#When in France

[elisaenglish]

En Écho au Lacrimosa Dies Illa

“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art—we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.”

-Anaïs Nin, The New Woman-

My body is a broken thing on this flight to Paris, and the rain knows not of what to bring, to help my soul to bear...

[bigfatbreak]

Does Chloe tone down her direct bullying/harassment of Marinette after that day to just the dead mom jokes out of guilt, or is it more that Marinette now being homeschooled means Chloe just lost access? Also, does Lila try the whole lying/sabotaging thing on Marinette and just fail or does Marinette just not care?

Lila has no reason to sabotage Marinette because Marinette isn't threatening her little empire she wants to build. In fact, she really wants Marinette on her side BECAUSE she's not apart of the school, so she doesn't need to keep up an elaborate web of lies! She can just try to befriend a talented girl who makes AMAZING food and try to get freebies~

meanwhile, with Chloe, things got really complicated after the pool incident...

Tom was not in the mood to put up with this crap.

[daftpatience]

nobody knows comedic timing like my cat

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Sir Edward John Poynter (French-born British, 1836-1919) When the World was Young, 1891

[renonv]

Pov: you are Francis stuck on a long carriage ride with your freak friends (good for them)

[chimeride]

Tooth Fairy, the 242nd Known One.

[ego-meliorem-esse]

I have drawn so much baby Matt and Al recently god damn...

Is it a baby fever of do am I just fascinated by the different experiences of these two brothers. Who knows. Anyway,

For Alfred, I headcanon Arthur to have been very hands on in regard to raising his son. Very present but also very much teaching him how to be self reliant and, for the lack of better wording, independent. As a child, Alfred was wery inquisitive and curious. Arthur encouraged that, be it consciously or subconsiously. Arthur would play a huge role in Alfreds development; even when sickness struck young Alfred, Arthur was the one taking charge and staying up with him, making sure his son gets better. During the worst times, Arthur even dismissed all maids and even his sons governess out of frustration. Bc who could ever take better care of his own son than he himself. I have a habit of writing that Arthur does not consider himself a good man, but I do think he is a good father. At least to his firstborn.

This is a sort of continuation of the ask about Arthurs full on menty breaky after the constant infant death Alfred endured in his earliest days (If I find the ask I'll link it). I just wanted Arthur tired and beaten down finding peace in sleep. While at the same time, while he sleeps, Alfreds fever drops.

Matt didn't get the same parenting from François. Arthur may be a good father, but I don't think François was. At least not affectionate enough. He did buy his son presents and even made sure he got the best education. However, was that something he did for Matt or was he expected to do that as a pompous aristocrat? Even when sick, Matthew didn't make much noise. He only let people know how bad it was when he was truly ill and crossing the border of life and death. Though, the person holding Matt and making sure he survived was his governess, Marie. François would stay up and would sent for the doctors, but it was Marie who understood what Matthew needed and wanted at any given moment. She stayed with him for almost 40 years but, due to nations having a much longer childhood, died without being remembered by the boy she cared for and loved so very much.

The person who cared most for Matthew is a person he does not remember.

(I wanna elaborate on Marie some more I love her and she deserves it lol)

Anyway, sorry for the baby spamming I promise to go back to drawing slutty middle aged men in war scenarios ASAP

[mawguai]

It's been 3,000 years...

[canisalbus]

grrr

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[laurapetrie]

She's like a tea rose. There's a wonderful fineness and firmness under all that shy, wistful girlishness of her.

L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside (1921)

[elisaenglish]

-Gérard Uferas, Musée du Louvre (2019)-

[theeflowerofcarnage]

Nimue Trastamara ~ i realized my dai mage has a really easy face to copy in cas <3 and i really love the silly outfits from orlais so i copped that

may...B.... i was too hard on dai's cc. it isn't great but nothing slapping on a modded texture replacement cant fix oh and the eyebrows...and hair.........

she had this funny texture glitch in the beginning that made it look like she had a birthmark on her chin i liked that so much i added it back in cas

dont ask me abt her personality bc idk shes self insert me cuz i dont know where this story is going! will come back to this later n flesh her out but i love the combat so far easy without being boring spent SO long in the hinterlands before realizing i could get the Iron bull to do the hard work for me

[hellonerf]

i love the way u draw england he’s such a silly cuck,, would u consider drawing fruk maybe

suresies anon. hes not getting cucked this time its something worse maybe

[pretzelgotze]

*pat pat*

[learnelle]

During my mini hiatus I fulfilled my dream of visiting Norway! The most surprising thing was hearing Lithuanian being spoken literally everywhere. My mum and I always speak Lithuanian to each other, so it was incredibly bizarre for people to overhear us and then come speak with us, or to have waiters/shopkeepers switch from English to Lithuanian. I’ve never experienced anything like it before, and I had no idea so many Lithuanians live in Norway! I absolutely ADORED this, it made all the places we visited instantly feel like home. Despite all that, I learned a bit of Norwegian and discovered that it’s literally the cutest language. Language learning is absolutely wonderful

[speckled-biscut]

post-finding out he's over 1000