#ashcote

[meekmedea]

deleted scene: dearest, darling, mine

AO3

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Unlike the nymphs and centaurs,the immortals didn’t need to fear the idea of death, so when Clemensia did deign to mingle among them, she charmed them all as easily as blinking. 

But the nature of the deathless ones could be just as fickle as mortals, if not more. 

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There were those who were of war, pestilence, fear or violence who were unfazed by what she represented given the death that could follow their own actions.

Some found it prudent to keep themselves in good standing with someone of her position. Because the gold and gems that they desired to decorate their altars, temples came from her after all – they knew very well that there was more to the underworld than the dead. 

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That blond war god, he disliked greatly. A god of strategic warfare? More like a god of arrogance and ambition. A questionable being, but Clemensia had liked the god’s presence. Reaper had little idea how those two had ever become friends. 

Sejanus, on the other hand, Reaper liked far more. The dark-haired god was far less questionable – in terms of morals and ethics. 

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The mortals were an entirely different matter. 

To his eternal chagrin and Clemensia’s amusement, the silly mortals had swapped their roles in their writings. To them, he is the god of the dead while they name her a goddess of the spring, one who became a goddess of the underworld.

Who would have thought that a silly moment eons ago between them would come back to bite him like this?

[tumblingghosts]

Trick or Treat 🎃🖤👻

a bit of ashcote as a treat!

[pest1c1de]

am i the only one in the ashcot community on tumblr

[finntaur]

ship bingo ashcot 🎤 learned they can also be called axesaw btw

I blame you.

[ahopkins1965]

What is Schizoid Affective Disorder?  Schizoid Affective Disorder is a mental illness that is caused by a chemical imbalance inside of the brain just like Bipolar Disorder.  The symptoms of Schizoid Affective Disorder are mania, depressive symptoms, thinking that you are being controlled by someone or something, disorganized thinking and finally delusions.  I was first diagnosed with Schizoid Affective Disorder on Tuesday July 15, 1997 in Charlotte NC.  I remember taking Prednisone for a skin problem one month earlier.  I remember traveling to Charlotte NC on Sunday June 15, 1997.  I stayed at a hotel on South Tryon Street called the Ashcot Inn it was exactly one block from the Uptown Cabaret Night Club.  I do remember the temperature was 96 degrees outside in Charlotte NC.  I remember catching the cab to the hotel.  I ate a pizza and other junk food all day long.



Next, I stayed at another hotel on Monday June 16, 1997.  The hotel was called The Roadway Inn on West Trade Street.  I spent another night at the hotel and on Tuesday June 17, 1997, I walked to the Uptown Shelter and I stayed there for a total of 8 months.  The first few weeks, I slept on the floor until I was scheduled to get a bed on June 30, 1997.  I had to get up at 5:00am in the morning every single day for 8 months.  I had to walk a total of 9 miles to the Chemical Dependency Center located on Billingsley Road in Charlotte NC.  I remember being in the hospital for a total of 5 weeks.  I remember going to an Agency called the Access Project.  This agency helped me to get on Social Security.  I stayed with Access Project for 8 years.  My AA Sponsor name was Billy Godwin.  He was my Sponsor for a total of 15 years.  He was a Chemical Dependency Counselor for over 40 years.  I had a lot of fun down there by going to UNC- Charlotte for three years.  During the years, I was living at an apartment complex called Charlottetown Terrace Apartments located on Baxter Street in Charlotte NC.  I stayed there for almost three years.  I remember publishing my first book called The Best of Anthony Hopkins.  However I ran into a snag by dealing with two women at the same time.  I had to go back to Dayton, Ohio for an extended period of time.  I stayed with my sister for a few months.  I came back to Charlotte NC for a total of 10 years.  

Further, I came back to Charlotte NC for 10 years.  I remember working at UNC-Charlotte for a total of 8 years.  I lost my job because I was looking at porn online on my work computer.  Prior to that, I was working at UPS for a total of 4 months.  I remember my first paycheck someone stole it.  It took me at least one month just to get paid from the job.  I also worked at temporary Job services for a total of 8 months.  When I got the job at the library in Charlotte NC, I was happy for a total of 8 years.  Afterwards, I lost my job and I became homeless again.  This was also a time when I got scammed by some Africans and they swindled me out of $18,000 dollars in Western Union Funds.  I was also a victim of a pyramid scheme.  I worked so hard just to lose the money as soon as I got it.

Finally, I have been here in Dayton, Ohio for a total of 14 years now.  I published two more books called Essays and My Grace is Sufficient for Me.  The people who published my books is Authorhouse Publications in Bloomington Indiana.  My book is not selling right now.  I live in my apartment building called Wentworth Hi Rise Apartments located on Wentworth Avenue in Dayton, Ohio.  I have been living here for 13 years now.  I have been clean and sober for 33 years now.  I had to get honest and truthful with everyone about my personal recovery.  I have been Court Ordered to take medicine and attending my doctor's appointments each month.  I have been Court Ordered again to therapy and taking 38 pills per day for a lot of physical and mental ailments.  Recently I lost one of my Uncle's last year.  Uncle Johnnie Funeral was yesterday.  If I would have went to the funeral, I would have been fighting my own family members.  I found out that my father is a Caucasian male.  Therefore I am a Biracial Person.  The truth is I never knew my own father.  I was a product of infidelity.  My mother died with her secrets as well as my sister and grandmother.  I have been hearing voices for a total of 15 years now.  It hurts me to have a mental illness right now.  I also suffer from Alzheimer's and Schizophrenia as well as Andropause which is the male version of menopause.  I have been taking medication for a mental illness for almost 30 years now.  This is the reason why I am in need of prayers from everyone right now.  Thank you for reading my essay.

[puploaf]

same guy

[redrattlers]

happy birthday @daydadahlias <3

[merry-the-cookie]

this is very funny to me cause the fuck did you survive seeing him live asjshdhdk

no but i didnt. thats the thing! i died actually

[kindahoping4forever]

ashcot

😍 ASHCOT 😍

[meekmedea]

5 universes where Clemensia is in love, and the 1 she once was

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a set of blurbs with Clemmie being paired with a different love interest:

masterlist

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III. Reaper Ash - in a AU where the games don't exist. Could be read as post- the art of falling (for you)

Based on a hc of mine that in 11, weaving a ring out of grass for your significant other is a show of commitment. Could be taken as a proposal, but it’s also often done as a task by couples in the days leading up to their wedding. 

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Reaper silently thanked the stars that as warm as his cheeks were, Clemensia didn’t notice. “What?” he stammered, wondering if he’d misheard her. 

“Would you teach me?”  

“Teach?” Did she know what she was asking from him?

“Yes, teach,” she echoed, looking a little puzzled now. “Okra said to ask you when I asked how to make a grass ring like the one she had on.”

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Making a grass ring…oh stars. It was almost synonymous with proposing. 

Everyone knew that. Well. Everyone in 11 knew that.  

Oh no, what if he taught her, and then she found out the tradition and thought he’d tricked her into something? What if–

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“Reaper?”

“No!” Just as quickly, he regretted his reply when he saw the flash of hurt on her face. “Wait, Clem–”

“Fine, then don’t teach me. You don’t have to be so rude about it.” With that, she stomped off. “I’ll just get Quagmire to teach me.”

No, no, no!

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It was Reaper’s good fortune that Quagmire has the sense to turn Clemensia down when she asks him to teach her. But at the same time, she was now convinced that he’d been responsible for Quagmire’s refusal and that he’d told his friend not to teach her. 

Sweetheart, please…

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“Fine, I’ll teach you,” he blurts out when pressed for an answer. What if the next person she asked said yes? 

“You will?”

Fates, it should be illegal for her to look so adorable. “Just don’t go asking anyone else anymore, okay?”

“Alright.”

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“Clemmie.” He probably should explain things before someone else does. “I mean, the rings–” He struggled to find the right words. “In 11, people only make them when they’re in a serious relationship.” There it was out in the open now. 

“Oh.”

Is that a good ‘oh’ or a bad one?

“Are you trying to say that we’re not–”

“No,” he says hurriedly. “I am very serious about this – us. I’m just saying that some people here could interpret asking about making these rings a certain way. But I’m happy to teach you just because you want to learn.” Fates, he was rambling now. What was he even saying? “It doesn’t even have to–” 

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“Reaper, you’re very silly.” She pressed a kiss to his cheek and his brain more or less short-circuited. “Now that I know the meaning, why would I ask anyone else to teach me?”

Clemensia was going to be the death of him one day, he was sure of it. She and that smile of hers. 

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Making the ring is simple enough, unless you’re Clemensia Dovecote and decided that nothing short of perfection is acceptable. It’s a bit amusing to watch her focus on the task as if her life depends on it. 

For all her effort, her ring turns out a little big for her finger, and a bit wonky – Reaper thought it looked fine. But because he can’t bear to see her pout over unseen imperfections, he offered up the ring he’d made in exchange. 

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“Here,” he says, swapping their rings. “This one looks like it’ll fit me better than you. Take mine, it’s a little snug.”

Their rings are a perfect fit for one another.

[meekmedea]

IDEA - Clemmie is stuck going through the days of the 10th games over and over again. And once a victor is declared, the next day, she always ends up waking up on the day of the Reaping for the 10th games again. She's not sure what triggers the loop yet but she's going a bit stir-crazy from this.

From the time loops - she's been bitten by the snakes in her first time through, committed a murder or two in a few time loops, saved Arachne in some, befriended Reaper in a few, tried to ally with others.

In her current loop - she goes straight for befriending Reaper (he died in the last one and she almost committed a murder) and suggests a strategy that's a pretty out there.

Her idea: let's fake a romance. (Reaper's too shocked to realize he agreed)

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Sort of see the Dovecotes being known for their love matches. Their stories well known (even if some are scandalous). Especially in the recent generations.

Ludius ran off to the Districts to be with Anise

Nobody denies that Hector adored Cleopatra.

Aelia being the reason that the Dovecote clementines exist, courtesy of Endymion

So as shocking as it seems, there are some who are like - this checks out. She is a Dovecote after all.

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Her classmates have thoughts about a lovestruck Clemmie - Panem, she's lost it - and some try to make her see 'reason'. "Clem, it's just a silly crush/phase... that boy is NOT the love of your life."

A Clemmie that is in love is a bit 'unreasonable', in that she:

Brings food/water/medication to the tributes, with help from Sejanus. And later other mentors begin to do this, because from her head-over-heels ramblings, she manages to convince them to spend more time with their own tributes.

This bonding helps in the long run, because now they're becoming attached too.

Also because Fates forbid, Clemensia Dovecote charm ALL the tributes. Some of the tributes are already like - you wanna get my cooperation, take some notes from her. She's not even my mentor yet she brought us [insert requested item].

Reaper is a bit baffled by it all, because while Clemmie did say she'd do the heavy work in this, he did NOT expect her to commit to the bit so well.

He's not very good at reciprocating due to how flustered he gets.

'Move aside, lover boy. If you're not going to fall in love with her, let us have a chance.' - some tribute, probably. Mainly because it's obvious that he gets special treatment from her.

'Back off, that's MY mentor,' - Reaper. This does lead into him putting effort into pulling his weight in this strategy of theirs.

It also leads to increased attention on them, rather than the games. Maybe even more than the games. The Capitol has become invested in their relationship.

[tumblingghosts]

gaul has mysteriously disappeared. clemensia had nothing to do with it. reaper can vouch. definitely.

(psst, this is your sign to (re-)read the game has changed by inky_dreams)

[tumblingghosts]

🐝 Lost in Translation

re: ask game

Lost in Translation

Midnight, says the unsigned note taped to his door. Meet me by the lakeside. Come alone.

Reaper, like a rational person, does not follow the instructions of a cryptic letter from an unknown sender. So, he throws the note away, figuring it was either a bad joke or something far more dangerous, and he was not interested in finding out which. He isn't sure why Clemensia looks so pained when he tells her about the strange incident the following day.

In which Clemensia does everything to let Reaper know of her feelings for him. Everything, that is, except tell him outright.

(felix and nia’s disaster romance advice strikes again)

thanks for the prompt! <33

[tumblingghosts]

hmm…how likely would capitol news try to spin clemmie’s more snake-like appearance as “the tributes’ fault”?

Thinking of one of those tributes escape AUs, maybe set after the Arena explodes. Only thing is they've got 2 'hostages' with them. Let me explain.

There's Sejanus who sort of invited himself. Marcus is actively trying to ignore his existence. But everyone is getting sick and tired of it - "Please just acknowledge him, Marcus. I can't stand watching him mope and stare longingly at you."

Then there's Clemmie - on the first day of the escape, Reaper got separated from the group. He then rejoined the group a few hours later with Clemmie in tow. She also looks more snake-like than anyone recalls.

I do imagine they run into tensions both between the mentors + tributes, and tributes vs tributes

There's some of "Well, what do you bring to the table then?" / "A lot more than you do."

Bobbin and Lamina have struck up a friendship of sorts. Bobbin and Treech have not.

At one point, someone threatens to kick both Sejanus and Marcus out of the group if Marcus doesn't start acknowledging his existence. The group is SICK of it. They made the 2 sit down and talk to clear the air. They're not exactly best friends now, but Sejanus no longer has a sad look in his eyes whenever he looks at Marcus.

Nobody really knows what's up with Reaper and Clemmie - but almost everyone is placing their bets on what they think it is. Some people are also interfering with these odds. (ie. someone giggled when those two unknowingly performed the toasting ceremony from D12 traditions)

Clemmie and Sejanus have figured out how to best get certain supplies and how to get them out of the Capitol. Their reasons for doing so vary - there's out of spite (Clemmie) and moral reasons (Sejanus).

Some minor crimes are committed for this plan to work. The group has quickly figured out these two mentors have slightly different stances on things.

ie. We should only take what we need (Sejanus) / That'll only tell them who we are. We need to throw them off our trail by taking a random assortment of things. Make them think this is unrelated. (Clemmie)

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Clemmie wasn't supposed to get on that train and out of the Capitol. But as her luck goes, it happens. Outside of the Capitol, she doesn't bring much to the table. But she can tell you what plants are poisonous and how'd you suffer! (When she was 12, she had a phase where she was really into poisonous plants.) Bobbin is fascinated by this knowledge, they've become friends. Some of the other tributes are wondering if they should make a run for it.

Bobbin has also clocked that these two are friends with the blond. Cue intervention group. He has a lot of these. He is very much against Lamina/Treech. Haha sorry!

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The whole hostage thing sort of falls apart. Especially when (a) 1 of them invited themselves into the group and (b) actually nobody still knows what's up with Reaper and Clemmie.

Reaper when asked why she's around: uhhh... she's a hostage that we can use as leverage if the Capitol comes after us?

Clemmie, when asked why she stuck around: I'm too injured to run off. (translation: she got a splinter. One that Reaper promptly helped remove)

Everyone else:

[tumblingghosts]

i’m late but- 🦋🐝☁️

re: ask game

🦋 — share something that has been on your heart and mind lately 

i've been thinking a lot about the future lately. it's felt like time has been getting away from me -- hours slip by, then days, then weeks, and suddenly an event that was three months away has happened six weeks ago. but i'm doing my best to take things day by day! it's helped to give myself little daily tasks to do :)

🐝 — tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

@persephoneprice -- you have such insightful takes on thg/tbosas and i love reading them! ik you say that people get tired of your yapping but i disagree. i genuinely could read pages upon pages of you talking about appalachian culture in d12, or lyrics that fit certain characters & why, or all the plot bunnies you come up with. also how uplifting you are about everyone's headcanons! you create such a positive vibe to share any and all ideas & it is very welcoming. (i would have likely stuck to silently reblogging posts if you hadn't sent me those first few asks about felix/sejanus & time travel - so thank you for that! i would not have been this engaged with others in the tbosas fandom if not for you <33) all that to say that i appreciate you as a person & think you are wonderful ^^

@meekmedea -- you are such an amazing writer! you're so skilled at writing compelling plots that get me incredibly invested in the characters. i swear you have singlehandedly gotten me aboard the ashcote ship in addition to being generally invested in clemmie & reaper as characters. also, i adore your thoughtful responses every time i menace you with asks - you have such interesting capitol lore with the mentors' parents & their names. and all your worldbuilding with the family mottos & backstories!! they're very cool! :D

☁️ — what made you choose your username?

answered in this post!

[tumblingghosts]

misc posts that i like <3

📝 medea's tbosas hp au - ashcote fanfic

📝 sejanus would rather die as district than to live as capitol

📝 dr suess esque poetry post about the essence of hope

📝 wolf and lamb fable but it’s snowjanus

📝 hermitcraft 'that's not my hermit au' comics

📝 hermitcraft dbhc - doc & xisuma lore comic | 📝 analysis

📝 the potions mistress - time travel addendum

📝 coriolanus snow & sejanus/katniss parallels

📝 all of @/moreespressoformydepresso's tbosas fix-its at once

📝 catindabag’s tbosas crack au & 24 og mentors

📝 official time loop account & very cool time loop post

📝 the scorpion and the frog - time loop & reincarnation

📝 in another life - reincarnation & loving someone in all lives

📝 epic trio (ody, eury, polites) being fashionable

📝 epic trio character designs (troy & cyclops saga)

📝 epic time travel fix it with steven-dave the side character

📝 eurylochus is tired of thematically significant reprises

📝 gorgeous snowjanus artwork by @/fleebites

📝 eurylochus pov of storm saga & windbag

📝 rendog ship thoughts by @/riacte

📝 phinabella friends to lovers analysis

📝 comic about fix it fics by @/yeehawpim

📝 hp fanfic about wolfstarbucks in a qpr

📝 epic the shirt saga | 📝 wisdom saga stream shirt

📝 mentor sejanus au (w/ doomed sejarcus)

📝 the chosen ones - reaper | circ & teslee

📝 d2 volunteering culture | cutters & keepers

📝 natalia's 'snowfall upon sophronicus' au

📝 underworld reunion pt1 | 📝 pt2

📝 coral & festus director's cut | 📝 d10 twins

📝 florus friend & felix | 📝 iphigenia & clemmie

📝 coryo & clemmie director's cut | 📝 friendship

📝 odysseus mentally haunted by his lost friends

📝 epic trio as kiddos | 📝 epic trio as a meme

📝 sejanus ship chart (snowjanus, sejarcus, claudeplinth)

📝 tbosas accent challenge (@/persephoneprice)

📝 eurylochus defense | 📝 on his decision-making (screenshots) | 📝 mischaracterization | 📝 not a hypocrite | 📝 own voice & purpose | 📝 voice of reason | 📝 media illiteracy & in-depth rebuttals | 📝 scylla vs circe | 📝 heavy burdens | 📝 fatal flaw is hunger | 📝 opening the windbag

📝 headcanon: eurylochus did not open the windbag

📝 epic the wisdom saga artwork | 📝 art & analysis

📝 nho/taz comic | 📝 nho brainrot

📝 epic the musical dials up the drama to 11

📝 snakey vengeful clemmie teams with reaper and bobbin

mootboard <3

epic Athena

epic trio meme

reaper time loop