#alice | ❛ she wears darkness as a queen wears her crown. ❜ ( aesthetic. )

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[starlight-ascension]

Halloween Party

Nagisa goes as Korra from TLOK

Honoka goes as Asami from the same series

Hikari goes as a bedsheet ghost because she had no time to think about her costume

Nozomi goes as some Disney princess. Probably either Aurora, Ariel, or Rapunzel. Maybe Belle. 

Rin goes as some obscure cryptid she read about online and spends the entire night explaining to various people what she’s dressed as. Some of them think she made it up. 

Urara goes as a pokemon

Komachi goes as a character from Harry Potter

Karen goes as another Harry Potter character, because Komachi insisted

Kurumi goes as the first horror villain she can think of. She actually has 2 costumes: horror villain in human form, Kyubey in fairy form. Really, it’s easy for the latter costume. All she needs is cat ears, yellow ear bangles, a drop or two of red dye, and she looks just like kyubey. Miki has a strange compulsion to stay as far away as possible from her all night for no reason she can think of. 

Love goes as Adora from SPOP

Miki goes as a hot witch

Inori goes as a tiger or leopard

Setsuna goes as Catra from SPOP 

Tsubomi goes as Cure Marine, by Erika’s request

Erika goes as Cure Blossom

Itsuki goes as something cute like a pink bunny or a pink kitten

Yuri goes as some form of classic Halloween entity like a vampire. Whatever allows her to wear lots of black lace and dripping dark red gems. 

We’ve seen the Suite girls’ costumes in canon and imma keep them they’re good. Hibiki is a pirate, Kanade is some pumpkin/witch combo, Ellen is a cute black cat, Ako is a princess. 

Miyuki goes as one of her fave princesses or fairies

Akane does a pun costume that makes everyone roll their eyes

Yayoi goes as one of her favourite superheroes 

Nao goes as her favourite meme

Reika goes as the Swan Princess but like with a huge sword

Mana goes as Miyuki. Just for a joke. 

Rikka goes as an angel. A biblically accurate one. 

Alice goes as the scariest thing she can think of. The Suite team makes it a point to keep Ako away from Alice all night. 

Makoto goes as a dragon. It was going to be Aguri’s costume but when the costume arrived, it was too big for her, and Makoto couldn’t think of a costume anyways so she’s the dragon now. 

Aguri goes as the joker in the card set. It was a dare by Regina. Aguri to this day has no idea why the Smile team avoided her like a lava pool for the entire party. 

Regina goes as Wednesday Addams 

Megumi goes as Captain Marvel

Hime goes as some form of fairytale queen 

Yuko goes as a bee

Iona wears a long swishy galaxy print dress and a star crown and says she’s the goddess of the cosmos. No one disagrees. 

Haruka goes as a princess, like every year. Different dress and tiara every time. 

Minami goes as a Ghostbuster

Kirara goes as any major character from Aikatsu who uses the sexy aesthetic. It took months to recreate that premium rare dress and now she can show it off proudly. 

Towa goes as whatever she was planning to be for halloween when she was little that she never got the chance to wear because she was turned evil

Mirai and Riko do some form of couples costume, probably from Steven Universe because gemstones. Kotoha goes as Madoka Kaname. She’s never actually seen pmmm, she just saw the outfit in the costume shop and loved it. She’s confused as to why everyone wants pictures with her and Milk. 

Ichika wears one of those dresses with a pumpkin shaped skirt

Himari goes as a cat

Aoi goes as her fave rockstar

Yukari and Akira go as the couple they’re based on, Michiru and Haruka. Only Yukari adds fishnet tights and maybe wears a crop top, and Akira wears shorts instead of a skirt. 

Ciel goes as a bat

Pikario goes as Cure Parfait, as a joke

Hana goes as a witch, like she did in the show

Saaya goes as a cryptid, same deal as Rin. 

Homare transforms and says she’s going as her favourite precure. Every other cure at the party pretends to be amazed at how realistic the costume is, the detail, the makeup, she looks JUST LIKE Cure Etoile!!!

Emiru goes as a pirate

Ruru follows in Kirara’s footsteps, but cool instead of sexy. Emiru wishes she’d done that when she sees Ruru. 

Hikaru goes as an alien (duh) and tries to summon demons at the party

Lala goes as Hikaru’s favourite cryptid

Elena and Madoka do that gold and silver cats couples costume they did in the show

Thanks to her perfume, Yuni keeps changing her costume during the night. She has no less than 12 different outfit changes. This ranges from memes to the villains she fights against to characters from the worst movies she can think of to weird puns to whatever other randomness she thinks of. 

Nodoka goes as her favourite meme 

Chiyu goes as Katara from ATLA

Hinata goes as Kirara. But with the addition of a “Women Want Me Fish Fear Me” hat and Shrek crocs. 

Asumi goes as a fairy (i mean like the small flower girl with wings and a cute dress kind, not the mascot kind) 

[lovingsiriusoswald]

Meet Andromeda Mercia!

Here’s to the people who wanted to know!

Andromeda Mercia is the new OC for my Royal Advisor AU aka the au that had been torturing me for days! Andromeda literally means “advisor or ruler of man” and Mercia means “compassion and forbearance.”

Furthermore, people named Andromeda are creative and very expressive in the arts. They have a deep inner desire for order and physical creativity, and want to be involved in conventional, safe activities. Meanwhile, people named Mercia are orderly and dedicated to building their lives on a solid foundation of order and service. They value truth, justice, and discipline, and may be quick-tempered with those who do not. Because of their focus on order and practicality, they may seem overly cautious and conservative at times.

Andromeda Mercia is called the Beautiful Brain, correlated to Lancelot Kingsley's title, Beautiful Beast. She is the Royal Advisor of the Red Army, guiding her King and Queen's decisions and checking their plans for approval or alteration. She also aids in battle strategies with the Jack of Hearts. She is often mistaken as a princess, catching the attention of all the people around her when she passes by. Her beauty is enchanting and ethereal, just like her mother's.

Andromeda Mercia is the only child of a famous seamstress and Royal Advisor of the Red Army, Lady Cassiopeia Windsor-Mercia and Sir Cepheus Mercia.

Lady Cassiopeia had a very difficult time during her pregnancy, she struggled during her 8th month and was forced to travel to the Land of Reason. Leaving Sir Cepheus behind, she and Blanc leaves at the night of the full moon. Unfortunately, she died after giving birth to her only daughter. She whispered her name before passing away peacefully.

Andromeda was taken to a private orphanage and stayed there for four years, until Blanc finally arrived again to send her home. When Sir Cepheus finally meets her only daughter, she cherished her just as much as his late wife. For a year, she was a normal child —playing, laughing, crying, dreaming— until King Arthur Kingsley officially declared that she is the next Royal Advisor.

Andromeda had never stepped foot outside the walls of her home again. Her training was difficult and strict, she was home schooled, and often punished for being tired or showing emotions — and treated very harshly because she was a girl. Whatever she had done was always not enough. After Prince Lancelot's 13th birthday (Andromeda was 7 years old), she was never seen again. Only her instructors and father had seen her growth. This made the King of Hearts concerned, but Sir Cepheus often dismissed it and reassured him that her safety is their top priority and training is going smoothly.

Sixteen years later, several months before the assassination of King Arthur and Sir Cepheus, she visited the Red Army Headquarters to familiarize herself in her future workplace. She did not meet any of the generals, but was formally introduced to Prince Lancelot again. After a week of exploring the headquarters, she retires back to her home.

For an unknown reason, King Arthur orders the previous Jack of Hearts, Claudius Bright, to assassinate Sir Cepheus. A month later, King Arthur is killed at the Black Bridge.

Later on, Prince Lancelot and the orphaned Andromeda took their positions as the rightful heirs of their fathers at the same time.

Birthday: November 4

Age: 23 years old (second youngest in the army)

Features: Alabaster skin, almond-shaped light brown eyes, pointed nose, slender build, dark wavy hair that reached shoulder blades and often ornamented with a pearl and rhinestone studded headpiece, bruised and scarred feet, a tiny simplified crest tattoo below her nape, a tiny maroon diamond tattoo on her left wrist pulse, a tiny heart on the other, 165cm height.

Family Crest: An owl with two suns as eyes, the scales behind the owl with a crown above it.

Uniform: Champagne and red dual toned gown, with feathers of a rufous owl and snowy owl as details. An owl pin rests near her left shoulder. 

Casual Wear: A v-neck burgundy sequin tulle long dress, half sleeved. 

Trivias:

During her trainings, she used ballet shoes to hone her balance and agility.

Versatile in weaponry — archery is her strongest skill.

All of her clothes were tailored by her mother's family business, sometimes too extravagant and luxurious for her taste, but always the most unique and stylish in all of Cradle. The designs were all designed by Lady Cassiopeia during her pregnancy.

She was homeschooled all her life and followed a strict routine. 8 hours of studying, 3 hours total of meals, 2 hours of etiquette training, 2 hours of military training, and an hour break total per day. 

Her breaks include painting, designing or tailoring. 

She inherited the items her mother used and received from the Land of Reason, but was kept away in a small treasure chest that was beside her mother's urn. She also kept a hat given to her from the Land of Reason before she left from the orphanage. 

She had never been to Central Quarter or beyond the area of her family residence. 

Journals, typewriters, and baby's breath flowers are her favorites or "aesthetic." 

Moon sign is Capricorn, Sun sign is Scorpio and Rising sign is Cancer. Her MBTI personality is INTJ-T. 

Personal Notes:

I don’t know if this is considered an au because the Alice is the only one different ahskfhsal 

I actually don’t know who to pair her up with yet oopsies. 

She almost feels like a mix of Lancelot, Edgar, and Oliver.

I’ve been writing about her interactions with everyone and her surroundings and try not to write another lengthy one

I thought about her when I was washing the dishes and the idea of her kept bugging me to the point I wanted a visual of what they looked like and did researches with the names, did personality tests, and went very specific with minor details in the fics that i’d been writing. its that bad

Exaggerated, but I think she’s the prettiest of all the OCs I made and will ever make

Hope you would like to hear more from her soon!

[brightbeautifulthings]

War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes

"Constellations swirled around her, and Dinah knew at once everything inside her was made of the same stuff as the stars, that she was light and also darkness, capable of swallowing everything around her."

Year Read: 2018

Rating: 3/5

Context: I didn't enjoy the first book in this series all that much, and I liked the second one even less. I'd have probably given up if it wasn't Alice in Wonderland, but since it is, I felt compelled to see it through. There are spoilers ahead for Queen of Hearts and Blood of Wonderland. Trigger warnings: violence, decapitation, blood.

About: Dinah is marching on Wonderland with her army of Cards and help from the neighboring Yurkei to depose the King of Hearts and take her rightful place as queen. The rage inside her is well-suited for war, but heavy is the head that wears the crown. Even if she wins, she won't know who to trust, and her court is still a place of secrets, some with the power to break Dinah and her early reign forever.

Thoughts: This book is slow to start with extended footage of Dinah and her unruly army marching on Wonderland, and I stand by my feelings in book two that it would have worked better as a duology. I don't care much for Oakes's take on Wonderland mythology. While her Queen of Hearts is interesting and well-developed (if not altogether likable, as she probably shouldn't be), the rest of the references are more like afterthoughts. The Jabberwocky appears for a page or two as a poorly described war machine, and Alice features randomly toward the end, robbed of all her curiosity and her muchness. The world-building could use fleshing out. Some of the features of Dinah's fantasy world might be interesting if they were given any attention, but she never seems able to explain what they are or why they function the way they do. I don't have to wonder how a waterfall works because I'm familiar with gravity; apparently, Dinah can't say the same about her world. The original Wonderland is a nonsense world, but its characters never seem confused by that; it’s only Alice, the outsider, who finds it strange.

I understand that Dinah isn't supposed to be a likable main character, and while she undergoes some development over the course of the series, she doesn’t come as far as I'd hoped. She's far from a good person, but she's not that interesting of a villain either. Her desire to be a good queen is more professed than acted upon, and she lets her own emotions, whether they’re love, rage, or jealousy, make her decisions for her. I get the sense that we're supposed to forgive her for the horrible things she does, but the novel doesn't manage to take me that far. She doesn't earn forgiveness because she doesn't change her ways; she gets her way, which makes me think she's not as far from the spoiled princess of the first book as she should be. She's also hardcore committed to a love interest who doesn't love her back, and I don't have much patience for that as a plot or a justification for actions. Dignity, girl. Why would you tie yourself forever to someone who doesn't love you?

To its credit, War of the Cards does have more plot than its predecessor. The pace picks up once Dinah and her warriors reach the castle, and from there it's a bloodbath. For all my love of horror, I don't relish in war stories (and, honestly, if you've read one fantasy rebellion, you've read them all). I'm relieved to be done with the series and doubt I'll return to them. The real question is will I continue to let them take up valuable bookshelf space because they're Alice in Wonderland and, aesthetically, so freaking beautiful? Stay tuned for more.