#NOLA AU

[thatesqcrush]

I’m currently in New Orleans and I want to write a fic where Barba is an attorney that represents vamps (so he works at night).

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

Since I'm doing Vincent, then is logical for me to redesign Violetta/Varia Centopia form. The first change, she is a Dark Elve

[yesttoheaven]

the truth about the joel miller affair;

love can be both a blessing and a curse.

I think I’ve just seen a man running after a girl in the woods.

— Deborah Cooper 'The Day of the Disappearance' (Saturday, August 30, 1975)

[solis-pyr-nola]

Don't let yourself go your last chance has arrived

[araksi413]

here is my participation in the @wiiwarechronicles dtiys!!!

(the anatomy and logic may be a bit off... but it looks cute so :3 )

also i gave h a little kitty nose because i cannot resist.. little meow meow..

oh also !! the cape nola has is yogurts old shirt.. i listened to your recommendation and payed attention to what little kids wear and found our old photo album and... yeag :]

also i imagine that nola prepared the salon and put the pillow there for h (bc that was my favorite part whenever id play pretend.. putting up the environment :D )

nyway i put lotsa detail here and im rambling so, hope you like it scott !! thank you for making this wonderful family and sharing it with us !!!

[kiestrokes]

Kie! While listening to this, I started wondering something. Who has the more dark ringmaster energy between Hongjoong and Seonghwa?

Oooh 😏 so in my opinion HJ presents as the darker ringmaster. But it's just to throw people off and protect the actual "witch doctor" (sorry I went nola-lore on you) which is Hwa. Because without Hwa the whole circus loses its magic. Much like HJ is the leader, but Hwa is older and has this quiet commanding aura to him. Vs. HJ's chaotic theatric presence.

[virtie333]

I was in California visiting my friends, my first vacation in 11 years, when I got the prompts for Damerey Week 2022. My friends teased me when I told them one of the prompts was for a Pirate AU. "You'll have to pay attention on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride!" My first visit to Disneyland was during that trip.

So anyway, this was my first Pirate AU.

[doveriathegoddess]

Hello hello I'm back at it again at Krispy Kreme, and today I will be showcasing the Kings/Husbandos of my Mariolore AU :3

Without further ado let us begin!

Note: This is a VERY long post because it has more lore than the Mariolore series itself, so I decided to give you a heads up before you go down the rabbit hole-

We must start off of course with the "Tyrant King" himself, who would become a healed sovereign in the years after he married his beloved Queen Dove. It did take some time for King Boo's addiction to alcohol to lessen, but slowly but surely he began to drink more water instead of the strong wine he was used to having at every moment. The Mushroom Kingdom would bear witness to the King's improvement from being a tyrant to a benefactor as he made a full recovery from his alcoholism thanks to not only his wife, but also the two children that the couple had together. The marriage of King Boo and Queen Dove would last for 18 years, which was the remaining years of his life as his alcoholism had done an irreversible amount of damage to his body. As he reached the age of 58, King Boo's failing health would finally take a toll on him as he would pass away in his sleep, leaving his 55 year old wife heartbroken. His daughter Theresa, 18 years old when he passed, and his 14 year old Haru would both be extremely devastated, and it is said that the death of her father was a contributing factor to the mental breakdown Theresa would endure during her time as Queen...

King Haru would be known as the "Last Son of the Dynasty" as he was indeed the last King born in the royal family to ever rule over the Mushroom Kingdom, due to the curse that his older sister Queen Theresa the Mad placed before she was sealed away into a painting by Haru, using the power of the Seven Stars to bring an end to her reign of terror. After Haru was crowned King, his first act was to unite the Mushroom and Sprixie Kingdom together by taking the Sprixie Princess Papaya as his queen. King Haru proved himself to be one of the greatest Kings the Mushroom Kingdom ever had, and the surrounding kingdoms such as the now recognized Koopa Kingdom favored him as he established order and peace throughout the region. He proudly watched his daughter Momo grow up and when she became the age of 25, King Haru would abdicate the throne to her and retire from ruling, traveling with Queen Papaya back to her home of the Sprixie Kingdom and living out the rest of his years as Queen Momo would start the legendary lineage of the Mushroom Kingdom Queens...

King Kankitsurui the Knight would become the husband of Queen Momo and father of Queen Sora, first starting out in the Mushroom Kingdom court as a young boy training to be a knight. Kankitsurui and Momo would first meet as young children, but they would start their romantic relationship in their adulthood. When the couple's daughter Sora was born, Kankitsurui was just like every other protective dad and adored his daughter. When she first started pleading with him to let her train to become a knight, Kankitsurui was hesitant at first since he was worried that she could get hurt easily, but after Sora continued to beg her father he eventually relented and started training her himself. After many years of training and constant sparring, Kankitsurui would lose to his daughter in a match and decided that she was ready to take his place as the Mushroom Kingdom's greatest knight, letting her lead missions and commanding other knights. However the kingly knight had let his guard down during a mission that was supposed to be a meeting with a diplomat from the Koopa Kingdom to discuss the group of rouge Koopas that were starting to cause trouble, when he was suddenly ambushed and assassinated by the rouge group itself. His death sent shockwaves throughout the Mushroom and neighboring kingdoms, and Queen Momo died months later of a broken heart, leaving their daughter Sora to become the new Queen. Queen Sora would then start her campaign to avenge her father, and tales of how she hunted down the rouge Koopa group until they were eliminated are still told today...

King Kamezard was the Koopa Magician that would become the husband of Queen Sora and father of Queen Elemora. He was one of the members of the rouge Koopa tribe that opposed the rule of the Koopa King at the time, and his magic skills proved to be useful in helping the group cause chaos. After the assassination of King Kankitsurui took place, Kamezard and a few of his fellow Koopa realized that the leader of the group was actually a power hungry Koopa who wanted to overthrow the Koopa King and take the throne for himself, not caring whose blood was spilt in the process. Kamezard was the brave Koopa to volunteer to hold off Queen Sora when she launched a surprise attack so his fellow Koopas could escape, using the best of his magic to have the upper hand in the fight but was quickly outmatched by the Mushroom Kingdom Queen. Fate had other plans for the Koopa Magician as instead of killing him on the spot, Queen Sora took him as a prisoner of war and he wasted no time telling her the truth of what happened in the assassination of her father and the true intentions of the rouge Koopa leader. He would then accompany Sora to confront the leader of the rouge Koopa group and a battle ensued, and at the end the leader of the rouge koopas was executed by the sword of the Mushroom Kingdom Queen, which was enchanted by Kamezard's magic. To the surprise of everyone, Queen Sora took Kamezard as her husband, making him the new king of the Mushroom Kingdom despite the fact that he had been associated with the Koopa group that had taken out the previous king. A year later the couple welcomed their daughter Elemora into the world, and as she grew up and took an interest in learning her Koopa magic and heritage Kamezard was the one who taught her to hone her skills and control her emotions so she wouldn't accidentally switch to her Koopa form in moments of anger or excitement...

King Noale the Serenader was the man who Queen Elemora would choose as her husband and became the father of Queen Seraphina. Hailing from a small seaside town outside of the Mushroom Kingdom, the young commoner started to get attention from the nobles when his singing started to get popular, and soon his career as an opera singer took off. Nolae was invited to sing at many different events, gaining even more attention from ladies from every noble household who wished to have him as their husband. But one woman in particular would fall hard for him when he performed at the Mushroom Kingdom caste at the Harvest Ball, that woman being none other than Queen Elemora herself, making Nolae her husband after she promised that he could continue to sing as much as he pleased despite being the King. The king would still perform as an opera singer despite his high status, and he even got his daughter Seraphina interested in singing herself, teaching her how to carry the highest of tunes which was a skill that no other opera singer could master. Things would be blissful for the royal family for a few years until King Nolae suddenly fell ill with cancer, his body growing weaker by the day alongside his own voice before becoming bedridden. Despite Queen Elemora's attempts to try to heal her beloved husband with her Koopa magic, King Nolae's health continued to deteriorate until he eventually passed away, singing one final tune with his soft voice before taking his last breath. The Mushroom Kingdom and the surrounding kingdom grieved over the king's death alongside Queen Elemora and Princess Seraphina, but the mother and daughter kept the memory of the king alive by singing the same songs he would sing to them when he was still alive. After Seraphina became Queen, her first act was to return to her father's hometown by the seaside and ordered for the construction of the Sparkle Theater, dedicating it to her father's memory once it was completed...

King Chiko the Caretaker was the banished Luma being that would end up marrying Queen Seraphina and becoming the father of Queen Morgana. Originally from the Celestial Kingdom, Chiko was one of the many Luma beings who possessed a human follower and served the king/oracle until it became noticed that he was becoming more and more human as he expressed more emotions and began to object to policies that were imposed by the ruler. He was eventually banished by the oracle after being ostracized by the other Lumas, fleeing with some baby Lumas in tow to the Mushroom Kingdom and laid low for a good while, disguising himself as a human commoner. One fateful day however after some young Lumas begged their adoptive father to go to the Sparkle Theater, Chiko relented and snuck into the Theater while hiding his Luma children in his cloak. After witnessing the performance of Queen Seraphina's singing, Chiko was entranced with not only her voice but her beauty as well, leading him to follow her into the courtyard after the show to try to talk to her. Seraphina was able to see right through Chiko's commoner disguise, and offered to let him stay in the Mushroom Kingdom's castle with his adopted Luma children so they would be raised in a safe place, to which he gladly took since the shack he and the Lumas were living in wasn't the best place. Chiko and Seraphina developed a romantic relationship shortly after he moved in with his luma children, and about a year later the couple were wed with the banished Luma now becoming King of the Mushroom Kingdom. In the same year of their marriage, the couple's daughter Morgana was born and Chiko was just as a loving father to her like he was with his Luma children...

King Njord the Willing was the first husband of Queen Morgana and the father of Queen Freya, who unfortunately passed away shortly after Freya was born. A young sailor who became the captain of his own ship and crew during the times when the Mushroom Kingdom's economy had dwindled, and sailed around the world to other countries and kingdoms to establish trade so the economy could recover. He and Queen Morgana first met at a party celebrating the successful trade establishments with the other countries across the sea, and the two fell in love right away as they bonded over Njord's stories of his travels. The two got hitched before Njord embarked on a journey to deliver some rare goods to another kingdom, returning months later to reunite his wife and meet his newborn daughter Freya, who he adored with all his heart. However the king's life would be cut tragically short during what was supposed to be a routine trip to deliver trading imports, when a dangerous storm suddenly filled the skies and the oceans waters grew extremely violent. Things went bad to worse when the ship was then attacked by the monster that was thought to be a sailor's legend, the Gooper Blooper whose massive tentacles hit the ship and did a number of damage. King Njord made sure that all of his crew got off the rapidly sinking ship before drawing his blade and guns to fight the Gooper Blooper, and it would be a battle that he would lose as the monster took him out. News of the king's demise reached Queen Morgana, and her grief for her husband overtook the normally tranquil atmosphere of the castle, as it was also shared among the people and the other kingdoms. A few days later a search party managed to recover Njord's body from the ocean and brought it back to the Mushroom Kingdom so he could be buried. Njord's death would be the cause of why Queen Freya fears the ocean herself, sometimes even having nightmares about her father's demise to this very day...

King Ivone would be the Koopa Diplomat that Queen Morgana would take as her second husband, and become the step-father of Queen Freya. Ivone was a good friend of King Njord and Queen Morgana, sometimes going with Njord on his trade deliveries and had managed to visit a few different countries across the sea whenever he wasn't busy in the Koopa Kingdom with his job. When news of Njord's tragic death at sea reached Ivone, he was just as shocked alongside the entire region, and could only do his best to comfort Morgana and her infant daughter Freya in their time of immense grief. Ivone would continue to visit the Queen and her daughter after Njord's funeral, and eventually Queen Morgana would fall in love once with the Koopa Diplomat, knowing that her late husband wouldn't want her to grieve over his passing forever. Ivone would be the second Koopa in the history of the Mushroom Kingdom to become King, and the first King to be the second husband of a reigning Queen. Ivone proved to be a great step-father, adopting the young Princess Freya as his own daughter and watching her grow up to be the current Queen of the Mushroom King alongside his wife Morgana. After Freya got married to the Prince of the Toadstool Kingdom, Morgana would abdicate the throne to her and become the Dowager Queen, making her husband Ivone's title become the Dowager King Consort. The couple now growing older moved into the famous Summer Castle by the countryside and currently live there to this day, where they always spend their time together and become happy whenever their daughter Queen Freya and her family come to visit, devoting their attention especially on their beloved granddaughter Princess Aurora "Peach" Toadstool...

King Apricot Toadstool the Wise is the current King of the Mushroom Kingdom, the husband of Queen Freya and the father of Princess Aurora "Peach" Toadstool. Hailing from the Toadstool Kingdom that had once been considered the poorest kingdom in the region, Apricot comes from a long line of scholars and is descended from one of the male cousins of Princess Peach, who took the throne of the Toadstool Kingdom by force and made some major changes which would help bring the Toadstool Kingdom out of it's economic crisis many years ago. During the economic crisis of the Mushroom Kingdom during Queen Morgana's reign, the Toadstool Kingdom quickly became recognized as the wealthiest kingdom in the region, with people from all over flocking there in the hopes of having better lives and opportunities. The young Prince Apricot would first meet Princess Freya of the Mushroom Kingdom as teenagers when he and his parents came to visit and discuss a trade alliance with her parents, but he initially dismissed her as he was skeptical of her powers of being the Oracle of the Celestial Kingdom. Later on however, Apricot would slowly start to realize that he and Freya had a lot more in common than he initially thought and after apologizing to her the two became friends at first, up until their adulthood when they both confessed their romantic feelings for each other. After 3 years of courting each other, the couple got married and became the new King and Queen of the Mushroom Kingdom shortly after Morgana abdicated the throne to her daughter and retired to the Summer Castle with her husband Ivone. A year later after Freya and Apricot were wed they welcomed their daughter and the current princess of the Mushroom Kingdom into the world, naming her Aurora after the Aurora Borealis that shone throughout the sky on the night of her birth and giving her the nickname "Peach" as the young child's love for peaches was noticed by everyone in the castle. King Apricot and his wife have been married for 15 years so far, and their love is strong as their love for their daughter who will one day become the Queen of the Mushroom Kingdom. For now, Apricot is just like every other dad, being very protective of his young daughter and keeping a close eye on her alongside his wife and the castle staff as she runs around the castle and plays like every child would...

And that concludes the post about the Kings/Husbandos of my Mariolore AU! I hope you guys enjoyed despite the fact that this post was very long and took me days to post lmao-

[captain-noir]

I saw a picture of Jacob today from a radio drama adaptation of Anansi Boys and thinking about even more baby-faced Louis falling for a 34 year-old looking Lestat is so funny yet insane to me. Louis in his early 20s possibly not even properly aware of financial duties shaking and crying because he keeps having crazy wet dreams about this French man.....it would almost make up for a morbid comedy but at the same time a VERY Gothic story

anon, anansi boys era jacob is nothing its weak lets be truly depraved im always picturing first greyworm appearence baby jacob....all the way back in 2012.....thats how louis looks to me when lestat ingratiates himself into the du lac family as papa du lac's business partner and sends him very xrated telepathic visions across the dinner table as he pretends to enjoy paste all in the hopes of being the first in louis' hole and heart for eternity. louis is battling demons ie his gayness, his boners and the voice in his head

[randomboiplush]

cloth in a trashcan

nola is trying to get her out of the trashcan

[icleanedthisplate]

Famous Ferdi Sandwich. Mother’s Restaurant. New Orleans, Louisiana. 12.28.2023.

NOTE TO SELF: My first trip to Mother's and it was about what I expected. $17 for a poboy with no side is a little stout. A good sandwich, but I don't need to come back for another. It needed to come with a bowl of au jus.

Currently ranked 11th of 25 December meals.

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

Speedpaint video

New video on my channel with my voice 💚💚

[elejah-verse]

[hearteyesdiaz]

I'm gonna eat SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD TOMORROW I'm literally drooling over my phone rn

[cinnikiroll]

soul(mate) searching

Summary: Sebastian is sad because he doesn't have a soulmate like the rest of the team. Loretta comforts him.

Word Count: 1,407 words

Trigger Warnings: none

There really is no hope for me.

Sebastian thought, as he watched Hannah and Tammy walk out of the morgue hand in hand.

First Pride and Rita, now those two. It was as if fate- or whatever controlled life, Sebastian didn't know what did no matter how much he tried to find out- was trying to see how much he could take before his heart broke.

The steady pulse of pain in his chest and inconsistent beating beneath his trembling fingertips proved to him that, after months of feeling left out and lonely whenever he saw couples interacting around him, his heart had finally given up hiding the emotions and sorrow it felt. It was finally expunging them, and in a violent way.

Sebastian's long, lanky legs collapsed beneath him and he crumpled to the tile floor of the lab, his tall body curled up into an impossibly tight ball as he rocked up and down, patting his shoulders with his shaking hands in a futile attempt to self soothe.

Outside the morgue, it was a beautiful bright sunny day. There were no clouds besides small tiny cotton-like clumps, so the sky was a wide tapestry of blue. The voices of overjoyed soulmates laughing and playing together despite the oppressively hot New Orleans weather just put the last nail in the coffin, and Sebastian felt the pain of loneliness spreading to every corner of his body.

Loneliness was a cancer. And it was metastasizing within him, killing every ounce of his hope that he'd ever be loved, ever be looked at as anything other than a skinny, nerdy lab technician.

Can there ever be a cure for this?

He thought as his sobs grew in volume and intensity, deafening the joyful cacophony that could previously be heard from outside the windows of the lab.

Will I ever feel loved by anyone?

He wondered, his body curling in on itself like a turtle trying to hide within its shell.

As his pain threatened to drown him, Sebastian tried to keep his head above water by thinking of the members of his team. They were his friends. They cared about him. As long as they'd be around, he wasn't lonely.

But it wasn't the same...

No amount of friendly hugs, shoulder bumps, or smiles could heal the pain that he felt deep in his heart. Everyone else in the world had a soulmate, so why didn't he? What made him so much different than anyone else?

It wasn't as if he had sky-piercingly high standards. Anyone who loved him, who would care for him- and yes, anyone who would put up with his addiction to Dungeons and Dragons- was attractive to him. But for some reason, he just wasn't equally as attractive.

Thinking about all the relationships he'd attempted to have only for them to end in sorrow just made the waves loom higher over his head.

Pain was an ocean. And it was pulling him down to its depths, submerging any hope of belonging, of having a healthy and positive relationship with anyone.

Can someone dive under and save me?

He thought, trying to imagine another person in the room with him, gently caressing him and whispering sweet words into his ears.

Will I ever belong with anyone?

He looked up, and met the dark eyes of a very concerned Loretta Wade.

She knelt down by his side, pulling his lanky body into her arms. Resting his head against her chest, he felt the rise and fall of her breaths and her steady heartbeat. Slowly but surely, the repetitive sounds and motions lulled him back into a relaxed state.

"What is it, Sebastian?"

Her tone, usually warm and friendly, was now husky with hidden sorrow and dyed boldly with concern. Seeing the man she thought of as her son breaking down like this seemingly randomly... it destroyed her. She needed to know what was wrong, needed to help him.

Loretta had always been motherly to Sebastian. She'd noticed his socially awkward nature from the first moment she'd met him, and had made it her personal mission to take him under her wing and nurture him until he felt comfortable being himself.

Despite regretting her decision many times (every time she heard him ramble on about something totally unrelated to whatever topic was being discussed, she cursed herself a tiny bit for insisting that being open about his interests was totally okay) she never regretted the love she had for him.

She herself had contemplated her lack of a soulmate many times, unbeknownst to Sebastian. But, unlike him, she found herself content with her current state. She had her dear friends on the team... and she had Sebastian, her dear son-that-wasn't-really-her-son. Relationships scared her somewhat, after her negative experience with her ex husband. Being single was by all means not the norm, especially in a city such as New Orleans, but she embraced her status.

Turning her attention back to the trembling young man sitting on the floor next to her, she gently stroked his shoulders and back. Repetitive motion was something she knew calmed him down, so she engaged in it, and smiled when she heard his breathing starting to be less ragged.

"Thanks, 'Retta," he whispered in a voice made hoarse by tears.

The way he shortened her name was really rather cute, and it made Loretta smile.

"Why are you so upset, Sebastian? Is it..."

She trailed off, not wanting to bring up the issue of soulmates with him. She knew it was a sore subject, and didn't want to upset him again.

Sebastian was a smart man. He knew exactly what she was going to say, knew that, as someone else who was bereft of a soulmate, she could understand his woes.

"I was doing some soul searching," he muttered, trying to sound casual even though his heart was dying more with every second he thought about the topic of soulmates.

Loretta arched one of her eyebrows, curious as to what relevance that had to the current topic.

"I realized... maybe I don't deserve a soulmate. Maybe I'll never... never have one..."

He looked down at his hands sadly, noticing that they were beginning to tremble again from all the excess emotions he was feeling. With a deep sigh, he looked back up at Loretta, who seemed deeply saddened by his words.

The tender touch of her strong, callused fingers on his hand took him by surprise. She had noticed his symptoms, and was trying to treat them. Even when it came to love, she acted like a doctor.

"That's not true, Sebastian! You do deserve a soulmate. It's just..."

She intertwined her fingers with his, and the two of them locked eyes. Both of them had tears threatening to fall, the emotional impact of the moment evident in their faces.

"You haven't met the right woman yet. When you do, your love will be beautiful."

Shyly, Sebastian corrected Loretta's statement.

"Not just a woman. Anybody... I'd take anybody. Any gender... it's fine."

Loretta's eyes lit up at this realization and she shook Sebastian a bit in her excitement.

"So, you're pansexual?"

Tammy had schooled the whole team on the LGBTQ+ community shortly after beginning to date Hannah, and Loretta had faithfully taken notes, remembering any important details just in case she treated anyone or met anyone who was a part of it. She never knew it would come in handy with Sebastian, but she should have figured it would.

Sebastian nodded. His anxiety seemed to have spiked at the mention of his identity, and Loretta resumed stroking his back to calm him down.

"I'm proud of you for being yourself, for finding yourself. I know it can be hard sometimes."

Her voice was gentle and motherly, and it plus the gentle touches of her hands on his skin helped calm him down.

"Do you think I'll ever find a soulmate?"

He asked in a shy, gentle voice, like a child seeking reassurance and love from a parent.

Loretta bent over and kissed him gently on the forehead.

"You certainly will. And when you do, you'll be the happiest man in the world."

Her words calmed him, and he rose up from the floor, groaning in agony as his legs protested the motion. Loretta joined him, and together, they resumed work with smiles on their faces, confident that one day soon, they'd find their soulmates.

[timaeuslover001]

Chief Cedric Gosset "NCIS: NOLA" AU Headcanon

( back when I was on LDP binge on all his works lol I just dont like seeing Lou Diamond Philips as a bad guy so imma do this)

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana

Cedric was raised by his single mom after his after left them when he was a baby and hasn't found hi since

Born in a rough neighborhood, but what part of NOLA is "safe" it gets crazy everywhere.

grew up getting into trouble and not paying tension in school around puberty and often fought with his mother because if it.

Cedric ended up getting hooking up with an another guys girl. and they ended dup in a terrible fight.

He and his child mother ended up staying together and he

and they all need up locked up and Cedric ended up in juvenile detention hall and went into the military.

he married his girlfriend but eventually that turned sour.

He and his child mother however were not a good match and always fought , she was crazy and eventually got into drugs and was cheating on him with drug dealer behind his back for 3 years. in this.

in 3 years they had 3 more children, one each year and all biologically his.

they soon after separated, but after a drug bust his girlfriend at the time and her lover drug dealer got caught , she went to jail and his kids were bad with his mother. he went to police academy an dafter careful review they deemed him fit to be an officer.

to celebrate in proper NOLA fashion, his celebration lasted 3 weeks and in those weeks he met 3 beautiful women: Amanda, Terri, and Michelle. In 3 different weeks, Amanda on vacation, Terri on a birthday trip and Michelle was just a local. All 3 women after went back to their normal lives but one after the other he got a call form each letting him know he got them pregnant.

He was elated, he loved the fact he could have more kids.

Terri has his daughter Melissa, she moved to New Orleans to raise the baby with the father after a year and a half of saving.

Amanda had a boy, they named him Sam and they lived in New York but her daughter spent the summer with her father even year.

Michelle had a boy Nicholas, he was able to se him as often as he wanted.

Cedric was happier than ever and always kept pictures of his kids on him in his wallet. He gushes over them every time he has a chance to.

Cedric got engaged 10 years later to a beautiful Theatre Director . And had one child together Sydney but divorced 3 years later.

15 years later he got engaged again this time for permanent, to a Lawyer Tamara Gilbert whom they have two kids one a step child Asia whom he treats as his own and another on the way.

So he has 9 kids in total and loves them all dearly.