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arthurwindsorsr · 4 years ago

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nicole & arthur relationship task !

Is there so much hate for the ones we love? Tell me, we both matter, don't we?

𝐈 — arthur finds a jewel among scholars

he really thought she’d be in his life for a moment. just some future duchess, only there for a quick and fun visit. there were so many of them, and he had never been very interested in norfolk, the duchy of sheep and cows. his expectations for nicole were low. but much like everyone around nicole, he became mesmerized. people like nicole were hard to come by and in his eyes she was exceptional. she’d talk and he’d lose sense of time. nicole was entertaining. he ended up looking forward to her parties, despite once promising to himself that he wouldn’t be a person who sought other people. his self-image certainly took a hit, especially because of their 10-year-age gap. he couldn’t really believe that he cared for her opinion.

𝐈𝐈 — eysham hall disappears from his mind alongside nicole

all good things come to an end. nicole was exciting and interesting for roughly two years. then the invitations to oxford began slipping from his mind. he had been there a million times, there was nothing to see, nothing to talk about. most of the times he remembered to decline the invitations but sometimes he simply didn’t tell her whether he’d show up or not.

𝐈𝐈𝐈 — arthur makes a deal

if he only had lost all interest in nicole ! it would have saved him a lot of trouble. when nicole called him and demanded he listen her, he never expected to hear that she was pregnant. the possibility of it ever happening had never crossed his mind. so he got her to make a deal: his name would stay out of her mouth and he’d stay out of natalia’s life. he knew nicole would take the deal — she knew too much about him to have silly dreams. both of them knew he wouldn’t just do the right thing and marry her. her compliance made a big difference, it was what made him keep her number. her calm reaction made him want to call her and check up on her. occasionally he even missed their late mornings together. without nicole, he didn’t quite have anyone to talk to. only after she wasn’t a constant presence in his life, he realized that he was bad at keeping himself together.

𝐈𝐕 — staying away is proven to be surprisingly difficult

it’s not jealousy. it’s not ! he would be never be jealous ! especially not of someone like cecil armistead. god no. but the husband’s presence irritated arthur to no end. which was why arthur began calling nicole away from eynsham. he had the worst excuses but nicole still showed up. it was what mattered. at first he expected her to fall for his charm once more but it never happened. she had certainly learnt to know him and his tricks by then, it shouldn’t have surprised him. her disinterest in committing an adultery was perhaps what cleansed their relationship. for the first time in a long time, it felt like nicole there was for him. not for some cheap fun or for his favours. and when she began speaking and opening, he realized that he had never had anyone confide in him. he never thought he could dislike a person without meeting them but chantal de marquis proved him wrong. he began blindly hating her for nicole’s sake.

𝐕 — apparently, words can be more painful than knives

cecil made the mistake of accompanying nicole to london one time. exhaustingly boring cecil. it was sunday morning and arthur opened his mouth — he said all the things he had ever thought about cecil right to nicole’s face. a fight erupted. what started as “ constructive criticism “ ended in the most horrendous personal insults. he would have burned with fire for weeks to come if not the last thing out of nicole’s mouth would have been an accusation. how easily he had used her and then forgotten her ! they would have not been friends if nicole hadn’t forgiven him. it was the undeniable truth. it made arthur feel hollow and cold, and he didn’t force nicole to stay when she stormed out of the palace.

𝐕𝐈 — arthur learns that nicole has no soft spots

like a scared child, arthur let nicole be. he didn’t have the capability to fix what he had broken. time healed everything ? he wanted to believe that. time or... revenge. nicole and natalia’s faces on the covers of every magazine published that day... arthur knew what nicole had done. three months went by before he asked if natalia could visit and spend some time with him and art. six months went by before nicole, despite living in london some miles away from the palace, was asked to stay for tea.

𝐕𝐈𝐈 — forged steel is stronger than cast

there were no more issues to talk about. everything had been laid on the table. nicole became the most frequent visitor of the palace, and wherever arthur showed up, nicole was two steps behind him. what arthur loved about nicole was that she never became condescending. arthur knew, arthur was very aware of his limits. the only reason he survived the world of politics wasn’t skill or wits — it was just experience. there weren’t many new tricks you could come up with, and arthur had seen almost every one of them. he avoided the worst catastrophes by knowing what people had done and what they could do. nicole never made him feel inadequate. she was smarter than him, he was aware of it, but she never implied so. she never asked him rude rhetoric questions. she just helped. she told him things would be alright. she gave him solutions when he couldn’t think of any. nicole became a support beam that he could put his whole weight on.

You don't want to hurt me, But see how deep the bullet lies. Unaware I'm tearing you asunder. Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.

i want to say that at the end of the day, with a clear head, arthur would have forgotten about implicating nicole and natalia. the hate he felt, it would have disappeared with time. the desperation that dug up every imaginable feeling of resentment, envy, and hatred. eventually, he would have seen nicole’s decision as something else than an act of betrayal. nicole who had been by his side for quarter of a century. nicole who had been there for him at every turn. nicole who had done terrible things to help him. nicole who had been the only one who had stuck after his exile. nicole who held his brain on her palm. nicole whose laugh was the only sound he could remember from his younger days. nicole who could remember his stories so well that she actually corrected him when he made a mistake. their last fight would have ended up being like any other of their fights. it was always just him and nicole.

#one last thing before i drop him <3 #it was a brilliant few 4? 5? months #hshqtask023

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the-starfish-story · 3 years ago

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My first TV-Commercial work ☑️

Currently out on Channel 5 & Channel 8 too!

30 seconds of 3 'oner' and we managed to build a set of 2-halves apartment from the ground up in @studiorecreate , directing this project is not an easy feat as a Director-writer.

Featuring Cast : @awansauce @thedariustan @lyzpopz @kimberleykiew @adeline_yee @alfredong_yj , Shelia Anne Koh & Ayden Sim, as well as @itsroshtothegbaby & @ferrisyao

Production House : @tristeps_studios

Executive Producer : @henrychua

Line Producer : @usagi_arashi

AD : @eysham

DOP : @terencesia

CA : @_syakr

DIT : @laishujun

Gaffer : @at.hw

Grips : @dchoyy @don_deakins @nightslikethese

Production Designer : @javeust_photos

Art Team : @_riikalynn , Angela Tan, Priscilla Lim

Sound : @jonnynaise

HMU : @ally.sbeauty

Wardrobe Stylist: @jaya.khidir

Wardrobe Assist : Justin Neo

Production Assist : Sim Shelia

I am thankful to have a production team to pull off this project together and Tristeps Studios being so supportive of my vision.

A big kudos to the talents for staying as consistent with their actions and lines over an average of 20 takes on set, coming from our script reads and rehearsals. Really am appreciative of the trust that the team over at Steigen have in us and our works.

Cheers to more exciting projects ahead! 🥂

#steigensg #steigensingapore

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