#catherine maura

[lovebittenbyevans]

Books I recommend I read so far:

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

King Of Wrath by Ana Huang

Twisted Games by Ana Huang

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

If he had been with me by Laura Nowlin

If only I had told her by Laura Nowlin

The Wrong Bride: Ares and Raven by Catherine Maura

Blind Side: A Fake Dating Sports Romance by Kandi Steiner

Weak Side: A Fake Dating Hockey Romance by SJ Sylvis

[barelyru]

“Let’s normalize walking away from toxic situations. You don’t have to stick it out when your mental health is taking a beating, just because that’s what everyone expects of you. It’s okay to reassess and decide whether or not a situation is still acceptable to you.”

-the wrong bride, catherine maura

[lilyflowerhere]

I don't have type

Also me when she is a traumatized female detective

[miguelangelvesco]

Retratos Pinturas Acrílicos Actrices..... Por Miguel Angel Vesco

Silvana Mangano, Carmen Maura, Raffaella Carrá, Sissy Spacek, Vanessa Redgrave, Margit Carstensen, Liv Ullmann, Verónica Forqué, Graciela Dufau, Graciela Borges, Gena Rowlands, Catherine Deneuve, Mariangela Melato, Jill Clayburgh, Fanny Ardant.

[alethiometry]

one thing i've learned from love island. i NEED to move to ireland

[julieverne]

When they'd first met, Maura had felt something inexplicable.

Irritation, sure.

But Jane found Maura in the morgue later, cutting up one of the Johns. Ate a whole Danish, propped in the doorway, robe draped over her skanky little skirt, makeup still plastered on her face, heels higher than Maura had ever worn. Her badge hung over the gown, and Maura didn't want to ask where she kept her gun.

But she did, and Detective Rizzoli had choked on her Danish and laughed, a sound so deep and pleasant that Maura let herself bathe in it for a moment, wondering if she would get an answer.

She never did, but instead she got the second Danish in the bag, sweet and glazed and full of complex carbohydrates.

She'd felt it then. A sense of being comfortable. She relaxed when Detective Rizzoli appeared for autopsies, and thanked her when she chased away that awful Crowe.

Jane always gave her a slanted grin, a raised eyebrow, and a promise that she'd ask the same of Maura one day.

--

Detective Rizzoli made the promotion to homicide she'd wanted.

"You know, this means we get to spend more time together," Jane told Maura, her voice low, as though they were co-conspirators. Something about Jane had Maura feeling like a giddy teenager, and Maura had never, ever been a giddy teenager. Maura looked up with her usual flat smile, seeing a flash of hurt behind Jane's eyes and knowing she'd caused it.

"Congratulations, Detective Rizzoli," Maura said, her voice and tone as flat as her smile. Jane shrugged and pulled away; she'd been reading a report Maura had been typing from over her shoulder, her surprisingly soft breasts pressing against Maura's back. If she turned her head, she'd be afforded a view she wasn't sure she could handle, not with the memory of Jane's warmth against her shoulder blades. When she'd almost reached Maura's office door, Maura relented.

"I'll miss you in those heels," she said, blushing and wishing she'd said anything else. Jane's grin was cheeky and her hand rested gently on the doorframe as she swung back to look at Maura.

"I bet my ass you will," Jane said, eyebrow raised, and Maura's blush deepened further. She'd thought she'd been discrete with her glances to the other woman's posterior, but apparently she'd been caught out. Jane's grin was knowing but not unkind, and Maura's mouth quirked up shyly to match her smile. Jane's eyes softened, and so did her mouth, and Maura felt that something inexplicable rise in her chest again. Jane tapped the doorframe twice, as though she was about to say something else, but instead she just tucked a corner of her bottom lip into her mouth and nodded three times, pushing away from the doorframe with her endless energy.

--

Maura was one of the first on the scene. Korsak beat her, cleared the room, covered Jane with his coat while the crime techs photographed the basement.

Jane was sobbing, somewhere. While Maura examined the other woman in the basement, already knowing what she'd seen, what had been done to her. She left Hoyt, bleeding, on the floor. The ambulance could deal with him, and he was cuffed and taken out before they arrived.

Korsak beckoned Maura over.

"She always said she likes you, and hell, I can't help her with these bear paws." He held up his thick hands. "And I can't wait for the ambulance."

Maura glanced over at the other woman. Catherine. She'd been sedated and one of Maura's lab techs was sitting with her, along with a detective. She'd been tied, and her bound hand been loosed.

So when Korsak drew back his coat, Maura gasped. She hadn't expected - tears sprang into her eyes. She touched Jane gently on the chin, making eye contact before Jane nodded and squeezed her eyes shut.

There was a reason Maura didn't doctor the living. She never knew what to say, how to interact with them. But she knew Jane. She slipped on fresh gloves and heard the ambulance. A few blocks away still, but she couldn't leave Jane like this a moment longer. Right now she was calm; almost catatonic. In a moment she might struggle and injure herself further. Dimly Maura was aware of Korsak shielding Jane from view, from cameras, from people, keeping Maura and Jane secluded while Maura worked as quickly as she could.

She gave Jane a quick sedative.

"This is going to hurt," she warned Jane, grasping a scalpel that penetrated the entirety of one of those thin, strong hands. Jane's jaw clenched.

"Didn't think otherwise," Jane said, some of her former bravado returning.

Maura prepared gauze, laying it on Jane's stomach over her shirt. She readied herself. When she was unable to avoid looking at Jane any longer, Jane's eyes were soft and full of something Maura couldn't read.

"Rescue me," Jane said, too quiet for Korsak. She wasn't angry or impatient, just resigned to her fate.

"The paramedics are here, I'm sure they have more experience..."

"No. You're the only person I'm going to let touch me."

"It's not-"

"In your job description. I know. But you're the only person who can see me like this and not think any less of me, because you couldn't care less."

Maura's brow furrowed, but she pulled the scalpel free, Jane's breath hissing out of her sharply, Korsak turning to check in, then looking away again quickly, giving them their privacy.

One down. Maura doused the hand in antiseptic and loosely bound it. She swallowed as she reached over Jane, crouched on the grimy basement floor in a dress that cost more than the house and land. She looked down at Jane.

"I could care less. But I don't." Jane's brow furrowed as she tried to follow the logic. Her eyes caught on Maura's chest as she leaned over her, and her breath caught as well. "I don't want to do this because I don't want to hurt you. I don't want you to associate this with me, because I think we were good colleagues, and we might have been more if you hadn't asked me to do this."

Maura pulled the second scalpel out, dousing Jane's right hand, her left already cradled to her chest. Jane sat up, trying to struggle to her feet, and Maura stopped her.

"I bet your Ma always used to kiss it better, huh?"

Jane froze completely, her dirty face streaked with tears, her eyes caught on Maura's lips like a beacon in the open sea. Jane swallowed harshly; Maura had been trying to distract her. With the sedative she'd be unable to get to her feet on her own. She could hear the paramedics assessing Catherine, readying to take her from the basement. She could hear Korsak explaining the state he'd found Jane in. She was running out of time.

She balanced carefully, then leaned in and kissed Jane's temple, feeling the sedative kick in, feeling the weight of Jane's body resting against her. She held her.

"There. All better," Maura said, her voice dull, but Jane just nestled deeper, her dirty face leaving marks on a dress that Maura never had the nerve to clean and the soft, white flesh beneath it in the space over her heart.

Jane had made her feel something.

--

"Your brother gave your mother my number. Not my work number, my personal number I gave you. For personal reasons. I feel like I need to reassert my professional boundaries."

"Well, I'm off-duty," Jane said, struggling to sit up. Maura helped her reflexively, the body beneath the gown warm against her hands. "So technically you're bringing work to me."

Maura chuckled and saw the way Jane's head shot up, looking at Maura like she'd won a prize.

"She called to thank me. Apparently you talked about me a lot?"

Maura sat in the visitor's chair at Jane's bedside, seeing Jane's eyes watch her cross her legs. They were just shins, but Jane eyed them like a perp in an alleyway.

"I might have been unduly harsh, when you were sedated," Maura said by way of apology.

"You said you cared." Jane's voice was low and almost scared.

"I did. I do. Oh, here." Maura dug in her bag for the chocolates she'd brought with her. Jane waited expectantly, and Maura realised uneasily that she'd have to feed them to her. She washed her hands carefully in the adjoining bathroom, then unwrapped a single chocolate. Jane's hands were covered in bandages, and she was on a morphine drip. She took the chocolate from Maura's fingers like Cleopatra taking a grape from a lover. Maura blushed and looked away as Jane chewed with her eyes closed.

"What the hell was that?" Jane asked, her voice awed.

"I told you about them - I thought you might like them." Maura wet her lips as she unwrapped a second chocolate, Jane's mouth open and ready for her, her lips brushing against Maura's fingers as she took it from her.

Already deeply blushing, Maura couldn't look away from Jane's mouth.

"I only meant some of it." Jane admitted when she stopped chewing. "I hate being vulnerable. I hate that Korsak saw me like that, I hate not being able to do anything for myself. It's why I told Frankie not to hand out my room number at the precinct."

Jane licked her lips, tracking down a crumb of chocolate. Maura leaned forward and wiped a second crumb away, surprised when Jane's tongue stole it from her thumb. She unwrapped a third, unsure what Jane was trying to say. The medication would have kicked in, and she might not mean it now either.

It had hurt, when Jane said Maura didn't care about her. Maura already cared too much. There was a constant tug in her chest when Jane was nearby. Seeing her tortured hadn't made it any easier. It had just made her prouder of Jane, more protective. Jane had shown herself to Maura in her most vulnerable moment, and Maura had gazed at her like the night sky through her first telescope.

Jane chewed thoughtfully.

"You're not exactly easy to get to know. But you pride yourself on being professional and detached. I went for your pride, but I hurt you in doing so, and that was wrong of me. I didn't want anyone else touching me because I couldn't have stood it. You were with me. You understood. You understand. You do, don't you?"

Tears in her eyes again, Maura nodded. Jane nodded too, swallowing hard. She blinked and laughed.

"You looked at me like that, and everything made sense for a single moment. You didn't pity me, or think of me as a victim. You were just happy to see me. The way you always are."

Maura thought back to the first time she'd noticed herself relax once Jane arrived at a crime scene, at an autopsy. She trusted her, and was pleased when she arrived.

But happy to see Jane? Surely not. She looked down at a woman who looked much smaller lying down, and she reached out with her bare hand and touched Jane's forearm. Jane's skin was warm and brown and welcoming, and a smile split Jane's face.

"I'm happy to see you too," Jane admitted. "Hit me."

"Huh?"

"Chocolate. Hit me."

Maura removed her hand from Jane's arm, knowing Jane knew she found human contact uncomfortable. But she left it there a little later, when the opiates had rendered Jane unconscious. For her own comfort as well as Jane's.

The older woman who came in a little later was familiar - Maura had met Jane's mother before. She went to get out of the chair, but Angela pressed her back down, then leaned over to kiss first Jane's temple and then Maura's own, her hand resting on Maura's shoulder. She knew, too, that Maura found touching awkward, but she was so physically expressive that Maura knew this was the bare minimum Angela could stand to give.

"You belong there, honey," Angela insisted, and Maura glowed.

She'd found where she belonged, and it was at Jane's side.

[rizzoliandislesecretsanta]

DETECTIVES

Jane Rizzoli • Vince Korsak • Barry Frost • Frankie Rizzoli Jr. • Sean Cavanaugh • Nina Holiday • Riley Cooper • Darren Crowe • Rafael Martinez

FORENSICS

Maura Isles • Susie Chang • Kent Drake • T. Pike

FAMILIES

Angela Rizzoli • Frank Rizzoli Sr. • Tommy Rizzoli • TJ Rizzoli

Constance Isles • Arthur Isles

Hope Martin • Cailin Martin

Colin Doyle

ANTAGONISTS

Charles Hoyt • Warren Hoyt • Patrick Doyle • Dominick Bianchi • Alice Sands • Dennis Rockmond

F.B.I.

Gabriel Dean • Cameron Davies

MISCELLANEOUS

Casey Jones • Catherine Cordell • Stanley • Ian Faulkner • Giovanni Gilberti • Jack Armstrong • Rondo • Tasha Williams • Kiki • OC

PAIRINGS

(Friendship • Romantic)

Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles • Jane Rizzoli/Casey Jones • Jane Rizzoli/Gabriel Dean • Jane Rizzoli/Rafael Martinez • Jane Rizzoli/Barry Frost

Maura Isles/Ian Faulkner • Maura Isles/Kent Drake • Maura Isles/Tommy Rizzoli • Maura Isles/Frankie Rizzoli Jr. • Maura Isles/Barry Frost • Maura Isles/Jack Armstrong

Barry Frost/Frankie Rizzoli Jr. • Barry Frost/Vince Korsak

Vince Korsak/Kiki • Vince Korsak/Jane Rizzoli

Frankie Rizzoli Jr./Nina Holiday

Angela Rizzoli/Sean Cavanaugh

PLACES

Precinct • Homicide Squad Room • BRIC • Ballistics Shooting Range • Autopsy Room • Labs • Maura's office • Division One Café

Jane's condo • Maura's house • Maura's guest house • Jane's house (season 6/7) • Frankie's appartment • Korsak's house • The Dirty Robber

Hospital • Other places

TROPES

Chosen One • Dark Lord • Dystopian Society • Enemies to Lovers • Fake Relationship • Forbidden Love Romance • Friends to Lovers • Haunted House • Hero's Journey • Love At First Sight • Love Triangles • Magic Mentor • Mean Girl • Prophecy Foretold • One Bed • Queer Relationships • Race Against Time • Soulmates

GENRES

Adventure • Angst • Bromance • Crime • Drama • General • Family • Fantasy • Friendship • Horror • Humour • Hurt/Comfort • Mystery • Poetry • Romance • Sci-Fi • Supernatural • Suspense • Thriller • Tragedy • Whump

VERSES

Alternative Universe • Books • TV Show

This is a non-exhaustive list that can be completed over time.

[chippdhearts]

tagged by @katebeckets 🩵

rules: choose 4 of your favorite characters from 4 pieces of media as options and let your tumblr pals decide which one most suits your vibe

no pressure tagging: @moxyphinx @mikelogan @singinprincess @junousher @captainsavre

[fyeahcompetentwomen]

Submissions so far!

Have a new mosaic header, with the women who were submitted so far, and a list, grouped by show/movie etc., under the readmore!

Don't worry; if your champion isn't in here, you can still submit them via this form, until April 30th!

I chose these pictures based on the following ranked criteria:

included/linked in the submission OR

actual still from the movie/show/whatever, rather than a promo shot or fan art etc. AND

showing them in a characteristic and/or competent situation

for the characters Deanna Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher and Seven of Nine, I decided to go with their most recent appearances in ST:PIC

If by any chance I chose NOT a still/screenshot, but your manip of the same, please let me know if you'd like me to take it down/replace it, or keep it and credit you!

Ally McBeal (TV show): Ally McBeal

Better Call Saul (TV show): Kim Wexler

CSI (TV show): Catherine Willows

DC (franchise): Alex Danvers DC (franchise): Sara Lance DC (franchise): Zari Tarazi

Doctor Who (TV show): River Song Doctor Who (TV show): Sarah Jane Smith

Drawtectives (Youtube show): Jancy True

The Expanse (TV show): Camina Drummer The Expanse (TV show): Chrisjen Avasarala

Greys Anatomy (TV show): Dr. Addison Montgomery

Harry Potter (franchise): Fleur Delacour

Holby City (TV show): Dr. Bernie Wolfe

House of the Dragon (TV show): Rhaenys Targaryen

Jane Doe books (book series): Jane Doe

Leverage (TV show): Parker Leverage (TV show): Sophie Devereaux Leverage: Redemption (TV show): Breanna Casey

The Librarians (TV show): Eve Baird

Little Witch Academia (TV show): Amanda O'Neill

Lupin III (TV show): Fujiko Mine

Marvel (franchise): Melinda May

Once Upon a Time (TV show): Regina Mills

The Owl House (TV show): Eda Clawthorne

Person of Interest (TV show): Sameen Shaw

Pokémon (franchise): Cynthia Pokémon (franchise): Iris Pokémon (franchise): Nemona

Rizzoli and Isles (TV show): Dr. Maura Isles

Sanctuary (TV show): Dr. Helen Magnus

The Sandman (TV & Comics): Death of the Endless

Sonic the Hedgehog (franchise): Amy Rose

Star Trek (franchise): B'Elanna Torres Star Trek (franchise): Deanna Troi Star Trek (franchise): Dr. Beverly Crusher Star Trek (franchise): Erica Ortegas Star Trek (franchise): Jadzia Dax Star Trek (franchise): Kathryn Janeway Star Trek (franchise): Seven of Nine

Star Wars (franchise): Ahsoka Tano

Stargate (franchise): Samantha "Sam" Carter

Tomb Raider (franchise): Lara Croft

Warehouse 13 (TV show): Claudia Donovan Warehouse 13 (TV show): Helena George Wells Warehouse 13 (TV show): Myka Bering

The X-Files (TV show): Dana Scully

Xena Warrior Princess (TV show): Xena

(please stay civil in the notes: no bashing anyone, no matter who, or where they're from!)

[classicsapphicships]

The first round of preparations are finally complete, and that means the first round of the Classic Sapphic Ships bracket is almost ready to go! I'll be preparing the polls today and tomorrow to hopefully go live on Friday, and voting time for at least the first two rounds will run for a week. Check out the FAQ in the meantime, and feel free to send over any additional questions as well!

The full list of Round 1 Match Ups is under the cut!

Right side:

Franky/Bridget (Wentworth) vs Regina/Emma (Once Upon a Time)

Watson/Moriarity (Elementary) vs Lucy/Amy (DEBS)

Gina/Rosa (Brooklyn 99) vs Debbie/Lou (Ocean's 8)

Jo/Blair (The Facts of Life) vs Peyton/Brooke (One Tree Hill)

Piper/Alex (Orange is the New Black) vs Bering/Wells (Warehouse 13)

Xena/Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess) vs Trini/Kimberly (Power Rangers 2017)

Ripley/Annalee (Alien) vs Annalise/Tegan (How to Get Away With Murder)

Susan/Talia (Babylon 5) vs Chessy/Meredith (The Parent Trap)

Ann/Anne (Gentleman Jack) vs Scully/Reyes (X-Files)

Cat/Kara (Supergirl) vs Olivia/Natalia (Guiding Light)

Nikki/Helen (Bad Girls) vs Ola/Lily (Sex Education)

13/Cameron (House MD) vs Sara/Catherine (CSI)

Delphine/Cosima (Orphan Black) vs Emily/JJ (Criminal Minds)

B'elanna/Seven (Star Trek) vs Rachel/Quinn (UnReal)

Emily/Alison (Pretty Little Liars) vs Beca/Chloe (Pitch Perfect)

Carol/Maria (Captain Marvel) vs Raven/Abby (The 100)

Left side:

Grace/Frankie (Grace & Frankie) vs Shaw/Root (Person of Interest)

Callie/Arizona (Grey's Anatomy) vs Stef/Lena (The Fosters)

Eve/Mazikeen (Lucifer) vs Luce/Rachel (Imagine Me & You)

Tara/Pam (True Blood) vs Ally/Ling (Ally McBeal)

Alex/Olivia (Law and Order SVU) vs Miranda/Andy (The Devil Wears Prada)

Samantha/Janet (Stargate SG-1) vs Nomi/Amanita/Sense8)

Willow/Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs 13/Yasmin (Doctor Who)

Sharon/Brenda (The Closer) vs Kalinda/Alicia (The Good Wife)

Max/Anne (Black Flag) vs Petra/Jane (Jane the Virgin)

Eleanor/Tahani (The Good Place) vs Kelly/Yorkie (Black Mirror)

Rory/Paris (Gilmore Girls) vs Aneela/Kendry (Killjoys)

Quinn/Rachel (Glee) vs Jane/Maura (Rizzoli & Isles)

Nico/Karolina (Runaways) vs Serena/Bernie (Holby City)

Laura/Danny (Carmilla) vs Peggy/Angie (Agent Carter)

Hecate/Pippa (The Worst Witch) vs Bobbie/Chrisjen (The Expanse)

Bo/Lauren (Lost Girl) vs Bette/Tina (The L Word)

[sporadiceagleheart]

Today's joy with Rachel Joy Scott Friday edits is for missing kids I hope soon they be found and Brought back home safe and sound Madeleine McCann, Inga Gehricke, Summer Wells, Haleigh Cummings, Morgan Nick, Ben Needham, Timmothy Pitzen, Baby Lisa Irwin, Baby Sabrina Aisenberg, Kayla Berg, Mary Boyle, Jennifer Joyce Kesse, Amy Lynn Bradley, Asha Jaquilla Degree, Brian Randall Shaffer, Brandon Swanson, Lars Joachim Mittank, Maura Murray, Kyron Richard Horman, Rebecca Coriam, Evelyn Grace Hartley, Frederick Valentich, Lauren Spierer, Marjorie West, Margaret Ellen Fox, Joshua Guimond, LeeAnna Warner, Tara Leigh Calico, Cherrie Ann Mahan, Nyleen Kay Marshall, Phoenix Coldon, Laureen Ann Rahn, Johnny Gosch, Sara Anne Wood, Rebecca Reusch, BRANDON LEE WADE, Katrice Lee, Adele Marie Wells, William Tyrrell, Rene Hasee, Jane Beaumont, Dennise Jeannette "Denny" Sullivan, Ember Skye Graham, Tricia J. Kellett, Donnis Marie "Pinky" Redman, Renee Aitken, Dulce Maria Alavez, Jonathan Allen, Victoria Allen, Mylette Josephine Anderson, Erica Nicole Baker, Ava Grace Baldwin, Amber Renee Barker, Brittney Ann Beers, Tammy Lynn Belanger, Alessia Vera Schepp, Livia Clara Schepp, Ilene Rebecca Scott, Mary Lou Sena, Natasha Marie Shanes, Kathleen Ann "Kathy" Shea, Crystal Ann Tymich, Anna[1] Christian Waters, Holly Ann Hughes, Ashley LaShay Jones, Sofia Lucerno Juarez, Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia, Brooklinn Felyxia Miller, Marjorie Christina "Christy" Luna , Lorie Lynn Lewis, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Lauren Maria Pico Jackson, Hattie Yvonne Jackson, Janice Kathryn Pockett, Alice Pereira, Sabine Morgenroth, Daniela Moreno, April Ann Cooper, Catherine Barbara "Cathy" Davidson, Mary Rachel Bryan, Hazel X. Bracamontes, Melissa Lee Brannen, Edna "Bette Jean" Masters, Shaina Ashly Kirkpatrick,

[milfglupshitto]

Review: Cassilda's Song

Cassilda's Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers King in Yellow Mythos was one of the anthologies on the further reading list in the back of my copy of The King in Yellow. Specifically, it's a collection of stories by women writers interacting with the concepts and beats from the foundational text. I got around to reading through it yesterday, so this is just going to be a quick review!

Overall: hits and misses. I categorically resent the fact that so many collections of fiction by women are entirely absent of stories that don't involve sexual abuse, or conflate womanhood with suffering or mystify the experience of women as entirely alien. My sister put it really well when we were talking about it: depictions of women's sexuality aren't subversive if they posit it as either 1) nonexistent without assault or 2) inherently abnormal, and a lot of stories in this collection do that. I was not surprised that many of the author bios mentioned dark fantasy. Outside of this trend, I enjoyed most of the stories when I considered them individually.

Spotlight on my favorites from this collection (in the order that they appear):

Nicole Cushing's "Yella": Checked every unsanitary box, very difficult for me to get through given my personal compulsions but mercifully very short. Absolutely fantastic character work in such a limited page count, really visceral and physically grounded.

Helen Marshall's "Exposure": Immediately grabbed me with its modern style and the vitality of its (bigoted, judgemental) narrator. Loved the way that it initially demystifies the cosmic locations before bringing all the incomprehensibility back in.

Maura McHugh's "Family": Really interesting weaving of interpersonal dynamics that hits on a lot of the unreliability of the original text. Very solid character voice and grounded set dressing.

Nadia Bulkin's "Pro Patria!": This story has no equal in the collection. Only author to really grapple with the colonial implications of the mythos, horror is frighteningly realistic and I'm fascinated by how the cosmic elements act only as a backlight for the mundane. I'm highly tempted to scan the whole thing in so that everyone can read it.

E. Catherine Tobler and Damien Angelica Walter's "Her Beginning is Her End is Her Beginning": Both authors contributed a story each to the collection on their own, but I didn't like either nearly as much as I liked this one. The jumping put me in mind of This is How You Lose the Time War, and its approach to the power-of-language idea that's so present in Chambers was excellent. Will say however that I was extremely thrown off by the inclusions of real historical figures- that did not work for me. The creation myth it establishes is a high point.

[undisclosed-serendipity]

i think i found my niche of shipdom/couple pairs it's the 'are you the crazy one? no we both are' couples

namely: maura x eyk from 1899 - need i say more?? HAHAHAH eleanor and chidi from the good place - because c'mon really chidi says this can't be happening like at least 10 times catherine and peter from the great - you gotta admit they are both unhinged

natasha and alan from russian doll - again do i need to say more cornelia and eli from the english - HEAR ME OUT THEY ARE BOTH INSANE BECAUSE THEY parted ways at episode 6 because whyyyyyy

and also very recently, dr. eliza knight and Peter from Case 63(don't know how to spell his surname because ??? wright? idek)

[sunnywestcoastrp]

WELCOME TO SWC! Kels

You've been Accepted as (Maura Higgins (Hoechlin)). Please send in your account within 36 hours and follow all of your fellow Sunny West Coasters. We hope you're ready for the Sunshine!

OOC INFORMATION.

Name/NickName: Kels

Age: 28

Timezone: MST

Other Info: Anything you think we’d need to know or you’d like for us to know.

IC INFORMATION.

Please be sure to look at the BANNED FACE CLAIM LIST before applying.

Up until September 1st 2024 you can apply for two Face Claims at once. After that one at a time. PLEASE SEND IN ONE APPLICATION FOR EACH FACE CLAIM you are applying for. thank you.

FIRST CHOICE:

Character Name: Maura (née Higgins) Hoechlin

Alias/Stage Name(if they have one): n/a

Age: 33 years old (November 25th 1990)

Occupation: Influencer

Wanted FC’s: Molly-Mae Hague, Margot Robbie, Chris Taylor, Jesse Spencer

Other Information: Maura is married to TV actor Tyler Hoechlin (June 6th 2024,) and they currently have one son. Rowan Lee Hoechlin (July 20th 2023.)

SECOND CHOICE: (this is only if there are two applications for your first choice. Even if you really want to play the character above, please fill this out. This is first come first served.)

Character Name: Catherine (nee Middleton) Wales

Alias/Stage Name: Kate - Catherine, Princess of Wales

Age: 42 years old (January 9th 1982)

Occupation: British royal family member

Wanted FC’s: Prince William, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matt Smith, Camilla Luddington

Other Information: Catherine is married to William Wales (April 29th 2011,) and they have 3 children together. George Alexander Louis (July 22nd 2013,) Charlotte Elizabeth Diana (May 2nd 2015,) and Louis Arthur Charles (April 23rd 2018) 

[markdoncicmahomeslewiscurrynasx]

Looking Beyond 2024: Who’s Winning the 2028 Presidential Election? - POLITICO

Think out of the box. Kathy hochul. Maura healey. Tina kotek. Maggie hassan. Katie hobbs if wins reelection. Tammy baldwin. Michelle lujan grisham. Catherine cortez masto, susan rice. Admiral Michelle howard. Val demings. Tammy duckworth. Sheryl sandberg. Tom perez. Miguel cardona. Jared polis.

[julieverne]

Jane ran away a lot.

Since Emily in school, she did the rejecting first, so it didn't hurt so much. Anyone that wasn't family was disposable.

The problem was, Vince and Barry were family now too. Work family, she told herself. You can't walk away from work family. And when Maura came along, Jane thought that was the container she could fit Maura into.

But Maura bled into all areas of Jane's life. Her home, her family, her weekends, her bed. Every now and then Jane fought for independence, and every time she caught the hurt, puzzled look on Maura's face. But Maura didn't fight back, because she was used to being left. She was used to being abandoned, and Jane felt such a heel. Especially because Maura was the only person Jane didn't mind all up in her life. And that thought made her want to run all the more. Jane never let anyone get this close. Jane never depended on someone like this - not the men she dated, not her family. Jane never talked about the basement, Catherine, Hoyt. Not with anyone else. But Maura knew it all. And Maura could hurt her so much with the information she had. She had to protect herself. It went in cycles of panic and trust, and it was exhausting.

It was one of the panic days when Maura let herself into Jane's place and planted herself firmly at the counter across from Jane.

"You know everything about me," Maura started, and Jane nodded.

"Not everything, because you know so many things, but your defining moments..." Jane shrugged.

"And I know everything about you."

"You do," Jane admitted.

"So I know you think I'm going to use that against you somehow, as some reason to leave you. I thought it was my abandonment issues that were flaring up, but they're yours, aren't they?"

Jane's eyes were wide as she shook her head.

"Sometimes I just need some space," Jane mumbled.

"And usually I respect that. Jane, I know you're protecting your feelings, but you're hurting mine. Why would you think I'd want to hurt you? Do you think I've just been... laughing at you, all this time? Pitying you? Do you really think I'm so disingenuous?"

"No, I know you're not. I know it's all me."

"Do you think we spend too much time together?" Maura asked, tilting her head. "Are you worried about how it looks to your family? Your colleagues?"

"What? No!"

"Then I don't understand."

"Neither do I. All I know is sometimes you smile at me, and I realise that you could completely destroy me."

"Why would I?"

Jane swallowed nervously.

"Because if you knew how that smile made me feel, you'd never talk to me again, and that would destroy me," Jane went to the fridge and stared blankly at the empty shelves. When she closed the door, Maura was behind her. She was wearing the smile again, her eyes even softer than usual, and Jane wanted to cry. Maura looked at her like she was something special, someone she loved.

"How does it make you feel?" Maura asked, taking Jane's hands, slipped hers past them and onto the counter behind Jane's hips, looking intensely up at Jane. Jane backed up, but Maura took the space given to her and filled it, moved closer again.

"It makes me feel like I have a chance with you. Which is stupid, because I don't."

"Is a chance with me something you want?" Maura asked, pressing closer still, her voice low and husky, a tone Jane had never heard.

"You could destroy me," Jane whimpered.

"Mutually assured destruction," Maura conceded. "I'm game if you are."

Maura was leaning up, very close, and Jane gave in, letting her hands rest on the swell of Maura's hips. She let her lips brush Maura's, and when rejection wasn't forthcoming, she pressed a kiss next.

"Okay, you caught me."

"No more running?" Maura asked, watching Jane's mouth as though it fascinated her.

"Nothing left to run from," Jane shrugged, letting Maura push her back against the counter and show her what a chance looked like.