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[dhampiravidi]

Does anyone know where Zoya gets her last name from? Her aunt took her in & her last name was Garin. Her father’s last name wasn’t Nazyalensky, according to the Grishaverse wiki.

[badgrishaverseaus]

ROUND ONE RESULTS!

Kaz Brekker VS Nikolai Lantsov

Wylan Van Eck VS Alina Starkov

Jesper Fahey VS Zoya Nazyalensky

Harshaw (and Oncat) VS Kuwei Yul-Bo

The Darkling VS Matthias Helvar

Nina Zenik VS Tolya Yul-Bataar

Inej Ghafa VS Genya Safin

Joost Van Poel VS Tamar Kir-Bataar

these characters will advance to the next round that I'll be posting soon!!

[leclerc-s]

the tortured poets department

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daphnejonesricciardo the tortured poets department. an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time - one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure. this period of the author's life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. there is nothing to avenge, no score to settle once wounds have healed.and upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. this writer is of firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. once we have spoke out saddest story, we can be free of it.

and then all that's left behind is the tortured poetry.

the tortured poets department is out now.

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danieljonesricciardo wow.

danieljonesricciado that's my wife??

danieljonesricciardo i'm so proud of you. i love you.

↳ daphnejonesricciardo i love you too danny

danieljonesricciado how did i get so lucky??

isabellaperez if i sob to this album. no one say anything.

↳ landonorris i'll join you. crying session in isa's hotel room.

↳ logansargeant wait for me!!

mclaren if admin is found crying in a corner that's on us.

visacashapprb oh no. i feel the tears coming and i'm only 1 track in.

scuderiaferrari are these tears that i feel coming?

redbullracing i will be out of commission for the next few hours while i process this.

alex_albon you've outdone yourself daphne.

maxjonesverstappen1 i now understand why you people shut yourself in that studio for so long. it's amazing daphne.

↳ charles_leclerc you're such a hater, i helped too!

↳ maxjonesverstappen1 you wrote piano piece shut up.

↳ charles_leclerc this is why i don't follow you. all you do is bully me.

rhysjones ARE YOU PROUD OF YOURSELF? YOU PEOPLE ARE SICK!! I AM SOBBING!!

fernandoalo_oficial any songs about me daph? or our secret love affair?

↳ danieljonesricciardo please stop flirting with my wife or people will start rumors again.

↳ fernandoalo_oficial admit it, you're just jealous i could steal your wife like you were jealous of killatrav when he publicly announced he was in love with your wife.

↳ danieljonesricciardo this is why i don't like you.

alex_albon sick and twisted is the best way to describe you jones-ricciardo. i literally hate you right now.

georgerussell63 there's no way the girl who writes about max's dick is the one who helped write the songs on this album. i refuse to believe it.

↳ maejonesverstappen better believe it bitch!

patriciooward oh no this album will kill me.

isabella perez you are sick and twisted daphne jones-ricciardo

isabella perez SICK AND TWISTED!!

logan sargeant currently sobbing to florida!!!

bailey winters claiming so long london.

lando norris WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN BAILEY?? bailey winters IT MEANS I LOVE THE SONG YOU FUCKING MUPPET!!!

mae jones-verstappen wow we outdid ourselves this time around.

charles leclerc of course we did. it's our masterpiece.

daphne jones-ricciardo a true masterpiece. the work of five geniuses.

pierre gasly i wouldn't call charles a genius. rowan todd at least he didn't get married in vegas while he was drunk. natalia ruiz we did things a little backwards but yeah pierre!

freya vettel mick wouldn't break up with me so i could get the full experience. that's blasphemous!!

mick schumacher WHY WOULD I BREAK UP WITH YOU?? IT TOOK US TOO LONG TO GET OUR SHIT TOGETHER??

freya vettel IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO MICKOLAS!

zoya torres i can confirm that logan is crying to florida!!! it's on a loop in his drivers room.

arthur leclerc i don't believe my brother helped write any of this album. he's not smart enough for that.

ollie bearman why am i sobbing??

oscar piastri it's a very emotional album

sebastian vettel it's an amazing album daphne!

penelope trevino that feature with florence was amazing

george russell i bet lewis wishes that was him on fortnight instead of post malone

lewis hamilton why do you people always have to drag me into things?

rhys jones rip xnda you would've loved being on a daphne jones album.

sebastian vettel he's not dead??

lance stroll it's a meme seb. sebastian vettel oh okay.

pato o'ward MY NEW HYPE SONG IS DOWN BAD

isabella perez because he's down bad for gael

gael perez i will fucking fight you isabella maria perez

max jones-verstappen DOES SHE OR DOES SHE NOT HAVE A MIDDLE NAME??

oscar piastri she does. it's juliana. isabella perez OSCAR!

esteban ocon crying in club to the entire album.

charles leclerc a win for the sad bitches (me)

dulce perez the extra 15 songs destroyed me. i was already sad and then daphne had to go and kill me.

natalia leclerc can you believe charles refused to call off our engagement so i could experience the full album in all it's pain?

daphne jones-ricciardo that seems horrible. let's run away together

fernando alonso where's daniel? he's usually the first one here screaming about how he loves the album and daphne.

rhys jones crying in his room over the album. there was a solid 15 minutes where he spent screaming "did i hurt you?" to no one in particular. the cats left him and joined me instead.

rowan todd ending the album was a 10/10 but ending it with the manuscript was a 4823014/10

carlos sainz i will never recover from this.

ollie bearman SOMEBODY SEDATE ME!!

oscar piastri he's still crying in bella's arms.

isabella perez WE'RE CRYING TOGETHER!! pato o'ward MAKE ROOM FOR ME!! I'M COMING TO CRY!! gael perez YOU'RE IN LONG BEACH!! THEY'RE IN CHINA!! dulce perez WHEN THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY BITCH!

max jones-verstappen can't believe i made it onto another daphne jones-ricciardo album. that's 4 out of 11!!

natalia ruiz Y'ALL I'M ON A DAPHNE JONES-RICCIARDO ALBUM!!!

fernando alonso daphne, i knew you were in love with me!

daniel jones-ricciardo BACK THE FUCK OFF OLD MAN!

daniel jones-ricciardo THAT'S MY FUCKING WIFE!!

daniel jones-ricciardo DAPHNE ALISON JONES-RICCIARDO I FUCKING LOVE YOU

daniel jones-ricciardo SHE HAS MORE TALENT THAN I DO IN MY PINKY TOE!!

daniel jones-ricciardo YOUR BRAIN WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS!

daniel jones-ricciardo I FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!!!!

rhys jones we knew it would take fernando to get you back.

zoya torres and if i cried to clara bow?

bailey winters anyone who says they didn't cry is lying.

rhys jones i will go to my grave wishing i got a daphne x xnda collab.

pato o'ward I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!

pato o'ward ISA!! WE HAVE TO CRY TOGETHER TO THIS ALBUM!!

isabella perez i will always cry to this album and i'm in a happy and healthy relationship.

gael perez for once.

dulce perez says the one who broke up with his boyfriend because he was scared.

pato o'ward woah

daniel jones-ricciardo i expect all of you to be playing this album over the weeked in your garages. make me proud children.

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¡leclerc-s speaks! does the tagging actually work?? cause when i do it looks like it works but i'm not quite sure if it actually does work or not. anyways, happy ttpd release! this was supposed to come out sooner but i got distracted watching grey's anatomy.

¡disclaimer! this is in no way making assumptions about the people involved in this story, this is all fake. it is a fanfiction please don't take any of what is said seriously. this is all for entertainment purposes and as a creative outlet for me. enjoy!

[x-shauni-x]

I'm the owner of United Fandoms on instagram + also moved to twitter today.

We offer fandom roleplays like:

~ A court of thorns and roses

~ Throne of glass

~ Crescent city

~ Grishaverse

~ Shadowhunters

All these groups have many many spots left and as soon as I can get this account back to running (I took over, it's not originally my group) more sections could follow if enough interest (fandoms only).

Feel free to reach out to us to join or if you think you can help me by promoting this rp family 💕

Instagram:

https://instagram.com/fandoms._._united?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/FandomsUnited_2?t=d8MBVnLX293nciKiYzB59Q&s=09

Taken characters per each section {Instagram}:

~ A court of thorns and roses:

• Feyre

• Elain

• Nesta { Admin }

• Cassian

• Azriel { Admin }

• Gwyn

• The bone carver

Needed:

• Rhysand

• Mor

• Emerie

• Tamlin

• Lucien

• Any other high lord + partners

• Side characters like Vassa, Jurian, Briar,...

~ Throne of glass:

• Dorian { Admin }

Needed:

• Aelin

• Aedion

• Lysandra

• Chaol

• Yrene

• Manon + her thirteen

• Elide

• Rowan + the cadre

• Many many others

~ Crescent city:

• Bryce

• Hunt { Admin }

• Danika

• Sabine

• Fury

• Juniper

• Jesiba

Needed:

• Lidia

• Baxian

• Many many others

~ Grishaverse:

• Kaz { Admin }

Needed:

• Alina

• Mal

• Zoya

• The darkling

• Many many others

~ Shadowhunters:

• /

Needed:

• As soon as I've found an admin for this section a needed list will be posted

Each section will have a next-gen group. Exclusive for Twitter.

Feel free to reach out for more information on Instagram, Twitter or just shoot me a dm on here.

~ S ✨️

[vortexhq]

anonymous asked: most wanted fandoms & characters? thank you!

i went and checked in with our current muns, and some of our most wanted characters are: lila and the rest of the umbrellas and sparrows ( umbrella academy ); miles morales, ganke lee, mj watson, harry osborn, kraven the hunter, may parker, felicia hardy, ( marvel’s insomniac ); avengers, fantastic four, and more x - men ( marvel comics ); percy jackson, grover underwood, luke castellan, jason grace, piper mcclean, and charlie beckendorf ( riordanverse ); ronan lynch, declan lynch, noah czerny and jordan hennessy ( the raven cycle ); megumi fushiguro, yuji itadori, nobara kugisaki, toge inumaki, yuta okkotsu, choso kamo, shoko ieiri, utahima iori, maki zenin and mai zenin ( jujutsu kaisen ); tomura shigaraki, jin bubaigawara/twice, himiko toga, ochako uraraka, izuku midoriya, katsuki bakugou, denki kaminari, eijiro kirishima, hitoshi shinsou, mina ashido, tsuyu asui and rumi usagiyamii ( my hero academia ); and matthias helvar, kaz brekker, alina starkov, nikolai lantsov, malyen oretsev, genya saffin, zoya nazyalensky, david kostyk, tolya and tamar yul-bataar ( grishaverse )!

some most wanted fandoms are: the lord of the rings, grishaverse, twilight, stranger things, dc, grey's anatomy, dimension 20, critical role, gilmore girls, criminal minds, once upon a time, bungou stray dogs, final fantasy, resident evil, baldur's gate, suzanne collins books ( the hunger games / the ballad of songbirds and snakes ), house of the dragon, kaos, and dead boy detectives!

we’d also generally love to have original characters from any fandom, too!

ADMIN ARDEN is… online! — replies within 5 - 25 mins.

[survivorsfm]

*       ANONYMOUS   ASKED       :       hello ! this looks amazing, who are the admins playing and who are your mw faces ?

thank you, lovely ! so far, i ( admin nina ) will be playing zoya suvedi amita suman and josephine barlowe florence pugh, while my co - admin will be playing jack behrens olivia cooke ! as for our mw faces: i just answered this question right here for our mwf, and some of our mwm fcs are dev patel, freddy carter, alex fitzalan, fabien frankel, john boyega, oscar isaac, lakeith stanfield, danny ramirez, jonah hauer - king, woo do hwan, gael garcía bernal, jacob anderson, tom holland, d'pharaoh woon - a - tai, jonathan daviss, henry golding, logan lerman, riz ahmed, evan mock, peter gadiot, idris elba, and many, many more ! here is the link to our mw sideblog if you want to check it out !

[wavehq]

( ANONYMOUS ASKS ) ——- pls what are your most wanted at the moment??

this is a super long list from our discord, but: anyone from a league of their own, matthias helvar, nina zenik, mal oretsev, david kostyk, zoya nazyalensky and nikolai lantsov ( grishaverse ); dustin henderson, joyce byers, jonathan byers, nancy wheeler i'm not sure if we have her rn if we do i apologize, jim hopper, steve harrington and robin buckley ( stranger things ), tony stark, miles morales, steve rogers, bruce banner, thor, natasha romanoff, james rhodes, and logan / wolverine ( marvel ), mickey milkovich, ian gallagher, carl gallagher, debbie gallagher, karen jackson and kevin ball ( shameless ), lorelai gilmore, lane kim, luke danes, jess mariano, dean forester, logan huntzberger, paris geller, sookie st. james and emily gilmore ( gilmore girls ), richie tozier, ben hanscom, mike hanlon and beverly marsh ( kingverse ), peter shaw and bob andrews ( the three investigators ), ken carson ( barbie cinematic universe ), helen shivers, ray bronson and karla wilson ( i know what you did last summer ), tanjiro kamado, kanao tsuyuri, inosuke hashibara, giyuu tomioka, mitsuri kanroji, shinobu kocho, muichiro tokito, zenitsu agatsuma, genya shinazugawa, yushiro and sabito ( demon slayer/kimetsu no yaiba ), xingqiu, chongyun, xinyan, xiangling, yun jin, zhongli, xiao, yanfei, ganyu, keqing, beidou, ningguang, yelan and shenhe ( genshin impact ), reggie peters, alex mercer, willie, bobby shaw/trevor wilson and julie molina ( julie and the phantoms ), eleanor levethan, tara scott, elliot tanners and erica norman ( do revenge ), kitty song covey, min ho, q shabazian, dae heon kim and yuri han ( xo, kitty ), tara jones, elle argent, nick nelson, tao xu, isaac henderson, aled last, imogen heaney, and sahar zahid ( heartstopper )!

ADMIN DREAM is… mobile! ——- 5-30 minute replies.

[edgecastlema]

MW GrishaVerse and/or Star Trek characters?

of course! just a heads up, neither admin are in these fandoms, so any members who Are- please feel free to shoot us an im or reply with any of your favs as well!! additionally, i know we're going to love whoever you decide to bring as these are very iconic characters and fandoms

grishaverse; wylan van eck, jesper fahey, kaz brekker, inej ghafa, nina zenik, alina starkov, malyen orestev, nikolai lantsov, zoya nazyalensky, and genya safin star trek; spock, james t. kirk, nyota uhura, data!!!!, worf, jean-luc picard, kathryn janeway, pavel chekov, leonard mccoy, geordi la forge, and hikaru sulu

[uppereastrp]

hi we cant access the admin links. can you send it here? thanks a lot!

i'm so sorry about that, here they are now: ZOYA, BLAIR, and SERENA.

we can't wait to meet you!!

[pocnnet-archive]

Hi everyone!!!

Pocnnet is being archived. We thank you all for the support that we've been shown in the past few months but unfortunately with the busy schedules of the staff and the lack of members we just don't have enough time to keep up with this blog and give it the attention it deserves. We've thus decided to archive.

We once again thank you for the support and kindness. This was a really hard decision but it's ultimately for the best! <3

-Pocnnet

[rietveldbrothers]

@spookywafflesandkruge @ me next time ur gonna demand answers for alleged hogwarts au crimes not leave it in the tags

[dhampiravidi]

Shadow & Bone College AU IDK if I even want to RP this but…

College AU where Aleksander Morozova is Ravka University’s most renowned history professor. He’s also the head of the GRISHA (Grand Ravkan Intellectual Scholarship Honors Admission), who select a small percentage of the students from each class to participate in a rigorous academic career with the goal of earning good grades & rec letters from big businesses. In the past, David Kostyk, Genya Safin, Ivan Kovalev, Nina Zenik & Zoya Nazyalensky all were part of the program, mentored directly by Prof. Morozova himself. He suddenly finds himself drawn to the sophomore (yeah, she’s 18+) Alina Starkov, who wows the student body with her humility, talent for the fine arts & genuine interest in learning. Meanwhile, the international showcase is coming up & Fjerda’s won for the last 7 years. It looks like the GRISHA might lose their funding, especially since there’s whispers that Prof. Morozova has constantly pulled strings to rig the entire school system in favor of his favorites.

Yeah, so Jayn’s a former GRISHA who works as an adjunct (or maybe in admin, IDK), wondering why tf her sort-of-friend Aleks is hardly trying to cover up his affair or his past actions. Nikolai is the scandalous school president’s son who has a knack for conceptualizing & presenting in general.

[noirshadow]

Subtext

Alina gets her first adult job in Tinseltown and meets her match with famed talent agent, Aleksander Morozova. She thinks she has the read on him...or does she?

Or: Alina tries to achieve her goals in Hollywood and Aleksander can make or break her.

Ch 1 (AO3 here - with better formatting!)

——

1. EXT. CLOUDLESS DAY - DAY

We open on a wide meadow and The Sun Summoner, in blue and gold kefta, is riding on horseback toward a beautiful and imposing palace in the distance.

THE SUN SUMMONER (V.O)

Since discovering my powers, I ride to my destiny. I don’t know what the palace will hold for me but I hope to harness my powers. I will right the wrongs that have been done to me and find justice for my people. I will use my powers for good and uncover the darkness that plagues these lands.

——

Shit shit shit.

Alina was running late. Why did she think Santa Monica Blvd. during rush hour was a good idea?

Ugh, the Westside. Why was it that somehow the traffic was infinitely worse here?? During her two year MFA at USC, she managed to stay east. It was a bit rough around the edges, but it had more color. More vibrancy. She suspects it reminded her of New York City. She always preferred the slightly more off-beat path. There was always something happening - something new to see. She loved that.

Now, 3 months fresh off of finishing her Masters, she was starting a new job at the famous Lantsov Morozova Agency - LMA, for short. Today was her first day and naturally, the traffic wasn’t cooperating. She had left an extra half hour early but clearly that wasn’t enough. The traffic from Beverly Hills into Century City was bumper to bumper. She should have listened to her roommate, Genya, and left earlier…ugh. She was not super familiar with west LA traffic and it was coming back to bite her.

Just a few weeks ago, she had moved west into an apartment with her best friends, Zoya and Genya. They had first met at NYU, freshman year when they were in the same dorm. Genya made an obscure joke in their first floor meeting and Zoya and Alina were the only two who laughed. The rest was history.

After they graduated, Alina had floated around in various admin jobs for a couple years until she was accepted into the prestigious screenwriting Masters program at the University of Southern California. Genya was always working on student films and short projects as the jack of all trades art dept/set design/make-up department during college so it was no surprise that following her passion, she got a job as a make-up artist/stylist with a small indie production company. Zoya travelled for a couple years around South East Asia and Latin America and had just moved down to LA to finally start adulting. Her dad was a Warner Bros executive before retiring to the Bay Area so naturally, she had her pick of industry roles. She ended up in marketing at Netflix. It was great to be reunited and living together again. After the dorms, the three of them had a great time living in the West Village. They were a great match and felt lucky to have found each other.

When Zoya came down to LA, they moved west to be closer to their jobs. They had found a lovely Spanish-style duplex in the heart of West Hollywood. While it was great, it was definitely a different vibe to the edgier eastside Silverlake apartment that Alina and Genya shared. They hadn’t all lived in the same city in a few years now so, nevertheless, it was exciting and felt like a fresh start as they entered proper adulthood.

And was it a positive start. Everything started falling into line. Zoya’s college boyfriend, Nikolai, had gotten a job for Alina at his dad’s talent agency. He was a name partner there so he definitely had some pull. Nikolai refused to get a handout and after college, much to his family’s chagrin, had gone to work for WME - one of its main rivals. Now with all of them armed with new jobs, they finally weren’t poor starving students and could fully enjoy the city.

However, Alina’s real dream was to be a screenwriter. The USC program was that first real step toward her dream. Famous writers like Wylan Van Eck and Kaz Brekker got their start there. Besides a robust curriculum, it was well worth it just for the connections alone. The alumni network was world-renowned. However, even with the prestige of the top school in the field, screenwriting was one of the hardest industries to break into.

When Nikolai mentioned a role at his dad’s agency, she jumped at the chance. So many industry individuals got their start at talent agencies. Famous actors were discovered in the mail room or assistants who had the ear of a sympathetic agent and got their scripts optioned. This is what Alina was hoping for.

She continued to write on the weekends and hopefully her dream would come true. She was writing an innovative YA fantasy where a determined girl gains the power of the sun and uses it to save her world from an impending darkness. Alina only wrote fantasy fiction. Real life was great but getting stuck in a fairytale was the reason people consumed content, right?

Of course it would have been great to go straight into full-time writing, but this was a good start. She could learn about the film industry and it was an invaluable first job for the resume. She still loved writing and kept her goals close - getting up early on the weekends to write for several hours. This past weekend, she got through a big chunk of The Sun Summoner. Screenwriting was definitely slower than writing a normal story or book but she was pleased with the progress and felt energized to complete it. She hoped this would be the one to get her career started.

Except currently she was just hoping she wouldn’t get fired on the first day. As she turned into the parking lot and pressed the button for a ticket, the timestamp was already 9:30 on the dot. She still had to park and get upstairs to reception.

——

Alina got out of the packed lift in the reception area of LMA. Although it was only 9:36, which was early for the film industry, it was buzzing. Assistants, armed with contracts, were running through the lobby and the sofas in the waiting area were already full of guests. She headed to the large white reception desk to check in.

She walked up to one of the gorgeous model-like receptionists, all wearing the same cute crimson uniforms. “Hi, I am Alina Starkov and today’s my first day. I’m one of the new assistants for Vasily Lantsov.

“Hi, welcome to LMA - yes, I found you. Let me call Tamar, the other assistant you’ll be working with. Take this visitor pass for now. She’ll help you get your badge later. Have a seat at the sofas and she’ll come grab you.”

Alina went over and sat down on the edge of the seat - keeping her posture straight as if that would improve her first impression. She mopped her forehead and smoothed down her hair, trying to look more presentable. After parking, she had practically ran for reception and was still trying to cool down.

“Alina? Alina Starkov?”

A very pretty girl who seemed similar in age with a short dark pixie cut and a yellow and navy DVF dress that only flattered her lovely olive skin was at the edge of the bank of sofas looking out to all the seated guests. After lots of prep from Nikolai, Alina was thankful she had the sense to spring for the forest green Theory pant-suit set that she was wearing. At the agency, and in almost all of Hollywood for that matter, everyone was into labels and it could make such a difference in climbing the career ladder.

“Yes - that’s me.” Alina stood and did a little wave.

“Great, hi - come with me.” Tamar said.

“Welcome to LMA. I’m Tamar. I’m so glad you’re here. The last assistant left a whole month ago and I have been drowning!” Despite everything Alina had heard about the ruthlessness of agency life, she felt instantly comfortable with the girl already and her friendly demeanor settled Alina’s nerves.

“You know Nikolai, right? I have met him a couple times. He’s nice! Very different from his brother, but you’ll soon see. Is this your first time working in an agency?” Tamar kept up a steady stream of chatter as they navigated through the busy building.

“Nice to meet you too, I’m super excited to be here. I actually went to college with Nikolai and he’s dating my best friend. Yes, this is my first agency job - real job actually. I just finished my MFA at USC.” Alina volunteered.

“Oh! Go Trojans! I graduated five years ago. I did my undergrad there in Theatre. I want to be an actress but you know how that goes…” Tamar rolled her eyes and gave a small shrug before continuing on.

“I got a job here first starting in the mailroom and then moved up to Vasily’s assistant about a year ago. I would have preferred to be on Helene van Houden - she’s gotten 2 of her assistants into film roles - but it’s fine so far. It’s a tiny bit smaller than the likes of WME or CAA so it’s not quite as cutthroat. But it’s still definitely super tough. You can say goodbye to your social life now. But, we try to keep it fun. Good perks, you know?”

While Tamar had gone on, they had arrived on the 19th floor. Alina was already struggling to remember the convoluted route through the tangled maze of offices and was grateful for Tamar’s guidance.

“Here we are. I’ll give you a proper tour later. But Vasily’s office is just behind us there. Our desks are here.” Tamar motioned to the two desks, facing each other, flanking the path to the office.

“Yours is the one on the left. I already set up the phone for you so it has all the main numbers you’ll need. One of us should try to be here at all times in case Vasily or another agent needs us. There are a lot of errands so we can take turns depending on schedules. I’ll walk you through everything later. Why don’t you get settled and make sure your login is working. Do you want a coffee? I’ll show you the kitchen…”

The morning passed in a whirlwind of training. By the time she was all set up with Outlook - her calendar and Vasily’s, learned the complicated phone system and also the in and outs of her new boss, it was lunch time.

“It’s our day to get lunch. So, all the assistants take turns in grabbing the agent lunches. We are responsible for the order of our own boss and we pass it along in the Assistants’ Slack chat. The only good thing about this is that we can add on our lunches so that’s one perk. We almost always work late so sometimes it’s our only real meal for most of the day. Today, we’re getting Sweetgreen. I got you a Green Goddess - hope that’s ok.”

Tamar was sitting next to Alina, having brought her chair around to train her. She pushed off from the desk and sent her chair spinning back towards her desk.

After the busy morning, it was nice to get fresh air. The strong LA sun was warm on Alina’s face as they took the pedestrian bridge to the Westfield Century City. Apparently most of their meals came from the huge food court there, unless it was a Friday. On Fridays, the agents always went out. Even if there wasn’t a client to take out, it was the day for boozy lunches. Half of the business conducted by the entire talent management industry could arguably have settled during a Friday lunch.

When they got back, Alina sat down and checked her email before opening her salad. To her surprise, there was an email from Nikolai’s dad’s assistant, Marie.

Hi Alina,

Hope your first day is going well. Magnus wants you to stop by and say hi. Does 4pm work? Let me know or just give me a call at ext. 5438 if not. Thanks.

Best wishes,

Marie Beznikov

Assistant to Magnus Lantsov

The Lantsov Morozova Agency LLC.

“Ooh…called up to the big dogs.” Tamar was hovering, reading over her shoulder as she held her salad in one hand and munched on a piece of kale.

“The partners sit on the 20th floor. It’s just Magnus and Aleksander - Morozova - the other name partner, up there. Their assistants are Marie and Ivan - you may have to work with them a bit. Marie will be smug as fuck but just ignore her. Just because she is a managing partner’s assistant, she acts like she’s in charge. Ivan is like my work BFF and he’s the absolute best.” Tamar shrugged and sat on the edge of Alina’s desk, still crunching through her salad.

“Oh. Tell me about Mr. Morozova, I mean Aleksander? What’s his deal?” Alina inquired curiously.

She had met Mr. Lantsov at NYU a bunch of times and he had always taken their whole crew out for lavish dinners at the end of every school year. Being old friends, he had mentioned his partner a few times but, within the big group, they had never talked long about work and Alina hadn’t really cared to pry further with questions until now that it affected her.

“Ohhh. Great question. He’s an enigma. Everyone loves to speculate about him. He’s the subject of most of the office goss because nobody knows much but everyone desperately wants to. He’s super hot and super young too! He’s definitely closer to our age than any of the other senior partners. You’re 25, too, right? I think I saw that on your resume. He’s probably like 32/33? It’s crazy how he got this job…”

Tamar continued her rundown of him, half in admiration and half like speaking about a crush. According to her, Aleksander was plucked from obscurity back in the day as a junior assistant at CAA. This was back before Mr. Lantsov had started this company. Apparently, Aleksander was his assistant and had, all on his own, found and then secured deals with two obscure up and coming talent who were now two of the biggest in the industry. Since then, it had been a straight upward trajectory. Talent management turned out to come easily to him and Vasily saw the potential. He was a perfect complement to Vasily’s old-Hollywood gladhanding: Aleksander could hardline any studio with his negotiation tactics but also possessed a calm rationality and sense to manage fickle actors. It was a perfect marriage of good cop/bad cop and, although smaller than the powerhouse big 3 agencies, LMA quickly became one of the leading management companies in the industry holding its own with top tier talent.

“Do you know Kaz Brekker, the fellow Trojan writer? Any script he touches turns to Oscar gold. Aleksander was the one who found him and also Nina Zenik. Both of them came over with him when LMA was established. I die for Nina - she was so good in her last film - did you see that one? I saw her once up close in a meeting room and she’s just so gorgeous in real life.” Tamar’s eyes got glassy - completely starstruck in her reminiscing.

She shook herself, bringing her eyes back into focus and continued on, “Anyway, he doesn’t come down to the other floors much or socializes at company events more than he has to but hopefully you can see him soon - i want know to what you think.” Tamar declared.

Alina just nodded processing all this information. Wow, starting from assistant to name partner in a few years. It wasn’t the path she wanted but she still had to admire him for that.

“He is definitely the strong and silent type. Tall, dark, and handsome if you know what I mean? But definitely with an edge. I guess you have to have one, in this industry. All the girls in reception are always competing for a date — I swear they all come to work with blowouts everyday. Psh, he’s never even looked at them twice. I guess, since he caught success so early, he has to keep focus, ya know? Don’t tell my girlfriend but I have to admit he is VERY easy on the eyes…Are you dating anyone?”

“No…I broke up with my ex at the end of undergrad.” Blushing, Alina busied herself with her salad.

She had dated Mal almost all through college having been in the same dorms also. It hadn’t ended well and straight after graduation he relocated upstate to enroll in Westpoint. It had been fun but she should have known they were polar opposites from the start. Alina always had her head in the clouds with some story or book that she was either reading or writing and followed Hollywood life closely. Mal had come from a military family and planned to follow in those footsteps. His dad was a two-star general so he practically had his name down for a military career since birth. As soon as he could, in the spring of their junior year, he had applied to a Masters program in data science with the Marines.

Since then, she had gone on a few awkward Tindr dates or with a couple guys in her cohort but with the workload of grad school, she had honestly been too busy to focus on it properly. She didn’t know why she was embarrassed right now to be single but maybe it was the flashy environment and all the gorgeous people around here. She suddenly felt dowdy and out of place.

As if sensing it, Tamar said reassuringly, “You’ll get used to it all. It took me awhile, but you’ll see it’s just a flashy facade. They are all the same insecure people like us underneath…” she broke off laughing.

Alina smiled gratefully at her new friend. She threw her empty bowl in the trash and turned back to Tamar.

“So, should I tell Marie that 4pm is ok? I didn’t know what we had planned for this afternoon.” Alina asked.

“Girl - of course. He’s the managing partner - what he says goes. Yes, just let Marie know that’s fine. Vasily is coming back about 2pm from a shoot so perfect timing to meet him and then you can run upstairs. In the meantime, let me show you where the copy room is and I definitely need another coffee…”

At around 2:30, Vasily came storming in. He had the same sandy golden hair and unmistakable chiselled chin as Nikolai, but unlike the warm hazel of the latter’s, Alina’s new boss had icy blue eyes that matched their lack of emotion. If anything, they almost highlighted his handsomeness but in a more cold and detached way.

“Hi Vasily, welcome back. Kristin at Paramount called about whether you still want to submit Jesper for that new Michael Bay movie? He won’t be able to do it cold. He will need to read for it. And then, also, this is Alina - she is Katie’s replacement.”

Alina stood up and came out from around the desk, smoothing out the front of her suit jacket. He stared at her. Eyes were completely vacant, emotionless.

“Oh right. You’re Niko’s friend, aren’t you? Well, welcome. Hope your first day is going alright.” He smiled slightly but it didn’t reach his eyes.

He immediately turned back to Tamar. “Get Kristin on the phone right now. No way is Jesper is going to fucking test for that. He’s perfect for the role and he doesn’t read for anyone - not even Michael fucking Bay.” He went immediately into his office and closed the door so violently the glass trembled.

Alina was a bit shell-shocked. She had never heard that kind of language in a work setting before. She was prepped by Nikolai on entertainment life but hearing about it was a lot different than actually witnessing it.

“Wow - is he in a bad mood or something?”

“HA! No, girl. That actually went better than I expected! He’s like that most days but he’s not as bad as some of the others I’ve worked with. At least he doesn’t really yell or anything. He just always talks like that so you get used to it. And we don’t ever have to do anything too degrading. Do I have some stories about that! Some of assistants here have to do a lot of cringeworthy personal errands. Julia, downstairs, had to buy her agent’s partner a gift and got the wrath from both of them. You just get used to it. Most of it isn’t personal, or you have to just keep telling yourself that.”

Tamar nodded a bit sadly and went around to sit back at her desk. “I gotta get Kristin on the phone.”

The next hour passed quickly. Tamar sent some intro emails to the clients and she spent the rest of the time getting up to speed with Vasily’s stable of clients and upcoming projects. Before she knew it, it was already 3:55.

“You better go! Good luck! Let me know how it goes.” Tamar called out distractedly without looking up. She was furiously typing out some memos for Vasily. The call with Kristin hadn’t gone well and she was now facing the aftermath.

Alina waved in thanks and put her jacket back on. She was thankful for Tamar to shield her on her first day.

——

Alina came out of the elevator on the very top floor. The first thing she noticed was the view. Unlike the rest of the floors, because it was only two offices, there were huge unobstructed floor-to-ceiling windows revealing the entire Westside. One side looked out all the way to the water or what she could see of it. The smog layer was thick and she could barely make out the thin blueish horizon line of the ocean. The other side sprawled east to the rest of the city. Although this was by no means the tallest building in Century City, it was tall enough that she could see the long boulevards stretched to Wiltshire Corridor and beyond.

The second thing she noticed was the sound. It was noticeably much quieter than her floor. While hers was already less offices than the rest of the place — bigger office footprints for the senior agents — it was still a flurry of assistants running around, agents gabbing on their phones or barking commands. You could hear a pin drop on this level. It hardly felt like the same office at all. She turned from the elevator to the left, as instructed by Tamar, and saw a pale girl sitting in a purple blouse behind a desk very similar to hers. She had simple make-up on, highlighting her dark eyes, and her dark tresses flowed down to her waist. Like the rest of the office, she was gorgeous.

She looked up, unsmiling, as Alina approached the desk. She seemed to give Alina a once over - eyes travelling from hair all the way down to her basic BP pumps.

“Hi Marie, I’m Alina. We spoke on email. I’m here to see Magnus.” Alina smiled, willing herself to keep a friendly tone.

Without a greeting, she replied, “I know who you are. Magnus will see you shortly. Please go wait over there.” Marie gestured to the cream Ligne Roset sofas with a slight nod of her chin.

“Thanks.” Alina said nervously going to sit down. She knew Mr. Lantsov pretty well at this point but somehow was still nervous as she settled her shacking hands by clasping them together on her lap.

“Alina!” A booming voice cut through the still air.

Alina turned and stood up quickly seeing Mr. Lantsov approach. Unlike the son that sat one floor below, he had the same warm eyes as Nikolai. He had the slight paunch of an affluent older man but because of his height, he held it well. He wore an expensive bright cobalt blue tailored suit with an intricate and rather loud tie featuring golden spirals.

“Hi, Mr. Lantsov. Good to see you again.” Alina said shyly. His friendly tone made her nervous especially as she could see Marie seething in the background.

“Please! Please! Call me Magnus. We are coworkers now! Can I offer you a drink or anything at all?” He chuckled jovially.

“Marie!”

She stood up and came over. “Yes, Magnus? How can I help?” Though her eyes were still daggers at Alina, Mr. Lantsov didn’t notice as her tone was dripping in honey - complete contrast to how she spoke to Alina mere moments before.

“I’m ok, Mr. Lant - Magnus” Alina corrected herself. She wasn’t used to calling him, or anyone’s parents that she knew by their first name.

“Great. Nothing for me either, Marie. Hold my calls for the moment.” He waved a hand airily to her. “Come on back into my office - I want to hear all about your first day.”

Alina entered his office. Contrary to her boss’ one, which was opulent in itself but standard for all agents, this was double the size and richly decorated in all the latest contemporary furnishings. Besides the large glass desk in the middle, the rest of it resembled a living room out of Architectural Digest. A big meeting table in the corner looked out toward the ocean and a big mustard yellow mid-century style sofa and two matching Van Der Rohe Barcelona chairs in complimentary lime green sat opposite the desk with a modern and very expensive looking coffee table. Mr. Lantsov gestured to the sofa as he unbuttoned his suit jacket and sat down in one of the armchairs.

“So, how is everything? How is my son treating you? Tamar is one of the best assistants here and you will soon be up to speed with her impeccable training.”

“Firstly, thank you so much, Mr. Lantsov - Magnus. I really appreciate this opportunity and I’ll do my best. I won’t let you down.” Alina blurted out - she hadn’t had a chance to express her gratitude yet, in person, and had been waiting for this moment.

“I never would have doubted it! I still maintain that Nikolai would not have passed Comp. Lit his second year without you. But tell me - what do you ultimately want to do? What can I help with?”

Alina’s cheeks pinked in embarrassment. She didn’t want any overt favoritism but from everything she had heard about the industry, this was pretty standard.

“Well, I am just grateful to learn everything I can here. But um…if I am honest, I want…i want to be a screenwriter.” Alina’s cheeks deepened to a red hoping he wouldn’t laugh.

“That’s wonderful! You just finished your MFA, right? Did you ever take one of Per Haskell’s classes?"

Alina shook her head. Ever since he mentored Kaz Brekker into a stunning career, Professor Haskell’s class was in the highest demand and students had to have an in at the registrar to even have a chance.

“I just sold his next script to Focus Features. Next time he comes in, I’ll introduce you. Oh wait, have you met Aleks yet? He handles most of our writers. He has a knack for finding obscure scripts and introducing them to the world. Let’s walk over and I’ll introduce you now. You should definitely set up time with him to chat.”

Magnus held onto to the arms of the chair to push himself up. He gestured to Alina to follow him.

As they exited, Marie eyed them curiously.

“Just heading to Aleks’ - back in a few.” Magnus called out breezily without looking over.

Alina was somehow nervous. Maybe it was from everything Tamar said. Or maybe it was just her brain running wild already, thinking about her writing getting discovered and spiraling at the potential opportunities.

She swallowed as they approached the office. Through the glass, she saw a standing dark figure facing out one of the full-length windows. Legs slightly spread and hands in pockets as if surveying the sprawling city below.

Ivan stood up at his desk. “Good afternoon, Magnus. Can I help? Aleksander is just finishing a call.” he said sycophantically.

Magnus waved him off. “All good - just saying hello.”

He was trim guy, probably similar in age, with short wavy locks. His bronzed skin was exacerbated by the fake tan that Alina detected. Ivan’s eyes widened as he looked at Alina, taking her in. It wasn’t a malicious look though, like Marie’s, and he gave a wink in recognition. Tamar must have already talked to him about her.

Magnus rapped lightly on the glass and opened the door without waiting for an answer. Aleksander turned around, saw who it was and waved him in, still talking.

“Correct. No. I won’t do it for less than 20% so that’s my final offer. You are getting a great deal here and we shouldn’t be wasting my time still having this conversation. Think it over and get back to me.” He hung up without a signoff.

Alina struggled to keep her face neutral. He was one of the most gorgeous men she had ever seen. Not necessarily in a cliched Abercrombie beach blonde way but there was definitely something about him. Dark wavy hair, cut cheekbones and eyes like pools of black ink. He cut a striking figure in a pitch black suit with matte black tie. It was opposite to the almost whimsical look of Nikolai’s dad.

Even his office matched his look. While Magnus had colorful touches and a few movie memorabilia scattered, Aleksander’s was equally modern but much more austere in decor. Same glass desk but black matte light fixtures and a stark black Roche Bobois sofa. Unlike Magnus’ colorful Barcelona sofas, the ones here were Eames black leather with dark wood finishes.

He stared at Alina, seemingly depthless eyes looking through her. She could barely look away fast enough and she felt a faint tingle down her spine. She only broke contact when Magnus gestured her to come closer.

“Aleks - I want you to meet Alina Starkov. This is Niko’s friend I was telling you about. From NYU. She just started as Vasya’s assistant working with Tamar. She wants to be a screenwriter though. Thought you could meet with her when you have a sec, maybe give her some pointers.”

He walked over, “Alina, hi, welcome to LMA. Nice to meet you.”

Alina outstretched her hand and quickly dropped it when it became apparent he was not going to shake. And although his words sounded warm, they didn’t reflect to his face. His eyes, obsidian and steely, they weren’t unfriendly per se, but they weren’t really welcoming either.

“Hi, Aleksander. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Alina managed to verbalize, thrown off by the cool attitude. A complete opposite of Magnus.

“So, you want to be a screenwriter. Well, that’s not an easy road. But happy to meet with you. Just set up time with Ivan in the next few weeks and we can chat.”

His eyes rested on her - seemingly to want to say something more - but just for a split second, before turning back to Magnus.

“I don’t know how much of that you heard but that was James. Lionsgate won’t budge for more than 15%. Wylan won’t do it for that.” He shook out his sleeve, looking down at the shiny Audemars Piguet on his wrist before turned back to Alina, businesslike.

“We’re done here, right? We have some matters to discuss. I expect you’ll have to go back to work anyway?… You know how to find your way back down.” He gestured toward the door and immediately turned back to his partner, dismissing her with a single small nod.

Magnus looked at her apologetically, unable to demur from his business-focused partner. His consolation was giving a small wave and a little smile back at Alina.

Any butterflies or previous excitement that she may have contained before now instantly evaporated, like a slate wiped clean. Alina tried to stamp down her building rage. How condescending was he? She knew she was just lowly assistant but Magnus had personally brought her in to meet him.

Swallowing the molten lava of her fury that threatened to bubble up, she coolly replied, “Oh yes, of course. I should go back to work. Thanks so much, Magnus. Nice to meet you, Aleksander.”

She turned abruptly and walking quickly, almost ran into the glass door as the partners kept talking. After exiting, she rested against the door for a second, trying to regain composure. Her blood slowly lowered to a simmer and she could breathe normally again.

She mumbled a hurried goodbye to Ivan before bolting for the elevator. Pressing the down button furiously, she prayed for its quick arrival. She turned back toward Aleksander’s office. Magnus was leaning over the desk as Aleksander was pointing something out. As if sensing eyes were on him, he looked up slowly and, impassively, made eye contact with Alina, continuing to speak before turning back. She blushed and quickly turned toward the doors just as they mercifully popped open.

Leaning against the rail, she tried to catch her breath. The meeting totally rattled her. She had met Vasily earlier and already had seen and heard some agent tantrums on her floor but something about his tone to her enraged her. She knew he didn’t owe her anything but it was his partner’s son’s close friend and he could have been a bit more hospitable. Amidst her resentment, she was also irritated at herself for letting her emotions get the best of her - especially in a work setting. It was probably just everything Tamar had told her and the expectation it created. If she was going to do well here, she had to keep her focus. As the doors dinged opened on her floor, she resolved to stay strong.

[the-court-of-chaos]

who's the most chaotic in the group?? Rank everyone

Just doing council. Other admins can rank whoever however after this. Most to least:

- TV

- Ash

- Lucie

- Tan

- Zoya

- Liz

- Nevada

- Lyn

- Lin

- Lyra

- Aria

- Li

[yvvaine]

GIF MAKER APPRECIATION TAG

Rules: answer the first half of the questions with gifsets of your own, then answer the second half by tagging gif makers you love

Tagged by @ivashkovadrian

LINK A GIFSET…

Link a gifset where you tried something new… this shadow and bone ladies gifset, I finally did big gifs and blended/shaded two gifs together

Link a gifset that features your favorite character or celebrity… this gifset of ben barnes as general kirigan 

Link a gifset that you want more people to see… this gifset of Rhaenyra Targaryen, or this gifset of a fc as arya stark

Link a gifset you had fun making... I have fun making a lot of my gifs, particularly fancasts and aus like this one a young Rhaella Targaryen and Ser Bonifer Hasty

Link a gifset that you created as part of a meme, challenge, or series… this gifset of the Stark Girls, Catelyn, and Ned, where I fancasted as close as I could to their descriptions in the book. It was part of my ‘everything asoiaf’ series.

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Link a gifset you made for someone else... this one I made of Ashara Dayne as a request we got back when i was an admin for gotladies

TAG SOMEONE WHO...

tag someone who inspired you to start making gifs... it’s been so long ago that I don’t remember but @ourgraciousqueen has always pushed me and inspired me to make more gifs and so has @rorylgilmore

Tag someone who makes great vibrant gifs... there are so many but off the top of my head @sansalayned @kingjjon @inejz-ghafa

Tag someone who makes great pale/pastel gifs... @ravenclairee @martellen @ladybingley @undomielle

Tag someone who gifs for a fandom you love... @zoya-nazyalenskys she makes the most beautiful blended gifs (sab, asoiaf), @inejz-ghafa her coloring is on point (sab, witcher), @sereneioflys i love her fancasts (asoiaf), @annaofcleves their coloring is immaculate now and always (period dramas), @lady-arryn for all things fandom (particularly film and lotr), @ivashkovadrian for the witcher, sab, and asoiaf, @jaimeofhouselannister her coloring is so pretty (asoiaf)

Tag someone who uses text/typography really well in their gifsets... @inejz-ghafa is great, so is @alinastarkhov, so is @ivashkovadrian and so are the admins at @preasoiafsource (i love all their gifsets)

Tag someone who motivates you to step up your game… EVERYONE TAGGED AND EVERYONE I FOLLOW YOUR GIFSETS ARE BEATUIFUL AND I LOVE THEM.

Tag gif makers who you admire and appreciate... I admire and appreciate all of you so much! I also want to mention:

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Hello! This is a blog about @random-oc-questions-fairy‘s D&D campaign!

Current mods:

@aqua-simp - Nyx [Luna]

@first-flower-of-my-house - Dairine [Zoya]

@yanara126 - Yan [Dune]

@goblin-writer - [Andaralin]

@mechanicalism - Rae [Wistaer]

@unreasonable-keysmash - Coda [Nova]

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