#erin campbell chang

[blueberrymash]

ignored hp next gen characters

·˚ ༘ just some harry potter next gen characters that have not been talked about at all and are criminally underrated

·˚ ༘ erin campbell chang, carmen zabini, harbeth finnigan

erin campbell chang ✧.*

daughter of cho chang and mr. campbell. halfblood (ravenclaw?). her mother is still deeply affected by the death of her first love and always will be, this of course rubs off on erin. her parent's marriage is anything but perfect and erin will never find the example of great love in them. as her mother once used to be together with harry potter, this is all that erin gets associated with. "the daughter of the ex girlfriend of harry potter". cho chang possesses great beauty and is very smart and erin feels like she'll never quite live up to being the spitting image of her mother.

carmen zabini ✧.*

daughter of pansy parkinson and blaise zabini. pureblood slytherin, just like her mom and dad. filthy rich. she has a brother named marco. lots of generational curses trying to be broken in their household and let's just say her and her brother had a very messy upbringing. her parents try to raise her differently than they've been raised, wanting to teach her more tolerant views and lead her down a not-so-conservative and not-so-death-eater path. i'm not sure how much blaise and pansy participated in the war but they probably also had to face jail time in azkaban, which must've messed them up a lot. carmen faces a lot of prejudice because of her parent's past and isn't always met with kidness. sometimes, carmen feels like she'll always be seen as the daughter of death eaters and that people don't even bother getting to know her because she must be just like them and "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree".

harbeth finnigan ✧.*

son of seamus finnigan and lily moon. halfblood gryffindor. has a younger brother named apus. like erin, his parent's marriage is probably one of convenience rather than love. harbeth's father is gay and in love with his best friend and harbeth's godfather, dean thomas. seamus was one of the main fighters in the war, which leaves him with ptsd, anxiety and so on. harbeth's father tries, but he's too occupied with his own problems to care properly for his two children. he's present and involved in their lives but never completely. their family has a great reputation nonetheless and harbeth is always met with respect wherever he goes because "his father was such a good fighter back then in the war".

should I elaborate on this?

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Cursed Child redo

Just started over from scratch since our new bad guys are from the Lovecraftian school Miskatonic in the US. Plus, give us some Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff rep!

James Sirius Potter: Eldest son of Harry and Ginny. A braggart who is proud of the legacy he holds and wants to be the best-- especially in Quidditch! As a result he assumes the other houses are not the best and he picks on others like Albus and Scorpius. As a result of this bullying, Albus lashed out and cursed off his eye. Harry was furious, but Albus narrowly escaped getting expelled and was punished through alternative means. James was beside himself, he wasn't always like this. A combination of pressure to be perfect and his closeted homosexuality were something that was weighing heavily on him. Then his father went on a mission to the US to uncover the secrets to a strange school called Miskatonic University where allegedly students of a wizard or muggle background were enlisted together. But something wasn't right, students and aurors alike were going missing.... and Harry Potter hasn't returned either. James enlisted himself under Ilvermorny's exchange program in hopes of finding his father. However the cocky Gryiffindor was going to be in for something much bigger than mere kidnappings.

Albus Severus Potter: Middle child of the Potter family. Albus was worried about what house he'd be sorted into. Gryffindor or Slytherin. But the hat noticed how much the young boy would over think about everything and spat him out in Ravenclaw. Albus was stunned and felt unsure, nothing was going to plan and he worried if something was wrong. Feeling lost too he befriended Scorpius Malfoy. Despite their families complicated history he found Scorpius to be a good emotional rock in his life while they both related to things not going to plan. Eventually they embraced their house despite the earfuls they got from their families. One day Albus had heard about a portrait that was left empty. That portrait was of Severus Snape, dubbed hero of Hogwarts much like Dumbledore and immortalized. His painting was supposed to be a sign of good luck now that the curse on Defense Against the Dark Arts class was lifted. Feeling the need to meet one of his namesakes he tested fate and introduced himself to the painting hoping Snape would appear. At first he was disappointed and was about to leave when suddenly a voice told him to stay put. Snape finally came into his frame. He was amused that Harry had named one of his sons after him, even with a middle name. Albus would confide in Snape's portrait and share his thoughts and troubles to him. In time he saw Snape more like a father than Harry. He was easier to talk to and relate to. He battled with worries that he wasn't living up to his father's expectations. Snape softened up around him and would give him words of encouragement, especially after he accidentally cursed off Jame's eye. As soon as his father went missing-- followed by his brother, Albus felt the need to rescue them both to prove himself. But he would not be going alone.

Lily Luna Potter (Lily-lu for short): The youngest of the Potter family. Taking after her granny, Lily loves to make friends and saw the good in just about everyone she meets. Her best friend being the demi-giant Hibiscus Hagrid. At home she acts as the peacemaker to try and sooth the heavy arguments James and Ablus get into. The results are mixed, given that she's the youngest and seldom anyone listens to the youngest of the family. That is until she plays her wizard lute. She quickly found she had a talent for music and this would make everyone in the room feel better. She can't stand conflict and feels music helps a lot. With her brothers going abroad to find their father she and her friends are now faced with the equally scary task of uncovering students from the US trying to body snatch hogwarts students.

Teddy Lupin: So of the late Remus Lupin and Tonks. Godson to the potters. In his youth he'd frequent between his grandma's domain and the Potters. Until his grandma's untimely death, Harry and Ginny took Teddy as their own. He became a sort of foster big brother to James, Albus, and Lily. He was chill and liked making others laugh, but he knew how to settle conflicts over a nice batch of chocolate. He graduated from Hogwarts and is now the head of Hufflepuff house acting as a TA for the new Professor in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Trocar the vampire. During his time at Hogwarts he fell in love with Victoire and upon graduation they're now engaged to be married soon.

Hibiscus Hagrid: Daughter of Rubeus Hagrid and Olympe Maxine. The two half giants were on and off again until after the conflict of the wizarding war blew over and they got married. Hibiscus was one of the only half giant students going to Hogwarts. Her mother would fly back to France for her school and Hagrid would still tend to the beasts on the castle grounds. Hibiscus like her papa loved animals. When trying to find a familiar she couldn't pick one and ended up with 5. 2 cats, 2 owls and a toad. Seeing as Hagrid's house is close by she'd always trade out her critter between classes. That way no one feels left out. She'd always make time to have tea with her papa and soon Lily-- or Lily-lu she'd nickname her would come along. One day she discovered a dragon's egg in a poacher's camp and it hatched. Unsure of what to do she kept the little dragon in her pocket, seeing as it was the size of a salamander at the time. She'd feed it marshmallows to help keep her belly full for classes. She named the dragon Willow.... and Willow was getting bigger. She dreaded the day she'd have to turn the little orphan dragon loose.

Rose Weasley: Daughter of Hermione and Ron. Being the daughter of the minister of magic, she expected nothing else than to be in the exact house her parents were in. To her horror she ended up in Slytherin. She about had a fit, but the hat dubbed her worthy as one and she was ushered into her house. Rose thought this was the worst thing ever and worried how her parents would react that their witty girl didn't get into Gryffinfdor. But as it turned out she found some of her cousins there too. She became friends with Erin who helped her adjust and see things from a different point of view. Slytherin house was very different from what is was in the past. Where as she heard stories about pure blood extremists she found very clever and insightful people. Perhaps not all Slytherins were bad.... But her prejudice flared up when she saw her cousin befriending a Malfoy. She'd shout and tell Scorpius to back off thinking he was going to send Albus down a dark path, but slowly found that wasn't the case. Once again Rose began to contemplate that in her fears of finding bullies she ended up being one. She eased up on her temper and found a healthy spot to be in over time. But as soon as her uncle Harry went missing she turned to her father. Ron was once the Watson to Harry's Sherlock, they were a great team until Ron got into an accident and a dark wizard got away. He stepped down to recover and would work with his brother at Zonko's Joke shop. Once his leg healed Ron felt like he had the fight taken out of him. Was he just slowing everyone down? Should he just be a stay at home dad and watch the kids? The man was in a state of doubt and it sparked some tension in his and Hermione's marriage. Rose worried if she screwed up it would make her parents get divorced. It wasn't true, but it worried her to death. Something her little brother didn't seem to catch. Still she got word about Harry going missing and told her father she, James, Albus, and Scorpius had to go and find him. Ron was hesitant to get his daughter and nephews involved, but he vowed he'd watch over them and bring back Harry Potter. He could finally prove himself he wasn't an old fart who lost his spark.

Hugo Weasley: Son of Hermione and Ron. The scruffy joker of a boy became fast friends with his cousin James. He'd act as his hype man at every turn. But when he wasn't in James's shadow he was tending to his house elf friend, Yo-yo. After his mother freed the house elves from bondage, there had been a new generation of house elves who were born free and wore clothes like the wizards and goblins. Yo-yo couldn't get a wand-- didn't need one really, but he wanted to go to Hogwarts like all the other wizards. So Hugo had him hide in his book bag so he could see what wizard life was like. Hugo despite being a touch naive himself felt the need to protect Yo-yo. This would get them into danger sometimes.

Scorpius Malfoy: Son of Draco and Astoria. Scorpius was the first Malfoy in generations to end up anyway else but Slytherin. Given his family's reputation Scporius is used to having people assume the worst in him. But seeing as he got sorted into Ravenclaw he was hoping to prove everyone wrong. And to kick it all off he befriended Albus. The two got into Astronomy and would spend hours at night trying to spot the constellations in their dorm. Scorpius was cool headed and clever and as soon as Harry went missing he jumped at the chance to help his best friend. He has a crush on Rose, but it's gonna take some time before she'll like him back.

Griselda Trelawney: Daughter of Sybill Trelawney and Omar Amid. Her father died when she was little and her mother supposedly saw visions of something dreadful befalling Griselda. From her two colored eyes, the star birthmarks on her back, even her beauty mark. All of these were supposed to be signs for different outcomes. As a result it left her with a lot of depression. No one could tell if her mom was telling the truth or was just old and senile. She confided in her partner Dominique who could somehow pull her out of her funk and be happy for once.

Hilda Longbottom: Daughter of Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbot. Being the daughter of the current Herbology teacher and the Land lady of the Leaky Cauldron, Hilda became a feisty Gryffindor. She was aware of folks poking fun at her softy of a dad-- despite him slaying Nagini-- and would sick her cane toad familiar at students she felt needed to be taught a lesson. She didn't care if she got detention, she had 0 tolerance for bullying. Hugo has a huge crush on her.

Lysander and Lorcan Scamander: Sons of Luna Lovegood and Rolf Scamander. Arguably the new Weasley twins in spirit. Despite being sorted in different houses the twins act in sync almost like stoners. Being related to the famous Newt Scamander they both gravitate to the care for magical beasts. They want to be wizard vets when they graduate.

Molly and Lucy Weasley: Daughters of Percy and Audrey. Also fellow Weasley's who got sorted into Slytherin. Molly is their current prefect and head girl, she sets strict rules and expects everyone to follow them. Her twin Lucy, being a fellow prefect is more lax about the rules and even encourages them to be broken. This results in massive heated debates between the two sisters.

Erin Chang Campbell: Daughter of Cho Chang and a Muggle, Mr. Campbell. Erin was a quiet girl who was gifted with potions. She helped befriend Rose while she got situated at Slytherin and showed her Slytherin wasn't so bad to be in.

Victoire, Dominique, and Louis Weasley: Victoire is a Ravenclaw graduate and fiance to Teddy Lupin. She acts as an assistant for Minerva McGonagall. She's an animagus who can turn into a swan. Her siblings and cousins would joke she's the swan princess from Swan Lake. Dominique is a Gryffindor senior and is transitioning from girl to boy. Currently dating Griselda. And Louis is a werewolf. He accidentally got bitten by his father but tries to not let that hold him back. Best friends with Jahnu.

Freddie and Roxanne Weasley: Son and Daughter of George and Angelina. Two cunning pranksters who are trying to bring some fun back into Gryffindor. They befriended Peeves and are on the lookout for their uncle's ghost who apparently haunts around the clock tower. They hope to find him so their father can have some closer.

Harbeth and Apus Finnegan: Sons of Seamus Finnegan and Lily Moon. Both are of Irish and Korean decent. Apus loves food and wants to work at Honeydukes when he graduates. Biggest of all he wants to add more flavors from Korea to his confections to make brand new wizard candy. However his confections still have a lot of progress to go. When they're food, they're really good-- when they're bad things tend to go BOOM. Harbeth is his designated taste tester, often accident prone but willing to try-try again. Both are on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Both have a tendency to raid the Hogwarts kitchens while no on is looking.

Freya Onai Wood: Daughter of Oliver Wood and best keeper in Ravenclaw's Quidditch team.

Jahnu Thomas: Son of Dean Thomas and Parvati Patel, best quiddich player for Slytherin house and rival to James.

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[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024 🌈

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

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[jennay]

It’s not Me, it’s You

Request:Jamie and reader struggle to keep their relationship intact as Jamie’s life becomes busy and has a hard time balancing work and home.

This ended up being soooooo long lol. Anyways enjoy I think it’s 2kish 💜💜💜

Master List

Love,

I went out for a bit

See you tonight x

-J

You drop your grocery bags on the counter. Sighing, you crumple the paper and throw it in the trash.

It was no surprise Jamie wasn't home, but you thought when you asked him to be home for dinner tonight, he would.

You're not a priority, and as much as you loved Jamie, you wondered if things would change or if you should leave now.

You understood how busy he could get between his acting career and his music life. It didn't bother you initially because Jamie still made time for you, and now? You were left wondering if your fiancé felt anything for you.

You sit at the breakfast bar and grab the notepad that Jamie previously wrote on. It was a little petty, but you didn't want to text. You'd respond quickly and probably say something you regret.

Dinners in the fridge.

I'll see you when you come to bed.

-y/n

You close your eyes and pinch the bridge of your nose. Your cheek muscle twitches to a frown, and your breath shakes as salty tears fill your eyes. Cries of pain fill your throat when you think of what your life would be like without him.

The logical side of your brain tells you to pack a bag and leave. You can't fix this, and you can't make him do better.

Your emotional side is begging you to stay and give him another chance. It reminds you of all the good times you've had with Jamie and how good you were together.

Your phone buzzes on the counter. You pick it up to see a text from one of your friends. The message has a link to a website. You click on it and wait for it to load.

Your stomach feels nauseous as you read the title in big, bold letters: Jamie Campbell Bower and y/n y/l/n call it quits?

Rumors fly as y/n is nowhere to be seen. Is this the end of what everyone thought was a perfect relationship?

You click out of the article and text Erin back.

Typical gossip 🤷🏻‍♀️

You haven't told anyone about your relationship problems. You didn't want to believe something was wrong.

You leave your phone on the counter; you don't want to be bothered by more links or shitty pictures. You didn't want to be upset that Jamie wouldn't call or text you tonight. You head upstairs, watch a movie, and hope sleep will come easy.

That following day you're woke by guitar notes downstairs. You look to the side of the bed where Jamie usually lays. His bedsheets are perfectly flat, and pillows fluffed.

Groaning, you roll out of bed, get dressed, and decide to make breakfast. Jamie couldn't say no to bacon.

When you reach the kitchen, you start the coffee pot and begin pulling ingredients out of the fridge. Another sigh escapes your lips when you see Jamie didn't touch the food you made for him.

You're doing your best to focus on cooking food, but you feel this ache in your chest, like your heart is getting ready to shatter.

You go to the studio room when you're finished in the kitchen. The door is cracked just enough for you to see the backside of Jamie. You hold a plate in your hand and set it next to him on his desk.

"Hey." You quietly say. "Made you some food."

He turns in his chair, giving a weak smile. "Thanks, but I had some toast earlier." He continues strumming on his guitar and ignores that you're standing there.

You feel anger boiling in your blood. You take a deep breath and sarcastically say, "Of course you did." And start for the door.

Jamie's head snaps up when he hears what you say. "What's that supposed to mean?"

You stop in the doorway. "It means exactly what I said."

He sets his guitar against his desk and gives you his full attention for the first time in a while. He softly smacks his hands on his thighs and leans forward, "Something on your mind?" He sharply asks.

"Where did you sleep last night?" You lean against the door frame; your eyes are burning holes at the man in front of you. You'd be lying if you said you weren't worried about his answer. "it wasn't with me." You spit.

Jamie chuckles. "You've got to be kidding, right? All of this attitude because I didn't sleep in bed with you? I fell asleep on the couch. I got home late and didn't want to wake you up. That's what this is about?" He says, gesturing to you. "I'm not cheating on you if that's what you're getting at."

Another gut ache you hadn't even thought of that possibility. Your jaw clenches, and through gritted teeth, you say, "It's not just that, Jamie!"

He leans back in his chair and crosses his arms over his chest. He's acting like your existence is bothering him. "Then what is the issue?!" He shouts. "I'm busy ensuring my job is done. Doesn't that matter? This is my job, do you not remember?" He taunts you like you're a dumbass. He showcases his instruments. Standing, he walks toward you, and for a second, you're frightened by how close he is to your face. "What do you want from me?" His eyes bounce around your face, and you start to feel small. He speaks louder this time. "Say what you need to or get out!"

"Do not raise your fucking voice at me!" You push him hard in the chest to get him out of your face. Why is Jamie treating you this way? You shake your head, "Fuck, never mind. There's no point anymore!" You storm down the hallway. You hear his footsteps following, and he yells for you to stop. But when you do, he looks lost. You roughly poke his chest, making him stop in his tracks. "I should have listened to my friends and family, Jamie. They told me this would happen, you'd get too busy for me, and you'd be gone all the fucking time, but I didn't want to believe it!" You wipe the corners of your eye, "I've done everything I can. I've given you a chance after chance, hoping and praying that you could show me the man I fell in love with. You don't care anymore, and you've proven it time and time again. Why am I still waiting?" You take off your engagement ring and put it in his hand. "You don't love me as I love you, and I deserve better." You snivel through your sentence, "What happened to us? We used to be so good together, and now it feels like I don't even know you, and I hate this version of you!"

"Y/n, wait." His voice is soft and gentle, realizing he directed his stress and anger at the wrong person.

You grab your keys and phone from the small table by the front door and quickly exit before he can say anything else. His voice you loved now sounds like nails on a chalkboard and irritates your whole body. You need to leave.

You don't mean to slam the door shut, but you're surely not going to apologize for it. You open your car door and buckle in, "Fuck!" You scream. "Fuck, fuck, fuck." Your shoulders relax, and you turn the engine on. You weren't sure where you were going but weren't staying in that house any longer. You could drive around until you were cooled off. Like muscle memory, you bring yourself to your favorite park, where you and Jamie first met.

Your sister told you it was one of the most beautiful hikes you'd ever go on, and she wasn't lying. The only part that you regretted was not bringing a sweater. It poured rain that afternoon, and you were alarmed by the thunder and lightning. You found a hole in the rock wall and hid for cover, hoping the rain would pass and you'd be on your way.

Ten minutes passed before someone else had the same idea as you. He looked surprised when he walked around the corner to see you standing there. "Sorry I didn't see you. Do you mind if I share shelter with you for a moment?" He laughed. "I thought it was going to be sunny today."

You scoot over and allow him into the tight space. "I did the same thing." You giggle, "And now it's pouring rain, and I'm cold, and I'm honestly not a huge fan of the lightning."

He crosses his arms over his chest and rubs his shoulders for warmth. "I'm Jamie." He says between shivers. "I'd stick my hand out, but it's freezing.

You nod, "Y/n."

He brightly smiles at you. "Pretty. Very suiting." He peaks his head out of the small caved-in area to check the weather. "I probably sound like a creep, sorry." Embarrassed, he looks everywhere except for you.

When the rain settles, you find yourself bummed. You were entertained by the conversation you and Jamie were sharing.

Jamie was mesmerizing to you; his blue eyes sparkled in the sunlight, and that gorgeous contagious smile tranced you. "Do you want company?" You ask. "We're going the same way."

"I was going to ask you the same, but I didn't want to frighten you." He admits.

You sit on the cliff's edge with your legs crossed over one another.

This was a beautiful view of The Valley, not a cloud to be seen; the sun's rays warmed your body, and you could feel yourself begin to relax. You don't know how long you've been there. You only knew it was getting darker and didn't want to go home.

"It's wild how small the world is, but when you're down there, everything's so big."

Jamie grins as he watches you talk. You had a lot to say and were intelligent; he could listen to you talk for hours and never get tired of your voice. You captivated him. It was that day Jamie decided he was going to marry you.

The smell of a cigarette burning fills your nostrils, giving away you're no longer alone. You don't bother looking behind you. Why give someone a reason to start a conversation? You hear footsteps closing in on you, and you squeeze your eyes shut, hoping they will disappear.

It's not till you feel the person draping a jacket over your shoulders that you realize who it is.

Jamie.

You were predictable. He knew this was where you would go. You often did after fights or when you were upset. It was your haven.

You watch out the corner of your eye as he puts out his cigarette; he sits crisscrossed and leans back on his hands.

"Why are you here?" You coldly ask.

"Can we talk?" He pushes his sunglasses up to hold his hair back, revealing those eyes that you fell in love with.

You drop your eyes to the horizon. Eye contact felt like punishment at this point. "Do I have a choice?"

"Please forgive me." He sits up and nervously fidgets with the strings of his sweater. "I've been caught up in my work chaos, and it's no excuse for how I've treated you or made you feel." He lights up another cigarette. "You are a priority in my life, and you're right. You do deserve better. You always have." He pulls off his cigarette and nervously flicks the ashes. "I'm sorry, truly. I’m horrified with my behavior.”

Your hand runs down your face. "But why did it take me threatening to leave for you to pay attention?" You shrug your shoulders. "Do you care anymore? Is this what you want; am I what you want?"

He quickly nods, "You've always been what's best for me. Yes, I want you, always. I'm an idiot and don't deserve you, but please, give me one more chance to prove that I can be the man you need and want."

You're eyes drift to his; a mix of sadness and fear lies in his baby blues.

You're trying to convince yourself he can do it, but some of you feels like it's not worth it. You don't ever want to feel this let down again.

"One more chance." You weakly smile at him.

"You won't regret it. I promise you." He sticks his hand in his pocket and pulls out your ring. He gently grabs your hand and slides the ring back on your finger. "That was the worse thing I've ever felt." He admits. "I promise I'll find a balance between work and home."

You scoot close to him, and he holds his arm out for you to snuggle into his side. He holds you close and kisses the top of your head. "We should get married here."

You lightly giggle, "I don't want to hike up here in a dress, and I don't think either of our parents would want to either." Shivering, you ask, "Walk me to the car?"

Jamie helps you stand and pulls you close to his chest while wrapping you tightly in his arms. "It would be an honor."

"Jamie?" You tilt your head, and he looks down to meet your gaze.

"Yes, love?"

"Please help me make this work." You wrap your arms around his waist and gently push your face to his chest.

"I promise I'll prove it to you every second of the day that giving me another chance wasn't a waste of time."

You squeeze a little tighter. "Good, I've become quite accustomed to you, and I'd hate for that to no longer be a thing." You tease him. "Now take me home; I think you owe me at least dinner and a movie on the couch." You reach up and kiss his cheek. "I love you and I would like to continue to do so."

A/N: I hope you like it! Let me know what you think! Comments, reblogs and likes are appreciated. Thank you for following my tiny little page. Mwha

[reanimationstation]

Saw your reblog about misogynism & people not liking female characters and I'm agreed w Adrienne saving the day with Bendy female characters

Rose and Constance are great protagonist

Dot is AWESOME deuteragonist and even with being created as Buddy's supporting character she's *equal*. She's not "plain girl for male protagonist" type of deal

Abby Lambert is so good. People barely talk about her bc she's more interesting in TIOL and it's Joey book but i ADORE her even with little time in books that she has

In vanilla Bendy games i really love Twisted Alice/Susie Campbell but i should note that she deserved more focus (only in my opinion)

+possibly less "woman hates another woman for being fired" (it looks to me like they lowkey dropped it but. It was kinda here in ch3)

I'm all for women who are far too gone but can still have sympathetic angle. I do feel like devs suffer with reflecting it in writing tho

Audrey is good enough (would appreciate better writing at places but yk). I'm biased because i have hyperfix on her lol. Idk i love her little character moments and Erin did great job at changing tones when it was needed. If Adrienne got her even as side character in some book, she'd greatly benefit from it.

Allison Angel is more enjoyable in DR (to me) but she's more developed in fanon

Allison Pendle on the other hand. . . Erm. I wish she was more than Alice's second VA if you get me

Anyway I love women in Bendy👍 Bendy's funny deal is that a lot of characters suffer from lack of development and they're not only female. *Stares at certain male characters*

YES YES YES TO ALL OF THIS.

all the girls in the books are fantastic and are genuinely such charming characters. they're well written CHARACTERS and i feel like sometimes people forget that writing a women is writing a PERSON but Kress never really does that and i appreciate her so much for it.

i need to appreciate Abby more i love her dearly i just don't think about her much. she's so good, i wish we got more of her but i get that it's Joey's book.

MALICE/SUSIE HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND SHE DESERVES BETTER WRITING. i love her so much but gosh her writing could be better. especially in batdr like queen im so glad you're here but what ARE you doing here. can we get more of your character struggles, a little insight into how thats going maybe?? and yeah the hating another woman cause she was fired is a bit touch and go but i feel like with the right writers they could make it work. they unfortunately do not seem like theyre trying to do that

i do love Audrey i just have problems with some of the batdr writing. like how she kinda just goes along with whatever opinion she needs to have to move the plot along and at times i was like WHY ARE YOU SIDING WITH HIM/DOING THIS but thats not her fault. she has her good character moments and yeah Erin did a fantastic job voicing her. and she would REALLY benefit from being written by Kress, you're right. a lot of the characters would (cough susie cough)

ill be so real i barely remember any Allison Angel moments in either game IM SORRY THEY JUST DONT STAND OUT IN MY BRAIN </3 i do agree that shes better in batdr tho

ALLISON PENDLE THO. she needs more screentime in the books outside of being Very Pretty and Kind.

‼️SLIGHT FADE TO BLACK SPOILER‼️

in FTB though i really REALLY liked her characterization, with how she was tired of being expected to be the entertainment when she's a guest. it felt realistic, and makes sense with what little else we know about her. I need more private moments with her, ones where she isnt putting up a mask to perform, because only then we'll see what she's really like. and shes SO sweet with Rose, i really adore thar scene in general.

SPOILERS OVER

BUT YEAH WOMEN IN BENDY MY BELOVED. I think a lot of it is that most of them come from the books, and Adrienne is REALLY GOOD AT WRITING COMPELLING CHARACTERS. everyone she got to write for got an improvement in their characterization, not just the women. some of the male characters desperately needed it. anyways put more well written ladies in the games challenge

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

See first photos of 42 new Hallmark Christmas movies (Entertainment Weekly/TV Insider) - Hallmark Movies Now

As part of this year’s celebration, Hallmark Movies Now, will feature special offerings. Subscribers will be able to check out two new original films a week before they air on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as well as two streaming exclusive premieres. Plus, the streaming service will have extended cuts of two 2022 hits.

A World Record Christmas Streaming Date: Thursday, November 9 Stars: Nikki DeLoach, Lucas Bryant, Aias Dalman Early access before the November 16 premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Charlie (Dalman) is an autistic boy determined to set a Guinness World Record by stacking 1400 Jenga blocks. His mother Marissa (DeLoach) and stepfather Eric (Bryant) encourage him to reach for his dream and they all celebrate when he gets the good news that he’ll have get his chance on Christmas Eve. In the spirit of the holiday, they organize a fundraiser giving the townspeople an opportunity to donate and decorate a Jenga block, with the proceeds going to benefit kids with autism. Charlie’s journey to setting the Jenga world record gives them all the chance to learn more not just about themselves, but about what family really means.

Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas Streaming date: Thursday, November 16 Stars: Shenae Grimes-Beech, Chris Carmack, Grace Leer Early access before the November 30 premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Facing her first Christmas without her mother and looking to avoid loneliness, Carly (Grimes- Beech) heads to a quaint town to lead the church choir at Christmas. Once there, Carly meets Matthew (Carmack), a man back in town after serving in the army. As she gets to know Matthew, the choir and townspeople, she stumbles across clues that suggest she may have been brought here for a life changing reason. As the mystery unravels one thing is clear, this journey will teach Carly about true love, learning to trust, and that forgiveness is needed to finally heal.

Three Wise Men and a Baby – EXTENDED CUT Streaming date: Monday, November 27 Stars: Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin A never-before-seen extended cut exclusive to Hallmark Movies Now Three brothers (Campbell, Hynes, Walker) get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of self-discovery and begin to rebuild their relationships as brothers, as well as the damaged romantic and professional relationships in their respective lives…all while rediscovering their love of Christmas.

Rescuing Christmas (working title) Premieres: Dec. 7, Hallmark Movies Now Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Sam Page, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, Bailey Stender, T. Mychael Rambo Contains: Three magic wishes, a woman who isn't feeling festive, saving the holidays before it's too late Official description: "In a world where Santa (Rambo) is real and wants to drum up some holiday spirit, two of Santa's elves, Chuck (O'Brien) and Debbie (Stender), devise a plan to grant one human on Earth three wishes to kickstart the holidays.  Unfortunately, that human is Erin (Cook), who has lost all affection for the season.  Even a blind date set up by her sister, with the affable and charming Sam (Page), won't change her mind about Christmas. But when she makes the mistake of wishing Christmas would 'just disappear,' Erin wakes up to a world where the holiday never existed! Horrified, she realizes that she's taken away everyone's joy, so she enlists Sam to help her reinvent the festivities from scratch.  In the process, Erin learns just how much this holiday and its traditions have meant to everyone around her — and how much Sam has come to mean to her."

An Ice Palace Romance Premieres: Dec. 14, Hallmark Movies Now Cast: Celeste Desjardins, Marcus Rosner Contains: Home for the holidays, overcoming personal fears, an ice rink owner and his young daughter Official description: "A journalist (Desjardins) faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story.  With the help of the owner (Rosner) and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life's purpose."

A Holiday Spectacular – EXTENDED CUT Streaming date: Thursday, December 21 Stars: Ginna Claire Mason, Derek Klena, Eve Plumb, Ann-Margret, Featuring the Radio City Rockettes Hallmark Movies Now Exclusive In 1958, Maggie (Mason) is an heiress from Philadelphia who puts her high-society wedding plans on hold in order to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.

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Mimi's Mobile Other Superheroes Oc Masterlist

Updated: 1/02/24

Name: Odette Tyler

Title: The Devil you know

Fandom: Hellboy(2004-2008)

Faceclaim: Eiza González

Love interest: Hellboy{Red}

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary: More To Be Added...

Name: Bailey Jenkins

Title: Lonely Gun

Fandom: DC

Faceclaim: Krysten Ritter

Love interest: Harley Quinn

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary: More To Be Added...

Name: Maverick Pennyworth (Aka The Duke)

Title: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Fandom: DC

Faceclaim: Ben Barnes

Love interest: Bruce Wayne{2022}

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary:  After being found on the street and saved by Alfred Pennyworth, 7-year-old Maverick never expected him to take him back home and was accepted with open arms by the very people who lived there, the Waynes. Maverick was adopted by Alfred, taking on the Pennyworth name and duties. But Maverick took it a step further than that. Maverick had become close to Wayne's son Bruce, the two boys enjoyed each other's company and played together, but everything changed when Bruce's parents were murdered. Bruce had changed. Maverick stayed loyal throughout the whole time by his side, but when he took on the mantel of being Batman, fighting crime alone. Maverick couldn't stand idly by. He took on a mantel of his own without Bruce knowing. Maverick became The Duke, protector of Gotham's very own Dark Knight.

Name: Audrey Freeman

Title: My Ordinary Life

Fandom: DC-Shazam

Faceclaim: Kiernan Shipka ->Erin Moriarty

Love interest: To Be Determined{TBD}

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary: More To Be Added...

Name: Tommaso

Title: Shell of a Brother

Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Faceclaim:  Ryan Potter

Love interest: None

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary: More To Be Added...

Name: Reed Campbell

Title: Heroes Never Die

Fandom: The Boys

Faceclaim:  Freddie Stroma

Love interest: Billy Butcher

Pinterest Board: Link

Summary: More To Be Added...

[macvicarpipetunes]

Complete repertoire of tunes for the bagpipe

all tunes are Scottish unless otherwise stated

In case of doubt, ask for tunes with a connection to your clan or area

An average tune has a duration of +\- 40 seconds, so make sure you pick plenty or ask about the standards for weddings

A

Abide With Me -

Ae Fond Kiss - Burns

All the Fine Young Men - Irish

All those Endearing Young Charms - Irish

Amazing Grace

An Dro - Breton

Andy Renwick’s Ferret

St.Anne's Ballad & Reel

Arrival Song - Abba

Ash Grove - Welsh

the Ass in the Graveyard

Atholl Highlanders ( Clan Murray )

At Long Last

Auld Lang Syne – Burns

Auld Town March

B

the Back o' Ben Achie

Banjo Breakdown

Bannocks of Barley Meal

Barbara's Jig

the Barlinnie Highlander

the Barnyards of Delgaty

the Barren Rocks of Aden

the Battle of the Somme

the Battle of Waterloo

the Bells of Dunblane

Belmont

Ben Gullion

the Black Bear

the Blackthorn Stick - Irish

the Black Widow's Dance - Irish

the Bluebells of Scotland

the Bloody Fields of Flanders

(All the) Blue Bonnets o'er the Border

Bonnie Dundee

Bonnie Gallowa'

the Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie

the Bonnie Lass o' Fyvie

Boys of Bluehill - Irish

(the Standard on) the Braes of Mar

Braveheart theme - film theme

Brenda Stubbert's Reel

Brian Boru's March - Irish

the Bride's Jig

the British Grenadiers - English

Brose & Butter - Burns

the Brown Haired Maiden ( a.k.a. Horo, my Nut Brown Maiden )

Bugle Horn

Busindre reel - Spanish

C

Cabar Feidh ( Clan Gordon )

Caledonia

the Campbells are Coming ( Clan Campbell )

Campbelltown Loch ( a.k.a. the Glendaruel Highlanders )

Camptown Races - American

Carlingford Loch - Irish

the Castle Walls

Changing Your Demeanour - Irish

Chariots of Fire - film theme

Clueless

the Clumsy Lover - Irish

Cock o' the North ( Clan Gordon )

Cogadh no Sidhe – the True Gathering of the Clans / War or Peace - Pibroch

Come by the Hills - Irish

Comin' thru the Rye ( a.k.a. gin a Body meet a Body ) – Burns

the Conundrum

Cork Hill - Irish

Corn Riggs ( -are Bonnie ) – Burns

Corriechoillie's Welcome

The Crags of Tumbledown

Crossing the Minch

Cwm Rhondda ( a.k.a. Guide me Oh Thou Great Jehovah ) -Welsh

D

Dana ( et les trois Matelots ) - Breton

Dancing Feet

the Dashing White Sergeant

the Day ( Thou Gavest, Lord ) has Ended

Death of a Space Piper

De'il Among the Tailors

Donald Blue

Donald Where's Yer Troosers

Donald Willie and his Dog

The Dornoch Links

Dream Angus

the Dream Valley of Glendaruel

Drops of Brandy

Drowsy Maggie - Irish

Drunken Piper / Red Rory

( What shall we do with a ) Drunken Sailor - English

Dulaman - Irish

Dumbarton's Drum

Duncan Gray ( Rob Roy MacGregor )

Duns Dings A'

E

Earl of Mansfield

El Alamein

Emerald Echoes - Irish

En Ferus Hostis

Erchless (Chisholm's) Castle

Erin Shore ( a.k.a. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores ) - Irish

an Eriskay Love Lilt

F

the Fairy Dance

My Faithful Fair One

the Famous Bridge

Fanfare Salute Alba

Far Away in Australia – Irish

Fare Thee Well

Farewell to the Creeks ( a.k.a The Hills of Sicily )

Lá Fhéile Pádraig - Irish

the Fields of Athenry - Irish

the 51st Highland Division

Finnegan’s Wake

500 Miles (I’m Gonna Be)

Flower of Scotland

the Flowers of the Forest ( lament )

the Foggy Dew - Irish

For Ireland I'll Tell not her Name - Irish

the 42nd ( Black Watch )

Friendship

G

Galway Girl - Irish

The Garb of Auld Gaul

Garryowen - Irish

Ghillie Calum (Sword Dance)

Gin I were a Baron's Heir

Ms. Girdle

the Girl I Left Behind

Glasgow Police Pipers

Going Home ( Largo )

the Gordon's March ( Clan Gordon )

Grand March ( Aida ) - Italian

Grannie Duncan

Gravel Walk

the Green Glens of Antrim - Irish

Greensleeves - English

Greenwoodside

Grimstock - English

the Gruagach

H

Happy We've been A' Tegither

Harris Dance

The Harvest Home - Irish

Haste Ye to the Wedding

Here's a Health unto His Majesty - English

Hearken my Love

Hector the Hero

Heights of Dargai

the Herding Song

the Heroes of Vittoria

Heyken's Serenade

Hielan' Laddie

The Highland Brigade ( at Tel el Kebir )

Highland Cathedral

Highland Cradle Song

Highland Lassie

Highland Wedding

Highland Whisky

High Road to Gairloch (a.k.a. We will take the Good Old Way)

High Road to Linton

HLI Hornpipe

Hot Punch

I

I'll Tell me Ma - Irish

I Love a Lassie

the Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies - Irish

the Irish Pub - Irish

the Irish Washerwoman - Irish

I See Mull (, Land of my Youth )

the Isle of Skye (Three Bonnie Maidens)

Itchy Fingers

J

Jennie's Bawbee / Put the Kettle on

Jig of Slurs - Irish

Jimmy Allan's Fancy

John Anderson, my Jo - Burns

John Barleycorn - English

Johnnie Cope

John Ryan's Polka - Irish

the Jolly Beggar

the Jolly Beggarman - Irish

K

the Keel Row

Kelsey's Wee Reel

Kennie Gillies (of Portnalong, Skye)

Kenmuir is Up and Awa (, Wullie) - Burns

the Kesh Jig - Irish

Killiecrankie - Burns

the Kilt is my Delight

the Kilworth Hills

King George V's Army

the Kitchen Maid

L

Lady Carmichael's Strathspey

Lady Ramsey's Strathspey

(Dae Ye Mind / Lang ) Lang Syne (John Peel)

the Last Cradle song

the Last of the Mohicans ( the Gael ) - film theme

Laugh and Half Daft - Irish

Leaving Port Askaig

Leezy Lindsay - Burns

Let's Have a Ceilidh ( a.k.a. Liberton Boys’ Pipe Band / Polka )

Lexie MacAskill

Lillibullero - English

Limerick's Lamentation - Irish pibroch

Little Drummer Boy

Lochaber no More ( lament )

Lochanside

Loch Lomond

it's Lonely at Night in the Bothy

Lord Lovat's Lament ( Clan Fraser )

Lord of the Dance - Irish

Loudon's Bonnie Woods and Braes

M

Maggy - Irish

Mairi's Wedding

MacCrimmon Will Never Return ( Cha till MacCruimeinn ) - pibroch

MacDonald's Awa' Tae the War

Ms. MacLeod of Raasey

MacPherson's Rant

A Man's a Man for A' That - Burns

Marching Though the Heather

March of the Cameron Men ( Clan Cameron )

March to the Battle (Los San Patricios) - Irish

the Mason's Apron - Irish

Mingulay Boat Song

the Minstrel Boy - Irish

Mist Covered Mountains

Mo Ghile Mear - Irish

Molly Malone ( a.k.a. In Dublin’s Fair City ) - Irish

Morning Has Broken

Moving Cloud

the Muckin' of Geordie's Byre

Mull of Kintyre

The Munro's Wedding

My Ain Fireside

My Home

My Love is But a Lassie Yet – Burns

My love is like a Red Red Rose - Burns

N

Nairn

Nick MacVicar's Reel

The Noose and the Ghillie

The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen

O

Orange and Blue

Oft in the Stilly Night

Oh, Danny Boy

Oh, Mairi

the Old Rustic Bridge ( - by the Mill )

Oro se do Bheatha Bhaile - Irish

O'Sullivans March ( Rob Roy Theme ) - Irish

Our Wedding Day ( a.k.a. She Moved Through the Fair ) - Irish pibroch

Over the Hills (and Far Away) - English

P

Pack Your Baggage

Paddy McGinty's Goat - Irish

Paddy's Leather Breeches - Irish

the Panda

Perfect Day

Pibroch of Donald Dubh ( Clan Cameron )

The Piper's Cave (Ms. Ainslie Grant Duff)

Piper's Prelude

the Piper's Waltz – Irish

the Point of War

The Price of a Pig

The Pride of Petravore - Irish

Q

Queen Elizabeth's March

The Queen Of All Argyll

Queen Victoria's Jubilee

R

Rab's Wedding

Raglan Road - Irish

Rantin' Rovin' Robin - Burns

Rip the Calico

the Road to Dundee

the Road to the Isles / Bens of Jura

Rose among the Heather

the Rose of Allandale

the Rose of Kelvingrove

the Rowan Tree

the Royal Irish Polka - Irish

the Royal Scot Polka

S

Saint Andrew's Cross

Salute to the Royal Fendersmith

Scarborough Fair - Irish

Scarce of Tatties - Irish

Scotch on the Rocks

Scotland Forever

Scotland the Brave

Scots Wha Hae ( a.k.a. Hey Tutti Tatti )

Scottish Soldier

the 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar

Skye Boat Song

the Sick Note - Irish

Sleep Dearie Sleep

the Sleeping Tune

Snug in the Blanket

Soft Lowland Tongue

Soldier's Joy

The Soldier's Return

Some Say the Devil's Dead - Irish

the Spanish Lady

Speed the Plough - Irish

the Star of the County Down - Irish

Stars and Stripes Forever - American

Staten Island

Steal Away - Irish

the Steamboat

Step it out Mary - Irish

Stolen Kiss – Irish

Stop Yer Ticklin’ Jock

Streets of London - English

Suil a Ruin - Irish

Sunshine on Leith

Suo Gan - Welsh

Sword Dance (Ghillie Calum)

T

Tail Toddle

Tartan Army ( a.k.a. We'll Be Coming )

Teribus Ye Terioden

Theme for the Greenlands

There were Roses - Irish

These are my Mountains

Tommy Tully's Air

Toots and Hickory Edwards

Troy’s Wedding

Turkey in the Straw - American

the Twa Corbies

U

Up and Waur Them A'

Up in the morning Early

V

the Victory Polkas

W

Waltzing Matilda - Australia

the Water is Wide

the Wearing of the Green ( a.k.a. By the Rising of the Moon / Sae Wull We Yet ) - Irish

the Wee Cooper o'Fife

the Wee Highland Glen

Wee Highland Laddie

the Wee Spree - pibroch

We're no Awa' tae Bide Awa'

Westering Home

When the Battle's Over ( a.k.a. After the Battle )

Whiskey in the Jar - Irish

Wild Mountain Side - Burns

Wild Mountain Thyme

the Wild Rover - Irish

Will Ye No Come Back Again

Willie Allan's Fancy

Willie Stewart - Burns

Wings - RAF march

With a Hundred Pipers

Wooden Heart

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Yankee Doodle - American

Ye Banks and Braes – Burns

Yellow Rose of Texas - American

Ye Jacobites by Name - Burns

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Resident Evil Revised TV Series Idea.

The show should be told American Horror Story like meaning its gonna be anthology-ish based with stories bouncing back with returning characters.

Season 1’s cast is Jessica Henwick as Jill Valentine, Kellan Lutz or Sebastian Stan as Chris Redfield, Antony Starr as Albert Wesker, David Harbour as Barry Burton, Charlie Hunam as Richard Aiken, Jack Quad as Brad Vickers and Erin Moriarty as Rebecca Chambers.

Season 1 is an adaptation of RE1 taking creative liberties from the remake and original. The one difference is that Brad’s helicopter is hit by crows leading him to nearly crash and fly away, this results in a subplot of Brad returning to HQ and finds dirt on Irons before returning.

Season 2 has a different set of characters and a bigger budget with Hailee Steinfeld as Claire Redfield, Mason Dye as Leon S. Kennedy, Sadie Sink as Sherry Birkin, Elizabeth Olsen or Laurie Holden as Annette Birkin, Karen Fukuhara as Ada Wong, Temura Morrison as HUNK and Jason Issacs or Paul Bethany as William Birkin. Takes influence from the RE2 Remake.

Season 3 is an adaptation of RE3 Nemesis mixed with the remake. Jill is the same, Oscar Isaac plays Carlos Oliveira, Jonathan Adams as Tyrell Patrick, Tom Wlaschiha as Mikhail, and Michael Fassbender as Nicholai Zinoviev.

Season 4 adapts a story from the Umbrella Chronicles which is the fall of Umbrella and also Code Veronica Jamie Campbell as Alfred Ashford and Natalie Dormer as Alexia Ashford. Also Tye Simpkins as Steve Burnside.

Season 5 adapts the story of Leon and Krauser (John Cena or Frank Grillo) with Jenny Ortega as Manuela Hidalgo.

Season 6 is an adaptation of Resident Evil 4 with Mason Dye reprising his role as Leon and Cena or Grillo as Krauser alongside Fukuhara as Ada while newcomers Ashley Graham and Luis Sera are played by Natalia Dyer and Diego Luna with Javier Bardem as Saddler. A couple of unknowns for Mendez and Salazar.

Season 7 adapts Resident Evil Revelations with Jason Momoa as Parker Luciani, Kit Harrington as Raymond Vester and Alexandra Daddario as Jessica Sherawat.

Season 8 is an adaptation of RE5 but it’s more in line with the original draft albeit the mind controlled Jill part is there. Danai Guerera is Sheva Alomar, Daniel Kaluuya as Josh Stone, Jesse Plemons as Richardo Irving and Monica Belucci as Excella Gionne.

Season 9 adapts Resident Evil 6 with most of the cast returning and a better written Jake Muller played by Wyatt Russell and has been reimagined as a BSAA soldier instead of a mercenary who teams up with Sherry Birkin played by Billie Lourde with Liam Hemsworth playing Piers Nivans and Jill tagging along. Also Simmons is changed from instead of being a member of a secret society, he was just trying to cause global bio terror attacks to promote the his own agendas of a better secured world with Carla Radames being a rogue operative and an ally of Ada’s. Temura Morrison returns as HUNK and is Ada’s partner.

Season 10 is Resident Evil Revelations 2 with Emily VanCamp as Alex Wesker with Harbour reprising his role as Barry Burton, Millie Bobby Brown as Moira Burton, and an unknown actress for Natalia. Steinfeld returns as Claire too.

Season 11 adapted Resident Evil 7 fully with Joe Keery or Chris Hemsworth as Ethan Winters (to make the plot sound more sensical, Ethan is a private investigator and a former RPD cop), Emilia Clarke is Mia Winters, Michael Rooker is Jack Baker, Toni Colette as Marguerite Baker, Rooney Mara as Zoe Baker and Aaron Paul as Lucas Baker with Stan returning as Chris.

Season 12 is an RE8 adaptation with Cate Blanchett or Gwendolie Christie as Lady Dimitrescu (CGI), Eva Greene as Donna Beneviento, Nicholas Cage as Karl Heisenberg, Stellan Skarsgard as Salvatore Moreau, and Emily Blunt as Mother Miranda. Hound Wolf squad consists of Jill, Chris, Barry and Rebecca.

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the beauty of uttara ashadha 🌞🐘:

🐘 naomi campbell: uttara ashadha lagna

*MAJOR TW// i discuss a lot of potentially triggering topics, i.e. abuse and racism. some of the uttara ashadha natives i exhibit and talk about are known for their terrible behavior and scandals. i do not condone their offensive and ignorant behavior. they are simply being shown to solidify my opinions on the nature of this nakshatra*

as you read this post, please listen to this uttara ashadha playlist i made for the full experience: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/207xxveKWd1TlN12Sr5GAW?si=G5F-Hd3_SHui2PYViP8hkQ

🌞 in the krittika nakshatra, we saw the fiery combination of kuja’s rashi and surya’s vimshottari rulership. krittika represents the cosmic fire of purification, as kuja is the planet of leadership, chandra is the planet denoting our mental state, and surya is the embodiment of the true yang path. in the uttara phalguni nakshatra, we saw the giving and serving nature of surya shine through the solar embodiment of aryaman and the leo rashi. buddha bestowed this nakshstra with the ability to sense areas of need within others and find the best ways to solve others’ issues and realign them with their dharma path. in uttara ashadha, we see these natives embody the cosmic fire we once witnessed in krittika and eventually learn to master the importance of finding yourself in your soul. as compared to looking to the accomplishments you have helped others succeed in for personal reaffirmation (a problem uttara phalguni natives struggle with). uttara ashadha’s ruling deities will serve as their cosmic guides through these deeply purifying solar states.

🌌 the deities of uttara ashadha are the ten vishvadevas, the ten universal gods. in sanskrit, vishvadevas translates to “all-knowing or omniscient”. these ten gods represent the evolution of uttara ashadha natives’ lives: vasu (meaning brilliance or wealth-giver), satya (being truthful in one's thought, speech, and action), kratu (strength and willpower), daksha (rituals and people), kala (time and death), kama (cosmic desire and creative impulse), dhriti (steadiness and retention), kuru (ancestors), pururavas (abundance, surya, brightness), and madravas (zenith of joy). let’s take a closer look at a few of these deities to examine the path of uttara ashadhas.

✨ satya, loosely translating to "truth/essence", is equated with and considered necessary to the concept of rta. rta means order, rule, and truth. rta is the principle of natural order which regulates and binds the collective universe and all of it’s inhabitants. in the hymns of the vedas, rta is said to be what is ultimately responsible for the proper functioning of the natural, moral, and sacrificial union of life. due to this, rta is said to uphold dharma. satya gives birth to the possibility of rta, due to satya’s regulatory and binding nature. truth (satya) is considered to be essential and without it the universe and reality falls apart and, therefore, can longer function. this is why satya is also considered to be our essence, the core of our being. truth is considered to be a form of alignment with the divine. the whole foundation of christianity, and most prominent religions, stress abiding in your cosmic truth. in the book of james 1:18, it reads “of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”. when we welcome the essence of satya, we flourish in internal beauty and the truth blooms and beams on our physical surface.

👠 this internal radiance of satya is the reason the solar nakshstras, primarily uttara ashadha, are one of the top placements for prominent models like victoria’s secret angels. such as, stella maxwell (krittika surya and uttara ashadha chandra), behati prinsloo (krittika surya and uttara phalguni chandra), chanel iman (krittika chandra), doutzen kroes (uttara ashadha surya), marth hunt (uttara ashadha chandra), josephine skriver (uttara ashadha chandra), karolina kurkova (uttara ashadha chandra), jac jagaciak (uttara ashadha surya), erin heatherton (uttara ashadha chandra), etc.. solar beauty radiates like the sun illuminating drops of midnight dew on crisp greenery or radiating and reflecting the vast sky on to the indigo crests of waves. solar beauty is a beauty that often goes unnoticed for a long time, only to be rediscovered for it’s rich depths. it is like when one is too focused on looking downward at the earth’s greenery and ocean, only to forget the beautiful light that illuminates these beautiful forms of nature. solar beauty radiates and encompasses the native as a whole. it gleams and shines like the bright surya. this is why we see uttara ashadha natives brimming with warm and olive undertones, freckles or beauty marks, and shiny hair. they embody the cosmic youth and the truth that nourishes “the firstfruits of creatures”. this is why solar women are so aesthetically pleasing to the eye, as they cause sensory overload, modeling the act of one’s eyes hurting from looking at the sun for too long.

👁 according to the rigveda, the antithesis of rta and surya are anrita and asatya, meaning falsehood. falsehood is considered to be a form of misconduct. satya includes factuality, reality, truth and reverence. satya is our past, current and future. it is considered to be the functioning of our world. the falsehood of anrita and asatya are reflected in surya’s association with the right eye. in the christian religion, the right eye signifies the evil from which is falsity and the left eye is the falsity through which is evil. in zechariah 11:17, it states “woe to the worthless shepherd that deserteth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm withering shall wither, and his right eye darkening shall be darkened”. in this scripture, the arm is said to denote the power of truth applied to confirm evil (satya). the right eye symbolizes the memory and knowledge of good applied to confirm falsity. the shepherd represents one who teaches truths, leading others along the path of dharma. in matthew 5:29-30, jesus spoke, “if thy right eye hath caused thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. and if thy right hand hath caused thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee; it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into gehenna”. surya’s rulership of the right eye is why uttara ashadha natives frequently struggle with eye issues. because of this, uttara ashadha natives usually wear glasses or contacts and become associated with/profit off of their glasses. for example, george clooney (uttara ashadha chandra) has several articles written about his persol glasses. cary grant’s (uttara ashadha surya and chandra) estate collaborated with the brand “olivers people” to create a line of successful eyewear. the sunglasses grant wore in the 1959 hollywood classic north by northwest is characterized as a sunglasses design that is the epitome of classic style. dave bautista (uttara ashadha surya and chandra) once said he often wears sunglasses because it helps him to cope with his social anxiety disorder. bautista once said, “i would rather wear sunglasses than stand on the red carpet.”. actors like zooey deschanel (uttara ashadha surya, chandra and lagna) and jane levy (uttara ashadha chandra) are known for playing roles that involve their characters wearing glasses. many articles have been written about zooey deschanel’s glasses on the television show “new girl” and jane levy’s glasses on the sitcom “suburgatory”. glasses act as a sharpening tool that allows to better see our environment, our truth. glasses reflect our surroundings onto the eyes of those who look through the pair of sunglasses on another person. they serve as objects cycling the truth of the wearer and beholder, in a way, it rejects the falsity of illusion and completely embraces realignment with truth, while serving as a protective medium between the native and others. believing that we have the lenses of reality within each of us. what you see is what you get or what you see is what you are, as far as eternity is concerned, abiding in satya. it is believed that our beliefs are the lenses through which one sees the world. what one believes determines your focus (kratu) and in turn your actions. one sees things as they believe they are, not as things really are, but rather as one is. if one’s beliefs are based on truth, your figurative glasses will allow you to see eternity from the rta/satya perspective. however, if your belief lenses are made from anrita and asatya, you will see illusions and falsehood reflective of the state of your soul.

☀️ there is a particular effect called photo-bleaching. photo-bleaching happens to the cells in your retina in the back of your eye. these cells are called rods and cones, and these cells are full of light sensitive pigments. light comes in the form of particles, called photons, in your eye; these stimulate the cells by changing this light sensitive pigment, which is called retinal, into a different form and they stimulate the cells to send electrical impulses to your brain. if you look at the sun for a long period of time, this sends the cells into overdrive and it takes them time to calm down. after you finish looking at the sun and you look at a normal level of light, like a plant, you get black spots where you've been looking at light where the cells have been over stimulated. this is the essence of solar beauty. it leaves a lasting impact on the eyes of others and it is hard to forget their presence. their warmth lingers, stays, and satiates others like the deity kama.

🐘 kate moss: uttara ashadha surya

🐾 uttara ashadha’s yoni is the male mongoose. the male mongoose are sometimes solitary, but most live in colonies. the average colony is made up of roughly twenty mongooses. those who live in these colonies will take turns being sentinels. sentinels stand on their hind legs on higher ground, looking all around them for danger. if they spot a potential threat, they will let out a loud scream that acts as an alarm call that lets the rest of the colony members know they should retreat to safety. when operating in their light state, uttara ashadhas act as the male mongoose by being the sentinel of their surroundings. they act as a guide to those around them and try to ensure the safety of others. they stand tall like the symbolic mongoose, mirroring the phallic force, and usher those into the light of achievement. this is why we see so many uttara ashadha natives appear in musical groups, as they are the glue that binds their surroundings together. but this intense binding begins to darken, it is often people will become obsessed with their great achievements and warmth and try to bring the native down with jealousy and harm. zayn malik (uttara ashadha) was known to be a part of a popular musical group, “one direction” and reportedly left the group in 2015, due to him feeling left out by the group and not liking the music they created. jennie (uttara ashadha surya) from “blackpink” was the main rapper of the group and was the first one to debut a solo single. nicki minaj (uttara ashadha lagna) was once apart of the popular rap group ���young money”, but decided to further pursue her career as a solo artist. baby spice (uttara ashadha surya) was in the famous 90s girl group “spice girls”. a common theme amongst these natives is maintaining peace and upholding an image. uttara ashadhas are determined to succeed at any cost and many individuals subconsciously sense this and abuse their power. they view uttara ashadha as a never-ending vessel of determination and willpower and abuse this by treating these natives poorly, as they know the native will do anything to maintain peace for prosperity.

🐢 this foundation of determination and willpower is correlated to the auspicious elephant. the elephant itself is quite common in most religious traditions and mythologies. elephants are widely considered to be a positive omen and are sometimes revered as deities, symbolizing strength and wisdom. there is an ancient hindu belief of “world elephants”. the amarakosha states the names of eight male elephants who bare the world (in addition to eight unnamed female elephants). the names of the male elephants are airavata, pundarika, vamana, kumunda, anjana, pushpa-danta, sarva-bhauma, and supratika. there are four elephants that are believed to support the earth from the four different directions. in the ramayana, they are listed as the viroopaaksha (supporting the east), mahaapadma (supporting the south), saumanasa (supporting the west), and bhadra (supporting the north). while the knowledge on this subject is very limited, chukwa, the tortoise, is said to support the elephant mahaapadma which in turn supports the world. chukwa’s tortoise translation is not set in stone and can also be interpreted as a water snake (rahu), denoting the foundation of earthly desires is rahu. chukwa (rahu, earthly foundation/desires) cannot exist without mahaapadma (ketu, spiritual liberation), as a head may not exist without a body. it was once said: “on the wondrous dais rose a throne, and he its pedestal whose lotus hood with ominous beauty crowns his horrible sleek folds, great mahapudma; high displayed he bears the throne of death. there sat supreme with those compassionate and lethal eyes, who many names, who many natures holds; yama, the strong pure hades sad and subtle, dharma, who keeps the laws of old untouched.”.

�� wisdom is said to be represented by the elephant in the form of lord ganesha, one of the most popular gods in hindu mythology. lord ganesha is said to have the head of an elephant which was put on after the human head was either cut off or burned. lord ganesha is associated with new beginnings, success, and the removing of obstacles (as the act of removing one’s head is symbolic of removing rahu, essentially one’s desires). lord ganesha is said to be the deity of ketu, due to ketu being the moksha karaka and our source of liberation. ketu is said to bestow immense knowledge, spirituality, and luxury, when properly placed. if a native has an inauspiciously placed ketu in their natal chart, it is said praying to lord ganesha may aid the native. the smoky and prosperous nature of ganesha is exhibited in many rituals involving the symbolism of the elephant, in particular, the cameroonian practice of the bamiléké tribesmen. the bamiléké are often known for their intricately beaded masquerades, including the impressive elephant mask.

🎭 masquerades are considered to be a very integral part of the bamiléké culture. these masquerades take place during special events such as funerals, palace festivals, and other royal ceremonies. the masks are performed by men and aim to support and enforce royal authority (assuming the natural masculine leadership and dictation of surya). the power of the bamiléké king, the fon, is primarily represented by the elephant. the fon may transform into either an elephant or leopard whenever he chooses. their elephant mask, called a “mbap mtengis” a mask, has protruding circular ears, a human like face, decorative panels on the front and back that hang down to the knees and are covered in deeply intricate, geometric beadwork including much triangular imagery (symbolic of the solar force that is the triangular-like formation of an elephant’s large ears and protruding trunk, mirroring the phallic pyramid). occasionally, the fon may allow members of the community to perform with an elephant mask along with a leopard skin, conveying wealth, status and power by shielding one’s face. this act of covering one’s face is symbolic of sacrificing one’s identity (rahu) for the purpose of attaining moksha karaka (ketu). by the bamiléké fons covering their face with an elephant mask, they bring an association and representation of power, strength and prosperity (lord ganesha).

🌟 this sacrifice of self association and identity and the smoky nature of the bamiléké tribe represents the nature of uttara ashadha. it is often wondered why uttara ashadhas have such a dark and vampiric aesthetic, as this is the nature of sacrificing one’s identity. the spiritually devoting nature of these natives causes a detachment from their identity to embrace their higher power. beyoncé (an uttara ashadha ketu native) was once famous for her shiny, flashy, and glamorous y2k aesthetic. in the recent years, we have seen beyoncé move towards a less flashy, but equally captivating and prosperous, lifestyle. in a way, she sacrificed her y2k/flashy identity and received more prosperity and healing in return. in her latest visual album “black is king”, we saw her collaborate with numerous placements of uttara ashadha, such as wizkid (uttara ashadha shani atmakaraka) and jessie reyez (uttara ashadha rahu), to illustrate the importance of coming back to your familial routes and finding identity within your ancestors (it is important to note, out of my survey of fifty contributors and artists on the album, uttara ashadha was by far the most prominent atmakaraka placement). in this visual album, we see numerous african masks that call to mind the smoky, spiritual nature of ketu and the self-sacrificing and giving qualities of surya in his highest state (uttara ashadha).

🐘 christie brinkley: uttara ashadha chandra

🥘 the mahavidya associated with surya is matangi. she is the tantric goddess known for her wisdom, knowledge, and bestowing power. according to the shaktisamgama-tantra, the birth of ucchishta-matangini is as follows: the god vishnu and his wife lakshmi visited shiva and his second wife parvati and gave them a banquet of fine foods. while eating the banquet, the deities dropped some food on the ground, from which created a beautiful maiden who asked for their leftovers. vishnu, lakshmi, shiva, and parvati granted the maiden their left over food as prasad (meaning food made sacred by having been first consumed by a deity). this act can be interpreted as the ucchishta of the deity, it is important to note that due to the negative connotation the word ucchishta, it is never explicitly used in connection to prasad. shiva then stated that those who repeat mantangi’s mantra and worship her will have their material desires satisfied and gain control over foes, declaring her the giver of boons. from that day on, the maiden was referred to as ucchishta-matangini. because of matangi’s humble origin, she is often described as an outcast and impure. she is often associated with pollution, due to her relation to outcast communities. the humble mantangi is regarded as a tantric form of the goddess saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and the arts of mainstream hinduism. matangi and saraswati share many traits in that regard. both goddesses embody music and are depicted playing the veena. both are said to be the nada (sound or energy) that flows through the nadi channels in the body through which prana flows. these goddesses are related to rain clouds, thunder, and rivers. by both governing learning and speech, saraswati embodies the orthodox knowledge of the brahmins, whereas matangi, the humble, wild, and ecstatic outcast, embodies the knowledge within that transcends the boundaries of mainstream society (hence, her associations with social pariahs).

🏆 whereas, uttara ashadha (उत्तराषाढ़ा) comes from the sanskrit words उत्तर (latter) and अषाढ (invincible). the meanings of uttara ashadha are said to be “the latter invincible one”, “latter victory”, or “the latter undefeated”. the term “latter” is derived from the latin word lætra, meaning slow or deliberate, this juxtaposition with invincibility, denotes resilience, power, and prosperity. the journey of uttara ashadhas are said to bevslow and lengthy (lætra), but in then end, they reach true success by embodying the humility and skillfulness of matangi. this correlates to uttara ashadha being the top placements for athletes, as the practice of exercising and bodily discipline requires a deep understanding of prana, the source of life (matangi). athletes must be able to control their breathing and abide in a clean environment to maintain proper focus and health. this is why prana is said to permeate reality on all levels, aligning our inner selves with the cosmic truth (surya/rta). indian philosophy describes prana as flowing in the nadis throughout the body. the number of nadis varies according to different texts and philosophies, but the three principal nadis run from the base of the spine to the head (areas traditionally associated with surya and the vimshottari-ruled surya nakshatras). they are the ida on the left, the sushumna in the center, and the pingala on the right. the nadis are said to play a role in many yogic practices, like shatkarmas, mudras, and pranayama. these practices are intended to open and unblock the nadis to allow life force to be abundant within all of us. the ultimate aim of some yogic practices are to direct prana into the sushumna nadi, enabling the kundalini to rise, and thus bring about moksha karaka, our liberation. in both the subtle and the causal body, the nadis are channels for our cosmic, vital, seminal, mental, and intellectual energies (our prana). this is why they are considered to be important for sensations, consciousness and the spiritual aura.

🥇 ida is traditionally associated with lunar energy. the word ida means "comfort" in sanskrit. ida possesses a moonlike nature and a distinct feminine energy with a cooling/yin effect. whereas, pingala is associated with solar energy. the word pingala means "orange" or "tawny" in sanskrit. pingala possesses a sunlike nature and masculine energy. pingala is warm/yang and courses throughout the right side of the body, whereas ida courses through the left side of the body. these nadis are often representative of the two hemispheres of the brain. pingala is the extroverted, solar nadi, and corresponds to left hemisphere of the brain. ida is the introverted, lunar nadi, and refers to the right hemisphere of the brain. this is due to the left hemisphere controlling the muscles on the right side of the body and the right hemisphere controlling those on the left, symbolic of the dualism of nature and our bodies. the ida nadi regulates all the mental, lunar processes while the pingala nadi regulates all the vital, solar processes. examples of uttara ashadha athlete natives who learned to balance the inner matangi and nadis within is the famous professional boxer muhammad ali (uttara ashadha surya) who was nicknamed “the greatest”. the olympic athlete marion jones (uttara ashadha chandra) who is a world champion track and field athlete and previous member of the WNBA. we also see a great abundance of athletes specifically having an uttara ashadha surya, such as matthias ginter, malek jaziri, claudio marchisio, tyler breeze, davie selke, pierre webó, and ehsan haddadi. as surya feels at home and comfortable in expressing it’s dualistic nature in this nakshatra. athletes and uttara ashadha natives are said to operate in the pingala mental state, but understand the importance of matangi and the balance of prana. as prana is considered to unite all elements and directions (recall the directional nature of the world elephants) within the body by aligning the ether element within, as how brihaspati and shani are both of the ether/air element and are crucial in reaching balance in our souls.

🐘 sasha pivovarova: uttara ashadha surya and chandra

🔥 uttara ashadha lies in the padas of sagittarius and capricorn. like all the surya-ruled nakshatras, vimshottari-wise, it bridges the nature of the fire element and the earth element. this denotes the karmic association of peak masculinity (fire) and the grounding femininity (earth). the elemental nature of earth represents the body. it is the densest element and creates the most heaviest psychological influence. it represents the practicalness and sensuality of nature, as a mongoose simply intuitively knows when to alert his group of danger or a goat knows which step to climb on a mountain. fire is the focus that lies within us and it corresponds to the digestion of life. fire is said to digest sensory impressions (water) and turn them into purposeful thoughts and ideas. as surya is said to calm the waters of the mind (chandra).

🌬 whereas, the air element correlates to intelligence and the movement within, essentially our prana. this deep level of intellect is why the elemental air/shani/brihaspati signs are seen in politics, as they know how to relate to others and appeal to society. these natives are highly social, conscientious, and understand the principles they abide by, hence their prevalence in politics. the element of ether is not to be confused with the principality of air. like air, ether is associated with conscientious but it is also the state of pure consciousness itself. ether transcends the physical elements (this is why rahu is said to be capable of air, as when rahu in his dark, illusionary state, he cannot transcend). ether is the witnessing of consciousness. it is the ability to perceive the process of intellect (air) and remain unidentified with it. it is our freedom and the closest to our state of satya. it serves as the freedom from the mind and body. it is detachment from our physical state of determination (fire), intellect (air), thoughts (water), and the sensuality of earth to go beyond our physical karma. as the ether knows detachment is the embodiment of true spiritual knowledge. this is why shani is said to both rule the ether element and be the higher state of rahu, as shani understands the power of going without for the purpose of the greater good.

🌳 both sagittarius and capricorn embody the final installment of the earth and fire rashis. sagittarius is the natural ninth house of higher education, wisdom, and spirituality. capricorn is the natural tenth house of power, ambition, and work. these houses are bridged under the leadership and guiding qualities of surya to create a distinct amount of material and mental wealth. this is why we see uttara ashadha natives feel called to work in areas such as politics, law, and economics, due to their spiritual and societal knowledge. the fall of uttara ashadha lies within the elemental composition of this nakshatra. too much fire leads to exaggerated levels of aggression. too much air causes sterility, dryness, and an ungrounded sense of life. too much earth brings stagnation and clinging. for example, george washington (uttara ashadha chandra) was known for his sex scandals, killings, and perpetuation of slavery. pope saint john xxiii (uttara ashadha chandra) was known for bending the rules in order to be ordained as the pope. jeb bush (uttara ashadha chandra) was known to be associated with high class drug dealers and lawsuits. abraham lincoln (uttara ashadha chandra) was known for his disagreement of slavery, despite being quite racist himself. these men operated in the stagnation, sterility, and energetic dullness that lied within their souls. they embraced the corrosive flames of fire and figuratively burned down what they did not respect. corazon aquino (uttara ashadha chandra) was regarded with high respect for combining traditional femininity with politics and her advocation for human rights and restoration of political power to civilians. aquino* (please see my note below) is an example of uttara ashadhas using their fiery determination to bring equality and justice to people, no matter the cost. they relate to the earthly parallels of society and know in order to gain equality, sacrifices of the self must be made. thus, they are the embodiment of yang.

💥 no matter the morals and principles of uttara ashadhas, we see uttara ashadha men being idolized and followed by the collective. the media is entranced by their yang embodiment and their negative behaviors are frequently ignored for the purpose of remaining idolized. consider uttara ashadha natives like russell crowe, bruce willis, george clooney, and matt damon. they have arose to great fame due to films like “die hard” or “ocean’s eleven”, because men idolize their pingala, tough, solitary, and strong exteriors and often try to imitate their actions. men subconsciously acknowledge the cosmic interplay of the masculine shani (capricorn), brihaspati (sagittarius), and surya, as they idolize the solitary state of the uttara ashadha mongoose: the one who has no yoni consort.

🪴 it is important to understand that capricorn itself is not a masculine sign. it is indeed the most feminine sign of the zodiac, due to it embodying the earthly nature of clinging to the tree as leaves do or grounding to the earth as clay. the over-ruler of capricorn, the planet shani, is often considered to be gender-neutral as the ether element itself transcends gender. shani simply molds the earthly, feminine clays of capricorn into greatness and abundance. examine the abundance of uttara ashadha, shravana, and dhanishta (whom all lie in the capricorn rashi). all of these nakshatras are famed for their looks, auras, and wealth.

* the lovely @/sakkurareadnt on twitter has brought to my attention that while aquino was the first president of the philippines to be a woman, she was not the one to solely change the power civilians have. it was the people of the philippines themselves who organized the revolution. aquino did believe in human rights and did well during her presidency, but the restoration of power to the people was primarily due to the movement of the citizens of philippines. i sincerely apologize for any confusion this may have caused 💗

🐘 fka twigs: uttara ashadha surya

☀️ due to surya being the fiery path within, the element fire is said to connects us to the sense of sight. ayurveda states anything we can see is touched by fire, as we abide in the state of solar satya. the element fire is called “tejas” in sanskrit and it is the third of the pancha mahabhutus (the five great elements). it is the third element because it evolves from the states of ether and air, containing the essence of these elements within it. ether energizes fire with the ability to find space to exist within. air bestows fire with the capacity of prana to burn. it is due to the element air, that fire will never be able to still within us. fire is said to represent the capacity for heat and light. it is the generator of energy in the body, modeling the behavior of how surya is the generator of energy for the entire solar system. it is said that fire is the process of liberating energy from its source.

⭐️ the tanmatra of vision, rupa, is the origin of the purifying fires. rupa means to form or color. the forms and colors of life are a direct result from our perception. rupa serves as the tanmatra, our unmanifested form of perception, light, and vision. fire binds with the sense of vision, as fire provides light for perception. the eyes serve as the channel through which light is digested and perception takes place. think of it this way, you cannot see what is ahead of you, if you simply have no light to illuminate your path. with uttara ashadha women specifically, we tend to see this struggle with male attention. women are naturally quite yin, but the peak pingala energy of uttara ashadha alters the manifestation of these natives. people are confused by these natives’ balanced and equalizing energy and flock to their perceived light like moths to a flame. in many cases, people are also insecure about the uttara ashadha native’s inner elemental balance and will choose to leave them. this is because uttara ashadha illuminates everything within their environment, including the vampiric energies of others.

✨ in the show “euphoria”, cassie (played by an uttara ashadha chandra native sydney sweeney), we see this internal dichotomy around male attention. cassie is described as a sweet and popular person, but has difficulty with navigating relationships. she grew up with an emotionally unavailable and irresponsible father who grew to only care for money. men are entranced by her energy and solely view her as a means of sexual pleasure. boys treat her as this shiny jewel, until she rejects or accepts their sexual advances, then she is viewed as promiscuous. the problem here is men become obsessed with uttara ashadha women, as they are obsessed with uttara ashadha men in film. they seek these natives’ fire and become disappointed when they come to find these natives have emotions and needs like any other person.

🌥 the movie “gone girl” is about a former writer and his glamorous wife amy (played by uttara ashadha chandra rosamund pike). they try to present a portrait of a blissful marriage to the public. when amy goes missing on the couple's fifth wedding anniversary, the writer becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance. the police pressure and media frenzy causes the couple's image of a happy union to crumble, leading to tantalizing questions about who they really are. throughout their relationship, amy tried to be the perfect girl who was the best wife she could be, but she felt she was never good enough. she changed her entire personality to conform to the wants of her husband. in the movie, she states (WARNING: THIS DOES CONTAIN GRAPHIC LANGUAGE): “men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? she’s a cool girl. being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and ***l sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like she’s hosting the world’s biggest culinary **** bang while somehow maintaining a size 2, because cool girls are above all hot. hot and understanding. cool girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. go ahead, sh*t on me, i don’t mind, i’m the cool girl. men actually think this girl exists. maybe they’re fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. for a long time cool girl offended me. i used to see men – friends, coworkers, strangers – giddy over these awful pretender women, and i’d want to sit these men down and calmly say: you are not dating a woman, you are dating a woman who has watched too many movies written by socially awkward men who’d like to believe that this kind of woman exists and might kiss them. i’d want to grab the poor guy by his lapels or messenger bag and say: the b*tch doesn’t really love chili dogs that much – no one loves chili dogs that much! and the cool girls are even more pathetic: they’re not even pretending to be the woman they want to be, they’re pretending to be the woman a man wants them to be. oh, and if you’re not a cool girl, i beg you not to believe that your man doesn’t want the cool girl. it may be a slightly different version – maybe he’s a vegetarian, so cool girl loves seitan and is great with dogs; or maybe he’s a hipster artist, so cool girl is a tattooed, bespectacled nerd who loves comics. there are variations to the window dressing, but believe me, he wants cool girl, who is basically the girl who likes every thing he likes and doesn’t ever complain. (how do you know you’re not cool girl? because he says things like: “i like strong women.” if he says that to you, he will at some point **** someone else. because “i like strong women” is code for “i hate strong women.”)”.

⛅️ men view uttara ashadhas as this immovable and illustrious force of light. they assume they behave as uttara ashadha men do in their violent, “fight club”-esc films. this deep desire often leads to many uttara ashadha natives feeling the need to embrace a lifestyle of hyper-masculinity to compensate for their natural and human emotions. people crave these natives to be the hot, light, dry, rough, and sharp nature of fire itself. the people in these natives’ lives expect for themselves to be the inherent air that is within the nature of fire. after all, it is the element air that provides fire with its mobile quality. although the truest state of uttara ashadha is the subtle fire, their effects are the most prominent. when you approach fire, what do you feel first? the heat of the flames. this is why we associate the element fire with the fires we can see. as fire represents light, heat, luster, energy, understanding, and the power of transformation.

🌤 examine uttara ashadha natives like issa rae in “insecure”, jane levy in “zoey’s extraordinary playlist”, zooey deschanel in “new girl”, or the aforementioned women above. these natives will be repeatedly shunned for their emotional nature and sensitivities because we expect surya to be the silent source of satiability. to see this source of sustenance have feelings and needs, shocks the moth who was once attracted to the flame. the moth realizes that not everything is about their deepest carnal desires.

🐘 nina simone: uttara ashadha chandra

💪🏽 these natives are no stranger to standing up for the injustices of their era. while surya natives do struggle with unwanted expectations and internal dichotomies, this does not discredit the common belief that these natives serve as the celestial father who provides the vital force behind creation and its sustenance. surya natives’ strong will and individuality, coupled with their boldness and ambition, creates a wonderful passion for advocating for what they believe in. think of uttara ashadha native nina simone who was both musically talented and an advocate for civil rights. she used her talents and fame to shed light on a greater cause. simone once stated, “i had spent many years pursuing excellence, because that is what classical music is all about... now it was dedicated to freedom, and that was far more important.”. nicki minaj, another uttara ashadha native, is often regarded as the queen of rap and is known for advocacy for women’s rights and power. in an interview minaj said, “when you’re a girl you have to be everything… you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that, and you have to be nice. it’s like, i can’t be all those things at once. i’m a human being.”. joan jett (an uttara ashadha native) stated: “i figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. at a very young age, i decided i was not going to follow women's rules.”.

🍯 this behavior correlates to one of the ten vishvadevas: kratu. kratu is the deity representative of strength. rishi kratu appeared in two different ages. kratu is one of the seven great sages (the saptarishis). these sages are said to have originated from the consciousness of brahma. kratu is sometimes even believed to have been born from his father's left eye. kratu was married to sannathi and it is believed the couple had sixty thousand children, which are referred to as balakhilyas. the balakhilyas were said to be the size of a thumb and lived alongside the bank of rivers. the balakhilyas were once insulted by deity indra, the king of celestial deities. by the power generated by their penance, they were able to please shiva. in turn, shiva gave him a boon that they would be able to produce a bird who could pull out the cosmic nectar from indra.

🪓 the story goes that prajapati daksha was the head of sacrifice. prajapati daksha held a grudge against rudra or (depending on the story) for his daughter sati marrying shiva against his wishes. prajapati daksha did not send even an invitation to shiva for the sacrifice. sati went to the sacrifice alone and was terribly insulted for marrying shiva by her family. sati then k*lled herself by by jumping into the sacrificial fire. upon hearing the news of sati, lord shiva became madden with rage. shiva pulled out a lock of hair from his head and threw it down, invoking the spirit of veerabhadra (or bhairava) shiva ordered veerabhadra to go with his followers and destroy everybody who attended the sacrifice, including prajapati daksha himself.

⚔️ veerabhadra and shiva’s followers then went and beheaded daksha. they began to punish each and every god who attended the holy sacrifice. they knocked out the teeth of pushan, removed the eyes of bhaga, and severed the two testicles of kratu. soon after, the gods went to shiva and begged for his mercy. shiva said that they should all serve under him as animals for a period of time; only then would they will regain their original status. all of the gods agreed to this. shiva then restored the teeth, eyes, and testicles of the different gods. daksha was also revived by placing the head of a goat on his neck (more on this in a later post). after kratu’s testicles were restored, he married sannati, the daughter of daksha. they were all described as small sages no bigger than the joint of the thumb and said to be chaste and pious.

⚱️ later on, rishi kratu was again born in the vaivasvata manvantara (seventh and current manvantara), due to lord shiva’s boon. in this cyclic period of time, kratu had no family. it is reported that kratu was born from the hand of lord bharma, whereas the other rishis are said to have been born from other parts of the body of brahma. because kratu had no family and no children, he adopted agastya’s son: idhvaaha.

⚒ uttara ashadha natives understand that sacrifices have to be made for the betterment of society, as the many gods were sacrificed by participating in the harmful behavior that caused sati to jump into the deadly fire. specifically, these natives understand the sacrifice of career and monetary stability for this cause. these natives learn to reject traditional associations of femininity and masculinity and learn the essence of all life is an equilibrium of both (symbolic of kratu being castrated, thus having the phallic force being altered). uttara ashadhas act as brahma’s hand in which birthed the deity of strength (kratu), by lending a helping hand to those in need and never forgeting the importance of where they come from. famous singers like nicki minaj, joan jett, and nina simone understood this and frequently put their careers on the line to ensure they were treated with the utmost respect. modeling the sacrificial sati, nina simone sacrificed her career in singing to devote her entire life to advocating for civil rights and joan jett devoted her entire career to breaking gender norms and stereotypes. what people fail to understand is the integrity these women have. whatever surya women choose to do, they will stand by their decision and suffer the consequences. they understand in order to command respect, you must garner accountability. the act of activism arguably runs much deeper than jupitarian women. as kratu was once said to have no family and be alone, surya natives feel the need to guide others as they wish they could have been guided at a young age. these natives choose to adopt the burdens of the collective masses (as kratu with idhvaaha). they struggled with jealousy and male dichotomies and fantasies. they endured years of abandonment, loss, and energetic vampires sucking the light from them. only to shine like the bright stars they truly are, reaching their latter victory and choosing to never leave anyone behind or forgotten.

i highly encourage you to watch the clip below because it perfectly illustrates hows surya-ruled women understand the inadequacies and injustices of this world and decide to use their platform to speak on it:

https://youtu.be/PzGZamtlRP0

🐘 sza: uttara ashadha lagna

🎖the latter victory is quintessential, yet individualistic, to uttara ashadhas. throughout all areas of the life, these natives succeed in unimaginable ways. from sports, modeling, singing to activism and acting, they reach the highest possible success. once these natives have mastered the lessons of the planets shani, brihaspati, and surya, they have to learn from one more deity: yama. recall the foundational essence of yama reoccurring throughout this post, the elephant, bhairavi, and yama’s correlation to mahapudma. it is said that in order to examine the polarity of a nakshatra, you must examine the opposing nakshatra as well. the opposite of uttara ashadha is pushya (and punarvasu). both punarvasu and pushya are considered to be highly auspicious nakshatras. punarvasu is able to encapsulate the transition from destruction (ardra) and nourishment (pushya) with blessings of the motherly aditi and the supervision of brihaspati, but what happens when pushya is also into the darker elements of life?

🎯 both punarvasu and pushya are linked to brihaspati, due to punarvasu being ruled by brihaspati (via vimshottari dasha) and pushya being under the deity rulership of brihaspati. as i discussed on twitter recently, pushya is directly linked to funerals and morticians. the fourth house of cancer is said to be eight houses away from the twelfth house. thus, denoting one finding home, roots, or comfort in times of death or misfortune. the deities associated with shani are yama and prajapati. yama represents death, dharma, and the underworld and prajapati represents rebirth and creation (modeling the transformative themes of punarvasu as well). the deity of pushya, brihaspati, is said to be a sage born from the first great light, as punarvasu’s meaning is said to be “prosperous again” or “return of the light”. brihaspati is said to be the one who drives away darkness. pushya natives embody brihaspati by bringing great healing and comfort to those in terrible times. or they may embody yama and become hyperfixated with the themes of death. recall how angelina jolie (pushya lagna) stated she wanted to be a mortician when she grew up. a famous funeral director, marshall white, is likely a pushya chandra. a convicted m*rderer & mortician, bernie tiede, is a pushya surya.

🪦 uttara ashadhas marry and reflect the saturnian and jupitarian in a differing, but similar, way. throughout this post, dharma has been mentioned frequently. it is difficult to exactly provide a single definition for dharma, as the word has a long history and it’s interpretations vary throughout hinduism, buddhism, sikhism, and jainism. there is actually no equivalent synonym for dharma in english. the root of the word dharma is "dhri", meaning “to support, hold, or bear". dhri is what regulates the course of change by consistently abstaining from change. however, most can agree dharma means the “right way of living" and "path of rightness". this also depends on the context and the meaning of dharma, as it has evolved as ideas of hinduism have evolved through history. in the earliest texts and ancient myths of hinduism, dharma meant cosmic law, the rules that created the universe from chaos and rituals. after time, the meaning became more complex, it is said to designate human behaviors considered necessary for the order of things in the universe; principles that prevent chaos; and behaviors and actions necessary to all life in nature, society, and family.

🔪 whereas, yama is considered to have been the first mortal who died and saw the way to the celestial abodes. due to this, he became the lord of the departed. yama's name can also mean "twin", and in some myths he is paired with a twin sister names yamī. yama is assisted by chitragupta who is assigned with the task of keeping complete records of the actions of human beings on earth. upon the death of humans, yama decides if they shall reincarnate as a superior or inferior organism, depending on their actions on earth (karma). this is why yama is considered to be the lord of justice and is sometimes referred to as dharma, referring to yama’s unwavering dedication to maintaining order and his adherence to harmony.

🏹 like punarvasu and pushya, uttara ashadhas wish to guide others through their path of dharma, as the bow of brihaspati navigates through the winds, but they also struggle with neglecting themselves. they are so giving with their fruitful bounty, they often forget to spend time within. their inclination for guiding, giving, and dying unto oneself often becomes a fixation that eventually leads to burn out and tiredness. this is why uttara ashadha natives must study the nature of yama and learn when to set healthy boundaries. i will not be including the hymn of yama and yamī (the children of the sun god: surya) as to not trigger others with it’s inc*stuous nature, but it is an example of how those with saturnian/jupitarian influences must learn to set boundaries, even with those they love. sza’s (uttara ashadha lagna) “ctrl” album is a perfect example of the potential for vulnerability, imperfectness, and the deep capability of love these natives exhibit. i highly recommend listening to her songs “love galore”, “normal girl”, and “garden”, as they directly reflect the topics i have discussed in this post. learning to set boundaries will be difficult, as many of the times this creates a need to have difficult conversations with those we love. but when we align ourselves under the eyes of surya, we learn it is the key to flourishing into the tree of life.

🐘 sade adu: uttara ashadha surya

🌲 the movie “the tree of life”, stars multiple surya natives (including uttara ashadha chandra brad pitt). the movie tells an impressionistic story of a texan family in the 1950s. the film follows the life journey of the eldest son, jack (played by leo chandra sean penn and an uttara phalguni native and uttara ashadha atmakaraka hunter mccracken), through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (brad pitt). jack finds himself to be a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the true existence of faith.

🪵 the tree of life emblem is a popular, universal symbol that represents differing meanings across all cultures and religions. the symbol does not originate from one specific culture as it has been used all over the world for centuries. the tree of life is said to commonly represent the interconnectedness and intertwining of everything within the universe. it is symbolic of togetherness and serves as a reminder that you are never alone or isolated, but rather that you are connected to all beings in existence. the roots of the tree of life are deeply grounded and spread into the core of earth. by accepting the nourishment from mother earth, the tree’s branches reach up into the sky, accepting energy from the lights of both the surya and chandra. this correlates to the goddess matangi (who is the tantric form of saraswati). saraswati is the mother goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and the arts. one cannot grow solid roots without the foundational knowledge of life and nourishment (saraswati). with a solid foundation in place, the tree of life symbolizes the connection to one’s family and ancestors (ketu). the tree has an intricate network of branches that represent how our lineage grows and expands over time. trees will always find a way to keep growing, through seeds or new saplings, and is lush with greenery, which signifies its ancient fertility. 

🌧 all trees are unique and special. by their branches sprouting at different points and in different directions, they symbolize a person's personal growth into a unique human being as different experiences shape them into who they are destined to be. as time passes, both trees and ourselves gain more unique characteristics, as branches may break off, new ones grow, and as the weather takes its toll. during these alterations and changes, the tree remains steadfast and sturdy. as shani brings about trials and tribulations, people grow and change throughout their lifetime and their unique experiences mold and enhance their individuality. the tree of life loses it’s leaves and appears to be dead during winter, but after this trialing period of winter, new buds appear and fresh leaves unfurl to reveal their emerald-like beauty (matangi). this cyclical nature represents the beginning of a new life and a dawn of anew. in a way, the tree (our souls) is immortal. even though the tree may grow old or slightly wither, it still produces seeds that carry its essence through the figurative winds of prana. as the tree within us may never die, it shall only transform and be reborn.

🌊 at the end of the movie, “the tree of life”, the now adult jack wanders through a wasteland, as yama once died and symbolizes the purgatory state of the wasteland. jack goes through a doorway and finds himself on a beach. there he shares the screen with his father and mother who concedes her son to the higher power. jack realigned himself with his solar power and gleamed in the light of his mother and father, like the tree of life gleams in both the sunlight and moonlight. jack received the blessing of his mother, symbolic of the goddess saraswati, who offered him into the unknown light of yama. the truth is, most of us do not know what truly happens after we step into the final light, thus ending our earthly presence and accepting the unknown of the future. recall from earlier, fire is said to digest sensory impressions (water) and turn them into purposeful thoughts and ideas. as surya is said to calm the waters of the mind (chandra). jack’s alignment from the beach to heavenly light symbolizes he has finally digested and successfully pondered on his actions throughout his existence. he has calmed both the waters and fires within and is granted the true passage to afterlife.

🐘 nicki minaj: uttara ashadha lagna

⛰ it is now the native has returned to the peak pyramids of life. they have reached the zenith of their soul and look down from the symbolic pyramid to see the differing trees of life. they examine the highs and lows, sadness and happiness, and the polarities between chandra and surya. prana enshrouds the pyramid and blows the luscious, warm leaves of the trees around in the autumnal season. it is only the uttara ashadha native that will be left to see how far along they have come. in the beginning, uttara ashadhas were the lonely mongoose who simultaneously felt they belonged to everyone and no one. they tried to embody the personal surya to others and learned the error in their ways. these natives were there to lend a helping hand to others, no matter what that sacrifice entails. they have worn the masks of ketu, travelled as the head elephant leads his group, and now stand before the cosmic fire. the mongoose is no longer sad in his sedentary ways, he is fearless, in the sense his open to all feelings from deep love to intense sorrows. may you uttara ashadhas abide in your satya and may the strength of the vishvadevas guide you further into the unknown.

🐘 aaliyah: uttara ashadha surya

💋 as always, i am open to any constructive criticism! i tried to touch on the deities’ involvement in the appearances, manifestations, and symbolism of uttara ashadha. like the endangered elephant and the elusive mongoose, uttara ashadhas are a rare kind. they embody the true abundance of yang that is secure in their solar nature and path. people will latch on to their brihaspati, shani, and surya qualities, as they understand that these energies guide their environment to follow the behavior of the native (as a male elephant leads his family unit to safety and prosperity). uttara ashadhas are so kind, warm, and giving and you guys truly do not get the love you deserve. boundaries will be very important to these natives, as they are so giving (solar) with their knowledge and wealth (brihaspati), they must learn to set healthy boundaries (shani) to avoid burn out. if you are looking for more information about uttara ashadha, get to know the overrulers and supreme deities of surya, agni (fire god) and shiva (supreme god); brihaspati, indra (king of the gods) and brahma (law giver); and shani, yama (the god of death) and prajapati (the creator). also—and i cannot stress this enough—familiarize yourself with the deities of this nakshatra: the vishvadevas. if any of my placements or information are incorrect please feel free to let me know! also, i am fully aware of the origins of vedic astrology and if i was in anyway disrespectful to hindu culture, i will take down this post immediately. i am incredibly honored to know such lovely vedic astrology enthusiasts. you all mean so much to me xx

**all of these placements were found using astrotheme/.com and/or astro-charts/.com. it is important to note that some chandra (moon) placements may be off by up to 6 degrees and lagnas (risings) as well, due to the fact that many websites do not have 100% accurate birth times for the given celebrities.

**i take absolutely no credit for the invention of vedic astrology-based appearance profiles. please watch claire nakti on youtube or look into @/cn0bles, @/lovejustlied, @/dh4nishta, and @/vanillemercure on twitter for more in-depth analysis on vedic astrology xx

“i’ll tell you what freedom is to me, no fear.” - nina simone (uttara ashadha chandra)

xoxo, angel <3

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Arrowverse OC Masterlist

DC || Gotham || The Batman

Name: Aella Wayne

Story: Homecoming

Fandom: Supergirl

Faceclaim:  Camila Mendes

Love interest: Tim Drake

Summary: When Aella Wayne’s National City boarding school got destroyed during one of Supergirl’s epic battles, she knew that she would have to go back to Gotham for the first time since she was thirteen.  It would mean leaving behind her beloved internship at CatCo, unfortunately, but she’d barely seen her dad since she started school so she was still looking forward to that.  Of course, when she gets home, nothing is as she remembers. There’s a bat themed vigilante with a neon sidekick, her dad has all but adopted a boy her age, and she seems to be the only person to realize that Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake are Batman and Robin.

Name: Akin

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Face claim: Sam Claflin

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Name: Angelina Winters

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Anne Hathaway

Love Interest: Oliver Queen

Name: Annika Webster

Story: Running Home To You

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim:  Danielle Campbell

Love Interest: Barry Allen

Summary: Annika Webster loves Central City, she really did. But at eighteen and fresh out of high school, she needed something different. Something new.  So she grabbed her passport and her camera, and hopped on the next flight to London .  Annika spent the next several years travelling the world and making a name for herself as a photographer and travel journalist, and by 25, she was ready to think about settling down.  So when the next invite rolled in, from Harrison Wells himself, asking her to come to Central City to photograph the grand reveal of his particle accelerator, she’s all too happy to hop on the next plane home.  It was supposed to be just another gig, something she’d done a million times. It wasn’t supposed to end with her waking up from a coma nine months later, laying in a hospital bed next to her once best friend, Barry Allen.

Name: Astra Bishop-Kent

Story: Crushed And Created

Fandom: Titans

Face claim: Nicole Maines

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Name: Bea Kent

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Face claim: Alba Baptista

Love Interest: Jason Todd

Name: Bethany Lance

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Amanda Seyfried

Name: Celia Danvers

Story: I Need A Hero

Fandom: Supergirl

Faceclaim:  Erin Moriarty

Name: Chloe Todd

Story: We Can Burn Brighter (Than The Sun)

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Liana Liberato

Name: Dani Merlyn

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Hailee Steinfeld

Name: Diana Queen

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim: Mackenzie Foy

Name: Emmy Queen

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Meg Donnelly

Love Interest: Jason Todd

Name: Esmerelda Torres

Story: Hall Of Fame

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Emeraude Toubia

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Summary: Esmerelda Torres would like the record to show that it was not being a Titan that had made her special.  Before being Miss Universe, Esmerelda had just been a little girl who believed that she could change the world.  It was the members of the team that made the Titans special, not the other way around.  But she had lost it along the way, they all had.  Sometime after Garth, after Jericho, after the team split up, that spark of eternal hope had faded, leaving behind a young adult, lost and untethered, special only in name.  Until Dick Grayson walked back into her life with a teenage girl in tow, reminding her that at one point she had poured her heart and soul into saving everyone.  Reminding her that at one point, she had been special.  And that she could be again.

Name: Gracie Grant

Story: Daydream Believer

Fandom: Supergirl

Faceclaim:  Meg Donnelly

Name: Greer Collier

Story: Devil Side

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Dove Cameron

Summary: Of course Greer Collier knew who Dick Grayson was, every Gotham native knew the Wayne ward, and as two of the few children brought to galas throughout the city, they’d known each other well, once.  But that was years ago, more than a decade since she’d last seen him, when suddenly Detective Richard Grayson is asking her to grab coffee and answer a couple of questions.  

She’s confident that he hasn’t found anything connecting her to her actions as Hellcat, and she doesn’t think that he’d be all that interested in the supposed glitz and glam of her life, so she’s perfectly fine with simply ignoring the request.  But when Robin suddenly shows up, digging into her nightlife and following her across rooftops, she can’t help but wonder if the vigilante and the detective are following the same thread, and if it might not be worthwhile to hear what Dick Grayson has to say.

Name: Imogen Allen

Story: Untitled

Fandom: The Flash & Legends Of Tomorrow

Faceclaim:  Lyndsy Fonseca

Love Interest: Rip Hunter; potential Rip Hunter x Ray Palmer

Name: Ivy Knight

Story: Faith Forgotten Land

Read it on AO3 HERE | FFnet HERE | Wattpad HERE

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Leighton Meester

Love Interest: James Bishop; Oliver Queen

Summary: Yvette Knight was the epic love of Oliver Queen’s life.  As the daughter of a French heiress and an American media mogul, their families had always had close ties, and the two had been raised side by side. Best friends since infancy, childhood puppy love turned high school sweethearts, everyone expected them to be engaged as soon as they finished college.  It never happened.  Instead, when Ivy returned to America after four years at Oxford, she came back with James Bishop on her arm, and his ring on her finger, and to Oliver Queen in bed with Laurel Lance.  Heartbroken by his ex-girlfriend’s engagement, Oliver was quick to agree to join his father on the Gambit to go to China.  To his death.

Five years later, Oliver Queen is back from the dead, and he hardly recognizes the world he’s returned to.  The one thing he does recognize?  The family’s publicist, the woman who held his family together through his death and now his resurrection, none other than Ivy Knight herself.  Still engaged and still unmarried, a bit older and sadder than she used to be, she’s a dead man’s dream come true.   And Oliver can’t pretend that he’s any less in love with her than he’d ever been.

Name: Kelsey Doyle

Story: Free Falling

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim:  Nina Dobrev

Love Interest: Barry Allen

Summary: Kelsey Doyle wouldn’t necessarily call her life boring – her job at the CCPD made sure of it – but it was ordinary.  Wake up, drink too much coffee, go to work, drink too much coffee, work late, drink too much coffee, go home, and repeat.  The only thing that kept her from losing her mind was her best friend and co-worker, Barry Allen.  It was just another normal day when Barry got back from Starling City, ready to drag she and Iris to STAR Labs to see their new particle accelerator.   It was less normal when she and Barry watched the accelerator go haywire on TV, and even less normal when she got hit by lightning.  And it was anything but normal when Kelsey Doyle died.

Name: Keziah Zatara

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Danielle Rose Russell

Name: Kinsley Kord

Story: Livewire

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Shelley Hennig

Love interest: Dick Grayson

Summary: Kinsley Kord didn’t miss being a Titan.  She didn’t.  She missed her best friends more than anything, and she missed living with them in the tower, but she didn’t miss being the Justice League’s glorified cleanup crew, risking her life on missions deemed below their notice.  And almost ten years after leaving the tower, she was perfectly happy to leave Glitch in the past and focus on her future.  She was happy, really, she was.

And so of course, of every bakery in Gotham, it had to be hers that Dick Grayson wandered into with a teenage girl in his care and assassins on their tail.  And of course he couldn’t have just taken a donut and left, no.  Dick Grayson just had to ask for her help, and Kinsley Kord still couldn’t say no to him.

Name: Logan Becker

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld

Love Interest: Jason Todd

Name: Lucas Merlyn

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim: Matthew Daddario

Name: Malia Constantine

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Sabrina Carpenter & Sarah Michelle Gellar 

Name: Mercy “Echo” Bowen

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Florence Pugh

Love Interest: Oliver Queen

Name: Mia Queen

Story: Green Light

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Crystal Reed

Love Interest: Barry Allen

Summary: When Mia Queen was twelve, her father and brother were lost at least.  Weeks before she turns eighteen, her brother is found alive, and returns home.  Only, nothing is as he remembered.  Moira is distant, married to their father’s CFO and having clandestine meetings with Malcolm Merlyn.  Thea has gone wild, relying on alcohol and drugs to numb the pain of losing Robert and Oliver, shoplifting just to feel something.  And Mia… Mia has gone wild in her own way, sneaking out to the Glades to see her secret boyfriend, getting into fights wherever she could find them, breaking rules just to see if anyone would care enough to stop her.

But with Oliver’s miraculous return, all eyes are on the Queen family.  Between prying reporters and a concerned older brother, a lot of secrets risk being brought to light — secrets that some in the city would kill to keep hidden.

Name: Nia West

Story: Untitled

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim:  Vanessa Morgan

Love Interest: Barry Allen

Name: Nico Wayne

Story: Treacherous

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Dylan O’Brien

Love interest: Teagan O’Neal

Summary: Coming from the richest families in Gotham had perks, and Teagan O’Neal knew it well; after all, that was why she and her best friend Nico had always been untouchable by the law.  Growing up it was all about petty theft, vandalism, and underage drinking, but as they got older, things changed.  Following in his family’s footsteps, Nico took on a life of vigilantism, while Teagan, following a legacy that no one else knew about, went darker.  Their difference in morals had never been a problem in their relationship, even after they started living together.  After all, they respected each other’s boundaries and never crossed paths in the shadowy Gotham underworld.  At least, not before Nico’s former brother, Dick Grayson, showed up, asking for Nico’s help to track down Dinoaea, the Venus Flytrap, Teagan herself.

Name: Noah Altman

Story: Accidental

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim:  Dylan Sprayberry

Love Interest: Parker Allen

Summary: Although they hadn’t lived together since Nora Allen died, the Allen siblings were still as thick as thieves.  From the moment he was old enough, Barry had been taking Parker out every Saturday for sibling bonding, and was as regular a fixture at Altman movie nights as Parker was at West movie nights.  Neither the Altmans nor the Wests had been able to take in both children, instead keeping the best friends — Parker and Noah, and Barry and Iris — together, but the four had formed their own little family back before Barry and Iris had even graduated high school.  So Barry taking Parker and Noah to see the grand reveal of the particle accelerator really shouldn’t have been a big deal.  It was, for all intents and purposes, just another normal night.  Until Parker opens her eyes several months later to find out that her brother and best friend are both still in the same unnatural coma that she just woke up from.

Name: Parker Allen

Story: Accidental

Fandom: The Flash

Faceclaim:  Danielle Rose Russell

Love Interest: Noah Altman

Summary: Although they hadn’t lived together since Nora Allen died, the Allen siblings were still as thick as thieves.  From the moment he was old enough, Barry had been taking Parker out every Saturday for sibling bonding, and was as regular a fixture at Altman movie nights as Parker was at West movie nights.  Neither the Altmans nor the Wests had been able to take in both children, instead keeping the best friends — Parker and Noah, and Barry and Iris — together, but the four had formed their own little family back before Barry and Iris had even graduated high school.  So Barry taking Parker and Noah to see the grand reveal of the particle accelerator really shouldn’t have been a big deal.  It was, for all intents and purposes, just another normal night.  Until Parker opens her eyes several months later to find out that her brother and best friend are both still in the same unnatural coma that she just woke up from.

Name: Rebecca Lance

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim: Kathryn Newton

Love Interest: Thea Queen (& Roy Harper?)

Name: Reggie Lott

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Giorgia Whigham

Name: Remi Alcott

Story: Untitled

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Natalie Alyn Lind

Love Interest: Gar Logan

Name: Rowena Abbott

Story: Abyss

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Emma Dumont

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Summary: According to the police report, Rowena Abbot did kill her father — even if she didn’t remember doing so.  She could remember the moments before, the raised voice and fists, and she could remember the moments after, the blood splattered across the walls, but she couldn’t remember anything in between.  Still, despite the lack of any weapon or recollection, not even an honest self defence plea was enough to keep her out of jail.

Ten years later, older and wiser, more angry and more powerful than she’d ever been before, Rowena Abbott is released, and she only has one thing on her mind: revenge.  And then she meets her parole officer, Detective Dick Grayson, and with him, a teenage girl far too familiar for the stranger she is.

Name: Sarina Strange

Story: Untitled

Faceclaim: Sophie Turner

Love interest: Jason Todd

Name: Teagan O’Neal

Story: Treacherous

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Madelaine Petsch

Love Interest: Nico Wayne

Summary: Coming from the richest families in Gotham had perks, and Teagan O’Neal knew it well; after all, that was why she and her best friend Nico had always been untouchable by the law.  Growing up it was all about petty theft, vandalism, and underage drinking, but as they got older, things changed.  Following in his family’s footsteps, Nico took on a life of vigilantism, while Teagan, following a legacy that no one else knew about, went darker.  Their difference in morals had never been a problem in their relationship, even after they started living together.  After all, they respected each other’s boundaries and never crossed paths in the shadowy Gotham underworld.  At least, not before Nico’s former brother, Dick Grayson, showed up, asking for Nico’s help to track down Dinoaea, the Venus Flytrap, Teagan herself.

Name: Thalassa Zatara

Story: Archaic

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Stella Maeve

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Name: Thalia Lance

Story: Paint It Black

Fandom: Arrow

Faceclaim:  Blake Lively

Love Interest: Oliver Queen & Tommy Merlyn

Name: Vanessa Kline

Story: Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim: Kat McNamara

Love Interest: Dick Grayson

Summary: Growing up in Crime Alley was anything but pleasant, everyone knew that.  For Vanessa Kline, the only silver lining her life had ever had was Jason Todd, her baby brother in all but blood.  From the first time they’d met, when he was nine and she was twelve, he’d been the centre of her life and she’d promised herself that she would do anything to protect him.  But when he was twelve, he got picked up by CPS and taken into foster care, and Vanessa could never find him again.  Only a few weeks later, she was found and taken in by the Gotham City Sirens, and her life finally took a turn for the better.

The years passed, and everything changed.  Vanessa went to art school, left Gotham, became a vigilante.  Songbird, a nickname that her mothers had given her and a tribute to her lost baby brother, she never focused on the big bad villains — that was what Batman and Robin and even the Sirens were for.  No, Songbird looked after the kids, the poor and downtrodden, protecting them like she wished someone had protected her. She occasionally teamed up with Robin, sure, but for the most part, she worked alone.  As long as she didn’t let herself get close to people, she wouldn’t have to lose anyone else.

But when Detective Dick Grayson seeks her out, trying to figure out why the Sirens had gone completely off the radar, Vanessa finds herself thrown into a mystery unlike any she’s faced before.  But this time, she has a partner at her back — a partner that turns out to have a surprising connection to a face from her past.

Name: Waverly Todd

Story: We Can Burn Brighter (Than The Sun)

Fandom: Titans

Faceclaim:  Madison McLaughlin

[because-edmund]

AHHHHHHHHHH I don’t have an editor so if words are messed up I apologize

@the-redheaded-league @agirlinherhead

Warmth (whiskey and wine part two)

She wasn’t at work today.

Instead, Annie Flynn was sitting there, reading some Cosmopolitan magazine. “Hey, sheriff.”

“Annie,” he nodded back, “where’s sho- Daphne?” Did she catch that? Her face didn’t change, and it wasn’t a big deal that he had a nickname for her. A lot of people had nicknames. He kinda had one, if it wasn’t so racist. He just… didn’t want people talking. Making things up in their heads. Even if the assumptions might be true.

“Out sick, seems she caught a nasty cold.”

“Ah.” He tried not to seem disappointed. Or scared, what if she was worse that just a bad cold? She didn’t seem bad yesterday… maybe a bit quieter… he should’ve known. She was never that quiet, never that reserved. He could kick himself.

“You ok there sheriff? Look a little lost…” Annie had her eyebrow raised, and he could tell she was hiding a smirk.

“Yeah I’m fine. I’m gonna drop these papers off then do a check-in around the island, ok? Radio if you need anything.” He barely had heard her response of “10-4” before he rushed out the door. He tried to seem like he wasn’t going to rush over to Daphne’s, which was true, he needed to stop by his house and make a quick soup.

He didn’t know how to cook, he would grab a can of Campbells and hope to god he didn’t seem crazy.

He had figured out where she lived pretty quickly, there weren’t too many options to hide, and the kid put bright colored flowers all over her small porch and painted the whole house up. He would’ve thought she’d stay with her grandparents, but she had once told him she liked her quiet time. He hoped he wouldn’t be invading in on that, maybe she wasn’t even sick, but just tired of him, either way, he couldn’t stop himself from checking in. He was being a good sheriff after all.

He knocked on the freshly painted door twice, with no response, holding the can of soup like it was his only anchor. In a act of desperation, he touched the doorknob, and somehow he ended up walking inside. His brain had shut off completely, and he hated himself for it.

“Daphne?” He called out.

He could hear her sniffling, and a low light coming from a back room. “Hassan?” She called out, weakly.

He was running, he wasn’t even going to pretend like it was him running through her hallway to get to her as fast as he could. “Shortcake?” He called out again, this time a little louder. He turned the corner to her room, she had just a few string lights turned on and she was wrapped in a mountain of fuzzy blankets.

“Aren’t you supposed to be… sheriff-ing? Or something…” she asked, eyes damp and nose red. Hand clutched with a tissue.

“Just had to do my rounds of the island, figured I’d check in on ya,” he kneeled down to her level, and couldn’t stop himself from brushing a bit a of bangs out of the way.

“I don’t feel good,” she mumbled.

“Yeah,” he chuckled, “I can tell. Have you eaten today, doll?”

“Erin made me eat crackers. Sarah said to just drink water and eat light.”

“I brought some soup over, is that ok? Would you like water? Something else?”

She seemed to think for a moment, as she rubbed her eyes, and then coughed into her elbow. Hassan couldn’t help but smile at her, she seemed like a little girl, in need of a nap maybe. She was making him grow soft, after only a few weeks on the island and even less time talking to her, he would do anything to take this cold away. Make her feel good again.

“Can you… can you hold me? If that doesn’t seem gross or anything…” she finally asked.

She, once again, had left him speechless. “Yeah, I can do that, shortcake.” He wasn’t sure if this was remotely ok, she wasn’t in the exact frame of mind to be consenting to this, but she had asked for it. And it wasn’t even a sexual thing anyway. Maybe he was just rationalizing it, but he desperately wanted to touch her gently like this.

He shrugged off his denim jacket, and took off his keys, placed them on her cream colored nightstand with the walkie-talkie. She wiggled her way to the other side of the bed as he took his shoes off. He wouldn’t want to get mud on her pretty floral sheets, totally not because he planned to stay all day.

Finally he went under the covers and the first pang of nervous excitement ran through his heart. Beating faster than he could think. He laid on his side, both of them now looking out the window, which had a great view of the forest. He moved her slightly to wrap one arm underneath her and pulled her back closer to his chest. He wondered if she could feel how anxious he had gotten, how fast his heart was beating. He used his other arm to wrap over and lace his fingers through her hand. She slowly intertwined her bare feet with his socked ones and he now kinda wished he had worn cleaner socks.

He let out a long sigh as he finally relaxed himself. If he had woken up this morning and been told he’d end up spooning Daphne he would’ve laughed. They hadn’t even done the Christian side hug thing he always saw everyone do. They rarely shook hands. Now he’s in her bed, smelling her shampoo that’s seeped into the pillowcase and being warmed by her grandmothers quilt. The whole thing was almost too much. Almost enough to make him want to run away to the mainland and start everything all over again. She terrified him, and he craved more.

“Hassan,” she said.

“Daphne,” he responded.

“Thank you, I’m going to fall asleep now, but if you have to leave I understand…”

He made an “mmm” noise and couldn’t stop himself from nestling his nose into her hair, closing his eyes too. Maybe he would also take a nap. He hadn’t really slept since his wife died. Just enough to keep him sane. This nap would be fully self indulgent, and weirdly cathartic if he was being honest.

And so he fell asleep, holding his new favorite person. And if he was being honest, it was the best damn sleep of his life. He didn’t have any horrible dreams or wake up every 30 minutes. He wasn’t even dreaming at all, just a comforting warm blackness.

When he woke up, 2 hours later, he knew he needed to be heading back to work, but, damn, if he didn’t want to stay forever.

“Hey,” he whispered.

“Hiya,” she whispered back. “When did you wake up?”

“I should be asking you that,” Hassan said with a chuckle. “Just now, probably should make your soup and head out. Make sure the island isn’t on fire and all that…”

She turned around to be facing him, a puppy pout on her lips. “You really can’t stay longer? The island will be fine if it’s on fire, we’re in the ocean.”

“Daphne… you have no idea what you do to me. Take a shower, let me cook for you, alright?” He brushed her messy bangs out of her face again before she nodded in agreement. Hassan struggled to get out of the plush bed, the mattress felt like it sucked him in, when he finally got out he only stayed in the room long enough to help her out too. He escorted her out of her bedroom, and into the bathroom where she weakly smiled before shutting the door.

He had to breathe for a moment, completely in awe at the turn of events today had had. And he was using all his brain power not to imagine her naked in the shower. He had been so good at keeping his “certain” thoughts at bay. He hadn’t even started dating her, he wouldn’t even know if she wanted to date. And he wasn’t the kind of guy to do one night stands, or a casual thing either. He liked her way too much for just that.

He was definitely going to have to take care of his “little” problem later tonight. Despite his best efforts he was imagining her body, and the water droplets that would run down her breasts, or the bare skin of her hip he had seen once when her shirt rode up while stocking shelves. She had such pale skin, so different than his. And she looked so soft. He had calloused hands and rough hair all over himself but Daphne was smooth, no scars and delicate freckles here and there, a constellation of humanity. At some point his body went on autopilot and started cooking, but he couldn’t stop imagining tracing her skin with his rough hands, lower and lower until his fingers were-

He almost burnt the soup. He barely caught it in time, and hoped to god it didn’t taste bad. He heard the bathroom door open and very difficulty tried not to turn around as she walked back to her bedroom. When he heard the bedroom door close he felt he could move again and made her a cup of tea. By the time that was done she was back to him, in a giant pink robe, t shirt and the shortest pajama shorts he had ever seen. She had to be doing that on purpose.

He set her up at her small table, he had even plucked a rose from outside and put it in a little cup for her, “Breakfast a la Crockett! Stay well fed and hydrated, doll, that’s the important part.” Once she was comfortable in her chair he took the one across from it, something so domestic about the whole situation.

“Thank you, sheriff.” She smiled and he could swear he saw the warmth of the sun in her features.

“All in a days work. Gotta protect my island, and especially my work neighbor. Needy you better I can’t go back to just playing solitaire on my laptop all day.” They both laughed at that, and after a moment of silence he got back up, “I do need to be heading out, but you have my number if you need anything.”

“Hassan,” she said. Stopping him from walking to the door.

“Shortcake,” he responded, he didn’t even try to hide the smile on his face.

She got up from her seat, and walked towards him. He didn’t dare move. She simply wrapped her arms around his torso, nestling her head into his chest, he couldn’t help but lean forward and wrap himself down around her too. Hands rubbing small circles on her back. “Thank you,” she whispered, the words extra muffled by his jacket.

“Anytime.”

Then she went on her tip toes, and kissed his jawbone.

She couldn’t even make it to his cheek, but she got to just below the ear, and he nearly shoved her off of him. His blood reacting faster than he wanted her to know. He still managed to grab onto her hand, so she wasn’t fully away. And she didn’t seem offended, by how abrupt he was.

She just looked back up at him, eyes half lidded with affection, his were wide and blown out, he already knew. He wanted to kiss her soft smile before she said, “I’ll try to be back tomorrow.” He traced his thumb on the back of her hand at the words.

“Ok, yeah, I’ll see you then, s-shortcake,” he couldn’t keep his voice steady, and when he let go of her, couldn’t help his hand from touching the spot she kissed. He cracked, his face breaking into a dopey grin as the full weight of what she did hit him. He let a soft chuckle before he left.

She kissed me. She kissed me! he couldn’t stop smiling as he walked around the island.

“Good mood today, sheriff?” Riley Flynn asked.

“You could say that,” he responded.

“Why’s that?” Erin Greene asked, he hadn’t even seen her on the bench next to Riley.

“Saw Bev Keene fall on her way up the stairs. Pretty hilarious,” he lied.

“Sounds like it, “ Erin chuckled before curling herself back against her friend. “Next time record it for us.”

“Will do.”

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in June 2024

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats, and happy Pride Month!! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ The Shadow of Summer - Marlon Yelich 🧡 Of Stardust - (ed) Avrah C. Baren 💛 The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye - Briony Cameron 💚 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 💙 Same Difference - E.J. Copperman 💜 The Pull of the Tide - Various ❤️ The Misadventures of Getting Lainey a Date - Eija Jimenez 🧡 Surface Pressure - Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 💛 Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse 💙 The Fire Within Them - Matthew Ward 💜 One and Done - Frederick Smith 🌈 Digging for Destiny - Jenna Jarvis

❤️ She Who Brought the Storm - Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea 🧡 Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights - James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler 💛 London on My Mind - Clara Alves (translated by Nina Perrotta) 💚 The Deep Dark - Molly Knox Ostertag 💙 Furious - Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos 💜 Gay the Pray Away - Natalie Naudus ❤️ Such A Small World - Jordan Clayden-Lewis 🧡 Make It Count: My Fight to Become the First Transgender Olympic Runner - CeCé Telfer 💛 Cicada Summer - Erica McKeen 💙 We Used to Live Here - Marcus Kliewer 💜 Dandelion - Merlina Garance 🌈 The Curse of the Goddess - C.C. González

❤️ The Schoolmaster - Jessica Tvordi 🧡 Cigarette Lemonade - Connor de Bruler 💛 Coil of Boughs - Penny Moss 💚 Ballad for Jasmine Town - Molly Ringle 💙 Asking for a Friend - Ronnie Riley 💜 Pleasure Principle - Madeleine Cravens ❤️ Perfect Revenge - Jessica Burkhart 🧡 Lockjaw - Matteo L. Cerilli 💛 Markless - C.G. Malburi 💙 Queer Art - Gemma Rolls-Bentley 💜 Morally Straight - Mike De Socio 🌈 Our Bodies Electric - Zackary Vernon

❤️ Love Is All - Various 🧡 Becoming Ted - Matt Cain 💛 Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet - Molly Morris 💚 Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones 💙 Pole Position - Rebecca J. Caffery 💜 Something to be Proud Of - Anna Zoe Quirke ❤️ Hot Hires - Nan Campbell, Alaina Erdell, Jesse J. Thoma 🧡 Lord of the Empty Isles - Jules Arbeaux 💛 Kissing Girls on Shabbat - Sara Glass 💙 When You Smile - Melissa Brayden 💜 We Could Be Heroes - Philip Ellis 🌈 But How Are You, Really - Ella Dawson

❤️ A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence - Jess Everlee 🧡 Take All of Us - Natalie Leif 💛 One Killer Problem - Justine Pucella Winans 💚 Why Are People Into That? - Tina Horn 💙 Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity - Jack Turban 💜 Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow ❤️ Sea of Broken Glass - Jenna Pine 🧡 Rapunzella, Or, Don't Touch My Hair - Ella McLeod 💛 Wolfpitch - Balazs Lorinczi 💙 Looking for a Sign - Susie Dumond 💜 Director's Cut - Carlyn Greenwald 🌈 Wish You Weren't Here - Erin Baldwin

❤️ Act Two - Rochelle Wolf 🧡 Unexploded Remnants - Elaine Gallagher 💛 The Stars Want Blood - Morgan Lawson 💚 Shadows Dark and Deadly - Andrea Marie Johnson 💙 Design of Darkness - R.D. Pires 💜 Two Sides to Every Murder - Danielle Valentine ❤️ Meet Me in the Sky - Jeffrey K. Davenport 🧡 A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell 💛 The Lions' Den - Iris Mwanza 💙 Under the Dragon Moon - Mawce Hanlin 💜 A Sea of Wolves - Sarah Street 🌈 Saints of Storm and Sorrow - Gabriella Buba

❤️ Private Rites - Julia Armfield 🧡 Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous - Mae Marvel 💛 The Stars Too Fondly - Emily Hamilton 💚 Keeping Carmen Ruiz - Alyson Root 💙 Cuckoo - Gretchen Felker-Martin 💜 Heartwaves - Anita Kelly ❤️ Bound to the Wild Fae - Tavia Lark 🧡 Four Squares - Bobby Finger 💛 The Ghost of Us - James L. Sutter 💙 Poison in Their Hearts - Laura Sebastian 💜 Puppy Love - Elle Sprinkle 🌈 Hot Summer - Elle Everhart

❤️ Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen and the Matchmaking Scheme - Mari SanGiovanni 🧡 All Friends Are Necessary - Tomas Moniz 💛 Six of Sorrow - Amanda Linsmeier 💚 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💙 PROUD - Anthology 💜 Little Rot - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Fling - Deja Elise 🧡 Too Many Stars to Count - Frances M. Thompson 💛 Rakesfall - Vajra Chandrasekera 💙 The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao 💜 Freakslaw - Jane Flett 🌈 Please Stop Trying to Leave Me - Alana Saab

❤️ A Sense of Shifting - Coco Romack, Yael Malka 🧡 Moonstorm - Yoon Ha Lee 💛 Now, Conjurers - Freddie Kölsch 💚 Hide No More - Rita Potter 💙 Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland 💜 The Afterlife of Mal Caldera - Nadi Reed Perez ❤️ Her, Him & I - Christian Weissmann 🧡 The Sons of El Rey - Alex Espinoza 💛 Show Me Your Teeth - Amy Marsden 💙 Defeating Demons and Breaking Up With My Boyfriend - Dylan James 💜 For Real - Alexis Hall 🌈 The Clarity of Light - Jade Church

[hallmarkfanatic]

Hallmark Projects

Here are some updates on Hallmark production projects from this month. Like always, all the information/speculation I put in this is based off social media posts from different Hallmark actors/actresses, general social media info and a production website I look at often. Things such air dates, airing networks, co-stars, movie titles, etc, are always subject to change.

Cindy Busby and Chad Michael Murray - The Holiday Train - Filming ��- Only news I’ve been able to find so far is that apparently the child actor who voices Rocky on Paw Patrol will also be in this film based on a social media post by Chad, himself.

Torrey DeVitto - The Christmas Promise -  Filming- Giles Panton tagged her in a selfie of himself on set of the film. Now apparently he confirmed he is not the lead in this movie but will be a supporting character. So if that truly is the case, no word on Torrey’s co-lead.

Janel Parrish and Ryan Pavey - Coyote Creek Christmas - Filming - Not much word on this film other than the basics already listed so far. But they should be about halfway or so through filming. 

Lyndsy Fonseca, Chandler Massey, Eric Freeman and Lea Thompson - Next Stop Christmas - Filming -  Known actress Lea, actor from Katy Keene and 2 past/present soap stars all wrapped up in one Hallmark film! All that is know about this film is that it is filming in Connecticut.

Merritt Patterson and Jon Ecker - Gingerbread Miracle - Filming - They both posted set selfie photos and Merritt posted a photo of just Jon on her social media. Pretty sure it’s safe to say the movie will deal with Gingerbread in some way.

Kristoffer Polaha - Christmas Sail - Filming - While it’s not confirmed, it’s a safe bet to assume he’s one of the leads in this film. He commented on the directors post jokingly asking for details about the movie, director Stacey Harding teasingly responded saying it’s top secret.

Erin Cahill and Wes Brown - The Search for Christmas - Upcoming - All that is known about the film is that it will be filled in Mississippi. Erin shared that info herself on social media. I’m guessing production should be starting with the next few weeks.

Tamera Mowry-Housley -  I Spy Christmas turned The Santa Stakeout - Wrapped -  No word on co-star but from a twitter source I use, Devon Alexander, who appeared as a supporting character in a handful of Hallmark films has a role in the film. So there is a potential of him being the lead.

Ashleigh Murray and Luke James - Christmas in Harmony - Wrapped - Also starring, Tia Streaty and Loretta Devine. From my twitter source, it seems like this film with be music themed. According to a very vague plot description it’s about a women returning home to find her herself and finds love along the way...shocking right? But both leads are new to the network as this will be their first film. 

Luke Mcfarlane and Heather Hemmens - Christmas in my Heart - Wrapped - Based on film description he’ll play a country artist with Hemmens playing a concert violinist. According to the article I saw he will playing a father in this film. It is said to air on HMM channel.  

Current Hallmark Filming/Pairing Rumors: 

Danica McKeller and Benjamin Ayres or Paul Campbell -  You, Me and the Christmas Trees - Wrapped -  Directed by David Winning, a well known Hallmark director. There are 2 possible male leads I’ve been hearing. Based on social media both men were filming something Christmas themed around the same time fame as Danica. It seems more likely to be Benjamin but either way it could very well seem that we will be getting a holiday movie from both guys this year!

Rukiya Bernard and Dewshane Williams - Christmas Time is Here - Filming/Wrapped - While I have yet to hear confirmation that she will starring opposite Dewshane again, according to some on set photos, cast and crew confirmed Rukiya would be the leading lady.

Andrew Walker and  Aimee Teegarden - My Christmas Family Tree - Filming - Currently under the rumor mill as both are are apparently in Vancouver and filming around the same locations according to my twitter source of mine. While it can be safe to assume, there has not been any confirmation yet.

Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hynes - An Unexpected Christmas - Upcoming -  Tyler is currently in Vancouver, he mentioned recently that he was gearing up for a Christmas movie, and Bethany posted on social media about heading to Vancouver for a Hallmark Christmas film. While it could be nothing, this is a another possible and current pairing rumor going around. 

Eloise Mumford - According to my twitter source there is a rumor of Eloise returning for another Hallmark Christmas film this year. Her last was in 2018 and apparently it is suppose to start sometime filming next month sometime. 

Possible Hallmark Projects:  

Susie Abromeit - Much ADO About Christmas - Wrapped - Directed by Michael Damian. Susie starred in A Perfect Christmas with the network along with a supporting character in Snow Bride. Apparently Torrance Coombs also stars in the film, not sure if he is lead or not.

Dillion Casey and Sarah Lind - The Great Christmas Switch - Wrapped - Directed by Ernie Barbarash. He’s directed 3 Hallmark moves in the past, recently Christmas in Rome. Lind is currently starring in the Martha’s Vineyard HMM Series and Casey has only been in 1 pervious Hallmark movie which was A Perfect Christmas where he was the lead guy. 

**Given that it’s Christmas filming season on the network, I know lots of holiday movie titles and stars have been confirmed for Hallmark Christmas 2021 (Lacey, Candance, Alison, etc.) that will probably be starting production in Sept. Like always I plan on digging up what I can find for next months production post, unless the network beats me to it and releases everything first.**

So what are your thoughts on this first big round of holiday news!? See any pairings you’re already excited for? 

[maura-roo]

Favorite Books of the Year

These are not necessarily books that came out this year, just ones that I read in 2021.  There are so many that I loved, I am only going to put down my tippy-top favorites, of all genres, only in order of when I read them.

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (I read it twice this year)

Mother’s Milk and I Gave Her a Name by Rachel Hunt Steenblik

I haven’t included rereads, or books in series that I haven’t finished yet.

Honorable Mentions:

These are the books I kept seesawing about whether to include in my favorites list, and then just decided that if I was wavering, they didn’t make the cut. I have to draw the line somewhere. They were really close, though, and so lovely that I couldn’t NOT mention them. Ya know?  

 The Art of Tangled by Jeff Kurtti, John Lasseter, et al. (If anybody knows how I can get prints of Claire Keane’s Rapunzel artwork, please tell me immediately).

Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Art Matters by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry 

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Nottingham and Lionhearts by Nathan Makaryk 

Favorite Literary Experiences of the Year:

1.      Listening to the Sandman comics on Audible. These are still coming out, so they don’t make the best of 2021, but it’s been like listening to an old timey radio show with a phenomenal cast, sound effects, and a storyline that absorbs you. It is right on the line of being too much for me content-wise, but I love it too much to give it up. I just squirm a lot, and can’t listen to it at night.

2.      Going to the Library of Congress. Holy Hera, talk about bibliophile heaven. A lot of this building was restricted, but what is available is incredible. I spent an hour just reading all the quotes on the ceilings. I also befriended a security guard who let me see the children’s section, which was one of the rooms that wasn’t open to visitors. It was magical.

3.       Going to the New York Public Library. Again, magical. This was another incredible building, but what was really special was the treasure room. It contained P.L. Travers’ parrot umbrella, Charles Dickens’ writing desk, Christopher Robin Milne’s stuffed animals, handwritten drafts of many famous books, several first editions of classics, original illustrations by Arthur Rackham, and so on and so forth. I asked the official-in-charge person if I could hug Winnie the Pooh, but was emphatically denied, more’s the pity.

I may’ve gone a bit overboard with this, but I really like having this kind of thing for my own reference, and this is way better than the little notepad on my phone that I’ve been using for the past few years. If anybody is actually reading this and wants my reviews for any of these books, they are on my Goodreads profile. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/9620538-maura 

The end.