#adelaide morrissey

[chaoticgaywitch]

alan ross in book two : fuck the bourgeoisie

alan ross in book three : fuck the bourgeoisie ;)

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

Happy book birthday to A Power Unbound by @fahye. Here's Addy in her red dress.

[ruthryry]

Things I researched for Masculine Pursuits:

Clothes! My wife is both a history nerd and a sewist, so in a gift for her I tried my damndest to get it right. She still had edits here and there, but by god that paragraph in chapter two where Jack strips Alan was mostly right the first time.

Bathhouses! Namely, who used them and why and what kind of sex was happening there. Turns out Alan is the person most likely to visit bathhouses regularly (this is probably where his least dangerous sexual experiences are, and where he got paid), given that the places he was living likely only had cold running water and shared facilities that are not meant for bathing. Bathhouses at the time were a major part of gay male culture, but they weren’t raided much because the lack of pervasive indoor plumbing meant that they were more convincingly mixed use spaces where people genuinely bathed. That said, the other men are likely to have been to bathhouses as well, especially if looking for sexual (mis)adventures. (This doesn’t come up at all? I think? In the story, but did inform a lot of decisions regarding who has what kind of sexual experiences.)

Sports! I was unclear at first on whether Robin’s boxing was bare knuckle, which was popular for a VERY long time in Britain. Nope! He’s from a generation that wore gloves! Still probably had a fair number of injuries, if sports people then were the way sports people I’ve talked to are like today. Given the number of undiagnosed concussions that man has probably had, it’s no wonder he prefers books with pictures, struggles with certain focus related tasks, and routinely gets a lot of headaches.

[transgaypiratesanta]

I have successfully completed a page of TLB fanart (it ended up being mostly Maud) so here it is!

If anyone has any requests or recommendations for TLB art, I would absolutely LOVE them!!! I love these silly guys so much, and want to draw them 24/7

Oh! By the way! The drawing on top with Maud and Jack was inspired by @ruthryry’s fic called ‘Masculine pursuits’, specifically the post about what did not make it into the fic. This drawing is Jack explaining the foursome to Maud.

[stinastar]

😂😂👌🏻👌🏻

[pdalicedraws]

/continues to do lil character drawings bc this book grabbed me by the throat

I love the sisters. Hope to see them more in book two? Just bought it today so idk yet

(I’m much more of a Victoriana nut so trying to do Edwardian clothes feels almost uncanny-valley to me haha)

[seawolvesanddragons]

The last bit is deeply reassuring to me, whose first thought after finishing book three’s epilogue was “this was perfection and I love this group of seven queer radicals” and second thought was “oh god WWI is in FOUR YEARS.”

Hello! I just finished reading A Power Unbound, and firstly I wanted to tell you that I love this trilogy so, so much. I recommend A Marvellous Light to basically everyone I meet, and I was SO excited for this last book upon learning Ross and Hawthorn were the main couple. It did not disappoint!! I'd loved Hawthorn from his first scene in AML and him getting his own book and romance made me so happy. So THANK YOU for these wonderful characters and beautiful books, I'm very much looking forward to your future writing!

I did have a couple questions, if you had answers you're at all willing to share. Hawthorn stan that I am, I'm also fascinated by the drama that is Edwin/Hawthorn lmao, I think that sort of doomed relationship is so delicious. Have you written or would you ever write anything prequel-y about them? A short story or the like? If not, is there anything you brainstormed up about them that didn't make it into the books?

Secondly, do Edwin and Robin ever find out that Ross wrote the Roman books? Because that would be such a funny scene.

Thank you again, and thank you for answering the asks about this series you've gotten here, I love reading your responses and learning more about the books/your writing process :D

hello! thank you so much!

I'm skipping a few asks ahead in the queue to answer this one, because I think my answer will apply to (and hopefully anticipate) some other asks: if it's not in the books or any other Official Published Content, then I'm mostly not going to comment on events that happened offpage or may happen offpage in the future*.

as a fanwriter myself, and as an author who's made the decision to engage with readers on a predominantly fannish platform... I prefer not to come down all Word Of God and deny readers or fans the pleasure of coming up with their own answers. whether you intend to write fanfic about it or just happily develop your own headcanons: the text is out there, so it's yours now!

so the answers to 'what was edwin and jack's relationship like' and 'do edwin and robin ever find out about alan's books' are both: whatever you want it to be. whatever the next fanwriter wants it to be.

*the only exception to this is: yes, they all survive world war one, I'm not a monster

[goatsandgangsters]

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Last Binding Series - Freya Marske Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston/Alan Ross, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston & Edwin Courcey, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston & Violet Debenham Characters: Alan Ross, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston, Edwin Courcey, Violet Debenham, Maud Blyth, Robin Blyth, Adelaide Morrissey Additional Tags: Christmas, Found Family, Fluff, Book 3: A Power Unbound (Last Binding Series), Post-Canon, Flirting, Light Dirty Talk, Sutton Cottage, Christmas Fluff, Friendship, Amicable Exes, Vignette, Post-Book 3: A Power Unbound (Last Binding Series), minor Alan Ross & everyone else, minor Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston & everyone else, POV Alan Ross, POV Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston, minor Maud Blyth/Violet Debenham, minor Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey, New Years, New Year's Resolutions, Canon Compliant

Summary:

Christmas, 1909. 

Alan was doing his level best to hide it, but his teeth were chattering. Jack could hear it like typewriter keys. He had his usual cap pulled down tight on his head, and a scarf that was clearly homemade tucked over his chin, so that his beautiful, insolent expression was all Jack could see of him. He looked like the world’s most indignant owl, and Jack had the ludicrous desire both to laugh and to become every branch on every tree, that he might perch upon. 

He settled for draping his arms over Alan’s shoulders and pulling him into his chest. Far more sensible. 

“Comfortable, your lordship?” Alan mocked, coat-muffled, as Jack’s cheek rested against the rough wool of his cap. 

“Hardly. I’m liable to develop a wretched crick in my neck.”

[cartograffiti]

Sun Beams Will Soon Smile Through

Fandom: The Last Binding - Freya Marske Rated: G No archive warnings apply Word count: 952 - Featuring: Robin Blyth & Adelaide Morrissey, Edwin Courcey & Adelaide Morrissey, Robin Blyth/Edwin Courcey. - The wedding of Adelaide Morrissey and Robin Blyth, focusing on the friendships within their lavender marriage.

This work was created for the Battleship Exchange 2024.

[maud-blyth-wannabe]

Kate sharma 🤝 Adelaide Morrissey

Running that household like the fucking Navy

[tuppencetrinkets]

Below you will find links to sorted screencaps from Doctor Who (2005) specials: Time Crash, The Christmas Invasion,  The Runaway Bride, Voyage of the Damned, The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, The End of Time, A Christmas Carol, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, Trust Your Doctor, Pond Life, The Husbands of River Song, Space Time Comic Relief Specials and Resolution for the following one time characters:

Alec Garcia - Alex

Aleksander Mikic - Yuri Kerenski

Charlotte Ritchie - Lin

Claire Skinner - Madge Arwell

Clive Swift - Mr. Copper

Daniel Adegboyega - Aaron Sinclair

Daniel Evans - Danny Llewellyn

David Morrissey - Jackson Lake

Debbie Chazen - Foom Van Hoff

Dervla Kirwan - Miss Hartigan

Don Gilet - Lance Bennett

Gemma Chan - Mia Bennett

George Costigan - Max Capricorn

Guardians

Holly Earl - Lily Arwell

Jacqueline King - Sylvia Mott

Katherine Jenkins - Abigail

Kylie Minogue - Astrid Peth

Laurence Belcher - Young Kazran

Lee Evans - Malcolm

Lindsay Duncan - Adelaide Brooke

Maurice Cole - Cyril Arwell

Michael Gambon - Kazran Sardick

Michelle Ryan - Christina

Nikesh Patel - Mitch

Norma Dumezweni - Captain Magambo

Sarah Parish - Spider Empress

Timothy Dalton - Lord President Rassilon

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[vicemirrored-a]

THE GOLDEN AGE

the year is 1885. the world is becoming a new place: everywhere, new railroads, factories, and technological innovations are thrusting their way into the centre stage of grand cities, and with them, they bring the stirrings of societal change. old traditions and rules are being challenged, new avenues of opportunity are opening up, and change is around every corner. some cling to the old ways; others are eager to blaze new trails. 

the path you take in this new era is yours to choose.

WHAT IS THIS GROUP?

this will be a discord-based rp server taking place in victorian era london. you don’t need to have a blog for your character in order to join the server — all roleplaying will be done through discord itself. all sorts of characters are welcome, from canon characters to original creations — the only characters not accepted are real-life historical figures (like jack the ripper, queen victoria, etc). you may join with a character from any class level: we want a healthy mix of characters who are upper class, middle class, working class, or in poverty. you don’t need to be an expert on victorian era society, but please do at least a little research into what jobs your characters might have, to keep things realistic and varied. 

HOW CAN I JOIN?

mutuals and non-mutuals alike can join. just send me an ask with the form below filled out for your character, and if you’re accepted, i will send you the link to the discord server. 

once you’ve been accepted into the group, please reblog the post to spread this around! we want to make this into a fun, thriving verse with lots of interactions going. 

if you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact me!

APPLICATION FORM & CHARACTER LIST BELOW THE CUT

APPLICATION FORM, TO BE SENT TO VICEMIRRORED

character name / canon or oc? / source material (if canon) / age / gender / occupation / faceclaim 

CHARACTER LIST

MEN > dr. henry jekyll / canon / strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde / 51 / cis male / physician / fc: david morrissey > dr. john watson / canon / the adventures of sherlock holmes / 28 / cis male / retired army surgeon and part time biographer / fc: ben whishaw > gabriel john utterson / canon / strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde / 52 / cis man / lawyer / fc: buster keaton > sherlock holmes / canon / the adventures of sherlock holmes / mid 30s / cis male / consulting detective / fc: currently undetermined > t. e. blackwell / oc / 53 / trans male / surgeon (formerly army) / fc: basil rathbone > herbert west / canon / h.p. lovecraft; "herbert west - reanimator" / 23 / cis male / medical student / fc: jeremy dufour > erik (the phantom of the opera) / canon / the phantom of the opera / 48 / cis male / musician, opera ghost / fc: ben lewis & ramin karimloo > anthony howard / oc / 30 / male / earl & gentry / fc: richard madden > count dracula / canon / dracula / approx. 500 yrs / male / count (as of the present) / fc: tony thornburg > thomas sharpe / canon / crimson peak  / 30 / cis male / baronet, inventor / fc: tom hiddleston > alden webster / oc  / early forties / cis male / tailor & toymaker / fc: undetermined > zebediah "zeb" hawke / oc / 45 / former cowboy + current stagehand and writer / fc: jake "buck angel" miller > hannibal lecter / canon / hannibal NBC / 45 / male / psychiatrist / fc: mads mikkelsen > charles curtis / oc / 23 / male / tailor / fc: undecided > will graham / canon / hannibal NBC / 34 / male / detective for the pinkerton agency / fc: hugh dancy > count dracula / canon / dracula / approx. 500 yrs / male / count (as of the present) / fc: tony thornburg

WOMEN > cecelia holmes / oc / sherlock holmes based / 35 / female / writer + socialite / fc: keira knightley > irene norton née adler / canon / a scandal of bohemia / 30 / cis female / ex opera singer, composer, mus.d. / fc: rosamund pike > tilly jackson / canon / red dead redemption 2 / late 20s / cis female / secretary / fc: currently undetermined > claire parker / oc / 30 / female / socialite && philanthropist / fc: emily blunt > adelaide jewel danson / oc / 35 / female, but presents masculine in society when impersonating dead husband / baker / fc: currently undetermined > caelestis herminia alba / oc / 20 / cis female / owner of a shop of oddities, medium and séance host / fc: jessica parker kennedy > victoria lockehart / oc / 32 / female / midwife and aspiring writer / fc: betsy wolfe > clarice starling / canon / the hannibal book seeries / 32 / cis female / secretary / fc: sarah gadon > bathsheba "bessie" swanson / oc / 28 / cis woman / investigative journalist & monster hunter (mostly an investigative journalist) / fc: michaela petro

[ruthryry]

Thoughts on beards in the post-canon world of The Last Binding that didn’t fit in my already hideously long porn novella:

My wife really wanted Alan and Jack living together, and so I was determined to make it happen. That said I struggled with it a lot; there’s a very narrow needle to thread there in terms of believability. Obviously there’s a lot of risks in terms of the law, but there’s also less life threatening but still substantial risks in terms of Alan’s career or Jack’s effectiveness at politics, and I didn’t want to just… dismiss that. So we had a lot of discussions about it.

Conclusion we came to: the solution lies in both taking refuge in Jack’s audacity and Alan’s class solidarity. Jack is already known for being a Liberal that crosses class lines and acts as a rake to enable women’s sexual freedom. And Alan has no reason not to reach out to the staff in the Mayfair house (and probably at Cheetham). It would be a good way to vet that Jack isn’t fucking with him about being a Liberal who tries to give away his money, if nothing else: does he pay a fair wage? Above market rate? Who does he hire? Who does he fire? When do people get pensions? What are their days off like? Is he foul-tempered in a way that they find intimidating, or are they all like Makepeace, who canonically doesn’t take him seriously in the slightest? Plus class solidarity requires Alan to acknowledge that the work servants do is worth doing, just not necessarily for the people they’re doing it for. His blind mother could use a valet significantly more than Jack could, for example, so although Alan doesn’t like having staff waiting on him, I don’t think he could maintain an air of “fuck off, your work is dumb” for long without stepping on someone’s toes, especially if Jack is a good employer. (Plus, again, the man is trying to engage in class solidarity, which is hard to do if you earnestly think someone’s work has no dignity.)

Which is all to say: people don’t think Alan is sleeping with Jack, they think Alan is sleeping with one of Jack’s maids, and Jack is enabling the affair by letting them fuck under his roof. He’s an insane Liberal! Alan goes in and out of the servant’s doors all the time not because it’s a good way to avoid being seen or because Jack is scared of being found out, but because he wants to visit some of his friends, who will go out of their way to vouch for him! There’s a good setup here for a lavender marriage to get Alan’s mother off his back, assuming that Jack does things like hire women who don’t want to get married for Reasons, and we might as well assume that given the bits of evidence we see of how Jack’s politics influence his hiring practices in the books.

All of which led to my wife and I discussing the situation with Robin, Edwin, and Adelaide. I think Edwin is the closest any of the characters gets to living “out”. Big fucking confirmed bachelor energy. That said, he’s rich and useful in a way that makes him difficult to touch, and there’s weird… side effects to him being friends with Adelaide along with Robin.

Which is to say people definitely think that Robin is a wife guy who’s getting cucked by Edwin. Edwin and Adelaide are alone together all the time! They exchange letters! They travel together! When Robin and Adelaide go places, Edwin is always tagging along! They share private jokes that are at Robin’s expense! Does Robin not see what’s happening??? Does he just not care??? Does he like it!?!?!?He always talks like he thinks both Edwin and Adelaide are the best thing since sliced bread. Maybe they’re having scandalous threesomes??

It should also be noted that, yes, WWI is going to suck for these characters, but holy shit are they ever all built for the 20s. They are going to have a fantastic time. They’re clever and open minded and will be well established socially, politically, and monetarily, can host salons and parties and encourage people towards all kinds of scandalous things in their fancy, slightly magical seeming homes. Spinet House is going to be one of the most Happening places in London among a certain kind of person in the 20s, is what I’m saying. It’s going to be a riot and I do not have the historical chops or time to write that fic but I want it, dammit.

[stinastar]

The Morrissey sisters are strong and beautiful and amazing and I adore them.

[goatsandgangsters]

Chapters: 2/3 Fandom:Last Binding Series - Freya Marske Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston/Alan Ross, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston & Edwin Courcey Characters: Alan Ross, Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston, Edwin Courcey, Violet Debenham, Maud Blyth, Robin Blyth, Adelaide Morrissey Additional Tags: Christmas, Found Family, Fluff, Book 3: A Power Unbound (Last Binding Series), Post-Canon, Flirting, Light Dirty Talk, Sutton Cottage, Christmas Fluff, Friendship, Amicable Exes, Vignette, Post-Book 3: A Power Unbound (Last Binding Series), minor Alan Ross & everyone else, minor Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston & everyone else, POV Alan Ross, POV Lord Hawthorn | Jack Alston 

Summary:

Christmas, 1909. By the time Edwin began his circuit around the room with his nose pressed so close to his book that he was imperilling the matched pair of pastoral Sèvres vases in his path, it was clear an intervention of sorts was needed. Very well. Jack set down his stack of cards—it was shaping up to be a lost game of solitaire anyway—and sat back against the settee. “Do you ever suppose,” he said, like a man casting a fishing rod—patient, but curious to discover what lay below the surface, “that you are presently the most capable magician in all of England?”