#character: rosalie gardener

[rose-of-oz]

ROSALIE GARDENER

↳ for @ginger-grimm as part of her Palentine’s exchange; I really hope you like this!!

[justathoughtfulangel]

When I Have You ~ Colors, Finale (Kai Parker Fanfiction)

Hello, my dear readers! I've been having a roller coaster of a summer on a personal level. In order to get through the last few twists and turns, I finally completed the last chapter of Colors, my Kai Parker Soulmate AU Fanfiction.

This is NOT meant to be read as a standalone piece. Events of the story and even the universe it is set in vary greatly from the original show. If you haven’t yet, please read the Details post and previous chapters linked on this masterlist.

*not my gif

Word Count: 1,477 (excluding recap)

I don’t like writing with Y/N in the place of character names, but this IS a reader insert fanfiction. I use Rosalie Wilson as a placeholder. Use Rose/Rosalie as a substitution for Y/N.

Warnings: None, really! I hope you enjoy reading this chapter as much as I've enjoyed writing it :)

Recap of Chapter 11:

“Come with me.” With a gentle voice, Rose held her hand out to him. Kai took it, following behind her obediently. They went down the stairs and through the back door, standing in front of a big willow tree. Malachai watched as she knelt on the ground, using a garden tool to dig into some pile at the base of the tree.

“Rose, what are you–” His voice stopped abruptly. Malachai was no longer a siphon, but he had been one long enough to feel the unimaginable power emanating from the ground. Rosalie lifted this dirty, half-burnt hummingbird toy from the ground. 

In complete silence, she stood again, placing it into his hand. With tears in her eyes, Rosalie gave him the greatest gift of all. One drop slid down her cheek. Malachai brushed it away as the sun’s first rays of the day washed over them. 

“You shouldn’t have to lose anything.”

~

The frayed hummingbird toy felt heavy in Malachai’s hand. Beyond what it was, this tiny thing represented the darkest moments of Rosalie’s life. Entrusting him with the magic that terrified her – giving him the powers that tormented her – was the grandest form of faith.

Kai couldn’t explain what he was feeling. A sob crept into his throat, making it impossible to say a word. In the early sunlight of the day, they both stood silently. They looked at each other and at the symbol of Rosalie’s past between them. More minutes ticked by. It was as if time itself had decided to slow, understanding the gravity of what had occurred.

As one who’d been rejected by his family and the whole world, as one who knew the pain of hating themselves unyieldingly, Malachai knew what he had to do. Taking Rose’s hand, he placed the object she was so desperate to be rid of in her palm.

Her eyes widened, and her initial instinct was to discard the evil Kai was giving her. Before she could, Malachai wrapped his arms around her, trapping the toy between their chests.

With a gentle voice and a soothing kiss to her temple, Kai began to explain himself. “Just listen to me, love. Come with me.” Taking her hand, Malachai took her to the porch swing and made her take a seat before joining her.

The hummingbird toy had fallen to the ground. Rosalie curled her feet up under her instinctively, maintaining her distance from it. Her own magic disgusted her beyond belief. Kai said nothing for a few moments; he just watched Rose shy away from the most genuine parts of herself.

He kneeled in front of her, looking into the gorgeous, shining eyes he adored so much. “I can’t tell you how much it means to me… you trusting me with this…” He took her hands, encasing them in his own. “I know what this symbolizes for you. It’s something you’ve wished you could get rid of, something that weighs you down wherever you go.

“I lived the same way for decades. I despised what made me who I was with a burning passion, and it manifested itself in the way I treated others.” Rosalie’s expression flickered between her own shock and empathy for the man she loved. Kai smiled tenderly in return, rested his warm hand against her soft cheek, and ran his thumb under her eye to catch one stray tear.

“You taught me how to love others. You were the first to forgive me, even when I hadn’t forgiven myself. When I have you, I need nothing else. What kind of soulmate would I be if I didn’t help you heal in the same ways you’ve helped me?”

After a few seconds of meaningful silence, Kai placed the hummingbird containing Rose’s magic next to her on the porch swing.

“I cannot accept this, but I think you should. Reclaim what makes you who you are, and I will be here for you.” Rosalie said nothing in response, and Malachai didn’t expect her to. What he was asking of her was perhaps the most daunting challenge she would take on.

He sat with her on the porch swing as the sun made its way up into the sky. Kai’s arms wrapped around her shoulders as she leaned into him, silently processing his words in her own time. Many minutes had ticked by before Rosalie sat up. With a grateful but hesitant kiss to Malachai’s cheek, Rose picked up the object of her deepest anguish.

“You’ll stay with me?” Her voice quivered. With one touch, memories of the pain she’d caused and the pain she’d endured swam through her mind. She could barely feel Kai’s hand as it smoothed her hair in comfort.

“Every step of the way.”

~

It took months before she was ready, but with Malachai’s support, Rosalie finally reclaimed her magic. Along with it came the heart-wrenching emotions she’d felt that night. They made her crumble to her knees and stole the air from her lungs. Kai stood beside her, his hand hovering right over her shoulder. He was just about to help her stand when a beam of eerie red light shot from her palm, setting the grand oak tree in the backyard ablaze. Kai quelled the flames quickly, taking a deep breath. “It’s okay. It was an accident.” Rose bit the inside of her cheek so hard she drew blood. The metallic taste coated her tongue, and she swallowed it back bitterly. “It was an accident the last time, too. That doesn’t make it okay.” Kai pressed his lips together, silencing his instinctive quip. If harming her family on accident wasn’t okay, how was what he had done even remotely acceptable? How had she forgiven him? How had he forgiven himself? In Malachai’s silence, Rosalie realized the impact of her words. “Kai…” He smiled half-heartedly, shaking his head. “Don’t worry about it.” She stood, closing the distance between them with just a few steps. Kai stared at the ground, and when Rosalie made him lift his chin to look at her, he didn’t flinch away. Perhaps her magic would always scare her, but it would never scare him. He loved her too much, just as much as she did him. They would never hurt each other, not even unintentionally.

Their eyes met, and Malachai leaned in to press his forehead against hers. Nothing more was said, the silence eventually broken with a soft apology from Rosalie. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you.” Pressing a kiss to her temple, Kai reassured her that he was fine. He had some wounds to heal from, some that may never fill, but this wasn’t about him. “Focus.” He came to stand behind her, grasping both of her hands in his. “Breathe with me.” Her eyes closed, and she followed Kai’s every instruction. “Find your magic within you. Don’t fear it. It is not here to hurt you or anyone else.” His fingers laced into hers, giving her the strength and support she needed without her needing to ask. “Let it flow through you. Watch it course through your veins like water. Let it become one with you.” A few seconds later, Kai watched as their feet left the ground. He beamed with pride, allowing her to feel the power she had. “Open your eyes, Rosalie.” Malachai’s lips brushed her ear as he whispered to her. Rosalie gasped as her eyes fluttered open. They were floating five feet in the air, watching storm clouds cover the sun. “You did it.” In complete control, Rose brought them back to the ground. Thunder crashed above them as she threw her arms around Kai’s neck. Malachai had succeeded in returning the kindness she’d bestowed on him; she was no longer afraid of herself. The rain came down harshly, pouring where there had just been sun. Neither of them cared as their lips met. “I love you, Malachai.” “I’m so proud of you, love.”

~

Eleven years later…

“Bye, Mom!”

Rose waved her son off as he clambered into the back of Alaric’s van. Alaric was taking Lizzie and Josie to a waterpark and Asher insisted on tagging along with his cousins. “Have fun and be safe! Listen to your Uncle Ric!” In the backyard, Kai was setting up an inflatable pool for the twins. Both were jealous their brother was going to a waterpark. “Daddy, why couldn’t we go with Asher?” Amelia pouted and crossed her arms across her chest.

Ava, the one who was seven minutes younger yet somehow the elder of the two, patted her sister’s shoulder comfortingly. “Mommy and Daddy said it’s for bigger kids. We’ll get to go when we get bigger too, right Daddy?” Malachai looked at his adorable four-year-old daughters, nodding and turning off the air pump for the colorful plastic pool. “That’s right. But for now…” Getting a cheeky grin on his face, Kai turned the water for the hose on with magic, twisting his wrist and spraying a gentle rush of water directly at them. They squealed and ran away from him, making their dad chase them around the yard.

The back door opened, and Rosalie barely had the time to put the jug of lemonade on the table before the girls hugged her legs. “Mommy, help! Daddy’s attacking us!”

She looked up to see Kai wielding the garden hose, his hair shining in the sunlight. Something flickered inside her, the same flicker of joy, love, and peace she felt every time she looked into his beautiful blue eyes.

Malachai pulled the three most important girls in his life off the porch, wrapping his arms around them so they couldn’t escape. Their laughter rang clear and true; it was, and always would be, the most beautiful sound he’d ever heard…

~~~ This concludes the final chapter of Colors! Thank you so much for reading and for coming along on this adventure with me.

Please feel free to send any thoughts/comments/constructive criticisms my way. I always welcome them!

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Author's Note:

I can't quite explain how I'm feeling as I post this chapter. So much has changed in my life from when I started writing this story. In some ways, it feels like I'm an entirely different person now. To those who have been with me from the start, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This story would not exist without you.

When Colors reached over 1,000 hits on AO3, I was beaming the whole day. It means the world to me that my writing has touched people, and I'm eternally grateful to each and every one of my readers.

Until next time, JustAThoughtfulAngel

Master Taglist: @socio-kai-path1972, @bluelicious, @genevivetaylor, @kolsangel, @callsign-luckyshot

Colors Taglist: @southernbell91, @rootbeerfaygo, @enretrogue, @felinegrate

[wetcatspellcaster]

hi! i just wanted to say that I absolutely love Pieces and I greatly admire your work and also how you write dialogue? Writing witty and interesting dialogue can be a bit of a struggle for me but you write the banter between Rosalie and Astarion so well, it's truly incredibly delightful.

I had a question about something in chapter 20 of Pieces. Specifically, when Rosalie asks Astarion if he likes her fancy glow in the dark bed. This may be a misinterpretation of her character but I never got the impression, based on your other works with Rosalie, that she was the type to really gravitate towards expensive or lavish things but as Rosalie herself has stated her house is atrociously fancy now.

I was wondering if this was a "i'm an extremely powerful archmage and have the money so, might as well" type thing. OR if she made those choices for herself with the, maybe subconcious, thought of "these are things astarion would have liked/appreciated/wanted." Maybe as a way to unintentionally bridge the gap between the life with astarion that she actually wants and the life that she had no choice but to have.

The way she asks Astarion if he likes it, and her reaction to his response, to me made it feel like these choices for her living space weren't just for her own enjoyment but also because she wanted to create a house Astarion would want to live in and his opinion on it matters to her not just because he's now living there but because Rosalie always wanted him to.

I just reread the chapter with the fancy garden and the maze and thought that Rosalie, subconciously creating a fancy house with the idea of Astarion one day living in it, AND the Ascendant, conciously creating this whole fancy ostentatious garden with the idea of one day seducing Rosalie in it, both as ways to make up for the one thing both of them want but don't, and can't, have would be an interesting parallel.

If i'm completely off-base and Rosalie just bought herself a fuck off fancy wizard tower complete with heated floors and glow in the dark canopy beds just becasue she could and wanted to than that's cool too. She deserves it honestly.

Also this ask is so long I am so sorry. Your work has given me brain worms like nothing else and I am forever and always an english major at heart, if I had the time and drive I'd write you a whole mulit-paged essay in which I analyzed each house in Pieces, their significance in the narrative, and what they tell us about each character. I am sosososooo normal about you, I promise.

hi lovely. never apologise for writing something at length, I'm very touched that you thought this much about the story and that you took the time to send me this message! :) i love a little bit of literary analysis!

As an English major, you know that any and all interpretations and reader responses to a text are valid, so if this is how you want to read these moments, please go ahead and read it this way!!! There are some things that you say that touch upon future storybeats I've already drafted, so when we get to those chapters hopefully you'll feel rewarded

But in response to your question, yes, the house *is* out of character :) there's a reason why, in my two timeskips, one Rosalie ends up with a cute little flat and a vault worth of diamonds she bought for Astarion, and the other in a massive fuck-off wizard's tower that is, as we'll find out in future chapters, fancy as fuck. But the logic behind it at my end was slightly different than yours, although yours isn't exactly wrong and as I say, I think you'll find stuff in future chapters that makes you happy!

For me, I see Rosalie's wealth in this timeline as an extreme symptom of how lonely and unhappy she is. As the fic has established, Rosalie felt the need to isolate herself, and also buried herself in overwork to both fund her research into Astarion's cure and distract herself from the realities of her life. So the more and more unhappy/workaholic/lonely Rosalie gets, the richer she becomes - for in this timeline, she has nothing other than work, and no one else she wants to spend all that money on. And so she has this massive house bc she needs to spend that money she's accumulated on something, and if that makes her look happy or comfortable from the outside then that's good because then she's not burdening anyone - exactly the same way that the Ascendent's mansion looks decadent and debauched from the outside, to compensate for his true feelings as well.

One really interesting thing about drafting Act 3 currently, is how much Rosalie's issues are now coming to the fore because Astarion, unlike all her friends, hasn't seen a gradual decline in her character/mental health and happiness. For him, it is sudden and abrupt: he has the bubbly hero from the game timeline, and then this strange reclusive hermit ten years later who, to him, is clearly unhappy. And the tower and the way she lives is one way that becomes clear to him.

I hope that makes sense! :)

[panlight]

Hello I'm back again with another ask. One of the things that infuriates me most is that throughout the Twilight series we don't get to see Bella really hanging around with the Cullens. I want some bonding moments and just some fun interactions! So I guess we have to make up for it with fan works and headcanons.

How do you think watching movies/TV shows go with the Cullens? Does everyone have a favorite or genres they'd like the most?

Yeah it's part of the reason I never totally bought that she actually loved/knew them as individuals rather than just as "Edward's family" that she gets to be a part of. We just don't see any one-on-one or bonding moments with the supporting characters. They all get like one (1) chance to infodump their backstory and than that's it. Bella has no follow-ups, no curiosity. For example, when I read Esme's discussion with Bella at the baseball game I had a million questions! Esme had a baby?! Who was the father?! What happened to him?!? We find out that information in the guide eventually, but BELLA didn't seem anywhere NEAR as curious about it as I was. I understand it might have been too much for her to ask Esme about it right then, but she could have asked Edward, or followed up later, or at least wondered about it. She didn't. It was all just "oh Esme is motherly toward Edward and approves me, cool." I, as the reader, seemed more interested in getting to know this woman than Bella the character did.

They are so rich I'm sure they all have personal devices they could watch anything they want on, but most people also headcanon like a big TV in the living/family room where they all hang out sometimes and watch movies together or argue over the remote. I think Esme loves home & garden channel stuff but I could also see her into soap operas. All the kids are too to varying levels because of days they have to stay home from school because of the sun, they get sucked into whatever storyline is going on at the time. I think Jasper likes historical documentaries and gritty historical dramas but I don't think he's all that interested in his own era, he lived it, he's probably looking to other time periods for that sort of infotainment. Might be interested in war movies in general. Emmett likes FUN! movies, popcorn movies, action and adventure movies, comedies, etc. He's just here for a Good Time. He and Carlisle also always watch the latest vampire films/TV, Emmett because he thinks it's hilarious how humans get things wrong and Carlisle is curious how the human concept of vampires keeps evolving. I think he probably avoids medical dramas because he finds them unrealistic but generally goes along with what everyone else wants. Alice can foresee if she will like a movie or not before she watches it. Rosalie wants to watch whatever Edward refuses to watch and vice versa.

Bella would be like "oh we can watch whatever you like," and then all the Cullens (except Rose) would fall all over themselves to assure her that SHE is the guest and SHE can choose but she'd bite her lip and be anxious until Alice would just announce like "she chooses Pride and Prejudice!" or something and then Bella blushes prettily and Edward's eyes darken as he rhapsodizes about how beautiful yet forbidden the flush of blood in her cheeks is, then he hates himself for thinking of her blood at all, then for whatever reason they just go hang out in Edward's room leaving the rest of the family to watch the movie even though it was a whole Movie Night with Bella event and they sit there in silence for a bit surrounded by like 5 bowls of popcorn they can't eat and 8 types of soda they can't drink that Alice procured ~for Bella~ until Rosalie says "WHY do they keep coming over here for 'family time' and then just go make goo-goo eyes at each other in Edward's room?" and Esme or Carlisle diplomatically says something about young couples and Bella's shyness while Rosalie rolls her eyes.

[merrock]

event: Volunteer Week

location: around Merrcok

ic timeline: April 24 - 28

ooc timeline: April 22 - 30

Merrock's a town known for giving back… which is why we're spending an entire week doing just that! We have some suggestions for places that you can spend time volunteering, but you're not completely limited to these if you have some ideas of things around town that you would like to do yourself!

cityview park -- spend some time cleaning around the historic park in downtown Merrock.

hospital center -- dedicate your time to doing whatever it is that the staff might need your help with.

merrock railway -- do some clean up along our very own rail system in town, keeping it sparkly and new. ish.

aquatic conservatory -- help the conservatory staff out with feeding and looking after the many wonderful sea creatures.

the lighthouse -- spend some time volunteering to help clean up the area surrounding the lighthouse.

the marina -- help boat owners with tours and cleaning up around the docks.

the swimming beach -- every beach is always in need of a little bit of cleaning!

aster playground -- that playground equipment might need some work, get repairs done, clean up the flower beds!

community center -- there are always a million things to do at the center to help out.

memorial library -- help our team of librarians with whatever they need.

new haven daycare -- visit the youngest kids and volunteer to help with their needs!

ruff around park -- do a little tidying and cleaning up and play with puppies!

school district -- help out with various tasks that need done around the elementary, middle or high school.

animal sanctuary -- help our workers with the animals that need them the most.

harmony ranch -- spend time embracing your inner cowboy… or cleaning out some stalls!

lake malory -- keeping our lake clean and pristine is a big goal for this year… go ahead and help out!

paradise gardens -- help take care of the many, many plants in our own botanical garden, and learn something along the way.

state park -- there's always something to do around the state park to help out!

And! If you hop under the cut right now, you will find the pair-offs that you're looking for. A thread must be started sometime during the duration of the event with your partner. Check it out.

A thread must be started between April 22nd and April 28th of some character combination planting a tree, anywhere in Merrock! The thread does not need to be completed during that time frame -- you can continue writing it after the event has ended, but we do ask that you guys please not just drop the thread, or only do one or two replies before giving up. Plant your tree! If a player plays multiple characters, you are welcome to choose any pairing, but try to make it unique (in other words, if you've written before, avoid that pairing).

If you are assigned to someone who is inactive, or does not reply to you within a couple of days, please reach out to the admin team. We'll work with you!

Steph (Katherine, Thalia) & Nani (Diana)

Grace (Rosalie) & Myr (Amanda)

Mags (Cassidy) & Nikki (Ember)

Chayya (Marlow) & Anna (Sylvia, Reyna, Jayla, Alec, Wes, Cori, Cathy, Espie)

Frankie (Deacon, Ravi) & Erin (Lara, Mandy, Bryan, Jamie, Vince, Mekelah, Joella, Alice)

Jen (Tommy) & Nessa (Mateo, Zoey, Chloe, Yesenia, Libby, Xander, Jennifer)

Maria (Vitus) & Bri (Cordelia, Eliza, Fallon, Spencer, Emeline, Marquis, Vivienne, Ramsey)

MOD NOTE: as you may notice, admin Katie and admin Lindsey are not on the list. The reason for this is that we know things happen: players need to take a hiatus, someone goes inactive, emergencies crop up, life happens sometimes! We are on stand-by to step in and replace anyone who can not participate. With both of us playing eight characters, there's a very good chance we have not written with you in one way or another, and we are happy to step up and help! But we will also be doing plot/thread calls and/or open starters, so we will be just as involved as you, promise! xx

[edwardskhakipants]

If you still want to answer book asks. How about 4, 14, and 15? 💜

I always want to talk about books 💜 thank you friend!!

4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?

I start with young adult, obviously. Then, meander over to fantasy and sci-fi. I check out the cookbooks, then depending on how long i want to stay in the store, I'll look through the interior design or gardening books for a while because, you know, pretty pictures. I'll end with staff recs, if they have those.

14. do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?

I do. I do dog ear my books. I wish I could be one of those cute, aesthetic girls that annotate their books with pretty lil highlighters and stickies. But, I mostly read on the metro, so all that would be too inconvenient.

15. recommend and review a book.

I need to know right now why the Twilight fandom has not read The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh yet. Vampire romance, people! Not only that, but it literally reads like Ahdieh read Twilight, thought to herself 'I could do better than that', and did!

Celine Roussaex is a dark-haired, pale skin beauty with a heart of gold. Instead of being Meyer's meek princess riddled with baseless insecurities, Celine owns her beauty and her intelligence. The girl is sexy and she knows it. She loves indulgent food, Shakespeare, and danger. And I love her.

Sebastian Saint Germain is exactly what we want in a male love interest. He uses pomp and swagger to hide the fact that he's a pathetic wet cat who yearns for love and acceptance. He is everything.

But it's not just about the rebranded EdBella. The vampires are POC and the werewolves are white! The Rosalie character is a headstrong lesbian! There are meaningful female friendships! It's everything the fandom asked for and more! Please, please read it.

[rrsalie]

𓂅 meet rosalie blythe ford .

meet rosalie ford — similar in resemblance to hilarie burton morgan, the prodigal daughter returned, inheritor of an albatross legacy, a character study in the few steps forward, redefining fulfillment and the shades of life once gray consumes the art, curse holder of the eldest daughter and stirrer of love potions, mayhem to quiet and roses to riots, friend to all and a friend to none. loved by daisy.

GOOGLE DOC ❋ CONNECTIONS ❋ FULL NAVIGATION ❋ ABOUT THE MUN

BASIC INFORMATION .

full name rosalie blythe ford 

nickname(s): will answer to anything, most commonly used nickname is ro or rosie

age + date of birth: thirty-eight, born on june 28, 1986

zodiac sign: cancer sun, aries moon, virgo rising

gender + pronouns: cis woman ( she/her/hers )

place of birth: windsor bay, oregon

current residence: mountainside

sexual & romantic orientations: bisexual biromantic

religion: agnostic

occupation: owner of pint house beer garden & brewery

THE FAMILY TREE .

great-grandparents: gerard ford, marjorie ford

great aunts + uncles: marianne ford, evelyn ford

grandparents: kenneth ford and rebekah ford neé collins

aunts + uncles: perry ford, ethel ford, leonard ford, howard ford, clara ford

parents: kenneth ford ii and marissa ford neé powell

sibling(s): three younger siblings, aged 30-35.

pet(s): an australian shepherd named wayne.

PERSONALITY INFORMATION .

goals + desires: creating a life that is purposeful and fulfilling — mending and strengthening relationships as needed, learning to hold her tongue when she needs to, finding the closure that she needs in order to continue on her pursuit of happiness, an eventual developing and selling of her wines. maybe even starting her own animal rescue or filling the barn on her property. would like to at least have some definition to her future.

fears: loneliness for the remainder of her life, being buried alive, losing the people she cares about most and loves in permanent and irreparable ways, losing touch with herself and not being able to bounce back from it, birds. girlie loves animals but will not come within a twenty - foot radius of a bird. does not trust them.

hobbies: remodeling / flipping houses, going on walks with wayne through the countryside and on the beach, trying out new recipes in her kitchen, painting, gardening, spending time with her friends and being intentional in her relationships to show them that She Cares, knitting / crocheting, sitting on her back porch, making her own wine, finding the best buffalo wings and beer combination. 

likes: getting tattoos, having someone play with her hair, homemade bread, picnics, wildflowers, the scent of sawdust, old school & female led country music, getting her hands dirty ( figuratively and literally ), the weight of her tote bag when she has groceries in it, antique shopping, pizza from crusty's, unconventionality, dandelion wine, snuggling with wayne on the couch, david bowie, black and white films, hand-holding, starting arguments just because She Can, friday nights at pint house, a great sale at in stitches, halloween, being surrounded by other people, giving someone a really good gift, inviting trouble in, a glass of wine in the bath, western and rom-com films, candlelight and any opportunity she has to use her kerosene lamp, kitchen magic, rock music, the christmas season, the colors yellow, blue, and green, gourmand and floral scents, fleetwood mac, a good craft beer, dancing.

dislikes: the feeling of getting a tattoo, arrogance, people not using their turn signals, the scent of vaseline, people cracking their fingers / knuckles, the notion of getting older meaning that somehow life has lost its vibrance or spontaneity, the rumor mill, her parent's parenting, the texture of wool, ignorance, picking on the weaker man / little guy, the idea of superiority and using that as leverage over others, small talk.

hogwarts house: gryffindor.

HEADCANONS .

my black sheep, hippie witch baby :’)

she has the best home remedies for everything: common cold, a self-titled ‘love potion’ that she swears by, soup that will warm your cold, dead heart. you name it, she’s got it.

has definitely started one too many family arguments just because she can — i envision that she’s not really on the Best of terms with her parents and even though there’s love there, they’ve disagreed too many times and aren’t some close family unit. depending on what her siblings have grown up doing, i imagine varying degrees of closeness with rosalie, but growing up, she hung the stars in their eyes and them hers. she adored being a big sister.

doesn’t necessarily want kids again. winnie was her one and done, her unicorn, and she doesn’t know if she could work past the scar tissue. loves kids, though, will gladly babysit or volunteer at any school gathering.

she has definitely forgotten to pay her electricity bills on more than one occasion, for no other reason than the fact that she likes any excuse to use the kerosene lamp or light a candle to get around the house. then someone told her that after so many times, the power company would permanently cut her off and that that was frowned upon, so she learned her lesson, but still.

can play the banjo, piano, and the triangle. 

kissed a girl or two in high school, wouldn’t put it past her having a girlfriend.

the person who pulls over on the side of the road to try to help out animals.

no stranger to appreciating the finer things in life, even if it isn’t always her speed; girlie likes expensive wine and refuses to drink the cheap stuff, has a ten step skin care routine, and cannot live without two day shipping.  

my Crafty Girl, you show her something on pinterest or tiktok and she will do her best to make it happen + come to life for you.

SIX SENTENCE SNAPSHOT .

part of the dirty dozen of windsor bay — specifically, the ford family, with her great - grandfather's iron fist and her parent's demand to live above expectations. the eldest sibling that never quite fit the mold of her family that ran off the second she had her high school diploma in hand, in search of the life she was meant to find, not the one prescribed to her. fell in love, found a happiness in simplicity with her partner & daughter. her daughter passes away at age seven and rosalie's life flips upside down, causing her to head right back into the lion's den. opened a beer garden & brewery, flipped her house in the mountainside, and has been trying to accommodate to a life that she never thought would belong to her. even though it's been ten years, she's still trying to find her way.

[windsorbay]

THE CHARACTER.

FULL NAME: Rosalie Blythe Ford

GENDER: Cis woman

PRONOUNS: She/her

AGE + BIRTHDAY: 38 + June 28, 1986

LENGTH OF TIME IN WINDSOR BAY: Born & raised, spent ages 18-28 away and has been back in town for roughly a decade

HOUSING: Mountainside

OCCUPATION: Owner of Pint House Beer Garden & Brewery

THE INTERVIEW.

What’s it like, living in Windsor Bay? Did you ever picture yourself settling down here or did you always know this would be your home?

I never once thought this would be home. Windsor Bay was supposed to be my hometown, the one I looked back on with my rose-tinted glasses and wished well from afar. The mold wasn't built for me — the one that my great-grands sculpted for every Ford and Ford-adjacent to come after them, the one that demands a certain pedigree or calls for parts that I've known for a long time I never had or came defunct. Windsor Bay was who lineage wanted me to be, and the world beyond was who I became. Coming back only ever happened because I lost sense of every other place on the map, and then I just… fell victim to the trap. No escaping once you're deep enough into the rut. It's not as bad as I'd painted it out to be in the years of rebellion, but it comes with barbed and poisoned reminders of what the years have dealt. I take it as it comes. I try to make the best of it. I don't dwell too much on what could've been.

If you could have any three guests come to dinner, dead or alive, who would they be and why?

Britney Spears, Frida Kahlo, and my daughter. Just to pick their brains about the way that each of them sees the world, really; I feel like we'd sit around, realize there was so much overlap in the things we've experienced and had in common as women and it'd quickly devolve into just a 'yes, same!' dinner that'd bring about that fleeting, glimmering connection that feels akin to sisterhood. Not to mention the general badassery around the table would be a top notch environment to soak in for an evening. That, and to give each of them a hug before and afterwards? How incredible.

Top five songs currently on your Spotify?

Thoroughfare by Ethel Cain, Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac, Neon Moon with Kacey Musgraves by Brooks & Dunn, Runnin' Up That Hill by Kate Bush, Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan

It’s the little things in life; tell me three things that bring you a great deal of joy or put a smile on your face.

Watching Wayne try to shepherd me since I don't have any sheep and that's what's itching in his DNA; sunlight coming in through the kitchen window every morning when I'm making a cup of coffee; Pint House on a busy night with our latest imports in a glass and that sense of fulfillment that comes from seeing other people happy because of something I've put into the world and watched grow far beyond my reaches and dreams.

THE PERSONALITY.

— + tenacious, individualistic, compassionate — - abrasive, headstrong, capricious

ROSALIE IS PORTRAYED BY HILARIE BURTON, AND WRITTEN BY DAISY.

[lilyofthevvlley]

( morfydd clark. she&her. cis woman. ) the courts of veritas welcome ROISIN BALFE! it’s been said that the 34/112 year old BANSHEE is known to be INTELLIGENT and WITHDRAWN. when ROSE isn’t working as a MORTICIAN, they can be found participating in WATERCOLOR PAINTING. if you visit their home in STARDUST HOLLOW, it may remind you of tarot cards, broken mirrors, moonlight glimmering on a still pond, emerald jewelry, black coffee, a breeze humming through an otherwise silent graveyard, willow trees, dusty chandeliers. they may be your best friend or your greatest enemy. ( rosalie. she&her. 28. mst. )

Our mothers tell us that there are no monsters under our beds, or hidden inside our closets but they don't warn us that sometimes monsters come dressed as people that claim to love you more than the sun loves the moon.

TRIGGER WARNINGS ;; death, infidelity, murder (none are depicted graphically, and they are mostly implied, but please proceed with caution!)

CHARACTER BASICS

Full Name: roisin eimear balfe

Nickname: rose

Age: 112 (appearing as 34 years old)

Gender: cis female

Pronouns: she&her

Ethnicity: caucasian

Nationality: irish

Education: self-taught

Occupation: mortician

Hometown: waterford, ireland

Current location: veritas isles

Species: she's a banshee, a subspecies of fae

Written Aesthetics: tarot cards, broken mirrors, moonlight glimmering on a still pond, emerald jewelry, black coffee, a breeze humming through an otherwise silent graveyard, willow trees, dusty chandeliers

CHARACTER APPEARANCE 

Face Claim: morfydd clark

Height: 5'3"

Hair Colour: white blonde

Eye Colour: blue

Dominant Hand: left

Distinguishing Features: curved, pointed ears & a crescent shaped scar on her forehead

SUPERNATURAL EXTRAS 

Abilities: death precognition, sonic scream, intangibility, and the ability to curse others. // Weaknesses: iron, salt, the destruction of her bones, and magic

Have you always been aware of your abilities?: roisin became a banshee after losing her human life at age 34, but upon becoming a banshee she was inherently aware of her own abilities.

Favorite Magical Items: her emerald necklace, the ghost dog who accompanies her everywhere, and a black candle left at her grave by the fae who saved her.

What supernatural creature is your character most scared of?: roisin would argue that she's more afraid of humans than she is of anything supernatural. however, she finds her greatest comfort in consistency. as such, she's more wary of hybrids than other supernatural beings, because she has a hard time gauging what powers they have.

Who or what would they die for? 100 years ago her answer would have been (and was) love, but she did just that. now, she would die in defense of another person who might suffer the same fate she did.

Does your character fight or flee? she'll fight for all of the times she wasn't able to.

PERSONALITY

Positive Traits: intelligent, creative, determined, loyal, and self-assured

Negative Traits: withdrawn, stubborn, distrusting, narrow-minded, and haughty

Neutral Traits: protective, private, skeptical, constant, and perceptive

Goals/desires: roisin wants to maintain the peace among the species of veritas isle, because she's found so much solace here she doesn't want to watch it fracture

Fears: boats, raised voices (ironic - she knows), the loss of her safe space(s).

Hobbies: painting - though she prefers watercolor, gardening, and

Habits: chewing on her bottom lip, picking up and twirling sticks she finds on the ground, sudoku

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Q’S

your answers to these questions do not have to be in depth, though of course they can be! they’re just here to help you grasp your character a little more, as well as for me to get an understanding ! 

QUESTION ONE: were you born on the island, if so, what kind of curiosities do you have about the world beyond? if you weren’t, what do you miss about the world outside veritas isles?  roisin was born in a small town in ireland. after the incident that took her human life, she was brought to veritas isle to grow accustomed to this new reality. the part of the outside world that she misses is the promise of a linear life. a birth, a life, a death, and everything in between. knowing that her community moved on without her affected her even more than learning what had happened to her.

QUESTION TWO: what is your favorite part about the island?  the people who understand her in a way she wasn't sure she'd find again, and the camaraderie she's found with its inhabitants.

QUESTION THREE: if your character is supernatural, do they fear humans? if human, do they fear the supernatural?  the only people who have ever hurt her are humans, so yes, she has a deeply ingrained fear & distrust of humans.

QUESTION FOUR: share a fun headcanon or fact about your character! this doesn’t have to be long, just something to introduce us to your character!  roisin started painting as a way to hang onto memories of her home in ireland, but as she fell more and more in love with the island, her pieces became increasingly focused on her new home and the people she cared for there.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (trigger warnings: death, infidelity, murder)

it's been pretty difficult to decipher how banshees are created, and i've found a lot of varying information so - roisin became a banshee when she caught her fiancé cheating on her. having climbed the ranks of power in their quaint village, he feared being exiled, and killed her before she could reveal his secret. another banshee came across her wandering spirit as she had been taken from the world so suddenly and violently, and shared their power with her. roisin cursed the man who killed her, as well as every generation that came after him should they so much as consider violence. more to come soon !!

[afrinxvy]

Re-Introducing My Characters!!

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Liyana - mc

Ash - mc brother

Haris - president of school prefects

Claire - vice president of school prefects

Alex - school athlete ( play any sports )

Miya - - mostly - soccer player

Christie - class monitor

Lim - 'quiet kid'

Evelyn - photography student

Rosalie - gardening / press student

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Fun fact :

miya play soccer but he can also play some other sports ( only few )

I called Lim quiet kid because I had no idea what kind of student she would be

Rosalie is in both gardening and press club at school ( she managed somehow)

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[thediaryofatheatrekid]

Broadway Birthday: Sierra Boggess (May 20th)

[therealvinelle]

A first draft

Arrested Eternity is a bitch of a fic, for lack of a nicer way to put it. I challenged myself to have Aro narrate the entire thing to Marcus (as Marcus had been too depressed to notice the plot of the fic happened), which is all well and good except this writing choice is killing me, it really is.

With that, may tumblr enjoy the now scrapped first draft of the second chapter, in which Aro has a powerpoint.

And pray for me, as I continue to wrestle with this monstrosity.

Instead of the gardens, Aro led Marcus to his office.

There, he opened his computer, and was silent for about a minute as he clicked on the mouse and pressed keys on the keyboard with great purpose, his eyes glued to the screen.

Finally, Aro appeared satisfied with whatever he’d been trying to accomplish, because he turned the screen around to face Marcus.

On the screen was a picture of a rather ordinary-looking human girl.

Her hair was brown, her eyes were brown too, and the sweater she was in was brown as well. She was standing in front of a wall, and the wall was also brown.

She looked deeply uncomfortable.

Marcus stared at the picture, not sure what Aro expected him to get out of this.

«I thought the story had best be accompanied by a slideshow,» Aro told him happily. «Alice was lovely enough to take pictures, lots of pictures, and I have her password, so the story I’m about to tell you is well-documented.»

He went to turn out the lights in the room, making it so the computer screen’s electric lightning was the only source of light. He then pulled out a chair in front of the screen for Marcus to sit in.

«This is Bella Swan,» he began once Marcus was settled, gesturing towards the screen, «she is one of the central characters. She was born in 1987, and arrived in Forks, Washington, in 2005 to stay with her father for the remaining year and a half until she could run off to college. In another world, perhaps that is what would have happened, Bella would have gone to school, graduated with grades that were above average though nothing remarkable, attended a good college but not Ivy League, and gone on to live an ordinary life. This, however, is not that world.

Aro let a new image fill the screen.

This time it was a picture of a vampire, a young male with red hair. He was standing in front of what appeared to be the same brown wall as the girl had. Like Carlisle, he had golden eyes.

«This is Edward Cullen,» Aro revealed with a gesture of his hand, signifying that Edward was of great importance. «He was created by Carlisle in 1918, and although there was a tiff in the 1920’s, he has remained by his creator’s side. Carlisle quickly became a father figure for him, and while there’s a lot I could say about Edward, I say all in due time, yes?»

Aro gave Marcus a winning smile.

Aro then switched to the next picture, and now Marcus was looking at seven vampires. He recognized Carlisle in the middle, smiling brightly with his arm around a brunette woman. On Carlisle’s left was an emaciated female with cropped hair beaming up at the camera. She was almost as tiny as Jane, and it took Marcus a moment to recognize that she wasn’t in fact a child. By her side, towering and aloof, was a blond male, and next to him was Edward Cullen, smiling lopsidedly at the camera. On the other side of the group, to the brunette woman’s right, stood a beautiful blonde woman in the embrace of a tall mountain of a man, both of them smiling at each other as if the rest of the room’s occupants weren’t there.

They all had golden eyes.

«This is the Cullen coven,» Aro explained happily. «This picture was taken in the 60’s, shortly after Alice and Jasper— that’s them,» he pointed at the tiny female and the blond male, «had joined. That’s Carlisle, of course, it’s a shame you can’t see the bell-bottoms, he looked fantastic in the 60’s, with his mate, Esme. Finally you have Rosalie and Emmett,» he concluded.

«All of them, of course, followed Carlisle’s diet. They did not feed off of humans, and because Carlisle has lived with one foot in the human world for the past two centuries, they did the same. Carlisle would travel from town to town and take work as a doctor, staying in each place for a few years, and as his coven grew in number he was at first looking after his younger brother, then a married man whose wife’s brother was staying with them, until in the end he decided to say he’d walked into an adoption agency and said, «I’ll take them all.»»

This speech was accompanied by a series of pictures in various resolution of Carlisle with various members of his coven, presumably one family picture for each cover story.

«Some of these are from parties,» Aro muttered as the screen hovered over a picture of the coven all wearing dark and skimpy uniforms with badges that said «Police».

Aro eventually returned to the original ensemble picture.

«All of this to say that while Carlisle would be impersonating a human doctor, his coven would be pretending to be humans as well. His wife, Esme, was the stay-at-home mother, and the rest would attend the nearest school. Carlisle hoped that being around humans every day, talking to them, forming relationships with them, and living in their world would make his family remember that humans were— human. He had seen too many vampires forget that humans had ever been anything but a source of blood, and for all that he wanted to believe his family was different, he could never truly shake his fear that they’d one day look at the world around them and not remember why they weren’t simply drinking human blood, like everyone else.

«Carlisle did not admit this to himself,» Aro added.

Aro then clicked back to the picture of Bella Swan.

«Our story begins the day after Bella’s arrival in Forks. She went to school and found that there was only one seat available in her Biology class, the seat next to Edward Cullen. This was very misfortunate, because Bella happened to be Edward’s singer.»

Aro turned to the picture of Edward Cullen with some dramatic gusto. «Edward was somehow able to control himself, and left the country that same day so he would not betray his father’s ideals. Carlisle was sad to see him go, but ultimately proud that his son had resisted and made the right choice. The family would simply have to move, he thought, and he planned for Edward to stay in Alaska with the Denali coven-»

Aro switched to a photo of three blonde women and Eleazar and his mate, all with golden eyes, wearing matching Grecian togas that failed to cover much at all, and then back to the picture of Edward,

«-for a few months until the rest of the family could come after him. Altogether a regrettable turn of events, Carlisle thought, but ultimately the most important thing was that Edward Cullen stayed away from Bella Swan.»

Aro cut away to the picture of Bella Swan.

«Edward did not want to stay away from Bella Swan.

«He lasted one week with the Denali, and then he came back. Carlisle couldn’t understand it, Edward wouldn’t explain it, and one week to the day after he’d nearly murdered Bella Swan along with all her fellow students, he was back in that classroom for reasons he didn’t quite understand himself.»

[ariparri]

Cardverse Character List

Here's the list of characters in each region!

The list will be updated when I figure out placements for other characters I still have yet to add.

I may have also forgotten some MCs , if I did just let me know so I can add them!

If anyone else would like to take part in this, you can read the desciption of each region in my masterlist post to find out which suit your MC can be part of!

Cardverse Masterlist

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Country of Spades

Veruca McQuaid (Queen - short term)

Rowan Khanna (Jack)

Bill Weasley (Ace)

Coby McQuaid (King - in recovery)

Duncan Ashe (former Jack - deceased)

Erika Rath (Jack’s Guard)

Merula Snyde

Levi Kidd (recovering in Hearts)

Elora Dunn

Peregrine Pearce

≫ Exiled or Imprisoned ≪

Patricia Rakepick (former Ace/Queen)

Kazuhiro Shiratori (Assassin)

Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde (former Jack)

Eustace Burke (Doctor)

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Land of Clubs

Orion Amari (King)

Helena Durazzo (Jack) @helenadurazzo

Talbott Winger (Law Enforcement)

Angelica Cole (Creature Marshal)

Liz Tuttle

Alanza Alves

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Kingdom of Hearts

Diego Caplan (King)

Carewyn Cromwell (Queen) @carewyncromwell

Barnaby Lee (Ace)

Chiara Lobosca (Jack)

Sarahi Silvers (Castle Gardener) @dat-silvers-girl

Ben Copper

Felix Rosier

Percy Weasley

Rosalie Emilien

Declan Conroy

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Diamond Empire

Penny Haywood (Queen)

Alina Markington (Jack)

Liv Tóth (Ace) @nerdyliv

Malachi Avery (King) @akikocho

Maya Avery

Jacob Avery

Carson Ivey

Jae Kim

Badeea Ali

Andre Egwu

Corey Hayden

Chester Davies

Aurélie Dumont

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Jokers Domain

Nymphadora Tonks (Joker)

Tulip Karasu (Joker)

Murphy McNully (Ringmaster / Commentator)

Charlie Weasley (Beast Tamer)

Jacob Cromwell (Escape Artist) @carewyncromwell

Lizzie Jameson @lifeofkaze

Skye Parkin

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Facepaint Kid

Beatrice Haywood

Ismelda Murk

Jane Court

[retroyousei]

Female characters in retro shojo [70s edition, part 2]

In this series, the female characters in 70s shojo are being analysed. In part one, three of the most common types were examined; the “average” protagonists, the villains and the tomboys. In this article, other three very common types are being discussed.

The westerners innocent blondies

They are either orphans who just want to find a place to belong, princesses who dream about falling in love, or normal girls who always knew that they weren’t where they meant to be and they somehow discover that they are royalty or from a noble family. Either way, they are lively, innocent, but naive, so sometimes they may be betrayed or belittled, but they have a kind heart that knows how to forgive and have faith on people, so they make friends easily. Many times they are portrayed as Tomboys who love the nature and sometimes they get into trouble accidentally. They may seem helpless and dense sometimes, but despite all of this, they are actually very independent, as they may travel to the other side of the world all alone if they have to (they will make new friends wherever they go anyway) and if they need to, they can kick some serious ass too. But their most precious weapon is their inner strength to move forward, no matter what.

In “Candy Candy” Candy, is an orphan girl who goes through so many hardships. At first, her best friend Annie gets adopted, leaving her behind, but her troubles had just begun. She gets adopted by a rich family to keep company to their daughter, named Elisa who is the one who, along with her brother will constantly try to make her life miserable, firstly when she was staying at their house, then in the private school in England and afterwards when she was working as a nurse. But Candy makes many friends and has many allies and with her inner strength and lust for life, she overcomes all the obstacles that she faces. But that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t lose some of her dearest friends along the way. As she grows up she learns the hardships of life, but all those obstacles makes her only stronger and she never loses her hope for a better tomorrow.

In “the Rose of Versailles” we see Marie Antoinette evolving from an innocent and silly girl, to an irresponsible young woman, to a sorrowful, regretful, but determined queen. In the first volumes, she was still a child who just wanted to have fun and didn’t care about homework, traditions and preparations for being a queen. Later, during her first years as a queen she was portrayed as a naive person who didn’t make the right choices. Also, her friendship with Countess de polignag was a bad influence for her as she goaded her into gambling. But she was also well intensioned and just wanted her loved ones to be happy. Oscar always tried to be her voice of reason, but it wasn’t enough. Later it was more and more clear that she was spending her country’s money in clothes, gardening and building the petit Trianon to be with her inner circle, because she wanted to fill the void of being a woman who cannot be with her beloved. In the end, during the time that she was captured, before her decapitation, she surprisingly matured, realised what she had done all those years and wanted to make things right, but it was too late. Her final thoughts was about her family, Fersen and Oscar and she was proud and composured until her last breath. Throughout the story she was portrayed as an innocent woman who was sacrificed for the sake of politics.

In “Alpen Rose” Jeudi is an amnesiac girl who lives in Alpes with a boy named Lundi. She works as a nurse and has a quiet life, until a French nobleman captures her. Luckily she is very clever and with Lundi’s help they get away. And that’s how their journey towards finding Jeudi’s parents start. Along the way, Jeudi befriends many people, like a little girl with his brother and his girlfriend, a journalist who helps her a lot, a young couple and a mysterious musician named Leonard Aschenbach. Jeudi is different from other characters in this particular category because of her wit and courage. She also has a strong sense of justice and in matters of life and death, such as hiding from the nazis in the trains, planning traps for them and solving mysteries with the information that she gathers with the help of her friends, she succeeds. She also cares about the others and tries to see the good side in everyone. When she finally found her mother, she was asked from her grandparents to pretend that she wasn’t her daughter, because she was blind and in a fragile state, besides there was another girl who resembled Alicia (Jeudi’s real name) a lot. She had patience and it was repaid in the end.

Rosalie from “Rose of Versailles” was a poor girl who lived with her mother and her sister Joanne and she just wanted for others to be healthy and was happy with the simplest of things, like being able to buy bread and helping other children in the neighborhood who can’t afford to eat anything. When her mother is killed by Polignag who was in fact her birth mother, she is devastated and swears that she is going to get revenge from the nobles who don’t care about anyone else. When she befriends Oscar and Andre and stays at Jerjeyes household, she learns fencing, manners, horseriding and and history, to make her debut in Versailles. There, she meets the woman who killed her mother, her sister who suicides because of Polignag and managed to get away from her. She also felt disappointed with her other sister, Jeanne who betrayed her, but she was sad when she was killed. Later she meets and falls in love with Bernard, a friend of Oscar and they get married. As the years passed by, she evolved from a stereotypical nice girl, into an accomplished woman who can protect herself and the others. By the end of the story she was pretty much the only one from the main characters who stayed alive.

There are many other characters who fit this image, such as Georgie from “Lady Georgie”, who lived in Australia with a family that wasn’t hers and after meeting an English noble young man, Lowel, they fall in love, so she decides to follow him in England where she makes new friends, faces many enemies and also finds out about her real family. Lynn from “Lady Lady” travels to England to live with her father and her step sister and there she faces her evil step mother and her children, but she also finds many allies too.

Note: “Anne of green gables” was and still is popular in Japan, because of Anne’s passion for freedom and expression, the book’s “pastel” aesthetic, so Anne’s imagination and strength despite being an orphan, might have inspired those characters.

The worthy rivals

Those ladies tend to have what the main heroine lacks and they serve as her opposite. They tend to be considered prettier than the main characters and that circumstances are easier for them, something that isn’t true. They also appear to be elegant and refined, on oppose to the heroine who is more clumsy and tomboyish. They are usually more practical, down to earth and skilful than the main heroine, causing her to feel inferior to them. They may start off as the snobbish girls who look down on her and don’t take her seriously, due to her clumsiness and her easy going attitude towards work, but as the time goes by, they realise her real talent and her worth, causing them to consider her as a worthy opponent and expect great things from her. They may appear as almost perfect at everything they do, but the truth is that they are also insecure and they are having other types of problems, such as finding it very difficult to make friends, due to their cold nature, as they always appear antagonistic and determined to win. But as time goes by they may change their attitude with the help of the heroine, or better, with their own realisation.

Ayumi from “Glass Mask” is the greatest example of this. She is the daughter of a famous actress and a famous director and she was always on spotlight ever since she was a kid. She is beautiful, refined, elegant and admired by everyone, also considered to be a genius, as she excels at acting techniques, dancing and reciting. Her family environment helped her to pursue a successful career as an actress. But that doesn’t mean that she is rest assured as she always seeks to exceed her parents’ talent, so that people will see her as her and not as a daughter of famous parents. She also stated that no one truly knows how hard she worked in order to reach her current level. And that hard work was something that she succeeded on her own. When she encountered Maya for the first time and faced her on the stage, even though she (Ayumi) was better than her, she felt as though she was defeated. From that moment, even though it seemed like Ayumi had everything and Maya had nothing, Ayumi always thought that Maya had something that she lacked; a deep understanding of the characters that she portrays. Ayumi may excel at the techniques of acting, but she never manages to portray the true depth of emotion of each character. Her portraits of characters are accurate and true to the play, but Maya’s are refreshing and original. Even when it’s clear that she is way ahead of Maya, she always walks off stage with the feeling that she was defeated. As a rival, she is also very fair and she likes to unlimitedly challenge Maya in many ways. Of course, as the story progresses, Ayumi’s talent evolves and she becomes more open as a person.

In “Candy Candy”, Flanny is a girl who works as a nurse in the same hospital with Candy. She is the best of the nurses there, as she’s always on time, always knows what to do, is very practical and smart, yet she is rather cold and distant towards others. She only cares to get things done, that’s why she is often annoyed by Candy’s bubbly nature. What’s more, as soon as she learns that Candy is an Ardley, she assumes that she only works out of boredom, contrary to her, who she has to support her poor family. She even goes at the front, to work as a nurse and support the soldiers there. Candy respects her for that this and she visits Flanny’s family to inform them about her decision, as her own relationship with them is bad, as she only sends them her monthly allowance and they never seem to appreciate her hard work. Her and Candy make an interesting dynamic and many stated that both of them make the perfect nurse, with Candy’s gentle and caring personality and Flanny’s practical skills. At the end, both of them learned from one another.

In “Swan”, Sayoko is a refined woman who loved ballet ever since she was a child. But when she meets Masumi for the first time, she starts being insecure about herself and afraid that she will overshadow her, as she’s younger than her with a bright future, whereas she had a night of glory as a prima ballerina, but after an accident she needs to learn how to dance again. But she still feels sympathy for her, besides they both shared their love for ballet, thus a rivalry begins.

In “Aim For The Ace” Reika is the best player on the tennis team and so her nickname is “Madame Butterfly”, due to her grace in the field. Hiromi is fascinated by her and even though at first Reika isn’t impressed by her, later she appreciates her skills and thus a friendship begins.

The “damsel in distress” love antagonists

They are fragile, sweet and pretty, that’s for sure. They are either the daughters of an important family which aspires to marry them with the love interest, thus expand their power, or they are someone who because of some circumstances, grew closer to the love interest, before the main character even could or when she was separated from him for various reasons. Nevertheless, they are in a better social situation from the heroine. Their character arc usually begins at some crucial point of the plot, which is halfway through the story, when the main character and the love interest’s relationship have had already developed, but had not quite bloomed yet. They are considered to be innocent and kind, contradictory to the main character who is much more spontaneous, causing trouble to other sometimes. As expected, they slowly fall in love with the main love interest, in some cases before the main character even realises that she loves him. Either way, those characters add an extra dose of melodrama and constitute to the story, sometimes a little bit, some others a lot to a point of changing it.

Shiori from “Glass Mask” is an interesting case. She is a lady from a wealthy family, so she’s elegant and accomplished. She’s also very pretty, but fragile, as she suffers from anemia and many times she passes out. At first, she’s sympathetic, as she goes out with Masumi and starts falling for him, even though Masumi loves Maya. But as the story progresses, looking at the way Masumi talks to her (Maya), she starts to suspect that he likes her. Slowly but steadily, she evolves into a manipulative woman, who uses her weak health to keep him close. She sees Maya as a threat and she goes out of her way to make her seem like a bad person in front of Masumi. When he learns about all of this, he breaks up with her, but afterwards, Shiori attempts suicide and passes out. When she recovers, she loses almost all of her sense and she goes mad. She’s hospitalised in her room, where she barely speaks and sometimes she growls Maya’s name, rips apart her pictures in magazines and orders bouquets of purple roses to rip them too. At this point of the story, her parents don’t allow him to break their engagement, until their daughter recovers, leaving him responsible for her. In conclusion, Shiori evolves from a sympathetic woman, to a pathetic creature who’s adrift to its feelings.

Susanna from “Candy Candy” is a young talented actress, with a good heart, who works at the same theater company with Terry. During the time of their troupe’s performances in Chicago, she starts falling for him. Seeing that Terry’s heart is set on elsewhere she tries to keep him distant from Candy. Later on, in New York, during a rehearsal, the spotlight that was above of Terry, was ready to fall, so Susanna ran and pushed him away to save him, but the spotlight fell down before she could walk away from it. In the hospital, the troupe learns that she’s alive and healthy, but unfortunately the doctors were unable to save her legs and were forced to amputate them, meaning that her career as an actress was over. Terry took the responsibility, having a strong sense of duty and being pressured by Susanna’s mother. When Candy arrived to New York and see his play, she learned about it soon. Before she even fathom the news, she ran to catch up to Susanna, to save her from a balcony, before she could jump, trying to suicide, to free Terry and let him be with the one he loved. Candy manages to save her and decides to leave them be. So Terry chose to stay with Susanna to take care of her.

Lalissa from “Haikara-San Ga Toru” is a character that appears in the second half of the story. She’s a Russian noble, who arrived to Tokyo with her husband, who is in fact not her real one, but he’s Shinobu who suffers from amnesia after the war and believes that he’s married to her. Lalissa is elegant and quiet, but sad and the truth is that she had lost her real husband, that’s why she wants Shinobu near her, due to his resemblance to him. Benio, who’s Shinobu’s sweetheart, believing that he was dead, was shocked when she saw them together. But due to the circumstances and the fact that Lalissa suffers from tuberculosis, Benio decides to give up on him. But when the Kanto earthquake stroke, Lalissa was severely injured and ready to die, whereas Shinobu regained his memory and she told him to marry Benio and be happy.

Another mention, is Marie from “Alpen Rose” who liked Lundi and that was the reason that she miraculously stood up from her wheelchair to help him, although it’s clear that he likes Jeudi.

[merrock]

CHARACTER INFORMATION

face claim: Hilarie Burton

full name: Rosalie Blythe Seaford

nickname(s) / goes by: Ro

pronouns & gender: Cis woman, she/her

sexuality: Bisexual 

birth date: July 16, 1984.

birth place: Merrock, ME

arrival to merrock: Born and raised in Merrock

housing: Rural countryside

occupation: Owner of The Garden

work place: The Garden

family: N/A

relationship status: Single

PERSONALITY

Rosalie is a kind of wild that couldn’t have come from her straitlaced father and worrisome mother. Lively, colorful, and never bothered to put the pool cover over her sharp edges, Rosalie's the friend to keep you on her toes and hug you in the down moments. She loves fierce and thrives in the company of others; she is the Mom Friend™️, dependable and down to earth, approachable and compassionate. She's messy to a fault, with an unyielding stubbornness and often abrasive way about her whenever the hairpin trigger of her emotions feels the slightest bit of pressure. She'll either detach herself into self-isolation or erupt with little care for the aftermath. There is a certain weight to her that lingers, and while it takes a lot to damper her spirits, it comes with the notion that her tenacity isn't the same as it once was.

WRITTEN BY: Grace (she/her), est.

BACKGROUND / BIO

triggering / sensitive content: car accident, death of a child, hospital mentions, depression, mentions of drug and alcohol usage.

The eldest daughter born to Robert and Marissa Seaford, and, by all accounts, another tick in the box on their checklist of dreams: love, success, stability, family, even if it weren't to occur in that particular order. Rosalie entered the world shortly after her parents' graduation from high school, her mother attempting to hold the four walls together as Rosalie careened through while her father practiced law, following in the footsteps of the family that bled old money as far as small-town Maine was concerned. Despite her begging for siblings, the house suddenly felt too full for comfort by Rosalie's standard. Too big for any room that she walked into, too small when shoved under the bar of expectations, and not nearly as good at throwing the pool cover over her sharp edges as the rest of her family — Rosalie was not the perfect rolemodel her parents would have preferred her be. She was not the ideal Seaford heir, but rather first in line to be the prodigal son.

Smart as a whip and only slightly stoned upon her graduation from high school, Rosalie tried branching out beyond the reach of the small town she lived in the shadow of, whirling into the great beyond for some great adventure. The world was supposed to feel bigger than her hometown, and she didn't want the things her parents prescribed — she contemplated being a flight attendant or visiting all seven wonders of the world, but instead she tried to settle and be content. She declared a major in business and before the ink had a chance to dry, she wound up in love, living on her boyfriend’s couch, and pregnant at nineteen. If this was supposed to be her grand journey, she'd take it. She gave birth to a daughter, Winona, and promptly forgot everything about making her parents proud or succeeding in life. Winnie was her greatest love, her greatest treasure.

Winnie would also be her greatest sorrow. All the safety precautions in the world couldn't have prevented the wintry accident that left Rosalie in the hospital, unable to sleep, and her daughter floors above her on a morgue table. Time froze and Rosalie was stuck free falling. Forever in limbo, unable to grip onto something, constantly waiting for her body to smack into the pavement but the feeling never coming, and the weight in her heart never going away. Winnie's death was Rosalie's death, too, except she’d been left to roam the earth and try to reconnect her spirit with her body. The constant irritation of her raw wound became a lash of anger and pain and utter defeat; she left her partner in a raw-faced flurry of tears that didn't know how to stop, and she went back to the only place on the map that seemed to still exist.

The prodigal son returned after not much time away, and the only thing she was sorry about was that her leaving didn't work out. She bought a dilapidated house out in the countryside and threw her grief into the remodeling process. The tactile work gave her a reprieve of sorts, and before long, Rosalie found herself flipping homes in the outskirts of Merrock in between her online classes and bartending gigs. She'd renovate kitchens for friends and attend group therapy, trying to lose herself in the monotony of life to dampen the sting of her pain. The years moved by at a glacial pace, melting slowly but leaving a great evidentiary trail in their wake. Rosalie fell in love just to nurse her wounds with a bottle of homemade wine, her grey hairs grew in sooner than she'd have liked, and she learned to be okay with where she was at amidst the constant remodels, coming into ownership of The Garden, and the cautionary tale of contentment still lingering over her head like a storm cloud.

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Tell me ten of the most niche characters you’ve ever searched “x reader” fics for, and then share this with ten of your favourite people

this is cute !! thank u for including me nonnie :)) <33

i don't read often,, so they aren't all niche but here :))

-> neytiri,, i had a little obsession with blue aliens

-> michonne grimes

-> noah foster,, i REALLY wanted to be his friend for the longest time,, never found any platonic readers tho :/

-> carrie, as in stephen king carrie

-> beatrice from over the garden wall,, when i was younger i was really into her

-> sonya & harriet the maze runner

-> all the marauders girls tbh

-> ginny weasley she doesn't have a lot of x-readers

-> rosalie hale !!