#c: sebastien

[ofbloodandsnow]

// open starter @lunarcovestarters location: the Magnolia Inn, just after the White Elephant

Having heard of the White Elephant, Sébastien had made an effort to dress well for the occasion, participant or not but after the chaos of the night, he really didn't know why he bothered with it all. It was strange. He felt oddly unburdened, like he'd finally dropped this invisible weight he'd hardly noticed he'd been carrying until it threatened to break him in half.

Now, he was rumpled, carefree and practically itching to try out magic. 238 years old and not once had he attempted magic. He knew he was a dangerous man, it was what he was raised to be but magic? Magic had always been just too dangerous to even attempt. The only way to try magic was take some first. Finally throwing caution to the wind, he moved slowly through the panic, watching his potential prey, til he locked eyes with someone. Hello.

[spacejams]

[ofbloodandsnow]

Despite not giving his name when sending her the candy cane, it seemed Meena had sussed him out. Was it his handwriting or did she just recognise him in the note? Sébastien certainly recognised her hand, as well as the song. Merry Christmas.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! - A CANDYCANE GRAM

While enjoying the festivities, you've received a candycane gram- the gram is a red & white candy cane with a red bow accompanied by sheet music from a song they had danced to back in 1813 with notes written in the margins in her handwriting. Attached to the gram is a card that reads-

To: @ofbloodandsnow Likewise. From:

[diver5ion]

[immortalmuses]

The Summer Olympics are here once again, so I am once again thinking about The Old Guard Summer Olympics AUs

Nicky in multi-event sharpshooting, including 50 meter rifle three position, 10 meter air rifle, and 25 meter rapid fire pistol

Quynh in Women's and Mixed individual Recurve Archery, 70 meters

Andromache in (yup, you guessed it) the Equestrian sport of Three Day Eventing, individual and team. She fucking hates the Dressage phase (don't blame me, I'm an eventer too), but she's also got the steadiest hands and the quietest seat in the sport, so good luck getting a lower score.

Joe in.... Football? Rugby Sevens? Maybe Fencing? the Man is too multi-talented, I am open to ideas.

Booker is another likely candidate for Football. Or, interestingly, Handball? Apparently France is like the four-time European champions of Handball. 🤷‍♂️

Nile is another multi-talent, but since Team America is known to dominate in Athletics (344 gold medals!), let's consider her for 110 or 400 meter hurdles, pole vault, maybe high jump? Anyway she's a badass, she could do the Decathlon and make it look like a walk in the park.

Obviously they are all great friends that get up to a variety of shenanigans in the Olympic Villages (of which they do not all belong to the same ones, because who puts Equestrians with Sharpshooters and expects the place not to burn down?). There's shit-talking, romance, broken carbboard beds, you get the idea....

PLEASE SEND YOUR THOUGHTS SO I CAN WRITE SOMETHING

[ivettel]

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[cantfightmoonlight]

@ofbloodandsnow

The merry cheers from the tables around her dulled into nothing more than a distant buzz in her ear as the Clan Leader sat at the bar of Cabaret, idly alone. The faintest of sigh escaped her parted lips as she lifted her gaze, taking note of where a bundle of mistletoe dangled above the barstool to her left before her captivatingly dark eyes fell back onto her glass. After the Council meeting she had just had, having to bear witness once more to the most painful memories she had spent centuries attempting to bury, Meena had wanted nothing more than to drown her bitter loneliness with the drink at hand. But, no matter how strong Cabaret's whiskey was, she could hardly shake the sinking feeling in her chest when the table behind her was filled with carolers and Just in Bloom had practically decked the entire town out in anticipation of the upcoming holiday festivities. She was just about to order another round when in walked the last person in town she had been expecting to see. "De tous les gin-joints de toutes les villes du monde," She muttered under her breath. The french he had once taught her rolled off the tip of her tongue with ease. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, of course he'd find his way here. Downing back the last of the amber liquor, Meena slowly lifted her chin. Her eyes fell upon the storm blue gaze of the one she had once been ready to sacrifice everything for and, despite her best efforts, the unfazed smirk she wore like a shield faltered.

[kenxmatsui]

for: sebastien ( @ofbloodandsnow ) location: bad moon brewery

Not being able to go to his usual place for a drink, by both choice and circumstance, forced Ken in search of other establishments. While he would not step foot into wolf territory without a proper cause, nor will his go to drink ever be beer, Ken reasoned with himself that the other places would be worse off, at least here, he knew the owner. And Skye would be getting his opinion on this craft beer he had ordered -- took a sip and made a face -- whether the wolf appreciated comments or not. It was when he glanced up and noticed Sebastien sitting not too far off, distaste from the drink shifted to distaste at the sight. "Tell me," he said without a proper greeting, "How many knives are you carrying on you at this moment?"

[super-jane5]

November 2022 summary

The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

25/10/2022-06/11/2022

4/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

It was enjoyable however I felt as if it was missing character relationship development.

Babel by R F Kuang

06/11/2022-18/11/2022

5/5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I loved this book. I don’t normally read something like this but I’m glad I did kind of hoping for a sequel.

Theogony & Works and Days by Hesiod

18/11/2022-19/11/2022

3.5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I preferred Theogony (Ancient Greek creation myth and family tree) over Works and Days ( how you should worship the gods). It was an interesting read.

Lord of Embers by C N Crawford

19/11/2022

3.75 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑

Very predictable and a little rushed. Just an easy read.

Circe by Madeline Miller

20/11/2022-22/11/2022

4.25 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌘

An interesting take on a Greek myth. Not very adventurous.

Spellslinger by Sebastien de Castell

26/11/2022-28/11/2022

5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

I love this series. I found it really funny and enjoyable. The characters are loveable especially Kellen.

Currently Reading

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

Started 29\09\2022 69%

The Odyssey by Homer

Started 22/11/2022 63%

[meeghanreads]

Top 5 series I will start in 2024

Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 series I will start in 2024!! Because I really need in the world is to start more series that I don’t have time (or capacity) to finish. *Geez… who picks these bloody titles?? Oh right, it’s me…* In case you’re new around here, this is another post we hadn’t really been doing annually, but I guess we are now. Why? Because I…

[roseunspindle]

Books by “D” Authors I Own and Need to Read Part 1

[ofbloodandsnow]

// open starter (@lunarcovestarters) Location: Rec Centre

Sébastien was definitely beginning to regret his decision. He'd figured it was due time to start getting his life back on track and what better way that to kill three birds with one stone: get out of the house, meet new people and maybe even get a new hobby. Instead he was sat in a chair just outside the Rec Centre, unable to make himself actually step inside. "Oh, ouais, vise cette lieu - serra trés amusant(!)" 'Oh, yeah, let's check that place out - it'll be so fun(!)'

[ofbloodandsnow]

He might have felt more at ease but mistrust he still felt sharply. "You would show me, why?" Certainly not out of some misplaced affections from their brief time having known one another decades ago. He didn't even know if the man was entirely capable of affection, misplaced or otherwise. "Come now, Silas. You and I both know, in this town, gifts tend to come with a price." Usually, a rather significant one. He did not intend to be screwed over by some child with a God complex.

"You could say that, but it's not so bad, is it? It's kind of liberating, don't you think? Before this, you had no idea what you were truly capable of and now? You're a vampire who can do magic. How sweet is that?" He pointed out. A grin spreading from ear to ear as he took in the other man's disposition. "And I can show you too, if you'd like? Spells and the like. You can chalk it up to my gift to you."

[akixxsstuff]

Masters Who Serve (Black Butler Smut Part 1)

Sebastian Michaelis x female reader

Slight NSFW content // Part one

Summary: You discover that you're little brother Ciel sold his soul for ultimate care and protection to his demon butler, Sebastian. But when you offer the same exchange to Sebastian he declines since he...

already had another proposition in mind.

"The queen is hosting a charity ball tonight so please dispose of any intruders to ensure her safety".

"Please bring me another cup of tea once you've finished with the laundry".

"Cancel my appointment with the seamstress this afternoon".

Every request of yours was immediately met by your demon butler, Sebastian.

"On your knees now mistress, my cock isn't very patient".

"Moan louder for me lass, I want everyone to hear you".

"Strip. I want to see every inch of your naked body right here and right now".

And every request of his was immediately met by you.

Protection and care in exchange for sex was the deal between you two until death did you part. With how rentless you both were with your demands the question always remained: who was really the master in this contract?

Was it you for having Sebastian constantly sacrifice himself for your safety? Or was it Sebastian for having you abandon any task in order to satisfy his lust? Was it you for working him to the bone with every kind of duty imaginable? Or was it him for not allowing you to ever be married or to sleep with another person?

As you ponder on all of this your mind takes you back to the very day you made your exchange...which was also the same day you lost your virginity.

"Sebastian! Take my soul too! I want you to protect and care for me just as you do to Ciel" you cried.

"Doesn't that seem a little unnecessary since my services also already benefit you? You are his sister after all my lady" Sebastian queried.

"Yes but once Ciel has his revenge you'll both be gone forever and I can't uphold the family name by myself. Together or alone me and Ciel can't do anything without you so just take my soul!".

"To be quite frank with you mistress I do not wish to go the same troubles once again for just another meal" Sebastian groaned.

"There must be something else that want" you whimpered.

Sebastian chuckled, "Because of your brother's contract I can not say that there isn't".

"Please Sebastien tell me" you begged.

"A human as beautiful as you would do perfectly in satisfying my carnal desires, you ought to receive some training of course but within time I know you'll be the perfect plaything" Sebastian smirked.

"Y-you're asking for my purity? We're not betrothed S-sebastian" you stammered while flushed.

Butterflies filled your stomach as you felt the silk of Sebastian's glove caress your cheek. "You're as sweet and sensitive as a fresh bouquet of orchids mistress, and I know you'll flourish immensely from some much-needed attention".

He gazed adoringly into your eyes and brushed your lip with his thumb, he was so close that you could smell the vanilla he was baking with earlier.

"I suppose you're right...what are your conditions?" you whispered in a daze. "To fornicate with me in anyway and anytime I desire as well as to never be betrothed nor fornicate with anyone but me" Sebastian devilishly smiled.

"You'll truly never allow me to fall in love? To be betrothed?" you whimpered as your heart sank. Sebastian leaned in even closer, "No husband will be able to protect you like me, isn't that the entire reason for this discussion? Y/N?".

You gasped as you felt Sebastian leave a trail of tender kisses down your neck, "Tell me your deepest desires...please...I need you" he softly groaned.

"Y-you will obey all my c-commands until my d-death, you will n-never discuss this n-negotiation with anyone but us and you will never lie to me" you choked as you felt the tip of his tongue glide slowly further down your neck.

You were in such a overwhelming daze of lust that you couldn't think clearly, which Sebastian took full advantage of, "I know you crave for more mistress so pledge to follow our contract". "I concur wholeheartedly" you breathlessly moaned without a second thought.

You weren't aware that all this passionate affection from Sebastian was nothing but a mere manipulation tactic. A hopeless romantic like you would never agree so readily to a contract of sexual slavery with a demon, so he needed to lure you in and you had completely fallen for it.

[ofbloodandsnow]

// bio

tw: character death, ptsd, depression, alcoholism

General

Name: Sébastien de Fortier Nickname(s): Bastien, Bas Birthdate: October 26th 1785 Age at Transformation: 29 Species: Vampire (Clan member) Blood Type: B+ Religion: Catholic Gender: Cisgender male Sexual Orientation: Bisexual Occupation: Unemployed Accent: slight French Location: Shadow Lake Transportation: None Biography: (x) Headcanons: (x)

Appearance

Faceclaim: César Domboy Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Black Height: 6'1 Body Type: Slender Style: TBA Scent: TBA Piercings: Ear (one in each lobe) Tattoos: one on his forearm (self-designed in memory of his family) Scars: a few here and there from training and swordplay Other Features: TBA

Background

Hometown: Marseille, France Financial Status: Upper Class Education Level: tutored till 18 by tutors in all relevant areas to merchantry, GED Languages: French (fluent, native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), German (conversational), ASL (beginner)

Relationships

Birth Order: Second Child Siblings: Henri de Fortier (older brother, deceased), Céleste de Fortier (younger sister, deceased) Mother: Adéline de Fortier née Cadieux (deceased) Father: Phillipe de Fortier (deceased) Sire: Theodore Moore (deceased) Significant Other(s): None Children: None Significant Relationships: Meena Raja (ex-lover) Pets: None

Health

Current Status: Physically Healthy Phobias: TBA Mental Disorders: PTSD, depression (recovering from) Physical Disorders: None Handicap(s): Mild Alcoholism

Personality

Moral Alignment: Lawful Neutral Myers-Briggs: INTJ (The Architect) Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Positive Traits: Kind, easy-going, brave Negative Traits: Vengeful, impulsive, self-destructive Hobbies: Archery, swordplay Element: Fire

[longwuzhere]

Here are some cool Easter eggs that I found the newest My Adventures with Superman episode, “Let’s Go to Ivo Tower, You Say”. Links to the easter eggs post:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

SPOILERS if you have not seen the episode of course:

Perry assigns our intern trio to go get interviews about Anthony Ivo. I previously mentioned Ivo's deal in the comics in this post, but we'll talk more about this version of Ivo later.

Shout out to Lois' hanbok! As a kid in the 90s my first exposure to the DC was through the DC Animated Universe. Because of the way some of the characters like Lois, Clark, Bruce, Dick, Tim, and Terry, were designed, as a kid, I thought they were Asian. Very cool to see this version of Lois be Korean.

Before Lois shows up for their black tie event at Ivo Tower, Jimmy knocks down a stack of papers and magazine and Clark goes to pick it up and stumbles upon the Metropolis Star with a cover that shows him as a kid flying 15 years ago.

The Metropolis star is a rival newspaper to the Daily Planet in the comics. The publisher makes its first appearance in Superman #9 (1987) (W&P: John Byrne, I: Karl Kesel, C: Tony Ziuko, L: John Costanza).

When our intern trio makes it to Ivo Tower, Lois spots some very interesting powerful and political figures of Metropolis, the CEO of Galaxy Communications and Mayor Fleming.

Galaxy Communications makes its first appearance in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #133 (1970) where it was headed by Morgan Edge, the then leader of Intergang. In the comics Clark and Lois does work for Galaxy communications thanks to it buying out the Daily Planet forcing Clark to be the evening news anchor. The Galaxy Communications panels here are from Swamp Thing #68 (1988) (W&P: Rick Veitch, I: Alfredo Alcala, C: Tajana Wood, L: John Costanza).

Mayor Fleming makes her first appearance in Action Comics #894 (2010) (W: Nick Spencer, P: R.B. Silva, I: Denis Freitas, C: Dave McCaig, L: Rob Leigh) where she appoints Jimmy Olsen and Sebastien Mallory as a welcoming committee for Dalwythians aliens. Like her MAwS counterpart she is obviously the Mayor of Metropolis.

Later, Lois goes and questions Senator Sackett at the party/event.

In the comics Sackett was a councilman not a senator who makes his first appearance in Superman #130 (1997) (W: Dan Jurgens, P: Norm Breyfogle, I: Joe Rubenstein, C: Glenn Whitmore and Digital Chameleon, L: John Costanza) depicted here in the issue's panel wearing a Superman costume. Sackett in the comics is in Luthor's pocket.

I am like 99.99% sure this is Lex Luthor like who else in Metropolis is named Alex, has red hair (if this is Lex Luthor and he shows up again, I'll talk about him and what I mean by this in another post.), and works in the science and tech field.

We finally meet Ivo and he is as I was hoping he'd be a major techbro tool. The way he acts in his introduction and his meeting with Clark is very much like Lex and Clark's meeting in Batman v Superman. Both Ivo and Lex upon meeting Clark know how strong he is. In MAwS Ivo punches his chest and it hurts him and in BvS you heard an audible thud when Lex knocks on Clark's chest. Very similar vibes between both scenes.

Clark confronts Ivo about one of his deals and name drops one of Metropolis' mob families.

Bobby Gazzo, head of the Gazzo crime family in Metropolis, makes his first appearance in Batman: Dark Victory #1 (W: Jeph Loeb, P&I: Tim Sale, C: Gregory Wright and Heroic Age, L: Richard Starkings). Fantastic sequel to Long Halloween, highly recommend reading both books.

After Clark gets thrown out and Lois offers to repair his jacket, we see Lois mentioning her dad, Sam Lane a military general and if the person at the end of the second part of the first episode is Sam Lane...

...and he shows up again in the show I'll talk more about it in another post. For now this is all just speculation.

Might be reading into this but maybe a subtle nod to how the words "Superman" and "pal" are often used together. Both have been used as a comic book title, "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" as I've mentioned in these posts a few times.

The show here did a very clever thing with Ivo. Normally any other media pertaining to Ivo would give the audience his power and weakness stealing robot Amazo, but here the MAwS team was able to combine both Ivo and another villain in Superman's rogues gallery, Parasite.

The first Parasite, Raymond Jensen, makes his first appearance in Action Comics #340 (1966) (Cover Art by Curt Swan, George Klein, and Ira Schnapp). All iterations of Parasite have the ability to temporarily steal away anyone's energy, strength, and their knowledge. As I've said there have been other Parasites that Superman fought, the second and most recurring Parasite is Rudy Jones, the Parasite I'm more familiar with, who makes his first appearance in Firestorm #58 (1987).

Cover Art by Joe Brozowski, Bruce Peterson, and Tom Ziuko Alex and Alexandra Allston the third and fourth Parasite (green Parasite and purple Parasite respectively) first appeared in the Adventures of Superman #633 (2004).

Cover art by Gene Ha and Art Lyon

The latest Parasite, Joshua Allen, makes his first appearance in Superman #23.4 (2013).

Cover art by Aaron Kuder and Dan Brown So yeah there are similarities between the Amazo robot and Parasite and it was smart of the MAwS team to just combine Ivo with Parasite to avoid redundancies. Besides the Amazo robot is more of a Justice League villain anyways.

Near the end of the episode, after the Parasite suit wrecks Ivo's body, he begins to look more like his recent iterations in the comics now. The panel here is from Justice League of America #4 (2013) (W: Geoff Johns, P: Brett Booth, I: Norm Rapmund, C: Andrew Dalhouse, L: Rob Leigh). Hope you all had a wonderful time checking this post out. Like I said at the beginning my other MAwS easter egg posts are:

Episode 1 is here

Episode 2 is here

Episode 3 is here

Episode 5 is here

Episode 6 is here

Episode 7 is here and here

Episode 8 is here

Episode 9 is here

Episode 10 is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here