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josefavomjaaga · 4 years ago

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Letters from 1814. Murat and Bentinck

Next to the Austrians, the second power Murat had to deal with when he joined the cause of the Allies was “les Anglais”, who for years had protected the ex-king of Naples Ferdinand on Sicily. And if Austria was annoyed with Joachim Murat for his half-hearted support, Lord William Bentinck’s behaviour seems to have been almost hostile.

All documents again taken from Helfert, “Joachim Murat”.

Lord Bentinck's proclamations to the Italians

Italiani! La Gran Bretagna ha le sue truppe su i Vostri lidi; ella Vi porge la mano per liberarvi dal ferreo giogo di Bonaparte.

Il Portogallo la Spagna la Sicilia l'Olanda attestano i principj liberali e disinteressati che animano queste potenze.

La Spagna per la sua ferma risoluzione, per il suo valore, e per gli sforzi della sua Alleata è riuscita nella più bella impresa. I Francesi sono stati scacciati dal suo territorio, la sua indipendenza è assicurata. La sua civile libertà è stabilita.

La Sicilia protetta da questa potenza istessa riusci di salvarsi dall'universale diluvio per cui nulla ha sofferto; mediante il genio benefico del suo Principe passò dalla schiavitù alla libertà, e si affretta di far risorgere il suo antico splendore frà le Nazioni indipendenti..

L'Olanda vola a conseguire un uguale intento. L'Italia sola resterà dunque sotto il giogo?

I soli Italiani combatteranno contro gl' Italiani a pro di un Tiranno e per la servitù della patria?

Italiani, non più esitate, siete Italiani! E tu specialmente, Armata Italiana, pensa che la gran causa della tua patria è nelle tue mani. Guerrieri d'Italia, non Vi si domanda di venire a noi, ma Vi si domanda che facciate valere i Vostri proprje diritti e che siate liberi.

Chiamateci e noi accorreremo, ed allora i nostri sforzi riuniti faranno che l'Italia divenga ciò che nei suoi migliori tempi l'Italia già fù, e ciò che la Spagna è. .

Livorno 14 Marzo 1814.

William C. Bentinck Commandante in Capo delle truppe brittanniche.

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Italians! Great Britain has her troops on your shores; she extends her hand to free you from the iron yoke of Bonaparte.

Portugal, Spain, Sicily and Holland bear witness to the liberal and disinterested principles that animate these powers.

Spain, by her firm resolution, her valour and the efforts of her allies, has succeeded in the most magnificent enterprise. The French have been driven from her territory, her independence is assured. Her civil liberties are secured.

Sicily, protected by this same power, succeeded in saving herself from the universal scourge from which she suffered nothing; through the beneficent genius of her Prince she passed from slavery to liberty, and hastens to resurrect her ancient splendour among the independent nations....

Holland is striving to achieve the same.

Will Italy alone remain under the yoke?

Will the Italians alone fight against Italians in favour of a tyrant and for the servitude of the fatherland?

Italians, do not hesitate any longer, you are Italians! And you especially, Italian Army, think that the great cause of your homeland is in your hands. Warriors of Italy, we do not ask you to join us, we ask you to assert your rights and be free.

Call on us and we will come, and then our combined efforts will make Italy what in its best days Italy was and what Spain is.

Livorno 14 March 1814.

William C. Bentinck Commander in Chief of the British troops.

This proclamation, especially the part about the “Italian Army”, seems to be directed more to Eugène’s Italians than to Murat’s, but it’s still interesting to note that Bentinck hints at a common Italian cause (”Don’t fight your Italian brothers!”) which his government will not support.

Austrian envoy Count Mier had followed Murat to Upper Italy and wrote to Metternich about the awkward situation.

Mier to Metternich [postscript]

Reggio 20 March 1814

My Prince!

Lord Bentinck has been here for several days; he refuses to abandon his idea and claim to take possession of the whole of Tuscany. I have done everything possible to arrange this affair, without having been able to succeed so far. The King has offered some modifications to this determination of seizing a country which he has occupied militarily, where he has established a provisional administration, and captured the strongholds by capitulation. He offered to supply whatever the English troops would need for the establishment of their magazines, their depots, their subsistence, their transport, etc. He offered that Lord Bentinck take the military command of the Grand Duchy, and of the Neapolitan troops which are there, to make them march with the English to occupy the country all along the coast up to Genoa, wanting only to keep the civil administration of Tuscany and to draw the revenues which are indispensable to him for the payment of his army, he having refused the subsidies which the Count of Neipperg had promised to obtain for him from England on condition that they would let him have the revenues of the countries occupied by his army. Lord Bentinck rejecting all these modifications, the King finally proposed to him to submit the arrangement of this affair to the arbitration of Lord Castlereagh, who would surely decide it in favour of the English, H.M. wishing by this to save appearances, his dignity and not to appear to yield solely to the will of Lord Bentinck. The latter still refused to do so, saying that the King only wanted to gain time, and declared that, if he was not first put in possession of Tuscany, he would drive out the Neapolitans, revolutionise the country, and embark with his troops to land in the Kingdom of Naples and there proclaim King Ferdinand. These and other similar declarations, made in a harsh manner, which were likely to alarm and excite the King's distrustful and hot-headed character, infuriated him, and he declared in his turn that he would rather lose his crown than disgrace himself in the eyes of his army and the whole world by complying with Lord Bentinck's arbitrary decisions. I employed every possible reasoning with the English general to urge him to desist from these pretensions; I told him that his obstinacy would confuse affairs in Italy; that it would paralyse the means and forces which were to be employed for the liberation; that it was the moment to act, and not to discuss secondary objects; that I was more than sure that his Government had sent him to Italy to fight the common enemy, and not to enter into discussions as to the future partition of that country; that in matters of this nature all personalities must be put aside; that his government and all the world would blame him in this matter, etc. To all these arguments and many others like them he replied that he did not care about any of this, and that he would not yield to Joachim in any way; that his honour and the dignity of his nation were at stake. This is where things stand, and I fear, knowing the character of the individuals, the most unfortunate consequences of this misunderstanding.

The two attached proclamations were distributed on Lord Bentinck's arrival in Livorno. The one addressed to the Sicilian troops is really of a nature to give the King the greatest suspicions on the good faith of the English. The difficulties made by Russia and Prussia in acceding to our treaty of alliance with the King of Naples, the declarations in this regard by England, the reports which the King receives on all sides about the intrigues of Queen Carolina to interest in her favour the Empresses and other influential persons, the pretensions of Lord Bentinck and his conduct in Livorno, all of this is working on the distrustful mind of the King who believes himself already sacrificed, and in this position of things it is difficult to count on an active cooperation. He must be relieved of his fears, which are not without foundation, and then I am sure that he will act frankly and vigorously.

I have the honour etc.

The “Queen Carolina” mentioned in the last paragraph would be “Maria Carolina”, wife of Ferdinand, and the empresses probably Empress Elizabeth of Russia (a former princess of Baden) and Austrian Empress Maria Luisa, a former princess of Modena-Este.

(And am I allowed to note that dear Joachim here has no problem seeing his troops under the command of somebody else, even of “the English”, just as long as this somebody does not happen to be the Beauharnais boy?)

Bentinck himself also summed up the situation, the way he saw it, in a letter to the Neapolitan Minister of Foreign Affairs:

Bentinck to Gallo (copy)

Bologna this 1st April 1814

In case the Neapolitan Government should require some written confirmation of the sentiments which Lord Castlereagh has already verbally enunciated, which confirmation has not been asked for, considering it unnecessary, the Undersigned is authorized to declare officially:

That the English Government fully approves the treaty concluded between the Austrian and Neapolitan Governments, that it consents to the addition of territory specified therein under the same condition made by Austria of the active and immediate co-operation of the Neapolitan army, and that, if the English Government refuses to sign a treaty "in limine", that this is only because of the feelings of delicacy and honour which oppose the sacrifice of the hereditary states of a former ally without an indemnity, and that the undersigned has orders, in consequence of which he must invite the Neapolitan Government to make its utmost efforts for the same object.

Such was the feeling of the British Government.

It would without doubt be opposed to the Undersigned's frankness if he did not express his individual opinion, that the expectations, which the treaty gave rise to, have unfortunately been only too much disappointed.

The principal object for which this alliance and these sacrifices were made, the prompt and active cooperation of the Neapolitan army, has by no means been obtained. The Austrian army is still paralysed on the Adige when, by the march of the Neapolitan army on the upper Po, it could have long since reached the Alps. The most suspicious negotiations take place directly with the enemy, and at the same time the British co-operation, which the Neapolitan Government, if it were genuine, would desire more than any other of the Allies, is rendered impossible by the withholding from it of the necessary means of safety and subsistence.

If such is the military conduct of the Neapolitan Government, its political conduct is no less inexplicable. The Neapolitan government pledges its consent to all the arrangements of the Allies in Italy; it begins by declaring that various states would be immediately ceded to their legitimate Sovereigns, but it officially declares that these states will be kept until peace, and at the same time the administrative organisation of these regions presents itself everywhere with the aspect of a permanent occupation, and everywhere the Neapolitan agents and papers reveal views of ambition and enlargement entirely opposed to the intentions of the Allies, and which might not be without objection, if even such an addition of power were to assume a proper direction, but which are certainly very dangerous when it is not yet decided on which side this power will be placed.

The undersigned is far from presenting these remarks in a hostile and reproachful sense; they are dictated by a friendly spirit and a desire to see the intentions of the Allies realised. The war is still going on, and there is still time to remove any doubts and dissatisfaction that may exist.

Thus the undersigned seriously recommends to the Neapolitan government

to effect its prompt and cordial co-operation with the Austrian army, to allow by the sacrifice of a part of Tuscany to the British expedition the means which are indispensable to it for co-operation, and which are due to the dignity of the British Government; if the cession of a territory belonging to somebody else can be called a sacrifice, it will be highly compensated by mutual assistance and trust -

to renounce all tendency to an isolated and separate policy -

and above all to restore the Sovereign Pontiff to his seat without delay. The cruel treatment suffered by this venerable personage, which has been highlighted by his inspiring virtues and extraordinary firmness, has aroused, as we have just seen, the greatest of passions.

If the conduct of the man who now governs France, in this respect, has attracted to him, more than any other act in his life, the hatred of the whole world, it would undoubtedly be a very bad policy to refuse a measure recognised as being of the utmost necessity by all those who would like to see the great foundations of the social order, religion and morality, restored.

The undersigned has the honour to express again the sentiments of his highest consideration.

L. Wm Bentinck.

To H. E. Mr. Duke of Gallo, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Always cute to see the Brits protect the Pope. But all this in-fighting at least explains how the demoralized, war-weary Italo-French troops of the Kingdom of Italy (I understand ~40.000 men, at least on paper) still managed to hold out until after Napoleon’s abdication.

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aion-rsa · 3 years ago

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Ted Lasso Season 2: Hannah Waddingham on Embracing Rebecca’s Boss Potential

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This article contains spoilers for Ted Lasso season 2 episode 3.

AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) was the closest thing that the otherwise cheerful Ted Lasso had to a villain in the beginning.

Following a tough divorce from the awful Rupert Mannion (Anthony Head), Rebecca took it upon herself to hurt her ex in the cruelest way she could imagine: by destroying his beloved football team. As the new sole owner of Richmond, Rebecca brought in American college football coach Ted Lasso to torpedo the team’s chances of success. In that regard, she was actually quite successful as the club found itself relegated to the lower Championship level. It didn’t take long, however, for the show to reveal that Rebecca isn’t nearly the villain that we, or she, thinks she is.

Following Rebecca’s redemption in season 1, the character enters into season 2 as a firm part of the team. According to the actress who plays her, that required some adjustments.

“I genuinely found it slightly unnerving,” Waddingham says. “I was like ‘Where’s my attrition? Where’s the attrition?’ There’s no attrition with Ted. There’s no attrition with Higgins. Rupert hasn’t rocked up. It made me feel quite discombobulated, but that’s good, because that’s where she should be.”

Though the show bears his name, Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is currently not one of its most dynamic characters. Despite his recent divorce and brush with panic attacks, Ted is a consistent, seemingly self-actualized presence…at least until Dr. Sharon (Sarah Niles) breaks through his outer shell. Until Ted realizes he needs to change though, it’s up to the show’s other characters to seek self-improvement. And thus far, no character’s journey has been as turbulent or interesting as Rebecca’s.

Season 1 disassembled Rebecca Welton down to the brakepads and now season 2 allows her to consider what kind of boss and what kind of person she intends to be.

“She shouldn’t really know how to function yet. And I was really pleased to see that she’s not all together sorted out,” Waddingham says. “That’s a long time to have been with somebody – for 13, 14 years. Even if it was wrong and toxic, you’re just used to that. But she’s found a new family.”

Rebecca takes her biggest step forward towards a found family yet in episode 3 “Do the Right-est Thing.” This half-hour finds Rebecca catching up with her old friend Flo Collins a.k.a. Sassy (Ellie Taylor). While Sassy is speaking at a conference in Brighton, Rebecca is charged with entertaining Sassy’s teenage daughter Nora for the night.

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Rebecca hasn’t spent time with Nora since she was a child six years ago (now she’s “one errant cobblestone away from her first period,” Sassy notes). As such, Nora operates like a mirror set up on a planet six lightyears away, reflecting back to Rebecca what she used to be. And what she used to be is not particularly good with children. Rebecca strikes out trying to take Nora out for a tea date and then again outside of a doll shop.

Thankfully, that’s when Rebecca runs into the Great Roy Kent who has some great advice for her for the second time in three episodes. Kids don’t want to be coddled or entertained, Roy says. They just want your time. They want to be where you are and do what you do. So Rebecca invites Nora to work.

“I’ve always wanted to see what it’s like to own a football club,” Nora says.

“Really? Since when?” Rebecca asks.

“Since you started running one.”

Once Rebecca is back in her element as boss, her relationship with Nora flourishes. Nora is even by her side as Rebecca navigates the most stressful aspect of her AFC Richmond ownership tenure yet. When Nigerian defender Sam Obisanya no longer wants to associate himself with the club’s corrupt sponsor Dubai Air, the powers-that-be at Dubai Air instruct Rebecca to cut him. Of course, she will be doing no such thing. Rebecca composes a sternly-worded email, ignoring all of Nora’s profane suggestions save for the last – signing the email as “Boss Ass Bitch.”

While the terms “boss” and/or “ass” and/or “bitch” may have been applicable to Rebecca in less charitable contexts in season 1, season 2 finds her really blossoming into the Boss Ass Bitch that her friends, family, and team need.

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“Isn’t that great? Don’t you just love it when they’re writing the letter on the bed and Nora doesn’t expect her to write Boss Ass Bitch?” Waddingham says. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Yes, we do like it.) “I just think it’s so charming. And I got to play the fact that Rebecca is 100% the boss of that team, and is looking after her boys, and at the same time, showing her young ingenue how to hold herself as a woman in sport and in business.”

In Ted Lasso’s world, it’s good to be the boss. If only because it means another opportunity to help.

Ted Lasso season 2 premieres new episodes every Friday on Apple TV+.

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bestworstcase · 5 years ago

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Rapunzel for the meme?

How I feel about this character

i really like her and she’s probably my favorite disney princess. i’ve always been fond of tangled and imo the show did a fantastic job building on that foundation in terms of her characterization. i love the realistic way her trauma and the lingering damage gothel did to her is portrayed, not just in the sense that she continues to be fearful of gothel and have complicated feelings about the woman whom she grew up calling “mother,” but also in the sense that she displays traits and behaviors that she clearly learned from gothel, and the deficits in social intelligence that resulted from her isolation are a consistent problem for her throughout the course of the show. also, she’s just really special to me as an example of positive representation of a character with low empathy.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

i like new dream well enough. it was a very refreshing change to have an established heterosexual relationship in a show that was just... stable. drama-free. healthy. able to talk through their problems like adults. i wouldn’t say i’m super passionate about it as a ship, but i like it.

i also, as i mentioned on the cass post, am very fond of cassunzel though more in a cass-has-unrequited-feelings context in canon.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

her friendship with cass! i think cass is really, really good for rapunzel as a person and is someone who will always challenge her to grow for the better. and i think in the end, despite the many weaknesses in their friendship in s1-s2, them working through their conflict results in them being able to build a much stronger friendship than they had before.

also just generally i like all her friendships with the rest of the cast. i like that she’s an outgoing, friendly person who gets attached to people quickly and trusts easily.

My unpopular opinion(s) about this character

rapunzel is not a paragon of compassion, and eugene is wrong when he describes her that way.

rapunzel wants to be compassionate. she desperately, desperately wants to help people and make them feel better when they’re sad. and she tries her best to do so. but she’s not actually very good at it, because she has very little empathy and she’s not very good at listening. so she does things that she thinks are helpful, without being able to take into account whether the person in question is actually helped by what she’s doing. this is a frequent source of conflict between her and cass, because a lot of the things rapunzel thinks are helping do not actually do anything for cass and sometimes may even make cass’s problems worse.

and i love this about rapunzel because it demonstrates that lack of empathy doesn’t make somebody a horrible person. rapunzel just needs to develop the listening skills she needs to compensate for that lack of empathy, and begin to develop her skill for compassion. and we see her do that over the course of the series, by s3 she’s still far from perfect on this but she’s miles away from how bad she was in s1 and that’s one of my favorite parts of her character arc.

i wish it was more widely acknowledged in the fandom.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

i wish she had more plot relevant things to do when cass wasn’t around in s3! i wish she had been much more proactive about figuring out what cass’s deal was and working it out. she sort of spent s3 sitting around waiting for cass to come back, and then never really took cass seriously as a threat, and she didn’t really.. do anything about what zhan tiri revealed to her in race to the spire until it came up again in plus est. to me, it came off sort of like she expected cass to just... get over it on her own and easily return to the way things were before, just like varian did, and that was... disappointing to say the least.

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resurrectionrpg · 4 years ago

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Good evening, villains and victims! We’d like to kick the weekend and the opening of the roleplay off by getting to know your characters with an honesty weekend! You do not have to participate, but we would love to meet your characters, and for you to take the chance to have a little inbox fun. Please ensure your inboxes are open and your blog is not dash only.

This will go from now until Sunday at 12AM EST. If you’d like to post intros now, please do so! Otherwise we expect intros by Monday.

We have some memes and starters under the cut, but please feel free to reblog whatever you’d like!

DIALOGUE/SENTENCES

VICTIM → VICTIM

❝ I dreamed about this guy [ player insert ]. ❞

❝ What’d he look like? You get a look at him? ❞

❝ Well then how can you say somebody else was there? ❞

❝ You could just see the cuts happening, all at once. ❞

❝ What do you mean all at once? ❞

❝ I probably could’ve saved her if I’d moved sooner. ❞

❝ There was this guy who had knives for fingers. ❞

❝ You’ll feel better as soon as you sleep. ❞

❝ You better tell me, cause now he’s after me! ❞

❝ Feel better?! You call this feeling better? ❞

❝ Avoid everything happening to me by just getting good and loaded. ❞

❝ He can’t get you because mommy killed him. ❞

❝ I take back every bit of energy I ever gave you. ❞

❝ Do you have any idea what that means? ❞

❝ She’s already fucked up, so leave her alone. ❞

❝ What? What are you talking about? ❞

❝ Just don’t fall asleep. If you die in your dreams, you die for real. ❞

❝ You think you can bring the dead back to life? ❞

❝ He brought us here so we could remember what he did to us. ❞

❝ I want you to go straight up to bed, okay? ❞❝ He’s not after us because we lied - He’s after us because we told the truth. ❞

❝ You know what they say, kemosabe, in Hell, everybody loves popcorn. ❞

❝ We’re gonna be in here a long time. ❞

❝ There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about that night. ❞

❝ Where did you hear that? ❞

❝ So what did you do? Did you call the police? ❞

❝ I’m gonna teach you something. I’m not gonna let anyone hurt you. ❞

❝ You know, all in all, you’ve had a pretty good run. ❞

❝ You must’ve known it all had to end somewhere - might as well be now. ❞

❝ Next time, we go someplace else. ❞

❝ This is crazy, sitting here and waiting to be attacked. ❞

❝ I told you already, I don’t why they let me go! They just did. ❞

❝ Sometimes I can still see their face whenever I close my eyes. ❞

❝ Grab anything that might make a good weapon. ❞

❝ Somebody should make a run for the car. ❞

❝ No, no, no! We can’t go out there! ❞

❝ Come on, it’s the only way. ❞

❝ Whoever’s the fastest runner, who is that? ❞

VILLAIN → VICTIM

❝ We weren’t hunting, we were protecting you! ❞

❝ You’ll understand how it feels to never fail to protect them. ❞

❝ You know what they say, kemosabe, in Hell, everybody loves popcorn. ❞

❝ Oh, don’t you cry! I’ve killed a million times before. ❞

❝ Did you know…that after the heart stops beating, the brain keeps functioning for over 7 minutes? ❞

❝ I ain’t no fucking clown. ❞

❝ Ooh, sounds fun, but it’s a little fast for me. ❞

❝ I’m your boyfriend now, ______. ❞

❝ It hurts, doesn’t it? That’s because you’re in my world now, bitch! ❞

❝ I had to keep you awake long enough so when you finally slept, you’d never wake up again. ❞

❝ We’re gonna be in here a long time. ❞

❝ I’m gonna teach you something. I’m not gonna let anyone hurt you. ❞

❝ Do you really think I give a fuck? ❞

❝ what’s the pointing in kidnapping if you aren’t going to do any killing? ❞

❝ i usually like to get to know my victims a little before i kill them. ❞

❝ I’m not crazy; I’m in control! ❞

❝ I’m not here to brighten your dismal day; I am here to end your miserable life. ❞

❝ You may think this is a one time thing but I promise, I will kill again. ❞

❝ Come out, come out, wherever you are! You can’t hide from me forever! ❞

❝ there’s no turning back now! there’s no one coming for you, except for me! ❞

❝ You know, all in all, you’ve had a pretty good run. ❞

❝ You must’ve known it all had to end somewhere - might as well be now. ❞

❝ You can all count yourselves lucky you got fucked by the best! ❞

❝ In exactly one hundred and twenty seconds, we shall begin. ❞

❝ All you have to do is survive twelve hours. ❞

❝ What I do? Unfortunately for you, I do real well! ❞

❝ I am certainly not here to elicit an amused response. ❞

❝ Murder school is now in session. ❞

❝ you know what they say, once a killer, always a killer. ❞

❝ I am here to end your miserable fucking life. ❞

❝ I’m sending you straight to the fucking pearly gates with a first class ticket. ❞

❝ I came to get down and dirty. Oh yeah. ❞

❝ Look what the fucking cat dragged in! ❞

❝ Death has come to sing it’s quite song, run and hide for it won’t belong! ❞

❝ Is it hunting time now? ❞

❝ I guess I should really put you out of your misery. ❞

❝ You can run but you can’t hide! I’m going to find you and kill you! ❞

❝ See, I’ve stalked you for sometime before finally snatching you up! ❞

❝ I didn’t want to kill you when I brought you here, but now, I have no choice! ❞

❝ I’m gonna kill your whole fucking family. ❞

❝ I want you to see what happens to heroes… ❞

GENERAL

❝ I didn’t want you to remember! I wanted you to forget! ❞

❝ I didn’t want to remember! I wanted to forget! ❞

❝ They’re…they’re repressed memories, from a terrible, terrible time. ❞

❝ There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about that night. ❞

❝ You said that… You said that we didn’t know each other. ❞

❝ Don’t pretend you don’t know, because you do. ❞

❝ Your mind was just playing tricks on you. ❞

❝ He kept repeating it over and over again.. ❞

❝ I’m gonna teach you something. I’m not gonna let anyone hurt you. ❞

❝ There’s only four things you need to know about this career. ❞

❝ Do you really think I give a fuck? ❞

❝ I always thought I’d appear rather pretentious with a pipe. ❞

❝ You know, all in all, you’ve had a pretty good run. ❞

❝ You diggin’ what you see, pops? ❞

❝ I mean no disrespect, but was not the question. ❞

❝ See you later, Popeye! I’m gonna go get me some spinach. ❞

❝ I don’t wanna be here! They make me be here! ❞

❝ You and me, we’re the same! We’re the same! ❞

❝ What the fuck is going on? Do you see anything? ❞

❝ Look what the fucking cat dragged in! ❞

❝ I’m so flattered you remember me. ❞

❝ Don’t worry, ______. It’s always somebody’s fault. ❞

❝ Do you think that this killer is working all alone? ❞

❝ How hard is it to catch a killer? ❞ ❝ I don’t want you out at night in this town, roaming around. ❞

❝ I can’t believe they’re withholding information about that murder. ❞

❝ Wait, you mean you don’t know? Do you live under a rock? ❞

❝ I can’t believe I’m still living in this fucking town. ❞

❝ Why are you so paranoid and scared all of a sudden? It’s just the police. ❞

❝ Ever since this recent murder, you’ve been super paranoid. ❞

❝ Please, hurry back!! I’m afraid I might not ever seen you again when you leave. ❞

❝ Man she really fucked him up good huh? ❞

❝ I knew you were into some sketchy shit! ❞

❝ This wasn’t a random attack! Our family’s being targeted. ❞

❝ Why would anybody do this? ❞

❝ Oh my god, what is happening to us? ❞

❝ I don’t see anyone. Do you see anyone? ❞

❝ Why are you calling me a low life? I’m just trying to help the situation. ❞

❝ What you just said. What was that? ❞

❝ Is there something else you wanted to say to me? ❞

❝ I can’t believe you’re in on this. ❞

❝ Do you kiss your mama with that mouth? ❞

❝ What the fuck is your problem? ❞

❝ Here’s the list of names I need you to run down for me. ❞

❝ That’s a funny-ass name. ❞

❝ If you want special favors you gotta give me something in return. ❞

❝ I tried to walk the line but now I realize there is no line. ❞

❝ I can’t fucking wait! You want it? Here it is, come and get it. ❞

SYMBOLS/GAMES

SEND 💋 FOR MY MUSE TO REVEAL A SECRET

SEND ¿ FOR A MEMORY MY MUSE HAS (optional: OF ___)

SEND MY MUSE “👀 + A QUESTION” AND THEY’LL HAVE TO ANSWER WITH 100% HONESTY

SEND ✄ FOR A FAVORITE MOVIE OF MY MUSES

SEND ✚ FOR ONE OF MY MUSE’S MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS

SEND ✿ FOR A HAPPY MEMORY MY MUSE HAS

SEND ♬ FOR A CHILDHOOD HEADCANON

SEND ☼ FOR A DREAM HEADCANON

SEND ✜ FOR A FEAR HEADCANON

SEND ☠ FOR A DEATH HEADCANON

SEND ◊ FOR A HEADCANON OF MUN’S CHOOSING

SEND ♤ FOR SOMETHING MY MUSE DISLIKES OR HATES

SEND ★ FOR A TALENT HEADCANON

SEND △ FOR A SEX HEADCANON

SEND ⊗ FOR SOMETHING MY MUSE HAS A PHOBIA OF

SEND ⭐️ AND I WILL GIVE A FACT ABOUT MY MUSE

SEND [BRAGGART] FOR MY MUSE TO BRAG ABOUT THEMSELVES

SEND 👀 FOR MY MUSE TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE THING OTHERS HAVE THAT THEY DON’T

SEND [ENVIOUS] TO FIND OUT WHAT MY MUSE GETS JEALOUS OVER

SEND [VENT] FOR MY MUSE TO RANT ABOUT SOMETHING/THAT GETS THEM RILED UP

SEND [CHILL] TO FIND OUT HOW MY MUSE CALMS DOWN

SEND [RELAX] TO FIND OUT HOW MY MUSE RELAXES

SEND 💏 TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY MUSE’S FIRST KISS

SEND 👶 TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY MUSE’S CHILDHOOD

SEND [FAMILIAL] TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY MUSE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILY

QUESTIONS/DEVELOPMENT

Do you hurt people without consideration?

Does it ever get tiring, keeping so many secrets?

Are you scared of letting others help you?

Do you jump so quickly into relationships only to leave just as quick?

Do you need other people’s approval?

Do you believe in yourself?

Do you not think you’re worth more?

Do you like to feel broken or have you just learned to live with the pain?

Are you afraid of your flaws?

Do you fake your confidence so people can’t see how self-conscious you truly are?

Have you ever stopped to think how others feel when you leave them behind because you got bored?

Do you claim to be innocent when you are guilty of much pain and abuse?

Can you live independently?

Do you jump into relationships before you are even aware of what love is?

Do you ever take responsibility for your own actions?

Do other people’s opinions matter much to you?

Do you have to win every argument you get into?

Will you ever be able to fully show another person your flaws and insecurities and realize they still love you?

Do you see emotions as a vulnerability?

Are you so proud and mighty that you must go through life without ever letting others help you?

Are you incapable of realizing you aren’t perfect?

Do you try hard to make sure nobody ever finds out who you really are?

Does your social appearance dictate how you live your life?

Do you think you are only worth love if you conceal your true self?

Do you hide your loneliness behind your humor?

Do you expect people to be honest with you?

Do you expect people to be honest with you, even if you lie and deceive them?

Do you have to one-up people every single chance you get?

Do you ever take other people’s feelings into consideration?

How narcissistic are you?

Do you need to be better than everyone?

Is it hard for you to express your emotions to others?

Do you let others walk all over you?

Will you ever let other people see who you truly are?

#resurrectiontask

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zetalial · 5 years ago

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FMA fanfiction recs!

Hey, so in my recent fma survey, I asked people for FMA fanfiction! And they delivered, yay! Thank you. I decided to make them into a nice list for all to see.

You’re very sweet, Anon but I’m afraid it’s already too late. This ended up quite, quite long. And I’m amazed at how long some of these stories are - if you’re looking for stuff to read, hopefully this list will occupy you for a while, (especially if you check some of the author’s other works).

Most of these I have not read, but hey, they were recced so they’ve got to be good, right? Range of ships and stories from both canons. I’ve included the ships but haven’t included ratings so be warned that some of these may be explicit. (The author will probably indicate it themselves though.)

Full list under cut!

-Fullmetal’s Company by Roseveare | 18434 words | Gen, takes place pre-series. | Ed should have never flashed the silver pocketwatch in a warzone.

-A Wicked Game by Tierfal | 59921 words | RoyEd, Modern!AU | Roy has lucked into the all-expenses-paid vacation of his dreams – all he has to do is convince a bunch of happy couples that he's head-over-heels in love with Ed Elric. What could possibly go wrong?

-Be light from now on by Merel | 2363 words | GreedLing, Modern!AU | “Let’s go inside, sweetheart.” Cat café

-Number 28 by Sevlow | 63347 words | Gen, Parental RoyEd, divergence | As of today, Edward Elric had been missing for four months, two weeks, and five days. Warnings for angst, some gore, and Chimera!Ed.

-In the Gaslight by UnorthodoxCreativity |13542 words | RoyEd | Ed hates military parties. This is no surprise. But when a certain bastard of a colonel takes it into his head to make Ed's night a happier one, well. Ed's not complaining.

-Through the Gate by PreelikesWriting | 3 part series totalling 252736 words | Harry Potter crossover with BH Ed Pre-promised day covering books 5-7 of the HP books. Last part is still incomplete. | Edward is transported to the Wizarding world and must fight his way back home.

-Playing God by the Flamel Cult | 44445 words | Harry Potter crossover | I thought the dull aching was something other than my demise. As it turned out, I was sorely mistaken. Perhaps I should listen to Alphonse more; maybe then there wouldn't be another bloody tragedy that would, inevitably, end it all. For good.

-snipers solve 99% of all problems by silentwalrus | 134066 words | Harry Potter crossover, incomplete post-Promised day | Ed had thought, after the whole Promised Day, homunculus, entire country harvested for alchemical batteries thing, the batshit quotient of his life would have settled down some. He really ought to have topped out the meter with that one. But no. The bullshit is just getting started.“Are you fucking kidding me,” Ed demands. “The wizards?”

-Harry Potter and the Eastern Sage by LiteratureWork | 141609 words | Harry Potter Crossover Brotherhood incomplete | Nicholas Flamel was famous for creating the philosopher's stone, but like Lockhart's smile it was all a lie. Flamel stole a part of the stone and it took Edward 642 years to get it back along with the souls inside of it, one which was his brother. But after traveling to Hogwarts to retrieve it, Dumbledore has other plans for the ancient hero.

-Reversed by Autzulfrost | 162206 words | Harry Potter crossover post 03 anime | At the end of the first anime, Ed is sent back to London. But he's a kid again and through a twist of fate gets involved with the wizarding world. Will the alchemist help save wizarding Britain? Will he find a way to return to his home and true family?

-Stray Hayate by Famousfault | 3436 words| Harry Potter crossover | Hayate had no idea how he had ended up there, but he had no other choice but to accept the situation. Harry at the other hand is not quite as satisfied with it.

-Demon Alchemist by Metisket | Series, 88462 words | Brotherhood divergence covers whole series | Al died in the transmutation. In which Ed becomes Central's local vigilante, thereby becoming Maes's problem. Roy finds something poetic in this.

-No Crueler Punishment by Gomboc123 | 2504 words | Post-promised day humour | Instead of taking away Roy's vision, Truth decides to take something much more precious from Roy, and defaces him in the worst way possible.

-The Bond we Share by DiaHonkers | 23750 words | What if Brotherhood where Ed and Al share a body incomplete | The Fullmetal Alchemist was a weird person. He joined the military at only 12 years old. But the weirder thing about him was that he changed personalities in the blink of an eye. One moment he could be screaming his head off at you and the other he would be profusely apologizing. He would constantly talk to himself, and his commanding officer didn't bat an eye. But what they didn't know that it wasn't just one person. It was two.

-Another Journey by Isil'zha BLZ | 254486 words | Whole series rewrite. | The Elric brothers embark on another journey, but this time it's different than the ones they've been through before. A reimagining of the FMA story that combines elements from both anime to create what is (hopefully) the best of both worlds.

-A boy named Ed by BelloftheSea | 302732 words | Post-canon but Ed is young again without memories of his old life. Incomplete | Ed knew he was different. It wasn't just that he was smarter than the other kids or even that he had automail. No, it had more to do with the way people would occasionally look at him, like they were expecting somebody else. It was the way his mechanic cried the day she met him. It was the way his dad would sometimes slip – and call him Fullmetal.

-Nothing Gold by Rydia Highwind | 23230 words | EdLing Post-canon, AU ending | Ling has gained immortality. Ed has not.

-Unto the Shores of Acheron by LAXgirl | 99904 words | Gen, post 03 AU | Everyone thought Edward was dead. But when someone tries to resurrect him, no one's prepared to deal with the soulless look alike that's created instead, or its hurt and anger when his original half unexpectedly returns from the other side of the Gate.

-Nequitia Est Manus by Azei | 103304 words | Divergence story incomplete | Madame Christmas meets a blonde brat with a fondness for drinking all her whiskey and giving her more headaches than Roy ever did. AU in which Ed fakes his death at the end of episode 26 and uses it as a means to stop Father's plans from the sidelines.

-Beast of a Burden by Shoulderpads | 66416 words | Diverges Pre-canon, BH incomplete | Alternate universe where Ed and Al don't get the chance to try and bring their mom back before they're taken to the labs as subjects for chimera experimentation.

-The Colours of the World by MaiKusakabe | 114228 words | Harry Potter crossover Post Promised day, incomplete | When Roy Mustang went to retrieve his eyesight from Truth, he wasn’t expecting to end up doing a job in exchange. It couldn’t even be an easy job, of course, because Edward’s assessment of Truth was a pretty accurate one.

-Confirmation Bias by Cryogenia | 3327 words | RoyEd vague timeline. | (No summary)

-Phylactery by Shade40 | 250666 words | Post-Promised day AU, incomplete | Six years after the Promised Day, Selim is Homunculus and child. As he studies alchemy, Selim realizes it is possible to resurrect his family. The Homunculi deserve the same second chance that he was given, but while they struggle to embrace their newfound humanity, an unknown player comes with a deal that divides them. Post-FMAB with bits from 2003 series.

-Inhuman Beings by wllw | 3173 words | Mid BH, Pride + Kimblee centric | At the edges of his vision, the shadows followed him.

-The Twelve Days of Disaster by MEOW-I'm-A-Dog | 47932 words | A series of oneshots about Christmas that go from crack to full cocaine. Written on a whim, not to be taken seriously unless you want to. Characters: Breda, Ed, Al, Havoc, Fuery, Hawkeye, Falman, Mustang, Hughes and the occasional Armstrong

-At Gate’s Edge by Winds of Water | 455478 words | RoyEd 03 AU where human transmutation went awry and Ed is a ghost. Incomplete | Love's never easy as it is, but it's twice as hard when you're separated by life and death.

-Grand Arcanum by The-Immortal-Moon | 343781 words | Series AU and roleswap blending 03 and BH. Incomplete | Brothers Edward and Alphonse tragically lose their bodies in a failed attempt at human transmutation. Now, they partner with their childhood friend, Winry, and scour Amestris in search of the Philosopher’s Stone.

-Abandon All Hope, Ye who enter here by Anonymous | 17171 words | Dark! Au from end of 03. Ed being held by Dante. NonCon. | Everything went wrong. Al is gone, Dante has the Stone, and Ed is a prisoner to the fanciful whims of his new captor.

-Love Can Melt the Ice by Winryofresembool | 63640 words | EdWin Modern!Au | Edward Elric, a hockey player from Amestris, participates in his first ever Olympics. The only thing he's planning to get from there is a gold medal. However, when he accidentally bumps into a childhood friend, a talented figure skater Winry Rockbell, he learns there are things bigger than hockey.

-Our Embalmed hearts, our desolate kingdoms by spooky_bee | 155853 words | Neon Genesis Evangelion fusion with FMAB RoyAi | "He leans back, palms connecting with the concrete, and looks up over their city, their desolate kingdom. In the rain, Central City might as well be the ruins of Xerxes, empty and grey, and he and she may as well be the last two people on earth."Or, Love in the Time of Giant Robots

-Talking With Ghosts by em-witchwood | 2801 words | EdRiza, Post FMA 03 | Out of all of them, she was probably the only one that didn’t regret all the things she had never said to him, because she’d said all that she wanted.

-We That Are Young by Stoplight Delight | 277131 words | Pre-canon | It's a well-known fact that innocents make poor soldiers. Fortunately, Riza Hawkeye's childhood was not entirely innocent. She had to grow up fast... though she wasn't the only one. The early years of the Colonel and his First Lieutenant.

-Tempest by Bookwrm389 | 16810 words | Gen, vaguely mid-series Parental RoyEd | Ed is adamant that he doesn't need a father. And it's only when he's about to lose the closest thing he has to one that he understands how very wrong he is.

-Flames of Consequence by EnviousMonster | 67018 words | Gen, Envy lives AU post BH. Incomplete | Where Envy survives and is given a second chance to become something more than they were made to be. Will contain depictions of violence, emotional and mental duress, etc.

-Stock Market Crash by VIKAN | 29301 words | Gen, vaguely canon timeline | Stranded in the middle of the Eastern Desert, Roy Mustang must try to get himself and a concussed Edward across it safely before he completely loses his mind.

-Mendacium by ChaoticClueless | 15558 words | My Hero Academia crossover with BH Ed. Incomplete | Edward didn't want to help Truth. He didn't want to go to a different world to defeat yet another Father. He didn't want to become a vigilante there.He also wanted his brother back. The choice was obvious, even if Truth is a massive asshole.

-Reverti Ad Praeteritum by Batsutousai | 288908 words | EdRoy Timetravel story, BH | Unwillingly forced to serve as a human trial for a crazy alchemist experimenting with time travel, Edward Elric finds himself standing across from Truth in the moment it takes his leg from him. Armed with the knowledge of what's to come and burdened with guilt for the choices he'd made as an adult, Ed sets out to fix every mistake he ever made and save every life they ever lost, no matter what it takes.

-Best Kept Secret by MoonStarDutchess | 523815 words | RoyAi BH canon-compliant incomplete | What if Roy and Riza were secretly married through the entire series? This story tells you that.

-Ash Like Snow by Laora | 6723 words | Harry Potter Crossover | His sanity is crumbling away, but then, so is the entire wizarding world.

-Penance by Laora | 125965 words | Harry Potter Crossover around Promised Day | The Gate was opening; the black arms stretched toward him and Pride. Ed knew he had no say in the matter. He would be pulled to this parallel dimension, alternate universe—whatever it was—and Amestris would be left to die. Truth merely grinned.

-Jiǔ by agentcalliope | 3131 words | Roy-centric piece, RoyAi | the nine steps Roy Mustang takes towards acceptance

-Homefront by hlwim | 50895 words | BH AU, some RoyAi | Miss Riza's arrival in Resembool has the potential to ruin everything.

-Infernia by mitsys | 3899 words | Royai, Pacific Rim AU | Some stories aren't told in headlines or newspapers, but in the touch of hands and minds. They linger together in the Drift, lines melting together into the seams, and they don't mourn the lost letters. They've been writing their story long enough to do it without words.

-Wooden by tobu_ishi | 1928 words | Gen, Post 03 anime, Ed in other world | He never realized how useful automail could be until he was an entire world away from it, or what a pain simple daily tasks could become.

-Mirrorworld by Tramontana Keeper | 305134 words | EdHei, Pre-CoS AU | Ed managed to prove that he was truly from a different world, and Alfons finds himself captive in Ed's dream of opening the Gate.

-Fragile Worlds by The Prettiest Frog in the Pond | 5635 words | Gen, 03 anime AU | He'd been stuck in this place for months now, but no matter what he says, nothing changes. He's Edward Elric. He's been Edward Elric all his life. So why won't they believe him?

-One Foot in by Firewind | 7008 words | Gen, 03 anime AU | Envy shows Ed why it's unwise to break a deal with homunculi.

-The Circle by Elfpen | 3007 words | Gen, promised day | Edward Elric teaches alchemy at Central University. A particularly horrible student leads them down a path of dark discussion, which somehow, leads Edward back full circle.

-Ignis Fatuus by Mikkeneko | 5787 words | Gen. | Edward attempts to break apart a chimera made from an animal and a child.

-Abstention by Asidian | 11117 words | Vague timeline | An assignment to snow country under Colonel Mustang is bad enough for the damper it puts on the Elrics' search for the Stone, but downed supply lines lead to cut rations, and Ed discovers that he can't take the deprivation as well as he'd like to pretend.

-Never break the chain by haganenobeato | 4199 words | RoyAi BH, vague timeline | The nights were not kind to Riza Hawkeye. Sleep felt elusive following the failed operative to capture a homunculus after Gluttony swallowed the Colonel whole with Edward alongside him. Before she could gather her bearings and make sense of what was happening, Mustang’s men were transferred at different cardinal points in Amestris with herself at the center as Bradley’s assistant.As for him… he had been changed.

-Men and Angels by Laora | 56333 words | Timetravel AU | Trisha can't understand; she's terrified, but she has to stay calm. Her boys are gone, replaced by her sons from the future...and something, she knows, is terribly wrong.

-The Really Ridiculously Good Looking Summer Festival by VerboseWordsmith | 45594 words | Modern!Band!AU RoyEd | Quasi-indie newcomers, Fullmetal Alchemist, just hit number one with their second single on the Amestris Hot 100 Rock chart and they've been added to the lineup of this summer's Transmuted Tour.

-To Love is to Sacrifice by Konfessor2U | 6372 words | Edvy, BH | Edward is held captive as a human sacrifice and Envy is set to watch over him.

-Not in His Job Description by alightintheshadows | 1331 words | Gen, BH Post-promised day, Parental Roy | General Mustang receives visitor much too early on a Sunday morning, but he doesn't mind in the slightest.

-Aftermath by Asidian | 32148 words | Elricest, vaguely post-series | Not even a year after Al receives his new body, Ed requests a mission that will take him far from his brother's side. When things go terribly wrong, they must pick up the pieces together.

-Ignis Aurum Probat by writing_addict | 34827 words | How to train your dragon AU, FMAB, incomplete | Edward Elric is born early into the dead of winter, on an island twelve days North of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing-To-Death. He comes into the world sickly and small--and endlessly defiant, burning with the kind of rage that can shake the foundations of the universe. The gods themselves hear that scream, that roar of fury and thunder promising to remake the world as they know it, and wonder. Fifteen years later, Ed brings down the Night Fury that's been plaguing his people for generations, stands over it with the perfect opportunity to make the kill...and spares it.

-Satellite by SpicyReyes | 103170 words | EdRoy, Timetravel, BH incomplete | A rogue alchemist, desperate to restore the alchemy of the famous Fullmetal Alchemist, pushes Truth into playing a new game - one that has Edward Elric waking up on the floor of his house where a transmuted abomination should have been, just in time to save his younger self and brother. He might have a chance to do everything again, now, though...He would never hold anything but bitterness for the title of 'dad,' but maybe an older brother could make things better.

-With Eyes Anew by Rider_of_Spades | 500 words | LustScar FMA 03 | "She’s not your second chance– she’s your first." On the implications of being in love with a Homunculus.

-Son of the Desert by ShanaStoryteller | 10445 words | Ishvalan!Ed AU, BH EdRoy | Every time Edward sees the circle on the back Mustang's hand, he wants to scream, wants to reach across the desk and shake him, wants to wrap his hands around the older man's throat and ask if it was worth it, if this desk and his rank is worth the screaming, crying, writhing, burning bodies of his people-

-Tears and Rain by BeautifulFiction_FMA | 196772 words | RoyEd FMA 03 vague timeline | When Ed stops an assassination attempt on Roy's life, he foils one of the opening moves in a massive military intrigue. Can he and Roy stay one step ahead of those who want them dead, or will they both lose the fight to survive?

-The Lost Language of Swans by Mirabella | 2258 words | Elricest, Wingfic Post-series | They smuggled Al out of Central and back to Rizembul, where they rented a small house with room for Ed's books and Al's wings.

-For the night has been unkind by CoolJellyBean25 | 159980 words | RoyEd PostBH AU, Incomplete | Even with the straitjacket off, Ed never feels like it's really gone.

-conflicted by the very air i breathe by writing_addict | 149707 words | some RoyAi, BH AU, incomplete | Edward Elric vanishes after what was supposed to be an ordinary mission. A year later, Roy Mustang gets a call that changes everything.

-World without Roy by Manalfedz | 41482 words | Gen, BH AU, incomplete | Wherein...Roy tries not to freak out in an alternate world where everything has gone horribly wrong.

-A sudden alchemy by LadyMerlin | 5388 words | RoyEd Modern!Au | The one in which Roy is a Knight in Shining Armour

-A Pyramid Scheme by PhantomRose96 | 1662 words | Gen, immediately Post!BH | “Why didn’t you run?” “Sorry?” “Why didn’t you run away, Fullmetal?”

-From Ashes by JordannaMorgan | 22864 words | Gen, canon-compliant set right after the human transmutation attempt. | Edward and Alphonse had a long journey to make before they ever left home.

-Babylon by BeautifulFiction_FMA | 261096 words | RoyEd, post FMA 03 AU | Two years after retrieving his brother's body from the Gate of Truth Edward Elric is still paying the price. Will his debt ever be repaid, or will it finally cost him everything?

-Havoc’s Foolproof Plan by 1stTimeCaller | 9187 words | vague timeline, some RoyAi shiptease. | Havoc's love life is constantly interrupted by his womanizing boss. So he decides to try it on with the one woman who is immune to Mustang's charm.

-The Ordeal of Being Known by budgeWrites | 20254 words | FMA 03 AU LustScar Lust and Scar both live, Incomplete | On conquering demons, remembering how to live, and coming home.

-Focus by Sevlow | 37665 words | Gen, vague timeline | Mustang, Edward, and all the other Alchemists of fair Amestris are starting to lose their grip on their own minds and bodies. The Amestrian military is in chaos as dozens of its higher-ranking officers start losing their minds to an unknown sickness.

#fma #fullmetal alchemist #fma 03 #fmab #fma 2003 #fma fanfiction #fanfiction #fanfic recs #wow there's a lot here #you guys recced so many!#thanks so much!#there's all sort of ships here #I've made a point to mark them out

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gamerwoo · 5 years ago

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EXO: X.O. (Part One)

Characters: EXO x reader (gender neutral)

Genre/warnings: dating sim au, horror au, this part is really vanilla tho

Tag list: @fullsun-donghyuck

a/n: lines in italics are what’s said in the game!!

Previous | Next | X.O. Masterlist

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You were expecting this to be very boring. You pretty much knew the ins and outs of this game since you were the one who created it. You knew who would speak, what they would speak about, and all the endings. And you knew you had to test all of the endings to make sure everything was good.

You were going to be here for a while.

It started with a few intro text boxes that were essentially narrated by your character, with your name in the top left corner of the text box at the bottom. You didn’t even bother reading it, just skimming it to make sure there weren’t any errors as you continuously clicked your mouse to make the words fly by.

The scene switched from the outside of a generic school to the inside of a classroom. You knew that the dialogue was talking about getting settled into the classroom before your nine friends came in. Then the nine boys in question faded into screen.

Junmyeon: How did you beat us here, _____?

Baekhyun: Yeah, you’re usually late for class unless somebody has to hold your hand and drag you here.

Kyungsoo: Aren’t you one to talk?

Baekhyun rolled his eyes, letting out a quiet huff.

Baekhyun: Don’t call me out.

Yixing stepped through the small crowd around my desk, smiling down at me where I sat.

Yixing: Anyway, we’re glad you’re back in class today! We missed you a lot the last two days.

Chanyeol’s face fell slightly as he looked off at the ground.

Chanyeol: Yeah, now that Kris, Tao, and Luhan moved away, it sucked having you gone, too.

Kyungsoo: _____ was only out sick for two days. It’s not like they moved away.

Chanyeol: But still!

I offered a soft smile and reached out for Chanyeol’s hand.

_____: I appreciate that you missed me, Yeol. What did I miss while I was out?

Minseok sat in one of the empty seats beside me, starting to get his belongings out of his backpack before class started.

Minseok: We didn’t learn anything new except in history. We’ve been learning about Caesar's cipher.

Sehun: It’s baby stuff.

The youngest boy took his usual seat behind me. He always preferred sitting at the back, but I never really knew why. It wasn’t like he was a troublemaker like Baekhyun, Chanyeol, or Jongdae. Sehun was actually a pretty good student. I was surprised he didn’t sit toward the front like Junmyeon.

Sehun: I don’t know why they’re teaching it. It’s not like it’s a hard concept.

Baekhyun whined, lightly whacking the youngest in the back of the head.

Baekhyun: It’s not easy for everybody, Sehun.

You started skipping through the dialogue faster. You had only put that in because that’s what you were studying in class at the time, and you really didn’t feel like reading about it again. Not only that, but you had multiple endings to get through, so you wanted to go through them all as quickly as possible.

It wasn’t until the game started moving along that you slowed down to make sure you weren’t just rapidly clicking when it came time to make a choice.

The bell rang, signifying that it was time for the next class.

Jongin turned around to face me as the rest of the class began packing up to leave. He smiled his dazzling, bright smile as he reached out to close your notebook while you were putting the homework pages away in your folder.

Jongin: So what’s your extra curricular today?

Chanyeol practically jumped up from his seat, excitedly exclaiming,

Chanyeol: Ooh, is it with me?!

Jongdae gave a small pout as he stood up from his chair.

Jongdae: You always think it’s with you.

The remaining boys gathered around my seat, awaiting my answer.

Junmyeon: So what does your schedule say, _____?

Before clicking to prompt the choices, you made sure to press the save button and save it to the first open file before deciding. You wanted to be sure you could go back later to do the rest of the routes, too.

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TAKE THE POLL HERE!!! The poll will close 10/2 at 8pm EST.

I have the schedule up until part three figured out because the results for part three determine if there’s an extra part or not, so here’s the schedule up until then: part two -- 10/3, part three -- 10/5, part 3.5/four -- 10/7. that means you have a whole day between those parts for voting in the polls, but I’ll elaborate more on poll duration at the end of every part with a poll. and if you’d like to be added to the tag list, lmk!!!

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rookieskrp · 5 years ago

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ROOKIES, WE’RE HIRING!

Here we are again with our old friend the mod application! This is Carly coming to you, milking my ability to make these announcements while it’s still my job. This time...we’re looking for my replacement! I’m (half) kidding; I have a lot of responsibilities in Rookies and have been here for a very long time, so we don’t expect anyone new to take over that role. Lari will largely be stepping up as far as the relations role goes, but we need someone to help fill that space I’ll be leaving come the 2nd of April. More than that, we need to get Lari some help with her current responsibilities so she can take over mine with as little stress as possible. We’ll cover what exactly we’re looking for below!

We’re looking to add at least one more person-- possibly more -- to the team.

Want to help? Here are a few requirements:

You have to be willing to work with the current team. The admod team is a group effort and it will fall apart if we’ve got in-fighting. If the idea of working with any of us doesn’t really sound good to you, then this probably isn’t the job for you. If you don’t have a problem with any of us and are just nervous, we’re all understanding and excited to expand the team, so we’d encourage you to apply! You’ll also need to be okay with one of your ideas getting turned down. We’ll never turn down/change ideas without a good reason and we’ll always be happy to explain why we think things may not work, but if you’re going to get offended over us saying “no” or asking you to change something or put something on hold, then we’re going to have a hard time working together.

New mods will have a HUGE impact on RK, but won’t be reforming the RP. Whoever’s on the admod team will, of course, have a large effect on the RP. However, there are certain aspects of the RP that won’t change. If you’re trying to become an admod to remold the RP into something it isn’t, it’s not going to work out.

Drama is inevitable in RP, and RK admods field more of it than the average leadership team because of points and auditions, etc. Applicants need to be able to remain levelheaded in the face of conflict or problems arising. RK operates on a strike system, and in order to hand out strikes, all active staff members vote on whether something brought to our attention is strike-worthy or not. Applicants need to be willing to look over collected evidence of conflict and drama presented, and vote at the very least, if not screenshot and diffuse drama themselves. On top of this, they need to be able to stay calm and reasonable even when they get the same question 50 different times from 50 different members, and no matter who approaches them, and they need to be self-aware enough to know when to step back and hand an issue over to another member of the team. Don’t worry; we won’t throw you to the sharks when you first start off, and you’re welcome (and recommended) to point any drama out to one of the more experienced mods and let us handle it until you learn the ropes. Regardless, any potential admods need to remain collected and as unbiased and kind as possible in conflict, no matter who they’re dealing with, and be willing to act and maintain the peace in Rookies as things come up. They also must refrain from addressing any drama publicly, because the way an admod acts in drama influences the atmosphere of the roleplay very directly. We’re very serious about this-- any admod vague-tweeting or anything of the like will be subject to removal from the team.

Obviously, applicants need to be able to set their own personal biases aside for auditions and things like that. Because we’re a group, we can easily check each other on this, but if we see that someone is consistently pulling just for their own and/or their friends’ characters, it’s not going to fly.

Availability is important. You won’t need to be on every single day- however, you’ll need to be able to dedicate at least a few hours each week to mod duties. Keep in mind that the main and two of the staff team are currently in the GMT-5 (EST) timezone. Bianca is in GMT-3, Ume is in GMT-7, Lari is in GMT+1 and Keith is in GMT+8, so clearly we’ll consider people from any timezone as potential mods, but sometimes timezones can make communication complicated. It would be most convenient if any potential mods could be online when at least one other staff member is for easy communication and accessible assistance, but we usually read through any chats we miss due to timezones, and we’ll be able to make anything work.

Reliability! We’re looking for people who plan on being here for the long haul.

You’ve got to be able to keep a secret. As a mod, you’ll often know about stuff that’s coming down the pike before the rest of the directory, and you can’t tell anyone- even your friends. You’ll also need to keep how decisions were made a secret unless the team agrees to share details with the public, no matter how many people hound you for answers.

You’ve got to have a pretty good grasp of the RK rules. If you don’t already know them super well, don’t worry- you’ll learn quick. Just keep in mind that you’ll need to get familiar with them if you aren’t already.

So, what kinds of tasks will new mods be accomplishing?

It depends! On the current team, we all have our own roles and cover all the bases pretty well, though we’ve also done some rearranging based on the roleplay and the team’s present needs. Because this system has worked so well for us, it’s something we intend to keep up. The tasks new mods will complete largely depend on what you want to help with, and what tasks we feel will suit you best after reading through your application. It’s also possible that you may need to pitch in to help on tasks you wouldn’t normally complete if a certain mod needs help with their usual responsibilities, so some willingness to be versatile would be a great quality! Here’s what we do as mods and will be enlisting your help in, though no single mod should have to do all of this at any given time (that’s why we’re expanding the team!):

MONITORING THE DASH: This includes keeping an eye out for any rule-breaking (both IC and OOC) and reporting it to the mod chat as needed, as well as keeping an eye out for any good gossip for rknetizens/idolators! You also might have the opportunity to write gossip articles from time to time, or help with the many articles that go up on rknetizens weekly. With a dash as active as Rookies, and with as many characters as we have in a roleplay, we’re in desperate need of more eyes. This is always a hard job to keep up with, especially with Tumblr recently breaking so you can’t easily go forward and backward on pages of the dash anymore (Mod Carly’s preferred way of doing things.) The more people that can help with this, the better, as it’s something we always end up sacrificing for the sake of other aspects of the roleplay and something we think Rookies would really benefit from.

DISCIPLINE: As mentioned earlier in the post, at the very least, you’ll be voting in what we call “strike trials” to determine when we need to take disciplinary action or not. We’ll also likely have you take screenshots of any drama you spot to aid in this process, and to let the mod chat know of any issues ASAP. To start off, the more experienced mods will do the disciplinary heavy lifting. As time goes on and you gain more experience we’ll probably share the responsibility of confrontation with you, and may even ask you to write up a dreaded strike message based on who’s available. We’ll never force you to do this if you aren’t comfortable unless you happen to be the only mod around in the face of a drama emergency, but if you’re willing to do this, it’ll put you ahead of the rest of your competition for this position. Lari will take charge of this when Carly leaves, but this is undoubtedly the area Carly had the most involvement in and the area we’ll be lacking the most once she leaves. It’s really important that we at least have someone willing to collaborate on the right course of action to take in dealing with drama, and important that you’re willing to help field some of this alongside Lari eventually, even if it’s not all the time.

UPDATING LISTS/GENERAL UPKEEP: This includes idol rosters, as well as the secret (not so secret now…) lists we have for muns and potential scandal information we collect. Aside from that, we also run advertisements for Rookies in the KRP tags from time to time, and you can help fill up that queue too. These are incredibly easy to forget about and can be monotonous work, and both the mun list and gossip list are currently quite out of date and in desperate need of help. This is one of the top responsibilities we need help in!

GENERAL OPINIONS, IDEAS, AND LOTS OF COMMUNICATION: The most important (and hopefully easiest) thing for a new mod to do is contribute lots of ideas, and give the current staff feedback on their ideas. Just having you present as someone to bounce ideas off of and having another perspective around is a huge help to us, so we’ll often ask you what you think about something, and how you think the best way to go about something is, and we want you to be honest! I’m an incredible vocal mod, talking in our chat all the time, and the chat will likely be a lot more quiet without me. I really want somebody willing to communicate a lot so it feels like the other mods aren’t missing a person on the team in this regard at all!

HELPING WITH CASTING DECISIONS: A lot of times, the current staff members in charge of casting events may go through it without enlisting your help, but sometimes you’ll be able to help! This might mean we’ll need you to read a bunch of solos and tell us your thoughts, other times this means we’ll just need you to go around and put all the contestants’ points into a Google Doc to speed up the process, or do some math. Other times, we may talk it out as a group the whole way through, and conspire on the best way to make a decision together. Because we have lots of staff members available to pitch in here, we won’t often need your help with this, and if you have a muse participating in the auditions or would rather not be part of the decision-making process for any reason, that’ll always be optional. This is an area we don’t need help in, but it’s listed here just in case!

WRITING AND SENDING OUT PROMPTS: Sometimes, we’ll send prompts out from rkevent to characters. This can be for a variety of reasons; most commonly, it’s for disciplinary action for trainees IC, though it can also be for special opportunities, including street casting or feedback from the judging panel about auditions. There was even a time that 50 prompts were sent out during evaluations, and a set of auditions where we sent out around 50 total prompts as well. Naturally, these things can take a lot of time, so we may have you help in writing these, especially if we have a lot to get to! More commonly, though, we’ll just have you do some of the monotonous work of sending out the prompts to everyone. Any prompts you do write will have to go through a more experienced staff member first, at least while you get the hang of writing from the perspective of the RK companies! This is once again a task that isn’t that important for you to do, given how many others we have available to write these.

And what kinds of things are new mods less likely to handle?

FINAL CASTING DECISIONS: As mentioned above, while we might enlist your help in the casting process, the more experienced staff members will make the final call here. This may change in the future, but to start out, you won’t be doing any casting on your own.

COMING UP WITH RK-APPROPRIATE EVENTS: Gab and Bianca do a great job of covering this as our event team, and you shouldn’t need to help with this beyond pitching any ideas you’d like and reading some things over for them or offering any input they might need from you.

THEME AND GRAPHICS: Since we currently have a graphics mod, everything that falls under this area is a job largely accounted for, though more experience on the team certainly wouldn’t hurt! You can definitely offer graphics and theme suggestions as well, and may even get a chance to do some, but don’t expect to be the main theme or graphics maker on the team!

DEALING WITH THE MAIN: This is a bit of a strange task to list as something new mods are unlikely to handle, but our current team has this on lock, so you don’t need to focus your energy on this at all unless there’s an emergency and no one can handle a queue.

VERIFYING POINTS: This means checking each of those verification forms the trainees turn in to make sure they’re properly filled out and that nobody’s cheating, properly tagging the submissions, and posting them in a timely fashion, however, Kyle and Keith handle this currently and don’t need any extra help.

Anyone who’d like to apply should send a submission to the main.

This is what we want to know, in as much or as little detail as you think is applicable (and if you know us, some of us write a lot, so don’t worry about boring us):

1. Do you meet all the requirements? (Any area you’re a little worried about or particularly confident in? Feel free to let us know) 2. Is there anyone you would be uncomfortable working with? (Currently on staff or otherwise. Please be honest! The last thing we want is to accidentally hire two new mods that don’t get along.) 3. Of the mod tasks listed, which are you most interested in taking on? Which ones would you rather not do? 4. Do you bring anything else to the table that isn’t listed above? 5. Is there anything else you’d like to say about why you want to be a mod and why you’d be good at the job? 6. Imagine you’ve been tasked with messaging someone who hurt another member in the group. This deed wasn’t deemed severe enough to warrant a strike, but the team agreed someone should talk to them about it so they know they were in the wrong. Take a stab at typing up your message to them. Feel free to make up specific details of this case, or be as vague as you’d like. Don’t worry about being perfect with this if you aren’t particularly comfortable dealing with drama; just do your best. 7. Extra credit: Imagine you’ve been put in charge of planning an RK event. It can be any kind of event from a monthly eval to an audition to a holiday celebration to a vacation/retreat (such as the language camp back in the day or the summer camp, more recently)- whatever you think of! Write up everything that would be needed for the event, start to finish. This includes both public posts as well as behind-the-scenes information (for example, if there’s a contest element to the event, how will we choose a winner?) If events aren’t really your thing, feel free to think outside of the box here and write up a potential rknetizens or rkidolators post, or come up with some other kind of suggestion. In fact, since our event mods are in tip top shape, we’d rather something out of the box! 8. That’s it; thanks for applying! Now, tell us your zodiac sign (sun, rising and moon) and MBTI type, or another fun fact about you. (This won’t affect your chances of getting the job, Mod Carly is just nosy and will never have a better opportunity to ask than this.)

Please send your mod applications in by midnight at the end of March 25th. We’ll be taking our time to go through everything, to decide, and to prepare to have you on board, so we can’t give you an exact date for when we’ll announce the new staff. If you’re chosen, however, we’ll let you know before the announcement goes up. Thanks for all of your support and interest in advance!

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fyrapartnersearch · 5 years ago

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I’ve decided to download discord but please be aware that I’m currently trying to learn it. Anywho, please read on!!

I’m Becky and I’m like, way past the age of 18. So no underaged writers, please. That would feel creepy. I’m located in the EST timezone and since I’m working from home, I have a lot of time (don’t tell my boss) to write. Please note that I’m a rapid fire, by the skin of my pants responder so only reach out if you’re okay with that. I’ve had a few promising stories start and then drop and I’m sad about it.

I do put thought into my characters and my responses so you can expect a minimum of 3 paragraphs and typical responses of 4-5 paragraphs. I will give you something to work with. I prefer playing female characters in MxF pairings. But I will double if the plot is interesting or if you want to do two separate threads? That would work!

Mediums I use: I have email [email protected] and discord which is beevee#9403

Plots/genres I’m into:

I have a lost princess medieval time period roleplay where my character is presumed dead but stumbles upon a rebellion run by her childhood friend who can be noble or a commoner. They reunite and she must decide whether to reveal herself for the cause and take back her kingdom or live a simpler life. Obviously rebellion is the way to go!

Vampires- I’ve alway been a sucker (hah pun not intended!) for this genre and had a recent plot idea of a story inspired by A Walk to Remember. A dying young woman (or man) enters into a courtship of sorts with a male vampire (or female) and they try to convince the human to live as the undead.

50’s Americana- sockhops, greasers, small town USA, poodle skirts!

Arranged marriages in any time period!

ASOIAF/GOT- I’d like to play Sansa Stark against Willas Tyrell or a deaged Sandor Clegane.

Medieval courtier life has always interested me!

Criminal Minds- I’d like to play Lila Archer for a Spencer Reid from season 1, episode 18, Somebody’s Watching.

MCU- I’d like to play against Steve Rogers preferably. I might try my hand at Wanda or maybe Darcy. Or make up an oc?

Jane Austen inspired stories

Suggestions are welcome!

Not into:

smut for the sake of smut, give me yearning glances, drama and angst and yes smut will follow but let’s build up to it.

Incest, underaged anything, scat, animal torture etc.

No super descriptive passages about gore, non-con situations, etc.

Most kinks. I’m very vanilla, both irl and in writing.

If interested, please see above methods of communication and I hope to hear from you soon!

#oc rp #indie roleplay #mcu rp #indie rp #para #forum #multiple paragraph #long term #messenger #short term #independent roleplay #tumblr #semipara #avengers rp #email #discord #submission

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ellasfm · 5 years ago

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» • * — ( elle fanning , cis female , she/her ) . i think i hear wait a minute by willow coming from apartment 2611. doesn’t eloise miller live there ?? i heard they are a twenty-two year old author from wayzata, mn , but they’ve been living in the apartments for two months . they come across a bit - anxious and - pessimistic , but they also seem like they could be + intuitive and + patient . whenever i see them , i think of a silver heart-shaped locket, stacks and stacks of books, small acts of rebellion. oh , and don’t forget to follow them on instagram at eloise.b.morris ! ooc . ally, 22, est, she/her .

hello y’all, back with my impulsively picked up second muse ! she’s actually an older muse i revamped to be a little less sad and i think i nailed it !!! details under the cut, like this post for me to hyu for plots !!!

full statistics | full biography | pinterest | wanted connections

tw panic attacks, psychological abuse, eating disorders,

statistics.

full name. eloise bethany morris. nickname(s). ella. occupation. author. age. twenty-two. date of birth. september 2nd, 1997. nationality. american. ethnicity. white | scottish, english, french. orientation. bisexual/sapphic, with a preference for women. gender & pronouns. cis female; she/her/hers. religion. agnostic.

height. 5’9”. weight. 125 lbs. eye color. green. hair color + style. flaxen blonde, relatively thin, usually up in a bun, braids, or pleats. dominant hand. right-handed. distinguishing features. deep-set eyes, willowy frame, pale skin.

biography.

ella’s upbringing was super... lonely, honestly. both of her sisters were basically adults by the time she was born, and never really interacted with her since they didn’t like her father’s second wife, ella’s mother. and with good reason.

if you thought zar’s mom was bad, get a load of heather morris. intent on living through her only daughter, ella was brought up to be a perfect little lady. a dancer, a star student, one of the most popular girls in her class. she was the first two things, but was never the third. she reeked of insecurity, and as a result was bullied throughout most of school.

even worse, her mom would force her to go to events where her bullies were, because those were the girls heather thought ella ought to be friends with. needless to say, they didn’t go very well. the only things her mother ever gave her were anxiety, deep-seated self-loathing, and an eating disorder she only overcame about two years ago.

ella’s one and only escape was books, she always had one on her person from the time she was five. for a long time, the closest things she had to friends were her favorite characters: matilda wormwood, hermione granger, and liesel meminger, among others. as a child, she dreamed of writing books like that, to help other little girls just like these authors helped her.

ella has always been a massive romantic, falling in love with every friendly face. and everyone she’s ever loved wormed their way into her heart, and to get it out, she decided to write. about the what-ifs and the maybe-so’s.

despite taking ballet lessons her entire school career, as per her mother’s request, she didn’t get into the american ballet company as her mother wished. her mom honestly wasn’t even that proud when she got a perfect sat score on her first try, nor when she got into harvard.

if she wasn’t going to be a dancer, she was going to be a lawyer, and her mother pushed her to get perfect grades in school. she hoped she would flourish at university, but she... kinda fell apart. we’re talking daily panic attacks, a crippling caffeine addiction, and her anorexia getting so bad she ended up in the fucking hospital her freshman year. despite that, she never missed a single deadline, functioning like a machine. and that was all that was important to her mother.

her sophomore year, though, she took a creative writing class, and when the ta read some of her work, she told her that she had a lot of potential and if she should continue down that road, the ta would like to be her advisor. that little bit of encouragement was all it took to reignite her dream of being an author.

writing became her therapy again, along with, thankfully, actual therapy. sure, school still made her anxious wreck, but ella was doing better. bit by bit, step by step. the summer before senior year, her advisor told her that she sent ella’s latest transcript to a friend of hers in publishing, and that she wanted to talk. she wanted to hold off for now, unsure what to do, until she got her lsat results back over thanksgiving break. she’d failed.

it was then, with her mother berating her non-stop as per usual, that ella decided she was going to publish. she walked out of the house with her mother still yelling, feeling freer than she ever had.

the day after her commencement, ella moved into a shitty apartment in boston and got to work with the publisher to get the book finished as quickly as possible. thanks to her advisor, it required minimal editing, and they had the first print sent to ella by the end of october.

on november 15th, the ipswich girls by eloise b. morris was officially for sale nationwide, and by its second week, it was a new york time’s bestseller. the last few months have been a world wind for ella, of book signings and award ceremonies and realizing with every young fan of hers that she’d achieved her dream.

now, she’s moved into new york city, a dream come true, and shortly after, she realized her publisher expected her to write a second book. she’s... still pretty paralyzed about that, trying to come up with something to top the ipswich girls, but... she’s trying. kinda. maybe. mostly panicking.

tl;dr: girl with strict mother finds freedom in books, becomes an author, writes a bestseller out of college, now is expected to repeat that success lmao fun.

personality.

lets get the zodiac out of the way: virgo sun, pisces moon, aquarius rising.

she’s... still very much a Good Girl, and she wants to change that, she wants to be her own person.

like in january she got a tattoo in feminine script on her wrist that said ‘i belong deeply to myself’ and the entire time she felt like a Bad Girl okay????? and she just started smoking weed and that also makes her feel like a Bad Girl

still pretty anxious, but she’s getting better. she’s on medication, now, and usually does something impulsive whenever she feels bad. or she writes. it’s fifty-fifty.

very organized, almost to the point of being anal.

very weird, abstract, neo-dadaist sense of humor. like stonks makes her wheeze.

she’s basically a big fuckin nerd okay???????????

usually very chill and relaxed, doesn’t get riled up too easily. it’s hard to tell when she’s having a panic attack because she just looks a little more zoned out than usual.

cannot fucking flirt like at all.

Big Virgin.

her guilty pleasure is watching compilations of fox news pundits railing on and on about how the ipswich girls was written to promote witchcraft and the lesbian agenda.

(also if you’re curious i put a summary of the ipswich girls here, even though its only bits and pieces but like if you’re curious. it’s basically the craft with fifteen-year-old girls, and also gayer. tw for suicide mention, brain damage and injuries. )

wanted connections.

fast friend. someone who she got along with immediately upon coming to new york.

childhood pen pal. i just think it’d be cute.

crush. ella flirts by gazing tenderly across the room.

philophobe. ella loves love, and this person doesn’t. for better or for worse, she’ll try to convince them otherwise.

bad influence. and she is very willing to be influenced.

wing(wo)man. she’s so bad at flirting please. somebody. anybody.

deja vu. a negative connection; someone ella can’t get comfy around bc they remind her of her childhood bully.

former dance rivals. ella used to do the competition circuit in ballet. she wasn’t particularly competitive, but her mom certainly was. probably a real dance moms situation.

#ten23.intro #panic attack tw #psychological abuse tw #eating disorder mention tw

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blueandgoldstella · 6 years ago

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Hello everybody! I’m Sarah, I am 23 years old, and live in EST. This is my beloved OC, Stella. She happens to be one of my all time favorite characters of mine and I hope that y’all love her as much as I do. Below the cut is all the information you should know about her! I will say, there is some potentially triggering content so please be noted of that!

[ LAUREN JAUREGUI ] ( ✶:･ﾟ♦ — ▓ hey, guess what - i just saw STELLA VALDEZ by sweet water river, you know they’re SIXTEEN and a HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT who identifies themselves as FEMALE i sometimes hear people describe them as RECKLESS and STUBBORN but others say that they’re LOYAL and ADVENTUROUS . me personally? i’m wondering what they were doing at the scene of jason blossoms murder, alone.

TW: child neglect, child abuse, gang violence, murder, alcoholism, drug abuse

Alright, to start off firstly - Stella is what I’d like to consider a mixture of Kat Stratford and Fiona Gallagher. She’s also totally the mom friend and momma bear of the younger serpents lbr

FAMILY UPBRINGING/DYNAMIC:

She is the oldest out of six children. Yes, six children. She has three brothers and two sisters.The birth order of the Valdez family is as follows: Stella (16 years old), Nick (13 years old), Avery (10 years old), Serenity (7 years old), Evan (3 years old) and Rowan (4 months old).

The Valdez family has ultimately been labeled as that family on the Southside that ‘never stops growing’. Basically, you blink - and there’s another member of that family.

Growing up, Stella has never came from a life of privilege. She’s never known of the concept of a trust fund or a comma in her bank account. For her, it always too small of clothes. Too cold of nights. Too hungry of mornings. To be frank, she’s dirt poor. Always has been poor.

A majority of her younger years consisted of moving around, quite a bit. The places she grew up and lived in prior to Riverdale were not great by any means. They hardly had any furniture or personal belongings. They often consisted of a two bedroom apartment (if they were lucky) where Stella would find herself sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag because her family couldn’t afford actual beds. She wouldn’t actually have her own bed to call her own until she was over 10 years old.

She is of Cuban decent, having been born and spending the first years of her life in Miami, Florida.

Her parents grew up in the same neighborhood with one another, becoming close as teenagers, eventually starting to date once they were at the age of 16/17.

Her dad has had a criminal record ever since he was a young teen. Having been in and out jail throughout his life, even when he was a juvenile. He joined a gang within Miami when he was around the age of 13/14. As he grew older, he’d become more engulfed into gang life and what it involved.

Contrary to popular belief, Stella’s dad wasn’t always a terrible person or father. Yes, he has always done sketchy things but it was always because he needed to feed his family and provide for them.

When Stella was 5 years old and Nick was around the age of 3, they’d kiss Florida goodbye. One night, seemingly out of the blue, her dad came home late, extremely distressed, physically in bad shape, and shaken up, Stella and Nick had no idea what was going on, but they were told by their mom and dad to pack up enough things that would fit in the van and that they had to go. Completely fleeing the place they had been living at.

Unknown to them, their dad had an altercation with a rival gang that turned deadly. The rival gang members were trying to jump one of his ‘boy’s and Stella’s dad wasn’t going to have it. Having grown up with his fellow gang members, he had to be loyal to his guys. He ended up killing one of the members in the rival gang. Being afraid that his actions would put him and his family at risk, he had no other choice than to flee.

The death of the rival gang member eventually lead to her father becoming an alcoholic. This was a turning point in not only his life, but his family dynamic. This was a point in Stella’s life when she knew something changed and her parents weren’t truly her parents anymore. To this day, Stella still doesn’t know her dad killed a man.

When they fled Florida, they had little to nothing with them. They had very few belongings and no home. Their financial situation was at an all time low and for the next almost 3 years of her life her family was basically homeless; living out of the Friday van. She had dealt with temporary homelessness before, having to sleep in the family van for a few days or weeks at a time at the most. But, this would soon become months at a time. Stella had no idea where they were headed, but she knew Florida would never be their home again. They were lucky if they could spend a few nights at a time at homeless shelters and such. During this period in her life, she’d go days without eating full meals and the food she did have, she’d find giving to her siblings.

Before finding their way to Riverdale, her parents would fall into addictive tendencies, not putting the needs of their kids before that. This was a turning point for her when she came to realize that nine times out of ten, her parents were going to put their addictions before themselves. If she wanted to survive, she’d have to provide for herself and for her younger siblings.

She has learned to become a humble person and be thankful for the things that she does have. Even if it might not be much, she knows there is probably somebody way worse off than her. Living in the Sunnyside trailer park feels like luxury compared to the living conditions she was so used to during her childhood.

Nobody knows much about Stella’s past prior to moving to Riverdale. It’s not like she’s ashamed of it, she just doesn’t want to remember that low point in her life, or for people to take pity on her. (Of course, I HC that some people would obviously have to know about her troubled upbringing, but I can’t imagine it would be all of Riverdale, nor the Southside).

Officially moved to the Southside of Riverdale when she was 9, almost 10.

Throughout her childhood, her parents have had on and off custody of her siblings. CPS has had to step in and turn her family upside down more than once. With her mom being an on and off drug addict and her dad having drinking issues, it has only created chaos.

As of right now, her mom is currently not in the picture. She ditched her family shortly after the birth of her sixth child. Her dad’s drinking habits has increased due to her absence (they were under control for a bit, long enough for him to find stable work within Riverdale. Now, they are getting out of hand once more, him on the verge of loosing the job he currently has). Also, her dad’s anger has worsened and he has chosen to take it out on his oldest daughter while he is strung out. Currently no one knows about the abuse she is suffering at home and Stella wants to keep it that way. If anybody were to get too involved, that could mean the kiddos getting taken away from her.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Stella is actually extremely smart and a borderline genius. She has always done well in school without trying hard. It’s all come natural to her. She has a 4.0 GPA in school and her teachers have high expectations for her.

Stella has found ‘creative’ and ‘different’ ways to make money for her family. This includes doing other people’s homework/writing papers for them, pick-pocketing, stealing, and scamming people out of money (with the help of her adorable little siblings). The ways she sees it - when you’re poor, the only way to make decent money is to steal it or scam it.

The girl, over the years, has found herself developing a love for cooking (mostly baking). Aside from her non-conventional ways of making money, she works part time at a bakery on the Southside. It’s a job that she actually enjoys and she gets to score free bread and sweet-treats for her family.

Along with baking, she loves to read. This girl can finish a book in what seems like seconds. She’s not really picky with genre's, ultimately just loving the escape that books bring to her. You can usually catch her reading a book in the mornings on her front porch of her trailer, cigarette and coffee alongside with her.

She has dreams of possibly going to college and ultimately doing some good with her life. Either wanting to become a lawyer, working in the foster care system, or going for a business degree to open up her own bakery. But, even though she could get into some good colleges the thought of doing anything after HS doesn’t seem like a reality for her. She doubts she’ll be able to leave the Southside, as sad as it sounds. Plus, she has had the lingering thought of when she officially turns eighteen, becoming an official guardian (or possibly fighting to fully adopt) her younger siblings. She vowed to herself a long time ago that her family was going to come before anything, including herself. Her siblings future and well-being are more important than her own. All she wants is for them to have a wonderful future as they grow older and she is willing to do whatever it takes to do so. Even if it means putting herself on the back burner and not doing the things she, deeps down, desperately wants to achieve and accomplish for herself.

The Serpents have became the family she never knew she needed. She’s always been close to her southside neighbors and such, but eventually found herself joining when she was a young teen (age 14). She’s fully involved with them now and would do anything for her fellow Serpents. She’d literally take the shirt off her back for her Southside family (but especially the Serpents). Even if her trailer may be tiny and always chaotic, her door is always open for a place to crash, to eat, or the such.

She’s never ‘too’ fond of the Northsiders due to have always been judged by them due to her lack of money and large family.

She drives an extremely old and beat up ‘mom van’ that she named Clifford. She can be seen toting around her younger siblings in it with pride. Please note though: Stella is a terrible, terrible driver. This bitch is constantly running over curbs and such. It’s a shock she passed her driving test in the first place.

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( COURTNEY EATON, TWENTY, SHE/HER )┊QUINVIDIA "QUIVI" THATCH NEDAKH is the child of MILO & KIDA and they are an ONLY CHILD. they seem to enjoy living in auradon. i’ve heard they’re known to be LOYAL + SKITTISH. we’ll be keeping an eye on them to see how they’ll write their own story.

❝ I have these thoughts so often I ought replace that slot with what I once bought ‘cause somebody stole my C A R R A D I O and now I just sit in silence. ❞ quinvidia thatch. twenty years old. playlist. | pinterest. | to listen as you read.

Hi guys !! I’m HYLIA , and I was here twice - both very briefly , one when I still identified under the name Robin and played a daughter of the Enchantress named Trixie , and another more recently where I wrote a version of this character as the daughter of the Huntsman , but had to leave due to unexpected mental health concerns - I won’t go into it , but it was a really awful time and I’d like to apologize for dipping so quickly. But I’m here to stay for now !! I’m going to try and make this quick since I have work in about an hour - but no promises , since I tend to ramble , so read on and don’t forget to like for a plotting dm once you’ve finished all the way through !!

BACKSTORY & BASICS.

So Quivi is adopted - the only child of Kida & Milo , a baby when he first discovered Atlantis. Her biological parents died shortly after the events of the first movie , and Kida & Milo , unable to conceive a child of their own , didn’t hesitate to take her in.

So she was raised with love & care & all the traditional values taught to the children of Atlantis , while being taught by her father the U.S.’s influence.

So yes this makes Quivi multilingual like her mother but also she can read Atlantean like her father ( since if you remember in the first movie , none of the Atlanteans can read their own language , while Milo can. )

It’s also been a REALLY long time since I’ve watched either of the movies.

She also knows Morse Code - taught to her by Packard , since I’d think Packard would know it since she was the radio operator - and ASL - which I’ll explain why momentarily.

It’s also really important to note that Quivi is selectively mute. She doesn’t speak unless in situations or around people where she’s comfortable doing so , and primarily uses nonverbal methods of communication such as writing , sign , or Morse. I will always specify in rp which method she uses.

But !! Back to the backstory , she heard of her father’s adventures ( since again in Milo’s Return there’s like... a whole sequence in where they go on crazy adventures and stuff and I haven’t seen that movie in a longer time than I’ve seen the first one but yeah ) and wanted to experience them for herself. So she went on a few !! But the most notable one was when she was sixteen , venturing with her father and his comrades into the Siberian tundra.

This was fine , until a turn for the worse rolled around when they discovered Quivi was missing.

It was a month before they found her again ; wandering around and surviving with the training of an Atlantean warrior and hunter she was given as a child. But she was extremely exhausted from her time of surviving alone - although , she did like the the cold a little more than expected.

Quivi’s aesthetic has always been like. Snow and mountains. So I had to find a way to wriggle that in SKSKSKSKSKSKSK

But also during the period of time she was in the tundra , she encountered Siberian hunters that she didn’t get along with and was on the run from them since she was an Atlantean and they hadn’t seen an Atlantean before so. Yeah. They were on her tail.

But yeah !! Tired from her journeys but a little scarred from survival , she went back to Atlantis and sort of . . . cut herself off from everyone else ?? She focused on her training , didn’t really want to go back into the outside world , and was paranoid she’d be hunted again like in Siberia.

UNTIL . . . coming to Auradon.

FACTS & STUFF

Okay I did this last time but I want to do it again bc I think it’s fun to share : Quivi is again an age-old character of mine but I want to share some inspirations since both for this group and in general she’s been developed and edited over the years ,

Harvey Kinkle ( Chilling Adventures of Sabrina )

Jon Snow ( Game of Thrones )

Kida ( Atlantis , duh )

Evie Frye ( Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate )

Link ( The Legend of Zelda )

Mulan ( Mulan )

Ike ( Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance & Radiant Dawn )

So most important fact is that Quivi is 6′4 without heels and a battle expert so jot that down

But for real she stands out in a crow both due to her height and her Atlantean tattoos - like her mother , one is on her face , but runs from her temple to her cheekbone.

She’s an EXPERT in parkour and combat. Love that for her.

Buuuut the thing is , because she’s so . . . outwardly stoic and quiet and closes herself off , she’s a little intimidating to the people who don’t know her. So she SEEMED scary to everyone else in Atlantis , but in truth she’s actually a gentle giant.

Giant because again she’s 6′4.

A little hesitant to tell people about her experience in Siberia since it was again a little too much for her at her age. She’s surprised she even survived.

And for that she has this big cloak ( think Jon Snow ) that’s kind of like... her security blanket. Her comfort.

Also carries around a big sword for that reason and yeah I won’t like she looks like an Atlantean Jon Snow when she carries her cloak and the Sword around.

The influences are high.

LOVES TO READ - she has a mountain of books in her dorm , all mainly fantasy or fiction , and sucks up information like a sponge just like her dad.

When u get close with her she’s ?? A really good ally to have ?? Again , gentle giant and extremely loyal and will care for you. That friend who has the bandaids always except instead of bandaids it’s the crystal around her neck.

Also yeah Quinvidia isn’t a real name but that’s her name in my MV and normally I’d change it to Quinn-Viktoria but... Quinvidia sounds Atlantean so YEEEEEEEE

MORE MAY BE ADDED but tbh I’m blanking and crunched for time rn

WANTED CONNECTIONS

Someone for her to Knight(tm) over... pleathe.... GIMME THAT LINK & ZELDA CONNECTION i love Zelda a lot if u can’t tell

Also just more friends in general ?? Ppl who don’t think she’s scary ??

BUT ALSO PEOPLE WHO DO BC I LOVE ANGST IN THIS HOUSE

People who’re really only trying to get close to her for the riches or w/e of Atlantis tbh give me ppl who want to use her bc of her nation’s stuff and money

Soft reading buddies...

Also again I’ll probs add more but ?? Also the basics

Crushes

Exes

Unrequited crushes

Friends

Enemies

YEAH PROBS ALSO A TBA BUT PLS FEEL FREE TO BRAINSTORM WITH ME TOO

Okay so again I don’t get home until around 5 PM EST today so I won’t be able to do replies until then - but I will draft some starters to reply to in a doc and post later !! Until then I’ll also be following folks and lurking in dms , so please don’t be afraid to say hi or plot with me on here or my discord ( @ bicon austin moon#0329 bc he is a bicon nobody can tell me otherwise ) or again , like this for me to dm you !!

#wickedhqs:intro #* &. about | flaunting your open wounds )#and now here I go 2 follow everyone and adding to this 700+ gif hunt I'm working on bc wow #also s/o to me for making that graphic from scratch tbh i'm surprised i made a template I actually like #it's not even for courtney that's the sad part #trauma tw

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