#angelique special

[variouspolltournaments]

Submissions for the Otome Heroines Tournament.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

Submit an Otome Heroine, along with where they come from and (if you want) propaganda through ask or submit a post.

They must be from an actual otome game, otome isekai heroines do not count. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page here.

Top 6 submissions are the ones I submitted myself.

@tournament-announcer

Submissions in bold have propaganda, submissions not in bold do not have propaganda. Whether they do or do not have some already, you are still free to submit some.

All Tournaments can be found on my pinned post. There you can see the ones that have been completed, the ones that are currently running, the ones that are pending and the ones that have submissions open.

SUBMISSIONS:

Rin/Chihaya: Yoshiwara Higanbana

Angelique Limoges: Angelique

Chizuru Yukimura: Hakuouki

Lucette Riella Britton: Cinderella Phenomenon

Morgan Leone: Gilded Shadows

Mai Mizusaki: Ikemen Sengoku

Sian Goodin: Backstage Pass

Kayo: Ken Ga Kimi

Alice Liddell: Heart no Kuni no Alice

Teuta Bridges: Bustafellows

Julia Darwin: Shall we Date? Love Tangle+

Valerie Amaranth/Diamond Heart: Magical Warrior Diamond Heart

Hiyoko Tosaka: Hatoful Boyfriend

Nora Lewis: Changeling

Tifalia: Radiant Tale

Byakuya/Olympia: Olympia Soiree

Heroine: Amnesia

Kisa Tachibana: Jack Jeanne

Anastasia Lynzel: Even If Tempest

Ceres: Virche Evermore

Hiyori Sena: Charade Maniacs

Lynette Mirror/Cupid: Cupid Parasite

Kotone Awaki: Café Enchanté

Mei Ayazuki: Meiji Tokyo Renka

Luna: Love Spell: Written in the Stars

Cardia Beckford: Code: Realize

Yui Kusanagi: Kamigami no Asobi

Haruka Nanami: Uta no Prince-sama

Yurika Arisu: Taisho x Alice

Little Painter: Lovebrush Chronicles

Ichika Hoshino: Collar x Malice

Beniyuri: Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly

Jed/Eiar: Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk

Liliana Adornato: Piofiore

Youran: Mr Love Queen's Choice

Iris: Moon Observatory Iris

Nanami Shiranui: Norn9

Koharu: Norn9

Mikoto Kuga: Norn9

Rinka: Bad Apple Wars

Rosa: Tears of Themis

Yui Komori: Diabolik Lovers

Hibari Tojo: Variable Barricade

Fuka: Ozmafia

Adami Adashino: Homicipher

Ciel: Moon Observatory Ciel

anholly: Moon Observatory Anholly

kate: Ikemen Villains

Emma/Belle: Ikemen Prince

Alice: Ikemen Revolution

Mitsuki: Ikemen Vampire

Chika: Ikemen Live

Enju Ueno: Nightshade

Akane Koizumi: Gakuen Club

JB: XOXO Droplets

Misa Isshiki: 9RIP

Ami Akashi: Him, the Smile & Bloom

Fuuka Haruyoshi: Him, the Smile & Bloom

Serina Aoki: Him, the Smile & Bloom

Miku Yukihira: Him, the Smile & Bloom

[wait-still-rendering]

I'm so deep in jrpg lore and girly games that I finally learned about angelique special

[averlym]

some very very quick costume shorthands!

[incorrectandjuliet]

Lance: I'm autistic and my special interest is cheating on my wife.

[montygatorguy]

juliet was definitely one of those kids that bit her nails a ton as a nervous habit. she still does it sometimes when she’s super stressed.

[lacunafiction]

I recently received these two fun questions from the Forum: 

“1 - will there be a second tea vs cocoa vs coffee showdown in B2?, and 2 - Is there an in-universe reason as to why Ruby is specifically called Ruby?”

So, I thought I would make a quick post to share their answers here too! :D

1. The MC's drink choice will indeed come up a few times during Book Two! A tea party will require them to indulge in some tea one (1) time, but I'm certain the individual who meticulously planned it included something for your MC's tastes. A minor spoiler: For certain readers, Judith (the little girl you can meet in Book One) will weigh-in on the battle of hot drinks. It can be a cute/funny scene to trigger. 😀

2. Here's what I've said about Ruby's and Reese's names when revealing part of why I selected them. All of the names in TFS tend to have deeper meanings. 

Ruby

It has Latin origins from 'ruber' (red) or 'rubinous', but both mean a deep red precious stone. This name holds a certain sultry elegance along with the stone itself that has had more staying power than other names that relate to jewelry or precious materials.

Reese

Meanings such as ardor, passion, and fiery are all embedded in this name, which pairs well with R's character, especially if you read a particular exchange with Mrs. Dorran in Book Two during an evening excursion. It has a Welsh origin. 

These names just seem made for R as a character! Although I think they can take on even deeper meanings on their romance route where they can express ardent feelings for the MC and show how much they treasure them above all of the Verner glitz. While their character color is more so black than red, we do see a link with Angelique and how R does also favor reds, purples, and more traditionally aristocratic pops of color. There is also a spoiler element to R's name that I'm sure will hit many of you in the feels once you figure it out. 🙃 It's fully revealed in Book Three, but there are hints even in Book Two. 

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Hopefully, you're all doing well! 

My relative silence on social media might make some of you wonder if I am in fact lost in Fernweh. 🌲The answer is a resounding 'yes'; I've been engaging in a constant and steady writing blitz to then hopefully return to answer questions and better engage closer to a demo drop and tentative release date, etc. It brings me so much happiness to write; it's my outlet, so that's my utmost priority aside from some family care-giving/time together and my cat*, of course.

(*Yes, he is also included in the family. He just gets a special mention.)

Thank you for your patience, support, and understanding! 💚

[why-i-love-comics]

X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 - "An Interview With Chris Claremont" (2024)

by Angelique Roche

[crusxs]

ANGIE BOUCHARD ── `` MIDNIGHT SPARKS﹕

fourth of july. cursing. cigarette smoking. kind of detailed. fireworks woke you and angie up. fluff. angelique x fem reader. kissing. overworked. let me know if y'all are into these short ones. ✶ holiday special - fourth of July

You woke with a sudden jolt, your entire body trembling at the deafening boom that shattered the stillness of the night. However, Angie remained perfectly still beside you, her only reaction a slight furrowing of her brows. The noise seemed to be nothing more than a mild irritation to her. You turned to look at the alarm clock behind Angie, its bright red digits glaring 12:01 am. A heavy sigh escaped your lips as you shook off the last remnants of sleep. Just a few hours earlier, you had been certain there wouldn't be any fireworks; they usually started at 10 pm. Yet, to your dismay, they chose to begin right as the calendar flipped to July 4th.

A second thunderous boom ripped through the air, dragging you back from your thoughts. The bed dipped as Angie shifted, letting out an exasperated huff. "What the fuck are they doing? It's midnight!" she exclaimed, her voice a mix of frustration and disbelief despite how often it occurs. Her eyes locked onto yours, and she threw her arms up in an accusatory gesture, as if you were somehow responsible for the commotion outside.

Angie's appearance was a stark contrast of disarray and elegance. Her blonde hair was a wild tangle on one side, frizzy strands cascading over half her face, giving her a disheveled look. Yet the other half of her hair remained impeccably in place, flowing smoothly against her skin, highlighting her natural beauty even in the middle of the night. The disparity was almost poetic, a visual representation of the chaos and tranquility Angie gave in her presence.

Before you could answer, Angie turned and walked out of the bedroom. You propped yourself up on your elbows and swung the covers off, the cold air prickling your skin with goosebumps. Quickly, you got out of bed and followed her, but she wasn't in the living room. Glancing toward the back screen door, you saw a puff of smoke drifting in the air. It was unmistakably Angie. Stepping outside, you found her sitting on the back steps, the faint glow of fireworks illuminating the night sky. You sat down beside her, leaning your arm against hers. "It'll be over soon," you said softly. Angie was always tired, working long hours and coming home late even on holidays. The Fourth of July was just another source of stress for her.

She placed the cigarette back between her lips, her cheeks lightly moving as she let out a puff of smoke. Angie shook her head, her lips curling into a teasing smile as she removed the cigarette. "Don't look at me with those eyes," she said, the cigarette perfectly balanced between her fingers. You realized you had been staring at her lips and quickly shook your head. "What? I wanted the cigarette," you protested, taking it from her and placing it between your own lips, taking a long drag. The fireworks crackled and boomed above, casting fleeting bursts of light across Angie's face. Her tired eyes watched the display with a mixture of resignation and weariness, the shadows under them deepening. She looked different in this light, her usual confident demeanor softened by the gentle, flickering illumination. You could see the strain of her daily work etched in every line and contour of her face.

The night was filled with the scent of smoke and the distant sound of laughter and celebration. Yet, in this small corner of the world, it was just the two of you, sharing a quiet moment amidst the chaos. The cigarette passed back and forth, its glow a small beacon in the dark. You knew the fireworks would soon end, but the weight Angie carried wouldn't disappear with a burst of color in the sky.

You held out the cigarette to Angie, but she lightly shook her head, taking it from you and extinguishing it on the step beside her. She turned back to you, her left hand sweeping into your hair, her right gently placed on the upper part of your neck. Her touch was warm and tender, sending a shiver down your spine. "Happy Fourth of July," she hummed against your lips, closing the distance between you with a soft kiss. Your eyes fluttered shut as her lips met yours, and you felt the world melt away. Her hand pulled you closer, and a light hum escaped her mouth, vibrating through you before she pulled back just slightly. "I love you, sweetheart," she whispered, her breath warm against your skin. Her words were like a balm, soothing and sweet, carrying the weight of unspoken emotions and shared moments.

"I love you too, Angie," you replied, your voice barely more than a murmur. Her smile broadened, and her lips lightly brushed against yours with every movement, a delicate dance of affection. Another boom echoed through the night, and you turned your head to see multiple fireworks exploding simultaneously, their vibrant colors igniting the midnight sky. The bursts of red, blue, and gold painted your figures in an array of shimmering hues, casting fleeting shadows across your faces. You felt Angie's arms wrap around you, pulling you against her, her head resting gently on your shoulder. The warmth of her body against yours was a comfort, a silent assurance that you were in this together. Her breath was a soft, rhythmic presence at your neck, and you could feel the steady beat of her heart against your own.

The fireworks continued to light up the sky, each explosion a fleeting masterpiece, but your focus remained on Angie. Her dark hair cascaded around her face, framing her features in a way that made her look ethereal in the night’s glow. Her eyes, though tired, sparkled with a mixture of love and a hint of sadness, reflecting the colorful display above. The night air was cool, but Angie's presence was all the warmth you needed.

[naturalnish]

I literally went hog on these! This version of Angelique’s design will always have a special place in my heart!

[des2dream]

A Daydreamer's Holiday Movie Marathon: Beauty & The Beast's Enchanted Christmas🌹💛🎄

Here is another holiday film straight out of The House of Mouse once again. This is Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas which came out in 1997. Almost everyone in town is celebrating Christmas at the castle which has now been free of its curse. Mrs. Potts tells everyone the story of how Belle brought back the magic of Christmas to the castle a year ago when everyone was still cursed while Belle was still held prisoner. Mrs. Potts's son, Chip has yet to celebrate the holiday season so Belle intends to change that. She convinces the castle staff in taking part in the holiday season. However, everyone is hesitant since the Beast isn't so easily swayed into a celebratory mood nor has anyone celebrated Christmas in so long. Still, Belle isn't the type of person to give up so easily. She and Chip work to get the castle a little more festive with both the help of Mrs. Potts, Cogsworth, Lumiere, and the rest of the staff. They even convince the old tree ornaments to help them despite the tree-toper ornament, Angelique who is the most doubtful that this plan will work. Belle even writes a book as a present for the Beast. Unfortunately, there's trouble brewing with the castle's pipe organ named, Forte who is determined to stop Belle's plans as he keeps trying to tell the Beast how dreadful the holiday is and how love won't make him happy while he sends out Fife (the castle piccolo) to cause some mischief.

I do like this film, but I can agree that it's not really a great sequel to Beauty and the Beast. The animation isn't up to par with the first film (but that's expected if you've seen some of Disney's late 90s/early 2000s sequels). It's actually a mixture of a sequel and a mid-quel. I actually started watching this movie when i was a teenager because I didn't know it existed when I was little. I saw some clips on YouTube and I wanted to know where it came from. I almost thought it was lost media. I also saw this air on TV and it's on Disney Plus so that's fun. While this film does in fact have messiness to it, this movie does have a lot of charm to it. I love Forte as the villain who's not only fully animated in CGI, but voiced by Tim Curry as well! Belle is still lovable, Chip is adorable, the castle staff play off each other really well, and I enjoy the songs. Not a great sequel, but a good Christmas special!

[the-flaming-nightmare]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by the wonderful @anewkindofme! 💚

Here's a snippet from chapter 7 of Fatherly Love:

Ciel's eyes slowly fluttered open. He lazily sucked on his dummy as he basked in Sebastian's soothing touch, before eventually turning his head and blinking up at the man.

"Good morning, dear one. Did you sleep well?"

Ciel groggily nodded his head, then rolled onto his back and gave a big stretch.

Sebastian smiled down at the boy and moved his hand into his sleep tousled hair, smoothing it out some. "Are you ready for breakfast, then?"

Ciel nodded again and pulled his arms out from underneath his blanket, holding them up towards Sebastian in a silent plea to be picked up.

Sebastian happily obliged and lifted the regressed boy out of the crib. Ciel wrapped his arms and legs around the demon and laid his head on his shoulder, a yawn escaping him from around his dummy.

"But first, let us get your nappy changed and get you dressed for the day."

The butler laid Ciel down the changing table, stripping him out of his nightshirt and the wet garment within minutes. After wiping him down and getting him into a fresh nappy, Sebastian went into the walk-in closet to retrieve one of the new outfits he garnered for his little Master for when he was regressed. He decided on a dark blue, long-sleeved dress with a white bow around the neck and a pair of brown leather boots.

Once the boy was dressed, Sebastian hefted him back into his arms and began to head to the door. Before Sebastian could cross the threshold, however, Ciel emitted a low whine and grasping for something over the man's shoulder.

"What is it, little one?"

"Lulu," Ciel responded, still grabbing at the air behind him.

Sebastian slightly titled his head in confusion at the unusual sounding word, unable to put a description to it. He looked over his shoulder in the direction that Ciel was fixated on; the crib. Or more specifically, the rainbow striped blanket inside. Now he understood what the boy meant.

Warmth filled Sebastian's chest. He loved seeing his little one had already grown so attached to the blanket that he even gave the colorful garment a special name.

"Ah, I see now. How silly of me to forget about your lulu."

Sebastian walked back over to the crib and plucked the blanket out, passing it to the little boy in his arms–who immediately nuzzled it against his cheek with a tiny content sigh.

With his little one calm and happy, Sebastian resumed the trek to the dining hall.

"Alright, baby, you're going to have put lulu on the back of your seat while you eat. Just so you don't get it dirty, okay?" Sebastian said as they approached the table.

Tagging (if you wanna): @angelique-of-the-volturi-guard, @cielconsumer, @deevotee, @nottapossum and anyone else who wants to join!

[vintage1981]

Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend - July 5 & 6, 2024

Dark Shadows reunion with original cast members David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis, James Storm and Lisa Richards

Plans are now complete for a very special Dark Shadows Remembrance Weekend to celebrate the life of Lara Parker, who played Angelique, and pay tribute to the 100th birthday of Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins. This rare and very special occasion reunites original Dark Shadows cast members to celebrate the lives of beloved colleagues Lara Parker and Jonathan Frid and meet devoted fans of the 1960s Gothic TV series that “kids ran home from school to watch!”

To be held at the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, July 5th, Dark Shadows cast members, including David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis, James Storm and Lisa Richards, will be celebrating Lara Parker, who passed away last October at age 84.

July 6th, Dark Shadows cast members will celebrate Jonathan Frid’s centenary with a lunch, entertainment, autographs and collector gift bags. Eventbrite tickets: $60, inclusive.

Hotel accommodations at special rates: Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel PH: (888) 236-2437

To receive special Dark Shadows discount Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel sleeping room rates, call the Marriott reservation line 1-800 or book via the following link before June 13 at https://bit.ly/3PZu92v. A complimentary hotel shuttle from the Hollywood Burbank Airport (aka the Bob Hope Airport) to the nearby Marriott Hotel is available. Dark Shadows attendees receive discounted parking at the hotel.

Dark Shadows was an American gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a series of supernatural occurrences take place.

Dark Shadows became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins played by actor Jonathan Frid was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small troupe of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric set designs, unusual storylines, numerous plot twists, adventurous music score, broad range of characters, and heroic adventures. Dark Shadows developed a large teenage audience and a dedicated cult following. By 1969, it had become ABC’s highest-rated daytime series with viewership in the millions!

The original network run of the show amassed 1,225 episodes. The success of the series spawned a media franchise that has included two feature films (House of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971), a 1991 TV remake, a 2012 film reboot directed by Tim Burton, and numerous spin-off novels and comics. Kathryn Leigh Scott has narrated all 27 vintage Dark Shadows novels by Marilyn Ross for Oasis Audiobooks, available on Amazon.com.

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[tortoisesshells]

I would love to hear your thoughts at length on Jeremiah sometime! where he fits in the gap between the family myth and icon over the fireplace — and the story that gets told to us in 1795? or whatever else you have to say about your special guy.

!!! Would I like to talk about Jeremiah? I always want to talk about Jeremiah. Or Jeremiahs. There's, at minimum, two versions of the guy - possibly three, if we count his remarkably ambulatory ghost/corpse/revenant as a separate version. Which - I think we should? Therefore, we've got three Jeremiah Collinses: Jeremiah, the Ur-Ancestral Collins, who's in no small way responsible for all of this; Jeremiah, Literally Just A Guy, who gets run over much the same way Collinses tend to run non-Collinses over; Jeremiah, the Ill Omen, who's broken free of life and death, but can't escape getting meat-puppeted by his own morals or the narrative, whichever is stronger. At the end of the day, whether he was a tyrant or not, Jeremiah's positioned as committing one of the original sins that haunt the Collinses down to the present - either, as he's first introduced, he enclosed the land that Collinwood was built on and ensured the family would be haunted by the ghosts of those they had wronged, or he married Josette (because of a love spell) when she was to have married Barnabas, and things ... got out of hand from there, leading to the present Collinses being haunted by a very different kind of undead.

I do know that this is a result of the writers either not caring about continuity, or simply not being aware of what was established in episode twelve after three hundred - or six hundred - episodes. But whether or not they intended it - here we are! trying to square the circle of continuity in a show that's allergic to it.

Jeremiah has two ghosts, in a way: the first is the legacy of the portrait over the mantle at Collinwood, who haunts the present Collinses as a man they'll never live up to (and perhaps don't want to live up to, which is a separate kettle of shame) - he was the founder of the Collins dynasty, the builder of Collinwood, whose marriage to Josette la Freniere du Pres Collins ended in the latter's suicidal leap from Widows' Hill. Liz names him as an ancestor whose example they must follow; Carolyn more cynically notes that he was a drunk and a bully; Roger, in the first recitation of the history of Collinwood, implies it was Jeremiah's eviction of the public from Widows' Hill that became some kind of original sin of the Collins line - all the misery Jeremiah had caused the town by the building of the Collins fortune, compounded by one last theft of the place the women of town had gone to watch for the return of the ships. If the Widows' Hill widows are unseen ghosts, present only in the crying of the wind - Jeremiah's ghost is Collinwood and Collinsport themselves, in a way? A more metaphorical ghost than the actual, literal ones we eventually get - Josette herself, starting in episode 70, or Bill Malloy, from 85, or the Widows, from 126.

Conversely, Jeremiah Collins in 1795 is quite literally just a guy. He may be the sanest and stablest Collins we've ever met (I haven't gotten to parallel time or the 1840s yet, so I could be wrong) - he tolerates Joshua arranging his life for him (though he refuses to entertain marrying Millicent, who he doesn't respect in the slightest - still, I suppose we know Jeremiah's a Collins because marrying his close blood relatives is just ... par for the course.), thinks that witchcraft is bunkum in the modern age of the 1790s, and generally tries to do the right thing. This is, of course, no defense against getting roped into Angelique's foolproof plan to dispose of Josette and marry Barnabas herself, and he gets shot in the face for his troubles. He's not the domineering tyrant of the Collins family history; as a living person he's - sort of a non-entity? An afterthought to virtually everyone - useful as a lieutenant/marriage pawn to Joshua, a marriage pawn of a different sort to Angelique, the dead albatross around Josette's neck.

(Then again! Jeremiah'd had a life before 1795, which included marrying Laura and being made a widower by it. There's always room to believe that changed him significantly.)

Jeremiah's literal ghost/revenant (and the second ghost) maybe goes partway to squaring the circle of Jeremiah the Empire Builder and the far more reasonable Jeremiah of the 1795 time travel trip - like most other ghosts (perhaps save that of his estranged wife?) he's out for revenge and to cause problems, though his ghost does appear in Vicki's dreams in the present to warn her that she's in danger from Barnabas. Maybe if he'd been up to those antics through the years that could shape the family's memory of him? A much better explanation is that Joshua simply did what he said he intended to do: edit the family history to be in line with the book that Vicki had brought back into the past with her, to cover up the enormity of what went wrong in 1795 (and, specifically, his failures and the conduct of his only son). Jeremiah gets rewritten as a tyrant because he has always been a tyrant: a neat little continuous loop in time? He gets the worst parts of his family - Naomi's alcoholism, Joshua's tyranny, Barnabas's driving Josette to suicide - as memorials, and the rest of them fade into the obscurity of the past by the 1960s.

By way of continuing to try to square the circle of continuity, and come up with a Grand Unifying Theory Of Who Was Jeremiah Collins, Jeremiah's also got his mirror in the present day like nearly everyone else in 1795: Burke. If we assume that people in the present are some kind of inversion of the people they resemble most in 1795 (stern, active Liz and dominated, conflict-averse Naomi; down on his luck Sam and the aristocratic Andre du Pres, etc.) Burke - something of a tyrannical, vengeful empire builder himself - fits the pattern for a more reasonable, even-tempered Jeremiah. Then again, they've both slept with Laura, and they're both at least a little weird about Vicki, so I suppose we could say they've got similar taste in women, at least?

Then again. Considering Jeremiah is the only past Collins to recognize Vicki in any way, it does beg the question of whether Burke and Jeremiah are entirely separate. I'm not sure that's a useful observation, but I do think about it a lot for a one-off line of dialogue in a 50 year old soap opera.

[dateamonster]

can you speak more on your angel/demon ocs?

heck yea i can

so this is angelique and desdemona

theyre part of a sorta low fantasy verse ive been calling The Other School, wherein all the various special high schools for various magical or otherwise overpowered teens you know from popular ya fiction exist simultaneously, and all those schools send their rejects to an underfunded remedial school called st strange's

i wrote a lil thing with them here!

des was a terror at her exclusive academy for shitty rich kid demons, and in general demon kids ending up at st strange's isnt the most unusual thing in the world (though it does have certain forboding implications, a kid bad behaved enough to get booted from a school designed for literal hellions) but angelique is the first of her kind to attend, a fact made especially scandalous by the fact that her mother is the headmistress of her old school.

needless to say, ange is desperate to get back in her good graces, while des mostly just wants to assert herself as top dog demon, and each of them is trying to use the other to achieve those aims. theyre besties <3

i always want to get more into the other character concepts ive thought up for that verse but i get distracted bc i just like these two soo much lol im a huge sucker for this sort of dynamic

[arewecoolio]

Hi!

The Angie brainrot is baaaack! (It never really went away)

I have a question about the time travel fic. If Reader hadn't travel before Barnabas but post Barnabas, like Angelique full on rage and heartbreak what could have happened? Specially if she found out Reader was a collins?

Hope you have a lovely day! And thanks!

OHHHH now that's something I hadn't considered. I think it would've gone down far differently for the entire timeline tbh. Like as soon as Barnabas is in the ground we see Angelique in the same generation starts up Angel Bay so this is her at full revenge and at full power grab.

I think it would've been messier in a way. One because Y/N would basically be entering into Angelique's "my boyfriend is six feet under rn but I'll dig him up later 🥰🔪" era and in walks her wife like "hey funny story, I kind of need you to send me back to the future." But also because it'd be a bit more difficult to get close to Angelique when she's making all these literal business moves and such? Even when Angelique realizes what her relationship is to Y/N I see her being hot and cold with it, she'll take it as the confidence boost it is and simultaneously hate herself for being like Barnabas in that way.

All in all it would still go down mostly the same route of romance and Y/N eventually telling Angelique she's a Collins. Would it be a death sentence? In a way yeah, Angelique would realize that the curse she's put in place is going to fuck over her wife in so many ways she can't anticipate.

The best part--or the most dramatic part is that Angelique wouldn't and couldn't be certain that her future self isn't married to Y/N out of some long master plot to get back with or at Barnabas. It's what she'd tell herself anyway, but there'd be no end to convincing Y/N to stay. Since she's so busy with founding Angel Bay and settling them somewhere comfortable it's easier and easier to put Y/N's return home off. And since this is Angelique at her lowest and most vengeful I don't think it would take much for Angelique to add another curse to the mix.

[under-the-eye]

Isla Loomis is now Mrs. Ezekiel Shearer!

We started off the day getting our nails done at the boutique. Then we ran home to get dressed and for me to make the cake.

The ceremony was beautiful. Angelique was Isla’s maid of honor, and when it was finally time for Isla to walk down the aisle, there wasn’t a single dry eye in the building. Even Johnathan, who has always been a rather stoic man, shed a few tears while giving away a daughter for the very first time.

Their vows were so special. Zeke vowed to always love her, protect her, and provide for her as a man of the Watcher. To everyone’s surprise, Isla quoted directly from the Book of Iris for her vows:

��3. So the Watcher stretched out Its Hand and created the first woman. 4. The moment she laid her eyes upon Pupil, she knew she was to be his wife, and servant in all things… The Hand of the Watcher guided the two into the roles It desired for them. 2. It led Pupil to construct a dwelling for the two to live in, then out into the fields to find plants to grow and animals to hunt for their sustenance. 3. Iris was led into the home where the Hand showed her how to clean and prepare the food Pupil brought back from the wilderness. 4. And when the Watcher had determined the time had come, the Hand led them to lay with each other, and from them produced the first child.”

(A/N This is the face of a woman who has gotten a good grade in religion, which is both normal to want and possible to achieve)

Watching them cut the cake together was such a holy moment, a small symbol of how they will work together for the rest of their lives on the path the Watcher leads them on.

It was a rainy afternoon, but the pagoda behind the Parish provided a dry place for them to have their first dance. I cried all over again watching them– it reminded me so much of my wedding to Johnathan, and I’m so happy for my daughters to be granted the same joy as I was when I pledged myself to my headship for life.