#daphne answers

[batmanfruitloops]

I feel this Needs to be drawn with your Scarecrow. (Please and thank you)

I didn't want to just draw over Fred and Daphne so I changed them to the Mystery Incorporated versions since that's the Scooby Doo I know best. I think our Scarecrow would fit right in but definitely be the topic of some YouTube videos titled something like "This episode is for kids?!"

Thank you for the panel!

-Fluffy

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

I saw a couple of posts here and on ao3 where you talked about how TOA Apollo has a stilted view of romantic relationships. Would you be comfortable explaining that, it got me really interested!

OKAY

SO

gonna be putting this under a cut for length

Apollo and relationships. Specifically, ToA Apollo and relationships.

let's see if I can formulate the thoughts into words.

Right off the bat, Apollo does have a hard time avoiding those red flags (hello, Commodus), so much so that he can see them...he just ignores them.

This already tells us that he doesn't have the healthiest view on relationships, or what specifically a healthy partner would be like.

In RRverse canon, these are all of his confirmed, canon relationships/love interests;

Hyacinthus

Commodus

Naomi

Darren

Latricia

Cyrene

Daphne

Sibyl

(I probably missed some asdfhjk)

Anyway, I've noticed that in canon, Apollo's relationships tend to fall into two categories; Sweet or Sour, we'll call them.

Now the majority on the list are Sweet! They are fulfilling relationships with no indication of any bitter feelings- Apollo is not shy about telling us about his love life, and certainly doesn't keep it from us when a relationship went south.

What I find interesting is that all three of the Sours can help pinpoint Apollo's more jaded/stilted view on romance.

Let's kick off with Daphne.

First things first, Apollo is quite literally forced to fall in love with her. Like. That has GOT to screw with a guy. What's more, is that when Apollo explains to us how Eros's arrows work;

What people do not understand: Eros’s arrows can’t summon emotion from nothing. They can only cultivate potential that is already there. Daphne and I could have been a perfect pair. She was my true love. She could have loved me back. Yet thanks to Eros, my love-o-meter was cranked to one hundred percent, while Daphne’s feelings turned to pure hate (which is, of course, only the flip side of love). Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back. The stories say I chased her on a whim, that she was just another pretty dress. The stories are wrong. - The Hidden Oracle

There's an implication that he and Daphne may have actually been...friends. Or at the very least acquaintances.

It's never stated in canon when Daphne happened, and the mythology itself is weird about the timeline, but it certainly happened earlier in Apollo's life.

Imagine being forced to fall madly in love with someone you know and they are made to despise you.

The self-confidence definitely took a blow here.

What's more...

When she begged Gaea to turn her into a laurel tree in order to escape me, part of my heart hardened into bark as well.

Apollo tells us plainly that what happened with Daphne shook his views on romantic endeavors. Though, it didn't keep him from engaging in romance, either.

Now, back to Commodus real quick. We already covered the No Red Flag Bell with him, and honestly, I won't spend too much time here because I got a whole meta list waiting to dissect these two XD

But Sibyl reveals something else about Apollo and romance- sometimes, he sees it as transactional.

The story of Apollo and Sibyl does differ from the mythology of them- in mythology, Sibyl tricks Apollo into granting her a long life, and he kinda just shrugs and says 'okay, but you didn't ask for eternal youth either so...whoops?'

In ToA, Rick switches it up a bit by having Apollo grant Sibyl a long life after she jokes about it, and when she further rebuffs him, he curses her with no eternal youth.

Alas, I knew what I’d been thinking—that she was a pretty young woman I wanted to get with, despite the fact that she was my Sibyl. Then she’d outsmarted me, and being the bad loser that I was, I had cursed her. - The Tyrant's Tomb

I promised you life, not youth. You can have your centuries of existence. You will remain my Sibyl. I cannot take those things away, once given. But you will grow old. You will wither. You will not be able to die.

Yeah, it sounds like Apollo more or less curses her with no eternal youth here.

(Daily disclaimer that mythology Apollo's love life is actually very good and you should read up on it :3)

Back to the transactional thing-

"You cannot refuse payment." “Payment?” She balled her hands into fists. “You dare think of me as a transaction?” “I didn’t mean—Obviously, I wasn’t—”

Now, do I think Apollo sees all relationships as transactional? No. But let's consider the Olympian influence for a moment here.

Olympus in the RRverse is rather fucked, no doubt about it. The gods do not help without first being given something, and that permeates through their whole lifestyles.

Apollo's not being transactional because ✨misogyny✨. He's being transactional because that's what he's been raised to believe. If he gives something, he gets something back. That goes for all the gods, male and female and everything in between.

Bacchus helps the demigods in Mark of Athena because they paid tribute to him. Whenever a god extends aid, burnt offerings are made in thanks- which is probably part of the reason why Hera got angry with Annabeth when she refused to give her burnt offerings in The Battle of the Labyrinth after she helped her on her quest.

Apollo doesn't seem to be as picky as some (ie, The Titan's Curse, where he helps out to help out. You can argue he got his sister back in exchange but that's not really typical godly exchange lol), but it's clear that mindset has somewhat transferred over into relationships.

Now, I also want to talk about how Hyacinthus affected him- because let's be real, he was the one that affected him the most without outside interference (looking at you, Eros).

Apollo has told us time and again that Hyacinthus was one of, if not his greatest, love. His death really left a mark on him, and I am of the firm belief that it's that mark that made him wary of forming too close of a relationship with others- even when he tries to convince them and himself they are his One True Love™️, it falls flat inside his own head.

Because let's face it- that spot is occupied by Hyacinthus, and the hole he left in Apollo's heart.

This isn't to say Apollo loves his other lovers less- heck no! Love is one of his defining qualities. He has much love in him!

It's just that Hyacinthus had a particular impact on him, and how he views relationships.

*vibrates in Hyapollo multific* I have...my own personal ideas...on what that entails...

And we see how touch-and-go Apollo is with other lovers! As soon as Commodus becomes emperor, he's gone. And only comes back in disguise, never revealing himself until he kills him.

Naomi, Darren, and Latricia are all obviously loving relationships from what we can gather, but it's clear it was never long-term.

Cyrene, really, is where I'd argue he got the closest to a long-term relationship with a mortal-ish person, but even so, they aren't in a permanent long-term relationship either.

Hyacinthus, however? I can see he and Apollo maintaining an everlasting romance.

...Also because that is exactly what happens according to the Spartans and who are we to deny what the Spartans declared about their national hero?

The only other exceptions to this I can see are his relationships with the Muses and (hello, fellow Apricity shippers) Boreas.

But even so...the Muses give off like, 'married co-workers' vibes, if that makes sense, and Boreas is more or less a winter fling (fandom forgive me, you know I am a shipper🫡)

Anyway. Hope this rambling makes sense or at least provides a platform for someone to put coherent thoughts together lmao

In conclusion: sometimes Apollo is transactional in relationships because of the culture he was raised in, and he has commit issues because of just how hard Hyacinthus's death hit him :)

have fun pondering :3

[the-scooby-gang]

Found your blog by accident while appreciating all the hate posts directed at HBO's Velma and I have to ask - what is your profile pic from? I love it and need to watch the movie/series where they do that ❤️

This is from Mystery Inc.

Season 2 of im not mistaken

They are having a collective hallucination on this one

[faraway-monsters]

I just realized we have never seen the bread twins, how would they react to just hero coming in and buying all their bread

He's in a lot. The twins don't really mind, it's good for business.

[alberichfanpage]

This is a bit of a stretch but it is interesting how Diallos and Hornsent have opposite storylines. Diallos is driven by revenge and this finds his true purpose as a potentate, while Hornsent leaves his role as a potentate on a downward spiral of revenge against Messmer.

I see no other similarities between these NPCs, but I thought it was interesting to point out!

I don't think the Jars in the basegame would like the potentates in the DLC...

[neednottoneed]

Hope your creative spark comes back!

Prompt: both Danny and ich are fuckin clueless about gay sex bc ich is ich and Danny only realised she was gay after Rebecca died. Beforehand she was all "I'm so Normal about Rebecca everyone feels this way about her and I'm the Normalest Girl!!"

Also I did in fact do a quick drawing of your prompt to me about Ich from schatten-verse and had a great time. Love me this vampire girl.

sorry it took me so long to get to this but I hope it ballooning into almost 1000 words of smut was worth the wait!!

quick study - danvich, 1k, smut

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I stopped her. “You mean you’ve never…” 

“Of course I’ve never. When would I have?” 

“With—with one of the maids, or with—”

But I could not say her name. 

Mrs. Danvers deflated, the fight gone out of her suddenly. 

“Rebecca would have never,” she said. “And as for the maids, that would be a very quick way to get sacked, Mrs. de Winter. You think one of them would stay quiet about that sort of thing? Besides, I… I don’t think I realized, truly, what this sort of attraction was. Not until—I thought it was just Rebecca, until…” 

“Until?” 

“Until you,” she said, and when I surged forward and kissed her I met no resistance. My hands were awkward, clumsy with the buttons on her dress. Our height difference meant she had to bend down to kiss me, or I had to stretch to meet her, but once I pushed her back on the bed and straddled her thigh it made no difference. 

When I had lain with Maxim, my only duty had been to lie there while he panted over me, any sort of my own pleasure forgotten. Often after he had gone to bed I would slide my hand between my legs, try to give myself some of what he had not. The few times I had tried to kiss him while he had been inside me, he had turned his head away so that my mouth had just grazed his jaw.

With Mrs. Danvers, it was different. Her mouth was firm and hot against mine, her tongue darting out and skimming my lip. When I moaned, her own gasps met mine in return. I had rucked her skirts up around her hips, my thigh wedged between hers. When I kissed her, her hips rocked against me in response, spurring me on more. We were clumsy in our motions, still learning the other’s rhythm, but that did not matter. I could not get enough of her. 

“Danny,” I gasped, “Danny—”

She responded by threading her fingers through my hair, tugging until my head was tipped back, her lips on my throat. Her other hand moved to the front of my blouse, her thumb grazing my breast and sending electricity through me.

But it was not enough. I thought of what I did when Maxim had gone to sleep. I had no more experience in these matters than she did, but I didn’t care—I knew what I needed. 

“Touch me,” I begged. “God, Danny, please.” 

“Madam, I don’t…” 

“I’ll show you,” I said, and disentangled myself from her, shucking off my blouse and skirt before I lost my nerve completely. “Come here.” 

Her breath quickened as she lay down on the bed beside me, and I kissed her again, slower this time. Without breaking apart from her I took her hand, slid it up my thigh. 

“Touch me,” I repeated. I threaded my fingers through hers, brought her hand between my legs. When I let her hand go, though, she paused. 

“I don’t know what to do,” she said. 

“Haven’t you touched yourself before, Danny?” I teased. The redness in her cheeks told me she had, but she didn’t pull away from me. “I’m not so different.” 

“Madam…” 

“Danny,” I said. “Please. I want you. I’ll tell you what to do.” 

I kissed her again, and this time when I did she gasped. Her fingers pressed into me and I moaned, rocking my hips against her hand. 

But I needed her closer. 

I grasped her wrist before sliding her hand past the waistband of my knickers, letting go once her fingers traveled lower. Her rhythm increased as I bucked against her, muffling my moans against her neck. For both of our inexperience, anything I had done with Maxim had never felt like what I was doing with her now. 

“Harder,” I gasped, and she obliged. My hands scrabbled down her back, and she sucked in a breath as my nails raked against her skin. I did it again, only half-conscious, and she let out a moan. She quickened her pace between my legs and it was all I could do to keep from crying out. 

“Danny, I—please, please, pleasepleaseplease—” I begged, and I was unsure what I was begging her for until I felt it crash over me. I shuddered against her, clutching her to me, only half-aware my nails were digging into her skin. When I finally came back into myself, I found I could not look at her, so suddenly shy was I at what we had just done. 

“Look at me,” she said quietly, and I lifted my face from her neck. It was only when I shifted that I realized her hand was still between my legs; worse still that even that small movement had me just as desperate for her as I had been only a moment before. 

She kissed me softly then, her free hand tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. 

“Was that all right?” she asked, and I laughed. 

“Yes,” I said. “God, Danny, yes.” 

“Good,” she said. “You know I strive to do things perfectly in this house, Mrs. de Winter.” 

“Yes…” I said, unsure of where she was going. 

“So if I have… erred, in any way, I trust you’ll allow me another chance to get it right.” 

“Oh,” I breathed. I kissed her again. “Yes, I think that can be arranged.” 

“Good,” she said. “And if I don’t succeed, perhaps you could… demonstrate to me what you’d like me to do.” 

“Of course, Mrs. Danvers,” I said. “You seem to be a quick study. I don’t think it would take long.” 

She had pulled away from me then, had begun straightening her dress, re-pinning her hair. 

“On the contrary, Mrs. de Winter,” she said. “I think this is one area where I’m going to need a lot of practice.”

[scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde]

headcanon that astoria went through a rebellious phase in her teens and got a nose piercing and a tiny hidden tattoo on her hip ✨️

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Remember that one post that said every time they look at the Scooby gang, it feels like there's somebody missing?

Hotdog Water. The answer is Hotdog Water.

[daphnedauphinoise]

how do you care for your hair when you use heat on it? Like what steps/routine do you follow? Not necessarily products (although they're very welcome). It's hard to know what's good and what's not since your hairdresser, just like influencers, are most likely selling you something.

I changed my haircut recently and started using heat (it's kinda curly so I straighten it and then try to curl it a little) and it really changed me and got told so much that I had a glow up, so I think that's my best look and will try to keep doing it since it looks great on on me but I want my hair to be and stay healthy so that's why I'm asking you.

Thank you for this question, I loved digging through to make this post x

I am going to talk about prevention and solutions so you can fully protect your hair. Starting with protection, and I have to say it, don't use heat regularly. Ideally you would take a minimum of three/four day break between each use of heat and this is only if your hair is healthy. If the condition of your hair is not that healthy then I would suggest going even longer (once a week, every other wash etc) between each use. To further reduce how much heat you are using, I would reccomend not using heat to curl your hair. You can easily do heatless curls and because they have been so popular, you can find easy tutorials anywhere. You can use a bonnet/ protective hair styles to keep your hairstyle for longer to widen the gap between each heat usage.

Futhermore, I would look into learning how to refresh your style so you are not having to consistenly go back and redo your hair.

You said that you straigthen your hair more so I am presuming you are using iron for that. If you are, use heat protectant made for heating irons as they can differ from standard heat protectants.

Proper use of heat protectant:

Spray the heat protectant in sections. A lot of people just spritz heat protectant on the hair that is on the top and the whole section underneath has not been protected.

You can also spray teh heat protectant on your hairbrush and brush your hair with that. Make sure to cover your entire head, I find it works better to do this just before the section you are applying heat to.

For further scientific details here is a post by a chemist that I follow on the scienece of heat protection.

I would also invest in some split end serum/ smoothing serum to help nourish the ends of your hair and help prevent breakage. I highly reccomend the Kérastase Nutritive Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum. I have been using for a while and it has made my ends so much smoother and less frizzy looking. This is more preventative and it saves the tears of realising that the only thing that will save your hair is a big chop.

Aftercare

You need to make sure that you are getting rid of all the product build up in your hair and making sure it is clean. I would use a clarifying shampoo every second/third wash, depending on how much product you use and whether you live in a city etc... I find that using it every 4-5 washes works for me but that is because I barely use any product on my hair.

When it comes to coniditioning, there are two types: protein and moisturizing. A good routine has both but how much will depend on the porosity of your hair. Protien hair masks help with elasticity, whereas moisturising masks help with length and shine.

I have seen chemists and hair care specialists reccomend fully deeply conditioning your hair before heat styling and for that a good moisturizing mask would do the trick. After this the general rules of hair care apply.

(further links)

How to know if your hair needs protein or moisture?

Testing the porosity of your hair

Daphne

[flashbacksech0es]

“It’s so cold, but I need a breath of fresh air.” (from Thinya to Daphne Bridgerton) @sapphircs

"I do not blame you. It can be a little stuffy in the ballroom." This was Daphne's first winter as a Duchess. She hoped that her guests were enjoying the winter festivities, Thinya. Most of all, everyone knew of the Somervilles' connections to the crown, and Daphne had been Diamond of her season.

"I do hope you are enjoying yourself, the heat aside."

[timbit-robin-art]

your design for 60s velma is so adorable, omg. velma with a hat needs to be a thing that happens more often. you've rlly blessed us, thank you so much (also, the way you draw scooby and the gang is very lgbt of you, look at their collective gay swag).

Thank you so much, I thought that she would initially give me some trouble when designing her, but as soon as I gave her the hat (I believe it’s called a “baker boy cap”), the rest of the outfit started falling in place. Here’s a little concept doodle I did:

As for how I draw the gang, well…

I’m glad my subliminal messages are working.

[lucy-moderatz]

[kdelarenta]

you guys, this is going to sound mean, but i PROMISE this is an actual, genuine question - can anyone name one personality trait of either simon or daphne?

[casterhex]

TES YES TES YES YES PLAESE PLEASE PLEASE UEUSVSVIEIWYW YES

good to know. teehee. here's one i did last night

[newtonsheffield]

Edmund "not an invitation mate"

Simon "not worried"

*Daphne enters stage left"

Simon 😳👀

Edmund: “You can’t marry any of my daughters

Simon, scoffing, “That won’t be a problem.”

Daphne, walking past Simon with a clipboard on her way to a fan engagement event, waving at him with a soft smile, “Hey, Simon.”

Simon narrowing his eyes as he watched her go, sighing, “Does that include…? Damnit, that’s inconvenient.”

[xoxoemynn]

Feeding Daphne is so easy! I just have to grind up and combine all her supplements in a bowl and have two spoons (a large one and a baby one) at the ready, wait 30ish minutes so she's not suspicious, wait until she's seated in a good, easy to approach spot, sneak into the kitchen, quickly and quietly grab her food from the fridge, use the big spoon to scoop her food on top of her supplements, and then very casually approach her with the bowl and the baby spoon! From there I just have to spoon feed her with the teeeeeeeniest tiiiiiiiiiiniest bites because she's just a baby and has delicate sensibilities. Usually after about 15 minutes she remembers she likes the food and will take bigger bites! And if she keeps spitting out that one capsule, it's okay! I just have to keep trying, and if it gets too difficult I can smoosh that too. Super easy to do that with a tiny rolly capsule and a little baby plastic spoon.

idk why I ever complained.