#charmington stuff

[ultracreativelywritten]

Descendants Headcanons

While all of the kingdoms are united, each of the smaller regions are still ruled by their respective royalty. In places like Charmington, I see it has multiple rulers that work together.

Out of all the royals, Kuzco and Snow White are taken the least seriously. They are seen how they were in their respective stories instead of how they are now, adults in their thirties.

I see Snow and her prince being divorced in the Descendants franchise. It’s not advertised, and Snow drives from her kingdom to Charmington for her reporting job. If it wasn’t for that job, she would rather not be there.

The Dwarves help run Snows kingdom. I see her turning to them after the divorce and they all have high ranking advising jobs in the kingdom.

Snow dose not hold Evie accountable for the Evil Queen’s actions, and gives her the biggest hug when Doug brings her home to meet the family. Snow sees how happy she makes Doug, and that’s all she needs to know about her to accept her.

Kuzco and Snow also have the most protected state forests in the kingdom. Snow wanted a place for all the magical animals to live without fear as the other kingdoms developed more and more while Kuzco knew that overdevelopment would destroy the beauty his kingdom. Both kingdoms have seen an influx of people who want to live simpler lives or lives that reflected what they used to do before the United States of Aurudon was created.

Kuzco was 100% against sending people to the isle. Like, some people only worked for the villains because they really needed a job. His best example would be Kronk, who is a sweet soul and could do no real evil.

For the heroes that didn’t come from royalty and then married into royalty had quite a hard time adjusting to being in a world of politics and royal courts. Most times they focus on being a voice for the people who have to deal with the fallout of their leader’s decisions.

Eugene and Aladdin are best friends when it comes to boring meetings and political parties. They like to steal each others stuff the entire time and by the end they give everything back. There are things that both have noted as off limits in their unspoken rules of the game. When the two were first starting the game Jasmine was mortified while Rapunzel was happy that Eugene is making friends.

Jay wants to play the game with Eugene and Aladdin but Evie won’t let him.

Eugene, Aladdin, and Cinderella are the most likely to take things from the hotel. Cindi will stick to things like soap or pens, but Eugene and Aladdin will take anything not nailed down that they can sneak past their wives.

Eugene has pens and paper pads on him at all time so Rapunzel can doodle whenever she wants. All of these items are off limits in the game, because they aren’t his they are his wife’s.

Rapunzel and Mal love talking about different types of art at royal events, and Rapunzel has invited Mal to Corona so they can work on a Mural together. Eugene has given Ben the wisest advice about always having art supplies on him.

For Mother’s Day, Eugene works hard on making Rapunzel duck tape and paper flower pens because he knows she would like them more than real flowers. Rapunzel refuses to throw any of them away. She stores them in a special vault. May their be mercy on any poor soul that tries to break in and try to steal any of them.

Dude is very protective of Carlos, and barks at any dogs that try to get near him. As a stray who found a loving boy, he would protect this boy to the very end. Even against things that are not a threat.

I see Rodger Radcliffe being Aurudon prep’s music teacher and brings some of the Dalmatians during midterms and finals as a way to help out kids that are stressed.

Anita Radcliffe sees how talented Evie is and would support her business as a fellow designer.

I do want to talk more about these Headcanons as well as develop some aus for this series. Feel free to ask me anything about these or the aus I want to develop.

[arickaandherfictionalothers]

Harry is MY boyfriend; you can’t tell me who to love-! (Part One)

(Aricka x Harry Hook; Aricka and Cinderella, Aricka and Kit Charming, Aricka and Chad Charming, the royal Auradonian cousins.)

(Warning: Ella slaps her daughter, mentions of abuse; yelling, use of a sleeping potion against a princess, if I missed anything let me know and I’ll add it-!)

@astralshipper @rosieshipper @hyperionshipping @sappy-secrets @rosepetalcharm @yeehawselfshipping @letsgofoletsgo @tsundere-selfship @friendlyneighborhoodidiot

It had started out so well. Aricka and Chad had woke up early, earlier than for a usual school day, and had met up to get ready for Parent Day together. Chad was wearing a Snow White Original light blue three piece suit, gold cuff links with the Charming royal crest engraved on them, and brown dress shoes to match.

Aricka herself had selected a similar light blue sundress patterned after Little London styles, made and designed by her new dear friend; Evie. It was tulle with a low back with a matching scarf, and she was wearing a low pair of golden heels. She also wore a necklace Harry had found and given her- white gold with a compass charm. “You’ve been guiding me my entire stay here,” he’d explained. “It just makes sense.”

“Do you think Harry will like my outfit?” She asks her twin, as she fixed her makeup for the final time.

“I think Harry likes the princess behind the outfit more than anything,” her twin responds. “And if he doesn’t; well, that’s why you have me.” She smiles and reaches for her twin’s hands.

“You’ve always had my back.”

“Just like you have mine.” And with that, Chad offered her his arm; and they walked out to the party together.

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“Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Chadwick Charming of Sardinia and Princess Aricka of Charmington,” the official announcer declared. The twins smiled demurely and waved as they’d been trained, eyes set ahead of them, always focused on their future King of Auradon. Aricka saw a flash of red, blue; and purple; and internally relaxed. The VKs were here,and soon Harry would rescue her.

Everything would be okay after this performance.

Her and Chad took their places with their cousins, each taking a towel and posing just as they’d rehearsed time and again before this day. The boys began beatboxing and the girls softly sang over them,

“Ma chère Mademoiselle,

It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure

That we welcome you tonight…” Ben begins, a proper kingly smile on his face; he reaches over and squeezes Aricka’s wrist as warmly as possible; the two of them sharing a brief smile as he made his way through the assemblage.

“And now, we invite you to relax,

Let us pull up a chair

As the dining room proudly presents -

Your dinner!” The teens present began bowing in perfect synchrony, the girls chorusing,

“Be our guest!

Be our guest!

Put our service to the test

Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie

And we'll provide the rest…” Ben smiles at two princesses and tosses them his own napkin, and the girl who caught it swooned, right into the arms of king Adam himself, and Aricka had to stifle a laugh.

“Soup du jour

Hot hors d'oeuvres

Why we only live to serve…” at that moment, Aricka saw Harry; and she waved covertly; and he smiled at her; not a smirk; not a grimace, her boyfriend smiled at her properly.

Yeah; she melted like a popsicle.

“Try the grey stuff

It's delicious!

Don't believe me?

Ask the dishes…” Chad, Aziz, Doug, Li’l Shang, Bashful Jr, SJ, Pin, and Artie rushed to join their “cousin” Ben and did a very impressive rap for the next verse,

They can sing sing sing

They can dance dance dance

After all, Miss, this is France!

And the dinner here is never ever second best! No!

Go on, unfold your menu-!” They all toss their napkins in the air; continuing,

“Go on, take a glance and then you'll

Be our guest

Oui, our guest

Be our guest guest guest… come on!” All the boys bow, smiling and adding a little,

“Yeah… yeah… yeah…” as the girls take over,

“We tell jokes,

I do tricks!

With my fellow candlesticks

And it's all in perfect taste

That you can bet-!” And to finish they came back together, waving the remaining napkins in the air, swaying side to side and proclaiming,

“Come on and lift your glass

You've won your own free pass

To be our guest-!” Ben reclaimed the spotlight for one final solo,

“If you're stressed

It's fine dining we suggest!” Smiling over at his parents, before rejoining his friends,

“Be our guest!

Be our guest!

Be our guest!” The girls add a soft,

“Oh-oh oh-oh-oh, oh oh oh-oh,” before they all exclaimed,

“BE OUR GUEST-!” Chad ended one one knee, on the cement, Aricka sitting on his leg, arms extended to the sky with perfect smiles on their faces.

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It tanked from there.

Aricka and Harry had been invited to a game of croquet by the King and Queen, Adam and Belle themselves. Harry had looked askance until Aricka graciously answered for both of them, slipping her arm through Harry’s and leading him over to the more private garden party, where the more famous Auradon parents were assembled. Two of them being her own.

Chad had Uma’s arm tucked into his, a seemingly permanent blush on his face. It warmed her heart seeing her twin so happy; and she knew he felt the same regarding her and Harry.

The game went smoothly until they encountered her mother. And by then; it was too late to recover any semblance of normalcy afterward.

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“The Isle Reformation Proclamation will never take off. It poses too much of a risk to our safety, and what if the barrier doesn’t hold during the transfer of students? What if some villain were to break free?” Her mother ranted to queen Leah.

“Indeed.” The elderly royal mused, scanning the populace. Her eyes widened and she gasped rather dramatically and cried, “YOU-!”

Aricka whipped around at the sound and saw Leah staring at Mal and Ben heading that way. Gripping Harry’s hand she followed, seeing Chad hot on their heels, Evie, Jay, Gil and Carlos not far away. Aricka Page seemingly materialized out of nowhere, gripping her twin’s hand.

“Your majesty queen Leah,” the demigoddess Fae says, laying a gentle hand on the Queen’s arm. “Princess Aricka of Olympus, we’ve met before. May I present my sister Mal Page?”

“How are you so young-?!” The queen exclaims.

“Grammy, this isn’t Maleficent, this is her daughter, Mal. She’s one of the Isle children we brought over for our Reformation Proclamation,”’Audrey tried to explain.

“Audrey- you LET her over-?!” Leah gasped. “After what her mother did you to yours- did to my DAUGHTER-?!”

“Yes, Grammy, Maleficent did that to my mother. Mal has done nothing to me,” Audrey says, grabbing Mal’s hand. “She is my friend.”

Mal seemed thunderstruck by Audrey’s claim, but Aricka Page seemed to have taken over speaking for her twin. “Queen Leah, my twin is more our father’s daughter than she ever was our mother’s. Mal is innocent and has done nothing to deserve your prejudice or hatred.”

“Are you so sure of that? How can we trust you? Any of you?” Aricka Charming paled at the words that came from her own mother’s mouth. “How do we know you haven’t spelled our children to say whatever makes you look good?”

“MOTHER-?!” Aricka and Chad exclaimed.

“I mean look at them. The daughter of the mistress of all evil, who cursed a baby to die before she was even truly alive-,” here Mal’s eyes glowed a dangerous shade of green, only to calm when her sister gripped her hand. “The son of Jafar who tried to take over an entire kingdom because the sultan wouldn’t let him marry the Princess.” Aricka Page also gripped Jay’s hand soothingly so the boy wouldn’t do anything rash. “Not to mention the daughter of the evil queen who is surely nothing more than a gold digger and a cheat.” Aricka and Harry reached to soothe the now crying bluenette, anger burning Aricka’s skin. “The son of Cruella who is surely just as crazy as she was. The voice stealing daughter of Ursula and to make everything WORSE you invited Gaston’s spawn over-?! Belle and Adam’s worst ENEMY-?!”

“Hey that’s not very nice,”’Gil protested softly, only for Ella to speak over him,

“And don’t get me started on your so called boyfriend, daughter of mine. The son of Captain Hook-? Really-?! The man who tried to kill innocent children if they didn’t join his crew-? I bet he was just as evil as his father- he should’ve been left there just like the rest of them-!”

“ENOUGH MOTHER-!” Aricka yells, pushing Harry behind her and staring Cinderella down. “I am sick and tired of this. Ever since we started the Proclamation you’ve been against it. Saying the VKs are dangerous and evil and twisted. What about my cousins, huh? Do the names Diana and Anthony mean NOTHING to you-?! And don’t even THINK about hurting my friends- my chosen family. If you tried to get to know them you’d realize how very wrong your judgments of them are. Mal is so talented and creative and she just wanted to go to school and get more kids safe and off the Isle. Jay is strong and athletic and a great dancer and an even more loyal bodyguard and friend. Evie is beautiful and smart and kind and has a great fashion sense- she made my dress I’m wearing today.

Uma is not her mother- she is an amazing chef, navigator and storyteller. And don’t get me started on Gil LeGume- he’s so Good and he just keeps trying to do better, to learn everything he can, to enjoy all the little things in Auradon- Gil, I still wanna cry thinking about you experiencing grapes for the first time.” The blonde haired VK who looked too much like her and Chad smiled and said,

“Aw, thanks Aricka; I like you too-!” And she laughed because he was so easy to love.

“And finally, we come to Harry. And I could write a whole book on how he has changed me for the better. Harry showed me that I have worth simply because I am a good ally and friend to everyone I meet, that my beauty is from within; and that my power comes from the knowledge of those who have my back. Harry, I am forever grateful that we met and know each other. And Harry,” she takes a deep breath, “I know we’ve only known each other for a short time but I love you, plain and simple. I don’t care what anyone says or thinks, I’m yours. I’d give up being a princess if it meant I could be your girlfriend. Plain and simple.” And there; in front of everyone, she stood on tiptoes and kissed him, only to be jerked toward her mother who hissed,

“How DARE YOU-!” She wrenched away from her mother’s grip to retort,

“I dare because Harry is MY boyfriend; you can’t tell me who or how to love-!” A stinging sensation filled her cheek and Aricka recoiled from the feeling of being slapped.

Her mother hit her. Actually hit her. Her mother raised her hand to strike once more only for the queen of Cinderellasburg to fall down in a faint, Evie holding a blue bottle in her hand.

“Aricka come on-!” Harry retook her hand, and her other was claimed by Evie, and together they- hero and Isle child alike- ran to the safety of their dorms to regroup.

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[prince--thomas]

Clementine’s Favorite Relationships: The Order of the Prince

We were born in the valley of the dead and the wicked That our father's father found And where we laid him down We were born in the shadow of the crimes of our fathers Blood was our inheritance No, we did not ask for this Will you lead me? We were young when we heard you call our names in the silence Like a fire in the dark Like a sword upon our hearts We came down to the water and we begged for forgiveness Shadows lurking close behind We were fleeing for our lives Will you lead me?

- The Valley, The Oh Hellos

@captain--john, @knightley--phillip, @charmed-henry, @heart-of-dunbroch, @maritimeericandersen, @aurora-rosewood, (and sort of but not really: @thehuntress-rose)

[discnchant]

Meeting with an eligible young woman so shortly after the announcement of one’s forthcoming nuptials was a rather tricky thing to do. It required finesse, a careful planning. Neutral ground, proper chaperones, nothing too overtly romantic or something that could be construed to be courtship. Chattermore had eyes in every nook and cranny of Auradon City and was forever seeking scandal, and he had no wish to accidentally harm the reputation of another fine lady. It was for that reason that Lark made the plans to meet with Lady Drusilla White-Prince carefully. It was of course no clandestine affair — his fate was sealed in the hands of Miss Dallben after all.

It was for that exact purpose he sent word to the Duke of Charmington’s daughter, requesting to meet. In just a little over a week, come May 13th, he would be wed to Gwendolyn Dallben, and Lark, wishing to make the romance as authentic and real as possible, knew there was a particular circle of Auradonians he needed to convince above all else of the legitimacy of his feelings, whether they be true or not at the given time. Gwendolyn’s intimate friends. And from his personal digging he’d come to discover that among those who she had a closeness with was Lady Drusilla. She seemed the least intimidating of the group, especially considering the Princess was counted among Gwendolyn’s friends. He thought if anything she would prove most helpful to associate with in the wake of everything.

Their meeting would serve two purposes: Firstly, Lark would take the opportunity to prove himself a hopelessly in love suitor to the most likely naysayers in the ton, the friends that may wonder why their dearest friend had kept such a courtship so secret. Secondly, and the most imperative, to poke and prod at the brain of who was believed to be one of Gwendolyn’s most intimate acquaintances. Because for all the disaster of their forced and hurried nuptials, Lark Andersen had hoped to soften the blow of this marriage by presenting a deeply thoughtful and well curated gift for Gwendolyn on their wedding day that could hopefully bring her a semblance of joy at the prospect of their union. At present Lark knew nothing personal of the young woman, things that a fiancé probably should have known. He needed to draw such information out delicately, without seeming a stranger in her life.

That thought left him nervously wringing his hands as he sat upon a bench in the Enchanted Park, buried among the colorful bushes of roses but with a clear view of the long manicured lawns. It was public but quiet enough for them to have a small chat, and he hoped neutral enough territory that no one would bat too much of an eye at two members of court speaking. He in fact hoped to stage it a bit more like a random run in. For that reason he began walking idly down the cobbled walkways, feeling relief when he noticed Lady Drusilla not far ahead. “Lady Drusilla,” he greeted with a tip of his hat, a natural reaction to bumping into another peer while out and about. “It’s a lovely day for a stroll, wouldn’t you say?” He started rather amiably before lowering his pitch, “Thank you for meeting me here. I thought this would be an appropriate place for acquaintances to run into one another.” He smiled gently before stepping into place beside her, as if he’d offered to take a neighborly stroll with her through the park.

Lark wasn’t quite sure where to start, wishing he had made it more plain in his note to her. Instead he simply requested her presence at the park, making no hint to Gwendolyn. But likely she knew, she seemed clever enough or so he assumed. Releasing a breath, he finally spoke up. “I take it you’ve heard… whether by her own words or that of the Auradon Herald.” Announced the morning of May the 3rd, just barely, that ten days from then Lord Andersen of Tirulia would wed Miss Dallben of Prydain. He swallowed. “Miss Dallben speaks highly of you,” a lie since he’d never asked her of her acquaintances, though he expected it was true. It helped him lie easier. “I assumed a close friendship. I thought maybe you could assist me. We secured a special license to wed so quickly, not wishing to wait very long especially given my leave to land could be revoked any minute of any day, and with the short notice I’m afraid I’m at a loss and quite occupied with many things. I…” He paused a second to carefully frame his words.

“I wish to do something rather special for my bride. That is, to present her with a special gift on our wedding day. Something that could really just add to the merriment of the day.” To distract from whatever inner turmoil she could be going through after marrying him. “I’m afraid that I’m at a loss. I’ve been gone at sea for most of my life, I’m not the best at curating a lovely gift for an equally lovely lady. It is an ocean I’m not well travelled in. Thankfully she’s been patient with me, but the sailor in me prevails in some respects over the gentleman. I’m simply not sure what is suitable for such a task.” It was a lie that made sense for him, painted with half truths. He did want to give her something nice, and he was also clumsy with this stuff given the haste of their union and his life at sea. It was easy to say, but still hard to swallow. “I care so much for Miss Dallben, I just want to make the day absolutely perfect for her. I was hoping you could help me come up with just the right thing to ensure my beloved has the most wonderful wedding day.” His blue eyes flickered to her, genuine hope in his gaze. “What do you say? Up to the challenge of helping this romantic fool bring a smile his bride?” @talesnbone

[hannahmcne]

Don’t You Leave

It was awful. Horrible. Excruciating. Hands-down the worst experience of his life, and he still couldn't bring himself to say it was a mistake.

Her screams were echoing in his ears and overlapping with the echoes of the last screams that still hadn't faded and Ben felt like screaming himself because everything about this situation was wrong.

She hadn't cried with Zach. Grit her teeth, yeah. Gasped in pain a couple of times, of course. She had definitely snapped at him about how 'We are never doing this again' and 'this is all your fault', but her voice had been level and she had been in control and there had been no screaming. Now, she couldn't stop.

And there was so much blood.

"Something is ruptured," The doctor shook his head. "This isn't normal. She needs an emergency interveinal." And Ben could agree because, yeah, this wasn't anything like his first son. Mal had never needed a doctor with their first son. He'd begged her to let him call one but she'd rolled her eyes and said she'd rather not and so he'd kept the number to the hospital open on his phone so he could call them with a single tap and then just held her hand while they waited. Now, for the first time in her life, Mal had requested a doctor. Because something was wrong. This wasn't normal.

He wiped her forehead with a cool cloth as he listened to the doctors and nurses debate back and forth, wondering if she could hear them over her own screams. Every scream was like a nail being shoved into his skin. And then removed slowly, millimeter by millimeter. She'd never screamed before. Not once. And now her voice was going hoarse with every breath and every pain wave.

"I can't even tell how close she is! There's too much blood!" A nurse declared, and Ben squeezed his eyes shut and leaned down to kiss Mal's forehead, squeeze her hand a little tighter than she was squeezing his.

"We'll get through this," He whispered. "You're going to be alright."

It was the first time he'd ever had to assure her of that.

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The first time it came up, it wasn't their anniversary party – it was Jay and Lonnie's. Their first one. An important one. The party was loud. People were celebrating. People who knew Lonnie from swords and shields and Jay from tourney. Jay was challenging Lonnie and the two were playing darts with Lonnie swaying from the two drinks she'd had while Jay smirked as he raised a sixth to his mouth.

Evie was outside, trying to quell her crying two-year-old when Mal stomped back over and dropped into Ben's side, shifting the entire couch in her direction before she let out a dramatic sigh.

Jane, Doug, and Ben all laughed. "What Auradon thing are you cursing now?" Jane asked, reaching over and pulling on the edge of Mal's sleeve, which was decorated with lots of long, black fringe.

"Children!" Mal snapped. "Ugh! They're revolting!"

The three laughed again because they all knew Mal secretly loved Evie's little boy. Maybe not as much as she loved his mother's face when she'd drop him off covered in mud, but he was still okay in her book because he was Evie's and Evie loved him. So Mal loved him through extension of Evie and also through the extension of Ben and Carlos, who adored their nephew equally. However, their laughter quickly fizzled out as Mal continued her rant.

"They're so small you trip over them and they smell like public restrooms and when they want your attention they yank on your clothes and – ugh!" Mal pressed the base of her palms into her eyes in frustration. "Who even thought of children? Who even wants children? Sticky hands and then they get hyper and they scream and cry and you have to teach them how to reuse the bathroom every other minute…"

Doug closed his mouth and turned his head to the side, examining her. Jane's smile dropped and she turned her head to see how Doug and Ben were reacting to this. Ben put an elbow up on the back of the couch and covered his mouth with his hand as he watched Mal – who he'd been married to for almost four years – complain.

"And then you have to argue with them to get them to eat and buckle up and go where you need them to go… they're just so frustrating! I don't understand why anyone would want children!" Mal finally finished her spiel and dropped her hands onto her legs in frustration, staring blankly at the wall ahead of her.

"Hmm," Ben acknowledged her points wordlessly. The half of his face that was uncovered barely showed any emotion, but something about his tone made Mal turn. She took in his face, the slouch of his spine, his elbow up over the back of the couch, and the way he was examining her, and her shoulders dropped.

"No," She told him.

"No?" Doug asked.

"No," Mal shook his head. "No, Ben, don't tell me…"

Ben dropped his hand and removed his arm, straightening out his button-down shirt as he looked away with the tiniest hint of amusement over to where Carlos was dangling a dog toy over Dude's head while Jay's friends laughed. "Actually, I want children," He told her, only half facing her before he crossed his arms and tilted his head to watch her expression out of the corner of his eye.

"No!" Mal moaned, shoulders slumped as she looked at him. Her expression was reminiscent of someone who had just watched a kitten die. She was acting as if he had decided to reenact the Isle of the Lost so he could send her back. "Why? They're not fun!"

"Ah-huh," Ben nodded, not protesting in the slightest.

"Ben, they're messy and irritable and they wake you up in the middle of the night to climb into your bed. They leave toys everywhere and they haul stuff out and leave it…" She pressed her fingertips to her forehead. "Why would you want children?"

"Yes," Ben agreed simply, as if she wasn't protesting a dream of his. Mal's shoulders sank lower. He looked at her, tracing her features, and a smile slid across his mouth. "They'd probably have your hair and your pout, and you'd give in every time they asked for candy because the secret would be you try and steal some just as much as they would. You'd go absolutely insane if they had either your magic or my big words, and you'd hate when they cried and you'd scream at everyone after they kept you up. And if they sing in the shower like you do when they get older, you'll plug your ears every time."

Mal sank further into the couch, groaning. Doug and Jane exchanged an impressed look. Everyone knew Mal had Ben wrapped around her little finger, but it wasn't often they stopped to consider that it was the exact same thing the other way around.

"But," Ben sighed, looking away from Mal with a smirk as he popped the first button on his shirt open and leaned back, "I'd probably have to remind you of all that. I mean, I always have to remind you of the things you don't like about me. I bet that you'd be the kind of person to cry the first time you hear them call you mom."

Mal wrinkled her lips up like she'd been given something that was exceptionally sour. She crossed her arms and sank so far into the couch that the cushions tickled her cheeks when she huffed. "I hate you," she scowled.

Ben snorted and picked up her hand to squeeze it. "Sure," he agreed, and somehow that was a victory.

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It wasn't now. Now the sounds of her screams were hammering in his ears and his skin had turned to spiders that walked on little pins they were driving into his flesh. He leaned towards her, squeezing her hand even tighter while the doctors worked frantically.

They were bringing out a heart monitor and a scalpel. An IV with painkillers. They were asking him if he wanted to leave. Mal looked up, terrified. No, no.

He kissed her knuckles and didn't budge.

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Ben pretended to be listening as he glanced behind Chad's head at the clock on the wall. Forty seconds. Forty seconds and then he could snap his binder closed and call the meeting to a halt until tomorrow.

"This system could put more raw lumber into Dun Broch, yes, but we also have to consider Oceania's forests are already unhealthy from the ocean wall they had," Chad explained. "I think we should continue pulling from Charmington for another two years while we finish healing that ecosystem. After that, we can begin restoration there."

"And go back and forth?" Tiancum asked. "I think it'd be better to begin pulling from Oceania now and then ease the burden on Charmington so we can have both restoration processes going at the same time."

Melody shook her head. "I don't think there's enough land for both the loggers and the conservation efforts to coincide." She looked down the table to Ben. "King Ben, what do you think?"

Ben hummed, drummed his fingers on the table, and then watched the hour hand of the clock shift to five. "I think," he sighed, leaning forward and not bothering to hide the smile that crossed his face, "That it's five o'clock and time for you all to go home. I'll look at whatever we did last time this was an issue and get back to you all tomorrow."

Everyone simultaneously turned to look at the clock and sighed in exasperation, relief, and exhaustion. Only Melody wrinkled her nose. "I see," she began flatly. "And so we're going to push this issue back to the end of our meeting tomorrow?"

"No, it'll be addressed right after the opening remarks," Ben decided, pushing his chair back. "But right now, it is five o'clock, and all of you are released. I am officially out of office." He waved. "Goodbye."

Audrey snorted. She was sat to Ben's immediate left, in the place the queen would be if she were sitting in on this meeting. "Someone's eager to get out," she commented. "Hot date tonight?"

"Nope," Ben shook his head with a bright smile. "I'm just looking forward to family time. Just me, my son, and my sunshine."

"Ah, I see," Audrey chuckled. "Because 'sun' and 'son' sound similar. Aren't you clever?"

The doors opened. People began to leave, chattering amicably about plans for the weekend and their recent lives. Someone yelped in surprise as someone pushed past them, rushing into the room. It was a person about three feet tall with sandy blonde hair, who giggled as he dashed around the table. Ben faked a gasp of shock and put his hands down to sweep the child off the floor and into his arms. "Ah! It's a monster!" He yelled as he pinned the child's arms to his sides and danced his fingers up and down his belly.

"No it's not!" the boy yelled as he laughed and writhed in Ben's arms. "It's me, dad!"

"Ah, I see," Ben nodded. "It's a Zach Monster!" He continued mercilessly tickling the child as the last few remaining advisors rolled their eyes and looked on with amused smiles. Zach managed to catch his father's face in between his hands and then sat on his legs to squish Ben's face. Ben complied, pursing his lips into a fish face that Zach immediately tried to mimic. He and Audrey both began to laugh as they watched Zach try to make his lips look the way Ben had.

"How much do I love you?" Ben asked Zach, and Zach flung his arms out on both sides.

"This much!" He whispered, like it was a secret between him and Ben.

"Nope, more than that!" Ben laughed and caught a glimpse of purple in the side of his vision. His smile broadened even more. "You know, dad loves you a lot, but there's one person he loves a lot more. Do you know who?"

"Me!" Zach whispered.

"Nope!" Ben shook his head and turned his son around to point at the person in the now-empty doorway. "Who's that?"

"Mommy!" Zach exclaimed, waving as Mal blushed, chuckled, and then made her way over to stand with a hand on Ben's chair as Zach squished Ben's face up to see the fish face again.

"Hello, beautiful," Ben paused long enough to stick his tongue out at Zach. "How was your day?"

"Busy," Mal shrugged with a little smile. "This one keeps me on my toes." She brushed off something on Zach's sleeve with a sigh. "He's got enough energy for the both of us."

"Did you wear mom out?" Ben asked Zach seriously. The little boy broke off into giggles and curled into his chest. Ben kissed the top of his head and squeezed him tightly in response.

Mal's hand moved from the back of the chair to Ben's shoulder. He glanced up at her as she nodded down at Zach. "How does another one of him sound?" she mumbled.

Audrey's eyes went a little wide as she glanced over to see Ben tilt his head, processing. "Eventually?" he asked. "Or nine months from now?"

"Eight, actually," Mal corrected softly. "But getting close to seven."

Ben looked down as Zach as Zach looked up and put his hands softly to Ben's cheeks. Ben's face broke out into an even wider grin. "Okay," he nodded and laughed. "Alright."

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They never ended up getting the IV into her. Or the scalpel. Because about twenty seconds after the heart monitor was hooked up, The baby's head managed to turn enough for one of the nurses to use her hands to literally reach into Mal and help him get unstuck. Ben could tell the pain was blinding, but then one arm and one leg came out, and then-

There was a very loud, shrill noise coming from his right. Mal had stopped screaming. Or maybe he'd gone deaf and that was what the ringing was. He glanced over – what was that sound?

The heart monitor was screaming at them. The line across it was flat.

Ben reached forward and cupped Mal's cheek in his hand. He expected her to look up at him, but her head lolled. And it was then that Ben realized the doctors were all rushing around, shouting. From the emergency equipment that had come with them came a pair of defibrillators. He was wrenched back and made to stand by the door. One of the nurses hurried by and pressed the newborn into his hands before returning to the bedside to try and revive his mother.

A boy. It was a boy. But Ben could hardly see anything through the shock.

What had happened? What was happening?

It seemed like eternities of noise and rush before everything stopped. The doctor flipped off the monitor and turned around to stare at him forlornly. And that was when the reality began to crash down on Ben.

"I'm sorry, your majesty," he whispered. "The pain was just… too much for her."

What? For Mal? Powerful Mal? Fae Mal?

Ben handed the baby, who he hadn't even taken a proper look at yet, back to the nurse. "Please," He mumbled. "Clean him off."

The other nurse, whose eyes were brimming with tears as she hobbled to the door, didn't say a word to him. He heard the door unlock before she squealed: "She's gone!" to the whole world.

The doctor pulled a sheet over Mal's body. The sweat across her brow had frozen.

Ben stumbled back to her side, where he'd spent ages trying to support her, and squeezed her cold, increasingly hard hand. Oh gods, she couldn't be dead. How could she be dead? How had this happened?

He could hear his mother crying out in the hall. What was he going to tell Zach? How was he going to get on without his fairy? What was he going to do?

"Your majesty," the nurse who'd taken the new baby mumbled. She passed him the child back, cleaned off, and Ben felt tears coming on as he looked down and realized the child had a head full of purple hair. Her hair.

"Time of death," the doctor began to say, but Ben cut him off.

"Everyone out, please," he commanded. He rose to his feet and began to escort everyone to the door. "Out, now," he called.

His mother was hovering in the doorway, trying to see her daughter-in-law. Ben handed her the new baby, who was still sniffling, and guided her back out. "I need some time alone with her," he told everyone.

Zach was waiting behind his grandfather, glancing around cautiously as nurses and grandma all began to cry. "Mom?" He called, craning his head into the room. "Mom?"

Ben turned him back around gently and shut the door. He locked it for good measure.

Everything felt so empty. Their room, their space, their lives had been violated. Ben tripped over the sheets which had been stripped from the bed earlier and then gathered them up. He could hardly bear to see them. He kicked the door to the bathroom open and dumped everything into the tub before returning to the bedroom and doing the same with anything else he could find. Even the scalpel was dumped into the sink and the IV pushed behind the door before Ben shut the door tightly on anything hospital and returned to his seat beside the bed.

He pushed the chair right up against Mal's bedside.

He pulled the sheet down that was covering her grey face and cool flesh.

When he took her hand to cup it tightly, it was hard and not warm or soft at all. Tears did brim in his eyes then as his stomach turned. They burned his cheeks as he bowed his head and began to sob over her. Sobbing for lost memories and all their hard work and the fact he didn't have another half anymore.

His fingertips ached towards the switch of the heart monitor, which had been left untouched in his rampage. He flipped it on and listened to the soft whining.

Then, he removed his coat and set it over the back of the chair. He rolled up his white sleeves up to his elbows and squeezed Mal's hand even tighter. Then, the words started spilling out of his throat before he could stop them. "I know you're still here," he snapped. And as he spoke, they were true. He could feel the magic in her presence. He could still feel her love.

"I know you wouldn't have left me that fast. Because you love me too much. You wouldn't have died without me."

Ben hiccupped and scrubbed at his eyes before reaching for her other hand too.

"I still need you," he announced. "You promised you would be here. From those first moments we were together until the last time we fall asleep together, you promised you would be here. And I, Mal Bertha, am holding you to that promise."

Mal remained still. Nothing moved. Still, he set his jaw and kept talking.

"How am I supposed to raise them without you, Mal?" he asked. "How could I ever be King without you as my Queen? How am I ever going to love anything ever again?" He let go of her hands and cupped her cheeks. "Don't you remember me? Don't you remember everything we've done. No one has ever fought for you like I have. We have something. We're real. I know these last months have been purgatory for you. I know there were moments you wished you could go back to the Isle instead. You know I wished it could be me instead. For whatever the weight of these words are, I will gladly pay three times my punishment for this ordeal if you'll just come back to me."

He was pleading with a body. The dead body of his marvelous wife. But it wasn't as if he had any other options left. "Faeries don't break promises," he whispered to her. "I know it's been hard and I know you've been hurt. But you promised me, Mal. Please, don't leave me." Then, with every ounce of strength he could conjure behind his words, he made his final imploration. "I'm begging you."

Nothing happened, which was a bit insulting because Ben had always heard that there was power in the begging of a king. His words must already be true – he was no king without a queen. Tears clouded his vision again and he collapsed onto Mal's chest, sobbing uncontrollably. She was gone, she was gone, she was gone.

He was crying so hard that he almost missed the first beep. It caught him so off guard that he sat, gasping for breath, before the second one reached his ears. Then, he jumped back up.

The heart monitor had come back to life and, while it had started out slow, was beginning to pick up a steady rhythm. Ben stared down at Mal as her cheeks began to take color again and she took a long, deep breath. How? How could this be? Already, she'd been gone for almost twenty minutes.

Ben leaned forward and cupped her cheeks. Her eyes fluttered open and she gasped for breath. He kept his hands on her face, combing through her hair with his fingertips, as her eyes sought out something to focus on. What they found him, he watched her mouth fall slack with shock.

"How did you do that?" she mumbled.

Ben just cupped her cheek and began to cry again as he sobbed in relief. "Let's call it True Love's Fatal Fight," he suggested, then practically threw himself into her embrace. Shaky hands tangled into his hair and traced down his back as he cried himself to pieces atop her. He should be comforting her right now, but he couldn't get over the fact he'd almost lost her, and then she'd come back.

"It's okay now," she mumbled in his ear. "I… can't believe that happened."

"Don't you leave me," Ben hiccupped, scrubbing at his eyes. "Don't you dare do that again."

"Ben?" Mal gasped and then tried to sit up, looking frantically around the room. "The baby. Where are they? Are they-" she broke off with tears of her own forming.

"No, no," Ben shook his head and squeezed her hands. "They're outside. A boy. Mom has him." He kissed both of her cheeks. "Do you – I mean – do you want to see him?"

Mal relaxed, giving his hands a last squeeze, and nodded. "Okay," she mumbled softly.

It took a lot of courage to pry himself off of her and to detach himself from her side, but he managed to struggle away and stumble to the door before unlocking it and revealing the scene behind the door.

Evie, Jay, Carlos, and Hades had all arrived. They were slumped in a huddle with Belle and Adam. Evie was holding onto Zach, who looked bewildered but very solemn as everyone around him cried. Everyone else was huddled over Belle's shoulder, crying over the new baby.

It had been a very long eight months and now, to them, they'd lost one of the closest members of their family.

"Ben," Hades murmured upon seeing him appear in the doorway. "Ben. Are you alright?"

The question was said with some hesitation, as if his father-in-law was aware of how ridiculous the question was. Ben didn't respond. He only held out his hand at a child's level and cleared his throat. "Zach?" He called. "Do you want to come see Mom?"

Evie gave him a look that said, quite clearly, "Are you insane?"

Zach wrestled out of her stunned grip and hurried into the room. Ben stepped forward to take the baby from Belle. "Sorry," he mumbled. "She wants to see him now."

"What?" Jay demanded in a bewildered tone. Ben ignored them all and re-entered the room. Zach had climbed up on the bed beside his mom, ignoring all the sweat and filth covering her. Mal was hugging him tightly, kissing his forehead and petting her hands down his back. When she saw Ben with the Newborn, she outstretched a hand but kept Zach pinned tightly to her other side. Ben nestled the new boy into her other arm, pressed up against her ribs, and watched the newborn stop crying at her familiar heartbeat. Zach glanced curiously at the new baby while Ben laid down beside Mal and curled into her side, emotionally exhausted. Mal seemed beyond happy and content now that all three of her boys were nestled against her skin.

Everyone followed him in. He heard delighted and bewildered and shocked gasps as the family crowded in. The heart monitor was still beeping along silently. Ben couldn't be bothered to explain anything to anyone or flip off the machine as he wrapped his arms around every member of his tiny family and began kissing Mal's cheek intermittently.

"You're alive!" Belle exclaimed as Hades stepped to the side of the bed opposite Ben and ran his thumb down his daughter's cheek to wipe away tears. "We thought – the maid told us you had flatlined."

Mal blushed and briefly unwrapped one of her arms to catch her tears before they could drop onto either Zach or the newborn. "I did," she affirmed. "It was really weird. One moment there was a lot of pain and then the next I was walking around my bed trying to figure out what had happened."

"You died," Hades muttered, swallowing. "I felt it. But you didn't leave or anything."

"I was starting to," Mal blushed. "But Ben threw everyone out and, well, brought me back."

At this, Ben turned his face further into her shoulder. He didn't want to think about it right now. His reluctance to speak didn't stop everyone else(especially his father-in-law) from wanting answers.

"What? How?"

"He brought you back?"

Mal shifted her hand to comb through Ben's hair. "I think it was a lot of things," she mumbled. "But the last thing was when he asked me to come back. I just… melted straight back into my body."

"He asked you to come back and so you jumped back into your body?"

"He also said I'd promised him and I couldn't break that promise because I'm-"

"Mal," Ben cut her off by mumbling her name into her neck. "Don't tell them."

"Why not?" Adam demanded, miffed. But Mal nodded.

"You're right," she mumbled, leaning her head onto Ben's. "It's our story. Ours."

"Please," Ben looked up then and skimmed his eyes around the group. "Can you leave us for a while? We've been through a lot. One of us just died." He nuzzled closer to Mal's neck. "We'll come out in a while. Just let our family be alone for a while."

Belle was the first person to comply and move back to the door. Mal started kissing Zach's and the new baby's heads, occasionally reaching up to touch Ben's face and neck. Hades was the last person to leave. He hesitated, examining Ben with a newfound respect. Ben had always sensed a little… distance in between him and Hades but couldn't feel any of that now. Apparently straying through the rules regarding the realm of death – Hades's Realm – was enough to finally earn equal standing with Mal's dad.

The door shut softly. Zach twisted and put his arms around Mal's neck. Her skin was still sticky with sweat, but none of the three people piled on her minded. "Mommy?' he mumbled. "Did you go away?'

"Only for a little while," Mal whispered. "But it's okay. I'm back now and Daddy and I are going to stay together with you boys."

Zach nodded and set the side of his head against her collarbone. The new baby let out a sigh, yawned, and closed their eyes to fall asleep on her. Ben moved his arms to better hug all three people, kissed Mal's head, and closed his eyes again. "You promise you aren't going anywhere?" He mumbled against her skin.

"I promise," she replied.

"Good," he whispered. "I love you."

"I love you too."

[shadowandbones]

AK Headcanon (Chad’s POV) (mix with the other three (and a few Dizzy and Chad familytime) but mainly Chad)

Part 3/?

{Part 1} Intro/Jane’s POV (though I might do another part of her POV)

{Part 2} Ben’s POV

Chad’s a mama’s boy. No doubt. He and his father get along swimmingly but, like Ben, he favored his mother.

He was very good with kids. He has two younger sisters, and 5 younger cousins (3 older ones) on his father’s side, so he’s around a lot of family.

When he met Dizzy, Evie was protected of her but was surprised on how nice Chad was too her and how good he was.

During parents day Chad brought Dizzy to meet his mom, she was after all sort of her step niece (?)

Chad knew his mom would love Dizzy. So did Ellie who was Dizzy’s age.

When Chad goes home he spends most of it on the tourney field in his backyard.

Also I just found out that Cinderella and Prince Charming don’t rule in Charmington (it’s ruled by Snow White and Prince Florian) oops. They rule in Cinderellasburg.

But when he wasn’t spending time at home he would be at Fairy Godmother’s place usually to see Jane. Since Fairy Godmother usually spend her time in Auradon City a lot.

Jane liked to come home to Cinderellasburg, but she was alone a lot so Chad went to see her to keep her company, especially during the last leg of the summer, before his senior year since Carlos and the rest of the VK’s went back to the Isle with Ben now that the barrier was open. Something about showing more unity.

Jane likes to take Chad shopping. Chad can’t say no to her, so usually by the end of the day his car is filled with bags, his stuff and her’s.

He was much more relaxed when he wasn’t at school.

Chad, wether he likes it or not, is Audrey sounding board. He knows almost everything about her.

Jane knows everything about the three of them, he didn’t even have to tell her that he was bi she just knew.

Jane has tried multiple times to set him up with people.

Never stuck. Though he appreciates the thought.

Chad has a golden retriever dog that he got from Ben on his 12th birthday, he named him Florian.

Florian can’t go to school with him (even though there’s no rule against it) because Ellie loved the dog so much and got upset when Chad brought up the idea when he was a freshman.

Chad (and Dizzy) did a lot of mending in their family. But in the end things become a little bit more civilised with his extended family (Dizzy loved that she gained more family).

While they do have other friends (and the love them) Ben, now that his rule as king is secured enough he doesn’t always need to be busy and he has a trusted staff, asked him, Audrey, and Jane if they would like to hang out just the four of them like before.

Jane was so happy she had a million ideas they could do.

Audrey suggested to use Fairy Cottage since it was close enough to Auradon that if Ben needed to be back in the city it’ll only take an hour.

When they told Mal and the others their plan they looked skeptical

“Have you guys ever done off the grid camping?” Jay asked trying to hold back his amusement.

“It’s not completely off the grid we’ll be staying at Fairy Cottage and Ben’s cell will be with him just in case.” He tells them.

For the most part they stayed inside (they did not pick a good weekend since it was raining for the most part) played games, Jane told them that she was thinking of asking her mom if she could start learning to be a Fairy GodMother.

They all agreed that Jane would be perfect for that job. She was always the caretaker of their group, even though she was the youngest, it was just who she was.

During the summer after the graduated Ben asked Chad if he wanted to throw the annual summer bash. The VK’s have celebrated 1 Auradon summer already but they never experienced a true summer bash since the last summer was... (D3)

Anyway, Chloe (15, his eldest younger sister) heard Audrey he (they, because of course she’d be involve) was hosting the summer party. She begged Chad if she could help.

“Chlo we have planners who can do all the planning.” He tells her when she asked if she could.

“Yes but they don’t have MY taste.”

That’s how a bunch for grown men and women started taking task from a 15 year old.

The party was the best he’s thrown in a while, mainly because it was a summer party by the beach in

[psychic-refugee]

Anon Question re Descendants

“The Great Uniting happened because London is the ONLY place with modern tech while everyone's in the dark ages, you don't see Rome or all the other Islands of Greece where the Pantheon is now, and Frozen Fever explicitly had a VERY different world map that shows no place for the Southern Isles, and a different topography in general at that.

Also, it's JUST Bayou de New Orleans on a map. Where's the rest of America if they weren't transplanted there...?”

I got these two questions, I assume they are from the same Anon.

The simplest explanation is that Disney is greedy and has really lazy writers, so they just kind of mish mash whatever they have copy rights to into Auradon and called it a day. There is not going to be any clean perfect fit theory to explain all the inconsistencies.

The first novel can’t even decide if it’s United Kingdoms of Auradon or United States of Auradon.

“Once upon a time, during a time after all the happily-ever-afters-, and perhaps even after the ever-afters after that, all the evil villains of the world were banished from the United Kingdom of Auradon and imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost.” De La Cruz, Melissa, The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Prologue 3, Disney-Hyperion, 2017.

“Meanwhile, across the Sea of Serenity, which separated the Isle of the Lost from the rest of the world, lay the USA—the United States of Auradon, a land of peace and enchantment, prosperity and delight, which encompassed all the good kingdoms.” De La Cruz, Melissa, The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Chapter 5 at 48, Disney-Hyperion, 2017.

Within the SAME book, there is conflicting statements of the proper name of Auradon. I think this is a good example of how much they don’t care about their content.

I’m not saying the interdimensional displacement theory is impossible, the franchise is so terribly written that literally anything can be possible. I’m mostly saying there isn’t anything to back it up. While cherry picking countries from other dimensions would explain the time/technology difference, it also brings in more issues and plot holes than it would solve.

1)      The first question is why? If each kingdom was from a separate dimension, why steal others and bring their problems (villains) into your own? Why go through the hassle? Who has anything to gain from it? If they wanted more people and land to rule, wouldn’t it have been easier to just create the land and tell people you already rule to just have a ton more kids?

2)      Yen Sid and Fairy Godmother (“FGM”) are from different dimensions under this theory. FGM is from Cinderellaberg and Yen Sid is from Fantasia, a yet to be placed area in Auradon. If Fantasia is in one of the fairy tale lands and not its own, then it’s probably in Charmington given the wardrobe and originally the Apprentice was supposed to be Dopey. Either way, those are two different dimensions. So how would FGM and Yen Sid have known each other in order to bring these countries together? What would motivate them to seek each other out? Again, their villain problem had been solved. FGM didn’t even have a real villain to contend with, Lady Tremaine was just a bitch. FGM was also the most powerful person in Cinderellaberg, why take in a powerful evil Fairy like Maleficent to her world?

3)      How do you get 18 Kingdoms from different universes to not resent being brought together against their will? Or to “vote” to one sovereign ruler right away? In order for Auradon to be as peaceful as shown, then the 18 Kingdoms are a) at peace with the idea that they are in a different dimensions, b) get along with the other kingdoms despite the vastly different cultures and probably religion, and c) were able to agree upon not only to unite under one ruler but that raising dead adversaries and banishing them to an island was a good idea. I’d be pissed as all hell, especially if I was a king or queen. Who is anyone to not only steal my land and my throne, but to raise dead adversaries that I risked my life to defeat? How could they have gotten along so quickly and kept peace for twenty years?

4)      If interdimensional travel, along with merging lands, is possible then why bother with an island so close to the Mainland? Why not banish them to an inhabitable planet that doesn’t have magic? Seems simpler and safer than having them in your proverbial back yard. At the very least put them somewhere further than what a bridge could span.

5)      Interdimensional unification is a rather significant occurrence. I’m pretty sure that would have been mentioned on top of unifying kingdoms.

6)      If interdimensional communication is possible (That’s how Yen Sid and FGM got together) then why would they say “Our villains are dead and we’re our own sovereign nation…but I feel like combining with 17 other interdimensional kingdoms and giving up my own power…also, lets bring back the villains that almost killed us and put them on an island…for funsies you know? I’m totally sure we’ll all be super cool with each others religion, customs, and taboos. It’s not like people go to war over this stuff...Furthermore, villains only account for like .0000001% of our population, that’s totally worth giving up our sovereignty and displacing every other citizen, right?”

I’m sure all of this could be answered, but I doubt with canon. Nothing in the movies, what I’ve seen in Book 1, or researching online suggests interdimensional displacement.

But to answer Anon’s questions and assuming a) the princess/Disney movies’ timeline and whatever happened is absolute and unassailable and b) what happens in the Descendants franchise is also absolute and unassailable.

For both the Disney princess movies and Descendants, everything is taken at face value and literal.

So to answer your questions,

1)      London is the ONLY place with modern tech while everyone's in the dark ages

2)      you don't see Rome or all the other Islands of Greece where the Pantheon is now, and

3)      Frozen Fever explicitly had a VERY different world map that shows no place for the Southern Isles, and a different topography in general at that.

4)      Also, it's JUST Bayou de New Orleans on a map. Where's the rest of America if they weren't transplanted there...

Answers  

1a) We do not know the exact structure of Auradon, such as how far each kingdom is away from the other. I’ve seen maps, but most seem to be fan made and not canon. The map shown in the first movie can’t be to scale. So I’m going to assume there’s no reliable map in existence. 

If London has 1950’s technology such as cars, radios, and phones then perhaps London is so isolated from the other kingdoms that it went on its own technological evolutionary path. Real world example, United States of America has cars, computers, etc…there are tribes in the Amazon that have literally no modern technology. These are two independent entities with vastly different levels of technology existing on landmasses that connect. Depending on how far or isolated London was in relation to other kingdoms, I would say it’s possible they had this technology that the other kingdoms hadn’t invented yet. One explanation could be that Cruella’s story never had magic, so by extension maybe London was the only place in Auradon that was magicless by nature. Not having magic could have spurned their technological revolution while others lagged behind because magic made up for the lack of technology.

There’s also the instance of Camelot Heights. According to the internet, King Author “dislikes” the idea of modern technology and there isn’t any in Camelot Heights, so they’re still technologically in the dark ages. It’s possible other kingdoms had followed suit pre-Unification. A real world example of this is parts of the USA have groups that shun technology, such as Mennonite and the Amish, it’s an example of two groups having vastly different levels of technology by choice.

2a) There’s nothing to suggest Rome would exist in Auradon. While in a Whole New World we see roman columns, it’s not explicitly said to be Rome (not to mention how fast they would have had to have flown in order to get there in one night from Agrabah and back) and they could have very well been Greek columns as Greece had originated that architecture. To explain the Greece and the gods pantheon, I would say it’s coincidental that part of Auradon is named Greece. The fact that Hercules was trained by Phil the satyr, and not Chiron the centaur would suggest these are different but coincidentally named people. Also, real world Zeus is the worst, while Disney Zeus is a loving faithful father. Real world Hades is rather chill, considered boring, and is happy to stay in the Underworld, Disney Hades is a hot tempered villain. Real world Hercules went insane and killed Megera and their children, Disney Hercules gained and gave up immortality for Megera. I would definitely be comfortable saying these are all completely different people, and that Auradon’s Greece is divorced from real world Greece.

3a) There’s nothing to suggest Frozen is part of the Descendants universe, at least nothing I’ve come across says any of their characters have shown up. So until a book or movie suggests otherwise, I think we can say it doesn’t exist in the United States/Kingdom of Auradon and it might be one of the few Disney kingdoms that was able to keep their own sovereignty and Arendelle is a separate country somewhere, or doesn’t exist at all. I don’t necessarily think it could be assumed that if Disney made it, it’s in Auradon somewhere. We haven’t seen any references to the Lion King, Duck Tales, Brave, etc...

4a) I would say the USA doesn’t exist as the movie only ever mentions a place called New Orleans, Louisiana and a kingdom called Maldonia. New Orleans, Louisiana, United States/Kingdoms of Auradon is coincidentally named the same as New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. If people insist that it’s in the USA, then where is Maldonia? The existence of Maldonia suggests to me that Bayou de New Orleans can’t be in the USA or from our world at all.

Do all of these fit perfectly and make 100% sense with no need to suspend belief? No. Do they make more sense than interdimensional displacement? I think so. Is interdimensional displacement canon? I don’t think so and so far, no one has put forth anything to convince me it is.

If it is canon then I still say it’s problematic for all the reasons I’ve listed and would never be part of LOE.

[nocllesnow]

what’s a weird headcanon you have for each of your muses?

LET’S DO THIS sdkfjskl THIS GOT SO LONG RIP

if she were to drink a whole lot, noelle would find she actually has a shockingly high alcohol tolerance. this is because she’s not actually human on the inside and alcohol affects her differently.

kai once wanted to get out of doing his water fairy work when he was a kid, so he went to the border between pixie hollow and the winter woods and stuck his face over into the snow until his nose was red. silvermist didn’t fall for it

when luna was home alone and there were people above her underground home, she would write down conversations she could overhear, as they were her only access to the outside world besides her father, and he hardly let her know anything this one is sad wtf

back home, when she first started drinking, caspia would disguise empty beer bottles as vases, so she has a bunch of bottles lining her windowsill, full of flowers ( though she cleaned the bottles themselves before doing so, for the sake of the flowers )

ophelia once threw a temper tantrum because her mother kept misusing words and when her mother told her she was wrong, she grabbed a dictionary from her room and slammed it down so hard on the dining table that it broke. needless to say, she was in a lot of trouble

on one of his many expeditions to get food, zane stumbled on an old arcade machine and started poking around, trying to figure out what it was. unbeknownst to him, he caused an earthquake for turbo and sabrina that day

when she’s back in corona, eirella demands that all her fancy dresses be made by this oNE person, and initially it was because her tiny self had a crush on him, but now she just loves his dresses

because she was always in her bowl at royal parties, people assume that misty never socialised, but that wasn’t the case. sometimes different people would come up and talk to her as though they were talking to themselves, so she would listen to princes and princesses rant, many of them thinking she wouldn’t understand them

jacinta once got suspended from school for creating an ice-cream slip and slide in the math and science block. stitch thought it was hilarious. nani did not.

talon sometimes speaks in english when being shady to his gorilla family so they won’t hear him. jane doesn’t appreciate it, and usually has the last laugh by telling terk exactly what he said

growing up, alissa was one of those students who would appear to be perfect and studious, but she would often enlist the mice’s help to pull pranks on teachers and students who rubbed her the wrong way

sabrina now has her own youtube channel, and while she only has a few videos so far, it has quite a big following because of who she is. this channel gets haters as well, also because of who she is

xiaoli doesn’t consider cars and other modes of transport to be strange or life-threatening. she actually finds cars interesting and wants to learn how to drive, but doesn’t know where to start

when it comes to special events in her hometown, viviette refuses to wear anyone’s designs but marinette’s

it doesn’t matter what he does, freddie always has and always will smell like sweets. he’s so used to it that he doesn’t notice it anymore, but people always comment on it now that he’s in auradon and he’s like “the fuck i forgot”

gabriel’s favourite way to break the ice is turn into a swan and start quacking and doing a little dance for someone. he especially loves doing this to kids, so he does it all the time when he visits orphanages

beatrix likes to decorate her parasols if they’re plain, making them her own. her current parasol also has the names of people close to her who have died glitter-glued to the inside

roxanne is one of those people who physically cringes when people dog-ear their pages as bookmarks and she has to actually look away because it stresses her out so much

darcy always feels like correcting people when they call his father a hero. he loves his father, but he considers the three fairies to be more deserving of praise than his father, at least when it comes to saving aurora.

yazmin has broken both her arms, her left arm more than once, her leg, her wrist, and her foot all because of reckless decisions on her part. she never learns

when she was little, willow used to pretend to speak to animals because she wanted to be like sofia and felicity. it didn’t work, and all the kids started making fun of her for it, which caused her to take petty revenge against each and every one of them during the course of the semester

because of the dangers of her job, queenie is now an expert at playing dead in both her human form and mouse form. the last time she played dead in her mouse form, she was flushed down the toilet

one of umbra’s favourite things to do is to fly with sian up to a high place where there’s a nice breeze, take her shoes off ( if she even has any on in the first place, lbr ), and dance around as though she’s one with nature itself

ithaca likes to leave her mark wherever she explores. a lot of the secret passages in charmington have little words carved that say ‘ithaca wuz here 2009′ and stuff along those lines. nowadays she’s more subtle

helix used to be interested in scrapbooking. she would always draw pictures ( since she had no photos ) and stick them in, writing things similar to diary entries. the later entries are few and far between, and many of the pages are tear-stained back at it again with the sads

[sabricxndy]

💐 SKULL CANDY

( @amongsttheunliving )

THE WEDDING IS IN CHARMINGTON bc sabrina would probably fall in love with the place the moment she sees it lbr

emmy’s grandparents try and take control of E V E R Y T H I N G and sabrina doesn’t wanna argue with them but she’s sO STRESSED she starts glitching all over the place so they have to be told to knock it off tbh

ginger is the maid of honour and she has violet and the other sugar rush girls as her bridesmaids ( @lilmissginger // @fragilelittleviolet // @kitketvschweetz // @angelxcandlehead )

sabrina roller-skates down the isle bc i mean……..it’s sabrina

when she realised that someone would probably have to walk her down the isle she was lowkey panicking bc there was nO WAY turbo was even gonna be there, let alone give her away, and she’s too nervous to ask anyone else. she eventually gets the courage to ask hershey tho it comes out as more of a “………could u……maybe – if you want to……..walkmedowntheisleplease” ( @hvschweetz )

sabrina did send an ‘invitation’ to turbo but it was something along the lines of, ‘the honour of your despicable presence is most certainly not requested at the marriage of sabrina candy and aemilius van dort.’ and then it lists off the address and contact stuff which he cAN’T EVEN USE OR GET TO and attached is a really happy picture of sabrina and emmy

both of them are trying not to smile too much during the entire ceremony but they both fAIL COMPLETELY

the reception is at the van dort estate bc u can’t tell me they don’t have a big ass yard ok

it looks really elegant and stuff when you first look at it but then you see that there all these ~touches~ like how the streamers are actually old halloween decorations and the tablecloths have little cars on them

there’s a photobooth bc sabrina inSISTED and u can use all these props and stuff to take your photos and there’s sO MANY of sabrina and emmy just being giant goofballs tbh

ithaca keeps making sly risque jokes when the honeymoon is mentioned and emmy is just “ithaca sHUT UP”

no one talks to the everglot grandparents and they just sit in the corner and sulk bc things didn’t go the way they wanted it to and sabrina just gives them this little wave with a bright smile on her face

all the guests get little candy bags

they go on a huge road trip for their honeymoon bc sabrina is just “I WANNA DRIVE LET’S DRIVE LET’S GO LET’S GO LET’S GO”

[motbm-blog1]

Session 10 -- Nov. 29, 2016

Professor Charmington

Faced with the freezy-paralysis caused by some sort of arterial glass-man filled with sand, you guys used sweet talks and fascinating rods to force it to stand down. Jisu was freed, Russet broke its chains, and it left and touched the 4-dimensional tree and disappeared. Chronia didn't seem to care or notice.

Everyone got stuff! There was dragonhide armor, Shatterspike, a Boulder hammer, and a shock dagger. Also, some dispel magic and a CLW wand at level 3 with 15 charges.

Luchadoriole saw a ruby hummingbird and ignored it. Everyone heard discordant, upsetting singing and decided to follow it east. You found a sentient, southern-drawl-y rocking pig who you named Professor Charmington, Pig.H.D. He/she joined the cast of sentient objects along with Visic and Vartik. He/she mentioned Aeldefadred the Glyph Witch and Rinaldini aka Ringatoni, in response to "why are all these bird-men here?"

You guys found a room containing an ongoing fight: 6 bird-men were corralling a 10-foot-tall bronze peacock spewing darkness clouds into the norther corner of a room, while skeletons of dead bird-men assaulted them. You think the bronze bird made them dead. They all ran to the southeast exit, while the singing remains to the north.

I guess you guys are trying to find a way out now, after learning that Dendrosathol is an arch-devil. Who knows though.

[kingchad]

okay here’s the elaboration nobody asked for: we all know all the VK kids have crests and that they’re tied to their parents. the AK kids? not so much. Ben sort of has a crest, but that’s also the royal crest of Auradon, so it doesn’t really count. again we all know this.

Chad, on the other hand, DOES have a crest, and it is in all three movies. it shows up the most in the first movie, but it is always absent in all three movies whenever he has to wear something formal to a royal event (coronation, cotillion, both of ben’s proclamations in d3)

so anyway beyond this cut is a bunch of guesses as to “what’s the deal with the crest?” and anyone who ACTUALLY knows anything about this stuff...please hmu because i am very tired and i have been working really hard on trying to make sense of ANY of this even though I know there’s probably no real answer.

ngl, spent a LOT of time trying to unpack this. all of the other crests in the movie have central symbols that tie back into the parents - Jafar’s staff, Beast’s face, etc. etc. There are no swords or knives in the Disney version of Cinderella, to my knowledge, so this was just instantly confusing to me. 

Then i sent it to @jayflorian who pointed out that the symbols around the sword are fleur-de-lils, which are used in French crests and are synonymous with the French monarchy. this makes a lot of sense because (1) Auradon inherently has French ties, even if we never unpack the real geography, because Beauty and the Beast very explicitly takes place in France, and (2) the Disney version of Cinderella is based off of the French interpretation of the tale written by Charles Perrault. 

i looked at like a MILLION heraldry and crest websites for this and the constants about the symbolism of the crest:  swords are typically honor and justice in battle. blue is truth and loyalty, gold is generosity and elevation of the mind. I think it’s possible that this is the royal crest of Charmington - which could explain why Chad doesn’t wear the crest for any of the royal events he attends - the Auradon crest would outrank it so maybe it would be rude to wear? we don’t really know how subsections of the monarchy work in Auradon. 

Also I’d like to point out that I tried to read a lot about crest and heraldry etiquette for this post but as far as I can tell Chad doesn’t follow any of it, and also Auradon is fictional anyway so it’s entirely possible a lot of this straight up doesn’t apply.

a non diegetic side-note: i think that it’s possible that the crest is a prototype Auradon royal crest, and they likely just ended up re-purposing it for Chad. it’s very possible that the reason Chad and Ben even have the same color schemes in the first place is that Chad ended up getting scrapped Ben designs. the film student in me wants to say “no, it’s supposed to reflect how they’re both Auradonian royalty and draw parallels between their contrasting attitudes” but the fact of the matter is that it is almost CERTAINLY not that deep. this interview talks a little bit about how the blue and gold on the AKs and the Auradon Prep students is just straight up derived from the royal colors of Auradon - so i don’t think it’s a stretch to assume that the Crest is just from that as well. 

TLDR; i solved zero things but Auradon is super confusing and Chad is totally flexing his royal status on everyone like an absolute tool

I’ve been trying to find any rational explanation for why and what Chad’s crest is for 3 movies now and I’ve never even gotten close