#Victoria’s Legacy

[skelesass]

so I did a meme on twitter for a bunch of blorbos

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[mrsoftthoughts]

I'm Spreading the Roman legacy Nico agenda so hear me out:

Nico di Angelo as a third generation ( or second i can't chose) legacy of Venus by his grandma side and blessed by Mercury off who knows how many generations by his grandpa side

[bastardtrait]

"Would you ever want to...?" was such a heavy question. Of course Toby wanted to. But the question carried so much more meaning now that they were adults, seperated by the gulf of time, distance...and commitment.

transcript:

JAY: Aw man, Eddie Whiteduck! It's been years! Like what…six, seven? EDDIE: Something like that. Is this your daughter? JAY: It is. Say hi to Mr. Eddie, Victoria. VICTORIA: H…hi…Mr. Eddie! EDDIE: (smiles) Hi, sweetie, it's so nice to meet you.

EDDIE: Toby! TOBY: Hey, man…it's been forever, hasn't it? VICTORIA: Daddy, can we go look at more art? JAY: Sure thing, baby. We'll be inside, guys.

EDDIE: Toby, dude, it's been forever. How are you doing?! TOBY: Good, dude, and yeah, it really has been forever. You're in a gallery now! You fuckin' made it! EDDIE: Well…yeah, it's pretty cool. I can't believe Jay's got a kid now… TOBY: Yeah, man, lotta shit happened between graduation and now.

TOBY: Lemme see…so Jay's got a kid, but he broke up with the mom a few years ago. I moved to San My maybe a couple years after he did. My dad's been living in fuckin' Australia for the last bit… EDDIE: Wow…fuck, Toby, I'm shocked at all that. I…haven't seen you since graduation. I've lived in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary…

EDDIE: I…I missed you, Toby. I'm…ashamed we ever fell off. TOBY: Fuck, me too, Ducko. I missed you. EDDIE: …Toby, I…listen, I'm in San My for the rest of the week…would you ever want to…?

[SFX: Quick footsteps]

TOBY: Want to…what?

[greenplumbboblover]

Life is Sunniest in Sunset Valley - Chapter 9

[pamsimmerstories]

victoria found another male to become a vampire

transcription

[victoria]: it’s your turn… what’s your name? [victor]: i’m victor feng… [victoria]: smiles gets up perfect! [victor]: what are you doing to me? [victoria]: you need to drink from me… to heal [victor]: are you sure? [victoria]: yes… drink it [victor]: thank you! [he didn’t know why he was thanking her] [victor]: what have you done to me? [victoria]: what do you mean? (she knows) [victor]: i just want you to… take you here. take off your dress and… [victoria]: what are you waiting for? [victor's moodlet: commanded: strangely… compelled… to… have… sex]

[cyazurai]

Shade is very attracted to Victoria. But she hasn't tried to do anything for two reasons - she's in a committed relationship with Oran, and she thinks that Victoria is married since she knows she has at least 3 kids.

[pixelelixir]

Ashburne Townies - Victoria Reed

I'm officially starting the "Boba Tea Tales" legacy challenge by @malixacc on my gaming channel and I needed a sim so Victoria was born! She's so pretty ugh.

[esotericas-sims]

Victoria and Constance head home a few weeks later. There are a handful of tearful farewells, and Olive and Connie swear to become penpals, and write each other frequently.

Once all the farewells are done, Ruby hands over Celestin, stricken with guilt. She tries, internally, to convince herself that this is for the best, but she can't help resenting herself for abandoning her son, illegitimate or not.

Playing with SeveralPerson’s Ultimate Decades Challenge Rules

Started: 1800s

Current decade: 1900s

Family tree

Spreadsheet

CC Finds

[cabeswaterdrowned]

book recs? My fav books are trc, aftg, soc, shadowhunters/riordanverse etc and the likes (so basically the most basic literature taste known to man) thanks!

well I enjoy all of those and trc is my fav series so will give you a couple of my main fantasy recs along those lines or not dissimilar and throw in one of my fav thrillers which is very gay and explores dark themes for aftg adjacent rep, and then another suspense book i love. I sort of went with books i could draw some type of lines of comparison to at least one of the books you mentioned.

•The Diviners series by Libba Bray — this is my go to ya fantasy rec these days, it’s historical urban fantasy with some horror and mystery elements. It’s set in 1920’s New York, book one opens focusing mainly on Evie and a specific case of a ghost serial killer but introduces other chars, after the first book it becomes more about an ensemble cast of Diviners who have different supernatural powers and their dynamics, also the main antagonist is bigotry and hate which I’m aware is a concept that can be done poorly in fantasy and I won’t pretend every beat of it is flawless but it is my favorite example of a fantasy series take on that concept that I’ve read. More importantly stunning character work I especially adore the female chars among the diviners Evie Theta and Ling, Ling is one of the most special characters ever and these books should be worth reading because of her INTP canon ace lesbian with autistic swag realness alone. 

I definitely would recommend it to TID/TLH fans for the historical setting and atmosphere as well as some of the playing with man vs machine + to TRC/TDT fans for the characterization and also the second book is largely about Henry and Ling learning about their dream powers and developing a friendship through this and also Ling has a narrative foil in dreamspace she’s gay with just think some of those idea would resonate with trcers + to SoC fans for the ensemble dynamics. 

•The Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray

This is one I used to describe to people as The Gangsey all girls au set in Victorian London and that’s not fully accurate but it works enough to be a pitch, but basically it’s about this group of four girls who go to a boarding school together and discover a sort of parallel world where they can bee free and realize their ambitions detached from society, but in the real world they’ve awakened horrors they must deal with too. I need to reread this one but it was deeply formative, if you love messy complicated female friendship dynamics and paranormal/mystical plots that are just creepy enough this is for you. Also my favorite character in it is a gay blonde mean girl character who is ambitious and wants autonomy above all else but does also love her friends fiercely Felicity Worthington you will always be famous <3 if you enjoy Jessamine Lovelace and Grace Blackthorn from TSC she has strong parallels to both those chars imo and is better written/handled arc wise. But I will tell you that the other wlw char in the book who is her love interest dies there is byg, just so you no one gets mad at me for that. But still very worth the read imo. 

•The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor

this series is a mix of urban fantasy and high fantasy, the first book is set mainly in Prague but large parts of the other books take place in a fantasy world called Eretz so there is a fun parallel worlds element. But it’s about Karou who is one of theee protagonists of the 2010s yet got paid dust justice for my girl, and she’s an art student in Prague who was raised by a family of monsters (chimeara), her surrogate father is Brimstone and he has a business of selling wishes for teeth that Karou sometimes helps with but is frustrated that she isn’t allowed to know why or what they’re for. Karou’s dynamics with the chimearas and with her best friends Zuzana who is also a wonderful character and inspo for my letterboxd url rabidfairy09, are really lovely and the prose is so beautiful… but the story really takes off when the love interest Akiva is introduced I won’t go into details about that because spoilers, but they have one of my absolute favorite romances in the genre that does subvert and play with those paranormal forbidden star crossed romance tropes in ways I think are quite fascinating. Books 2 and 3 are more complicated to describe there is an essential conflict between chimeras or devils vs angels in this world so there’s your modern tsc connection, and very lyrical prose although I find Lainis even lusher and more elegant than trc prose. 

• Sawkill Girls by Clara Legrand 

Ya horror book that I remember reading over the summer in high school and I think it’s a good summer read tonally, part of the plot is one of those stranded on an island survival stories but it’s less intense than like Yellowjackets (no cannibalism), I don’t actually have much to sell about the plot I just enjoyed the vibes and also there are lesbians one of whom is an ambitious driven abuse survivor who had an arc I remember really liking.

•Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie Mclemore I actually really love all the books by her I’ve read but I think this is a great one to start with. Basically there are multiple generations of women who are all witches living together (300 fox way vibes), and Estella has several cousins and she and them are all in love with the same woman who is the daughter of the man who owns the estate, and there’s a thing where boys and this family keep disappearing and then one of them shows up and resulting drama. The main romance is m/f but like all the female chars being bi, it is a good romance from my memory but the main event is the familial dynamics, the main character Estella’s arc around dealing with her internalized self hatred and a lot of anti colonial themes those anti colonial themes and themes of multigenerational trauma are very relevant in all the Mclemore I’ve read so yes, very much would read her starting with this book. Also very gorgeous prose as is in all her magical realism stuff. 

•this one is already quite popular on tumblr so you may have read it but The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black, if you enjoy the cutthroat gang in SoC and that high fantasy world I think you would enjoy it I also get some Zoya vibes as well as Kaz vibes from Jude the main heroine. Won’t bother with detailed description because again, very popular books. 

•Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire

basically a series of portal fantasies or fairytales for adults, they are all novellas and it’s an ongoing series following several different chars not all of whom appear in each book. But I enjoy them and I think if you like Riordanverse this is like an adult fantasy take on similar concepts in a way, even though it’s not directly mythology based.

•The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

This is the other tumblr popular series on the list and has a good amount of overlap with trc/aftg/soc fans so will only give the brief pitch that it’s adult sci fantasy and about lesbian necromancers in space. You will be very confused at least some of the time but it is worth it, trust me. 

•Black Iris by Leah Raeder 

new adult psychological thriller with a sapphic romance that slaps so hard. Delaney Keatings is one of my favorite unreliable narrators and also just an A+ character, there’s not a lot I can say about the actual plot because a lot of it is psychological but will give one other plot hint: vigilantes. Definitely look up trigger warnings before reading this there’s a lot about homophobia and also references to sexual violence, drug use a lot more it’s very in line with Aftg in terms of like, grittiness in that regard. Do highly recommend. 

•Dare Me by Megan Abbott 

like with Mclemore I love this author in general and would recommend everything I’ve read by her but this was my first book of hers so it’s a good introduction, and also a lot of it is about girls on a cheer team having homoerotic psychosexual dynamics as well as the murder, so it’s also in line with aftg thematically in that way. gay sports media. 

There are a lot of others but I don’t want to make this list ridiculously long so… here are some recs <3 thank you so much anon for letting me ramble and I hope you like them!

[mdshh]

Everyone had the best time at Adrian and Robin’s wedding ✨

[spnmoosejerk]

Tori and her boo

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[ajjordanphoto]

Victoria Elizabeth Black performing at Legacy, March 2023

[kent-farm]

You’re Vibe.

—Kamilla Hwang, The Flash, “Legacy”

[bastardtrait]

you want me to explain the simology? that makes sense, it's confusing that both shannon and toby are pregnant right now. well it's quite simple, really, it comes down to-- (a small gnome runs past me giggling) whoa what the fuck? did you guys see that? guys?

TOBY: omg babyyyy SHANNON: babyyyy :)

TOBY: Y'know I didn't think we'd reunite as friends having the babies of two different men. SHANNON: Life kida comes at you fast ig.

VICTORIA: Babies? I'm literally baby. Like what the heck you guys.

[greenplumbboblover]

Life is Sunniest in Sunset Valley - Chapter 9

[shsenhaji]

📚 March Reading Round-Up 📚

Read some pretty great books in March, and there's a few I'm still reading that I hope to finish in April!

I was able to continue some series that I've been reading, such as The Murderbot Diaries and Kushiel's Legacy. I also finally finished the Imperial Radch trilogy!

- House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas (partial re-read, Partial re-read, very good, kept wanting to read more, didn’t cry but felt the Emotions, friendship! Connected much more to some characters this time around)

- Divinity 36 by Gail Carriger (Good, engrossing, very emotional, lots of heart at its core, enjoyed it more as I continued reading)

- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (thank you Bigolas Dickolas for the push to finally read this book! Loved the audiobook, beautiful, not as confusing as I’d feared, loved how their relationship developed, the prose and metaphors and language…)

- Traveller's Joy by Victoria Goddard (Good, emotional, heartwarming, some sadness and dramatic irony, friendship!)

- Kushiel's Chosen (finally got to the second book, and it didn't disappoint! So good, kept binging it, so emotional and philosophical, heartbreaking at parts, loved it even more than book one)

- Network Effect by Martha Wells (so good and readable, Murderbot my beloved, loved seeing the characters and their relationships and Three, Murderbot being rescued!!!!)

- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Read it in one sitting immediately after finishing Network Effect, so very good, loved the themes and characters and how they developed and grew, that ending!)