#THIS IS BASICALLY DAUGHTER OF DIONE

[lxdymoon0357]

Idk if your requests are open it not but if it is can you give me some pinjng for Roxanna x fem reader / gen reader? I need more of her 😭

(Honestly, understandable. She is a bit of a goddess...a demonic one, but a goddess nonetheless. Homophobia LGBT ally)

© Writing belongs to me, Lxdymoon0357. Do not plagiarize, but reblogging, liking and commenting is deeply appreciated.

Roxanna Agriche X Fem! Reader Headcanons.

⊈ Rozanna either met you as you were her maid or you were a pet from another noble house. Either way, she had you under her control, doing her dangerous betting every single day. She had you easily wrapped around her perfectly, bloody manicured finger.

⊈ Your life was daily in her hands and she was always careless with it, but you know what you did when you came here; either by force or own desperate situation, but of-course it never scared less not knowig which is your last day.

⊈ Eventually you and her did fall in love and she had you close...Though Lante was horrified at his daughter being in love with a girl, but afterwards he calmed down and let her date you, as long as she'd somehow get a child for him to his lineage continues and Roxanna nonchalantly agrees.

⊈ Level passed!! New Level: You're an Agriche now!

⊈ Of-course you're now also a victim to many of the Agriches, including Dion, Charlotte, Fondaine and possibly others. But it's okay, Sierra adores you, Maria...she is weirdly infatuated, Jeremy is slightly jealous you're taking his sister's attention, but eventually you also become his friend.

⊈ She often feeds your blood to the butterflies as well, so they can recognize you too. Also adding tiny doses of poison into your tea, food, drinks. Has the most expensive furs decorating you with the heaviest security around your room.

⊈ Freedom is basically non-existent with the way she moved you into her room and you didn't go outside for like...three months! (I know it's normal for you nerds, probs. But please be normal right now.) ut yeah, almost zero freedom of going out, your'e free to do yada yada in your room though.

⊈ I know for SURE! Roxanne doesn't allow Dion anywhere near you, you'll easily be his next victim so Dion can see Roxanne's emotions more rawful, Charlotte is just annoyed with you being here, because you're simply BELOW her and you're also one of the favourites of THIS HOUSE?! FUCK YOU!

⊈ Speaking of favourites, you'll be joining them in Lant's "special-favourite children dinner" whenever it happens, maids and butlers and cooks are asked to taste everything in advance so you don't get poisoned by ANYONE. It will rain hell by Roxanna if anything happened.

⊈ Has you in makeout sessions right before bed, her fingers gently groping your tits and tweaking your nips, very gently though...depends if it leads to more or simply just a makeout sessions where you both sleep snuggled against each other, where she wakes up every few hours to make sure you're alive.

⊈ Has made sure you're always as safe as her mum, speaking of her mum. You spend a majority of your free time with Sierra, she likes you though a bit nervous around you two. You have to be super nice and get her to warm up to you and she'll adore you as much as she adores her daughter, likes that someone in this house brings her daughter happiness even if she herself couldn't.

⊈ Lanta, Charlotte, Dion, Maria, Grizelda are weirdly homophobic..yet allies? I don't get it, but imagine them just mocking Roxanne for liking a girl despite being beautiful, but the moment a guy or anyone would try to get near you and the person is dead because they're like "Not Roxanne's little shit, you fucker. I'll fuck you up if you hurt her, she's only ours to hurt" like a messed up family dynamic which is hysterically insane.

[lyculuscaelus]

The Iliad, book 5, line 406–415

νήπιος, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδε κατὰ φρένα Τυδέος υἱὸς ὅττι μάλ᾽ οὐ δηναιὸς ὃς ἀθανάτοισι μάχηται, οὐδέ τί μιν παῖδες ποτὶ γούνασι παππάζουσιν ἐλθόντ᾽ ἐκ πολέμοιο καὶ αἰνῆς δηϊοτῆτος. τὼ νῦν Τυδεΐδης, εἰ καὶ μάλα καρτερός ἐστι, 410 φραζέσθω μή τίς οἱ ἀμείνων σεῖο μάχηται, μὴ δὴν Αἰγιάλεια περίφρων Ἀδρηστίνη ἐξ ὕπνου γοόωσα φίλους οἰκῆας ἐγείρῃ κουρίδιον ποθέουσα πόσιν τὸν ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν ἰφθίμη ἄλοχος Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο. 415 Fool—the son of Tydeus, down in his heart he knows not That verily he who fought with gods will not live long, Nor would his children call him “papa” by his knees Upon coming back from war and dreadful battle. So now let the son of Tydeus, for so mighty as he is, Beware, in case anyone better than you attacks him: Not before long Aegialeia—prudent daughter of Adrestus, Wake up from sleep mourning in her house for her love, Yearning for her wedded husband, the best of Achaeans— Even she, steadfast wife of Diomedes tamer of horses!

Notes:

δηναιό��: “long-lived”, basically δην- (long) plus -αιος (suffix added with the sense of “belonging to”). Here when you look at the text: οὐ δην(αιός) in line 407 is actually resembling μὴ δήν in line 412, both denying the lasting of time.

παππάζουσιν: as you can see, the verb παππάζω (pappazo) comes from the noun παππάς (pappas), very onomatopoeic. It means “prattle, call someone ‘papa’”. And I just can’t get over this because it being used here just hurts so much…gets me every time.

μή τίς: here specifically, “in case anyone”, since there is the subjunctive μάχηται (should he attacks) being used with the phrase. Also for reasons I believe Homer is using another wordplay here: when joined together, μήτις means “no one”. And if you put this in the context: Dione (Aphrodite’s mother in the Iliad) telling Aphrodite “no one is better than you”, as in a mother telling her daughter who just got hurt that “you’re the best”, as comfort.

μὴ δήν: “not in a long while”. So I’ve seen translations that take δήν (long, for a long while) as δή (indeed, verily) but they’re in fact different words. Also look, another wordplay: when put together, this is part of Diomedes’s name: (Διο)μήδην (accusative form). It’s like having Aegialeia as “part of Diomedes”.

περίφρων: “prudent, wise”, characteristic epithet for Penelope—a prudent woman who’d rather trick her suitors for three years straight for her husband to return, instead of consorting with them. Here, it’s used for Aegialeia. Let it sink in.

γοόωσα: “wail, weep, mourn”. Could it be she’s mourning for Diomedes’s potential death if it ever happens that someone better than Aphrodite attacks him? Could it be she’s weeping for Diomedes just because she’s “yearning for her wedded husband”? (I’d say, both.)

ἐγείρῃ: “rouse, wake up”. The same form corresponds to a few grammatical cases for the verb but 3rd person singular subjunctive active fits both grammatically and contextually here. It means “should she wake up”, and combined with μὴ δήν at the start of this sentence, “it would not be long should she wake up (from sleep weeping)”.

ἰφθίμη: “steadfast, stately”. It’s used for somebody stalwart to someone else. It’s also used for women being stately and comely. Apparently in Homer’s point of view a woman being stalwart contributes to her comeliness. And here, it’s used for Aegialeia. Let it sink in.

Διομήδεος ἱπποδάμοιο: “Diomedes tamer of horses”. Being in genitive form, this naturally comes along with ἄλοχος (wife) meaning “wife of Diomedes tamer of horses”, instead of with ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν (best of Achaeans) which is in accusative form here—that doesn’t fit grammatically. So can we just talk about how Homer used the flexibility of Ancient Greek grammar to separate line 412 and 415 when they could totally stick together, to put “wife of Diomedes tamer of horses” at the end of the sentence, not only to contrast with πόσιν (husband) in the previous line, but also to emphasize Aegialeia’s identity as, “steadfast wife of Diomedes tamer of horses”. Which is a bad*ss line drop just like “χερσὶ δαμέντ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος ἀμύμονος Αἰακίδαο.” from book 16 (line 854)—“overpowered in the hands of Achilles blameless grandson of Aeacus!”

[mask131]

I just thought of bringing back some of the Homeric versus Hesiodic differences, after a chat I had with @themousefromfantasyland . This is not exhaustive but just a few points you can bring up in discussions.

Hesiodic Aphrodite: born from Ouranos' cut-off family jewels thrown into the sea (most popular version today). Homeric Aphrodite: a more "regular" Olympian born of Zeus and Dione (poor Dione goes from prominent Homeric character to secondary Hesiodic character).

Hesiodic Eris: One of the children of Nyx the Night, born in primordial times and part of a whole host of personifications of the afflictions of humanity. Homeric Eris: Part of the Olympian family, sister of Ares, daughter of Zeus and Hera.

Hesiodic Hyperion: Definitively different from his son Helios, not the same dude. Homeric Hyperion: almost always an alternate name for Helios (except maybe for one instance...)

Hesiodic Oceanos and Tethys: just part of the regular host of Titans. Homeric Oceanos and Tethys: primordial entities considered father and mother of all the gods, and very likely creation gods that predated or equaled Gaia and Ouranos.

Hesiodic Moirai: the three spinsters we know today, a trio of specific goddesses dealing with lifespan of mortals and the greater fate to which all the gods must abide (though the Hesiodic tradition offers two different lineages for them, either Zeus' children and thus part of the Olympian family, either daughters of Night and thus primordial forces like Eris). Homeric Moirai: do not really exist, as "Moira" (singular) is more of an abstraction/figure of speech than an actual goddess - meanwhile it is Zeus, as king of the gods and master of the universe, who is the "god of fate", in charge of stuff like weighing individual destinities on a scale to check what to do next.

Metis and her legend comes from the Hesiodic tradition. There's no mention of Metis in Homeric tradition: we know Athena was born "without a mother" out of Zeus, but we don't know the how and why. In a reverse, the Hesiodic Hephaistos was born of Hera alone, without a father, while Homer (according to later commentaries and scholia) pushed forward the Zeus+ Hera parentage.

Also... Hesiod doesn't (at least from what I recall) evoke the whole "Aphrodite cheated on Hephaistos" thing? I don't recall seeing him talk about Aphrodite marrying Hephaistos anywhere. The story is present within Homer, but in the Hesiodic tradition, while we do have Aphrodite hooking up with Ares and Hephaistos marrying Aglaia, we don't have anything about a possible adultery that led to this situation... Though for this last point I am not certain, I haven't checked this part in a while.

There's much more, of course - and feel free to add more. But it's already, I think, a good reminder of how the very "basic" texts, the "foundations" of Greek mythology are born of two differing tradition, an "older" one (Homeric) and a more "recent", classical one that dominated in later texts (Hesiod) - meanwhile what we have in "common culture" today is a random mix of the two.

[umi-adxhira]

I have a funny idea... The roxana cast with Jeremy's twin reader.. She's younger ofc.. I want to know how Chaotic it'll be.. Like what if she's lante's favourite other than dion? She's Dion's favorite little sister too? So many ideas-

TWTPTFLOB WITH JEREMY'S TWIN SISTER

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yes I loveeeee. Sorry if this was rushed

The moment you both popped out of your mother's vagina all hell broke loose

You both were like two peas in a pod, actually. After your mother killed herself you both made a secret vow to always be there for each other

To get Lante's attention, you have to do something extraordinary. Being a woman means less opportunities as you don't go out for missions, instead using seduction and intellect in your plays

I think you would have to start small. Maybe you made him a little trinket when you were around 6. He kept it on him because it was small and he wasn't bothered to deal with your whining

Then you made him another, this one was more intricate. He wouldn't admit the hours he spent in his office just staring at the thing, wondering how a child could make it

So he asks for commissions, buying uou the best quality metals and materials to practice on. It wasn't long until you started selling them for profit

You'd also make some free of charge trinkets for your siblings. As I said in a previous headcanon, Jeremy flaunts everything you make him, so news will eventually spread

And of course, you gave one to the second oldest sibling of the Agriches. You both were quite young, so he was more likely to accept such a small, delicate thing

But eventually, you stopped giving free trinkets. Someone's gotta make some profit, yk

He got sad, so he actually pays for your services, giving you a huge tip at the end (100% tip) so you basically double your profit

Sometimes he would even sit down on a chair in your work space in silence, watching you do your thing

As you had practical use of business, Lante gave a special exception with the final test thing everyone has to do at 16, he thought you to be too valuable to risk losing

And soon later, you became the favourite sibling and daughter of the three most important figures of the Agriche

©️umi-adxhira [07/11/2024]

[roseadleyn]

the way to protect the female lead's older brother;

so basically just setting hcs. these are headcanons about the world of twtptflob. they are not canon. new fans or old fans, please don't take my word and accept these as canon.

all five houses have a special little something

incase war between the houses break out

we know the house of agriche have a specialty of murder and stuff

but the house of pedelian specializes in this specific branch of magic that attacks a person's body systems

yeah... they might know how to heal but they sure know how to kill

the house of vertium has its puppets

these puppets are very... intriguing

they're people whose will has been drained out of their minds, making them brainless and hopelessly blank

so they have no choice but to be a marionette on strings

the house of gastor has these swords with herculean strength

and don't you think that's lame because they've beat ass with those

and lastly, the house of fipelion (1) has their beasts

beautiful and majestic, but deadly

from wolves to dragons, they've got it covered

obviously, war between such powerful houses would be devastating

like they care

anyways, onto the structure of their society

their society is rigidly sexist

i mean, we see it through the eyes of roxana, who is favored by lant

but pay attention to any other woman, even if it's in agriche, and you'll see the misogyny

like grizelda and charlotte, both pushed down and forced to use their skills for lant

hell, even roxana is a victim of it — she can't use her butterflies unless a male member of the house, lant or dion or whoever, allows her

she doesn't care and does it in secret anyways, but she literally would be killed for defying lant if she was ever to be found out

it just goes to show you

sierra is one of the biggest examples — she's nothing more than a very pretty possession or a beautiful little pet; first for lant and then for maria

even though sierra (these are my hcs) is very intelligent and incredibly well read, she's not at all able to exercise any of her knowledge,

because lant's wives have literally next to zero power — but that's a topic for another day (agriche hcs)

but... you wanna know *the* biggest example?

sylvia. sylvia pedelian, hands down, suffers constantly at the hand of misogyny

in her og life, she was an ideal little daughter and a lovely sex object for the male leads,

and in her next life, nothing changed — everywhere she goes, she's not known as the girl who mastered pedelian's technique faster than their heir —

she's just known as her father's daughter or her brother's sister

cassis does try to defend her, but their father shuts him down, reminding him of how oh-so defenseless, innocent and naive sylvia is

sigh... back to court matters

murdering someone depends on who it was, and why you did it

for house of agriche... man they don't care, commit arson for all you want, they'll literally not give a damn

for agriche, it doesn't matter who it was or why you did it,

they'll just murder you, because why not

they don't care for the departed person, they just wanna dish out punishment, especially if the person killed was from their own house assuming you're strong enough to even harm an agriche, let alone kill them

house of pedelian lets you off or punishes you depending on the reasoning

and since they're the house of justice and all that, they're very fair with this

if you killed one of their own house, or a helpless one like a child, they will punish you

but if the person you killed was a bother, like a genuine bother who was threatening you etc etc,

they'll let you off

house of vertium doesn't care either. and unlike the agriche they're chill with it. they won't kill you either. they're just like: 'oh you killed my son? cool, what's for dinner?'

same with house of fipelion (i literally know nothing abt them), except house of fipelion might send a beast or two after you if it was a member of their house

house of gastor basically just imprisons you and lets you out after a while, depending on who and why

it's basically like historical jail

they have a conference hall where the current heads, along with their heirs, meet to discuss 'important matters' — like finances, defence, for all their collective territories and for walbusta (2), etc

literally, they do nothing but argue

especially rischel and cassis with lant and dion

the other houses are so done with them

court fashion is fickle, and if you're not caught up with it, the nobles, especially noble ladies, tear you to shreds

sylvia and roxana are constantly compared on who's more beautiful, but they're not even aware of it — roxana avoids sylvia anyways we know why

marriage...

obviously, no pedelian is allowed to marry an agriche, and vice versa cassis and roxana in the corner:

but other than that, marriage is allowed between the houses,

and some houses used to commit inter-family marriages *cough* agriche *cough*

they only stopped because it was causing deformities in their kids, and they couldn't possibly have imperfect kids!

by far the agriche aren't even the most messed up family. i wonder what house of fipelion is hiding?

(1) i have no idea what the official name of the white family is. if you know then please tell 🫶

(2) it's the place where they have their ball thing. i forgot its proper name and was way way too lazy to check it.

this is not edited, by the way <33

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[harpagornis]

I still hate Greek mythology, but I recalled the fact that Dione is basically a female version of Zeus, so the account Aphrodite is their daughter is basically masturbation

[anakinsafterlife]

Music and Arts for Interview with the Vampire and other French-Enjoyers

I am so genuinely excited to find out that Zachary Richard, the Francophone folk singer from Louisiana, has released a novel! The story addresses the concerns of the American Francophonie with the story of a family wracked by politics and violence in the wakr of the American Civil War.

Friends, this the is the first American novel to be published in French since 1894! Although there is still a Francophone community in Louisiana to this day, they have been dealing with forced Anglicization for well over a hundred years, including the forced Anglophone education of Francophone children.

Zachary Richard remains an outlier in an largely English American cultural landscape. He wrote and recorded the majority of his songs in French and is popular in the international Francophone musical community.

I have been meaning to talk about Richard for a very long time, particular in the context of Interview with the Vampire. There are a good many cultural references in Interview, but unfortunately it seems that the show-runners are not really too informed about historical French arts because there aren't many references to French music or playwriting. Lestat would be more likely to act Moliere than Shakespeare. Louis would be somewhere in between, probably listening to and speaking both French and English songs. Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with Black Creole musicians, of which there were/are indeed plenty in Louisiana. I've been meaning to educate myself in that area and post a selection along with my favourite tracks from Richard, but life has been very pressing indeed these last few years, so that never happened.

Here, then, are a few of my favourite songs from Zachary Richard and a few brief recordings from Black Zydeco artists, as well as the blurb from Richard's novel.

I didn't include translations, because that would make this long post long indeed, but Richard's lyrics are readily available in any search engine.

The novel:

Summary:

In the disarray that fell on southern Louisiana following the Civil War, André Boudreaux, seventeen years old, discovered life with his grandfather Drozin. This southern veteran, who became a rich man thanks to the arrival of the railway, tries to regain his prestige and his political power. But the sordid murder of André's uncle, the turbulent elections of 1882 and the political aims of his daughter-in-law will turn his world upside down. Les Rafales du carême is the first French-language novel published by a Louisiana author since 1894.

The music:

Dans les grands chemins. (On the big roads). A song about personal history and being drawn away from your place of origin to explore the wider world.

Au bord de Lac Bijou (On the shore of Lac Bijou). One of his bigger songs and very basic of me, but it's beautiful.

Le Ballade de Jean Batailleur. Again, one of his big ones, but it's a ballad about an orphan who grows up to be a criminal and dies alone. Depressing but gorgeous.

And this one gives me chills every time. It's a live rendition of Richard's song "La Promesse Cassee," performed with Celine Dion. This is hands down Dion's best performance ever, imho. Her voice is so nuanced and her expression so powerful, without ever once over-singing. The song's content probably has a lot to do with that. Richard wrote it in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans was so utterly devastated, and the US federal government promised aid, which, after days of waiting, never came. "The Broken Promise" is a scathing and haunting commentary on that betrayal.

"Laisse le vent souffler" (Let the wind blow) addresses the same issue, but years later. The singer tells the story of the police arriving to evacuate the community as another hurricaine approaches. He refuses to leave because he has already survived other storms and he has seen how the police have failed to support a scattered community in the past.

Can't believe I almost forgot this one:

Reveille--A powerful song addresses the expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal (by British/English Canadian forces) of the Acadian French from the Canadian east coast and northern USA east coast. Many of the Acadians were shipped further south or "back" to Europe, where most had never been. Plagued by attendant atrocities of starvation, drowning and disease, thousands of Acadians were killed. Those who survived the journey down the American coast eventually became known by the shortened name of "Cajuns."

There are also a few extra things here from Richard's YouTube, where he highlights other Louisiana French singers and musicians. I've only included a couple, but people writing for Interview might want to explore his page more, since there's some Black Zydeco (Louisiana folk and French) musicians there.

J'ai une chanson dans mon coeur:

I couldn't find anything out about this. A young, Black American girl sings this song in an American school. I think, and hope, that she's another member of the French Louisianian musical community. Very sweet.

Zachary Richard talking about his influences and earlier Zydeco music in Louisiana.

[robo-writing]

whilst cid is a confirmed girl dad what type of dad do we think the other lads are, i have some ideas and i’m curious to how others think:

-clive: born to also be a girl dad but he has one son then 2 daughters with said son somehow inheriting even more protective big brother genes. his daughters probably think he’s super cool as a shield and try to become some of rosaria’s first female shields. the son probably ends up being more the scholar type by chance, the “i told you so” older brother.

-joshua: truly versatile but i think the universe would end up giving him a single boy that has all of his Bratty Younger Brother genes but More. it’s payback tenfold for the years jote and clive had to endure of him refusing to stay in bed whilst sick and having to attempt to father an even more stubborn version of himself. i also think he should have a kid that LOVES carrots like they eat it by the shovel-full

-dion: boy dad through and through. raises like 3 completely chivalrous fairy tail prince sons and has one 4th son who is such a rogue and trouble maker than he balances out his 3 brother’s personalities by himself. they’re also his biggest supporters, think he’s the coolest dragon to ever exist. probably would end up with one of them succeeding harpocrates and another being very artistic.

-barnabas: either no kids or a single child but he doesn’t act different based on the kids sex/gender. possibly adopted? most likely to adopt, i think he values an innate sense of discipline for the kid’s self benefit. but he seems like the type of king that raises a queen so well that waloed is also historically called a queendom during her reign. as long as he can teach them swordsmanship he’s chill

-hugo: bald and childless <3 he would only have kids with benne but she’s not fucking doing that, she knows medieval childbirth statistics.

gav: like 9 kids. like so many. he probably also adopts half the hideaway’s kids. they all develop his accent even if they’re adopted and it’s like hearing a warbling nest of birds. probably the most chill dad ever like they all say their secrets with such security he’s like in on all the gossip of their generation. he just comes back to the hideaway with a new kid calling him dad

Oh my god anon you’re so right for most of these, you basically did my job so lemme just add a couple ideas to compliment yours

Clive- absolutely a girl dad, and his one son becomes extremely protective of them just like he was to Joshua. He’s also the voice of reason between the three because his girls also inherited his sense of bravery, and they tend to get into antics a lot. Very active and energetic while big bro is more calm and collected (except when his sisters are in trouble, and it’s there we see that famous rosfield anger)

Joshua- a singular boy that makes his father’s life much more difficult than it needs to be (I wonder where he inherited that from.) He’s also very energetic, and is more than likely the mastermind of whatever scheme he and his two cousins get into. Too curious for his own good, just like his father, and absorbs knowledge like a sponge even if the methods used to obtain that knowledge are a bit orthodox. Keep an eye on him at all times, and if you hear silence from him, he’s definitely doing something.

Dion- literal Disney princes, the pinnacle of chivalry and honor, it’s as if you plucked them from a fairytale. He saw the man his father grew up to be and wanted them to be better, and have a better childhood than he did. Even when his fourth turns out to be a bit of a rebel you can still see that Lesage honor shining through and through, albeit in his own special way. While his first three sons might stop a bully by talking him down the fourth would sooner shut him up by breaking his jaw, for example. (He was harassing a poor student, he couldn’t just stand by!)

Surprisingly enough his fourth son is incredibly smart, top marks in all his classes effortlessly, if only he could get a rein on that temper.

Barnabas- he’s most likely to adopt, but he would love that child no less than his own flesh and blood. Firm but fair, he’d raise them to be strong, and to never take anything from anyone, ever. At the same time he enjoys that his child does not have that same bloodlust in their eyes that he did when he was their age. He doesn’t say his emotions outwardly, but rather expresses them with quality time, such as training or bringing them to royal meetings.

Hugo- childless lmao, even if he wasn’t obsessed with benedikta his ego wouldn’t allow him to take just one woman as his bride, and I highly doubt he’d be a good father. If he did have a child they’d be more likely to run away once they’re a teenager

Gav- oh sweet Gav, his nickname is the daycare with how many children he raises on a daily basis. Half of them aren’t even his, and does it really matter? He loves having a big family, it’s more entertaining that way.

[illegiblewords]

Some post-FFXVI analysis.

I figure there were themes throughout about how a parent is supposed to love their child and want to see them grow, and then exploring questions of power imbalance not only between parents/creators and their children/creations but also the world itself (non-bearers) vs the few with great and terrible potential (bearers and dominants). I think the theme has echoes in Otto and his son, Dion with his father as well as Anabella, Edda being protected by her child and Gav stepping into a familial role despite not having any obligation, Charon doing similar with Goetz, the Waloed orphanage director and his daughter/bearers where he utterly betrayed those children, OG Cid and both Bearers as well as Mid (adopted), abandonment of Benedikta by Cid, and even Mid’s choice not to make the airship because she doesn’t trust the potential and power it holds. Plus like (in case I need to explicitly say it) Ultima vs humanity and Anabella vs Clive, Joshua, and Olivier. It’s basically caretakers and the choice to nurture potential or not, and different characters make different choices because there isn’t a single answer to how those kinds of relationships unfold. I get that.

The spots I want to zoom in closer are these questions though.

1) What the fuck is even happening with Barnabas thematically/symbolically with the Oedipus complex? 

He’s technically fucking both Ultima (parent to humanity) and his own mother (how Ultima presents to him) with his goal to sacrifice the will of not only himself but humanity overall in Ultima’s name. Ultima is the Jungian devouring mother who doesn’t seek to see her children grow but to use them, live through them, and keep them forever stunted. This is also Jungian Tiamat, who devours her own children (dragon’s mouth = yonic)--basically Barnabas is on the one hand artificially kept a child when he should have been an adult, entirely in thrall to his mother who seeks to destroy him to her own ends. On the other hand, he is willingly surrendering himself and humanity this way so the horror comes from doing such a thing with full, adult agency. It’s a similar perversion--he has taken Ultima’s side and chosen to engage in Ultima’s goal (not treating child/creation like a child/creation) and, despite being possessed of his own will and thus an adult, engages in Ultima’s inappropriate mission willingly. He becomes an active participant at Ultima’s side victimizing humanity and himself. There might be further nuance to it but the situation feels like trying to twist my brain into a pretzel. 2) What is going on with Anabella and Ultima!Olivier? 

Anabella is analogous to Ultima in her entire mindset, and I guess she sort of... she doesn’t personally love any of her children, but she loves what Joshua and Olivier represent to her in ambition and tools. Olivier has been basically dead the whole time and Anabella didn’t even notice, because she doesn’t care about his will or him as a person. Olivier being Ultima like... is it kind of like saying her own child is dead because of how she views/treats her children as extensions of herself, and she effectively is parenting an analogue of herself instead in Ultima? The reason she commits suicide isn’t just the destruction of Olivier as a tool for herself--it’s because she also has to see him as the horrific, destructive reflection of herself, and that self is an abomination. She refused the role of a true parent while simultaneously holding nothing else of value within. She cannot be the monster of Ultima but nor can she comprehend or invest in her children, and now she can’t even pretend that she does. I don’t think it’s remorse for her, but sort of realizing she is something monstrous. She dies a monster, never acknowledging her children as people--but she might be aware of herself refusing to acknowledge them. This might have other angles to it too.

3) With as much feminine symbolism and iconography as Ultima has, why make his default form male here? It’s not just in-game feminine motifs (Ultima even refers to himself relative to the role of mother rather than father), but Ultima’s history within the franchise with femininity. See Final Fantasy Tactics in particular, all sorts of Final Fantasy XIV stuff, possibly Ultimecia though there’s some translation funkiness there. Regardless, that was an active creative choice there and I think it has to do with symbolic meaning. I don’t think it’s for secret shitty implications or anything like that. It could be that the developers wanted to indicate it’s not a woman-exclusive propensity but a parental one, and since Anabella especially helped drive home the devouring mother Ultima was used to broaden the lens? I think there’s more to it, and I don’t particularly figure Ultima has a fixed gender or even one as humans conceive at all--but he presents masculine when that didn’t have to be the case.

[haila-wetyios]

Character summary: Haila Wetyios

alias/nicknames: Wetyios, Love, Hels, Mistress Wetyios, Mistress Haven, GILF

gender: female

age: 103

zodiac: ----

abilities  + talents: Haila was practically considered an eminence in the study and restoration of Allagan tech back in the First. Though that was a very hard earned title that she spearheaded through sheer trial and error through the decades she was there. And... luckily for her, the First had more than enough tech to study and look into while having a foot ahead of the rest.

Other than that, her affinity for aether demands to have deep knowledge of aetherology to continue in her chosen fields of study. Knowledge is the best weapon, though if that doesn't work, she's not too behind on knowing how to at least defend herself physically. If all that fails as well, homemade guns are also a good alternative.

alignment: lawful / neutral / chaotic / good / neutral / evil / true

sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath

virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience

languages: Common Eorzean, very decent on Hingan, basic to intermediate knowledge of a now lost tongue of a Keeper clan, and basic Garlean and Allagan. Whether the First had it's own language or not, is something I'm still contending, but I might later update it to being my own true headcanon.

family: Oh boy, here we go.... Big post underneath

Wackwrulf Malurie (Biological father, deceased), Hilde Malurie (Biological mother, unknown), Hyola Malurie (Half Younger sister).

Leofric Wetyios (Adoptive Father).

Rutla Hann (Husband, deceased), Meam Carus Rhua (Eldest daughter), Rhea Meam Amatus (Middle son).

Luma Lee (Husband), Rohmio Lee ("Firstborn"), Helia Lee (Baby daughter), Howl Lee (Baby son).

friends: As expected from someone who has had a long lifespan and also thrown into one problem after another, most of the people Haila knows are either deceased or classified as missing in action. Even more, due to Haila's life experiences, the line between friend and Something More(TM) is almost always extremely blurry. Not to mention that people she considers friends on equal grounds are rare vs the unending number of unwillingly adopted manchildren she now has.

Among those where the line is just a smudge you can't read on your hand are Alexius Dion Edmont and Crific Storm. Both Alexius and Haila have agreed that in a different time, in a different life, they would have probably picked the other. But life circumstances didn't align at the right moment, so now they're just each leading their own life while still deeply loving and still caring about the other.

For Crific, the man is a walking disaster, and somehow she gained a taste for disaster (she is also a walking disaster). The easiest example of what kind of 'friendship??' this is, can be told in a single tale: There is no one who would walk into jail, hoist Haila over his shoulder and walk out the front door other than damn Crific.

As for friends who she considers as 'responsible adults' or on equal ish grounds, there's Sergius, the android that she keeps sending cute hand knit things to. Kazushige, the Au Ra who is on the verge of being demoted to manchild after his latest stunts. Rising, who's kept her spot on her list of 'responsible adults' (for now). Angel (who is also dancing between the line of adult and manchild). Cravendy, who is floating on a strange limbo that Haila still can't define at all. And Aislinn, the only person she trusts will remain as a responsible adult because everyone else is always at risk of being demoted to 'child'.

As for 'unwillingly adopted manchildren', there's quite a few. Among them are: Florus, Riylli, August, Mivo'to, Sosuke and Ino.

sexuality: heterosexual / bisexual / pansexual / homosexual / demisexual / asexual / unsure / other

relationship: single / partnered / married / widowed / open relationship / divorced / not ready for dating yet / it’s complicated

libido: sex god / very high / high / average / low / very low / non-existent / who knows

build: slender / average / athletic / muscular / curvy / other

hair: white / blonde / brunette / red / black

eyes: brown / blue / gray / green / black / other (Blue and gold/Red and Blue)

skin: pale / fair / olive / light brown / brown / dark / other

height: TALL

scars: Haila would probably talk of the burn scars she had on both of her hands which is why she wears gloves often. Or the mark right on the back of her head that would make one wonder what exactly stabbed her there and how she survived. But whenever her skin is on display, there's nothing to see of such scars there. The only predominant one is one in the shape of a nasty bite or tear on her right thigh, and even that one is subtle enough despite it's bloody history.

dogs or cats || birds or bugs || snakes or spiders || coffee or tea || ice cream or cake || fruits or vegetables || sandwich or soup || magic or melee || sword shield dagger or bow gun|| summer or winter || spring or autumn || past or future present

A few songs that remind you of them:

Yoasobi - IDOL (Huge recommendation despite the visuals being far brighter than the usual Haila aesthetic)

KOKIA - Karma

FGO - Koyanskaya's theme

Chainsaw Man - Sweet dreams

Madoka Magica movie - not yet

Tagged by: @snowbird-down (I did the last one you tagged me in with Rhua already!)

Tagging: @pollux-xiv, @riylli, @rhotanored

[enfyswanders]

Glastonbury, England: July 29-August 4, 2024

Up until Glastonbury, the trip was overall simply delightful, apart from the travel difficulties to/in Ireland. But in Glastonbury, it got a lot more challenging.

I will admit that, in hindsight, my choice to attend and present at the Goddess Conference may have been ill-conceived, given that my personal spiritual practice is not goddess-centric and that I consider myself a gender-liminal person who experiences dysphoria when referred to as a "woman," "sister," or "daughter," etc. Even separating the fact that this conference clearly wasn't for me from everything else I experienced, though, suffice to say I experienced an awful lot of anxiety, discomfort, and frustration that week, in part due to my gender, neurotype, and the heat wave and lack of any air conditioning anywhere that played hell with my perimenopause. I am pleased with how my workshop session went, though, and made some fantastic friends at the conference who were extremely kind to me and helped me get through a fairly hellacious week, in particular my housemates Andrea, Tobia, Demi, and Roberta (who I sadly didn't get a photo of).

Aside from the new friends, there were some other highlights of the week, including a ritual that involved a full-body immersion into a healing spring they only open to the public a couple times a year, shopping in Glastonbury (which is basically an entire downtown area of metaphysical shops and hippie clothing), high tea at the Abbey Tea Rooms, exploring Glastonbury Abbey, hiking up to the Glastonbury Tor, and visiting Dion Fortune's grave.

I also giggled at this shop name:

There was also a bomb-ass fireworks display the final night of the conference, which made up for my lack of July 4th fireworks this year.

[roseaceae]

and i won't forget to put roses on your grave

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟ you look A LOT LiKE the swaying MARiGOLDS ❀ ✎ . . introducing the fandom

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFANDOM NAME. BLOOMIS  ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟHANGUL. 블루미스  ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟKANJI. ブルーミス

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟBEHIND THE NAME. ❝ bloomis ❞ was technically meant to be blooming originally, but for a group called blue rose, they wanted a fandom name that was unique in some sorts. along with " blooming " being the original fandom name contender, " floresce " was a very popular one rising in early 2016, it became the placeholder fandom name for so long until it's actual announcement. eventually, the fandom name was announced to be " bloomis " on the groups 100th day anniversary, the word is a mix of " blooming " and " bliss ", making the groups fandom name " blooming bliss ". though some of the fandom were (and are) still very attached to the name " floresce ", they have come to accept the new fandom name and it's become such a relaxing name for them.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟOTHER NAMES. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ emo weirdos ❞ ୨୧ from one of cupid's unhinged early livestreams, where he was playing music in the background and began asking fans for suggestions. among the requests, one fan suggested a bring me to the horizon song, to which cupid joked that they were "an emo weirdo", even though he did proceed to play the song and know all the words. he originally got flack for feeling so comfortable joking with his fans, but the name has since been adopted by bloomis' everywhere. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ crazy fuckers ❞ ୨୧ from the time dione found out that a group of fans had designed a clothing line for them back in late 2016, and he promptly called them "crazy fuckers" in his fit of shock. considering he had no media training, he could not avoid swearing for the rest of the live. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ anemones ❞ ୨୧ derived from the name of their debut album, and considering that anemones in general mean a lot to the groups lore, fans have taken a very specific liking to the flower. it's basically their semi-official fandom name.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟNICKNAMES THEY HAVE GARNERED. flower fiends. blueberry blossoms. anemones. hot chocolate warriors. strange little creatures. honey bees (on occasions). pirate crew. yearning professionals. 45 year old rock dads. flora. sadness 24/7. gay sons and thought daughters. endless ceres worshippers. skittles squad (debatable).

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFANDOM EMOJIS. 🌼 / 🌀 / 🃏 / 🧿

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟLOCATION BREAKDOWN. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ korea ❞ ୨୧ 49% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ international ❞ ୨୧ 51%

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟGENDER DEMOGRAPHICS. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ male ❞ ୨୧ 50% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ female ❞ ୨୧ 32% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ other ❞ ୨୧ 18%

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟAGE RANGE. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 8–13 years old ❞ ୨୧ 1% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 14–18 years old ❞ ୨୧ 30% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 19–30 years old ❞ ୨୧ 47% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 31–60 years old ❞ ୨୧ 15% ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 60+ years old ❞ ୨୧ 7%

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟREPUTATION. among other fandoms, bloomis are known for their "eldest sibling syndrome" and "sibling rivalry" type of love towards each other. most bloomis' have been fans since the early days, quite literally at the groups side since their day of debut. because a lot of bloomis are up in age, they usually don't have free time to endlessly stream, vote on music shows, constantly watching live streams, running fan accounts, etc, but the group mainly having older fans also adds to the homely feeling of it all. most original bloomis are very close to the members in age, and because of that, they bounce off each other rather smoothly. they often engage in banter with the members so seamlessly it's hilarious, they really do just get along so easily.

if there is anything bloomis are, it's concertgoers. they will sell out a fucking stadium the moment blue roses name is uttered, this fandom loves a long concert. bloomis are very social with each other, they often have concert traditions and inner inside jokes that are simply between the fandom. they exchange friendship bracelets, rings, and other jewelry, as well as also designing their own merch for the group, for some reason, a lot of the fandom happen to be crocheting professionals who study fashion, so many of them create designs, and some of them are even in the groups official merch. the fandom are very known for their own closeness to each other, igniting the whole "sibling rivalry" trope with how much bickering is between them.

though bloomis are usually known for being calm fanwar wise (because lets be honest most of them have jobs and careers to worry about..), they do not play when it comes to "comedic" interviewers and their way of talking about the members. they once forced a comedian to resign and apologize after he made yunseok tear up because he was teasing him out his appearance. just so you know, they do not play about the members. the fandom has a very large queer demographic, because something about blue rose (juniper and ceres) attracts gay people, and maybe that's their theme, because the members don't seem to mind. bloomis always say things are.. out of pocket you could describe them as. like the members, they aren't afraid to say things that could be used terribly out of context, they're said to have a "swearing problem".

bloomis and blue rose have a close bond, again calling back to most of the longtime fans being in the same age range as the members, they bicker so frequently that you'd think they were actually fighting. it's almost always juniper they pick a fight with, because he is just so easy to irritate. it gets to the point that the members recognize familiar faces in the crowd, and always pretend to roll their eyes when they again see them at fansigns. bloomis usually don't care about dating rumors, in fact they want for the members to get into rumors with someone because their music is so sad. they're simply waiting for one of the members get exposed by dispatch, and they always make sure to bring it up to even the members themselves. they literally cheer when the next rumor pops up, they're tired of the yearning tunes.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFANDOM FRIENDSHIPS. soda bombs ❪ cherryade ❫ exol ❪ exo ❫ once ❪ twice ❫

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟANTHEMS. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ marigold ❞ ୨୧ their song marigold is about balance and melancholy, a soft song describing the true feelings of sadness. it has since been a fan favorite since it's release in 2017, and though the group rarely perform it regularly, it is always a tradition for them to sing it last at concerts or on tour apart of the encore. the song is basically their theme, it comes to represent their journey in a sense, it always makes people cry. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ black flower ❞ ୨୧ the opening track on lover of the lavender, this song is one of their most beloved title tracks, even if it recently had a viral boom back in 2022. it became an anthem because of dione randomly deciding to sing it during a livestream, unknowingly making one of their old title tracks go viral. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ here we go ❞ ୨୧ the closing track on 1275 iris avenue, and arguably the most "not blue rose song ever". it's a song that, admittedly, was created last minute, the members sat in a circle and cooked it up with only a week of preparation allowed. the reason the song is so beloved is because of the members participation, though all six of them have written songs together before, producing and arranging lyrical distributions was a whole different story. the song is often said to be their only upbeat one, and whenever a bloomis is tired of the depression, they just put on here we go to cheer themselves up.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFAVORITE ALBUMS. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ the field of lost anemones ❞ ୨୧ this one is a classic, the groups debut album released in the brusising february winter. this album was peak blue rose sadness, the beginning of their melancholic journey. are there vocally and visually better albums of theirs? yes, of course, but bloomis hold onto it like it's their firstborn. the vibes are simply different. it's basically the groups baby as well. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ 1275 iris avenue ❞ ୨୧ arguably their best album, both vocally, visually, and musically, 1275 iris avenue is a bloomis classic that dropped randomly in the chaotic year which was 2020. it was a surprise album, and strangely enough, it was one of their least promoted, yet it is often considered their best either way. the album would go on to win three daesangs, and there is no argument for the love of this project.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFAVORITE TITLE TRACKS. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ flower rock ❞ ୨୧ again, the classic. their first title track, and often always in the top 5 of bloomis' rankings. the air in their first era was undeniably different, and flower bed as their first title track seemed to perfectly fit the bruising winter of february 2016. even with hard rock instrumental, it perfectly encapsulates the melancholic experiences of their first album. ˚ ꒦꒷ ❝ now or never ❞ ୨୧ the title track of 1275 iris avenue, it's always in discussion for being the groups best title track. it's the groups most streamed title track, beloved by bloomis' everywhere like the album it's from. now or never isn't considered the fandoms theme song, but it's considered to be the blue rose song. it's pretty much untouchable.

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFIRST BIAS. yunseok cupid / juniper / hyeon / ceres / dione

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟMOST POPULAR IN KOREA. yunseok ceres / juniper / cupid / hyeon / dione

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟMOST POPULAR IN JAPAN. juniper ceres / dione / yunseok / hyeon / cupid

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟMOST POPULAR IN CHINA. ceres yunseok / juniper / cupid / hyeon / dione

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟMOST POPULAR INTERNATIONALLY. ceres juniper / yunseok / hyeon / cupid / dione

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟMOST POPULAR OVERALL. ceres yunseok / juniper / cupid / dione / hyeon

 ִֶָ ᯽ .ﾟFAVORITE BLOOMIS MOMENTS.

ℒ. when a bloomis discovered that she and cupid were distant cousins after they were attending a wedding together. hilariously enough, she was continuously updating her twitter feed in tandem.

ℒ. a bloomis shared their design for the groups upcoming album "no man no love" and it was viewed by dione who loved it so much he contacted the creator to make it a real thing. the creator agreed and they earned 75% of the proceeds while another 25% went to a charity for victims of domestic violence.

ℒ. a niche subsection of bloomis' being older in age due to blue rose's musical concept emanating concepts similar to late 90s and early 2000s rock bands. these fans are often referred to as the "45 year old rock dads". there's a running joke that if you're looking for an older man, you'll probably find one at a blue rose concert.

ℒ. bloomis and their desperation for the members to get into relationships. constantly complaining on twitter about the songs they sing about toxic relationships. they are BEGGING for the members to get into relationships.

ℒ. bloomis' trending #OHHESFINE when dione's relationship was revealed.

ℒ. a group of bloomis' literally getting a sasaeng arrested after they doxxed yunseok's family online.

ℒ. trading necklaces, rings, bracelets, and other accessories during concerts to make the experience much more fun.

ℒ. a bloomis who brought her child to a fansign became a fan favorite of hyeon's after he got to hold her and she basically said he was her favorite. recently the fan reunited with the idol, and her daughter, now in her final year of elementary school, recognized hyeon's face, making him get very emotional.

ℒ. a quarrel between a fan and ceres went viral after they spent twenty minutes at a fansign bickering about the ending of how i met your mother.

ℒ. getting a comedian fired because he kept making fun of yunseok and made him tear up on tv.

ℒ. where a bloomis brought a gift for cupid, who was a fan of her dad's rock band, and he said "no the fuck you didn't!"

[babaenghumayo-blog]

My Dad

One of my biggest influences when it comes to love in music would be my dad. He would always take me to Odyssey when I was young. Odyssey is a shop full of compact discs (CD as we call it) for different artists. I am not sure if they still have shops until now but the one we used to go to in Festival mall already closed a few years back.

I remember my dad will make me listen to songs of Celine Dion and Westlife. Sometimes I will make him buy CDs of the artists I want. One Christmas back in 2009, I bought a CD of Justin Bieber’s very first album with the money I got from Christmas. That’s how popular CDs are before. Nowadays, all songs can be found digitally in either Spotify or Apple Music.

Looking back now, I know my dad has anger issues. He is triggered very easily with small things. I think that’s where I got my short-tempered personality (plus my passive aggressive side from my mom). My dad always think so highly of me since I was a child. Like I was this intelligent girl who knows everything, who can do everything and who can be anything. Well, I’m not. There was this one time when we were watching a Filipino game show “Game KNB?” with my sister and I was able to answer the one-million-worth question. My dad was so proud of me although I can’t really remember where I heard or read that question but I’m sure of the answer to the question. On the contrary, my dad would also criticize me for being bad in Math. In my defense, when I was in first grade, it was so hard for me to understand the logic behind even and odd number. I mean, why do you call them even? And why do you call them odd? So, being forgetful as I am, I can’t seem to memorize even and odd number and failed me in my tests back then, which my dad would be so mad about. But guess what, 20 years later, his daughter is working as an auditor in Europe. What are the odds. :P I mean, my job isn’t all complex Math but still requires a lot of numbers. Not to brag but I can say I am really good with arithmetic. The basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division I can do faster than others. Maybe because I was trained from spending time being a cashier from our bakery shop before. That’s the advantage of growing up with a family business I guess.

Anyway, going back to my dad. My dad is not getting any younger and is experiencing a lot of different sickness from time to time. He has diabetes, diagnosed with bronchitis and high-blood pressure which of course for sure his kids will inherently have. It is also evident with the lifestyle he has growing up. He smoked since he was 16 until he was diagnosed of Bronchitis when he was 52. He eats a lot. I mean, a lot. That’s why we were all really fat and living the unhealthy life in the late 2000′s. Me and my siblings all hate vegetables until we did fasting and lived the healthy lifestyle in 2020.

I can’t really blame my dad. He grew up in the province living day to day life just to survive and eat. He became an orphan at a very young age with his grandparents taking over of looking out for all 10 of them. He never went to high school and started to work at a young age because of lack of money and support. If my dad will ever have the just to finish his studies until college, I know for sure he will be one of the top of their class.

When him and mom came to Manila to establish their own business, it was a real gamble with their capital and assets all loaned to them by my aunties. It has been a success for the first 10 to 12 years. We were living a comfortable life when we were kids. However, it cannot sustain the demands the family needed when me and my brother went to college. My sister, who just graduated that time has to immediately find a job to help my parents to provide for the family. I remember we would go shop for grocery and only buy noodles, eggs and coffee because that’s what we can all afford, not even meat. That’s how low we got that time. This was between 2013 to 2017, my entire college life.

My dad is the kind of person who will do anything for his family. He doesn’t want anyone from his family to be shamed or taken advantage by anyone else. He will sell all the property he has just to provide for us. As I am writing this, all the flashbacks from the hard times we went through before came back in my memory because of the insufficient money we have. I will see my mom always mad or not in the mood living it through everyday hoping one day the suffering will all end. Well, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel indeed.

My dad is the kind of person who will push you to anything you want to be and support you all the way may it become a pianist, an artist, a doctor, a singer, a pharmacist, an accountant. He will never impose what he wants you to be because he knows it is your own life you are making. He is a tough man, he may have made mistakes and questionable decisions but that’s him being a human incapable of being perfect just like all of us.

[saquinnn]

donna: i want to hear those three words.

bela: i love you <3.

donna: that's sweet, but try again.

bela:

bela: i will behave.

donna: there we go.

[im-in-love-with-pizza-bites]

Yours, Mine, Ours: Epilogue

Single-Dad!Chris Evans X Single-Mom!Reader

Series MasterList

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Series Summary: Your husband Caspian Richardson Senior died while serving in the military, so you move your three sons to Boston, MA. Where you meet an actor and his sweet daughter.

Series Warnings: Death of a spouse/parent, divorce of parents,

You and Chris got married on July 7th, 2026. While engaged, you bought a house together. 7 bed, 4 bath with a large yard, also with a pool like Jace wanted. Caspian had the smallest room since he wasn't technically living with you guys and really it was just going to be there to hold his belongings. Okay, let's talk about the wedding! It wasn't small but it wasn't huge either, since you both were married before. It had family and friends at it. Chris chose Scott as his best man, then his groomsmen were Anthony, Sebastian, Caspian, Jace, Connor, and Benjamin. A lot of the marvel cast was also invited but weren't a part of the wedding party. You chose, Maya as your maid of honor obviously, then, Shanna, Carly, and four of your other friends. Most are also wives of soldiers that you met before Caspian's death, but one was a woman who served with him who you became friends with. Now you may be wondering if the boys are groomsmen what was June? She was the cutest flower girl ever with Chris' niece, Stella. Then his nephews were the ring bearers. You guys also invited Senior's family to the wedding since they are also your family. They showed up of course to support you but you knew it was hard for them. You changed your name from Y/n L/n-Richardson to Richardson-Evans. So you could have the same last name as all four of your kids, June included. Chris could've cared less if you changed your name as long as you are happy. You two didn't plan on having any more kids, deciding four kids were enough especially since your oldest already moved out and the other three were all in school and everything. But you ended up getting pregnant a year after you got married and had another boy, named August. You quit the job you hated to be a stay-at-home mom again. If it was a job you liked you probably would've kept it despite your husband being rich. But you wanted to be a stay at mom for June and August like you were for your oldest three while they're young. Also you despised that job. Anyway onto the kids!

Caspian ended up proposing to his girlfriend, Kelly after dating her for a year and a half. Her brother, his basic training buddy was both excited and pissed. Caspian and Kelly had three kids together, Gregory, Milly, Jackie, and Luca. Gregory was named after him, his dad, and his grandpa. Since his and his dad's middle name is Gregory after his grandpa. Gregory was also named after your dad, with his middle name being Robert. Now, Milly, she's named after you, while Jackie is named after Kelly's family. Luca was named after Chris though, his name being Luca Christopher Richardson. Chris was ecstatic, he couldn't believe that Caspian would want to name his son after him. He cried, it's on video. Okay on to other things, Caspian retired from the army at 40 as a Sergeant Major. He then moved back to Boston with his family. After retirement, he started working for a construction company after a few years of being a stay-at-home dad for his kids.

Now let's talk about Jace! So he continued playing baseball during middle school and high school before getting a full-ride scholarship to play baseball for Mississippi State. He then went on to play for the major leagues. The teams he played for are, Tampa bay rays, Toronto blue jays, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and finally the Boston red sox. He was super excited when he got traded to the red sox since her be close to you and Chris, and his siblings. Now as for his family life outside of you and Chris. He married a girl his college girlfriend, Michelle.. They adopted three kids they're a sibling group so they're all biological siblings, their names are Dion, Josephina, and Esme. They continued to foster but didn't adopt again after that. Okay anyway, Jace is pretty famous. Mostly in the sports world, but some people not into sports know his name. Some claim it's only cause he's Chris' step-son. Also in interviews that either of them may have. If they're asked about each other. Chris always expresses how proud he is of Jace and how he loves going to his games. Not just cause he gets to sit in the box. Okay, that's one of the reasons. Jace always says that he loves having Chris as a step-dad and he tells some random story about something that Chris did when Jace was in high school at one of his games.

Alright moving on to Connor! He continued playing soccer all through middle and high school but unlike Jace, he didn't go pro, instead, he became an officer in the army. Caspian was a little salty cause his brother outranked him right when he joined. But he was proud since he knows Connor had to work twice as hard to become an officer over just enlisting as he did. Okay so Connor married a fellow army officer, Camilla Diaz, they had two daughters, Elana and Luna. If both Camilla and Connor got deployed the girls would either stay with you and Chris or Camilla's sister depending on who would be better available to take them for however long until one of them came home. Most of the time it was you and Chris since you were a stay-at-home mom for August anyway while Camilla's sister was working and didn't have the time to care for them especially when they were super young. Anyways Connor retired at 46. His wife retired at 40 though. Anyway, they decided to move back to Boston and they opened a sandwich/hoagie shop. It's called War-Subs, it's really popular. Especially for veterans, and active duty since they offer a discount. Obviously, since it's veteran run, anyway both Jace and Chris have slightly advertised it. Like when they opened Chris posted photos and stuff about opening day, and while Jace couldn't be there he reposted his brothers' story on his saying he couldn't wait to try it. So yes some of its popularity comes from his famous family but they didn't post much about it after. Though people could often find Chris there hanging out with his grandkids or having lunch with you. Also, Connor hired his nieces, nephews, daughters, and August to work there during high school/ college. It's a family-owned and run business.

Okay, let's pause before we talk about June. The boys started a non-profit. It's called Families in war. Its whole purpose is to help widows/widowers of soldiers rebuild their lives, get jobs, finding housing, childcare, schools. All the things that probably would've helped you so much those first few months. They also help veterans, with the same things, it's helped lower the veteran homelessness rate. Now the charity is obviously for Americans but they did once work with the brothers trust and put 50% of profits towards paying for Christmas presents and food for the veterans/widows and widowers of American soldiers and the other 50% was to do the same but for UK soldiers. It worked perfectly since the big prize thing was a dinner with Chris Evans, you, the Hollands, Jace, Caspian, Connor, and June, as well as their spouses. Not August cause he was a teen and really didnt want to go. Also, you'll find out why June went now!

Before we get into that though. You adopted June when she was 10, her mom tried objecting but since she skipped town when she was 2 the judge didn't pay any mind to her. Now for the good part, she joined tackle football in 4th grade, it was a boys team because they could find a girls team and thought it would be fine. She started as a kicker but eventually got moved to running back which was the position she stayed in. Well, she went on playing football, on an all-boys team until college where she got a free ride scholarship to play football for the Oklahoma state cowboys. She then went on to be drafted to play for the NFL like a fucking girl boss. Anywho the teams she played for are Pittsburgh Steelers, then the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Kansas City Chiefs. She went to two super bowls while on the Kansas City Chiefs but only won one. She never played for the Patriots though but she was really hoping she would. Also, she's famous, like super famous and a ton of young girls look up to her! That's why she went to the dinner since she too was famous it was a big deal cause the winner and 2 of their friends could have dinner with four famous actors/ athletes and their families. Now I do think she retires earlier than most players do. Just cause she is playing a male-dominated sport so she was playing against a lot of people who were either bigger or stronger than herself. Now onto other things like love! Who did she marry? Matthew butler. Her childhood best friend, and obviously your best friend's oldest son. Maya and Butler ended up having another baby the same year you had August. But we're not talking about them we're talking about June and Matty. Now of course he stopped going by Matty in middle school, he started going by Matt to everyone except family. Your family obviously included in that. Her and Matt had a son and daughter, Griffin and Violet. Both are very athletic, like there parents. Matt played football with her in middle and high school but enlisted in the army for four years before going to college for engineering.

And I don't have a personality for August yet so there's nothing for him. PLEASE READ MY A/N IT GIVES YOU ALL THE SEQUEL INFO THANK YOU

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A/n: Hi, you may be wondering, will there be a sequel. No, I honestly think it would be forced and not that good since I don't have a place to pick the series back up at. But good news! Once I open my requests you can request headcanons, side chapters, and just talk to me about the series if you would like. It's up to all of you whether or not the series ends completely, but I do have some ideas so the first few side chapters probably won't be requests. Also if you just want to talk about the series you don't need to wait until my requests are opened.

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For : @razzle-zazzle

So for your latest whumptober fic, no way out—-while I was reading it——some part of my brain went in a completely different direction and I thought of another idea for this “Dion doll” thing—-

What if—-like——say the Galochio’s were ACTUALLY all evil—-and Dion ended up be kidnapped by them, for some reason or another—turned him small, and gave him to the leaders daughter? ( not knowing that he himself was psychic, as well as the daughter ) so uh—-with the description that you gave of the blonde haired woman, I made her a child, maybe you could even interpret it as the girl BEING the daughter of the insane blonde woman in your fic, and made these drawings :

I also sorta made a mini comic about how the daughter found out that she could talk to Dion via telepathy :

Young girl : *Gasp* You can talk, dolly?!

Young girl : Oh, I ALWAYS wanted a dolly who can talk with me!

Young girl : Since I’ve never had any friends…

Doll Dion : Am I seriously going to feel bad for this girl?

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And then basically—-my mind went and said that the leaders daughter and Dion would get a connection and the daughter would want to get him home any way she can, since she feels bad for him, leading her to have to battle her father….

So uh—-yeah——-I guess this counts as fanart for the fic?

This was more just a quick idea inspired by your fic—-by nevertheless—I decided to draw it—-and I hope you like it!

( even if it isn’t exactly what your fic was about )