#Mirabelle Weaver

[findingtarshish]

So this may be a weird question, but how do your vampire characters feed? I tend to see feeding a good way to add on to a vampire’s personality, so I’m curious on if Harmony and any of the others are more gentle or aggressive.

It's an excellent question, in fact!

Harmony, Ekaterina, and Ceridwen (So the whole Carnine bloodline lol) are all fanatical consensualists. Not only do they only feed with consent, the vessel must be fully aware of what they are and agree without the assistance of supernatural powers. Beyond that, the believe that the Bond, and even the Embrace must obey these rules too; Ekaterina approached Harmony, straight up told her what she was and what she wanted to do, then spent an entire year meeting with Harmony to make sure she knew what she'd be getting into and was ready to enter the night. This drew some serious side eye from some of Ekaterina's colleagues, but she had enough power and status that no one would dare move against her. Ceridwen did the same for Ekaterina, when she Embraced her on the eve of the French Revolution. They are also not normal about this, and will try to induct you into their consensualist group.

Cecelia-Rose is a Sandman. She was never really much for social interaction, and though she can hold her own in a fight, she doesn't particularly like alleycatting when her domitor takes her hunting. Considering her skills in stealth, it's the best way for her. John Rhodes, her domitor, is an alleycat, but he prefers to treat his vessels more gently than others.

Belle, on the other hand, is an unabashed alleycat. 90% of nighttime assault cases in Camden, NJ are due to one Mirabelle Weaver. She's desperately trying to convince everyone that she's a Brujah, and she's internalized that being a Brujah means being an asshole. Her sire, Christina-if-that-even-is-her-real-name, is a roadside killer, who Embraces Salubri left and right to try and buoy the clan's population. Belle never saw her again after that night.

(On a side note, Cecelia-Rose routinely beats Belle's ass in the Prince's dueling ring and Belle does NOT take it well.)

Finally, Tiffany. Poor Tiffany. She was never meant to be a vampire. After her sire frenzied while feeding on her, she was embraced out of regret; Alessia felt guilty for killing one of her blood dolls, so she revived her. As a test of loyalty, the asked the doll she was actually grooming for the Embrace to provide Tiffany's first meal. However, when that doll laid into Alessia for murdering her best friend, Alessia decided not to separate them, and let Tiffany drain her dry in the throes of her waking frenzy. Alessia herself is a Scene Queen, and cultivates a herd of loyal dolls from artistic pursuits throughout Philadelphia. Having murdered one of her own touchstones, Tiffany has a hard time bringing herself to feed from humans. At best, she'll feed from her roommate (with permission) but even then she needs some coaxing to actually sink her fangs in. Usually, she feeds from bags, either provided by her employers at Lazarus Redux, or obtained by her roommate, who works at a medical supply company and can occasionally mark a few bags for disposal when doing inventory.

[findingtarshish]

*Big Inhale* OKAY My main WoD OC is Harmony Adams, a book antiquarian and conservationist that was Embraced into clan Tremere. She is Bahari, and belongs to a fanatical consensualist group called the Childer of Ceridwen, which seeks to increase humanity through coexistence and symbiosis with Humanity. Her ex-boyfriend recently tried to diablerize her (So that they'd be "together forever") but she had Scorpion's Touch up so he uh. did not survive that. Good riddance. Then, there is Cecelia-Rose Dawkins, Miss Stockholm Syndrome herself. Embraced violently and left in a dumpster to wake up and stagger home, Cecelia-Rose is a caitiff, blood-bond to the Ventrue scourge of Philadelphia. Rather than chafe against this role, she's a true believer in the Camarilla, eagerly embracing her role as the Scourge's loyal assistant. This loyalty will be tested when she discovers her sire is actually the Prince, and it comes time to bring him to justice.

Sir Kane Coslett is a human ghoul, married to the Tremere Elder Ceridwen Coslett. After her traumatic Embrace, she encountered the knight in London, fell in love, and married and bonded him. Together, they've guided eco-activist efforts from their Cardiff estate, eventually founding the consensualist group that Harmony joined (As Harmony is actually Ceridwen's Grandchilde). Kane notably sports very high bond resistance, which allows him to have a healthy relationship with his wife, even if she is his domitor. The irony of his Bahari wife marrying a man named Kane does not escape him. Mirabelle Weaver was an uneducated woman with a talent for violence. One night, in the wrong place at the wrong time, she ran into Christina Verne, a deranged sabbat evangel that espoused the vampire equivalent of the Quiverfull philosophy. She believes that to survive Gehenna, we need an army of Salubri, and she puts that into practice, embracing often. Thus Mirabelle woke up with three eyes and a hunger inside her that she couldn't sate. The Anarch Baron of Camden took pity on her, and decided to adopt her as his childe, a Brujah childe who would always hide her eye.

Cathwulf Milner was a park ranger and caern collaborator who was rude to the wrong person. Her sire, Thomas, was a Gangrel who rejected the bestial nature of the clan, and wanted to "tame" this rude woman. Ten years of horrendous abuse and torture later, Cath staggered back to the Caern she had once protected, and the Garou woman she loved, begging for acceptance and help to free herself from this wretched existence. The garou recoiled from her, leech that she was, but her once lover interceded on her behalf, and the spirit guardian of the Caern charged Cath with the task of ridding herself from the influence of the Wyrm. Now a blood ascetic, Cath feeds only from animals, and directs her rage in defense of Gaia. She even diablerized a lasombra to learn Dominate, combining it with the Gangrel's Protean to hack her own version of a Crinos form, via Horrid Form. She may be a small, weak, and scrawny Stolen Moon compared to a real Garou, but she'll do anything she can to deny her vampire nature, even if just in form.

Cordelia Hargrove, known as the "Hound of Hargrove," is a ventrue ghoul that also happens to be a Shadow Lord Garou. Happily married to her wife and domitor, a 700 year old elder named Elizabeth Hargrove, the two work closely with Ceridwen to fight the encroachment of the Wyrm. After all, what vampire would want microplastics in their food? Elizabeth may be the activist and clean energy mogul, but Cordelia is a hotelier herself, operating a lavish luxury hotel for the wealthy, and visiting vampire dignitaries. Cordelia is nearly 150 years old, and has been away from her people for a long time- she hopes to reconnect to her heritage, but with other Garou seeing her as wyrm-bitten and irredeemable, what can she do? And finally! Bianca Khavi, born Lycia Ayde, is another case of wrong place at the wrong time. In the 1960s, She worked for Nastrum Enterprises, a Pentex subsidiary, as a lab assistant, complete unaware that she was herself Garou. When she was splashed with a bit of acid due to the lab's poor safety standards, she experienced her first change under Pentex's watchful eyes. When she came to, she begged them to help, unsure what had happened, and help they did. The massacre was explained away as an accident (Maybe even commie sabotage) with no survivors, and Lycia was shipped off to another Pentex lab. There, the chief scientist, a fomor eugenicist named Circe, experimented on her nonstop. By the time she was done, through extensive transfusions and transplants, she had had most of her internals replaced with Revenant organs, and the vitae did the rest; she was now a fully functional revenant garou. Pentex hoped she would be a prototype for a garou supersoldier, but she was never able to perform to their specifications. Fast forward 60 years. Lycia, tormented by her Beast and forced to dance the Black Spiral, broke free and went on a rampage, destroying Circe's lab and escaping into the night. She forsook Bat, and adopted Red Sand (From JF Sambrano's Extinction) as her patron. The Black Spiral still haunts her, but she's a Black Fury now, ready to hurt Pentex however she can while she tries to purge herself of the Wyrm's corruption. *Big Exhale*

now that I’ve gone on a following spree of wod blogs I can start my TRUE evil agenda:

tell me about your wod ocs. that’s an order I want to see them I love love love wod ocs

[ironchef13]

Mirabel in the Spiderverse (Encanto x Spiderverse Story Idea)

Let's do this one more time.

Her name is Mirabel Madrigal. She lived in a village cut off from the rest of the world. She lives in a big magic house, with her big magical family, protected by a magic candle. However, Mirabel herself isn't magical. She spent most of her life trying to prove herself to her family and the village, only to be ignored or pushed aside by everyone, even her family. But then one day Mirabel gets bitten by an unusual spider and everything changes. She feels stronger, is able to stick to any surface, and gets this unusual feeling in the back of her mind whenever danger is near. She wanted a gift to be like her family, but now she's scared that they'll treat her worse than when she didn't have a gift. And if things weren't weird enough, she meets some unusual teenagers with strange costumes coming out of a portal. So now she's exploring the Multiverse and learning about her new abilities with her new Spider friends, all while hiding them from her family. What could possibly go wrong?

I know this type of crossover has been done a few times before, But I want to see other writers try to make their own spin on an Encanto x Spiderverse crossover. Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

here are the stories that inspired me to post this idea.

Earth-156773: Spider-Madrigal - Chapter 1 - CloverTheFox - Encanto (2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Earth 3015- Mirabel Madrigal: The Orb Weaver - Chapter 1 - Writer_of_Fandoms_123 - Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies) [Archive of Our Own]

[princesssarisa]

Do you also know the meaning names of the Disney Heroines (not princesses)?

I think this list includes every female protagonist or deuteragonist in the Disney canon, even from the movies I haven't seen. Some of their names' meanings are incidental, while others are meaningful and were clearly chosen on purpose by the writers.

Alice: "Noble."

Wendy: Derived from Gwendoline, which means "white ring."

Lady: Self-evident.

Perdita: "Lost."

Duchess: Self-evident.

Marian: Derived from Mary, which means either "bitter," "drop of the sea," or "beloved."

Bianca: "White."

Eilonwy: "Deer" or "song."

Olivia: "Olive."

Nala: "Queen" or "water in the desert."

Esmeralda: "Emerald."

Megara: "Great" or "marvelous."

Jane: "God is gracious."

Neera: "Water."

Kida: "Raising away the darkness."

Lilo: "Generous one."

Maggie: Derived from Margaret, which means "pearl."

Mittens: Self-evident.

Vanellope: Derived from "vanilla" and Penelope, which means "weaver" or "duck."

Judy: Short for Judith, which means "praised."

Mirabel: "Wondrous."

Asha: "Wish."

[wipbigbang]

WIPBB 2023 - Fic & Art Master List (# - L)

Below is the master list of all the bragging rights/posts that were posted to Tumblr and Dreamwidth, organized alphabetically by fandom from numbers to L. Please go show these people some love for all the hard work they did!

9-1-1

Beyond Appearances: Art (Evan Buckley/Sophia Diaz)

When You Say My Name: Fic | Art Post 1 | Art Post 2 (Evan Buckley/Eddie Diaz)

A Song Of Ice and Fire/Game Of Thrones

Watch the world burn; i set it all alight for you: Fic/Art (Jon Snow/Daenerys Targarean)

Angel: the Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Deep Dark Sky: Fic (Connor/Dawn Summers)

Bungou Stray Dogs

half-time soulmate, full-time problem (so hold me like a grudge): Fic | Art (Nakahara Chuuya/Dazai Osamu)

Chalion Saga/World of the Five Gods

Penric's Last Ride: Fic | Art (Penric, Desdemona, the Bastard)

Criminal Minds

Half Broke Horses: Fic (Art On AO3) (Alex Blake/Emily Prentiss)

DC Comics

Batman

Fatherhood: Fic | Art (Implied Bruce Wayne/Jim Gordon)

right place, wrong time: Fic | Art (Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne)

Batman/Green Arrow

Grains of the Golden Sand: Fic (Dick Grayson/Roy Harper)

DC Comics (Batman)/Prodigal Son

9 Crimes: Fic | Art (Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Malcolm Bright, Gil Arroyo, Jessica Whitly, Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, Alfred Pennyworth, The Joker, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson)

Dead Poets Society

Spotlight: Fic (Chris Noel/Ginny Danburry)

Disney

Disney's Descendants

And I won’t lie down, roll over, and die: Fic (Gil/Harry Hook/Uma)

Nothing in this world by myself to protect me: Fic (Jay/Carlos De Vil, Evie/Mal, Evie/Jay, Evie/Carlos de Vil, Evie/Jay/Mal/Carlos de Vil, Ben/Mal, Ben/Jay, Jay/Mal, Mal/Carlos de Vil, Ben/Evie)

Disney Fairies

Death at the Hollow: Fic/Art (Fawn/Nyx)

Encanto

A Single Thread of The Tapestry: Fic | Art (Camilo & Mirabel, Camilo & Mirabel & Mariano, Mirabel & Camilo & Madrigal family)

How do you know what your life is worth: Fic | Art (Camilo & Mirabel, Mirabel & Pepa, Isabela & Pepa, Isabela & Luisa, Luisa & Abuela & Bruno, Bruno & Camilo, Félix & Julieta, Agustín & Dolores, Félix/Pepa, Agustín/Julieta)

Doctor Who/The Picture of Dorian Gray/Torchwood

Passing Through: Art (Dorian Gray/Jack Harkness)

Dracula/Jane Eyre/Sherlock Holmes (ACD Canon)

A Field of Thorns: Fic (Sherlock Holmes/Dracula)

Dragon Age II

Kindling: Fic | Art (Fem!Hawke/Fenris)

Set Yourself On Fire: Fic | Art (Marian & Garrett, Marian & Carver, Marian & Varric, Referenced Fenris/F!Hawke and Anders/M!Hawke)

ER (NBC)

Touch and Go: Fic | Art (Abby Lockhart/Kerry Weaver)

Final Fantasy IV/Final Fantasy VI/Final Fantasy IX/Final Fantasy X

Magical Girl Rydia - Summon the Four Warriors of Light!: Fic On Dreamwidth | Fic On Tumblr (Rydia/Yuna)

Generation Kill

Bradley the Damned: Fic/Art (Brad Colbert/Nate Fick, Walt Hasser/Ray Person)

Good Omens (TV)

The Rain We Thought Would Last Forever and Ever (Remix): Fic (Art On AO3) (Aziraphale/Crowley)

Harry Potter

Black House Will Rock: Art (Hermione Granger/Bellatrix Lestrange)

Repertum: Fic/Art (Harry Potter/Severus Snape)

Harry Potter/CSI/Hocus Pocus

And now you're mine: Fic (Harry Potter/Greg Sanders)

Harry Potter/DC Comics (Batman)

Reflection: Fic/Art (Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Rubeus Hagrid, Original Characters)

It (2017/2019)

faraway look: Fic (Bill Denbrough/Mike Hanlon)

Jak And Daxter

alien lands (overflowing with dust): Fic/Art (Jak/Daxter, Jak/Sig, past Damas/Sig)

The Red Prison: Fic/Art (Errol/Torn, Jak/Ashelin)

Jane Austen/Temeraire (Naomi Novik)

To the Rigor of Service: Fic/Art (Elizabeth Bennet & Charlotte Lucas, pre-Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth)

Jujutsu Kaisen

Phantom Origins: Fic | Art (Itadori Yuuji/Yoshino Junpei, Yoshino Junpei & Yoshino Nagi, Fushiguro Megumi & Kugisaki Nobara, Fushiguro Megumi & Kugisaki Nobara & Yoshino Junpei, Iguchi Takeshi & Itadori Yuuji & Sasaki Setsuko)

Knives Out

No Charm Equal: Fic (Benoit Blanc/Marta Cabrera)

Kuroko no Basuke

Three Little Words: Fic (Kasamatsu Yukio/Kise Ryouta)

Last Binding Series (Freya Marske)

The New Blyth Traditions: Fic (Robin Blyth & Maud Blyth, Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey, Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham)

League of Legends: Arcane

bring me java, bring me joy: Fic | Art (Caitlyn Kiramman/Vi)

Lord of the Rings (Book)

both the sweet and the bitter: Fic On Dreamwidth | Fic On Tumblr (Arwen Undómiel, Elrond Peredhel, Bilbo Baggins, Original Characters)

[findingtarshish]

MY GIRL!!!!

a belle post embrace for @findingtarshish

[mirabel-ao3feed]

by Writer_of_Fandoms_123 Let’s do this. One more time. My Name is Mirabel Madrigal. I was bitten by a radioactive spider when I was fifteen on the night of my cousin’s ceremony. The Spider Society came and took me with them, I ended up staying, I want to prove that I am useful. And for the past two years and a half, I have been your friendly interdimensional Orb Weaver! I’ve saved multiple people, while stopping anomalies, and even hanging out in other worlds enough that people recognize me! I did some things. Some good, (cut to scene of Orb Weaver stopping a train) Some bad (Cut to scene of Orb Weaver letting go of a web that send her flying towards the ground) I found love (cut to scene where you can see the silhouettes of two people dancing on a dark rooftop. ) But the important thing is that I get back up everytime, no matter how hard the hits, or how painful it is. After All, I’m Orb Weaver, if I don’t do this to help, then who will? Words: 1001, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Spider-Man: Spider-Verse (Sony Animated Movies), Encanto (2021) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M Characters: Mirabel Madrigal, Jessica Drew, Miguel O'Hara, Peter B. Parker (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Peni Parker (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Peter Benjamin Parker | Spider-Man Noir, Lyla | LYrate Lifeform Approximation (Earth-928), Spider-People Ensemble (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), Spider Pig, Hobie Brown, Pavitr Prabhakar Relationships: Mirabel Madrigal & Jessica Drew, Mirabel Madrigal & Miguel O’Hara, Mirabel Madrigal & Gwen Stacy, Mirabel Madrigal & Peter B. Parker, Mirabel Madrigal & Miles Morales, Mirabel Madrigal/Original Male Character(s), Félix Madrigal & Mirabel Madrigal, "Abuela" Alma Madrigal & Mirabel Madrigal, Julieta Madrigal & Mirabel Madrigal, Mirabel Madrigal & Madrigal Family, more relationships to be added - Relationship Additional Tags: Mirabel Madrigal Leaves After Antonio Madrigal's Gift Ceremony, not willingly, mirabel straightup is not having a good time in chapters 1-5, Everyone Needs A Hug, Mirabel Madrigal Has ADHD, Good Sibling Mirabel Madrigal, Mirabel’s lover is another Spider Variant., Bad Grandparent "Abuela" Alma Madrigal, Protective Miguel O'Hara, Miguel O’Hara is Bad at Feelings, Parental Jessica Drew, Mirabel Madrigal Has PTSD, Miguel “I just kidnapped a child to keep the spider verse safe “ O’Hara, and, Jessica “ my boss is slightly mentally unstable” Drew

[lunamadrigal]

Bruno's kiddos would be the ones to enjoy buñuelos a lil too much.. Too much enthusiasm, with reckless abandonment and competitively, in the sweetest way possible.

The way @daliceus makes my heart go boom boom with her art is otherworldly mkay

Lily Lore Facts:

🌟 Lily's birthday is Sep 19th 1956 / Virgo

🌟 Lily's full name is Lily Estrella Madrigal. Estrella meaning 'star' and is her mother's maiden name.

🌟 Nicknames: Lil, mi estrella, moonbeam & stardust

🌟 The name Lily is a tie back to one of Pedro’s poems (Lily Of The Valley) and artwork he left behind in a journal that Bruno found as a child.

🌟 Lily's gift, like both of Bruno’s biological children, is connected to time. Hers being the ability to manipulate time, stopping, reversing and altering the flow.

🌟 Her door is the only one in Casita to not show her image/portrait on it. Instead a glowing half moon is shown and when being used the magic of the door is active and it ticks through the lunar phases. Another tie to her gift.

🌟 A special moment that Diego and Lily gave Abuela was when they brought her back to meet Pedro in the past. Lily’s gift age reversing her back for that meeting.

🌟 Mirabel made Lily a Benji puma plushie of her oldest brother after he moved out and into his own home on their street, for when she misses him terribly and stop her trying to sneak over. Both Diego and Lily adore cuddles with Benji in puma form.

🌟 Pepa was highly disappointed when she wasn't Diego's favorite family member as a baby which she got redemption for when Lily came along and loved the sound of falling rain. Pepa would be the only one able to get her back to sleep when fussy cause of this.

🌟 The white streak in Lily's hair was an effect after receiving her gift on the night of the lunar eclipse and Bruno affectionately calls it "kissed by starlight".

🌟 Lily's full gift explained: time manipulation

Ability to affect the flow of time (by slowing, accelerating, reversing, or stopping it), astral projection on a full moon she can visit the dreams of loved ones (rare ability and only shown/used once for Luna), dream-weaver (can help ease and settle subconscious thoughts in order to allow easier sleep, the family always thought she was given this extra ability to help Bruno but ends up using it on Benji's brother the most.)

🌟 Her gift is strengthened by moonlight, on a full moon (lilies grew everywhere the moonlight touched on the night of the eclipse, a result of Lily receiving her gift)

🌟 Growing up with older brothers Lily can hold her own and doesn’t shy away from a challenge, although the boys spoil her rotten, allowing her to get away with anything when Luna and Bruno aren’t home (they scream sing her song ‘Queen by Hidden Citizens’ to her and let her dance on the table when they’re alone),

🌟 Lily is the biggest snuggler in the family and hates sleeping alone, especially on nights when the moonlight is hidden behind clouds. Bruno takes his old ‘bad’ prophecy tablets and smashes them up, crushing them into tiny speckles and mixes it into paint, giving her room its own glowing starry sky for her. Lily loves it so much they later fill jars with the crushed glowing glass as an extra form of nightlight she can use when walking in the dark.

🌟 Lily loves sneaking into Diego’s room at night to cuddle, much to his regret (although he's never kicked her out or brought her back to her room so more than likely enjoys her company too).

🌟 Since Bruno is the breakfast maker of the family, Lily and Mateo love joining him in the kitchen, mostly to eat anything before he has a chance to plate it. They are always covered in a mess of crumbs. Lily loves buñuelos, same as Luna.

🌟 Her style is described as creative, artsy, colorful, somewhat eccentric as she pairs odd bits of fabric and likes to wear sombrero’s (possibly to fit in with her hermano’s which she looks up to), sometimes a bit of a tomboy even in a dress or skirt.

🌟 Bruno had to learn to braid her hair cause she enjoys how he grumbles, mumbles and talks to himself while doing it. When Bruno isn't able to braid her hair she ropes Diego into it instead, which he's surprisingly good at.

🌟 Her artsy side comes out whenever Bruno naps and she has a chance to draw on his arm, loving to add her special flair to where his tattoo sits. Diego has learned to hide her pens whenever he naps to avoid her making him "pretty" (sometimes he misses her hijinks and purposely "forgets" to put away her drawing materials).

🌟 Lily is learning to play the violin from Agustín cause she loves watching Bruno teach Diego guitar and is hoping to surprise them with her own version of "fancy guitar".

🌟 Bruno's children are the Keepers of Time whereas Luna and Bruno are the Seers

🌟 Abuela's tokens from her chatelaine were passed down.

The key to Casita for Mirabel, next matriarch

The locket with Pedro for Diego, link to the past keeping family alive in spirit

The pocket watch for Lily, keeper of the flow of time

[encantooooo]

Mirabel: some people around me *coughCamilocough* keep live black widows in jars. i feel like this is a bad idea. am i wrong?

Antonio: well... it's not a good idea, per se, their venom is potent enough to hurt adults and kill children. but the same goes for horses, and those are common animals to keep around.

Antonio:Black widows are very docile. People have been known to handle them without any issue (which I have to stress I don’t recommend you do, because a bite can send you to the hospital, but it does illustrate how docile they are). They’re also very slow, like other orb weavers, so they can’t suddenly bolt.

Antonio:As long as you keep it in an escape-proof enclosure, there isn’t really anything wrong with it.

Agustin: Wait. Wait. Horses are venomous??? Huh?????

Antonio: Horses are not venomous! They’re capable of hurting and killing people, but not because they have venom!!

Isabela, sarcastically: Not me wondering how I’d gone my whole life without knowing horses are venomous

Camilo: Horse venom is called hooves and it’s effects are bone crunching

[shittycartoonmomshowdown]

Shadow Weaver (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Alma Madrigal (Encanto)

[tttoluca]

Writing questions

5, 10, 18

HI HI THANK YOU FOR THE ASK!!!!

5. writing superstitions: i personally don't have any? in fact i wasn't all that familiar with specific writing superstitions and had to google them lol. though to be fair i'm not that avid of a writer.

10. has a piece of writing/your own writing ever haunted you?: i'm also not all that avid of a reader either lmao, but when i do it's usually on the more sort of adverse psychological side. the last book i read might have been "baby teeth" by zoje stage which... bits of that book were pretty disturbing, as it's about a mother trying to understand her violent, manipulative 7-year-old daughter (i 1000000% recommend, the married couple in this book is precious and adorable and i love them).

oh but i also love middle grade books on occasion! and one that i adore is the "shadow weaver" duology by marcykate connolly, and here's a passage that gave me chills:

I stiffen, hoping the shadows and Dar combined will be enough to keep me concealed. It almost seemed like she could see through them earlier, but no one ever has before. She meanders aimlessly around the room, even after the younger man—Alden—tries to greet her. “Simone,” Tate says sharply. Her head snaps up, and her blank stare rests on him. “What did you find out?” A slow grin creeps over her face. “They’re here,” she says. My body freezes. She can’t mean me. She hasn’t even looked in my direction since she entered the room. Don’t worry; she’s crazy, Dar says. I relax slightly, but my stomach is still a mess of knots. The man frowns. “Where?” Simone sticks out her hand and points directly at me. Tate and his friend follow with their eyes. I can’t move. I can’t even blink. My insides clench. The little girl fixes her unsettling gaze on my corner, looking me straight in the eye like my shadows make no difference. “I know you,” she says.

in terms of my own writing - i also like to go dark, so i guess the most "haunting" thing i've written is. uhhh. you're the real gift, kid. some parts in that make me feel gross and grimy despite me being the one who wrote it. specifically like. the paragraphs that compare mirabel's spirit to sand.

i guess i'm not here, this isn't happening could be considered haunting but as opposed to just getting sad and angsty in a doc, it feels more gritty to get into the headspace of this evil, sick, disgusting person and try to make it super poetic.

18. a passage from your writing: i'm half-tempted to share a passage from something not encanto-related........ yeah fuck it. my favorite bit from a vent-y nitw one-shot about dissociation.

Fear and anger shot not only through her veins and her chest. They seeped down into her arms and her legs - they carried her over to snide Andy Cullen, they raised the bat, and they swung it hard, sending Andy down to the grass with a shout. Whack! He screeched,  "What the fuck?!" while attempting to crawl backward away from her. Her legs followed him, her arms raising the bat a second time. Whack! He lie on his side and curled into a ball, arms covering his head, while onlookers gasped and screamed. Whack! She could promise a million times over that she wasn't in control of her own body. Now that she'd started, she couldn't stop. Whack! This had nothing to do with him, or with that stupid strike-out. She didn't know a thing about Andy Cullen and she cared very little about softball.  Whack! She wasn't trying to shatter his skull.  Whack! She was trying to shatter the screens.  Whack!

because i got all ramble-y with the whole. softball thing. and then i accidentally stumbled upon the shattering his skull vs shattering "the screens" (a comparison i use throughout to describe derealization, like you're stuck in a box made of screens and are just watching the world. living between these screens) metaphor. and i just liked it a lot. so throughout my edits, i was very sure to keep that little idea.

as for encanto - julieta's rant from the scissors one-shot is probably one of my favorite things i have ever written that compiled a bunch of little ideas, like julieta unknowlingly trying to hand mirabel off to her abuser. and i just love letting her get stressed and vent-y.

“All I asked was for them to make sure they put the scissors back before they left the table. That’s all I asked. They… they know better. They know what she’ll do. They know she’s not… not… she’s not well right now. And they… And I know it’s not their responsibility to… to handle that but- all I asked was for them to put the scissors away. Is that… really so much to- [...] Why is she doing this to me? I can’t keep- I- I can’t keep doing this with her. What did I do? What am I doing wrong? Why is she doing this to herself? That’s- that’s all I need to know, is why. I would do anything to make it stop. I would do everything in my power and more to stop her from- from feeling whatever she’s feeling that makes her do the things she does. But I can’t- how am I supposed to help her if she won’t even tell me why she’s doing all of this? Is it me? Am I doing this to her?"

i had little bits and pieces of that rant in my head since like. the beginning of ttm. and so it was nice to finally compile it together into a coherent work.

fin.

again, thank you so much for your ask, and thank you so much for reading if you got this far!!!

[we-eternal-rp]

☄ 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘 𝟭𝟬𝟵. →    ❝ 𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐄 ❞

☄ →  magnetic island events; may !

MAGNETIC ISLANDS’ FOOD DRIVE

the 14th of this month is stamp out hunger food drive day, and as always the community of magnetic island is running a food drive. this will have been mentioned on notice boards and such, is an annual event, long time residents may already be gathering up non-perishable donations.     →  more details will be posted as this is a future mini event.

FOSTERING CREATIVE BEGINNINGS!

this month is national creative beginnings month, there will be fun events around the island such as author readings at the library of muses and books & crannies, a pop-up art exhibition, a community painting project at kick flip park, as well as some family friendly creative events geared to raise money for charities and give all a chance to begin a new creative hobby.     →  more details will be posted as this is a future mini event.

☄ →  magnetic island birthdays; may !

TAURUS   — 3rd may + arielle weaver aka. ARIADNE / @criadne​​ (24!)

GEMINI   — 25th may + aaliyah brooks aka. AMPHITRITE / @secstorms​​ (27!)

☄ →  showing @ pythia’s drive in!

rabbit proof fence (2002) — tells the true story of three aboriginal girls who are forcibly taken from their families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as part of an official government policy. they make a daring escape and embark on an epic 1,500 mile journey to get back home, following the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the australian continent.     ☄ + our australian film of the month, in honour of national day of healing.

don’t look up (2021) — an astronomy grad student and her professor make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. the problem: it's on a direct collision course with earth. the other problem? no one really seems to care.

carol (2015) — therese belivet spots the beautiful, elegant carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s manhattan department store, the two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.     ☄ + our lgbti+ film of the month!

resident evil (2002) — a commando team must break into the hive, a vast underground genetics laboratory operated by the powerful umbrella corporation. there, an unknown event believed to have been caused by the lab’s supercomputer the red queen, resulting in the near-immediate deaths of the lab's personnel and lockdown of the hive.     ☄ + our anniversary film of the month! (20th anniversary)

encanto (2021) — the madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of colombia in a charmed place called the encanto. the magic of the encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift -- every child except mirabel. however, she soon may be the madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the encanto is now in danger.     ☄ + showing in 3D!

☄ →  dates of note for the island; may !

                             + MONTH WIDE !     — national barbecue month, australians have always loved a good barbie — why not come down to trident park and make use of our free public barbecues!     — national creative beginnings month, several events will be happening island wide!     — national pet month, discounted checkups for pets at little wallaby vet clinic, the first and third weekend will have a no-adoption fee event at the little wallaby animal shelter and check out the local stores for cute pet-themed treats!

                             + AUSTRALIAN DATE OF NOTE !      — 26TH ! national day of healing — an exceedingly important day that’s been observed since 1998, it’s an event that’s designed to remember the mistreatment of australia’s indigenous peoples as a part of the ongoing reconciliation between themselves and the settler population & on this day the torres strait islander and the aboriginal flags are flown quite predominantly, most schools and those with flagpoles on their residence or business will fly one or the other, or both.

                      + MARK YOUR CALENDARS !

3RD ! paranormal day — this day encourages people to share their paranormal experiences with other people, commemorate it by visiting the supposedly haunted or spiritual heavy places, or even watch a scary movie.

8TH ! mothers day — a day to celebrate and thank the mothering individuals in your life; bring your loved one and an attached coupon to either cedar & stone or cygnus restaurant for a special mothers day desert.

12TH ! international nurses day — a day to mark the contributions made to society by nurses all over the world and to honour them, if you know a nurse make sure to tell them how much they are appreciated!

14TH ! stamp out hunger food drive day — of the best ways to observe this day is by getting involved and donate to the cause. see island events for the magnetic island food drive details.

16TH ! honour our LGBT+ elders day — a day to fly the rainbow flag, to don your colours or have a moment of silence to celebrate and honour those who paved the way.

16TH ! national piercing day — come to mad villain tattoo for a piercing and only pay for the cost of the piercing; jewellery and a mini bottle of aftercare spray included.

21ST ! learn to swim day — come to salacia’s aqua center and enjoy the inflatable obstacle course, attend one of the free swimming 101 classes... and all little swimmers 12 and under enter free all day!

28TH ! burger day — who doesn’t love a good burger? stop on by the white island hotel and try their restaurants’ variety of burgers... with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options too!

31ST ! national smile day — compliment a stranger, ask your barista how their day is, say ‘hi’ to those you pass on the street... do something to make yourself and someone else smile!

[ingridverse]

They would have so much to talk about.

As would Perfuma and Isabela, Camilo and Double Trouble, Adora and Mirabel, Madame Razz and Bruno, Shadow Weaver and Abuela...

buff girls gang !! [fixed version]

[kaemaki-enthusiast]

HI HELLO MY DASHBOARD IS FILLED WITH MATCHUPS SO I'd like to have a matchup! I'm almost 14 and Lesbian HJSAGHAS Many people tell me that I'm tall and very chaotic, my mood changes a lot also! I have shoulder length black hair, dark skin, and I'm chubby. I have anger issues and swears a lot idk if that would help I LOVE CATS SM. I draw and read in my free time though I space out when doing so. I also have the tendency to have sneeze attacks around smoke, dust, and pollen. THATS ALL THANKS BTW!!

hii! i ship you withhh

Mirabel!!

(who else did you expect ?? /nm)

totally can deal with mood swings, like a professional

you, her and camilo are totally hanging out together, pure chaos

knows how to calm you down if you need it but usually she’ll just hold your hand and rub her thumb along the back of it

makes sure to keep you away from smoke, dust and pollen, i feel like she also has sneeze attacks around pollen

i hope u enjoy this!!! 🌜❤️

@xenarielle

[glintslegacy]

My occult/witch themed characters! I love them so much, and realizing I don’t have an even number of them means it’s high time I make a sixth soon!

Helene the Horror 

elementalist 

weaver

Funerary staff

Beatrice Chevalier 

mesmer

mirage

Mojo/Vassago 

Deathwish

Urbica Darkbone 

necromancer

 scourge

Occultist Flame/Orrian axe

Orrian staff

Rosalind Waterhouse 

necromancer

 reaper

 The Crossing

 Chiroptophobia

Mirabelle Verbena 

guardian

 firebrand

Haunted Axe/Dead Stop

[thebookrat]

Backlist loooooooove! Here are 3 books that have been out for awhile, and may have fallen off your radar, that I think are worth a read! Let me know some of your own fave backlist titles in the comments!

THE BOOKS: WHITE CAT by Holly Black

Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn’t fit in at home or at school, so he’s used to feeling like an outsider. He’s also used to feeling guilty—he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago. But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat, and people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what really happened to Lila. In his search for answers, he discovers a wicked plot for power that seems certain to succeed. But Cassel has other ideas—and a plan to con the conmen.

BRIGHTLY WOVEN by Alexandra Bracken

When Wayland North brings rain to a region that's been dry for over ten years, he's promised anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, sixteen-year-old Sydelle Mirabel, who is a skilled weaver and has an unusual knack for repairing his magical cloaks. Though Sydelle has dreamt of escaping her home, she's hurt that her parents relinquish her so freely and finds herself awed and afraid of the slightly ragtag wizard who is unlike any of the men of magic in the tales she's heard. Still, she is drawn to this mysterious man who is fiercely protective of her and so reluctant to share his own past. The pair rushes toward the capital, intent to stop an imminent war, pursued by Reuel Dorwan (a dark wizard who has taken a keen interest in Sydelle) and plagued by unusually wild weather. But the sudden earthquakes and freak snowstorms may not be a coincidence. As Sydelle discovers North's dark secret and the reason for his interest in her and learns to master her own mysterious power, it becomes increasingly clear that the fate of the kingdom rests in her fingertips. She will either be a savior, weaving together the frayed bonds between Saldorra and Auster, or the disastrous force that destroys both kingdoms forever.

VASSA IN THE NIGHT by Sarah Porter

Vassa in the Night is a powerful and haunting modern retelling of the Russian folktale “Vassilissa the Beautiful” for teen fans of urban fantasy, fairy tales, magic, and horror who enjoy books by Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, Catherynne Valente, and V. E. Schwab. In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood. In Vassa’s neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic, but stumbling out again could become an issue. Babs Yagg, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa’s stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission. But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Erg’s help, Vassa just might be able to break the witch’s curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs won’t be playing fair....

via The Book Rat