#also my Pokémon are all still kinda babies so they’re fragile

[quillyfied]

One of the things that is kinda cool but is messing me up about the new Pokémon games is that you have to talk to trainers to battle them. On the one hand: no more insane timing and shenanigans to avoid them if you don’t want to fight them yet! On the other hand: I am getting my backside handed to me bc I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m doing but I’m slightly underleveled and every NPC is absolutely wiping the floor with me!!! :)

[thelittlestcheshire]

Is that HAILEY CHESHIRE “CHES” ELSWOOD? Wow, they do look a lot like KATHERINE MCNAMARA. I hear SHE is an EIGHTEEN year old FRESHMEN who is studying ENGLISH at Luxor University. Word is they are an ARISTOCRAT student. You should watch out because they can be IMPULSIVE and STUBBORN, but on the bright side they can also be ENERGETIC and LOYAL. Ultimately, you’ll get to see it all for yourself.

the basics //

Full Name: Hailey Cheshire “Ches” Elswood

Preferred Name: Ches Elswood

Age: 18

Birthday: July 19th

Zodiac: Cancer

Gender & Pronouns: Woman (She/Hers)

Sexuality: Bisexual

Occupation: Youtuber (two channels, a theme park history channel that uploads once a month (documentary style) and a DIY channel she shares with a friend she posts on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month)

Relationship Status: In a Relationship with Elliot Mills

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Hometown: Manhattan, New York, New York

Country of Citizenship: United States and France [dual citizenship]

Languages Spoken: French (first), English, Latin, Portuguese, and she’s learning Norwegian (she doesn’t think it’s enough to count yet) and she just started Russian

deeper dive //

Hobbies and Talents:

 ♡ Piano

 ♡ Archery

 ♡ Acting

 ♡ Singing (Voice Claim: Katherine McNamara (updated - spring 2021))

 ♡ Reading

 ♡ Forgeries

 ♡ Lockpicking

 ♡ DIYS (especially involving resin)

 ♡ Writing (not creatively though, essays, Defunctworld scripts)

 ♡ Video Creation

Favorites:

♡ Color: Pink (the watermelon paint color)

♡ Food: Cheap Chinese Food

♡ Animal: Tigers

♡ Drink: Cherry Cola

♡ Flower: Lilies

♡ Book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

♡ Holiday: Halloween (costumes) or Christmas (gift giving)

♡ Movie: The Shining

♡ Scent: Vanilla Bean

♡ Place: Her family's flat in Paris

♡ Quote:

“and though she be but little, she is fierce” - William Shakespeare

Bêtes Noires:

♡ Color: Dijon

♡ Food: Sushi (a lot of it has to do with that tuna allergy though)

♡ Animal: Domestic Cats, she can tolerate them but they’re one of the few animals she wouldn’t seek out.

♡ Drink: Coffee (it’s a key reason why she drinks it when she’s panicking, because who has time to panic when you’re too busy being offended by what you’re drinking? Not Ches.)

♡ Flower: Roses (she loathes them, dislike is an understatement)

♡ Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

♡ Holiday: Her birthday

♡ Movie: The Notebook

♡ Scent: Roses

♡ Place: Touristy Locations, she hates being around tourists ok

health //  

Conditions:

           ♡ Borderline Personality Disorder

           ♡ PTSD

Allergies: Severe Allergy to the Perciformes family of fish (tuna, mackrel, perch , and bass). Shellfish and salmoniformes (Salmon and Trout) are fine, but she won’t try any other kinds of fish just in case.

Sleeping Habits: Ches doesn’t sleep well at all, she has nightmares more often than not, and it’s rare for her to get more than a couple of hours of sleep.

Exercise Habits: While she occasionally skips leg day, Ches exercises daily because she needs to be in good shape for archery. Usually, she goes for boxing (with a dummy, not other people) but she likes hiking a lot as well.

Addictions: Alcohol, although Ches is currently in recovery

Drug Use: Occasional weed (edibles), but for the most part she avoids drugs

Alcohol Use: Ches used to drink multiple times of day daily, but now she doesn’t drink at all because she’s in recovery (attending NA and therapy) and has quit.

personality //  

MBTI: ENFP

Enneagram: 7w8 (The Enthusiast with The Challenger wing)

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, occasionally bordering on Chaotic Good

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Percy Jackson Parent: Aphrodite

Pokémon Type: Ghost

Pokémon Subtype: Electric

Winx: Light

appearance //

Height:  5′3 ½” (not at fc height)

Tattoos: One, Two, Three

Scars: None

Piercings: None

Hair:  Red (naturally). Ches dyes her hair from time to time so she has a current hair color thing in her sidebar (you may have to scroll).

Eyes: Green

Fashion:

♡ link to ches’s closet

♡ link to ches’s shoes

life at luxor //  

Major:

♡ English

Clubs and Activities:

♡ Archery Club

♡ Theater (Actress)

♡ Concert Band (Piano)

♡ National Honor Society

fun facts //  

♡ Ches is a former Carnifex student who came over to Luxor during the merge. You can see everything that she’s been up to during her time in the rp on her timeline page.

♡ Ches has a twin brother named Jonah who isn’t at Luxor.

♡ The Elswoods are rich. Top 25 Forbes list, 50+ Billion Networth levels of rich. In turn Ches really doesn’t think that much about money, and how much it actually means to other people.

♡ Valedictorian of Luxor Academy’s 2020 Class, she turned down Columbia’s English program to attend Luxor University.

♡ She doesn’t use her first name, ever. She doesn’t like it, and there’s a fairly high chance of her just not acknowledging you if you call her Hailey.

♡ She’s a bit of a closet nerd - if you look under her bed she has a chest of comic books, although she has NO idea how they got there if you ask her.  Do not question the R2-D2 shaped thing covered by a tarp in her closet. She also doesn’t know where that came from.

♡ Extremely restless, if you want her to sit still during a movie you better give her something to do simultaneously.

♡ Her purse is kinda like Mary Poppins bag, odds are she has what you’re looking for in it. She almost always has her multi-tool on her. She also tends to carry around a single shot nerf gun, don’t ask.

♡ She got her first tattoo while she was away from school, using a forged note of parental consent in New Jersey. (The not fragile one, the arrow was added later).

♡ She has way too many siblings, you can learn about them on her family page. (She has one more not listed, a still born half brother named Julien she learned about via her mother’s diaries. The rest of the children (excluding Emmett) are unaware.)

♡ Loves animals, a lot, sometimes to a reckless extent. She would try to feed piranhas, she does try to climb into enclosures with venomous snakes. She would steal a dog (as would her twin brother, so apparently they have more in common than they realize).

♡ If Ches makes a threat, take it with a grain of salt. Yes, she owns a blowtorch, no she won’t set you on fire even if she lights it in your direction. Your muse might not always know that - depending on how much time they’ve spent with her, but ooc just remember her bark is way worse than her bite.

♡ Ches has a Porsche that she got from her father for graduating at the top of her class. Although it’s currently not travelling with her because the cost of shipping a car is insane. Anytime she’s in Lake George though, this is her baby. (She also owns a Mercedes, which was her first car).

♡ I’m always willing to discuss my muses, so feel free to hit me up if you have any questions at any point.

a tl;dr history  //  

♡ Ches’s mother was murdered on her 8th birthday in front of her

♡ She was raised by her oldest brother, Logan, and is NOT close to her father really. She also helped raise her younger sisters and is very protective of them.

♡ The Elswood she is closest to is Emmett. He’s a big part of why she’s even here, as she’d followed him to Carnifex.

♡ Her first real love was James (an npc). They dated Freshman-Sophomore years. It wasn’t a healthy relationship, and it started Ches’s messy af relationship and fwbs pattern as she didn’t want to go through that again.

♡ Ches left Luxor in October of 2019 because her oldest brother (Logan), overdosed. He’s alive and doing well now, but she stayed in NYC until March 2020 in order to take care of things here.

♡ I strongly recommend skimming Ches’s timeline page before interacting with her. These are just the bare minimum basics, and there’s more things your muse may know on there.

wanted connections //  

♡ Exes (when Ches dates it’s not for long, but she’s definitely the type to be like “I’ll go out with you” if asked and then... dump you if she thinks she’s getting too attached. So her exes are either on good terms, neutral terms, or they probably dislike her a lot)

♡  Former friends with benefits (while Ches is no longer taking on new ones because of Elliot, I’m always willing to headcanon past things!)

♡  Friends (I am weak af for a good friendship plot, never be afraid to be like “hey can our muses be friends” the answer is legit always yes)

♡ Enemies (Ches can... be a lot so it’s not unlikely she’s pissed people off ok)

♡ NA Sponsor (I think it'd be beneficial for Ches to have a sponsor, someone she respects and trusts but not someone with a close emotional attachment. I'd prefer if the muse has been sober for two+ years, but we can probably find a middle ground.)

♡ Ex Friends (People used to be friends with but no longer is on good terms with, either as an aftermath of her addiction, the aftermath of her recovery when that starts, them just growing apart, etc etc)

[klededouze]

Why I think Blutch and Chesterfield love each other

Hello to everyone who could be reading this! I wanted to exercise myself and do a text analysis, but since it's juste an exercise I thought: ''why not have some fun?'' and here we are. (Also, this fandom really need more content).

So, I don't know if anyone will read this thing but it doesn't really matter. I'm not a professional in analysis, so don't take this too seriously…and last thing, I'm not even an English speaker (I'm french, so yeah) so I'm sorry if there's any mistakes. But I wanted to exercise my English as well as my… analytic mind? Does that make any sense?

ANYWAY. Time to begin.

Just for a reminder: ''Les tuniques bleues'' is a serie of albums about the Civil War in the United States, who opposed the North and the South of the country. The sergeant Chesterfield and the corporal Blutch are soldiers of the North, and the main characters of the story.

I read those albums some years ago, and even at this time (when I was younger) I thought Blutch and Chesterfield were kinda in love. In a strange way, yes, but I liked their relationship really much. Now that I'm older and that I'm re-reading some of the albums, I think that their relationship can be pretty confusing.

Are they friends? Rivals? Or something different than that?

To find an answer, we need to take a look closer on the characters and their personalities (which are very different).

Let's begin with Blutch, my favorite character he's so cool I love him. He's independant, clever and doesn't let anyone take him down (but he's also really resentful and distrustful.)

He had a difficult life before joining the army, as we learn in Vertes Années : he's an orphan (plus his parents left him behind), never had a real parental figure except an alcoholic who had good intentions but never succeed to take care of him (or himself). His life was hard at the orphanage, and still was after he escaped. And by what we saw, he never had any close friend in his life.

Okay, now with Chesterfield. He's brave, obedient and loyal, but temperamental and idealist. He had a pretty good childhood with his two loving parents, and a father who was a soldier. He joined the army to escape a marriage with Charlotte, the daughter of his employer (as we learn in Blue rétro). But he enjoys being a soldier, and he's very loyal towards the army (and often submissive towards his superiors). He's ready to sacrifice himself to accomplish his mission, even ready to kill if it follows his orders.

(I could talk about these two forever, but we're not in a character analysis so let's move on to the heart of the subject).

Blutch and Chesterfield are in a relationship of hate/love, not one after the other but simultaneously. They can insult or hit the other and one second after that kiss each other.

First, they're not rivals. For the simple reason that there is literally no point for them to be rivals. Rivality is being in competition with someone for something, but you can be friend with you rival (like in Pokémon. This is the first example that came to my mind don't judge me). But in our case, they have no reason to be rivals. No same motivation, no same love interest, no unique thing the two of them want.

So, are they friends, or enemies, or lovers? I would say enemies in the beginning. Let me explain myself (I'm literally writing right now so no one's going to interrupt me but…anyway).

In Blue Retro, when the story of their encounter is told, Blutch joins the army because of Chesterfield. That's why he hates him first. As I said, he's really resentful and wants to take revenge on the sergeant. And desert.

But as the time passes, Blutch and Chesterfield literally do nothing without the other. They still fight, but are inseparable. They save each other, are immensely sad when they think the other is dead (as we see Chesterfield cry in Requiem pour un bleu, and Blutch be sick in La rose de Bantry) and kiss the other frequently (yeah, they do that. So heterosexual.)

Blutch still hates the war and want to desert. But does he really want to desert? I mean, we know he's really smart and resourceful. My opinion is that if he really wanted to desert, he would have done it a long time ago. He tries to desert only when Chesterfield can catch him and literally take him back.

In Vertes Années for example, Blutch had the perfect occasion to escape, Chesterfield couldn't catch him. But he didn't: he came back to the army. But why? He hates the army. He doesn't want to fight and despise his superiors. So why? Because he wants to stay with Chesterfield. Even if their relationship is really difficult, the sergeant is literally the only person he has. His only friend, the only person who cares for him (we can see that in many albums like Vertes Années, Baby Blue, or En avant l'amnésique). And Blutch cares for Chesterfield too (as we see in La rose de Bantry, or Bull Run). But Blutch is too proud to accept this. He keeps trying to put the Sergeant away, no let him see his feelings (we can see that in Vertes années), not even admitting that he's his friend most of the times (like in Des bleus et du blues). I think that his life badly damaged his trust, and he's afraid of being letting down by the sergeant. He doesn't want to show that he cares for him, because of pride and maybe fear, so he acts like he truly hates him. That's so sad.

What about Chesterfield?

Blutch always try to desert, and the sergeant always takes him back to the army. Why not let him go? Because he doesn't want Blutch to be killed (I think he said it in Vertes Années, and we clearly see it in Les Bleus de la balle), and also he wants to make him a hero, I guess but that will never happen sorry Cornelius. That, I think everybody get it.

Chesterfield doesn't really tries to hide that he likes Blutch (maybe because he doesn't have trust issues like the corporal). They fight generally because of Blutch's sarcasm and the sergeant's bad temper.

He tries to tell Blutch that he have him, that he's not alone anymore, generally to comfort him (he did it in Baby blue and Indien mon frère). But Blutch always react badly, and Chesterfield gets angry (like in Indien mon frère), which is comprehensible. Chesterfield likes Blutch really much and wants to show it to him, but Blutch don't let him. So the sergeant is offended and they fight. Back to the starting point.

So, they care for each other and like each other. But they are stupid Blutch can't admit it and keep Chesterfield away, who gets angry. That's how their relationship works.

But there is one time in L'oreille de Lincoln where Blutch asks ironically ''You can't live without me, can't you?'' and Chesterfield answers ''No I can't'' and kisses him on the head (very seriously). Blutch was a little upset back then, because he was forced to help someone he despised. And Chesterfield did that to… Calm him down? I don't really know, but it was sweet well done you idiot.

Now, what about their relationship with women?

We all know that Chesterfield loves Amelie Appletown, even if she's not interested, and sometimes nasty to him (except in Des Bleus et du Blues ? I don't know why, she seems nicer here.) But be realistic: she's the daughter of a colonel, who will never let her marry a sergeant. And the colonel hates Chesterfield, as a reminder.

So, he's into Amelie. But does he know her? They never talked one to one. They have nothing in common and they barely see each other. Is this a real love story? In my opinion, the sergeant think of Amelie like the perfect woman: he's idealist, he doesn't really know who's Amelie but he loves what he thinks she is. The ''perfect woman''. But isn't everyone think about the perfect woman/man for them? He idealizes Amelie, maybe he knows he will never have her. This would deserve a character analysis.

Blutch doesn't have a current love interest in the series. He's pretty suspicious towards women, and don't think they are fragile little creatures like the sergeant. In the Nancy Harts, a woman seems to have a little crush on him (even if it was for a ruse at the beginning, she seems to still like him in the end). He's nice with her but doesn't seem to have a crush? I don't know, he's just like ''ok, I guess she's cute'' but he doesn't talk to her or think about her again. Apart from that, he has no interest in any woman they meet.

So they basically have no relationship with women. Amelie and Chesterfield does not have a relationship for me: they meet sometimes and the sergeant fantasm on her, that's it.

Now, let's see their contact with other men. Blutch seems pretty friendly with the other soldiers if they are not his superiors (we can see that in Les Bleus et du blues, for example). His comportement change when he's with the other soldiers, it's clearly not the same when he's with Chesterfield. It must be because his relationship with Chesterfield is different and much stronger than his relations with the other soldiers. Why does he needs to act like he hates the sergeant, but he never do that with the others? Because he isn't afraid of his friendship with the soldiers, it doesn't matter if they let him down. Of course it wouldn't be pleasant, but they're not close enough for that to bother him. Blutch doesn't want to show his feelings towards the sergeant (romantic or not) because that would make him vulnerable. And this is clearly the last thing he wants.

There isn't much to say about Chesterfield on this point because he doesn't have many relation with other men, except Plume d'Argent and George Appletown I guess. The thing to see is that his relationship with Blutch is unique too, because he never act with anyone else like that. They are really special for each other.

We get to my point: why I think Blutch and Chesterfield love each other. Maybe I've taken all of that too far and the authors never thought about all of that, but this is for fun so let's go.

We know now that they care for each other, they are inseparable, they don't have any other relationship with anyone like theirs and they don't want to be apart.

Conclusion: They love each other. Maybe not romantically, but they clearly care deeply for each other. The whole problem of their relationship is Blutch's lack of trust and Chesterfield's stupidity. If after the war they stick together, and I'm sure they'll stick together, they will have time to work on that without the stress and the tension of the war.

So yeah, if both of those idiots survive the war then maybe they will stop their bullsh** and accept that they love each other.

I hope you liked this analysis! If you don't agree with me or want to add something, please do it. I always like to discuss about those things (but don't insult me please I'm not ready for that).

Have a nice day!