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waytooinvested · 1 month ago

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Forgotten, Not Forgiven - Chapter 36

This and previous chapters are also on AO3

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Lena woke feeling unexpectedly cold.

She snuggled sleepily towards Kara’s warmth, only to find a bare expanse of cool mattress. Tangled blankets. Tossed pillows. Rumpled top sheet. No Kara.

The bed was empty.

She was alone.

She sat up, her heart sinking as she pondered the possibility that last night had been nothing more than a particularly vivid dream after all, and she was briefly devastated.

Then she heard the slide of her balcony door, and in another few seconds Kara was there, laden tray in hand and a smile on her face.

‘Good morning. I woke up early, so I thought I’d fix breakfast for you.’

Lena quirked a half-smile, the moment of doubt quickly dissipating now she realised her mistake.

‘Pancakes?’

‘Absolutely not, I learned my lesson. I didn’t actually make any of this, unless you count squeezing the oranges for the juice.’

Kara set the tray down on the bed, and Lena was at last able to see it properly. In addition to the promised orange juice there was a heap of scones and coffee eclairs artfully arranged on a pretty willow pattern plate that Lena was pretty sure she didn’t own, a cappuccino with a dusting of chocolate in the shape of a stylised L on top, and a tiny vase containing a single sprig of lily-of-the-valley.

The lily means I dare you to love me.

It was probably a coincidence, given that lily and lily-of-the-valley weren’t actually related, but even so it made her heart leap. The care that had gone into arranging all this was undeniable.

‘It looks beautiful, but where did it all come from? I’m pretty sure we didn’t have scones in the kitchen this time yesterday, not to mention the rest of it.’

‘No, I just popped over to Dublin to get them fresh.’

Kara said it so breezily, she might as well have said ‘I popped to the bodega across the street’, and Lena blinked dazedly up at her, not quite able to take it in.

‘You popped to Dublin? Seriously?’

‘It didn’t take that long. The coffee is actually from Milan, and the eclairs are from Paris. Oh, and I stopped off in Valencia for the oranges on the way home. Superspeed has its advantages!’

‘Kara, you know you didn’t have to do all that.’

‘I know, but I wanted to thank you for taking care of me these past months, and also for helping me get my powers back. You didn’t have to do any of it, and after our fight I know that must have been hard for you.’

Lena picked up one of the scones, breaking off a small piece to find steam rising up from inside. It had been flown halfway around the world to get to her, and yet it was still warm.

‘We should probably talk about that now, shouldn’t we?’

‘Probably... Only if you’re ready.’

Kara looked tense, amped up and jumpy, and Lena understood that this was the other reason for the special effort breakfast. She was trying to make what came next easier. She held out a hand to her, and unthinkingly Kara came over to take it, her fingers sliding between Lena’s in a more intimate clasp than was strictly called for by the gesture, and Lena was glad.

It was harder now than it had been last night, when the darkness and their recent shared trauma had invited intimacy, but the fact that Kara’s instinct was to twine their fingers together was a good sign. She tugged gently on the hand in hers, shuffling over to make room on the bed beside her.

‘I’m ready. I don’t want there to be any more secrets between us.’

‘Same. Definitely ready to be done with secrets. I’m sorry I didn’t realise that sooner and avoid any of this ever happening.’

‘I know you are. But I understand better now how hard it was for you to tell me the truth about being Supergirl. I felt the same way when I had to choose between being honest with you and keeping things hidden to avoid losing you. I almost made the wrong choice. I did make the wrong choice for a long time.’

‘No, hey, that wasn’t your fault. Alex told me what Lex did, you were lying to protect me. You had to.’

Lena shrugged, unmollified.

‘I couldn’t tell you the truth about your identity. I could have told you about Catco.’

‘That was- it’s not the same.’

‘No, it’s not. But it still made me understand how your secret must have felt for you. Especially when I kept telling you how your integrity was the only thing stopping me from giving up on humanity as a whole. I meant it as a compliment, but looking back I can see how unfair it was to put that responsibility on you, and how impossible it must have made it to come clean after a certain point. You should have been able to rely on me to listen, and give you grace for your mistakes the way you did for me. I’m sorry that wasn’t true then.’

‘I’m sorry I didn’t trust that you’d still see me when you knew I was Supergirl. You were the one person who I could just be Kara with, and I couldn’t bear the idea that you’d start looking at me differently when you knew.’

Kara said this to her knees as if on some level that fear was still there, and Lena reached over to cup her chin in her free hand, tilting her face until their eyes met, though she knew Kara could have resisted the touch without effort if she wanted to.

‘Am I looking at you differently now?’

‘No…’

‘No. I see you Kara. I didn’t, for a while, but I do now. Okay?’

Kara nodded against her hand, lips parting a little as she gazed back at Lena, and she knew that right then could have been their moment, but also that it shouldn’t be.

Not yet.

She released Kara’s chin and took a sip of cappuccino to steady herself, then said what she knew she needed to.

‘So, I should probably tell you about Project Atlantis.’

Kara sat up straight, instantly attentive.

‘Alex told me some of it last night, but yeah, I’d like to hear your side.’

So Lena told her, going right back to the first text she had received from Alex the day Kara had gone missing, and continuing on through everything that had happened after that point. Kara listened, mostly quiet but occasionally asking a question, or chipping in with her own perspective on something that had happened, until they had pieced together a reasonably complete picture of the time between Kara’s kidnap and her memory recovery the night before. When at last it was done, Kara shook her head slowly.

‘And you did all that for me, even after I hurt you so much. Even though what Lex did made me into the Kara you had always thought I was. The version of Kara that you could-’

She broke off, blinking several times before dropping her eyes down to the breakfast tray and whispering into her chest, as if she wasn’t sure whether she actually wanted Lena to hear the next bit or not.

‘-The Kara you could love.’

‘You’re the Kara I could love. You’re not two people, and I’m not sorry you have your powers back. You know that, right?’

It had taken Lena a while to get there, but she meant it now. She had spent her whole life trying to be the person she thought would be deemed acceptable, first for her family, and then by distancing herself from them, and she didn’t want Kara to ever have to diminish herself that way. Not with her.

Tears glimmered on Kara’s lashes, and she sniffed.

‘You told Supergirl- you told me as Supergirl, that you didn’t want to be my friend. That you had real friends, and I would never be one of them.’

Lena’s heart twisted at the memory. Kara’s reaction to finding out about the kryptonite had been hurtful and out of proportion, but it made more sense knowing it was Kara she had been keeping the truth from. Logically, it hadn’t been reasonable to treat Lena as someone who had kept a huge secret from her best friend when she didn’t know that’s who she was dealing with, but feelings weren’t logical; and it also wasn’t fair to hold Kara up to such a high moral standard that she was never allowed to be irrational, or hypocritical, or say things she regretted. She wasn’t a perfect, flawless example of the goodness in the world the way others saw Supergirl and Lena had once seen Kara Danvers. But she was good, and she was real, and she was still Lena’s hero.

‘I was wrong. I can’t pretend that we’re never going to clash about some of the things that came up in those days, but if we fight it can be just that – a fight. We’ll work through it, and we’ll get over it. I can’t lose you again Kara. I won’t.’

‘Okay, you’re right… And nothing has to change between us. I can still be your Kara, just with extra Parisian pastries, and a more honest explanation when I have to run out on a spin class.’

Kara tried to share a smile, but Lena frowned.

‘No.’

‘...No?’

‘No. I don’t want you to be ‘my Kara’, or Supergirl, or some version of yourself you think will make me comfortable. I want you to be you. I want to know all of you Kara, including the Kryptonian parts. I want to know about your childhood. The customs of Krypton. I want to learn your language so you can speak to someone other than your cousin in your mother tongue. I want to know how you came to be fostered by the Danvers’, and how you became Supergirl. I want to know what it’s been like for you having to juggle those parts of yourself, and what we might be able to do to make it easier going forwards. And I know a lot of that is going to be incredibly painful, so if you can’t tell me I’ll understand, and I won’t push for more than you’re comfortable with. But as much of yourself as you’re willing to share, I want.’

Kara stared back at her, the tears that had been a mere suggestion before now pouring freely down her cheeks as she pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them hard – the only thing in the room that she could safely squeeze as tightly as she needed to without fear of breaking something.

Lena wished that she could be Kara’s safe thing to hold, the way she had been the night of the dream journey, but she knew it was impossible. Instead she wriggled out from under the covers to kneel beside Kara, wrapping herself around her huddled form as fully as she could, trying to make her own body into a protective cocoon that would make Kara feel as safely anchored as she always did for Lena.

‘I’ve got you darling. I’ve always got you. Let it out.’

And Kara did. She sobbed convulsively into her knees while Lena held onto her, making meaningless, soothing sounds against the curve of her spine until the shaking stopped, and Kara slowly uncurled from her protective ball. She reached round and pulled Lena carefully into a proper hug, her cheek leaving a wet patch as she burrowed against her neck.

‘No one has ever asked me for that before. No one. I never expected- thank you. And I’d love the same in return, if you’re willing. I want to know about your life, your heritage, your adoption, everything. I want to be your person, too.’

No one had ever asked Lena for that before either. So much of her life was public that people seemed to just assume they knew her already, or else they were only interested in learning about her as a means to an end. Digging for details about Lena’s past had always been leverage, never love.

Not until Kara.

They spent the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon exchanging the first of many stories of their lives so far. Some parts they already knew. Some were told through tears, and for Kara in particular, some could only be confessed with her face buried against Lena’s shoulder, sobs heaving her body even as she continued to push the words out, her hand fisted in the top sheet so tightly that the creases were probably there for good now. But not all her stories of Krypton made Kara sad. There were times when she talked about her childhood that made her laugh, or smile fondly at the memory of some friend she hadn’t thought of in a long time. It had been so many years since she had lived on her home planet that parts of its culture that had once felt so natural now seemed restrictive and joyless, and Kara told Lena about all the things she had loved about Earth when she arrived, and still did.

She also admitted how angry she felt so much of the time, and how it conflicted with her grief when she thought of what her parents had done to her. Even after finding Argo, it couldn’t undo the years she had spent knowing herself to be the last daughter of Krypton, burdened with the responsibility of keeping her vanished home’s memory alive while forcibly assimilating into a world that would never truly embrace that part of who she was. She had been so terribly, painfully alone, and her own parents had chosen that life for her. Then the Danvers had taken her in and loved her, and she was so grateful to them for that, but they had also added to her loss of self by making her hide her powers, and for all it had been done with the very best of intentions, the outcome was to irrevocably stunt another piece of who she might have been. The rage she carried inside over the things that had happened and the choices that had been made for her frightened her sometimes, knowing just how much damage she could do if she ever let it get out of control.

The confession of her anger was made much more tentatively than the rest, as if Kara was afraid that admitting to having such strong negative feelings would make Lena want to withdraw from her, but if anything it did the opposite. Lena understood anger. Her own was something she likewise felt a great deal of shame over, fearing the implacable flow of it would prove so strong and swift that she would be dragged under into her own darkness if she didn’t keep fighting to keep her head above water. She also understood that while it might match or even exceed it in intensity, Kara’s fury was different from her own. It was a wild fire – hot and passionate and searingly bright. Her anger could certainly be destructive if left to burn out of control, but Lena didn’t think it would ever be truly dark.

Kara had lived through a level of loss that would break most people a dozen times over, and yet even through the very worst of it, there was a common theme weaving through like a thread of purest gold. She always had so much hope. Even in her deepest despair, when she felt completely abandoned on a world full of aliens who couldn’t ever truly understand her, Kara never entirely gave up on the goodness of people, or the joy that could be found even in something as simple as an order of potstickers. Listening to it only made Lena admire her all the more.

She couldn’t imagine how the same could be true for Kara when she told her own story. There was no shining gold glimmer of heroism here, just the long shadow of her family name, and the taint of darkness she had been fighting against her entire life but that was in her nevertheless, and probably always would be.

And yet when she dared to catch Kara’s eye after she had told as much as she could bear to for one day she was met with a look of radiant adoration, as if she had taken something quite different from Lena’s life history.

‘You’re incredible, you know that?’

‘Am I?’

‘Yes. Fuck. Lena, I am so in love with you.’

And Lena couldn’t even spare a moment to be surprised at the ‘fuck’ from Kara uses-golly-as-a-cuss-word Danvers, because she had just listened to Lena spill out every dark part of herself that she had spent her life running from, and her response to all of it was I am so in love with you.

‘I’m in love with you too.’

They looked into each other’s eyes, and all of their almosts pressed against them, but there was one more thing Lena wanted before she gave in to them. One more part of Kara she needed to know without the barrier of deception keeping them apart.

‘Would you do something for me?’

Kara laughed shakily, her cheeks flushed and her smile so bright it put the midday sun to shame.

‘I would do literally anything for you.’

‘Will you take me flying?’

Kara tilted her head to one side, not unwilling, but clearly confused.

‘Of course, if that’s what you want. But why? You hate flying.’

‘I hate planes. And helicopters. And climbing walls. But I was never afraid of flying with Supergirl, even before I knew she was you. I want to experience what it’s like when I do know. And… do you remember when you told me about paragliding? How you wished I could feel what you felt when you were up there? Well, I want to. I want to experience that with you, so I can understand at least a small part of your joy.’

‘If you make me cry any more today I’m going to need to squeeze more oranges so I can re-hydrate. Yes. I would love to share that with you, if you’re really sure it’s what you want.’

‘It is.’

After their hours-long heart to heart Lena was still wearing her pajamas, for all it was now well into the afternoon, but she didn’t object when Kara scooped her up from the bed, clearly intent on taking their flight right that minute, tousled hair, bare feet and all. And for once Lena didn’t care either. So what if someone saw her like this? If they were more interested in Lena Luthor’s unkempt appearance than the fact that she was flying through National City cradled in the strong arms of a freshly returned Supergirl that was their problem, and Lena pitied their small mindedness.

Kara stepped out onto the balcony and looked up at the cloud-scattered blue of the sky with a broad, excited grin before dropping her gaze back to Lena.

‘Are you ready? If at any time you don’t like it and want to stop just let me know and we can land straight away.’

‘I’ll be fine.’

Kara bent her knees a little, as if she was preparing to jump up onto the ledge, and then they were airborne, Lena’s building receding below them until it was just one more rooftop amidst a vista of others. The city opened up beneath them, and Lena peered down over her own shoulder to see the ground, terrifyingly far away and still dropping. But her arms were looped securely around Kara’s neck, and Kara’s were cradling her so tenderly, and the pounding in Lena’s chest had much more to do with that proximity than the fact that they were so high up.

And it was breathtaking.

Somehow flying in a plane, or even an open sided helicopter, was nothing compared to this. The whole world spread out beneath them in every direction, the grey grid of the city fading out to rambling green in one direction and the blue of the bay in the other, its water shifting and glimmering with the warm buttery light of the afternoon sun.

‘Can we fly over the bay?’

‘Are you sure?’

Kara’s expression said that she was remembering their conversation about deep water, and the journey in the Luthor jet that had first triggered her fear of flying, but Lena wasn’t worried. Now they were up here with nothing between her and the ground but the circle of Kara’s arms, she knew with a deep, powerful certainty that she could never feel anything but perfectly safe like this.

She was always safe with Kara.

They did a slow loop of the bay, and as she grew more used to the sensation Lena felt the swelling, swooping joy of flight burgeoning in her chest, her feelings reflected back at her in Kara’s expression tenfold as the wind whipped their hair and confused gulls screeched at them before veering off on a different course.

‘Kara.’

Kara looked back at her, her smile if anything growing even wider as she took in Lena’s flushed cheeks and shining eyes.

‘Are you okay?’

Lena didn’t answer with words. Instead she moved one hand from its hold around Kara’s neck to slide up into the hair at her nape, her fingers closing round a loose fistful of golden silk to gently guide her in, until at last their lips met. The kiss was soft at first, a tentative brush that quivered with years of yearning and months of nearlys, then at long last the final thread that separated them snapped, and it wasn’t soft anymore.

They were kissing like it was oxygen, like if they didn’t get close enough they would die of it, and once they had started it was impossible to stop. Lena twisted towards Kara as best she could in their current position, her arms wrapping properly around her to bring her mouth closer still, hands running over the compact muscles of her back and shoulders while Kara, unable to move her own hands from where they were holding Lena up, settled for pressing her against her body, a small whimper escaping from her throat.

They kissed until they were both breathless and flushed, until the world had receded to insignificance and all that existed was the two of them and all the points where their bodies were making contact, until not having more became more difficult than putting a temporary space between them, and at last Lena pulled back, panting slightly.

‘Okay, that’s enough. Take me home Supergirl.’

‘Are you scared?’

‘No, but what I want to do next requires a bed and a locked door between us and the rest of the world.’

‘Oh.’

Kara went adorably pink, and Lena wondered for a moment if she had been too forward, but she wasn’t left to worry for long. Kara turned abruptly in the air and flew them back to Lena’s apartment at about twice the speed they had left it, though given that she had flown to Europe and back before breakfast, Lena didn’t think exertion was the reason for the now thundering heartbeat she could hear when she laid her head against Kara’s chest.

She smiled to herself, snuggling more securely against Kara’s radiating warmth and savouring the thrill of anticipation as she watched the future they had both waited so long for rushing in to meet them.

#Unscheduled midweek posting because I missed a week and want to catch tumblr up with AO3 #Last chapter before the epilogue!#supercorp #kara danvers #lena luthor #supergirl #supercorp fanfic #my fic #kara x lena #supergirl fanfiction #multi chapter fic #forgotten not forgiven

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aphantomslibrary · 3 months ago

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👻 Loving this opening quote from Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia!

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jjuniewizzy · 5 months ago

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So it def seems some "modern amenities" exist in the spiral, like photography and the steampunk streamer set. What culture shocks do you think hit YW upon arrival and Ravynwood?

Oh that's easy, I'll go characters. Lena is hit the hardest as she learns the world is not as kind as it was when she was growing up.

She was very sheltered in Grizzleheim, and has a breakdown on the first day at Ravenwood as she is surrounded with students her age that want nothing to do with her. Her kindness that was told was her strength is viewed as fake and clout-chasey, leaving her lonelier than ever.

Madeline for the first time feels safe at Ravenwood.

She doesn't break down on Day 1 like Lena, but definitely within the first week. Valencia was mid blood bath, and furthermore under Kane's control, when she fled for Ravenwood. She's witnessed death and loss at a young age, so to be in an environment where her magic is protected, respected, and encouraged leaves her feeling guilty for surviving.

Ruko learns that not everyone believe respect should be mutual.

Anger boils beneath his skin as he talks with cocky individuals like Duncan Grimwater and even his own companion Adrian. Hailing from Mooshu, respect is not just given but earned. So, when these individuals demand respect on the basis of nothing it gives him a massive whiplash.

Adrian learns his privilege.

Adrian grew up in the upper echelon of Marleybone, so to come to Ravenwood, he learns that he is fundamentally more well off than others. He sees this highlighted in the upbringing of his friends like Madeline and Ruko. It forces him to take a step back and reevaluate what exactly he's aiming to do with his life.

#w101 #w101 p101 #wizard101 #wizard101 fandom #wizard101 server #writing prompts #writing #ocs stuff #my ocs #ocs #oc stuff #my ocs <3 #others ocs #original character #send asks #answered #wizard101 0cs

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sapphiccharacterstournament · 1 year ago

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Sapphic Characters Tournament Bracket 4 Round 1 Masterpost

Clare Devlin vs Ola Nyman

Elida Al-Feyr vs Two

Bea Smith vs Alex Vause

Kelly Olsen vs Grace Choi

Anne Lister vs Yara Greyjoy

Karen Walker vs Ellen Morgan

Lena Burnham vs Shane McCutcheon

Betty McRae vs Ellen Waverly

Toni Shalifoe vs Van Palmer

Callie Torres vs Thirteen

Lagertha vs Lucretia

Bess Till vs Martha Walker

Lyria vs Jade Claymore

Veronica Fisher vs Nancy Botwin

Valencia Perez vs Petra Solano

River Song vs Denise Christopher

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ot-hoe-me · 1 year ago

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OC Tag Game

I was tagged by: @stephschoices

I tag: anyone who wants to do this.

I am putting this under a cut because some of these responses got LONG lmao.

* I am SO sorry that I’m so late responding to this but I needed time to Think Thoughts and then get them at least mostly in order (I hope.)

FAVOURITE OC: WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME CHOOSE THIS IS SO HARD!!!!

I mean, I love all of my OCs in one way or another so it’s very hard to pick. In the interest of not having any overlap with the other categories I’ll answer this one last. I was initially stuck choosing between Valencia Talward my Hunter-heritage Battle Mage, Trouble-mancing Main MC for Lena’s/ @shepherds-of-haven IF because I do love her a lot because she’s very kind and courageous, and the way Lina has coded the personality/talent stats you can excel in more than one rather than picking one and sticking with it (ONLY charisma or ONLY intelligence, cunning, etc.) and you can choose multiple and it be feasible. The biggest selling point is the immaculate found family vibe you cultivate with the ROs (that is, if you choose not to be an evil sob) and even better - see the relationship developments between each other this game and these characters and this world are made with obvious love and care. Can’t recommend ShoH enough. BUT.

I decided that the most logical choice for Favourite OC is my apprentice Estelle Circinus from The Arcana game. I have her as my icon and as my blog banner along with Asra, she’s the OC I have the most art commissions of - and I plan to add to that particular collection in the future. And finally, she’s also up there with Alice of being one of my most developed OCs with lore, backstory, what her future looks like beyond canon and I also have multiple AUs for her in various stages of development. So, Estelle is my final answer.

NEWEST OC: Aruna Chase/Singh

Aruna is my newest fleshed out OC who is my Baxter-mancer for Our Life: Beginnings and Always (surname Chase to fit this MC’s family.) and is my secondary MC for Our Life: Now and Forever (surname Singh because here the family is MC’s bio mom.) Of course she is obligated to flirt with Baxter at every opportunity before he leaves Golden Grove, but beyond that I don’t know if she’s going to actually romance anyone. (I already have a Qiu-mancer and they’re crushes from childhood. So my options are; making Aruna a Tamarack-mancer from Step 3-on, a Qiu-mancer Step 3-on, or not giving her a romance at all within the confines of the canon storyline for OLNF.) And of course, both games are by @gb-patch though the latter is only a demo at the moment. Highly, HIGHLY recommend playing OLBA though if you haven’t already (especially if you like guys but if not then that’s cool too, you can play completely platonically or aroace instead and not miss TOO much story.)

OLDEST OC: Alice Walker

Alice is my MC originally from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky so when I bought Darkness when it came out in 2008 (according to bulbapedia, geez that really was 15 years ago. I was 12 years old when I first made her. Wow I am feeling old right now lol.) So playing that, then watching Lucario and the Mystery of Mew for the first time years after it was dubbed even, which I saw for the first time around that time + the release of Sky and playing it helped me develop her more. Alice was my first OC, first with an in-depth backstory and lore, and has without a doubt been the OC who has undergone the most evolution (lol) over the years. I still think about her to this day. But yeah, first she was just my MC for Explorers of Darkness/Sky who turned into a Pikachu in Darkness, but then she became someone who could wield Aura, so when Sky came out I made her a Riolu even though only boy MCs could be Riolu but I said screw that. Originally she was born in the Dark Future, but more recently I changed her backstory to being born in the “present” of the Pokemon Universe in the Kingdom (honestly, think it should be Queendom though frfr) of Rota. She’s four??? (this is me forgetting for the moment if I have her start her journey at 13 or 14 years old lol) years older than Red, Blue/Green, Leaf, etc. but still leaves Rota to start her Pokemon Journey at the same time as them and like. Going through the regions/games including The Mains, PMD: Explorers, Rangers of Almia/Oblivia and more recently, fan games like Pokemon Reborn, Insurgence, Empyrean and Rejuvenation (Rejuvenation is without a doubt my favourite of the fan games by far, though they are all really good, but this is still a WIP while the other three are complete.) So yeah, Alice’s new canon birth timeline/existence is a mix of game and anime worlds. She’s an aura guardian and after Arceus resurrects her after her sacrifice to prevent Temporal Tower from collapsing and stop Dialga from becoming Primal Dialga - they make her immortal. But not only that, they also bestow a portion of their power on her so she can act as their agent, and essentially as an avatar or proxy to carry out their will (by continuing to carry out her duty as an aura guardian to safeguard all of creation/life - but to the extreme) in return for them bringing her back to life. So she’s elevated to become a demigoddess, essentially. After that, she’s sent back to her own time, and then all across other points time and space and other dimension, becoming The Deus Ex Machina of Heroes. Because of all this her Trainer Title would have gone from Trainer Alice -> Aura Guardian Alice -> Eternal Guardian Alice. Basically THE Ultimate Mary Sue but she deserves this as the privilege of being my first-ever OC and because cringe is dead...also I ship her with Steven Stone because the age gap definitely closes because of the time-fuckery. Shhhhh.

MEANEST OC: Araina Emroth

I don’t really have any mean OCs tbh because I don’t like making or playing rude/bitchy or cruel characters, so the closest I can get to answering that question would have to be me asking myself who is my ANGRIEST OC? And how do they use that anger/how morally dubious do their actions get because of it? I have a handful of OCs that fit the bill but my reflexive answer to this is my MC Araina Emroth from the IF Spellbound: A Ghost Story. It is solely on the CoG forum but I am begging you - if you haven’t played the demo already please PLEASE do it - it is so good!!!! Anyway, to give you tiny tidbits to make you want to play, the reason why she’s angry is that, since I chose the rebel backstory over the knight backstory, putting it mildly, her kingdom is corrupt. So not only is she out for revenge, she’s of the mindset that she’s ready to take on the ‘whole world’ to cut out the rot of her homeland in order to redeem it even if she has to do it alone. Also in regards to Callum...I chose the childhood rivals bully route for him and as in all things, she never can fully let go of a grudge. So yeah, she's the passionate, charismatic revolutionary in life. And while she mellows out after 800+ years of being dead, hm. Wonder where the future will lead? (I am torn between getting her to time travel to her own body while she was still alive, and to snatch the amulet off of Callum and destroy it and then go on how it should have been. Or her finally being able to let go and find a way for her to live a new life in the present.) ANYWAY - play it!!!

SOFTEST OC: Fallon Rose

Most of my MCs are pretty-very soft so it’s kind of hard to pick just one, but, I will go with Fallon - my MC from Underfell IF and Mafiafell IF by @darkpetal16 for the fact with how she writes MC, especially in Underfell - is very kind, empathetic, optimistic, and very very forgiving by nature. You’ll see what I mean if you decide to play~ Please do, if you enjoy Undertale and AUs. (Also fun fact, her name is a pun on Fall and Rise.)

MOST ALOOF/STANDOFFISH OC: Serena Klein

Like with the mean OC category I don’t really have any aloof or standoffish OCs so the closest I can answer for this category is Serena Klein, my MC from @attollogame because I play her as intimidating/stoic, and cunning but. I would never say that she’s uncaring or unemotional. If anything, she cares too much and is very emotional but is able to mask it really well (unless it concerns her brother Atticus) and she also has natural RBF.

DUMBEST (AFFECTIONATE) OC: Belle Duval-Emma Tie

It’s a toss up between my main MC for @trinitytrilogy Zeus’ Dilemma, Belle, Demigoddess and Daughter of Aphrodite, who currently has a literal intelligence stat of 0 (RIP) though my headcanon is that she does at least have average intelligence. And my MC for Last Legacy (RIP because of NixHydra the company being complete idiots, and Dorian not really being better it looks very likely it will never be finished because the writers don’t have the creative/ownership rights to it. Not bitter about this at all.) Emma, because she is mostly a self insert aside from the whole barista and makes-own-cosplays cosplayer deal. And me being who I am...enough said lmao.

SMARTEST OC: Chloe Rodgers

Chloe is my main MC from the Keeper Trilogy by @keeperofthesunandmoon is without a doubt my smartest MC as with how high her intelligence stat is, and how quickly she grasps magic in her new life as a magician is prodigious - she is a literal genius.

OC I'D BE FRIENDS WITH: Ava Holden-Last

I’d be friends with Ava for sure, and why am I choosing her aside from making sure there’s no overlap? She’s one of my most normal and well-adjusted OCs, she’s successful, has no mental illnesses, she’s also plus size like me so she knows my struggles. She’s also a fashion designer so you know she’d be putting out fire clothes that I’d go broke for. She would be the extrovert who would adopt me, and of course I gave her my interests and hobbies/hobbies I wish I had as well so we’d get along really well. And I just have to say the she is defying the ‘mean girl californian’ stereotype and absolutely help a guy out with his English homework so he can go out on a date to kiss a cute guy, you know it. You best believe. Also she would threaten to beat up my depression, and I wholeheartedly believe that she would succeed in eradicating it. Right, and she’s my main MC for Our Life: Beginnings and Always by @gb-patch who eventually marries Cove.

#In conclusion BLEASE ask me about my OCs and not just about the ones I listed here - any of them #And I will do my best to answer #My OC #My OCs #Valencia Talward #Estelle Circinus #Aruna Chase #Aruna Singh #Alice Walker #Araina Emroth #Fallon Rose #Serena Klein #Belle Duval #Chloe Rodgers #Ava Last

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Seven-round F1 Academy calendar confirmed including US Grand Prix finale | F1 Academy

Formula 1 has confirmed the calendar for the inaugural season of its new F1 Academy series for female drivers. The series has been set up by F1 to provide new opportunities for young and developing women drivers competing at junior single-seater levels or progressing out of karting into formula cars. Five established teams will participate in the championship: Carlin, Prema, ART, Campos and MP Motorsport. All five teams will run three cars each for the 15-car grid. Formula 1 announced this year’s inaugural season will comprise of 21 total races over seven rounds, beginning at the Red Bull Ring in late April until a season finale supporting the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in October. In addition, there will be 15 days of testing across the season, with a two-day test before the season-opening race in Austria. Each round will consist of three races, with qualifying setting the order for races one and three and points for the first and final race following the F1 points structure with 25 points awarded for the winner. The second race will be a partially reversed-grid, with only 10 points awarded for the race winner and the top eight finishers taking points. F1 Academy general manager Bruno Michel said the calendar will allow the drivers to gain experience on many tracks Formula 1 races on. “Our goal was to be able to race on as many Formula 1 Grand Prix tracks as possible, with circuits that could be a great challenge for the drivers,” Michel said. “The teams know these layouts very well, so they will be able to help their young talents get to grips quickly. “We had announced that F1 Academy would be racing alongside Formula 1 at one event, so it’s fantastic to be part of the F1 grand prix package in Austin, where we will also conclude the first season, in front of the F1 paddock and the American crowd. There is quite a gap in between rounds six and seven, but that is mainly due to the fact that we will be sending the cars and equipment by ship, to save on logistical costs.” Drivers already confirmed to be participating in the first season of the series include former W Series drivers Nerea Marti and Bianca Bustamante, as well as Formula Regional European Championship driver Lena Buhler and GB4 racer Jessica Edgar. 2023 F1 Academy calendar Round Dates Circuit 1 28th-29th April Red Bull Ring, Austria 2 5th-7th May Valencia, Spain 3 19th-21st May Circuit de Catalunya, Spain 4 23rd-25th June Zandvoort, Netherlands 5 7th-9th July Monza, Italy 6 29th-30th July Paul Ricard, France 7 20th-22nd October Circuit of the Americas, USA Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Other motorsport Browse all other motorsport articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

#F1 #Seven-round F1 Academy calendar confirmed including US Grand Prix finale | F1 Academy #Formula 1

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'Follow me,' she said, and the two of them walked back toward safety.

Lena Valencia, from "Vermilion"

#Lena Valencia #vermilion

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Books Read, September/October 2024

Ananda Lima, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil Anna Rasche, The Stone Witch of Florence T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead Elizabeth Hardwick, The Uncollected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick Lena Valencia, Mystery Lights Susan Orlean, The Library Book Sofia Samatar, Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life Hasanthika Sirisena, Dark Tourist Blair LM Kelley, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class Christopher P. Heuer, Into the White: The Renaissance Arctic and the End of the Image Jean-Pierre Vernant, Myth and Society in Ancient Greece Gareth Gore, Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church Hubert Wolf, The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio: The True Story of a Convent in Scandal François J. Bonnet, The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago

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937. Lena Valencia

Lena Valencia is the author of the debut story collection Mystery Lights, available from Tin House. It is the official August pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

Valencia's fiction has appeared in Ninth Letter, Epiphany, Joyland, the anthology Tiny Nightmares, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2019 Elizabeth George Foundation grant and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Originally from Los Angeles, she lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is the managing editor and director of educational programming at One Story and the co-host of the reading series Ditmas Lit.

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January Recap

I started January 2024 with an obsession with BG3, and I am ending the month with an optimistic view of the coming year. Politically, a lot of things happened - the AfD rose to 23%, and is now dropping back, mostly due to what Correctiv uncovered, protests, and the appearance of the BSW. The war in Israel/Palestine has been going on for more than 100 days now, and I have reflected on my position. I have put some time into researching anti-semitism and its different forms, which has helped me understand other viewpoints. My heart is still with the people of Gaza.

Meanwhile, I had to spend my last month in Valencia studying for exams. I went out to eat Ramen three (3!) times, I bid farewell to Cory at Bioparc, and spent a lot of time in the library with Francesca and Anna Lisa. Halfway through the month I reset my copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which I am now playing almost daily. I am also trying to not lose what little Spanish I have learnt abroad, so I am practicing in one form or another on the daily. I have also downloaded an app called “Serial Reader”, through which I am reading Pride and Prejudice in small, daily chunks.

Now I am taking a break from serious things and recharging for the coming months. I am looking forward to starting the research for my Bachelor’s thesis and getting back to work. I have also organized a meetup with Lena, Seray and Shrouk, which I am looking forward to as well.

In Search of Healthy Masculinity - Sisyphus 55

am I too old ?? - owiebrainhurts

Part 1: Haben Polizisten diesen Mann ermordet? / Part 2: Der schlimmste Kriminalfall Deutschlands - Simplicissimus

Warum die Woken von allen gehasst werden - RobBubble

Why YouTubers Hold Microphones Now - Tom Nicholas

Future Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing) - Veritasium

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE LIVE-STREAMED - Sisyphus 55

It’s Okay to Leave the Kids Table - NapoleonVII

Die Geheimnisse der deutschen Superreichen - Simplicissimus

Hip Hop - Made in Germany: 2010 - bis heute: Frankfurt, Cash und Role Models - NDR

The Boy and The Heron - Studio Ghibli

Top Music:

Flight of the Crows - Jhariah

Misery Meat - Sodikken

No Nein - 1tbsp, Mietze Conte

By the end of February, I want to:

Be back at work.

Have decided on a topic for my Bachelor’s thesis.

Have kept up my streak concerning Spanish.

Have created a few more (sketch) frames in Procreate Dreams.

#recap #diary #2024/01 #2024 #january

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Candidates for the title of

🌹Queen of Love & Beauty🌹

Candidates were given priority based on the number of submissions they received (in brackets behind their names and credentials). After all candidates with multiple submissions were entered, single submission candidates were admitted in order of submission.

Guinevere [Angel Coulby], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) [17]

Morgana Pendragon [Katie McGrath], BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) [11]

Lady Éowyn of Rohan [Miranda Otto], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [10]

Lady Marian Fitzwalter [Olivia de Havilland], The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) [9]

Isabeau of Anjou [Michelle Pfeiffer], Ladyhawke (1985) [8]

Arwen Undomiel [Liv Tyler], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [7]

Galadriel of Lothlórien [Cate Blanchett], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [7]

Princess Buttercup [Robin Wright], The Princess Bride (1987) [6]

Lucrezia Borgia [Holliday Grainger], The Borgias (2011-2013) [6]

Princess Isabella Maria Lucia Elizabetta of Valencia [Karen David], Galavant (2015-2016) [5]

Lagertha [Katheryn Winnick], Vikings (2013-2020) [5]

Sorsha [Joanne Whalley], Willow (1988) [5]

Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia [Millie Brady], The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) [4]

Princess Gwendolyn [Angela Lansbury], The Court Jester (1955) [4]

Maid Jean [Glynis Johns], The Court Jester (1955) [4]

Lady Marion of Leaford [Judi Trott], Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986) [4]

Rebecca of York [Olivia Hussey], Ivanhoe (1982) [4]

Alicent Hightower [Olivia Cooke], House of the Dragon (2022-) [3]

Aliena [Hayley Atwell], The Pillars of the Earth (2010) [3]

Queen Cersei Lannister [Lena Headey], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]

Princess Daenerys Targaryen [Emilia Clarke], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]

Danielle de Barbarac [Drew Barrymore], Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) [3]

Devasena [Anushka Shetty], Baahubali (2017) [3]

Elizabeth de Burgh [Florence Pugh], Outlaw King (2018) [3]

Queen Guinevere [Vanessa Redgrave], Camelot (1967) [3]

Hürrem Sultan [Meryem Uzleri], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014) [3]

Lady Jocelyn [Shannyn Sossamon], A Knight’s Tale (2001) [3]

Princess Lili [Mia Sara], Legend (1985) [3]

Lady Margaery Tyrell [Natalie Dormer], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]

Marian of Knighton [Lucy Griffiths], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) [3]

Lady Sansa Stark [Sophie Turner], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [3]

Sheng Minglan [Zhang Liying], The Story of Minglan (2018) [3]

Queen Susan the Gentle [Sophie Winkleman], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) [3]

Lady Anne Neville [Claire Bloom], Richard III (1955) [2]

Lady Anne Neville [Phoebe Fox], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]

Brienne of Tarth [Gwendoline Christie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [2]

Bronwyn [Nazanin Bonialdi], The Rings of Power (2022-) [2]

Queen Catherine of Aragon [Maria Doyle Kennedy], The Tudors (2007-2010) [2]

Contessina de Bardi [Annabel Scholey], Medici (2016-2019) [2]

Egwene Al’Vere [Madeleine Madden], The Wheel of Time (2021-) [2]

Queen Eleanore of Aquitane [Katharine Hepburn], The Lion in Winter (1968) [2]

Queen Elizabeth Woodville [Rebecca Ferguson], The White Queen (2013) [2]

Donna Giulia Farnese [Lotte Verbeek], The Borgias (2011-2013) [2]

Queen Guinevere [Cheri Lunghi], Excalibur (1981) [2]

Jadis, the White Witch [Tilda Swinton], The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) [2]

Jeanne d’Arc [Renee Falconetti], The Passion of Joan of Arc {La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc} (1928) [2]

Joan of Arc [Milla Jovovich], The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) [2]

Kate [Laura Fraser], A Knight’s Tale (2001) [2]

Lady Kate Percy [Michelle Dockery], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]

Queen Lucy the Valiant [Rachael Henley] [2]

Queen Madelena [Mallory Jansen], Galavant (2015-2016) [2]

Queen Margaret of Anjou [Sophie Okonedo], The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [2]

Lady Mary Boleyn [Charity Wakefield], Wolf Hall (2015-2024) [2]

Moiraine Damodred [Rosamund Pike], The Wheel of Time (2021-) [2]

Morgana Pendragon [Eva Green], Camelot (2011) [2]

Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen [Emma D’Arcy], House of the Dragon (2022-) [2]

Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem [Eva Green], Kingdom of Heaven (2005) [2]

Eliška Pomořanská [Jana Brejchová], A Night at Karlstein {Noc na Karlštejně} (1973) [1]

Lady Marian [Audrey Hepburn], Robin & Marian (1976) [1]

Ophelia [Jean Simmons], Hamlet (1948) [1]

Aykız Hatun [Hande Subaşı], Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014-2019) [1]

Roberta Steingas [Clare Foster], Galavant (2015-2016) [1]

Tamina [Gemma Arterton], Prince of Persia (2010) [1]

Princess Isabelle [Sophie Marceau], Braveheart (1995) [1]

Alexandra [Geraldine Viswanathan], Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020) [1]

Isabella of Valois [Emma Hamilton], RSC’s Richard II (2013) [1]

Jade Claymore [Erin Kellyman], Willow (2022) [1]

Anne Boleyn [Genevieve Bujold], Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) [1]

Mu Nihuang [Liu Tao], Nirvana in Fire (2015-2018) [1]

Padmavati [Deepika Padukone], Padmaavat (2018) [1]

Queen Isabella [Tilda Swinton], Edward II (1991) [1]

Djaq [Anjali Jay], BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) [1]

Below is a list of Honorable Mentions...

Anne Boleyn [Natalie Portman], The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Aslaug [Alyssa Sutherland], Vikings (2013-2020)

Aviendha [Ayoola Smart], The Wheel of Time (2021-)

Catherine of Aragon [Charlotte Hope], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)

Cecilia Algotsdotter [Sofia Helin], Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)

Doric [Sophia Lillis], Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)

Queen Elizabeth of York [Jodie Comer], The White Princess (2017)

Jiang Yanli [Xuan Lu], The Untamed (2019)

Guinevere [Julia Ormond], First Knight (1995)

Hafsa Sultan [Nebahat Çehre], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014)

Hatice Sultan [Selma Ergeç], Magnificent Century {Muhteşem Yüzyıl} (2011-2014)

Queen Isabella of Castile [Michelle Jenner], Isabel (2011-2014)

Isolde [Sophia Myles], Tristan + Isolde (2006)

Joan of Arc [Ingrid Bergman], Joan of Arc (1948)

Kira [Lisa Maxwell, Kathryn Mullen], The Dark Crystal (1982)

Queen Mab [Miranda Richardson], Merlin (1998)

Maleficent [Angelina Jolie], Maleficent (2014)

Lady Margaret Tudor [Georgie Henley], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)

Marian Dubois [Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio], Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Lady Mary Tudor [Sai Bennett], The Spanish Princess (2019-2020)

Empress Maude [Alison Pill], The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

Morgaine [Julianna Marguiles], The Mists of Avalon (2001)

Queen Ravenna [Charlize Theron], Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Rebecca of York [Elizabeth Taylor], Ivanhoe (1952)

Rosie Cotton [Sarah MacLeod], The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Sharako Lohar [Abigail Thorn], House of the Dragon (2022-)

Tár-Miriel [Cynthia Addai-Robinson], The Rings of Power (2022-)

Ygritte [Rose Leslie], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

Yara Greyjoy [Gemma Whelan], Game of Thrones (2011-2019)

#queen of love and beauty #queen of the tournament

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