#anelace

[victoriadallonfan]

Pitch me Ward as a YA dystopian novel.

Citrine: “Gold Morning, citizens of Perpetuity!”

Long shot of the Megacity as the sunrises

Citrine: “Society can only function, so long as we know our proper places.

Multiple cuts of capes in groups of different colors

Citrine: “Blues represent order and stability.”

Shot of BIANCA as she and her cliques start beating up people in grey

Citrine: “Reds represent passion.”

Shot of AMY stalking someone in grey. [Editors Note: No freckles or tattoos. Not a demographic we care about and tattoos might get parents concerned]

Citrine: “The Golds are rulers and nobility!”

Shot of CITRINE strutting down a walkway wearing a boring gold suit but with a hair style that looks like it was sculpted by Edward Scissorhands if he was blind

Citrine: “And the greys… the greys are backs of our society. We tread upon them with love and support.”

Shot of capes in grey serving the Golds as servants and slaves

Cut to VICTORIA in grey looking at a mirror

Victoria: “I have a secret.”

VICTORIA rolls up her sleeve to reveal a GOLD UNDERSHIRT

MUSIC PICKS UP IN TEMPO

Victoria: “I just want to be normal!”

Dean: “But you aren’t. You’re our gold star.”

VICTORIA scoffs, rolls her eyes, and bites her lip

Citrine: “Our Trigger Tests are essential in proving who we really are!”

QUICK SHOT OF ATTRACTIVE MID-TWENTIES PEOPLE AS TEENAGERS RUNNING AROUND

Victoria: “I’m not much of a fighter. I’m kind of a nerd really.”

Anelace (in grey): “I can teach you. You’ll need to toughen up.” [Editors Note: To save money we are having Deans actor play Anelace, but with a wig and tan]

MONTAGE of VICTORIA becoming a master fighter and leader in the span of minutes

Dean: “HE’S DANGEROUS!l

Victoria: “SO AM I!”

Smash cut to a shirtless ANELACE with a knife necklace and Abercrombie and Fitch jeans

Victoria: “I never wanted to be special or change the world.”

Tattletale: “I never wanted to be purple. We’re the same.”

Various characters turning to look at the camera, all with the same expression of mild confusion and/or concern

Citrine: “You will fail. Nothing can change. You cannot ward us off. That is our gold standard.”

MONTAGE OF PG-13 ACTION

AMY KISSING DEAN AS SHE GLARES AT VICTORIA

BIANCA LEADING ARMED SOLDIERS IN A RAID ON TATTLETALES PURPLE SQUAD

VICTORIA BEING HIT AND IN DANGER BUT NEVER IN A WAY THAT DAMAGES HER FACE AND/OR HAIR

Cut to VICTORIA staring at a setting sun

Victoria: “All that glitters isn’t gold.”

TITLE DROP OF WARD AS PREVIEW CREDITS ROLL

[theoutcastrogue]

Another name for the cinquedea: "ox tongue"

page from Guide des amateurs d'armes et armures anciennes by Auguste Demmin (1869), translated as Weapons of War by C.C. Black (1870) who leaves the French "langue de boeuf" untranslated.

Italian postcard (c. 1930s) from the Royal Armoury of Turin, calling it "lingua di bue"

[henghost]

once again having intrusive thoughts about vicky/anelace i mean graphic fucking thoughts it's like the mindhunter theme up here fr. i mean jesus FUCKING CHRIST how could GOD ALLOW THIS TO EXIST. every line of it physically nauseates me. wildbow owes me at least seven figures settlement money for the psychic damage wrought by having victoria mutter her weeby "middle-school-kid-wearing-fatigues-ass" monk motto right before she gets railed.

[lizardinkart]

Of course not! Unrelated, she arms wrestles with Anelace with her door locked a lot

Vicky does NOT have sex

[ship-garbage-pile]

Estelle's Olivier-Centric homophobia always makes me laugh

[victoriadallonfan]

I support the ninja in leather pants who helps old ladies at physical therapy

You know, thinking back on Ward, I'm increasingly fond of Anelace for his place in the narrative not necessarily in spite of but because of his barely-there personality.

Victoria really said "in order to reclaim my agency and my body as a site of pleasure, I require a hot guy I can use as a human sex toy without the threat of emotional intimacy or having to consider his needs at all" and Anelace fits that perfectly. He is really just there, giving nothing, and I love that for Vic.

It's intensely relatable to me, honestly, as someone who has experienced sexual assault and has been through a similar process of reconnection. Anelace is in some ways the perfect cardboard cut out stand-in for that particular sexual fantasy. It's just not a fantasy that's as immediately obvious a trope as, say, the ravishing bad boy who liberates you from decision-making and obviates the shame of making socially 'wrong' ones.

[ahammz]

Estelle and Anelace for @taco-night-frenzy

[we-are-knight]

An assortment of training weapons for the knight and his squire.

[halfdeadhalfdrunk]

You can tell Estelle has gotten much better at this detective stuff after the first game

[victoriadallonfan]

Been thinking about this monstrosity by @cpericardium

But I can’t help but wonder… does that make Dean, Anelace, or Ashley the Carlos….

[aegisasu]

Anelace my girl

[kaisertheadvisor]

THE TRAILS IN THE SKY REMAKE IS REAL

PERSONA 3 GOT IT'S REMAKE THIS YEAR, AND NOW TRAILS IN THE SKY GETS A REMAKE NEXT YEAR

WE ARE TOTALLY FEASTING ON SEEING THESE 2000'S JRPGS GET REINTRODUCED TO A NEW AUDIENCE

[psychcdelica]

"Just hearing Dogi's voice is swoon-worthy."

[enbusenbu]

Hot Gauntlets Pt. 1

[doedipus]

trails 3rd is a mixed bag because on one hand they keep throwing in scenes for basically every yuri ship you can think of, but they also keep having jokes about a possible agate/tita romance, which are getting increasingly uncomfortable to read through!

[ship-garbage-pile]

Alan ended up being one of my favorites, he may be a former enemy of the state but he's 'my' former enemy of the state!