#cleo magdalene

[qprsmackdown]

Full bracket update! Text version below the cut.

[Image ID: A 64 seed bracket showing three rounds completed. Matchups are as follows.

Round 1, Side 1: q!parrotduo vs jesus christ (mary magdalene) emerald duo vs Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak ineffable husbands vs beeduo slimecicle vs zelink etho/skizz vs timsasha Dave Miller and Jack Kennedy vs Bob and Larry me/your mom vs Jesus Christ pt. 2 (12 disciples) samfro vs Merlin and Arthur Kaladin and Syl vs Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk (ORV) mk/mei vs Lapis Lazuli and Peridot james bond and q vs The Fellowship Of The Ring james kirk and bones vs hamlet and ophelia Mochizuki and Yoisaki vs Will Truman and Grace Adler Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus vs Jo March and Professor Bhaer Kimiko & Frenchie vs Poeta huevos (Ferdinand, Rododendro and Gabrelle) Kodama Sakuko and Takahashi Satoru vs Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima

Round 1, Side 2: Scarian vs Huntlow Dogwarts vs Swagdoons poly pirates vs benchtrio renchanting vs majorwood smajor/pearl vs c!eret and c!foolish smajor/cleo vs clowndoons arenaduo vs georgia and rooney from loveless the three hunters vs gil galad and elrond and celebrian polywagon vs poly prime defenders All Of Lifesteal SMP vs greater mana polycule Polygun vs All Of The Mechs Polychives vs poly boatem Balloon/Suitcase vs Doc and Donut starfire vs mothman and bigfoot primary colors vs ocie and ceci chaos (Fable SMP) Aero and Lennie (Challenger SMP) vs OC/IRL QPR BRACKET WINNER

Round 2: q!parrotduo vs emerald duo beeduo vs zelink timsasha vs bob and larry jesus christ pt. 2 vs Merlin & Arthur Kaladin and Syl vs Lapis Lazuli and Peridot The Fellowship Of The Ring vs james kirk and bones Will Truman and Grace Adler vs Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus Kimiko and Frenchie vs Kodama Sokuko and Takahashi Satoru Scarian vs Dogwarts benchtrio vs majorwood smajor/pearl vs smajor/cleo arenaduo vs the three hunters polywagon vs the greater mana polycule All Of The Mechs vs poly boatem Doc and Donut vs mothman and bigfoot Ocie and Ceci Chaos (Fable SMP) vs Aero and Lennie + Michael and Mantis

Round 3: emerald duo vs ineffable husbands timsasha vs jesus christ part 2 Lapis Lazuli and Peridot vs The Fellowship Of The Ring Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus vs Kimiko and Frenchie Dogwarts vs majorwood smajor/cleo vs arenaduo polywagon vs poly boatem mothman and bigfoot vs Ocie and Ceci Chaos (Fable SMP)

End ID.]

[violentlydone]

eve's totally normal multi-muse composed of a normal amount of muses.

GAMING. aloy, canon compliant, HORIZON. kotallo, canon compliant, HORIZON. cirilla of cintra, headcanons-based, THE WITCHER. jaskier pankratz, show-based and game-inspired, THE WITCHER. lisa sherwood, headcanons-based, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT. ellie willians, show-based for now, THE LAST OF US.

LITERATURE. amren, headcanons-based, ACOTAR. nesta archeron, headcanons-based, ACOTAR. annie cresta, canon compliant, HUNGER GAMES. enobaria gaschill, headcanons-based, HUNGER GAMES. swan de beaufort, headcanons-based, THE RAVEN CYCLE. ronan lynch, headcanons-based, THE RAVEN CYCLE. orla sargent, headcanons-based, THE RAVEN CYCLE. daenerys targaryen, headcanons-based, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. sring venka, canon compliant, THE POPPY WAR. alina starkov, headcanons-based, GRISHAVERSE. nikolai lantsov, headcanons-based, GRISHAVERSE. nina zenik, headcanons-based, GRISHAVERSE. yadnichyevo (or nik's demon), headcanons-based, GRISHAVERSE. karen sirko, headcanons-based, DAISY JONES & THE SIX.

FILM. dani ardor, headcanons-based, MIDSOMMAR. cleo cazo, canon compliant, SUICIDE SQUAD. barbie roberts, headcanons-based, BARBIE UNIVERSE. ronal, canon compliant, AVATAR.

TELEVISION. leah rilke, canon compliant, THE WILDS. shelby goodkind, canon compliant, THE WILDS. shauna shipman, canon compliant, YELLOWJACKETS. octavia blake, canon compliant, THE HUNDRED. villanelle, headcanons-based, KILLING EVE. bela talbot, canon compliant, SUPERNATURAL. claire novak, canon compliant, SUPERNATURAL. dean winchester, headcanons-based, SUPERNATURAL. lydia martin, headcanons-based, TEEN WOLF. max mayfield, canon compliant, STRANGER THINGS. sister beatrice, canon compliant, WARRIOR NUN. bela prasad, canon compliant, the sex lives of college girls. cassie howard, canon compliant, EUPHORIA. rue bennett, canon compliant, EUPHORIA. dorri mackleberry, headcanons-based, THE SIMPSONS. sherri mackleberry, headcanons-based, THE SIMPSONS. terri mackleberry, headcanons-based, THE SIMPSONS. elizabeth stonem, canon compliant, SKINS. harper spiller, canon compliant, THE WHITE LOTUS. allie pressman, canon compliant, THE SOCIETY.

SITCOMS. annie edison, canon compliant, COMMUNITY. jessica day, canon compliant, NEW GIRL. tahani al-jamil, canon compliant, THE GOOD PLACE.

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS. artemisia, dark elf serving her king, affiliated with @hauntingcurse's GOD OF WAR verse and @driedflwers's forseti. najat bakkali, detective obsessed with the serial killer she can't seem to catch. barbara byrd, famous holywood actress trying to escape her abusive husband's influence. mauve ishikawa, guitarist part of the mondial phenomenon "the atomic chic", affiliated with @wahrsagung (&co) solange koenig, sugar baby turned con-artist turned serial killer. henrike bane, overpowered therapist for supes, THE BOYS. lou archeambeau, dreamer part of kavinsky's pack of dogs, TRC, affiliated with @wahrsagung (&co) magdalene bakst, demon in the body of a teenage girl. soren ramsey, to be added. affiliated with sena. nephelle ayling, college student who decided to do her own thing and is now at a loss on what that entails. khairos, dragon affiliated with @hauntingcurse.

[leia-imogen]

aaron & the family he's found all by himself; vol. 1 // vol. 2

( ft. the first meeting & the first family game night )

okay, rundown of his first meeting w the vixens!

the vixens don't really like the foxes. they cheer at their games and all, but outside of that, they mostly stick with the football players

bcs, well, the foxes are,, intimidating and most of the vixens don't get how or why katelyn started dating one

especially one half of the terrifying duo that is the twinyards. like these tiny blonde angst goblins have absolutely zero chill, and this is the backliner one, the one that shattered the nose of a dude basically twice his size

they may be short as fuck but they're scary, and the vixens are worried that he might break katelyn's heart

but katelyn's sure about aaron minyard, and when cleo softly asks, "is he worth it?" she knows her answer is a yes

savannah and the rest of the girls aren't convinced tho, so she asks aaron if he'll meet them for one of the afterparties they have after games

he agrees after seeing the hopeful look on her face

and surprise, surprise, it isn't a complete disaster!!

see, aaron has a habit of mirroring the nature of the person he's with. in the book, we mostly see him as an asshole bcs it's from neil's pov, and neil, as much as i adore him, is an asshole

i think that when he's with nicky ( someone he loves and trusts ), he's like, nicer. it's not in his nature to be cheery or anything but he's less,, hostile? and way more relaxed

and katelyn's been nothing but sweet and polite to him, bcs katelyn's sweet and polite till you give her a reason not to be

so he's sweet and polite back, or at least, sweet and polite as aaron minyard can get.

yeah, he's definitely interesting enough, clever and quick-witted enough, respectful and loyal and insanely talented enough, that katelyn decides he's worth it. doubts he'll ever get boring

and yes, she knows this is a big risk, bcs she knows the foxes' rep, knows how fucked up he must to secure a place on the psu foxes, notices how aaron flinches when she makes any sudden movement

but you know what? fuck it

so when aaron tells her his strange, twisted little deal with his brother, katelyn's willing to fight for him

and after nearly 2 months of this, she drags him to the vixens with their fingers interlocked and a hope in her heart that they'd play nice like she's asked ( practically begged ) them to

aaron's buzzing a bit with nervous energy. it's very endearing, how his eyes had lit up at the sight of her, then how she felt her anxiety about the night melt away into excitement

sav tries, bless her, tries to engage aaron in half-hearted conversation about exy ( which she hates ) and aaron tries back, but that fizzles out bcs for someone on a full-ride exy scholarship, aaron doesn't like exy at all

thank god that marissa, who's been trying to be less of a bitch all night, bless her too, lets it slip that sav detests exy

"okay, i can't anymore. minyard, savannah actually hates exy and she hates the foxes too, but we're hoping that you're an exception."

aaron, holding back a laugh: honestly? same.

sav: oh thank fucking GOD we have something to talk about then

"yeah, the entire sport sucks, doesn't it? i literally play it at college level and i still have barely figured out the goddamn rules."

"exactly! and my entire family's fucking obsessed for some reason, it's so annoying! ugh and the foxes suck even more, they're all so goddamn rude for no reason. except maybe the cute goalie."

". . ."

"eww not your brother, i meant renee walker,, and maybe you're not too bad either, minyard."

"you flatter me."

katelyn watches their exchange with more than a little amusement. aaron's not smiling, but his features have softened and he's flushed from the alcohol he'd had and she can't rly believe that this is the boy who they all thought would break her heart

bcs later when aaron comes up to her with a cookie dough cupcake ( her favourite ) she didn't even know was served at the party, leans into her so his face is buried in her neck, whispers "thanks for taking me", when she takes in all her friends laughing and chatting and waving at her, when sav gives her a thumbs-up and nods to aaron, she's never felt more whole

like she was part of something bigger than herself

then aaron starts hanging around them more! yeah he saw the look on katelyn's face and he was going to TRY for her or so help him- usually just with katelyn, sav, and cleo

she invites him to the "family game night" sav is making them have, and he's like "sure why not."

he knocks on the door of sav and cleo's dorm and sav lets him in

"yo, minyard! glad you make it, katelyn's out on a donut run but she'll be back soon."

okay,, okay. so he'll,,, what? interact w people?? hell fucking no

then he realises that it's only cleo in the dorm, plugged into her headphones, playing mario kart, and thanks katelyn for ensuring there would only be ppl that like, he didn't mind

the other vixens were okay, but way too LOUD, and aaron wasn't rly up for spending a whole night w them

cleo hands him a controller, an invitation to play, and he takes it gratefully. he and cleo hadn't talked that much at the party, but she was perfectly tolerable so far, which was a good sign

and mario kart was a part of his childhood, one of the only few that nicky's parents had owned, so he and his cousin had spent hours curled up in front of tv trying to beat each other

even tho he beats nicky most of the time, cleo absolutely destroys him. he mentally tries to brush it off as him being rusty ( which he definitely is ) but damn, cleo's good. still, she brushes off the compliment when aaron blurts it out

okay so then katelyn comes back with like way too many donuts and they start playing monopoly gathered around the coffee table

sav insists on putting on some music. wannabe starts playing. she winks at aaron and aaron winks back, still not smiling. cleo snorts and katelyn kisses his cheek

listen, cleo is a monopoly master. soon, she owns over half the board and it's pretty clear she's gonna win, someone ( savannah riley jameson, everyone ) flips the board

"jameson, what the actual fuck."

"shut the hell up, minyard."

"come on, sav, i was winning!"

katelyn's trying to pick up all the pieces and aaron bends down to help her, shaking his head at sav, who pouts and joins them while cleo grins, headphones slung around her shoulders while she perches herself onto the arm of the settee and hums to wake me up before you go-go

next, sav begs them to play twister. cleo's great at most games, but she has a particular dislike for twister, so she's out quick

katelyn is super bendy, bcs she took gymnastics for years, and aaron holds his own surprisingly well, considering the fact that he's short as fuck

sav: katie, right hand red

katelyn, ending up right on top of a blushing aaron: okay, you're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

sav: i stopped spinning like 15 turns ago, i'm surprised you didn't notice sooner

eventually aaron collapses and katelyn is hailed as the queen of twister and they spend the next 10 minutes just calling out random spots for katelyn to try

she gets all of them, and aaron is actually smiling now and it doesn't matter that it's only a tiny quirk of his lips, it's something and katelyn cherishes it

they play some sort of surgeon simulator thingy next, and aaron "gonna be a future neurosurgeon" minyard is awesome at it, bcs duh

katelyn's not very good at this. her hands get SHAKY okay

cleo also sucks at this, bcs she keeps getting nervous and having muscle spasms. sav's just doing the dumbest shit bcs it's bringing aaron closer to the edge of cardiac arrest

aaron: jameson holy shit what are you DOING

sav, slicing open the spinal cord: okay so what if i take out the lungs through the back haha

and now sav is sulking over the fact that she hadn't absolutely murdered the others at a game

so she brings out the ultimate game. the game of bastards, one that tears families apart, sets friendships on fire, starts wars too gruesome to be started by anything other than this wretched, cursed artefact. . .

s c r a b b l e

aaron's already having war flashbacks. katelyn groans and goes to make popcorn, bcs this shit's gonna take FOREVER and she knows it. cleo, an english major, is preparing herself for battle with the force of nature that is savannah

"the fuck do you MEAN fergalicious isn't a word???"

"savannah, please."

"no, here, listen to this."

"sav, we were listening to that!" katelyn complains. sav sighs and switches the song back to her "90's bops" playlist, then changes it to "hell yeah feminism" which instantly starts playing run the world ( girls )

katelyn happily starts singing and aaron's not even reluctant to hum along

sav and cleo are still arguing. this has been going on for so long. sav looks ready to flip over the board again, so cleo does it first

katelyn: cleo what the heck

cleo, the tired mom friend: don't fucking curse

aaron is also tired, but in a good way, in kind of that soft lazy droopy way

he falls asleep leaning against the sofa and katelyn's shoulder, with god is a woman playing in the background while sav and cleo continue arguing. cleo is standing on the coffee table. it's true anarchy

he wakes up on the sofa with a blanket thrown over him and sunlight streaming in through the lacy curtains and katelyn making a complete mess of the kitchen in a futile attempt to make breakfast. sav and cleo are draped across each other on the floor

katelyn, struggling to pick up burning toast: morning babe, how did you sleep?

aaron, calmly using a pair of tongs: pretty well. who wants pancakes?

sav, instantly shooting up: DID YOU SAY PANCAKES

so he makes pancakes! nicky taught him as soon as he'd gained custody of the twins, so he's pretty much an expert. he tries to teach katelyn, but then just gives up bcs she's clearly not listening in favour of staring at him

and they all gather around the coffee table and cleo's humming along to the song on her headphones and wow these pancakes are rly good omg

while aaron is chatting to cleo about what video games they should play next, sav whispers, "kate finley, if you don't marry this boy just for his god-tier pancakes, i will."

"sav, you're a lesbian."

"not anymore, i've decided that i am pancake-sexual."

aaron hears all of this btw, bcs cleo stops when she hears them talking. he blushes, and smiles, just a little bit

( if anyone actually cares about this, tell me! shoot me an ask if there's any particular ask you want to see with these characters, or just the foxes! )

[mogai-sunflowers]

heyo! may I get some feminine names for a fabulous popstar from 1920s to 1970s America? and some related pronouns? (its for a headmate)

- the enuri system

i'm so sorry it took me so long to get to this ahhh, and i hope these are all okay ahhhhhh, i'm,,,,,, not very good at coming up with themed names/pronouns so i'm sry if these don't fit your needs but i hope they do!!!! under the cut :D

names:

- aurora

- ophelia

- hazel

- eloise

- alice

- violet

- cora

- freya

- nora

- evelyn

- daphne

- mae

- zara

- evangeline

- alyx

- ariel

- tove

- vixen

- vyn

- gwen

- ceci/cecilia

- valerie

- arachne

- stevie

- becka

- marley

- ravyn

- betty

- legacy

- charity

- flyx

- vira

- margot

- elvira

- janet

- june

- juniper

- arwen

- maxine

- ruthie

- roxy/roxanne

- vivian

- veronica

- rhea

- reyna

- reign

- tigerlilly

- dolly

- dahlia

- cleo

- fredrique

- enrie

- ellis

- mara

- adora

- nyx

- nyxia

- india

- xenith

- zelda

- fyrn/fern

- wendy

- laurelai

- lydia

- wysteria

- mystique

- adelaide

- magdalene

- josephine

- thea

- maisie

- clementine

- jane

- mabel

- kacey

- maeve

- avery

- axel

- xynthia

- cordelia

- adele

- athena

- birdie

- belle

- antonia

- celeste

- circe

- audrey

- cornelia

- emmeline

- delphine

- esther

- dinah

- estelle

- stella

- florence

- louise

- lucy

- rowena

- lucille

- olympia

- verity

- arizona

- ash

- atlantis

- lynx

- junebug

- elaine

pronouns-

vi/vix/vixen/vixen's/vixself (or vixenself)

ro/rock/rostar's/rockself (or rostarself or rockstarself)

chi/chip/chippy's/chipself (or chippyself) (from a vintage word for women, chippy, which is non-derogatory)

🎵/🎵/🎵's/🎵's/🎵self

🎙/🎙/🎙's/🎙's/🎙self

🎹/🎹/🎹's/🎹's/🎹self

🎞/🎞/🎞's/🎞's/🎞self

👒/👒/👒's/👒's/👒self

👩‍🎤/👩‍🎤/👩‍🎤's/👩‍🎤's/👩‍🎤self

🌆/🌆/🌆's/🌆's/🌆self

[the-nest-welcomes-you]

Capsule Belly

Something is always brewing at Baldwin’s, whether it be specific items or transmutes for brewing purposes. Every time you visit Baldwin, you’d constantly see the spiral triplets brewing up any kind of storm they could in their own little cauldron, sometimes they’d argue over transmutations and what items they need to put in to make a new item, sometimes they aren’t even thinking. You could say that they were the cause of that bad weather not too long ago. Caleb, Junior and Magdalene were one of the children that come from the Nest, or to put it simply, they are Gabriel and Jadon’s kids. All 3 of them almost share similar traits to their parents: being that they are quite energetic, outgoing and fearless. Following their dreams of being an Alchemist someday, they spend most of the time learning how to make brews and transmuting items. They also had a little brother named Toby, but what made him so different was that he didn’t want to follow in with his siblings. He wanted to be a crafts-dragon, building tools and items which will help open up the hardest of chests. 

One day, Toby visited the triplets at Baldwin’s. He said his hello’s to Baldwin and they had a little conversation while the three once more argued among one another. “They sure are lively, aren’t they?” Baldwin chirped as he moved his gaze towards Toby. “What about you, sonny? How’s it going with crafting?”  “It’s going well so far, I managed to build a tool that will easily open up the gilded treasure chest without damaging it. I am sure that some dragons might see some use in an empty chest for storing some personal belongings of theirs! Besides, it’s quite pretty to look at so it would be a shame to destroy it..” Toby explained quite proudly, but then asked the most obscure question: “Is it bad that I am not following in the same footsteps as my siblings? I know I’m the youngest in the family, but sometimes I question whether I made the correct choice. There weren’t many crafts-dragons so I decided to go for that, yea my parents are proud, but sometimes I feel like they’re doubting me for my decisions.” Baldwin smiled at him and said that it’s okay that he doesn’t follow in his siblings’ footsteps and that he should actually consider writing his own path. “Sometimes in life you need to make your own choices. You can’t rely on your friends and family, neither should they write the path for you. You have to do it entirely on your own, otherwise you won’t be able to grow as a dragon.” Baldwin’s words were always wise, it’s no wonder that sometimes Toby would go to Baldwin for some advice or wise words. It actually filled him with hope. Suddenly, Junior screamed out: “IT’S FINISHED!”, while scooping up some kind of obscure liquid into a bottle. “The capsule gene is finished!” he would add before quickly rushing over to Toby and asked: “This gene needs to be handled with care, can you please put it in the vault?” Toby blinked and took the bottle and replied with a yes before waving Baldwin goodbye and flying off. He obviously heeded to his big brother’s words and tried his best to make sure the bottle is intact. 

It didn’t take him long to get back to the nest, once again, on top of the Nest, Ava was asleep again. Thankfully nothing was happening so there wasn’t any need for worry. Once he landed at the lower area of the Nest where items were vaulted, he accidentally tripped and the bottle ended up rolling over the edge and falling down. “OH NO!” he screamed out as he rushed to get the bottle back, but it was too late. The bottle didn’t crash on the ground, it actually crashed on Cleo’s head, to which she reacted and held her head. “Ow! That hurt!” She looked up to see Toby flying down and in an instant, he crashed right into her. That will probably leave several marks for a while. Frantic, Toby tried to explain himself, almost in tears: “I am so sorry! I didn’t mean to! I tripped and I dropped the bottle and big brother said that I should handle it with care but-” before he could finish his sentence, Cleo cut him off by saying that it was okay and that she wasn’t hurt too badly. “There’s no reason to cry now, I am sure it wasn’t anything special in that bottle.” But Toby tried to explain to her that it was special, it was actually a gene in a bottle. “... Which gene was it?”  “...Capsule gene..”  There was a pause. and suddenly a poof. Toby was suddenly shocked that he immediately backed away and noticed that Cleo looked absolutely different now. “... That is odd.. I don’t feel any different- oh....” she realized that the gene that was dropped on her head affected her belly and her tail, the skin felt a bit rubbery and the liquid inside was flowing about which made things quite awkward for Cleo, but as quickly as it hit her, she got quite used to it. “I can live with this, I guess.” she said with a smile, but Toby was still scared. How will he explain to his older siblings that the bottle is no longer in his possession and that Cleo now possesses the gene? 

Once the triplets were back, Toby tried to explain what happened, but Cleo stopped him in his tracks and said that she was the one that took the bottle and drank it by accident, adding: “It was unlabeled so I thought it was vegetable oil, I needed the oil to make dinner, but it was too delicious and I ended up drinking it all... and now my belly is rubbery.” Caleb turned to Junior and said: “Dammit Junior, you should have labeled it before you gave it to Toby!” Junior of course retorted back and back talked at his brother, saying that HE should have been the one to label it. Mag pretty much said that all 3 of them were at fault, especially for giving the bottle to Toby without much thinking. “Oh here they go again.” Toby murmured as he watched the three of them argue over the smallest thing.

[edward-stephen]

Bit disappointed by this year’s Mercury Prize nominations, here’s my personal list...

Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter

Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA

^ {both included in the actual list} ^

The Comet Is Coming - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery

King Krule - Man Alive!

Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure?

FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE

J Hus - Big Conspiracy

Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes - What Kinda Music

Westerman - Your Hero Is Not Dead

Floating Points - Crush

Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas

Cleo Sol - Rose In The Dark

[afraid--of--goosequills]

soft-skinned. finding my thighs in the dimpled brushstrokes of eased out concubines, drawing breath, caressed by canvas. that's me, that silky lipped queen you dream of on doused summer nights. that odalisque spread on her furs, raphael's madonna, penitent magdalen. i can name them all because we're cut from the same cloth, we swell our pleasure at the same frequency and we do it well, we do it like a bad bitch. but you still want me to dance to your tune and live with fingers to my throat until i emaciate and disappear under the weight of my own bitter bones. you want me to live for you, to pitch myself to the man who only ever bets on nymphettes in lace. you pull me to the end of my tether and tell me that my whole worth is tied up in some blinding yellow tape and in the possibility of earning his respect on my knees. it's incendiary. it pulverises. the only thing i gorge on is self-hatred. but look at where i come from, look at my mothers, the goddesses who gave me life. that's what runs in my blood: ichor. celestial essence. i'm a dream girl from another world. de la tour's candlelight, that throwback look with the pearl earring. tell it to venus at her mirror, to cleo in her milk bath, to the muse of song with her breasts like thistledown plummage. run and tell them all, serve up the insult from the acid on your tongue, and watch them smirk and tell you to yank yourself off on the ladder-rung below. you lose. i conquer. misshapen pearl of a girl cries 'i'll make them immortal with a kiss.' and i reject the unedifying chancer, the one who wants me to reach crescendo on his terms and his terms alone. i won't settle for less. i own the skin i ripped back from you. it's mine and it's the ones who came before, those eternal enigmas: women. a woman. a beauty. that's us. that's me. no way to confine it. and in case my meaning evades you and my words get caught in the tangled rancour of your mind: fat bitches think the gentleman doth protest too much.

my beauty in retrospect: part 2 (a continuation) // o.m.

part 1 here.

[kensingtonbooks]

#NationalDayOfEncouragement

We asked the team to share the book quotes that help inspire them for National Day of Encouragement, and here’s what they had to say:

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Quotes About Love (And Friendship):

Whenever she needs a reminder to never give up – and that your friends will always be there to support you – Lauren V. remembers this quote from Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo:

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”

“I think…if there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.” ― Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Focus only on things you love, feel love, and you will experience that love and joy coming back to you – multiplied!” ― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“I’d rather love and suffer for it, even for a short time, than protect myself and mourn the opportunity later on.” ― Chloé Duval, Stolen Time

"A heartless creature is a loveless creature, and a loveless creature is a beast.” ― Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three

Quotes For Life:

Lauren J. said she uses a quote from her favorite novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, to remember that everything in life happens for a reason:

“Everything’s a story- You are a story- I am a story.”

"Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised." ― J.R.R. Tolkein, The Return of the King

“I haven’t faltered before, and I won’t now, no matter how sorely tested I might be.” ― Susan Holloway Scott, I, Eliza Hamilton

“It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.” ― Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted

“I don’t get ulcers, I give them.” ― Harry Cohn, King Cohn: The Life and Times of Harry Cohn 

“Haven’t you ever lied because you didn’t want to hurt someone you loved? The truth isn’t always clean.” ― V.S. Alexander, The Magdalen Girls

Quotes For Dreamers:

“That's all I've ever dreamed of, Mr. Bones. To make the world a better place. To bring some beauty to the drab humdrum corners of the soul. You can do it with a toaster, you can do it with a poem, you can do it by reaching out your hand to a stranger. It doesn't matter what form it takes. To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.” ― Paul Auster, Timbuktu

“Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed about coming here, but then I did it.” ― Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

Quote For Animal Lovers:

“Nothing is more damply magical than a kitten’s kiss.” ― Helen Brown, Cleo

[daddvrios-blog]

hello! i hope you have having a lovely day/night/morning. could you please give me some first name suggestions for a stassiebaby fc? thank you!

sue thing, honey ! some names that might work are: ariadne, barbara, magdalene, rhea, chloe, agatha, nikola, daphne, kori, sibyl, eva, gia, kalypso, lois, helene, cora, thea, philippa, nicole, cassandra, iris, calliope, maeve, cleo, tatiana, eileen, yolanda, selene, zoe, lilah & rena !

[ninjasmart]

I worry people get hooked on who they were in the past and live THIS life as if they are that person. That’s damaging to your souls development. If, in your natal chart, your karma & talents brought over from a previous life correlate with a historical person of significance, then that’s okay, (someone had to be Mary, Cleo & Liz, right?) but living as if you were that person will only create more karma and hinder your progress for enlightenment. PART 2

So true. There is a reason we don’t remember our past lives. We can’t and should not be living in the past. We have a fresh start in this incarnation and we do what we do here and now. 

Besides, why people don’t “remember” the past lives where they were swindlers, adulterers, evil scheming people and they do remember only that they were royals or in this case claim to have been or are Mary Magdalene. 

Anyway, that Grandma anon was not even entertaining. I hope he/she is not into writing books because they’ll be blah. 

[qprsmackdown]

round 5 bracket (text version under the cut)

[Image ID: A 64 seed bracket showing four rounds completed. Matchups are as follows.

Round 1, Side 1: q!parrotduo vs jesus christ (mary magdalene) emerald duo vs Nepeta Leijon and Equius Zahhak ineffable husbands vs beeduo slimecicle vs zelink etho/skizz vs timsasha Dave Miller and Jack Kennedy vs Bob and Larry me/your mom vs Jesus Christ pt. 2 (12 disciples) samfro vs Merlin and Arthur Kaladin and Syl vs Kim Dokja, Yoo Joonghyuk (ORV) mk/mei vs Lapis Lazuli and Peridot james bond and q vs The Fellowship Of The Ring james kirk and bones vs hamlet and ophelia Mochizuki and Yoisaki vs Will Truman and Grace Adler Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus vs Jo March and Professor Bhaer Kimiko & Frenchie vs Poeta huevos (Ferdinand, Rododendro and Gabrelle) Kodama Sakuko and Takahashi Satoru vs Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima

Round 1, Side 2: Scarian vs Huntlow Dogwarts vs Swagdoons poly pirates vs benchtrio renchanting vs majorwood smajor/pearl vs c!eret and c!foolish smajor/cleo vs clowndoons arenaduo vs georgia and rooney from loveless the three hunters vs gil galad and elrond and celebrian polywagon vs poly prime defenders All Of Lifesteal SMP vs greater mana polycule Polygun vs All Of The Mechs Polychives vs poly boatem Balloon/Suitcase vs Doc and Donut starfire vs mothman and bigfoot primary colors vs ocie and ceci chaos (Fable SMP) Aero and Lennie (Challenger SMP) vs OC/IRL QPR BRACKET WINNER

Round 2: q!parrotduo vs emerald duo beeduo vs zelink timsasha vs bob and larry jesus christ pt. 2 vs Merlin & Arthur Kaladin and Syl vs Lapis Lazuli and Peridot The Fellowship Of The Ring vs james kirk and bones Will Truman and Grace Adler vs Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus Kimiko and Frenchie vs Kodama Sokuko and Takahashi Satoru Scarian vs Dogwarts benchtrio vs majorwood smajor/pearl vs smajor/cleo arenaduo vs the three hunters polywagon vs the greater mana polycule All Of The Mechs vs poly boatem Doc and Donut vs mothman and bigfoot Ocie and Ceci Chaos (Fable SMP) vs Aero and Lennie + Michael and Mantis

Round 3: emerald duo vs ineffable husbands timsasha vs jesus christ part 2 Lapis Lazuli and Peridot vs The Fellowship Of The Ring Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus vs Kimiko and Frenchie Dogwarts vs majorwood smajor/cleo vs arenaduo polywagon vs poly boatem mothman and bigfoot vs Ocie and Ceci Chaos (Fable SMP)

Round 4 (Quarterfinals): emerald duo vs timsasha The Fellowship Of The Ring vs Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus majorwood vs smajor/cleo poly boatem vs Ocie and Ceci Chaos (Fable SMP)

Round 5 (Semifinals): emerald duo vs Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sextus majorwood vs poly boatem

End ID.]

[leia-imogen]

aaron & the family he's found all by himself; vol. 2 // vol. 1

( ft. short jokes, a belated birthday shopping trip, & an ultra-chaotic winter break )

( for @criswisstuff & anyone who enjoyed the first one <3 )

savannah, who is 5'9, is constantly teasing aaron and cleo for being short. katelyn's good at 5'6, and also a bit impossible to tease bcs she's the actual best, so she gets to escape this

cleo ( 5'2 ) is perfectly delighted to have someone shorter than her for once in her life, even by only 2 inches

aaron: guys, just try and see this from my point of view

sav: [ collapses ]

katelyn: [ crouches down ]

cleo: [ sits cross-legged on floor ]

aaron: dude you're literally 2 inches taller than me

cleo: 2 and a quarter

sav is so smug about this but in a good-natured way, in that she and cleo call aaron "kid" or "kiddo" or "pipsqueak" and he doesn't mind bcs they always say it w such a huge smile and he likes to respond to sav with "how's the weather up there, tall-ass?"

and katelyn thinks it's ridiculously adorable how tiny aaron is and obviously she uses him as an armrest all the time

katelyn, petting aaron's hair: guys guys omg he's like an angsty mini blond kitten and i would kill for him <3

sav, popping up between them: mini-yard :))

before i get super distracted, i just wanna mention that aaron met sav and cleo towards the end of november, so they missed the twin's birthday

but sav still insists that she must take him shopping bcs sure his fashion sense is fine but there's always room for improvement, isn't there, aaron??

he relents, so long as she and cleo and katelyn ( who already gave him a birthday present?? why's she doing this??? ) don't spend too much money

sav drags him all around south carolina to the best thrift stores she can find and cleo and katelyn are amazed that she can get such fantastic deals on the supermodel clothes she wears

fr she's literally a fashion design major ( + minoring in business management ) and she shows up to class in skilfully done drugstore makeup and an absolutely killer outfit for like 15 bucks

she grew up poor, and she's still poor now, even if she ( thankfully ) managed to scrape a cheerleading scholarship

sav, flicking through a rack of dresses labelled $4 apiece: RIP to little miss rich bitch reynolds but i'm different ;)

no hate to allison she's awesome but she grew up in the lap of luxury surrounded by designer brands so she knows NOTHING about thrifting and rationing money in general

oh and sav and allison have kind of a frenemies thing going on bcs they're both fighting for the top spot of their fashion design course

they spend the whole day shopping and aaron ends up with a highly upgraded wardrobe that contains a lot of cute pastel stuff and sav's promise to do his makeup

aaron insists on paying for dinner at the really nice pizza place a short drive from campus even tho they all protest

and andrew knows he's found new friends, but has no idea that it's the vixens and he's dating one of them. nicky does tho, but he's sworn to secrecy

nicky thinks his new clothes are adorable and is stunned when aaron tells him the total cost

"oh my GOD that girl sounds like a genius."

"yeah, her name's sav. you guys,, would get along, i think."

okay now for the winter break part!!

i think that you can get permission to stay at dorms if you're an international student or something??

anyways since sav's super upset bcs her father straight-up told her not to come home bcs he has a new girlfriend ( god i hate sav's father )

katelyn would stay with her, but her dad can finally have her home in new york for christmas and she really doesn't want to miss it

cleo, the only one with a properly functional family, is going back to her big family house and loving parents and grandma and aunt and siblings and cousins. love that for her.

so aaron and sav are stuck at psu for 2 weeks and aaron's surprisingly cool with this. and sav's excited bcs for the first time since her mom died, she can spend her christmas with someone she actually wants around instead of her shitty-ass father and his constant stream of bitchy girlfriends

they spend a lot of time together, stealing food from the athlete's dining hall to make their own weird combos, which usually ends with aaron making something Cool and Interesting and sav gagging and spitting out whatever strange concoction she had previously insisted would taste good

i literally can't bring myself to give a shit about the twinyards' deal bcs andrew literally became best friends with renee?? and hooks up with guys at eden’s??? idk what's going on there but it's like andrew is trying to control aaron's life while he can do whatever he wants??? and honestly wtf????

also let me just make it clear that i ADORE andrew so so much he's one of my favourite comfort characters ever but i'm not gonna make excuses for his shitty behaviour. i fully believe he heals and puts away his pride to apologise to aaron, nicky, and kevin for his treatment of them

that's definitely not to say that aaron's internalised homophobia isn't eww, but with so many important people in his life gay, he makes a huge effort to get over it

so andrew just thinks that aaron is spending a lot of time in the library or out with nicky or something

and when aaron tells sav about this deal, she's kinda horrified, but it's pretty clear to her that aaron so desperately wants to fix his relationship with his brother, and she's not in any place to discourage him, is she?

the only thing she can do is hope that he won't come out all the worse for it

and stare at the boy curled up on the other end of the pale pink sofa cleo's parents had gotten, wonder just how much shit he'd been put through, and decide she was going to be his best friend

aaron's face has gone entirely impassive. sav nudges his fluffy-socked foot with her own, then reaches out to smooth the crease between his eyebrows. "careful, you'll wrinkle your pretty little face."

aaron is very caught off guard by this, and very promptly flushes bright red, which contrasts with the pale teal hoodie he stole from katelyn

"okay, enough talk about depressing crap. wanna go make christmas cookies now?"

"yeah."

so they make christmas cookies. well, it was supposed to be christmas cookies, but it turns into double chocolate fudge cookies somewhere along the line. neither of them knows how

them baking together is the definition of chaos. they're still blasting songs, and sav is singing along terribly

"yOu'Re A mEaN oNe, Mr. GrInCh," while poking aaron's cheek as he tries to mix something. he throws a handful of flour at her. "yOu ReAlLy ArE A hEel."

anyways obviously sav retaliates and that ends in a flour fight. it only stops when aaron deadass cracks an egg on sav's head and she smears chocolate into his hair

she also tries to make him sing along to baby, it's cold outside

"i'Ve GoT tO Go `wAAyyy~" she holds a spatula up to his face

"go away."

they video call katelyn, who takes one look at the mess in the cramped dorm kitchen and sighs so loudly and dramatically that her dad pops in and asks if everything's okay

aaron freezes up at the sight of him and sav quickly turns off the camera, bcs they both want to make good impressions on him, and being covered in various cookie ingredients just won't cut it, ya know?

the cookies turn out delicious and sav sends all their group chat various photos of the process, most of which consist of selfies with her making goofy faces while aaron is simultaneously baking and flipping off the camera

plus a several videos of sav enthusiastically dancing and mouthing the lyrics of, as follows, all i want for christmas is you, let it snow, and santa claus is coming to town and aggressively pointing a spatula at aaron

"c'mon aari, just sing! please??? please???? please you can do it i believe in you!!"

finally he just. gives up. "okay, you know what? fine, i'll sing to ONE and then you will STOP bothering me you insolent dumbass."

sav beams. santa baby starts playing. aaron is very clearly going through five stages of grief in 0.5 seconds

"go on," sav says sweetly as she slides in next to a pouting aaron, "i'll sing with you."

sav slings an arm around his shoulder and sways with him, so it's just her doing that and him grumpily mumbling the lyrics

and when the cookies are cooling down, they start cleaning the kitchen up. aaron rubs some spilled egg yolk into sav's hair but it goes pretty okay otherwise, since they're just listening to more christmas songs and chatting about light stuff, like aaron's biochem course, sav's fashion course, and their dumb classmates

aaron mostly listens tho, and learns that sav kind of hates allison reynolds for giving up her inheritance when she would do ANYTHING for even the tiniest fraction of that money

but she still thinks allison's gorgeous bcs c'mon

and that sav's dream is to one day open her own boutique!!

aaron spends most of the actual christmas day with the monsters at eden's bcs nicky and andrew wanted to

he spent a lot of the time texting on their group chat

doessavvyisgay: so u just go to a nightclub every week??

unaliveme: i mean yeah, i literally worked here for a while. we needed money and nicky was already working 2 jobs night and day

actualblessing: babe ur backstory is so tragic

unaliveme: i'm a fox for a reason ig

cleo.magda: Yes but-

doessavvyisgay renamed this conversation "aaron miniyard support group"

unaliveme: oh ffs

unaliveme: sav subject change go

doessavvyisgay: i'm at the clothes store what should i get?

actualblessing: something pretty :)

doessavvyisgay: sorry, i can't buy the cashier

cleo.magda: Wow.

doessavvyisgay: I DID GET HER NUMBER THO

unaliveme: lmaooo what's her name?

doessavvyisgay: uh

unaliveme: savannah istg u don't even know her name??

actualblessing: s a v

actualblessing: damn u really do be turning on the Charm tho

actualblessing: respect i didn't even talk to aaron till i asked him for notes bcs he has rly pretty notes and also a rly pretty face

actualblessing: and even then i was like :0

unaliveme: IT WAS CUTE I PROMISE

doessavvyisgay: u 2 = the only valid heterosexual couple

actualblessing: rt

unaliveme: oh shit i'm getting super drunk

cleo.magda: Aaron, you drink? That's not legal, get out of there right now. Kids these days-

unaliveme: cleo u have literally seen me get drunk af,, the first time we met,,, and anyways this is how my family bonds ✌🏻

doessavvyisgay: that's. so damn weird kiddo but go off ig

actualblessing: no go find better things to bond about other than alcohol and weird sweaty dancing

cleo.magda: Yeah, go watch some Christmas movies!

unaliveme: nicky makes us watch die hard every year

doessavvyisgay: see u in hell, kiddo ;)

cleo.magda: I meant things like The Polar Express and Home Alone.

actualblessing: merry christmas ya filthy animals!!

doessavvyisgay: merry xmas y'all i'm gonna go to that christmas party bcs i'm super bored

unaliveme: merry christmas mothers and fuckers

cleo.magda: Merry Christmas, you guys!