#Morganstern

[jumbocracky]

Fourth Grade

[ltwharfy]

I recently mentioned that my birthday was coming up, and @babsvibes asked @drawthething to do this amazing drawing of Arnold Evans and Kaylee Morganstern as a gift for me! Arnold and Kaylee (or Arnlee, as I call them) are two of my favorite minor characters, and I'm weirdly proud of the fact that I wrote the first fic shipping the two of them.

DT's drawing is absolutely gorgeous!!! I love the little details, like Kaylee's book and Arnold in his karate outfit ("Or what I think is a karate outfit. I don't really get fashion.")! It's so fun to have some more artwork of these two!

My birthday isn't until the 20th, but I couldn't wait until then to share this awesomeness. And we've got new episodes "Bob's Burgers" starting tonight, and that's just as good a reason to celebrate!!

Thank you Babs and DT for your kindness, your talent and being such wonderful parts of this fandom community!!

[drawthething]

See More Seymour's Week - Day 2

Eeeeeveryone got commissioned a bunch of cool muppet kids by @babsvibes and I got like what? Nerds?? But they're cute as heck so it's alright I guess.

Kiddinggg, they were so fun to draw.

@seemoreseymoursbay

[kenzie1alizabeth]

Sometimes if it’s been too long since I read The Mortal Instruments I forget how funny and sarcastic Jace is and then I reread the series and I’m just like

Yup.

Thats Will Herondale’s descendant alright.

[thehauntedair]

I also just keep thinking back to that one conversation about video games. The way Zachary participates but Kat drives it. The way the observations the students make about storytelling are basically the themes of the book.

Long analysis under the cut

Starting with the difference in how Kat and Zachary introduce themselves;

Zachary saying “I mostly study video-game design with a focus on psychology and gender issues”. He studies games, he focuses on internal things that are part of them.

Kat saying “I mostly spend my time trying to turn games into theater and theater into games”. This is more active. She spends her time transforming things into other things. Affecting change.

A student asks “how are we defining ‘gamer’” and Zachary answers by saying the definition is in itself and that he resents defining things, and Kat changing the question and defining it at the same time. Kat chooses to define the parameter of “game”, the implication being of course that a gamer is one who plays games, and sets the terms of the conversation. And the term she sets being “everything should come back to story”.

Kat then prompts Zachary to explain the parts of a video game, points he says he has retread a thousand times in writing but finds refreshing to a new audience- Kat’s audience, who keeps veering into parallels with theater.

And then the conversation about why people play story based games: the peanut gallery posits that “you want the narrative there to trust in, even if you want to maintain your own free will”, “you want to decide (…) but you still want to win the game” “even if winning the game is just ending the story”. Their theory is you want both- choice and will. And positing “win condition” as the end of the story.

Zachary agrees with this, adding that this is especially true if the games have multiple endings, that the draw of story based games is “Wanting to co-write the story, not dictate it yourself”. Basically, wanting the illusion of being an active participant.

A student posits this works best in games and theater, and then another posits choose your own adventure stories, which Zachary had mentioned enjoying earlier in the book. And then vine girl makes a statement basically encapsulating the difference between Zachary and Kat: “text stories are preexisting narratives to fall into, games unfold as you go”.

And then Kat changed the conversation to “what makes a story compelling?” Of the answers provided (change, mystery, stakes, character growth, romance, obstacles, surprises) the one Zachary latches on to is “meaning”. His focus, after all, is finding meaning. In that very moment he is trying to find meaning for the book he is a part of.

And in answer to “who decides what meaning is?” He gets “the audience, that’s what you bring to it”. And they discuss how stories are personal, and everyone is already a part of one.

This causes a moment of self reflection- Zachary wonders “why he had spent so much time propelling stories forward” this in regards to playing video games- and wondering how to apply it to his current situation.

And then the conversation ends with a student asking if it isn’t just easier to write a book, given that a book can encapsulate endless possibilities, which is answered by “the words on the page are never easy” and “until you run out of ink”.

I get a lot from this. The interplay between valuing agency versus just wanting to be a part of something. Kat outside of the conversation driving it while Zachary is inside, a part of it. Zachary saying part of the reason to participate in a story based game is that it can lead you down paths with different endings- and Zachary in real life feeling basically purposeless until he starts following a story where there only seems to be one ending for him- the only choice he makes being to follow or to not follow the trail of the story, and continuing on after that. Zachary being the “text story” and Kat being the video game story.

What makes a story compelling? Meaning. But what defines meaning? You do. So you are the one making the story compelling to yourself, by engaging with it. By engaging with the story you are participating, you are adding meaning.

And setting up from the beginning the end of the story as the win condition. Why play story based games? You want to win the story. Can you win a story? Is winning really completion, or is it meaning, participation?

I also keep coming back to the participation of cat glasses girl who is the one to give Zachary information about his book. Obviously there is the overarching cat themes in this book but also looking at what she says- she is the one who says “you want the narrative there to trust in (and,…) your own free will”. And “the words on the page are never easy”. Often I have thought she is another vessel or agent of Fate, after all that is one of the purposes of the cats in the story. But also “the words on the page are never easy”. This, about writing, and about reading. Yes, writing is hard. It is difficult to trap your imaginings with words and leave them for others to experience. And yes, reading the words is also not easy- if only for the emotions they inspire, the meaning you ascribe to them.

The multiple levels to this conversation, and the fact that it is one of the only conversations that happen outside the Story Proper in the Starless Sea, give it a particular importance to me. I like how so many of the major themes are set up so early and so blatantly. It’s almost didactic- willing you to think about what you are about to read next.

Anyway I would appreciate any other thoughts on the matter

[burgerspeople]

Since I’m a sucker for rare pairs, I decided to draw these two since I had them interact one time in a story. 😂

[nephilimcursed]

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚

𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ ♡ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ♡ ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐂𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝. ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ ♡ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ♡ ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ 𝓐 𝓶𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 ��𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪: ᴡʜʏ ʜᴇʟʟᴏ, ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀꜱᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴇɴᴅ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴀꜱᴋ ʙᴏx. ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀꜱᴋ me ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ. ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱɪx ᴀɴɢʀʏ ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴀꜱꜱ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ ♡ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ♡ ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ MASTERLIST ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊ ♡ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ·͙*̩̩͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩̥͙·̩̩̥͙*̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥*̩̩͙‧͙ °̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥ ♡ ‧̍̊·̊‧̥°̩̥˚̩̩̥͙°̩̥‧̥·̊‧̍̊

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[therequisitewatson]

The unspeakable intimacy of being so closely bound, so much alike, that fate can't tell you apart anymore and you can take each other's place in the story.

[sailoreuterpe]

Kaylee Morganstern + Birthday for the request

(Here's one for Kaylee as a character alone or for kaylouise if you're inclined.)

Kaylee pulls another string of silly putty off of her head with a frown.

Louise grins sheepishly. "At least it makes your eyes pop?"

Kayle struggles to maintain her composure. It's actually been an amazing party overall.

The various goops aren't that bad.

(Here's one for for rudlee for @babsvibes.)

Kaylee snuggles up to Rudy as he twirls a long string in front of her birthday present.

The kitten wasn't a big fan of the party, though she did enjoy the guests' attention.

Inhaleria bats at the string as Kaylee smiles sleepily.

Kaylee honestly wasn't such a big fan of the party, either, though she was grateful to Louise for planning it.

The quiet finale, though, was just about perfect.

(Here's one for jesslee for @burgerspeople.)

"When will you old lady let me dye your hair?" Jess asks, playing with Kaylee's ponytail after birthday dinner.

"When you finally get glasses," Kaylee retorts even as she leans back into her girlfriend's touch.

Jess laughs and leans down to kiss Kaylee's forehead. "Not until I can't drive--so give me a week."

[meaniezuchinni]

Kaylee Morganstern and Movie for the prompt thing

Kaylee looked around her empty house and grinned. She had never been allowed to stay home alone before, and she was going to make the best of it today.

She popped in the horror movie, grabbed her popcorn and her juice, and hunkered in for the night.

As the credits rolled, she was hiding behind a blanket, regretting her decisions. Something rattled in the house, and that was the last straw; she called Louise so her brave friend could calm her down and keep her company, even if just on the phone.

[bookswitchcraftandcats]

The Wicked Powers Title Is Talking About The Families.

This is my crazy theory for The Wicked Powers series. This is kind of long so I will put a TLDR at the end of this. So far everyone assumes that the powers refer to either demonic powers with the princes of hell rising or Ash’s and Kit’s powers and connection to the Fae. I have been doing some re-reading of TMI and TID and I think the powers refer to old shadowhunter families. 

The first thing that led to this conclusion is how important family trees are now and how much it is being emphasized. Also at the end of TMI, it is very important that Jace picks a family to belong to and he chooses the name that goes with his bloodline. Family names have been important since the beginning and they talk about how there are old and powerful families within the Clave. They are described as rich and hold leadership positions in most of the books. They wear rings that symbolize their families and these rings are always mentioned and significant to the characters. 

Second thing is that the development of only a few families have been important throughout the series. Cassie focuses on just a few main families through out the books even though she could have added other ones because there is so much time passing and they are in much different locations. This would have been easier than creating a ton of stories to explain the locations of these families also. This is building to some kind of epic conclusion with the Fairchilds, Herondales, Lightwoods, Blackthorns, Carstairs, and Morgensterns. 

Third thing is that all of these families have or a going to have some kind of power beyond typical shadowhunter ability. The Fairchilds have the ability to pull things out of pictures and turn objects into paintings. This hasn’t been mentioned in a while but it is significant in the first series and is revealed to be a family thing because Jocelyn can do it too. It would be interesting if Mathew or Charles did it in TLH. The Herondales are connected to the dead, the see ghosts and talk to them. The Carstairs are connected to weapons and control magical swords. The Lightwoods are connected to demons and the downworlders, even their family crest is connected to them, hell fire. They are always intertwined with them in some way and have relations with them that are closer or more meaningful then characters from other families throughout the books. The next book is about the Blackthorns and Morgensterns so I think their powers will be revealed and then it will lead to some battle involving emblems of some kind or a sort of rune that amplifies these powers and that will defeat the princes of hell in one final battle combining all of the families from the series. 

TLDR: I think the powers refer to the powers of the families all of the series before it has focused on. The powers specific to these old and powerful families will be used in a final battle against the Princes of Hell. 

Tag list: @fortheloveofthecarstairs @thehotfaeriethreesome @shadowrunner2000 @alastair-esfandiyar-carstairs1 @surrounded-by-exquisite-clutter @gabtapia @niastormbolastairkanejsambucky @all-thestoriesaretrue 

[jumbocracky]

Fourth Grade: Costume Edition

[ltwharfy]

Thinking about "Bob's Burgers" Rare Pairs Week and that Thursday, August 15, "Friends to Lovers" prompt, and there is some part of me that really wants to try writing an epic "Arnold and Kaylee through the years" from 4th Grade to High School (possibly beyond) story for that one.

I've never really been tempted to write a story like that for Louise/Rudy since others have already done that for them so amazingly well. But since Arnold/Kaylee is basically just a background detail from "Ancient Misbehavin'" that I've thought about too much, maybe writing their story is up to me...

In conclusion, @bobsrarepairweek (practicing tagging the blog) has completely hijacked a good portion of my brain.

[yahoo201027]

Only 34 more days left to go until Season 14 of Bob's Burgers begins on October 1st.

Character of the day: Kaylee Morganstern Voiced by: Maya Erskine Debut: "A Fish Called Tina" (2020) Latest Appearance: "Amelia" (2023, non-speaking role)

[fisbiscwits]

A Shadowhunters rewatch has awakened a new crackship in me. Isabelle/Izzy and Sebastian/Jonathan... Sebizzy? Sebzzy? I ship it. Give me all of the fics about them.

[thehauntedair]

Starless Sea Book Mentions:

The Catcher in the Rye- J.D Salinger

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Little Stranger- Sarah Waters

The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis

Harry Potter - J.K Rowling

The Long Goodbye, Playback, The Big Sleep- Raymond Chandler

Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle

This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Les Indes Noises- Jules Verne

The Age of Fable, Beauties of Mythology- Thomas Bullfinch

The Princess Bride- William Goldman

Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak

Hamlet- William Shakespeare

The Kick-Ass Writer- Chuck Wendig

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell -Susanna Clarke

The Secret History- Donna Tartt

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde