearly failed her mid-term so badly due to her somewhat newly manifested Froster abilities being affected by her emotions making the beakers freeze over. It was a whole thing.

Kesler and Juline had known each other for years, like years!

Kesler fell first, Juline phased through the entire planet falling for him

Juline has had a fascination with human stuff for ages. Kesler just thinks it's funky but if Juline's blabbering about floppy disks he doesn't care what a 'computer' is, she's talking and he's listening.

Juline has constantly cold hands, Kesler holds them to keep her warm

Kesler likes baking, its like alchemy but you can add as many tart berries as you want, say less

Eda makes awesome pastries, Juline makes...interesting soups

will you survive? Will you need an elixir? Is it moving or is it just the smoke giving you hallucinations?

Jokes aside, Juline likes making soups that dont look appealing but taste amazing

its a prank and a good meal

They like to dance occasionally to some of their favorites (human music included) and will drag the kids into mini dance parties (this does mean Dex can dance, i eat canon for breakfast)

(once again ignoring canon) Kesler has slightly more rounded ears than most elves, Juline's are pretty pointed

they've cried over Gnomeo and Juliette (they're just like them fr)

Juline used to be shorter up until their third year of Foxfire, the girl shot up like a goblin i swear

Like how Dex shot up in Nightfal (i think) Juline was just tall

Random Juline and Kesler Firefox hc under cut, I was too proud of them to let them stay in the drafts shelf

Juline

peak annoying little sister

youngest of three

her and Eda are the only ones who kept in touch

their eldest sibling has always been distant so there was never really a connection between Juline and them

her and Eda shared a room up until their second level of Foxfire, they were just that attached to the hip

neither of her parents are Frosters, her mom is a Conjure like Eda but her dad is a Guster

Eda is older by just two years meaning she manifested first with Juline buzzing to manifest next, hoping to either be like Eda or a Guster, maybe even a Hydrokenic or maybe one of her great great grand somethings will do her a solid and-

she manifested as a Froster

she was not happy about it

kept freezing everything, left little frosty footprints everywhere, brought the room temperature down constantly no matter how wrapped up in cloaks and tunics she was

tying this into your headcanon of Kesler being her Alchemy tutor, Juline nearly flunked her alchemy midterm, scraping by the skin of her teeth

she had been docked major points for frosting some of her tools and even putting out the fire she needed multiple times due to nerves

Now onto Kesler

- as the youngest of his family, Kesler has at least three people telling him what to do at all times

- and none of them could agree

- he and his siblings were born more or less close in age (if you count close as 4-8 years)

- his youngest older sister was in Foxfire along with Kesler which means whenever Kesler had any trouble in class she was right there to both brag, and help (it was her job to be both unhelpful and very helpful, it's sibling law)

- Kesler got his love and knack for Alchemy from his grandfather who wasn't too shabby himself but Kesler was a natural

- he loves his siblings but hanging out with his grandfather doing random alchemy experiments was just their thing

- Kesler was terrible with Elementalism so much so his sister would occasionally take the long route to her classes to check on him in the Healing Room

- you could tell if Kesler Dizznee was within twenty feet of you if you could hear the tell tale sound of glass rattling in a bag

- he was in the same class year as Juline (I ignore canon) so when Juline Dizznee needed a tutor guess who was signed up as the sacrificial lamb

[lesson-in-ruthlessness]

Before the Storm, Chapter 3 - Edaline

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Synopsis: While at Alden's party, Edaline dances with Alden and Grady. Grady starts acting weird.

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“Edaline, there you are!” Edaline looked up at the person calling her name– it was Alden. He had descended the stairs to greet Edaline, who was dressed in a glittering yellow gown, her hair in a braid. 

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“Edaline, there you are!” Edaline looked up at the person calling her name– it was Alden. He had descended the stairs to greet Edaline, who was dressed in a glittering yellow gown, her hair in a braid. 

“Alden, congratulations on…genetics?” Edaline said; not quite sure where she was going with the sentence. 

Alden laughed. “Thank you very much, Edaline. Is your sister here?”

“Juline? You invited her, I'd assume she'd show up!” Edaline reassured Alden. “Have you seen Grady?”

Alden pointed over to the dance floor, where Grady was dancing with a girl in a pink gown. 

Before heading to the dance floor, Edaline asked Alden ”are you coming?” 

Both of them headed over to the dance floor, which was bathed in a soft blue light that poured from the chandelier, mixed with the moonlight from the massive windows.

“May I have this dance, Alden?” Edaline lent out her hand to Alden. Alden grabbed her hand and they waltzed. 

“You’re amazing at this,” Alden whispered to Edaline. 

Edaline blushed, “my father makes Juline and I take lessons.”

As the song ended, Edaline said “I’m going to find Grady now, you're a wonderful dance partner.” She smiled his way and left. 

“Did anyone tell you your jerkin looks beautiful in this lighting?” Grady smiled as he talked to a tall, black-haired elf, who was clearly not picking up on Grady's flirts. 

Seeing this hilarious attempt at picking up a guy, Edaline held back laughter as she said “Grady.”

“Oh, hi Edaline,” Grady said, his eyes widening upon seeing her in formalwear for the first time, “you look stunning,” he blushed. 

“Who were you talking to?”

“A mannn,” Grady smiled. “I don't think he was very interested in me, however.” Grady frowned and grabbed her hand. 

“Wanna dance?” He smiled and offered his hand. Edaline was flattered. She was not used to this much attention, she flew under the radar. She wasn't very used to dancing with guys, but she had offered to with Alden for some reason, and there was something about Grady, she didn't know if it was the lighting, his outfit, or something entirely, but she just couldn't resist.

“Of course, Grady!” Edaline grabbed his hand and led him to the dance floor.

Grady was a clumsier dancer than Alden, but way more energetic about it. He kept stepping on Edaline’s feet and apologizing, but kept dancing. Edaline was enjoying herself, even despite Grady stepping on her shoes constantly. 

“This is fun,” Grady yelled. Edaline noticed that he looked excited but a lot paler than when he entered the party. 

Its probably the lighting, she thought to herself. “Grady, are you alright?” 

“Never better! Unrelated note, where is Alden?” Grady asked Edaline, as if they hadn’t been together for five minutes. 

“I think he’s over there,” Edaline gestured to where Alden was, hanging out on the stairs and having a drink. 

Grady started to leave, then jerked around the last second. “You’re coming with!” 

Edaline felt herself moving. Whether she wanted to or not, she couldn't tell. 

[bllsbailey]

NBC News Pretty Much Confirms Tim Walz Lied About His Military Service

It's the Democrat media complex at work, though they’ve become more shameless since the Obama era. After Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016, there was a conscious effort to disregard the truth to protect Democrats and help them no matter what. It’s the only explanation for the flurry of ethical and overall journalistic malpractice that we’ve seen, from the Russian collusion hoax to Hunter Biden’s laptop; we do not hate the media enough for their overt corruption. 

And now, NBC News is reporting through some unnamed Kamala Harris spokesperson that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who the vice president selected as her running mate to appease the far-left elements of the Democratic Party, lied about his military record: 

— Sunny (@sunnyright) August 10, 2024

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "misspoke" in a 2018 video circulated by the Harris campaign earlier this week that included the vice presidential candidate talking about his handling of weapons "in war," a campaign spokesperson said Friday.  The clarification comes after Republicans, led by veteran and vice presidential candidate JD Vance, have attacked Walz over his military record.  “Governor Walz would never insult or undermine any American’s service to this country — in fact, he thanks Senator Vance for putting his life on the line for our country. It’s the American way," the Harris campaign spokesperson said in a statement.  "In making the case for why weapons of war should never be on our streets or in our classrooms, the Governor misspoke. He did handle weapons of war and believes strongly that only military members trained to carry those deadly weapons should have access to them, unlike Donald Trump and JD Vance who prioritize the gun lobby over our children,” the spokesperson added.  The video clip of Walz's previous remarks shows him discussing gun control and referring to his own military background. “We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at,” Walz says in the clip posted by Harris’ campaign on Tuesday.  Walz's 24 years in the military included serving overseas and supporting forward units, but he was not deployed to a combat zone. 

So, isn’t this an admission of stolen valor? To compound this matter, CNN’s Laura Coates

interviewed Tim Walz's former Command Sergeant Major Doug Julin, who gave a damning interview, indicating that the Minnesota governor knew about his unit’s deployment to Iraq in late 2004, a good six-to-seven months of foreknowledge before turning in his retirement papers. It sure seems like the man cut and ran—literally.   

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[ecologieeteconomie]

Le Takahé, curiosité de Nouvelle-Zélande

(La publicité est ma principale source de revenu sur le blog alors, si vous aimez son contenu, n’hésitez pas à couper vos bloqueurs de pubs. En vous abonnant, vous apportez de la visibilité à mon site et êtes au courant de toutes mes publications. Allez, c’est parti !) – La Nouvelle-Zélande, s’enthousiasme Juline, c’est un pays incroyable. Il y a énormément d’animaux qu’on ne voit nulle part…

[queenpiranhadon]

Just for the record- I think Alden and Alina prolly went to school together- but the other parents went to school after them considering the age difference.

Della, Edaline and Juline were probably really close

I bet Kesler and Juline were the Kotlc equivalent of lab partners

Della most definitely held all the parties at her house

Elwin and Kesler were probably actually good friends - they might’ve seemed like they grew apart due to little to no interaction in the series - but I bet they binge the Star Wars movies every weekend together

How do you think different keeper adults grew up? Any hcs or ideas? *please rb btw it's for keeper Sims and I want to raise the parents as best as possible*

[synonymroll648]

hi yes i just wanted to say it's a joy to see another Ruewen stan (Grady and Edaline are my favorite characters and I a have to scroll for an eternity to find the slightest content on them their story is so devastating I LOVE IT.)

my dude, the ruewens are such complex and interesting characters. of course i stan them. and you're right, it's sad to see that people skip out on how fascinating they are. [warning: i rambled a l o t about them so i put my screaming under the cut.]

on a surface level, grady's the overprotective dad, but once you dive deeper, you see a lot more. you see that he used to be a signature problem child. you see that his ability messed him up in the head for a while. you see that it still haunts him today, even though it's been centuries since bronte pulled him off the wrong path - take the facility fight in nightfall, for example. when he tells sophie never again after she enhances him. you can see that while he has a reputation of being a father figure that's scary towards anyone that poses a threat to his kid(s), he's scared of himself, too. possibly more so than everyone else. you can see that instead of running away from himself, he stands his ground. he stays where he's needed. he's stubborn sometimes, like with how it took a while for sophie to convince him the black swan wasn't as bad as he thought, but he's open to change when he sees good reason. if he needs to change something about himself in order to be a better person towards the people he loves, he'll do it. he's also one of the only adults in this series that sees the kids as kids first, not soldiers. and so he's one of the only adults that'll throw himself in the front lines and shove the kids back, because they're kids and he's not and he can do it. he can do anything for them, because he's a dad and that's what good dads do.

edaline's a lot more complex than people realize at first glance, too. at first, we just think of her as the sweet mom. but she's a lot more than that. she's a sister. she's a sister to an ambitious froster that decided i don't care what the rules say, i'll love whoever i want. i think a lot of people forget that edaline watched pretty much all of kesline's early relationship in real time. she heard all the whispers and rumors. she saw all the turned backs and glares. and it seems safe to say that she held her sister's hand when kesler wasn't there to, right? and while it's clear that juline's definitely a lot more bold about how she expresses her emotions sometimes - take that time she bitch slapped forkle for not bringing dex back in book 1 (AS SHE SHOULD'VE), for example. we've never seen edaline go that far, but let's be real, she totally could. she's a talented conjurer whose limits seem to be pretty extensive - with sophie's enhancing, she was able to conjure away falling boulders before they hit the ground in book 5. while she was running. also, she's better than grady at wrangling literal dinosaurs. she may be soft-spoken and appear fragile from how grief over jolie wrecked her so thoroughly for almost twenty years, but she's strong. she's strong physically and mentally, on top of giving excellent hugs and being a good mom to anyone who needs it.

now, speaking of jolie - jolie is extremely underrated. i have to give shannon credit for fleshing out a character that died pre-canon well enough that it makes some of us readers, who don't even know her as well as the author because she gets very little page time, go insane over jolie's story nonetheless. jolie ruewen's reputation now is one of a tragedy; even her name means beautiful ruin, as was succinctly discussed here. but there was more to her story than its ending. she loved parties and dresses and cosmetics. she was scared of shadows, at least when she was little. vertina was her best friend, her ultimate confidant. she was a huge gremlin fan - which, of course, is where we start to get into the sadder parts of her story. she met brant when they were kids because they wanted the same gremlin, and they ended up being best friends. who shared custody of the gremlin, if i recall correctly. they were best friends who fell in love somewhere along the way. they loved each other enough that they were willing to push through the stigmas and rumors over them being a bad match, just for each other. they loved each other enough that they were willing to maintain a strong long distance relationship while jolie was in the elite levels. and they almost made it. they were going to get married - we see evidence of it in edaline's office (The Room Where Stuff Goes to Die, if that rings a bell), with all the butterfly themed wedding decorations. but then, of course, rebellion involvements between the two of them respectively mixed disastrously. jolie tried being a double agent between the black swan and the neverseen, and when she saw that the neverseen were destroying the person she'd fallen in love with, her efforts of pulling him out of the wreckage were rewarded by him burning her alive. killing her before she got the ending she deserved.

and all of the ideas i crammed into those three ridiculously long paragraphs aren't exhaustive of who they were as people. they only talk about the canon bits of them we see; they don't even include how they affect each other. how edaline still remembers all of jolie's favorite desserts, because she's a mother and mothers don't forget. how part of why grady is so protective of sophie, his second daughter, his second chance, is because he can't lose her like he lost jolie. how jolie had grady's hair and edaline's eyes. how they waited almost twenty years to turn jolie's room into something new, because it hurt too much to change anything about it back then. and then, of course, there's how sophie fits into it all - how she felt like she could never measure up to jolie for so long, how it seems like vertina will never care about her the way she cared about jolie (not that it seems like either of them mind that); how jolie cared about project moonlark even if she never met sophie, how sophie spent months trying to bring justice to a girl she never met, to a girl that all she really knew about was that she was loved and deserved better.

canon tells us a lot about the ruewens, but the ruewens are so fascinating that it doesn't feel like enough. which is where fanon should come in, but alas, it seems like us avid ruewen stans are few and far enough in between that we're gonna have to make the content we want ourselves.

tl; dr: i, too, am a ruewen stan lmao

[you-have-been-frizzled]

thinking abt how Edaline and Juline fall on the opposite sides of the same spectrum of "did i subvert those expectations of yours, S O C I E T Y"

you’re right they are rebellious in two different ways

while Juline did it intentionally she knew what was gonna happen when she married a talentless she knew what was gonna happen when she had children that where a bad match, while the triplets where definitely not intentional she didn’t treat them any different. she joined and eventually lead a rebel organization, Edaline was different.

she held those parties she was a noble socialite, she married the third match on her list, she was an emissary, she had one child like most nobles did, she held extravagant parties at her house in Sophie’s future bedroom. then her daughter feel in love with a talentless and she not only didn’t stop the wedding or disown her daughter. she helped her plan and make decorations she supported her daughter because she knew her sister went though the same thing then there was the fire and everything fell apart.

she took in sophie and supported her even when the council was trying to hurt her, she treated her like a kid something most adults in Sophie’s life seem incapable of doing. she was expected to support the council’s decisions but she didn’t, she was expected to not treat her sister in a bad match like family but she does (even if we don’t get to see it much) she doesn’t do the things she’s expected too and i love it.

they’re both rebels Juline’s rebellion is much more in your face and Edaline’s is quieter and something you wouldn’t expect because she’s a noble

[malewifegradyruewen]

Elven Wedding Headcanons Part 2

the last post was more about the technical parts of getting married, this post is more focused on the ceremony. disclaimer: i am a white christian who has only been to white christian weddings but this is how i imagine elven weddings would look.

so

the actual weddings?

OOH BOY

they’re a LOT

brides don’t typically wear white

and grooms in black

they wear whatever colors they want (although most couples tend to stay away from green)

the biggest tradition is wearing the family circlets during the ceremony and reception

they’re passed down through the family

i guess it's not necessarily down

but through the family

it’s also equally common to have a wedding party versus not

most couples choose one person each to help them through everything

but they’re not always a part of the wedding then

some couples choose to have a large wedding party

it really depends on the couple

for example

grady and edaline didn’t have a wedding party but they chose kesler and juline to help them through the big day

but alden and della had a large wedding party

and neither is unheard of

elvin weddings are super duper uper sparkly

and extremely colorful

it's a sparkly celebration

it’s not uncommon to invite the councillors if you’re members of the nobility

both the vackers and the ruewens did

as well as the sencens

the sondens and dizznees did not

nor did the endals or hekses

additionally if former councillors get married then the council is basically required to attend

honestly the ceremony can look however the couple wants

they just need an officiant and vows

otherwise it’s totally up to them

most couples do rings and they are usually VERY nice rings

but it’s not always the case

the reception is a whole thing though

it’s very common to change into another outfit for the reception

for guests and the newlyweds

there’s always dancing that goes on for hours

and food as well

wedding gifts are a huge thing

it's rude to show up without a gift

sometimes there are light shows

and sometimes there are other cool displays of wealth and power often utilising abilities

you know how over the top the midterm celebrations are? now just apply that level of intense celebration to a wedding

the elves do a lot

there’s always a big draw to the ceremony

the couple often chooses to wait and reveal what last name they’ve chosen until the reception

elven wedding ceremonies start in the morning and the reception might not end until three or four in the morning if not later

there’s always so many people

the couple usually goes to bed long before the party ends but that’s not uncommon

guests know that the bride and groom might leave before they do

and no it’s not to consummate the marriage

elves aren’t weird like that

it's just a long day and they're tired

elven newlyweds are typically granted one to two weeks off work

in order to take a honeymoon or to just relax and spend time with their new spouse

honeymoons are different in the lost cities

because you can go anywhere anytime

with a leaping crystal or teleporting

but elves don’t usually take time off from their jobs seeing as how they have infinite lifespans and infinite money

it fits in when it fits in

it does kind of raise the questions of “why would the elves go on vacation?”

and “where would they go?”

but that’s a whole other thing

anyways

the one-two weeks off are called the “post-marriage vacation”

it’s up to the couple to decide what to do with them

after which they return to their jobs and whatnot with their new last name

so yeah

elven weddings

[squishmallow36]

Uh. So. I was bored in study hall. And i started rambling ideas for this into a google doc. No guarantee they're even coherent but brain was in full microwave mode. Under a cut because it got longgggg

Idk if this is actually gonna happen but I’m gonna worldbuild for it anyway

So Juline is gonna be the one to inherit the kingdom from her parents. Has to be older than Edaline then. She’s gonna marry a commoner (how scandalous)--Kesler

This is not a very popular move within the court (ie the council) and well i think we’re gonna have to pick out who sends the assassin at some point

But canonically the dizznees aren’t liked by society…Okay hear me out

To stay in power, you’ve gotta pay people off. Like the high level military leaders (eg alden) but then you’ve got corruption and that’s gonna mess with the economy

And if the economy is messed with, then prices go up

And if prices go up, people get mad

There are two time periods I was thinking would be interesting to use but the 21st century is an option…i guess.

First - late 1700s/early 1800s. French revolution era. I’m thinking shortly after the start because we aren’t in france. The dizznees are not french. and the court is going to use this opportunity to overthrow the ruling family and be able to blame it on the people (note: i have not watched les mis)

Second - WWI era. That whole thing started with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. There’s a feeling of nationalism going on. Close to the Russian revolution. Similar reasons as prev. But also you’ve got the mustache cousins (King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicolas II) idk what you could do with that but ~mustaches~

Overall not a very popular govt because any time they try to fix one front the other one gets mad so there’s a national feeling of unrest. Though, kind of like the WWII triangle of ideologies, none of the parties actually like each other. Except for the people still getting paid off but the economy is tanking and that list is shortening

Cue the assassin - my first instinct is to blame emery because I don’t like him. Also he’s the council’s canon mediator, so you know he’s gotta be close to a breaking point at all times. <- not me justifying after the thought lol

Now all of this historical context is gonna go out the window the moment we get into Dex’s pov because xe isn’t gonna be aware of this (note: neopronouns? Anachronistic but also xe/xem!dex owns my soul). Well xe’s gonna be vaguely aware but not have ALL this historical context by any means

Which is why xe allows Fitz to bodyguard even if xe doesn’t like it.

Another fun thing if we wanna lean into this revolution idea i’m already leaning into: alden being the peoples’ choice as the new leader and then we get some ~fitz angst~ because he’s stuck between worlds

(Gay world and alden world which is just like gay world but in denial)

The assassin themself should be someone in the neverseen - if it was alvar that would be so horribly devastating and kind of canon supported bc alvar is a (alleged) murder child and alden doesn’t seem to care (flashback)

That does imply that the neverseen is working with the council in some capacity (and also alden is neverseen which is close enough to canon for me) but triangle of ideologies they don’t like each other so it’s fine.

Plot events:

Open with vivaldi spring on something like a nice family dinner. I don’t think it should be too fancy of an event. And that does allow some triplet content as they start a food fight. If we’re in Dex pov, we can start laying the groundwork of fedex by noticing Fitz across the room. At this point we don’t have an opinion other than that he pretty

(fitz pov could also be interesting there with the internalized homophobia i always give him. And the fact that i wouldn’t have to write the actual assassination attempt. But that does make it more tell not show so dex pov is probably better narratively)

Don’t waste time getting into the actual story - assassination attempt. Idk what it should be. I do like the idea of trying to poison because of the chem knowledge.

(also there’s a page of poisonous plants and I already know too much about that. I also know too much about knives but that’s dangerous if you stabby stab in the wrong place)

Next scene we have dex laying in the healing center, half conscious. Elwin Juline Kesler discussing things that are scary - details about the assassination attempt so the audience can know how much i over researched (i haven’t yet. I just know I will end up doing so if i actually write this thing)

Also going to reveal the fact that fitz is gonna be dex’s personal bodyguard and that makes dex anger

Definitely draw from the end of book 1 when Sophie got sandor because that parallelism would be interesting. Same situation different character…was that even book 1 though? Double check that. I don’t know canon as well as i should

Spend a couple days in the healing center before being allowed out on parole. Can either use this time for sophie/dex bonding time or the more likely route time skip. While we’re in there, no fitz because he’s studying current events like the little nerd /affectionate he is so the first time they’re stuck together is after escaping from the healing center

When fitz and dex meet formally, most of the historical context i spent too long thinking about goes on the back burner to the gays (another nice thing about french revolution era - the napoleonic code (1804) did legalize gays in france and a couple of other countries napoleon took over so no sodomy charges in this house. Also the fact that kesler and juline are bi they would’ve legalized it long ago)

I have an idea!

We all know how in royal AUs Fitz is a prince and Dex is not. Change it! Dex is the price in this AU, while Fitz is the son of a respected Army General. 

Now there the idea for the story: There have been threat on the royal family and Dex’s parents are like “Ah nay bitch.” and give their kids personal bodyguards. The tripalest, they cool with it. Dex is not. He doesn’t want to be followed wherever the heck he goes and to add sault to the wound; Fitz Vacker is his bodyguard. But Dex wont let this get him down. No. He’ll make it Fitz’s problem.

Fitz can’t let his dad down, this is a very important job. But oh boy its so hard to keep it together when the person you’re supposed to keep alive is teasing the every living hell out of you!

Does anyone what to be a group writing project with me? I need this in my life.

[stellar-lune]

currently thinking about kesline + strawberry blonde by mitski and gradaline + starlight by taylor swift…

•Kesler and Juline on a picnic date somewhere in the fields of what will eventually be Rimeshire, their relationship isn’t public yet and they’re pretty young (17-19).

•Grady and Edaline sneaking into a masquerade party together, laughing and dancing and having the best time even though they’re not supposed to be there. Eda is worried they’ll get caught, but Grady reassured her that even if they do it won’t matter since the experience was amazing.

[i-love-side-characters]

For the ask thing, Edaline Ruewen

UN👏DER👏USED👏

let me start off by saying i love her. she's so kind and empathetic and such a good mom. also her and grady are so cute and it's so obvious how much she loves grady and sophie.

edaline is such an interesting character because obviously she's a mix of a fiercely protective mother but also someone who's very vulnerable and kind. her development from the first few books towards the later ones has definitely been built around her coming to terms with jolie's death and caring for her new daughter in sophie. throughout the series as we learn more and more about her, we see that she is intelligent and brave, using her ability to her advantage.

while i think that her bond with sophie is definitely unique in the series, it's a little weird at times. i think the jump from her being super scared and overprotective to the more "laid back" parent compared to grady was too sudden and didn't make sense, especially as the stakes are actually raising through each book.

going back to the underused thing, i'm sorry but she is. she is obviously a very powerful conjurer just from a few scenes in the books―not to mention that she helped sophie hide kenric's cache. she could easily be a great ally to both the council and black swan (the same way juline or grady are to the respective parties) and yet she's treated far more like a fragile being despite that being simply untrue. it is said from the first few books that edaline spends her days "wrangling mammoths", and this is already adding onto the fact that she survived the orge attack on havenfield and only sustained minor injuries. that battle alone proved that she can think quickly in a battle―"and when edaline tried to conjure up weapons from their stockpile...." (lodestar, page 491). even though the ogres knew her move, she was level headed enough to even know what to do. i feel as though it's important to remind you that she is the only one not trained for any kind of combat. grady has been shown to be comfortable with a melder and with his training as an emissary has most likely done some kind of minor combat training, cadence has been around ogres for years and may have picked up a few things from them, and the rest are incredibly well trained goblins. edaline has literally proven herself over and over that she is calm and collected and could easily be a great ally in a battle.

as i said earlier, she's also very intelligent and she could just be in the books more. she has a presence in a lot of the scenes she's in, and she could easily provide insight into other characters that could help with their development as well. an example of this could be brant―she must have had some kind of connection or knowledge of him while jolie was still alive, there could easily have been some dialogue from her talking about his motives for turning to the neverseen and his love for jolie.

just some thoughts <3

check out this ask game!

[edaline-kelia-ruewen]

I made Ripplepuffs for my tea party with Juline, Livvy and Della, but Livvy and Della haven't shown up, and it's been almost 5 hours. While they're off doing who knows what, does anyone want to join me and my sister?