#ada ardens

[lgspears]

for the new but rumor Resident Evil Reboot movie from director Zach Cregger, I nominated Caleb Alexander Smith, Pierson Fodé or Scott Eastwood as Chris Redfield, Chloe Bennet, Kelsey Asbille or Courtney Eaton as Jill Valentine, Rudy Pankow or Michael Provost as Leon S. Kennedy, Caylee Cowan or Brec Basslinger as Claire Redfield, Karen Fukuhara, Arden Cho, Celina Jade or Jessica Henwick as Ada Wong, Joe Manganiello or Joel Edgerton as Barry Burton, Diego Bobeta, Gabriel Leone or Miguel Bernardeau as Carlos Oliveira and Anthony Starr or Joel Kinnaman as Albert Wesker.

[someonelookingpraediti]

It's that time of year again! This is only my second seasonal list of the year, and I... did not finish the last one. I burn with shame.

So, I've gone for just four books on this list, which I think is manageable. My schedule is pretty hectic around Christmas, but we don't have a Book Club meeting in December so that'll help.

Mostly I've gone for a murder-y, spooky kind of Christmas vibe this year, and I'll probably throw in a little reread of A Christmas Carol as well! There's nothing like a cozy Christmas ghost story with a cup of hot chocolate!

Murder Most Festive - Ada Moncrieff

Ghost Stories - M.R. James

The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden

An English Murder - Cyril Hare

[burned-lariat]

So heather really is the hook. That anticlimactic reveal. There better be two killers. Because how does she get Brando and Rory with ease, but a limping joss and Britt were able to fight against her…..

I KNOW! I think the fact that Dex didn't want Britt calling the police and the fact that he missed means there could be more there. At least, I hope there is.

But yeah - it's fucking HEATHER??? The amount of rewriting they're about to do is gonna be astronomical!!!

[madeintrinafchelp]

EAST ASIAN FEM ... A - B

❁ click on each tag to find the faceclaims resources ❁

❁ A-B | C-D | E-F-G | H-I | J | K | K-L | L

M-N | N-O-P | Q-R-S | T-U-V | W-X | Y | Z

[fruitdaze]

2023 books wrapped!

i read 75 books this year, which is more than any other previous GR challenge and mostly a consequence of my need/desire to be distracted from my own thoughts at all times :') and overall it has been my best reading year in memory! i discovered so many new favorites and books that i know i'll return to again and again.

every book i rated five stars (* denotes reread from previous year):

YOUR EMERGENCY CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED AN EMERGENCY by chen chen

SIX OF CROWS by leigh bardugo

LIU YAO: THE REVITALIZATION OF FUYAO SECT by priest

*IF NOT, WINTER: FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO by sappho, tl anne carson

CAN CI PIN: THE DEFECTIVE by priest

*REMNANTS OF FILTH: YUWU by meatbun (7S version)

BABEL by rf kuang

THE ISLAND OF MISSING TREES by elif shafak

PAPYRUS: THE INVENTION OF BOOKS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD by irene vallejo

THE ART OF PROPHECY by wesley chu

THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES (GIDEON THE NINTH, HARROW THE NINTH, and NONA THE NINTH) by tamsyn muir

CANTORAS by carolina de robertis

*A FATAL THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM by emma southon

A POWER UNBOUND by freya marske

EMPEROR OF ROME by mary beard

THE WINTERNIGHT TRILOGY (THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE, THE GIRL IN THE TOWER, and THE WINTER OF THE WITCH) by katherine arden

A ROME OF ONE'S OWN by emma southon

honorable mentions:

THE GOVERNOR IS ILL by yang su

THE HURTING KIND by ada limón

TIAN YA KE: FARAWAY WANDERERS by priest

DEATH VALLEY by melissa broder

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC OF LETTERS by katherina volk

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Descendants OC Masterlist A-K

( L - Z )

Name: Ace Hearts

Story: Long Live the Queen

Parents: Queen Of Hearts

Face claim: Curran Walters

Love interest: Evie

Summary: Contrary to popular belief, Ace Hearts was perfectly content with being his sister’s left hand man.  He'd wanted to help her run the isle since long before she’d ever dreamt of doing such a thing.  Being her enforcer, her advisor, her defender in her reign was all he’d ever wanted.  There shouldn’t have been any problem.  Only, there was.  Ace wanted more.  Specifically, he wanted a certain blue haired princess who’d devoted herself to good and to saving the children of the Isle.  But as the changing tides in Auradon start to reflect back onto the Isle, Ace finds he might have to make a choice. 

Name: Princess Ada

Story: Untitled

Parents: Adam

Face claim: Sadie Soverall

Summary: Auradon didn’t hold much value for second born royals, least of all girls.  Princess Adelaide knew that her life had been planned from the day she was born; that she would spend her childhood learning to be a proper princess, attend high school at Auradon Prep, and within a year of her eighteenth birthday she would be married to Chad Charming.  She had accepted it all.  Her lessons were boring but endurable, she had wonderful friends at Auradon Prep, and Chad was her best friend.  She knew better than to expect anything more out of life.

But when Ben brings a group of kids over from the Isle, Ada finds herself wondering if there isn’t a life for her beyond the borders of Auradon; a life where she can make her own path instead of following the one that was mapped out for her.  A path that leads her right to a certain pirate with an accent to die for, and to a discovery about herself that may change the future of the entire kingdom of Auradon.

Name: Princess Addie

Story: Untitled

Parents: Belle & Adam

Face claim: Liana Liberato

Name: Alina Romanova

Story: Untitled

Parents: Anastasia Romanov & Dimitri

Face claim: Maude Apatow

Name: Anissa Radcliffe

Story: Ties That Bind

Parents: Anita & Roger Radcliffe

Face claim: Maia Mitchell

Love Interest: Ben; Aziz

Summary: Anissa Radcliffe had a plan.  Well, Anissa, Sloane, and Kyra had a plan to fix the horrific oversights surrounding the isle, but Anissa had smaller, more achievable plans.  Keep her siblings in line.  Maintain perfect grades and excel in her many extracurriculars.  Get Carlos De Vil off the isle come hell or high water.  Although his mother had lost her mind, Cruella De Vil had once been a dear friend and mentor to Anissa’s own mother, and in another world, she and Carlos may have grown up as family.  As Ben’s coronation approaches, several of her plans are falling into place, but no matter what, Anissa will not lose sight of the most important plan of all: protect Carlos De Vil.  From the isle.  From his mother.  From Auradon.  From himself.

Name: Arden Of DunBroch

Story: A Change Of Fate

Parents: Merida

Face claim:  Hailee Steinfeld

Name: Atalia of Atlantica

Story: Untitled

Parents: Attina

Face claim: Madelyn Cline

Name: Avalon Le Fay

Story: King and Lionheart

AO3 | FFNet | Wattpad

Parents: Merlin & Morgana Le Fay

Face claim:  Emma Dumont

Love interest: Jay; eventual Jay & Harry

Summary: Nimue, daughter of Arthur and Gwen, and Avalon Le Fay, daughter or Merlin and Morgana, had always been thick as thieves, and had always been ready to declare war on Auradon.  Ever since the formation of the Isle, King Adam and the Fairy Godmother had been insisting that Morgana was still a villain, and therefore belonged on the Isle, and once Avalon was born, she agreed–so long as her daughter could stay in Camelot.  When Arthur was killed barely a year later, Merlin and Gwen partnered up to raise their daughters and run a kingdom, until the girls would be old enough to do so themselves.  Of course Auradon never trusted the one kingdom that refused to unite, and insisted that the girls be sent to Auradon prep, and so they went–reluctant as could be.  Everything was fine, mostly–the other princesses looked down on Nimue’s love of swordfighting, and Avalon was never seen as anything but a villain kid, but they still had each other.  They could tolerate it all, biding their time.  But at sixteen years of age, everything they’d ever planned gets thrown for a loop when it’s declared that four children from the Isle would be moving to Auradon.

Nimue belongs to @seaweedhufflepuffocs​

Name: Beatrice

Story: Ever Just As Sure (As The Sun Will Rise)

Parents: The Beast & The Enchantress

Faceclaim: Taissa Farmiga

Summary: If King Adam had known the price of banishing magic from Auradon, he might have reconsidered.  But the former Beast was a stubborn man who refused to heed any warnings, and it had backfired.  He hadn’t known that banishing all magic would rip the last remains of the Enchantress’ curse from his veins, hadn’t known that the magic would redirect itself into the Enchantress, and he certainly hadn’t known that it would lead to the immediate birth of his firstborn child.  But it had.  And while he had no qualms about sending the Enchantress to the Isle, the queen had refused to send her stepdaughter, and so Princess Beatrice had been raised in Auradon alongside her younger brother.  She knew the truth about her birth, and she knew that her father hated her with every fibre of his being, but she didn’t care.  What she did care about was Ben’s decision to bring children from the Isle to Auradon - children that could have been her, had Belle not stepped in - and proving to her father, once and for all, that her generation is something more than just the children of heroes and villains, that they can be their own people and make their own choices.  And maybe the children of the four baddest villains are the perfect people to help her with that plan.

Name: Bessie Sawyer

Story: Untitled

Parents: Becky Thatcher & Tom Sawyer

Face claim:  Saorise Ronan

Name: Blossom

Story: Faith, Trust (And A Little Pixie Dust)

Parents: N/A

Faceclaim:  Bailee Madison

Love Interest: Ben

Summary: When a baby laughs for the first time, a new fairy is born.  When Prince Benjamin Florian laughed for the first time, Blossom was born.  From that day forth, the prince and his fairy were inseparable. The citizens of Auradon always said that their rulers had given them both a prince and a princess when Ben was born, and Blossom was beloved by the kingdom.  But when Ben brings four villain children to Auradon, Blossom is afraid.  Afraid for her kingdom, afraid for her safety, and afraid for her prince.  She is Ben’s fairy, she has to protect him at all costs; she has to do whatever it takes to make sure that Ben’s first action as king is a success, even if it means saving the VKs from themselves.  Even if it means breaking her own heart.

Name: Callista Gainey

Story: Untitled

Parents: Cassandra

Face claim: Lulu Antariksa 

Name: Chessy Of Arendelle

Story: All Is Found

Parents: Redacted / Anna & Kristoff

Face claim: Mackenzie Foy

Love Interest: Ben

Summary: Chessy of Arendelle had never once doubted how loved she was.  She knew how much her parents loved her, the newborn infant they’d found miraculously still alive in the snow outside of their castle.  They’d chosen her, had brought her home and raised her as their own, the crown princess of Arendelle.  Her aunt loved her, her kingdom loved her, and her best friend, Crown Prince Ben of Auradon loved her.  That was enough for her.  That was more than enough for her.  But… the mystery.  Not knowing who she was, where she came from.  The answers that seemed to slip further out of reach every time she thought she’d come close to understanding.  Chessy didn’t need a family that hadn’t wanted her, she didn’t need to be anyone more than who she already was.  But she did need to know who she could have been.

Name: Chiara Potts

Story: Certain As The Sun (Rising In The East)

Parents: Chip Potts & Redacted

Faceclaim:  Danielle Rose Russell

Love Interest: Ben & Evie

Summary: Chiara Potts is as far from a princess as you can get - well, unless you ask Cinderella.  She’s the daughter of a servant, and the granddaughter of a servant.  And she herself is a servant.  Granted, they don’t call her that, but Chiara is only the latest in the long line of Potts’ to serve the royal family.  Still, despite being his chief of staff and majordomo, Ben is her best friend.  And yes, maybe her job is the reason that they’re inseparable, but they still are.  So of course, Chiara is the first person to know about his plans to bring Villain Kids to Auradon.  She’s also the first person to defend his idea, and the person that he asks to help them settle in.  But when Chiara overhears their plans, she has to decide - will she try to change their minds and prove Ben right to all of Auradon, or will she have to go against him - and what will that cost her?

Name: Chryseis

Story: We Could Be Immortals (Just Not For Long)

Parents: Poseison

Faceclaim:  Holland Roden

Summary: Poseidon isn’t a hero.  He’s a god, yes, but not a hero.  His granddaughter Ariel is a hero, his nephew Hercules is a hero, but Poseidon is not a hero.  So no one is really sure why his youngest daughter has just started at Auradon Prep, only days after Ben announced the impending arrival of four villain kids.  But Chryseis knows.  Mal, daughter of Maleficent, is also the daughter of Hades, and the Olympians are afraid.  And Chryseis, only sixteen and still learning to be a goddess, is the only person who can find out her intentions, the only person who can stop her from potentially destroying Olympus.

Name: Cian Hearts

Story: Lavender Haze

Parents: Queen Of Hearts

Face claim: Gavin Leatherwood

Love Interest: Violet Kingsleigh

Summary: Cian Hearts didn’t hate Auradon.  No, to hate Auradon would suggest that he cared, and he didn’t.  He cared about surviving, about maintaining his mother’s territory and protecting his people, not about Auradon.  Nor, to his mother’s displeasure, about Wonderland.  Neither would help him live to see another day, so neither warranted a second thought on his part.  Or so he believed, until he received an invitation – a royal summons, if you asked him – to attend Auradon Prep along with four others from the isle.  With no real say in the matter, Cian packs up his life and crosses the barrier, determined to keep his head down – and attached to his neck – until Prince Ben gave up on his foolish plan.  Unfortunately, the king-to-be forgot to mention that they would be starting school with one more transfer student: Violet Kingsleigh, heir to Wonderland and daughter of his mother’s sworn nemesis.

Name: Cosette Bellefleur

Series: Lust For Life

Story: Darling, Darling; Doll Face; Cherry

Parents: Claudette Bellefleur

Face claim: Lily Rose Depp

Love Interest: Gaston; Prince Ben; Prince Chad; Henry Turner

Summary: On the Isle Of The Lost, survival was a simple matter of strength and power. Cosette Bellefleur knew that she would never have the strength, so instead she focused on the power. Sharpening her own skillset, Cosette earned herself the protection of the strongest of the strong: Gaston. And while she may have had her flirtations and her flings, at the end of the day, Cosette belonged to Gaston, and his strength belonged to her. It was the perfect system.

But when Prince Ben, soon to be King Ben, makes his first royal proclamation, everything changes. In a fit of what he undoubtedly considered fairytale-level kindness, five children of villains would be brought to Auradon, and Cosette would be one of them. It made sense, of course, but that didn’t make it any less unpleasant for her. Ripped away from her friends and lovers, from her home, and from her protector, Cosette would have no one to rely on but Mal’s crew, and there was certainly no lost love there.

But when her unwilling allies need a way to get close to the prince, Cosette may just find a way to ensure their loyalty and secure herself a new protector all in one fell swoop.

Name: Eliane

Story: Into The Unknown

Parents: Redacted

Face claim: Abigail Cowen

Love Interest: Harry Hook

Name: Elise Charming

Story: Enchanted

Parents: Prince Charming & Cinderella

Face claim:  Sabrina Carpenter

Love interest: Evie; Ben & Evie

Summary: Princess Elizabeth Victoria Isabelle Katherine Grace Regina Alexandria James – more affectionately known as Elise Charming – had been raised on one simple lesson.  Have courage and be kind.  And for sixteen years, she had lived by those words.  Alongside her twin brother Chad and their best friends Ben and Audrey, Elise had been picture perfect royalty. The four of them were perfectly sweet, perfectly charming, perfectly… well, perfectly perfect.  But when Ben, weeks away from his coronation, decides to bring over four Villain Kids from the Isle of the Lost, their perfect group falls apart.  Elise is sure that they can get through it, that they can hold their heads high and rebuild their perfect friendship, and that everything will be okay.  And then the Villain Kids arrive in Auradon, and the most beautiful girl in the world steps out of the limousine.

Name: Evander Grimhilde

Story: Untitled

Parents: Evil Queen & King Richard

Face claim:  Taylor Zakhar Perez

Love interest: Topher Charming

Summary: Evander Grimhilde was highly aware of the fact that his life was not normal, even for the isle of the lost.  Mostly, he knew, it was because he was the first child born on the Isle.  The blueprint, the model, the test subject.  He was born before the villains had the idea to use their children as soldiers to defend their turf, before they decided that survival and gaining power was more important than planning for getting off the Isle.  No, where his kids — and they were; every child on the Isle was his.  His to protect, his to raise, his to love the way their parents never were — were raised to be their parents’ henchmen, Evander was raised to be king.  He learned history and finances, potions alongside politics, everything there was to know about the United Kingdom of Auradon and every kingdom within it.  Evander was as qualified to be a king as anyone could hope to be, except for one teensy tiny little detail: he still lived on the Isle.

At least until Prince Ben turned 16 and made his very first proclamation as king — to bring five children from the Isle to Auradon.  His sister, her crew, and Evander himself.  With his kingdom finally within reach, Evander’s destiny is finally within his reach.  The only problem is that Evander isn’t actually sure if he wants his destiny; especially once he meets Topher Charming.

Name: Finley Rider

Story: Stolen Heart

Parents: Rapunzel and Flynn Rider

Face claim: Virginia Gardner

Love interest: past Ben; Jay; eventual Ben & Jay

Summary: Finley Rider – Princess Finley Fitzherbert – was all set to live a fairytale life.  She was the heir to the throne of Corona, her parents’ pride and joy, and betrothed to her best friend, Prince Benjamin.  But when a ten year old Finley gets bored at a museum gala and decides to see how many artifacts she can lift without getting noticed, everything changes. When the Beast King catches her stealing Jafar’s staff, he loses his temper.  The child is sent to the Isle, Corona breaks ties with Auradon, and Ben loses his best friend.  

On her first day on the Isle, Finley gets caught stealing a bracelet off of Lady Tremaine.  But rather than tell the woman, the boy introduces himself as Jay, son of Jafar, and offers Finley a partnership.  Their alliance soon grows into a friendship, and Jay introduces Finley to the other VKs, bringing her into their team.  The five of them rule the island with ease, causing trouble wherever they go.  It isn’t perfect, but Finley has learned to move on from Corona, and from Auradon.  So of course, that’s when Prince Ben makes his first royal proclamation; bringing children of the Isle to Auradon.  The daughter of Maleficent, the son of Jafar, the daughter of the Evil Queen, and the son of Cruella De Vil.  And the princess of Corona.

Name: Fraser Fitzherbret / Fitz Rider

Story: Stolen Heart

Parents: Rapunzel and Flynn Rider

Face claim: Matt Cornett

Love interest: Harry Hook; TBD

Name: Gloria Gothel

Story: Mother Knows Best

Parents: Mother Gothel

Face claim: Melissa Barrera

Summary: Gloria Gothel didn’t care about politics.  Not on the isle, not in Auradon.  She didn’t care about running the biggest turf, about having the strongest crew, she only cared about survival.  She had gotten it wrong once, had made the rookie mistake of getting attached to other people, of caring about something beyond covering her own ass, but it was a mistake that she would never make again.  But when an invitation comes for her to go to Auradon along with Maleficent’s daughter and her crew, Gloria finds herself at a crossroads.  Once again she has a choice to make, between looking out for her own self interest or taking care of the family she’d never meant to find.

Name: Griffin

Story: Untitled

Parents: Grumpy

Face claim: Joshua Bassett

Name: Halle Finn

Story: Untitled

Parents: Huckleberry Finn

Face claim: Kathryn Newton

Name: Hannah Westergaard

Story: Don’t Blame Me

Parents: Hans Westergaard

Face claim: Kat McNamara

Summary: As far as children of the Isle went, Hannah Westergaard was pretty standard.  Abusive father, no known mother, and no special talents of abilities whatsoever.  As much as she hates to admit it, she’s boring by the Isle’s standards, so why on earth is Prince Ben inviting her to Auradon?  And more importantly, why does it seem like maybe she isn’t quite as boring as she’s been lead to believe?

Name: Harley Hook

Story: Lost Girl

Parents: Captain Hook

Face claim:  India Eisley

Love interest: Jay; possible endgame Jay & Gil

Summary: Harley Hook was a pirate, through and through.  Always at her brother’s side, always with Uma and the crew, always near her beloved Gil, Harley Hook was a pirate.  And as a pirate, she absolutely hated Mal’s gang.  They thought that they were so much better than anyone, just because of Mal’s mom - big whoop, it’s not like Maleficent could even use magic on the Isle.  So yeah, Harley hated the VKs, her loyalty was to the crew, and she was never seen away from Harry or Gil.  And then the princeling decides to bring children of some of the worst villains to Auradon: Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos.  And Harley.  Harley couldn’t be more furious at being taken away from her crew, or at being sent to Auradon, or at being forced to work with the VKs to get Fairy Godmother’s wand.  But she knows that if she wants to get back to the Isle, back to her family, she needs that barrier down as much as they do.  She’s just not sure that they can cooperate long enough for that.

Name: Harmony Of Atlantica

Story: Carved Out Of The Sea

Parents: Ariel & Prince Eric

Face claim:  Kaya Scodelario

Love interest: Harry Hook

Summary: Princess Harmony was a youngest child’s youngest child, she knew that she would never be anything special.  Her mom was Ariel, and her sister Melody had united their parents’ kingdoms.  Harmony was nothing in comparison.  So Harmony went on her own adventures, swimming as far as she could and discovering the wonders of the world outside of Atlantis.  She’d heard of the Isle of the Lost of course, everyone had, but she never planned on finding it.  She never planned on swimming through the barrier, or on finding out that she would no longer be able to turn into a mermaid when she did, or on never being able to swim back across.  And so, Harmony grew up on the Isle along with the children of the villains.  She befriended pirates and princesses and everything in between, and she almost forgot about life in Atlantis.  And then the future king summons four of the children of the Isle to Auradon, and Harmony knows that she has to seize her only chance at returning to her home, even if it means leaving behind her partner - in crime and in love - Harry Hook.

Name: Hayden

Story: Dying Is An Art

Parents: Hades & Maleficent

Face claim: Jenny Boyd

Summary: Hayden was raised by Hades, knowing full well who her mother - and sister - was.  But Mal doesn’t know about her.  So for most of her life, Hayden hid.  She hid away in her dad’s cave and had very few friends.  And then Prince Ben summons five Villain Kids to Auradon - the son of Jafar, the son of Cruella De Vil, the daughter of the Evil Queen, the daughter of Maleficent, and the daughter of Hades.  But only Hayden knows the truth.  And now she has to keep her secret, and try to stop her sister and her friends from stealing the wand, but she might have to choose between her two missions.

Name: Helena

Story: Long Live the Queen

Parents: Hades & Persephone

Face claim:  Teagan Croft

Love interest: Queenie Hearts

Summary:  Living on the Isle wasn’t easy, but there was something particularly difficult about it for a goddess.  Her dad couldn’t be kept on the Isle–they’d tried, no one died anymore, he was allowed to return to the Underworld. But when Helena was born, she was cast away to join the rest of the Villains and their children, forced to fend for herself.  Being a goddess had its advantages too, she was able to survive and rise up with no problem.  Soon she was the right hand to the newest queen, and hell would freeze before she let anyone take that away from them.

Name: Hero

Story: Untitled

Parents: Hercules & Megara

Face claim: Rachel Zegler

Name: Honey La Bouff

Story: Impossible Dreams

AO3 | Wattpad

Parents: Lottie LaBouff

Face claim: Meg Donnelly

Love interest: Ben & Chad

Summary: As if being raised by a single mother, with a father who passed away before she was born, didn’t make her enough of an oddity, Honey La Bouff was one of the only students at Auradon Prep who wasn’t the child of a prince, princess, or hero.  But despite being looked down on by most of the student body, Honey was best friends with the two most popular boys in school; Prince Ben and Chad Charming.  Honey and Chad had always seen it as their responsibility to look out for their more naïve best friend, and when Ben decides to bring five Villain Kids to Auradon – a decision that both Honey and Chad had been pushing for since they were still in their single digits – they know they’ll have their work cut out for them.  But, all things considered, the VKs seem to be adapting well, and Honey is excited to have them in Auradon.  Or she was, until she takes an extremely suspicious cookie away from Ben and finds herself the victim of a long since forbidden magical roofie.

Name: Princess Isabelle

Story: Tale As Old As Time

Parents: Belle & The Beast

Face claim:  Danielle Campbell

Love interest: Audrey

Summary:  By all rights, Princess Isabelle should be next in line for the throne of Auradon.  She was the firstborn child of the king, after all, and much more politically minded than her twin brother.  But her father, beast that he was, had no intention of ever letting her take her rightful place as queen.  But Belle is her mother’s daughter, and has no intentions of giving up, she just needs a new plan.  And then Ben decides to bring children of the Isle to Auradon, and Isabelle finds herself in the perfect position to get exactly what she’s always wanted.  If only she can go through with it.

Name: Isadora Darling

Story: Second Star To The Right

Parents: Jane Darling

Face claim:  Olivia Holt

Love Interest: Harry Hook

Name: Kate Turner

Story: Untitled

Parents: Elizabeth Swann & Will Turner

Face claim: Grace Van Dien

Name: Keto Jones

Story: Daughter Of Death

Parents: Davy Jones

Face claim: Natalie Alyn Lind

Love Interest: Harry Hook

Name: Krystal Of Arendelle

Story: More Than Just The Spare

Parents: Anna & Kristoff

Face claim:  Willow Shields

Name: Princess Kyra

Story: Ties That Bind

Parents: Jasmine & Aladdin

Face claim: Naomi Scott

Love Interest: Jay

[blackbutlercharacterpoll2023]

The following is the lineup for the polls by date, made using a random number generator. New characters introduced in chapter 199 will automatically be added to the end of the roster.

April 19th - April 26th

Chlaus

Rian Stoker

Lord Ackroyd's son

FOL Orphanage staff

Timber

Claude Faustus

Tanaka

Conny

Emily

Baldroy / Bard / Baldo

Finnian / Finny

Sharpe Hanks

Mabel

Burnett

April 20th - April 27th

Soma's elephant

Beast

Sophie Smith

Theodore

Finny's hat

Funtom Corporation's unicorn suit

Karl Woodley

Oscar

Chris Heathfield

Sieglinde Sullivan

Fred Abberline

Stella Rose

Charles Phipps

the orphan that called Sebastian an old guy

April 21st - April 28th

Nick

Joanne Harcourt

Purple House dorm master

Agni / Arshad Satyendra Iyer

Yana Toboso

Grete Hilbard

the Mad Dog of Venice

Abbie

Johnny

Mina

Rachel Phantomhive

Charles Phipps's chicken

Haku

Sascha

April 22nd - April 29th

Jumbo

Mrs. Mayell

Goethe

the Rowdy Count

Georg von Siemens

Margaret Connor

Al

Cedric Brandel

Mathilda Simmons

Wendy

Sam / Old Man Sam

Grelle Sutcliff

Ellery Nixon

Eric Slingby

April 23rd - April 30th

Edward Midford

Luka Macken

Queen Victoria

Lord Ackroyd

Layla

the other children in the lab Finny was kept in

Betty

Reaper trainees

Green House dorm master

Vincent Phantomhive

Drossel Keinz

Kelvin

Lawrence Bluewer's sisters

Charles Grey

April 24th - May 1st

Margaret Turner

Akashi

Snake

Edgar Redmond

Derrick Arden

Ronald Knox

Aurora Society member

Bloodbath Johnny

Wilde

Soma Asman Kadar

Claude's birds

Sebastian's silverware

Chef Rickman

Susannah Connor

April 25th - May 2nd

Susan

Artie

Damian

John Brown

Saneatsu Nekoma

Peter

Lawrence Anderson / Pops

Chef Wollest

Chris Heathfield's maids

demon Crow

Nina's assistants

Ludger

Prince Albert puppet

Miranda

April 26th - May 3rd

Blavat Sky

Vicar Rathbone

Julius Pitt

walking stick shopkeeper

Grimsby Keane

Ciel's horse

Edward V

Jay the Undertaker

Gregory Violet

Canterbury

Jeremy Rathbone

Doctor

the cat from the live action movie

Henry Barrymore

April 27th - May 4th

Lawrence Bluewer

Prince Albert

Higham

the Panzer

the train kidnapper

Donne

Heinrich

Chef Lach

Dagger

Doll / Freckles

Sam's grandson

Bitter Rabbit

Japanese man with a katana

"Ciel" Phantomhive / Our Ciel / O!Ciel

April 28th - May 5th

Mey-Rin

Undertaker's mourning lockets

Webster

Purple House prefect from Vincent's year

Patrick the Grey Wizard

Diedrich

Johann Agares

Bronte

Carter

Othello

the cultists

Baldroy Jr.

John Brown's horse

Sphere Music Hall staff

April 29th - May 6th

Jackknife Haywood

Nina Hopkins

William's death scythe

Angela Blanc

Wolfram Gelzer

McDowell

Ronald's lawnmower

Arthur Randall

Aleister Chamber / Viscount of Druitt

Keats

Annie

Terry

Hao

Maria

April 30th - May 7th

Irene Diaz

Polaris

beggar boy that Soma gives a necklace to, mother, and baby brother

kenpo master

Red House dorm master

Ran-Mao

Shiori Genpou

Cedric K. Ros

Lau

Clayton

William T. Spears

Patrick Phelps

Japanese woman with a lunchbox

Oliver

May 1st - May 8th

Arthur Conan Doyle

the bear

Grelle's chainsaw

Trancy / Former Head Trancy

Richard

Aristocrat of Evil with the scarred face

the archeologist

Joker

Jan

the cats Sebastian rescues from the rain

Hilde Dickhaut

Rin

Cloudia Phantomhive

"Deer"

May 2nd - May 9th

King's Bear prostitutes

McMillan

"Her"

Undertaker's death scythe

Daniel

Ginny

Sieglinde Sullivan's father

Charles Bennett Sato

demon Ciel

Ada

Arnold Trancy

Ciel Phantomhive bizarre doll / Real Ciel / R!Ciel

Arihito Genpou

Thomas Wallis

May 3rd - May 10th

Chef Tarpin

Queen Victoria (Season 1)

Lau's ladies

Fennian

Harold West Jeb

Nicholas

Professor Sullivan / village crone

Anne Drewanz

CGI horses / driver

Margaret Connor's father

Ciel Phantomhive child / R!Ciel child

Jane

Paula

Wordsworth

May 4th - May 11th

Maurice Cole

Alexis Leon Midford

bizarre dolls

the turnspit dog

the "werewolves"

O!Ciel's land renters

priest

Pluto

Sebastian the dog

Red House prefect from Vincent's year

the Sebastian Roomba

bizarre doll horses

Baldroy's cow

Undertaker

May 5th - May 12th

Hanae Wakatsuki

the iceberg

Alan Humphries

Ash Landers

Thompson

Snake's unnamed snakes

Milly

Munemitsu Aoki

Alois Trancy / Jim Macken

Elizabeth Midford / Lizzy

Aurora Society purified water seller

Drossel's dolls

the timetable guy

Herman Greenhill

May 6th - May 13th

Azzurro Vanel

William's pigeons

Joanna

Reaper managers

Dove

Countess Trancy and her baby

German countryman

Scotland Yard officers

Haku's henchman

Lorraine McDowell

demon "pet" (the xenomorph)

Hannah Annafellows

Angelina Dalles / Madam Red / Aunt An

Pitt

May 7th - May 14th

Vincent Phantomhive's staff

Paul Jones

Francis Midford

Sebastian Michaelis

Cheslock

Phantomhive family ring

James

Edward Abberline

Baron Ridley

Sebastian's owl

[sierrasdiary]

✯¸.•´¨*•✿ fem names: A ✿•*¨`•.¸✯

❀ Ada

❀ Addison

❀ Adeline

❀ Aimee

❀ Alexa

❀ Alana

❀ Alison

❀ Alora

❀ Alyssa

❀ Amber

❀ Amelie

❀ Amery

❀ Anabel

❀ Angelica

❀ Anna

❀ Annie

❀ April

❀ Arden

❀ Arianna

❀ Arya

❀ Ashley

❀ Athena

❀ Aubrey

❀ Aurora

❀ Autumn

❀ Avery

[la-semillera]

EILEEN AGAR & HALINA POSWIATOWSKA  

sonriente digo

apaga la lámpara de la sonrisa

sobre los ojos cerrados

solamente en las tinieblas

nos encontremos sin significados

solamente en las tinieblas

rozaremos el pelaje de la muerte

a las manos sorprendidas

evocaremos la noche

el día es un pájaro

cuyas alas

forradas de rojo- arden-

  - Halina Poświatowska. Trad. Ada Trzeciakowska  

- Paisaje Erótico, 1942 . Collage sobre papel. Eileen Agar/ Estate of Eileen Agar/ Bridgeman Images

[finalgirlfall]

zeta @watermotif tagged me to post 9 books i want to read in 2023!

a little devil in america: notes in praise of black performance by hanif abdurraqib

middlemarch by george eliot, ed. rosemary ashton

lote by shola von reinhold

villette by charlotte brontë

lucan's pharsalia, translated and with an introduction by jane wilson joyce

vivia by tanith lee

ada, or ardor by vladimir nabokov

carmilla by joseph sheridan le fanu, ed. carmen maria machado

the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson, with an introduction by laura miller

i'm tagging: @chthonic-cassandra @cor-ardens @mosschapel @mossyshadows @kirstensleepey :-) :-) <3!!!!!

[soliloquivm]

@backpockct continued from here

WHAT HAD STARTED AS A NORMAL MORNING shifts into what micah would call one of the most uncomfortable moments in his lifetime . perhaps it would be easier had ada not been perched upon his shoulders and using his hair as a steering wheel , perhaps it would be better had they not run into one another at all – but the truth is ? he’s relieved to see arden in front of him , but also incredibly off his footing . ‘ i uh … ‘ is he supposed to introduce her to the daughter that she’d left behind ? he’s not sure , but before he can make a decision on what to say , he blurts out , ‘ sorry - is this as awkward for you , as it is for me ? ‘

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

Happy Asian and Pacific Islander heritage month to me and the women I write: Ada Wong, Sophie Hartley, Ophelie Asherson Inoa and Iolana Arden

[fallbeforethefight]

I tried to help when it came to Arden, and gave advice about Ada. I freaking love Jade. I only feel a tiny twinge if I think about Kirsty. But Grace? This feeling... sucks. And I don't understand why I feel like this. But it doesn't feel good at all.

[burned-lariat]

So heather isn’t actually the original hook

You're telling me there's a chance that my ADA Arden theory could be correct?! 👀

[afactaday]

#aFactADay2021

#253: a palindrome is a word, phrase, time, number, whatever, that reads exactly the same when the order of characters is reversed. for example, thirty-one past one in the afternoon, ie 13:31, is palindromic. "racecar" is palindromic. the first words ever said by man was palindromic (when Adam introduced himself to Eve, he said "Madam in Wden, i'm Adam"). one of the most philosophical questions in the world is a palindrome (do geese see god?). the names Hannah, Ava, Anna, Eve, Bob and Otto are all palindromic, as is the former PM of Cambodia, Lon Nol, and a japanese manga writer, Nisio Isin.

Only four pokemon are palidromes though - eevee, girafarig, ho-oh, and alomomola. girafarig is actually intentionally palindromic though - the original design had the back end being identical to the front but with a colour swap.

back to the name thing:

"Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel, and Ellen sinned." is a palindrome. im not sure who initially came up with that, but wow you did some work xD

i also found this epic (semi-)palindromic poem!

Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes

Semordnilaps are words that spell other words when backwards, such as drawer/reward and stressed/desserts. anyone whos watched cloudy with a chance of meatballs (i think?) will know that live spelt backwards is evil, and lived is devil.

the longest palindrome in the english dictionary is "Tattarrattat", as in the sound when you knock a door. i also found Abba in the dictionary, as in the 70s band that made, and i quote from the oxford dictionary, "well-crafted catchy songs". seriously.

"koortsmeetsysteemstrook" is a dutch fever measurement or something like that, and theres also a place in the netherlands called "ee". yes, ee.

theres also Nerren Nerren in australia, Wassamassaw in south carolina, Ekalakala lake in montana, yreka bakery in yreka,california, and madoko dam in zimbabwe.

in Pompeii, the town that was covered in ash by Mt Vesuvius and preserved for hundreds of years, theres a very clever arrangement of 25 letters, so that if you read it left-to-right then down, or right-to-left then up, or top-to-bottom then right or bottom-to-top then left, it will always read SATOR/AREPO/TENET/OPERA/ROTAS. my mind is blown.

theres also Belphegor's prime - two sets of 13 zeroes, with a 666 in the middle, and its a prime number!

1000000000000066600000000000001

[yoursunrisegirl]

Masnya udah capek belum?

"Fares udah sadar sejak dua jam yang lalu. Tapi, mungkin dia tidur lagi sambil nungguin kakak jemput kamu." Harsa menatap Arsen yang berdiri di sebelahnya, tepat di depan pintu ruangan rawat inap Fares.

Arsen hanya mengangguk sebab bibirnya terasa amat kaku. Dadanya berdesir menyakitkan kala membayangkan bagaimana keadaan masnya saat ini.

"Kakak tinggal ngga papa, Sen? Kakak dinas malem hari ini. Malem nanti sama besok pagi, kakak ke sini lagi sekalian visit."

Lagi, Arsen mengangguk tanpa seuntai aksara di bibirnya. Lagipula, ia tak bisa mencegah Kak Harsa. Sahabat masnya itu seorang dokterㅡsama seperti masnya dulu, pasti banyak kesibukan.

"Sen, ini beneran ngga papa kakak tinggal?" Harsa memastikan, sebab Arsen terlihat amat tak bersemangat. Matanya sayu dan layu sisa menangis tadi.

"Ngga papa, Kak. Lagian, besok Arsen libur, jadi bisa nemenin mas."

Harsa mengangguk. "Kalo ada apa-apa, jangan sungkan nelpon kakak, ya? Kakak bakal dateng sesegera mungkin."

"Iya, Kak." Atensi Arsen perlahan bergulir naik, kemudian mengunci tatap sepasang mata di hadapannya. "Kak ... Makasih, udah bantu Arsen dan Mas selama ini."

Seutas senyum terpatri di bibir Harsa. Jemari pemilik sekembar lesung pipi itu kemudian terangkat, berlabuh di bahu kanan Arsen dan menepuknya lembut beberapa kali guna menguatkan.

"Jangan makasih, kayak ke siapa aja. Kamu sama Fares itu udah kayak saudara kakak sendiri," jawab Harsa. "Nah, karena kita saudara, kalo ada perlu apa-apa, ngomong aja sama kakak."

Arsen turut tersenyum kendati nampak sedikit dipaksakan. "Iya," ujarnya singkat.

"Yaudah, kakak pergi dulu, ya?"

Arsen mengangguk untuk kesekian kali, lantas menatap punggung kokoh Harsa yang kian menjauh dan melebur dengan punggung-punggung lain yang sibuk lalu-lalang di koridor bangsal.

Setelah itu, pandangan Arsen tertuju pada knop pintu di hadapannya. Menghela napas dalam, tangannya kemudian meraih knop itu dan memutarnya.

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Arsen mendudukkan diri di kursi yang berada di samping brankar Fares. Masnya itu nampak memejam dengan deru napas yang terdengar mengalun konstan.

Mata Arsen berkedip lambat, meneliti wajah pucat Mas Fares yang dilengkapi dengan bibir kering pecah-pecah. Rahang masnya nampak kian menonjol sebab penurun berat badan yang drastis. Arsen meringis miris saat beralih menatap rambut Mas Fares yang kian menipis. Sangat tipis. Mas Fares bahkan tidak percaya diri jika keluar rumah tidak menggunakan topi atau beanie.

Beberapa detik kemudian, Arsen lihat pejam Mas Fares perlahan terbuka, kontan membuat kedua pasang mata mereka bersirobok.

Dan sekarang, Arsen bisa lihat jelas, mata Mas Fares yang kian cekung sarat lelah dan tak berdaya, bersama dengan kantung mata yang kian menghitam.

"Kapan sampenya?" Mas Fares berujar pelan.

Rahang Arsen mengetat menahan sesak di dadanya. Ia menelan salivanya yang entah kenapa terasa amat menyakitkan. "Barusan," jawab Arsen.

"Adek jangan marah. Maaf, mas ngga segera ngabarin."

Arsen mengangguk singkat seraya menggigit bibir bawahnya. "Ngga papa." Suaranya terdengar agak terjepit.

Selepas menarik napas panjang, Arden kembali berucap, "Mas udah ngga papa?"

Fares mengangguk. "Ngga papa, udah baik-baik aja kok ini."

Benar, seperti tebakan Arsen. Masnya tentu berkata seperti itu. Selalu begitu, sebab tak mau Arsen khawatir.

"Mas ..."

"Hm?"

Arsen kembali menelan ludah, menekan gigi geraham atas dan bawahnya hingga rahangnya mengeras.

"Kenapa, Dek?" tanya Fares, kebingungan karena sang adik tak kian melanjutkan bicaranya.

"Masnya ..." Arsen membuang napas berat. "Masnya udah capek belum?"

"Ya?"

"Adek tanya, Masnya udah capek belum?" Mata Arsen mengedip cepat agar air mata yang mulai menggenang di pelupuknya tak meluruh. "Adek ngga mau lagi egois, maksa mas ikut segala macam pengobatan yang pastinya buat mas kesakitan. Jauh lebih sakit dari sakitnya mas sendiri. Kemoterapi, radioterapi, dan semuanya."

"Adek ngomong apa sih?"

Napas Arsen berhembus berat sebab sesak yang tak tau malu menggerogoti dadanya.

"Dokter bilang, Mas bisa bertahan paling ngga 2 bulan lagi 'kan?" Kali ini, air mata Arsen jatuh tanpa bisa ia hentikan.

"Dekㅡ"

"Ayo, buat kenangan manis selama 2 bulan itu, Mas. Atau, selama apapun Mas bisa bertahan nantinya."

"Adek ..."

"Adek ngga mau, di sisa umur mas, mas cuma ngerasain sakit dan sakit. Mas itu yang paling berharga buat adek. Mas yang paling penting dalam hidup adek. Jadi, adek mau, sebelum mas ninggalin adek selamanya, yang mas inget cuma kenangan manis kita."

Jeda. Arsen meraup napas sedalam-dalamnya, kemudian meraih penuh hati-hati tangan Mas Fares yang tertusuk infus. "Adek mau, mas pergi dengan senyum bahagia, bukan tangis kesakitan."

"Kata Kak Harsa, adek harus belajar merelakan." Tangan Arsen yang lain lantas mengusap air mata di pipinya. "Jadi, ayo, buat kenangan bahagia, Mas. Adek udah ngga mau egois lagi dengan maksain kehendak adek. Mas capek 'kan?"

Air mata Fares berlinang, jatuh di sudut matanya. Kepalanya mengangguk mengiyakan. Benar, ia lelah. Ia capek. Segala macam pengobatan justru membuat tubuhnya kian lemah dan tak berdaya.

"Ayo, buat kenangan."

Arsen mengangguk ricuh dengan air mata yang kian deras mengalir. Mungkin, ini saatnya ia belajar merelakan.

Kak Harsa benar. Arsen tak bisa dan tak boleh menahan Fares untuk selalu bersamanya. Maka, Arsen akan melepas Mas Fares agar berbahagia.