#dad!henry pearl

[glitch-in-the-code]

I LOVE IT WHEN A CHARACTER WEARS SOMETHING ANOTHER CHARACTER DID AT ONE POINT!!!!!!!!!!!

[jjaylove27]

True Love

This story is about Killian Jones. Him and Emma are together but he has a past with a girl from the Enchanted Forest that he long forgot about.

Y/N POV

I grew up in the Enchanted Forest when the curse was cast I was left in the forest. But I got separated from my husband I don't know if he went where everyone else did but I'm determined to find him again.

It was like any other day in the forest I was at a tavern drinking rum before I had to get back to the ship. Yes, I'm a pirate the sea is my second love. That is when I seen him walk in. It can't be true. I must be seeing things. I've been looking for him for so long and here he is in front of me.

HOOK POV

"Luv you must be crazy! You can't just walk into a tavern wearing the clothes from the other world. People will think you are crazy."

"Hook I'm going to look crazy regardless! I'm looking for the pirate who is Jack Sparrows daughter and ask her for her blood so we can get home."

Then she just walks in though the doors. I just grit my teeth and follow her. No matter how much I love her she just loves putting her self in danger.

As I walk in I see a girl at the bar with y/h/c and y/e/c. She looks like she's seen a ghost. She looks very familiar to me but I just can't put my hook on why.

"Excuse me we are looking for Jack Sparrows daughter. We need her help with something."

Then I see her stand up and walk towards us. "It's Caption Jack Sparrow. I'm his daughter how can I help you?"

That voice it sounds so familiar almost like I know her. Made it's Because I was on her dads ship when I was young lad. She just keeps looking at me.

"Hi my lady, My name is Hook we-"

"Yes, Killian I know your name. Do you not remember me?"

"I'm sorry lass. I assume I know you from your fathers ship."

Y/N POV

H-he doesn't remember me. My own husband the man I grew up with doesn't know me. I've have been searching for him and I finally have him in front of me and he just looks though me.

"What do you need my help with?"

"Emma here needs your blood to take us back home to Story Brook."

Emma that's her name. The women he showed up with. The women he is staring at so fondly. I found him and I already lost him.

EMMA POV

I've seen her in Henry's book. A lot of the pages was ripped out about her. Almost like someone didn't want anyone knowing about her.

"All we need is a drop of your blood to open the portal."

She finally looked at me and all I seen was sadness in her eye's.

"I'll help you. Just give me something to put my blood in."

"Well we need you to come with us."

She nodded her head and threw out her hand for us to start walking.

"So luv tell me about the time I was on the Black Pearl my memories are foggy."

I watched a light come into her eye's. Like she just got asked to see the Queen of England.

"Well you and my dad use to get into a lot of trouble. He taught you how to sail and what loving the ocean was about. But to never trust anyone but your right hand man Mr. Smee."

"Sounds like I owe your father a thank you."

We finally reached where we was going. All we needed was her blood.

Y/N POV

"Do you think I can come with you?"

They both look at me and then look at each other before nodding. I pricked my finger and the portal opened. We closed our eyes and jumped in. When I opened them up I see that I'm standing on a road.

"Well I have things to do. Hook do you mind showing her around?"

"Sure I don't mind love." Then he leaned in and kissed her. That hurt but he is with her. I just hope he remembers me. He turned around to me and flashed me his famous smile. It made me melt inside. He offered me his arm.

"So I never actually got your name Miss. Sparrow."

"It's Y/n."

He showed me Granny's Dinner and helped me get a room. He intruded me to several people.

"So luv why did you want to come with us?"

"Well I'm looking for someone and I was hoping I would find some leads here."

"Well there is a whole book of our story's that someone wrote. Maybe we can look and see if your story is in it?"

"What do you mean-"

"Well if it isn't Hook and Sparrow. Mrs. Sparrow I wondered what happened to you."

"Leave her alone Gold." Then he grabbed my arm and kept walking.

"Who was that Kill?"

"Huh? Oh that was Rumpelstiltskin he goes by Gold here."

I just nodded my head. So he remembers me I'll have to talk to him. He must know something. We walked around for a little longer before he took me back to Granny's.

"Well that ends our tour my lady. Maybe tomorrow I can take you to my friend and we can look at the book."

"Sounds like a plan. Noon?"

"Sounds like a plan."

He walked away. As I watched him I seen Emma come around the corner they talked for a minute before walking away. I walked into Granny's and sat down. Ruby walked up to me.

"You hungry or thirst?"

"No, I think I'm gonna go lay down."

I got up and went into my room. I took off my boots and pulled my necklace out from under my shirt and looked at Killian's wedding ring. Tomorrow I'm gonna talk to Gold. Then I laid down and went to sleep.

I know this doesn't follow OUAT story line. I hope you like it! Thank you for reading.

[pinazee]

Season 2 final thoughts:

My apologies to my Psych mutuals, my hyperfixation took me on a trip to Hatchetfield and very soon it’ll be in cinderellas castle. It can’t be helped. I plan on finishing my rewatch, especially because I’m about to get into one of my favorite seasons, but it’ll probably be sporadic at best.

Here are my final thoughts on season 2!

This is the official season of lassie stumbling upon shawn and gus by happenstance. He does it in american duos, dis-lodged, black and tan, and im counting lassie standing in front of his pic at the museum. He can push them away as much as he wants but shawns like a boomerang.

I find it incredibly disrespectful that shawn and gus took credit for finding that dinosaur when that one guy literally died for it . Also im pretty sure it would be impossible for a t-rex to be discovered in california because it was all underwater at that time. But thats neither here nor there.

Shawn being a forgery/handwriting expert brings up a funny/depressing image of little shawn having to write lines but in different peoples handwritings

Shawn is an incredibly fast thinker! He saw this scene

And not only deduced what actually happened, but also came up with a cover story for him at the same time.

Word of the day Abulic: abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions. Psych writers just casually dropped that little pearl in the middle of a scene in the finale

Overall it was a great season! Juliet got some more scenes, plus her character is beginning to get fleshed out, Gus was even funnier than i remembered, the heartfelt moments were very well acted especially by james who nailed the whole avoidant turmoil of it all. Henry, though, as ive stated in previous posts, is a lot harder to watch as a full fledged adult. He’s just such a prick to shawn any chance he can get. I’m so curious if I’ll be able to forgive him myself down the road. I mean, no wonder Shawn split when he turned 18 and hardly spoke to him again. Man, i wish we could’ve seen Shawn right after he left cause that is one juicy peach. He’d just be all angsty, jumping from one job to the next, getting fired or losing interest (or my personal headcanon is that his gifts of seeing everything kept getting him in some sort of trouble kind of like Poker Face (with natasha lyonne)).

Shawns add’l talents/ random knowledge:

-sketching

-forgery/ handwriting

-can operate a forklift (i think thats what it was lol)

-chess

-tango

-Spanish (honorable mention- he knows enough to speak it passably so i added it) and possibly Portuguese though i bet he just learned the one random phrase to try to trap jann

-acting

-airport codes

Gus niche interests:

-reality tv/ spanish soap operas

-archaeology

-legal tender

-santa barbara models/fashion

Rankings

The Blueberry Tier

American duos

Shawn (and gus) of the dead

Sixty five million years off

Black and tan: a crime of fashion

Nectarina Dulce Tier

Bounty hunters!

Lights, Camera, Homicidio!

Green Apple Jacks t-shirt tier

If you’re so smart then why are you dead

Rob a bye baby

Gus’ dad may have killed an old guy

Theres something about Mira

Did-lodged

And down the stretch comes murder

Psy vs. psy

Genocide of color Tier (somewhere a rainbow is weeping)

The old and the restless

Zero to murder in sixty seconds

Meat is murder…but murder is also murder

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

august 25, 2021 8:00 p.m. the black pearl

[grant] well, i know it doesn’t fix the existential angst and you shouldn’t ever feel like it needs to go away instantly, but i guarantee you will be a good dad.

[grant] any kids you have will feel loved. they’ll be set up for the future no matter how everyone’s lives play out. i know you’ll do your best, and i know soobin will, too. you guys have worked so hard to have such a long and healthy and sincere relationship.

[grant] and the fact that you’re worried about any of this means you’re going to do a good job. shitty parents and shitty partners don’t ask if what they’re doing or about to do is wrong.

[grant] everyone is going to make mistakes sometimes but it’s about getting most of it right, and i believe you will. soobin doesn’t hold it over your head that for a while, your fear made you a little controlling. you improved and she forgave you. you’re smart, you’ll adapt, and most of all, you should know you’re loyal. at the end of the day, a parent who puts their kids first and never turns their back on them is the best parent in the world in my eyes.

[grant] mistakes can be forgiven if you put your kids first and treat them like a human being who matters.

[henry] thank you. i appreciate it. that means a lot coming from you.

[grant] and i understand your main fear in the first place. i've thought about it many times. i never worried about myself dying but others dying. elizabeth, uh...yeah. those big family losses seriously will ruin you forever in one way or another. the way you lost your father only makes it worse. it does strip away any feeling of invincibility you have.

[henry] you can say that again.

[henry] i'm glad someone understands.

[grant] you can never really know, i guess, what’s going to happen to you or to anyone you know, and it’s not helpful to say it’ll be fine because we all know crazy and terrible things happen. it's unfortunately mathematically true. but trust me, i'll kill you if you die!

[henry] you’ll kill me if i die? haha.

[henry] thanks for making me laugh, too.

[grant] yep. i will re-kill your ghost.

[henry] i'll kill you if you die.

[grant] thank you, buddy! you’re a real one.

[henry] dude, ugh, i googled life insurance policies a month ago. ew, adulthood.

[grant] life insurance is a good thing to have, though.

[henry] it is, it is. even if my hypothetical kids just buy a fucking pool with the money.

[grant] i mean, if it benefits them, right?

[henry] let me add a note to the policy saying you can either get an in-ground pool put in or free college tuition–one or the other.

[grant] does that include getting a sick ass waterfall feature installed on the pool or no?

[henry] by the way–

[henry] disclaimer that this is just an idea, not concrete at all, but soobin and i briefly mentioned moving back to korea as a way to make sure our kids have a good life.

[grant] wow, really? it is worth thinking about! it is rational. most of your family is here and all of soobin’s family does live here, and you do have to consider what’s best for you and your family, current and future. before i did move back home, when i was with you know who, i thought about this, too, if we ever had kids that maybe we could or should move back to michigan so they'd have my whole family around.

[grant] and just so it’s on the record, you have my full support in any decision here.

[grant] are you interested in moving back?

[henry] i don’t know. i haven’t lived here since i was five years old. i've only visited, and then came back for one year to do the military service because i was wary of giving up my citizenship. but i almost did because truly, i did not want to go into the army. that shit sucked.

[grant] what does soobin think?

[henry] well, it was her idea. i'm very whatever about wherever i live. i feel no strong pull one way or another at the moment. but it’s different for her.

[henry] she lived here much longer than me. she cares much more and has a preference. i mean, she spent pretty much her entire life here except since college and during the school semesters between sixth and twelfth grades because her parents sent her to a fancy private school there.

[henry] i will say, soobin’s main point isn’t wrong, and it's the one you brought up. most of our family is here. it’s like you and michigan. that’s where your folks are. and that support is invaluable when you have kids, both for their social development and for financial reasons. plus, my mom actually wants to move back. she never talks about it, but i know she does.

[grant] i get that, too.

[henry] like i said, she’s just never been the same since my dad died. which i don't fault her for. she does her best to be happy, you know, but i think she feels very alone, even more now that i don’t live on the upper peninsula anymore. she was with him forever. they were soulmates. and her life drastically changed after he died.

[henry] this has been the first time she's had a job since, god, the 1980s. she loves being an art teacher for school kids, but that's a huge change in addition to the sudden loneliness.

[henry] and on the loneliness side, she has your family and they've been close for a long time.

[grant] she was literally over at my aunt bridie's house the other day making shampoo with her.

[henry] yeah, so she sees them pretty often and she also has her book club and some other friends, but she knows way more people here. seoul's where all her family and friends are.

[henry] i want my mom to be happy, you know? it’s my job as her son, and i'm the only child she ever had. she doesn’t need me to look after her every day, not really, but i want to and she deserves that. and truth be told, a part of me believes that if she comes back, i would feel not very good about being away from her.

[henry] i think that if i encourage her to come back or talk to her about it and she does go through with it, that would sway me more to soobin’s side. again, i want my mom to be happy, and i'm also scared of losing her. it doesn’t matter if it’s sudden or slow. i don’t want to lose her, and especially not if i feel like i've spent my whole adult life away from her, not prioritizing what time is left with her.

[henry] not to be morbid, but she’s almost 60. at some point you do ask yourself how much longer you have left with your older family members around. life is unfortunately very short.

[grant] of course. that’s totally understandable. she's a great mother, and you wouldn't want to miss out on that. and i'm sure you don’t want your kids to not have their grandma present in their lives.

[henry] but then i have to start over with my job and maybe i lose contact with my friends if i leave. i do have friends here–sorry, they weren’t able to come hang out this time, maybe next time–but my real two best friends are in michigan. it’s you and ben. i don't let anyone else get that close to me except for soobin because to me, my best friend slots are full. i don't want anyone else. no one else is worth it.

[henry] and i always said you’d be my kids’ godfather. i don’t want them to miss out on knowing you the way they should.

[grant] there’s facetime! and i'd come visit. and i'm so goddamn annoying, i will be texting you about everything i think about in the world for the rest of our lives. you're not going to lose me.

[henry] i try my best to believe i won't lose you.

[grant] also, don’t stress out too much about this yet. you do not have to make any of these decisions now, and when you do need to, the right answers will come to you.

[grant] and listen, one last thing and then i'll shut up. i don’t know how, i don’t know why–i don’t think there is an answer to this–but the people we lose are still with us, even if only in spirit. i am famously a skeptic, but i felt something this year that changed my mind. i know you miss your dad but he’s still with you. somehow he’ll see your kids grow up, and he’ll be there guiding you to make the right decisions.

[grant] your dad loved you, like, beyond what words can express. he loved your mom just as much. he would never willingly leave you. if there's something after this mortal existence, he's still with you.

[grant] oh, and we should probably eat this pizza before it's frigid.

[henry] fuck, i forgot about it. thanks for reminding me. yeah, let's demolish this pizza, and then i'll take you to that cool arcade i told you about. we'll make up for the awful arcade experience at your cousin's bachelor party.

[princess-glassred]

What if just made a whole ass Pearl au with Henry Bowers?

Henry marries Greta Keene just because she's rich and he wants to get away from his shitty life, only for her to insist they stay with Butch to piss off her father. She's been leaving Henry alone for large periods of time and it's made him very bitter, especially because he hates his father and mothers so much. His mother is catatonic from an icident here Butch pushed her down the stairs, and Butch spends every day beating, demeaning, and mistreating Henry if he doesn't do his chores. Henry's gotta take care of his mom, the animals, ans he's just plain sick of it. It wouldn't be so bad if Greta hadn't insisted they stay just so she could leave him alone. Then one night at the aladdin theatre he meets Belch and the two hit it off, Belch is working part time as the projectionist and he thinks Henry is cool enough to show how it works. He shows Henry some adult movies and tells him with enough ambition anyone can be famous. Henry's well off cousin Connor comes to visit Henry and Butch to give them some food but Butch is offended Connor's family thinks they need hand outs. Henry mentions the aladdin theatre is holding auditions for a big upcoming traveling show and Henry, although he is now song and dance man, has been slippong into delusions of granduer lately and will do just about anything to get out of here. But ofc this is still a Pearl au, so obviously Henry doesn't get it and he kils Connor, Butch, Belch and a bunch of animals along the way. Also, after Henry kills Butch, just like how Pearl wears her mom's dress, Henry raids his closet and wears his dad's hot pink greaser jacket from the 50's so he looks more like his book counter part. Tehee.

[justalilpearlie]

Introduction/Fun Pearlie Facts

Was abt time I did one of these.

Hello everyone, my name is Pearl, Pearlie or Sam/Sammy if you're feeling like it. Friends also call me Martini sometimes.

I am a minor, my labels... we dont talk about them (fem presenting ftm gay/mlm + trying out gendervoid and verinix + bigender??) uhmm and I go by He/She, tho mostly He/Him by strangers- I can She/Her myself and close friends/mutuals are allowed! (I also go by neos: Void/Moon/Sweet/It/Fluff/Love/Fizz/Paw)

I'm from Argentina, born and raised, never moved. Speak fluent english and spanish.

I got the 'tism and the adhd, aswell as BPD and a few other things I wont list right now! But yeah I'm psychotic (ooo scary word.. lmao)

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I'm an IRL of many, mainly c!Pearl (mcyt), Samuel Emily (fnaf [games canon]) and Shin Tsukimi (yttd). If you don't like it you can leave, block me, or whatever, cause you aint gonna change my life or how I am. I'm in therapy, which unlike random hate and harrassment online, does help me :)

I like to roleplay, draw, sometimes make playlists or moodboards.. And my biggest interests right now are Life Series (+ evo + new life), Empires1(+ a bit of e2) and FNaF! (i dont rlly like the books tho lol..)

I use kin tags for reach cause I'd love interaction from any fellow lifers or empires ppl, hermits aswell!! Tho I havent finished s8 or s9 yet...

Fictionkins, therians and traumagenic systems all welcome!

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DNI prefferably:

- Basic DNI criteria (proshippers, homophobes, transphobes, racists, TERFs, ableist, etc)

- Endos/non-traumagenic "systems" DNI. block me if u want, i wont argue abt it in the comments/reblogs. or interact if u want but im not gonna follow u back or anythin shrugs.

- reality checkers or anti-IRLs DNI. I aint "romanticizing" shit, I'm existing and living my life, if thats a problem to you too bad cause my psychologist aproves of what I'm doing, since I aint harming anyone and I myself am doing dandy.

- anti-kin also DNI cause most of my friends are fictionkins and if you talk shit abt my fellas idk i wouldnt like having u around much

CCs interact at your own risk. This is my domain, cyan man & moon lady. /hj

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"Disclaimer"

- I talk about MajorMoon (Scott x Pearl) a LOT, if u didnt notice by the acc theme. These are my romantic memories, its a gay ship, not woman/gay man, so if it makes u uncomfortable or u hate it or whatever then ur probably not gonna like my content lmao. COUGH, consider joining us if you do like what you see... /nf We're a small comunity of supporters.. just me.. and a few of my peeps... that was a joke, sir. /ref

- This isn't roleplay, its my main acc where im ""unapologetically"" myself, but if u do wanna rp life series/empires u can always shoot me a dm and maybe I'll give u my discord.

- I talk about myself (c!Pearl) using 3rd person in many posts tagged with main fandom tags. This is to cause less confusion to casual fans slash ""normies"" (lhj) that well.. don't know what IRLs are! Also that way I feel safer and don't have to worry as much abt getting harassed and such for my identity.

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Special People Mentions!! fps = * (1 or more.. wouldnt say in a priority sorta order but. more or less yea)

Family! <3 🌼@pehpurr* SISTER!! super duper cool, her art is great and you should check it out!! YOU. You're the brightest little girl (i say like ur not older than me) I'VE EVER MET ACTUALLY! You're so passionate and loving I freaking adore you!! I love you so much Scar, you're one of the best things to ever happen to me, Kanny &lt;3 ⚙️@gentlexmadman DAD!! you are my daaaad, you're my dad! woogie woogie woogie! ANOTHER amazing artist! mr "I know that guy-", very funny, Henry "Autism" Emily... the copper king, my father. Speaking to you is always comforting. Love you so much papa, you're amazing :)

Simply special <3 ☕@insomniac-coffeehouse** You're all simply so very special to me. I love spending time with you guys and playing stuff together, you mean a lot to me and I'm so glad I met you. I hope we're still close for this year and many more! You're incredibly talented, not only at art, at everything you do. You spark joy in my brain and my heart <3 From the bottom of my heart, I'm in love with the hope you bring to this world. 🍊Jack***, oh my dear Jacky, where do I even begin, sport... you really are my other half. Mi media naranja if you will. haha.. I love every second we spend together, I love your voice, I love your eyes, I love your smile, your laughter. I love your use of words, the way you speak, your humor, your seriousness and goofiness. You stiff fuck, you were made for me and I was made for you, and I wouldn't have it any other way. You're my everything, mi vida, mi luz, mi estrella. Mi amor, mi mundo. <3

New friends! 🍓@strawberrystarfield I know we met fairly recently but you're all incredibly fun to talk to, your art is also amazing, your accent is real pretty (cough for a bri-💥), you're real sweet and I love reading all your thoughts and critiques about things :} (love ya Aspen /gen) 🏜️@fagdykegtws My right hand man! I know we just met through the rarepair server but oh my god we're in the same brainwave!!! You're so fun to vc and chat with and you got the best ideas ever fr fr, love ya Chewy, you're real sweet even w how lil i know you ;)

That's it folks, love yall and see you around!

[treluna4]

WIP Wednesday

Triplet snippet. Pez watches the boys in London while Alex and Henry go out on a date:

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“Look, Dad!” Elijah says, proudly holding up his hand. He wiggles his fingers, letting the pink sparkles shine in the light.

As soon as the boys found out who was coming over, they begged Pez to bring his cosmetology set with him. And Pez, of course, delivered. He and the boys set up shop around a table in the living room. Endless pallets of make-up, dozens of different bottles of nail polish, and piles of hair accessories covered the large surface.

“They’re beautiful!” Henry says, kissing all three boys’ cheeks, and Pez’s too, for good measure, as he and Alex get ready to leave.

“Pez is in charge today,” Henry tells the boys, “Listen to him, okay?”

When they first talked about having kids, they asked Pez what he wanted to be called. Uncle Pez/ Auntie Pezza? Some variation of the two?

In the end, he went with Pez. He didn’t need a title. He was Pez. He had always been Pez. It was as simple as that.

Once the triplets started bringing artwork home from preschool, their creations all had labels that read things like, “my Tia June, my Aunt Bea, my Pez.”

Alex kisses the boys as well, and then points a finger at Pez, “Two rules, Okonjo: No mullets, no man buns.”

Pez clutches invisible pearls, “as if I’d ever ruin your childrens’ gorgeous hair with a man bun, of all monstrosities. I’m offended you would think so little of me, Alexander.”

[thethirdromana]

The many, many references of chapter XI of Dorian Gray

This chapter can come across as a bit of a long, boring list of stuff. That's partly because it is a long, boring list of stuff, as we see how shallow Dorian's life of collecting trinkets and misdeeds is, compared with his lofty ambitions to be some kind of thought-leader of his age.

But it's Wilde, so a lot of this chapter has references and connotations that might not be obvious.

the sordid room of the little ill-famed tavern near the docks OK, this isn't particularly subtle given Wilde already tells us it's sordid and ill-famed. But it's probably not just a dodgy pub. Being near the docks implies that Dorian is hanging out with people in the lower classes, almost certainly including sex workers. I think there might also be a nudge-nudge wink-wink implication of homosexuality here - docks mean sailors, and the navy already had a reputation for homosexuality in Wilde's time.

Like Gautier, he was one for whom “the visible world existed.” Théophile Gautier, a French writer, critic and defender of Romanticism. He was flamboyant, unconventional and had lots of affairs.

he might really become to the London of his own day what to imperial Neronian Rome the author of the Satyricon once had been The author of the Satyricon is Petronius, a Roman courtier in the reign of Nero. He was dedicated to a life of pleasure and indulgence, and was an authority on questions of fashion and taste.

the materialistic doctrines of the Darwinismus movement in Germany Darwinismus means proto-eugenics, essentially. You know, in case you needed any more reasons to dislike Dorian.

the one that Bernal Diaz saw when he went with Cortes into the Mexican temple, and of whose doleful sound he has left us so vivid a description "They had an exceedingly large drum there, and when they beat it the sound of it was so dismal and like, so to say, an instrument of the infernal regions, that one could hear it a distance of two leagues, and they said that the skins it was covered with were of those great snakes." Wouldn't say it was that vivid a description, to be honest.

appeared at a costume ball as Anne de Joyeuse, Admiral of France, in a dress covered with five hundred and sixty pearls Despite how this sounds, Anne de Joyeuse was a man, and Dorian didn't go to the ball in drag. Anne de Joyeuse was probably one of Henry III's lovers. (This is the start of a theme developing).

Alexander, the Conqueror of Emathia This is Alexander the Great. (The theme continues).

Lodge’s strange romance ‘A Margarite of America’ A 16th century romance about the love affair between a Peruvian prince and a Russian princess. With a lot of gory bits.

the Duke de Valentinois, son of Alexander VI Otherwise known as Cesare Borgia, who inspired Machiavelli to write The Prince. There are all sorts of rumours about Cesare Borgia, ranging from having lots of mistresses (true) to gay relationships and incest with his sister (probably not true).

Charles of England had ridden in stirrups hung with four hundred and twenty-one diamonds This is presumably Charles I rather than Charles II (who was also Charles of England). Historic Royal Palaces - the people who run the Tower of London, among others - have him on their list of LGBT+ monarchs. They highlight this painting, where he's gazing at George Villiers, who also shagged his dad:

Richard II had a coat, valued at thirty thousand marks, which was covered with balas rubies Richard II, who was rumoured to have had an affair with Richard de Vere, Earl of Oxford.

Henry VIII Who only had relationships with women, as far as history is aware.

The favourites of James I wore ear-rings of emeralds set in gold filigrane Back on the theme again. James I was Charles I's dad, who had a secret passage built between his bedchamber and that of his favourite, George Villiers - the one in the picture up there ^. While most of the people on this list were only rumoured to have had gay relationships, no one really disputes it for James I.

Edward II gave to Piers Gaveston a suit of red-gold armour That would be his lover, Piers Gaveston.

Henry II. wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow Henry II, who was known to have shared a bed with William Marshal, the Earl of Pembroke. Which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but... you know. There's a theme.

Charles the Rash, the last Duke of Burgundy of his race At this point I can't tell if Wilde is deliberately throwing in some misdirection, like the mention of Henry VIII, or if my Google-powers have failed me.

the mortuary cloth of King Chilperic Oh hang on a tick. King Chilperic was a 6th century monarch who is known, among other things, for having strangled his wife. Just as Henry VIII had two of his wives executed. So the theme here is either queer relationships - or murdered women.

(We then of course get a series of notable historical figures who, so far as I can tell, don't have any connections to either of these things. Also this bit goes on for ages and this post is already very long, so I'm going to skip past them).

dreadful places near Blue Gate Fields A slum area just north of the docks in East London. Known for opium dens, brothels and murders. Some people have suggested this is an allusion to Jack the Ripper, even a suggestion that Oscar Wilde knew who Jack the Ripper was, which I'm reasonably confident is nonsense.

brawling with foreign sailors in a low den in the distant parts of Whitechapel So what I'm finding quite funny here is that all the dodgy and dissolute places that Wilde has Dorian go are literally just the same place.

Near the docks = East London, probably in the area of Whitechapel Blue Gate Fields = Whitechapel the distant parts of Whitechapel = that would be Whitechapel, then?

The very odd Jack the Ripper website I just read interprets Wilde's descriptions as meaning that he had some kind of hidden knowledge of London's underworld... just as the Ripper would have!! But to me this reads a lot more like Wilde was aware of one (1) suitably shady-sounding location and ran with it.

Here was Philip Herbert That would be James I's lover, Philip Herbert. (What, you thought we were done with these?)

Sir Anthony Sherard Is fictional, but...

the lover of Giovanna of Naples Giovanna of Naples was a real person, who probably murdered her husband. (Nice to get some variety among the murdered spouses).

Lady Elizabeth Devereux A Tudor noblewoman, known for a quite public affair.

George Willoughby... had been a macaroni of the eighteenth century, and the friend, in his youth, of Lord Ferrars I can't find much on George Willoughby, but Lord Ferrers shot his steward, and is known as the last peer to have been hanged in England.

the second Lord Beckenham... he had led the orgies at Carlton House Lord Beckenham is (I think) fictional; George IV, who held wild and extravagant parties at Carlton House, is not.

Tiberius, in a garden at Capri Googling this brings up articles titled things like "The Scandalous Private Life of Tiberius Caesar". That makes it sound like the fun activities of consenting adults, but that's grossly misleading. The people involved were rumoured to be often neither consenting nor adults.

reading the shameful books of Elephantis Elephantis was a Greek poet and physician who wrote a sex manual.

Caligula... Domitian... Elagabalus Caligula was known for sex and murder. Domitian was known for censorship and control of public morals. Elagabalus was known for sexual promiscuity with men and women.

And that's the lot! For the last few paragraphs of the chapter, Wilde actually spells out the various misdeeds of the people he discusses (sex and murder, unsurprisingly), thus sparing me from Googling them.

Congratulations if you made it this far.

[thiswasinevitable-rwrb]

Salt Follows the Moon - Red, White, & Royal Blue - ch. 38!

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Alex trotted down the hill to where his sister sunbathed on the dock. Without preamble, he landed beside her on the cushy mat for wet foot traction. “I need a favor.”

She flattened her hands into a visor to look up at him, waiting. “Can you go with dad to the market after lunch? Take Pez and Nora with you.”

She smirked but humored herself, “Why?”

Alex glanced up the hill before sharing, “Because Henry is on his best behavior and I’m going to lose my mind.”

Bless her, June could crack a joke at his expense but she didn’t clutch any pearls. “What do you expect? This turned into a meet-the-parents retreat.”

Alex blew a raspberry, planting his hands behind him to slouch and stretch his legs in front of him. “Is it gonna be like this for the rest of the week?”

June made an I don’t know sound. 

[lya-dustin]

i feel so dumb because i have only realized Diane de Poitiers (Henry II of France's famous mistress) may have inspired Alys Rivers (along with Alice Perrers a very hated royal mistress who book!Alicent may be inspired by).

while she was not a bastard like Moll Davis --- the first royal mistress who was not a noble and was a bastard--- Diane is clearly a great inspiration to grrm regarding Alys' character.

Diane was 20 years older than Henry who was 15 when they began their affair,

drank liquefied gold to preserve her looks ---which slowly killed her as it was toxic--- well in to her fifties and also took a lot of care of herself to maintain her looks

this resulted in rumors of her being a witch as she needed to visit apothecaries frequently

her influence on Henry was so strong she got him to marry her cousin(Catherine de Medici), name his bastard daughter with another woman after her and had her raise her along with his children with catherine

dude was so in love with her he allowed her to sign court documents for him as Henridiane

the pope gave her a pearl necklace as a gift which was a huge deal

she got Château de Chenonceau as a gift from henry and after she remodeled it with her own wealth Catherine de Medici took it from her after denying her to be at Henry's bedside when he died

she had no children with Henry due to her age and Henry's fertility problems ---she did adopt Diane and have two daughters from her first marriage--- but helped him and Catherine have their ten children

her dad was arrested for treason and the plot was discovered by her husband

was accused of plotting against Francis I due to her immense influence on Henry

[anxious-alien-overlord]

Hi so I’ve been ingesting a lot of pirate media recently (because I have a problem) and now I’m going to go on a mini rant about Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales, which isn’t a bad movie but it has its flaws. Now I will go forth and do my rant in the form of a list.

1. Salazar

Not a bad villain on the surface, actually I think he’s pretty cool. There’s just one problem, we’ve seen a villain like him before in this franchise. One who hates Captain Jack Sparrow because of something that happened in the past, one that can’t go on land, one that has some kind of curse on him, one that needed Jacks compass to do something in some way, and one that they needed to break his curse to defeat. Sound familiar? That’s because we already had this with DAVY JONES.

Other then a few details like Jones only being able to go on land every ten years as opposed to Salazar just not being able to, and the fact that their curses are different and Salazar isn’t in love with a sea goddess, but other then that they are very similar and even carry an undead theme. Hell, even Barbossa in the first movie is similar.

2. Jack giving up the compass

Okay so you’re telling me that Jack would give up the compass, the compass that he would not give up even to Will in Dead Man’s Chest, just to get rum? That compass is arguably his most prized possession and I don’t think that him giving it up even for a moment would happen unless he let someone else use it to get a heading just like in Dead Man’s Chest. There could have been another reason that Salazar was released, maybe there was a time limit or something, but I found Jack giving away the compass to be really really lazy.

4. Henry Turner and his parents

Okay so let me be clear, I don’t hate Henry. He’s a good character and I think his goal of finding the Trident to break every curse at sea and free his dad is a great motivation, but that being said.. why did he have to join the Navy to get on a ship?? His mom is the literal Pirate King, something that this movie seems to forget. Henry could have easily been placed on a pirate ship that fell under her ruling, maybe we could have been Barbossa earlier taking him off to find a way to break the curse or better yet let’s have Elizabeth step up and go with him! It’s not a big thing for me, but it does feel a little weird that Henry knows so little about piracy considering he was raised by one.

5. The characterization of (Captain) Jack Sparrow

As much as I love Jack and will always love Jack, he’s… pretty much useless in this movie. Other then letting Salazar free he’s pretty much been demoted to a funny side character who gives bad advice and drinks all the time. I get it, he’s been cursed by Barbossa and he’s down on his luck but that should not have stopped him! Also you’re telling me that he wouldn’t have found a way to get the Pearl out of the bottle? His beloved ship? He’d be scouring the world for that information! He also wouldn’t have cut off contact with Elizabeth I refuse to believe that. He may not be the brightest but he’s not stupid and I don’t like how this movie portrayed him.

6. Hector Barbossa

Okay so for the most part I think he’s fine, he got what he wanted in the end and he has a daughter that he sacrifices himself for. There’s just one problem, Hector Barbossa also stuck his neck out for Elizabeth Swann and I personally think that he would have remained loyal to her as the pirate King. Having a witch curse Jack is something he would do though.

[jonesingfordivinium]

misc. + contemporary(?) codz headcanons

(just because)

Dempsey's the type of guy to listen to "divorced dad rock"; i.e pearl jam, staind, creed, etc.

He would be very prideful of his nickelback CD collection (he believes chicks dig it) and hi-fi setup.

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Takeo would most definitely collect minifigures. He winds down at a work desk painting warhammer40k minifigs. His favorite faction would definitely be the Tau.

He'd be willing to play on the tabletop if he had the time, but the games just take too long. He enjoys the strategic aspect the most.

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Richtofen enjoys the "easy listening" genre of music, or maybe even jazz; i.e frank sinatra, henry mancini, etc.

He particularly enjoys listening to them when he's slaving away at his cluttered desk.

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Nikolai would feed stray dogs and cats if he spotted them on the road, and even nurse them back to health if they are injured.

He would have a sizable amount of pets in his home, considering he felt compelled to take them in when they were strays.

[jjaylove27]

True Love

Part Two

Y/N POV

I woke up bright and early. I have to look for a job down at the docks and find Gold. I got up and put my boots back on and set out on my mission. I walked down to the docks talked to the manger about getting a job. I'm gonna help keep the boats stocked and check innovatory. As I was turning around I bumped into Killian.

"Did I get the time wrong Sparrow?"

He use to call me that all the time. I was his Little Sparrow he even would whistle when at me when I was a kid to tease me.

"No Kill I came down to the docks to get a job. Need to make money."

"Oh, well I was about to go to pick up Emma and go to Granny's to eat breakfast if you want come with me?"

"Um no it's okay I got other plans."

I put my head down and walked away. I walked back into town looking for Gold. When I bumped into Regina.

"Hello Y/N, how are you doing today?"

"I'm doing good. Just trying to figure out some stuff from my past."

"Anything I can help with?"

"No, I'm actually going to see the guy who I think can give me answers."

She nods and continues walking away. I finally reach the shop that I seen Gold enter into yesterday. I took a deep breath and walked in. I heard the bell over my head ring indicating that someone walked in. I looked around the shop to see what he was selling. Then I seen Gold walk around dressed in his suit.

"Hi dearie what can I do for you today?"

"I actually have a question for you. I'm sure you can tell that Killian doesn't remember me. But you do so I'm just wonder why?"

"Ahh great question. Well when Miss. Emma Swan came and saved the day from Regina I got my memories back. I don't know why your precious pirate doesn't remember."

"Okay, thank you for taking time out of your day to answering my question."

I walked out thanking to my self hmm he is up to something. Hopefully the book will have some answers for me.

HOOK POV

I was sitting at Granny's with Emma I was thinking about Y/N. I know I worked on the boat with her dad but I feel like she is a missing piece to something. I looked at Emma and I see her talking but I'm not listening to her I just nod my head.

"Do you think Henry would be okay showing Y/N the book? She doesn't remember her past I'm hoping that the book has something about her."

"I'm sure he is fine with it. I actually remember seeing something about her in the book. Her father refused to take slaves on the boat and that's how he got the Black Pearl. She had fell in love with a boy on the boat that would tease her all the time by-"

Then I remembered a sound of someone whistling and calling for a sparrow. Maybe that was who she was looking for.

"Was there anything else in the book about her?"

"No the rest was ripped out of the book."

"Who would take her story out of the book?"

"Obviously someone that doesn't want her to know about her past."

Just then I heard the bell over the door ring and we look to see Y/N walking in. I wave her over and a smile at Emma. I turned back around to look Y/N I caught her eyes and I felt my heart pick up. She finally reached us.

"We was just talking about you and the book. Emma remember seeing something about you in the book. She said the pages are taken out. That had to be someone here that did that. We just need to find out who and why."

"Oh, wow. I thank I know who would take the pages out of the book. It was Gold he hates my family always had something against them."

"That sounds a lot like Gold always out to get someone. We need to break into his shop and look for the pages. Who better then an ex-thief and two pirates."

"Hook are you sure that's good idea? I'm the sheriff now I can't just be breaking into people's shops. I don't want you guys getting caught by Gold."

"Emma it's the only way to get some answers. Maybe we can have Regina help us."

Y/N POV

I don't want him seeing the pages and running off because he seen something he doesn't remember.

"You guys don't have to do that."

"You deserve to have your memories. Lets go talk to Regina."

They stand up and start walking to the door. I follow them as they hold hands and talk. I really hope they don't find any pages I don't want Hook to know before I can tell him. We reach Regina's house and Emma knock's. This house is as big as my aunt Elizabeth and my uncle Will's house. Regina opens the door finally.

"Hi, can I help you guys?"

"Y/N found out that Gold stole pages out of the story book about her. We was hoping that you could distract Gold while we break into his shop and look for them."

"You know I can't stand them but if it's to help Y/N in remembering her past I will do. She and her dad use to help me out."

So Regina remembers me which means she must remember my relationship to Killian and not saying anything. I have to talk to her alone so she doesn't say anything to Killian.

"But I might have a spell that will help you find the pages. They will glow gold when you are close to them."

"Thank you Regina that will help a whole lot. Thank you guy's for helping me get my memoires back."

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Thoughts on the official trailer for “HBO’s The Last of Us”:

1) Uh…“Take on Me” is certainly an interesting song choice. Didn’t really like the way it was used in the trailer. And slowing it down didn’t make it feel any less silly. Also, that’s a love song, if you’re going to choose a pop song for your trailer, why not go with one about fathers and daughters? Something like Pearl Jam’s “Daughter”.

2) I’m more convinced that the show will take the “Uncharted” approach to the source material, which is also the “Walking Dead” approach. The game is still the foundation of the series, but the series definitely feels like a partial reimagining of the story.

3) The casting really makes a HUGE difference in how the story is coming off. In the game, you get the feeling that Joel could be Ellie’s dad since they look like they can be related. In the show, it’s pretty obvious that Joel isn’t Ellie’s dad, creating more of a divide. That said, I do like that divide since it emphasizes that Joel is some dude who grew to care about Ellie. Sarah was his true daughter, Ellie is the girl he adopted.

4) The overall show at least looks like the game. Still up in the air about the execution, but the trailer does look good at least.

5) Since there are only 10 episodes in this season, I’m assuming that the first two episodes will be Tess, episode 3 is Bill, episodes 4-5 are Henry and Sam, episode 6 is reconnecting with Tommy, episode 7 is when Joel gets injured, episodes 8-9 are David and Riley Abel, and episode 10 is the hospital massacre.

[phoebehalliwell]

hey bestie you're the halliwell family tree expert on here so I must come to you with my Thoughts. first I wish Prue's birthday was canonically 31 Oct 1970 since she would then be exactly 300 years older than Melinda.... ANYWAY I was thinking about the past lives and.... so Baxter, Bowen and Russell and all cousins, right? It's not clear what degree of cousins they are but the immediate assumption would be first cousins. Except they all have different maiden names so there must be at least two sisters who were their mothers but I'll honestly trust grams response to Wyatt's birth and assume that there hadn't been any boys born in the line so then it would be 3 girls who each had a daughter??? homies would have been the charmed ones? Unless they were like first cousins once removed? but even then there would need to be a mother to allow them to still be a witch because of what I just said about boys?? So then surely the actual common ancestor of all the cousins would be a lot further back than just a grandparent??? You get me???

wait slay yeah.

ig. i guess the possible explanation is that two of them are not blood cousins. so picture this if u will. there's baxter's mama a warren witch grams's grams we'll say um Philomena. philomena gives birth to p (pauline for now) baxter, a witch with molecular deceleration. But!! as well all know, it takes two to tango. so here me out. philomena has a sister (paulette!) but philomena also has a husband. (joseph baxter. i guess.) and joseph is also a witch bc like grams was disappointed when patty married a mortal and also like you know when paige is with henry she's like didn't i teach you girls anything implying that witch-witch marriages are the status quo. so paulette russell nee warren gives birth to phyllis russell a daughter with the power of pyrokinesis. so now p baxter has a cousin in p russell. but back over to joseph baxter (also a witch) he has a sister (also a witch) named idk opal or ruby or whatever anyways ruby marries so she's now ruby bowen nee baxter and has a daughter pearl bowen meaning p baxter now has two (!!) cousins, one on her mom's side, one on her dad's side and technically bowen and russel are not related. WAIT UNLESS. unless joseph comes from a family of three joseph ruby and stephen and philomena and paulette (sisters) fall in love with joseph and stephen (brothers). RIGHT? @ charmed writers in 1999 send me money. kisses!

[renee-writer]

The Irish Lass and the Scottish Lad Chapter 36

AO3

Tears are wiped away, thank God for waterproof mascara, when Julia sees her daughter ready for her wedding.

 

“You are beautiful, Claire.” She stands, before the full length mirror. The veil is placed on her head. Her neck is adorned with Scottish pearls, a pre-wedding gift from Ellen. From her ears hang diamond drop earrings, from her mum. She is ready.

 

“Gorgeous.” Geillis agrees.  To see her best mate so serene and together, it brings farther confirmation that this is right.

 

“Thank you for everything.”  She takes a steading breath.  “For the hen party and the advice.” She received advice about the wedding night with the gifts. Some are for the house with a few for the honeymoon. “I am ready.”

 

The lasses at the hen party had fun telling her naughty things about tonight. Her mum sat her down after and gave her more helpful information.

 

“You are. I am proud of you.”  Julia won’t hug her and risk wrinkling the gown. She kisses her forehead instead right under where the veil rests.  “I love you.”

 

“To the end of the universe.”

“And back.”

 

It was their bedtime routine. A kiss and then an expression of their love. Claire feels a lump forming in her throat. She moved out a few years ago. This though, starting her own home, in time raising her own children. Putting them to bed with the same mantra as her mum, it is bittersweet.

 

Her dad enters and stops dead. He hadn’t seen the gown. Claire wished to surprise him. It works. He stands speechless.

 

“Isn’t  our daughter gorgeous?” Julia is smiling through her own wet eyes.

 

“Stunning. Claire your… I don’t have the words.”

 

“Thank you, daddy.”  Julia gives her one last smile before leaving to get seated. Geillis grins at her before Ian, Jamie ‘s best man, comes to escort her down the aisle. It is just Claire and Henry.

 

“I know it is time but I hate to see you go.” He confesses.

 

“I will always be your Claire bear.”

 

“Yes, just a wife and mum, as well.”

 

“Yes.” And the beautiful smile that lights up the room tells him, as much as he hates to give her away, it is right. Jamie is the right man.

 

“Let’s get you to him.”

 

Maggie’s  awed reaction to seeing Claire speaks for all. A whisper to her mam that is heard by most in the small chapel, “Mam, is Auntie Claire a princess?”

 

A titter runs through the room. Claire smiles, keeping the slow march towards Jamie.

 

If she is a princess, he is her prince. Dressed as his long ago ancestors would be, in a kilt and linen shirt, a ceremonial sword by his side, he takes her breath.

 

Henry walks up, meets his eyes, and nods at what he sees in them. Then he places her hand into his and steps back to join his wife.

 

They grin at each other as the minister asks who gives her away. Henry stands. “Her mum and I do.” He sits and takes Julia’s hand.

 

They hold their breathes as he inquires if anyone has just cause to stop the union, to step forth or forever hold their peace. Praise God no one does. She is locked away still… it is good to have that part done.

 

The rest is easy. To pledge themselves only to the other, it is something they have already done. Now they just do it before God and their family and friends.

 

Rings are slipped on.

 

“What God has joined together, let no man tear asunder. It is my honor to present to you, Jamie and Claire Fraser. You may kiss.”

 

He gently takes her face, feeling her tears of joy drip down his fingers. They mingle with his own as he takes her lips.

 

In front of them, a cheer rises up.