#gemma lore

[gemmahale]

twenty questions for fic writers!

tagged by @391780 (Love you bunches, Early!)

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

One. The Price of Pegging

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

3,825

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (mostly reboot but I sprinkle in canon from the originals when I feel like it - mostly Roach) Pedro Pascal Characters, but most of those are on pause at this point.

4. top five fics by kudos

I only have the one. 😅 It gets both first and last place.

5. do you respond to comments?

I do my best to! Sometimes I get overwhelmed and forget because I'm human and will respond much later.

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably Brix or Flowers from My Love will have the angstiest ending.

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Call of the Wild I think will be the happiest.

8. do you get hate on fics?

I haven't really gotten any sort of hate of any sort. (knock on wood it stays this way.) Probably because I have one piece fully published lol. I think I make up more hate for myself than actually exists.

9. do you write smut?

Yes. I have multiple universes written explicitly for smutty reasons that plot.

10. craziest crossover:

...I haven't done a crossover. 😅 Yet.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet, but I'm open to discussing it!

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes-ish? @eilidh-eternal and I are playing around in our own little world together, @pfhwrittes and I have a little world and a few fics they're my key brain worm detangler, and I'm always open to batting around ideas.

14. all time favorite ship?

I'm actually really struggling with this one - ask me later.

15. what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I intend to finish all of them, eventually. I don't like doubting myself.

16. what are your writing strengths?

I'm really good at sassy character dialogue.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

I feel I struggle with pacing and deciding when to make people move and how to do it. I've also noticed my sentences tend to be very repetitive in terms of rhythm/structure.

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language?

Depends on how it's used and if translation is provided. It bothers me somewhat with Spanish since I'm semi-fluent (I'm rusty, but I was fluent for a number of years) and things are wrong. I try to either keep a definition next to the other language or use Early's strike-through method (which I think is really nifty).

19. first fandom you wrote in?

Hogan's Heroes. No you probably will never see it.

20. favorite fic you've written?

Feylands. Hands down. Followed swiftly by The Contract.

No pressure tags to friends: @gnpwdrnwhiskey, @swordsandholly, @sentientcave, @femalefemur, @maggiemayhemnj 💚💚

[gemmahale]

I remember evacuating during wildfires in California in the early 2000's (03 and 07, if I remember right.) I was in elementary school/middle school.

No way in hell could I have focused on my school work. We had workbooks we could do, but like hell were we doing them. We were watching the news watching the fires expand. My mom was calling the house intermittently - thought being that if the answering machine still answered, the phone line connected to the house hadn't burned.

My dad came home from work shutting off water and gas lines (he worked for the water company) at burned out houses smelling of smoke and ash and I remember sobbing into his chest that I was going to lose him. (And my LEGO's, but I was a kiddo okay?)

The kiddos shouldn't have to try to focus on school right now.

"If they can't access the internet they can be excused."

...I'm sorry WHAT?

The advent of online education was revolutionary, but in no way should it continue while there is an active emergency going on. There's enough worry in their little hearts. Fuck's sake.

This is so fucking dystopian.

Yesterday afternoon a fire started in Teller County, Colorado. It started in a forested neighborhood and was pushed hard by the winds from an incoming winter storm. People did not have time to gather anything for evacuation, they just had to get in their cars and GO. Hundreds of people had to evacuate.

The fire grew to 90 acres over the next few hours, and 100 acres overnight. The storm isn't there yet. The winds are still blowing. At least one home has been lost, and I believe someone was injured. Police are escorting people into the evacuation zones to get critical medications that were left behind because that's how little warning they had that they needed to go.

This is the EXACT scenario that happened with the Marshall Fire a few years ago that burned down a huge chunk of Superior, Colorado and surrounding areas, a fire where two people died and hundreds of homes were lost. A fire started before a winter storm, and it got pushed hard until it was out of control. That memory is FRESH. The burn scars are still everywhere up there, only a couple hours away from this current fire.

But the kids still have to go to school.

The kids still have to login to their online school systems and do their assignments like they didn't spend the night wondering if everything they owned was burning. If their friends and family were safe. If their pets were safe.

I just. I don't have words for how fucking much this pisses me off. It doesn't matter if their parents CAN excuse them. It matters that they even have to. Just. Fuck this. Fuck everything about our systems that led to this moment.

[fearxtoxfreedom]

so if i make an honor of kings blog- ps. play hok & ill add you & we can play together okay bye.

[charmfamily]

The Charm Family: Remastered

The Charm family has produced generations of distinguished Spellcasters, as Minerva often reminds her children. Gemma resents her family's high expectations even though she secretly wants to make them proud. Damien is an aspiring duelist and just got engaged to Emilia, who has a lot to live up to.

[edgydadster]

What is the character’s go-to drink order?

Do they have any scars or tattoos?

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances?

What objects do they always carry around with them?

(For ur oc Cy :D)

He usually'll order a Pepsi or Wine while out dining. Oh. Why wine? Red wine? Because I can't help but do the sexy devil vampire thing c'mon he's a demon okay.... It fits him...

Yes!! Both!!! He DOES have tattoos but I don't know what he has... I've always imagined him with tattoos but I can't describe exactly what they are. I personally really want tattoos so he has them, whatever they may be<3

As for scars? I quickly doodled this with my finger:

The black part is a HUGE scar. The rest are all small-ish. He gets himself hurt a lot lol

PROBABLY LIKE TWO MINUTES AGO?? Lmao jk. (I didn't btw don't get worried I'm just poking fun at myself) Cyrus doesn't really cry all too much. It's not that he's not sad, it's just he'll usually just deal with sadness by staring. He'll go into an empty room and just sit. He doesn't like crying around people and just learned how to, like, not.

He always carries a pocketknife, a lighter, and a coin. The first two to feel safe despite... y'know being a demon. He just prefers to keep something sharp y'know. And the last one is his fidget toy! He likes flipping his little shiny doodad. And really loves shiny things. He's like a crow. Probably if you were friends with him he'd carry a piece of aluminum foil in his mouth to you and drop it at your feet as a present. fumking anamal......

[krukora]

Technology

Krukora is in the midst of a semi-medieval time period, so Krukoran technology is not very advanced. Most Krukorans are uneducated and will never attend an educational institution in their life. However, because a small percentage of Krukorans have the ability to use magic, advancements have been made past that of medieval Europe, for example. As a result of this, Krukorans have access to some luxuries such as electricity, steam locomotives, and photography. Magic has allowed Krukorans to progress technologically far beyond what they would have been able to otherwise. A notable exception exists to this blanket statement on the state of technology in Krukora, her name is Gemma, she’s an opossum living in the rural, semi-isolated village of Aramoor in the nation of Biskir. She has made numerous significant scientific discoveries over the course of her work, which mostly involves creating whatever useful or amusing devices come to her mind. Due to Gemma’s reclusive nature, though, she has yet to share these innovations with the rest of the world, nor does she really see the need to. Some of her inventions include rudimentary prototypes of motorized vehicles, as well as propulsive flying devices similar to jetpacks, and perhaps most notably, an anthropomorphic robotic laboratory assistant named Wolfram who, for all intents and purposes, seems capable of independent thought in addition to containing vast knowledge on almost every imaginable science or area of study known to Krukora.

[gemmahale]

Kallen was US Navy EOD and has hearing damage from it. Not enough to warrant a hearing aid, but he misses me saying things sometimes and has to turn headphones up to hear music (louder than me anyway).

He struggles with tinnitus more than being HoH. We sometimes use sign to talk to each other, especially when we’re just within “need to yell” and “too far to normally talk” distance.

Pretty sure there’s jokes with his vet friends about the injuries they’ve sustained - and while it leans on the “darker” side, it’s coping for them (and complaints about the VA. Lots of complaints about the VA.)

…sorry I went off tangent Tori, your story about your friend made me think of how we’ve adapted to his hearing challenges.

This a random question about your thoughts on something regarding Soap. He’s an explosives expert. Like a lot of people in the service, not all of them, he’d have hearing damage of some kind. Might be minor like a permanent ringing in his ear to fill hearing loss. A lot of fans like to draw and write him with a hearing aid later in life when he retires. What are your thoughts on it? Like would it be an interesting challenge if you wanted to write it in. Do you think the guys might playfully mess with him (I have a Vietnam marine veteran whose hearing aid has blue tooth in it)? Just your personal take on it in general. And with anything I send, please don’t feel the need to answer if you don’t want to.

there's no way all of these guys wouldn't have hearing aids period.

also, fun fact, i have a friend who was EOD. he got caught in an explosion, it rattled his brain and lives off of 100% disability. he has a hard time hearing me sometimes. like i'm in his EAR and doesn't catch what i say.

johnny would be a good sport about it, but they do keep the teasing to a minimum. he sacrificed his body for the greater good, just like they all did, so it's very light banter.

bluetooth in a hearing aid is fucking wild!!!

[elefsina]

TRADITIONAL WITCHCRAFT…

…with its many and various branches, is a Craft born largely from the very landscape in which it is practiced. There exist common threads that run throughout the various recensions of the ‘Elder Faith’, but the precise traditions, ways and practices of the ‘Old Craft’ will always differ and be flavoured by the preserved folk beliefs, traditions, customs, lore, historical magical rites, charms and impedimenta of the region in which its practice is rooted. Traditional witchcraft is regional witchcraft, it is not and never has been a standardised practice and long may this continue to be the case. The day witchcraft loses regional variation is the day traditional witchcraft ceases to exist.

Traditional Witchcraft, Gemma Gary (2008)

[adelarsims]

Embers Academy Spellcasting Tournament: Spells (Group 4)

rules:

students need to learn 2 spells from each magic school. for finishing spells on the first hour, they get 20 points (separately for each school). for finishing on the second hour, 12 points. the third hour will bring 8 points, and the fourth hour 4 point. further than four hours is 0. the task is to learn two spells, so learning only one is considered failing the assignment, and it will only bring you 2 sad pity points

there's an additional practical task of creating 3 dishes with grand delicioso spell. score for this part is the sum of dishes' prices (spoiled dish gives 0, excellent quality dish gives x2 to the price) divided by 20

just as in the potions challenge, their autonomy is off, but if someone decides to stop learning for whatever reason and do something else, i will let them finish whatever they decided to do before returning them back to the task

group 4: Walpurgis Valborg, Alessio Skint, Raelyn Luna, Daliah Noir, Dax Sommer, Cassie Bautista, Gemma Charm, Aurelius Borealis

walpurgis babe you're in the wrong classroom... she started an hour later than everyone, however, she did amazingly

cassie got an exemption from spell learning because she knew all spells already, and there's no way to un-learn them. sorry, cassie. you're too good for us.

raelyn did great, maybe a little too great, and now we need an exorcist in this classroom please

alessio keeps being not very successful in learning, but very entertaining. they say consistency is a sign of mastery, you know

daliah didn't get a very good score in class, but is about to score a good spellcaster. darrel charm crushed on her at first glance

oh god, gemma leaned spells with average success, which is not as good as she thought she'd do, given her bloodline and the pressure from her family

dax also didn't have a very high score, but it's consistent with their lore of just a small guy with a bit of magic in them, so i actually love it

poor grandpa wanted to learn household spells that would make his life easier, guess which spells he didn't learn? yeah. however, maybe with that necromancy spell that he did learn by mistake he can get some help around the house?

@simsinfinitylt @jaigny @igotsnothing @ethicaltreatmentofcowplants @knightofwounds @agena87 @thebramblewood @kari-sims

[starrysaturdays]

28th july fic rec!

another month, another fic rec

Fragments of Us (94K) by ifiwasabluebird

When Harry's lost cell phone falls into the hands of a mysterious stranger, his life is thrown into chaos. As the stranger begins to infiltrate every aspect of his life, Harry's relationship with Louis is put on the line. With each threatening message, Harry realises that it's not just his privacy at stake, but his very life.

Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Harry must race against time to uncover the stalker's identity and stop them before it's too late.

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Late Night Talking (53K) by kingsofeverything | @kingsofeverything

Louis Tomlinson has a new album coming out and a second world tour on the horizon. Promo season gets underway with a stop at Late Night Talking, the late night show hosted by Harry Styles, and Harry Styles just happens to be the man who blew a chance to date Louis a decade ago.

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Rewriting the Melody (26K) by LadyAJ_13 | @ladyaj-13

Louis doesn’t get put in One Direction. This time, the path to true love takes the long way round, including singing in toilet cubicles, fruit baskets, and long distance band counselling from someone who really doesn’t know what he’s doing, he just wants to keep talking to Harry.

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Heart Eyes (10K) by Snowy38

He fidgeted nervously, long fingers pushed through his soft fringe, fingertips lingering on the thick curls that he felt formed there. He hoped his hair looked okay. He hoped he looked okay.

He hoped-

“Oi oi!” Niall’s loud, Irish voice cut into the small space along with the loud chatter of the party; the door assumingly opened. He swallowed.

“Fuck off!” A northern accent complained; the sound of bodies wrestling before it went quiet again; the clunk of the lock confirming to him that his suitor was now locked inside.

Harry knew the voice. He knew. And if he hadn’t known the voice, he would have known the smoky, sweet scent of the boy before him. Seventeen years old, friends since they were eight, and they’d never been pushed into the kissing cupboard together before.

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Lend Me Your Hand (63K) by QuickedWeen | @becomeawendybird

Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable. They're just another way for people of a lower class to scam their way into marrying above their station.

Lord Louis Tomlinson, Viscount Loring, on the other hand, has always believed that he will find his soulmate one day. Despite preparing for a match his whole life, he is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Gemma Styles' younger brother.

Harry Styles has been traveling and away from society for over a year. Coming back, he intends to spend time with his sister, and slowly reacquaint himself with life in town. He doesn't need to wait around for a soulmark to determine how his life will play out.

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Where Life Changed Us (22K) by ExiledQueenCatalog

Omega Harry has a rare genetic disorder where he has no sense of smell. This has lots of odd effects such as him not being able to smell his own scent but most brutally, not being able to scent the way his inner omega desires. It also leaves him as a sort of odd-ball to the community, leaving him becoming touch starved as no one wants the omega who can’t scent. Until finally, he meets the right alpha.

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No One Does It Better (49K) by nodibs

Harry's an alcoholic and Louis is a bartender. The first time they meet isn't the first time they've met.

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what must it be like to grow up that beautiful (8K) by angelsueavenue

Friends to lovers AU where Louis helps Harry grow into his role as a sub.

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The Checkout (12K) by SilverStuff50 | @silverstuff50

Omega Harry is a bit obsessed with one of the workers at the small supermarket around the corner from his flat. The problem is, it's the place where Harry goes for last minute items and emergencies, so the Alpha (Louis) always sees him buy embarrassing things.

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Standing On the Edge of Falling (5K) by therogueskimo | @bravetemptation

It’s Harry’s first security gig, and somehow, he landed Glastonbury. Unfortunately, he’s been tasked with telling a very gorgeous man that he can’t stream the football match. Things go … much better than expected.

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Here Where Life Beats (42K) by MarWritesStuff (Ta_Ma) | @marwritesstuff

Harry is a single mum who moves to London for a new job and fears that the move might be affecting his four-year-old pup too much. But when Noah starts at his new school, they meet Louis Tomlinson. A sweet alpha who seems to be almost too perfect to be real.

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Fuck You Better, Baby (12K) by larry_hiatus | @larry-hiatus

When Harry is spotted at a bar with a mystery girl, Louis is determined to prove that he’s the only one who knows what Harry really needs. He’s in for a surprise, however, when Harry shows him which of them is actually the needy one…

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You Fit Me Better Than My Favorite Sweater (I Will Love You 'Til the End of Time) (31K) by 1Diamondinthesun | @1diamondinthesun

The first person Harry sees through the viewfinder of a camera is Louis Tomlinson.

Snapshots from a decade of Harry and Louis’ life as told through a collection of cameras, milestones and 90s references.

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ti dedico le autostrade che portano al mare (i dedicate to you the highways that bring you to the sea) (87K) by me_her_themoon | @greeneyesfriedrice

“Simon, please. I need a break.” Louis speaks softly into the phone. "I’ve been working constantly for the past 4 years,” His voice strains.

“I suppose you’ve earned it.” Simon reluctantly sighs.

(Louis goes on hiatus for six months to a small coastal town in Italy where he doesn't expect to fall in love with the charming baker)

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Look To The Sky (82K) by babyhoneyhslt | @babyhoneyheslt

On the 28th January 2019, British Airways flight BA289 took off from Chile at 10:04am. The fight was due to land in London Heathrow Airport at 12:44am.

The flight was flown by experienced Captain Louis Tomlinson, accompanied by the first officer Oli Wright.

Around five hours into the flight, BA289 disappeared from air traffic controls radar, and did not arrive in Heathrow at the estimated time.

Search crews are currently looking for any signs of wreckage, but the question stands, what happened to flight BA289?

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Say You'll Remember (93K) by whisperdlullaby

louis and harry are best mates that are only half aware that they're also soulmates. alternatively, louis goes to university and harry travels the world, and they always manage to find their way back to each other.

takes place over nine years, in which they love and hurt, make mistakes and learn, and above all, grow.

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Face Your Fears (92K) by SadaVeniren | @sadaveniren

Harry is a single father, pretending to be a beta after his alpha mated him and left him. He’s getting by just fine raising the twins when Louis walks into his bakery. Too bad him and Louis will never be a thing.

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When the Lights Go Out (79K) by thelarenttrap | @antidotetogo

“Louis, what do you have to say about how last week ended?” the reporter asks. There’s a moment of silence. Harry is looking at the reporter, but eventually gives in and looks down the table at Louis. He’s looking straight ahead, as if Harry isn’t even in the room. “If you can’t take the heat, then get out of the kitchen.” Harry leans forwards, placing his arms on the table and leaning onto them to get as close to his microphone as he can while looking at Louis. “And what’s that supposed to mean?” Louis turns to him, his icy blue eyes meeting Harry's. “Driving is your fuckin’ job, act like it.”

In its near eighty years of existence, Formula 1 has never had an out gay driver. In 2017, Harry Styles signs a contract with Scuderia AlphaTauri alongside his childhood friend and competitor, Louis Tomlinson. The next decade of their careers is some of the most tumultuous press--on and off the track--Formula 1 has ever seen.

aka the one where Louis and Harry are childhood friends to enemies to lovers over the course of 15 ish years.

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some statistics and a croissant for you if you got this far 🥐

this month ive read a total of 61 fics with a total word count of 1,971,727 (which is exactly 28% more than june hehe)

see you next month xo

[thelarriefics]

GEORGIAN FIC REC: Below you'll find fics that take place between 1714-1830s aka the Georgian Period of England plus other settings around that time.

📖 Lightning Strikes The Heart by @fournipplesau & @justalarryblog (130k)

Shrewsbury, 1814 Dearest reader, I present to you your new bulletin of news regarding Shrewsbury citizen's activities. My name is Lady Merriweather and I will be in charge of the updates. I will make sure you are to know all the important details of what is to happen this season. You must know that you do not know who I am and you never shall. But be forewarned; I certainly do know you. I advise you to be on your best behaviour, lest you want the whole town to be privy of your business.

📖 Come My Love Again by @softfonds (110k)

Harry Styles is handsome, clever, and rich. At least that’s what his friends say of him. He also thinks of himself as a matchmaker in Highbury, pairing people together when he finds the time. But when the arrival of a certain gentleman flips Harry’s world on its head, he starts to question everything that was once all too familiar to him, including his relationship with his good friend, Mr. Tomlinson. An Emma AU.

📖 For You, I will Fall by @larryislove (81k)

Louis is a cruel and unforgiving pirate who hunts mermaids and kills men who owe him money. He takes what he pleases and doesn't care who he leaves burning behind him. Harry is a boy who is on the run and takes a wrong turn right onto the ruthless pirate's ships, It is clear from the start Harry doesn't belong in this cruel new world, but like everything in life, the path you follow stops and everything changes. Two unlikely souls find each other.

📖 Ace of Spades by @allwaswell16 (78k)

Living as a sheltered omega in a farming village has not prepared Harry for life aboard the most notorious pirate ship to sail the Atlantic. Or Louis is a pirate, Harry is his captive, and no one is who they say they are.

📖 Si Pudiera Volar by @softfonds (69k)

When Harry’s fiancé leaves him for his cousin, he looks the other way for the sake of his happiness. He’ll do anything to forget about him, including joining a monastery. It isn’t until his cousin’s former lover, a pirate, appears that he realizes everything is not as it appears, and an honest pirate might be the only person worthy of his heart. Or, a fic loosely based on Corazón Salvaje.

📖 Lend Me Your Hand by @becomeawendybird (63k)

Society has long since decided that the soulmarks everyone is born with are entirely unfashionable. They're just another way for people of a lower class to scam their way into marrying above their station. Lord Louis Tomlinson, Viscount Loring, on the other hand, has always believed that he will find his soulmate one day. Despite preparing for a match his whole life, he is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Gemma Styles' younger brother. Harry Styles has been traveling and away from society for over a year. Coming back, he intends to spend time with his sister, and slowly reacquaint himself with life in town. He doesn't need to wait around for a soulmark to determine how his life will play out.

📖 The Earl and His Duke by @becomeawendybird (52k)

Lord Tomlinson, the elusive Duke of Leeds, has suddenly emerged in London for the first time in six years. He is believed to have been abroad. He is believed to have been widowed. He is believed to want to withdraw from society. Harry doesn’t know what is true and what isn’t. He only knows that the older brother of one of his best friends is back in town to stay, and that time has taken him from merely the most beautiful man Harry knew, to the most handsome man to ever walk the earth. A man whose gaze probably still skips over Harry like he doesn’t exist the same way it did when they were young.

📖 Graveyard of Bleeding Dreams : The Mourning by HoPotato (42k)

Being in a happy marriage, despite its turbulent start, Harry had not expected the ghoul of his past to come back to slay the dreams he had dared to start thinking about with Louis.

📖 If I Loved You Less by @allwaswell16 (36k)

Beautiful omega Louis Tomlinson is set to make his come out in London society and determined to find a mate in his first Season. With the help and protection of his oldest friend, Lord Niall Mendes, he takes Society by storm. Being a wealthy and titled alpha means Lord Harry Styles has grown used to avoiding unmated omegas...until now. This Season he finds himself at every Society event just for a chance to speak with the omega with the flashing blue eyes. Louis has the aristocracy at his feet and all the suitors he could hope for, but his secrets may ruin his chance at a love match.

📖 Our Sweetest Memorial by @softfonds (35k)

Ever since Harry was forced to break off an engagement five years ago, he resolved to never marry for the remainder of his life. Now his family must move out of his beloved Kellynch Hall to recover some of their debts that their father had accumulated. The last thing Harry expected was for the new tenants to be related to his former fiancee. And for that fiancee to come back to Somersetshire a much more wealthy man that still holds resentment for their past. A Persuasion AU.

📖 Lies & Liability by @evilovesyou (34k)

Harry Styles has only three wishes when he leaves River Dane Manor to go to Town for his first season: that his sister has rented a townhouse that will provide him as many of the comforts of the country life he has grown accustomed to as possible, that he will not trip and fall when he is presented to Her Majesty the Queen, and that he will enter matrimony out of true love, no matter how favourable the match with any which alpha may be.

📖 he was sunshine, i was midnight rain by @thelavendrhaze (30k)

or two years ago, Harry left Louis on their wedding day to follow his dreams of becoming an artist. When he returns, in hopes of reconciling, he finds he may be too late.

📖 Manners and Misjudgements by @greenblueish (21k)

or, the one where Harry is the Duke everyone loves, but Louis thinks he's too nice and decides he's going to figure out what the Duke is hiding. Spoiler: nothing, he's just nice and perhaps a bit clumsy.

📖 Howls Like A Beast (You Flower, You Feast) by @indiaalphawhiskey (16k)

France, 1754. Château de Versailles. “You don’t love me,” Louis had said, utterly blasé as he callously fractured the heart of a Harry that was just barely eighteen. “I do,” Harry had insisted pleadingly, green eyes already watering. Louis had rolled his eyes, exasperated and flippant in the way only beautiful, young boys could be when faced with the affections of a baby prince. He had run his finger down Harry’s cheek then, had forced him to look into his eyes as he delivered the final blow. “You’ll change your mind once you’ve seen more of the world,” Louis had teased, pressing a brutally delicate kiss onto Harry’s lovely, pure cheek. “Once you’ve been properly defiled.” He had whispered filthily, delighted by the gasp he heard, the frantic pink blush that had rested high on Harry’s cheeks, the power he had felt at knowing he could make the Crown Prince squirm.

📖 Autumn at Fairbridge Hall by @noellehenry-original (14k)

It is October 1817. Mr Louis Tomlinson hosts an Autumn Ball and a Fox Hunting Party at his estate Fairbridge Hall, intending to find suitable husbands for his younger sisters. A Regency AU where Louis does not want to deal with marriage proposals, a stubborn sister and unwelcome guests. The only things he wants are peace and quiet and…, the handsome Mr Styles.

📖 This Winter's Day by @becomeawendybird (14k)

Louis is Harry's stablemaster, and when he falls ill and his mother turns to Harry to help her try and find someone he can settle down with, it's only natural that Harry suggests himself.

📖 Just You, Me, and the Moon by InkedwithLove (13k)

It was the beginning of the 19th century when Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson fell in love.

📖 One Day You'll Say These Words by @allwaswell16 (11k)

A friends to lovers story set in the Regency era.

📖 Trust Me Tonight by @vintageumbroshirt (10k)

After Harry’s eighteenth birthday, his father calls him into a meeting to say that he is to be married to Prince Louis of France in just over a week. Harry is excited, of course. The arrangement is better than any he could’ve hoped for, with such a young, handsome and kind husband. There is just one issue: Harry doesn’t know what happens on his nuptials, or how to get pregnant to give Louis the heir that he needs.

📖 Ace of Hearts by @allwaswell16 (10k)

Louis Tomlinson, the alpha Duke of Yorkshire, had returned to England to stay now that he’d married and mated. But since his husband was also the omega he’d once held captive aboard his half-brother’s pirate ship, he held back from pushing Harry into parenthood. With the Ace of Spades now docked in London, Harry spent time with his friends from the crew and remained a bit oblivious to his alpha’s deepest desires. What he was aware of was his best friend’s hurt and his mother-in-law’s wish for more than friendship with her oldest friend. A sequel to Ace of Spades

[gemmahale]

I almost went on a "SSC v RACK v PRICK in Kink" diatribe and then realized that I haven't been active in a kink community in almost a decade. I'm not sure I can articulate how I'm feeling about that in a way that makes sense.

I miss when the kink community around me was something I was entrenched in. I miss talking about theory and concepts and the why behind things. I miss the education and academia behind it. I miss feeling like a sponge, drinking up every last drop of information.

I was actually giving serious thought to becoming a sex/kink educator in my spare time (ha) before I started grad school. I was (for a very very very short time) a sex blogger under a different pseudonym. Part of me wonders what would have happened if I had stayed on that track. Part of me wonders if I could go at it again from a different angle, now that I'm older and less burdened by rigorous academia.

That landscape has changed so dramatically in the last 5+ years and the internet has only become more stringent when it comes to sex education, so probably not all that feasible.

Chuck that one on the "sometimes I wish I could better share what I love" pile I suppose.

[ladymacbeths]

macbeth related posts/articles/essays masterlist

hi! here's a list of almost every single anaysis Thing I've come across in like two months of being insane about the scottish play. Most are about lady macbeth/the gender theme btw.

‘He has no children’: The centring of grief in The Show Must Go Online’s Macbeth - Gemma Allred: on the misogyny that frequently surrounds conversations around Lady Macbeth

this post by @amillionmillionvoices: Same topic as the previous one, but goes more in depth, explains ladymac’s motivations as mostly coming from love not self-serving ambition.

this post by @dukeofbookingham: also explains the prior point very prettily— that ladymac is (mostly) motivated by love, but also makes the case that many of it is guilt born from not fulfilling societal expectations

On the character of Lady Macbeth - Dr. Emil Pfundheler: paper that explains the same point made in the previous post, using the text to explain. Written in 1873 so explains gender as a dichotomy, but once you take that out, its points are very good.

Characteristics of women: moral, political, and historical - Anna Jameson: aka Why Lady Macbeth is not inherently evil— same topic and the other two, but focuses a bit on the fact that she is A Woman. Not my favorite, but worth reading I suppose. Also includes analyses of many female Shakespeare characters. It does include some very bad history in the beginning— Gruoch did not orchestrate Duncan’s murder. That’s something Hector Boece made up.

Lady Macbeth: “Infirm of purpose” (from The Woman’s Part: Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare) - Joan Larsen Klein: on how she both fits and doesn’t fit the idea of a reinassance wife— doesn’t fit because she isn’t aligned to god (this read more like a Christian analysis than a feminist one if I’m being honest), but fits them because she behaves like one, only subverts them because she’s like, the evil murder girl version of the Wife. The essay right after this one is also very good.

The Hysteria of Lady Macbeth: required reading if you wanna play her Btw not kidding. Analyzes her character thru the lens of freudian psychology. Screws up the text of the play a bit but provides an actual in-depth explanation of how sonnambulism works. Note that "hysteria" is not a current psychological diagnosis, but a symptom of other conditions. Still extremely interesting.

The Macbeths - G. K. Chesterton: analysis of their relationship, makes some interesting point on the differences of the nature of their ambition and desire to kill the king

Shakespeare’s tragic frontier; the world of his final tragedies - Willard Farnham: this one is long but oh boy does it go deep. Talks about the lore of the witches, explains historical context to find out how the real events were so screwed up, makes an interesting point about Macbeth’s conscience against Lady Macbeth’s, and lastly talks about the tragic world of Macbeth compared to other tragedies.

Women’s fantasy of manhood: a Shakespearean theme - D. W. Harding: exactly what it says on the tin, using ladymac and her skewed (and I’d call romanticized) idea of what a man is that she pushes on Macbeth. So yeah, talks about the gender theme. Also talks about Goneril from Lear, Cleopatra, and Volumnia from Coriolanus and how they fit the theme— although ladymac is the only one who goes downhill from it.

Unnatural women in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth - Elizabeth Klett: I’ll be honest I didn’t love this one a lot. Basically talks about how every woman in Macbeth defies gender roles. Doesn’t go too deep however. But the book has a ton of essays analyzing female characters in classic lit.

[youremyheaven]

Vedic Astrology Symbolism & Recurring Motifs

other have already made posts about punarvasu's connection to butterflies but i thought id add to it

Miranda Kerr (Punarvasu Moon)

Drew Barrymore (Punarvasu Moon) with her famous butterfly tattoo

Drew with butterfly wings, from the movie "Ever After" (a unique Punarvasu interpretation of Cinderella)

Dita Von Teese (Punarvasu Ketu), walking for Jean Paul Gauthier

Margot Robbie (Punarvasu rising) in a Chanel butterfly print dress.

Dua Lipa (Punarvasu moon) wearing a dress with butterfly detailing. Dua has a well documented obsession with butterflies and her current ig pfp also features a butterfly. Her recent collection La Vacanza with Versace heavily features butterflies!!

Shakira (Punarvasu Moon) wearing Dua's butterfly shirt from her La Vacanza collection

Previously mentioned Pisces' connection to butterflies and here's Revati Moon, Angelina Jolie wearing a butterfly top!!

2. Here are a few more examples of Pisces rashi folks playing mermaids/aquatic roles

Gemma Ward, played Tamara in the Pirates of the Caribbean. She has Revati Moon & Jupiter (her atmakaraka) and Rahu in UBP

dont ask me what this look has to do with mermaids, to me its just a very mermaidcore look 🤣🤣🤣 and Emrata is UBP moon

3.Gana in Vedic astrology represents one’s nature. There are 3 types of ganas: Deva Gana (Divine), Rakshasa Gana (Demonic) and Manushya Gana (Human). now obviously not everyone with deva gana naks are going to be the nicest people ever, your gana is about what you project, people with deva ganas are perceived to be good people whereas those with rakshasa gana are either known for being shrewd and cunning or in some cases, have a really terrible reputation/other generally dislike them or may see them as "fake".

Rakshasa Gana: Ashlesha, Krittika, Mula, Dhanistha, Chitra, Magha, Vishakha, Jyestha and Shatabhisha

Deva Gana: Mrigashirsha, Ashwini, Revati, Punarvasu, Pushya, Swati, Hasta, and Anuradha.

Manushya Gana: Rohini, Bharani, Ardra, Shravana and Purvaphalguni, Purva bhadrapada, Uttarabhadrapada and Uttaraphalguni 

Actors who have played Angels in movies often have deva gana nakshatras.

Tilda Swinton plays Gabriel in Constantine and she has Swati Sun & Punarvasu Mars (amatyakaraka)

Buck Henry, who plays an angel in Heaven Can Wait has Pushya Moon, Punarvasu Jupiter & Revati Rahu

Christopher Walken plays Gabriel in The Prophecy. He has Revati Sun & Punarvasu Jupiter

Henry Travers, who plays an angel in Its A Wonderful Life. He has Hasta Moon, Revati Mars atmakaraka and Ketu in Swati

Alan Rickman plays an angel in Dogma. He has Swati Moon, Punarvasu Mars & Saturn (his atmakaraka) and Rahu in Mrigashira

Emma Thompson, plays an angel in Angels in America. She has Ashwini Sun, Punarvasu Moon, Hasta Rahu and Revati Ketu.

Emmanuelle Beart plays an angel in Date with an Angel. She has Revati Jupiter amatyakaraka and Rahu in Punarvasu

4. Actors who play the Devil often have rakshasa gana nakshatras

Peter Stormare plays the Devil in Constantine and he has Magha sun and Ashlesha mercury & mars (his atmakaraka & amatyakaraka respectively)

Shatabhisha sun Peter Fonda plays the Devil in Ghost Rider

Magha sun Robert De Niro plays the Devil in Angel Heart

Vishaka Sun Tom Ellis plays Lucifer in Lucifer

Chitra stellium, Viggo Mortensen, plays the Devil in The Prophecy

5. Mrigashira & Rohini both have serpent yoni. the lore of UBP and Ashlesha also features serpents heavily. needless to say, these natives are often depicted with serpents in the media.

In vedic astrology, your yoni animal is said to represent the way you express your sexuality and sexual desire. Serpent yoni natives are known for their intense, hypnotic sensuality and they crave for very passionate, fervent and often, extreme sexual experiences.

Elizabeth Hurley has Mrigashira sun & mercury with Rohini jupiter and rahu.

Jennifer Lawrence has Ashlesha sun & Mrigashira moon

Devon Aoki has Ashlesha sun. She has also spoken about growing up with pet snakes.

Salma Hayek has UBP moon and Ashlesha venus atmakaraka. speaking of filming this scene, Salma has often said that due to her phobia of snakes, she went into a trance to perform her sensuous dance. if you've watched this scene, you'll see how her performance has an almost serpentine quality to it, she moves in a very hypnotic and captivating way.

Rohini sun, Mrigashira mercury atmakaraka, UBP mars, Angelina Jolie with a snake.

Jolie has openly spoken about experimenting with BDSM and how much she likes knife play and what-not. Serpent yoni, sexual freakishness at its best (add to it, her Revati moon, another nak known for being sexually strange lol). She also had pet snakes growing up.

[tag-that-oc]

Love creating a self indulgent story thats purely generic tropes and playing with them... created an isekai story recently thats just some autistic lady getting put in her favorite horror game to before the events of the game and her tryna befriend the antagonists who she knows well from being hyperfixated on the game lore n shes tryna remain normal n ive been having a blast :]

One of the befriended antags Project Alpha/Alfred,, rogue robot whos been born n become sentient and erased his building's spot on the map to stay safe from his creators tryna turn him off, in the horror game aspects hes a tutorial boss and his level is his building and is basically teaching you how to use mechanics.. gemma (human) has to find him in the middle of the building he controls to try and befriend him successfully.. very fun fellows..

OUOGOU ROBOT!!!! i love this guy!!!!!!!!! the whole story sounds really awesome :O

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I'ma assume you're asking for Cy, lol...

If you weren't I'll redo it, sorry

-do they eat their fruit & veg? what is their favourite fruit or vegetable?

Nope. Y'know he's in Hell for a reason, right?

-do they prefer hot or cold drinks? what is their favourite drink?

Cold drinks. Real big fan of stuff with ice in it. Soft drinks and alcohol person. Favorites are Root beer n red wine

-when is their birthday? do they like celebrating it?

... Uh haha I never...thought of one so I guess it would be March 5th? That until I find out some funny pun of a birthday for him or somethin'. And no, he doesn't really celebrate it. Nobody in Hell ever really cared so it's just a normal day for him.

-do they fall asleep easily? what helps them sleep?

Yep! Big napper, much like a cat if you will. Really, all it takes is a comfy spot and he'll be out in seconds.

-what is their family like? what is your ocs relationship to them? does your oc have any siblings?

He's no-contact with them. Been for awhile. He has siblings, just hasn't seen them in years on end. Word goes around that his "brother" is a money-hungry, over dramatic twink jester hint hint...

(My sister's sona!!! She uses him for comic stuff either as a little easter egg in some panels and also just a regular mascot. Metamorphosis (We As Mortals) on Webtoonz btw go support her please!!! Don't say I sent you, just go read her comic and give her some love!<3)

-are they good liars? do they have tells to show they're lying?

As an imp it comes naturally. It's usually unnoticeable, but sometimes you can head a faint change in tone and voice. Or, act differently than usual. Just coming from impish nature he will sound more "mischievous" and maybe more dramatic than usual.

-can they draw? what do they like to draw?

Yes! He likes character-work and will usually draw either ocs or friends of his.

-what does your oc want to be remembered as? why?

Varies from person. People in general, a malevolent force of evil because it seems cool and makes him seem like something even worth remembering. To those he cares about, he just wants to be remembered as someone who made them happy. Huge contrast, lol.

-what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it?

He doesn't even know.

-create a bouqet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

Black roses and fly traps. It's just because he's edgy. Flowers aren't too much his thing; not much of a nature-person.