#c: Ramona

[void-botanist]

let’s start with 1-5 for all the polycules! -@vacantgodling

This is gonna be a long one lol. But first, a little note on these polycules for those who don't know: they're legally mandated for the royal family (Kiatcarmen, Marcus, and Minaya) and have at least one of each sapient species in them. That's why Jimmy was replaced in Kiatcarmen's polycule when he died, whereas in an organic polycule, that likely would not happen.

1 - How many members are in the polycule? How are they related to each other? Feel free to draw a flow chart.

Kiatcarmen: there have only ever been five at one time. But those members have shifted twice, when existing members died. Kiatcarmen and Ashmalo are Marcus and Minaya's parents.

First set of members:

Second set of members:

Third (current) set of members:

Marcus: seven, technically. It remains to be seen whether Heith will stick around. With the exception of Heith, it's safe to assume they're all friends. Gren only knows OF Heith, since Marcus met her on another planet. Yera and Hossan recently had a baby. Also they don't actually have non-cow ears I just couldn't rally myself to make updated picrews for this post.

Minaya: six, all pretty much friends. Dawn is currently pregnant with Arbores's baby. Lanya is permanently annoyed with Arbores because his state of being is sort of to just disappear into the woods and not engage that much with the administrative/royalty things he, Minaya, and Dawn manage.

This isn't all the existent relationships in these polycules but it is all the most notable ones.

2 - Did the relationship start polyamorous, or was it a monogamous relationship that eventually opened?

All three of these started as technically polyamorous relationships, though they grew little by little. But if you look past the legal requirement it's a little more complicated. Kiatcarmen's polycule has always been a mess, and to be honest she would have been just fine having just Jimmy.

Yera and Hossan in Marcus's polycule started out as a functionally closed couple within the whole (they don't actually restrict each other to this but that was how it was anyway) but a couple years in, Marcus married Gren and Gren became besties with Yera. Over time this morphed into Gren being their third partner, but Gren is still very mobile between the different members and divisions of the polycule.

Minaya's polycule, once completed, was functionally three parallel couples (Minaya and Lanya, Dawn and Arbores, and Lucy and Ramona) until Ramona fessed up about her crush on Lanya and those two couples merged into something like a quad.

3 - If it started monogamous, how did the process of opening the relationship go?

Marcus: for a while it wasn't clear whether Yera and Hossan's relationship was going to open - maybe Yera just had a new fuckbuddy. But Gren and Hossan spent a lot of time together incidentally, and Gren also wanted to be friends with him too, and over time Gren just sort of got absorbed into their dynamic. There was a little jealousy they had to work out (Hossan was very used to being Yera's singular obsession), and there was a conversation at some point, though, when Hossan realized that he no longer thought of Gren as a separate external addition. He still doesn't think of himself as polyam but considers Gren in the same breath as Yera.

Minaya: opening her and Lanya's relationship felt easy. For a while, though, it was pretty much just sexual. That was easiest for everybody, especially with Lucy and Ramona being away for training and competition a lot. But over time it's developed into a more romantic dynamic, which has been fairly smooth, despite Lucy's defensiveness and Lanya's counter-defensiveness. There is some uncertainty about how things will change once Minaya ascends the throne, though.

4 - Are there any mono-poly relationships in the polycule?

Kiatcarmen: sort of. Despite having a sexual and quasi-romantic relationship with Pirianus the only person she's ever considered her partner is Jimmy, so in essence she has always been the monogamous person connected to her own polycule through her very popular spouse.

Marcus: no, but only because Heith isn't monogamous.

Minaya: Lucy teeters on the edge here. She's never outright decided she's monogamous, but she also doesn't have a lot of patience for maintaining multiple romantic partnerships.

5 - What “shape” is the polycule? A triad, a “V”, a straight line of metamours, or incomprehensible?

Kiatcarmen: currently, a cul-de-sac. Kiatcarmen only considers Pirianus anything close to a partner, Pirianus has complicated relationships with her and Thade, and Thade, Caladea, and Orvi are all just vibing with each other. In other words: almost entirely metamours and meta-metamours from Kiatcarmen's perspective, and something resembling a cohesive whole from Thade's.

Marcus: in Marcus's absence, it became kind of a bow tie, with Gren in the middle between Yera & Hossan and Umedes & Pali, and Marcus and Heith as a separate island. Upon his return, it expands into more of an anglerfish - Gren is still the point of connection between Yera & Hossan and Umedes & Pali, but Marcus has joined Umedes and Pali, and also has a connection to Heith.

Minaya: it's more or less a quad (Minaya, Lanya, Ramona, Lucy) with an orbiting couple (Dawn and Arbores).

[turkishdclights]

@vvhimsicals

"i was waiting for you!" mona exclaimed as she opened the door to her small, cozy, but very organized and well-decorated apartment. she brought blair in and gave her a hug, having missed the woman after a week apart. "where were you? you didn't even answer your phone - i was about to call the cops to file a missing persons report," she teased softly, taking blair's bag and going to set it near her room door. "you look cute. were you dressed for something special?"

[turkishdclights]

"I know. See, you got the right idea. My masks won't help you if you keep stressing like this," she teased her softly, patting the woman's hair after wrapping an arm around her, trying to help her calm down and not panic. "I can have dinner with them any time you want me to. Let's try to work around their schedule so that they don't feel frustrated?" She suggested, kissing the top of her girlfriends head. "Do you want to give yourself time too? Just so that you can get some of your nerves out too? We don't have to tell them right away."

"I know, I know." She sighs dramatically, her nose scrunching up when Ramona kisses it. "I will get wrinkles if I get too much, and we don't want me to look older than I actually am." The female chuckles, leaning her head against the female's shoulder while her arms move lightly around her waist. "When would you be free to have dinner with them?" Deep inside, Naeun is hoping the dinner will not happen on the next day or the day after. She wants to have as much time as possible to prepare herself. || @turkishdclights

[indigo-flowers09]

Kitsune clomver in his Halloween costume because it's almost Halloween!!

Halloween with the c!overtale gang! :3

if you know Axis’s costume we should go to therapy together/j

[shuturmouth09]

MY Ever After High characters lgbt headcanons✨️

🏳️‍🌈 I headcanon a lot more characters as a queer but i just don't know what identification specifically, maybe i will do second part idk

🏳️‍🌈and yes ,Apple and Darling are in 1 photo bc we all think that they're couple and I can't add more than 10 photos,the same with Faybelle and Briar

[kiisaes]

i redrew the original scott pilgrim vol.4 cover :)

the original under the cut:

[turkishdclights]

Ramona dramatically dropped her jaw when the man said he didn't know what day it was tomorrow, but truly she hadn't expected him to know, so she was only teasing him. "I can't believe you forgot my birthday! How dare you, Emir!" She playfully swatted at his chest before her arms went around his neck, hands clasping together there. "Hmmm - I only know what tomorrow is because of my diary. It was the 22nd that we went on our first date, my love," she shared, one hand pulling back a bit so that she could cup his face, giggling as he pretending to take pictures of her. "And I wrote in my diary that the Eiffle Tower was in a painting behind you during dinner and that one day, I wanted to see it with you in person. So here I am, making good on my promise to myself," she smiled, leaning in to kiss him softly. "Happy unofficial anniversary," she grinned.

Emirhan looked down at his uniform, a few dry eyed blinks later and he swore he could still see the speckled blood on the camouflage of his sleeve... only he wasn't in his uniform and there was no camo at all. It happened sometimes, the line between memory and reality blurred by exhaustion. He'd taken a breath and gladly walked into the escapism of his wife's planned adventure to Paris. Ramona was an angel and he couldn't tell her enough how grateful he was that she brought peace to his life. When she sat in his lap and he could wrap her in his arms there was an immediate relief that sank into his bones. "My love, I don't even think I know what day of the week it is, but I do know that there's not a single other place in the entire world I would rather be than here." He turned her in his arm and kissed the side of Ramona's head. "You chose one hell of a view." Emir held up his hands in a square, snapping pretend pictures of her with the Parisian skyline behind her. "What's tomorrow? Am I about to be sleeping on this couch our whole trip?"

continued from here for @turkishdclights

[misohunk]

ms flowers

[furashuban]

A lil kiss to remind Ramona mum loves her and everything's gonna be okay <3

(Click full image for better quality)

[unicornlandsposts]

[turkishdclights]

@writermuses

It was anxiety inducing for Mona to think about how stressed her husband was - it was difficult for her to be in a foreign country where she knew no one but Emir, but she knew that just as overwhelmed as she felt, Emir probably carried even more stress on his shoulders that he wasn't sharing. She thought the best course of action would be getting the man out of the house and away from work, planning a small weekend trip to Paris right in time for their dating anniversary. Once they were settled in their hotel Ramona sat him down on the arm chair looking over the city, sitting on the mans lap. "Do you know what tomorrow is?" She asked. Their wedding anniversary wasn't for a few months, but a few years ago they had started dating and tomorrow was that anniversary.

[shinxeysartgallery]

Art Fight 2024 Defenses

All the lovely art I got from everyone this year! Putting it below the cut!

Defense #1 was drawn by Blood9paws Defense #2 was drawn by ThatMyrtleGirl Defense #3 was drawn by @azureisdark

Defense #4 was drawn by Blood9paws (the other character is their OC, B!) Defense #5 was drawn by @evswashere Defense #6 was drawn by ShroomGloom

Defense #7 was drawn by @vaporwavethe-synth Defense #8 was drawn by FlamingPhoenixDragon Defense #9 was drawn by @sammehshark

Defense #10 was drawn by NURBURGRING Defense #11 was drawn by @robo-enjoyer Defense #12 was drawn by Sparklecat16

Defense #13 was drawn by FoxerHoneyzz Defense #14 was drawn by @dibrobraintaichi Defense #15 was drawn by @whosskazu

Defense #16 was drawn by rupurist Defense #17 was drawn by @salempaw Defense #18 was drawn by Blood9paws (the other character is their OC, Akemi!)

Defense #19 was drawn by wenddrawsblockhands Defense #20 was already posted here! Defense #21 was drawn by Vuskle Defense #22 was drawn by Thaim

Defense #23 was drawn by TeamGeeks Defense #24 was drawn by @7dreamondreamer Defense #25 was drawn by @sam1artz

Defense #26 was drawn by Kaiyzonite Defense #27 was drawn by herburningchaos Defense #28 was drawn by @ollie-alooffloof

Defense #29 was already posted here! Defense #30 was drawn by eggtoast Defense #31 was drawn by SpoxxieRuckus Defense #32 was drawn by JemtheGem

[Hit Tumblr's 30 image limit, so continuing this in a Part 2! The "thank you"s are there as well!]

[aboyisagunasterisk]

okay you guys like these so hi :3

[turkishdclights]

Part of Ramona’s issue is she always tried to be strong for Emir. She told him about some of her pains and struggles, but when it was to do with anything regarding him, even remotely, she would tuck that away. She was in Germany for him - she wanted to be, but she would have never stepped foot in Germany in her lifetime if it wasn’t for him. And so, by extension, she was away from her family and friends because of him too. It’s why she kept her pain her own little secret. She had been able to stand it up until recently when he was out even more than usual and the girl in her loneliness had started to assume the worse. 

She didn’t hug him back at first, only because she had been so deep in her thoughts, so upset that it had taken him so long to come home. “I understand,” she said, a bit of unusual coldness coming from her as she looked up at him. “Dinner got cold. It’s been sitting on the table for a long time.” One stray tear fell from her eyes, the girl wiping it off quickly. It almost felt disrespectful for her to be upset with him, it made it hard for her to have a conversation about these things. “Let’s go inside? It’s cold out here anyway.” She turned and walked away. 

Emirhan hadn't been able to see it, to see the way being in Germany without friends and family was hurting his wife. He was acclimated to being alone, used to finding his own ways to stay entertained. Whenever he was home he was trying to show Ramona the places he'd found in his time there, but until recently they'd been homebodies. Renovating was taxing, but Ramona seemed elated to be doing them and he was happy to help or just watch her creating a beautiful space for them, sitting in a corner of a room playing his guitar for her. But, duty always called- literally, for the soldier, and as things were winding down at home, they seemed to be winding up at work.

With the current administration deploying less troops overseas, they were putting the Naval Morticians to task with local law enforcement. His time had been spent on cold cases and his mind had been overwhelmed by the information he was taking in. He hadn't meant to stay late at work and with cellphones not allowed into the buildings on base, Emir hadn't thought to pick up the phone and call. Instead, after realizing the time, he'd simply rushed home. In usual Emir fashion he rushed up to her, pulling her away from the plant to wrap her in his arms, not particularly concerned with dirt getting on his uniform. "I was at work. I got distracted with the case they put me on. I had to report my findings to the deputy they had me partnered with." He set her down and gave her a tight smile. "I should've called... or texted you where I was as soon as I got to my car." That was where he left his phone off during the workday, sometimes taking a smoke break at his car just to give her a call or text. "I wish I could say it won't happen again, my love, but I'll try to do better at keeping an eye on the time so I can call when it does. I'm sorry."

[tinysatan-rulesagain999]

[tomoleary]

N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) “Señora Gonzaga Moreno and Ramona” Ramona, frontispiece illustration (undated) Source

“Painting bought at thrift store for $4 could fetch $250,000 at auction”