#descendancy research

[marigoldwriter]

When Chloe finds out that Red's name isn't just Red, she'll probably want to know Red's full name.

And Red, having a huge hatred for her name, especially her first one (explained in this post), will refuse to talk about it. And okay, Chloe doesn't insist for long, and this matter is forgotten.

Until one day, in one of those late-night talks with Chloe — she had another nightmare about Bridget, her old mother — she lets slip that her first name is "Redell", and that she hates her full name.

"Princess Redell-Amargo Ericka Hearts I", and she explains how she had one of her first big fights with her mother because of it, which resulted in the entire court, the soldiers, the servants, everyone, starting to call her Red.

[caitlynspistol]

EXCUSE ME??? BACK THE FUCK UP. MEADOW/ZELLIE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CHLOE'S LOVE INTEREST??? chloe charming is canonically into girls??

[pinkpastels113]

okay so like can someone explain swords and shields to me?? i’ve only seen fencing and tourney (i think) in descendants

[kanzakurawrites]

YA'LL

I was thinking about the stained glass paintings of the Descendants universe (for reasons), and... Cotillion. There is a stained glass picture of Cinderella and Prince Charming... It's not the easiest to spot as its on the lower floor, but its behind Belle and Beast.

So, either racism exits in Descendants at the highest level possible, there are multiple Cinderella's (which tbh would be very entertaining XD Imagine Brandi's Cinderella, the animated Cinderella, and Lily James Cinderella all just sitting down and having tea while talking about their days. no i'm totally not having a fic idea of the three meeting up like a multiverse thing *cough*), OR Rise of Red is on a completely different timeline/universe (multiverse anyone?)

(no but tbh the multiverse theory is my favorite for the absolute chaos it could bring. Have one of the characters, a Wonderland kid probably, be someone who can walk through the universes. Maybe team up with a demigod.)

[textingtroublesanswers]

It seems so! Though from what I understand it's not as strong as from an animal or human source, so you end up needing more plant matter and to do more refinement, but people will still grow these hybrid healing plants at home for minor injuries and wounds. I've heard of people growing a variety hybridized with mint since it's very hardy and easy to spread. It just can be a little difficult to get your hands on one of these plants in my time. You either get ones that are more difficult to keep alive but do a better job of healing or you get hardier plants but the healing factor isn't as strong.

Though before all the science was going towards the... whole.... parasite... thing... I'd heard they were trying to see if they could use mushrooms too, seeing as the healing factor seemed to mess with the chlorophyll of plants, but if they can get it to work with mushrooms there's no chlorophyll to effect!

Maybe looking into either avenue could be beneficial!

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(I love science fiction, I love theoretical science, I love science that may someday become reality, I love youuuuu。･:*:･(✿◕3◕)❤)

Mod B: I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi, especially sci-fi that takes place in space or on other plants, but man do I adore some speculative biology!

Ludwig watches you carefully as you talk, nodding along in certain moments, "Mhm, I see. That is all very fascinating. I will have to look into this myself, maybe I'll manage to start the research process for such plants earlier in this timeline than in your original one. I will have to bring back one of these plants with me when we go to the future." He bounces Maria on his knee a bit, looking around himself for something to write on.

[deeisace]

I don't spose you can know the reason behind a clandestine marriage, especially almost 300 years after the fact, but here look at this one anyway

(Does that say 7th?) January 1740, William (a Biscake Baker of St Catherins) and Mary, would not tell their names - but they must've married anyhow, it's in the book!

I would like to know what biscake is tho - puts me in mind of American cookies, or maybe scones or American biscuits?

duckduckgo says it's a brand new 2020's thing, and my 1970s dictionary goes bis->biscuit, but google books gives a 1745 recipe book that has Raspberry Biscakes in!

Edward Lambert's The Art of Confectionary

I'm not really a baker, but that sounds very meringue-ish to me, doesn't it? Sugar and egg whites and raspberry paste?

[un-pearable]

the kyoshi flashback in Avatar Day and the sheer scale of ba sing se in comparison to…. literally everywhere else in the world really has me thinking about the politics that lead to such distinct “nations”. it makes way more sense for a land as vast as the earth kingdom to have once been earth kingdoms with local land disputes between feudal lords - as we see with the conflict kyoshi ended - only for a world-spanning war to have driven first the lords to unite under ba sing se’s banner for protection, and then as the war continued, increasing waves and waves of refugees and oma shu standing as the only remaining hold out due to their unique position (top of a mountain - most other earth kingdom towns we see are in valleys) such would explain how many ruins and ghost towns we see throughout s2 but also the improbability of a land that big to be unified under a single leader for that long

[corvidaedream]

a woman and her daughter were on my tour who were descendants of one of my favorite guys involved in the boston tea party (partly bc i find him and his catastrophic marriage fascinating and partly bc he's portrayed by a man i consider a good friend) and said she didnt know much more about him than the name

and i got to tell her about his elopement, and who his closest friends were and i wish i'd had more time to talk to her further but i got her the contact info for our research dept

but she got a little emotional when i was talking about him as a young man with friends who went to parties by the river and made his best friend his best man at his wedding, and i got the sense she'd never thought of him like that before

and idk man thats what its all about to me. im sure when she gets in contact with nick, she'll get more substantial biographical stuff, but it felt really nice to turn an old name into a normal 23-year-old for this woman

[espurr-roba]

kairi as an ephemer descendant. is this anything.

[st4rshipr4nger]

guys what year does descendants take place

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

God's Covenant with Abram

5 And He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward the heavens, and count the stars if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So are your seed.”

6 And he believed in יהוה, and He reckoned it to him for righteousness. — Genesis 15:5-6 | The Scriptures (ISR 1998) The Scriptures 1998 Copyright © 1998 Institute for Scripture Research. All Rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 17:2; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 26:4; Exodus 32:13; Deuteronomy 1:10; Nehemiah 9:8; Romans 4:3; Romans 4:9; Romans 4:18; Romans 4:20; Romans 4:22; Galatians 3:6; Hebrews 11:12; James 2:23

[curated-reports]

pionis

[jasontoddsgaythoughts]

I just remembered Booster Gold is from Gotham, and now I’m a bit sad. That man could’ve done the funniest thing ever, and went back in time to claim he was the 4379th Robin.

[jkags-doodles]

I do think that it's incredibly telling that in Blood of Eden, Jackal is the most monstrous/vampire-y vampire of the Found Family, and he was the only one of them to die as a direct result of human brutality. I feel like that is an experience that alienates him from everyone else more than anyone gives it credit for.

[excelsior9173]

my mom made a basque burnt cheesecake and i don’t think i can ever go back to eating regular cheesecake

so so so good. it doesn’t have a crust, it’s so insanely smooth and rich and creamy and oh my god

i need to make one for myself to eat all on my own lmao