#Nightingale 27

[aewmoves]

[salemoleander]

lost in the dark (Hunger AU) webweave

Created as a tribute to the absolutely incredible fic @definitelynotshouting is writing, up to the current plot beat!

// Sources under readmore //

What is a webweave? Previous art: Third Life | Void Falling | Attempt 33 | Martyn | Limited Life | Nightingale Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | singing songs to the secrets behind my eye | A Hundred Things We Had Not Dreamed Of | solving counting sheep

Pt. 1: Flutter / Valerie Hammond ◆ Sanssouci Palace + The Black Ice Cream Song edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Excerpt from The Average Fourth Grader is a Better Poet Than You (And Me Too) / Hannah Gamble via @blackberryjambaby ◆ of course i bite textpost / @valtsv ◆ Lie Down / Ellen Jenkins ◆ 27 / Daniil Kharms trans. Matvei Yankelevich ◆ Embrace my Soul / Sergio Borga ◆ Color Changing Magic Potion / DirksenCraft ◆ Fragile Bird / @cocoabats ◆ Holding Onto Black Metal / Debra Baxter ◆ Excerpt from III. The Child / Quinn Newell via @voicedwords ◆ Crawler Pot / Rose Schmits ◆ Metamorph / Gunnel Watkins ◆ Untitled eye / Henrik Aa Uldalen ◆ tumblr guide for chad twitter users (real) / @arahir ◆ the best way to solve problems tweet / @wolfpupy

Pt. 2: Reoccurring Nightmare comic / @deep-dark-fears ◆ Knotted Serpentine / Hannah Russell ◆ Garden + Blues in Dallas edit / @mountainqoats ◆ The Watching Moth / Cady Shaye Poorman ◆ NOCTURNAL Series 11 of 20 / Santiago Caruso ◆ Watching Moth / Cady Shaye Poorman ◆ Afterglow / Pei Wang ◆ Sun in an Empty Room + The Young Thousands edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences" / Kenyon Cox ◆ Hard to Swallow / Debra Baxter ◆ Molly Brodak / Molly Brodak via @kafk-a ◆ 02112022, S.T. / @ryebreadgf ◆ Woman with Red Hood / Alice Pike Barney ◆ Come On, Motherfucker, You Survived! / @selfhealingmoments ◆ Excerpt from The Blind Assassin / Margaret Atwood via @flowerytale ◆ Heirloom II / Cindy Rizza

Pt. 3: Excerpt from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / T.S. Eliot ◆ i love you. i can't tell you / @/tturing (OP altered, original contents linked) ◆ Hope is the Thing - Sunset Flight / Erica Wagner ◆ Poppies + Nova Scotia edit / @mountainqoats ◆ Untitled (open/end) / Debra Baxter ◆ Excerpt from Alive at the End of the World / Saeed Jones via @geryone ◆ Weeping (Lamentacia) / Dezider Toth via @amare-habeo ◆ NOCTURNAL Series 7 of 20 / Santiago Caruso ◆ Fridge Funerary Epitaph / @catilinas ◆ Untitled (Trail of eyes) / @julialepetit ◆ Stained Glass Hellebore, California Poppy, + Poppy / Jessica Saunders ◆ 世界の声が聞こえるとき (When the voice of the world is heard) / Tomohiro Inaba ◆ Still from Don't make me do this again gif / @cibastion ◆ Excerpt from So I Locked Myself Inside a Star for Twenty Years / Jeremy Radin ◆ Excerpt from Invisible Monsters / Chuck Palahniuk via @quotespile ◆ Potion Bottles / Edited from Panel 1 Source

[goddamnitmahtin]

dc x dp idea 3

Ok ok ok I don’t know if anyone has done this before. But like mad scientist x attachment ghost au. BUT it’s reverse. So instead of Danny being the dead one in this situation, it’s Tim. I don’t know how Tim would have died but it’s when he’s in his late 20s and Danny is a mechanical engineer at WE, his haunt.

Now in this AU Danny is still a halfa and he even became ghost king. But this isn’t the universe he came from and here? He’s nothing more than a very tired engineer with some meta abilities (floating, eyes glowing, just enough of his ice powers to be able to make sure his whiskey is always on the rocks). But the thing about being ghost king? It makes you immortal. Even when you’re taking a vacation in another universe.

Upon finding out the ghost king starts working at his haunt, Tim finds himself a new obsession. Danny. He can’t get enough of this nerdy guy and the amount of things he could learn from the ghost king himself? Tim is foaming at the mouth! Ugh he just HAD to be everywhere this man went! Tim was even considering making himself an attachment ghost just so he could follow him around outside of work (like Danny ever actually left).

So imagine if you will.

Danny being the only one who can see Tim as he pokes and prods him all day everyday while he works.

“If your the ghost king why are you in this dimension working for WE?”

“Ooh what does space look like?”

“Could I ethically haunt your computer?”

“What’s your favorite color?”

“Tell me Danny, does every ghost see the cosmos in your eyes or is it just me?”

“What are you working on anyways?”

“Did you know when I was alive, I used to fight crime?”

“Hey Danny, how old are you for real? I know you aren’t actually 27 since you’ve claimed to be 27 for the past 9 years you’ve worked here and you don’t age. Is that a Ghost King thing?”

“Did you know that Gotham used to be chock full of super villains? Most of them are retired now but back in the day? WOW was it a lot of fun to punch that clown in the nose.”

“Hey Danny, how much ectoplasm would it take to make me corporeal? I don’t wanna be, I just think it’s a cool experiment.”

“Did you know that when I was alive, some fucker took my spleen and kept it in a jar for funsies?”

“My brother Jason died twice you know. Was he like, one of your subjects after the first time or did he get a free pass?”

“What’s your favorite food?”

“Have you ever been to Batburger? Is Batburger still a thing?”

“I used to be the CEO of this place, did you know that?”

“Hey Danny! Do I get cool ghost powers too if I marry you?”

“What are the Infinite Realms like? Is it cool?”

“Hey Danny, I went through your company file and I was wondering why you changed your last name to Nightingale? Is that an artistic choice?”

One day, Danny just snaps and has a full on argument with what all his coworkers on the night shift think is pure air, “WHAT WERE YOU, A STALKER WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE?!”

Tim smiles a toothy grin, “YES! AWWWW DANNY YOU DO LISTEN WHEN I TALK! Oh by the way, if you don’t fix that gear, the system is gonna blow.”

Danny does end up fixing it in time but still.

Anywho…. Tim slowly grows on Danny and after Danny has to leave the dimension because he’s gone too long without aging and his boss is getting suspicious, he decides, fuck it. He might as well take his ghost with him. Maybe he will get powers if he married him. Only one way for find out right?

[thesimline]

1500s WOMEN - PART 1

The 1500s was a century of innovation when it came to hairstyles, with the introduction of both metal hair pins (1545) and wigs (1572). These pins were used to hold wires and pads in place that essentially acted as scaffolding for the shaped hairstyles popular during this period. The religious modesty of previous centuries was cast aside for the first time, with young married women now uncovering their tresses. The ideal hair was curly and fair or red, a fad influenced by British monarch Queen Elizabeth I. CC links and reference images under the cut.

You can find more of my historical content here:

1300s ✺ 1400s ✺ 1500s ✺ 1600s ✺ 1700s

1 - Queen of Curls by Teanmoon

2 - Beatrix by Sims to Maggie

3 - Mary's Braid Bun by Birksche

4 - Circle Braid by Simverses

5 - Rose Braid by Simverses

6 - Marzia by Talented Trait

7 - Princess Hair by Nightingale Songx

8 - Ethel by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs

9 - Rhaenyra by Sims to Maggie

10 - Queen of Quaff by Teanmoon

11 - Hilda by Birksche

12 - Gaia by QICC (Curse Forge)

13 - Ally Afro Puff V1 by Sheabuttyr

14 - Winifred by Simduction

15 - Betsy by Sims to Maggie

16 - Phaedra by Simple Simmer

17 - Verity by Birksche

18 - Rirrier by Carol Forest

19 - Twisted Bun by Birksche

20 - Nora by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs

21 - Gytha by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs

22 - Gentle Hair by Kiara Zurk

23 - Long Hair Braid by Birksche

24 - Isabel by Sims to Maggie

25 - Judy's Half Braids by Birksche

26 - Sunshine Braid by Kiara Zurk

27 - Wrap Around Braid by Leeleesims1

28 - Duna by Buzzard's Bits and Bobs

29 - Becca by aharris00britney

30 - Lucrezia by Tekri

With thanks to some amazing creators: @teanmoon @simstomaggie @simverses @talentedtrait @nightingalesongx @buzzardly28 @sheabuttyr @simduction @blogsimplesimmer @leeleesims1 @aharris00britney @tekri

[mlbfemslashfebruary]

Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2025 is now here…! 

All main girls get at least one or two pairs, but some are more popular in this chart than others. Once again, f/f starring older female characters are double-booked to allow more pairings.

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Rules:

• Any fanart, fic, playlist, or edit is welcomed in this event. Just tag your work #mlbfemslashfebruary or @ this blog so your work can be reblogged here!

• You don’t have to follow all the key words or ships for each day, they’re just prompts to help the creative process.

• If you have another femslash pairing you want to write over a certain day’s theme, go ahead! This includes creating content for poly femslash ships.

• Please no male characters or m/m ships that are genderbended. Male characters and slash ships get much more attention in fandom spaces than female characters and femslash ships. This event is supposed to help elevate femslash content, which is much rarer in fandom (and especially lacking in Miraculous Ladybug outside of a small handful of ships.)

• This event is meant to be for romantic pairings, but you can also write platonic or queerplatonic interpretations.

• No NSFW content will be reblogged for this event, but can still be created and posted on your own time.

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Below is also a written out list of the prompts, for accessibility purposes and in case the image is too hard to see.

[Image ID: A calendar for February 2025 filled with prompts for Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2025. Each day has two prompt words and one f/f pairing, with some days instead having two f/f pairings to showcase adult women f/f. Prompt words are bulleted using hearts in the image.

Day 1

• Ambition • Start

Alya/Marinette

Day 2

• Faithful • Lily

Kagami/Juleka

Day 3

• Equation • Daisy

Chloe/Sabrina

Day 4

• Manners • Poppy

Zoe/Fei

OR Emilie/Nathalie

Day 5

• Separation • Iris

Marinette/Kagami

Day 6

• Lion • Clover

Ondine/Kagami

OR Miss Bustier/Giselle

Day 7

• Start • Lilac

Juleka/Marinette

Day 8

• Harbor • Rose

Alya/Zoe

Day 9

• Obligation • Apple

Kagami/Alya

Day 10

• Abandon • Kiwi

Chloe/Lila

Day 11

• String • Grape

Zoe/Juleka

OR Anarka/Penny

Day 12

• Impact • Blueberry

Marinette/Chloe

Day 13

• Screen • Orange

Aeon/Alya

OR Nora/Clara Nightingale

Day 14

FREE SLOT

Day 15

• Opinion • Peach

Alya/Sabrina

Day 16

• Yearn • Dragon

Kagami/Chloe

Day 17

• Urgency • Queen

Chloe/Alya

Day 18

• Respect • Tower

Zoe/Mylene  

OR Miss Bustier/Ms. Mendeleiev

Day 19

• Intention • Prophecy

Marinette/Zoe

Day 20

• Finish • Quest

Rose/Mylene

OR Anarka/Claudie

Day 21

• Unity • Hero

Marinette/Socqueline

Day 22

• Legend • Witch

Alya/Lila

Day 23

• Comfortable • Dawn

Kagami/Zoe

Day 24

• Undertake • Dusk

Chloe/Alix

Day 25

• Pillow • Midnight

Zoe/Jess

OR Olympia/Barbara

Day 26

• Issue • Noon

Marinette/Lila

Day 27

• Disclose • Morning

Aurore/Mireille

OR Amelie/Nathalie

Day 28

• Sweater • Evening

Juleka/Rose

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[junkienet]

✱ AFTER DAWN CARESSES ？ eagle master noa.

fluff ⌇ cute time with a partner undertone ⸻ ﹙ 𝒜lt ﹒ universe ﹚ established relationships. 𝒻.ᐟreader

LATE AT MIDNIGHT ◞ 09 : 27 o ' clock. ⸻ between entwined legs and arms.

underneath the canopy of bleak branches , the bubbling murkiness of the gelid grime ringlet your perspiring brow. you steep your corporeal weight on your hip—joint , stirring in the fathomless concave of the nest made of caramel—deerskin , shrubbery and withered leaf stalks. noa , master of birds , paladin of the eagle's clan , skates his elephantine thumb across the sun—peel of your cheek. the womb of his gloved palm in carved leather kneads the peach flesh , like seared bread. he whir's , gurgling beneath the thwack of accumulated drool under your tongue, the shore of your eye elongates and squash bellow the pumpkin—cushion of his fingers. you gulp the swell of saliva, cooling the structure of your larynx.

you rasp. " your hand is the same size as my cranium . " the ape crane his mandible , abstracted. his digits clatter on the beak of your head.

" cra—nee—um , hmm. " he scratches his throat, ambivalent.

you nod once , your fingernail galloping along the meadow of ochre fur that drenched the perimeter of his denuded , salmon—skinned ear. " cranium , yes. " you extol the arid tumult at the bottom of your dehydrated mouth. " you could crush it if you wanted to. " you babble in the cadence of a lonely nightingale.

the chimpanzee denies twice , muddling his snout , barbed of your human—kind ideality. he spits a smack of lips in the opposite route , undulating a drapery of your ravelled hair.

" i won't . " his shale timber of voice excavates into a nasal splutter.

you coil your head , distinguishing the crackle of the nest's teeny twigs. " but you could. "

" i won't . "

you broom the juncture of his scruff , blanding the pulsating pitter—patter of the crown of your skull as you perceive a scintilla of his viridian—green orbs , of wheat fields and groves , sumptuous. " i believe you . "

he sprain his upper—spine , the peak of his paw toes stroking the crook contour of his left kneecap . he panted a grunt , an abysmal clamor that hike's aerially , exultant .

" you have long nails . . . you could take my eyes out , " he glabber's with a sequence of drooped blinks. " if echo wanted to. "

you negate three times , slouching your forehead on his leafy , pompous bosom. " i won't. "

his herculean arm cascade parallel to an iron belt through the shoal arch of your waist , impelling you against his thorax.

" i believe you. "

SEXY JUTSU LIKE NARUTO ©JUNKIENET ╱ 2024.

[starks-kid]

okay, so here's my good omens season 3 bingo, but its a list cause it was too long (and very chaotic):

1) aziraphale's statue on earth

2) Queen's 'love of my life' at any point

3) crowley's fall flashback as the first scene

4) shades of gray

5) toast 'to us'

6) 'do that again'

7) AZIRAPHALE DANCING THE I WAS WRONG DANCE

8) and flashbacks from his previous dances (1650, 1793, 1941)

9) and an actual apology with actually saying 'i am sorry'

10) aziraphale finally going with a worse insult than 'bad angels' (BONUS POINTS IF IN FRONT OF CROWLEY!)

11) muriel with wings, cause i think it would be adorable <3

12) god's narration is back. and her somehow intervining/talking with aziraphale or crowley

13) will we finally get aziraphale calling crowley "my dear"?!? just so sweetly and tenderly that everyone will melt

14) picnic in a garden ("it stars, as it will end, with a garden")

14) NO BEARD AZIRAPHALE

15) azira reading documents on crowley in heaven

17) there's not enough time, but newt and anathema returning would be awesome

18) 'look at you, youre gorgeous' but to azira this time

19) an agressive 'i love you' from crowley

20) long hair crowleyyyy

21) that 1941 photo

22) third part of the 1941 minisode

23) aziraphale's diary

24) rooftop scene from s2 intro

25) flashback with azira and crowley fem presenting (but for hells sake, not with different actors!)

26) more of crowley and muriel interactions. i love these two so muchhh

27) paralell to the conversation about making nina and maggie fall in love

28) them kissing to "a nightingale sang in berkeley square", more specifically to:

'And as we kissed and said goodnight

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square'

PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CLOSING SCENE

29) muriel wearing their own human outfit

30) crowley (drunkenly) crying in the bookshop. or in the bentley

im really hoping at least some of these will happen. anyways, thanks for reading my ramblings

[arcane-vagabond]

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Meet Me at the Sea: Prologue - Rewrite for Mermaid!Siren!Jake "Hangman" Seresin (11/27/24)

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[armandyke]

Would love to hear about the books u read in 2024, surprise bests, biggest disappointments?

I think I will do a multi part post over the coming weeks with reviews of all the books I read since I have about half of them written up already. For now I'll just say my two absolute favourite reads of the year were Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock and Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. Two very different books but both of them permanently altered my brain chemistry.

Below are my ratings for all the books I read and as I say, I'll try to post more in depth reviews over the next few weeks. My aim this year is to try and do proper reviews of the books I read as I'm reading them instead of having to go back several months later lmao.

Oh, and because it's something I'm always looking for specific recs for, I've highlighted the books with queer rep (that I remember) in pink, and the extreme horrors/books I advise checking trigger warnings for are marked with a lil skull.

1) Gone to see the River Man by Kristopher Triana (4⭐) 💀

2) Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (4⭐)

3) The Butcher by Laura Kat Young (5⭐)

4) The Hollow Places by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)

5) Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (4.5⭐)

6) The Shuddering by Ania Ahiborn (3.5⭐)

7) Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (5⭐)

8) Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandraw Khaw (3.5⭐)

9) Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite (4⭐) 💀

10) Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry (1⭐)

11) The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)

12) Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley (4⭐)

13) The Dead of Winter curated by Cecily Grayford (3⭐)

14) Off Season by Jack Ketchum (3⭐) 💀

15) Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt (3.5⭐) 💀

16) Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison (4⭐) 💀

17) The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum (5⭐) 💀

18) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (4⭐)

19) Caraval by Stephanie Garber (2⭐)

20) The Grip of It by Jac Jemc (4⭐)

21) Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims (5⭐)

22) Nod by Adrian Barnes (4⭐)

23) How to sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (5⭐)

24) Among the Living by Tim Lebbon (2⭐)

25) 19 Claws and a Black Bird by Augustina Bazterrica (3⭐)

26) House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson (4.5⭐)

27) Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (DNF)

28) The Way of All Flesh by Ambrose Perry (DNF)

29) A House with Good Bones by T.Kingfisher (5⭐)

30) A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (5⭐)

31) Cujo by Stephen King (5⭐)

32) The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy (3.5⭐)

33) The Dinner Guest by B P Walter (4.5⭐)

34) The Cloisters by Katy Hays (1⭐)

35) Diavola by Jennifer Thorne (5⭐)

36) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (4.5⭐)

37) Nettle and Bone by T.Kingfisher (3.5⭐)

38) The Hatching (3.5⭐) Skitter (1⭐) and Zero Day (1⭐) by Ezekiel Boone

39) Come Closer by Sara Gran (4⭐)

40) Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison (5⭐)

41) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (DNF)

42) Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (3.5⭐)

43) Piñata by Leopoldo Gout (4⭐)

44) Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (1⭐) 💀

45) Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (5⭐)

46) The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice (I didn't rate this because this was less like reading a book and more like studying for an exam)

47) The Ghost Woods by C.J Cooke (4.5⭐)

48) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (3.5⭐)

49) Too Late by Colleen Hoover (DNF)

50) Alice by Christina Henry (1⭐)

51) The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton (3.5⭐)

52) All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes (4.5⭐)

53) Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby (4⭐) 💀

54) Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin (3.5⭐) 💀

55) Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (4.5⭐)

56) My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino (3.5⭐)

57) Bloom by Delilah S Dawson (4⭐)

58) Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella (DNF)

59) Out There Screaming curated by Jordan Peele (3.5⭐)

60) The Watchers by A.M Shine (4⭐)

61) Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (4.5⭐)

62) My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham (3.5⭐)

63) Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (4.5⭐)

64) Incarcerat by Garth Marenghi (4⭐)

65) Feast While You Can by Onjuly Datta and Mikaella Clements (5⭐)

66) The Whistling by Rebecca Netley (4⭐)

67) Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield (4⭐)

68) Scuttle by Barnaby Walter (DNF)

69) Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (5⭐)

70) Revival by Stephen King (4⭐)

71) Blight by Tom Carlisle (3.5⭐)

72) The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (5⭐)

[cedric-k-rossignol]

'Floire et Blancheflor' - Medieval French inspiration for Undertaker & Cloudia (Part 1)

Part 2

Alright, back on my Medieval French Literature Shit. Splitting into parts since my Rossignol/nightingale last name theory post got stupid long, and there is a lot in this story to unpack.

Floire et Blancheflor is a romance originating from late 12th century France. It is one of the most popular romance stories from roughly 1200-1350 , and was translated into several different languages during that time. The story varies slightly based on the culture of the translation, but it revolves around the forbidden romance between the son of a pagan/saracen/Muslim king, Floire ("who belongs to the flower"), and the daughter of a Christian noblewoman, Blancheflor ("white flower").

Within the story, the lovers are represented with roses and lilies. Roses are strongly associated with the Phantomhive family, and white lilies are strongly associated with Undertaker.

Part 1 - Happy Birthday You Crazy Kids

In Floire et Blancheflor, the two lovers are born on the same day – Palm Sunday, known as 'Dimanche des Rameaux' in France. Within the text of this story, the day is referred to as 'Le jour de la Pasque florie' which translates literally as 'the day of flowery Easter'.

Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. 

Cloudia was born on Monday April 5th, 1830.  In the year 1830, Palm Sunday fell on April 4th.  

Honestly this makes no sense to me, since putting Cloudia's birthdate as the number '4' (in the fourth month of the year, no less) would work well with theme of the number '4' within the Phantomhive family and the bad luck the number brings in Japanese culture. It's odd because since Palm Sunday fits so well, the decision to have her birthday fall on April 5th as opposed to April 4th must have been deliberate...  

Her birthdate instead falls on 'Holy Monday', which seems pretty unimportant in the grand scheme that is 'Holy Week'.

According to the gospels, on this day Jesus Christ cursed the fig tree (Matthew 21:18–22, Mark 11:20–26), cleansed the temple, and responded to the questioning of his authority (Matthew 21:23–27).  

On the cleansing of the temple -

"a good deal of money was stored at the temple, where it could be loaned by the wealthy to the poor who were in danger of losing their land to debt. The Temple establishment therefore co-operated with the aristocracy in the exploitation of the poor." "the importance of the episode is signaled by the fact that within a week of this incident, Jesus is dead. Matthew, Mark, and Luke agree that this is the event that functioned as the 'trigger' for Jesus' death." "Jesus was not attempting to cleanse the Temple of any corruption. Instead, it was a radical protest against the institution of animal sacrifice, which gave people a false sense of transactional forgiveness compared to repentance."

However, Cedric's birth date March 25th would have also fallen on Holy Monday in the year 1331. If you assume that to be his birth year, and take Undertaker's reaper serial number 136649 to mean he died on January 28th, 1366, this would have made him 34 years old when he took his own life, which is the same age his son Vincent Phantomhive would be when murdered in 1885. 1331 also neatly works with the pattern of the number '13' (31 being its mirror) and '4' (1+3 & 1+3 = 44) appearing in his and the Phantomhives' lives.

There might be some connection to be made with Undertaker's rebellion against reaper HQ/his dislike of Queen Victoria & the 'queen's coins', but none of this seems particularly relevant to Undertaker or Cloudia as far as I can tell...

EDIT 01/10/25 - I think I now understand why Yana chose Holy Monday as the date of their births. I will detail this in a future theory, but it relates back to a certain French King and to the novel Ivanhoe.

(Sunday means 'day of the sun', whereas Monday means 'day of the moon'. Monday in French is 'Lundi' which comes from the French word for the moon, 'Lune'. Monday in Breton is 'Dilun'. In Japanese, Monday is also derived from the word moon. The moon/Monday might hold symbolism with Undertaker and Cloudia - most vividly, the imagery of the midnight tea party (where Undertaker is drawn as if he is holding the moon up in the sky) and the scene where R!Ciel faints come to mind.)

It should be noted there is precedence for an association between the Undertaker and Easter, as the Campania Arc takes place over Holy Week. The ship departs on Holy Wednesday, the Aurora Society's meeting and introduction of the bizarre dolls on Good Friday, and the confrontation with Undertaker and the sinking of the ship on Holy Saturday.

Something else to note for Palm Sunday - the custom of blessing 'palms' on this day originated in the middle ages in France.

In most Christian rites, Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches (or the branches of other, native trees), representing the palm branches that the crowd scattered before Christ as he rode into Jerusalem. These palms are sometimes woven into crosses. The difficulty of procuring palms in unfavorable climates led to the substitution of branches of native trees, including box, olive, willow, and yew.  

In France, branches of boxwood or laurels (or olive branches, in Provence) are used in place of palm branches. "Many people visit cemeteries after the Mass and place blessed branches on the graves of loved ones as a sign of peace and hope for resurrection."  

Laurel branches/leaves decorate the edges of Cloudia's mourning locket. 

Next up, an empty tomb covered with golden roses and lilies, and a man literally tossing himself to the lions out of grief.

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The intro to MBCC's wrestling show, Minos Championship Wrestling!

I've listed all the characters in order of appearance on the "Keep Reading" part. YouTube mirror for HD version.

(That's a lot of tags, sorry for the spam.)

Characters (in order of appearance):

00:00 - Shawn & Chief

00:02 - Du Ruo & The Great Seer (Xu)

00:05 - Shalom & Rahu

00:07 - Angell & Chief

00:11 - Adela & Chief

00:13 - Langley, Nightingale, & Shalom

00:16 - Zoya

00:22 - Coquelic, Garofano, Gekkabijin, Thistle

00:24 - Serpent

00:27 - McQueen and her forged sculpture

00:33 - Deren

00:37 - Zoya, Mantis, Rahu, Chief

00:38 - Suspect R & Chief

00:40 - Faye and Wynn

00:43 - Dudu

00:46 - Bianca

00:49 - Eirene

00:51 - Lady Pearl

00:54 - Shalom

00:56 - Vanilla, Dreya, Mantis

00:59 - Zoya & Chief

01:00 - Christina & Shalom

01:01 - Rahu

[nosferatini]

🕊️ The Season of Nightingales - Ch.27 🕊️

Fic Summary

The Second Coming looms large. Supreme Archangel Aziraphale vows to fix Heaven without asking the impossible from Crowley. As their effort is complicated by unexpected friends, a guileful Metatron, and a Heavenly floor full of the Blessed Dead—Aziraphale and Crowley find navigating their relationship is not mutually exclusive from saving the world from Armageddon.

Chapter 27 - The Disposable Demon

Chapter Excerpt:

It went on like this, water falling like silk as Crowley pulled each limb out to canvas and admire it; the occasional caress teasing out frisson and occasional twitches of pleasure. Crowley's eyes would glow—molten—and melt Aziraphale until he couldn’t tell where the water ended and he began. The demon studied every hair and goosebump, every doughy curve and every taut muscle. Sometimes the demon would smile. The act would send jolts through Aziraphale’s corporation, and when the shockwaves returned to Crowley, he only smiled harder. 

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Or…

🕊️ Start From the Beginning!🕊️

⚠️ CW: BODY WORSHIP!

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1700s WOMEN - PART 1

The commencement of the 1700s saw women's hair styles stay fairly demure, but it wouldn't take long for them to become much more elaborate. The popularity for wigs in men's styles crossed over to women, and as such hair styling opened up to wider experimentation. The development of heated curling tongs - paired with wool pads and wire supports - helped achieve the voluminous dos synonymous with the era. CC links and reference images under the cut.

You can find more of my historical content here:

1300s ✺ 1400s ✺ 1500s ✺ 1600s ✺ 1700s

1 - Hedgehog Hair by Acanthus Sims

2 - Late Victorian Hair by Melancholy Maiden

3 - Rococo Hair by Kiara Zurk

4 - Simple 18th Century Updo by Historical Simslife

5 - Le Pouf by Historical Simslife

6 - Small Louis XV Hair by Acanthus Sims

7 - 1770s Queen Hairstyle by Acanthus Sims

8 - Tête de Mouton by Javi Trulove Sims

9 - Baroque Hair 3 by In Love with the Regency Era

10 - Lilac Hair by Jelly Paws | Wavy Extensions by Casss Goths

11 - Small Louis XV Hair (A) by Acanthus Sims

12 - Princess Hair by Historical Simslife

13 - Rococo Hair by ZouYou

14 - Duchess of Devonshire by Historical Simslife

15 - Rococo Hair by the Regal Sim (Curseforge)

16 - Georgina Rococo Updo by Historical Simslife

17 - 1770s Hairstyle Tall Straight by Acanthus Sims

18 - Elizabeth by Melancholy Maiden

19 - 1770s Small Hairstyle by Acanthus Sims

20 - Marie Hair by Elfdor

21 - Josephine Updo by Historical Simslife

22 - Constance by Aniraklova

23 - Like A Virgin by Javi Trulove Sims

24 - 1770s Hairstyle Curls by Acanthus Sims

25 - Georgina Rococo Updo by Historical Simslife

26 - Small Louis XV Hair (B) by Acanthus Sims

27 - Catherine by Melancholy Maiden

28 - Tall Louis XVI Hair by Acanthus Sims

29 - Libby by Nightingale Songx

30 - 1770s Hairstyle No Curls by Acanthus Sims

With thanks to some amazing creators: @acanthus-sims @elfdor @javitrulovesims @zouyousims @historicalsimslife @aniraklova @nightingalesongx @the-melancholy-maiden @inlovewithregencyera

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Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2024 is here…! 

I tried to include most female characters in these ship lists, including some newer characters from Season 5.

All main girls get at least one or two pairs, but some are more popular in this chart than others. Once again, f/f starring older female characters are double-booked to allow more pairings.

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Rules:

• Any fanart, fic, playlist, or edit is welcomed in this event. Just tag your work #mlbfemslashfebruary or @ this blog so your work can be reblogged here!

• You don’t have to follow all the key words or ships for each day, they’re just prompts to help the creative process.

• If you have another femslash pairing you want to write over a certain day’s theme, go ahead! This includes creating content for poly femslash ships.

• Please no male characters or m/m ships that are genderbended. Male characters and slash ships get much more attention in fandom spaces than female characters and femslash ships. This event is supposed to help elevate femslash content, which is much rarer in fandom (and especially lacking in Miraculous Ladybug outside of a small handful of ships.)

• This event is meant to be for romantic pairings, but you can also write platonic or queerplatonic interpretations.

• No NSFW content will be reblogged for this event, but can still be created and posted on your own time.

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Below is also a written out list of the prompts, for accessibility purposes and in case the image is too hard to see.

[Image ID: A calendar for February 2024 filled with prompts for Miraculous Ladybug Femslash February 2024. Each day has two prompt words and one f/f pairing, with some days instead having two f/f pairings to showcase adult women f/f.

Day 1

• Warm • Lipstick

Marinette/Kagami

Day 2

• Lovely • Blush

Aurore/Ondine

Day 3

• Wicked • Mascara

Juleka/Zoe

OR Olympia/Barbara

Day 4

• Fixed • Shirt

Kagami/Zoe

OR Emilie/Nathalie

Day 5

• Equip • Sweater

Alya/Sabrina

Day 6

• Method • Jacket

Chloe/Alya

Day 7

• Succinct • Jeans

Zoe/Fei

Day 8

• Lonely • Skirt

Marinette/Chloe

Day 9

• Successful • Shorts

Ondine/Kagami

Day 10

• Hold • Dress

Juleka/Rose

OR Amelie/Nathalie

Day 11

• Mercy • Classical

Kagami/Alya

OR Miss Bustier/Gisele

Day 12

• Lucky • Jazz

Alya/Lila

Day 13

• Belong • Pop

Chloe/Sabrina

Day 14

FREE SLOT

Day 15

• Faulty • Rock

Marinette/Lila

Day 16

• Enthusiasm • Hip-hop

Aeon/Alya

Day 17

• Brave • Country

Rose/Mylene

OR Miss Bustier/Ms. Mendeleiev

Day 18

• Learned • Lightning

Kagami/Chloe

OR Anarka/Penny

Day 19

• Giddy • Fire

Alya/Zoe

Day 20

• Beautiful • Ice

Chloe/Lila

Day 21

• Trace • Earth

Zoe/Mylene

Day 22

• Quaint • Air

Marinette/Zoe

Day 23

• Indoor • Light

Aurore/Mireille

Day 24

• Atmosphere • Water

Juleka/Marinette

OR Anarka/Claudie

Day 25

• Gentle • Hear

Kagami/Juleka

OR Nora/Clara Nightingale

Day 26

• Idea • Taste

Alya/Marinette

Day 27

• Redeem • See

Chloe/Alix

Day 28

• Lament • Touch

Zoe/Jess

Day 29

• Scrape • Smell

Marinette/Socqueline

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Mature Rated Fics Masterlist (33)

Part 1-Part 25 / Part 26 / Part 27 / Part 28 / Part 29 / Part 30 / Part 31 / Part 32 /

Created: March 14th, 2024

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Hometown Blues-appleblossomgirl (ao3)  Summary: After fleeing her hometown in the wake of a family tragedy, Katniss returns from years on the road to face her past, her memories, and the blue-eyed boy she'd never been able to forget. I am...we are-angylinni (ao3)  Summary: We have grown back together slowly, one step at a time. It’s different now, without the constant threat of our lives hanging in the balance. We laugh, we cry, we touch…we love. For all that I thought I loved her before, what we have now is so much more. I Don't Wanna Live Forever....-chele20035 (ao3)  Summary: After a rough break-up, neither Katniss or Peeta expected to see one another again. One night, everything changes. After so much time apart, can they find their happily ever afters? If I Have You-annieoakley1 (ao3) Summary: Everlark, months after their divorce. In all the ways that matter-Angylinni (ao3)  Summary: Katniss Everdeen doesn't do small talk and the myriad other things that college aged females do, but she can't ignore Peeta Mellark, a member of her presentation team, despite all her trying. Indestructible-HGfanonezillion (ao3)  Summary: Mockingjay and Nightingale work hard to keep their city safe. But when Snow Industries introduces a new threat, can they keep the ones they love most safe? And will teaming up with Gaia and Electrode be a help or a hindrance? I Need You Now-HGfanonezillion (ao3)  Summary: Gale and Prim's secret relationship hits an unexpected bump. Inevitable-annieoakley1 (ao3) Summary: This would have happened anyway. But it is always their choice, never just destiny. A series of snapshots as Peeta and Katniss find each other at certain points throughout history. First up- Katniss as an army nurse in England following the invasion of Normandy. In Sheep's Clothing-Alliswell (ao3)  Summary: I never was one with time to dwell on imaginary worlds. My life always revolve around the tangible, what I could see with my eyes and grasp with my fists. But, I found myself in a bedtime horror story, blindsided, skeptical and doubtful. How I ended up where I am, is not truly a mystery, it's same ancient story of the stubborn girl, who heed not her Mother's advice, and ignored every instinct left in her... In my defense... His pull was too strong for me to resist, and in a world where I thought myself, lonely... He was something I craved. Into the Wild-Court81981 (ao3)  Summary: Modern AU: "I know this place," she whispers. Katniss Everdeen escaped to New York after the death of her parents. Now, on the brink of her big break as an actress, her old classmate, Peeta Mellark, will remind her that it's always possible to go home again."