#Tabetha

[shadow-daughter]

Look at this little menace, I would kill and die for her.

This is Tabetha, a terrible gremlin child that got cursed by a forgotten moon goddess to burn whenever she walks in the sun in exchange for terrible, strange powers.

She thinks it's a pretty fun arrangement! :D

[entireoranges]

Around two years ago I started watching The Umbrella Academy with my dad. Made it through less than half of season 2. Stopped for a few reasons but I always planned on picking it back up and with season 4 starting soon I figured now was a good time as any. I didn’t tell my dad honestly I think he forgot about it plus I just want this to be my thing. To help refresh my memory and plus not remembering where exactly I stopped I decided to start over from the beginning. And have watched all of seasons 1 and 2 in about maybe 3 or 4 days. Let’s hear it for old fashioned marathon binge watching! I started season 3 this evening stopped halfway through the second. And I got to be honest… I am not feeling the alternative reality, overly gimmicky Sparrow whatever they are team. Its the first thing in the entire show that was a turnoff for me. I’m just not into that stuff. I read through the episode descriptions I didn’t study too closely because I still planning on watching, but it seems the two teams continue fighting/joining/whatever throughout the season and I am thrilled about that! Please someone tell me it quickly becomes more of B plot than the A plot. I don’t care the other team exists… I just don’t care about the fighting for dominance comparison bs.

[buttercupyarnart]

Clue 3 of the Playin My Song MKAL from SweetGeorgia Yarns, designed by Tabetha Hedrick, is complete! This is such a fun design with lots of yummy textures! Now all that's left is to weave in the ends and block it!

[vividescapist]

Understand the Ship (Robin/Tabetha)

I love Robin ( @turnthepagevn​ ) and since Tabetha was the first PC I’d ever posted about, I absolutely had to fill this out. Apologies for the pixelation, I think having to use Paint killed the quality somehow. :(

Tidbits:

- Hesitant to so at first but is really into wearing Robin’s clothes (borrows his shirt in the mornings, takes his jacket when she has to do some grocery shopping, steals his scarf when she’s feeling cold.)

- Calls him ‘songbird�� affectionately when he’s playing the piano.

- Didn’t consider herself a jealous person before meeting Robin but as it turns out, if it’s about her partner, she does feel the occasional jealousy flare up. She really doesn’t like it but it is what it is.

- Favorite forms of PDA: Hugs, arm around her waist/shoulders, hand holding, leaning against him. She doesn’t mind kisses at all but it should be a short and sweet one.

[chellesdump]

Having a Family - Pond Family

"River doesn't wanna go to her grandparents' house since all their relatives are going to be there and she isn't in the mood to spend the majority of her day explaining that she was indeed family and not a friend of her parents. Thankfully her grandparents are the best and make her feel so comfortable once there, also they always have her favorite sweets in stock for whenever she visits "

word count ─ 1.3k

tags ─ little! river, amelia pond, rory williams, tabetha & augustus pond, sweets, a little anxiety attack, family, i just want my poor river to have a little bit of a childhood

notes ─ This is for the Candy & Family prompt. I really enjoy Doctor Who, specially any episode with River on it. Please enjoy this piece

Melody Pond, Mels Zucker or River Song… no matter what you know her as, she is in the end the same person, different personalities but that’s expected when you grow specially if you had grown up like she had, all over the place. But the foundation was the same, an orphan who would do anything to be close to her family, even if that meant distancing herself from them and not acknowledging that she longed for that closeness.

Luckily for River her family also would do anything to be close to her, even if that meant tracking her throughout all fabric of space and time, and dragging her to the family reunion that she was escaping from.

Don’t get her wrong all her life she had wished for these kind of things, having her parents force her to attend family functions that would be so boring, relatives asking her an infinity of questions trying to make their kids be a step ahead of her, food that might not be the best but having to pretend that it was magnificent to not hurt someone’s feelings… you know the normal things that ensue having a family.

But in her fantasies her parents were really parent age, meaning that a normal gap between their ages existed, not like this were she was actually older than them and everyone would question their sanity at saying she was actually the child. She wanted a normal life were her parents raised her on their little town of Leadworth, she would still have gotten in lots of trouble at school and her mum would still have to wait outside the principal’s office and berate her for her misbehavior, but in this life her dad would be alongside her and neither of them would be wearing the same uniform as her.

At the moment it was believable that River is younger than Amy and Rory, since she had a encounter with the wrong crowd on planet ZedAndromeda98 and her body had gotten younger, but still the gap wasn’t what it should be, she was only a couple of years younger than her parents. 

She wanted to avoid unwanted attention on the gathering, but her parents had literally dragged her to her grandparents house, once she was spotted by Tabetha and Augustus there wasn’t a chance to escape.

With a sigh she went to where the older Ponds were sitting and greeted them, “Hello Mr and Mrs Pond, it’s a pleasure to see you” she said extending her hand for a shake, but of course her grandparents weren’t having that and let her know.

“Laddie, is that a way to greet your grandparents?” questioned Augustus grabbing River’s hand to pull her towards him and enveloping her between his big arms, whend he was finished hugging his granddaughter he passed her along to Tabetha.

“Bobbins how you've been? You seem awfully skinny, have that hotheaded of your mom been feeding you well?” questioned Tabetha checking River from head to toe, and when she was satisfied proceeded to hug her and kiss her on the cheek, letting her go with a pat to her bum.

River was mortified at the prospect of someone seeing what had just happened, everyone would think her grandparents were weird, and most likely wouldn’t invite them to any more family functions, then they would surely hate her and therefore her parents too.

Sensing the distress she was feeling, Amy grabbed her, hugging her in order to ground her and prevent an anxiety attack from River, “Shh Mels, everything is okay. Nobody saw or heard anything, and even if they had you know we Ponds are stubborn and won’t let anyone bad talk you” stated Amy rocking them from side to side. 

“And us Williams don’t let what anyone says about us to stop us. If we did you would not be right here” said Rory winking at the last part, getting a light chuckle from River and a punch on the arm from Amy, scolding him for his comment, “Gosh Rory, don’t say those kinds of things in front of our kid or our parents!!”.

“Exactly bobbins, we don’t care about anyone else, the important thing is having you and having a great time as a family” reassured Tabetha, getting a nod from her husband, “Yeah laddie, you always be more important to us. Now Amelia how about you and Rory go and help with the food”.

“Okay, we’ll go. Come on Mels let go help the fami…” “Stop there Amelia! Our ban-ogha stays here with us” reprimanded Tabetha making her granddaughter sit between her and Augustus, preventing her parents from taking her away.

Hearing the gaelic term let River know that her grandparents were giving her permission to regress freely, they had quickly accepted the regression when they learned about it, saying they had come to terms with the confusing timeline, so this was easier to understand.

“Mamaidh, me stay with seanmhair and seanair. No worry” said River with a cheeky smile, “Okay you can stay, but promise me you’ll be good Melody” demanded Amy, knowing that her parents loved getting on her daughter's misbehavior, letting her be her chaotic self.

“She’s always an angel Amelia, so stop worrying and go on” reprimanded Augustus at them insinuating that his precious Melody could do wrong. With a final “Be good for your grandparents Melody” and a kiss on her forehead from her dad, River was left in her grandparents care.

When they were finally occupied and out of ear range, Tabetha told Augustus to retrieve the booty, he returned with a tin lunch box and placed it in front of the little girl, “Go on laddie, open it. We know you’ll like it so much”.

Inside were all her favorite candies, both English and Scottish ones, she was so touched since lots of them were from back when she was Mels Zucker, “Can I eats them?” asked the little girl throwing a big-eyed look at her grandparents, after the affirmative nod from them she began dig in.

There where some scottish macaroons, tunnocks teacake, edinburgh rock, jelly babies, cadbury chocolate, maltesers, and lots more; she always had a sweet tooth, but back when she lived in America as Melody, Madame Kovarian never let her eat sweets saying how she couldn’t be that childish if she wanted to see her parents again.

Then came her time as Mels, Kovarian didn’t have that much involvement in her new upbringing so that’s when she got more liberty to do as she pleased, back then spending time on the Pond residence meant getting to eat anything her heart desired, since the Zuckers were also strict with her diet. 

And once she turned into River, she was put into Stormcage to serve her time of twelve thousand life sentences, and sweets weren't exactly part of her diet there, of course, she escaped every once and then but on her trips, the opportunity to grab sweets weren't huge.

At that moment she realized that her wish had indeed come true, she had gotten to spend quality time with her family in an environment where she was acknowledged as the child of Amelia Pond and Rory Williams. She also had amazing grandparents, both Tabetha and Augustus Pond alongside Brian Williams, who were the most amazing ones, always getting in her shenanigans and spoiling her rotten.

Melody Williams-Pond was indeed a lucky girl, she had an amazing family that loved her and always reminded her of that fact, she was able to relieve moments from her past that she missed in the form of her regression. And the most important thing, all 3 of her grandparents always had a huge supply of her favorite sweets for when she visited, of course, hidden from her parents, just like a visit to your grandparents' house is supposed to be like.

So Melody… Mels… River is forever grateful for having this amazing opportunity, there are times when she wishes she had grown up like any normal kid, but she prefers this life where aliens and spaceships are part of it, where she can visit any point in time and space alongside her amazing family.

[camcorderrevival]

killing and maiming and etc

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

The Marauder’s Mistress by Tabetha Waite

Wanton Wastrels #2

 Riveting read that drew me in and kept my interest from beginning to end!

 What I liked:

* Constance: survivor, spent years as a courtesan, business savvy, trust issues, wants more, self-reliant, drawn to Devin

* Devin: survivor, lived on the streets, ex-convict returned from penal colony in Australia, smitten by Constance

* Luke: good friend, difficult backstory, pseudo-father to Devin

* That it was believable

* That the characters were not upper class but classier than many in the upper echelons

* The friends Constance had

* Drennan: owner of gaming hell that Constance once co-owned, in debt, intriguing and would like to see him in a book of his own…perhaps Brutus and even Luke, too

* The way the story ended…put a smile on my face

* That I cared about the outcome and was happy that the bad guys received their comeuppance

* All of it really except…

 What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like: Granville and Isaacson and their cohorts

* Thinking about life in this era and the big discrepancy between the haves and have-nots

 Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Would I read more in this series/by this author? Definitely

 Thank you to BookSirens and the author for the Book – This is my honest review.

 5 Stars

    BLURB

 Constance Freewater has lived almost two decades of her life as a celebrated courtesan known as Madame Corressa—a woman always living on the edge. As she approaches her fortieth birthday, she realizes that what used to be a fulfilling existence no longer holds any excitement for her. She’s tired of the empty sort of temporary passion that used to be enough. When she crosses paths with a mysterious gentleman who becomes intent on pursuing her, she is inexplicably drawn to him. But when circumstances alter their fate, she has to decide if she is prepared to be his mistress—or nothing at all. Devin Blackmore had a hard life. Growing up with drunkards, scoundrels, and pickpockets on London’s city streets was a normal way of life. But one mistake was all it took for him to learn a harsh lesson. After spending five years in a penal colony, he returns to England determined not to succumb to his old ways. However, he never intended to meet such an enchanting woman as Constance, nor believe that she could make him a better man. But when a late-night attack leaves him fighting for his life, he realizes that he can’t escape his past. He doesn’t want to drag Constance into mire with him, but he finds out she’s not easily intimidated. As hearts become entangled, they have to decide if what they feel for each other runs deeper than the demons of their past. Or is love even possible for these two, broken souls?

Kindle Edition

Published February 14, 2022

[tabbyphobos]

I chose Other, but I suppose a family superstition could also be considered Tradition. 🤔

[the-time-lord-oracle]

Does anyone else think it's a shame Amy's parents only appeared once? Seriously, they could've been recurring characters in series 6. I'd have loved to have seen their reactions to the adventures Amy gets into with the Doctor. I can imagine Tabetha being a bit of a Jackie Tyler, while Augustus is more of a Wilfred Mott. Moffat, why couldn't we have had that funny family dynamic? Ah, well, as TV Tropes would say, they wasted two good characters.

[tillyflossdesign]

Check out this awesome 'Tabetha - Beautiful Day' design on @TeePublic!

[lonelygodscompanion]

Doctor Who and mommy issues

it is little of an exaggeration to state that the first RTD era was built around the female companions' tumultuous relationships with their mothers. Jackie Tyler missing Rose but trying to accept her decisions and the new person in her life who comes with them, Francine Jones' struggle to keep her family together and safe when her daughter's seemingly drifting away from her, Sylvia Noble's harsh words towards the daughter who already hears insults from enough other places. then there's Amy's mum Tabetha, who disappears from the universe and leaves Amy with a hole in her life- eerily similar to what happens to her own daughter, Melody Pond. and River and Amy's mother-daughter connection is a whole thing by itself. there's Clara, who lost her mum and constructs stories out of it. and as Clara saves the day by imagining the days she could've had with her deceased mum, so Bill saves the day by remembering the days she had with hers.

and now there's Ruby. Ruby, who has for so long just wanted to find her mum, because her mum is the one who left her on that church doorstep, because her mum is the key to who Ruby is, where she's from, Ruby, who tells the doctor they are gonna go spend christmas with her mother and takes them to Carla and Cherry Sunday, them the three queens of the sky, Ruby who has an adoring mother who she keeps being separated from in timelines that end up abandoned. an abandoned adopted child. mother-daughter relationships defined by absence.

[buttercupyarnart]

Finished Clue 1 of the Playin My Song MKAL from SweetGeorgia Yarns, designed by Tabetha Hedrick! I'm super excited to be working on this one, because this year is the first year I was able to order a kit from SweetGeorgia! I did switch the intended main color and first contrast color, but come on, it's me, I had to use the purple as the main color!

[vividescapist]

Turn the Page - PC (Tabetha Darnell)

Let me introduce you to Tabetha Darnell, my PC for the upcoming visual novel Turn the Page @turnthepagevn​. Don’t let the upper image fool you, she enjoys dressing all cute and soft and tries to give off very harmless vibes but the truth is, once you get to know her, she acts a lot less doe-like. Picrews used: 1 2

General notes under the cut.

- 26 years old, 5’5/165cm.

- Aquarius, born February 6th.

- Has a younger sister (who is the MC for Duality @/dualityvn). Tabetha looks a lot like their mother, while her sister Avery resembles her paternal grandfather.

- First impression: Polite, sweet, mellow but direct, delicate and approachable. 

- Second impression: Rebellious, forward and a little rough around the edges but very reliable and protective. Still very sweet but it now comes with snark.

- Current occupation: Freelance video editor.

- Second job? Illegal cage fights on weekends. No, she doesn’t do the bookkeeping, she’s one of the people in the ring. Is pretty good at it, too, but it would get really questionable if she had an office type job and showed up with bruises every other Monday or so. Hence, freelance work.

- Did a lot of martial arts growing up, as recommended by the family therapist, to help with her anger issues. Ended up focusing on kickboxing and capoeira and takes classes for both once a week. Hits the gym on the weekends where she isn’t in the ring. 

- Hence, she’s pretty buff underneath those comfy looking layers.

- Likes: Relaxing evenings with books (especially poetry and fantasy. Her favorite are the Ingary books, which Howl’s Moving Castle is a part of), tea, Spring season, her favorite cardigan and the ocean. 

- Dislikes: Snobby people, her uncle who calls once a week to ask if she’s finally found a boyfriend, clogged shower drains, ironing laundry. Groups of slow walkers who clog up the sidewalks. 

- Special talents: Aside from being proficient in her chosen martial arts, she has a very nice singing voice and can play the guitar. She’s an avid fan of video game music (even if she’s terrible at the games themselves) and when the siblings still lived together, they’d both randomly start singing songs and it would never take long before the other would join in. (Their favorite being The Song of the Ancients from the NieR series.) 

- Yes, her hair is dyed. Her natural color is a really dark brown. Over the years, she’s tried out pretty much all colors available but she’s really come to like the green tones.

- Do NOT let her watch heartwarming videos featuring animals, she WILL cry and it won’t be pretty. I’m talking full on ugly crying.

- Kind of insecure about never having been in a relationship before, which is why her uncle’s phone calls bug her so much. She loves her life and enjoys her freedom a lot and yes, she absolutely has a friend group she regularly hangs out with and whom she loves to pieces. But lately, she’s been thinking about how nice it would be to have someone to come home to. Who will greet you with a hug and a smile. Someone to share the joys and disappointments of daily life with. She hasn’t even gone on a single date, ever, and she wonders what it is like to fall in love. Over the last couple of months or so, there has been this deep-rooted longing for long term companionship. 

- Very much a romantic at heart.

- Way too honest to be good at casual flirting. She probably memorized a couple of lines in preparation for her first date with Robin but when she tried one, it came out as very stiff and awkward. Is far better at natural and earnest compliments given in passing like “The way you smiled just now was very cute.” and “Your handwriting is so nice to look at, it’s gorgeous.” as well as “Thank you for being with me. I don’t think I’ve ever felt this comfortable around anyone before.”

- On the other hand, she is VERY weak to charming compliments and flirting. She tries not to show how much it affects her but on the inside, she’s turning into a puddle.

- Will try to knit Robin a scarf but it’ll come out kind of uneven. Plus, it takes a long time for her to finish, with her busy schedule and her fingers sometimes being too stiff from The Side Hustle(™). Feels a mixture of pride and embarrassment should he decide to wear it.

- I feel like there was at least one moment where Robin decided to pay a surprise visit and she hadn’t applied make-up to cover up the bruises on her face. She played it off with a “You should see the other guy!” but the opponent who inflicted the bruises was never seen or heard from again. Probably moved elsewhere, what can you do?

- Please, for all that is holy… Let her brush Robin’s hair. She is so into nice hair and his is absolutely perfect, she’d love to run her fingers through it and maybe braid it. In fact, if they end up bathing together, she’ll make it a point to wash his hair for him. If she wakes up before he does (or if he pretends to still be asleep), she’s going to play with it and maybe bring a strand to her lips for a kiss.

- Play the piano for her, Robin. She will listen to you for hours and, if possible, she’ll accompany you on the guitar or via singing.

- Yes, she will freak out when Robin reveals his true nature and does try to get away from him. His stalking, the eyes in the shadows and the visions he sends her make her go back to him though, and it’s not out of fear alone. She does genuinely love him but she never knew eldritch beings really, truly existed and she went into denial mode. Needs a lot of coaxing to reach the level of comfort she shared with Robin before but once she’s back there, she’s not going anywhere. She knows it’s abnormal, their relationship is abnormal, what he did to get her back is abnormal but she cannot help but want to be with him.

[camcorderrevival]

amelia, melody (and tabetha) pond: the mother wound

[ mother wound healing / the god complex / the angels take manhattan / me / tatm / forest of the dead / the big bang / hangsaman, shirley jackson / a good man goes to war / dead of winter, james goss / day of the moon / let's kill hitler / the girl who tore through the universe, nikita gill / the eleventh hour / i remain in darkness, annie ernaux ]